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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Bad ideas happen to anyone, but truly awful ideas live on forever. Some bad ideas are infamous (remember New Coke or the XFL?), while others have managed to slip under the radar of public consciousness-like the in-car record player. But just because we've forgotten a bad idea doesn't make it any less horrible. We all cringed when Michael Jordon announced he was leaving basketball for baseball, but did you know that Whoopi Goldberg made a never-released $35-million buddy cop movie where her partner was an animatronic dinosaur named Theodore Rex? Part history, part comedy, Worst Ideas Ever takes a look back and explores some of the biggest flops of all time. They say hindsight is 20/20, but it's hard to believe nobody saw these coming. This book delves into the history of disaster, taking you through failed marketing campaigns, terrible pop icon projects, disastrous corporate decisions, and more, with the authors reviewing every funny detail of what went wrong. Worst Ideas Ever shows what separates the merely bad ideas from the terrible ones. Features Summary Bad ideas happen to anyone, but truly awful ideas live on forever. Some bad ideas are infamous (remember New Coke or the XFL?), while others have managed to slip under the radar of public consciousness-like the in-car record player... Author Daniel B. Kline (Author), Jason Tomaszewski (Author) Publisher Sky Pony Press Release date 20150801 Pages 240 ISBN 1-63220-310-3 ISBN 13 978-1-63220-310-6

Paperback. English. Hodder. 2006. In good condition. The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Hold on to your broomstick for magical mayhem! Jill Murphy's much-loved classic The Worst Witch -the original story of life at a magical boarding school - is full of fun and perfect for readers aged 5 - 9 years. Mildred Hubble is a trainee at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, but she's making an awful mess of it. She keeps getting her spells wrong and crashing her broomstick. And when she turns Ethel, the teacher's pet into her worst enemy, chaos ensues... 'Millions of young readers have fallen under the spell of Jill Murphy's Worst Witch' - Sunday Express Jill Murphy was born in London in 1949. From a very early age she was drawing and writing stories, and was already putting books together (literally, with a stapler) by the time she was six. She went on to study at Chelsea, Croydon and Camberwell Schools of Art. Jill worked in a children's home for four years and as a nanny for a year, before becoming a freelance writer and illustrator. The Worst Witch stories, of which this is the first, are some of Puffin's most successful titles. If you'd like to read more of Mildred's disastrous adventures at Miss Cackle's Academy The Worst Witch Strikes Again, A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch, The Worst Witch All at Sea, The Worst Witch Saves the Day,The Worst Witch to the Rescue and The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star are also available from Puffin and are perfect for children aged 5-9. Features Summary Mildred Hubble is a trainee at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, but she's making an awful mess of it. She keeps getting her spells wrong and crashing her broomstick... Author Jill Murphy Publisher Puffin Release date 20130905 Pages 128 ISBN 0-14-134959-X ISBN 13 978-0-14-134959-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days In any sport, whenever an official takes the field, court, ice, ring, or pitch, they do so with a bright red bull's-eye on their backs. For even with their great accuracy and passion for the game, they do make errors--occasionally, great big fat ones--that change the tide of sports history. In The Worst Call Ever, keepers of truth and enlightenment, sportswriters Kyle Garlett and Patrick O'Neal, expose the most injurious mistakes and desecrations, document their lasting damage--which to some wronged parties has evolved into a condition akin to post-traumatic stress disorder--and hopefully become the soothing balm of reconciliation. Each piece details the play in question and examines the players and stakes involved, the scope of the injustice, and the path of change that was often its result. Garlett and O'Neal cover mishaps in all sports, from the four Major Leagues to golf and auto racing to even curling, in this fascinating look at the worst calls in sports history. Features Summary After years of watching athletes and teams have wins and championships stolenfrom them and their fans because of incompetent officials, it is the authors'goal to document these awful moments.. Author Kyle Garlett Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20080513 Pages 256 ISBN 0-06-125137-2 ISBN 13 978-0-06-125137-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days A new title from the best-selling _Read & Respond_ series. * Differentiation advice and assessment guidance. * Plot, character and setting, speaking and listening activities. * Guided reading notes and texts for shared reading. * Extended writing projects. Features Summary Read & Respond provides teachers with everything they need to share 'The Worst Witch' with their class. Author Celia Warren (Author), Jill Murphy (Illustrator), Mike Phillips (Illustrator) Publisher Scholastic Release date 20100607 Pages 32 ISBN 1-4071-1865-X ISBN 13 