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A comprehensive, compelling biography following the life and style of the inimitable Elsa Schiaparelli by renowned biographer Meryle Secrest.One of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the twentieth century, Elsa...

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, Richard Feynman was one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists, but he was also a man who fell, often jumped, into...

The warm and wonderful new novel fromthe natural heir to Maeve Binchy Eleanor Levine left Ireland seventy years ago with little more than a suitcase and her mother's handwritten recipe...

Three women, each destined to play the role of a poet's wife: Catherine Blake, the wife of William Blake - a poet, painter and engraver who struggles for recognition in...

The gripping No. 1 Sunday Times crime thriller She runs A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she's safe. He watches But a predator is watching from...

ARE YOU TIRED OF BEING A GROWN UP? ESCAPE IT ALL WITH MARIAN KEYES' BRAND NEW NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE TO ADULT LIFE'Magnificently messy lives, brilliantly...

Lottie and Max are so incensed by the damage done to animals by people and pollution that they decide to send a letter of protest to the Queen of the...

With her passion for scientific experimentation and her pet tarantula Violet, Tess de Sousa is no ordinary orphan. When a stranger shows up at Ackerbee's Home for Lost and Foundlings,...

*** SELECTED FOR THE ZOELLA BOOK CLUB ***Escape to the summer and feel the warmth of Paige Toon's storytellingPhoebe is caught between a rock and a hard place. Settle down...

'This is an absolute beauty of a book. I loved everything about it - the richness and depth of the characters; the poignant, intricately woven story and the beautiful descriptions...

Priscilla Presley's divorce from Elvis left his fans incredulous. How could she leave the man every woman wanted? From the outside, life in Elvis's mansion looked glamorous and enviable, and...

It begins with a door in a dusky corner of a basement in a rambling Victorian house in northern New Hampshire. A door that someone has sealed it shut with...

From International Number One Bestseller Andrew Gross, The Last Brother is the thrilling historical novel about three brothers and the Mafia in 1930s New York. Published in the USA as...

They say every cat has nine lives, and Jim the dysfunctional cat is no exception. Steven Appleby's new book tells the story of one very challenged cat and of the...

The joyful and life-affirming new novel from the BAFTA-winning co-writer of Gavin and Stacey and the Sunday Times bestselling and Richard and Judy Book Club author of Love Untold.'Ruth Jones...

'A burst of warmth and wit, twists and turns' MARIAN KEYES'This is Cathy Kelly on top form writing about warm, believable women with real, messy lives' RACHEL HORE'Other Women captures...

The Battle of the Labyrinth: the fourth book in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series.The fourth incredible adventure in the most exciting and commercial fantasy-adventure series since Artemis Fowl.Honestly, blowing up...

In the last hours of the 1916 Easter Rising, 20-year old Charlie Saurin came face to face with his Commander-in-Chief, Patrick Pearse. In a final gamble, Pearse had a desperate...

Somebody is murdering Hollywood's A list. FBI agent Alex Cross is on vacation in Disneyland when he gets the call. A well-known actress has been shot outside her home in...

'Blistering' Sunday Times'Indispensable' Observer'Fascinating' The Times'Brilliant' Peter Frankopan'Revelatory' Lindsey HilsumA timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of...

Nina Hardy has been murdered. She died in the house where she grew up, killed by George, her childhood friend. But her body is never found, and she remains, a...

Unsung stories from ancient Irish myths re-imagined for nine to twelve-year olds Have you heard of Eithne the supernatural scholar or Fand the shape-shifting eco-warrior? What about Be Mannair, a...

Five toasts. Five people. One lifetime. 'An extraordinary novel, a poetic writer, and a story that moved me to tears.' John Boyne'I'm here to remember - all that I have...

'A beautiful story with a heart-warming ending ... and with foxes! I love it.' Chris HaughtonRory's dad, Fox, is a tailer. The BEST in the business! Animals come from all...

This is the dramatic story of Meihong Xu, a remarkable woman trained as an elite member of the Chinese Army, who fell in love with the visiting American professor on...

Mind-body-spirit meets toned tummy in Pilates Fusion - a holistic approach to the hottest fitness trend today. Melding the best of the Pilates practice with Eastern philosophy, Pilates Fusion presents...

'Fantastic. Ann Cleeves is a stone cold genius' - Marian Keyes, Sunday Times bestselling author of My Favorite Mistake'Everything Ann Cleeves writes is incredible' - Richard Osman, No. 1 bestselling...

Siobhan missed her mother dearly. Ever since she had gone, she spent her days reminiscing about the time they spent together. She remembered her mother's voice singing and her mother's...

The Ravenscar Dynasty, introducing the house of Deravenel, launches Barbara Taylor Bradford's epic new series spanning a century. Ravenscar: A house, a legacy and a dynasty. On a bitterly cold...

The basis for KILLING EVE, now a major BBC TV series, starring Sandra Oh'Gloriously exciting' MetroShe is the perfect assassin.A Russian orphan, saved from the death penalty for the brutal...

More hilarious antics from Mo Willems' single-minded pigeon!Would YOU let the Pigeon have a puppy? He's wanted one for ever (at least since last Tuesday). But the Pigeon is in...

Oh no! Ricky Ricotta and his mighty Robot have to spend all day playing with Ricky's cousin Lucy. How boring! But when a smelly space-monster named Sergeant Stinkbug lands in...

The new gripping and addictive thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of EVERYONE HERE IS LYING.Bryden and Sam have it all: thriving careers, a smart apartment in a...

In the beginning we were a group of nine. Nine aliens who left our home planet of Lorien when it fell under attack from the deadly Mogodorians. We scattered on...

Do you want a better understanding of the text? Do you want to know what the critics say? Do you want to know how to improve your grade? Whatever you...

The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the award-winning, million-copy-bestselling author.THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE FURTHER YOU HAVE TO FALL . . .Munich, 1936. All eyes are on the Bavarian...