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Rudolf Luskač The Glass UniverseBefore they even had the right to vote, a group of remarkable women were employed by Harvard College Observatory as ‘Human Computers' to interpret the observations made via telescope by their male counterparts each night. The author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter and The Planets shines light on the hidden history of these extraordinary women who changed the burgeoning field of astronomy and our understanding of…
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Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things EN'They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.' This is the story of Rahel and Estha, twins growing up among the banana jam vats and peppercorns of their blind grandmother's factory, and amid scenes of political turbulence in Kerala. Armed only with the innocence of youth, they fashion a childhood in the…
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Martin Edwards The Golden Age of Murder ENWinner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction. Detective stories of the Twenties and Thirties have long been stereotyped as cosily conventional. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Golden Age of Murder tells for the first time the…
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Karin Slaughter The Good DaughterThe stunning new standalone, with a chilling edge of psychological suspense, from the No.1 bestselling author of the Will Trent and Grant County series. One ran. One stayed.
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John Riordan, Kristen Becker The Good Office ENWith full colour photos, drawings and diagrams, the Good Office is a detailed exploration of the innovative work being done by the world's most visionary architects to create environmentally friendly, contemporary office design that reveals that good design and green design can be one and the same.
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Ford Madox Ford The Good Soldier EN‘Why can't people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing.’ Just before the First World War, two young couples meet in Germany. The seemingly perfect yet brittle relationship of the Ashburnhams soon gives way to unhappiness and betrayal, and respectability to adultery and deception. The Dowells are no less affected by infidelity, and everyone caught up…
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Agatha Christie The Grand Tour ENUnpublished for 90 years, Agatha Christie’s extensive and evocative letters and photographs from her year-long round-the-world trip to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America as part of the British trade mission for the famous 1924 Empire Exhibition. In 1922 Agatha Christie set sail on a 10-month voyage around the British Empire with her husband as part of a trade mission to promote the forthcoming…
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Doris Lessing The Grass is Singing ENDORIS LESSING was born in Persia in 1919 and spent her childhood on a large farm in Zimbabwe. The Grass is Singing was her first novel and was an immediate success on its publication in 1949. The Children of Violence sequence was written out of her experience of life and socialist organisation in the colony. Some of her later novels, including The Golden Notebook, haw a London background. Her short stories are…
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Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book ENThe Graveyard Book Graphic Novel is now available in a gorgeous, limited clothbound edition, featuring both New York Times bestselling volumes bound as one, new cover art, and special extra content. Now 1,500 people can revel in The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel in a new way with this limited printing of numbered copies—all signed by Neil Gaiman! Each chapter in this adaptation by P. Craig Russell is illustrated by a…
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Peter V. Brett The Great Bazaar and Brayan's Gold ENTwo exciting short stories set in the engrossing world of The Demon Cycle from bestselling fantasy author Peter V. Brett.Humanity has been brought to the brink of extinction. Each night, the world is overrun by demons - bloodthirsty creatures of nightmare that have been hunting and killing humanity for over 300 years. A scant few hamlets and half-starved city-states are all that remain of a once proud civilization,…
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Francis Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby ENConsidered one of the all-time great American works of fiction, Fitzgerald’s glorious yet ultimately tragic social satire on the Jazz Age encapsulates the exuberance, energy and decadence of an era. A major film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan is set for release in May 2013. After the war, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with…
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Oliver Jeffers The Great Paper Caper ENAn exciting picture book, featuring brand new characters from highly-regarded, best-selling, multi-award-winning talent, Oliver Jeffers. When life in the forest begins to change; when trees mysteriously lose their branches, when whole tree trunks start to disappear, when homes are lost, the only course of action for the forest dwellers is to begin a full scale investigation. Alibis must be proved, clues must be…
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Sooyong Park The Great Soul of Siberia ENThere are five races of tiger on our planet and all but one live in tropical regions: the Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris altaica is the exception. Mysterious and elusive, and with only 350 remaining in the wild, the Siberian tiger remains a complete enigma. One man has set out to change this. Sooyong Park has spent twenty years tracking and observing these elusive tigers. Each year he spends six months braving sub…
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Robin S. Sharma The Greatness Guide ENEach one of us is called to greatness. We can have a significant impact on the world around us if we so choose. If you are looking to craft an extraordinary life, The Greatness Guide is the powerful and practical handbook that will inspire you. Passionate, provocative, and full of big ideas that will challenge and transform, The Greatness Guide is one of those rare books that will release your potential and awaken…
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Victoria Boutenko The Green Smoothie Prescription ENRaise a glass to your health! Dark, leafy greens contain an astonishing abundance of nutrients, with enzymes, antioxidants, and minerals that hold extraordinary benefits for our mind and body. In The Green Smoothie Prescription, raw food pioneer and international bestselling author of Green for Life Victoria Boutenko provides a comprehensive guide to the healing capabilities of green smoothies. This easy-to-use and…
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Oscar Wilde The Happy Prince ENHarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea.' In The Happy Prince a statue – jewelled and opulent – keeps careful watch…
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Ben Horowitz The Hard Thing about Hard Things ENBen Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn't cover, based on his popular ben's blog. While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very few are honest about how difficult it is to run one.…
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Sally Thorne The Hating Game ENDebut author Sally Thorne bursts on the scene with a hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love. Lucy Hutton has always been certain that the nice girl can get the corner office. She’s charming and accommodating and prides herself on being loved by everyone at Bexley & Gamin. Everyone except for coldly efficient, impeccably attired, physically intimidating Joshua…
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Oliver Jeffers The Heart and the Bottle ENAward-winning picture book star Oliver Jeffers explores themes of love and loss in this life-affirming and uplifting tale. Once there was a girl whose life was filled with wonder at the world around her... Then one day something happened that made the girl take her heart and put it in a safe place. However, after that it seemed that the world was emptier than before. But would she know how to get her heart back? In…
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Kiera Cass The Heir ENKiera Cass's Number 1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has enchanted readers from the very first page. In this fourth romantic novel, follow Illea's royal family into a whole new Selection - and find out what happens after happily ever after. Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has enchanted readers from the very first page. In this fourth romantic novel, follow Illea's royal…
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Daniel Silva The Heist ENGabriel Allon, master art restorer and assassin, returns in a spellbinding new thriller from No.1 bestselling author Daniel Silva. For all fans of Robert Ludlum. Sometimes the best way to find a stolen masterpiece is to steal another one. Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is in Venice repairing an altarpiece by Veronese when he receives an urgent summons from the Italian police. The art dealer Julian…
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Clive Barker The Hellbound Heart ENThe basis for the horror film Hellraiser, this novella is a nerve-shattering tale about the human heart and all the great terrors and ecstasies within its endless domain.
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Robert Wilson The Hidden Assassins ENThis work presents the gripping new psychological thriller featuring Javier Falcon, the tortured detective from The Silent and the Damned and The Blind Man of Seville. As Inspector Jefe Javier Falcon investigates a faceless corpse unearthed on a municipal dump, Seville is rocked by a massive explosion. An apartment block is destroyed, and when it's discovered that its basement housed a mosque everybody's terrorist…