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Explore the failures, mistakes and missed opportunities that shaped history in this new entry in the bestselling series.From the botched attempt to...

Taking readers on a global journey through human history, Natasha Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from Julius Caesar's decep...

Journey through the history of the railways A fascinating journey through the history of railways, packed with first-hand accounts of innovation, t...

An engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the future "Forty short chapters . . . describe war from t...

Increasing numbers of children and young people are presenting for treatment of an eating disorder, but there are many different types and they are...

‘What are you thinking about?’‘I think I might have killed someone’ How far would you go to protect the ones you love? Two car accidents take place...

Paris, 1885: Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, come across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it...

This is the definitive account of the global effort to develop a vaccine for Covid-19, charting the failure and success of every major vaccine in u...

Following his hugely celebrated debut novel, The Yellow Birds, Kevin Powers returns to the battlefield and its aftermath, this time in his native V...

A collectible new Penguin Classics series: stunning, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets, which present each poet's most famous book of vers...

Don’t miss the next utterly gripping emotional thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Susan Lewis! A fresh start where no-one knows her name is exac...

Don't miss the latest utterly emotional thriller, brimming with family drama from Sunday Times bestseller Susan Lewis! What happened to her was unf...

Yuki is a typical college student in all ways but one: She's hard of hearing. A chance encounter on a train leads to a serious crush...but will he ...

The best-selling shojo romance manga from the creator of Shortcake Cake gets a new, large-sized omnibus edition! Yuki is a typical college student-...

An empowering story of a young woman's journey to accepting her deaf identity, exploring the hidden history of the deaf community in the invention ...

Hidden inflammation lies behind many modern diseases. Shilpa Ravella, an expert in nutrition and the gut, explains why our immune systems are turni...

Ronnie Kasrils's insights into Jacob Zuma, both shocking and revelatory, are vividly illuminated through this story-from their shared history in th...

In the Eastern Cape, Stephen (Malusi) Mzamane, a young Anglican priest, must journey to his mother’s rural home to inform her of his elder brother’...

Isherwood's short, poignant novel is a tender and wistful love story ...

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‘I wonder what tree that is’ – if this thought has ever occurred to you in the Kruger National Park, this book is intended for you. Virtually no vi...

Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2017.'A Skinful of Shadows confirms Hardinge's status as one of our finest storytellers. It's rare to ...

Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2017.'A Skinful of Shadows confirms Hardinge's status as one of our finest storytellers. It's rare to...

The new heart-breaking love story from award-winning romance writer Dani Atkins. He'd have done everything differently if he'd known she'd be gone ...

When Mia learns that her mother has died, all the colour in her world changes to a dreary grey. She feels guilty, angry, sad and lost (sometimes al...

Many people want to lose weight and are looking for the easiest way to do so. When it comes to weight-loss programmes, one of the excuses most freq...

'Wickedly good' John UpdikeIn a small Southern town, shy teenager Evie Decker becomes obsessed with local rock singer Bertram 'Drumstrings' Casey, ...

IT'S THE QUIET ONES YOU HAVE TO WATCHThree women, connected by one brutal crime.Three women, determined to right the wrongs done to them.Three wome...

In Cornwall, a man suffers a violent death – and the killer may lurk within the community . . . Featuring Detectives Thomas Lynley and Barbara Have...

The Russians are invading. But the locals have a plan.It's March 2022 and Russian tanks are roaring across the vast, snow-dusted fields of Ukraine....

One day Colin Grant's teenage brother Christopher failed to emerge from the bathroom. His family broke down the door to find him unconscious on the...

A snow-dusted love story. In the Autumn of 1931, eighteen-year-old Freya Trevelyan runs away from her home in Cornwall to follow her dream of becom...

The witty and gripping new thriller introducing your new favourite murderous heroine: Lalla Rook. 'Lalla Rook is ruthless, unapologetic and shamele...

Andzani is an emotionally distant accountant on a Grindr binge, with an unresolved attachment to someone from his past. For him, home has always be...

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