The Perfume Garden

RRP: £14.99

High in the hills of Valencia, a forgotten house guards its secrets. Untouched since Franco’s forces tore through Spain in 1936, the whitewashed walls have crumbled, the garden, laden with orange blos …

The Samaritan's Secret

RRP: £7.99

When Omar Yussef travels to Nablus, the West Bank’s most violent town, to attend a wedding, he little expects the trouble that awaits him. An ancient Torah scroll belonging to the Samaritans, descenda …

To Sea and Back

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Combining natural history with beguiling autobiographical and historical narrative, To Sea and Backis a dazzling portrait of a fish whose story is closely intertwined with our own.’Indispensable and p …

The Union Jack

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Known the world over as a symbol of the United Kingdom, the Union Jack is an intricate construction based on the crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick. Nick Groom traces its long and fascinat …

The Great Railway Revolution

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Quite simply, the greatest transport story ever told and the first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation.

Rome's Executioner

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THE EXPLOSIVELY GRIPPING, 300,000 COPY BESTSELLING ROMAN EPIC SERIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF GLADIATORThracia, AD30: Even after four years military service at the edge of the Roman world, Vespasian can’t …

Silk Road

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1260ADJosseran Sarrazini is a Templar Knight, trained for war. But as the Christian garrisons in the Holy Land begin to fall to the Saracen, he must embark upon a mission of peace: to the golden palac …

The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs

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FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE PROMISESHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE, 2003A year ago Patrick Winter was in Namibia completing his military service. Now, during the first free electi …

The Dead Season

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A NEW SANDRO CELLINI MYSTERY – ‘Brooding Italian noir’ Independent on SundayFlorence is deserted. The sluggish Arno and the Ponte Vecchio shimmer in the summer haze. A corpse lies on the roadside, wai …

The Life

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He looked into the Pacific and the Pacific looked back into him.Now bloated and paranoid, former champion surfer and legend Dennis Keith is holed up in a retirement village, trying not to think about …

The Ralph Steadman Book of Cats

Ralph Steadman – artist of distinction, caricaturist of brilliance and long-time unsentimental cat-lover here shows us cats everywhere. Cats in furniture; cat dictators; T. S. Eliot cats and Samuel Jo …

The Second World War

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In this major new history, Gordon Corrigan argues that what we call the Second World War was in fact two separate conflicts: one against Germany (and, for a while, Italy) in Western Europe, Soviet Rus …

A Lily of the Field

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Written by ‘a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack’ (Daily Telegraph), the Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carré, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst.Vienna, 1934. Ten-ye …

Around the World in 80 Dishes

David Loftus is one of the world’s leading food photographers: on the road 350 days of the year, camera in hand, shooting top chefs and their wonderful dishes from Battersea to New York to the Bahamas …

Back from the Brink

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Back from the Brink is a gripping and immediate account of the British government’s handling of an unprecedented global financial catastrophe. Alistair Darling’s knowledge and understanding make this …

Bitter Water

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Shortlisted for the 2012 CWA Ellis Peters Historical DaggerFerris is a writer of real authority, immersing the reader into his nightmare world with a brand of scabrous writing reminiscent of William M …