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In this major new history, Gordon Corrigan argues that what we call the Second World War was in fact two separate conflicts: one against Germany (and, for a while, Italy) in Western Europe, Soviet Russia and North Africa, the other against Japan in the Far East and Pacific. Each conflict had distinct causes and had to be fought in different ways against very different enemies, who rarely, if ever, coordinated their efforts. This is a new and cogent account of an immense, exhausting six-year conflict that continues to fascinate. Corrigan examines the agendas of the warring nations and offers fresh and vivid interpretations, Britain's own part in the war comes in for particularly close scrutiny: militarily, the British suffered an agonising series of defeats before the tide turned. The country emerged economically broken, with the loss of her empire a virtual certainty. The Second World War is vast in its erudition and epic in its execution. It will change forever the way we think about the titanic conflicts that dominated the years 1939 to 1945.

She tells herself an hour is not so long to wait, and steps outside. The street is empty. Then she hears the car. Police Captain Riedwaan Faizal has just been told that his six-year-old daughter has been abducted. He's desperate to start looking for her. But the squad believe he is her kidnapper. She keeps still. That saves you if you are in danger. Her daddy says so. Suspended from the force, Faizal watches helplessly as the search for his child is called off. Frantic, he turns to investigative journalist Dr Clare Hart. She tries to feel her surroundings. If she knows where she is, her daddy can find her. Clare knows that mounting a search without the police will be dangerous, and illegal. She knows that the odds of the child's survival worsens with every minute that passes. But she also knows she'll do anything to help this desperate father - even if it puts all their lives at risk. For now, she would listen to the quiet. The dark can last a long, long time...

Ralph Steadman - artist of distinction, caricaturist of brilliance and long-time unsentimental cat-lover here shows us cats everywhere. Cats in furniture, cat dictators, T. S. Eliot cats and Samuel Johnson cats, fashion cats and CATalogues, blot cats, splat cats and fallen-from-skyscraper cats. There are bugs that live on cats and uninvented cats, too. Ranging from the fierce and furious to the whimsical and wistful, the whole world of feline life is here. In a cat book like no other, there is nothing soppy about Steadman's eye as he exposes the heart and bone and sinew of these most independent and lovable pets.

Travel the world in timeless recipes that follow in footsteps Phileas Fogg and his journey around the world in 80 days. Featuring dishes from chefs and cookery writers including Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson, Gennaro Contaldo, Heston Blumenthal and Sybil Kapoor - Around the World in 80 Dishes is a treasure-trove of treats, lovingly compiled and beautifully photographed by one of the world's foremost food photographers. In a narrative that unites the joys of discovering world cuisine with an expert 'how-to' guide, this is the dream anthology of world cuisine for committed cooks and amateurs alike - dipped into or read from start to finish, this is a unique book about food and flavour, taste and culture.

Secret Agent

Jude the Obscure

Mayer of Casterbridge

Jude the Obscure

For so long, humans have dreamt of traveling of traveling through time - popularised by H.G. Well's classic novel. As the Time Traveller travels into the future, he finds changed lands and fascinating new species. As he then approaches the end of time, he attempts to find his way back home. One of the all-time great science fiction novels.

For so long, humans have dreamt of traveling of traveling through time - popularised by H.G. Well's classic novel. As the Time Traveller travels into the future, he finds changed lands and fascinating new species. As he then approaches the end of time, he attempts to find his way back home. One of the all-time great science fiction novels.

Secret Agent

Mayer of Casterbridge

Jude the Obscure

Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Balram was born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller. He works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escape. When he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to Delhi at the wheel of a Honda. Amid today's India's cockroaches and call-centres, its 36,000,004 gods, slums, shopping malls, and crippling traffic jams, Balram learns of a new morality at the heart of a new India. Driven by desire to better himself, he comes to see how the Tiger might escape his cage ... through murder.

Cranford

Cranford