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Set in Stalinist-era Central Europe, GraveLarks is a triumphant intellectual thriller navigating the fragile ambiguity between sado-masochism, black humor, political satire, murder, and hope.

Cider with Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change.

Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer's assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City.

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 uneasy.

Michael Young is convinced his brilliant history thesis will win him a doctorate, a pleasant academic post, a venerable academic publisher and his beloved girlfriend Jane.

The Mediations of the great Roman philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius are simple yet profound works of stoic philosophy that continue to offer guidance and consolation to many with their eloquence, wisdom …

Virginia Woolf portrays her elder sister Vanessa in the person of Katharine Hilbery - the gifted daughter of a distinguished literary family, trapped in an environment which will not allow her to express …

When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero's doorstep prophesising a plague of rabies in the Colombian seaport, he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his young daughter, Sierva …

A diary that let's the user track the moments of their life day by day.

A brilliantly funny, gripping novel - and the bestselling hardback children's debut of 2014 - from a born storyteller, The Parent Agency is an epic wish-fulfilment adventure for every child - and …

Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017, this fantasy epic from the No. 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Grisha trilogy is gripping, sweeping and memorable.

A breathtaking and magical novel from master storyteller Neil Gaiman.

Drawn from 3,000 years of the history of power, this is the definitive guide to help readers achieve for themselves what Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Louis XIV and Machiavelli learnt the hard …

Retired Chief of the National Crime Police and Swedish Security Service Lars Martin Johansson has just suffered a stroke.

The Mistborn saga comes to its thrilling conclusion, as an acclaimed epic commercial fantasy comes to the UK for the first time.

Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland.

Six people - five women and a man - meet once a month in California's Central Valley to discuss Jane Austen's novels.

FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOLDFINCH Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, …

The Dark Lord is dead, and now a new world can be built.

The bestselling editor of This Explains Everything brings together 175 of the world's most brilliant minds to tackle Edge.org's 2014 question: What scientific idea has become a relic blocking …

* SIX complete new practice tests in exam format* Audio CDs for students to practise listening at home* Full colour visual material for paper 5 and sample OMR answer sheets allowing students to become …

Flexible and easy to teach, New Sky will give your students the motivation to learn and the confidence to succeed in English.

The 3rd edition Course Book includes: * All new reading texts from the Financial Times * All new case studies with opinions from successful consultants who work in the real world of business * All new …

Classic / British EnglishRudolf Rassendyll, a daring young Englishman looking for adventure, arrives in Ruritania for the new king’s coronation.

Classic / American EnglishThere is a climate of secrecy and fear at the Paris Opera.

Contemporary / British EnglishMitch McDeere is young, intelligent and ambitious.

A Chinese politician assassinated in Hong Kong.

Contemporary / British English In this collection of Roald Dahl's finest stories we meet some quite ordinary people who behave in extraordinary ways.

Classic / British EnglishThis collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenthand early twentieth-century short stories.

Classic / British EnglishThis collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenthand early twentieth-century short stories.