What could a lacemaker have in common with vascular surgeons? A Savile Row tailor with molecular scientists? A fighter pilot with jazz musicians? At first glance, very little. But Roger Kneebone is the expert on experts, having spent a lifetime finding the connections. In Expert, he combines his own experiences as a doctor with insights from extraordinary people and cutting-edge research to map out

As a lover of animals and nature, Beatrix Hathaway has always been more comfortable outdoors than in the ballroom. Even though she participated in the London season in the past, the free-spirited beauty has never been swept away or seriously courted and i

This is the wonderful new novel from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively. When ...Charlotte is mugged and breaks her hip, her daughter Rose cannot accompany her employer Lord Peters to Manchester, which means his niece Marion has to go instead, which means she sends a text to her lover which is intercepted by his wife, which is ...just the beginning in the ensuing chain of life-altering events. In

It is the twenty-fourth of December. Mean old Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his freezing cold office shouting \'Bah! Humbug!\' at anyone who dares wish him a Merry Christmas. But that night the miser has a terrifying visitor. Marley, his dead business partner who must wander the earth for ever to pay for his sins, comes with a warning. Scrooge will be haunted by three more spirits. The ghosts of Christmas

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN\'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 \'A story for now, an important story . . . told with incredible freshness\' Martha Lane Fox, Chair of Judges, Women\'s Prize 2020 \'The harsh reality of immigration is balanced with a refreshing dose of humour\' The Times \'This compassionate and ingenious novel has an endearing vibrancy in the storytelling that, page after page, makes it addictive

With 20 million copies sold worldwide THE SHACK is an international bestseller that explores life\'s toughest questions through the gripping story of one man\'s struggle to find answers to his suffering. Mack\'s youngest daughter, Missy, was abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years

Edward Lincoln has scaled the Himalayas, survived deadly car chases and defeated scores of assassins. As a movie action man he\'s even suffered stoically at the hands of sadistic directors. After finishing his latest film, he\'s asked to visit South Africa to discover why a dying friend\'s horses are suddenly failing on the race track. Unfortunately, Lincoln\'s attempt to help a friend soon puts him

Beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully conceived, Love and Misadventure will take you on a rollercoaster ride through an ill-fated love affair-from the initial butterflies through the soaring heights to the devastating plunge. And, in the end, the message is one of hope. The journey from love to heartbreak to finding love again is personal yet universal. Lang Leav\'s evocative love poetry speaks

The iconic Ian Rankin returns with a new Detective John Rebus novel - this year\'s essential must-read bestseller. IN A HOUSE OF LIES... Everyone has something to hide A missing private investigator is found, locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still - both for his family and the police - is that his body was in an area that had already been searched. Everyone has secrets Detective Inspector

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A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An opthamologist tries to diagnose his distinctive white blindness, but is affected before he can read the textbooks. It becomes a contagion, spreading throughout the city. Trying to stem the epidemic, the authorities herd the afflicted into a mental asylum where the wards are terrorised by blind thugs. And when fire destroys the asylum, the inmates

One of the top women jockeys in world has been kidnapped and Detective Andrew Douglas is sent to negotiate her release. As more kidnappings follow, the Italian police bungle the case, and the victims\' families begin to worry about their loved ones\' safety.

Out of extreme poverty Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread and then spends many years trying to escape his reputation as a criminal. In later years he rises socially and is a respectable member of society; but policeman Javert will not allow him to forget his past and is determined to expose him.

The beloved, award-winning novel will soon be a major motion picture starring 13 Reasons Why\'s Katherine Langford and Everything, Everything\'s Nick Robinson. \'Worthy of Fault in Our Stars-level obsession.\' Entertainment Weekly\'I love you, SIMON. I LOVE YOU! And I love this fresh, funny, live-out-loud book.\" Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of All the Bright PlacesStraight people should have

What shapes our sexuality? Is it a product of our genes, or of society, culture, and politics? How have concepts of sexuality and sexual norms changed over time? How have feminist theories, religion, and HIV/AIDS affected our attitudes to sex? Focusing on the social, political, and psychological aspects of sexuality, this Very Short Introduction examines these questions and many more, exploring what

\'I was desperate to read more!\' Amazon reviewer. From the bestselling author of While My Eyes Were Closed comes a heartbreaking novel about starting over. Jo Gilroy, an award-winning TV news reporter, gave her heart away once. She won\'t be making the same mistake again. Having been dumped by Richard, the father of her toddler son Alfie, she returns to work to find she has been demoted and that Richard

World-renowned photographer Michael Poliza\'s best seller re-released - now in a smaller format and as an inexpensive hardcover edition

Eine verhängnisvolle Abenteuerlust treibt den englischen Kaufmannssohn Robinson Crusoe zur See. Bei einem Sturm erleidet sein Schiff vor der amerikanischen Küste Schiffbruch, er kann sich als Einziger auf eine unbewohnte Felseninsel retten. Mühsam richtet er sich das Leben ein mit dem, was er auf dem Schiffswrack und auf der Insel findet. Eines Tages entdeckt Robinson, der sich allein auf der Insel

Jean Valjean is free at last after nineteen years in prison. Cold and hungry, he is rejected by everyone he meets. But Jean’s life is changed forever when he discovers love. He spends the rest of his life helping people, like himself, who have been victims of poverty and social injustice – ‘les misérables’.