Bay Of Sighs (guardians Trilogy)

Memoirs Of A Geisha

The Good People

It is World War II and Jo stumbles on a dangerous secret: Jewish children are being smuggled away from the Nazis, close to his mountain village in Spain. Now, German soldiers have been stationed at the border. Jo must get word to his friends...

Plan of Attackand is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq. Bob Woodward's latest landmark account of Washington decision making provides an original, authoritative...

The magical sequel to War Horse', soon to be a major motion picture.Joey was the last working horse on the farm, and the apple of Grandpa's eye. In War Horse, Joey was sent away from the farm to be a warhorse in WWI. Grandpa...

ILLUSTRATED BY CHRISTIAN BIRMINGHAM.A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion.“All my life I'll think of you, I promise I will. I won't ever forget you. Bertie rescues an orphaned white...

The acclaimed author of Gods of Jade and Shadow returns with a mesmerising feminist re-imagining of Gothic fantasy, in which a young socialite discovers the haunting secrets of a beautiful old mansion in 1950s Mexico.He is trying to poison me. You must come for...

Newly promoted, Detective Sergeant William Warwick has been reassigned to the drugs squad. His first case: to investigate a notorious south London drug lord known as the Viper.But as William and his team close the net around a criminal network unlike any they have...

Fans of crime fiction will adore this gruesome debut'and Red A spellbinding game of cat and mouse . . . with chilling echoes of Thomas Harris'sand The Silence of the Lambs'and Daily Mail For lovers of modern crime fiction, Matheson's macabre novel will hit...

THE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES.How far will a woman travel to find a father, a lover a destiny? Across seas, across time - across the grave itself.It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. Claire Randall was swept through time...

Gripping and atmospheric, Winter in Tabriz tells the story of four young people living in 1970s Iran during the months immediately prior to the revolution, and the choices they have to make as a result of the ensuing upheaval. The lives of Damian and...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK, AND BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING 2021 SELECTION'A fine, lyrical novel, impressive in its complex interweaving of the grand and the intimate, of the personal and political' ObserverIn the dying days...

Kristin Hannah is a classic storyteller andand The Four Windsand sees her at the top of her game' - Matt Haig Powerful and compelling' - Delia Owens, number one international bestselling author ofand Where the Crawdads Sing'A story of love, family, unbreakable bonds, bravery...

A haunting and moving debut,and The Midwifeand by Tricia Cresswell is perfect for fans ofand The Familiarsand andand The Binding.1830. After a violent storm, a woman is found alone, naked and near death, on the Northumberland moors. She has no memory of who she...

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David...

'A vivid evocation of the famous female-owned Parisian bookshop... Kerri Maher writes a love letter to books, bookstores and booklovers everywhere' Kate Quinn, author of The Alice Network'I was completely enthralled' Natasha Lester, author of The Paris SecretThe captivating story of a trailblazing young...

Mahmood Mattan is a fixture in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, 1952, which bustles with Somali and West Indian sailors, Maltese businessmen and Jewish families. He is a father, chancer, some-time petty thief. He is many things, in fact, but he is not a murderer.So when...

A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart...

Carlota Moreau: A young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula, the only daughter of a genius - or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a...

Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. She and her sisters-in-law, married to three brothers in a single ceremony, spend their days hard at work in the family's 'china room', sequestered from contact...

**A HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR INand THE TIMESand AND THEand SUNDAY TIMES**___________________________'A moving story'and SUNDAY TIMES, Best historical fiction books of 2022'A must read!' GILL PAUL'Intriguing ... A fascinating read' HAZEL GAYNOR'Remarkable' ESSIE FOX'An astonishing tour de force' REBECCA MASCULLIn 1887 young...

'A staggering work of beauty and brutality' - Douglas StuartAs the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his father. It's not...

The spellbinding new Robert Langdon novel from the author of The Da Vinci Code.'Fans will not be disappointed' The TimesRobert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that "will change...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE'Masterful . . . [This Other Eden] has much to say to our times.'and Guardian'A testament of love . . . so real it could make you weep.' Danez Smith,and New York Times'A luminous, thought-provoking novel.' Esi Edugyan, author...

