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How do you solve the problem of human happiness?It's a subject that has occupied some of the greatest philosophers of all time, from Aristotle to Paul McKenna - but how...

The magical multi-award-winning modern classic from master storyteller and New York Times-bestselling author, Cornelia Funke - over a million copies sold worldwide! 'A completely delicious read.' THE OBSERVER 'Today's young...

Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany. One rainy afternoon on a city bus, she realised that she wasn't as happy as she could be. In danger of wasting her days -...

After a dramatic accident, Kit and his parents find themselves washed up on a small island. But there is no sanctuary here. The local community is hostile and menacing. Soon...

An element of drama has always attended Rupert Everett, even before he swept to fame with his outstanding performance in 'Another Country'. He has spent his life surrounded by extraordinary...

Placing emphasis on flexible, counter-intuitive decision-making, a pioneering young management guru calls for a brand new way of doing business in the current sticky economic conditions, where conventional wisdom fails....

This collection of essays examines the ways in which writing and cinema can be studied in relation to each other. A wide range of material is presented, from essays which...

It starts with the girl. How it ends is up to DC Aidan Waits. Isabelle Rossiter has run away again.When Aidan Waits, a troubled junior detective, is summoned to her...

Why do skunks have an awful smell? What would the sky taste like? Was the snow always white?Stories can answer lots of questions. All around the world people have great...

Jamie and Tom are back in the Permian era and decide to do some snorkelling and look at all the weird and wonderful creatures beneath the sea. Wanna can't swim...

Grace and Tippi are twins - conjoined twins. And their lives are about to change.No longer able to afford homeschooling, they must venture into the world - a world of...

Avery James didn't have the easiest start in life. Abandoned by her mother, and brought up in foster homes, she developed a hard shell to protect her from caring for...

Thrilling suspense from the number one bestselling author of Body Double.The sinking of a cargo ship and the slaughter of its crew seemed a senseless act of violence. But Clea...

This is the third and final book in the stunning series of exclusive manga stories from Melissa Marr, set in the same seductive and dangerous faerie world as her bestselling...

The day her gifted twins leave home for university, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. For seventeen years she's wanted to yell at the world, 'Stop! I want to...

Stories comprise: Horrid Henry's Christmas Presents, Horrid Henry's Car Journey, Perfect Peter's Horrid Day, Horrid Henry Runs Away, Horrid Henry Eats a Vegetable, Horrid Henry Goes Shopping, Horrid Henry's Hobby,...

'All the stuff in the papers was lies. We were never The Ice Cream Girls'Serena and Poppy were teenagers when they were branded as the Ice Cream Girls. When they...

Lizard Village, 1903. Cornwall is rich with natural wonders: gorgeous shorelines and imposing cliffs. But these natural beauties conceal dangerous secrets, as amateur detectives Lord and Lady Sheridan discover. Wireless...

This is an indispensable guide to over 1000 abbeys, cathedrals, churches and other places of worship across Scotland. It is compiled from information supplies by the churches themselves - the...

The Quality of Mercy opens in the spring of 1767, in the immediate aftermath of the events in Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger. It follows the fortunes of two central characters...

Trouble brews when an old flame of Meany's arrives back in town. She brightens up his lonely life, but if they are every to marry, Meany must loosen his grip...

The indispensable primer for achieving redstone greatness Minecraft Redstone For Dummies is the complete guide to finding, using, and maximizing the power of redstone in the Minecraft world. This key...

On 16 November 2010, the long-awaited engagement of HRH Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton was formally announced, with a London wedding promised for April 2011. Andrew Morton, famous the...

The first in the outstanding MOVING TIMES trilogy, from a Guardian Award winner. It's the 1950s: there's no half-way between girlhood and womanhood - so where does a schoolgirl seek...

This book looks at the most extraordinary buildings of the twenty-first century. Focusing on landmarks and public buildings, this is a well-informed survey of the most innovative structures to be...

A Times Crime Novel of the Year, the perfect murder mystery read for fans of Richard Osman and Elly GriffithsIn the second instalment of Lynne Truss's joyfully quirky crime series,...

Bibi (it means princess) is the sole survivor of a massacre. Lady Nef, the General's wife, stops the General taking her as a concubine, winning Bibi's eternal and passionate devotion....

A first novel - bittersweet and comic - on the elusive nature of happiness, from the eldest daughter of novelist Carol Shields. Maggie, the 31-year-old middle child who is just...