978-1-4071-1865-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A parent's worst nightmare is Grace's deadliest case... Roy Grace, creation of the CWA Diamond Dagger award winning author Peter James, faces his most complex case yet in Dead If You Don't. Kipp Brown, successful businessman and compulsive gambler, is having the worst run of luck of his life. He's beginning to lose big style. However, taking his teenage son, Mungo, to their club's big Saturday afternoon football match should have given him a welcome respite, if only for a few hours. But it's at the stadium where his nightmare begins. Within minutes of arriving at the game, Kipp bumps into a client. He takes his eye of Mungo for a few moments, and in that time, the boy is gone. Then he gets the terrifying message that someone has his child, and to get him back alive, Kipp will have to pay. Defying instruction not to contact the police, Kipp reluctantly does just that, and Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is brought into investigate. At first it seems a straightforward case of kidnap. But rapidly Grace finds himself entering a dark, criminal underbelly of the city, where the rules are different and nothing is what it seems... Features Summary A kidnapping triggers a parent's worst nightmare and a race against time for Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. Author Peter James Publisher Pan Books Release date 20181029 Pages 512 ISBN 1-5098-1637-2 ISBN 13 978-1-5098-1637-8

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Detective Scott Graves will do anything to protect his family...even bargain away his soul. Now, the only thing to fear isn't New York's worst criminals, but what's already raging inside of him. After all, what's the cost of your soul when it's already damaged? Created by ROBERT KIRKMAN, this vigilante answers to no man, only the demon within. Collects DEMONIC #1-6. Features Summary Detective Scott Graves will do anything to protect his family... even bargain away his soul. Now, the only thing to fear isn't New York's worst criminals... Author Dan Brown (Visual artist), Niko Walter (Visual artist), Christopher Sebela (Author) Publisher Image Comics Release date 20170319 Pages 128 ISBN 1-5343-0057-0 ISBN 13 978-1-5343-0057-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days A hilarious, magical new novel from award-winning author Wendy Mass is the first in a series of birthday themed books! It's Amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited. But from the start, everything goes wrong. The worst part of it all is that she and her best friend, Leo, with whom she's shared every birthday, have fallen out and this will be the first birthday they haven't shared together. When Amanda turns in for the night, glad to have her birthday behind her, she wakes up happy for a new day. Or is it? Her birthday seems to be repeating itself. What is going on?! And how can she fix it? Only time, friendship, and a little luck will tell... Features Summary It's Amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited. But from the start, everything goes wrong. The worst part of it all is that she and her best friend have fallen out... Author Wendy Mass Publisher Scholastic Release date 20150402 Pages 267 ISBN 1-4071-4680-7 ISBN 13 978-1-4071-4680-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days THE BRAND NEW NOVEL - AND A NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! - FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR DEBBIE MACOMBER. Debbie Macomber: Meet friends you'll call family. *** It's never too late to start again. Two unlikely friends find the strength in each other to overcome their painful pasts. Shay Benson adored her younger brother. She did all she could to keep Caden on the straight and narrow. But one day her best intentions got Shay into the worst trouble of her life. By protecting Caden, Shay sacrificed herself. Drew Douglas adored his wife. But since losing Katie, all he could do was focus on their two beautiful children; everything else came a distant second. Shay and Drew are each in need a fresh start, and when they meet by chance it's an unexpected blessing for them both. Drew helps Shay to get back on her feet, and she reignites his sense of purpose. But when a devastating secret is uncovered, Shay and Drew's new lives are threatened. It will take all of their strength, faith and trust to protect the bright future they dream of. 'This is perfect holiday reading from a master of romantic women's fiction' CultureFly Features Summary THE BRAND NEW NOVEL - AND A NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! But one day her best intentions got Shay into the worst trouble of her life. By protecting Caden... Author Debbie Macomber Publisher Arrow Books Ltd Release date 20170718 Pages 384 ISBN 1-78475-872-8 ISBN 13 978-1-78475-872-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days A gripping thriller you won't be able to put down, perfect for fans of SUSIE STEINER and CLARE MACKINTOSH'SO enjoyable. Great characterisation... tense, grippy plot. An EXCELLENT read!' MARIAN KEYESHow could your good friend become your worst enemy? Being held hostage at gunpoint by her childhood friend is not Dr Heather Gilmore's idea of a good day at work. It only gets worse when she hears that her nineteen-year-old daughter Leah has been kidnapped.Sergeant Claire Boyle wasn't expecting to get caught up in a hostage situation during a