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The Corinthian

by Georgette Heyer ...

The novel begins with Sir Richard contemplating a dreary future of societal expectations and a loveless engagement. On a fateful night, he encounters Penelope, who is disguised as a boy and attempting to run away to avoid marrying her cousin. Feeling an unexpected kinship and a desire for adventure, Sir Richard agrees to help her. What ensues is a rollicking journey across the countryside filled ... Read more

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The novel begins with Sir Richard contemplating a dreary future of societal expectations and a loveless engagement. On a fateful night, he encounters Penelope, who is disguised as a boy and attempting to run away to avoid marrying her cousin. Feeling an unexpected kinship and a desire for adventure, Sir Richard agrees to help her. What ensues is a rollicking journey across the countryside filled
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The Underworld

Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

by Susan Casey ...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets.______________________________________________'Masterful and mesmerizing . . . an irresistible mix of splendid scholarship, heart-stopping adventure writing, and vivid, visceral prose.' Sy Montgomery, author of Soul of an Octopus<stron... ... Read more

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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets.______________________________________________'Masterful and mesmerizing . . . an irresistible mix of splendid scholarship, heart-stopping adventure writing, and vivid, visceral prose.' Sy Montgomery, author of Soul of an Octopus<stron...
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Sun Trap

the perfect destination thriller full of twists to keep you gripped in 2026

by Rachel Wolf ...

A tense, twisty destination thriller, perfect for reading by the pool on hot summer days, f****rom the author of FIVE NIGHTS.'Insanely gripping.' ANGELA CLARKE'The perfect escapist read.' CLARE LESLIE HALL'Rachel Wolf has done it again.' HARRIET TYCEBE CAREFULEllie has wanted to be an actor since she was a child so, when a role in a blockbuster... ... Read more

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A tense, twisty destination thriller, perfect for reading by the pool on hot summer days, f****rom the author of FIVE NIGHTS.'Insanely gripping.' ANGELA CLARKE'The perfect escapist read.' CLARE LESLIE HALL'Rachel Wolf has done it again.' HARRIET TYCEBE CAREFULEllie has wanted to be an actor since she was a child so, when a role in a blockbuster...
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Overhaul: How Australia can adapt to a changing world economy | A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special

by John Edwards ...

Overhaul presents a new way of thinking about Australia’s future, demanding a renewed agenda for Australian politics and statecraft.Despite three US recessions, a global financial crisis, slowing growth in China, the Euro crisis, bloody conflicts, and frequent prophecies of worse to come, the world economy and Australia prospered in the first quarter of the 21st century.Overhaul examines the ... Read more

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Overhaul presents a new way of thinking about Australia’s future, demanding a renewed agenda for Australian politics and statecraft.Despite three US recessions, a global financial crisis, slowing growth in China, the Euro crisis, bloody conflicts, and frequent prophecies of worse to come, the world economy and Australia prospered in the first quarter of the 21st century.Overhaul examines the
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End Times Fascism

And the Fight for the Living World

by Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor ...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA blistering exposé of the new far-right apocalyptic alliance that's on the move around the globe - and how we resistThe far right is on the march again – but this time it’s different from anything we’ve seen before. A new, apocalyptic alliance of religious fundamentalists, billionaire Silicon Valley tech kings and ethno-nationalists is on the ... Read more

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA blistering exposé of the new far-right apocalyptic alliance that's on the move around the globe - and how we resistThe far right is on the march again – but this time it’s different from anything we’ve seen before. A new, apocalyptic alliance of religious fundamentalists, billionaire Silicon Valley tech kings and ethno-nationalists is on the
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Her Perfect Escape

the addictive and twisty thriller for summer 2026 from the author of SUN TRAP and FIVE NIGHTS

by Rachel Wolf ...

'Sinister and masterfully paced.' SUN'Perfect reading escapism.' HEATHER CRITCHLOW'I loved it!... the perfect page-turner.' FLISS CHESTER'Perfect for fans of The White Lotus.' CASS GREENEven paradise has shadows.July 2025. Tash and Mark host a birthday weekend for their son, Dom, at their luxury villa on a Greek island, inviting a s... ... Read more

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'Sinister and masterfully paced.' SUN'Perfect reading escapism.' HEATHER CRITCHLOW'I loved it!... the perfect page-turner.' FLISS CHESTER'Perfect for fans of The White Lotus.' CASS GREENEven paradise has shadows.July 2025. Tash and Mark host a birthday weekend for their son, Dom, at their luxury villa on a Greek island, inviting a s...
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Scarp

by Nick Papadimitriou ...

