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The Sunday Times August Crime Book of the Month! A journalist on the track of an old case attempts suicide. An ordinary couple return from a house swap in the states to find their home in disarray and their guests seemingly missing. Four strangers struggle to find shelter on a windswep...

After her husband's untimely death, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. Steering the company through dizzying political and financial reversals, she defies her critics and revolutionizes the champagne i...

'Please help me,' he said in a small voice. 'Will you help me?' Six-year-old Ralph has only been in the care system for three days and has already been rejected by three different foster carers. After hitting a teacher at his school and causing mayhem since he arrived four months ago, staff ar...

'I feel her in the breeze that makes the dahlias bob, and in the scent of the roses ...' After moving to the city from the country, Willow Bright feels like she's lost her mum all over again-and landed on another planet. Her clothes are wrong, her taste in music is wrong, and even the food she ea...

Winston is wearing his brightest, yellowest sweatsuit today because it's an important day for him. It's the kind of day that only happens once a year. He hopes his friends will remember and help him celebrate. But everyone is busy, even his good friend Miles. Miles is working on a special missi...

The conclusion to the thrilling memoirs of Lady Isabella Trent and her legacy of dragon evolutionary research and anthropological adventures! After nearly five decades (and, indeed, the same number of volumes), one might think they were well acquainted with the Lady Isabella Trent - dragon natur...

From Acromantulas to Thestrals, this stunning book - a beautifully illustrated update of The Unofficial Harry Potter Bestiary - details every monster, beast or creature that has ever appeared in any official Harry Potter book, film, or theatrical production. The Wizarding World's Great Book of Be...

Woe! Scream! Meow! ... Purr? Join the hilarious and of course dramatic world of Linney the House Cat, as her webcomic antics are gathered into a graphic novel for the very first time! This collection is perfect for cat lovers and Linney fans alike. What if our cats could talk? Would they ask endl...

A Munch and Kr ger detective story, following the first case that bought together the brilliant, young police cadet Mia Kr ger and old-timer police chief Munch, as a new case helps solve a cold one. 'Gives Jo Nesbo a run for his money money' Sunday Express 'Written in Bjork's habitual cool prose...

An in-depth biography of the socialite, political hostess, crusading feminist and United States envoy to Luxembourg, Perle Mesta, from New York Times bestselling author Meryl Gordon. Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday - the 1940's, 50's and 60's - this extremely wealth...

Without a source of cheap energy to fuel steam boilers and for ore treatment, only the Western Australian mines with rich ore would have been productive. Firewood companies established privately owned train lines up to 120 miles out from major centres such as Kalgoorlie to bring in firewood. Alt...

Luella is determined to do things HER way, including wearing her WOOLLIES and UGGS to the beach on a hot summer's day. Mum thinks she knows best - if only Luella would LISTEN. But maybe Mum isn't always right?

Fact: most people would rather die than present in public. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 75% of people rank fear of speaking in public as their number-one fear. In second place: death. For many people, presenting arouses fear of failure, of forgetting their content, o...

SIX hugely hilarious and spectacularly moving novels from bestselling, critically acclaimed author David Walliams, in one INCREDIBLE box set! THE MIDNIGHT GANG:When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter...

From the award-winning creators of Come Over to My House comes this light-hearted picture book about accessibility and disability, and two kids who are inspired to build a better world. Carla and Sam want to play together, but there's nowhere in their neighbourhood that's accessible to them bot...

Worms Are Our Friends invites preschool readers into a stunning garden to admire the hard work of one tiny worm, and to marvel at the essential role it plays in nature. Down in the garden, one fine, sunny day, a young little worm gets ready to play. Each book in the bestselling 'Our Friends...

A hilarious new book by bestselling children's author Charlie Higson, perfect for fans of Adrian Mole. Stan is going on holiday to Italy with his (fifth) best friend Felix and a load of strangers. Stan is absolutely terrified. Luckily, his mum's given him an emergency list that includes how to...

Red Read doesn't set out to find trouble, but trouble sure has a way of finding him. Expelled from school, he is whisked off by Captain Black Bowen, one of the most infamous smugglers ever to ply the coast of northern Australia in the early years of the twentieth century. Together they battle de...

A practical and compact guide to writing for professionals Writing is an essential skill in today's workplace. From messaging platforms and social media to traditional forms of communication like memos and reports, we rely on words more than ever. Given how much reading we do on mobile devices, ...