doctor's appointment. When it becomes apparent that the kidnapping is somehow linked to the hostage-taker, a woman called Eileen Delaney, she is put in charge of finding the missing girl.What happened between Eileen and Heather to make Eileen so determined to ruin her old friend? Claire Boyle must dig up the secrets from their pasts to find out - and quickly, because Leah is still missing, and time is running out to save her. Features Summary How could your good friend become your worst enemy? Compelling police procedural for fans of MISSING PRESUMED and I SEE YOU Author Sinead Crowley Publisher Quercus Publishing Release date 20170601 Pages 352 ISBN 1-78429-343-1 ISBN 13 978-1-78429-343-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 10 - 17 working days Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. But to be honest, it's not quite as dreamy as she'd hoped. The trouble started on honeymoon, when she told Luke the tiniest little fib, about the teeniest little purchase. Now she's on a strict budget, she doesn't have a job - and worst of all her beloved Suze has a new best friend. Then she receives some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister! Becky has never been more excited. Finally, a real sister! They'll have so much in common! They can go shopping together... choose shoes together... have manicures together... Until she meets her - and gets the shock of her life. It can't be true. Surely Becky Bloomwood's long-lost sister can't... hate shopping? Features Summary Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. Now she's on a strict budget, she doesn't have a job - and worst of all her beloved Suze has a new best friend... Author Sophie Kinsella Publisher Black Swan Release date 20050103 Pages 378 ISBN 0-552-15247-1 ISBN 13 978-0-552-15247-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. But to be honest, it's not quite as dreamy as she'd hoped. The trouble started on honeymoon, when she told Luke the tiniest little fib, about the teeniest little purchase. Now she's on a strict budget, she doesn't have a job - and worst of all her beloved Suze has a new best friend. Then she receives some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister! Becky has never been more excited. Finally, a real sister! They'll have so much in common! They can go shopping together... choose shoes together... have manicures together... Until she meets her - and gets the shock of her life. It can't be true. Surely Becky Bloomwood's long-lost sister can't... hate shopping? Features Summary Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. Now she's on a strict budget, she doesn't have a job - and worst of all her beloved Suze has a new best friend... Author Sophie Kinsella Publisher Black Swan Release date 20050103 Pages 378 ISBN 0-552-15247-1 ISBN 13 978-0-552-15247-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: AFTER THE FEAST is the SECOND part of the fifth volume in the series.`A brutally modern take on human nature' Telegraph`Some had been heroes, some weaklings, knaves, or cravens. Most were only men. The best of them overcame their flaws, did their duty, and died with their swords in their hands. The worst... the worst were those who played the game of thrones'The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance. Cersei Lannister, awaits trial, abandoned by all those she trusted; while in the east her brother Tyrion has been sold as a slave. Stannis Baratheon marches south from the wall to besiege Winterfell. But beyond the Wall the wildling armies are massing for an assault...On all sides bitter conflicts are reigniting, played out by outlaws and priests, nobles and slaves. The tides of destiny will lead to the greatest dance of all. Features Summary HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age... Author George R. R. Martin Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20140327 Pages 560 ISBN 0-00-754829-X ISBN 13 978-0-00-754829-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The inside story of London's housing crisis, by the award-winning author of Ground Control London is facing the worst housing crisis in modern times, with knock-on effects for the rest of the UK. Despite the desperate shortage of housing, tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of affordable homes are being pulled down, replaced by luxury apartments aimed at foreign investors. In this ideological war, housing is no longer considered a public good. Instead, only market solutions are considered - and these respond to the needs of global capital, rather than the needs of ordinary people. In politically uncertain times, the housing crisis has become a key driver creating and fuelling the inequalities of a divided nation. Anna Minton cuts through the complexities, jargon and spin to give a clear-sighted account of how we got into this mess and how we can get out of it. Features Summary The inside story of London's housing crisis, by the award-winning author of Ground Control London is facing the worst housing crisis in modern times, with knock-on effects for the rest of the UK... Author Anna Minton Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20170518 Pages 160 ISBN 0-14-198499-6 ISBN 13 978-0-14-198499-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days BOOK 3 OF THE WHITE RABBIT CHRONICLES Alice Bell thinks the worst is behind her. She's fought zombies and won. Now she's ready for a peaceful life with boyfriend Cole, the leader of the zombie slayers...until the dangerous agency controlling the undead launches an attack with devastating consequences. Humans can be more dangerous than monsters...and the worst has only just begun. They've started a war. Alice is determined to end it... 