Aelfred's Britain: War and Peace in the Viking Age Max Adams (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 512pp h198mm x w129mm B&w and colour illustrations ISBN13: 9781784080310 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-031-0 ISBN10: 1784080314 EAN: 9781784080310 x Description: In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Anglia, precipitating a series of wars that would last until the middle of the following century. It was in this time of crisis that the modern kingdoms of Britain were born. In their responses to the Viking threat, these kingdoms forged their identities as hybrid cultures: vibrant and entrepreneurial peoples adapting to instability and opportunity. Traditionally, AElfred the Great is cast as the central player in the story of Viking Age Britain. But Max Adams, while stressing the genius of AElfred as war leader, law-giver, and forger of the English nation, has a more nuanced and variegated narrative to relate. The Britain encountered by the Scandinavians of the ninth and tenth centuries was one of regional diversity and self-conscious cultural identities: of Picts, Dal Riatans and Strathclyde Britons; of Bernicians and Deirans, East Anglians, Mercians and West Saxons. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In the Land of Giants Max Adams (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Jul 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm b/w illus + 3x8pp col ISBN13: 9781784080334 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-033-4 ISBN10: 1784080330 EAN: 9781784080334 x Description: The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain (410) and the death of Alfred the Great (899) have left few voices save a handful of chroniclers, but Britain's `Dark Ages' can still be explored through their material remnants: buildings, books, metalwork, and, above all, landscapes. Max Adams explores Britain's lost early medieval past by walking its paths and exploring its lasting imprint on valley, hill and field. From York to Whitby, from London to Sutton Hoo, from Edinburgh to Anglesey and from Hadrian's Wall to Loch Tay, each of his ten walk narratives form both free-standing chapters and parts of a wider portrait of a Britain of fort and fyrd, crypt and crannog, church and causeway, holy well and memorial stone. Part travelogue, part expert reconstruction, IN THE LAND OF GIANTS offers a beautifully written insight into the lives of peasants, drengs, ceorls, thanes, monks and kings during an enigmatic but richly exciting period of our island's history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Victim Without a Face Stefan Ahnhem (Author) Rachel Willson-Broyles (Translated by) Series:
A Fabian Risk Thriller 1
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Jan 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 580pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784975494 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-549-4 ISBN10: 1784975494 EAN: 9781784975494
x Description: A KILLER WITH A MESSAGE. Two men are dead. Both had been bullies at school. A single clue has been found at the scene: a class photo from 1982, with two faces neatly crossed out. A DETECTIVE WHO CAN'T LET GO. Fabian Risk is the lead detective on the case. He's also one of the children in the photograph. He thought he'd left his schooldays behind. Now his classmates are dying for the sins of their childhood... CAN YOU EVER HIDE FROM JUSTICE? 'More gripping than Jo Nesbo' Tony Parsons. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Ninth Grave Stefan Ahnhem (Author) Paul Norlen (Translated by) Series:
A Fabian Risk Thriller 2
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jan 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 580pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784975531 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-553-1 ISBN10: 1784975532 EAN: 9781784975531 x Description: TWO COUNTRIES IN THE GRIP OF WINTER. On the coldest day of the year, Sweden's Minister for Justice steps out of Parliament House and into a blizzard - and disappears. That same night, across the Baltic Sea, a Danish celebrity finds a stranger lurking in her snow-bound home. TWO KILLERS STALK THE STREETS. One is a surgeon who carefully dissects his victims. The other is a brutal predator who targets women. Police in Stockholm and Copenhagen are closing in on their suspects. But as winter darkens and more people die, their investigations begin to unravel. SOMETIMES MURDER IS JUST THE BEGINNING... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Eighteen Below Stefan Ahnhem (Author) Series:
A Fabian Risk Thriller 3
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
20 Dec 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 580pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784975579 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-557-9 ISBN10: 1784975575 EAN: 9781784975579 x Description: ON A HOT SUMMER'S DAY. The police chase a speeding car through the streets of Helsingborg. When they reach the quay, the driver keeps going, straight into the cold, dark water. A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. The body recovered from the wreck is Peter Brise, a wealthy tech entrepreneur. Fabian Risk and his team are confident this is a suicide. Young, rich,
successful, Brise just didn't know how to ask for help. TURNS EVERTHING A LITTLE COLDER... But then the autopsy reveals something unexpected. Brise was already dead when his car crashed. He'd been brutally murdered two months ago. His body was frozen in perfect condition, at eighteen degrees below zero... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Meg Steve Alten (Author) Series:
Megalodon 1
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 290pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786695741 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-574-1 ISBN10: 178669574X EAN: 9781786695741 x Description: On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean's deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor found himself face-to-face with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. The sole survivor of the mission, Taylor is haunted by what he's sure he saw but still can't prove exists - Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. Written off as a crackpot suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Taylor refuses to forget the depths that nearly cost him his life. But it takes an old friend in need to get him to return to the water, and a hotshot female submarine pilot to dare him back into a high-tech miniature sub. Diving deeper than he ever has before, Taylor will face terror like he's never imagined, and what he finds could turn the tides bloody red until the end of time. MEG is about to surface. When she does, nothing and no one is going to be safe, and Jonas must face his greatest fear once again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bosnian Chronicle Ivo Andric (Author) Michael Schmidt (Introduction by) Celia Hawkesworth (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Apr 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784971120 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-112-0 ISBN10: 178497112X EAN: 9781784971120 x Description: For as long as anyone can remember, the little cafe known as 'Lutvo's' has stood at the far end of the Travnik bazaar. In the remote town of Travnik, the newly appointed French consul soon finds himself intriguing against his Austrian rival, whilst dealing with a colourful cast of Bosnian notables, Orthodox priests, Jewish merchanges and Muslim farmers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Death of the Fronsac: A Novel Neal Ascherson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786694393 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-439-3 ISBN10: 1786694395 EAN: 9781786694393 x Description: This is an unforgettable recreation of life in wartime, and of the tragic fate of Poland in the twentieth century: a novel about sabotage, betrayal and the terrible sadness of exile. In 1940, during the Phoney War, a French destroyer blows up in the Firth of Clyde. The disaster is witnessed by Jackie, a young girl who, for a time, thinks she caused the explosion by running away that day from school; by her mother Helen, a spirited woman married to a dreary young officer; and by a Polish officer, whose country has just been erased from the map by Hitler and Stalin. Their lives, and the lives of many others, are changed by the death of the Fronsac. This is a story about divided loyalties, treachery and exile; about people in flight from the destinies that seemed to be theirs before the war disrupted the world they knew. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Tangled Lands Paolo Bacigalupi (Author) Tobias S. Buckell (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788544771 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-477-1 ISBN10: 1788544773 EAN: 9781788544771 x Description: Khaim clings to life. Flooded with refugees and slowly starving, the last city of a once-great empire is surrounded by a choking thicket of toxic bramble. This is a world poisoned by magic. Every time a spell is cast, the bramble advances, sprouting in tilled fields and roof beams, thrusting up from between cobblestones and bursting forth from sacks of powdered spice. A bit of magic, and bramble follows. A little at first, and then more until whole cities are dragged down under tangling vines. Armies hack and burn... but in a world that can't give up magic's sweet succour, the bramble can't be stopped. Or can it? After ten years of research, an alchemist believes he has found a potent new weapon to wield against the bramble. His invention promises freedom from fear, freedom from hunger, freedom from the rule of Khaim's tyrant, the Jolly Mayor. But these are twisted times - there are no easy answers, only unforeseen consequences... Award-winning authors Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell have created a radical and darkly relevant fantasy, conjuring the collapse of a civilization, smothered by its addictions. This is a world of glittering memories and a desperate present, where everyone uses just a little magic... and someone else always pays the price. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars Yaba Badoe (Author) Series:
Edition:
ANZ only
Imprint:
Zephyr
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