Nick Papadimitriou has spent a lifetime living on the margins, walking and documenting the landscapes surrounding his home in Child's Hill, North London, in a study he calls Deep Topography. Part meditation on nature and walking, part memoir and part social history, his arresting debut is first and foremost a personal inquiry into the spirit of a place: a 14-mile broken ridge of land on the ... Read more

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Nick Papadimitriou has spent a lifetime living on the margins, walking and documenting the landscapes surrounding his home in Child's Hill, North London, in a study he calls Deep Topography. Part meditation on nature and walking, part memoir and part social history, his arresting debut is first and foremost a personal inquiry into the spirit of a place: a 14-mile broken ridge of land on the
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The Book of Hope

A Survival Guide for an Endangered Planet – An Uplifting Message of Hope from the Bestselling Conservationist

by Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams ...

Series Book 1 - Global Icons Series
'A true hero' GRETA THUNBERG'One of the most impactful and important leaders' LEONARDO DICAPRIOTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEARA legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope.The timeless bestseller from Jane Goodall, the 'godmother of climate activism' – an uplifting and empowerin... ... Read more

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'A true hero' GRETA THUNBERG'One of the most impactful and important leaders' LEONARDO DICAPRIOTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEARA legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope.The timeless bestseller from Jane Goodall, the 'godmother of climate activism' – an uplifting and empowerin...
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Savage Arena

K2, Changabang and the North Face of the Eiger

by Joe Tasker ...

I could never again maintain that I was caught up in this game unwillingly. I knew now what I wanted to do. Willingly would I accept the hardship and fear, the discipline and the sacrifices, if only I could be given back the chance to climb that mountain.' Joe Tasker lies, struck down by a tooth abscess, in a damp, bug-infested room in the Himalaya, wondering if he will be well enough to climb ... Read more

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I could never again maintain that I was caught up in this game unwillingly. I knew now what I wanted to do. Willingly would I accept the hardship and fear, the discipline and the sacrifices, if only I could be given back the chance to climb that mountain.' Joe Tasker lies, struck down by a tooth abscess, in a damp, bug-infested room in the Himalaya, wondering if he will be well enough to climb
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Simul

Momenticon, Book 2

by Andrew Caldecott ...

From Andrew Caldecott, the bestselling author of ROTHERWEIRD, comes the jaw-dropping conclusion of the MOMENTICON duology - an epic adventure like no other!'Remember Simul' - the last words of a dying man, and the key to mankind's survival.Words which take Morag, Fogg and their friends on a wild ride through caverns and over mountains, into old paintings, to a university unlike any other and up ... Read more

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From Andrew Caldecott, the bestselling author of ROTHERWEIRD, comes the jaw-dropping conclusion of the MOMENTICON duology - an epic adventure like no other!'Remember Simul' - the last words of a dying man, and the key to mankind's survival.Words which take Morag, Fogg and their friends on a wild ride through caverns and over mountains, into old paintings, to a university unlike any other and up
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North Woods

Read it once. Remember it forever.

by Daniel Mason ...

A SPELLBINDING MASTERPIECE. READ IT ONCE, REMEMBER IT FOREVER. 'North Woods is a monumental achievement of polyphony and humanity. Relating the narrative of an entire country via a single plot of land, it sweeps the reader through hundreds of years and an array of protagonists with a deft, heartbreaking, idiosyncratic zeal' Maggie O'FarrellOVER FOUR CENTURIES,'This is a time-spanning, genre ... Read more

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A SPELLBINDING MASTERPIECE. READ IT ONCE, REMEMBER IT FOREVER. 'North Woods is a monumental achievement of polyphony and humanity. Relating the narrative of an entire country via a single plot of land, it sweeps the reader through hundreds of years and an array of protagonists with a deft, heartbreaking, idiosyncratic zeal' Maggie O'FarrellOVER FOUR CENTURIES,'This is a time-spanning, genre
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Under a Dark Cloud

A compulsive British detective crime thriller

by Louisa Scarr ...