'A heart-pounding and exciting finale. I highly recommed you read this series!' - Book Passion for Life Features Summary BOOK 3 OF THE WHITE RABBIT CHRONICLES Author Gena Showalter Publisher Mira Ink Release date 20141003 Pages 477 ISBN 1-84845-355-8 ISBN 13 978-1-84845-355-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Examining a series of El Nino-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that combined to produce some of the worst tragedies in human history. Late Victorian Holocausts focuses on three zones of drought and subsequent famine: India, Northern China; and Northeastern Brazil. All were affected by the same global climatic factors that caused massive crop failures, and all experienced brutal famines that decimated local populations. But the effects of drought were magnified in each case because of singularly destructive policies promulgated by different ruling elites. Davis argues that the seeds of underdevelopment in what later became known as the Third World were sown in this era of High Imperialism, as the price for capitalist modernization was paid in the currency of millions of peasants' lives. Features Summary Bestselling, magisterial melding of global environmental history and global political history Author Mike Davis Publisher Verso Books Release date 20170117 Pages 480 ISBN 1-78478-662-4 ISBN 13 978-1-78478-662-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days What's an adorably small canine with a big personality to do? From Sean Taylor, the author of Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise, and Kate Hindley, illustrator of Worst in Show, comes a hilarious new picture book comedy starring a very small fed-up dog...This dog doesn't want to be carried in a handbag (how embarrassing!) or eat heart-shaped Mini Puppy Treats (I mean, come ON!) and under no circumstances does he ever want to be called...Choochie Pooh! If only his owner understood. All he wants to do is play with the big dogs in the park - chase sticks, jump in muddy puddles and be an ordinary, proper dog. Features Summary What's an adorably small canine with a big personality to do? Author Kate Hindley (Illustrator), Sean Taylor (Author) Publisher Walker Books Ltd Release date 20170128 Pages 32 ISBN 1-4063-7310-9 ISBN 13 978-1-4063-7310-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days As the engines roar and the green flag waves, these stories tear across their rural landscape with the energy of a Winston Cup race. Like W.P. Kinsella's minor league ballplayers, Jonis Agee's drivers, pit crews, mechanics, and their families live in small towns, eat at truck stops, and have a hard time keeping their dreams from destroying their lives. From the garage to the kitchen table, from demolition derby to nascar, Agee's hapless heroes open our eyes as they take the wall. The wildly popular sport of auto racing is a backdrop in these stories for exploration of the creative and destructive aspects of obsession. In farmhouses, mobile homes, and roadside trailer courts, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters all try to figure out how to keep their families running as smoothly as their cars. Taking the Wall is rich with details about racing and rural life, and richer yet in insight into that part of the human spirit that just doesn't know how to quit. Agee takes a personal and compassionate look at a grab bag of individuals linked by obsession. Reviews Novelist (South of Resurrection) and short fiction (Bend This Heart) writer Agee's collection of bittersweet stories dissects the rough world of auto racing from the working-class perspectives of drivers, pit crews, fans, family and other hangers-on. While "taking the wall," crashing into it, is the worst possible scenario, Agee's characters secretly wish for the excitement, horror and suspense it offers: will the driver walk away from the fiery wreck? Domestic life unfolds around the racetrack throughout the collection. "The Pop Off Valve" is a monologue in which an unnamed narrator recounts her naovet in marrying a man obsessed with racing, and the wake-up call she received on her honeymoon 15 years ago at the Motor Speedway in Irish Hills, Mich., when not even a terrible accident could thwart her husband's devotion to his hobby. Her description of the crash is chilling: "the rescue workers used the jaws of life to pry what was left of the driver from the shattered burnt shell of the car." Nonchalantly, she adds, "We grilled steaks on the hibachi at dark, unable to see the bloody raw meat until we cut into it." Agee's parsimonious language is sta Features Summary Engines roar and checkered flags wave in these stories about the conflict between families, cars, and obsession. Author Jonis Agee Publisher Coffee House Press Release date 19991031 Pages 256 ISBN 1-56689-088-8 ISBN 13 978-1-56689-088-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A new edition of the award-winning second novel in the Chaos Walking trilogy, with a bonus short story, The Wide, Wide Sea. Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode...The new edition of this tense, shocking and deeply moving novel features a bonus short story, The Wide, Wide Sea. Introducing new characters and set before the events of The Ask and the Answer, it is a story of love and loyalty in a divided world. Features Summary A new edition of the award-winning second novel in the Chaos Walking trilogy, with a bonus short story, The Wide, Wide Sea. Author Patrick Ness Publisher Walker Books Ltd Release date 20140630 Pages 552 ISBN 1-4063-5799-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4063-5799-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days Winner of the 30th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed, stand-alone novel Children of Time, is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth? Features Summary Originally published: New York: Tor, 2015. Author Adrian Tchaikovsky Publisher Pan Books Release date 20160428 Pages 599 ISBN 1-4472-7330-3 ISBN 13 978-1-4472-7330-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Everyone in Peter Powers' family has super awesome superpowers--except Peter. All he can do is make ice cubes and flash freeze little stuff. At least his brother and sister have finally stopped picking on him--mostly. But at school, an even more menacing bully has it out for Peter and his friends. As if that wasn't enough, Boulder City is being raided by robots! When his parents are captured, will Peter and his siblings be able to work together and save the day? Or will the town - and possibly the world - be iced? Join Peter Powers and his fantastic family for their second action-packed and fun-filled adventure to find out! Features Summary This is the second book in a new chapter book series of exciting stories about a young boy who has the worst superpower ever! Author Kent Clark (Author), Brandon T Snider (Author), Dave Bardin (Illustrator) Publisher Little, Brown Young Readers Release date 20170307 Pages 128 ISBN 0-316-35938-6 ISBN 13 978-0-316-35938-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945. As featured on the BBC 1 documentary BOMBER BOYS, presented by Ewan McGregor. They came from every corner of Britain and its Empire. They were the best of their generation...heading for one of the worst tasks of WWII. Like RAF pilots, the thousands of brave young men who joined Bomber Command took to the air to help Britain triumph in World War Two. But in the glow of victory, the fighter pilots were lauded for their efforts while the Bomber Boys faded in national memory. Crucial in the heat of combat, they were politically awkward afterwards. Yet with an average life expectancy shorter than that of soldiers on the Western front in WWI, these men faced death, injury and capture time and again to send bombs through the shrieking flak onto enemy territory. 'Bomber Boys' is a tribute to their strength, courage and heroism - filling in the historical blanks and immortalising their memory. Features Summary Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945... Author Patrick Bishop Publisher HarperPerennial Release date 20080303 Pages 429 ISBN 0-00-719215-0 ISBN 13 978-0-00-719215-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days If war is madness, how can love survive? Yugoslavia, summer 1979. A new village. A new life. But eight-year-old Miro knows the real reason why his family moved from the inland city of Knin to the sunkissed village of Ljeta on the Dalmatian Coast, a tragedy he tries desperately to forget. The Ljeta years are happy ones, though, and when he marries his childhood sweetheart, and they have a baby daughter, it seems as though life is perfect. However, storm clouds are gathering above Yugoslavia. War breaks out, and one split-second decision destroys the life Miro has managed to build. Driven by anger and grief, he flees to Dubrovnik, plunging himself into the hard-bitten world of international war reporters. There begins a journey that will take him ever deeper into danger: from Dubrovnik, to Sarajevo, to the worst atrocities of war-torn Bosnia, Miro realises that even if he survives, there can be no way back to his earlier life. The war will change him, and everyone he loves, forever. Features Summary A bold, dark, romantic debut set in war-torn 1990s Croatia, for fans of Victoria Hislop and Louis de Bernieres. Author Annabelle Thorpe Publisher Quercus Publishing Release date 20160421 Pages 384 ISBN 1-78429-948-0 ISBN 13 978-1-78429-948-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days Each year the magicians of Imardin gather together to purge the city streets of vagrants, urchins and miscreants. Masters of the disciplines of magic, they know that no one can oppose them. But their protective shield is not as impenetrable as they believe. Sonea, angry, frustrated and outraged by the treatment of her family and friends, hurls a stone at the shield, putting all her rage behind it. To the amazement of all who bear witness, the stone passes unhindered through the barrier and renders a magician unconscious. The guild's worst fear has been realised...There is an untrained magician loose on the streets. She must be found before her uncontrolled powers unleash forces that will destroy both her, and the city that is her home. Features Summary The first novel in the bestselling Black Magician Trilogy. Author Trudi Canavan Publisher Orbit Release date 20100304 Pages 469 ISBN 1-84149-960-9 ISBN 13 978-1-84149-960-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days From Sunday Times bestselling author, Freda Lightfoot. 