Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El cuento número trece / The Thirteenth Tale
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£13.78
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El temor de un hombre sabio / The Wise Man's Fear
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£15.55
Blue Rose Publishers The Divine Connect with Maitreya Dadashreeji
£12.99
Classy Publishing How to Win Friends and Influence People
£17.63
Manjul Publishing House Pvt Ltd The Courage to be Disliked
£16.99
£15.79
Green Books Pranayalekhanangal
£22.63
Prabhat Prakashan A Tear and a Smile
£13.93
Manjul Publishing House Pvt Ltd Yes to Life Inspite of Everything
£11.39
Rhythm Veliyeedu The Old Man and the Sea
£14.86
Europe Books AMNESIA: 2024
Book SynopsisEl amor es tragedia, es un vientre que nos engendra con dulzura, con esperanzas e ilusiones, sin embargo te suelta en un mundo donde te espera una vida cualquiera y una muerte escrita. Amnesia, una trama de amor y muerte que aborda la complejidad del ser humano, la vida cotidiana, las rutinas, la soledad… Encadenado por la melancolía, Emilio de la Serna, un individuo que ignora y repudia la complejidad del amor, narra desde sus más oscuros sentimientos hasta su más terrible aliento. Busca cumplir sus sueños en compañía o en abrumadora soledad, pero desconoce el deber hacerlo. ¿Qué llevó a Emilio de la Serna a borrar de su mente por completo a aquella mujer que, sin desearlo, entró para triunfar en su vida?
£15.70
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Guided Tours of Hell
Book Synopsis“In a style that is brisk, witty, richly detailed, and suffused with a wry subtlety, Prose offers an astonishingly accurate anatomy of the human mind.”—ElleWriting with the elegance and humor that have brought her work international acclaim, bestselling author Francine Prose has created an exhilaratingly transgressive fiction that examines the difficulty of feeling the appropriate emotions about the greatest historical tragedy or the smallest personal sorrow.The less-than-innocents abroad in these daring stories are Americans in Europe involved in what turns out to be trips that change forever their ideas about history, politics, and sex.In the title novella, Landau, a third-rate American playwright, attends a literary conference in Prague, where an organized group excursion to a former concentration camp degenerates into a battle of wills and an exercise in egomania and public humiliation. Nina, the h
£13.46
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Playing House
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£13.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Trading Dreams at Midnight
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£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Polished Hoe
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£12.59
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Wildcat Wine 2 Lilly Cleary
Book SynopsisStruggling with a psychic client and a prejudiced next-door neighbor, Sarasota attorney Lillian Belle Rosemary Cleary unwittingly becomes embroiled in the investigation into the murder of an obnoxious firm partner in a case that pits her against a bizarre assortment of potential suspects. By the author of Skinny-dipping. Reprint.
£6.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Fires in the Dark
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£17.40
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The First Cut
Book SynopsisPublished in the UK as Caedmon’s Song, this is a gripping standalone thriller from New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson.On a balmy June night, Kirsten, a young university student, is strolling home through a silent moonlit park when she is viciously attacked.When she awakens in the hospital, she has no recollection of that brutal night. But then slowly, painfully, details reveal themselves—dreams of two figures, one white and one black, hovering over her; snatches of a strange and haunting song; the unfamiliar texture of a rough and deadly hand . . .In another part of the country, Martha Browne arrives in a Yorkshire seaside town, posing as an author doing research for a book. But her research is of a particularly macabre variety. Who is she hunting with such deadly determination? And why?The First Cut is a vivid and compelling psychological thriller, from the author of the critically acclaimed Inspector
£15.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The System of the World
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£19.79
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Laughable Loves