The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning author, Tiffany D. Jackson. No one can be at peace until he has...

THE GRIPPINGand SUNDAY TIMESand BESTSELLERWhat happens when the person closest to you has led a life of deception?'Full of suspense and intriguing characters'and MY WEEKLY'A gritty, gripping drama'and WOMAN'S WEEKLY_______No one wants to believe their mother is a liar . . .After her mother's...

The powerful new novel from the master storyteller - inspired by the true story of one man who might have stopped World War II.1940. The train is under attacks from German fighters. In the darkness, sheltering in a railway tunnel, the stranger in the...

A spell-binding collection of short stories from Britain's best-loved children's author, Michael Morpurgo.Explore friendship, love, revenge, life and death in the pages of From Hereabout Hill.Included in this collection of short stories is a poignant tale about civil war, where a young girl hides...

The epic and heart-rending jungle adventure from the nation's favourite storyteller Michael Morpurgo.For Will and his mother, going to Indonesia isn't just a holiday. It's an escape, a new start, a chance to put things behind them - things like the death of Will's...

Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little...

What happens when the person closest to you has led a life of deception?After the funeral of her mother, Sally, Alice Kent is approached by a man named Angus Tweedy. He claims to be her father and tells her that he served time in...

Small Things Like Theseand meetsand Under Milk Woodand - this slim but devastating novel captures an entire village, an entire world, and the many ways in which a woman can be trapped. A real gem.'and RUTH GILLIGAN, author ofand The ButchersA wonderful novella, full...

The new 2023 historical thriller in the court of the Holy Roman Emperor in the The No. 1and Sunday Timesand bestselling series, perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom andand The Mirror and the Lightand by Hilary MantelPrague, 1588.A COURT IN TURMOILThe Holy Roman...

They will have justice. They will show their power. They will not burn.'Three women's fight for survival in a time of madness' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author ofand The MerciesNorway, 1662. A dangerous time to be a woman, when even dancing can lead to accusations...

THEand SUNDAY TIMESand BESTSELLERIn the aftermath of the First World War, a young woman gets swept into a glittering world filled with illicit magic, romance, blood debts and murder in this lush and decadent debut novel.On Crow Island, people whispered, real magic lurked just...

A DAILY MAIL NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023LONGLISTED FOR BEST FICTION IN THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS AUSTRALIA 2024Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in...

All books, no matter their binding, will fall to dust. The stories they carry may last longer. They might outlive the paper, the library, even the language in which they were first written.The greatest story can reach the stars . . .This is the...

An epic story of determination and love, about one family's escape from the Allied bombing of Dresden in the Second World War Captivating'and TelegraphIt's 1945, and the bombing of Dresden is imminent. Before the bombs start to fall, Lizzie's zookeeper mother brings home the...

THEand SUNDAY TIMESand BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A dazzling epic of love, war and the joy of books'and Guardian There is magic in this place … You just have to sit and breathe and wait and it will find you'Fifteenth-century Constantinople. Present...

Wuthering Heightsand is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love...

ONE SHOT AT STOPPING A TRAITOR. ONE CHANCE TO CHANGE HISTORY.Praise for Wilbur Smith'Aand masterand storyteller'and Sunday Times'No one doesand adventureand quite like Smith'and Daily Mirror'Best historicaland novelist' Stephen KingWILBUR SMITH RETURNS WITH A BRAND-NEWand SUNDAY TIMESand BESTSELLING WORLD WAR II THRILLER1943. The tide...

'Inventive' THE TIMESFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy-an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.Born in the American West to a...

A spirited, witty and fresh reimagining of Jane Austen'sand Pride and Prejudiceand from a Costa Book Award-winning author - perfect for fans ofand Bridgerton!'Delightfully sassy'and BUZZFEED'These are the diaries you're glad Mrs Bennet never came across.'and GRAZIA'Like being hugged by a book'and HOLLY BOURNELydia...