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Over 2.5 million copies sold'Funny, touching and unpredictable' Jojo Moyes'Heartwrenching and wonderful' Nina StibbeWinner of Costa First Novel Award, a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and the Book of the YearEleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive - but not how to liveEleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend.Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything.One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world that everyone else seems to take for granted - while searching for the courage to face the dark corners she's avoidedall her life.Change can be good. Change can be bad. But surely any change is better than... fine?'Moving, funny and devastating' The Herald'Unforgettable, brilliant, funny and life-affirming' Daily Mail'I adored it. Skilled, perceptive, Eleanor's world will feel familiar to you from the very first page. An outstanding debut!' Joanna Cannon

You?re looking over your shoulder, thinking someone?s watching.Newly-weds Liam and Laura are spending their honeymoon in paradise: just the two of them on a remote island off the coast of Scotland.But they soon discover that all is not as it seems, and the island has a tragic past. And they can't shake the feeling of being watchedWhen one morning, they wake to find a message scratched into the window, their worst fears are confirmed. They aren't alone on the island.And this stranger wants them dead.

Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch'Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty' Benedict CumberbatchOn a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children's books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single moment, everything is changed. Thekidnapping has a devastating effect on Stephen's life and marriage. Memories and the present become inseparable - as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past - and time bends back on itself, dragging Stephen's own childhood back into the present.

The powerful, moving and turbulent novel of Sally Porter and the multiple personalities she has no idea she lives with... From the award-winning bestselling author of FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON: 'Heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant' GUARDIANSally Porter is perfectly 'ordinary'. A waitress, divorcee, and loner in the great city. But, though she is unaware of it, she is also four other, quite different people: Nola, the cold independent artist who has a studio in Greenwich Village

Egy gyönyörű és szívszaggató új regény Sarah Winmantől a When God Was a Rabbit (Mikor Isten nyúl volt) bestszeller szerzőjétől. Minden egy festménnyel kezdődött. A képen, melyet egy tombolán nyertek tizenöt gyönyörű napraforgó látható. A festményt egy olyan nő akasztotta a falra, aki hiszi, a férfiak és a fiúk is képesek értékelni a szépet. És akkor ott volt még a két elválaszthatatlan barát: Ellis és Michael. A fiúk lassacskán felcseperednek és férfiakká válnak és ekkor belép azéletükbe Annie. Úgy tűnik, hogy semmi sem, mégis minden megváltozik... Sara Winman új könyve várhatóan ugyanolyan sikeres lesz, mint az ezt megelőző regényei. Egy újabb gyöngyszem az emberségről, barátsággól, szerelemről, veszteségről és életről.The beautiful and heartbreaking new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT.It begins with a painting won in a raffle: fifteen sunflowers, hung on the wall by a woman who believes that men and boys are capable of beautiful things.And then there are two boys, Ellis and Michael,who are inseparable.And the boys become men,and then Annie walks into their lives,and it changes nothing and everything.Tin Man sees Sarah Winman follow the acclaimed success of When God Was A Rabbit and A Year Of Marvellous Ways with a love letter to human kindness and friendship, loss and living.

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He's behind you, Agatha!Even though Agatha Raisin detests Christmas panto, her friend Mrs Bloxby, the vicar's wife, has persuaded her to support the local amateur dramatic society in their festive offering. Stifling a yawn at the production of 'Babes in the Wood', Agathawatches the local baker, playing the ogre, strut and threaten on stage until a trapdoor opens ... followed by a scream and silence!Surely this wasn't the way the scene was rehearsed? And when it turns out the baker has been murdered most horribly, Agatha puts her team of detectives on the case. They very soon discover more feuds and temperamental behaviour in amateur dramatics thanin a professional stage show - and face more danger as they get too close to the killer ...

Keressetek és találtok.Ez a bibliai idézet visszhangzik Robert Langdon, a Harvard jeles szimbólumkutatója fejében, amikor felébred egy kórházi ágyon, és nem tudja, hol van és hogy került oda. Arra a morbid tárgyra sincs magyarázata, amelyet a holmija közt eldugva találtak.Langdon az életéért menekül egy őrült hajsza során Firenzén át, egy fiatal orvosnő, Sienna Brooks társaságában. Csak úgy szökhetnek meg ismeretlen üldözőik elől, hogy Langdon beveti ismereteit a történelmi homlokzatok mögött rejlő titkos átjárókról ésősi rejtelmekről.Egyedül Dante sötét, monumentális remekének, a Pokolnak néhány sora vezérli őket, amelynek segítségével megfejthetik a reneszánsz legünnepeltebb műveinek - szobroknak, festményeknek és épületeknek - mélyén rejlő kódokat, hogy eljussanak egy kirakós játékmegoldásához, melynek révén talán elháríthatják a világot fenyegető félelmetes veszélytA történelem egyik leghátborzongatóbb irodalmi klasszikusa, a Pokol ihletésére született, és díszletei között játszódó mű Dan Brown eddigi legellenállhatatlanabb és leggondolatébresztőbb regénye az Inferno

