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Bernie Gunther, forced to resign as a homicide detective with Berlin's Criminal Police, is now house detective at the famous Adlon Hotel. Two bodies are found - a businessman and a Jewish boxer, and Bernie is drawn into the lives of various hotel guests. One, a beautiful left-wing journalist, is intent on persuading America to boycott the Olympiad. The other, a Chicago gangster, wants to use the Olympics to enrich himself and the Chicago mob.

A murder investigation in post-war France becomes an exploration of the legacy of German occupation.

A centuries-old conspiracy is about to explode into the present with devastating consequences. The first victim was forced to swallow stones. The second was whipped to death. The third was stabbed in the heart. A deadly serial killer is taking people down across London and New York. What did they all know? Why were they butchered? Who else is in the killer's sights? And how can they be stopped? Inspired by real events in the artist's life, THE...

A country priest in Ireland fights a bishop's order to close his depopulated parish. Father McGreevy claims his supervision is needed more than ever.

FICTION / General

Shortlisted for the British Sports Book Awards 2012. Features Europe's 50 greatest cycling climbs specially selected as scenes of sporting heroism, marvels of nature, spiritual places of pilgrimage that every bike rider or fan wishes to one day visit and conquer.

An accessible biography of one of the most influential figures of recent times based on new, original research.

With Hornets falling like flies, the Battle of Britain is no piece of cake.

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 ...

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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

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

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