She Has Her Mother's Laugh

Zimmer, Carl

She Has Her Mother's Laugh presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed spectacularly to answer...

Barbarians at the Wall

Man, John

The people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 BC they dominated the heart of Asia for 400 years. They changed the world. The Mongols, today's descendants of Genghis Khan, see them as ancestors. Their rise cemented...

Five Stars

Gallo, Carmine

Mastering the ancient art of persuasion is the key to standing out, getting ahead, and achieving greatness in the modern world. Communication is no longer a "soft" skill - it is the human edge that will make you unstoppable, irresistible, and...

The Labyrinth of the Spirits

Zafon, Carlos Ruiz

The internationally bestselling new novel from the author of the modern classic, The Shadow of the Wind

Circe

Scorned, rejected and at last exiled from her father s house for her dark gifts, Circe arrives on the remote island of Aiaia with nothing but her wits and magic to help her. But there is danger for a solitary woman in the world, and Circe s...

Ritz and Escoffier

Barr, Luke

In a tale replete with scandal and opulence, Luke Barr, author of the New York Times bestselling Provence, 1970, transports readers to turn-of-the-century London and Paris to discover how celebrated hotelier César Ritz and famed chef Auguste...

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Honeyman, Gail

* Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2017 * Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 * No.1 Sunday Times bestseller * Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon `Funny, touching and unpredictable' Jojo Moyes Eleanor...

The Thirst

Nesbo, Jo

A woman is found murdered after an internet date. Until he starts to suspect a connection between this killing and his one failed case...`The king of all crime writers' Sunday Express`Fast-moving... Stunning' Sunday Times

Hungarian Dessert Book

Bereznay, Tamas

Voila, here is an authentic cookbook in English focusing the desserts, the field that is more and more interesting amongst the fans of the Hungarian cuisine. Hungarian Dessert Book is a real delicatesse: it offers 75 beautifully illustrated recipes...

Journey by Moonlight

Szerb, Antal

Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, Journey by Moonlight is here presented in a brilliant new translation by Peter V. Czipott.

Hungarian Cookbook

Bereznay, Tamas

Hungarian cuisine has long been one of the most savoury cuisines in Europe. With its world-famous paprikás, gulyás and pörkölt, it has earned a reputation for being abundant, spicy and rather heavy. Hungarian cuisine, however, is much more than...

The Bridge at Andau

Michener, James A.

The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping, the classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian...

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Manson, Mark

The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

Kertzer, David I.

Now filmed by Steven Spielberg, starring Mark Rylance as the Pope. The extraordinary story of how the Vatican's imprisonment of a six-year-old Jewish boy helped to bring about the collapse of the popes' worldly power in Italy. Bologna: nightfall,...

The Accidental President

Baime, A. J.

With the world still caught up in the inferno of the Second World War, Truman found himself playing the roles of both judge and jury during the founding of the UN, the Potsdam Conference, the Manhattan Project, the German surrender, the liberation...

The Logic and Statistics of Fat Tails

Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

The Logic and Statistics of Fat Tails is the definitive source on fat-tailed distribution and an essential technical read for students, accountants and those working in finance.