He himself accidentally killed his own wife and child with the same poem twenty years earlier. Together, the man and the woman must find and destroy all copies of this book, and try not to kill every rude sonofabitch that gets in their way.
In 'The Fifth Mountain' Paulo Coelho takes us back to the 9th century, to the turbulent Middle East, where the prophet Elijah is struggling to keep his faith alive amidst a world of constant war, tyrannical royalty and pagan worship.
Toru Watanabe is looking back on the love and passions of his life and trying to make sense of it all. As his first love Naoko sinks deeper into mental despair, he is inexorably pushed to find a new meaning and a new love in order to survive.
`A case study in suspense' Washington PostA rare object has been found deep in the ice at the Arctic Circle. And Rachel Sexton is called to verify this game-changing discovery. Fleeing for her life, Rachel's only hope of survival is to find answers.But th
Amazingly, they succeed - leaving some very unhappy men behind who vow to hunt down the vagabonds and bring them to justice, no matter the cost. Meanwhile, back in France, the beautiful Eliza - toast of Versailles and spy extraordinaire - attempts to re
A moving, thoughtful story of long-lost love and second chancesGrowing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOODScobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes i
Fourteen-year-old Prue and her sister Grace have been educated at home by their controlling, super-strict father all their lives.
This is the story of Athena, or Sherine, to give her the name she was baptised with. Her life is pieced together through a series of recorded interviews with those people who knew her well or hardly at all – parents, colleagues, teachers, friends, acquaintances, her ex-husband.
The million-copy bestselling love story...
THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'WINNER OF WINNERS'Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, this is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written literary masterpiece
A breathtaking collection of reflections from one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho.
A fabulously engaging and exciting novel about a man who has to learn about life and love the hard way.
The magical new novel from the number 1 bestselling author of PS, I Love You, Where Rainbows End and If You Could See Me Now. Since Sandy Shortt's childhood schoolmate disappeared twenty years ago, Sandy has been obsessed with missing things.
Between 1943 and 2003 nine people have been stabbed to death with a most unusual weapon: a trident. In each case, arrests were made, suspects confessed their crimes and were sentenced to life in prison. One slightly worrying detail: each presumed murderer lost consciousness during the night of the crime and has no recollection of it.
CHOSEN BY EMMA WATSON FOR 'OUR SHARED SHELF' FEMINIST BOOK CLUBThe Story of a Childhood and The Story of a ReturnThe intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-grandaughter of Iran's last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to a childho
THE HOTLY AWAITED NOVEL FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, SET TO BE THE MUST-HAVE SPRING ACCESSORY FOR 2008. Leigh, Adriana and Emmy are best friends, all leading very different lives and about to make some extreme choices!
The international bestseller that changed lives in profound ways, now with a new foreword and afterword.
1891. Seventeen-year-old Léonie Vernier and her brother abandon Parisfor the sanctuary of their aunt's isolated country house near Carcassonne,the Domaine de la Cade. But in the nearby woods, Léonie stumblesacross a ruined sepulchre - and a timeless mystery whose traces arewritten in blood.2007.
