Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll...
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Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was ...
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'A wonderful, wonderful book: wise, funny, perceptive, compassionate and often unbearably sad. The best British social novel since Jonathan Coe's...
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Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees and ...
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(Pub. Date: 18-Mar-2010, Hardback, Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd)
Requiring only minimal preparation, a slow cooker will cook your ingredients throughout the day or overnight, producing a delicious meal that ...
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Most people get presents on their sixteenth birthday. I get a prophecy that could save or destroy the world. That's how it is when you're the son...
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Takes up the New Labour story from the day of its second election victory in 2001. This title includes inside accounts of the key events from 9/11...
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This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were...
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It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for ...
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The Hummingbird Bakery is the destination bakery for Londoners with a passion for great cakes. This book presents recipes, from the chefs of the ...
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(Pub. Date: 12-Mar-2009, Hardback, Publisher: Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd)
You can't tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It's not easy being a half-blood these days. You mortals can't even see the...
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In this seventh and last book of THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM, the mysteries of the House, the Architect, the Trustees, the Keys and the Will are ...
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* An extraordinary and moving tale by an ex-POW and last surviving member of the Gordon Highlanders regiment that was captured by the Japanese in ...
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A pot of something delicious simmering away on the stove never fails to tantalise the tastebuds. Part of the popular "101" series, this handy book...
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(Pub. Date: 16-Feb-2006, Paperback, Publisher: BBC Books)
It's winter in South Dakota. Blowing snow, icy roads, a tired driver. A bus skids and crashes and is stranded in a gathering storm. Jack hitched a ...
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Honestly, blowing up another school was the last thing I wanted to do. As the son of a Greek god, I've had my share of near-death disaster. This ...
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Lynda Bellingham is much-loved as the warm, open and quick-witted panellist on "Loose Women" as well as for her appearances in "Strictly Come ...
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It's the last Friday before the winter holidays but Percy Jackson isn't at school: he's battling the fearsome Manticore (half human, half lion),...
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A guide to 'Final Fantasy XIII'. It reveals and explains the secrets, side-quests, mini-games, achievements and trophies. It includes a chapter ...
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There's probably a word in German for that feeling you get when you can understand something while it's being explained to you, but lose hold of...
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(Pub. Date: 28-Jan-2010, Hardback, Publisher: Allen Lane)
* The brilliant and chilling new novel from Sarah Waters - longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2009 * 'Sarah Waters has worked a spell'...
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Things have changed for Ever since she met her beloved Damen - not least because she's got a whole new set of powers, courtesy of her new Immortal ...
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Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her...
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A rhyming story about a clever little mouse and a monster. When mouse goes for a walk in a dangerous forest, he invents tales of a fantastic ...
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Percy is a half-blood - the son of a Greek God. He spends his time fighting with swords, battling monsters with friends and generally trying to stay...
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Combines simple, and good-quality ingredients for an easy way to shed pounds. This title features a dietitian's advice on what to eat and what not ...
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Riding the subway in New York at two o'clock in the morning, Reacher knows the twelve giveaway signs to look out for. Watching one of his ...
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Sunset lives a life of luxury with her beautiful ex-model mum, her world-famous ex-rocker dad and two little celeb siblings. Destiny, on the ...
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Tells the story of a seventeen-year-old dropout who has been kicked out of his fourth school. This novel dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and...
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Rebecca, Daniel, Alex and Isabel have been best friends since university. Rebecca married Daniel, Alex married Isabel and, for twenty years, they...
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Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram mountains, Pakistan in 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, a mountaineer called...
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