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 1992. Ka, a poet and political exile, returns to Turkey as a journalist, assigned to investigate troubling reports of suicide in the small and mysterious city of Kars on the Turkish border. The snow is falling fast as he arrives, and...

The Zahir', Paulo Coelho's new novel available in paperback for the first time, incorporates exclusive new content including an extra section containing interviews with Paulo and plenty of information for those for whom the book just wasn't enough.It begins with a glimpse or a...

Their love transcends every boundary. Can it cheat death?Orphia dreams of something more than the warrior crafts she's been forced to learn. Hidden away on a far-flung island, her blood sings with poetry and her words can move flowers to bloom and forests to...

There is a medieval tournament at Sir Lance's castle and Mr Uppity and his friends are invited. How will the Mr Men fare with the heavy armour, jousting and sword fighting and will they rise to the challenge when a fire-breathing dragon arrives?and With...

These stories are fresh yet mature snapshots of the style with which Chekhov would come to be associated both uproariously tragic and darkly comic With moments that seem to presage his most contemporary writing Chekhovsand Little Applesand reveals one of the worlds greatest writers...

These three novellas display D. H. Lawrence's brilliant and insightful evocation of human relationships - both tender and cruel - and the devastating results of war. In The Fox, two young women living on a small farm during the First World War find their...

They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. This is the story of an overprotective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one family's struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognise himself.

They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire finds the spacious loft apartment. But the aspiring shoe designer needs at least one roommate to manage the rent. She meets Abby,...

They were born in the middle of a battle, into a world at war. And from their first moments of life, twins Satyrus and Melitta were fighting for survival. Their father, a Greek mercenary, was cut down not long after they had taken their...

This book is an anthology of thirty- nine journalistic pieces nine articles and thirty book reviews which appeared in different publicationsand from 2005-2020.Although most of these pieces are still available online and i receive feedback by email even today about some of the articles...

This book is depicting a beautiful cage which starts to move by carrying different reflections of different times where you can find prevailing patriarchal elements closely such as male domination and female subordination; these are not merely notions but they have strongly fixed roots...

This comprehensive collection includesand Asser's Life of Alfred, extracts fromand The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and Alfred's own writings, laws, and will.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700and titles, Penguin Classics...

This compulsive thriller reads like true crime and had me guessing until the very end.'and Reese WitherspoonThree friends went on holiday.Only two came back.Ten years ago, after a sun-soaked summer in Greece, best friends Bess and Joni were cleared of any involvement in their...

This easy-to-use guide contains images of the national flags of every country in the world, from Andorra to Azerbaijan. Organised by continent, children will be fascinated by the colours and symbols used on different flags and become familiar with the names of all the...

This is a delightful and engaging pop-up book with a shiny foil finish. Follow the adventures of Dan the young, brave knight as he prepares for the King's tournament. Shiny foil on the cover and the conclusion of the story enhances children's excitement and...

This is a first collection of short stories by a former stripper and panhandler who has previously won several prizes for short fiction. These strange and poignant stories of seedy New York life are concerned with social isolation and sexual depravity.

This is a story about the many forms of love and death, of war and truth, as one man comes of age, prospers, only to discover all that he has lost.In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon...

This is a stunning and memorable page-turner of love, loss and resilience for fans ofand The Tattooist of AuschwitzDon't missand The Red Cross Orphans, the brand new historical novel from Glynis Peters coming in November 2021Keep her secretKeep her safeOn the 14th November 1940,...

This is the question that troubles hotshot young FBI agent Judy Maddox in Ken Follett's hold-your-breath thriller. Judy's boss has a grudge against her, so he gives her a dumb assignment: to investigate an anonymous threat from a group that claims that it can...

'This is the ring that you gave me, and these are your promises.'Rome 1611. A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on constant display. A city where women are seen but not heard.Artemisia Gentileschi dreams of becoming a great...

This is the story of how a small SOE unit led by Patrick Leigh Fermor kidnapped a German general on the Nazi-occupied island of Crete in 1944. For thirty-two days, they were chased across the mountains as they headed for the coast and a...

This is the story of loss - and what happens afterwards... When Emma gets home after work one evening, she calls hello to her husband Jay, as she always does. Stepping into the kitchen, she sees he has done the shopping, as she had...

This is the tale of Twill Twist, a girl brought into this world moments ahead of her more famous brother - Oliver Twist, the rags-to-riches orphan who became heir to the Brownlow fortune.Journey with Twill on her own adventure through the gambling dens and...

THIS LOVELY CITY has been included in the biggest 2020 round-ups: One of OBSERVER'S 10 best debut novelists of 2020 WOMAN andamp; HOME Best of 2020 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Best of 2020 EVENING STANDARD Best books of 2020 MAIL ON SUNDAY 2020 Highlights I Best...

