Fear, corruption and treachery abound in this political satire set in the aftermath of Stalin's death in the Soviet Union in 1953. When the leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, has a stroke - the political gears begin to turn, plunging the super-state into darkness, uncertainty and near civil war. The struggle for supreme power will determine the fate of the nation and of the world.
Relive the exciting story of Disney*Pixar's Coco in this storybook-and-CD set featuring original character voices and action-packed sound effects from the movie!
A beautiful peep-through story book about a mouse, a tasty piece of the moon and the importance of friendship. From the award-winning picture book maker of Suzy Goose and A New House for Mouse, comes a beautiful peep-through story book about a mouse, the moon and the importance of friendship. When Little Mouse wakes one morning, she finds her dream has come true.
The trials of high school start to feel like a modern-day witch hunt for a teen with all the wrong connections to Salem's past in this thrilling, creepy and romantic New York Times bestseller. "I am utterly addicted to Adriana Mather's electric debut. It keeps you on the edge of your seat, twisting and turning with ghosts, witches, an ancient curse, and - sigh - romance.
Three bears.The first, a diligent memoirist whose unlikely success forces her to flee Soviet Russia.The second, her daughter, a skilled dancer in an East Berlin circus.The third, Knut, a baby bear born and raised in Berlin Zoo at the beginning of the 21st century.
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR The dark, dangerous, funny and uplifting new novel from the author of Annihilation, the inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Alex Garland. `Neither of us had control of our monsters anymore' In a ruined city of the future, Rachel scavenges a strange creature from the fur of a despotic bear. She names him Borne.
Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago.
A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK! Addictive, dark, thrilling and full of twists!
"A classic is something utterly strange and original, and yet as deeply familiar and necessary as your own hands. The Iron Man is like no other story in the world and, fifty years after its first publication, we need it as much as ever.
FIVE WOMEN. ONE QUESTION: What is a woman for?
The acknowledged 'Queen of Crime', P. D. James, was a past master of the short story, weaving together motifs of the Golden Age of crime-writing with deep psychological insight to create gripping, suspenseful tales.
The second book in an electrifying new thriller series from Sunday Times bestselling author, Simon Toyne. Only one boy can see the darkness.Only one man can save him from it. `Finishing what was begun' These are the words written in blood beside the body of an elderly tailor who has been tortured and murdered in the ancient town of Cordes.
Find. Claim. Profit.In a post-war galaxy littered with scrap, it's the salvager's motto. And with a fast ship and a lust for adventure, Rion Forge has certainly made her mark on the trade.
What if teleportation was really possible?
Award-winning author M. T. Anderson explores themes of art, truth and colonization in this sharply wrought satire of a future Earth.From the author of dystopian tour de force Feed comes a soon-to-be literary classic that will resonate with young adults and adults alike.
Take a trip through bella Italia with this stunning journal filled with evocative illustrations of the art and architecture for which the country is so renowned. The drawings showcase Michelangelo's magnificent statue of David, the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Juliet's balcony in Verona, gondoliers in Venice, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and more.
Bon voyage! If you love Paris, you'll love this journal with its graceful illustrations of the Notre Dame, Bateaux Mouches cruising down the Seine, and the city's many statues and adorned lampposts.
`Immensely gripping' Sophie Hannah Sometimes we love too much Callie loves Tilda. She's her sister, after all. And she's beautiful and successful.Tilda loves Felix. He's her husband. Successful and charismatic, he is also controlling, suspicious and, possibly, dangerous.Still, Tilda loves Felix. And Callie loves Tilda. Very, very much.So she's determined to save her.
`Victorians Undone is the most original history book I have read in a long while' Daily Mail A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR A groundbreaking account of what it was like to live in a Victorian body from one of our best historians. Why did the great philosophical novelist George Eliot feel so self-conscious that her right hand was larger than her left?