Bursting with the imaginative power of Neil Gaiman, this story blends fantasy with humour and drama.Fat Charlie Nancy is not actually fat. He was fat once but he is definitely not fat now. No, right now Fat Charlie Nancy is angry, confused and more thana little scared - right now his life is spinning out of control, and it is all his dad's fault.If his rotter of an estranged father hadn't dropped dead at a karaoke night, Charlie would still be blissfully unaware that his dad was Anansi the spider god.He would have no idea that he has a brother called Spider, who is also a god. And there wouldbe no chance that said brother would be trying to take over his life, flat and fianc?e, or, to make matters worse, be doing a much better job of it than him.Desperate to reclaim his life, Charlie enlists the help of four more-than-slightly eccentric oldladies and their unique brand of voodoo - and between them they unleash a bitter and twisted force to get rid of Spider. But as darkness descends and badnessbegins is Fat Charlie Nancy going to get his life back in one piece or is he about to enter awhole netherworld of pain?

Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did, and after ten years in England he decided to go home - to a foreign country. In an ageing Chevrolet Chevette, he drove nearly 14,000 miles through 38 states to compile this hilarious andperceptive state-of-the-nation report on small-town America. From the Deep South to the Wild West, from Elvis' birthplace through to Custer's Last Stand, Bryson visits places he re-named Dullard, Coma and Doldrum (so the residents don't sue or come afterhim with baseball bats). But his hopes of finding the American dream end in a nightmare of greed, ignorance and pollution. This is a wickedly witty and savagely funny assessment of a country lost to itself - and to him. Travel through small-town Americawith Kerry Shale's popular BBC Radio 4 reading of Bill Bryson's comic novel.

A circus, promising to display the stuffed body of the largest whale in the world, arrives in the dead of winter, prompting bizarre rumours. Word spreads that the circus folk have a sinister purpose in mind, and the frightened citizens cling to anymanifestation of order they can find - music, cosmology, fascism.

The sequel to Jonas Jonasson's international bestseller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and DisappearedIt all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they're not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined thatthe captain of the ship would be harbouring a suitcase full of contraband uranium, on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-unSoon Allan and Julius are at the centre of a complex diplomatic crisis involving world figures from the Swedish foreign minister to Angela Merkel and President Trump. Things are about to get very complicated

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'So wise, so atmospheric, so beautifully written' Marian KeyesReturn to the world of the multi-million-copy bestselling Chocolat....Vianne Rocher has settled down. Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, the place that once rejected her, has finally become her home. With Rosette, her 'special' child, she runs her chocolate shop in the square, talks to her friends on the river, is part of thecommunity. Even Reynaud, the priest, has become a friend.But when old Narcisse, the florist, dies, leaving a parcel of land to Rosette and a written confession to Reynaud, the life of the sleepy village is once more thrown into disarray.The arrival of Narcisse's relatives, the departure of an old friend and the opening of a mysterious new shop in the place of the florist's across the square - one that mirrors the chocolaterie, and has a strange appeal of its own - all seem to heraldsome kind of change: a confrontation, a turbulence - even, perhaps, a murder...'A writer whose wit and sharp observation enhances her engaging story-telling' Salley Vickers'The most magical, stunningly beautiful novel . . . I sobbed at the end because I couldn't bear to leave. Joanne is truly one of the world's finest storytellers' Joanna Cannon'A place of magic and mysteries, and Harris excels in this delicate balance of realism and enchantment . . . It will intrigue and charm readers every bit as much as Chocolat' Monica Ali'Sheer pleasure from start to finish. The Strawberry Thief is a delight' James Runcie'I devoured it in one go' Christopher Fowler'Compelling, captivating, incredibly moving, The Strawberry Thief whirls you into a thrilling world you will never forget . . . A perfect novel that shimmers with brilliance and truth' Kate Williams