21 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h210mm x w130mm ISBN13: 9781786697981 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-798-1 ISBN10: 178669798X EAN: 9781786697981 x Description: A powerful, haunting, contemporary debut that steps seamlessly from the horrors of people-trafficking to the magic of African folklore, by an award-winning Ghanaian-British filmmaker. Sante was a baby when she was washed ashore in a sea-chest laden with treasure. It seems she is the sole survivor of the tragic sinking of a ship carrying migrants and refugees. Her people. Fourteen years on she's a member of Mama Rose's unique and dazzling circus. But, from their watery grave, the unquiet dead are calling Sante to avenge them: A bamboo flute. A golden bangle. A ripening mango which must not fall... ... are these the missing pieces of the jigsaw which will tell Sante's story? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Redemption of Time Baoshu (Author) Ken Liu (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
19 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788542210 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-221-0 ISBN10: 1788542215 EAN: 9781788542210 x Description: At the end of the fourth year of the Crisis Era, Yun Tianming, riddled with cancer, chose to end his life. His decision was the first step in a journey that would take him to the end of the universe and beyond. His brain was extracted from his body, flash frozen, put aboard a spacecraft and launched on a trajectory that will intercept the Trisolarian First Fleet in a few centuries. It is a desperate plan, almost certain to fail. But there is an infinitesimal chance that one day Tianming may, somehow, be able to send valuable information back to Earth. And so he does. His broadcasts from the Trisolarian fleet reveal the secrets of faster than light propulsion and the ultimate defence of black domains. This is Tianming's story. It reveals what happened to him when he was intercepted by the Trisolarians. It reveals the true nature of the struggle that has created the universal 'dark forest', and the ultimate fate of the Universe... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Meaning of Birds Simon Barnes (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm 50 integrated b&w illustrations ISBN13: 9781788542814 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-281-4 ISBN10: 1788542819 EAN: 9781788542814 x Description: One of our most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live in. As well as exploring how birds achieve the miracle of flight; why birds sing; what they tell us about the seasons of the year and what their presence tells us about the places they inhabit, The Meaning of Birds muses on the uses of feathers, the drama of raptors, the slaughter of pheasants, the infidelities of geese, and the strangeness of feeling sentimental about blue tits while enjoying a chicken sandwich. From the mocking-birds of the Galapagos who guided Charles Darwin toward his evolutionary theory, to the changing patterns of migration that alert us to the reality of contemporary climate change, Simon Barnes explores both the intrinsic wonder of what it is to be a bird - and the myriad ways in which birds can help us understand the meaning of life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Conjuror John Barrowman (Author) Carole Barrowman (Author) Series:
Orion Chronicles 1
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 May 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h210mm x w130mm ISBN13: 9781781856383 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-638-3 ISBN10: 1781856389 EAN: 9781781856383 x Description: Imagination is a powerful thing. There are three things in this world that seventeen-year-old Remy would guard with his life: his gold pendant, his blues harmonica and his mother's journal. This is all he has left of his murdered family. And he believes these objects will lead him to their killers. Remy can't hunt them down alone. He needs Matt and Em Calder, twins who can bring art to life and travel through paintings. For, like them, Remy has supernatural powers. He is a Conjuror, descendant of an ancient bloodline that can change reality with music. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nephilim John Barrowman (Author) Carole Barrowman (Author) Series:
Orion Chronicles 2
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
02 Nov 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781856437 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-643-7 ISBN10: 1781856435 EAN: 9781781856437 x Description: Seventeen-year-old Remy is a Conjuror - someone who can alter reality with his music. But such a talent comes with a price. He and his superpowered friends, Matt and Em Calder, are engaged in a dangerous battle to save humanity as we know it. If they are to succeed, they must first decide who to trust. An amoral seventeenth-century artist? A heavily-tattooed Chicago gangster? Or a nephilim,
half angel and half human, with silver-flecked wings? But time is running out. They must take action soon. For where fallen angels rule, chaos will reign. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb Neal Bascomb (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
04 May 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784977054 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-705-4 ISBN10: 1784977055 EAN: 9781784977054 x Description: It's 1942 and the Nazis are racing to build an atomic bomb. They have the physicists, but they don't have enough 'heavy water' - essential for their nuclear designs. For two years, the Nazis have occupied Norway, and with it the Vemork hydroelectric plant, the world's sole supplier of heavy water. Under threat of death, its engineers push production into overtime. For the Allies, Vemork must be destroyed. But how could they reach the plant, high in a mountainous valley? The answer became the most dramatic commando raid of the war: the British SOE brought together a brilliant scientist and eleven refugee Norwegian commandos, who, with little more than parachutes, skis and tommy guns, would destroy Hitler's nuclear ambitions. Based on exhaustive research and never-before-seen diaries and letters, The Winter Fortress is a compulsively readable narrative about a group of young men who survived the cold of a Norwegian winter and evaded the clutches of the Gestapo, to save the world from destruction. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Papercuts Colin Bateman (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
11 Feb 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784973797 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-379-7 ISBN10: 1784973793 EAN: 9781784973797 x Description: Through world wars and civil strife, the Bangor Express has never missed an issue, but now it is losing money hand-over-fist and Rob Cullen, fresh off the plane from his London news desk, has absolutely no idea that he's the man to save it. Rob's back in Northern Ireland for the first time in 20 years for the funeral of his one-time mentor, the late editor of the aforementioned Express. Tomorrow morning the Guardian reporter intends to be on the first plane back to London, but that's before an exceptionally good night out and the promise of GBP1,500 for just one day's work lures him into the Express offices. It's been a long time since Rob had a real story to get his teeth into ... and with the Bangor Express, that's just what he's going to get. From armed robberies to arson attacks there is no shortage of front-page news. Just as well Rob can rely on the Express crew to back him up. They're like a family. A dysfunctional, highly unpopular and poverty-stricken family. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Teethmarks on My Tongue Eileen Battersby (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788543576 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-357-6 ISBN10: 1788543572 EAN: 9781788543576 x Description: Helen Stockton DeFoe's world disintegrates after her mother is gunned down on the streets of Richmond. The more intently she begins to observe her remote, detached father, the more she learns about her place within the rarefied world she inhabits. Just when it appears she is at last becoming closer to him, it all falls apart as he coldly undermines her abiding passions, causing her to question the identity she's created. Her rebellion leads her to Europe on a disturbing path dominated by chance and evolving self-realisation. A hugely impressive, beautifully written debut novel narrated by an increasingly obsessive teenager as she embarks on a physical and psychological journey towards maturity. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cathar Christopher Bland (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
22 Aug 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784976071 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-607-1 ISBN10: 1784976075 EAN: 9781784976071 x Description: Set in a world made familiar to readers through Kate Mosse's great bestseller, Labyrinth, this beautiful historical novel is a saga of heroism and heartbreak, as a young Cathar believer loses his aristocratic inheritance and becomes a fugitive from the Inquisition. During the 12th and 13th centuries, the Cathars in southwest France posed such a threat to Roman Catholicism, that the Inquisition was tasked to destroy every single one of them. Francois de Beaufort will lose the castle which is his inheritance, be horribly maimed in battle, see the woman he loves imprisoned and tortured for her faith. But he vows to fight back, to survive - and to rescue her. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Road Not Taken Max Boot (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 768pp h198mm x w129mm 3 x 8pp b&w illus ISBN13: 9781788542685 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-268-5 ISBN10: 1788542681 EAN: 9781788542685 x Description: In this biography of Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), the man said to be the model for Greene's The Quiet American, Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a 'hearts and minds' diplomacy, first in the Philippines, then in Vietnam. It was a visionary policy that, as Boot reveals, was ultimately crushed by America's giant military bureaucracy, steered by elitist generals who favoured napalm bombs over winning the trust of the people.
