Po rozstaniu z mężem Hester przeprowadza się na Manhattan. Wierzy, że wraz z synem szybko ułożą sobie życie w nowym miejscu. Ale początki są zawsze trudne… Na szczęście tuż obok mieszka ktoś, kto nigdy nie odmawia pomocy. Mitch szybko staje się prawdziwym autorytetem dla jej dziewięcioletniego syna. W dodatku nie ukrywa, że Hester bardzo mu się podoba... Tę piękną twarz...

One of the greatest ever writers for children’ – Garth Nix ‘A true original’ – Katherine Rundell ‘Truly magical … Guaranteed to leave you gasping’ The Bookseller ‘She is the best writer of magical fantasy for children’ Evening Standard In this beloved modern classic, young Sophie Hatter from the land of Ingary catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a...

From No. 1 bestselling children’s author David Walliams comes his biggest and most epic adventure! Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross.This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammoth…Read all about it! Read all about it!ICE MONSTER FOUND IN ARCTIC!When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster – a woolly...

Eleanor 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....

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘His masterpiece’ Antony Beevor, Spectator‘A masterful performance’ Sunday Times‘By far the best book on the Vietnam War’ Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the YearVietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has...

"A map for men...[Moore and Gillette] are handing men concrete images and explicit ways of thinking and being, ways to mature and still remain fully masculine."--Chicago Sun-Times The classic guide to the four essential male archetypes. Masculinity is on trial, leaving many men feeling lost, threatened, or unable to clearly express themselves. Instead of leading to...

n a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power – the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord Sauron’s evil dominion. Thus begins J. R. R. Tolkien’s classic tale of adventure, which continues in The Two Towers and The Return of...

Published in a single volume for the first time, Margaret Thatcher is the story of her remarkable life told in her own words--the definitive account of an extraordinary woman and consummate politician, bringing together her bestselling memoirs The Downing Street Years and The Path to Power. Margaret Thatcher is the towering political figure of late-twentieth-century Great...

Paryż w czasach Napoleona to niebezpieczne miasto. Najmniejszy błąd może zaprowadzić majora Shayborne a, angielskiego szpiega, wprost na szubienicę. W jego domu pojawia się niespodziewanie Celeste, niegdysiejsza przyjaciółka i kochanka. Ostrzega go przed niebezpieczeństwem i doradza szybki powrót do Anglii. Major nie wie, dla kogo pracuje Celeste, ale postanawia jej zaufać. Uciekają razem z...

Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operation Pedestal, the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta—an action-packed tale of courage, fortitude, loss, and triumph against all odds. In 1940, Hitler had two choices when it came to the Mediterranean region: stay out, or commit sufficient forces to expel...

From the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Barking Up the Wrong Tree comes a cure-all for our increasing emotional distance and loneliness—a smart, surprising, and thoroughly entertaining guide to help build better friendships, reignite love, and get closer to others, whether you’re an extrovert or introvert, socially adept or socially anxious. Can you judge a book...

Even happy families have their secrets... Anchor House is the coastal home where Naomi and her husband raised their two girls. Now widowed, Naomi is building a new life alone, but the arrival of Ellis next door is bringing some long-awaited fun back too. Naomi's daughters are very different: Martha is determined and driven like her father, while Willow is a free spirit. The three women have...

You’ve met the World’s Worst Children – now prepare yourselves for something much, much worse in THE WORLD'S WORST TEACHERS! “There have been three volumes of The World’s Worst Children. Now it is time for the kids to get their revenge, with The World’s Worst Teachers. I think this is my funniest book yet, and I hope will be enjoyed by even the most reluctant reader.” David Walliams. Think...

The popular paperback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings...

Hillbilly Elegy recounts Vice President J.D. Vance's powerful origin story... From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as the Vice President of the United States, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class. THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES...

Hillbilly Elegy recounts Vice President J.D. Vance's powerful origin story... From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as the Vice President of the United States, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class. THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES...

If J.J. Abrams and Margaret Atwood collaborated on a novel, it might look something like 'Annihilation', the first in an extraordinary trilogy. For thirty years, Area X, monitored by the secret agency known as the Southern Reach, has remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border- an environmental disaster zone, though to all appearances an abundant wilderness. Eleven...

To miał być banalny zabieg chirurgiczny, ale pacjentka, pielęgniarka miejscowego szpitala, umarła niespodziewanie na stole operacyjnym. O błąd w sztuce lekarskiej zostaje oskarżona anestezjolog Kate Chesne. Wynajęty przez rodzinę zmarłej adwokat, David Ransom, jest całkowicie przekonany o winie Kate. Jednak gdy w tajemniczych okolicznościach ginie kolejna pielęgniarka, David zmienia zdanie....

MAGIC. DRAGONS. ROMANCE. THE FANTASY PHENOMENON OF THE YEAR He's fire and brimstone. I'm shattered ice … I'll gladly burn beneath him until the world comes crumbling down. As an assassin for the rebellion, Raeve's job is to complete orders and never get caught. When a rival bounty hunter shatters her world, Raeve finds herself captured by the Guild...

Stranger Things meets Shadow and Bone in this first instalment of an epic and romantic YA fantasy series - perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J. Maas and Victoria Aveyard. Now a TikTok phenomenon.