''You might pass Eleanor Harding in the street without notice, but you could hardly pass an evening with her and not lose your heart.'' John Bold has lost his heart to Eleanor Harding but he is a political radical who has launched a campaign against the management of the charity of which her father is ...
The Eaters of the Dead is a brilliant, stirring tale of historical adventure which deserves a place on readers bookshelves alongside Michael Crichton''s bestselling techno-thrillers.
Bumper collection of three totally brilliant Horrid Henry books - including HORRID HENRY AND THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN, HORRID HENRY ROBS THE BANK and HORRID HENRY WAKES THE DEAD.§Bumper collection of three totally brilliant Horrid Henry books - including HORRID HENRY AND THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN, HORRID ...
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov''s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari.
Mario Puzo''''s first acclaimed novel, before his creation of the international bestseller, "The Godfather". This is an astounding story of corruption and betrayal. Hardened by the brutality and desceration of three long years of war, Walter Mosca returns to America a changed man. But he has no sooner ...
Discourses on Livy, written in 1531, is as essential to an understanding of Machiavelli as his famous treatise, The Prince. Equally controversial, it reveals his fundamental preference for a republican state. Comparing the practice of the ancient Romans with that of his contemporaries provided Machiavelli ...
Paul West kommt für einen Job von London nach Paris, aber vor allem, weil er herausfinden will, ob Paris wirklich die Hauptstadt der atemberaubenden Unterwäsche ist. Von Tag eins an fühlt er sich wie auf einem anderen Planeten, und ganz und gar nicht wie im Frankreich seiner Lieblingsfilme "Chocolat" ...
Praise for Azincourt \''If Bernard Cornwell was born to write one book, this is it. No other historical novelist has acquired such a mastery of the minutiae of warfare in centuries past. No one else could hope to take Shakespeare\''s Henry V, strip it of its rhetoric and tell the unvarnished truth about ...
A rumour is like a fire. You might think you''ve extinguished it but one creeping, red tendril, one single wisp of smoke is enough to let it leap back into life again. Especially if someone is watching, waiting to fan the flames. New school. Tick. New town. Tick. New surname. Tick. Social media profiles? ...
''No banned foods, no recipes, no fads - psychologist and addiction expert Shahroo Izadi''s weight-loss book is all about changing the way you relate to what you eat.'' The Times''A kind, realistic book that will be a real help to people who struggle with their weight.'' Sunday Telegraph''A kinder, more ...
With a new introduction by Richard Bradford. Alan Sillitoe\''s classic novel of the 1950s, reissued to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its original publication. Working all day at a lathe leaves Arthur Seaton with energy to spare in the evenings. A hard-drinking, hard-fighting young rebel, he knows ...
