Is it possible to die a happy death? This title tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society\'s rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy man.

\'As I tried to move, I realized how narrow the hole really was. The hole felt as though it was exactly my size - a trap made just for me\'When Asa\'s husband is offered a new job away from the city, the couple end up relocating.

‘Loved it from start to finish, was hooked all the way.’‘This book deserves to be read by everyone.’‘This book is filled with amazing one liners that I would legit tattoo on my forehead!’‘Brilliant, thought provoking.’‘Literally dying for more.’Goodreads ReviewsLegendborn meets Percy Jackson in this dark and thrilling debut fantasy romance.When consumed by shadow, even the

a comic about dinosaurs supporting one another through life from the international bestselling team behind dinosaur therapy, @dinosandcomics including exclusive, never-before-seen bonus comics dinosaurs explore the meaning and significance of true friendship

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story. There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.

The first time Woolf\'s essay on the power of reading has been published in a single standalone volume. Small format, highly packaged HB - perfect for till point and Christmas gifting.

An all-new collection of autumn-themed mysteries from the master of the genre. Autumn is the season of misty mornings and cosy nights in, but as the leaves begin to fall the nights get longer and the shadows grow darker... Secluded cottages, eerie manors and ghostly hauntings and cursed tombs abound in this collection of 12 supernatural mysteries and murderous plots featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple

Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future.A novel about what really matters in life from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli\'s MandolinQ wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is imminent for civilisation and he\'s looking for somewhere to ride out what\'s ahead.He buys a ruined farmhouse in Cornwall

TELEGRAPH and SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR. How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history\'s greatest \'what ifs\'. Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding and poignant story, for the first time, of a handful of amateur British intelligence agents who wined, dined and befriended the leading National Socialists between the wars.

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. Alison Hart, a medium by trade, tours the dormitory towns of London\'s orbital ring road with her flint-hearted sidekick, Colette, passing on messages from beloved dead ancestors.

Tony Anderson set out in the summer of 1998 to walk through Georgia. He wanted particularly to visit the Georgian mountain tribes - Tush, Khevsurs, Ratchuelians and Svans - to discover if they shared a common mountain culture, and to test the old idea of the Caucasus as an impenetrable barrier from sea to sea.

* A married woman has a BDSM-tinged encounter at a work conference * Two young boys on a sleepover feel the first stirrings of desire * In an artificially generated afterlife, anything can be sexual if you want it to be * A young widow on a sleeper train shelters a criminal in her carriage * A bisexual woman cheats on her wife with a baker * Anyone can hire a holographic gigolo in 2098 - but one client

\'If bravery itself could write, it would write like she does\' John Berger Why rebel? Because our footprint on the Earth has never mattered more than now.

Powerful and universal retellings of seventy-eight divine stories, legends, and myths from around the world, each accompanied by a gorgeous illustration from acclaimed artist Yoshi Yoshitani. Many of the lessons we learn are shared stories passed among cultures and generations.

A special illustrated edition of The Ocean at the End of the Lane, the bestselling magical novel from master storyteller Neil Gaiman. Breathtaking black-and-white illustrations throughout by fine artist and illustrator, Elise Hurst.

“When Gessen speaks about autocracy, you listen.” — The New York Times “The Platonic ideal of the anti-Trump Trump book.” — The Washington Post As seen on MSNBC Morning Joe and heard on NPR All Things Considered: the bestselling, National Book Award-winning journalist offers an essential guide to understanding, resisting, and recovering from the ravages of our tumultuous times. In the run-up to the

An extraordinary new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Number One New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton \'A terrific writer\' Zadie Smith \'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own\' Hilary Mantel \'A novel to treasure\' Sunday Times Olive, Again follows the blunt, contradictory yet deeply loveable Olive Kitteridge as she grows

In her first contemporary novel since Room, bestselling author Emma Donoghue returns with her next masterpiece, Akin, a brilliant tale of love, loss and family. Noah is only days away from his first trip back to Nice since he was a child when a social worker calls looking for a temporary home for Michael, his eleven-year-old great-nephew.

A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention--and our personal information--that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we\'ve been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing

As the eagerly-anticipated new film Blade Runner 2049 finally comes to the screen, rediscover the world of Blade Runner . . . World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegade replicants who were his prey.