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IN OUR TIME
February 2009
Forty of the most memorable, eloquent and influential speeches since 1945. Hywel Williams’ choice of speeches is richly eclectic: Churchill, de Gaulle, Kennedy, King, Nehru, Nasser, Mandela, Mao, Thatcher, Blair, Clinton and Obama are just some. details »
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ANGELS AND AGES
February 2009
For the first time a brilliant writer shows us that the abolition of slavery and the publication of The Origin of Species, which together created the modern world, share profound intellectual similarities. details »
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LULLABIES FOR LITTLE CRIMINALS
February 2009
B format release of Heather O’Neill’s debut novel, shortlisted for the 2008 Orange Prize for Fiction and winners of Canada Reads 2007. details »
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A QUIET FLAME
February 2009
Redolent with atmosphere, Philip Kerr's novel asks some highly provocative questions about the true extent of Argentina’s Nazi collaboration and anti-Semitism under the Perons. details »
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RUNNER
February 2009
When a bomb explodes in the middle of a hospital fundraiser, Jane Whitefield finds herself face to face with the cause of the explosion, in the gripping new thriller from Thomas Perry. details »
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HEROES
February 2009
Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents his personal selection of the 101 most heroic figures from the pages of world history. details »
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WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
February 2009
Describes the most extraordinary feats of human engineering and design from across the globe, created between the dawn of human civilisation and the onset of the Dark Ages. details »
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THE ART OF WAR
February 2009
An authoritative and lavishly illustrated account of the lives and careers of the 50 greatest military commanders since 1600, from Cromwell to Konev, from Marlborough to Moltke, and from Petain to Patton. details »
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50 GENETICS IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW
February 2009
Mark Henderson distills the central ideas of genetics in a series of clear and concise essays. details »
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50 PSYCHOLOGY IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW
February 2009
Adrian Furnham offers expert and concise introductions to emotional behaviour, cognition, mental conditions, rationality and personality development, amongst many others. details »
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DAEMON
February 2009
Hi-tech, adrenaline-fuelled, Daemon is the definitive thriller for the information age, collapsing the boundaries between reality and cyberspace. details »
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MOVIEMAKERS
February 2009
A concise profile of the lives and works of the 50 greatest, most influential film directors in cinema history. details »
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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
January 2009
B format edition of the first volume in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy: a violent and bloody thriller, a sinister family saga, a mystery of massive financial fraud and a haunting love story. details »
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MORIARTY
January 2009
Three decades ago, British novelist John Gardner published two books purporting to be the true history of Professor James Moriarty, archenemy of Sherlock Holmes, the Napoleon of crime. This is the third installment. details »
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THE OUTCAST
January 2009
Ulaan Bataar is facing a series of unexpected crises - an apparent suicide bomber, a dead body in the City Museum re-enacting an incident from ancient Mongolian history, an explosion at a political rally and yet another body found murdered nearby. details »
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THE ARMIES
January 2009
An old Colombian man bears witness to the senseless violence engulfing his country. An immensely disturbing book. Awarded the Tusquets International Novel Prize in 2006, recommended by PEN. details »
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WITH MY LAZY EYE
December 2008
Lucy’s father is an internationally renowned academic, her siblings are bright achievers, but Lucy is lazy, directionless and never quite manages to succeed. details »
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FLESH AND BONE
December 2008
A young man’s battered body has been found in Chattanooga. Just as Dr Bill Brockton is on the verge of breaking the case open, events take a terrifying turn. details »
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TO DREAM OF THE DEAD
December 2008
Only one man feels safe; an aggressively-atheist author has been moved, for his own safety, into a secluded house just outside the village. details »
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ROUGH WEATHER
December 2008
A wealthy woman has recruited Jesse Spenser to accompany her to her private island to attend her daughter’s wedding as a sort of stand-in husband. details »
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ME AND KAMINSKI
December 2008
New from the author of Measuring the World. Sebastian Zollner, an underachieving art critic, has pinned his hopes on writing the biography of the artist Manuel Kaminski, now an ailing recluse. details »
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MEASURING THE WORLD
December 2008
Towards the end of the 18th century, naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, and mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss, set out to measure the world. details »
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AMAZULU
December 2008
Set on the south-east coast of southern Africa in the early 1800s, AmaZulu tells the story of Shaka, the father of the Zulu nation. details »
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SOUL CATCHER
December 2008
Augustus Cain is a war-scarred wanderer with an uncanny, if unwelcome, ability to track the most elusive runaway slaves. details »
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THE BIG BOOK OF THE PULPS
December 2008
These are the classic tales that created the Pulp genre and gave birth to hard-hitting detectives who smoke criminals like packs of cigarettes. details »
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DEAD MAN'S HAND
December 2008