Through dozens of interviews and access to never-before-seen documents, Boot recasts this cautionary American story, tracing the bold rise and the crashing fall of Lansdale from the battle of Dien Bien Phu to the humiliating American evaculation in 1975. Boot rescues Lansdale from historical ignominy and suggests that Vietnam could have been different had we only listened. With reverberations that continue to resonate, this is a biography of profound historical consequence. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Life and Death of Sherlock Holmes: Master Detective, Myth and Media Star Mattias Bostrom (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 597pp h228mm x w145mm 1 x 8pp colour illustrations ISBN13: 9781786691262 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-126-2 ISBN10: 1786691264 EAN: 9781786691262 x Description: Everybody knows about Sherlock Holmes, the unique literary character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who has remained popular over the decades and is more appreciated than ever today. But what made this fictional character, dreamed up by a small-town English doctor back in the 1880s, into such a great success? This is the fascinating and exciting tale of the man and people who created the Holmes legend. It is also the tragic story of an author who tried to escape from his own invention and the inheritance that ruined a family dynasty. The book also charts the unexpected fortune and success of the actors, writers and readers who, over the decades, have recreated and renewed the idea of this most-famous of all detectives: from the gentleman amateur of the 1890s to the odd genius of Sherlock today. The book was winner of the Best Non-fiction Award by The Swedish Crime Writers' Academy 2013 and shortlisted for The Great Non-Fiction Book Prize (Sweden's biggest non-fiction award) in Sweden 2013. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Badlands C. J. Box (Author) Series:
Cassie Dewel 2
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
10 Mar 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781852866 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-286-6 ISBN10: 1781852863 EAN: 9781781852866 x Description: Grimstad, North Dakota. A place people used to be from - but were never headed to - has struck oil. As pipelines snake across the prairie, oil flows out and men and money flow in. And with them, comes crime. North Dakota's new oil capital has a serious law and order problem and newly qualified detective Cassie Dewell has just been appointed its deputy sheriff. Twelve-year-old Kyle Westergaard is one of Grimstad's paperboys. Kyle has been written off as the 'slow' kid, but he has dreams deeper than anyone can imagine - he wants to get out of town, take care of his alcoholic mother, and give them a better life. While delivering newspapers, he witnesses a car accident and now has money and a lot of white powder in his possession. With the temperature dropping to 30 degress below and a gang war heating up, Cassie fears she might be in over her head. The key to it all will come in the most unlikely form: an undersized boy on a bike who keeps showing up where he doesn't belong. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Breaking Point C. J. Box (Author) Series:
Joe Pickett 13
Edition:
Reissue
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788542760 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-276-0 ISBN10: 1788542762 EAN: 9781788542760 This Product Replaces: 9781781850756 x Description: Butch Roberson was known by all as a local business owner, a hard worker, and a family man. Then he disappeared, leaving two dead bodies in his wake. Now he's known as a murderer - though Joe Pickett cannot believe someone as gentle as Butch could have the instincts of a killer. But when Joe hears the story of how Butch was bullied by the authorities, of how his longed-for retirement home was taken away from him, of how his finances were destroyed and his family torn apart - he starts to wonder if perhaps the man just cracked. It's an awful story. But is it the whole story? When Joe investigates further, he finds himself in the middle of a war he never expected and never wanted. Powerful forces want Roberson not just caught, but dead - and the same goes for anyone who stands in their way. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Endangered C. J. Box (Author) Series:
Joe Pickett 15
Edition:
Reissue
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788542777 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-277-7 ISBN10: 1788542770 EAN: 9781788542777 This Product Replaces: 9781781852781 x Description: Blood is always thicker than water. Joe Pickett has good reason to dislike Dallas Cates. His eighteen-year-old foster daughter, April, has just run off with him. Then comes even worse news: April has been found barely alive in a ditch along the highway, and the doctors don't know if she'll recover. Of course, Cates denies having anything to do with it but Joe knows in his gut who's responsible. The problem is there's no proof. Joe's going to find out the truth, if it kills him. And, as he confronts the ruthless Cates clan, it just might. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Off the Grid C. J. Box (Author) Series:
Joe Pickett 16
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Oct 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784973117 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-311-7 ISBN10: 1784973114 EAN: 9781784973117 x
Description: There's no hiding off the grid. Joe Pickett's old friend Nate Romanowski is off the grid, lying low while the FBI search for him. But they're not the only ones looking. Nate finds himself confronted by agents who need his help assessing a potential terror threat in Wyoming's Red Desert - in return they'll make Nate's criminal record disappear. Nate knows they can't be trusted - but with his liberty at stake, he has to comply... for now. Meanwhile, Joe's heading south, under orders from State Governor Rulon to investigate a rash of crimes and an uptick in secretive federal activity along Interstate 80... As they pursue their quarries, both men will be drawn deep into the Red Desert, 9,000 square miles of bleak, punishing terrain, home to a secret that could take them both down. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paradise Valley C. J. Box (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786693204 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-320-4 ISBN10: 1786693208 EAN: 9781786693204 x Description: PARADISE VALLEY... THE END OF THE ROAD. For three years, Chief Investigator Cassandra 'Cassie' Dewell has been hunting the Lizard King. Twice she has come close to taking him, but this time she surely has him. The trap is set and baited. What happens next will cost three policemen their lives and Cassie her job. But she can't give up the hunt - she refuses to believe the charred body they pull from the flames is the Lizard King's. Tracking two missing fourteen-year-old boys, Cassie - alone - takes to the road. A road from which, quite possibly, there is no return. A road that ends in Paradise Valley. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stone Cold C. J. Box (Author) Series:
Joe Pickett 14
Edition:
Reissue
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788542784 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-278-4 ISBN10: 1788542789 EAN: 9781788542784 This Product Replaces: 9781781852743 x Description: Everything about the man is a mystery... No one knows where he came from, how he made his money or what's drawn him to the isolated Black Hills of North Wyoming. His generosity has won the locals over, but are his motives above suspicion? After a string of disappearances, Joe Pickett isn't the first investigator to pursue this enigmatic millionaire, but will he be the first to leave alive? With winter's first storm closing in, Joe's about to discover there's a stone-cold killer stalking the hills - and he's not alone. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Vicious Circle C. J. Box (Author) Series:
Joe Pickett 17
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 Oct 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784973155 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-315-5 ISBN10: 1784973157 EAN: 9781784973155 x Description: One man hell-bent on avenging his family, the other dead-set on protecting his... Joe Pickett always knew there'd be a day of reckoning. And now that day has come. Two years ago, his daughter was beaten and dumped by the side of a country road. Joe's determination to avenge her forced him into a catastrophic confrontation with the Cates clan that left three of their number dead and put the two survivors behind bars. Now the youngest son, Dallas, is out of prison and back in town. Joe knows exactly why he's returned - an eye for an eye. All Joe can do is wait for Dallas to make the first move... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Disappeared C. J. Box (Author) Series:
Joe Pickett 18
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784973193 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-319-3 ISBN10: 178497319X EAN: 9781784973193 x Description: The new State Governor, Colter Allen, needs a favour from Game Warden Joe Pickett. The British consulate is asking questions over in Denver: a rich English woman visiting a high-end guest ranch has gone missing. Joe has a habit of investigating outside the lines of the local law and Allen needs this done quietly. But Joe's inquiries soon uncover not one, but three missing women. At the same time, with his friend Nate Romanowski, he's called to investigate a serious federal crime: the killing of several bald and golden eagles. The more questions Joe asks about each case, the clearer it becomes someone wants him to disappear. And the answers, when they finally come, reveal a violently darker Wyoming that he ever imagined. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Ghosts of Galway Ken Bruen (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786697042 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-704-2 ISBN10: 1786697041 EAN: 9781786697042
x Description: Ill-fated ex-cop Jack Taylor is broke and working nightshifts as a security guard when he receives an unexpected commission - find The Red Book, an infamous blasphemous text stolen from the Vatican archives. The thief, a rogue priest, is now believed to be hiding out in Galway. Despite Jack's distaste for priests of any stripe, the money is just too good to turn down. It won't be hard for a man with Jack's skills to track down the errant churchman, but Jack has underestimated The Red Book's toxic lure and will be powerless to stem the wave of violence unleashed in its wake - a wave that will engulf Jack and all those around him. 'Bruen has a surreal mind and an unusual writing style of short, sharp, often one-word sentences. It shouldn't work, but it does, delightfully' The Times, Books of the Year. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tremarnock: The Lives, Loves and Secrets of a Cornish Village Emma Burstall (Author) Series:
Tremarnock 1
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Apr 2016
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781857892 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-789-2 ISBN10: 178185789X EAN: 9781781857892 x Description: A beautiful Cornish village, a shocking turn of events... Tremarnock is a classic Cornish seaside village. Houses painted in yellow, pink and white, cluster around the harbour, where fishermen still unload their daily catch. It has a pub and a sought-after little restaurant, whitewashed, with bright blue shutters. Here, Liz has found sanctuary for herself and young daughter, Rosie - far away from Rosie's cheating father. From early in the morning with her job as a cleaner, till late at night waitressing in the restaurant, Liz works hard to provide for them both. But trouble is waiting just around the corner. As with all villages, there are tensions, secrets - and ambitions. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dragons: Ten Entrepreneurs Who Built Britain Liam Byrne (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
13 Jul 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781857496 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-749-6 ISBN10: 1781857490 EAN: 9781781857496 x Description: Britain's rise to global dominance from the 16th century onwards owed as much to the vision and creative energies of traders, merchants, industrialists and bankers as it did to wars of conquest fought by empire-building military men. Dragons tells the story of British business endeavour through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England's economy via trade with the New World, Liam Byrne traces a golden line of British entrepreneurial genius through men such as Thomas Pitt, saviour of the East India Company; financier Nathan Rothschild, creator of the modern bond market; 'ethical capitalist' George Cadbury; and William Lever, brand-builder, philanthropist, and creator of Britain's first great multinational. At the start of the 21st century Britain remains a major economic power. Dragons is both a rousing celebration of British business acumen and a fascinatingly informative narrative of a neglected but essential strand of our island's story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Room Little Darker June Caldwell (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h195mm x w125mm ISBN13: 9781788542906 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-290-6 ISBN10: 1788542908 EAN: 9781788542906 x Description: From one of Ireland's most grindingly authentic and radically original talents, Room Little Darker explores the clandestine aspects of modern life through jagged, visceral tales of wanton sex, broken relationships and futuristic nightmares. An abusive father haunts his daughter and wife from the confines of a nursing home; a couple with an appetite for S&M discover their escapades have led them into something unimaginably bleak; a desperate addict scours the depths of degradation in a nightmare Dublin; an unborn foetus narrates her torturous experience of the Irish legal system; a paedophile acquires a robotic little boy as part of his sex therapy. At once hilarious and profoundly moving, Caldwell's stories probe sexuality and disturbing psychology, and the darkess and light that lives within us all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Insomnia Museum Laurie Canciani (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788541787 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-178-7 ISBN10: 1788541782 EAN: 9781788541787 x Description: Anna lives in a flat with dad. He is a hoarder, and together they have spent the last 12 years constructing the Insomnia Museum, a labyrinth built from dead TVs, old cuckoo clocks, stacks of newspapers and other junk Dad has found. Anna is 17. She can't remember ever having seen outside the flat, but noises penetrate her isolated world: dogs bark in the walls; music plays in the floor, and a ship sails through the canyons between the tower blocks. Then one day dad falls asleep and won't wake up, and Anna must leave the museum and try to survive in a place that turns out to be stranger and more dangerous than she could have imagined. It this dazzlingly original debut novel, Laurie Canciani has created a world that is terrible, magical, and richly imagined. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Salt Marsh Clare Carson (Author) Series:
Sam Coyle Trilogy 2
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
23 May 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784080990 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-099-0 ISBN10: 1784080993 EAN: 9781784080990 x Description: Sam Coyle's father lived in the shadows - an undercover agent among the spies and radicals of Cold War London. That world claimed his life, and Sam is haunted by his absence. He left nothing behind but his enemies; nothing to his daughter but his tradecraft and
paranoia. Now, her boyfriend Luke is missing too - the one person she could trust, vanished into the fog on the Kentish coast. To find him, Sam must follow uncertain leads into a labyrinth of blind channels and shifting ground. She must navigate the treacherous expanse of the salt marsh... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rebel Douglas Carswell (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Mar 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786691569 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-156-9 ISBN10: 1786691566 EAN: 9781786691569 x Description: Politics has never been more unpredictable. Radical populists and insurgents have turned politics-as-usual on its head. Rebel explores how we got here, where we are heading and what we can do about it. Douglas Carswell argues that these insurgencies are a reaction against the emergence of a political and economic oligarchy that has subverted our democracy and stifled our market system. 'Politics,' he writes, 'is a cartel. Like the economy, it is rigged in the interests of an emerging oligarchy.' This leaves our liberal, democratic order - the mechanism that has allowed a historically unprecedented proportion of humanity to flourish - facing a twin assault: oligarchs on the one hand, radical populists on the other. Reassessing history and politics, Rebel puts forward a bold new thesis: we are not the first to face such a threat. Oligarchic cartels have clogged the arteries of nations and economies throughout history, triggering radical insurgencies in protest. But all too often the radicals have strengthened the hand of the oligarchs: the Roman, Venetian and Dutch republics all succumbed to cartels. 'Anti-oligarch radicals,' the author notes, 'have often made the oligarchs seem the more attractive option.' So, too, today, he suggests. In the face of these twin threats, Carswell mounts a robust defence of the liberal, democratic order. Drawing on his first-hand experience in taking on and beating - the established political parties, he proposes a profound reform of politics and capitalism to free us from the cartels, listing the practical steps needed to make this revolutionary change happen. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Spider's Web Ben Cheetham (Author) Series:
The Missing Ones 3
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 May 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784972455 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-245-5 ISBN10: 1784972452 EAN: 9781784972455 x Description: She lay on her back with tears streaming from her eyes and blood from her chin, sobbing over and over to the night sky, 'I promised I'd look after her. I promised I'd look after her.' A trip to the cinema turns into a nightmare when a thirteen-year-old girl is abducted. 14 February 1993. The date is lodged in Anna Young's mind. It was the day her little sister, Jessica, was abducted. Everytime she closes her eyes, she's back in that terrible moment, reaching for her sister as two men bundle Jessica into the back of a van. Fast forward twenty years. The case has long since gone cold. But Anna won't let it die. She made a promise to look after her little sister. And it's a promise she intends to keep
no matter how long it takes... DI Jim Monahan's investigation to bring down a sadistic sex-ring is going nowhere fast, but when a twenty-year-old clue brings Jim and Anna together in search of a shadowy figure known as Spider, they might finally find answers. But one thing is certain: the victims Spider entices into his web have a habit of ending up missing or dead... 'So he wove a subtle web, in a little corner sly... And merrily did sing, "Come hither, hither, pretty fly..."' From the bestselling author of Blood Guilt, Angel of Death, Justice For The Damned and The Lost Ones comes a powerful thriller that will break your heart and take your breath away. Perfect for fans of Joy Ellis, Angela Marsons and Robert Bryndza. What people are saying about Spider's Web: 'This is one of the most powerful, disturbing, but brilliantly written books I've ever had the privilege to read' Breakaway Reviewers. 'Anna Young is a particular favourite of mine ... She's damaged, frightened, dedicated and feisty ... Spider's Web is a fast-paced, thoroughly researched, and heart-breaking novel' CrimeSquad. 'A tough case for DI Jim Monahan ... demonstrating Cheetham's gritty authority in a novel that grips the reader by the throat' Good Books Guide. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow (Author) Series:
Great Lives
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Aug 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 832pp h228mm x w145mm 2 x 8pp b&w illustrations ISBN13: 9781786690036 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-003-6 ISBN10: 1786690039 EAN: 9781786690036 x Description: Alexander Hamilton was an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Few figures in American history are more controversial than Alexander Hamilton. In this masterful work, Chernow shows how the political and economic power of America today is the result of Hamilton's willingness to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. He charts his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Monroe and Burr; his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds; his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza; and the notorious duel with Aaron Burr that led to his death in July 1804. This book was adapted into a hugely successful Broadway musical - nominated for a record 16 Tony awards and winner of 11 - opens at the Victoria Palace Theatre in November 2017. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Grant Ron Chernow (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 1104pp h228mm x w145mm 2 x 8pp b&w illus ISBN13: 9781788541619 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-161-9 ISBN10: 1788541618 EAN: 9781788541619 x Description: A dramatic portrait of one of America's most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant, by Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow, author of the book on which the astonishing musical Hamilton is based.
