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Bestselling author Helen Dunmore's third novel, A Spell of Winter won the 1996 Orange Prize. Catherine and her brother, Rob, don't know why they have been abandoned by their parents....

A fascinating account of a journey along the North West Frontier Geoffrey Moorhouse's fascination with India, which began with his classic Calcutta in 1971, took him back in 1983 to...

'A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience' [Independent on Saturday]For 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far...

When the most advanced aircraft ever designed vanishes over the South Pacific, NUMA operatives Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are drawn into a deadly contest to locate the fallen machine....

A powerful and important book for fans of Mark Haddon, THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK and Jay Asher.How would you spend your birthday if you knew it would be your last?...

A week in the lives of seven people - all on the same route to school: Harriet is waiting for her husband to tell her if their marriage is on...

A family conflict is set to make waves . . .After years of fast living and reckless excitement, Cameron Quinn is called home to help care for his adopted brother...

CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH THE ULTIMATE SHOPAHOLIC! 'Pure pleasure, complete and utter joy, and why oh why did it have to end!' 5-STAR Reader Review'Incredibly festive and fun. An easy...

A young man takes three journeys, through Greece, India and Africa. He travels with little purpose, letting the chance encounters of the road dictate his path. But although he knows...

A novel about the First World War which will follow two friends from the first weeks of September 1914 right through to 1929.

Her enemies will learn the true meaning of fear... The No.1 New York Times bestseller and master of suspense Dean Koontz returns with the fourth Jane Hawk blockbuster. 'I will...

You Shall Know Our Velocity is a compelling and thought-provoking novel by award-winning Dave EggersWill and Hand are burdened by $38,000 and the memory of their friend Jack. Taking a...

'Gloriously exuberant and entertaining.' Guardian'A funny, moving and thought-provoking tale ... It's brilliant.' Independent on SundaySergeant Lester Ferris is a good man in need of a rest. He's spent a...

Kit doesn't know who his mother is. What he does know, however, is that his father, Guy, is dying of cancer. Feeling his death is imminent, Guy gathers around him...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARDNOMINATED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZENAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES A stunning,...

In her hugely acclaimed debut Anne Donovan tells an endearing, humorous yet unsentimental story of a working-class Glaswegian man who discovers Buddhism, rejects old habits and seeks a life more...

Dazzling novel from Carol Shields, author of 'The Stone Diaries', winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and 'Larry's Party', winner of the Orange Prize. 'Breathtaking...a masterpiece.' Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail Reta...

Girls, memory, parenting, millennial fear - all served Coupland-style. Karen, an attractive, popular student, goes into a coma one night in 1979. Whilst in it, she gives birth to a...

Cry the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven...

Widowed by Ireland's Great Famine, Ellen Rua O'Malley flees her native land for Boston and the New World: with her are her two surviving children, Patrick and Mary, and the...

Out of the Easy is set against the vivid backdrop of 1950s New Orleans. Written by New York Times bestselling author Ruth Sepetys, this novel has something for everyone: love,...

The classic bestseller by the acclaimed author of The Shell Seekers and Winter Solstice, now available in a new edition. No two women could have been more different. No two...

With the death of a mother and the abduction of a young girl, Susan Fletcher has written a vividly beautiful novel about the innocence and terror of childhood. Following the...

'with a heartbreaking ending, this is truly a captivating tale' THE LADYThis is not the India that Sophie fell in love with ten years ago . . . London, 1957....

A MAN OF CONTRADICTIONS.A MAN OF PASSION.A MAN OF THE FUTURE.Sequestered in his blitz-battered Regent's Park house in 1944, the ailing Herbert George Wells, 'H.G.' to his family and friends,...

She'll do whatever it takes to find happinessWhen her mother dies, Sarah Mortonby is shocked to discover she has inherited a wealthy estate. She is advised to sell the crumbling...

The first major novel by the author of the critically-acclaimed short story collection Whites. A comedy of manners on the grandest scale, the story revolves around two Americans on the...

'SMART, EMOTIONAL, INTRIGUING AND COMPELLING - I LOVED IT!' JILL MANSELL'Full of twists and turns, this is a heart-breaking yet uplifting story about love and friendship, and is one of...

Ava O'Hara is finally marrying hunky Simon, the love of her life. The wedding dress is on, the make-up is done, the bridesmaids are ready and the guests are eagerly...

Discover the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KINGAs the dark and menacing waters of the local river...

A humorous, big-hearted romp through the apocalypse, where even a cowardly crow can become a hero. Perfect for fans of Dawn of the Dead and Isaac Marion's Warm Bodies.'A thoroughly...

Robert Merivel abandons his medical studies for the vibrant Court of Charles II, where he finds unexpected favour with the King and serves as a 'paper groom' to the youngest...