A royal flush of brand new poker tales from fifteen of the world’s best crime writers. details »
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ROMANNO BRIDGE
December 2008
A rugby-playing half-Maori named Leo Nagotoa stands in the sleet by Romanno Bridge in the Scottish Borders, trying to thumb a lift when his Destiny slithers up alongside him. details »
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THE ART OF WAR
December 2008
A sumptuous chronological survey of the 50 greatest commanders of the ancient and medieval worlds compiled by a distinguished team of historians. details »
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF UNDERPANTS
December 2008
Forget everything you've been told, HISTORY IS PANTS. It's also long johns, bras, thongs, corsets, vests and all those other things you shouldn't mention in polite company. details »
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GREAT IRISH SPEECHES (with audio CD)
December 2008
Genuine historical recordings from the last 70 years of the most stirring and memorable speeches that have shaped Irish history. details »
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GUSTAV KLIMT
December 2008
Gustav Klimt was a controversial figure in his time, however, today, his works are recognised as masterpieces and stand out as some of the most significant paintings ever to come out of Vienna. details »
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JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED
December 2008
A curiously compelling collection of celebrity gifts from the 16th century to the present day. details »
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BOOKS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
December 2008
Fifty important and influential books in the history of the world. The selection comes from every field of human creativity and intellectual endeavour. details »
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WHITE HEAT
December 2008
Raimon has escaped the pyre and carried the Blue Flame to the mountains above Castleneuf. There he dreams of Yolanda and gathers more people to his cause. details » |
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BLUE FLAME
December 2008
Before all the heretics are exterminated and Occitania burns into ashes, the Blue Flame - the Flame of the Occitan and the Light of the World - must find its rightful inheritor. details »
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MONSTERS
November 2008
In chronological order, grimly fascinating profiles of 101 notorious and profoundly sinister individuals whose actions have have had a baleful and blood-soaked impact on the annals of world history. details »
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JOURNAL
November 2008
From April 1942 to March 1944, Hélène Berr, a recent graduate of the Sorbonne, kept a journal that is at once an intensely moving, intimate and harrowing document and a text of astonishing literary maturity. details »
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VOYAGE ACROSS THE COSMOS
November 2008
Join us on the most amazing voyage imaginable: travel over 13.7 billion light years and experience the awesome sights, spectacles and breathtaking scale of the cosmos. details »
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PETER THE PENGUIN PIONEER
November 2008
Fresh from a jungle trip, Peter, his exuberant assistant Punky and their friend Harold discover their beloved ice-skating rink has been over-populated with some dubious-looking penguins. details »
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THE GHOST OF MUNICH
November 2008
Based on extensive research, The Ghost of Munich has the sharpness of film, the drama of tragedy and the truth of history. details »
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EMPIRE OF LIES
November 2008
Jason Harrow finds himself entangled in a murderous conspiracy only he can see and only he can stop, a plot that bizarrely links his private passions to the turmoil of a world at war. details »
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THE STEPMOTHER'S DIARY
November 2008
With warmth, wit and her unique insights into the workings of the female mind, Fay Weldon offers a brilliant, unsettling new novel about family life today. details »
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THE GATE OF AIR
November 2008
An unsettling ghost story and intense love story, this is a beautifully crafted novel about love and loneliness, life and death, and the indelible traces we leave behind us when we die. details »
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DEATH IN BRESLAU
November 2008
B format release of the first of Marek Krajewski's quartet of novels unfolding the history of Breslau, standing on the fault-line and crossroads of 20th century Europe. details »
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SHIPWRECK
November 2008
The stories of ships that have met a disastrous end. Stunning images of ships, wrecks, charts, and the characters involved, illustrate the stories behind each shipwreck. details »
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WRATH OF GOD
November 2008
A gripping account from a master writer of a natural disaster that had a transformative impact on European society. details »
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THE LANDMARK HERODOTUS
November 2008
Herodotus earned the nickname ‘the father of history’ for the first authentic work of historical writing in the Western literary canon. details »
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THE MAD SCIENCE BOOK
November 2008
Reto U. Schneider tells the extraordinary tales of 100 of the more unusual experiments conducted across seven centuries of science. details »
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THE TUDOR CHRONICLES
November 2008
Authoritative, informative, sumptuous, and compiled by a scholar who is steeped in knowledge of the period, this brings a glorious era of English history dramatically and vividly to life. details »
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ANSEL ADAMS
November 2008
In 1941, Ansel Adams was commissioned by the United States Interior Department to take photographs of the National Parks to be printed as murals for the walls of the new Interior Department building. details »
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THE HORSE
November 2008
The fascinating history of humanity’s bond with the horse is spectacularly brought to life in this beautifully illustrated volume. details »
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THE MAGIC THIEF
October 2008
The first in a trilogy full of wonderful characters and scintillating plot twists, with sketches and an appendix of maps and recipes. Suitable for readers aged 9 and up. details »
