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Class projects and friendship troubles - school life is humorously captured in the seventh title in this bestselling series. Get in the mood for Judy Moody! Judy Moody has a...

The Body Economic is the first, agenda-shaping, look at the human costs of financial crisis - the culmination of ten years' work by two pioneering researchers - Sanjay Basu and...

Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has...

How can co-operation emerge in a world of self-seeking egoists - whether superpowers, businesses, or individuals - when there is no central authority to police their actions? The author explores...

Throughout history civilization has been shaped by war. Now, after a century of unprecedented devastation, it seems humankind is preparing to embark on another cycle of violence. Are we condemned...

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the greatest engineering feat of its age. George and Robert Stevenson's "Rocket" was to become the most famous locomotive in history. William Huskisson was...

Empire and Community provides the first comprehensive presentation of Edmund Burke's thinking on international relations. Although Burke's writings and speeches have been the subject of much analysis and controversy, his...

"I didn't decide to become anorexic. It snuck up on me disguised as a healthy diet, a professional attitude. Although there was a certain glamour to anorexics, I didn't want...

The Live-Long Code reveals health expert Dermot O'Connor's proven programme to significantly improve vitality and increase your lifespan. Dermot, the bestselling author of The Healing Code, developed his unique medical...

At the end of long, hard day battling LA street traffic, bike messenger Jace Damon is called on to make one last pick-up at a sleazy defence attorney's office -...

'Astonishing - one of those rare books that manages to be both poignant and hilarious. The last time we had a debut this big was Junot Diaz with 'Drown'. Holmes...

When Marshal Guarnaccia is called upon to investigate the murder of a young woman, he is convinced that there's more to her family than meets the eye, and wonders if...

'I have always been fascinated by that charismatic hero of the Resistance, Josephine Baker, but it turns out I didn't know the half of it. Lewis' story-telling blew my mind....

'This wove a spell on me' - Marian Keyes 'F***ing brilliant' - Daisy May Cooper ___________Meet Gosia.She's a sensitive soul with a filthy mind and problems with intimacy.Between shifts in...

Not so long ago, vegetarian choices were an afterthought on restaurant menus or were relegated to side dishes at home. But times-and eating habits-have changed, and vegetarianism is being touted...

A New York Times bestseller for three years and counting!"A gutsy, candid, and compelling story. It speaks volumes." -School Library Journal (starred review)"Unflinching and realistic." -KirkusReviews (starred review)From award-winning author...

There was a story Jahir used to tell me. About how the first humans were born with wings. Can you imagine what that would be like? To fly anywhere in...

The third novel from bestselling Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted author Sarah Moore Fitzgerald. Set in Dublin and Siena, with its dizzying, dare-devil Palio horse race, this is a story...

From the bestselling author of It's Always the Husband comes a novel about a love triangle that begins on a fateful night... 'Rides its rising tide of terror to a...

What happens if you discover you've been lied to by your own family for twenty-five years? 'In his latest page-turner, Veste deftly explores the violence and heartbreak that erupt when...

Discover 100 first animals from all around the world in My First Animal Dictionary.

The almost universal conception is that the life of Princess Margaret (1930-2002) was a tragic failure, a history of unfulfilment. Tim Heald's vivid and elegant biography portrays a woman who...

Sharpe, having just received his commission, faces his toughest battle yet in this return to India, the terrain of the bestselling Sharpe's Tiger. Repackaged in the fantastic new Sharpe look....

'Compulsively readable' New York TimesSomewhere out there Ellie and her friends are hiding.Their country has been invaded. Everyone they know has been captured. Their world has changed overnight.They've got no...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 'Memoirs of a Geisha meets The Piano Teacher, in the best way.' InStyleAmaterasu Takahashi has...

A follow up to Al Franken's worldwide bestseller LIES AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM, this new book will expose the lies and deceptions of the politicians and the...

This is a new, revised edition of the 1975 Guide with updated prices. It should be essential reading for auctioneers, dealers, collectors and anyone interested in porcelain. The Price Guide...

Martin Dressler is the son of cigar maker, born in late 19th century New York. As Martin approaches manhood, it is rapidly clear that his ambitions stretch far further than...