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A delicious collection of short stories and seaside-inspired recipes, from the bestselling author of the Beach Hut novels

Set in the nineteen-sixties, this novel follows the lives of a close circle of friends who are uprooted from traditional village culture to London. How will they cope?

In Venice, a city elaborately and affectionately described, the American Colonel, Richard Cantrell, falls passionately in love with Renata, a young Italian countess who has 'a profile that could break your or anyone else's heart'.

This hybrid novel uses the stories of polar exploration to make sense of the protagonist's own concerns as she comes of age as an artist, a daughter, and a sister to an autistic brother. Deserved winner of multiple awards upon its Catalan and Spanish publication, Brother in Ice is a richly rewarding journey into the unknown.

A fascinating look at the history and grandeur of bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is also a deeper contemplation on the nature of cowardice and bravery, sport and tragedy, and is enlivened throughout by Hemingway's pungent commentary on life and literature.

Seen through his eyes, bullfighting ...

Connolly's comedy of manners weaves together a domestic tableaux of characters - those with old-fashioned manners, tabloid manners, and no manners at all - in a satire on oedipal envy, neighbourly rivalry and the shameless stupidity of our fame-fuelled society.

Slumdog Millionaire - but for real!

Hemingway's men are bullfighters and boxers, hired hands and hard drinkers, gangsters and gunmen. Each of their stories deals with masculine toughness unsoftened by woman's hand, Incisive, hard-edged, pared down to the bare minimum, they are classic Hemingway territory.

From the multi-award-winning Denise Mina comes a radical new take on one of the darkest episodes in Scottish history - the bloody assassination of David Rizzio in Mary, Queen of Scots' chambers in Holyrood Palace.

'The Brand Messiah' is a fitting modern-day parable and a compelling apocryphal tale of our times. It challenges readers to consider today's values, relevance of ancient ethics, the role of the media as well as faith in their own principles and aspirations.

Cleverly interweaving two storylines - a bloody slave revolt in 1823 and a military coup in the late 1990s - The Hangman's game follows a pregnant writer's experiences in Nigeria during the murderous era of a 'military democracy', under a tyrant known only as Butcher Boy.

When Stella Crown hires a new farmhand to help run her Pennsylvania dairy business, she gets more than she bargained for. The Mennonite widow arrives burdened not only with grief, but with rumors of infidelity and murder. And a young child. Stella herself is battling deep sorrow over the loss of her ...

Evelyn Sert journeys to Tel Aviv, where Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany are determined to forge a modern consciousness in the heart of the Middle East. Her story weaves together national identity, terrorism, love and the art of hairdressing.

"A debut novel about an odd assortment of residents living in a crumbling apartment building in the post-industrial Midwest"--Provided by publisher.

"Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie delivers an utterly modern remake ofDon Quixote with an epic love story set in the Age of Anything Can Happen"--.

Stunningly honest and bursting with wit, Someday Maybe is the story of grief and resilience that you won't be able to stop talking about

Make a date with Jules Stanbridge's second fantastic romance for Little Black Dress - this is one you definitely won't regret!

Baber Mittough's life takes an unexpected turn as he is catapulted from leafy suburbia to the murky alphabet soup of Kazakhstan's underworld.This compelling tale unfolds as engineer Baber is sold by his employer to a questionable Kazakh businessman. When the irresistible Irena and two ageing hippies ...

The quirky residents of Madrigal Close are back as Anna and Cass prepare for Florrie's christening, while Florrie's gay father is dating old flame Tony and neighbour Ida is interfering. All the residents' lives centre on the Cosmic Cafe as they struggle to make decisions about their lives.

'An extraordinary story of the bond between a mother and her son. Four-year-old Danny's voice is utterly convincing, heartbreaking and ultimately full of love and hope, ' Catherine Hall Four-year-old Danny lives with his mother, Natalie, in a small Sussex town. Life is a struggle and when they are threatened ...