As late as April 1861, when the American Civil War broke out, Ulysses S. Grant was a dismal failure. A competent officer in the war against Mexico, he had resigned from the army over his drinking and had sunk into poverty as a civilian, losing all his money in hopeless investments. He had failed to secure the command of a volunteer unit and was about to return to his abject life working in his family's leather-goods store when he was offered the colonelcy of an Illinois regiment. Less than four years later he was the commanding general of the victorious Union armies and was hailed as a military genius. He later served two terms as President of the United States. This is the epic biography of a very unheroic American hero, a modest, reticent and principled man who surprised the world and changed it for the better. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Warburgs Ron Chernow (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 880pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781786690074 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-007-4 ISBN10: 1786690071 EAN: 9781786690074 x Description: A story of brilliant achievement, dazzling personalities and human frailty set against the dark background of European racism and paranoia. The Warburgs were bankers, patrons of the arts, scholars, socialites, philanthropists and politicians. This Jewish family from Westphalia became a German success story, and embraced German culture with a passion: they loved the art, music and literature of their country and never wavered from their patriotic identification with their homeland. They advised a German Kaiser; their American cousins advised two presidents. Their investment bank still exists and is one of the oldest in the world. The Warburgs endowed libraries, built mansions and collected paintings. But in 1933 the family became a prime target of the Nazis and the world they knew came crashing down. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Guns in the North P. F. Chisholm (Author) Diana Gabaldon (Introduction by) Series:
The Sir Robert Carey Mysteries Omnibus 1
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Dec 2017
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 752pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786696120 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-612-0 ISBN10: 1786696126 EAN: 9781786696120 x Description: 1592. Robert Carey, eighth son of Lord Hunsdon, has - to his servants' dismay - abandoned Queen Elizabeth I's court and is heading north to take up the post of Deputy Warden of the English West March, a lawless badlands, peopled by cattle-rustlers, horse-thieves, arsonists, kidnappers and murderers created by centuries of Anglo-Scottish conflict. Carey, in his lace-collared, pearl-sashed courtly finery, will be expected to bring order to this bloody flux.
Plunging readers straight into the raucous world of late sixteenth-century border reivers and unfettered Elizabethan intrigue, Guns in the North, the first chronicle of Sir Robert Carey's adventures, collecting the novels A Famine of Horses, A Season of Knives and A Surfeit of Guns under one volume. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
This Is Not A Sex Book Chusita Fashion Fever (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
13 Jul 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 168pp h216mm x w153mm 200 colour illustrations With flaps ISBN13: 9781786693037 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-303-7 ISBN10: 1786693038 EAN: 9781786693037 x Description: YouTube sensation Chusita Fashion Fever explores every aspect of sexuality for teenagers, covering everything from how to tell if he or she likes you, to sexual orientation, kissing, your first time and the difference between on-screen sex and what to expect #IRL (in real life). And this is real life - Chusita is addressing the actual questions and concerns posed by her teenage fans. This is no ordinary old school sex book - it's a bright, bold and uncensored manual for all things intimate. Every page looks sensational, with hot handdrawn comic book illustrations, checklists, tips, quizzes, glossaries and naughty emojis that will leave you laughing out loud. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Unknown Universe: What We Don't Know About Time and Space in Ten Chapters Stuart Clark (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 Nov 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781855706 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-570-6 ISBN10: 1781855706 EAN: 9781781855706 x Description: On 21 March 2013, the European Space Agency released a map of the afterglow of the Big Bang. Taking in 440 sextillion kilometres of space and 13.8 billion years of time, it is physically impossible to make a better map: we will never see the early Universe in more detail. On the one hand, such a view is the apotheosis of modern cosmology, on the other, it threatens to undermine almost everything we hold cosmologically sacrosanct. The map contains anomalies that challenge our understanding of the Universe. It will force us to revisit what is known and what is unknown, to construct a new model of our Universe. This is the first book to address what will be an epoch-defining scientific paradigm shift. Stuart Clark will ask if Newton's famous laws of gravity need to be rewritten, if dark matter and dark energy are just celestial phantoms? Can we ever know what happened before the Big Bang? What's at the bottom of a black hole? Are there Universes beyond our own? Does time exist? Are the once immutable laws of physics changing? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lizzie's Secret Rosie Clarke (Author) Series:
The Workshop Girls 1
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786693112 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-311-2 ISBN10: 1786693119 EAN: 9781786693112
x Description: Lizzie Larch is a twenty-year-old hatmaker in London's East End. She is happy and popular, but she carries a secret. Seven years ago she was viciously attacked and recovered in a private sanatorium where she miscarried a child. Lizzie has no memory of the night of the attack, but secrets cannot stay secret for long. When she starts courting her boss's nephew, shocking revelations surface, and threaten to destroy their new found happiness. Set in the East End of London at the dawn of World War II, Lizzie's Secret is about how ordinary people learn to survive - and triumph - through hardship and tragedy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Railway Navvies: A History of the Men who Made the Railways Terry Coleman (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781784977344 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-734-4 ISBN10: 1784977349 EAN: 9781784977344 x Description: This is the definitive story of the men who built the railways - the unknown Victorian labourers who blasted, tunnelled, drank and brawled their way across nineteenth-century England. Preached at and plundered, sworn at and swindled, this anarchic elite endured perils and disasters, and carved out of the English countryside an industrial-age architecture unparalleled in grandeur and audacity since the building of the cathedrals. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Death of All Things Seen Michael Collins (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Mar 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784974961 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-496-1 ISBN10: 178497496X EAN: 9781784974961 x Description: For Norman Price, in the midst of his own crisis, the financial crisis was a distraction signifying there were no longer any essential truths, no longer a beginning, middle, or end to events; a realization that eclipsed, among other things, the passing of his parents. Chicago, 2008. In the wake of cataclysmic events - both personal and international - Norman Price decides it's time for a new existence. But when a couple of bombshells are dropped onto his tentative new path, Norman's New Existence is suddenly threatened by past secrets. Michael Collins takes post 9/11 America as the background for a deeply moving novel about the fragility of humanity. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Parthenon Enigma: A Journey Into Legend Joan Breton Connelly (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
