London is steaming under a summer of filthy heat and sudden storms - and Detective Nick Belsey, of Hampstead CID, is trying to stay out of trouble. But then somebody sets him a riddle. How does a man
Seagulls in the Attic left Tessa thrilled as Annie, her best friend from London, fell in love and married a local Cornishman. Alas the newlyweds decide to settle out of the county but Tessa and her hu
Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-mouth. Leaving her mother and younger brother and sister behind, Stella goes to a big country house o
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,
Jim and his best friend Charlie weren't looking for adventure, when they decided to bug the staffroom... But then they overhear their teachers speaking in a secret language and it's too late to turn b
Charlie Small's original battered journal was found washed up on a remote, windswept shore in the north of England. Now, a third instalment has been tracked down and salvaged from beneath the seat of
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
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
When Edward Kelley and his master, Dr John Dee, discover a dark secret at the heart of the Countess Elizabeth Bathory's illness, they fear the cure will prove more terrifying than death...
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
It's Messi vs Ronaldo, it's Catalonia vs Castilla. It's the nation against the state, freedom fighters vs Franco's fascists. It's majestic goals and mesmerising skills, red cards and bench brawls. It'
At Whitehall Palace in 1632, the ladies at the court of Charles I are beginning to look suspiciously alike. Plump cheeks, dilated pupils, and a heightened sense of pleasure are the first signs that th
Shows you how to reduce pain, feel calm and enjoy the most extraordinary experience of your life. This book provides practical and reassuring mindfulness techniques to practise throughout pregnancy an
Turning the tables on encyclopaedic tomes on parenthood and their often conflicting advice, this book helps you empower you to relax, trust your instincts and enjoy your new baby. It includes: Early d
Have you ever wondered why some people earn attention and respect when they speak and others don't? The secret in one word: gravitas. This book reveals how to speak so others will listen. Each chapter
Based on the obituaries that appear in every issue of The Week, this is a book that brings together the famous and infamous figures of our generation ranging from the world's influential leaders and t
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
Useful for readers and aspiring writers, this book contains what they need to know about the complexities of researching, writing and publishing fiction. It features essays on character, voice, writer
On 28 July 1997, in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield engaged in what would become the infamous fight in boxing history. This book not only details what triggered Tyson that
What made Pontypool such a great seam of talent for the Welsh national team? Why were they hated and feared in equal measure by other clubs in Wales and across the Severn? What made Ray Prosser a coac
Born into a family that had risen from the soil to prosper as lighthouse engineers, Robert Louis Stephenson was much influenced by the environment in which he was raised and the principles held by his
In September 1878, the author travelled by donkey through the Cevennes region of France. For personal memory - and, as it happens, for literary posterity - he recorded copious notes on his journey as
Offers an account of the disaster in which 96 Liverpool FC fans - men, women and children - died, hundreds were injured and thousands traumatised. This book details the appalling treatment endured by
Birthday-present burglars, a Tooth Fairy mystery, and an abandoned puppy - no adventure is too great for Maxine, also known as Girl Wonder. This collection of seven funny short stories is suitable for
From scaring Mum at Halloween to building the biggest snowball the world's ever seen - Maxine always has a super plan and needs the help of her twin brothers, Anthony and Edward. Together the super si
Four twenty-somethings share an apartment in Tokyo. In this title, each tells their story: their lives, their hopes and fears, their loves, their secrets. It includes: Kotomi waits by the phone for a
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
After reckoning with the ends of the earth in acclaimed books such as Terra Incognita and The Magnetic North, the author rediscovered America thirty-five years after her first Greyhound trip across th
What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? This title deals with these questions.
South-West Germany, 1926. The disappearance of a baby girl calls for Constable Theodore Hildebrandt and his son Klaus to visit the remote village of Hindelheim, a place where nothing ever happens. But
When Margaux, a talented painter and free spirit, and Israel, a sexy and depraved artist, enter her life, the author hopes that through close-sometimes too close-observation of her new friend, her new
Twenty-one years ago, when a conductor was poisoned and the Questura sent a man to investigate, readers first met Commissario Guido Brunetti. Since 1992's Death at La Fenice, Donna Leon and her shrewd
Tells the Viking story, from the first pinprick raids of the 8th century to the great armies that left their Scandinavian homelands to conquer larger parts of France, Britain and Ireland. This book de
Running through muddy fields and up rocky fells, running with his dog at dawn, running because he's being chased by a pack of bloodhounds, running to get hopelessly, enjoyably lost, running fast for t
Takes place on a railway platform, with a couple waiting for a train that never comes, and opens out into the husband's shocking admission of years of deceit, and a devastating portrait of a failed ma
Martin Finch is the new sergeant on the group: young, idealistic, following in his late father's footsteps and desperate to make a difference. Unfortunately the old sweat coppers he's now working alon
SOE, the Special Operations Executive, was a small, tough British secret service, a dirty tricks department established in July 1940 and encouraged by Churchill to 'set Europe ablaze'. This book focus
The theatre for which Shakespeare wrote and acted was a cut-throat commercial entertainment industry. Yet his plays were also intensely alert to the social and political realities of their times. This
A military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger'. It examines the physical conditions of fighting, the emotions and behaviour ge
