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Two men. Twenty years of friendship. One love.'Lovely, funny, kind and truthful . . . I was expecting a simple will-they-won't-they, but it's wiser than that . . . challenging who we are, and why, and how we can change' Russell T. Davies'A great...

Shortlisted for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best NovelJurassic Park meets Parks & Recreation in The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi, a thrilling, fast-paced adventure set on an alternate Earth - perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky and Michel...

A million copies sold 'With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering' 12-year-old Josh and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood. They're...

'A masterly achievement, a work of imaginative grandeur and complete artistic control' Ian McEwan'Brilliant and unputdownable' Salman RushdieHe's a trickster, a player, a jester. His handshake's like a pact with the devil, his smile like a crack in the...

'A gorgeous festive treat of a story, glowing with warmth and Christmas spirit.' Phillipa Ashley 'A fabulous slice of village life!' Heidi Swain A feel-good, festive read to keep you cosy this winter. For fans of Heidi Swain, Sarah Morgan and The...

'A delectable jewel of a tale, shimmering with dark, beautiful prose' Tori Bovalino, author of The Devil Makes Three, on A Dowry of BloodLove is sacrifice. One of us was always going to bleed for the other.Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts...

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Best Illustrated Book Category in 2021.Deep in the darkest forests, under rustling leaves, live the fairies. You probably think that fairies are good, kind and sweet. Well, a lot of them are. These helpful...

The #1 bestseller 'A terrific story, originally told. All hail the new Queen of Crime!' HEAT 'A web of a plot that twists and turns and keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. A...

Earth has become a Utopia, guided by a strange unseen people from outer space whose staggering powers have eradicated war, cruelty, poverty and racial inequality. When the 'Overlords' finally reveal themselves, their horrific form makes little impression...

Even in the skies above the quagmire of the Eastern front, the gunfire never ceases. It's here that the Salamander Kampfgruppe has been thrust into the madness of battle once again as another cog in the machine of war. For good or for ill, the time has...

'Reminiscent of The Martian and World War Z' PIERCE BROWNA twenty-story-tall metallic figure appears in the middle of Regent's Park. The caretakers at London Zoo notice it first at around 4am. The figure, or robot, bears a great resemblance to the UN...

A woman trapped on a mountain attempts to survive more than one kind of monster, in a dread-inducing horror novel from the bestselling author of Alice Mattie can't remember a time before she and William lived alone on a mountain together. She must...

Like his father before him, Octavio runs the Notre Dame bakery and knows the secret recipe for the perfect Parisian baguette. But, also like his father, Octavio has never mastered the art of reading and his only knowledge of the world beyond the bakery...

'Heart-warming ... Fantastic to curl up in your chair with a cup of coffee in front of the fire with and smile, laugh and cry your way through. It will really bring out your Christmas spirit!' NetGalley review For Bo...

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

Discover the spinetingling ghost story everyone is raving about:'If you like a good ghost story put this chilling thriller to the very top of your reading list' Sarah Pearse author of THE SANATORIUM'Will keep you up long after the witching hour' Rebecca...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. "For a time I believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that I stood there alone, the last man left alive." When a strange,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Locus Awards (Science Fiction) 2009.Book InformationISBN 9780061474101Author Neal StephensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 1008Imprint HarperCollins...

The Library of Wales' Story anthologies feature the very best of Welsh short fiction, written amid the political, social and economic turbulence of twentieth century Wales. More than eighty outstanding works from the classics of Dylan Thomas, Rhys...

Help support your child's number and counting skills with Peppa Pig and friends in this colourful wipe-clean activity book. Children will practise counting from 1-20, use numbers in a sequence, draw in the missing objects on the pages to make the...

A detailed and fascinating journey to the roots of The Lord of the Rings, by award-winning Tolkien expert Professor Tom Shippey. The Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible exploration of J.R.R.Tolkien's creativity and the sources...

Tilly dreams of having a pony of her own. One that only she can ride to stardom. Will her wishes come true when she joins Silver Shoe Farm Stables? When the beautiful and valuable thoroughbred Derby winner, Moonshadow, is stabled at Silver Shoe Farm,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375725654Author St. BernardFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 366gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685797096Author InoriFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint AirshipPublisher Seven Seas Entertainment, LLCWeight(grams) 369g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593157718Author Charles SouleFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House WorldsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 641gDimensions(mm) 241mm...

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**A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF 2018**The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is the long-awaited new story collection from Denis Johnson, author of the groundbreaking, highly acclaimed Jesus' Son. Written in the same luminous prose, this collection finds...

Get closer to Vienna with DK Eyewitness A glamorous night at the opera. Coffee and cake at a Viennese coffeehouse. Centuries of imperial grandeur at the Hofburg. There are so many reasons to visit Vienna. Whatever your dream trip involves, this DK...

The war is drawing to a close, but life for the Caldwell sisters is far from peaceful...Still waiting for her fiance, James, to return from fighting in North Africa, Imogen focuses her attention on driving for the Auxiliary Territorial Service General...

As with his previous bestseller, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, in An Anthropologist on Mars Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways in which neurological conditions can affect our sense of self, our experience of the world,...

'Clemence Michallon has written a classic... Daring and completely satisfying' James Patterson'Beautifully written, entirely convincing and relentlessly gripping ... so brilliantly told, with characters so plausible and compelling, that I was hooked...

'He contrasted the mortal world, in wonder, with the deep calm of his home, where the moment moved more slowly than the shadows of the houses here, and did not pass until all the content with which a moment is stored had been drawn from it by every...

Number One for Fiendish Fun!This book contains an angry babysitter, a MAD movie, SQUIRTY ketchup and a pet chicken!Four utterly hilarious and totally brilliant Horrid Henry stories by Francesca Simon, with illustrations by Tony Ross. An irresistible...

Spring House, New Orleans: a plantation manor of money and influence. But something sinister lurks beneath the glamour of the old estate, awoken by blood and looking for revenge . . . After Caitlin Chaisson tries to take her own life in her mansion's...

The new love story of undeniable passion and desire from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of the This Man seriesGiving into desire could destroy them, but denying their passion is impossible...Hannah Bright has finally found a place...

BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO DISCOVER THE GRIPPING NEW MYSTERY FEATURING DETECTIVE WILLIAM WISTING . . .When true crime fanatic Astri Arctander disappears, Detective William Wisting is called upon to investigate.Alongside her fellow amateur sleuths, Astri had...

Little children and their grown-ups can stick their fingers through the holes to become the arms of two friendly but easily scared little ghosts who go trick or treating on Halloween night. There are surprises along the way as they float through the...

She left all she knew to find who she could be . . . She grows up in the wild wood, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake drift to her on the spring breeze, scented with promise. And when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king...

Jane Austen's brilliant, hilarious - and often outrageous - early stories, sketches and pieces of nonsense, in a beautiful Penguin Classics clothbound edition. Jane Austen's earliest writing dates from when she was just eleven years, and already shows...