1943, when hundreds of US Marines arrive at a quiet Cornish town, two lives will never be the same again. Trapped in a small town resistant to change, Bette can't resist handsome GI, Chad. But when reality draws in, Bette realises that their love was based on empty promises...Meanwhile Bette's sister Sarah, is tormented by her possessive husband, but even his jealous attempts to keep her out of temptation can't prevent Sarah falling for officer Charlie. Caught in the very worst of times with the turmoil and upheaval of war all around them, can these sisters find a brighter future for tomorrow? A compelling family drama for fans for Maureen Lee and Katie Flynn. Praise for Freda Lightfoot 'Freda's book was a joy to read for her characters were so believable and richly drawn I really cared what happened to them and interspersed with the story was the arrival of the Americans, who caused such a furore in that small Cornish town as D Day approaches, And when World War 2 grinds to a halt, people's lives are changed for ever. It was a real page turner with a very satisfying end.' - Anne Bennettt Features Summary From Sunday Times bestselling author, Freda Lightfoot. 1943, when hundreds of US Marines arrive at a quiet Cornish town, two lives will never be the same again... Author Freda Lightfoot Publisher Mira Books Release date 20151014 Pages 384 ISBN 1-84845-422-8 ISBN 13 978-1-84845-422-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days Born to a prominent Chicago judge and his stifled socialite wife, Mia Dennett moves against the grain as a young inner-city art teacher. One night, Mia enters a bar to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend. But when he doesn't show, she unwisely leaves with an enigmatic stranger. With his smooth moves and modest wit, at first Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand. But following Colin home will turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia's life. Colin's job was to abduct Mia as part of a wild extortion plot and deliver her to his employers. But the plan takes an unexpected turn when Colin suddenly decides to hide Mia in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota, evading the police and his deadly superiors. Mia's mother, Eve, and detective Gabe Hoffman will stop at nothing to find them, but no one could have predicted the emotional entanglements that eventually cause this family's world to shatter. Features Summary An addictively suspenseful and tautly written thriller. 'A tremendous read' - The Sun on The Good Girl Author Mary Kubica Publisher Mira Books Release date 20140801 Pages 377 ISBN 1-84845-311-6 ISBN 13 978-1-84845-311-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days No art has been denounced as often as poetry. It's even bemoaned by poets: "I, too, dislike it," wrote Marianne Moore." Many more people agree they hate poetry," Ben Lerner writes,"than can agree what poetry is. I, too, dislike it and have largely organized my life around it and do not experience that as a contradiction because poetry and the hatred of poetry are inextricable in ways it is my purpose to explore." In this inventive and lucid essay, Lerner takes the hatred of poetry as the starting point of his defense of the art. He examines poetry's greatest haters (beginning with Plato's famous claim that an ideal city had no place for poets, who would only corrupt and mislead the young) and both its greatest and worst practitioners, providing inspired close readings of Keats, Dickinson, McGonagall, Whitman, and others. Throughout, he attempts to explain the noble failure at the heart of every truly great and truly horrible poem: the impulse to launch the experience of an individual into a timeless communalexistence. In The Hatred of Poetry, Lerner has crafted an entertaining, personal, and entirely original examination of a vocationno less essential for being impossible. Features Summary The novelist and poet Ben Lerner argues that our hatred of poetry is ultimately a sign of its nagging relevance. Author Ben Lerner Publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions Release date 20160601 Pages 96 ISBN 1-910695-15-7 ISBN 13 978-1-910695-15-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days An essential overview of the problems of our world today -- and how we should prepare for tomorrow -- from the world's leading public intellectualWe have two choices. We can be pessimistic, give up, and help ensure that the worst will happen. Or we can be optimistic, grasp the opportunities that surely exist, and maybe help make the world a better place. Not much of a choice.From peerless political thinker Noam Chomsky comes an exploration of rising neoliberalism, the refugee crisis in Europe, the Black Lives Matter movement, the dysfunctional US electoral system, and the prospects and challenges of building a movement for radical change.Including four up-to-the-minute interviews on the 2016 American election campaign and global resistance to Trump, this Penguin Special is a concise introduction to Chomsky's ideas and his take on the state of the world today. Features Summary An essential overview of the problems of our world today -- and how we should prepare for tomorrow -- from the world's leading public intellectualWe have two choices... Author Noam Chomsky (Author), C J Polychroniou (Author) Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20170721 Pages 210 ISBN 0-241-98197-2 ISBN 13 978-0-241-98197-9