Sceptre

The Circus has already suffered a bad defeat, and the result was two bullets in a man's back. But a bigger threat still exists. The legendary George Smiley is recruited to root out a high-level mode of thirty years' standing - though to find him means spying on the spies....

A fascinating retelling of Oskar Schindler's extraordinary story and how it came to the world's attention through Thomas Keneally's Booker Prize-winning novel and the subsequent multiple Oscar-winning film, Schindler's ListThe extraordinary tale of Oskar Schindler, the Aryan who saved hundreds of Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland, is now legendary, but...

Prepare to be chilled, electrified and entertained - a gem of a novel from 'one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any country' (Independent)....

The Secrets of Perfect Decision-Making, based on the million-copy bestselling book.The Secrets of Perfect Decision-Making, based on the million-copy bestselling book.Have you ever...· Invested time in something that, with hindsight, just wasn't worth it?· Overpaid in an eBay auction?· Continued doing something you knew was bad for you?· Sold stocks...

Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots - joggers, neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly and shop assistants who talk in code.But isn't it rare, these days, to find such old-fashioned clarity of belief and deed? Such unswerving conviction about what the world should be, and a...

Presents a part thriller, part satire, part memorial to a dead child, showing an east-end woman trying every way she can to climb out of despair, and a society in the grip of fear and self-interest. This book has a story in which everyone is compromised - where personal betrayals reflect national ones, and Britain's class system is a ticking bomb....