Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. When unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel receive the news that their beloved son has been killed fighting in France, they are shocked out of their quiet existence and begin a silent campaign of defiance. A deadly game of cat and mouse develops betw[...]

Sent down from Oxford University for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather embarks on a series of bizarre adventures that start in a minor public school and end in one of Her Majesty's prisons. In this, his first and funniest novel, Evelyn Waugh brilliantly satirised the roaring twenties with his st[...]

On a summer's day in 1922, Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, charged with the care of a stunningly beautiful young girl with a jet-black bob and wisdom way beyond her fifteen years.The girl is Louise Brooks and, for her, New York offers a chance of stardom beneath [...]

Introduces a hip collection of ninety-nine do-it-yourself patterns, along with easy-to-follow instructions, materials lists, and project difficulty ratings, for transforming a simple T-shirt into a stylish, one-of-a-kind garment. 30,000 first printing.[...]

Tie-dyeing is a versatile technique that is currently making a comeback in the fashion world. Tie-dyeing is a versatile technique that has been used throughout the world to add interesting colours and patterns to fabrics. Recently it has been reclaimed as a fashion-forward technique that can be adap[...]

A dazzling urban satire of modern human relations? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? Bridget Jones is everyone's favourite Londoner. This is your chance to reacquaint yourself with the funniest, most heart-warming[...]

In his critically acclaimed first novel, Kent Haruf delivers the sweeping tale of eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough. Narrated by her neighbour, Edith's tragedies unfold: a tough childhood, a mother's death, a violence that leaves a father dependent on his children, forever enraged. She is a woman who [...]

THE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO.
A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK TWO
In this thrilling sequel to "A Game of Thrones, "George R. R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. "A Clash of Kings "transports us to a[...]

On the eve of becoming a married man, the Counselor makes a risky entree into the drug trade--and gambles that the consequences won't catch up to him.
Along the gritty terrain of the Texas-Mexico border, a respected and recently engaged lawyer throws his stakes into a cocaine trade worth millio[...]

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, its owners - mother, son a[...]

Penny Birch is playing the fox in a bizarre hunting game. But all does not go according to plan, and she's found by a total stranger, Beth, who's naturally concerned at the state of her. After spending an awkward afternoon explaining herself, Penny becomes determined to seduce Beth, an innocent in a[...]

"Three bestselling authors
Three real-life heroines"
Each of us can effect change. In our own unique ways, we can all make the world a better place. We need only to take that first step, do that first good deed and the ripple effect will be life- changing to so many. Three extraordinary women[...]