Given the underlying topography, the scenery over most of Britain has been created largely by human activities. Over the centuries, landscapes have been continually modified as human needs and desires
Given the underlying topography, the scenery over most of Britain has been created largely by human activities. Over the centuries, landscapes have been continually modified as human needs and desires
Two families. Two faces of America. An act of violence with far-reaching consequences.Gus Voorhees is a pioneer in the advancement of women's reproductive rights and a controversial abortion provider
The first volume of the extraordinary Southern Reach trilogy. ‘Creepy and fascinating’ Stephen King. Welcome to Area X. An Edenic wilderness, an environmental disaster zone, a mystery for thirty years
LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2014 'A symphonic poem about postwar England and Englishness ...A masterpiece' Financial Times The 1950s were not grey. In Jonathan Meades's detailed, petit-poi
All the Light We Cannot See.Cloud Cuckoo Land follows three storylines: Anna and Omeir, on opposite sides of the formidable city wall during the 1453 siege of Constantinople; teenage idealist Seymour
Famed American actress Demi Moore at last tells her own story in a surprisingly intimate and emotionally charged memoir.For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film rol
One of the most critically acclaimed memoirs ever written.One of the ten books – novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography – that make up our Matchbook Classics’ series, a stunningly redesigned c
The ultimate handbook for women on how to take your career, aspirations and experience to the next level.Written by award-winning Today presenter Mishal Husain, The Skills will inspire, motivate, cham
AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR A gripping story of betrayal, privilege and hypocrisy, set in the unassailable heart of the British establishment. ‘Think Brideshead Revisited meets The Talented Mr Ripley
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction An unforgettable collection of stories from Daniel Alarcon, one of the New Yorker's 20 best writers under 40, and one of the bes
Often compared to Catherine the Great or Elizabeth I, Caroline of Ansbach is the great queen Britain forgot it had. A thinker, politician, schemer, patroness and matriarch, this brilliant book offers
A collection of the timeless, the priceless and the unforgettable, this beautiful compendium accompanies the beloved BBC One TV series.Gracing our screens for nearly forty years, one of the nation's m
The first collection of short fiction from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex and The Marriage PlotJeffrey Eugenides's bestselling novels have shown that he is an astu
From the CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, is an inspiring account of the transformation of an organisation and the coming transformation of humanity.As told by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Hit Refresh
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Startlingly radical, dazzlingly witty, unlike anything that has come before - this is the most exciting novel you will read this year. 'Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and ra
The second volume of the extraordinary Southern Reach trilogy. ‘Creepy and fascinating’ Stephen King. The Southern Reach is a government agency so secret it has almost been forgotten. Following the di
Acclaimed for her exquisitely elegant novels and superb biographies, Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the finest British authors of the last century. Published here for the first time are her collected
Roman Abramovich's purchase of Chelsea FC. The takeover by the former KGB man Alexander Lebedev of London's Evening Standard newspaper. The unsolved murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the ex-spy, and the
'A tour de force of luminous writing.' Mark Cocker, Spectator In 1976 James Crowden left his career in the British army and travelled to Ladakh in the Northern Himalaya, one of the
'The book everyone will be talking about' Louise O'Neill'A package of dynamite' Stephen KingA Stylist Best Book of 2020An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 The moving, powerful and urgent English-language debut from one of the brightest young stars in world literature
A powerful debut set in Belfast and London in the latter years of the twentieth century.The Troubles turned Northern Ireland into a ghost factory: as the manufacturing industry withered, the death bus
A powerful debut set in Belfast and London in the latter years of the twentieth century.The Troubles turned Northern Ireland into a ghost factory: as the manufacturing industry withered, the death bus
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‘I have rarely seen modern marriage reproduced so faithfully in print. It’s about love once the early romance has subsided. Hilarious’ Jojo Moyes, Woman and Home‘Standard Deviation is a marvel’ Kate A
An electrifying story of friendship, power and betrayal by the bestselling, Baileys-prize shortlisted author of The Bees. ‘A memorable eco-thriller. This is a world of arms dealers, heroic arctic adve
The first collection of short fiction from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex and The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides's bestselling novels have shown that he is an ast
From the hosts of the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme comes this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels - a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from
‘The last untold account of the biggest crisis to hit the royals since the abdication … Explosive biography by Britain’s top royal author … A gripping story of human frailty, love, loss, sadness, and
‘The last untold account of the biggest crisis to hit the royals since the abdication … Explosive biography by Britain’s top royal author … A gripping story of human frailty, love, loss, sadness, and
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDON In Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection of the funniest, weirdest and most moving real messages from the backs of old postcard
Personal narrative blended with a gardener's log-book, in Plot 29 Allan Jenkins, the Editor of Observer Food Monthly, organically weaves together memoir and memory from his childhood to the recent pas
'An unflinchingly honest portrayal of Londoner life with great empathy, style and humour ...A Vanity Fair of our times ...Tamsin Jarvis will resonate long after the final page is turned.' Stylist Dari
'The most dazzling, most unsettling, most oh-my-God-listen-up novel you'll read this year' The Washington Post A dark and socially provocative Southern-fried comedy about four UC Berkeley s
The debut novel by a British writer with nearly two decades of African experience – a compelling courtroom drama and a gritty, aromatic evocation of place, inspired by recent events. British lawyer Pa
The debut novel by a British writer with nearly two decades of African experience – a compelling courtroom drama and a gritty, aromatic evocation of place, inspired by recent events. British lawyer Pa
‘A major-league prose writer who has fun in every sentence’ Jonathan Franzen ‘A clever speculative tale set against a backdrop of contemporary environmental and political threats’ The New York Times J
‘An unflinchingly honest portrayal of Londoner life with great empathy, style and humour … A Vanity Fair of our times … Tamsin Jarvis will resonate long after the final page is turned.’ Stylist Daring
