Mammoth Hardcover (8 to 10 lbs)

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Hades X Persephone Bookish Box

Flesh and Fire Bookish Box

Olivia Wildenstein

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

For the love of a prince, I freed an enemy king."Free the five iron crows, and you will be queen, Fallon," a blind soothsayer whispered to me, the bastard daughter of a demented faerie and an absentee human father. Although I'd never yearned to sit upon a throne, I did yearn to sit upon the prince's lap and win his heart. If a slew of metal relics could help me overthrow the current monarch, put a crown upon my beloved's head, and a ring around my finger, then treasure-hunting I would go. If only the oracle had warned me what those crows truly were.Or rather . . . who.Fans of Sarah J. Maas and Mary E. Pearson will devour this epic fantasy romance full of deceit, betrayal, and false loves that could swallow a person whole.

House of Beating Wings

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Allison Carr Waechter

Love is a weakness the powerful cannot afford. When Mina Wildfang wakes up in a dark hole beneath the sea, her memories have been erased. The one thing she remembers is who imprisoned her: her family. The only thing she wants is revenge. But when she escapes, someone has burned her home to the ground-with her family inside. Mina decides if she cannot have vengeance, she will have the truth. All Ashbourne Claymore wants is to live an honest life as a private investigator. He can't remember his past, and he doesn't want to. When a mysterious new client asks him to murder a woman named Mina Wildfang, he staunchly refuses. But he cannot help but be curious about the woman he was asked to assassinate. When the two are drawn together by a series of otherworldly fires plaguing the city, the similarities between them are too much to ignore. Desire lights a flame that rivals the inferno coming for them. Can they survive the heat, or will they succumb to the ghosts of their past and let the city burn? Enter a dark and glittering world of fey and witches in the first book in The Aethereals Duology. The Hollow Plane is a sizzling mix of mystery and fantasy romance, perfect for fans of House of Bane and Blood, and The Alchemists of Loom.

The Hollow Plane

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Scarlett St. Clair

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

From bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair comes a dark and enthralling reimagining of the Hades and Persephone Greek myth.

"Let me worship you," he said.

She remembered the words she had whispered to him in the back of the limo after La Rose. "You will worship me, and I won't even have to order you." His request felt sinful and devious, and she reveled in it.

She answered, "Yes."

Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. Since she was a little girl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbidden nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysterious stranger.

Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible. But nothing has ever intrigued him as much as the goddess offering him a bargain he can't resist.

After her encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead, and his terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. The bet does more than expose Persephone's failure as a goddess, however. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows-a love that is both captivating and forbidden.

A Touch of Darkness

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John M. Ford

Neil Gaiman

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

"The best writer in America, bar none."--Robert Jordan

At last, the final work of John M. Ford--one of the greatest SF and fantasy authors of his time.

Enter the halls of Parliament with Varic, Coron of the Corvaric Coast.

Visit Strange House with the Archmage Birch.

Explore the mountains of Lady Longlight alongside the Palion Silvern, Sorcerer.

In the years before his unexpected death, John M. Ford wrote a novel of fantasy and magic unlike any other. Politics and abdicated kings, swords and sorcerous machine guns, divination and ancient empires--finally, Aspects is here.

"A great writer who is really fucking brilliant."--Neil Gaiman

Aspects

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Henry James

Ronald Blythe

Patricia Crick

Written at the end of the 1890's, when issues such as female sexuality and the education of women were in fierce debate, James's novel enacts the tension between various views of women and also of an aristocracy which was fading. This novel anticipates the experimental fiction of Virginia Woolf and James Joyce. The text is that of the first edition in book form, published in 1899. Most other existing texts are based on the earlier serial version.

