Hodder & Stoughton

The History of Ireland New Edition

Taking you from ancient Ireland to modern day conflicts, this book gives you an understanding of the background to events that have dominated the headlines. It addresses the developments in Ireland, including the...

The Killing Kind

The Looking Glass War

The Department has faded since the war, effectively mothballed, without agents or resources. But now, with intelligence of a possible missile threat, it again has a mission. This is a chance to prove its influence to...

The Last Dragonslayer

In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g. Then the magic started fading away. Fifteen-year-old Jennifer...

The Leopard Sword: Empire IV

The Language Wars. A History of Proper English

The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been acrimonious, and those involved have always really been contesting values - to do with morality, politics and...

The Mammoth Hunters

The Mission Song

Hailed everywhere as a masterpiece of suspense, John le Carre`s return to Africa is the story of Bruno Salvador (aka Salvo), the 25-year-old orphaned love child of an Irish missionary and a Congolese woman. Quickly...

The Naughtiest Girl Keeps a Secret

Elizabeth intends never to be naughty again. But when John entrusts her with his secret, the naughtiest girl finds herself in deeper trouble than

The Naughtiest Girl Again

The naughtiest girl in the school is back! And this term she`s trying to be good. But someone wants to spoil things for her. And they`re not going to let her forget how she got her nickname!

The Naughtiest Girl Saves the Day

When some school strawberry plants are vandalised, a lost shoe buckle at the scene of the crime leads straight to the Naughtiest Girl. It is hers, but how did it get there - and why would anyone want to pin the blame...

The Naive and Sentimental Lover

Aldo Cassidy is the naive and sentimental lover. A successful, judicious man, he is wrenched away from the ordered certainties of his life by a sudden encounter with Shamus, a wild, carousing artist and Helen, his...

The Naughtiest Girl Helps a Friend

How can the naughtiest girl be good at camp with horrible Arabella in the very same tent? Especially when she`s busy stirring up trouble for Elizabeth`s best friend,

The Other Hand

The Plains of Passage

The Peacock Emporium

The Parisians Return’

The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs

Mary Gilmour feels as though her life is going down a plug hole clogged with cornflakes and Play-Doh. Her job is part time but housework is full time, and she has no time at all for her two young sons. Mary is...

The Poison Tree

It is the sweltering summer of 1997, and Karen is a strait-laced, straight-A university student. When she meets the impossibly glamorous Biba, a bohemian orphan who lives in a crumbling old mansion in Highgate with...

The Regulators

Wentworth, Ohio: a small friendly town where the Carver children bicker over sweets in the E-Z shop and writer Johnny Marinville is the only resident who minds his own business. On Poplar Street, apart from the...

The Reapers

They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And...

The Running Man

It`s not just a game when you`re running for your life. Every night they tuned in to the nation`s favourite prime-time TV game show. They all watched, from the sprawling slums to the security-obsessed enclaves of the...

The Stand

There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. Described by John Connolly as 'utterly compelling' and by the Daily Express as an author 'who can create an...

The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English

Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, French or...

The Shelters of Stone