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DINOSAURS
October 2008
Take a journey through the prehistoric world and trace the evolution of the most astonishing creatures ever to have walked the earth. details »
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DEAD LINE
October 2008
The new high-tension, high-stakes thriller from the first female Director General of M15, Stella Rimington. details »
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SO BRAVE, YOUNG AND HANDSOME
October 2008
In Minnesota in 1915, an ageing, murderous outlaw and a one-time successful author set out for California, journeying from the old West into the new. details »
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LATE NIGHTS ON AIR
October 2008
A psychologically astute study of love, power, rivalry and friendship in a remote radio station in the furthest reaches of the Canadian North. details »
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MUSE
October 2008
The story of Naomi Price, a young woman who has a floating relationship with worlds of fashion, modelling and beauty and a precarious sense of her own identity. details »
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EXCAVATING KAFKA
October 2008
James Hawes reveals the truth that lies beneath the image of Franz Kafka as a tortured seer whose works defy interpretation. details »
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OUR LADY OF PAIN
October 2008
The second installment in Elena Forbes' Mark Tartaglia series which began with debut Die With Me. details »
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DON'T ASK
October 2008
The latest in Donald Westlake's Dortmunder series, with its hard-luck criminal genius hero, the comic flipside to Westlake's Parker novels written under the Richard Stark pseudonym. details »
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THE DISAPPEARED
October 2008
From the crew of the Mary Celeste to Lord Lucan, Ambrose Bierce to Jimmy Hoffa, history is littered with cases of perplexing disappearance. details »
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QUEEN, EMPRESS, CONCUBINE
October 2008
The lives of 50 extraordinary women who have held positions of executive or ceremonial power throughout history. details »
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HISTORY WITHOUT THE BORING BITS
October 2008
Imagine a book that provides an endlessly browsable alternative history of the world. Here are the stories that don’t usually get told in the history books. details »
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WARS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
October 2008
From the Battle of Salamis to the Gulf Wars and the future of the War on Terror, this is a unique and fascinating portrayal of the story of world history. details »
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SILENCE
September 2008
Six years ago Jack Till, an ex-cop turned private eye, helped Wendy Harper disappear. Now, he must find her again before a pair of hired assassins do. details »
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THE REDEMPTION OF ALEXANDER SEATON
September 2008
This first novel by historian Shona MacLean, niece of famed thriller writer Alistair, is a murder mystery set in 17th century Scotland. details »
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THE SWEETNESS OF LIFE
September 2008
The chill of a claustrophobic alpine town in winter extends to the hearts and minds of its inhabitants in this uncanny psychological thriller. details »
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THE BELLINI MADONNA
September 2008
This multi-layered detective story wrapped in a caustic confession is a complex and ultimately tragic story that plays with art, poetry and history. details »
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WARS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
September 2008
This unique and fascinating portrayal of the story of world history charts 25 defining conflicts from the Battle of Salamis to the Gulf Wars and the War on Terror. details »
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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT EMPIRES
September 2008
Andrew Taylor provides lucid and elegant descriptions of individual empires and identifies reasons for their rise and eventual fall. details »
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COMPANIES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
September 2008
The fascinating stories of 50 companies that have exerted a critical influence on the social and economic history of the past four hundred years. details »
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DROWNED HOPES
September 2008
John Dortmunder, the hero of three-time Edgar Award winner Donald Westlake’s Dortmunder series, is a hard-luck criminal genius. details »
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PULP FICTION: THE VILLAINS
September 2008
Tales of villainy versus virtue from the Golden Age of pulp fiction and the dawn of modern crime writing, edited by Otto Penzler. details »
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THE SHAKESPEARE HANDBOOK
September 2008
This definitive Bard-in-brief puts 50 of the most significant and best-loved scenes from Shakespeare in context. details »
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THE HERETIC QUEEN
August 2008
Guided by her aunt Nefertiti, Nefertari becomes Egypt’s most cunning and disciplined queen, the only one to be deified in her lifetime. details »
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NEFERTITI
August 2008
B format release of the story of the only female Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt: perfect for fans of strong popular historical fiction. details »
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AN ATLAS OF IMPOSSIBLE LONGING
August 2008
Anuradha Roy tells the story of three generations of an Indian family, a microcosm of a society that is destined to self-destruct. details »
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THE MURDER FARM
August 2008
A family murder is left unsolved by all but the reader in Andrea Maria Schenkel's unconventional detective story. details »
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ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
August 2008
Armed with American cigarettes and extra-strength coffee, New Yorker Alex is ready to face everything Britain has to offer. details »
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THE DUKE'S AGENT
August 2008
Raif Jarrett, returned from battle to become agent to the Duke of Penrith, begins to uncover a network of crime and corruption. details »
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ASSASSINATED!
