\"About a Boy\" is Nick Hornby\'s comic and heart-warming million-copy bestseller. \'How cool was Will Freeman?\' Too cool! At thirty-six, he\'s as hip as a teenager. He\'s single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He\'s also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents\' groups full of available (and grateful) mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy.

My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how t o avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit - we do paperwork so real coppers don\'t have to - and finding a way to climb into the panties of the

A number 1 bestseller in France and translated into over twenty-five languages, Billie is one of the most beloved French novels to be published in recent years. A brilliant evocation of contemporary Paris and a moving tale of friendship, Anna Gavalda\'s new novel tells the story of two young people, Billie and Franck, who, as the story opens, are trapped in a gorge in the Cévennes Mountains. Billie

An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur coat and a stray cat fights and refights a terrible nightly battle to protect his adoptive family from evil. These tales and many more await in Gaiman\'s storybook.

Discover a unique, funny and moving debut that will make you laugh, cry and smile. Meet thirtysomething dad, Alex He loves his wife Jody, but has forgotten how to show it. He loves his son Sam, but doesn\'t understand him. Something has to change. And he needs to start with himself. Meet eight-year-old Sam Beautiful, surprising, autistic. To him the world is a puzzle he can\'t solve on his own. But

Interiors expert Judith Miller explores the key elements of country style through the use of colour and natural hues and explains how to design a home interior with a greater understanding of what ambience and impressions colour can bring. Colour is explored throughout the book by means of navigating its use in various palettes, including sections on cool, warm and vibrant colours that explain the

In Ghosts, a group of immigrant workers and their families are squatting on the haunted construction site of a luxury condominium building. One teenage girl\'s interest in the ghosts on the site becomes so intense that her mother realizes her life is in the balance. An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter tells of a point in the life of German painter Johann Moritz Rugendas, when he visits Latin

Here at last is the long awaited sequel to the international bestselling phenomenon, Freakonomics. Steven Levitt, the original rogue economist, and Stephen Dubner have been working hard, uncovering the hidden side of even more controversial subjects, from charity to terrorism and prostitution. And with their inimitable style and wit, they will take us on another even more gripping journey of discovery.

The most elaborate bestseller reprint in recent history has got to be Taschen\'sLuther Bible of 1534: Complete Facsimile Edition. The owner of the original copy wanted it to be a precious, unique object, so the 117 woodcuts were illustrated in brilliant colours by a single hand. In a helpful booklet included with the two hardbound volumes, Stephan Fuessel gives a quick history in English of Martin

Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has come up with the perfect scam. Inspired by the Pied Piper tale, cat and kid lead a band of rats from town to town to fake invasions of vermin. The rewards to get the rats out of town are plentiful. It works perfectly - until their little con game is sussed.

In Melbourne in the late 1940s, a young conservative poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach his country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. But over the ensuing years his audacious act of literary ventriloquism takes on a much darker resonance. Having fled Melbourne for the seedy, sweaty streets of Kuala Lumpur, Chubb finds himself, just as Frankenstein was, haunted and pursued by his

Shanghai is a city of jostling juxtapositions with a long and complicated history. Once a magnet for foreigners because of its sophistication and exoticism, it has reemerged after decades of eclipse to become the economic powerhouse fueling much of China’s fevered growth. This attractively designed little guide gives tourists and professionals alike an overview of notable architecture created in Shanghai

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Max Skinner vient tout juste d\'hériter d\'un vignoble. Adieu Londres, bonjour les délices de la vie provençale. Il doit pourtant se rendre l\'évidence : le vin de sa propriété est peine buvable. Max fait appel un nologue pour améliorer son cru, mais l\'expert semble avoir des pratiques quelque peu douteuses... Avec son regard trs british, Peter Mayle s\'attaque avec malice l\'amour inconditionnel

Your Face Tomorrow is already being compared with Proust and rightly so\' Observer \'One of contemporary literature\'s major works ... you have to open this book\' Ali Smith \'I am myself my own fever and pain\' Jacques Deza has been told he has a gift: he can see through people; guess just from their faces what will become of them. When he encounters the enigmatic Bertram Tupra at a party, Deza is

Va voir maman, papa travaille ! Sauf que maman travaille aussi, y compris le dimanche pour rattraper quatre années passées veiller sur la santé, le repos et les jeux du petit Jérôme. Alors, qui emmnera l\'enfant au jardin d\'Acclimatation, et ensuite au Drugstore pour manger une glace ? La question n\'est pas futile, et annonce mme un drame. Serge et Agns, les parents, travaillent et sortent beaucoup,

Collected together for the first time ever, these are the UK-exclusive comic strip escapades of Finn and Jake, featuring all your favourite characters in a series of ridiculous and extremely silly adventures that see our plucky heroes battle giant candy-eating hedgehogs, The Magic Man, Rock Wizards, Egg Pixies and one extremely angry squirrel.Also contains the hilarious Consequences-style illustrated

International agierende Drogenkartelle setzen pro Jahr Kokain im Wert von mehreren Milliarden Dollar um, sie werden immer größer und einflussreicher. Im Auftrag des Weißen Hauses soll der Ex-CIA-Agent Paul Deveraux, genannt die Cobra, diese Geißel der Menschheit ausmerzen: Das kolumbianische Kartell der Kartelle muss zu Fall gebracht werden. Ein für alle Mal - und mit allen Mitteln ...