An unexpected inheritance from her grandmother offers Libby Pulford the opportunity to escape her abusive marriage and return to her Lancashire roots with her young son Ned. But her domineering husband Steven won't let her go so easily.

Already an international bestseller, 'In Search of Klingsor' traces an American physicist's thrilling search to unmask Hitler's chief science advisor, the man whose work on the German atomic bomb threatened Allied security.

A work of Proust that is translated from French original into English.

"In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original.

An English translation of the French original.

"In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original.

"In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book offers an English translation of the French original.

"In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original.

An anthology of seventeen superbly crafted stories inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper.

The elegant, haunting story of the forgotten people and places of Paris from the reigning Nobel Laureate.

* Reissued in a new look, the breathtaking historical novel about love, beauty, the politics of sex and the power of loyalty set in Venice, by the author of SACRED HEARTS, featuring a fabulous courtesan and her dwarf

Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses.

Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses.

Set with a War in background, this is a story containing several characters who are all in the dark, with their dreams, secrets and fantasies. Electric light, new to their world, may be a boon but it reveals both grime and secrets.

A uniquely disturbing thriller from the bestselling creator of the Inspector Thorne novels

A comet rushes toward the Earth, a deadly orb that soon fills the sky and promises doom. But mankind is too busy hating, stealing and scheming to care. This is H.G. Wells's tale of the last days of the old Earth and the extraterrestrial change that becomes the salvation of the human race.

A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the prizewinning author of Her Body and Other Parties.

Supernatural horror defined as the thought of the unthinkable.

An elegantly constructed story within a story, laced with the wit that characterises the work of this outstanding European writer.

Journalist Orin Perth disappears in the field somewhere in East Africa having delivered a powerful article on Christine, whose son Paul is snatched by the militia operating there. This powerful debut novel explores the ethical dilemmas of conflict reporting, seen through the complex and compelling relationships between two mothers and their sons.

Michael first met the Hanbury's of Egypt Hill when he was a student. He was intrigued by their bohemian lifestyle. Twelve years later, Michael is invited back to the house and jumps at the chance of escaping his turbulent domestic situation. But his illusions about the family are shattered as the rotten core of the Hanbury myth is revealed.