August 2008
The darkly sensational story of twenty centuries of political murder, from the Roman era to the present. details »
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SACRED PLACES
August 2008
Philip Carr-Gomm tells the stories of 50 sacred sites across all five continents, including sites venerated by all of the world’s major religions. details »
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THE STORY OF ASTRONOMY
August 2008
Charts the discoveries of some of the greatest minds in human history and their attempts to unveil the secrets of the stars. details »
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THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE WORLD
August 2008
B format release of Jonathan Black's complete history of the world based on the beliefs and writings of the secret societies. details »
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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO AUDIO CD
August 2008
Stieg Larsson's genuinely complex and unique contribution to crime fiction, now available on audio CD. details »
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MASTER OF THE DELTA
July 2008
Thomas H. Cook at his best - a masterclass in suspense that explores the delicate balance between what we hope for and what we dread. details »
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THE GREAT MIGRATIONS
July 2008
Brings together 50 epic accounts of the mass movement of peoples, examining in detail its causes and its consequences. details »
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THE FIRST FINGERPRINT
July 2008
The identity of a brutal killer is unfathomable, but Michel de Palma, of the Marseilles murder squad, has never lost a case, and he is not going to start now. details »
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TAMING THE INFINITE
July 2008
From ancient Babylon to the last great unsolved problems, Ian Stewart brings us his definitive history of mathematics. details »
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STRANGER IN PARADISE
July 2008
One of the all-time great crime writers moves to Quercus with his new book, a classic Jesse Stone mystery. details »
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THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S GATE
July 2008
The B format release of The New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik's account of raising a family in the middle of Manhattan. details »
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THE FABRIC OF SIN
July 2008
In the ninth outing for Britain's most original crime fiction heroine, Merrily Watkins is investigating ancient connections ... details »
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FIGHTING SHIPS 1850-1950
July 2008
A stunning collection of 150 large-scale paintings, drawings, photographs and ship plans, from the first iron and steam warships to WWII U-boats and aircraft carriers. details »
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MILROSE MUNCE AND THE DEN OF PROFESSIONAL HELP
July 2008
Douglas Anthony Cooper's first children’s novel is a modern day ghost story, full of twisted gothic humour. details »
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CARVED IN BONE
June 2008
A body has been found in Cooke County, a remote community that’s clannish, insular and distrustful of outsiders. details »
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CARVED IN BONE
June 2008
A body has been found in Cooke County, a remote community that’s clannish, insular and distrustful of outsiders. details »
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BLAZING SADDLES
June 2008
Few sporting contests have roused such blind passions and filthy suspicions as the Tour de France. details »
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BLUE FLAME
June 2008
Before all the heretics are exterminated and Occitania burns into ashes, the Blue Flame must find its rightful inheritor. details »
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PULP FICTION: THE DAMES
June 2008
From the pens of writing legends like Dashell Hammett, Cronell Woolrich and Raymond Chandler, stories of the greatest grand dames of the pulp genre have been gathered together. details »
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THE MUSEUM OF DR MOSES
June 2008
One of the greatest short story writers of our time explores with chilling insight the ties that bind, or worse. details »
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A BAD BOY CAN BE GOOD FOR A GIRL
June 2008
Josie, Nicolette and Aviva are three very different girls who all meet the same bad boy. details »
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FIDELITY
May 2008
With the pace, plotting and psychological insight of a master storyteller, Thomas Perry delivers another unputdownable thriller. details »
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BLUE RELIGION
May 2008
Nineteen original stories about cops, criminals and the chase, selected by Michael Connelly. details »
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DEATH IN BRESLAU
May 2008
The first of Marek Krajewski's quartet of novels unfolding the history of Breslau, standing on the fault-line and crossroads of 20th century Europe. details »
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THE DOG OF MARRIAGE
May 2008
A quietly powerful presence in American fiction during the past two decades, these collected stories show the true scale of Amy Hempel's achievement. details »
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TOMMY STORM
May 2008
Irish writer A.J. Healy initially self-published this funny, fast-paced sci-fi fantasy written for children aged eight and up. details »
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HAZEL'S PHANTASMAGORIA
May 2008
Leander Deeny combines the wit of Lewis Carroll with the imagination of Maurice Sendak in a lively novel for children aged nine and up. details »
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BIRDS
May 2008
From the world’s great collections of ornithological art, this giant book showcases 150 exquisite and vibrant images of nature’s most beautiful birds. details »
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THE SPA DECAMERON
May 2008
B format release of Fay Weldon's sparkling, witty, always compassionate and occasionally libidinous new novel. details »
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BEYOND THE BODY FARM
April 2008
In this memoir, Dr Bill Bass, with co-author Jon Jefferson, details the most memorable cases from his forensic anthropology career. details »
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DISEASE
April 2008
The story of the impact of disease on human history by means of 50 lively and readable essays. details »
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AMAZULU
April 2008
Set on the south-east coast of southern Africa in the early 1800s, AmaZulu tells the story of Shaka, the father of the Zulu nation. details »
