Now in paperback: the perfect quirky Christmas present for readers of New Scientist and anyone who enjoys QI. The Things that Nobody Knows is a fascinating and unputdownable exploration of the limits of human knowledge of our planet, its history and culture, and the universe beyond.
The No. 1 e-book hit: a fast-paced, gritty and atmospheric crime novel set on the tough streets of Glasgow, 1946. 'The new Ian Rankin.' - Daily Mail
From the bestselling author of The Slap comes a novel of shimmering intensity - a young man's journey in the land of his ancestors becomes a wild and page-turning flight from a crime that he did not commit, but is doomed to repeat.
The fourth instalment in the Merrily Watkins series: A school girl possessed by evil spirits and a savage murder; Merrily is once again drawn into the deadly tangle of deceit and mystery in rural Herefordshire...
A secret city and a one-hundred-year-old murder reveal a deadly conspiracy of fantastic proportions: Strindberg's Star will chill your bones in the summer's heat...
The dazzling second book from Man Booker Prize-winning Aravind Adiga.
An authoritative and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word.
A stunning coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of the English Civil War, as one extraordinarily loyal and headstrong girl battles to save the people she loves.
How far would you go to protect your child? When her daughter is bullied, Laura makes a terrible mistake...
The next sensational instalment in the Stevens and Windermere series from the author of The Professionals: 'A breathtakingly fast-paced tale that seldom pauses for breath' Daily Mail
In this controversial new book, Andrew Keen argues that the Internet has had a disastrous impact on all our lives - and outlines what we must do to change it, before it's too late.
The international bestseller, by the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2008, available for the first time in English translation.
'Full of detail and colour about everyday life in Dickens's London, and leaves you with a sense not only of how hard life was then, but how strange. Even if you've read Dickens and the contemporary historians of the poor, there is still more to marvel at here.' Sebastian Faulks, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year
Three girls chase their dreams through the glittering playgrounds of the super-rich: imagine the characters of Louise Bagshawe in the world of Jackie Collins
A gritty, realistic police procedural debut. Does for Brooklyn's 'Little Italy' what The Wire did for Baltimore
The first and only global social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous and politically influential art-form: opera. 'A mighty achievement, by far and away the best history of opera available.' Tim Blanning, Literary Review
THOSE WHO DENY HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT Purge has become an international publishing sensation and is among the most hard-hitting thrillers of recent years.
Craig Raine's dazzlingly original second novel, The Divine Comedy is a gripping meditation on sex and death and God and the myriad ways in which the human body plays dirty tricks on us.
Moving from the gas-flares of Teesside, to marine adventures in the South Atlantic, Hemispheres is a salutary and searing debut novel for anyone who enjoyed Kes and The Northern Clemency.
From the author of The Hanging Shed, a bestseller totalling 200,000 copies, comes the third instalment in the Douglas Brodie series. As Glasgow is buried under snow, a killer is on the loose and a deadly secret threatens to take Brodie to the edge of sanity. 'The new Ian Rankin' - Daily Mail
The gripping eighth instalment of Anne Holt's bestselling Hanne Wilhelmsen series: a snowbound mountain pass, a derailed train, a locked, shuttered and heavily guarded carriage, an apocalyptic storm, an ancient hotel, old betrayals, murder and state secrets.
'Can a writer be too honest? At times you want to close this book to protect its subject.' Hilary Mantel, GuardianAn intensely honest, riveting and surprisingly witty literary memoir of one woman's life as a sufferer of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
A magical, thrilling, time-travelling adventure trilogy for for 9-12 year old readers. 'Move over Harry Potter.' Evening Standard
An ancient Icelandic saga leads to murder in this ingenious new crime series from international bestseller Michael Ridpath"Michael Ridpath is on the war path, trouncing the Scandinavians on their home turf. This is international thriller writing at its best, fine characters, page turning suspense and a great, fresh location." PETER JAMES
In January 2007, the young and optimistic soldiers of the 2-16, the American infantry battalion known as the Rangers, were sent to Iraq as part of the surge. Their job would be to patrol one of the most dangerous areas of Baghdad. Telling the story of these soldiers, both the heroes and the ruined, this title portrays the face of modern war.
A killer stalks history's most famous friends in this thrilling retelling of one day in the life of James Boswell and Samuel Johnson
Now available in hardback at GBP16.99 and packed with over 125 integrated colour illustrations and paintings, The Rose is a very beautiful and desirable Christmas present.
'An enthralling, lucid and superbly confident work of art that grips from the first page... This is a big novel and a masterful debut by a writer whose talent is equal to his project, and whose project could not be more timely.' Chris Cleave
Now available in paperback, a dark and dramatic memoir of an angler's life, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and William Hill Sports Book of Year. 'Jennings weaves a net to mesh human struggle to the peace of the riverbank.' Guardian
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