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Inspired by the hit TV show Downton Abbey, Beauchamp Hall is an uplifting story of an ordinary woman embracing an extraordinary adventure, from the international number one bestseller Danielle Steel.Winona Farmington once dreamed of graduating from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Nobel Prize 1993.Book InformationISBN 9781400033430Author Toni MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

The multi-million copy internationally bestselling author and master of the shocking twist, Linwood Barclay, is back with a nail-biting new thriller which will keep you awake all night . . .Paul Davis forgets things. Why he walked into a room. Who he...

In occupied France, two people sacrificed everything. Now their granddaughter has come looking for the truth... Ruth's childhood was a happy one, and her family-on her mother's side-large and loving. But her father's French origins have always...

'You are the knife I turn inside myself'Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writerKafka first made the acquaintance of Milena...

'Wonderfully poetic ... extraordinary freshness ... a Virginia Woolf quality' Margaret DrabbleIt is Spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. Territory of Light follows her over the course of a year, as she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679751823Author Truman CapoteFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 142gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Triple-Oscar-winning, world-renowned animator - and author of the seminal book The Animator's Survival Kit - Richard Williams' legendary career in the world of animation is brought to the page here for the first time.Written with his wife and...

The original Great American Novel, an incomparable adventure story and a classic of unruly humour, Twain's masterpiece sees Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There, they find...

'This is a story about what might happen when a woman takes charge... A glorious visceral mystery' The TimesWhile on her daily walk with her dog in the woods near her home, Vesta comes across a chilling handwritten note. Her name was Magda. Nobody will...

The twisting and terrifying Sunday Times bestseller thriller from the rip-roaring Detective Inspector Helen Grace series 'Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years' JEFFERY DEAVER 'Fast-paced and nail-bitingly...

With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts, Royal Holloway, University of London. Homer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War...

Glasgow for Bertie is the promised land. The city of pies and Irn Bru, far from his controlling mother, Irene - his place of escape. But how will he respond to the news of the proposed merging of Edinburgh and Glasgow? A new member of Bertie's class at...

From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA about a teen who uncovers a mystery while working as a tour guide on an island and must solve it before history repeats itself.The fire wasn't Marlowe...

She gave them everything and asked for nothing in return... Rita Bradshaw's heart-stopping saga, Eve and Her Sisters, is a captivating tale of poverty, family and unrequited love. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Kitty Neale.Following their father's...

Sunday Times bestselling author Nora Roberts returns with a brand new standalone novel - a story about the power of love to light a way through the darkness'If you're after the perfect pick-me-up, take-me-away-from-the-world read, then she's your...

A riveting Kate Brannigan thriller, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. 'Val McDermid remains unrivalled' Observer Kate Brannigan's having a bad week. Her boyfriend's death notice is in the...

Concluding the Fleethaven Trilogy, in Reap the Harvest, Margaret Dickinson brings the 1950s vividly to life with a story of secrets and love, buried under years of pride and misunderstanding.Following the disastrous floods of 1953, Ella Hilton is...

The final novel in the heartwarming Lancashire-based Gibson Family series by beloved saga author Anna Jacobs.It is 1860 in Bilsden, the Lancashire mill town, and Frederick Hallam is dying. But first he makes secret plans to smooth the future path for his...

A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB FAVOURITEAN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON'Sophisticated, suspenseful, unsettling' Lee Child'Grips like a vice' Daily Mail'Compulsive' Rosamund Lupton'Moving, insightful' Guardian___________Daniel Hunter has spent years defending...

New York, 1908. Private detectives George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield plan to take a break from work upon the Cunard Line's fleet with the offer of employment upon the Minnesota, a freighter and passenger vessel, which is bound for the Far East. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941040478Author Jan WolkersFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Tin House BooksPublisher Tin House BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 124mm *...

In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves...Re-jacketed in stunning new series style, this is the first novel from...

Celebrate thirty years of Percy the Park Keeper and his animal friends with this funny story in the classic series from award-winning author and illustrator Nick Butterworth! It's a beautiful spring morning and a perfect opportunity for Percy...

THE NO. 1 BESTSELLERHer husband has betrayed her. Can she forgive him - and should she? From the bestselling author of Three Weddings and a Proposal and The Missing WifeWhat readers are saying about Her Husband's Mistake:'I loved this book. So many will...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914198335Author Celia DaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books

Nina does not have a drinking problem. She likes a drink, sure. But what 17-year-old doesn't? Nina's mum isn't so sure. But she's busy with her new husband and five year old Katie. And Nina's almost an adult after all. And if Nina sometimes wakes up with...

'Quietly powerful and a great help. Glorious' Emma Thompson 'Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves.' Holidaying by the sea, and taking inspiration from the shells she finds on the seashore, Anne Morrow Lindbergh...

Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doilies and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley, who has his own connection with the school, is asked by an old...

The first in the much-loved Knuffle Bunny series, join Trixie, her dad and her favourite stuffed bunny in this award-winning and brilliantly observed cautionary tale.A Caldecott Honor book from the creator of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and That...

As Mahiru's shocking declaration echoes through the classroom, Shuu is awestruck.Mahiru is beautiful and smart-he couldn't imagine a better girl. And Shuu will stop atnothing to whip his body and mind into something worthy of her company and hertrust...

A Richard and Judy Summer Book Club Pick.From the number one bestselling author, Peter James, comes an explosive standalone thriller for fans of Dan Brown. It will grip you and won't let go until the very last page.'Sensational - the best what-if...

Push, pull and slide the tabs to go on an adventure in the Busy Jungle! Discover sleepy sloths, tigers on the prowl and chattering monkeys as you explore the jungle from top to bottom.Young children will love playing with this bright and colourful board...

'She has examined the heart of man with an understanding ... that no other writer can hope to surpass' Tennessee WilliamsOften cited as one of the great novels of twentieth-century American fiction, Carson McCullers' prodigious first novel was published...

When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war.Rich at war with...

Winner of the Best Fantasy Novel Aurealis Award'Maria Lewis is a must-read' Buzzfeed 'Pay attention urban fantasy fans - Maria Lewis is a name you'll want to remember' One More Page Considering her status as the world's most powerful medium, Casper von...

Jean Genet, French playwright, novelist and poet, turned the experiences in his life amongst pimps, whores, thugs and other fellow social outcasts into a poetic literature, with an honesty and explicitness unprecedented at the time. Widely considered an...

A beautiful hardback edition of a magical and special novel - enter the fantastical world of the Night Circus.The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Against the grey sky the towering tents are striped black and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942993056Author Takaya KagamiFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Vertical, Inc.Publisher Vertical, Inc.Weight(grams) 280g

From the bestselling author and illustrator behind the million-copy The Wonky Donky book comes Willbee The Bumblebee, a catchy rhyme with endearing illustrations that will leave you buzzing! "With his new jersey...