A brooding, contemporary novel of secrets, lost love, perfume and Provence

From the acclaimed author of The English Patient and In the Skin of a Lion: a stunningly beautiful and moving new novel about a boy\'s life-changing journey from Ceylon to England in the 1950s.

\'I was 22 years old, a hard-on with a pulse: wretched, vice-ridden, too much to burn and not enough minutes in a hour to do so\' The action begins in West Des Moines, Iowa, where Corey Taylor, frontman of heavy metal bands Slipknot and Stone Sour, systematically set about committing each of the Seven Deadly Sins. He has picked fights with douche bags openly brandishing guns. He has set himself on

\"My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek.\"A brand new summer story from the no. 1 bestselling and award-winning GEEK GIRL series!Harriet Manners knows many facts.And she knows everything there is to know about Paris... except what to do when you\'re the hottest new model at Fashion Week.Can Harriet find her je ne sais quoi or will it be sacre bleu! on the runway?Find out in this hilarious summer

Why bother getting out of bed when you could stay bundled up with that special someone and a book of cozy, cute comics. From the author of the bestselling Little Moments of Love comes Snug, a collection of comics that perfectly captures the honest, playful, and relatable snapshots of romantic life. Chetwynd\'s second book has the same charming and inviting style as her first and includes 50 percent

\'A bold anthology ...alive with provocations and insights\' John Carey, Sunday Times \'The Boy-scouts mistook my signal, and have killed the postman. I\'ve had very little practice in this sort of thing, you see\' The British short story tradition is probably the richest, most varied and historically extensive in the world. This new anthology celebrates the full diversity and energy of its writers,

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books in the Midnight Library enable

Printmaking is a comprehensive and up to date introduction to fundamental printmaking techniques including relief, intaglio, collagraph, lithography, screen print and monoprint. It shows how some of the latest and most experimental prints have been made using these techniques. It also shows how to use the computer as an image-making tool and how to translate digital images into tangible works of art.

A beautiful compilation of inspirational writings, featuring seven classic works in one box set. The box set includes: \'Mere Christianity\' \'The Screwtape Letters\' \'Surprised by Joy\' \'The Four Loves\' \'The Problem of Pain\' \'The Great Divorce\' \'Miracles\' C. S. Lewis\'s works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year, appealing to those seeking wisdom and calm in a hectic and

FEAR KEEPS THEM RUNNING. HOPE KEEPS THEM ALIVE. Vivid, visceral, utterly compelling, AMERICAN DIRT is the first novel to explore the experience of attempting to illegally cross the US-Mexico border. Described as \'A Grapes of Wrath for our times\' (Don Winslow) it is a story that will leave you utterly changed. Yesterday, Lydia had a bookshop. Yesterday, Lydia was married to a journalist. Yesterday,

Detective Renée Ballard, once one of the department\'s young hotshots, now works \'The Late Show\', the graveyard shift at the LAPD. It\'s a thankless job keeping strange hours, handing over her investigations as the sun rises, never getting closure. Some nights are worse than others. And tonight is the worst yet. Two cases: a brutal assault, and a multiple murder with no suspect.

1930s Hollywood. The depression has receded, the studios are booming, and the glitz and glamour are bewitching. But for Cecilia Brady, this is just life. That is, until she meets Monroe Stahr...Stahr is at the centre of it all. A genius production chief in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Cecilia is mesmerised. But Stahr\'s attentions are caught elsewhere - in the arms of a mysterious woman - and Cecilia

MARVEL\'S HYPERACTIVE ASSASSIN IN HIS FIRST FULL-LENGTH NOVEL! HIS TARGET: PUPPIES THAT BECOME GIANT MONSTERS. WAIT. PUPPIES? IS THAT RIGHT? CAN WE DO THAT? Marvel\'s popular Merc with a Mouth stars in an original novel of the Marvel Universe! Blending gritty action with hard-hitting humor, this witty tome is guaranteed to ARRGGH GLAK MMMPPH * ...Sorry Marvel, somethin\' happened to your copy guy.

Deadpool has a lot of unfinished business in his inbox, and he\'s determined to take care of it before...any sort of bad and permanentish thing happens to him. Revenge on Stevil Rogers? Settling things with Rogue? Oh, and doesn\'t he still need to kill a few more folks? It\'s time to get Wade\'s affairs in order. You know, just in case... COLLECTING: DESPICABLE DEADPOOL 292-296

One night, when I am old, sick, right out of semen, and don\'t need things to get any worse, I hear the noises growing louder. I am sure they are making love in Zenab\'s bedroom which is next to mine. Waldo, a feted filmmaker, is confined by old age and ill health to his London apartment. Frail and frustrated, he is cared for by his lovely younger wife, Zee. But when he suspects that Zee is beginning

Eragon. Der Auftrag des Ältesten

Un jeune homme veut mourir. Il entre par hasard chez un antiquaire et ce dernier lui fait cadeau d\'une peau de chagrin couverte de signes mystérieux. Attention, la peau réalise tous les désirs, mais la réalisation de chacun d\'eux la fait se rétrécir et raccourcit d\'autant la vie de son possesseur. Ce jeune homme va tre comblé de richesses et d\'amour, seulement, il prendra peur de tous ses désirs

The complete Maze Runner series released with a sophisticated new look in a stunning box set - perfect for older readers. In a post-apocalyptic reality, violence, disease and lies threaten to destroy much more than the lives of the young Gladers. But the truth is more dangerous than any of them could have imagined. The Maze is only the beginning ...

The Vulture was written when Scott-Heron dropped out of his second year at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in late 1968. Scott-Heron couldnt concentrate on his studies because he had the novel boiling up in his head and needed to get it down on p aper. The book was eventually published in 1970 to critical acclaim. Reading it now, 40 years later, it still packs a heavyweight punch. An intricate and

Over the last seven years Etgar Keret has had plenty of reasons to worry. His son, Lev, was born in the middle of a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv. His father became ill. And he has been constantly tormented by nightmarish visions of the Iranian president Ahmadinejad, anti-Semitic remarks both real and imagined, and, perhaps most worrisome of all, a dogged telemarketer who seems likely to chase him to