`A marvel of insight and practicality' Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of HabitWhat do Pixar, Google and the San Antonio Spurs basketball team have in common? In The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle, Ne
How do we say what we mean in a way that the other person can really hear? How can we learn to listen with compassion and understanding? Why do people communicate so differently and how can we reach a
With over a decade of pioneering research and clinical practice in sleep disorder management, the author of The One-Week Insomnia Cure provides a fast and long-lasting approach to identifying and
Learn how to use your baby’s natural instincts and abilities to give him the very best start in life. This practical and sensitive guide shows you how following your baby’s lead will help you develop
Growing up in London’s tough East End, Sara Porter has had to learn to take care of herself. Her mother, bitter from a damaging relationship, feels no love for her and resents her maternal responsibil
In this stunning new novel, Ian McEwan’s first female protagonist since Atonement is about to learn that espionage is the ultimate seduction.Cambridge student Serena Frome’s beauty and intelligence ma
You have an enemy, Dr Brennan. It is in your interest to learn who placed that call.' A routine case turns sinister when Dr Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling the autopsy of a missing heires
The gripping inside story of the race to build conversationally capable computersChat with the author: ask your Alexa device to ‘open the voice computing book’__________________The next great technolo
Inspiring and achievable projects, with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, to transform the dull, the discarded and the down-at-heel into something really out of the ordinaryInternational desig
Through advances in education and with access to work, Saudi women are breaking through the barriers; they are becoming doctors, social workers, business owners and are even managing to push at the bo
On a cold December morning in 1841, a small boy is enticed away from his mother and his throat savagely cut. But when the people of Dublin learn why John Delahunt committed this vile crime, the outcry
On a cold December morning in 1841, a small boy is enticed away from his mother and his throat savagely cut. But when the people of Dublin learn why John Delahunt committed this vile crime, the outcry
A cookbook combining delicious, energy-boosting recipes with nutritional advice to help enhance the performance of runners, cyclists, swimmers, and rowers ? To help with her own training, marath
In this "urgent and enthralling reckoning with family and history" (Andrew Solomon), an American writer returns to Russia to face a family history that still haunts him.Can trauma be inherited? It is
Ripley’s is back with another compendium of mind-boggling facts that will delight anyone drawn to the weirder side of life on Earth. Read about the scariest, grossest and funniest stories from around
*Financial Times Business Book of the Month* ‘Fascinating.’ Forbes Safe thinking is everywhere. It defines our everyday routines, work habits and ideas. There’s just one problem with it: in a world of
Over 50 recipes from London’s legendary Mac N Cheese truck. This book is full of pimped up mac 'n' cheese recipes, things to do with leftovers (mac 'n' cheese fries anyone?) plus tips on how to make
When a six-year-old girl is found dead, hanging from a tree, the only clue the Oslo Police have to work with is an airline tag around her neck. It reads 'I'm travelling alone'. Holger Munch, veteran p
Featuring eminently quotable facts, this book shows how the way we dress is inextricably bound up with considerations of aesthetics, sex, gender, class and lifestyle - and offers us the chance to trul
After twenty-five years working in TV, E L James decided to pursue her childhood dream, and set out to write stories that readers would fall in love with. The result was the sensuous romance Fifty Sha
Written by a man with inside knowledge of all the major players, this is the story of how the economic crisis continues to haunt us, and why the unchecked recklessness of some banks is still a threat
Sweetie Pie, the hamster, is so excited to leave the pet shop with his new owner. In the great outdoors he feels the wind in his fur and experiences its wonderful sights and smells for the very first
When Rita's mum refuses to get her a pet, Rita goes to the zoo and soon returns with a rhinoceros in tow... But keeping a pet rhino a secret in a small flat and taking care of him, prove to be much tr
Cynthia LOVES Christmas. So much so that her flockmates send her off to the North Pole to help Father Christmas. But it turns out that there isn’t much an enthusiastic sheep can do to help with Chris
Ed's life has gone into reverse gear. Reeling from the dot.com bust, he's broke and single, when to cap it all he's mugged and bumps into an old acquaintance with whom he definitely has some dodgy kar
Bertie Wooster is staying at the stately home of Sir Henry Hackwood in Dorset. He is more than familiar with the country-house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to Jeeves, his g
Written by a man with inside knowledge of all the major players, this is the story of how the economic crisis continues to haunt us, and why the unchecked recklessness of some banks is still a threat
Your child's first days at school and nursery are exciting times, but they can be very daunting - for both your child and yourselfIn this book, Gina Ford helps you calm any fears with practical advice
An important part of childhood is exploring the world. What do things taste, feel, smell, sound like? What happens when you add red to blue, mix soil with water or drop a blob of paint from a great he
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 'Just listen,' Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel.' I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen. 'Stay,' he says. Everybody has to
From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize comes a warm and witty look at the life of one special teddy bear. Travel with him as he comes from his factory to his first home, from the charity shop t
Theo is a middle-aged author with writers' block; his partner Jola is a beautiful and privileged soap star who wants very much to be taken seriously. In an attempt to save her dying career, Jola is de
As North Korea's State Poet Laureate, the author led a charmed life. With food provisions, a travel pass, access to strictly censored information and audiences with Kim Jong-il himself, his life in Py
A hitman DI Gavin Sexton is looking into a spate of teenage suicides when he encounters a young girl, paralyzed with locked-in syndrome. Unable to communicate in any other way, she blinks the words: '
Presents a tale of quiet heroism, a story of ordinary people who fought, with enormous self-sacrifice, not with tanks and guns, but with elbow grease and determination. This title is the story of the
Eleanor is sixteen when she goes to the Loire Valley on a French Exchange. But the beauty of her surroundings are at odds with the family who live there. It is a family torn apart by the memories of t
Whisked away by his old adversaries, the Perfumed Pirates of Perfidy, Charlie is put to work aboard their new galleon. Held captive and forced to raid an unsuspecting ship with the bloodthirsty crew,
With a table cloth over his head and a cushion strapped round his bottom, Charlie parachuted right into the middle of a small, swampy island. Clutching a mainly blank map that's supposed to help him f
In the 1930s Tilman and the younger Shipton pioneered many routes in Africa and the Himalayas and found the key to unlocking Everest. They crossed Africa by bicycle, explored China with Spender and Au
Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of a secret society founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. As such, he is gifted with the magical ability to reach into books and draw forth objects