Book SynopsisAn intellectual heavyweight and a pure literary virtuoso, Milan Kundera takes some of Freud''s most cherished complexes and irreverently whirls them about in acts of legerdemain that capture our darkest, deepest human passions. . . . The tales in Laughable Loves surprise and illuminate. . . . Kundera''s world is complex, full of mockeries and paradoxes. Life is often brutal and humiliating; it is often blasphemous, funny, irritating. — Cleveland Plain DealerMilan Kundera is a master of graceful illusion and illuminating surprise. In one of these stories a young man and his girlfriend pretend that she is a stranger he picked up on the road—only to become strangers to each other in reality as their game proceeds. In another a teacher fakes piety in order to seduce a devout girl, then jilts her and yearns for God. In yet another girls wait in bars, on beaches, and on station platforms for the same lover, a middle-aged Don Juan
£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Magic Time Angelfire
Book SynopsisAcross America, technology has been eclipsed by magic, as ordinary people become the embodiments of their darkest desires, deepest fears -- and purest selves. Searching for the source of this terrifying phenomenon -- and to save his sister Tina, transformed by it into one of the ethereal creatures known as flares -- former lawyer Cal Griffin and his band of unlikely heroes follow the visions of the charming lunatic Goldie and the fragile song of a cursed bluesman to a secret haven hidden from its malevolent power. The domain of the bluesman and his protector Magritte -- a callgirl turned flare -- is a wondrous sanctuary from the madness. But how long can it survive if the evil beyond it is allowed to flourish? For the world is unraveling little by little. And the salvation of everything left worth saving requires that Cal and his companions journey deep into the very heart and soul of darkness to confront the beast ruling the Ruby City once called Chicago. But first they must conque
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Patricia Cornwell CD Audio Treasury Volume Two
Book SynopsisBody of evidenceAfter months of menacing phone calls and feeling that her every move is being watched, successful writer Beryl Madison flees Key West when a terrifying message is scratched on her car. But the very night she returns to Richmond, she deactivates her burglar alarm and opens her door to someone who nearly decapitates her. Why did she let him in, wonders Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta? And why is Beryl''s latest manuscript missing? Pursuing the answers involves Scarpetta in the murder of another writer -- Beryl''s jealous mentor. While she copes with a variety of personal and professional problems, Scarpetta''s high-tech forensic skills enable her to collect a body of evidence -- clues that would mean little without her intelligence, compassion, and imagination -- that leads her directly into a nightmare all her own.PostmortemFour women with nothing in common, united only in death. Four brutalized victims of a brilliant monster -- a Mr. Nobody, moving undetected through a paralyzed city, leaving behind a gruesome trail of carnage...but few clues. With skilled hands, an unerring eye, and the latest advances in forensic research, an unrelenting female medical examiner -- Kay Scarpetta -- is determined to unmask a maniac. But someone is trying to sabotage Kay''s investigation from the inside. And worse yet, someone wants her dead...
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Stories
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£16.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Crunch Time
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£7.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Three Dog Tales
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£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Daughter of Fortune
Book SynopsisAn orphan raised in Valparaiso, Chile, by a Victorian spinster and her rigid brother, vivacious young Eliza Sommers follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush of 1849. Entering a rough-and-tumble world of new arrivals driven mad by gold fever, Eliza moves in a society of single men and prostitutes with the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chi''en. California opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence to the young Chilean, and her search for her elusive lover gradually turns into another kind of journey. By the time she finally hears news of him, Eliza must decide who her true love really is.
£16.96
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short
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£17.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Run
Book SynopsisA respected senator from Georgia, Will Lee has loftier aspirations. But a cruel stroke of fate thrusts him onto the national stage unexpectedly, and long before he''s ready for a national campaign.The road to the White House will be more treacherous—and deadly—than Will can imagine. A courageous and principled man thrust into the spotlight, he suddenly finds himself the target of clandestine enemies who will use all their money and influence to stop him . . . dead.Now Will Lee isn''t just running for president, he''s running for his life.
