Critically lauded and an Oprah Book Club choice, Jonathan Franzen\''s third novel The Corrections is already a huge success in the US, and it\''s none too difficult to see why. Whereas his earlier novels, The Twenty-Seventh City and StrongMotion could be seen as single-issue works (on inner city decay ...
Set in the same time-frame as Beautiful Disaster, now we hear the story from Travis\'' point of view. Travis lost his mother at a very young age, but before she died she taught him two important rules. Love hard. Fight harder. Growing up in a family of men who like to gamble and fight, Travis Maddox ...
Mia Holl lives in a state governed by The Method, where good health is the highest duty of the citizen. Everyone must submit medical data and sleep records to the authorities on a monthly basis, and regular exercise is mandatory. Mia is young and bea utiful, a successful scientist who is outwardly obedient ...
The epic story of Thomas Cale-introduced so memorably in The Left Hand of God—continues as the Redeemers use his prodigious gifts to further their sacred goal: the extinction of humankind and the end of the world. To the warrior-monks known as the Redeemers, who rule over massive armies of child slaves, ...
Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe\''s capitals, part swan. or all fake? Courted by the Prince of Wales and painted by Toulouse-Lautrec, she is an aerialiste extraordinaire and star of Colonel Kearney\''s circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to ...
The thrilling finale to the New York Times bestselling Young Elites series from Marie Lu. There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen. Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She''s turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved the ultimate revenge: ...
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Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author Neil Gaiman\''s collection of extraordinary short stories featuring How to Talk to Girls at Parties, soon to be a major film release starring Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning and Alex Sharp. From the author American Gods, now a major TV series for Amazon Prime Video, ...
This First World War classic novel is written in the first person by a young German soldier, Paul Bauer. Only eighteen when he is pressured by his family, friends and society in general, to enlist and fight at the front, he enters the army with six school friends, each filled with optimistic and patriotic ...
The God Delusion" caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types. His argument could hardly be more topical. While ...
Isaac Asimov\''s Robot series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three Laws of Robotics, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence ...
It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous letter, she is compelled to reconsider her unconquerable belief in a kind world and good neighbours. While she ponders the identity ...
The place is Los Angeles, 1991. Maximilian Ophuls is knifed to death on the doorstep of his illegitimate daughter India, slaughtered by his Kashmiri driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar, the Clown. The dead man is a World War II Resistance hero, a man of formidable intellectual ability ...
Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker star in this comedy horror directed by Kenny Ortega. 300 years after they were sentenced to die in Salem, a trio of witches return to gain their revenge. Terrorising the town\''s trick-or-treaters on Halloween, riding on vacuum cleaners instead of broomsticks, the ...
