**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERADAPTED INTO A FEATURE FILM WITH TOM HANKSFrom the critically acclaimed author of Here I Am, Everything is Illuminated and We are the Weather - a heartrending and unforgettable novel set in the aftermath of the 9/11'**Utterly engaging, hugely involving, tragic, funny and intensely moving... **A heartbreaker' Spectator'The most incredible fictional nine-year-old ever created**... a funny, heart-rending ...

No. 2 Amazon International Bestseller | Recommended by Kirkus ReviewsA group of troubled but charismatic boys in a tough Buffalo, NY neighborhood play basketball at a local park and dream of winning a state high school championship. Driven by raw talent and killer instinct, they dominate the court, but everywhere else, they feel like losers.HAMMOND is told through the eyes of James Lombardi, a precocious but men...

'A landmark contribution to humanity's understanding of itself' The New York TimesWhy can it sometimes feel as though half the population is living in a different moral universe? Why do ideas such as 'fairness' and 'freedom' mean such different things to different people? Why is it so hard to see things from another viewpoint? Why do we come to blows over politics and religion?Jonathan Haidt reveals that we often find it hard to get along because o...

RIDMARK ARBAN is the Gray Knight, questing to stop the return of the terrible Frostborn to the High King's realm. Yet the soulstone, the instrument of the return of the Frostborn, has been stolen by a ruthless cult and secured within the grim fortress of the Iron Tower.And Ridmark must risk everything to retrieve it.MARA wishes only to live peacefully. Yet her father was a dark elven wizard of power, and his shadow-tainted blood flows through her veins, threatening to trans...

A thousand specially selected people left a troubled Earth for a new beginning on a virgin planet thirty years away.The ship was state-of-the-art, and entirely automatic; its passengers safely sleeping through the journey. Unfortunately, something has gone terribly wrong.AL CLARK wakes to begin a new life, alone on an old and silent vessel with no memory of what transpired to place him there.It is the beginning of a quest that will take him to places he could not ha...

A brilliant medieval action thriller perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Matthew Harffy and Giles Kristian.It is 1347 and the French, after a crushing defeat at Crcy, are licking their wounds while their king raises a new army.Locked into a fruitless siege, the English are camped in the marshes around Calais. Among them is foot soldier and archer Martin Kemp, whose dreams of serving his king and reliving the chivalrous adventures of King Arthur's Knight...

THE NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TIMES, FT, ECONOMIST AND INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Boundlessly wise . . . important and engrossing’ The New York Times‘One of the most important books I’ve read . . . It’s absolutely brilliant’ Dr Rangan Chatterjee'Urgent and essential' GuardianAcclaimed psychologist Jonathan Haidt reve...

The quest of the Seven Swords kills anyone foolish enough to seek its secret.Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, but he is the only Swordbearer in the realm of Owyllain.That means he is the only warrior capable of defending Owyllain from the forces of dark magic.But the powers of darkness have servants in Owyllain, servants who are more than willing to put a dagger in Ridmark's back...

Ridmark Arban is the Gray Knight, and he leads the battle against the powerful and deadly Frostborn. But the Frostborn are winning, and without allies, the men of Andomhaim have no hope of victory.The power of the dwarves of Khald Tormen might turn the balance, but the dwarves face their own ancient enemy.And that ancient enemy has plans of his own for Ridmark...

The Amulet of Samarkand is the first title in the New York Times bestselling Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud, author of Lockwood & Co. - a global No.1 show on Netflix.****Note: There is a chance the book cover you receive may differ from the cover displayed here.**When a young magician’s apprentice secretly summons an irascible 5,000 year old djinni to do his bidding, neither are prepared for the peril that ensues.Nat...

The quest of the Seven Swords will unmask treachery.Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, questing to stop the rise of the evil New God. The sorceress Cathala, imprisoned within magical stone, holds the lore of the creator of the Seven Swords.But dark powers are stirring in the Serpent Marshes, and Cathala has secrets of her own.Secrets that might kill Ridmark and his friends...

I'm an illegal wizard, an expert thief, and an occasional killer.So robbing the mansion of the Elven noble Lord Castomyr should prove no challenge at all.Except another thief has an eye on Lord Castomyr's treasures, a thief with magical abilities I don't understand.And unless I outwit this master thief, I'll be the one left holding the bag...and among the Elves, the punishment for theft is death.