THE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING, BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE OVERSTORY'It changed how I thought about the Earth and our place in it. . . . It changed how I see things and that's always, for me, a mark of a book worth reading.' Barack Obama on The Overstory'Really, just one of the best novels, period.' Ann Patchett on The Overstory'Breathtaking.' Barbara Kingsolver on The Overstory_________________________Picked as one of the 'Best Books of 2021' in the Sunday TimesTheo Byrne is a promising young astrobiologist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-old. His son Robin is funny, loving, and filled with plans. Hethinks and feels deeply, adores animals, and can spend hours painting elaborate pictures. He is also on the verge of being expelled from third grade, for smashing his friend's face with a metal thermos.What can a father do, when the only solution offered to his rare and troubled boy is to put him on psychoactive drugs? What can he say when his boy comes to him wanting an explanation for a world that is clearly in love with its own destruction? The onlything for it is to take the boy to other planets, while all the while fostering his son's desperate campaign to help save this one._________________________'The best book I've read in 10 years. A remarkable piece of literature ... a lodestone.' Emma Thompson on The Overstory'Radical and exciting.' Jessie Burton on The Overstory'A remarkable piece of fiction.' New York Times on The Overstory'An extraordinary novel.' Guardian on The Overstory

'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'.On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake.

Two lonely people. One note in the window. And what happens when they reach out? Lachlan Wallace is stuck at home after a car accident stalled his army career. With months of physiotherapy still to endure and only his rescue dog and cat for company, he?staken to gazing out of the window, watching the world spin on without him. And then he notices a vase of flowers on the windowsill of the apartment opposite his. Drawn to their hope and colour, he decides to reach out and sticks a message in his window?Bethan Gwynne is a stranger in a new town. Bringing up her son Noah by herself, she is slowly rebuilding her life, but loneliness is one obstacle she has yet to overcome. She?s intrigued by a glimpse of her neighbour in the apartment across from hers ?and then, one evening, she sees a message in his window just for her: What are those flowers called? And so begins a love story of two people reaching out, daring to trust a stranger?

This glorious, once-in-a-generation collector's edition of J.K. Rowling's classic first story will take you on the magical journey of a lifetime. Galloping gargoyles! 2022 is the silver anniversary of J.K. Rowling's magical classic Harry Potter and thePhilosopher's Stone! In celebration of 25 years of Harry Potter magic, Bloomsbury is proud to be releasing a special commemorative edition of the original story, with a wealth of special features and celebratory bonus content guaranteed to delightbrand-new readers and long-time fans alike: - Beautiful hardback edition for the perfect special gift - Original front cover from the very first 1997 edition, illustrated by Thomas Taylor - one of the most iconic book covers of the twentieth century -Available for one year only - get your copy while stocks last! - Original drawings from J.K. Rowling's own archive - Thomas Taylor's charming account of illustrating the cover for the first time, as a young artist - Fully updated story text, withrefreshed design, to provide the perfect reading experience Harry Potter lives in the cupboard under the stairs at his uncle and aunt's house at number four, Privet Drive - until the day when a mysterious letter arrives from Hogwarts School of Witchcraftand Wizardry, and a giant on a flying motorcycle arrives to change his life with four simple words: 'Harry - yer a wizard.' Since its first publication, Harry Potter and his epic adventures have become a cultural phenomenon, bewitching millions ofreaders all across the globe. This irresistible anniversary edition will bring back treasured memories for the fans who remember the excitement when Harry's journey first began, as well as introduce a new generation to the unforgettable story of the BoyWho Lived.

When her best friend Meg drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything-so how was there no warning? But when Cody travels to Meg's college town to packup the belongings left behind, she discovers that there's a lot that Meg never told her. About her old roommates, the sort of people Cody never would have met in her dead-end small town in Washington. About Ben McAllister, the boy with a guitar and asneer, who broke Meg's heart. And about an encrypted computer file that Cody can't open-until she does, and suddenly everything Cody thought she knew about her best friend's death gets thrown into question.I Was Here is Gayle Forman at her finest, a taut, emotional, and ultimately redemptive story about redefining the meaning of family and finding a way to move forward even in the face of unspeakable loss.

