Loner. Lawbreaker. Bad girl. These all describe Hannah Tree, but she never expected to add private detective to the list...Serving a minor prison sentence isn’t the usual training for becoming a private investigator. But Hannah’s new mentor Gloria Starr, a statuesque trans woman, convinces Hannah to turn her obsession with justice into a business.Hannah’s first case is simple. A routine check on a client’s spouse, a judge whose wife is worried about him. Gloria suspects he ...

'This is not history for history's sake, however – this is the history of our present and future, long beyond cold war, into war on terror, war on drugs' Ed Vulliamy, GuardianThe Untold History of the United States is filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick’s riveting landmark account of the rise and decline of the American empire – the most powerful and dominant nation the world has ever seen. Probing the dark corners ...

Disgraced. Angry. Demoralised. Former rising star, Georgia West now grinds along in her new job at the bottom of the police ladder.When the body of a young woman is found in Georgia's precinct, her boss, Senior Sergeant Graham Causton freaks out. He's never been in charge of investigating a murder. But his new Constable Georgia West has.The crime scene screams serial killer and Georgia is well aware that solving a case like this could be her ticket out of the backwater dump...

After her first real test as a detective, Hannah Tree is about to abandon the whole thing. With her boss Gloria away and a new show in rehearsal, her other job as den mother to a bunch of temperamental artists is more than enough to deal with.When Hannah's first client asks her to pay her daughter's friend a visit, Hannah is hesitant, but she decides to bite the bullet. After all, there's always the money. And how hard can it be?Soon, she finds herself dropped into a head-o...

A life-changing gift of a book: What if you tried to stop doing everything, so you could finally get round to what counts?**The instant Sunday Times bestseller**Rejecting the futile modern obsession with 'getting everything done,' Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing rather than denying their limitations.Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contempor...

It might be a boring life to some... but it's my life and I have everything I need.Rhino shifter, Malik, has built himself a good life. He owns and operates his own mechanical workshop servicing and fixing vintage cars. While his business is definitely on the seedier side of town, Malik's size, and the occasional intervention meant that most people knew to treat him with respect. That was until one night, two men from a local crew attack an innocent man in...

Soon to be a major Amazon Prime Video series.An utterly gripping thriller from bestselling author Lauren Oliver.Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a poor town of twelve thousand people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do.Heather never thought she would compete in panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She'd ne...

“Mary Oliver would probably never admit to anything so grandiose as an effort to connect the conscious mind and the heart (that’s what she says poetry can do), but that is exactly what she accomplishes in this stunning little handbook.”— Los Angeles TimesFrom the beloved and acclaimed poet, an ultimate guide to writing and understanding poetry.With passion and wit, Mary Oliver skillfully imparts expertise on the poet’s craft from h...

The incredible YA phenomenon, not to be missed by fans of Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight.'Thrilling and thought-provoking ... Fast paced and consistently poignant, this tale quickly becomes hypnotically addictive.' - Heat'Prepare to become completely absorbed.' - GlamourThe thrilling Delirium trilogy from Lauren Oliver: DELIRIUM, PANDEMONIUM, REQUIEM.Available together as a di...

Being pregnant for the first time changed Jools Oliver's life. Having longed for children since before she can remember, she was suddenly faced with an array of unfamiliar, unexpected and sometimes downright embarrassing emotional and physical reactions. And when Poppy (and a year later Daisy) was born she had to learn a whole new set of skills.From trying to conceive and a first positive pregnancy test to Poppy's first birthday, Minus Nine To One takes you through the worries, sur...

Two centuries ago, the Russians pushed out of the cold north towards the Caucasus Mountains, the range that blocked their access to Georgia, Turkey, Persia and India. They were forging their colonial destiny, and the mountains were in their way.The Caucasus had to be conquered and, for the highlanders who lived there, life would never be the same again.If the Russians expected it to be an easy fight, however, they were mistaken. Their armies would go on to defeat Napoleon a...

Assassin's Creed: Renaissance is the thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the game series.'I will seek Vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. I am Ezio Auditore di Firenze. I am an Assassin...'The Year of Our Lord 1476 - the Renaissance: culture and art flourish alongside the bloodiest corruption and violence. Bitter blood-feuds rage between the warring political families of Italy.Following the murder of his father and bro...