The Awkward Age

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Jules Verne

Michael Glencross

Brian Aldiss

Verne's classic novel of global voyaging One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Around the World in Eighty Days

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A. K. Larkwood

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood is the incredible first epic fantasy in the Serpent Gates duology.'An astounding debut . . . unlike anything I've read before' - Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the WyldDoes she owe her life to those planning her death . . .Csorwe was raised by a death cult steeped in old magic. And on her fourteenth birthday, she'll be sacrificed to their god. But as she waits for the end, she's offered a chance to escape her fate. A sorcerer wants her as his assistant, sword-hand and assassin. As this involves her not dying that day, she accepts. Csorwe spends years living on a knife-edge, helping her master hunt an artefact which could change many worlds. Then comes the day she's been dreading. They encounter Csorwe's old cult - seeking the same magical object - and Csorwe is forced to reckon with her past. She also meets Shuthmili, the war-mage who'll change her future.If she's to survive, Csorwe must evade her enemies, claim the artefact and stop the death cult once and for all. As she plunges from one danger to the next, the hunt is on . . .

The Unspoken Name: the Serpent Gates Book 1

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Thilde Kold Holdt

The bond between men and the gods is weakening.

A dead man walks between the worlds and foresees Odin's doom.

The only survivor of a slaughter unleashes a monster from fiery Muspelheim.

Long hidden among mortals, a giantess sighs and takes up her magics once again.

A chief's son must overcome war and treason to become the leader his people need.

And the final battle is coming...

Northern Wrath

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"Holdt wows in her Norse mythology inspired debut an electrifying adventure" -- Publishers Weekly, starred review Following on the breakout success of Northern Wrath, Holdt weaves myth and history in a deeply magical saga. Wolves howl. The trickster Loki breaks free from his chains. A demon is loose from Muspelheim. In the battle to come, all shall die, but Ragnar will do anything to save his gods. Einer scours the nine worlds for Hilda who walks among gods and goddesses, searching the truth of the Runes. For centuries Siv has run from her past, but she knows that to protect her daughter, and Midgard, she will have to face her worst fears. It is time to confront the Alfather. "This is fantasy as it should be written: savage; liminal, full of wonder and magic." -- Gavin G. Smith, author of The Bastard Legion series "A promising start for a series that will gratify lovers of epic tales." -- Aurealis "A classic fantasy grounded in real-world history and myth." -- SFX "Ferocious, compelling, fiercely beautiful. Fantasy at its very best." -- Anna Smith Spark, author of the Empires of Dust series, on Northern Wrath "Packs a punch worthy of the Thunderer himself. It rocks!" -- Joanne Harris, author of The Gospel of Loki, on Northern Wrath

Shackled Fates

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Kazuo Ishiguro

A reunion with two childhood friends draws Kathy and her companions on a nostalgic odyssey into their lives at Hailsham, an isolated private school in the English countryside, and a confrontation with the truth about their childhoods.

Never Let Me Go

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David Mitchell

'ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY' Independent

Winner of the World Fantasy Award and longlisted for the Booker and Folio Prizes

'A triumph'
Guardian

'Fantastical'
Observer

'Epic'
Evening Standard

'Mind-spinning'
Independent on Sunday

'Dazzling'
New York Times

The internationally bestselling novel from the author of Cloud Atlas, at once the kaleidoscopic story of an unusual woman's life, a metaphysical thriller and a profound meditation on mortality and survival

Run away, one drowsy summer's afternoon, with Holly Sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflict.

Over six decades, the consequences of a moment's impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imagining. And as life in the near future turns perilous, the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family's survival . . .


PRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELL

'A thrilling and gifted writer'
Financial Times

'Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good'
Daily Mail

'Mitchell is, clearly, a genius'
New York Times Book Review

'An author of extraordinary ambition and skill'
Independent on Sunday

'A superb storyteller'
The New Yorker

The Bone Clocks

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Sarah Winman

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK

WINNER OF DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021

WINNER OF THE INWORDS LITERARY AWARD

'Sheer joy' Graham Norton

'Utterly beautiful ... filled with hope' Joanna Cannon, author of Three Things About Elsie

'A gorgeous, generous story of kind hearts and kindred spirits' Daily Mirror

From the author of When God was a Rabbit and Tin Man, Still Life is a big-hearted story of the families we forge and the friendships that make us.

