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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days **Queen of the North, Anne O'Brien's enthralling new novel, is available to pre-order now** The Sunday Times Bestseller `O'Brien is now approaching Philippa Gregory status' - Reader's Digest `A dangerous word, perhaps, for a woman. Power.' From her first clandestine marriage, Joan of Kent's reputation is one of beauty, rumour and scandal. Her royal blood makes her a desirable bride. Her ambition and passion make her a threat. Joan knows what she must do to protect her reputation...the games to play, the men to marry. She will do anything to get what she wants: The Crown of England. A tale of ambition, treachery and desire, The Shadow Queen tells of a woman's ascent through the court to command royal power alongside her young son, King Richard II. Features Summary **Queen of the North, Anne O'Brien's enthralling new novel, is available to pre-order now** The Sunday Times Bestseller `O'Brien is now approaching Philippa Gregory status' - Reader's Digest `A dangerous word... Author Anne O'Brien Publisher HQ Release date 20170504 Pages 499 ISBN 1-84845-507-0 ISBN 13 978-1-84845-507-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days American Gods, the extraordinary, highly acclaimed epic novel from storytelling genius and international bestseller Neil Gaiman, comes vividly to life in a major new TV series on Amazon Prime Video starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning and Gillian Anderson.'Gaiman is a treasure-house of story and we are lucky to have him' Stephen King.If you are to survive, you must believe.Shadow Moon has served his time. But hours before his release from prison, his beloved wife is killed in a freak accident. Dazed, he boards a plane home where he meets the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who professes both to know Shadow and to be king of America.Together they embark on a profoundly strange road trip across the USA, encountering a kaleidoscopic cast of characters along the way. Yet all around them a storm threatens to break. The war has already begun, an epic struggle for the very soul of America, and Shadow is standing squarely in its path. Features Summary The highly acclaimed, epic novel from international bestseller Neil Gaiman. Now a major TV series. Author Neil Gaiman Publisher Headline Book Publishing Release date 20170415 Pages 736 ISBN 1-4722-4908-9 ISBN 13 978-1-4722-4908-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days The third action-packed quest in an exciting new six book character-led series for 7+ girls who love fantasy, adventure, and high-kicking heroines!On her tenth birthday, tomboy Sophie learns she is the Guardian of a magic gateway between our world and the Shadow Woods. She must keep the human world safe from mischievous goblins, sprites and elves.It's the turn of the Spider Gnomes, gruesome man-sized spiders who make their webs in the trees of the Shadow Woods, to do battle with the Guardian.When the whole town becomes infested with spiders, Sophie and Sam realise something is seriously wrong, and the daring duo enter the Shadow Woods to investigate. During a terrifying encounter with these eight-legged Shadow Creatures, Sam gets bitten and starts acting very strangely... It doesn't take long for the pair to realise that the Spider Gnomes' fangs carry a poison that turns their victims into spiders themselves! Can Sam find the antidote before it's too late, and can Sophie figure out the strange clue before the spiders invade the town, find the gem and deliver it into the horrid hands of King Ug? Features Summary The third action-packed quest in an exciting new six book character-led series for 7+ girls who love fantasy, adventure, and high-kicking heroines! Author Linda Chapman (Author), Lee Weatherly (Author) Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20110707 Pages 135 ISBN 0-00-741167-7 ISBN 13 978-0-00-741167-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days American Gods, the extraordinary, highly acclaimed epic novel from storytelling genius and international bestseller Neil Gaiman, comes vividly to life in the coolest major TV show of 2017. A roaring success at the recent SXSW festival, the series stars Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning and Gillian Anderson. Shadow Moon has served his time. But hours before his release from prison, his beloved wife is killed in a freak accident. Dazed, he boards a plane home where he meets the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who professes both to know Shadow and to be king of America. Together they embark on a profoundly strange road trip across the USA, encountering a kaleidoscopic cast of characters along the way. Yet all around them a storm threatens to break... The war has already begun, an epic struggle for the very soul of America, and Shadow is standing squarely in its path. Features Summary The highly acclaimed, epic novel from international bestseller Neil Gaiman. Now a major TV series. Author Neil Gaiman Publisher Headline Book Publishing Release date 20170415 Pages 736 ISBN 1-4722-4554-7 ISBN 13 978-1-4722-4554-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 10 - 17 working days From the author of Women's Prize for Fiction shortlisted Where'd You Go, Bernadette - soon to be a major motion picture directed by Richard Linklater.Eleanor Flood is going to clean up her act, only change into yoga clothes for yoga, which today she will actually attend, and be a better version of herself. But then, as it always does, life happens. Eleanor's husband is missing, and their son, Timby, is wearing eye shadow to school and getting into fashion battles on the playground. (It's true that it's Eleanor's fault: She did put makeup in his Christmas stocking.) Just when it seems like things can't get weirder or more in the way of Eleanor's personal transformation, a graphic memoir called The Flood Sisters surfaces, and the dramatic story it tells reveals long-buried secrets and a sister to whom Eleanor never speaks. With all the artistic madness, genius plotting, and bold social observation that made Bernadette a hit, TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT is a hilarious and heart filled day-in-the-life romp filtered through Maria Semple's brilliant eye. Features Summary The new novel from Maria Semple, author of bestselling Where'd You Go, Bernadette and writer for hit US TV shows Ellen and Saturday Night Live. Meet Eleanor Flood... Author Maria Semple Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson Release date 20160929 Pages 259 ISBN 0-297-87146-3 ISBN 13 978-0-297-87146-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller, shortlisted for the Cross Sports Book Award In 1996, Damon Hill was crowned Formula One World Champion. For the first time ever he tells the story of his journey through the last golden era of the sport when he took on the greats including Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher and emerged victorious as World Champion in 1996, stepping out of the shadow of his legendary father Graham Hill. Away from the grid, Watching the Wheels: The Autobiography is an astonishingly candid account of what it was like to grow up as the son of one of the country's most famous racing drivers. It also tells the unflinching story of dealing with the grief and chaos that followed his father's tragically early death in an aircraft accident in 1975, when Damon was fifteen years old. Formula One drivers have always been aware of their mortality, and the rush that comes with the danger of racing was as intoxicating for Hill as it had been for his father's generation, until he came face-to-face with catastrophe when his team-mate, Ayrton Senna, was killed in 1994. The swirling emotions that Hill was faced with in light of the death of Senna was a defining moment for his generation of drivers and for the first time ever Hill talks candidly about the impact that Senna had on his life, even as he watched his own son step into motor racing. Courageously honest, and hugely rewarding, Watching the Wheels is a return to the last golden era of F1 racing, whose image still burns ferociously for those who love the sport for what it reveals about human skill in the face or near certain death. Features Summary The full and frank autobiography of F1 legend Damon Hill. Author Damon Hill Publisher Pan Books Release date 20170529 Pages 400 ISBN 1-5098-3193-2 ISBN 13 978-1-5098-3193-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days Set like a stronghold south-west of the Caucasus mountains, Armenia is caught between East and West. Briefly a great empire in the first century BCE under King Tigranes the Great, Armenia was later incorporated first by the Sasanian and then the Byzantine Empires. Armenian art, literature, religion and material culture have reinterpreted elements of a wide variety of cultures. Spanning over two and a half millennia, the history of Armenia and the Armenian people is a series of riveting tales, from its first mention under the Achaemenid King Darius I to the independence of the Republic of Armenia from the Soviet Union. With the help of the Bodleian Libraries' magnificent collection of Armenian manuscripts and early printed books, this volume tells the story of the region through the medium of its cultural output. Together with introductions written by experts in their fields, close to one hundred manuscripts, works of art and religious artefacts serve as a guide to Armenian culture and history. Gospel manuscripts splendidly illuminated by Armenian masters feature next to philosophical tractates and merchants' handbooks, affording us an insight into what makes the Armenian people truly unique, especially in the shadow of the genocide that threatened their annihilation a hundred years ago: namely their spirituality, language and perseverance in the face of adversity. VISIT THE EXHIBITION Armenia: Treasures from an Enduring Culture October 2015 - January 2016 Bodleian Library, Oxford Features Summary With the help of the Bodleian Libraries' magnificent collection of Armenian manuscripts and early printed books, this volume tells the story of the region through the medium of its cultural output. Author Theo Marten van Lint (Author), Robin Meyer (Author) Publisher The Bodleian Library Release date 20151016 Pages 276 ISBN 1-85124-440-9 ISBN 13 978-1-85124-440-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Tenth-grader Yugi always had his head in some game-until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharoahs! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evildoers to the Shadow Games...weird games with high stakes and high risks! When the evil god Zorc Necrophades rewinds time 3,000 years, Yu-Gi-Oh and Mahado-the original Dark Magician-are confronted with a fight against Bakura and Diabound! In the ruins of Kul Elna, the village wherein the Millennium Items were made, Bakura prepares to complete a ritual that will unleash Necrophades...in the modern world! But if Yu-Gi-Oh changes the past, will the present change too, or is something stranger than time travel at work Features Summary The manga series that inspired the card game that swept the globe! Author Kazuki Takahashi Publisher Viz Media, Subs. Of Shogakukan, Inc Release date 20171201 Pages 608 ISBN 1-4215-7935-9 ISBN 13 978-1-4215-7935-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Guy of Gisburne, knight and agent to Prince John, is all that stands between England and anarchy, fighting a shadow battle to protect the kingdom from those who would destroy it. Returning to England after foiling a plot to destroy Jerusalem, Guy of Gisburne is arrested and hauled to the Tower of London; John, England's regent in the absence of its monstrous King, needs his knight once more. A killer has broken into the Prince's most secure castle in the north and left a message, drawn on the skin of one of his victims: 'the circle is closing,' signed with a handprint in blood. Is the threat genuine? Who or what is the Red Hand? Someone is killing John's men, and the obvious culprit - the most dangerous man in the Kingdom, Hood himself - has an alibi even Guy can't deny. Features Summary A re-invention of the Robin Hood legend where Guy of Gisbourne is the hero, and Robin Hood is the villian. Author Toby Venables Publisher Abaddon Books Release date 20150115 Pages 208 ISBN 1-78108-289-8 ISBN 13 978-1-78108-289-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days From master storyteller Michael Morpurgo and award-winning artist Barroux comes a true story of bravery, sadness and hope, set against the backdrop of World War Two. A true story of two brothers and the war that changed everything. Michael Morpurgo's wonderful storytelling and Barroux's stunning artwork combine to tell the true story of Michael's uncles during World War Two. Francis and Pieter are brothers. As shadow of one war lingers, and the rumbles of another approach, the brothers argue. Francis is a fierce pacifist, while Pieter signs up to fight. What happens next will change the course of Francis's life forever... and throw him into the mouth of the wolf. A great way of introducing young readers to the realities of World War Two. Look out for Morpurgo's other war fiction including War Horse, Friend or Foe, Waiting for Anya, King of the Cloud Forest and An Eagle in the Snow. In the Mouth of the Wolf is a heart-felt true story of family and courage by a writer who 'has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers' (The Guardian). Features Summary From master storyteller Michael Morpurgo and award-winning artist Barroux comes a true story of bravery, sadness and hope, set against the backdrop of World War Two... Author Michael Morpurgo (Author), Barroux (Illustrator) Publisher Egmont Books Release date 20180529 Pages 160 ISBN 1-4052-8526-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4052-8526-1