At the beginning of each decade for 200 years the national census has presented a self-portrait of the British Isles. The census has surveyed Britain from the Napoleonic wars to the age of the interne
WHO REALLY KILLED THE HADLER FAMILY? 'One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read' David Baldacci 'A compulsive read' Kate Hamer, bestselling author of The Girl in the Red Coat 'A cracking good rea
Us Minus Mum has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2015 and shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2015.George and Theo's mum is brilliant.She tells great stories, can wave the fastest of anyone on
When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spell
Charlie and Julia are certain that the sleepy village of Peddle-Worth must contain some mysteries for their brand new agency - The Milkshake Detectives - to solve. All they need to do is find them! So
Your soul is too heavy to pass through this door, Leave the weight of the world in the world from before Evie Snow is eighty-two when she quietly passes away in her sleep, surrounded by her children a
Newly retired Philip returns home to Cologne and is thrown into emotional turmoil upon bumping into his long-lost sweetheart. In the midst of a domestic crisis, Ricarda confides in Philip that she is
One hundred years on from the Battle of the Somme, Breakdown tells the unusual and little-known story of shell shock in one of the bloodiest battles ever fought by the British army.
The Royal College of Physicians celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2018, and to observe this landmark is publishing this series of ten books. Each of the books focuses on fifty themed elements that h
The past twenty years saw unprecedented growth and stability followed by the worst financial crisis the industrialised world has ever witnessed. In the space of little more than a year what had been s
Forty-seven years after NBC killed it off, Star Trek celebrates its half-century in a state of rude health. Boldly going where several other people have been before, Marcus Berkmann tells the story of
The Battle of Culloden has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British soil: a vicious confrontation between Scottish forces supporting the Stuart claim to the throne and the Engli
Up to 10% of people will suffer a mild head injury (or "mild traumatic brain injury'" in their lifetime, and up to 50% of those people will also find they have lingering post-concuss
Mallory Ortberg presents...Texts from Jane Eyre is a whimsical collection of sharp, satirical and side-splittingly funny text message conversations from your favourite literary characters. Of course i
The story of Manchester United's rise to glory, under Sir Matt Busby and later Sir Alex Ferguson, is one of the greatest sporting stories ever told. It's a story that has attracted romantic dreamers,
A breath of Bombay hope, in the first glimpse of the sea, on Marine Drive, filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow. I stopped thinking of that pyramid of killers, and Sanjay
A twenty-year-old murder A chain of unsolvable mysteries Can one detective solve this epic riddle? When a man is found murdered in an abandoned building in Osaka in 1973, unflappable detective Sasagak
The brand new Tony Hill novel from the Queen of the psychological thriller 'That day, waiting had been almost unbearable. He wanted something more spectacular, something that couldn't be ignored. Thes
The sumptuously realized second novel in Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent’s Anjou TrilogyYolande, the Queen of Four Kingdoms is dead. Agnes Sorel, beautiful, innocent, 20 years old, had arr
Fourteen vivid, first-hand accounts of a soldier's life in the Age of Napoleon—previously published asThe Mammoth Book of Soldiers at WarRevealing in telling detail the harsh lives of soldiers at the
Mma Ramotswe, the proprietress of the No 1. Ladies' Detective Agency, is not one to sit about. Her busy life gives her little time for relaxation (apart from the drinking of tea, of course). Nonethele
A parody of the famous children's book, The Very Hungover Caterpillar tells the story of one man's attempts to shake off his hangoverIn the gloom of the room, a fully dressed man lies on the sofa.The
Forty one fantastic stories from Britain's best crime writersThis superb annual anthology of the year’s most outstanding short crime fiction published in the UK is now well into its second decade. Jak
The 11th story in the Gil Cunningham series set in medieval GlasgowThe tale seems very improbable,' Gil Cunningham said. 'How should the Devil enter a religious house and carry off one of its members?
A frighteningly fun picture book adventure from two monstrously talented children's book icons! Are you are afraid of monsters? Do they make you shiver and shake and shut your eyes really tight at nig
The Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller We all know that growing up is hard to do, and sometimes the only thing that makes it better are the reassuring words of someone who has walked that bumpy road jus
* The bestselling novel behind the Hollywood blockbuster - at cinemas autumn 2014 * An epic love story from the bestselling author of The Last Song and The Notebook The bestselling love story behind t
Richard Parks has what must be one of contemporary sport's most extraordinary and inspirational stories. Soon after he turned thirty, the professional career in rugby that had been his life for over a
There is nothing unusual about billionaire Roarke supervising work on his new property - but when he takes a ceremonial swing at the first wall to be knocked down, he uncovers the body of a girl. And
Fifth in the gripping YA spin-off series of Sherrilyn Kenyon's No. 1 New York Times bestselling Dark-Hunter series. Illusion is the compelling, thrilling and unputdownable tale of one boy's journey to
'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less o
The new novel from the author of THE RUSSIAN CONCUBINE and THE WHITE PEARL.1932, London. 27-year-old Jessica Kenton's stable life is torn apart when her younger brother, Timothy, vanishes. Vowing to f
The final book in Nora Roberts' bestselling new trilogy.The Montgomery brothers have been the talk of Boonsboro ever since they decided to renovate the old Inn into an intimate and handsome new Bed an
