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The global bestselling debut, now a word-of-mouth classic - the story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife who face a life-changing moral dilemma when a baby in a boat...

The advent of Gorbachev has marked a new stage in East-West relations, sometimes described as the New Detente'. How is this new phase different from the detente of the 1970s?...

How It All Began is the wonderful new novel from Booker Prize winner Penelope LivelyWhen . . . Charlotte is mugged and breaks her hip, her daughter Rose cannot accompany...

The day Frances Fall steals a baby from outside a shop, is the day her past catches up with her. At the age of thirty-six, Frances is forced to relive...

Seven-year-old Che was abandoned by his radical Havard-student parents during the upheaval of the 1960s, and since then has been raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. He...

Science has proven that low GI, slowly digested carbohydrates, are key to healthy and sustained weight loss. THE LOW GI COOKBOOK brings you over 70 tempting recipes based on these...

A powerful and important book for fans of Mark Haddon, THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK and Jay Asher.How would you spend your birthday if you knew it would be your last?...

Public health surveillance is the systematic, ongoing assessment of the health of a community, based on the collection, interpretation, and use of health data. Surveillance provides information necessary for public...

Neverland is calling again...Something is wrong in Neverland. Dreams are leaking out - strangely real dreams, of pirates and mermaids, of war paint and crocodiles. For Wendy and the Lost...

_______________'Cercas's writing has echoes of Scott Fitzgerald in the intense, shining clarity of its emotion, and of Faulkner' - Independent'A deeply affecting novel. A reflection on war, friendship, success and...

All over the world children are discovering they have magical powers - as Rachel did when she was abducted by the Witch Dragwena in The Doomspell. But the reason is...

'The great spirit of Frank McGuinness radiates in this magnificent novel. Myriad voices converge on one glistening core; it is a high-wire act earthed in the deepest humanity.' Sebastian BarryIt...

THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE REVEREND RICHARD COLES' CANON CELEMENT MYSTERY SERIES 'Cosy crime with a cutting edge'SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Even better than I knew it would be' INDIA KNIGHT, THE...

'One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read...Read it!' David Baldacci'Packed with sneaky moves and teasing possibilities that keep the reader guessing...The Dry is a breathless page-turner' Janet Maslin,...

This is a book that helps people planning and organising a wedding to ensure that everything goes perfectly. It's not just who sits with whom, but all the big (and...

Born and bred in the tough inner city slums of Summerhill in Dublin, Bill Cullen was one of fourteen children. A street seller from the age of six, Bill left...

The third volume in this huge new fantasy in the tradition of Frank Herbert's phenomenal DUNE series. For one hundred and one years the Kundalans have lived under the oppressive...

These time-capsule recollections of Trinity College students in the seventies include those of U2 manager Paul McGuinness, director of the Gate Theatre Michael Colgan, novelist James Ryan, writer Robert O'Byrne,...

Here is an incomparably rich portrait of France in the years when the disparate elements that made up the fragmented kingdom of the ancien regime were forged into the modern...

A young and successful journalist working in New York, Maureen English appears to have the perfect life and family. But Maureen's husband, a highly respected fellow reporter, has in private...

**The Temptation of Gracie's Flappy now takes centre stage in her very own novel, more charismatic and competitive than ever! Don't miss Flappy Entertains - out now** FROM THE NUMBER...