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Slowly Jack learns the pleasures of writing poetry as Miss Stretchberry encourages him to tell his own story through verse. What emerges is a moving and memorable story about a...

'Achingly beautiful' Guardian 'By turns touching and profoundly sad' SpectatorWhen a young, rebellious writer from Leningrad arrives in a remote Russian village to study local customs, one woman stands out:...

New edition of this well-established textbook which details a wide range of communication topics with particular focus on the four main communication skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.NEW TO...

Do you know how to use semicolons, where to put your apostrophes and when to use commas? Do you know the difference between affect and effect, if and whether, or...

After the shattering events of THE STORMCALLER, the eyes of the Land are on the minor city of Scree, which could soon be obliterated as the new Lord of the...

Aurelio Zen returns to his native Venice to investigate the disappearance of a rich American resident, but he soon learns that amid the hazy light and shifting waters of the...

The 4th novel in the bestselling Conqueror series, continuing the life and adventures of the mighty Khan dynasty. Genghis Khan is dead, but his legend and his legacy live on....

A Friend. A Father. A Kingdom. Which one would you sacrifice?This compelling trilogy of court intrigue, adventure and romance is a winning combination of imagination, powerful storytelling and magnificent characters.Fifteen-year-old...

This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of The Visual Culture Reader brings together key writings as well as specially commissioned articles covering a wealth of visual forms including photography,...

You loved Aisling online, now get ready to love the novel.Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen, the creators of the much-loved Aisling character and the popular Facebook page 'Oh My God,...

Inspirational cancer survivor and seminar speaker, Bernadette Bohan, whose memoir, The Choice, was a Top 5 bestseller in Ireland, introduces her long-awaited recipe book and 4-point plan to help you...

Designated European Capital of Culture 2005, Cork has become internationally recognized as a young vibrant city with a lively arts scene, busy nightlife, good food, impressive architecture, a wide selection...

Life should have been sunny for Max Glickman, growing up in Crumpsall Park in peacetime, with his mother's glamorous card evenings to look forward to, and photographs of his father's...

**Now a major motion picture**It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the first day of his senior year, Greg Gaines thinks he's figured it out....

Undercover in a poisonous world, teen spy Alex Rider is back for his seventh adrenalin-rush adventure!In the seventh book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz,...

With her historic Booker win, Bernardine Evaristo is the author everyone is talking about.The standout book of 2019, Girl, Woman, Other is the number book you need to read this...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017Nobody can leave an island. An island is a cosmos in a nutshell, where the stars slumber in the grass beneath the snow....

One of the most intelligent and influential women in America reflects on her eight years as First Lady of the United States in a revealing book -personal, political and newsmaking....

THE APPRENTICESHIP IS OVER NOW THE REAL TEST HAS BEGUN When word that Yelena is a Soulfinder - able to capture and release souls - spreads like wildfire, people grow...

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018In three years I will be able to vote and I...

The beloved Hollywood star and New York Times bestselling author of Unsinkable continues her intimate chat with fans in this entertaining collection of anecdotes, stories, jokes, and random musings from...

Public Sector Accounting uses an integrated approach to the study of public sector accounting by linking accounting theory and practice for each of the main areas of financial accounting, management...

Faber's bestselling hamster series is given a smart new livery, repositioning our favourite as a perennial classic character, sitting alongside the likes of Winnie the Pooh and Wind in Willows....

What is the difference between friendship and love? Gustav grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem a distant echo. But...

As Meghan Markle once said: 'With fame comes opportunity, but it also includes responsibility - to advocate and share, to focus less on the glass slipper and more on pushing...

A great variety of activities to test your knowledge, whether highbrow or low culture. Proving you know it all about history has never been such fun - or so tricky.Do...

"Counting the Days is the story of six prisoners of war imprisoned by both sides during the conflict the Japanese called the ""Pacific War."" As in all wars, the prisoners...

For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'; the biggest high roller to hit Sin City in decades, a hotshot, twenty one year-old kid with...

The Irish actor Liam Neeson is expected to become the biggest megastar since Caine and Connery, following the success of films such as "Schindler's List" and "Rob Roy". After a...

China constitutes a fifth of the world's population. Over the last twenty years its economy has doubled to make it the fifth largest economy in the world; if the pace...

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'A vivid, searing account of a life at war.' BEAR GRYLLSThis is a true story. The events depicted took place during the last decade in an unnamed...

Klong Prem prison, Thailand. The 'Bangkok Hilton', where 600 foreigners wait and rot among the 12,000 inmates. Amidst the tragic, ruthless and forgotten, one man resolves to do what no...

The debut novel from global star Millie Bobby Brown Love blooms in the darkest days... London, 1942. Despite the raging war, spirited 18-year-old Nellie Morris lives a quiet life in...