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<p>An introduction to the weird and unsettling world of H.P. Lovecraft, master and pioneer of horror.</p><p>Between these pages you will find things that lurk, things that scurry in the walls, things that move unseen, things that have learnt to walk that ought to crawl, unfathomable blackness, unconquerable evil, inhuman impulses, abnormal bodies, ancient rites, nameless lands best left undiscovered, thoughts best left unspoken, doors best left closed, names best forgotten.</p><p>You have been warned. </p>

Colour your way through the year with this stunning, diary edition of the bestselling The Moomin Colouring Book. Perfect for recording your thoughts and activities, with inspiring quotes and moments of Moomin wisdom to guide you through even the bleakest months. The Moomin Colouring Diary is full of beautiful illustrations of Tove Jansson's beloved characters to colour in. This is a stylish and portable diary, featuring artwork from the coveted archive of Moomin creator, Tove Jansson.

<p></p><b>THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING CLASSIC SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES</b><br/><b>'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' </b><i>DAILY MIRROR</i><br/><br/>This is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive, <i>SHOGUN</i> is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world.<br/><br/>Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores, the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the hights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.<br/><br/><b>'I can't remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one. It's irresistable, maybe unforgettable. Clavell creates a world so enveloping you forget who and where you are' </b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i>

Available for the first time in one volume, this is the definitive collection of Tolkien's five acclaimed modern classic 'fairie' tales in the vein of 'The Hobbit', fully corrected and reset for this edition and all beautifully illustrated in pencil by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee.

Mrs Fry's Diary [Bok / Pocket]

<p><i><b>Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen. </b></i><br/><br/><b>'Erotic and absorbing . . . Written with startling power' <i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br/><br/>Nan King, an oyster girl, is captivated by the music hall phenomenon Kitty Butler, a male impersonator extraordinaire treading the boards in Canterbury. Through a friend at the box office, Nan manages to visit all her shows and finally meet her heroine. Soon after, she becomes Kitty's dresser and the two head for the bright lights of Leicester Square where they begin a glittering career as music-hall stars in an all-singing and dancing double act. At the same time, behind closed doors, they admit their attraction to each other and their affair begins.</p>

<p>Discover Toni Morrison's most iconic work in this Pulitzer-prize winning novel that exemplifies her powerful and important place in contemporary American literature.</p><p>'An American masterpiece' AS Byatt</p><p>It is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming to an end, Sethe is haunted by the violent trauma it wrought on her former enslaved life at Sweet Home, Kentucky. Her dead baby daughter, whose tombstone bears the single word, Beloved, returns as a spectre to punish her mother, but also to elicit her love.</p><p>Told with heart-stopping clarity, melding horror and beauty, Beloved is Toni Morrison's enduring masterpiece.</p><p>'Toni Morrison was a giant of her times and ours..."Beloved," is a heartbreaking testimony to the ongoing ravages of slavery, and should be read by all' Margaret Atwood, New York Times</p><p>'The literary titan we must never stop learning from' Metro</p><p>Winner of the PEN/Saul Bellow award for achievement in American fiction</p><p>**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**</p>