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The Road rings together short stories, journalism, essays, and letters by Vasily Grossman, the author of Life and Fate, providing new insight into the life and work of this extraordinary writer. The stories range from Grossman's first success, "In the Town of Berdichev, " a piercing reckoning with the cost of war, to such haunting later works as "Mama, " based on the life of a girl who was adopted at the height of the Great Terror by the head ...

Breslau, 1919: the hideously battered, naked bodies of four sailors are discovered on an island in the River Oder. As he pieces together the elements of this brutal crime, Criminal Assistant Mock combs the brothels and drinking dens of Breslau and is drawn into an insidious game: it seems that anyone he questions during the course of the investigation is destined to become the next victim. At the same time, he is haunted by appalling nightmare...

A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith. Detective Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born Macleod, the case represents a journey both home and into his past. Something lurks within the close-knit island community. Something sinister. As Fin investigates, old skeletons begin to surface, and soon he, the hunter, becomes the hunted.

Subtitled, "A Compendium Of Monsters, Myths & Legends". Features 250 mythical animals, including dragons, wyverns, vampires, werewolves, gremlins, pixies, fairies, the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot and many more. With 200 b/w illustrations.

The dark, sad and shockingly real story of a friendship between two damaged children and the terrible consequences for those who cross them, from the author of the international bestseller LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.

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FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

An essential guide to the things that shaped our world.

The extraordinary story of the development and spread of the English language, from Dark Age Britain to the age of the Internet.

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General

The second in the series that began with The Leaping, set in a malevolent call-centre that just might be alive - affirming Tom Fletcher as the dark master for the 'temp' generation.

FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense

2 reissues of classic crime thrillers from the South African born Australian author of "Truth". Temple has won the Ned Kelly Prize 5 times, and "The Broken Shore" won the CWA Gold Dagger for novel of the year.

1830. A young woman marries a minister and accompanies him to the remote island of St Kilda in the hope of converting the islanders to Christianity. This is a beautiful, rich and incredibly moving account of a marriage, of two people struggling in the most inhospitable of locations to improve the world of those around them, but most of all, simply to survive and raise their family.

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Get top marks in the kitchen for your homemade cookies, breads, cakes and bakes, with over 120 cheap and easy baking recipes for students.