Caitlin Moran Including cultural, social and political issues which are usually left to hot-shot wonks and not a woman who sometimes keeps a falafel in her handbag, this title also deals with... | Michael Sandel Should we financially reward children for good marks? Is it ethical to pay people to donate organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars, outsourcing inmates to for-profit prisons... |
Neil McKenna 28th April 1870. The flamboyantly dressed Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton are causing a stir in the Strand Theatre. All eyes are riveted upon their lascivious oglings of... | Terry Pratchett; Stephen Baxter 1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves in the trees. Where... |
Lionel Shriver The new novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin. | Charlaine Harris; Johanna Parker Sookie Stackhouse has one last adventure in store. Life has taken her from a waitress in Merlotte's Bar, Bon Temps, to part owner; from social outcast to the heart of... |
George Dyson In 1945 a small group of brilliant engineers and mathematicians gathered at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, determined to build a computer that would make Alan Turing's theory... | Kate Morton The spellbinding new novel from the international bestselling author of The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden and The Distant Hours |
Kate Clanchy It's the searing hot summer of 1989 and revolution is in the air -- though not just for the Prys family ... | Antonia Fraser The two-year revolution that totally changed how Britain is governed. |
James Salter 'Sentence for sentence, Salter is the master' Richard Ford | Richard Holloway At the tender age of fourteen, Richard Holloway left his home town of Alexandria, north of Glasgow, and travelled hundreds of miles to be educated and trained for the priesthood... |
Carlos Ruiz Zafon Another magical read from the author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND. An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare when a young girl discovers the secrets locked inside a toymaker's... | Tan Twan Eng In the highlands of Malaya, a woman sets out to build a memorial to her sister, killed at the hands of the Japanese during the brutal Occupation of their country... |
David Walliams Famous comedian, funniest judge on "Britain's Got Talent", irresistible ladykiller and high-achieving sportsman, the author is a man of many talents. Launched to fame with the record-breaking "Little Britain", his... | Jacqueline Wilson Tells the story of four children who discover a way to make wishes come true. This book shows you the relationship between step-sisters Rosalind and Smash, just as they love... |