'This isn't just football, it's Discworld football. Or, to borrow another phrase, it's about life, the Universe and everything' The TimesThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back o... Zobraziť viac
Charles Darwin's masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core on publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke but he would surely have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the cont... Zobraziť viac
For Rebecca Bloomwood, life is peachy. She has a job on morning TV, her bank manager is actually being nice to her, and when it comes to spending money, her new motto is Buy Only What You Need - and she's really (sort of) sticking to it. The icing o... Zobraziť viac
Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. But tobe honest, it's not quite as dreamy as she'd hoped. The trouble started on honeymoon, when she told Luke the tiniest little fib, about the teeniest little... Zobraziť viac
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence for a benevolent creator who set things in motion? Or does science offer another explanation? In The Grand Design, the most recent scienti... Zobraziť viac
An Economist BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAs the data economy grows in power, Carissa V liz exposes how our privacy is eroded by big tech and governments, why that matters and what we can do about it.The moment you check your phone in the morning you are giv... Zobraziť viac
'Richly evocative' The Times'Fascinating' The Observer'Riveting ... fast-paced, brilliantly constructed' SpectatorIt is the early 1930s, and Europe is holding its breath. As Hitler's grip on power tightens, preparations are being made for the... Zobraziť viac
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021'A soaring epic of female adventure and wanderlust' GUARDIAN'Smart, ambitious and so beautifully written. An amazing literary feat' CURTIS SITTENFELDAn enthralling journey over oceans and continents and a drama... Zobraziť viac
A prime number is inherently a solitary thing: it can only be divided by itself, or by one; it never truly fits with another. Alice and Mattia also move on their own axes, alone with their personal tragedies. As a child Alice's overbearing father dr... Zobraziť viac
'The funniest book I've read in ages. Savage but compelling' Ian Rankin''Funny, rumbustious, unstinting and wonderfully Hogarthian' The Observer'His relish is infectious' Times _____________________________What a thing of wonder a mobile pho... Zobraziť viac
A beautiful, eerie hotel in the Swiss Alps, recently converted from an abandoned sanatorium, is the last place Detective Elin Warner wants to be... Zobraziť viac
March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Mississippi... Zobraziť viac
Bantam: Within the walls of a cloistered convent, a scene of unspeakable carnage is discovered. On the snow lie two nuns,... Zobraziť viac
It is a cold wintry morning in the picturesque port town of Visby when art dealer Egon Wallin's battered and naked body is found hanging from a gate in the town's old city walls. His was a very public death, but who killed him and why... Zobraziť viac
In the four decades since his first book appeared in print, Terry Pratchett has become one of the world’s best-selling and best-loved authors. Here for the first time are his short stories and other short form fiction collected into one volume... Zobraziť viac
How does our diet affect our skin? What makes the skin age? And why can't we tickle ourselves? Providing a cover for our delicate and intricate bodies, the skin is our largest and fastest growing organ. We see it, touch it and live in it every day... Zobraziť viac
A holiday in the redwoods goes uproariously awry when the opposing sexes camp out rather too close to each other for comfort. Among those entangled in the mayhem are DeDe Halcyon, reformed debutante, troubled house-husband... Zobraziť viac
The God Delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting... Zobraziť viac
The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations.What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of... Zobraziť viac
Now a Major Movie. Florence: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or how he got there. Nor can he explain the origin of the macabre object found hidden in his belongings... Zobraziť viac
