The Maude is outside. It wants to come in.It wants to sit on your chest.The mentally ill patients in Beechway High Secure Unit are highly suggestible. A hallucination can spread like a virus. When une
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To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, an invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork - a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements: earth, air, fire
Suitable for children who are learning to recognize words, basic vocabulary and short sentences, this title lets you find out what happens when the Zoosters leave Africa and head back home, to New Yor
Evil Lex Luthor has taken over the city of Metropolis with an army of dinosaurs! Can the Super Friends save the day? This fun story is perfect for children who are just learning to recognize words, ba
A dynamic guide to owning your ambition and striving for success in an ever-changing world, while helping others along the way. 'Practical and big-hearted... the New Testament for the sisterhood.' Cat
Celebrate Christmas with the ultimate Shopaholic! A Sunday Times bestseller.Longlisted for the Comedy Women In Print Prize 2020The brilliant laugh-out-loud festive novel from the Number One bestsellin
The most advanced scientific enterprise ever mounted, Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition in search of the fabled North-West Passage had every expectation of triumph. But for almost two years his ship
Lights. Camera. Murder. Young James Bond is back in his most action-packed, explosive adventure yet. His plans for a solitary summer are dashed by the discovery of a gruesome film reel - a reel some
The war has changed everything for Rob and Millie. Their father is missing in action and they are terrified they'll never see him again. Then one night, deep in the woods, Rob and Millie see an eerie
AD 69. Aulus Caecina Severus has thrown in his lot with the hedonistic Vitellius and prepares his legions for a march over the Alps. Driven by the desire to repay the treachery of his former patron, t
In 1972 the author's cosmopolitan parents move the family from London to rural North Wales, exchanging a town house in Islington for a remote farmhouse on a hill. His Liverpudlian grandparents - dedic
In 1987, Sue Bowl's world changes for ever. Her mother dies, leaving her feeling like she's lost a vital part of herself. And then her father shacks up with an awful golddigger called Ivana. But Sue's
It's a fresh start for the Met's oddest investigation team, the Peculiar Crimes Unit. Their first case involves two teenagers who see a dead man rising from his grave in a London park. And if that's n
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An ancient object is discovered in a Cairo souk. Hours later, the market trader who sold it is tortured to death. As the bodies begin to pile up, a request for help is sent to British Museum historian
Two small children are playing a game called 'Witch-Hunter'. They place a curse on a young woman taking lunch in a church courtyard and wait for her to die. An hour later the woman is indeed found dea
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Reveals how prayer can play an important part in all our lives, lifting our spirits and offering us hope and support in good times and bad. This book includes mindful meditations, prayers, proverbs an
Brendan Cummins has made more senior hurling championship appearances than any other player in the history of the game. In an era that produced such brilliant goalkeeping talents as Davy Fitzgerald, D
Ronan O'Gara has been at the heart of Munster and Irish rugby for the past fifteen years. Now, as he comes to the end of a glittering playing career, it is time for him to reflect on those many succes
On a bitterly cold winter's night in 1900, a young boy disappears without trace from the forest near his home in the quiet village of Litton Cheney. He is never found, but the man he was with claims h
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A 2015 diary that comes with a fun talent show theme. It is packed with puzzles, activities and tips for putting on your own show, as well as space to write every single day.
What a job for Stanley - he's building a house for his friend, Myrtle. He will need his digger and his bulldozer and his cement mixer! He will also need his friend, Charlie to help. But will they mana
For centuries, scientists had only one way to study the brain: wait for misfortune to strike - strokes, seizures, infections, lobotomies, horrendous accidents, phantom limbs, Siamese twins - and see h
Have you got your soap and Rubber Ducky at the ready? Then hop inside this sticker-tastic activity book for some good clean fun! Turn up the shower power and tri-duck every page, and complete puzzles
In the breakaway Lakota Nation, in the heart of a land blistered beneath an ozone hole the size of the Great Plains of North America, a lone anthropologist wanders the deadlands, recording observation
Ring! Ring! Another phone call for Stanley's Garage - but can he fix all the cars with problems today? There's an overheating radiator, a flat tyre, and a bit of an oily mess! What a job for Stanley a
What lights the spark that ignites a revolution? What was it that, in 1775, provoked a group of merchants, farmers, artisans and sailors in the American colonies to unite and take up arms against the
In the freezing winter of 2010, with the Irish recession in full flow, property tycoon Dermot Brennan is found dead at his Dublin home. Leading the murder investigation is fifty-six-year-old Detective
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Huntly Gordon was a typical product of his generation; capable of detached, trenchant and reasoned judgement. As the summer of 1914 drew to a close, it was difficult for the 16 year-old Gordon to real
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The Penguin's fine feathered friends are distracting the DC Super Friends while he swoops in and plucks Gotham's biggest bank clean! Will Batman, Superman and the other Super Friends get there in time
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