13 Jul 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 512pp h228mm x w145mm 8pp colour illustrations ISBN13: 9781781859605 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-960-5 ISBN10: 1781859604 EAN: 9781781859605 x Description: A radical new interpretation of the meaning and purposes of one of the world's most iconic buildings. For more than two millennia, the Parthenon has been revered as the symbol of Western culture and its highest ideals. It was understood to honour the city-state's patron deity, Athena, and its sculptures to depict a civic celebration in the birthplace of democracy. But through a close reading of a lost play by Euripides, Joan Connelly has developed a theory that has sparked fierce controversy. Here she explains that our most basic sense of the Parthenon and the culture that built it may have been crucially mistaken. Re-creating the ancient structure, and using a breathtaking range of textual and visual evidence, she uncovers a monument glorifying human sacrifice set in a world of cult ritual quite alien to our understanding of the word 'Athenian'. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Big Wind Beatrice Coogan (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 688pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786695543 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-554-3 ISBN10: 1786695545 EAN: 9781786695543 x Description: It all began on the night of the Big Wind. A wild and savage night in January 1839 when a storm struck Ireland, leaving such suffering and devastation in its path that a mark remained on the minds and hearts of Irishmen, and the land itself, ever after. It was the night Sterrin O'Carroll, 'blossom of the storm', was born in Kilsheelin Castle. Growing up during Ireland's darkest hours, Sterrin forms a bond with a household servant called Young Thomas that deepens over the years into a forbidden love - a love as fierce and relentless as the storm that ushered her into the world. But their paths are divided by devastating events that change the course of Ireland's history. After the bitterness and the sorrow finally wane, Sterrin's indomitable spirit never weakens because, Thomas, like her beloved land, will return to her. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1916: The Mornings After Tim Pat Coogan (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Sep 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784080112 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-011-2 ISBN10: 178408011X EAN: 9781784080112
x Description: The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels transformed a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers into national heroes. Those who avoided the British firing squads of May 1916 went on to plan a new - and ultimately successful - struggle for Ireland's independence, shaping their country's destiny for the century to come. But what sort of country did they create? And to what extent does post-1916 Ireland measure up to the hopes and aspirations of 'MacDonagh and MacBride / And Connolly and Pearse'? Best-selling historian Tim Pat Coogan offers a strongly personal perspective on the Irish century that followed the Rising - charting a flawed history that is marked as much by complacency, corruption and institutional and clerical abuse, as it is by the sacrifices and nation-building achievements of the Republic's founding fathers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Twelve Apostles Tim Pat Coogan (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784080150 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-015-0 ISBN10: 1784080152 EAN: 9781784080150 x Description: Ireland, 1919: When Sinn Fein proclaims Dail Eireann the parliament of the independent Irish republic, London declares the new assembly to be illegal, and a vicious guerilla war breaks out between republican and crown forces. Michael Collins, intelligence chief of the Irish Republican Army, creates an elite squad whose role is to assassinate British agents and undercover police. The so-called 'Twelve Apostles' will create violent mayhem, culminating in the events of 'Bloody Sunday' in November 1920. Bestselling historian Tim Pat Coogan not only tells the story of Collins' squad, he also examines the remarkable intelligence network of which it formed a part, and which helped to bring the British government to the negotiating table. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Downside Mike Cooper (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786693334 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-333-4 ISBN10: 178669333X EAN: 9781786693334 x Description: In an age of cybercrime, Finn is old school: he's never stolen anything weighing less than five tons. Now, fresh out of prison and flat broke, he's got a line on his biggest job ever. Cracking the most heavily guarded private vault in North America? No problem. Hauling $50 million of precious metal out past guards, dozens of policemen and an armored SWAT battalion? Even easier. But navigating the betrayals of double-crossing partners, the machinations of a hedge-fund billionaire gone bad, and the ambiguous proposals of a woman with her own agenda? Finn is going to have to figure out the downside. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Mary's Daughter Diney Costeloe (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784976187 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-618-7 ISBN10: 1784976180 EAN: 9781784976187 x Description: After her mother's death, twenty-year-old Sophie Ross is left orphaned in London. With no money and little chance of an income, she tries to get work as a governess to avoid destitution. Now alone in the world, she only has the company of her erstwhile nursemaid and faithful friend, Hannah. But unbeknown to Sophie, her mother instructed Hannah to post a letter to Trescadinnick House in Cornwall upon her death. The letter will be the catalyst that changes Sophie's life forever as she learns of her mother's romance, marriage and then ultimate rejection by her own father and the estranged family she left behind in Cornwall. The Penvarrow family welcome Sophie and Hannah into their fold, but tensions rise and family secrets are revealed as Sophie attempts to rebuild her life and find happiness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Girl With No Name Diney Costeloe (Author) Series:
Edition:
ANZ Only
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 May 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784970062 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-006-2 ISBN10: 1784970069 EAN: 9781784970062 x Description: A heart-wrenching story from the bestselling author of The Throwaway Children. Thirteen-year-old Lisa has escaped from Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport. She arrives in London unable to speak a word of English, her few belongings crammed into a small suitcase. Among them is one precious photograph of the family she has left behind. Lonely and homesick, Lisa is adopted by a childless couple. But when the Blitz blows her new home apart, she wakes up in hospital with no memory of who she is or where she came from. The authorities give her a new name and despatch her to a children's home. With the war raging around her, what will become of Lisa now? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lost Soldier Diney Costeloe (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 Nov 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784972585 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-258-5 ISBN10: 1784972584 EAN: 9781784972585
x Description: 'This is our secret, pet. You mustn't tell anyone about us planting this tree for dad. It's our secret.' 1921. In the sleepy village of Charlton Ambrose, eight ash trees stand as a timeless memorial to the men killed in the Great War. On a dark and chilly night, a ninth tree appears. Who planted it and why? And who was 'the unknown soldier' for whom it is marked? 2001. Eighty years later, the memorial is under threat from developers. Local reporter, Rachel Elliott, is determined to save it, and to solve the mystery of the ninth tree. The trail will take her into the dark heart of her own family history; to a great, but tragic, love; and to a secret that has been kept since the war to end all wars. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Married Girls Diney Costeloe (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
02 May 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784976132 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-613-2 ISBN10: 178497613X EAN: 9781784976132 x Description: Wynsdown, 1949. In the small Somerset village of Wynsdown, Charlotte Shepherd is happily married and now feels settled in her adopted home after arriving from Germany on the Kindertransport as a child during the war. Meanwhile, the squire's fighter pilot son, Felix, has returned to the village with a fiancee in tow. Daphne is beautiful, charming... and harbouring secrets. After meeting during the war, Felix knows some of Daphne's past, but she has worked hard to conceal one that could unravel her carefully built life. For Charlotte, too, a dangerous past is coming back in the shape of fellow refugee, bad boy Harry Black. Forever bound by their childhoods, Charlotte will always care for him, but Harry's return disrupts the village quiet and it's not long before gossip spreads. The war may have ended, but for these girls, trouble is only just beginning. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The New Neighbours Diney Costeloe (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Nov 2017
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784972677 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-267-7 ISBN10: 1784972673 EAN: 9781784972677 x Description: The New Neighbours was previously published as Dartmouth Circle. Dartmouth Circle is quiet, exclusive - and that's just the way its residents want it to stay. Especially queen bee and arch busybody Sheila Colby. When she hears that the house next door to her has been bought for a student and four friends to rent, she is incandescent. Think of the noise, the parties, the comings and goings - and worse. Somehow it must be stopped. But of course it can't be. And anyway, nothing in this outwardly serene and beautiful little cul-de-sac is quite as it seems. There are seething tensions and quite dark secrets only just below the facade. Will the arrival of Madeleine 'Mad' Richmond and her friends bring them bubbling to the surface?
