Richly expansive and deeply moving, an intimate novel of secret lives and painful histories from one of the finest storytellers we have Lilia Liska is 81. She has shrewdly outlived three husbands, raised five children and seen the arrival of seventeen grandchildren. Now she has turned her keen attention to a strange little book published by a vanity press: the diary of a long-forgotten man named Roland

Discovered as a newborn baby in a dustbin, April\'s life has never been easy. Moved from place to place, she has little sense of who she really is. After a row on the morning of her 14th birthday, April storms out determined to look back at her past and find out where she really comes from.

Who is more important: the reader, or the writer? Originally published in French in 1966, Pierre Macherey’s first and most famous work, A Theory of Literary Production dared to challenge perceived wisdom, and quickly established him as a pivotal figure in literary theory. The reissue of this work as a Routledge Classic brings some radical ideas to a new audience, and argues persuasively for a totally

Rick Riordan is a teacher and a writer, and has won many awards for his mystery novels for adults. He says that the idea for Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief first came to him while he was teaching Greek mythology at middle school in San Fran...

Manu was seated, when the great seers came up to him: \"Please, Lord, tell us the Laws of all the social classes, as well as of those born in between...\"\' The Law Code of Manu is the most authoritative and the best-known legal text of ancient India. F amous for two thousand years it still generates controversy, with Manu\'s verses being cited in support of the oppression of women and members of the

August 30, 1975. The day of the disappearance. The day Somerset, New Hampshire, lost its innocence. That summer, struggling author Harry Quebert fell in love with fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan. Thirty-three years later, her body is dug up from his yard, along with a manuscript copy of the novel that made him a household name. Quebert is the only suspect. Marcus Goldman - Quebert\'s most gifted protege

`A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity\' - C. J. Sansom Blood & Sugar is the thrilling debut historical crime novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson. June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock - horribly tortured and branded with a slaver\'s mark. Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham - a war hero embarking upon a promising

\'As addictive as morphine\' THE TIMES From the author of the classic Farseer trilogy, SHIP OF MAGIC is the first part of the Liveship Traders. Set in a land bordering the Six Duchies, Robin Hobb begins her epic tale of pirates, talking ships, magic, sea serpents, slave revolts, dashing heroes and bloody battles. Wizardwood, the most precious commodity in the world, comes only from the Rain Wilds.

Estranged patriarch Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind a country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His alienated family—bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna—have arrived for their inheritance. But the Walkers are not alone. Alice and Sandra, two long-dead and restless ghosts, linger within the house\'s claustrophobic

\'Study me reader, if you find delight in me...Come, O men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose in nature.\' Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, which represent perhaps one-fifth of what he actually produced. In them he recorded everything that interested him in the world around him, and his

No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens has returned to another utterly irresistible branch on her beloved Cynster family tree Now that her sister Henrietta has discarded her spinster ways and become betrothed, it\'s finally Mary\'s chance for true love. She knows exactly who she wants - and it\'s not someone as wild, unmanageable and sinfully seductive as Ryder Cavanaugh. Ryder Cavanaugh,

Decades ago, as a young CIA analyst, President Jack Ryan Sr. was sent out to investigate the death of an operative—only to uncover the existence of a KGB assassin codenamed Zenith. He was never able to find the killer…In the present, a new strongman has emerged in the ever-chaotic Russian republic—the enigmatic President Valeri Volodon. But the foundations of his personal empire are built on a bloody

If there\'s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it\'s that she\'s different. Mare\'s blood is Red - the colour of common folk - but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from the prince and friend who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she

It will come as no surprise to anyone that Jeremy Clarkson loves machines. But it\'s not just any old bucket of bolts, cogs and bearings that puts that rings his bell. In fact, he\'s scoured the length and and breadth of the land, plunged into oceans and taken to the skies in search of those rare machines with that elusive certain something. And along the way he\'s discovered: the safest place to be

From the author of \"The God Delusion\", Richard Dawkins\' \"The Blind Watchmaker\" has been acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution in the last hundred years. In 1802 the Rev. William Paleys argued in \"Natural Theology\" that just as finding a watch would lead you to conclude that a watchmaker must exist, the complexity of living organisms proves that a Creator exists. Not so, says Richard

The distinctive urban experience, New York is often considered the ultimate city. This captivating compendium contains the very finest the Big Apple has to offer. Whether a glinting modern masterpiece in Manhattan or a solidly traditional structure set in the Hamptons, there is an unsurpassed array of architectural and interior options. Home to captains of industry and culture alike, this magnificent

Les Maligrasse, éditeurs parisiens, reçoivent beaucoup Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Alain, le maître de maison, aime en secret une comédienne en qute de gloire. Bernard, romancier velléitaire, tente en vain de séduire une fille insaisissable. Le jeune Édouard, conquérant provincial et désarmé, perd son amour aussitôt qu\'entrevu. Et tous, dans l\'ivresse des plaisirs mondains, de poursuivre des rves illusoires

The new Bridget Jones novel - the perfect gift for Christmas. 8.45 P.M. Realise there have been so many times in my life when have fantasised about going to a scan with Mark or Daniel: just not both at the same time. Before motherhood, before marriage, Bridget, with biological clock ticking very, very loudly, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at the eleventh hour: a joyful pregnancy which is dominated,

The massive disorder and economic ruin following the Second World War inevitably predetermined the scope and intensity of the Cold War. But why did it last so long? And what impact did it have on the United States, the Soviet Union, Europe, and the Third World? Finally, how did it affect the broader history of the second half of the twentieth century--what were the human and financial costs? This Very