Half the world is in darkness. Only she can save the light . . . the post-apocalyptic bestselling read.'A brilliant near-future thriller and a really cracking read' Richard Osman'Will keep you gripped to the very last page' C.J. Tudor'Wonderful ... the best future-shock thriller for years.' Lee Child'A stunningly original thril...

Nothing ever happened to her. And then everything did.Esme Good is an unremarkable young woman working a dull job in a city much like the one you're picturing now.Her only escape is The Elsewheres: tiny potions which allow her to visit alternate versions of herself. Sadly, these only confirm her suspicion that she is, in a cosmic sense, living her worst life.But, after an incident we simply don't have time to get into right now, she will become the most importan...

Escape to Scotland in this gripping crime caper from the Sunday Times bestselling author and co-host of the award-winning smash podcast No Such Thing As A Fish.'Witty, wicked and whip-smart' ROSS MONTGOMERY'Funny, thoughtful and intriguing' JANICE HALLETT‘Thoroughly entertaining and blackly comic’ MAIL ON SUNDAY__________Alex used to break into house...

'FULL OF FIZZ AND VARIETY' Sunday Times'JOLLY GOOD FUN' i Paper'WHIP-SMART' Daily Mail'FUN AND FROLICS' Saga MagazineFEATURING HUGE NAMES FROM LITERATURE, COMEDY AND BEYOND - INCLUDING RODDY DOYLE, FRANK SKINNER AND ALAN TITCHMARSH - THIS ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES REIMAGINES JEEVES AND WOOSTER THROUGH FRESH EYES.The irrepressible duo fi...

Property might be theft. But the housing market is murder . . . A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering is a gripping thriller about what it's like to be young, skilled, unemployed - and on the run.'A comic delight' Financial Times'A thoroughly entertaining mix of whodunnit, social satire and a cunningly smuggled-in love story' Mail on Sunday'Laugh out loud fun...

On the road home from a hard-won victory against the armies of the Chadiri dragon lord, the young sorcerer Garrett encounters an insidious new threat, unlike any he's faced before. With the help of his friends, a ghoul, a vampire, and a girl who doesn't exist, he must find the secret of an ancient magic that slumbers far beneath the tomb city of the death goddess

The Songreaver is gone.The north burns as the red god rises from his slumber, seeking vengeance on the servants of the death goddess. Far to the south, the city of vampires plunges into chaos as Marla desperately tries to save what she can of the society Garrett has destroyed.Trapped between the forces of ancient gods and dragons, Garrett’s friends struggle to survive the cataclysm that threatens to engulf their world.And Garrett finally gets a chance to learn just ...

“My parents were slaves in New York State. My master’s sons-in-law … came into the garden where my sister and I were playing among the currant bushes, tied their handkerchiefs over our mouths, carried us to a vessel, put us in the hold, and sailed up the river. I know not how far nor how long — it was dark there all the time.”Sophia Burthen’s account of her arrival as an enslaved person into what is now Canada sometime in the late 18th century, was recorded by Benj...

They said it couldn't be done. Port Adelaide's rivals called it a "sideshow". Yet within five years, Port Adelaide had attracted major sponsors from China, played three in-season AFL matches in Shanghai, and featured in a series of significant moments in the Australia-China relationship. This is the inside story. It was not easy. Port Adelaide's engagement with China coincided with a period in which on-field performance fell below expectation, as well as a rapid deterioration in the Austra...

In the 25 years since the last edition of Thornton and Tully’s Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors was published, scientific publishing has mushroomed, developed new forms, and the academic discipline and popular appreciation of the history of science have grown apace. This fourth edition discusses these changes and ponders the implications of developments in publishing at the end of the twentieth century, while concentrating its gaze upon the dissemination of scientific ideas and k...

The Third Book of General Ignorance gathers together 180 questions, both new and previously featured on the BBC TV programme's popular 'General Ignorance' round, and show why, when it comes to general knowledge, none of us knows anything at all.Who invented the sandwich? What was the best thing before sliced bread? Who first ate frogs' legs? Which cat never changes its spots? What did Lady Godiva do? What can you legally do if you come across a Welshman in Chester...

When Ysara first came aboard the strange airship of the goat-like satyrs, she never dreamed that she would be swept away on an adventure into the wild jungles of Neshat. Fortunately, the serpent girl was born in that savage land, and perhaps that is why the mysterious satyrs have chosen to kidnap her!Now, the young healer finds herself acting as a replacement for the ship's doctor, lost in an accident that no one aboard the airship wants to talk about. Together with a fox-kin mage a...