The King Of Christmas

John Polidori

A triptych of vampire stories to make your blood run cold, in a Little Black Classics edition 'Twilight, in these southern climates, is almost unknown; immediately the sun sets, night begins' Danger lurks in the dead of night. Written during the infamous gathering that also produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, John Polidori's short story 'The Vampyre' travels across countrie...

Lynn Painter

An American football star and a die-hard fan make an unforgettable match in this new laugh-out-loud rom-com from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lynn Painter. PRE-ORDER NOW. 'Lynn Painter at her funniest!' Haley Pham 'I dare you not to fall in love with Lynn Painter's writing' Ali Hazelwood -- Will this fake date become their first--and forever--win? Duffy loves three t...

Neil Blackmore

'An absolute gem. Dark, funny and iconoclastic' THE TIMES 'Razor-sharp and deeply unsettling while being endlessly entertaining. A triumph.' JENNIE GODFREY, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS 'A delicious, literary feast. A wickedly funny and sharply relevant novel of duplicity and betrayal with a glittering cast of literary greats.' ANNA MAZZOLA, author of THE BOOK OF S...

Robin Wall Kimmerer

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, an inspiring vision of how to reorient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and community As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she as...

Holly Jackson

PRE-ORDER THE HOTTEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR. Get ready for the unmissable new thriller from the #1 internationally bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 'This truly unique premise snowballs into a roller coaster ride of page-turning suspense and knock-out twists!' Freida McFadden 'A thrilling, twisting, heartbreaker. Holly Jackson's adult debut is fresh, fun and...

Elle Kennedy

Original Series coming soon on Prime Video Welcome to Briar U! Get ready for your newest obsession . . . Discover the addictive world of the Off-Campus series from The Queen of Hockey Romance, Elle Kennedy! Read The Deal now for the perfect fake-dating romance! She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy . . . Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on....

Carol Ann Duffy

'Carol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our time, and Rapture is essential reading for the broken-hearted of all ages' - Rose Tremain, author of The Road Home and Absolutely and Forever Rapture, the T.S Eliot Prize-winning collection from former Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom Carol Ann Duffy, is a book-length love-poem, and a moving act of personal test...

Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy has been a bold and original voice in British poetry since the publication of Standing Female Nude in 1985. Since then she has won every major poetry prize in the United Kingdom and sold over one million copies of her books around the world. She was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009.Her first Collected Poems includes all of the poems from her nine acclaimed volume...

Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy

All the lights were on at the Moon Under Waterand the landlord, an Owl, was slowly pulling a pintto test his ale. Toothsome. It was Christmas Eveand the fire in the ancient grate gargled its flames . . .A horse walks into a bar. A hedgehog plays the piano. An owl mulls a flagon of wine. On Christmas Eve at the Moon Under Water, anything is possible, so when the landlord announc...

Carol Ann Duffy

Who? Him. The Husband. Hero. Hunk. The Boy Next Door. The Paramour. The Je t'adore. Behind every famous man is a great woman--and from the quick-tongued Mrs. Darwin to the lascivious Frau Freud, from the adoring Queen Kong to the long-suffering wife of the Devil himself, each one steps from her counterpart's shadow to tell her side of the story in this irresistible collection. ...

Carol Ann Duffy

Following in the tradition of 'Mrs Scrooge' and 'Another Night Before Christmas', Carol Ann Duffy offers us another charming and original festive poem. ...