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Presenting the Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington: Adventurer. Philosopher. Idiot.Karl Pilkington isn't keen on travelling. Given the choice, he'll go on holiday to Devon or Wales or, at a push,...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA transcendent coming-of-age story about the ways a broken heart learns to love again.One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles:...

He took one last long look at her before walking away and disappearing into the night. At that moment, Mandy knew her life would change forever . . . Mandy...

Bestselling author Helen Dunmore's third novel, A Spell of Winter won the 1996 Orange Prize. Catherine and her brother, Rob, don't know why they have been abandoned by their parents....

Teenagers Cat and Mouse come from opposite sides of the track in north London, but trouble seems to follow them both around. Mouse is struggling to keep his graffiti art...

Below the neon skies of Dayzone - where the lights never go out, and night has been banished - lowly private eye John Nyquist takes on a teenage runaway case....

Meet Misha Vainberg, aka Snack Daddy, a 325-pound disaster of a human being, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia and proud holder of a degree in multicultural studies from...

For undergraduate and graduate courses in marketing management. The gold standard for today's marketing management Stay on the cutting-edge with the gold standard text that reflects the latest in marketing...

A practical framework to avoid burnout and keep great teachers teaching Onward tackles the problem of educator stress, and provides a practical framework for taking the burnout out of teaching....

Learn a little about what vets do, and spark a passion that lasts a lifetime.

To prevent a war in Asia - one that could quickly spread to the rest of the world - Paul Janson and Jessica Kincaid must learn the truth behind a...

"Soaring, spellbinding, utterly epic" MUSA OKWONGA"A time-travelling wonder of a read" PATERSON JOSEPH"A work of fierce imagination" NII AYIKWEI PARKES WHERE IS ADA? In a small village in West Africa,...

Finn wants to be cool. But what can he do about his wild, frizzy hair? The other children tease him and call him names. So Finn decides to do something...

From school girl to spy girl - all in a day's work for wannabe secret agent Jazmin Dawson. Jazmin has been given a new mission: to befriend a crucial witness...

'A phenomenal, haunting debut' Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl 'Dark, disturbing, and compulsively readable' Ruth Ware, bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood and The Woman in...

A fictionalized account of one family's survival of the Irish famine. Told through the eyes of 12-year-old Mary O'Flynn, the story begins in the summer of 1845 when the O'Flynns'...

Enter the boy Yann Margoza, destined to be a hero; Tetu the dwarf, his friend and mentor; Sido, unloved daughter of a foolish Marquis; and Count Kalliovski, Grand Master of...

Ever since her mother left a few years ago, Annie has felt like the odd one out in her family. Her dad and brother are practical and organised - they...

Nothing's too much trouble - until a body turns up . . .I suppose it would be fitting to explain that I am talking into a dictaphone and the lovely...

Five figures gather round a shallow grave. They had all taken turns to dig. An adult-sized hole would have taken longer. An innocent life had been taken, but the pact...

New edition of this annual bestseller of fascinating facts and figures about the world we live in. The 2007 edition of this annual bestseller has been completely updated, revised and...

Bound by her bombshell! Alicia's ex, Graciano, makes a winning bid at a charity auction to whisk her away to his private island. There she must gather the courage to...

English professor Serene Ransom is nursing a late- night drink and musing on the sexual possibilities of the hunky young bartender when a robbery interrupts her fantasies. She urges 'Catch'...

Writing your CV or getting ready to interview for a job? Chances are you have lots of questions. Should I? What if? How can I? Help! This book gives highly...

'The lower jaw was thin - what can I call it? - shallow, like a beast's; teeth showed behind the black lips...'M. R. James is the master of the English...

At the heart of the Regency period - nine years from 1811 to 1820 - lies the mismatch between the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince Regent, later George...