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Lovers at the Chameleon Club Paris 1932
Book SynopsisA richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love, art, and betrayal, exploring the genesis of evil, the unforeseen consequences of love, and the ultimate unreliability of storytelling itself.Paris in the 1920s shimmers with excitement, dissipation, and freedom. It is a place of intoxicating ambition, passion, art, and discontent, where louche jazz venues like the Chameleon Club draw expats, artists, libertines, and parvenus looking to indulge their true selves. It is at the Chameleon where the striking Lou Villars, an extraordinary athlete and scandalous cross-dressing lesbian, finds refuge among the club’s loyal denizens, including the rising Hungarian photographer Gabor Tsenyi, the socialite and art patron Baroness Lily de Rossignol; and the caustic American writer Lionel Maine.As the years pass, their fortunes—and the world itself—evolve. Lou falls desperately in love and finds success as a race car driver. Gabor builds his r
£21.59
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Raven Stole the Moon
Book Synopsis“Deeply moving, superbly crafted, and highly unconventional.” —Washington TimesRaven Stole the Moon is the stunning first novel from Garth Stein, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Art of Racing in the Rain. A profoundly poignant and unforgettable story of a grieving mother’s return to a remote Alaskan town to make peace with the loss of her young son, Raven Stole the Moon combines intense emotion with Native American mysticism and a timeless and terrifying mystery, and earned raves for a young writer and his uniquely captivating imagination. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, this remarkable novel “serves notice that Stein is a rare talent.”
£16.14
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Phantom
Book Synopsis“[Hawke is] a secret agent who takes you into the danger zone with a ballsy wit that had me hooked.”—Vince Flynn“Ted Bell puts a capital A in adventure….Commander Bond might choke on his martini next to Bell’s superlative Alex Hawke.”—Madison County HeraldTed Bell’s remarkable literary creation, counterspy Alex Hawke, has been called, “strong, shrewd, and savvy, with an aplomb not seen since James Bond” (NPR). He’s back in the explosive blockbuster Phantom, on a breathtaking hunt for a madman about to unleash a terrifying new Artificial Intelligence-powered super weapon on the world. Another superb espionage thriller by a true, New York Times bestselling master of the fictional spy game, Bell’s Phantom explores a dark side of science while delivering non-stop action, as Hawke races across the globe in order to prevent a coming apocalypse—a
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Heroines Bookshelf The
Book SynopsisFrom Zora Neale Hurston to Colette, Laura Ingalls Wilder to Charlotte Bronte, Harper Lee to Alice Walker, this title presents the stories of our beloved heroines and the writers who created them. It explores how the pluck and dignity of literary characters such as Jane Eyre and Lizzy Bennet can encourage women.Trade Review"[A] delightful guide to what the heroines of some of the great novels by women writers, and those writers themselves can teach us about life." -- Beatrice.com "If you're stumped for your next pleasure book and want to submerse yourself in a literary past sprinkled with powerful, independent women like Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott, Blakemore's book provides the perfect portal." -- New York Press "Blakemore finds comfort and inspiration in revisiting the tales of literature's leading ladies and exploring the lives of the women who spun them. [She] makes a charming case for rereading." -- Washington Post
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HarperCollins Justice
Book SynopsisIt’s Prom Night . . . and the queen is dead.LAPD Homicide Detective Peter Decker and his wife and confidante Rina Lazarus have a daughter of their own. So the savage murder of a popular high school girl on prom night strikes home . . . very hard.The cruel and bizarre slaying of a beautiful teen leads Detective Decker into the dark heart of an exotic subculture: the seamy, sometimes violent world of Southern California’s rootless, affluent youth. But even the confession of a disturbed kid with cold “killer eyes” cannot soothe Decker’s inner torment. For he knows in his gut this crime goes much deeper and higher than anyone expects—and that true justice, brutal and com-plete, has yet to be done.
