Samuel West

Half of London pours into Brighton on a Bank holiday, and one man dies on the beach. On the surface there is no mystery, but one woman senses a murder, and through her we meet Pinkie and are introduced to the labyrinth of sordid vice lying behind the esplanade at Brighton.

Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett's breakthrough international bestseller, is a heart-racingly exciting tale about the fate of the war resting in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and a brave woman.

Victory Hangs in the Balance
1944. In the weeks leading up to D-Day the Allies are disguising their invasion plans with elaborate decoys of ships and planes. If they can land a force on mainland Europe they will gain the upper hand in a war that has ravaged the world for years, and take the fight to the Nazi menace.

A Cold-blooded Killer
His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: The Needle. He is Hitler's prize undercover agent - a ruthless and professional murderer. In England he uncovers the Allies' D-Day plans but his cover is blown in the process.

A Deadly Chase
Leaving a trail of bodies in his wake, The Needle ruthlessly races to a U-boat waiting to convey him and his critical message to Germany, with MI5 on his tail. But he hasn't planned for a storm-battered island and the remarkable young woman who lives there . . .

From the immensity of the universe and the roundness of Earth, to the form of every single snowflake, the forces of nature shape everything we see. Here, Professor Brian Cox uncovers some of the most extraordinary natural events on Earth and in the universe and beyond.

From the immensity of the universe and the roundness of Earth, to the form of every single snowflake, the forces of nature shape everything we see. Here, Professor Brian Cox uncovers some of the most extraordinary natural events on Earth and in the universe and beyond.

Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Professor Brian Cox tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the Universe in which we live.

Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Professor Brian Cox tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the Universe in which we live.

The Arctic sea ice has melted and the passengers of the Vanir have come seeking a polar bear, but what they find is a dead body… It is Tom Harding who was lost in an accident three years ago. But as the inquest into Tom's death begins, the choices he made are put on the stand.

Christopher is stunned when he discovers a passage to the Archipelago: a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures of myth still live and breed and thrive in their thousands. There he meets Mal: a girl from the islands, who is in possession of a flying coat and a baby griffin, and who is being pursued by a killer. Together they embark on an urgent quest to discover why the creatures are suddenly perishing, voyaging across the wild splendour of the Archipelago, where sphinxes hold secrets and centaurs do murder, in a bid to save both the islands and the world beyond them from a rising evil - before it's too late.

Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox take us on a voyage of discovery, from the fiery heart of our Solar System, to its mysterious outer reaches. They touch on the latest discoveries that have expanded our knowledge of the planets, their moons and how they come to be. Along the way we will meet all eight of the major planets, and a mysterious as yet unseen world way out beyond the Kuiper belt....

Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox take us on a voyage of discovery, from the fiery heart of our Solar System, to its mysterious outer reaches. They touch on the latest discoveries that have expanded our knowledge of the planets, their moons and how they come to be. Along the way we will meet all eight of the major planets, and a mysterious as yet unseen world way out beyond the Kuiper belt....

Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe.

In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley - aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless - is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state.

As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is assigned to investigate a leak of top secret documents - and suddenly what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that will alter the course of political history.

Jake Donaghue is a drifting, clever young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging off his friends. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher, Hugo Belfounder, whose profound and inconclusive reflections give the book its title - under the net of language.

This is the story of a 13-year-old English boy who travels to Paris with his mother who is to translate a book. Lewis Little is growing up, sometimes faltering between becoming a man and sliding back into the insecurities of childhood.

We are unprepared for the greatest discovery of modern science. Scientists are confident that there is alien life across the universe yet we have not moved beyond our perception of 'aliens' as Hollywood stereotypes. The time has come to abandon our fixation on alien monsters and place our expectations on solid scientific footing. Using his own expert understanding of life on Earth and Darwin's theory of evolution - which applies throughout the universe - Cambridge zoologist Dr Arik Kershenbaum explains what alien life must be like.

Observing fishes whose electrical pulses indicate social status, we can see that conditions on other planets might allow for communication by electricity. As there was evolutionary pressure to wriggle along a sea floor, Earthling animals tend to have left/right symmetry; on planets where creatures evolved mid-air or in soupy tar - to be ready to move in any or multiple directions - they might be lacking any symmetry at all. Dr Kershenbaum uses cutting-edge science to paint an entertaining and compelling picture of extra-terrestrial life. Moreover, as The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy is the story of communication, intelligence, cooperation and technology, on Earth and in space, we see how life really works - and what it means to be human.