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The Runaway Family Diney Costeloe (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
24 Mar 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784972646 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-264-6 ISBN10: 1784972649 EAN: 9781784972646 x Description: A mother's struggle to protect her family and escape Nazi persecution in World War Two Germany. Germany 1937: Fear and betrayal stalk the streets. People disappear. Persecution of the Jews has become a national pastime. When Ruth Friedman's husband is arrested by the SS, she is left to fend for herself and her four children. She alone stands as their shield against the Nazis. But where can she go? Where will her family be safe? Ruth must overcome the indifference, hatred and cruelty that surrounds her as she and her family race to escape the advancing Nazi army's final solution... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Sisters of St Croix Diney Costeloe (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Mar 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784972615 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-261-5 ISBN10: 1784972614 EAN: 9781784972615 x Description: A gripping story of love, death and danger in Nazi-occupied France from the bestselling author of The Throwaway Children. When Adelaide Anson-Gravetty finds out her father is not the man who raised her, she is both shocked and intrigued. Determined to find out more about her new family, she travels to the convent of Our Lady of Mercy in France to meet her aunt, the Reverend Mother. But when France falls to the German army, Adelaide and the nuns are soon in the thick of a war that threatens both their beliefs and their lives. Collaborating with the Resistance, sheltering Jewish orphans, defying the rulings of Vichy France: these are dangerous activities in dangerous times. These courageous women must give all they've got in order to protect the innocent from the evil menace of the Nazi war machine. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
And I'd Do It Again Aimee Crocker (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
02 Nov 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784979867 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-986-7 ISBN10: 1784979864 EAN: 9781784979867
x Description: With the world at her feet and Californian railroad fortunes in her purse, Aimee had a tale or two to tell. Here, she boldly delivers her hilarious memoirs of escaping headhunters in Borneo, avoiding poisoning in Hong Kong and outwitting murder in Shanghai. Not remotely cowered by her skirmishes with sin, shame or vice, Aimee celebrates her quintet of unfortunate husbands including a Russian prince almost forty years her junior and King Kalakaua of Hawaii, emboldened by her forcefulness to hold sway over the faint of heart. Aimee was a woman of means, not always a lady and never what you might call 'proper'. In this laugh-out-loud story of her life, she recounts her adventures with flair, invincibility and unapologetic gusto. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sirius Jonathan Crown (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
11 Feb 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784082000 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-200-0 ISBN10: 1784082007 EAN: 9781784082000 x Description: In Berlin, he was named Levi: a good Jewish dog with a good Jewish name. When his owners fled to America, he became Hercules: star of the silver screen in Hollywood's golden age. Then he caught the eye of Hitler, who called him Hansi: a pure-bred lapdog, privy to all the Fuhrer's secrets. But he was known to the Resistance as Sirius: the insider who could bring peace to a world at war. SIRIUS: the little dog who almost changed history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Boy at the Door Alex Dahl (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
18 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786699244 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-924-4 ISBN10: 1786699249 EAN: 9781786699244 x Description: What would you do for the perfect life? Would you lie? Would you steal? Would you kill?... Cecilia Wilborg has the perfect life. A handsome husband, two beautiful daughters and a large house in the picture-postcard town of Sandefjord. But then Tobias enters her life. He is a small, friendless eight-year-old. And he threatens to bring Cecilia's world crashing down. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter Matthew Dennison (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm 2 x 8pp colour illus ISBN13: 9781784975647 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-564-7 ISBN10: 1784975648 EAN: 9781784975647 x Description: Beatrix Potter is one of the world's bestselling, most cherished authors, whose books have enchanted generations of children for over a hundred years. Yet how she achieved this legendary status is just one of several stories of Beatrix Potter's remarkable and unexpected life. Inspired by the twenty-three 'tales', Matthew Dennison takes a selection of quotations from Potter's stories and uses them to explore her multi-faceted life and character: repressed Victorian daughter; thwarted lover; artistic genius; formidable countrywoman. They chart her transformation from a young girl with a love of animals and fairy tales into a bestselling author and canny businesswoman, so deeply unusual for the Victorian era in which she grew up. Embellished with photographs of Potter's life and her own illustrations, this short biography will delight anyone who has been touched by Beatrix Potter's work. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Through His Eyes Emma Dibdin (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
23 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786694072 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-407-2 ISBN10: 1786694077 EAN: 9781786694072 x Description: Jessica Harris has just received a career-making assignment. She's going to interview Clark Conrad - A-list Hollywood heart-throb and Jessica's secret teenage crush. Clark's going through a messy divorce, and wants to rebrand himself in the public eye. But halfway through her interview, Clark's teenage daughter is found floating facedown in his infinity pool. And then his young girlfriend accuses him of abuse. As Clark's world darkens, Jessica is drawn to help him. This is the man she's always dreamed of being close to. And now he needs her. He can't be the monster they say he is... can he? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Room by the Lake Emma Dibdin (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786694041 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-404-1 ISBN10: 1786694042 EAN: 9781786694041
x Description: Caitlin never meant to stay so long. But it's strange how this place warps time. Out here, in the middle of nowhere, it's easy to forget about the world outside. It all happened so fast. She was lonely, broke, about to give up. Then she met Jake and he took her to his 'family': a close-knit community living by the lake. Each day she says she'll leave but each night she's back around their campfire. Staring into the flames. Reciting in chorus that she is nothing without them. But something inside her won't let go. A whisper that knows this isn't right. Knows there is danger lurking in that quiet room down by the lake... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
To Read Aloud Francesco Dimitri (Author) Series:
Edition:
ANZ Only
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
02 Nov 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h200mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781786699992 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-999-2 ISBN10: 1786699990 EAN: 9781786699992 x Description: Reading a story to another person creates a bond between two people. It is often assumed that reading aloud is only for children, but the practice was once a common pleasure for adults too. The time has come to rediscover it. This simple yet powerful action connects us with our friends, helps us centre ourselves in the present and lets us focus gently on what matters. To Read Aloud consists of 75 extracts of an average 1000 words each, from writers ranging from Cicero to Lewis Carroll to Robert Macfarlane (alongside less familiar names). It is arranged under ten thematic chapters: Love, Loss, Lightness, Pleasure, Work, Nature, Change, Chaos, Wonder, and Coda: Delicacies for Discussion. A literary toolbox for well-being, To Read Aloud invites you to to take just ten minutes off, sit down with somebody you care about and share a passage of writing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Walkaway Cory Doctorow (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 512pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786693075 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-307-5 ISBN10: 1786693070 EAN: 9781786693075 x Description: In a world wrecked by climate change, in a society owned by the ultra-rich, in a city hollowed out by industrial flight, Hubert, Etc, Seth and Natalie have nowhere else to be and nothing better to do. But there is another way. After all, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life - food, clothing, shelter - from a computer, there is little reason to toil within the system. So, like thousands of others in the mid-21st century, the three of them turn their back on the world of rules, jobs, the morning commute and... walkaway. It's a dangerous world out there; the empty, lawless lands are hiding predators - animal and human alike. Still, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish, the few become many, building what threatens to become a post-scarcity utopia. But then the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. And now it's war - a war that will turn the world upside down. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ruby Flynn Nadine Dorries (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
02 Jun 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784082208 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-220-8 ISBN10: 1784082201 EAN: 9781784082208 x Description: County Mayo, Ireland, 1947. In the worst winter in living memory, Ruby Flynn is rescued from the tiny cottage on the Atlantic coast where her family has perished. She is one of the storm orphans, taken in by nuns to be educated for a life in service. Now she must find her own way in the outside world. The FitzDeane family have a thriving shipping business in Liverpool and they also own beautiful Ballyford Castle in Mayo. When Ruby is appointed as their nursery maid, a dangerous attraction to the young Lord FitzDeane begins to grow. Soon the tragedies and secrets that link her family to his will threaten to overwhelm them. The darkest sins cast the longest shadows. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Shadows in Heaven Nadine Dorries (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
