Mike Engleby says things that others dare not even think. In the 1970s, he is a university student, having survived a 'traditional' school. A man devoid of scruple or self-pity, Engleby provides an account of English education. Yet, beneath the disturbing surface of his observations lies an unfolding mystery of gripping power.

Leaving behind his father's failures, Gabriel Swift arrives to study with Edwin Poll, the greatest of the city's anatomists. It is his chance to find advancement by making a name for himself. But instead he finds himself drawn to his master's nemesis, Lucan, the most powerful of the city's resurrectionists and ruler of its trade in stolen bodies.

A wonderfully warm and heartfelt debut from a stunning new talent.

Containing 28 pages of new sketches and a four-page gallery of cover art from the original comic series, this is a revised edition of a Batman graphic novel first published a decade earlier.

Does for the City what HOTEL BABYLON did for hotels and what KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL did for restaurants.

If ever there was a book to make you switch off your television set, The Dangerous Book for Boys was it. And now, from the same authors, comes The Pocket Book of Things to Know -- packed with fascinating facts and tantalising trivia.

Vital prequel to the internationally best-selling biography STALIN: COURT OF THE RED TSAR

Scottish cyclist Chris Hoy, the reigning Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion, has been instrumental in British track cycling's remarkable transformation from also-rans to leading world superpower. Author Richard Moore shadows Hoy throughout the current season to provide a revealing insight into the hitherto guarded world of track cycling.

Jodie really doesn't fit in with the teenagers at the school. But Pearl is doing well in lessons and has even more friends. Maybe she doesn't need Jodie as much as she used to. But Jodie needs her. And when the school celebrations of Firework Night come around and a tragic event occurs, Pearl realises quite how much she does need her big sister.

What's funnier than underpants? Aliens in underpants, of course!

Part of a series which is shortlisted for the British Book Industry Stora Enso Award for Design and Production. This title helps young children develop important language and sensory skills.

When a young Texan balloonist, Lee Scoresby, comes down to earth in the harbour of an Arctic town in the North, little does he realise that he is about to be embroiled in an out-and-out political brawl. Lee and his daemon, Hester, find themselves the target of political factions trying to take over the running (and oil) of the town.

Bleeding All Over You; You Cheated Me; Jesus And Mary; Comin' Tonight; Tower Song; Hearts Club Band; So Many Friends; In The Middle Of The Night; The George Song; Niger River; Jimi; See Emily Play; I Wish I Were;

Sun It Rises; White Winter Hymnal; Ragged Wood; Tiger Mountain Peasant Song; Quiet Houses; He Doesn't Know Why; Heard Them Stirring; Your Protector; Meadowlarks; Blue Ridge Mountains; Oliver James;

Follow You Home; Fight For All The Wrong Reasons; Photograph; Animals; Savin' Me; Far Away; Next Contestant; Side Of A Bullet; If Everyone Cared; Someone That You're With; Rockstar;

Girl's On Fire; Hooray; Love Made Visible; One More Lie In; Keep It Simple; Pieces; Touch Down; Friends Are False; No Contest; Silence; Jet Lag; The Earth Gave Me You (Bonus Track);

From the slums of Paris to the Limelight of New York, Edith Piaf's Life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love. Raised in poverty, Edith's magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period - Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan and others - made her a star all around the world. But in her audacious ...

An inspired, award-winning story about the power of love and the human spirit, Life Is Beautiful has been called a modern masterpiece! Guido - a charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colourful imagination and an irresistible sense of humour - has won the heart of the woman he loves and created a life for his beautiful young family. But then, that life is threatened by World War ...

In 18th Century France, amongst the stinking entrails of rotting fish, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born: a genius, a monster, a murderer. Notoriously obsessed with scent, he embarks on an ever-more terrifying quest in search of the ultimate ingredient to create the most powerful perfume in the world. Adapted from Patrick Suskind's globally-acclaimed novel, this beautiful film ...

Amelie Poulain has led a sheltered life - educated at home by over-protective parents, she retreats into a fantasy world of her own. When she finally leaves home and finds work as a waitress in a Parisian cafe, life is pretty uneventful until a chain of extraordinary events leads her to the discovery of a tin box containing a schoolboy's long forgotten mementos. It is then that Amelia discovers ..