Tells the story of the Irish novelist, Bram Stoker's encounter with and conquest of Jack the Ripper-events which pass from the all-too-real into the fictive, and foreshadow Stoker's later Dracula .

In the 1680s, the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class division, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery and race hatred were carefully planted and took root. This title reveals what lies under the surface of slavery.

A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom. This is the story of both the terrifying and electrifying journey of Dr Qanta Ahmed, a Pakistani Muslim woman, trained in four medical specialties in the United States, and her personal two-year quest and journey deep into the Islamic world of Saudi Arabia. She evokes lands more exotic than she could ever have imagined, and the moments where she ...

If you heard a strange noise from the apartment upstairs, would you make an effort to find out what happened? What if something happened, but the victim begged you to leave it alone? What if there was obvious evidence of violence, but the denials were adamant? Would you forget about it and walk away? What if you were only 17?

A thrilling historical epic in the bestselling tradition of Fingersmith and The Shadow of the Wind - one orphan's epic search for what's left of his family.

Maybe hormones ate her brain. How else did Judith's husband persuade her to give up her career and move from her beloved London to Northumberland with two toddlers in tow? Pregnant with number 3, Judith is about to discover that there are one or two things about life in the country that no one told her about.

Covers various aspects of morel hunting and eating, from identification of true and false morels, what to wear - and what not to wear - and take with you on mushroom hunts; when to search for morels; the best places to look for them; cleaning and preservation methods; and recipes.

It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset district of San Francisco, caring not only for her husband's fragile health but also for her son, who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Saturday morning, a stranger appears on her doorstep and everything changes.

Ancient wisdom predicts the end of the world with uncanny precision. But it also provided the key to staving off apocalypse: a flawless sapphire of incomparable beauty carved into the perfect likeness of a human skull. Hidden for four centuries, a crystal skull of exquisite beauty has just been found by Stella Cody.

The study of sexual physiology has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci, James Watson, and Napoleon Bonaparte's great grand-niece Marie. This title provides answers to question such as: Can a person think herself to orgasm? Does orgasm boost fertility?

The first full-length novel from the international supermodel and granddaughter of Roald Dahl

Death comes creeping up on you... The latest chilling bestseller from the author of HIDE.

Drawn by family. Driven by fear. Haunted by fate.

The accidental bequest of a cello bow from his dead father sets Feliu Delargo on the course of becoming a musician, unlikely given his beginnings in a dusty village in Catalonia. This title presents the history of Feliu Delargo, who just misses being 'Feliz' by a misunderstanding at his birth, which he barely survives.

Cardiff in the 1980's is a place where maths can get you noticed. Rumis Vasi is the town's 'maths prodigy': untangling numbers and Rubik's Cubes protects her from the harsh vagaries of the playground and gives a pattern to her world. This book brings us a story of aspirations and longing, and of the sometime loneliness of childhood.

One year on from surrender and Tokyo lies broken and bleeding at the feet of its American victors. The bodies of two young women are discovered in Shiba Park. Detective Minami is assigned to the case, and as he gets drawn deeper into these murders, he realises that his own past and secrets are linked to those of the dead women and their killer.

Simplexity. A groundbreaking new concept that reveals the hidden ways the world really works.