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'American literature's philosopher king - and its sharpest satirist' - The New YorkerCraig Suder, third baseman for the Seattle Mariners, is in a slump. His batting average is shocking, his...

'Everett has mastered the movement between unspeakable terror and knock out comedy' - The New York TimesDavid Larson can never go home.His parents are dead. His sister and her hippie...

This book, the first feminist ethnography of the violence in Northern Ireland, is an analysis of a political conflict through the lens of gender. The case in point is the...

Dr. No is the spy thriller as you've never read it before, reinvented by Percival Everett, the twice Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Trees and James. Wala Kitu is a...

How 19th-century soldier, adventurer and scholar Henry Rawlinson deciphered cuneiform, the world's earliest writing, and rediscovered Iraq's ancient civilisations. This is the exciting, true adventure story of Henry Rawlinson, a...

The definitive guide to contemporary and historical graphic design for designers and creatives.'Everything you can think of is covered...and everything in between. The Graphic Design Bible plays to all of...

Create delicious recipes inspired by the Wizarding World in The Official Harry Potter Cookbook - the companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller The Official Harry Potter Baking Book!...

How can social theory help us all design solutions to address the social, political and ecological challenges that confront us, and build more sustainable communities? Design professions have typically been...

Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga-creating...

Columbo is 50 years old. A global smash in the 1970s, it is now a cult TV favourite. What is the reason for this enduring popularity? In this fascinating exploration...

This travelogue moves along by Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way, by the Burren, a land of strange beauty that inspired Tolkien, by the ruins of remotely-placed monastic shrines and chanting monks....

A delicious first introduction to shapes with The Very Hungry Caterpillar!Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar as he eats his way through lots of delicious dinner foods, discovering a triangular pizza...

As Taylor Swift releases her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poet's Department, catch up on all her previous eras through the ultimate fan book. Are you a Fearless enthusiast or...

An essential little book - perfect for the pocket or art bag - covering all practical aspects of sketching and drawing. Sketching is a skill that every artist needs to...

As an old Korean saying goes...'You learn to use gums in place of teeth.'Rhee Kun Hoo was in his seventies and retired from a prestigious career in psychiatry when he...

Get the lowdown on these sneaky, microscopic intruders, from how they infect us to how our bodies fight them off. Meet the germ detectives who have managed to track them...

'Cracking . . . Taut, gripping and beautifully written' Steve Cavanagh'I love DCS Frankie Sheehan, and her presence really fizzes on the pages of If Looks Could Kill. Olivia Kiernan...

Pumping iron: Packed with simple clearly explained exercises for the abdominals, upper and lower body, advice on doing repetitions with free weights and how to use weight machines and stretch...

The brand-new escapist summer read from the internationally bestselling author of The Paris Secret!ONE UNFORGETTABLE SUMMER WILL UNLOCK A DECADES-OLD SECRET . . .'A meticulously researched novel with a perfectly...

In The Things We've Seen, his most ambitious and accomplished novel to date, Agustin Fernandez Mallo captures the strangeness and interconnectedness of human existence in the twenty-first century. A writer...

In the international bestseller, Princess: The True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Sa'ud and the acclaimed author Jean Sasson began a remarkable series of books....

The story of young Henry, who struggles to fulfil his ambitions to become a successful painter and is torn between the gentle Anna and the proud and sensual Judith, is...

A chilling and eerie tale of monsters, teen angst and small-town America for fans of Stranger Things, The Thing, and the 1990sThree girls went into the woods. Only two came...

Kikuji has been invited to a tea ceremony by a mistress of his dead father. He is shocked to find there the mistress's rival and successor, Mrs. Ota, and that...

Winner of the Booker Prize, Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger is the tale of a historian confronting her own, personal history, unearthing the passions and pains that have defined her life....

Previously published as The Summer Season and The Canal Girl. For fans of Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, The Canal Boat Girl is a heartwarming novel from the queen of...

An electrifying story of passion, connection and transformation from 'a writer of show-stopping genius' (Guardian).'Dark and brilliant.' SARAH MOSS'A masterpiece.' DAISY JOHNSON'Extraordinary.' SARAH PERRY'Searing... Sarah Hall's best work yet.' JON...

A grand and fascinating figure in Victorian politics, the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784-1865) served as foreign secretary for fifteen years and prime minister for nine, engaged in struggles with everyone...

Dispossession has a long and tortuous history in Ireland, reaching back to the eleventh century. In the Victorian era, evictions became major social, cultural and political events, especially with the...

Murder often comes with an easy scapegoat...When a boatman is murdered on a remote island off Van Diemen's Land, the authorities want to blame a famous, and very inconvenient, political...

A startling, hard-edged dissection of slavery and a tour de force of both voice and storytellingBy the Man Booker-winning author Marlon James, this is the powerful story of Lilith, born...

Arranged in a handy A-Z format, A Dictionary of Tolkien explores and explains the creatures, plants, events and places that make up these strange and wonderful lands. It is essential...

Worry affects everyone and descends with ease upon work, money, family life and relationships. This book offers practical strategies for breaking out of this destructive habit, before it breaks you....

Winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction PrizeWinner of the National Book Award for Fiction 2022A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle AwardA Waterstones Book of the Year for 2022Winner...

Across the democratic West, politics has become deeply polarised and profoundly personal. Challenge someone's political views and increasingly you challenge their very being. And yet, do our political tribes even...

**UPDATED WITH A NEW FAREWELL CHAPTER**'A love letter to the great man himself.' The Times'Immensely readable.' Observer'Delightful.' Mail on Sunday'Highly enjoyable.' Guardian'Informative and emotive.' This Is AnfieldIn the first book...

Where does the adventure end . . .and the nightmare begin?Frank owns a service station on a little-used highway. His granddaughter, Allie, is sent to stay with him for the...

Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is murdered; his...