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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZEThe acclaimed bestselling classic of Holocaust literature, adapted into the award-winning film Schindler's List'One of the world's greatest writers' Spectator'Extraordinary' Graham Greene'Powerful' The Times'Marvellous' Sunday TimesIn the shadow of Auschwitz, as thousands faced death in Nazi-occupied Poland, an unlikely saviour emerged. Oskar Schindler was a heavy-dri...

'Beautiful, big-hearted and so original -- I fell in love with this book.'- Amie Kaufman, NYT bestselling author of The World Between BlinksCALLERS CAN CONJURE ANYTHING OUT OF THIN AIR.BUT WHAT IF THE THINGS DON'T COME FROM NOTHING?WHAT IF THEY'RE TAKEN FROM . . . SOMEONE ELSE?In the world of Elipsom, the ability to Call, or summon objects, is a coveted skill. And yet despite being born into a family of Callers...

"... Grabs hold of you from the first paragraph and never lets go." - Pam Godwin, NYT Bestselling AuthorIt was just another Tuesday, really. I went to a conference to give a motivational speech for women. I woke up bound to a chair in a cold empty cell. My captor is a beautiful monster, offering me comfort in exchange for my obedience and punishment when I displease him.He has never spoken a single word to me. He has other ways of communicating, of reducing...

**Winner of the National Book Award"The most profound and accomplished American novel since the end of World War II." —The New Republic**“A screaming comes across the sky. . .” A few months after the Germans’ secret V-2 rocket bombs begin falling on London, British Intelligence discovers that a map of the city pinpointing the sexual conquests of one Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop, U.S. Army, corresponds identically to a map showing the V-2 impact sites. The implication...

Thomas Jennings arrives to his newly acquired estate to find that his steward has fled under a cloud of scandal, and the property has been held together by Miss Loris Tanner, the steward's daughter. Thomas knows what it's like to not fit in, and he's pragmatic enough to respect results, so he gives Loris a chance to maintain her position in a profession uniformly undertaken by men.Thomas learns about the complexities of estate management from his unlikely tutor, despite somebody's ...

The Sunday Times No.4 bestseller Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic.‘Magic and love. Love and magic. They destroy everything in the end …’Anna’s Aunt has always warned her of the dangers of magic. Its twists. Its knots. Its deadly consequences.Now Anna counts down the days to the ceremony that will bind her magic forever.Until she meets Effie and Attis.They open he...

Commissioned in 1975 by Thomas Nelson Publishers, 130 respected Bible scholars, church leaders, and lay Christians worked for seven years to create a completely modern edition of the King James Version that would continue the classic tradition of the original King James. With unyielding faithfulness to the original Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic texts, the translators applied the most recent research in archaeology, linguistics, and textual studies. The resulting work provides today's Bible re...

**"Kitty Thomas is a one-click author for me!" -Anna Zaires, NYT Bestselling author of Twist MeShe was a bored housewife until she was taken and trained for the pleasure of the highest bidder.**Vivian Delaney’s life seems privileged on the outside, but behind closed doors she’s trapped in a gilded cage. Her loveless marriage soon drives her into the arms of a charming and seductive Russian who says all the right things and knows exactly how to touch her.But Anton is...

For fans of The Tea-Planter’s Wife and Victoria Hislop comes a gripping story of doomed love and secrets in 1940s Kashmir.Within one exotic land lie the secrets of a lifetime…In 1938, young bride Nerys Watkins accompanies her missionary husband on a posting to India. Up in Srinagar, the British live on beautiful wooden houseboats and dance and gossip as if there is no war. But when the men are sent away to fight Nerys is caught up ...

Psychologist and expert on body language and memory, Kari Voss investigates the murder of two teenaged girls in the small Norwegian town of Son, as suspicion is cast on multiple suspects. A mesmerisingly dark, twisty start to a nerve-shattering new series by two of the world's finest crime writers…`A breathtaking thriller with a complex plot and twist to die for. Simply brilliant´ Express`Gustawsson and Enger deliver a one-two punc...

If you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked.Hedley Thomas takes you behind the scenes with a blow-by-blow account of one of the most intriguing and enduring murder mysteries of our time - the crime, the podcast investigation, the sexual exploitation of teenage students, the courtroom drama - and how justice was finally delivered.Lynette Simms disappeared from Sydney's idyllic Northern Beaches in 1982 and was never seen again....

Now a major motion picture, starring Amandla StenbergNo. 1 New York Times bestsellerWinner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize · Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best · National Book Award Longlist · British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year · Teen Vogue Best YA Book of the YearSixteen-year-old Starr ...