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An archeologist travels to a distant planet to spend time among a mysterious community: a people who live in temperature-controlled domes, worship a deity called Dog, and repeat an elliptical phrase from which they draw their name: mulai, the tree comes. The descendants of a long-forgotten space mission, the Mulai have abandoned the social norms that once bound them to Earth.

THE THIRD AND FINAL THRILLING BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER TRILOGY. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller Pip Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the way her last investigation ended. Soon she’ll be leaving for...

Brought to you by Penguin. Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it. Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael's world turns upside down. A small leather bag falls into his hands. It's a bag of...

Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell. We once thought of our Earth as unique, but we have now...

Devised by devious genius Tom Cutler, The Pilot Who Wore a Dress is a fiendish collection of riddles, mysteries and puzzles to test and tease your brain. This title includes an accompanying PDF. Here’s a simple one to get you started: four bodybuilders are huddling together in the street...

In an 18th-century England of wit, womanising and powdered wigs, provincial Philip Jettan runs the risk of irreproachability. Cleone Charteris stands in no such danger. The golden-haired, headstrong despair of men, she seeks a husband who can duel and dice with the best of them. So Philip leaves for Paris, where his father's hopes and his lover's ideals are realised, but with unforeseen consequences for them both.... A peerlessly successful and prolific romantic novelist, Georgette Heyer shows in Powder and Patch what won her a wide, devoted audience that continues to this day.

The '90s was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the 'Swinging Sixties' had art, comedy, fashion, film, football, literature and music interwoven into a blooming of national self-confidence. It was the decade of Lad Culture and Girl Power, of Blur vs Oasis. When fashion runways shone with British talent, Young British Artists became household names, football was 'coming home' and British film went worldwide.

Winner of The 2025 Duke of Wellington Medal Winner for Military History An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year Shortlisted for the HWA Non-fiction Crown Award ‘A rigorous, myth-busting look at the city’s chaotic recovery in the wake of war and...

Jen Williams, acclaimed author of The Copper Cat trilogy, featuring The Copper Promise, The Iron Ghost and The Silver Tide, returns with the first in a blistering new trilogy. The great city of Ebora once glittered with gold. Now its streets are stalked by wolves. Tormalin the Oathless has no taste for sitting around waiting to die while the realm of his storied ancestors falls to pieces - talk about a guilt trip. Better to be amongst the living, where there are taverns full of women and wine.

*The brand new thriller from Lucy Foley – MURDER AT THE GRAND ALPINE HOTEL – is available to buy now* The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller *Over 1 million copies sold worldwide* *One of The Times and Sunday Times Crime Books of the Year* *Goodreads Choice Awards winner for Crime & Mystery 2020*...

The world ended overnight. But for one man, the real journey is just beginning. Separated from his family by over five hundred miles of devastation, Edgar Hill must run through the ruins of Britain—or risk losing everything. When a catastrophic asteroid strike shatters the UK, Edgar, a...

The first Czech astronaut navigates the peril of deep space in this intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery. Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Prochv°zka has risen from small-time scientist to become the country's first...

Embark on a thrilling fourth adventure in the best-selling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series - Danger in Dead Man's Pass, from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, as Harrison Beck investigates an ancient family curse high in the German mountains. A mysterious letter from an old friend asks...

Board the California Comet and help Harrison Beck to solve another heart-stopping mystery in the second Adventures on Trains story, Kidnap on the California Comet, from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. After the excitement of his adventures aboard the Highland Falcon Thief...

Winner of the Book of the Year, Children's Fiction at The British Book Awards, 2021 'An instant classic' David Walliams Adventures on Trains is a major mystery series from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. First stop is The Highland Falcon Thief, a breathless train journey full...

The bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series embarks on a thrilling sixth adventure as Harrison Beck and Uncle Nat climb aboard the night train to Narvik, travelling to the Arctic Circle to see the northern lights for Christmas. 'A thrilling and hugely entertaining adventure story'...

Ride into danger with Hal and Uncle Nat on the fifth breathtaking Adventures on Trains Mystery, Sabotage on the Solar Express, from bestselling award-winners M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. Perfect for readers of 8 to 12 and brilliantly illustrated in black and white throughout by Elisa Paganelli...

Going Home is a sparkling, funny, bighearted story of family and what happens when three men—all of whom are completely ill-suited for fatherhood—take charge of a toddler following an unexpected loss Téo Erskine, now in his thirties, has moved on from childish things: He has a good job, a...

Bloomsbury presents The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley, read by Jot Davies. From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Kingdoms, an epic Cold War novel set in a mysterious town in Soviet Russia with a slow burn romance at its heart. In 1963, in a Siberian prison...

‘A terrific thriller’ – James Patterson ‘A new benchmark for the modern spy thriller’ – Peter James ‘Excellent . . . Packed with relentless pace and hard-edged thrills’ – James Swallow An exiled agent out for revenge. A hidden enemy stoking hate. A clandestine war with no rules...