' We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, let us make our money out of it.' Punch Murder in the 19th century was rare. But murder as sensation & entertainment became ubiquitous -- transformed into novels, into broadsides & ballads, into theatre & melodrama & opera -- even into puppet shows & performing dog-acts. In this meticulously researched & compelling book, Judith Flanders -- author of ' The Victorian House' -- retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder -- both famous & obscure. From the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd & Jack the Ripper, to the tragedies of the murdered Marr family in London's East End, Burke & Hare & their bodysnatching business in Edinburgh, & Greenacre who transported his dismembered fiancee around town by omnibus. With an irresistible cast of swindlers, forgers, & poisoners, the mad, the bad & the dangerous to know, ' The Invention of Murder' is both a gripping tale of crime & punishment, & history at its most readable. ...

When his parents are lost in space, Sam is left, heartbroken, in the care of the horrible Hilda Hardbottom. Then he finds a tiny spaceship in the cabbage patch & meets a little alien called Splodge. How Splodge makes him invisible, & how Sam uses his new talent in his darkest hour, makes a touching & extremely funny story with lovely memorable characters. Read by Andrew Sachs ...

Few historical figures are as well-known as Napoleon Bonaparte, & yet the Emperors ten-month exile on the small island of Elba is virtually unexplored.

Now, for the first time, we have a window into this critical moment when the most powerful man on earth turns defeat into one final challenge.

A close character study mixed with a world-shaking drama, The Invisible Emperor will show Napoleon as hes never before been seen: as heart-broken husb&, civil engineer, interior decorator, gardener & spy master.

It will show a man at his nadir rise up against the global odds to build a miniature island empire, turn his two greatest foes into his closest confidantes, & return to France without firing a single shot.

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• ISBN: 9781781258026
• Author: Mark Braude
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 360
• Dimensions: 24.5 x 16.5 x 4cm













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Step into a wildly imaginative world with an invisible girl, a flying boy & where being weird is brilliantly wonderful! A magically fantastical story from American author, Laura Ruby. In a vast & sparkling city where nearly everyone can fly, 12-year-old Gurl is trapped. Orphaned & lonely, she believes she is nothing more than a flightless "leadfoot", until one fateful night when she discovers that she has the power to make herself invisible. But even with this newfound talent, Gurl can't hide from a giant rat man with a taste for cats, a manipulative matron with a penchant for plastic surgery, & a belligerent boy named Bug. Gradually, Gurl learns to control her power & teams up with Bug to figure out who & what she is. Their quest takes them on a wild ride where they confront mind-bending monkeys, an eccentric genius with a head full of grass & a pocket full of kittens & the handsome but lethal Sweetcheeks Grabowski
- the gangster who holds the key to Gurl's past...and the world's future.
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When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she trades her soul for immortality. But there's always a price
- the devil

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Delve into the dangers of science with a man cast out from society by his own terrifying discovery...

This is the story

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Blending comedy & tragedy in its story, delve into The Invisible Man to discover the life of a scientist who discovers a way to make himself invisible.

His inability to reverse the process leads to a radical disconnection from society
- & eventually from his own sanity.

Arriving in a town where no one knows him, disguised in bandages & dark glasses, the invisible man is driven to violent & criminal extremes before his secret is revealed.

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• ISBN: 9781838575625
• Author: H G Wells
• Publisher: Arcturus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 208
• Dimensions: 326mm x 197mm x 8mm
















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Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis & delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he had promised to find Rose Janko. Rose was married to the charismatic son of a travelling gypsy family, Ivo Janko. When Ray starts to investigate her disappearance he's surprised that her family are so hostile towards him. The Jankos have not had an easy past. They are a clan touched by tragedy
- either they are cursed, or they are hiding a terrible secret. Could it be that Rose's discovery of that secret led to her disappearance all those years ago? Soon Ray wishes that he'd never asked the question. In a novel that is totally different from Stef's extraordinary debut The Tenderness of Wolves, she shows herself once more to be a matchless storyteller.
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Rose Janko is missing. It has been seven years since she disappeared, & nobody said a word. Now, following the death of his wife, her father Leon feels compelled to find her. Rumour had it she ran off when her baby boy was born with the family's genetic disorder. Leon is not so sure. He wants to know the truth & he hires a private investigator to discover it
- Ray Lovell. Ray starts to delve deeper, but his investigation is hampered by the very people who ought to be helping him
- the Jankos. He cannot understand their reluctance to help. Why don't they want to find Rose Janko?

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It’s 1951. In Europe’s post-war wreckage, the glittering Italian Riviera draws an eclectic cast of characters; lured by the glamour but seeking an escape.

Amongst them, two outcasts: Hal, an English journalist who’s living on his charm; & Stella, an enigmatic society beauty, bound to a profiteering husb&.

When Hal receives a mysterious invitation from a wealthy Contessa, he finds himself aboard a yacht headed for Cannes film festival.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780007575398
• Author: Lucy Foley
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 425
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm











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