Test your skills & outwit your opponents with as much foresight as Beth Harmon on the hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit.

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Into the treacherous Tudor court comes Hannah. Becoming entangled in the schemes of the handsome traitor Robert Dudley, she is sent as a Holy Fool to spy on Princess Mary. She finds a woman driven by a fatal desire to turn her people back to the true faith – while her sister Elizabeth waits to take advantage of any mistake she makes. Cough in the savage rivalry between the daughters of Henry VIII, torn by her infatuation with Dudley & duty to her family, thrilled by her own strange gifts but scared of the unknown, Hannah must find a safe ay through tumultuous times – when the wrong religion is a death sentence, science & magic are one, & true love can destroy you…. ...

A stunning novel set in the Tudor court, from the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory. The rivalry between Queen ...

Collected here are his best-loved characters, classic stories & marvellous rhymes
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Raunchy comedy, as five college buddies head down to the Mexican beach resort of Cabo San Lucas in the hope of losing their virginity. Heavy drinking, scantily-clad women, & some outrageous dares involving a group of dwarves, are all par for the course. ...

Wilbur Smith returns with the eagerly awaited sequel to his thrilling Egyptian series. This rare special limited edition is ...

Egypt is struck by a series of terrible plagues that cripple the kingdom, & then the ultimate disaster follows. The Nile fails. The waters that nourish & sustain the land dry up. Something catastrophic is taking place in the distant & totally unexplored depths of Africa, from where the mighty river springs. In desperation Pharaoh sends for Taita, the only man who might be able to win through to the sources of the Nile & discover the cause of all their woes, None of them can have any idea of what a terrible enemy lies in ambush for the Warlock in those mysterious lands at the end of their world. ...

The 20th century gave us two great theories of physics: the general theory of relativity, which describes the behaviour of things on a very large scale, including the entire Universe; & quantum theory, which describes the behaviour of things on a very small scale, the sub-atomic world.
The refusal of the Universe to reveal an equation that combines these two great ideas has caused some people to doubt our whole understanding of physics.

In this landmark new book, popular science master John Gribbin tells the dramatic story of the quest that has led us to discover the true age of the Universe (13.8 billion years) & the stars (just a little bit younger).

This discovery, Gribbin argues, is one of humankind’s greatest achievements & shows us that physics is on the right track to finding the ‘ Theory of Everything’.

13.8 provides an eye-opening look at this cutting-edge area of modern cosmology & physics, & tells the compelling story of what modern science has achieved – & what it can still achieve.

This paperback book has 242 pages & measures: 19.7 x 12.9 x 1.6cm








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An unspeakable evil. An impossible gift.

Renowned magus Taita is now over a hundred years old, & has ascended to

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The chilling, ghostly account of a doctor who is determined to find light in a lifeless body. Patient DL lies motionless in a small room at the end of a hospital corridor. She has suffered massive damage to her brain, & it's not clear whether she can see or hear the world around her. When Sarah Newman, the narrator of this ghostly tale, is charged with finding a spark of light in her lifeless body, she is drawn into a drama which extends far beyond the hospital walls. What accident befell DL to cause her such massive brain damage? Why does her family behave in such unsettling & perplexing ways? Why is DL's estranged husband visiting the patient after hours, in the dead of night? & what is troubling the narrator herself, who seems to carry a burden from her past? As the tension builds & the strange case of Patient DL becomes known to the outside world, Sarah Newman finds herself at the heart of a personal & an ethical dilemma. ' The Quick 'is the thrilling account of an obsession, charged throughout with a sense of the mystery of consciousness. It heralds the arrival of a major new talent. ...