This may be the greatest tale of the ancient world. Hugely enjoyable' CONN IGGULDEN'Excellent . . . scintillating'and THE TIMESWho will conquer the greatest city in the ancient world?Alexander the Great's sudden death has left his vast empire in chaos. War rages, cities fall...

This memoir is the extraordinary story of how one woman, masih alinejad, an awe-inspiring journalist and activist from a small village in Iran, overcame enormous adversity to fight for what she truly believed and founded a major movement for women around the world with...

This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge. Based on the true story of Cambodian advocate...

This semi-autobiographical and unforgettable story, of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany before the start of the Second World War, now reissued with its original cover illustration in this very special edition.Michael Morpurgo called When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit: “The most life-enhancing book you...

This story truly touched my soul'and PRIMA, BOOK OF THE MONTH'If ever there was a novel that reflects how the past can shape us, and how we can change our story, it's this stunning debut' WOMAN AND HOME'An incredible read'and BELLA'A rhapsodic hymn to...

This title was longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, 2015. When Noel Bostock - aged ten, no family - is evacuated from London to escape the Blitz, he winds up in St Albans with Vera Sedge - thirty-six, drowning in debts. Always...

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Thomas Maggs, the son of the local publican, lives with his parents and sister in a village on the Suffolk coast in 1914. He is the youngest child, and the only son surviving. Life is quiet - shaped by the seasons, fishing and farming...

From the author ofand Safiyyah's Warand - winner of the Indie Book Award, the Week Junior Book Award, the Jhalak Children's andamp; YA Prize and The Diverse Book Award.'Historical fiction at its finest - vibrant, vital, deeply moving, and brimming with wisdom for the...

Three of the brightest stars of Regency romance invite you to a party at the country home of the Honourable Marquess of Finchley . . .If you loved Bridgerton, this is a party you won't want to miss!Hugh Dunne, the Earl of Briarly, needs...

TIKTOK MADE ME BUY IT! The swoon-worthy second book in TikTok's favourite Victorian fantasy romance series'Incredible! Sensational! Fantastic! So charming your inner Lizzie Bennet will swoon'and 5***** Reader Review'OBSESSED. If you love playful dialogue and language, fun characters, and interesting worlds, I recommend'and 5****...

Time flies when you're having fun. But what does it do when you're not?Sunil and his not-very-normal next door neighbour Alex are back for another hilarious adventure as they whizz through time. This time Sunil and Alex find themselves tangled up in British civil...

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To suffer and do nothing is to be nothing, while to suffer and do something is to become someone. He must strike onwards to the High Mountains of Portugal! In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints...

To the Hermitage tells two stories. The first is of the narrator, a novelist, on a trip to Stockholm and Russia for an academic seminar called the Diderot Project. The second takes place two hundred years earlier and recreates the journey the French philosopher...

To win the God of War's favor was wise - to fall in love with him would ruin me'Lush, deeply romantic, and endlessly enchanting. Sue Lynn Tan is a master of both fable-like whimsy and epic, sweeping adventure'-Ava Reid, #1and Sunday Timesand bestselling author...

Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial families, a new and powerful political and social elite.Kiyoaki has been raised among the elegant Ayakura family - members of the waning aristocracy...

Told in a series of vibrant vignettes, The House On Mango Street is the story of Esperanza Cordera, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. For Esperanza, Mango Street is a desolate landscape of concrete and run-down tenements where she...

Told in the gentle tone of a fable, Jean-Claude Grumberg's The Most Precious of Cargoes tells the moving story of a woman who wanted a child, and a child who needed a home. It is a tale that teaches us that even in the...

Travelling to Italy on their honeymoon, Erszi and Mihaly are ready to take in all the beauties and pleasures of the country. But when they reach Venice, it is clear that Mihaly prefers to roam around the back alleys and the canals on his...

True life stories of the most amazing people EVER! Meet HARRY HOUDINI, the brilliant escape artist who thrilled the world with his death-defying stunts and awesome showmanship. Find out how he was inspired by a man with no head, why he kept asking to...

Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's cult bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.'A haunting, compelling and brilliant piece of fiction' The Times'So irresistible and seductive it's almost a guilty pleasure' GuardianUnder...

Twelve-year-old Bobby Nusku is an archivist of his mother. He catalogues traces of her life and waits for her to return home. Bobby thinks that he's been left to face the world alone until he meets lonely single mother Val and her daughter Rosa....

Twenty years have passed since Mary Ann Singleton left her husband and child in San Francisco to pursue her dream of a television career in New York. Now, a pair of personal calamities has driven her back to the city of her youth and...

TWO LEGENDARY BATTLES. ONE FEARLESS WARRIOR . . . EXPERIENCE THE EPIC BATTLEFIELDS OF ANCIENT GREECE WITH MASTER STORYTELLER CONN IGGULDEN 'Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life' Anthony Riches 'Another masterpiece from Iggulden' 5***** Reader Review 'It's like...