Series Book 2 - Butler & West
One dead body. One witness. One answer.Early one morning, DS Robin Butler is summoned to a crime scene. Not as a policeman, but as best friend to renowned meteorologist, Dr Finn Mason. The morning after studying an enormous storm, Finn has locked himself in a van. Bloodied, confused, and with no memory of how he came to be there. And alongside him a dead body.Butler sets out to prove Finn's ... Read more

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One dead body. One witness. One answer.Early one morning, DS Robin Butler is summoned to a crime scene. Not as a policeman, but as best friend to renowned meteorologist, Dr Finn Mason. The morning after studying an enormous storm, Finn has locked himself in a van. Bloodied, confused, and with no memory of how he came to be there. And alongside him a dead body.Butler sets out to prove Finn's
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Latitude

The astonishing adventure that shaped the world

by Nicholas Crane ...

Told for the very first time, this is the true story of the adventure that shaped the world . . .'A thrilling story of courage, survival and science. It's an extraordinary, visceral and vivid read' Geographical Magazine________Three hundred years ago no one knew the true shape of the world.It wasn't a sphere - but did it bulge at the equator or was it pointed at the poles? Until we found out no ... Read more

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Told for the very first time, this is the true story of the adventure that shaped the world . . .'A thrilling story of courage, survival and science. It's an extraordinary, visceral and vivid read' Geographical Magazine________Three hundred years ago no one knew the true shape of the world.It wasn't a sphere - but did it bulge at the equator or was it pointed at the poles? Until we found out no
... Read more
Escape to Tuscany

by T.A. Williams ...

Sit back, relax and allow yourself to be swept away to Italy! Includes all three books in the heartwarming Escape to Tuscany series; Under A Siena Sun, Second Chances in Chianti and Secrets on the Italian Island.Under A Siena Sun: Doctors Without Borders has been Lucy Young's life for the past four years. After being rescued from a conflict zone, she's making a change from saving lives under ... Read more

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Sit back, relax and allow yourself to be swept away to Italy! Includes all three books in the heartwarming Escape to Tuscany series; Under A Siena Sun, Second Chances in Chianti and Secrets on the Italian Island.Under A Siena Sun: Doctors Without Borders has been Lucy Young's life for the past four years. After being rescued from a conflict zone, she's making a change from saving lives under
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This Way Up

When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters)

by Map Men ...

A SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLERA Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025'Educational, smart and funny’ Richard Osman‘This book is superb’ Charlie Brooker‘Brilliant. Fascinating. Hilarious.’ Jonn Elledge, bestselling author of A History of the World in 47 BordersThe debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical ne... ... Read more

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A SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLERA Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025'Educational, smart and funny’ Richard Osman‘This book is superb’ Charlie Brooker‘Brilliant. Fascinating. Hilarious.’ Jonn Elledge, bestselling author of A History of the World in 47 BordersThe debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical ne...
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Heat

Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

by Jeff Goodell ...

The New York Times bestseller: a searing examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and what we can do to stop it'This searing plea for a better, fairer and cooler future should be read by anyone with skin in the game – which is every single one of us.'—NAOMI KLEIN'Entertaining and thoroughly researched, Jeff Goodell brings the subject of climate-driven extreme heat to ... Read more

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The New York Times bestseller: a searing examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and what we can do to stop it'This searing plea for a better, fairer and cooler future should be read by anyone with skin in the game – which is every single one of us.'—NAOMI KLEIN'Entertaining and thoroughly researched, Jeff Goodell brings the subject of climate-driven extreme heat to
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Dream State

'The Paper Palace meets Jonathan Franzen' Sunday Times Style

by Eric Puchner ...

The transporting, immersive book of the summer: 'a book to lose yourself in' Guardian ⭐ An Oprah's Book Club pick⭐ An instant New York Times bestseller⭐ Book of the Year: The Times, Guardian, Woman & Home and BBCThe Paper Palace meets Jonathan Franzen' Sunday Times Style'A totally involving and moving literar... ... Read more

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The transporting, immersive book of the summer: 'a book to lose yourself in' Guardian ⭐ An Oprah's Book Club pick⭐ An instant New York Times bestseller⭐ Book of the Year: The Times, Guardian, Woman & Home and BBCThe Paper Palace meets Jonathan Franzen' Sunday Times Style'A totally involving and moving literar...
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Climate Eco-Socialism

by Jeremy Nieboer ...