1944, Italy. As bombs fall around them, two strangers meet in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa and share an extraordinary evening.

Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner a 64-year-old art historian living life on her own terms. She has come to salvage paintings from the wreckage of war and relive memories of her youth when her heart was stolen by an Italian maid in a particular room with a view. Ulysses' chance encounter with Evelyn will transform his life - and all those who love him back home in London - forever.

Uplifting, sweeping and full of unforgettable characters, Still Life is a novel about beauty, love, family and friendship.

'THE most beautiful book ... it will stay with me a long time' Sara Cox, BBC Two's Between the Covers

'Extraordinary . . . my book of the year' Liz Nugent, author of Our Little Cruelties

'Moving, wise, poetic and funny' Daily Mail

'Winman's pages teem with boisterous, exuberant life' Sunday Times

Sunday Times bestseller 09/06/2021

Still Life

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Bernardine Evaristo

THE SUNDAY TIMES 1# BESTSELLER & BOOKER PRIZE WINNER

BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR & FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020

'The most absorbing book I read all year.' Roxane Gay
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This is Britain as you've never read it.
This is Britain as it has never been told.

From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twenty-first, Girl, Woman, Other follows a cast of twelve characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years. They're each looking for something - a shared past, an unexpected future, a place to call home, somewhere to fit in, a lover, a missed mother, a lost father, even just a touch of hope . . .
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'[Bernardine Evaristo] is one of the very best that we have' Nikesh Shukla on Twitter

'A choral love song to black womanhood in modern Great Britain' Elle

'Beautifully interwoven stories of identity, race, womanhood, and the realities of modern Britain. The characters are so vivid, the writing is beautiful and it brims with humanity' Nicola Sturgeon on Twitter

'Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life' Ali Smith, author of How to be both

'Exceptional. You have to order it right now' Stylist

'Sparkling, inventive' Sunday Times

Girl, Woman, Other

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Isabel Cañas

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Hacienda

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Christopher Paolini

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Paolini. Kira Navárez dreamed of finding life on new worlds. Now she has awakened a nightmare. While exploring a distant planet, she discovers an alien relic that thrusts her into an epic journey of transformation and discovery. Her odyssey will carry her to the far reaches of the galaxy. Earth and her colonies are on the brink of annihilation. One woman. The will to survive. The hope of humanity. This epic novel follows Kira Navárez, who, during a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, finds an alien relic that thrusts her into the wonders and the nightmares of first contact. Epic space battles for the fate of humanity take her to the farthest reaches of the galaxy and, in the process, transform not only her ? but the entire course of history.

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

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Like new, but it has personalized book stamp

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Waterstones edition 

The House in the Cerulean Sea

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Waterstones edition

Under the Whispering Door

Samantha Shannon

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREEA dreamer who can start a revolutionFor the past two hundred years the Scion government has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in London.Clairvoyance in all its forms has been decreed a criminal offence, and those who practise it viciously punished. Forced underground, a clairvoyant underworld has developed, combating persecution and evading capture.Paige Mahoney, a powerful dreamwalker operating in the Seven Dials district of London, leads a double life, using her unnaturalness illegally while hiding her gift from her father, who works for the Scion regime...This beautiful new edition includes the prequel novella, The Pale Dreamer

The Bone Season

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Marie O'Regan

An Anthology of Dark Fairy Tales

Twenty curses, old and new, from bestselling fantasy authors such as Neil Gaiman, Karen Joy Fowler, Christina Henry, M.R. Carey and Charlie Jane Anders.

