From Blackadder to A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster to House, Hugh Laurie has entertained millions in a career spanning three decades. Born in Oxford, Hugh followed in his father's footsteps, not as a doctor but as a rower, rowing for Cambridge University. But unlike his father he never made it to the Olympics and instead was forced, due to illness, to swap the oars for the stage; joining Cambridge Footlights. It was there that Hugh began his career in comedy and forged a hilari...

HUGH JACKMAN is a true Hollywood juggernaut. The magnetic Australian has joined countrymen Mel Gibson and Russell Crowe as an international superstar and is loved by fans worldwide for his varied career in film and theatre.When a young Jackman turned down a role in Neighbours to study at Perth's prestigious WAAPA, his gamble would pay off hand-somely. After a string of successful musicals, Jackman's Hollywood break came after being cast as Wolverine in 2000, catapulting him to heavyweight ...

Known to thousands of rugby fans as a knowledgeable, passionate and witty broadcaster, and as an entertaining and popular after-dinner speaker, Phil Steele’s confident demeanour and humorous disposition mask a life-long battle against depression and anxiety heightened by heartbreak and tragedy in his personal life. Nerves of Steele is a remarkable story and reveals the real Phil Steele, a man known only by his very closest friends and family.

A hilarious laugh-out loud 'consultant had enough' memoir based on true events. Anthony Bunko spills the beans of what goes on in the two-faced world of BMWs, smart suits, flip charts and ever changing buzz words, while trying to cope with his mid-life crisis.

When Thomas Lang, a hired gunman with a soft heart, is contracted to assassinate an American industrialist, he opts instead to warn the intended victim - a good deed that doesn't go unpunished.Within hours Lang is butting heads with a Buddha statue, matching wits with evil billionaires, and putting his life (among other things) in the hands of a bevy of femmes fatales, whilst trying to save a beautiful lady ... and prevent an international bloodbath to boot.A wonderfully fu...

It had been years since I had seen any of the children with whom I had grown up. When I left the children's home, I promised myself that I would have nothing to do with them, I was sure that my only chance of living a good life would be to put the past behind me, even though that meant saying goodbye to some of the people I loved the most - as well as the ones I hated...it turned out that six of us had died, several by slow suicide in the form of heroin abuse, and at least two by faster me...

Romantic, liberating and totally addictive, Fifty Shades of Grey is a novel that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you for ever.When literature student Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him very attractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced that their meeting went badly, she tries to put him out of her mind � until he turns up at the store where she works part-time, and...

Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan returns in a case that will test her to her limit.OF ALL THE CREATURES IN THE WORLD, ONLY HUMANS HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR EVIL…Small animals have been turning up throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, mutilated and displayed in the same bizarre manner. Now it seems the perp is upping the ante. When Temperance Brennan visits the latest crime scene, she finds that the victim is a dog. Somebody’s pet....

Full of twists you won't see coming, The Cut Throat Trial is an edge-of-your-seat courtroom drama from the No. 1 bestselling Secret Barrister. And you have a front row seat.‘An astute, empathetic, and satisfyingly twisty read’ - Sarah Vaughan'Excellent . . . brilliantly executed. Closest I've felt to being in court since I left the bar' - Harriet Tyce‘A diamond class legal thriller . . . I loved eve...

'Masterful . . . superior entertainment that makes most other novels of suspense appear dull and slow-witted by comparison' Publishers WeeklyWhat should have been a simple pick-up turns into a day-long nightmare for Bad Sam Chapman.When an operational catastrophe puts a gun in the hands of a young man, who then breaks into South Oxford Nursery School and takes a group of hostages, teacher Louise Kennedy fears the worst. But Jaime S...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZEGood Omens meets Bella Mackie in this wickedly funny, joyful and twisted murder mystery*.***'I could practically hear Louis Armstrong crooning What a Wonderful World in the background' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Beautifully bonkers' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I laughed, I cried (no, seriously, I ugly cried)⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Death is having an existential crisis – and h...

'A master class in motive and character' Alafair BurkeA taut psychological novel about trial by public opinion and how we shape the truth -- now available in English for the first timeIs she a victim or a murderer?Onizuka Kumako is a fierce woman: tall, beautiful, and not afraid to speak her mind. In Tokyo bars, she seduces customers and commits petty crime, using her connections to the local yakuza to get by. When she meet...