Category Archives: Accessories
Lily: A Tale of Revenge
Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer… Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winter`s night in 1850, baby Lily Mortimer is saved by a young police constable and taken to the London Foundling Hospital. Lily is fostered by an affectionate farming family in rural Suffolk, enjoying a brief childhood idyll before
Recitatif
A beautiful, arresting story about race and the relationships that shape us through life by the legendary Toni Morrison, in a stand-alone, slim Chatto hardback for the first time.In this 1983 short story – the only short story Morrison ever wrote – we meet Twyla and Roberta, who have known each other since they were
Heavy Light: A Journey Through Madness, Mania and Healing
Heavy Light is the story of a breakdown: a journey through mania, psychosis and treatment in a psychiatric hospital, and onwards to release, recovery and healing. After a lifetime of ups and downs, Horatio Clare was committed to hospital under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act. From hypomania in the Alps, to a complete
The Cartel
From the bestselling author of the acclaimed The Power of the Dog comes The Cartel, a gripping true-to-life epic, ripped from the headlines, spanning the past decade of the Mexican-American drug wars. It`s 2004. DEA agent Art Keller has been fighting the war on drugs for thirty years in a blood feud against Adan Barrera,
Dark Corners
When Carl sells a box of slimming pills to his close friend Stacey, inadvertently causing her death, he sets in train a sequence of catastrophic events which begin with subterfuge, extend to lies, and culminate in murder. In Rendell`s dark and atmospheric tale of psychological suspense, we encounter mistaken identity, kidnap, blackmail, and a cast
House of Robots: Robot Revolution
After a few early glitches in their relationship, Sammy and his `bro-bot` E are now best friends. In fact, E is such a valued member of the family that the other electronic members of the House of Robots are feeling sorely unappreciated. And when Sammy`s inventor mom becomes distracted by a top-secret project, the robots
Then She Was Gone
BESTSELLING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE, AND A TOP RICHARD & JUDY SELECTION NOW WITH OVER 400 5* REVIEWS – this is what readers are saying: `Grips to the point of OBSESSION`My life STOPPED while I read this book`My heart was THUMPING in my chest`This is EDGE OF YOUR SEAT reading`This book left me BREATHLESS`Cancel all plans and
The Inequality Machine: How universities are creating a more unequal world – and what to do about it
`Indelible and extraordinary, a powerful reckoning with just how far we`ve allowed reality to drift from our ideals.` Tara Westover, New York Times Book ReviewWe`re told that universities are our greatest driver of social mobility. But it`s a lie.The Inequality Machine is a damning expose of how the university system ingrains injustice at every level
The Western Wind
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2019**15th century Oakham, in Somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridge. When a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of Shrove Saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? The village priest, John Reve, is
RHS Flowers the Watercolour Art Pad
Anyone can produce beautiful botanical paintings with this, the first guided watercolour book. Printed on specialist watercolour art paper and containing step-by-step tutorials, this book is the perfect introduction to producing exquisite illustrations. 30 works by Rachel Pedder-Smith have been recreated by the artist in outline-only form, ready for you to paint, along with recommended
Stranger in the Shogun`s City: A Woman`s Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo – now known as Tokyo – and a portrait of a great city on the brink of momentous change`Compelling… Deeply absorbing` GuardianThe daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in 1804 in
World Atlas of Wine 8th Edition
Winner of the Andre Simon Drink Book of the YearShortlisted for the Louis Roederer Wine Book of the Year 2020โ€One book deserves a place on every wine drinker`s shelf, and that is The World Atlas of Wineโ€ – Victoria Moore in the Telegraphโ€magisterialโ€ – Fiona Beckett, Guardian โ€a key reference material for any sommelier, wine
The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times
`Moving and rich…overflowing with warmth and humanity` The Times In this pioneering work of life-writing and reportage, Anthony DePalma reconstructs the interwoven stories of five ordinary citizens and their families to bring the true story of the Cuban people to the world. From Castro`s heyday, through the devastation of post-Soviet collapse, to the false dawn
BrewDog: Craft Beer for the Geeks
We are Geeks.There, we said it. We love beer and its creation so much that we literally wrote the book on it.The success of Craft Beer for the People was amazing and it proved that there is a market for a book about beer that breaks the mould.But there is so much more to say.We
The Only Story
A profoundly moving story of first love and memory from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an EndingWould you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question. First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn`t
On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**`A modern masterpiece` GuardianUncovering the mystery of her mother`s disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story.Autumn 1929 – a young girl is kidnapped from a beach. Five agonising days go by before she is discovered
Knife: Harry Hole 12
Featured in The Times top ten crime novels of the decade**THE No.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**`This is the king of Norwegian crime on top form` ObserverHARRY HOLE`S DEADLIEST ENEMY IS BACK… AND OUT FOR BLOOD Harry is in a bad place: Rakel has left him, he`s working cold cases and notorious murderer Svein Finne is back
Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading
When Lucy Mangan was little, stories were everything. They opened up different worlds and cast new light on this one.She was whisked away to Narnia – and Kirrin Island – and Wonderland. She ventured down rabbit holes and womble burrows into midnight gardens and chocolate factories. No wonder she only left the house for her
My Purple Scented Novel
`You will have heard of my friend the once celebrated novelist Jocelyn Tarbet, but I suspect his memory is beginning to fade…You`d never heard of me, the once obscure novelist Parker Sparrow, until my name was publicly connected with his. To a knowing few, our names remain rigidly attached, like the two ends of a
You`re Not Listening: What You`re Missing and Why It Matters
`BRILLIANT` Chris Evans, Virgin Radio Breakfast ShowWhen was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you? This life-changing book will transform your conversations forever. At work, we`re taught to lead the conversation. On social media, we shape our personal narratives. At parties, we talk over one another. So do our
