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Things Can Only Get Better
Like bubonic plague and stone cladding, no-one took Margaret Thatcher seriously until it was too late. Her first act as leader was to appear before the cameras and do a V for Victory sign the wrong way round. She was smiling and telling the British people to f*** off at the same time. It was
Ladies Can`t Climb Ladders: The Pioneering Adventures of the First Professional Women
It is a myth that either of the World Wars liberated women.The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern Britain. It marked at once political watershed and a social revolution; the point at which women of 21 and over were recognised in law as being
Outgrowing God: A Beginner`s Guide
Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science writer and author of `The God Delusion`, explains why we shouldn`t.Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In
The Stray Cats of Homs: A powerful, moving novel inspired by a true story
`An incredible book. Profoundly affecting and deeply soulful. This book will stay with me forever.` Ruth Jones, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling authorI don`t know how you`ve made it this far . . .Sami`s childhood is much like any other – school with his friends, dinners with his family, playing with his pets (stray cats and
Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
Winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Prize 2018. Up to the minute brain science from a world class scientist. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains how the adolescent brain transforms as it develops and shapes the adults we become. `Beautifully written with clarity, expertise and honesty about the most important subject for all of us. I
Five Rivers Met On a Wooded Plain
A Times bestseller. โ€Wonderful…I was hooked from the first page. It`s the real stuff.โ€ (Michael Frayn). โ€Deeply affectingโ€. (Guardian). โ€Superbโ€. (Mail on Sunday). โ€Barney Norris is a rare and precious talentโ€. (Evening Standard). There exists in all of us a song waiting to be sung which is as heart-stopping and vertiginous as the peak of
The White King
โ€Disturbing, compelling, beautifully translated.โ€ (The Times). โ€Electric, urgent, luminous…a coming-of-age with a difference.โ€ (Daily Mail). Eleven-year-old Djata makes sure he is always home on Sundays. It is the day the State Security came to take his father away, and he believes it will be a Sunday when his father finally comes home again. While he
Turning for Home
The deeply moving second novel from the author of the award-winning FIVE RIVERS MET ON A WOODED PLAIN.`Courageous…memorable…moving` – Guardian`One of our most exciting young writers` – The Times`Life-affirming, beautiful and achingly poignant` – Donal Ryan`Isn`t the life of any person made up out of the telling of two tales, after all? The whole world
Second Life
She loves her husband. She`s obsessed by a stranger. She`s a devoted mother. She`s prepared to lose everything. She knows what she`s doing. She`s out of control. She`s innocent. She`s guilty as sin. She`s living two lives. She might lose both.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can`t contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization – how we got from
A Snow Garden and Other Stories
The School Term has ended. It is almost Christmas but Binny, out last-minute shopping couldn`t feel less like wishing glad tidings to all men. Ducking out of the rain she finds herself in the sort of shop she would never normally visit. The Marriage Manual: Christmas Eve. Two parents endeavour to construct their son`s Christmas
Sirens
WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTHI stopped going to work. I went missing. We still live in a world where you can disappear if you want to. Or even if you don`t.Detective Aidan Waits is in trouble After a career-ending mistake, he`s forced into a nightmare undercover operation that his superiors don`t expect him to survive.Isabelle
Us Three
***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***`A touching celebration of the beauty and endurance of female friendship. There is nothing mightier. Fact.` DAWN FRENCHThe new novel from Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the smash-hit, number one bestselling debut, Never Greener.Friends forever is a difficult promise to keep…Meet Lana, Judith and Catrin. Best
How To Find Home
BBC RADIO 4 `BOOK AT BEDTIME` PICK`Those who love Little Fires Everywhere and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine will love this` My WeeklyMolly has lived on the streets for nearly a decade. She has close friends but spends most of her nights sleeping rough in dangerous places. So when a new acquaintance invites her on
Measures of Expatriation
This collection is by the 2016 Forward Prize for Poetry winner, Vahni Capiledo.The Trinidadian poet explores the themes of home and belonging in her unique captivating style.
D (A Tale of Two Worlds): A dazzling modern adventure story from the acclaimed and bestselling author
NEIL GAIMAN: `Glorious. A story that will be found and enjoyed and dreamed about for years to come`A celebration of friendship, courage and imagination inspired by Alice in Wonderland, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Wizard of Oz. It all starts on the morning the letter D disappears from the language. First, it vanishes from
Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion
For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris` new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. From best-selling author, neuroscientist, and โ€new atheistโ€ Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the increasingly large numbers of people who follow no religion, but who suspect
Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
`One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.` (The Times) You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate – a human or an algorithm?An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can
