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This is unpredictable noir fantasy with a real cynical punch: a fantasy world that is faster, darker and grittier than anything seen before offering superb and witty characterisation throughout, backed up with great dialogue. Realistic, snappy, fast-paced and addictive reading Joe's previous titles THE BLADE ITSELF and BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED have both had a superb critical reception and fantastic sales.

The eleventh Inspector Rebus novel from 'Britain's best crime novelist' DAILY EXPRESS.

The Green Mile: those who walk it do not return, because at the end of that walk is the room in which sits Cold Mountain penitentiary's electric chair. In 1932 the newest resident on death row is John Coffey, a giant black man convicted of the brutal murder of two little girls. But nothing is as it seems with John Coffey, and around him unfolds a bizarre and horrifying story.Evil murderer or holy innocent - whichever he is - Coffey has strange...

PREHISTORY begins by looking at the discovery of a remote human past and the subsequent dramatic growth of the study of prehistory: early archaeology, geology, Darwin's ideas of evolution, cave paintings, radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis. Renfrew challenges the conventional assumption of an all-important "human revolution" 40, 000 years ago - when Homo Sapiens first appeared in Europe- and suggests that the key developments were much later....

In Cambridge in 1355, the colleges of the fledgling university are as much at odds with each other as they are with the ordinary townsfolk. This tension has recently been heightened by the return of two well-born murderers after receiving the King's pardon, showing no remorse but ready to confront those who helped convict them. And in the midst of this, Bartholomew the physician is called to the local mill to examine two corpses. It is almost ...

Virginia, a History of the People - Vol. 4 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebook...

Reissues of Morgan's bestselling sci-fi thrillers, which combine adventure, technology and noir detection. Now repackaged with cool, slick covers to reflect the cutting-edge content.

Now a MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES, this must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author.

A science fiction classic repackaged in a new Phoenix edition to attract a wider audience.

A wonderful idea, gloriously put into practice. Greg Jenner as is witty as he is knowledgeable' - Tom Holland. Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old. Structured arou...

Previously published as individual ebook-only novellas, QUEEN SONG and STEEL SCARS. Two women on either side of the Silver-Red divide tell the stories no one else knows. Queen Song Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary - how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially de...

Morally sophisticated novel, exploring themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. "(An) unforgettable story of a young German trying to make sense of the Nazi past. "The Reader"... is about love and memory and the tension between the needs to condemn and to understand" "Daily Telegraph". It was published to critical acclaim in Germany.

Dexter Morgan: forensic analyst, serial killer, as well as a family man?

It wasn't supposed to end this way. In a flash of steel, a flurry of gunshots, a chorus of strangled moans, blending with the wails of sirens, certainly. A properly dramatic ending, with a good body count, a dash of treachery, absolutely. But not with Dexter, serial killer and forensic blood spatter analyst, horribly wronged and unjustly accused of the wrong murder, languishing inside the Guilford Knight Correctional Centre, bound and restrain...

James Bond is back where he belongs. Anthony Horowitz's new novel is a thrilling tour de force, sure to delight fans of the original 007 novels and new readers alike. It also features previously unseen material written by Bond's creator, Ian Fleming. The story begins in the lethal world of Grand Prix and an attempt by the Russians to sabotage a race at Nürburgring, the most dangerous track in Europe. Bond is in the driving seat but events swif...

What if you had said yes . . . ? Eva and Jim are nineteen, and students at Cambridge, when their paths first cross in 1958. Jim is walking along a lane when a woman approaching him on a bicycle swerves to avoid a dog. What happens next will determine the rest of their lives. We follow three different versions of their future - together, and apart - as their love story takes on different incarnations and twists and turns to the conclusion in th...

Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turned out the two weren't that different. It's been over a year since Eddie vowed never to set foot in a courtroom again. But now he doesn't have a choice. Olek Volchek, the infamous head of the Russian mafia in New York, has strapped a bomb to Eddie's back and kidnapped his ten-year-old daughter, Amy. Eddie only has forty-eight hours to defend Volchek in an impossible murder trial...

In November 2011, Mona Eltahawy came to worldwide attention when she was assaulted by police during the Egyptian Revolution. She responded by writing a groundbreaking piece in FOREIGN POLICY entitled 'Why Do They Hate Us?', 'They' being Muslim men, 'Us' being women. It sparked huge controversy. In HEADSCARVES AND HYMENS, Eltahawy takes her argument further. Drawing on her years as a campaigner and commentator on women's issues in the Middle Ea...

Los Angeles Detective Harry Bosch tackles a cold case unlike any he's ever worked, in the new legal thriller from the bestselling author of THE LINCOLN LAWYER and THE BLACK ECHO, Michael Connelly.In the LA Police's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die almost a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet ten years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but...

A short story from the author of "Gone Girl", this was previously published in George R.R. Martin's anthology "Rogues" under the title "What Do You Do?". A fake psychic begins to feel the spirits in a house when she's hired to do an exorcism. The film of Flynn's novel "Dark Places" is due out this autumn.