Bestselling author Helen Dunmore's third novel A Spell of Winter won the 1996 Orange Prize Catherine & her brother Rob don't know why they have been abandoned by their parents Incarcerated in the enormous country house of their grandfather
- 'the man from nowhere'
- they create a refuge against their family's dark secrets & against the outside world as it moves towards the First World War As time passes their sibling love deepens & crosses into forbidden territory But they are not as alone in the house as they believe 'A marvellous novel about forbidden passions & the terrible consequences of thwarted love Dunmore is one of the finest English writers' Daily Mail'A hugely involving story which often stops you in your tracks with the beauty of its writing' Observer' An electrifying & original talent a writer whose style is characterized by a lyrical dreamy intensity' Guardian Helen Dunmore has published eleven novels with Penguin Zennor in Darkness which won the Mc Kitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter which won the Orange Prize; Talking to the Dead ; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award & for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby; House of Orphan; Counting the Stars & The Betrayal which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010 She is also a poet children's novelist & short-story writer

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZEA RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKIt was a beautiful breezy yellow-&-green afternoon' This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she & Red fell in love that summer's day in 1959 The whole family on the porch half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have heard so many times before From that porch we spool back through the generations witnessing the events secrets & unguarded moments that have come to define the family From Red's father & mother newly arrived in Baltimore in the 1920s to Abby & Red's grandchildren carrying the family legacy boisterously into the twenty-first century
- four generations of Whitshanks their lives unfolding in & around the sprawling lovingly worn Baltimore house that has always been their home ' One of my favourite authors' Liane Moriarty' She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan ' Anne Tyler has no peer' Anita Shreve' Anne Tyler is one of my favourite writers & this is a delicious book' Rachel Joyce
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A classic war story from the award-winning author of Goodnight Mister Tom A Spoonful of Jam will truly capture your heart & mind The war is over but Elsie is still fighting her own battles She's bullied because she's the only scholarship pupil at the grammar school & she has an awkward relationship with her father as he struggles to assume a normal life after fighting in the war But when she begins working at the local theatre Elsie discovers she can escape A Spoonful of Jam is the second of The Hollis Family books following Cuckoo in the Nest Michelle Magorian takes a lens to post-war Britain revealing its prejudices its quirks & its warmth The perfect read for everyone who loved The Book Thief or Carrie's War The book is a treat A masterly work Philip Pullman Guardian Michelle Magorian is the best-selling author of numerous award-winning stories for children including A Spoonful of Jam A Little Love Song & Cuckoo in the Nest & Just Henry Her extensive list of awards

Includes:: the Costa Prize & the Guardian Children's Fiction Award Michelle has worked in theatre television & films & has an established reputation as a comedienne performing in plays & musicals

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When Hazel Wong's beloved grandfather passes away Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her friend (and Detective Society Vice President) to Hazel's family estate in beautiful bustling Hong Kong But when they arrive they discover something they didn't expect there's a new member of the Wong family Daisy & Hazel think baby Teddy is enough to deal with but as always the girls are never far from a mystery Tragedy strikes very close to home & this time Hazel isn't just the detective She's been framed for murder! The girls must work together like never before confronting dangerous gangs mysterious suspects & sinister private detectives to solve the murder & clear Hazel's name
- before it's too late
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The 1960s Philip Dean a footloose Yale dropout is touring provincial France & sometimes Paris in a borrowed once elegant car He begins a mismatched affair with a young shop girl named Anne-Marie Together they burn in an everyday but stunningly sensual paradise A Sport & A Pastime established James Salter's reputation as one of the finest writers of our time It is remarkable for its eroticism its luminous prose & its ability to explore the boundaries between what is dreamt & what is lived between body & soul ...

Loos with incredible views lavish lavatories outstanding outhouses
- all are featured in this pictorial guide to the world's most
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THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR!' Clear your house & clear your mind Don't let life's clutter dictate to you Throw it away & take back the control!' When Lou Winter picks up a dog-eared magazine in the dentist's waiting room & spots an article about clearing clutter she little realises how it will change her life What begins as an earnest spring clean soon spirals out of control Lou's loved ones grow disgruntled Why is clearing out cupboards suddenly more important than making his breakfast her husband Phil wonders? The truth is the more rubbish Lou lets go of the more light & air can get to those painful closed-up places at the centre of her heart Even lovely Tom Broom the man who delivers Lou's skips starts to grow concerned about his sweetest customer But Lou is a woman on a mission & not even she knows where it will end For fans of Katie Fforde & Cathy Bramley A Spring Affair will warm your heart What people are saying about Milly Johnson An irresistibly feel-good read' Jane Costello There should be a public health warning with this book only read if you can afford to lose a day I emerged from its pages in a mood of sublime contentment' Debby Holt Another gem from Milly Johnson' The Sun An irresistibly warm & romantic read' S Magazine A warm funny & touching tale about friendship relationships & everyday lives I loved it' Matt Dunn ...

Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector & Soviet mole in history Agent double agent traitor & enigma he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War Philby's two closest friends in the intelligence world Nicholas Elliott of MI6 & James Jesus Angleton the CIA intelligence chief thought they knew Philby better than anyone & then discovered they had not known him at all This is a story of intimate duplicity; of loyalty trust & treachery class & conscience; of an ideological battle waged by men with cut-glass accents & well-made suits in the comfortable clubs & restaurants of London & Washington; of male friendships forged & then systematically betrayed With access to newly released MI5 files & previously unseen family papers & with the cooperation of former officers of MI6 & the CIA this definitive biography unlocks what is perhaps the last great secret of the Cold War ...

For fans of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY comes this masterclass in suspense about a spy caught up in his own web of deception Alec Milius is young smart & ambitious
- with a talent for deception When a chance encounter opens the door to a career with MI6 he is desperate to make his mark But life as a spy begins to take a terrible toll on himself & those around him & soon Alec is chasing not just success but survival Forced to work alone he spins a web of deceit that traps him centre stage in a game of global espionage In this new job the difference between truth & a lie can be a matter of life & death & for Alec it's getting harder to tell them apart A Spy By Nature is the bestselling novel with which Charles Cumming announced his arrival as heir apparent to masters like John le Carre & Len Deighton; compellingly told utterly authentic & heart-racingly intense it will grip you till the very last page
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Beautiful bored & bourgeoise Sabina leads a double life inspired by her relentless desire for brief encounters with near-strangers Fired into faithlessness by a desperate longing for sexual fulfilment she weaves a sensual web of deceit across New York But when the secrecy of her affairs becomes too much to bear Sabina makes a late night phone-call to a stranger from a bar & begins a confession that captivates the unknown man & soon inspires him to seek her out ...