Fractal Noise

Jane Glover

An expertly researched and vividly written account of Mozart's formative trips to Italy, from the author of Mozart's Women and Handel in London. ...

Ed Winters

An empowering and deeply informative book - Moby NEW UPDATED EDITION Challenge their beliefs; change the world If you are a vegan, you'll know all too well how provocative it can be - you never know when you'll be challenged or how. But being able to face down and rebut arguments against veganism is hugely important. Not just because many of the arguments lack substance, but ...

Ferdia Lennon

Ancient Sicily. Enter GELON- visionary, dreamer, theatre lover. Enter LAMPO- lovesick, jobless, in need of a distraction. Imprisoned in the quarries of Syracuse, thousands of defeated Athenians hang on by the thinnest of threads. They're fading in the baking heat, but not everything is lost- they can still recite lines from Greek tragedy when tempted by Lampo and Gelon with g...

Martha Wells

The adventures of Murderbot continue in novellas three and four, collected in paperback for the first time!"Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many moral dilemmas?" Science fiction's favorite antisocial A.I. is back in Rogue Protocol! The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginnin...

Orlando Murrin

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE VAL McDERMID DEBUT AWARD 2024** Richard Osman meets MasterChef. In this cookery school, murder is on the menu... 'If Agatha Christie were to go on Masterchef, this novel would be the result.' Clare Pooley 'A deliciously dark slice of murder and mystery.' Chris Whitaker A recipe for disaster. When chef Paul Delamare takes a job teaching at an exclusive r...

Colin Barrett

**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION AWARD 2024** 'Beautiful...brings to life an entire world' SALLY ROONEY 'Sublime... A thrillingly moreish novel' SUNDAY TIMES * It's the biggest weekend of the year and everything is about to change - the thrilling debut novel from the prize-winning author. In Ballina, the simmering fe...

Christopher Paolini

The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror. Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air...

Christopher Paolini

'Action-packed SF adventure that zings along at hyperluminal speed' - Peter F. Hamilton Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction Novel To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a masterful epic science fiction novel from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the Inheritance Cycle, Christopher Paolini. Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds. Now she's awake...

Christopher Paolini

Relish the incomparable imagination of Christopher Paolini in this thrilling collection of stories based in the world of the Inheritance Cycle. It's been a year since Eragon departed Alagaësia in search of the perfect home to train a new generation of Dragon Riders. Now he is struggling with an endless sea of tasks: constructing a vast dragonhold, wrangling with suppliers, guar...

Christopher Paolini

La 4ème de couverture indique : Not so very long ago, Eragon - Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider - was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now, the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders. Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still t...

Christopher Paolini

Not so very long ago, Eragon - Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider - was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now, the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders. ...

Christopher Paolini

Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors, Eragon & Saphira narrowly escaped with their lives. But more awaits the Rider & his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by promises he may not be able to keep, including his oath to cousin Roran to help rescue his beloved Katrina. ...