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'Hypnotic, pitiless and told brilliantly' Bret Easton EllisEvery weekend, in basements and parking lots across America, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other.Then they go back to...

Ethiopia, 1982: After a decade of conflict, the government is determined to quash the Eritrean insurgency once and for all. As head of propaganda, it's Tsegaye's job to keep the people onside.When the Red Star Campaign lands him in Asmara, Tsegaye is...

Lose yourself in this wickedly addictive exploration of family, relationships and modern love from the bestselling author of the HBO sensation BIG LITTLE LIES'I adored it. Fresh, intelligent and entertaining' MARIAN KEYESThey say trouble always comes in...

The first book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency seriesThe one where it all beginsMma Ramotswe is the proud proprietor of the finest ladies' detective agency in all Botswana (also the only one). She spends her time,...

Think you know whodunnit?Think again. Poor Roger Ackroyd. He knew the woman he loved had been harbouring guilty secret. And then, yesterday, she killed herself. But guilty secrets rarely stay secret. Who had been...

The historical saga that has enthralled millions of readers, Ken Follett's Kingsbridge Novels continue with World Without End. A childhood lost. 1327 and four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. It is All Hallow's Day and their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761425844Author Becka MackFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Simon & Schuster AustraliaPublisher Simon & Schuster Australia

'Real, raw, magnificent - Before I Let Go is the beautiful angst I love to read' COLLEEN HOOVERTheir love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love had its limits . . it...

Introduction and Notes by Gene M. Moore, Universiteit van Amsterdam. Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrad's shorter fiction, Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations...

DISCOVER THE BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED NOVEL ABOUT ONE HEART'S LOVES AND LOSSES FROM ICONIC STORYTELLER WILLIAM BOYD'Superb, wonderful, enjoyable' Guardian'Full of delights' The Times_____________________________Every life is both ordinary and...

A harmless game of Murder in the Dark? Or an invitation to die for? The brand new, festive murder mystery for 2023 from 'modern rival to Agatha Christie' Ada MoncrieffIt's Christmas 1936 and an eclectic list of guests and staff have gathered for the...

Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Phaedo'Nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death'The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of classical Athens. In tracing these...

Twenty years ago, four teenagers disappeared in the woods at a summercamp. Now, two decades later, everything is changing...Paul Copeland's sister went missing 20 years ago. Now raising a daughter alone, Cope balances family life with a career as a...

Times Book of the Month: a spine-chilling classic festive Christmas crime mystery from beloved author of Waterstones Thriller of the Month, Uncle Paul.'Brilliant ... Such clever, witty writing.' Elly Griffiths'Fremlin packs a punch.' Ian Rankin'A master...

Go back to where it all began for LAPD detective Harry Bosch, star of Amazon Prime's Bosch, in his first case The Black Echo - a gripping, action-packed thriller.LAPD detective Harry Bosch is a loner and a nighthawk. One Sunday he gets a call-out on his...

* PRE-ORDER LISA'S LATEST NOVEL - NONE OF THIS IS TRUE - NOW! *You're not the only one watching. . . The gripping psychological suspense from the number one bestselling author of Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs.'I inhaled it in one sitting'...

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER OF THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2020Following on from the critically acclaimed Things I Don't Want to Know, discover the powerful second memoir in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography'. 'I...

Preorder Mhairi's new novel COVER STORY now! She found The One. But when everyone wants him, can she keep him? When there's a ring on her doorbell, there's only one person Edie...

Introduction and Notes by Dr Adrienne Gavin, Canterbury Christ Church University College. Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Dickens wrote of David Copperfield: 'Of all my books I like this the best'. Millions of readers in almost every language...

Now a major Netflix series, Firefly Lane is an unforgettable coming of age story about friendship and betrayal, by the bestselling author of The Four Winds and The Nightingale.It is 1974 and the summer of love is drawing to a close. Kate Mularkey has...

A missing child. A house full of secrets. A mystery waiting to be solved. From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a twisty psychological thriller that you won't be able to put down.'Next-level domestic suspense - even the twists have twists. I...

The Wedding Dress is story of a family and a special dress, handed down from mother to daughter, during times of fortune, loss, tragedy and victory, by the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel.The Deveraux family were among the most important...

A.E. Housman was one of the best-loved poets of his day, and A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems is a collection of poems whose elegant simplicity of form belies their hidden complexities. This Penguin Classics edition is introduced by Nick Laird with...

Toru Okada's cat has disappeared.His wife is growing more distant every day.Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving.As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague and...

It's not the lies that kill you. It's the truth. They predicted Ivo would become a tycoon They predicted Ayda would go on to become a hotshot lawyer They didn't predict that Lily would be dead Twenty years ago, nine university friends made a...

'My favourite current series' Val McDermidEverything has changed for Dr Ruth Galloway. She has a new job, home and partner, and is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to...

The first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography' on writing and womanhood. 'Unmissable. Like chancing upon an oasis, you want to drink it slowly . . . Subtle, unpredictable, surprising' Guardian_________________________________...

A gripping new crime thriller with a ticking clock! A notorious family... The country-house lifestyle of the Carter family may seem picture-perfect, but they aren't what they appear to be. ...

A major anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki MurakamiThis is a celebration of the Japanese short story from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to remarkable contemporary works. It includes the most well-known...

'We have heard much of the rage of fanaticism in former days, but nothing to this' A wretched young man, 'an outcast in the world', tells the story of his upbringing by a heretical Calvinist minister who leads him to believe that he is one of the...

Pre-order the next thrilling Hawthorne mystery CLOSE TO DEATH - coming soon!By the global bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz, the third novel in his acclaimed Hawthorne and Horowitz series. The Russian mafia, a strange religious order and not one but...

College sweethearts meet again years later, in this highly anticipated sequel to the viral TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet!'Adams dazzles . . . a saucy second-chance rom-com' Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW 'The Rule Book did not disappoint. . . Their...

T.M. LOGAN'S LATEST GRIPPING THRILLER, THE DREAM HOME, IS NOW AVAILABLE TO IN HARDBACK, EBOOK, AND AUDIO.The brilliant page-turning thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard & Judy pick and NETFLIX drama The Holiday.What if a single 29...

A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Dickens' greatest historical novel, traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dickens based his historical detail on Carlyle's great work - The French...

Board: AQA Examination: English Language & Literature Specification: GCSE 9-1 Set Text covered: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Type: Set Text, Annotation friendly edition This annotation-friendly edition of Dickens' well-known yuletide tale is...

'So charming' Marian KeyesFrom the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - winner of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-TurnerWhen aspiring novelist Christopher Flinders drops out of university to write his masterpiece (in between shifts as a fish...

On the surface, Richard Ainsworth has life where he wants it. Middle-aged navel gazing and Olympic levels of procrastination are exactly what rural life in France should be about. Then crisis hits his posh B&B when redoubtable housekeeper, Madame...

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics,...

ONE MISSING BOY.Marissa Irvine arrives at 14 Tudor Grove, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn't a mother she recognises. She isn't the nanny. She doesn't...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784286750Author H. P. LovecraftFormat HardbackImprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd