The Time Machine (Readings Classics)

The Timesand top ten bestsellerScots Book o the Year 2021Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award andamp; Betty Trask Award 2021 Trainspottingand for a new generation'and -and Independent An instant Scottish classic'and -and The Skinny2005. Glasgow is named Europe's Murder Capital, driven by a violent...

The title and cover of this first story will remainunder wraps until a later date, but it can be revealed that thebook is set ten years before The Golden Compass and centerson the much-loved character Lyra and her daemonPantalaimon.Philip Pullman offers these tantalizing details:...

The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018,and A Man and His Catand was also voted one of the Top 10 manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide.Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated series...

The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018,and A Man and His Catand was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated...

The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018,and A Man and His Catand was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated...

The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018,and A Man and His Catand was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated...

The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018, A Man and His Cat was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated...

The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018, A Man and His Cat was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated...

The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018, A Man and His Cat was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated...

The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication.This edition is twofold, for there exists an illuminating...

The tree house lands in Wild West America but there's no one around. Has it landed in a ghost town? When a gang of nasty horse thieves gallop past, it's not long before Jack and Annie are swept up in another adventure. With their...

The Twilight Saga series has entranced millions of readers around the world. Now all 6 books in the series, Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun and The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, are available in this deluxe white-edition paperback boxed set.

THE TWO-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING INTERNATIONAL NOVELThe Top Tenand Timesand bestsellerAand Timeand Magazine Book of the Year'An undeniable page-turner'and New York Times'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel 'and Daily Mail'It made me laugh and cry and feel comforted'and 5***** Reader review'A tribute to the transformative power...

The ultimate Rome storyJulius Caesar has taken his legions north to battle the Gallic tribes. But as his successes mount, overwhelming ambition and new alliances begin to threaten his one true friendship.Marcus Brutus was instrumental in the conquest of Gaul and so in restoring...

The ultimate Rome storyThe young Julius Caesar is serving on board a war galley, gaining a fearsome reputation. Then his ship is captured and he is abandoned on the North African coast. After gathering a legion of men powerful enough to gain vengeance on...

The ultimate tale of revenge! Kraven the Hunter has stalked and killed every beast known to man. But there is one prey that has eluded him. One quarry that has mocked him at every turn: the Spider. Now, in one last hunt, Kraven will...

The unforgettable and life-affirming story of August Pullman - a boy who's desperate to blend in, but is destined to stand out.'My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.'Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old....

The Union army may be full of bastards, but there's only one who thinks he can save the day single-handed when the Gurkish come calling: the incomparable Colonel Sand dan Glokta.Curnden Craw and his dozen are out to recover a mysterious item from beyond...

The University, a renowned bastion of knowledge, attracts the brightest minds to unravel the mysteries of enlightened sciences like artificing and alchemy. Yet deep below its bustling halls lies a complex and cavernous maze of abandoned rooms and ancient passageways - and in the...

THE UNREAL AND THE REAL is a two-volume collection of stories, selected by Ursula Le Guin herself, and spans the spectrum of fiction from realism through magical realism, satire, science fiction, surrealism and fantasy.Volume Two, OUTER SPACE, INNER LANDS, showcases Le Guin's acclaimed stories...

The US has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. One in every 15 people born there today is expected to go to prison. For black men this figure rises to one in 3. And Death Row is disproportionately black, too.Bryan Stevenson grew...

The Vagrant is his name. He has no other.Years have passed since humanity's destruction emerged from the Breach.Friendless and alone he walks across a desolate, war-torn landscape.As each day passes the world tumbles further into depravity, bent and twisted by the new order, corrupted...

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The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times-bestselling King of Scars Duology. The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series! The...

The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The Textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.Hamlet is not only one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical tragedy in...

The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrún, and the Fall of the Nibelungs.In the Lay of the Völsungs is told the...

The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero, King Arthur.The Fall of Arthur, the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur King of Britain,...

The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life.But the net around her is...

The world of books can seem like a trackless forest stretching to the horizon in all directions, full of wrong turns, dead ends, and pitfalls. But it is in fact full of treasure, andand Indispensable Readingand is a map to books that can provide...

The world will need a Hero, and it might as well be you ...'Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name.The Hairy Hooligan tribe think he's totally useless, but Hiccup is about to face his destiny ... with one...

THE WORLD'S GREATEST SUPER-VILLAINS UNITE in manga format!Mangaka Shiori Teshirogi (Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas) continues her exciting original story, combining an authentic Japanese comics approach with the World's Greatest Super Heroes.To take down the Justice League once and for all, Lex Luthor, the...

The Worldwide History of Warfare combines historical engravings, diagrams and artwork with an engaging modern text to create a visual study of humankinds extraordinary capacity for ingenuity in inventing new ways to wage war. The history of military hardware is interjected with fascinating diagrams...

The Worst Witch Saves the Dayand is the fifth adventure in the much-loved Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy, in which lovable but disaster-prone Mildred Hubble is in trouble once again. She is possibly the worst witch ever to go to Miss Cackle's Academy...

The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city in chaos.Juliette Cai is the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang - a network of criminals far above the...

The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution. The heartstopping follow up to These Violent Delights, an imaginative, alluring retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s Shanghai. After sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood...

The year is 2110. Humankind is entering a new golden age.But when an amateur astronomer points his telescope at just the right corner of the night sky, he sees disaster hurtling toward Earth: a chunk of rock that could annihilate civilization.While a few fanatics...

The year is 2575 and two mega-corporations are at war over a planet that's little more than an ice covered speck.and Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it.and With enemy fire raining down on them Ezra and Kady have to...

The Year of the Geekand is a fascinating look into geek culture. Each day will tell a different story from the sci-fi universe, from famous franchises and figures such asand Star Wars,and The Matrix,and Peter Jackson and Luc Besson, to lesser known stories, including...

Thea Guanzon's talent is limitless, and she is the kind of writer that comes around once in a generation. Mark my words: lives will be changed by The Hurricane Wars trilogy.'Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love HypothesisTwo hearts circle each...

Thea Melbourne has a broken heart. A month after her world turned upside down, she's struggling to return to the life she left behind. Her mother is in a coma, she's selling off designer gowns to pay the bills, and her roommates seem to...

There are 12 chapters in the book. First four about men dealing with Male Privilege, where there is privilege (Patriarchy) there is abuse of this privilege (Misogyny) how the law regulates abusers (Crimes). Fourth chapter (Men) examines factors that influence men so we can...

There are few characters with the singular, magnetic draw of Aladdin's singing, dancing, joke-cracking Genie. Beautifully illustrated artwork and a charming story about Genie's powers and his friendship with Aladdin. This enchanting picture book is the perfect companion for any Aladdin fan who's ever...

There are no tides more treacherous than those of the heart. --Teek saying The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and...

There are rumours going round school that there is a haunted treehouse by the creek. After Lauren's brother's toy Donkey is thrown up there by the mean boys from school, it's up to Lauren and Twilight to get him back and to solve the...

There is a world hidden underneath this great city...The London Silver Vaults - for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up.Not...

There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then...

There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then...

There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events' but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then...

There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events' but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then...