One of the true classics of horror, now with a new stunning cover look. The Shining is one of Stephen King's masterpieces.

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Details: The jaw-dropping, page-turning, critically-acclaimed book of the year: a serial-killer thriller unlike any
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The jaw-dropping, page-turning, critically-acclaimed book of the year: a serial-killer thriller unlike any other from the award-winning Lauren Beukes. 'GONE GIRL has not exactly gone. But THE SHINING GIRLS have arrived' (The Times). " It's not my fault. It's yours. You shouldn't shine. You shouldn't make me do this." Chicago 1931. Harper Curtis, a violent drifter, stumbles on a house with a secret as shocking as his own twisted nature
- it opens onto other times. He uses it to stalk his carefully chosen 'shining girls' through the decades
- & cut the spark out of them. He's the perfect killer. Unstoppable. Untraceable. He thinks... Chicago, 1992. They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Tell that to Kirby Mazrachi, whose life was shattered after a brutal attempt to murder her. Still struggling to find her attacker, her only ally is Dan, an ex-homicide reporter who covered her case & now might be falling in love with her. As Kirby investigates, she finds the other girls
- the ones who didn't make it. The evidence is.. .impossible. But for a girl who should be dead, impossible doesn't mean it didn't happen...


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The worlds most powerful secret society revealed! The secret priesthood that controls the world. Everything you have held to be true will be challenged here. Long before the dawn of recorded civilisation, in an era that has been called the Golden Age, a mysterious priesthood developed a powerful method of attaining spiritual ecstasy. These priests were called The Shining Ones
- members of an advanced culture that was almost lost, but whose wisdom & power has lived on, carried across the ages by a secret group of initiates. The mission of these select survivors is to preserve their ancient knowledge
- in part to serve humanity, in part to control the development of the world. The Shining Ones illuminates millennia of mysteries to track the initiates path through history from ancient Sumer & Egypt to the Jesuits, Knights of Malta & Opus Dei, revealing traces of their influence in all major world religions, decoding the secrets of their knowledge embedded in the symbolic language of art & architecture & asking whether there is really a worldwide conspiracy directing our course.

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Australia, 1946. 650 brides are departing for England to meet the men they married in wartime. But instead of the luxury

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Glasgow, 1928. Margaret Bannatyne lost both of her brothers in the Great War & is now the last remaining child of wealthy & powerful shipyard owner William Bannatyne. Without a male heir to carry on the family business, William expects his daughter to do her duty, marry well & provide him with a grandson to inherit his business.

Margaret cares deeply for her father but she has ambitions of her own: after witnessing a horrific accident when she was sixteen, she's determined to become a doctor. Her father, convinced she will never practise medicine, permits Margaret to complete her training. But he doesn't count on her falling in love with Alasdair Morrison.

Alasdair, a union man at the shipyard, has been a thorn in William's side for years, & he didn't become one of the richest men in Glasgow only for Alasdair to take it all away
- even if it means destroying his only daughter's happiness by forcing her to make a heartbreaking & impossible choice.

This paperback book has 432 pages & measures 12.8 x 2.8 x 19.5cm






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Annie Proulxs highly acclaimed, international bestseller & Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Quoyle is a hapless, hopeless hack journalist living & working in New York. When his no-good wife is killed in a spectacular road accident, Quoyle heads for the land of his forefathers -- the remotest corner of far-flung Newfoundl&. With the aunt & his delinquent daughters -- Bunny & Sunshine -- in tow, Quoyle finds himself part of an unfolding, exhilarating Atlantic drama. The Shipping News is an irresistible comedy of human life & possibility. ...

From ancient Viking ships to modern aircraft carriers, this great box set lets you step on board to explore the design, construction, technology & armaments of history's great vessels of war & peace. Join History as we roam majestically over the oceans of the world with everything from the modern Aircraft Carrier
- the largest warship to ever sail the seas, to the Battleships that were designed to be the ultimate expression of naval power & proved themselves to be indispensable during some of the most dramatic moments of World War II.
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Details: Shirley Temple is easily the most popular & famous child of all time. After making her first foray into Hollywood
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From the erotic pull of the killer high heel to the trendiest trainer, this book will take you on a fast-track tour through the fashions of footwear. A visual feast packed with over 200 sumptuous images of different shoes, it reveals the fascinating facts about the craftsmanship behind the industry as well as profiles on the world's most coveted & iconic designer brands. ...