ND-5 and Jaylen Vrax embark on their descent into the galaxy’s underworld in search of answers and opportunity, in this essential prequel to Star Wars Outlaws.Jaylen Barsha, heir to his family’s immense power and wealth, had his life charted out for him neatly and meticulously by his parents, even though he suspected his neglected half-brother Sliro would be a better fit for the bright corporate future his parents envisioned. Then the Empire stripped it al...

This beloved memoir of an Irish childhood by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of classics like Amongst Women is a 'healing book' (Sebastian Barry)'McGahern is about as close as we get to Proust.' GuardianI am sure it is from those days that I take the belief that the best of life is life lived quietly, where nothing happens but our calm journey through the day, where change is imperceptible and the precious life is ...

Introduced by Sinéad Gleeson, John McGahern's Booker Prize-shortlisted Irish 'masterpiece' (Colm Tóibín) is essential reading for admirers of Claire Keegan.As he weakened, Moran became afraid of his daughters.Moran's life is defined by his days of glory as a guerrilla leader in the Irish War of Independence. Now, he is simply an ageing widower, eking out an existence on the small farm where he raises his two sons and three daughters. He keeps contr...

With a new foreword by Kevin Barry, McGahern's 'timeless' (Sinéad Gleeson) novel of rural Irish life is perfect for admirers of Claire Keegan.When the bells rang out for Mass, the strokes trembling on the water, they had the entire world to themselves.Joe Ruttledge has returned to his native Ireland with his wife Kate. Leaving behind their life in London, the couple begin their new existence on a tranquil lakeside farm. Over a year, they become emb...

** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW **Tara Selter has become someone new.It becomes clear just how ridiculous it is: life in progressive time. Or was. Before we came to a halt. How foolishly one can spend a life in a time that moves forward. The nonsense of the ceaseless grind.Tara has returned to Thomas, but she is no longer the person he remembers. She has now spent twelve years in the eighteenth of November, while Thomas has ...

Spine-chilling tales for dark nights from Celia Fremlin, 'Britain's Patricia Highsmith' ( Sunday Times) who is 'Irresistible' (Val McDermid), 'brilliant' ( Elly Griffiths), 'a master of suspense' (Janice Hallett), 'packs a punch' (Ian Rankin) and 'got me hooked' (Ruth Rendell)Welcome to Celia Fremlin's nightmare world in these tales of family frustrations and fury: from a young wife who wants rid of her husband to an elde...

lift the lapis lazuli tablet and readof Gilgamesh - his adventures and all he endured.King above kings, most formidable presence.Gilgamesh originated in Ancient Mesopotamia nearly 4,000 years ago, yet its themes of power, loyalty, love and loss resound with contemporary relevance. The eponymous demigod tyrannically rules the kingdom of Uruk. To establish peace, the gods create his counterpart, the wild man Enkidu, and the two embark on a series of ex...

NARRATED BY JACK LOWDEN'A quirky and original debut that sizzles with scintillating prose.' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'Michael Pedersen is a rare writer of real passion and power and this debut is phenomenal.' MATT HAIGLife on a remote island is turned upside down by a stranger's arrival, testing bonds of family and tradition and leaving a young dreamer's future hanging in the balance.It's no ordin...

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE REST OF OUR LIVES'Human, astonishing, superb; and sublime.' Guardian'A formidable voice . . . the bastard son of Philip Roth and A. S. Byatt.' New Statesman'A remarkable achievement.' ObserverTaking place over the course of one year, shifting between uptown Manhattan and a private high-school campus in Riverdale, Either Side of Winter moves sea...

It's a totally unassuming Tuesday when Aggie's little sister Marcie - her favourite person, her especially made best friend - is admitted to hospital, prepared for a long stay with a bag of her softest things. It is a day Aggie has dreaded and longed for. Like crows need wings, like planets have moons, when it comes to Marcie, there's nothing she wouldn't do.So when Death - red-lipped, feline-eyed and chignoned-to-perfection - appears in her bedroomready to strike a deal, Ag...

'Spellbinding, elegant, and urgent . . . Held me from the first moment to the last' Katherine RundellThe great quest of Augustine's life was for truth. This was his true fire.Today, we are still the product of Augustine's thinking, only most of us don't know it. Our world is shaped by his ideas on time and language, his understanding of the self, his theory of 'Just War', his attitudes to sex and the body, his conception of God. Augustine wrote the world's ...

This is a history of the Second World War - as you have never heard it before.Dancer, singer and intelligence agent Josephine BakerGerman Nazi pianist Elly NeyBritish pianist Myra HessComposer Avril Coleridge-TaylorBallerina Tatiana VecheslovaViolinist Alma Rosé, conductor of the Auschwitz women's orchestraJazz band the International Sweethearts of RhythmPrize-winning author Leah Broad brings to life the unsung stories of the trailb...