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A page-turning mystery about bravery and brotherhood among evacuees in the Second World War, from an prize-winning author. September 1939. When Jimmy is evacuated to a small village in Wales, it couldn't be more different from London. Green, quiet...

NOW A #1 BLOCKBUSTING FILM. The Sun is dying. Earth will perish too, consumed by the star in its final death throes. But rather than abandon their planet, humanity builds 12,000 mountainous fusion engines to propel the Earth out of orbit and onto a...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Maiden's Voyage; perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Katie Flynn and Catherine Cookson.'Goodwin is a master of her craft. The perfect book for a cold winter's evening' Lancashire Evening Post'Goodwin is a...

THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'An addictive read packed with twists and turns' Closer Ten years ago, Alice Metcalf vanished after a car accident, leaving her daughter Jenna to grow up grappling with the mystery of her disappearance.Jenna has...

From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother's unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother's fate and...

The official prequel to the huge new Alien video game, Aliens: Fireteam Elite from Cold Iron Studios. A Weyland-Yutani scientist arrives at Pala Station and finds the researchers there courting disaster... of the Xenomorph kind. The official prequel...

A FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION, FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a...

As the satanic President Razour attempts to bring forward Armageddon to prevent humanity repenting, the fate of us all rests in the hands of Cleric20, a hedonistic loner with a chequered past, and his robot sidekick, GiX. An action-packed literary...

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Grade 9-1 Subject: English Literature Suitable for the 2024 exams Everything you need to revise for your...

Picking up where Liar's Poker left off (literally, in the bond dealer's desks of Salomon Brothers) the story of Long-Term Capital Management is of a group of elite investors who believed they could beat the market and, like alchemists, create limitless...

Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Phoenician Women portrays the rival sons of King Oedipus and their...

Thomas Hardy's last novel, Jude the Obscure is a fearless exploration of the hypocrisy of Victorian society, edited with an introduction by Dennis Taylor in Penguin Classics.Jude Fawley's hopes of an education at Christminster university are dashed when...

Merging with a bizarre spiritual force called Genesis, Texan Preacher Jesse Custer becomes completely disillusioned with the beliefs that he had dedicated his entire life to. Now possessing the power of "the word," an ability to make people do...

____________________________From the #1 bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix series The Stranger, Gone For Good and The Innocent comes a riveting new thriller, starring the new hero Windsor Horne Lockwood III - or Win, as he is known to his...

'I have rarely seen modern marriage reproduced so faithfully in print. It's about love once the early romance has subsided. Hilarious' Jojo Moyes, Woman and Home 'Standard Deviation is a marvel' Kate Atkinson 'Addictive reading'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597805537Author Laird BarronFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Night Shade BooksPublisher Night Shade BooksWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Finnegans Wake is the book of Here Comes Everybody and Anna Livia Plurabelle and their family - their book, but in a curious way the book of us all as well as all our books. Joyce's last great work, it is not comprised of many borrowed styles, like...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486241388Author Margaret MattFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Dover Children'sPublisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 180gDimensions(mm) 4mm *...

The Penguin English Library editionA dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of London as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson accompany a beautiful young woman to a sinister assignation. For Mary Marston has received several large pearls - one a year for the...

Il Dolce Far Niente is a gorgeous, photographic ode to the magic of southern coastal Italy in the summer by renowned travel, fashion, and lifestyle photographer Lucy Laucht.Throughout these pages, the spirit of summer will come shining through-shimmering...

Join Juan Cabrillo and the Oregon team as they battle a global criminal conspiracy . . .When the Oregon team uncover a ship full of contraband, smuggling turns out to be the tip of a very deep (and dark) iceberg.Because the Oregon's crew have just...

Naomi Novik's stunning series of novels follow the global adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the turbulent time of the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Will...

An exquisite novel about four sisters living though a turbulent decade...I'd put it in the 10 greatest books of the 20th century' David Mitchell 'A near-perfect novel' Hanya Yanagihara In the years leading up to the Second World War, four...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593830673Author Craig JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint VikingPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 516gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 28mm

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Keith Carabine, University of Kent at Canterbury. These three wonderful comic novels drolly record the battle between Lucia and Elisabeth Mapp for social and cultural supremacy in the village of Tilling (based on...

From the author of House of Salt and Sorrows comes the breathtaking fairy tale retelling readers have been waiting for When death calls, she must answer. Hazel Trepas has always known she was different from her siblings. A thirteenth child, she was...

Resurrect the tense conflict between the Jujutsu Sorcerers and the cursed spirits in this collection of original stories.Sorcery and demon curses abound in this collection of stories spun from the world of Jujutsu Kaisen.A talent scout who approaches...

Before he was Ciri's guardian, Geralt of Rivia was a legendary swordsman. Season of Storms is an adventure set in the world of the Witcher, the book series that inspired the hit Netflix show and bestselling video games.Geralt. The witcher whose mission...

'Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap' Geographical Adventure - something that's new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need is an open mind, bags of enthusiasm...

'You can never go wrong with Christina Lauren!' Paige ToonPure, irresistible magic from start to finish' Emily Henry______________Jess Davis is a numbers genius, but when it comes to love she's had to accept there is no magic formula. Juggling a...

'My first intimation of the possibilities of fiction' Zadie SmithMore than a love story, A Room with a View is a penetrating social comedy and a brilliant study of contrasts - in values, social class, and cultural perspectives - and the ingenuity of...

The slow-burning, brilliantly twisty mystery from Jane Harper, the international bestselling Number One author of The Dry'A fantastic crime writer' - Bella MackieIn Exiles, Investigator Aaron Falk finds himself drawn into a complex web of tightly held...

Laugh-out-loud school-based fun in two-colour stories, perfect for encouraging independent reading!Life at Wigglesbottom Primary is often lived on the edge. Is that a superhero dog on the school roof? YES! Is the lunchtime mashed potato really, really...

Book 14 in the delightful 44 Scotland Street series, by worldwide bestselling author Alexander McCall SmithAt the bottom of a sharply descending street - in the topographical sense - in Edinburgh's Georgian New Town, new residents have moved in to number...

Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.Book InformationISBN 9780008527921Author Charlotte Perkins GilmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint William CollinsPublisher HarperCollins PublishersWeight(grams)...

Love can change your life. Can it survive marriage and middle age?'A rare gift and one to be treasured' SUNDAY TIMES'A profound and vital book' WILLIAM BOYD'Equal parts funny and challenging' DAILY TELEGRAPHLily falls in love with Sam the minute she sets...

Serpent and Dove meets A Discovery of Witches in this magical, forbidden romance debut. He was an Empyreal, her greatest threat, her greatest fascination. Everything she'd been warned against. And yet...

Hachiman's summer break is coming to a close, when Yui suddenly comes to visit his house. Not only that, but Totsuka has an invitation for him, as well as a request from a classmate--he even runs into Yukino's sister at the fireworks festival!...

The powerful rediscovered masterpiece of Kyiv during the Second World War, told by a young boy who saw it all.'Read it and weep... Nothing I have read about that barbaric time has been as affecting as this gripping, disturbing book - rightly hailed a...