John Ayto January 1, 1989 by Longman

Michele Roberts In her place as maid to Madame Patin in the cafe next to the sea, orphan Genevieve becomes the breathless audience for her mistress's alarming folk stories, beginning...

Nicholas EvansHelen Ross is a 29-year-old biologist, sent into a hostile place to protect the wolves from those who seek to destroy them. She struggles for survival and for self-esteem,...

Ivan Vladislavic“Not writing is always a relief and sometimes a pleasure. Writing about what cannot be written, by contrast, is the devil’s own job.”In this unusual text, a blend of...

Daniel Mendelsohn In this rich and riveting narrative, a writer's search for the truth behind his family's tragic past in World War II becomes a remarkably original epic--part memoir, part...

Ruiyan XuA dazzling debut novel about the power of love and language...Li Jing, a successful, happily married businessman, is dining at a grand hotel in Shanghai when a gas explosion...

Dave Pelzer   Dave Pelzer's sequel to million-copy bestseller A CHILD CALLED 'IT' As a child, Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his mother. The world knew nothing...

Author: Preston and Child Gideon Crew--brilliant scientist, master thief--is living on borrowed time. When his mysterious employer, Eli Glinn, gives him an eyebrow-raising mission, he has no reason to refuse....

Minnie Darke A feel-good romantic comedy by the author of Star-crossed, perfect for anyone who loves David Nicholls, Marian Keyes and Jojo Moyes.Arie and Diana were destined to be together.Arie falls...

Zecharia Sitchin The gods who came before ColumbusIn the sixteenth century, Spanish conquerors came to the New World in search of El Dorado, the fabled city of gold. Instead, they...

Dan Brown   In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world's most popular thriller writer. The...

Ann MahSweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this page-turning novel about a woman who returns to her family’s ancestral vineyard in Burgundy and unexpectedly uncovers a lost diary, an unknown relative,...