A disgraced Navy commander. A haunted past. A private investigator searching for redemption.Russell Stokes once wore the Navy uniform with pride. Decorated for valor in Afghanistan but scarred by guilt and a drinking problem, his career is crumbling. Rumors and scandals force him toward resignation, leaving his future in doubt.On terminal leave and searching for direction, Stokes turns to moonlighting as a private investigator. But trouble follows him every...

'ABSORBING' Guardian'ENTHRALLING' New Statesman'EPIC' Evening Standard'INESCAPABLE' The Sunday Times'MAGISTERIAL' Irish ExaminerFully revised and updated, the definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the PyramidAlfredo Di Stefano, Diego Mar...

'Vivid and compelling' - The Telegraph'A masterful portrait of the city' - Observer'A propulsive, gorgeously reported account of the forces that re-shaped New York in the late 1980s, The Gods of New York is brilliant historical non-fiction that doubles as a warning about the future.'- Emily Nussbaum, author of Cue the Sun'A rip-roaring, sweeping, essential work of h...

'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...

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...

'Superbly researched and enormously entertaining... One of the outstanding books of the year' The TimesAn epic story of empire-building and bloody conflict, this ground-breaking biography of one of history’s most venerated military and religious heroes opens a window on the Islamic and Christian worlds’ complex relationship.WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZEWhen Saladin recaptured Jerusalem from the Cru...

Combined for the first time in one volume are the internationally bestselling novels SEVENFOLD SWORD: CHAMPION, SEVENFOLD SWORD, SWORDBEARER, and SEVENFOLD SWORD: WARLORD, along with the bonus novella SHIELD KNIGHT: THIRD'S TALE.Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, the defender of the realm of Andomhaim.The realm is at peace after a long and terrible war, but dark powers threaten other lands.And when a mad elven wizard comes to the High King's court, Ridmark finds hi...

**Ptolemy’s Gate is the final 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.**Two thousand years have passed since the djinni Bartimaeus was at the height of his powers – invincible in battle and befriended by the great magician Ptolemy. Now, trapped on earth and trea...

This epic middle-grade adventure—companion to Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes and Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard**—will take readers to the very ends of the earth . . . and beyond.**From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Night Gardener and Sweep....

Combined for the first time in one volume are the first three books of the internationally bestselling FROSTBORN saga - FROSTBORN: THE GRAY KNIGHT, FROSTBORN: THE EIGHTFOLD KNIFE, FROSTBORN: THE UNDYING WIZARD, and the prequel novel FROSTBORN: THE FIRST QUEST.RIDMARK ARBAN was once a Swordbearer, a knight of renown. Now he is a branded outcast, stripped of his sword, and despised as a traitor.But he alone sees the danger to come, and undertakes the dangerous quest to stop t...

Jonathan Fields knows the risks-and potential power-of uncertainty. He gave up a six-figure income as a lawyer to make $12 an hour as a personal trainer. Then, married with a 3-month old baby, he signed a lease to launch a yoga center in the heart of New York City. . . the day before 9/11. But he survived, and along the way he developed a fresh approach to transforming uncertainty, risk of loss, and exposure to judgment into catalysts for innovation, creation, and achievement.Prope...

Are you sick of working a job you hate for a boss who despises you? Do you want to get paid what your worth...instead of what your company thinks they can get away with?Are you struggling to get up in the morning and praying for a snow day? Or just ready to start enjoying some of that freedom you've heard so much about?Whether you're about to enter the job market for the first time or you've been slaving away for decades - you need to read ...