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THE MAKING OF THE FITTEST
April 2008
A treasure trove of new information about how evolution works, why it matters and how this process has shaped our world. details »
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THE GREAT PHILOSOPHERS
April 2008
Presents lively and informative biographical portraits of 50 of the most important names in the history of human thought. details »
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THE POPES
April 2008
Fifty biographical essays profiling the greatest occupants of the throne of St Peter, from St Peter himself to John Paul II. details »
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THE ONE FROM THE OTHER
April 2008
Munich in 1949 is a place where a private eye can find a lot of work cleaning up the Nazi past of well-to-do locals, abetting fugitives and sorting out rival claims to stolen goods. details »
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AFTER RIVER
March 2008
Growing up on a dairy farm in the mountains of British Columbia in the 1960s, Natalie Ward knew little of the outside world. But she had her family. details »
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THE NATURAL DISORDER OF THINGS
March 2008
This is a literary thriller torn from grief and vengeance, a tale of an all-consuming erotic obsession and a meditation on fathers and the traces they leave on their children. details »
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WARTIME NOTEBOOKS
March 2008
Marguerite Duras was one of the leading intellectuals and novelists of post-war France. She owed her success to her obstinacy to be and remain herself. details »
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MARCO POLO: FROM VENICE TO XANADU
March 2008
Laurence Bergreen’s thrilling and masterly reconstruction of the life and wanderings of one the great adventurers of world history. details »
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THE DRAGON THRONE
March 2008
The Dragon Throne tells the rich, complex and often turbulent story of China's succession of powerful imperial dynasties. details »
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Quercus publications in Australia
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PARIS TO THE MOON
March 2008
In 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York for the urbane glamour of Paris. details »
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MAPS OF WAR
March 2008
History’s bloodiest battlefields were captured in accurate detail by cartographers at the time of each great battle and are now presented in this lavish collection of 150 maps. details »
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COSMOS
March 2008
A majestic, giant format account of the ultimate journey, a 13.7-billion-light-year voyage from our home planet to the edge of the universe. details »
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NEFERTITI
February 2008
Nefertiti was the only female Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. The most beautiful and adored woman in Egypt also had a sister. details »
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A QUIET FLAME
February 2008
Bernie Gunther, Berlin’s hardest-boiled private eye, returns in this latest outing. details »
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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
February 2008
A violent and bloody thriller, a sinister family saga, a mystery of massive financial fraud and an ambiguous and haunting love story. details »
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FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS
February 2008
The stories of 15 unsung military heroes, none of a rank higher than major, whose deeds changed the course of important battles. details »
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WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
February 2008
John Dortmunder hasn’t gotten where he is today by turning a blind eye to an easy heist. details »
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BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2007
February 2008
The year’s stand-out crime short stories, showcasing 20 criminal masterpieces hand-picked by bestselling author Carl Hiaasen. details »
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PICTURES
February 2008
Robert Daley’s latest mystery considers the dangerous side of fame, as an American detective follows a trail of evidence and death across Europe. details »
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ISMS & OLOGIES
February 2008
We live in a wilderness of dogmas and doctrines, creeds and credos. But just what do all these -isms mean? details »
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50 PHILOSOPHY IDEAS YOU REALLY SHOULD KNOW
February 2008
Introduces and explains the ideas that have engaged the attention of thinkers from the era of the ancient Greeks to the present day. details »
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50 PHYSICS IDEAS YOU REALLY SHOULD KNOW
February 2008
Unravels the complexities of 20th-century scientific theory for a general readership. details »
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LULLABIES FOR LITTLE CRIMINALS
January 2008
Heather O'Neill's breathtaking first novel about one girl's struggle for survival on the mean streets of Montreal. details »
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BODY OF LIES
January 2008
Body of Lies is the perfect modern spy thriller: ferociously paced, sharply plotted and morally complex. details »
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DEAD MAN'S HAND
January 2008
A royal flush of brand new poker tales from fifteen of the world’s best crime writers. details »
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THE STORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY
January 2008
Modern archaeology from its earliest beginnings to the present through profiles of iconic excavations. details »
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SUN KINGS
January 2008
The great 'sun kings' of history dazzled with their ability to rule, but equally with their shows of excess and opulence. details »
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THE COMPLETE EARTH
January 2008
NASA has constructed the most detailed global portrait of our planet ever created. details »
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FIGHTING SHIPS 1750-1850
January 2008
A stunning collection of over 170 large-format colour illustrations of great fighting ships. details »
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COMEBACK
December 2007
After an absence of decades, Richard Stark's master thief Parker returns to steal a flashy TV evangelist's cash. details »
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FLASHFIRE
December 2007
Double-crossed in Nebraska, Parker has travelled to Palm Beach to set things right by helping himself to the loot from his former associates’ latest heist. details »
