Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner of legendary restaurant Eleven Madison Park.Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling New York City two-star brasserie that had never quite lived up to its majestic room. Eleven years later, EMP was named the best restaurant in the world.How did Guidara pull off this unprecedented transformation? Radical reinvention, a true partnership ...

Phil and Annie have been friends and unpopular outcasts since high school. Now grown but stuck in the same small town, they're still tormented by pretty, perfect Kylie.But everything changes when Phil finds a small jade skull that allows him to possess Kylie's body and make her do whatever he wants. Even better, Kylie doesn't suspect she's being controlled and thinks that everything she's doing is her own choice. Whatever Phil does while inside her can change her mind permanently.

'Haunting, heartbreaking, quietly terrifying. Unforgettable' CHRIS WHITAKER'Devastatingly good. Tense as all the best thrillers are, but with an emotional heft that will leave you deeply moved. Will Dean's storytelling just gets better and better**' JENNIE GODFREY**'Vivid, heartbreaking, and written with a deep understanding of how complex a family's love can be, Adrift is pure suspense from start to finish' JANE CASEY

He is her husband. She is his captive.'Outstanding. The best thriller in years' MARTINA COLE'One of the best thrillers I have read in years' THE OBSERVER'I couldn't put it down. A visceral nightmare of a book with one of the most evil villains I've come across in a long time. Powerful writing' STEVE CAVANAGH'Short, sharp shocker'THE TIMESHer hus...

A luxury cruise liner, abandoned with no crew, steaming into the mid-Atlantic.And you are the only passenger left on board.*RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK*'Astonishing' IAN RANKIN'The premise is excellent... [a] mile-a-minute, bite-your-nails-to-the-quick ride of a novel' OBSERVER'Oh my goodness, what a rollercoaster of a read!'PRIMA

‘Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas … The Status Game might be his best yet’ James Marriott, Books of the Year, The TimesWhat drives our political and moral beliefs? What makes us like some things and dislike others? What shapes how we behave, and misbehave, in groups? What makes you, you?For centuries, philosophers and scholars have described human behaviour in terms of sex, power and money. In

A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant.With their accessible compendium of philosophy and social progress, the Durants take us on a journey through history, exploring the possibilities and limitations of humanity over time. Juxtaposing the great lives, ideas, and accomplishments with cycles of war and conquest, t...

'Absolutely thrilling!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Incredible... just WOW!!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Wow!... Fast paced... Twists and turns aplenty in this brilliantly and tensely plotted thriller' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐There is no smoke without fire...When a development in South London catches fire mid-construction, a close-knit team of fire fighters runs ...

ONE TWIN LIED. ONE TWIN DIED.Brilliant psychological suspense from the author of word-of-mouth sensation THE LAST PASSENGER.'Dean handles his plot with skill ... Molly is an intriguing protagonist and Dean has plenty of surprises for the unwary reader' OBSERVER'The talented Mr Ripley would have enjoyed every moment of its tortuous plot. There is no higher praise' DAILY MAIL

Book 3 from the talent behind the bestselling hardback YA debut of 2011. Dracula is on the verge of coming into his full power. Department 19 is on the back foot. Ladies and gentlemen: welcome to war. The stakes? Mankind’s very survival…As the clock ticks remorselessly towards Zero Hour and the return of Dracula, the devastated remnants of Department 19 try to hold back the rising darkness.Jamie Carpenter is training new recruits, trying to prepare them for a fight that app...

'A wonderful book about wonderful books and mothers and sons and the enduring braid between them.' - Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays With Morrie'a true meditation on what books can do.' - Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber EyesMary Anne Schwalbe is waiting for her chemotherapy treatments when Will casually asks her what she's reading. The conversation they have grows into tradition: soon they are reading the same...

The epic conclusion in the blood-poundingly brilliant Department 19 series, from bestselling author, Will Hill.The brave men and women of Department 19 have fought Dracula at every turn, but now Zero Hour has passed and the ancient vampire is at full strength.Inside Department 19, the Operators are exhausted and fractured. Jamie, Larissa, Matt and Kate are each struggling with their own demons. When the friends need each other most, they are further apart than ever....