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A Confession

The Trading Game

The brand new emotional and heartwarming historical fiction novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

A Mother's Secret

Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher

Aristotle

Betrayal

Beware of Pity

Seasonal bakes made with your favourite treats

Chocolate Overload!

Enter the battlefields of Ancient Greece in the epic new novel from the multi-million copy bestseller

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Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect

Explosion in a Cathedral

Why Good Parenting Starts with You

How to Be The Grown-Up

THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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Ladybird Readers Beginner Level - Eric Carle - It is Friday! (ELT Graded Reader)

Ladybird Readers Beginner Level - Eric Carle - What Color Is The Donkey? (ELT Graded Reader)

Ladybird Readers Beginner Level - Eric Carle - What Do You Like? (ELT Graded Reader)

Ladybird Readers Beginner Level - Eric Carle - What Is It? (ELT Graded Reader)

Ladybird Readers Beginner Level - Eric Carle - What Is This Shape? (ELT Graded Reader)

Ladybird Readers Beginner Level - Eric Carle - Where Is My Home? (ELT Graded Reader)

Ladybird Readers Beginner Level - Eric Carle - Where Is the Click Beetle? (ELT Graded Reader)

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A Doctor’s Stories of Intensive Care

Life in the Balance

The twisted true story of Alexandre Despallières

Love Until Death

A Whale, a Shipwreck, a Love Story

Maurice and Maralyn

A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Crime Drama

McLevy in the New World

The new addictive psychological thriller from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Family Upstairs

None of This is True

Comedy, disaster and one man’s quest for happiness

One Sinha Lifetime

Tabbed Board Book

Peppa Pig: Peppa’s Favourite Nursery Rhymes

Perfume: A Century of Scents

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

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