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I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death: The Breathtaking Number One Bestseller
The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller – an extraordinarily intimate memoir of the the brushes with death that have made Maggie O`Farrell the woman and the writer she is today.
One Pound Meals: Delicious Food for Less
So much more than cheap dinner ideas – here are recipes for meals that cost under a pound but look and taste a million dollars! Instagram chef sensation Miguel Barclay is taking the world by storm with his delicious meals that cost less than GBP1 per person. `I`ve always loved cooking but I`m not a
Diary of an Oxygen Thief
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. He`s blinded by love. She by ambition. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very
The Spider (The UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY Series, Book 2)
After the enormous success of epic fantasy THE WOLF comes THE SPIDER, book two in Leo Carew`s UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY seriesWHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BREATHTAKING WORK OF LEO CAREW:`The next George RR Martin` – Mail on Sunday`Imagine Game of Thrones rewritten by John le Carre . . . A marvellously accomplished debut`
Love and Other Thought Experiments
`Sophie Ward is a dazzling talent who writes like a modern-day F Scott Fitzgerald` Elizabeth Day, author of How To Fail`An act of such breath-taking imagination, daring and detail that the journey we are on is believable and the debate in the mind non-stop. There are elements of Doris Lessing in the writing – a
Scrapers
With this exquisite infographic masterpiece, Zack Scott explores in stunning detail the majestic constructions that humans have created on the surface of our own planet. This is SCRAPERS, a visual history of man`s endeavours to reach higher and higher, through the construction of mind-blowing new buildings.Zack Scott takes us on an illustrative journey from humankind`s
The Crying Book
`A deeply felt, and genuinely touching, book` Esme Weijun Wang, author of The Collected Schizophrenias`Spellbinding and propulsive` Leni Zeumas, author of Red Clocks`The Crying Book is a rigorous and urgent work but it reads like an intimate gift` Kaveh Akbar, author of Calling a Wolf a WolfA DAZZLING MEDITATION ON TEARSIn this symphonic work of
The Night Watchman: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction 2021
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN FICTION 2021NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIt is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before
Take Nothing With You
From the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER comes a compassionate, compelling new novel of boyhood, coming of age, and the confusions of desire and reality. `It`s delicious, it`s dear, it`s heart-breaking and very funny` Rachel Joyce`An incredibly beautiful story told with compassion. Nothing is wasted. Each sentence is beautifully crafted` Joanna Cannon1970s Weston-Super-Mare
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
The View from the Cheap Seats draws together myriad non-fiction writing by international phenomenon and Sunday Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman. From Make Good Art, the speech that went viral, to pieces on artists and legends including Terry Pratchett and Lou Reed, the collection offers a glimpse into the head and heart of one of
101 Legendary Whiskies You`re Dying to Try but (Possibly) Never Will
Ian Buxton`s latest book explores the finest and rarest whiskies in the world: wonderful whisky you`re dying to try but probably never will. These drams may be extraordinarily hard to find, impossible to buy or literally the sole survivor of a long-lost distillery – some are even priceless – but, for the first time ever,
The Lemon Grove
As recommended on BBC Radio 2 Book Club, a tense, sensuous and piercingly insightful story of sexual obsession. Each summer, Jenn and her husband Greg return to Deia, on Mallorca`s dramatic west coast. This year the arrival of Emma, Jenn`s stepdaughter, and her new boyfriend Nathan threatens to upset their equilibrium. Beautiful and reckless, Nathan
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
In Trigger Warning, global phenomenon and Sunday Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction, which includes a Doctor Who adventure, the David Bowie-inspired The Return of the Thin White Duke and a never-before published American Gods story, Black Dog.The Truth is a Cave
Six Tudor Queens: Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets: Six Tudor Queens 4
โ€Alison Weir transforms Henry VIII`s much-maligned fourth wife into a woman of passion, courage and mysteryโ€ Tracy Borman Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers `Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen`, `Anne Boleyn: A King`s Obsession` and `Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen`, paints a spellbinding portrait of Anna of Kleve, Henry VIII`s
Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 3
`This brilliant book is a bombshell! Jane Seymour the shy mouse type? Think again!` Kate WilliamsAlison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen and Anne Boleyn: A King`s Obsession, draws an enthralling portrait of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII`s third queen, as you`ve never seen her before. Essential
TED Talks: The official TED guide to public speaking
`This is not just the most insightful book ever written on public speaking-it`s also a brilliant, profound look at how to communicate` – Adam Grant, author of ORIGINALSIn Ted Talks Chris Anderson, Head of TED, reveals the inside secrets of how to give a first-class presentation. Where books like Talk Like TED and TED Talks
Secret: The #1 Bestselling Author of the Letter
`Gripping` Good Housekeeping on The Secret. From the #1 bestselling author of The Letter comes The Secret – a heartbreaking novel of tragedy, hope and second chances. Fans of Jojo Moyes and Amanda Prowse will love the moving human drama of Kathryn Hughes. `Wonderful` Lesley Pearse on The Letter Mary has been nursing a secret.
What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky: The most acclaimed short story collection of the year
`Remarkable range and exquisite prose` Ayobami Adebayo, Guardian Books of the YearA stunning collection of short stories from Caine-Prize shortlisted and Commonwealth Writer`s Prize winner Lesley Nneka Arimah, WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKY has been described as `luminous` (Roxane Gay), `mesmeric` (Claire Vaye Watkins) and `hilarious and heartbreaking` (Rowan Hisayo
Agatha Raisin: Something Borrowed, Someone Dead
Incomer Gloria French is at first welcomed in the Cotswold village of Piddlebury. She seems like a do-gooder par excellence, raising funds for the church and caring for the elderly. But she has a bad habit of borrowing things and not giving them back, so when she is discovered dead, poisoned by a bottle of
Changing Our Minds: How children can take control of their own learning
Children are born full of curiosity, eager to participate in the world. They learn as they live, with enthusiasm and joy. Then we send them to school. We stop them from playing and actively exploring their interests, telling them it`s more important to sit still and listen. The result is that for many children, their
