The gripping new novel from the <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Mercies, The Dance Tree</i> is a transporting story of lust, family secrets and women under the eye of the Church.
The watering holes of the Plain are drying up, the fearsome fanghorn grow more numerous, and bad omens abound. Wulfgar, a leader of the Altaii people, must contend with twin queens, warlords, prophets and magic in hopes of protecting his people and securing their future. Elspeth, a visitor from another world, holds the answers, but first Wulfgar must learn to ask the right questions.
From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planet.
A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World is the most moving story you'll read this year. Perfect for readers of Life of Pi, The Girl with all the Gifts or Station Eleven - Griz's dystopian tale mixes sadness and hope after the apocalypse, in one unforgettable character's journey to retrieve a stolen dog.
When the body of a French woman washes up on the Cornish coast, an unlikely trio of detectives team up to solve three very different puzzling murders after a retired expert insists that they are all connected. Written with Grimes's signature wit, sly plotting, and gloriously offbeat characters. The twenty-fifth mystery in the bestselling Richard Jury series.
Can Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter defeat Queen Levana and find their happily ever afters? Fans will not want to miss this thrilling conclusion to Marissa Meyer's No.11 New York Times-bestselling Lunar Chronicles series.
Beate Haas, defected from East Germany as a child, is notified that her parents abandoned mansion is available for her to reclaim. She and her two teenagers arrive to meet a ghost town. In the midst of inevitable change, two episodes of devastating, fateful violence come to define the family forever. A multigenerational epic about what it means to leave home, and what it means to return.
Utterly is found washed up on the shores of the Autumn Isles and taken in by the mysterious Watcher of Wildsea. When her guardian is drowned, Utterly is thrust into the role of Watcher, but can she keep the island safe from the threat of the terrifying Gorm? Mysteries lie beneath the oceans surface and adventure beckons. Utterly will unearth secrets about the sea, her parents and life itself.
Ever been lost for words abroad?
When you want to get your point across abroad there's only one way to do it: by swearing your ar e off! Impress the world with a stream of multi-lingual profanity from this nifty pocket book.
This charmingly illustrated book features words selected by the masterminds at Britannica to highlight the best of the English language. Follow a menagerie of animals as they teach one new word for each day of the year, including a pronunciation guide, definition, sample sentence, and interesting trivia about the word's usage or etymology.
