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The night hides many things . . .Louisiana, 1850. A young girl escapes slavery and is taken in by two mysterious women. Rumoured to be witches, the pair travel only at night, dress in men's clothing and seem to know others' innermost thoughts.But the…
VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIESSpine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics. A gripping and dark fictionalised account of life inside the Manson family…
The highly-anticipated second instalment in the CRIME trilogy, now a hit TV SeriesIn Edinburgh, Detective Inspector Ray Lennox is investigating a brutal crime... Ritchie Gulliver MP is dead. Castrated and left to bleed in an empty Leith warehouse.Vicious,…
'THOUGHT-PROVOKING' Bernardine Evaristo | 'IMPORTANT' Melissa Hemsley | 'RAZOR-SHARP' Nels Abbey | 'ESSENTIAL' Jaspreet Kaur | 'INSPIRATIONAL' Sophie Williams | 'REVEALING' Tineka Smith | 'NECESSARY' Natalie Alexis LeeWhat does it mean to be mixed race…
VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIESSpine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics. Hester Prynne is a beautiful young woman. She is also an outcast.In the eyes…
Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries. From Goblin infested caves and haunted Tombs, to vengeful spirits and strange, sinister happenings, Ancient Japan was a…
**A NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, MAIL ON SUNDAY and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**'Will leave you in awe' GuardianFrom the dawn of life itself, every being that has ever lived owes its existence to the cell. The discovery of this vital form…
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023**'Full of delightful anecdotes and interviews and fascinating historical tales' Mail on SundayA panoramic portrait of the wonderous vehicle whose passenger is also its engine. A toy, a tool,…
A FUTURISTIC COVER - COMES WITH 3D GLASSES!Welcome to Vermilion Sands, the fully automated desert-resort ready to fulfil your most exotic whims. Home to the idle rich it now languishes in uneasy decay, populated only by forgotten movie queens, solitary…
A detective under arrest. A killer running free. A dark and gripping thriller set in the Stockholm Archipelago, from an international bestseller and Scandicrime star.Detective Inspector Sam Berger's life has been turned upside down. He is suspected of…
VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIESSpine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics. From the author of the Man Booker longlisted The Underground RailroadA pandemic…
Lessons is an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless search for answers. While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded…
'Informative and persuasive enough to rouse the most ardent couch pototo' New Scientist Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill. It defines us as a species. It enabled us to walk out of Africa and to spread as far as Alaska and Australia.It…
Jan Šerhant, zkušený dopravní letec a šéfpilot leteckého oddělení firmy Baťa, odletěl několik dnů před německou okupací z Československa na palubě Baťova letounu Lockheed Electra. V Kanadě se přihlásil jako dobrovolník do RAF. Ve Velké Británii Jan Šerhant…
Šesté vydání praktické příručky pro výcvik soukromého pilota letounů PPL(A). Kniha je zpracována podle požadavků evropského předpisu PART FCL, aktualizace zahrnují změny ve vzdušném prostoru, letecké frazeologii a předpisech. Jediná učebnice, která pilotnímu…
Praktická příručka pro výcvik soukromého pilota letounů PPL(A) podle osnovy nového evropského předpisu PART FCL. Jediná učebnice, která pilotnímu žákovi v češtině krok za krokem vysvětluje základní manévry, které provádí v průběhu výcviku soukromého…
'A beautiful book about love, loss and regret' ObserverWhen the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability…
As London comes alive with the new youth revolution, one woman makes a choice that defies all expectations.'Transporting' Meg Mason'Wonderful' Marian Keyes'My favourite author' Kate Atkinson'Achingly moving and real' Guardian 'Beguiling' Hilary Mantel'Compelling'…
A heart-stopping, magical story about human connection, for fans of THE PAPER PALACE and LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE One neighbourhood. One night. A constellation of lives changed forever.When retired doctor Ben Wilf comes across ten-year-old Waldo Shenkman…
*WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 2018**A Finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry 2017**A Financial Times and Telegraph Book of the Year 2018*'[Smith's] poems are enriched to the point of volatility, but they pay out, often, in…
*Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2018**Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 2018*'A brilliant debut - a tender, nostalgic and, at times, darkly hilarious exploration of black boyhood, masculinity and grief. A gorgeous and necessary collection from one…
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERSOMEONE'S GETTING MARRIED. SOMEONE'S GETTING MURDERED. 'Tense, terrifying' Clare MackintoshNora hasn't seen Clare for ten years.Not since the day Nora walked out of her old life and never looked back. Until, out of…
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**How do we talk to our children about racism? How do kids at different ages experience race? How can we inspire our children to avoid our mistakes, to be better, to make the world better?Ibram X. Kendi, one of the world's…
'A RARE TREAT ... UTTERLY FASCINATING' Julia Armfield | 'GORGEOUSLY, QUINTESESSENTIALLY LESBIAN' Lily Lindon | 'THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE' Paula Akpan | 'PASSIONATE' Kate Charlesworth | 'A RADICAL ACT OF QUEER LOVE' Kestral Gaian | 'AN INCREDIBLE, AFFIRMING…
'A rich and subtle exploration of the sacredness of nature, filled with a timeless wisdom and deep humanity' Guardian In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that it isn't enough to change our behaviour to avert environmental catastrophe…
'Magical and disturbing' Adam ThirlwellAn astonishing, mind-bending novel about a woman discovering a community of swan-people from one of Iceland's greatest writers. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE ICELANDIC WOMEN'S LITERATURE PRIZE*In the not-too-distant future,…
An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous whistle-blowers, activists and trans women. In 2013, Chelsea Manning was sentenced to thirty-five years in military prison for the largest leak of classified documents in…
'Destined to become a new classic'A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them. For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies.…
This is Colette's famous love story about the romance between an older woman and a younger man. Lea de Lonval is a magnificent and aging courtesan facing the end of her career. She has devoted the last six years to the amorous education of the exquisitely…
Who really benefits from a cashless society?Many of us rarely use cash these days. And the reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater. But what we're told is inevitable is actually the work of powerful interests: the…