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ASK THE PARROT
December 2007
Parker is on the run after a country town bank robbery goes wrong, and teams up with an embittered recluse and his speechless parrot. details »
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THE CHICAGO WAY
December 2007
Ferociously paced, sharply plotted and with all the moral complexity of an early Michael Connelly, this marks the debut of an exciting new thriller writer in Michael Harvey. details »
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101 WORLD HEROES
December 2007
Bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents his personal selection of the 101 most heroic figures from the pages of world history. details »
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THE GREAT COMPOSERS
December 2007
Broadcaster and writer Jeremy Nicholas presents elegant, informative and often affectionate biographical profiles of 50 of the greatest classical music composers. details »
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THE FRAMPTON FLORA
December 2007
A beautiful collection of Victorian botanical paintings discovered in the attic of Frampton Court in Gloucestershire over a century after they were created. details »
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THE ONION FIELD
November 2007
Joseph Wambaugh's frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross. details »
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THE BUTCHER'S BOY
November 2007
Back in print by popular demand, Thomas Perry's spectacular 1982 debut novel includes a new introduction by bestselling author Michael Connelly. details »
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THE ADVERSARY
November 2007
Inspector Nergui returns to the backstreets of Ulan Baatar and Mongolia's desolate steppes in the second instalment of Michael Walter's unique crime series. details »
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ORGY PLANNER WANTED
November 2007
Vicki León describes, in a uniquely energetic style, 144 ancient career options, from the strangely familiar to the entirely strange and unfamiliar. details »
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THE SPA DECAMERON
November 2007
Sparkling, witty, always compassionate and occasionally libidinous, Fay Weldon's new novel recalls Boccaccio's late medieval masterwork, The Decameron. details »
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THE FABRIC OF SIN
November 2007
In the ninth outing for Britain's most original crime fiction heroine, Merrily Watkins investigates some ancient connections. details »
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THE REMAINS OF AN ALTAR
November 2007
Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mum and Deliverance Consultant to the Diocese of Hereford, heads for the Malvern Hills to investigate an alleged paranormal dimension to a spate of road accidents. details »
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THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE WORLD
November 2007
A complete history of the world from the beginning of time to the present day, based on the beliefs and writings of the secret societies. details »
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SOUL CATCHER
October 2007
In the tradition of Cold Mountain comes this bold, exquisitely written and profoundly moving epic of a slave catcher and a young woman on the run on the eve of the US Civil War. details »
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SPEECHES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD + CD
October 2007
Limited edition pack features audio CD with genuine recordings of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century plus the best selling book Speeches that Changed the World. details »
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MEASURING THE WORLD
October 2007
Measuring the World is a novel of rare charm and readability about two eccentric 18th century geniuses, distinguished by its sly humour and unforgettable characterisation. details »
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THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S GATE
October 2007
Adam Gopnik, a highly esteemed writer for The New Yorker, chronicles the experience of raising a family in the middle of Manhattan. details »
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HISTORY WITHOUT THE BORING BITS
October 2007
By turns bizarre, surprising, trivial and enlightening, History Without the Boring Bits offers rich pickings for the browser, and entertainment and inspiration. details »
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ISMS AND OLOGIES
October 2007
We live in a wilderness of dogmas and doctrines, creeds and credos. But what do all these -isms mean? Help is at hand. details »
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STIFF UPPER LIPS & BAGGY GREEN CAPS
October 2007
An Ashes history with a difference – as interested in the colourful and more controversial aspects of Anglo-Australian rivalry as it is in cricketing prowess. Updated for the most recent series. details »
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NEFERTITI
October 2007
Nefertiti, the only female Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, was the most beautiful and adored women of Egypt. Here, her story is told by her sister. details »
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SILENCE
September 2007
With masterful plotting and unnerving psychological insight, another mesmerising, thrilling ride delivered by Thomas Perry (The Butcher's Boy, Nightlife). details »
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DIE WITH ME
September 2007
Talented new British female crime writer Elena Forbes has created a set of characters and a world that is as convincing as it is gripping. details »
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EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
September 2007
Edgar Award-winner David Ellis delivers an audaciously inventive thriller, a tour de force of cat-and-mouse suspense and plot-twists. details »
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PULP FICTION: THE VILLAINS
September 2007
This time around, the tales are of villainy versus virtue from the Golden Age of pulp fiction and the dawn of modern crime writing. details »
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50 MANAGEMENT IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW
September 2007
Bite-sized topics expound the wisdom of well-known business gurus, explain helpful theories and tools, expand on management ideas and cover the latest online commercial concepts. details »
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50 MATHEMATICAL IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW
September 2007
By exploring the science through its 50 key insights, from the simple and the subtle to the sophisticated, shows how mathematics has changed the way we look at the world. details »
