1950`s Bordeaux. Even now, the Second World War is never far from people`s memories, particularly in a city where the scars of collaboration & resistance are more keenly felt than ever. But another war has already begun. A war without a name, far away across the sea, in Algeria, where young men are sent to fight in a brutal conflict. Daniel knows what awaits him. He`s heard stories. Patrols, ambushes, reprisals, massacres, mutilations, all beneath a burning north African sun. He has just a month left before he leaves but, haunted by the loss of his parents & sister in the atrocities of the last war, Daniel questions why he is even going to fight in the first place. Meanwhile, past crimes are returning to haunt Albert Darlac, the godfather of Bordeaux: corrupt police chief, fascist sympathiser & one-time collaborator. Before long, a series of explosive events will set off a spiral of violence that will bring the horrific legacy of wars past & present to the streets of Bordeaux. Translated from the French by Sam Taylor ...

A shy young Mexican woman moves to Paris to study literature. Cecilia has few friends, & a morbid fascination with watching the funerals taking place in the cemetery outside her apartment. She suddenly strikes up a close platonic relationship with her neighbour, a sickly young man who shares her interest in death & believes we can communicate with the dead. After coming to entirely depend on him for company & routine, Cecilia is left devastated by his decision to go to Sicily for his health, & is left alone in an unfriendly city once more. Claudio, meanwhile, lives in New York with the submissive, quiet, but very wealthy Ruth. She makes few demands of him, whilst acquiescing to all his desires & indulging his obsessive, misogynistic nature. He meets Cecilia by chance whilst visiting a friend in Paris & these two very different stories collide with transformative consequences. Translated from the Spanish by Rosalind Harvey ...

In After They Killed Our Father, Loung Ung picks up where the bestselling First They Killed My Father left off, with the author escaping a devastated Cambodia in 1980 at the age of ten & flying to the US as a refugee. She & her eldest brother, with whom she escaped, left behind their three surviving siblings, & her book is alternately heart-wrenching & heart-warming, as it follows the parallel lives of Loung & her closest sister, Chou, during the 15 years it took for them to be reunited. Their two worlds could not have been more different, & Loung's depiction of the contrast between her life in the affluent West & that of her sister, who navigated her way through landmine-strewn fields & survived raids by the Khmer Rouge, is laced with the guilt she feels about being the lucky one. This powerful story helps us to understand what happens when a family is torn apart by politics, adversity & war. It is also the compelling & inspirational tale of a remarkable woman. ...

***THE SEQUEL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER 1 BESTSELLING NOVEL THAT IS LOVED AROUND THE WORLD, & IS NOW A FILM STARRING EMILIA CLARKE & SAM CLAFLIN*** ` Matches Me Before You. Funny, sad & wise, you`ll be using a hankie as a bookmark` Mail on Sunday ` Moyes totally delivers. With its twisty plot, characters you fall in love with, weepy bits & witty bits, this is pretty much perfect` Glamour Lou Clark has lots of questions. Like how it is she`s ended up working in an airport bar, spending every shift watching other people jet off to new places. Or why the flat she`s owned for a year still doesn`t feel like home. Whether her close-knit family can forgive her for what she did eighteen months ago. & will she ever get over the love of her life. What Lou does know for certain is that something has to change. Then, one night, it does. But does the stranger on her doorstep hold the answers Lou is searching for
- or just more questions? Close the door & life continues: simple, ordered, safe. Open it & she risks everything. But Lou once made a promise to live. & if she`s going to keep it, she has to invite them in.. .` This beautiful story is perfect. Will have you brimming with tears & grinning in equal measure. L-O-V-E` Closer ` Wonderfully warm. Moyes manages to break your heart before restoring your faith in love. Unputdownable` Sunday Express ` Classic Jojo
- fans will love it` Heat ` Satisfyingly brilliant` Sun `I read this in one sitting. It is impossible not to root for Lou` Stylist

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After you with the Pistol
- the second Charlie Mortdecai novel by Kyril Bonfiglioli, soon to be a major film starring Johnny Depp.
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Afternoon Tea is every woman`s dream book, as delightful to look at as it is to cook from. Think finger sandwiches, scones, pastries, cakes, biscuits & slices. Think linen tablecloths & fine china, proper tea made in a teapot, a group of your best friends gathered round, & lots of gossip. Here`s your chance to spoil yourself with cucumber sandwiches, chocolate eclairs & raspberry cream sponge. Teatime will never be the same again. ...

Explore a wonderful choice of quaint & cosy tea rooms, charming hotels & delightful tea shops, a perfect choice for afternoon tea. Each of the establishments has been approved by the Tea Guild, & has a great selection of teas, elegant sandwiches, delicious cakes & pastries to make afternoon tea a finest top quality experience. Also included are details of facilities, including eating outside, own blend tea & even if there's a pianist. ...

A charming memoir of self-discovery, family, connection & the power of a tomato. `I remember crusty just-baked bread, rubbed with juicy tomato flesh, swimming in a puddle of thick green olive oil. I am seven years old. I sit on a stool in my grandmother`s house. It is the height of summer in a seaside village in the south of Greece. We little Aussies devour `tomato sandwiches` as the family chats & laughs & swats flies.. .` From the first heady taste of tomatoes on home-baked bread in her mother`s village in Petalidi, to sitting at a taverna some 30 years later in Ithaka with her young family, Spiri Tsintziras goes on a culinary, creative & spiritual journey that propels her back & forth between Europe & Australia. These evocative, funny & poignant stories explore how food & culture, language & music, & people & their stories help to create a sense of meaning & identity. ...

Jules Mountain is a survivor. The odds of surviving his type of cancer were one in five; the odds of dying on Everest are one in sixty. But just as he reaches Base Camp in April 2015, the giant earthquake in Nepal sets off an avalanche that will kill 21. Jules is within touching distance of his life`s ambition & is now faced with an agonising choice about his next move. Aftershock is a heart-stopping eyewitness account of the deadliest day in history on the world`s most iconic mountain. It is also an exploration of the choices we make in life, & throws up difficult questions about how logic & compassion can be affected by altitude & extreme stress. ...

Over the last decade, we have sent thousands of people to fight on our behalf. But what happens when these soldiers come back home, having lost their friends & killed their enemies, having seen & done things that have no place in civilian life? In Aftershock, Matthew Green tells the story of our veterans` journey from the frontline of combat to the reality of return. Through wide-ranging interviews with former combatants
- including a Royal Marine sniper & a veteran operator in the SAS
- as well as serving personnel & their families, physicians, therapists & psychiatrists, Aftershock looks beyond the labels of shell shock & post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to get to the heart of today`s post-conflict experience. It pursues the question that the military are so reluctant to ask: why do people who are trained to thrive within the theatre of war so often find themselves ill-prepared for peace? As a new generation of battle-scarred troops begins to lay their weapons down, Aftershock offers an empathetic yet hard-hitting account of the hidden cost of conflict. And its message is one that has profound implications, not just for the military, but for anyone with an interest in how we experience trauma & survive.

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