ALL THE BETTER TO READ YOU WITHIt's a prick of blood, the bite of an apple, the evil eye, a wedding ring or a pair of red shoes. Curses come in all shapes and sizes, and they can happen to anyone, not just those of us with unpopular stepparents... Here you'll find unique twists on curses, from fairy tale classics to brand-new hexes of the modern world - expect new monsters and mythologies as well as twists on well-loved fables. Stories to shock and stories of warning, stories of monsters and stories of magic.TWENTY TIMELESS FOLKTALES, NEW AND OLDNEIL GAIMANJANE YOLENKAREN JOY FOWLERM.R. CAREYCHRISTINA HENRYCHRISTOPHER GOLDENTIM LEBBONMICHAEL MARSHALL SMITHCHARLIE JANE ANDERS   JEN WILLIAMSCATRIONA WARD    JAMES BROGDENMAURA McHUGH   ANGELA SLATTERLILLITH SAINTCROWCHRISTOPHER FOWLERALISON LITTLEWOODMARGO LANAGAN

Cursed

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Short Fictions and Disturbances

From one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved storytellers of our time comes a major new collection of stories, now available in a pulp-inspired mass market edition with cover art by renowned artist Robert McGinnis!



In this wide-ranging collection of short fiction, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal the enigmatic, shadowy world that lies beneath. This rich compendium features stories and poetry that transport us deep into the realm of imagination--where the fantastical becomes real and the everyday incandescent--including an original American Gods novella in which Shadow Moon finds himself drawn into the dark and murderous mystery of the "Black Dog" in the English Peak District.

Horror and ghost stories, speculative fiction and fairy tales, fabulism and verse--all combine to illustrate the strength and breadth of Gaiman's storytelling mastery and cement his reputation as one of the finest writers at work today.

Trigger Warning

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Stephen King

Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher--for that world or ours.

Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself--and his dad. When Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it.

Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his heart to Radar. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape telling a story no one would believe. What Bowditch knows, and has kept secret all his long life, is that inside the shed is a portal to another world.

King's storytelling in Fairy Tale soars. This is a magnificent and terrifying tale in which good is pitted against overwhelming evil, and a heroic boy--and his dog--must lead the battle.

Early in the Pandemic, King asked himself: "What could you write that would make you happy?"

"As if my imagination had been waiting for the question to be asked, I saw a vast deserted city--deserted but alive. I saw the empty streets, the haunted buildings, a gargoyle head lying overturned in the street. I saw smashed statues (of what I didn't know, but I eventually found out). I saw a huge, sprawling palace with glass towers so high their tips pierced the clouds. Those images released the story I wanted to tell."

Fairy Tale

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This tie-in edition will be available from 16 July

TIE IN TO A NEW MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, IT: CHAPTER 2, ADAPTED FROM KING'S TERRIFYING CLASSIC

27 years later, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back...

Derry, Maine was just an ordinary town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part, a good place to live.

It was a group of children who saw- and felt- what made Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurked, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread. Sometimes IT appeared as an evil clown named Pennywise and sometimes IT reached up, seizing, tearing, killing . . .

Time passed and the children grew up, moved away and forgot. THEN they are called back, once more to confront IT as IT stirs and coils in the sullen depths of their memories, emerging again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality...

'They'll float...and when you're down here with me, you'll float too'

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Scarlett St. Clair

Hades X Persephone Bookish Box

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Flesh and Fire Bookish Box

Olivia Wildenstein

House of Beating Wings

Allison Carr Waechter

The Hollow Plane

Scarlett St. Clair

A Touch of Darkness

John M. Ford; Neil Gaiman

Aspects

Henry James; Ronald Blythe; Patricia Crick

The Awkward Age

Jules Verne; Michael Glencross; Brian Aldiss

Around the World in Eighty Days

A. K. Larkwood

The Unspoken Name: the Serpent Gates Book 1

Thilde Kold Holdt

Northern Wrath

Thilde Kold Holdt

Shackled Fates

Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

David Mitchell

The Bone Clocks

Sarah Winman

Still Life

Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Isabel Cañas

The Hacienda

Christopher Paolini

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

TJ Klune

The House in the Cerulean Sea

TJ Klune

Under the Whispering Door

Samantha Shannon

The Bone Season

Marie O'Regan

Cursed

Neil Gaiman

Trigger Warning

Stephen King

Fairy Tale

Stephen King

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