' There is something very special about finding a spectacular objective, looking forward to it for a long time and then achieving exactly what one has set out to do.'Newly retired and immersed in the logistical and bureaucratic maze of planning an expedition to Chombu – an unclimbed Himalayan peak in the Indian state of Sikkim – Mick Fowler's life is turned upside down by a cancer diagnosis.In Eternal Alpinist, his fourth volume of climbing memoirs followi...

A fundamental tenet of the GAA is under threat in a manner that has not happened in its 140-year history.For generations, the GAA club has been the beating heart of Irish communities - rooted in the parish, sustained by volunteers and inseparable from identity. But today, that foundation is under threat.In this deeply personal and sharply observed memoir, journalist Mick Clifford traces the seismic shifts that have brought the GAA to a crossroads. From his ...

**A New York Times bestselling seriesTHE BOOK BEHIND THE FIRST SEASON OF SLOW HORSES, THE APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING GARY OLDMAN IN HIS EMMY-NOMINATED ROLE AS JACKSON LAMB.**Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agents is united by one common bond: They've screwed up royally and will do anything to redeem themselves.This deluxe edition of a modern classic includes ...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“May be the best Slow Horses book to date.”—The Wall Street JournalTHE NEW NOVEL IN THE SERIES BEHIND SLOW HORSES, AN APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES NOW STREAMING ON APPLE TVJackson Lamb and the bad spies of Slough House are caught in a deadly battle between MI5's secret past and its murky future in this gripping, hilarious, and heartbreaking thriller by Mick Herron, “the le Carré of the future” (BBC).**

Discover the Wildest, Weirdest, and Most Wonderful Animals on Earth (and their surprising quirks)!Get ready for a mind-bending adventure through the animal kingdom — packed with incredible trivia and jaw-dropping facts that will amaze the whole family.From strange species you've never heard of to the shocking secrets of the animals you thought you knew, this book is bursting with fascinating discoveries that will make you say, "Wait, what?!"...

**A New York Times bestselling seriesTHE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF SLOW HORSES, THE APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING GARY OLDMAN IN HIS EMMY-NOMINATED ROLE AS JACKSON LAMB.**The CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning British espionage novel about disgraced MI5 agents who inadvertently uncover a deadly Cold War-era legacy of sleeper cells and mythic super spies.The disgruntled agents of Slough House, the MI5 branch where washed-up spies...

The collected short fiction of Mick Herron, author of the New York Times bestselling Slough House seriesMick Herron, author of the Slough House novels, is on his way to becoming one of the most critically acclaimed and culturally important crime fiction writers of the twenty-first century. He has been awarded both the Gold and Steel Daggers by the Crime Writers’ Association and has been called “the John Le Carré of the future” (BBC). But Mick Herron does m...

At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-published Christmas interlude Standing by the Wall.Espionage. Blackmail. Revenge. Cunning. Slapstick. State secrets dating back to the fall of the Berlin Wall. All this and more in a tight package of five novellas by Mick Herron, CWA Gold Dagger–winning author of Slow Horses. From the troubled recruitment of a new MI5 informant to a botched information transfer, Herr...

THE EIGHTH BOOK IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES BEHIND SLOW HORSES, AN APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES NOW STREAMING ON APPLE TVMick Herron, “the le Carré of the future” (BBC), expands his world of bad spies with an even shadier cast of characters: the politicians, lobbyists, and misinformation agents pulling the levers of government policy.“Confirms Mick Herron as the best spy novelist now working.”—NPR's Fresh...

**The Marylebone Drop can now be found in Standing by the Wall, the collection of other novellas set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Slough House series.A drop, in spook parlance, is the passing on of secret information.**It’s also what happens just before you hit the ground.Old spooks carry the memory of tradecraft in their bones, and when Solomon Dortmund sees an envelope being passed from...

The Catch can now be found in Standing by the Wall, the collection of other novellas set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Slough House series.John Bachelor is the saddest kind of spy: not a joe in the field, not even a desk jockey, but a milkman—a part-time pension administrator whose main job is to check in on aging retired spies. Late in his career and having lost his wife, his house, and his savings after a series of unlu...

**From the New York Times bestselling author of Slow Horses and now an Original Series from Apple TV starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson.Diamond Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missing child unravels a murderous conspiracy.This deluxe edition of a modern classic includes a foreword by Emma Thompson and discussion questions for book clubs.**It’s an evening like any other when an explosion rips t...