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Carry the Flame Harper Voyager Fiction
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£7.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Duke Is Mine
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£9.34
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Earth to Hell
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£7.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Ugly Duchess
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£8.54
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Beyond Suspicion
Book SynopsisAfter six exciting thrillers in seven years, bestselling author James Grippando is at last bringing back the main character from his blockbuster debut novel, The Pardon.Criminal lawyer Jack Swyteck doesn''t handle many civil cases. But this one is different. His client, Jessie Merrill, is a gorgeous ex-girlfriend who''s being sued.At the trial, Jack pulls off a brilliant victory and Jessie gets a hefty settlement. But then Jack finds out it was all a scam. Two days later, Jessie''s body turns up floating in Jack''s bathtub. As the evidence mounts against him, Jack finds himself on a collision course with dark secrets from the past and a possible killer is beyond suspicion.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc WILLOW SPRINGS A Destiny Novel Destiny Series 5
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£7.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Mudwoman
Book SynopsisOne of the most acclaimed writers in the world today, the inimitable Joyce Carol Oates follows up her searing, New York Times bestselling memoir, A Widow’s Story, with an extraordinary new work of fiction. Mudwoman is a riveting psychological thriller, taut with dark suspense, that explores the high price of repression in the life of a respected university president teetering on the precipice of a nervous breakdown. Like Daphne DuMaurier’s gothic masterwork, Rebecca, and the classic ghost story, The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James, Oates’s Mudwoman is a chilling page-turner that hinges on the power of the imagination and the blurry lines between the real and the invented—and it stands tall among the author’s most powerful and beloved works, including The Falls, The Gravedigger’s Daughter, and We Were the Mulvaneys.
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The New Republic
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£14.39
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Black Horizon
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£22.09
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Illusion of Separateness
Book SynopsisIn The Illusion of Separateness, award-winning author Simon Van Booy tells a harrowing and enchanting story of how one man’s act of mercy during World War II changed the lives of strangers, and how they each discover the astonishing truth of their connection. Whether they are pursued by Nazi soldiers, old age, shame, deformity, disease, or regret, the characters in this utterly compelling novel discover in their, darkest moments of fear and isolation that they are not alone, that they were never alone, that every human being is a link in an unseen chain.The Illusion of Separateness intertwines the stories of unique and compelling characters who—through seemingly random acts of selflessness—discover the vital parts they have played in each other’s lives.
£19.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Lost Horizon
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Bandits
Book Synopsis“Almost unbearable suspense. Leonard has produced another winner.”—PeopleA wild ride with “the coolest, hottest writer in America” (Chicago Tribune), Bandits has everything Elmore Leonard fans love: non-stop thrills, unexpected twists and turns, unforgettable characters, and the most razor-sharp dialogue being rapidly exchanged anywhere in the crime fiction genre. Leonard stands tall among the all-time greats (John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain) and towers far above most of the writers currently plying the noir fiction trade. The master who created U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, currently of the hit TV series Justified, is at the top of his game, ensnaring readers in an ingenious plot hatched by a former jewel thief and a radical ex-nun to scam millions from a sadistic Nicaraguan colonel. In fact, the Philadelphia Inquirer says Bandits “may well be his best.” Rea
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories Volume 3
Book SynopsisThe universe isn't made of atoms; it's made of tiny stories. This title offers a selection of stories small in scope but outsize in impact.Trade Review"Told with haiku-like precision." -- LA Weekly "From the department of Perfect Hipster Stocking Stuffers ... Buy it for your brooding-artist cousin, but then selfishly decide to keep it for yourself." -- Philadelphia City Paper "Not just a coup for [hitRECord.org] but also an object lesson in how it works." -- New York Times "A brand new collection of moving (and funny!) stories from the hitRECord family and It Books." -- Entertainment Weekly "A handsome hardbound book full of wit, whimsy, and a little wisdom." -- Philadelphia Inquirer "Fascinating ... A wonderful little book ... highly recommend[ed] to anyone who loves ingenuity, irony and beauty."- -- Tampa Bay Books Examiner, "Top 10 Best Books for Christmas" Dive into its shortest of short stories and relish its captivating illustrations, and soon enough you'll realize: Even if you're not physically carrying the book, you're carrying its stories with you throughout your days ... [an] itty bitty bound book with a big ol' heart. -- Austin Chronicle
£11.84
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Supreme Macaroni Company
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£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Black Dahlia White Rose
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£19.99