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TOOLS OF WAR
September 2007
Recounts, chronologically, the stories of 50 of the most significant advances in military technology. details » |
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EMPERORS OF ROME
September 2007
Charts the 500 years that followed the death of Caesar and eventual triumph of Augustus, an era during which Rome reached the heights and plumbed depths of civilization. details »
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FILTHY SHAKESPEARE
August 2007
100 examples of the Bard at his bawdiest, arranged in 25 sexual categories, each passage translated into modern English. details »
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GLASS TIGER
August 2007
The A format release of Joe Gores' novel about a CIA sniper brought out of retirement to protect the American President. details »
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VOYAGES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
August 2007
The most momentous sea voyages in history, providing an intriguing look at the unveiling of our world. details »
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PROBABLE CAUSE
August 2007
Theresa Schwegel's second novel is about a young policeman who has to to break the law to earn the respect of his team. details »
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STILL WATERS
August 2007
Nigel McCrery's new novel about a detective who suffers from synaesthesia, his greatest strength and his gravest liability. details »
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THE MURMUR OF STONES
August 2007
The B format release of Thomas H. Cook's novel about a woman who begins to suspect that her husband drowned their schizophrenic son. details »
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SEX.COM
July 2007
A battle between two extraordinary men: a Stanford scholar with uncanny foresight and an uneducated con-man with a genius IQ and an unnatural gift for persuasion. details »
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BELIEFS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
July 2007
Answers key questions about the great religions, from Bahai to Unitarianism, via Jainism, Mormonism, Shinto and the major branches of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. details »
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HOLLYWOOD STATION
July 2007
The B Format release of a new novel by Joseph Wambaugh, revered as the master of the modern police novel. details »
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THE SHADOW WALKER
July 2007
The A format release of Michael Walters' crime novel set in Mongolia. details »
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NIGHTLIFE
July 2007
Thomas Perry’s thriller takes us on a dangerous cat-and-mouse game that pits two women against each other. details »
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BREAKHEART HILL
June 2007
This is a story that began with love and led to the destruction of a young woman’s life. A novel by Thomas H. Cook, author of Red Leaves. details »
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DAMNATION STREET
June 2007
The A format release of Andrew Klavan's tale of a private detective and a professional killer: sworn enemies with a single obsession: a woman on the run from them both. details »
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HOW MANY LIGHTBULBS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A PLANET?
June 2007
Writing with missionary zeal, Tony Juniper presents his program for staving off environmental, economic and social disaster. details »
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VOCATIONAL GIRL
June 2007
The B format release of Rosa Mundi's highly moral tale of a very naughty girl that will leave even the most sophisticated reader breathless. details »
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THE INVINCIBLE QUEST: THE LIFE OF RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON
June 2007
Conrad Black's authoritative biography of one of the most accomplished and controversial political leaders of the 20th century. details »
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PICTURES
May 2007
Bestselling author Robert Daley's latest mystery considers the dangerous side of fame, as New York cop turned detective Vince Conte follows a trail of evidence and death across Europe. details »
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ASK THE PARROT
May 2007
Parker is on the run after a country town bank robbery goes wrong. A masterpiece of lean writing and tight plotting, rough humour and deft characterisation. details »
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GUS OPENSHAW'S WHALE-KILLING JOURNAL
May 2007
Gus Openshaw has one goal in life: to kill the whale that ate his wife, child and arm. Gus sets out to exact his revenge, keeping an online journal - a blog - along the way. details »
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PULP FICTION: THE CRIMEFIGHTERS
May 2007
The B release of 14 classic tales of virtue versus villainy that will keep you riveted to your seat. Edited by Otto Penzler, with an introduction by Harlan Coben. details »
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THE MAN OF THE MONTH CLUB
May 2007
The A release of Jackie Clune's novel about a successful businesswoman whose life is changed by the death of a dog and the arrival of a baby. details »
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MEASURING THE WORLD
April 2007
A novel about two geniuses of the German Enlightenment - the naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt and the mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss. details »
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OFFICER DOWN
April 2007
Samantha Mack is a Chicago cop with a drinking problem, a married lover and blood on her hands. A novel by Theresa Schwegel. details »
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THE BUTCHER'S BOY
April 2007
Thomas Perry exploded onto the literary scene with the first edition of this book in 1982. Back in print by popular demand, this spectacular debut novel includes a new introduction by bestselling author Michael Connelly. details »
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LOVE OUT OF SEASON
April 2007
Romance - what is it? A sudden flow of endorphins to the brain? A trick by nature to persuade us to perpetuate our genes? Or sex through rose tinted condoms?? A novel by Ray Connolly. details »
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THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES
March 2007
The B format release of Stef Penney's stunning debut novel, winner of the 2006 Costa Book of the Year Award. details »
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SERIAL KILLERS
February 2007
In the world of true crime, nothing is more engrossing and bewildering than the lives and crimes of offenders classified as serial killers. details »
