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 ...

New & uncollected tales of murder mischief magic & madness Ruth Rendell was an acknowledged master of psychological suspense these are ten (and a quarter) of her most chillingly compelling short stories collected here together for the first time In these tales a businessman boasts about cheating on his wife only to find the tables turned A beautiful country rectory reverberates to the echo of a historical murder A compulsive liar acts on impulse only to be lead inexorably to disaster & a wealthy man finds there is more to his wife's kidnapping than meets the eye Atmospheric gripping & never predictable this is Ruth Rendell at her inimitable best The stories are Never Sleep in a Bed Facing a Mirror; A Spot of Folly; The Price of Joy; The Irony of Hate; Digby's Wives; The Haunting of Shawley Rectory; A Drop Too Much; The Thief; The Long Corridor of Time; In the Time of his Prosperity; & Trebuchet Introduction from Sophie Hannah ...

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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 ...

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 ...

It's the 25th anniversary of A Squash & a Squeeze! With this special shiny anniversary edition celebrate twenty-five years of the first ever picture book written & illustrated by the bestselling partnership of Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler'' Wise old man won't you help me please? My house is a squash & squeeze''A little old lady lives all by herself in her house but she's not happy
- it's just too small even for one Whatever can she do? The wise old man knows bring in a flappy scratchy greedy noisy crowd of farmyard animals When she pushes them all out again she'll be amazed at how big her house feels!A Squash & a Squeeze 25th Anniversary Edition features the classic story with a stunning foil cover & extra content Take a peek at the illustrator's desk & see some of his early drawings & find out how the author turned the story from a book into a stage show!
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" Wise old man won&t you help me please? My house is a squash & squeeze" Visit the farm in the brilliantly funny A Squash & a Squeeze the first ever picture book written & illustrated by the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler creators of The Gruffalo A little old lady lives all by herself but she&s not happy – her house is just too small even for one Whatever can she do? The wise old man knows bring in a flappy scratchy greedy noisy crowd of farmyard animals When she pushes them all out again she&ll be amazed at how big her house feels! This handy board book format is perfect for younger readers It features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover & beautiful finish making it a must-have for even the smallest Donaldson & Scheffler fans! Also available in board book format & with striking redesigned covers are The Gruffalo The Gruffalo&s Child Room on the Broom The Snail & the Whale The Smartest Giant in Town Monkey Puzzle & Charlie Cook&s Favourite Book ...

" Wise old man won&t you help me please? My house is a squash & squeeze" Visit the farm in the brilliantly funny A Squash & a Squeeze the first ever picture book written & illustrated by the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler creators of The Gruffalo A little old lady lives all by herself in her house but she&s not happy
- it&s just too small even for one Whatever can she do? The wise old man knows bring in a flappy scratchy greedy noisy crowd of farmyard animals When she pushes them all out again she&ll be amazed at how big her house feels! This edition features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover & beautiful finish making it a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Donaldson & Scheffler fans – big & small! Also available with redesigned covers are The Gruffalo The Gruffalo&s Child Room on the Broom The Snail & the Whale The Smartest Giant in Town Monkey Puzzle & Charlie Cook&s Favourite Book
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Join the little old lady & her animal friends in this must-have sticker book based on the bestselling picture book A Squash & a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler Packed with games activities & over four hundred stickers A Squash & a Squeeze Sticker Book is perfect for journeys rainy days & school holidays
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