THE TOP 10 BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION, FROM THE AUTHOR OF IT ENDS WITH USAre you ready to stay up all night? Rebecca meets Gone Girl in this shocking, unpredictable thriller with a twist that will leave you reeling . . .Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series hisinjured wife is unable to finish.Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity neverintended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered.Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already-grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife'swords. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her . . .300,000 READERS HAVE ALREADY GIVEN VERITY FIVE STARS'One of the best thrillers I have ever read' *****'Powerful, mind-blowing and emotional' *****'The plot twists and that ending came out of nowhere' *****'There are no words. Bravo' *****'Dark, creepy, and one hundred per cent original' *****'I NEEDED to know how this was going to end' *****'Left me completely speechless' *****

A lushly romantic novel from 'the most exciting new fiction writer of the 21st century' (New York Magazine).An unforgettable journey through the experience of time and desire, where passion and fear and the sheer craving to ask for love and to show love can forever alter who we are.A man in his late twenties goes to a large Christmas party in Manhattan where a woman introduces herself with three words: 'I am Clara.' Over the following seven days, they meet every evening in the snowy city. Overwhelmed yet cautious, he treads softlyand won't hazard a move. The tension between them builds, marked by ambivalence, hope and distrust. Moving both closer together, then further apart, this amorous dance builds towards a New Year's Eve charged with magic, the promise of renewal and love.

Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers atGrimmauld Place to fight against the Dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort's savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time.These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASSTHE MAGIC ON ...

Can't wait to see this! Absolutely loved the book' - ZoellaMaddy is allergic to the world - stepping outside the sterile sanctuary of her home could kill her. But then Olly moves in next door. And just like that, Maddy realizes there's more to life than just being alive. You only get one chance at first love.And Maddy is ready to risk everything, everything to see where it leads.'Powerful, lovely, heart-wrenching, and so absorbing I devoured it in one sitting' - Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright PlacesAnd don't miss Nicola Yoon's #1 New York Times bestseller The Sun Is Also a Star, in which two teens are brought together just when the universe is sending them in opposite directions.

There was only one woman who could set me free. But I would rather set myself on fire than ask Sloane Walton for anything. Lucian Rollins is a lean, mean vengeance-seeking mogul. On a quest to erase his father's mark on the family name, he spends everywaking minute pulling strings and building an indestructible empire. The more money and power he amasses, the safer he is from threats. Except when it comes to the feisty small-town librarian that keeps him up at night . . . Sloane Walton is a spitfiredetermined to carry on her father's quest for justice. She'll do that just as soon as she figures out exactly what the man she hates did to - or for - her family. Bonded by an old, dark secret from the past and the dislike they now share for each other,Sloane trusts Lucian about as far as she can throw his designer-suited body. When bickering accidentally turns to foreplay, these two find themselves not quite regretting their steamy one-night stand. Once those flames are fanned, it seems impossible toput them out again. But with Sloane ready to start a family and Lucian refusing to even consider the idea of marriage and kids, these enemies-to-lovers are stuck at an impasse. Broken men break women. It's what Lucian believes, what he's witnessed, andhe's not going to take that chance with Sloane. He'd rather live a life of solitude than put her in danger. But he learns the hard way that leaving her means leaving her unprotected from other threats. It's the second time he's ruthlessly cut her out ofhis life. There's no way she's going to give him a third chance. He's just going to have to make one for himself.

Mal ehrlich: Greg wird sich niemals ändern! Seine Eltern aber wollen das scheinbar nicht verstehen. Sie denken noch immer, sie könnten ihn erziehen. Sein Vater will aus ihm sogar einen richtigen Mann machen und ihn ins Feriencamp stecken, damit er fitfürs Leben wird. Als ob Greg nicht schon genug Probleme mit der Schule und den Mädels hat. Jetzt muss ihm etwas wirklich Gutes einfallen ...

How far would you go for love?When new boyfriend Jack stands her up at the airport, Ruby Miller dries her tears, jumps on the Eurostar and heads to Paris. She thinks she's going there to visit an old friend and have a total break from romance. But the City of Love has other ideas.A locked apartment where time has stood still, a bundle of long-lost love letters and a flirtatious French lawyer sweep Ruby into a mystery that spans over seventy years. Who is the author of the letters? Why did the owner of the apartment close up theshutters and flee Paris before the war, never to return? And what secret was she hiding?As the mystery deepens, Ruby turns love detective but it's not long before the ghosts of the past throw her own love affair into jeopardy.From the bestselling author of Me and Mr Darcy, this magical romantic comedy is for every girl who has ever dreamed of the glittering lights of Paris and of a love that last a lifetime . . .

Now a major film directed by Danny Boyle reuniting the cast of Trainspotting.Years on from Trainspotting, Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of thedice. However, to realise his ambitions within the Adult industries, Sick Boy must team up with old pal and fellow exile Mark Renton. Still scheming, still scamming, Sick Boy and Renton soon find out that they have unresolved issues to address concerningthe unhinged Frank Begbie, the troubled, drug-addled Spud, but, most of all, with each other.