*WINNER of the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award 2013* 'Andrew Taylor wrote superb historical fiction long before Hilary Mantel was popular' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of THE AMERICAN BOY comes a new historical thriller set during the American War of Independence.

Magnus Mills and industry, working (and shirking) in productive harmony.

This popular and informative guide to the Scots language is now available in colour in the best-selling gem format. With words and phrases from both literary and everyday language, this is the perfect wee dictionary of Scots for native and non-native speakers alike.

'Lives that Never Grow Old' is a wonderful series- edited by Richard Holmes - that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Every book is a biographical masterpiece, still thrilling to read and vividly alive.

Leading up to the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, the excitement of this momentous event is captured through the eyes of a child in this glorious picture book, reformatted with a new cover design. Mark Haddon is the prize-winning, highly-acclaimed author of the best-selling novel 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time'.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own remote islands? Thirty years ago it happened to Adam Nicolson.

Despite his popularity, Heaney's poetry can be difficult and intractable, not least because it is linked to two rich literary traditions, the English and the Irish. This explicatory work relates the poet to his work.

"The Dice Man" told the story of a man who decides to make his decisions on the throw of a dice. Now, 21 years later, this sequel features Luke's son Larry, who is a preppy futures dealer on Wall Street. Rejecting all that his father stood for, he must now try and trace him.