(Hardback, Main)

A fascinating new history of financial and religious mass manias over the past five centuries.

(Hardback)

What - and who - is a demagogue How did America's Founders envision the presidency What should a constitutional democracy look like and how can it be fixed when it appears to be broken

Alavez's life is in ruins. One of his brothers has died, and the other is in jail. Manuel is told that the man who crossed his brothers is running a restaurant in Uppsala. Shortly thereafter, a series of dramatic events leads to murder. Inspector Ann Lindell races to uncover the killer before the grim reaper strikes again.

(Hardback)

A hypnotic story of youth, sex and power, and of two women cast out by the same community though separated by a hundred years

In the follow-up to The Doctor and You, children can become familiar with many of the dental tools and procedures they are likely to encounter during their visit, allowing them to become more comfortable with dentists and oral hygienists.

(Hardback, Main)

Welcome to the strange and delightful world of Old English reference books of animals - the ordinary and the extraordinary, the good, the bad and the baffling...

In 8th century Baghdad, the scholar Dabir realizes that a jewelled tablet may unlock secrets hidden within the lost city of Ubar, a desert Atlantis. But when the tablet is stolen, Dabir and Captain Asim go after it - a life-or-death adventure of a lifetime...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove and Terms of Endearment.

'Saga lovers are sure to enjoy this first book by Susanna Bavin. Her story is a real page-turner and will tug at your heart strings.' Anna Jacobs

(Paperback, Main)

A master of the novel, short story and memoir, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Everybody's Fool now gives us his very first collection of personal essays, thoughts on writing, reading and living.

(Paperback)

An intoxicating international bestseller about a woman in the throes of a fever remembering the important people in her past, the memories laid bare in vivid detail as her body temperature races - for fans of Rachel Cusk and Lucia Berlin

Listen to the story and join Nell the Detective Dog and help her solve the mystery of the missing books!

On her way to a writer's conference, a bestselling teenage author takes a detour deliberately set up by her biggest fans - a mother-daughter team who kidnap her.

(, Main)

Webster College: an elite New England campus and a world of learning where creativity and inclusiveness are the presiding principles. Naomi Roth, a feminist scholar, is named to the coveted position of Webster's president. When a student protest materializes, Naomi initially supports the movement, feeling proud and protective of the protesters.

From the author of the acclaimed novel Go With Me comes a modern reimagining of Doctor Faustus, set in rural Vermont and told with Castle Freeman, Jr.'s trademark sense of the supernatural.

(, Main)

From a pioneering psychiatrist and psychotherapist comes The Devil You Know, a perspective-shattering work into the minds of violent criminals which reveals profound consequences for human nature and society at large.

(Paperback, Export - Airside ed)

From a pioneering psychiatrist and psychotherapist comes The Devil You Know, a perspective-shattering work into the minds of violent criminals which reveals profound consequences for human nature and society at large.

Amidst the myth and folklore of Tavistock, one tale above others strikes fear into the hearts of the town's inhabitants - that of the murders on the Abbot's Way. Now, in the autumn of 1322, history seems to be repeating itself.

We are in a new era of the war against terrorism - a war against terrorist money. MI6 agent Sarah Churchill and US special agent Nick Neumann are both tracking this blood money, in Pakistan and Paris respectively, and both must face the explosive consequences.

Book two in this Golden Age espionage thriller series, by a writer who was hugely well reviewed in his heyday.

(, Main)

Beginning in Ethiopia where he sails a dhow along the same route that carried the first beans to Yemen 1500 years ago, Allen travels the world in his mission to prove that coffee is the driving force in history.

A thorough look at the history of hot peppers, their culinary uses through the ages, and the significance of spicy food in an increasingly homogenous world.

From the Booker-longlisted author of Self Help, a mesmeric thriller of corruption in the heart of the Amazon

(, New edition)

Robert Fairfax, chancing upon a stagecoach tipped into a ditch, two of its passengers lying dead, suspects that this is more than a simple highway robbery. Fairfax traces murderous designs behind an intricate pattern of deception and must piece together this deadly puzzle - knowing that a ruthless killer will stop at nothing to prevent him ...