This is the final CLIMATE book. All is Well All will be Well explained how the Sun's cycles, Earth's orbits and ocean shifts govern temperature. CO**2 Nature's Gift showed that CO2 provides all our oxygen and food but is at its lowest level for over 99% of the past 500 million years. If CO2 doubled crop yields rise by over 50% - with no noticeable effect on warming.At pre industrial levels CO2 has ... Read more

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This is the final CLIMATE book. All is Well All will be Well explained how the Sun's cycles, Earth's orbits and ocean shifts govern temperature. CO**2 Nature's Gift showed that CO2 provides all our oxygen and food but is at its lowest level for over 99% of the past 500 million years. If CO2 doubled crop yields rise by over 50% - with no noticeable effect on warming.At pre industrial levels CO2 has
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The Earth

Its Birth and Growth

by Minoru Ozima, Jun Korenaga, Qing-Zhu Yin ...

A clear understanding of the Earth's past evolution can provide the key to its possible future development. The Earth: Its Birth and Growth explores the evolution of the Earth over 4.6 billion years using basic reasoning and simple illustrations to help explain the underlying physical and chemical principles and major processes involved. Fully updated and revised, this rigorous but accessible ... Read more

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A clear understanding of the Earth's past evolution can provide the key to its possible future development. The Earth: Its Birth and Growth explores the evolution of the Earth over 4.6 billion years using basic reasoning and simple illustrations to help explain the underlying physical and chemical principles and major processes involved. Fully updated and revised, this rigorous but accessible
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Geology: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

A step-by-step Teach Yourself guide to use at home, school or college

by David Rothery ...

'This is the best book on the subject that I have read, it's brilliant, wide ranging, easy to read, doesn't use tech jargon and its been designed to help you learn about the subject, not just read a book**.**' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Excellent for beginners like myself.' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐What processes and physical materials have shaped the planet we... ... Read more

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'This is the best book on the subject that I have read, it's brilliant, wide ranging, easy to read, doesn't use tech jargon and its been designed to help you learn about the subject, not just read a book**.**' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Excellent for beginners like myself.' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐What processes and physical materials have shaped the planet we...
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A Short History of Nearly Everything

The bestselling popular science book of the 21st Century

by Bill Bryson ...

Series Book 5 - Bryson
The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies.'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist'Truly impressive...It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' Guardian'A travelogue of science, with a witty, engagin... ... Read more

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The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies.'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist'Truly impressive...It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' Guardian'A travelogue of science, with a witty, engagin...
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Progress

A History of Humanity’s Worst Idea

by Samuel Miller McDonald ...

**'A spirited skewering of the idea that things can only get better' The Guardian'A new understanding of our past' Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and the 1%________________________________Progress is power. But our modern story of progress is a very dangerous fiction.In the pursuit of progress, of growth and expansion, we have levelled cities, flattened mountains, charted the globe an... ... Read more

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**'A spirited skewering of the idea that things can only get better' The Guardian'A new understanding of our past' Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and the 1%________________________________Progress is power. But our modern story of progress is a very dangerous fiction.In the pursuit of progress, of growth and expansion, we have levelled cities, flattened mountains, charted the globe an...
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Homo Britannicus

The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain

by Chris Stringer ...

HOMO BRITANNICUS tells the epic history of life in Britain, from man’s very first footsteps to the present day. Drawing on all the latest evidence and techniques of investigation, Chris Stringer describes times when Britain was so tropical that man lived alongside hippos and sabre tooth tiger, times so cold we shared this land with reindeer and mammoth, and times colder still when we were forced ... Read more

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HOMO BRITANNICUS tells the epic history of life in Britain, from man’s very first footsteps to the present day. Drawing on all the latest evidence and techniques of investigation, Chris Stringer describes times when Britain was so tropical that man lived alongside hippos and sabre tooth tiger, times so cold we shared this land with reindeer and mammoth, and times colder still when we were forced
... Read more
The Next Crisis

What We Think About the Future

by Danny Dorling ...

Every month, surveys around the world ask people to tell them what they are really thinking. The results are at times reassuring, sometimes chilling and often unexpected. In The Next Crisis, leading UK geographer Danny Dorling unpacks polling data and shows that our global crises are often very different from what's in the headlines - and that we need to take these issues very seriously.Dorling ... Read more

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Every month, surveys around the world ask people to tell them what they are really thinking. The results are at times reassuring, sometimes chilling and often unexpected. In The Next Crisis, leading UK geographer Danny Dorling unpacks polling data and shows that our global crises are often very different from what's in the headlines - and that we need to take these issues very seriously.Dorling
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