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HOLLYWOOD STATION
January 2007
Joseph Wambaugh is revered as the master of the modern police novel and in this new book, he shows that Hollywood is not all movies, fame and fortune. details »
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THE SHADOW WALKER
January 2007
As winter's first snow falls on Ulaan Bataar, the mutilated body of a British geologist is found in the city's most expensive hotel, apparently the fourth victim of a serial killer. details »
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THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2006
January 2007
Selected by author Scott Turow, the collection includes new stories from well known authors plus some exciting new voices in American crime writing. details »
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THE MURMUR OF STONES
December 2006
the gripping story of a woman who begins to suspect that her husband drowned their schizophrenic son. Brilliant and intense, this is the new psychological thriller from Thomas H. Cook. details »
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THE TYRANTS
December 2006
From Herod to Papa Doc Duvalier, from Nero to Saddam Hussein, here are 50 chilling portraits of the despots whose iron-fisted rule left an indelible mark on the history of the world. details »
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RED LEAVES
December 2006
The A format release of this affecting crime novel from Thomas H. Cook, in which a prosperous businessman watches his safe, solid world disintegrate. details »
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December 2006
Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mum and Deliverance consultant to the Diocese of Hereford, heads for the Malvern Hills. The latest instalment of Phil Rickman’s acclaimed series of thrillers. details »
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FILTHY SHAKESPEARE
December 2006
100 examples of the Bard at his bawdiest, arranged under 25 sexual categories, 'translated' into modern English and with the hidden sexual meanings of the words explained. details »
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THE ONE FROM THE OTHER
December 2006
Munich in 1949 is a place where a private eye can find a lot of work cleaning up the Nazi past of well-to-do locals, abetting fugitives and sorting out rival claims to stolen goods. details »
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STIFF UPPER LIPS AND BAGGY GREEN CAPS
November 2006
Simon Briggs's Ashes history with a difference - as interested in the more colourful and controversial aspects of Anglo-Australian rivalry as in displays of cricketing prowess. details »
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GLASS TIGER
November 2006
In this new thriller from Joe Gores, it’s election night in the United States. Gustave Walberg becomes leader of the free world and legendary Vietnam sniper Halden Corwin has the President’s head in his sights. details »
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MAN OF THE MONTH CLUB
November 2006
Amy Stokes is a 39-year-old successful businesswoman, with a close group of friends and no desire to change her life, until the death of her dog and the arrival of a baby. details »
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PULP FICTION: THE CRIMEFIGHTERS
November 2006
Fourteen classic tales of virtue versus villainy from legendary writers such as Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich and Raymond Chandler. details »
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THE ENTHUSIAST ALMANACK
November 2006
An only slightly insane antidote to the banalities of modern life, this celebrates a quality that nowadays is underrated, if not considered downright weird. details »
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THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES
October 2006
In this stunning debut set in 19th century Canada, Stef Penney deftly weaves adventure, suspense, revelation and subtle humour. details »
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DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
October 2006
50 days that truly made history, including the Crucifixion of Christ, Columbus making landfall in the Americas, Einstein revealing his Theory of Relativity, and the Apollo 11 Moon landing. details »
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THE GREAT MODERN POETS
October 2006
A wonderful collection of over 100 complete and unabridged 20th and 21st century poems featuring both classic and contemporary works. details »
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DAMNATION STREET
October 2006
A private detective and a professional killer: sworn enemies with a single obsession: a woman on the run from them both. details »
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VOCATIONAL GIRL
October 2006
A highly moral tale of a very naughty girl that will leave even the most sophisticated reader breathless. details »
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THE GAMBLING HANDBOOK
October 2006
You don’t need luck, you need this concise, practical and, above all, sensible guide to maximising your winnings. details »
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NEW WORLDS
October 2006
Gathered from five centuries of exploration, over 200 maps of oceans and continents, mountains and forests, cities and shires. details »
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EARTH: A NEW PERSPECTIVE
August 2006
An atlas of the invisible Earth that lives and breathes around us but which we are too close to see - our familiar planet from a stunning new perspective. details »
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THE ENEMY OF GOD
July 2006
Another "crisp and intricate thriller" from Robert Daley, author of Prince of the City and himself a former NYPD Deputy Commissioner. details »
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THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
July 2006
A dark collection of tales from Joyce Carol Oates, one of America’s literary giants, where she displays her wicked insight into the female mind. details »
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COOKING WITH DAISY
July 2006
Daisy, a young girl who loved her food, died suddenly at the age of 18 months. This book of practical and easy-to-prepare recipes that children will love is her mother's tribute. details »
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RED LEAVES
June 2006
Nominated for the 2006 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, this is an affecting crime novel by acclaimed US writer Thomas H. Cook. details »
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THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES
June 2006
A collection of the genre’s finest writing from the past year, edited by the critically acclaimed author Joyce Carol Oates. details »
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