18 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786697509 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-750-9 ISBN10: 1786697505 EAN: 9781786697509 x Description: Nadine's wonderful new novel is rooted in one of the places dearest to her heart - the west coast of Ireland. In post-war Tarabeg, two women are waiting for ambitious Michael Malone to return home. Rosie is the local schoolteacher and most people think she is promised to him. Just a few have guessed that he has secretly begun to woo Sarah, whose brutal fisherman father would kill her if he knew. Both Rosie and Sarah love Michael, both hope to become his wife and their lives will interweave in a tale of tangled secrets, old promises and new feuds. Michael Malone's choice will have fateful consequences for everyone - especially, in due course, for his young daughter. This is the first in a new sequence of novels with a brilliant new cast of characters and a story that will lead to Liverpool in Mary-Kate and back to Ireland in The Seven Acres. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Angels Of Lovely Lane Nadine Dorries (Author) Series:
Lovely Lane 1
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Dec 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784082246 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-224-6 ISBN10: 1784082244 EAN: 9781784082246
x Description: It is 1953 and five very different girls are arriving at the nurses' home in Lovely Lane, Liverpool, to start their training at St Angelus Hospital. Dana has escaped from her family farm on the west coast of Ireland. Victoria is running away from a debt-ridden aristocratic background. Beth is an army brat and throws her lot in with bitchy Celia Forsyth. And Pammy has come from quite the wrong side of the tracks in Liverpool. The world in which they now find themselves is complicated and hierarchical, with rules that must be obeyed. Everyone has their place at St Angelus and woe betide anyone who strays from it. But when an unknown girl is admitted, after a botched late abortion in a backstreet kitchen, a tragedy begins to unfold which will rock the world of St Angelus to its foundations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
South Wind Norman Douglas (Author) Michael Schmidt (Introduction by) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Mar 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786690678 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-067-8 ISBN10: 1786690675 EAN: 9781786690678 x Description: The bishop was feeling rather sea-sick. Confoundedly sea-sick, in fact. An Anglican bishop, on recuperative leave from his African diocese, alights at the island of Nepthene for a short stay on his passage to England. Soon he is caught up in the wild and exuberant antics of visitors and residents. Norman Douglas's famed, and infamous, novel of Capri is a hedonistic journey and an unforgettable classic. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. Malcolm Duffy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Zephyr
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 250pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786697653 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-765-3 ISBN10: 1786697653 EAN: 9781786697653 x Description: Humorous and heartbreaking debut novel with the fresh, funny, honest voice of a 14-year-old Geordie lad recounting the trials and tribulations of family life and finding first love. Danny's mam has a new boyfriend. Initially, all is good - Callum seems nice enough, and Danny can't deny he's got a cool set up; big house, fast car, massive TV, and Mam seems to really like him. But cracks begin to show, and they're not the sort that can be easily repaired. As Danny witnesses Mam suffer and Callum spiral out of control he goes in search of his dad. The Dad he's never met. Set in Newcastle and Edinburgh, this supremely readable coming-of-age drama tackles domestic violence head on, but finds humour and hope in the most unlikely of places. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Love In No Man's Land Duojizhuoga (Author) Hallie Treadway (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
23 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 512pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786699459 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-945-9 ISBN10: 1786699451 EAN: 9781786699459 x Description: The Changthang Plateau lies in the centre of Tibet. A vast, rolling grassland stippled with azure-blue lakes and ringed by snow peaks, it is home to seven-year-old Gongzha and his family who live, as their ancestors have done for centuries, by herding and hunting. But it is 1967 and the Cultural Revolution is seeping across China. Not even the grasslands of Tibet are immune. As the Red Guard systematically loot and destroy Tibet's monasteries, Gongzha helps hide two treasures belonging to his local temple: an ebony-black Buddha marked with an ancient symbol and a copy of the twelfth-century text the Epic of King Gesar, written in gold ink. The repercussions of his act will echo across the decades. Gongzha will be taken far from home, to mountain peaks and subterranean labyrinths. He will lose love and find it. He will battle wolves, bears, outlaws and his own self as legend and history are interwoven in the story of a young man's quest to find happiness in a time of uncertainty and unrest. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gallows Court Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788546096 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-609-6 ISBN10: 1788546091 EAN: 9781788546096 x Description: London, 1930. A headless corpse; an apparent suicide in a locked room; a man burned alive during an illusionist's show in front of thousands of people. Scotland Yard is baffled by the sequence of ghastly murders unfolding across the city and at the centre of it all is mysterious heiress Rachel Savernake. Daughter of a grand judge, Rachel is as glamorous as she is elusive. Jacob Flint, a tenacious young journalist eager to cover the gruesome crimes, is drawn into Rachel's glittering world of wealth and power. But as the body count continues to rise, Jacob is convinced Rachel is harbouring a dark secret and he soon becomes part of a dangerous game that could leave him dancing at the end of the hangman's rope if he pursues the truth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Witches of St. Petersburg Imogen Edwards-Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
20 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788544030 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-403-0 ISBN10: 178854403X EAN: 9781788544030
x Description: Two Montenegrin princesses, Militza and Stana, are married into the Russian aristocracy of the last Tsar by their father. Initially shunned by society and, in Stana's case, married to a man she detests, life isn't easy. Fascinated by the occult, the sisters soon become close to the Tsarina Alexandra who is willing to try anything to precipitate the birth of the son and heir the country longs for. If she puts her faith in them, Militza and Stana promise they can help the Tsarina produce a boy. The girls hold seances, experiment with a variety of rituals and bring various men to the Tsarina who they feel have spiritual power. Their closeness to the Empress and power in court is undisputed: until, that is, Grigori Rasputin arrives. Militza and Stana, along with most of female Russian society, are intoxicated, but by bringing Rasputin into their lives, have they taken a fatal step too far? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Jihad for Love Mohamed El Bachiri (Author) David Van Reybrouck (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
13 Jul 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 96pp h170mm x w120mm ISBN13: 9781786698001 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-800-1 ISBN10: 1786698005 EAN: 9781786698001 x Description: Mohamed El-Bachiri is a Muslim. He lost his wife Loubna in the Brussels bombing of March 2016 - a young woman murdered by a fanatical jihadist. Mohamed was left to bring up their three sons on his own. Instead of hating or collapsing into grief, he put together a short book of reflections on love, loss and the ways in which we can live together despite differences of religion and ideology. It is a plea for tolerance and compassion, a rejection of fanaticism, and it is a heartbreaking book. Mohamed El-Bachiri shows how an argument for treating each other with kindness and respect can survive even the most brutal atrocity. For him, Islam should be a struggle for love, and the struggle for love should involve us all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The One Pot Cook Hattie Ellis (Author) Emily Faccini (Illustrated by) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Oct 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 272pp h234mm x w170mm 40 clr illus ISBN13: 9781786691118 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-111-8 ISBN10: 1786691116 EAN: 9781786691118 x Description: It's time to get back to simple home cooking. Mealtimes have become far too complicated. Award-winning food writer Hattie Ellis thinks it's time to rekindle our love for the simple One Pot meal: good food, great flavour, no fuss. Whether you want quick, tasty suppers, or leisurely weekend feasts, The One Pot Cook has 150 mouthwatering recipes to suit all tastes. These include family favourites such as Cottage Pie and Hot Pot; treats from distant shores such as Beef Rendang and Gumbo; and puddings to make the meal complete such as Apple Charlotte and Toffee Banana Tarte Tatin. So grab a pot, sharpen your knives and get ready to become a One Pot Cook.
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Faded Glory David Essex (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Feb 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784082529 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-252-9 ISBN10: 178408252X EAN: 9781784082529 x Description: From a life on the streets to the glory of the boxing ring. London's East End, 1953: Albert Kemp is a lonely widower, whose only son was killed in the war. Now he works in a pub by the railway arches. Downstairs is a traditional bar, upstairs is a famous boxing gym. It is here that Albert brings Danny, a fatherless boy who he rescues from gang life on the streets. But as Danny begins to grow into a champion, the predators start to circle, luring him with glittering promises back into a life of crime. Will Danny listen to his wise old mentor? Or will the prospect of fame and money be too tempting? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Actresses Barbara Ewing (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 576pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788544658 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-465-8 ISBN10: 178854465X EAN: 9781788544658 x Description: They all met again at the Drama School Reunion: the Hollywood celebrity, the out-of-work soap star, the understudy, the Shakespearian hero. Thirty-six years ago, they dreamed of the great parts awaiting them. What they did not know was that the parts would soon dry up, for the actresses. Because they had stopped being young. But: once an actress, always an actress and on this hot, summer's day it becomes clear that age does not wipe out ambition. Or desire. Or memory. Or love. So when the Reunion culminates in an accusation of rape that dominates every newspaper in the country, the past - sweet, cruel, tragic - comes flooding back, and the actresses become the stars of the story. Perceptive, shocking, gripping and wise, this could only have been written by somebody who has been there. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Nebuly Coat J. Meade Falkner (Author) A. N. Wilson (Introduction by) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Dec 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784977023 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-702-3 ISBN10: 1784977020 EAN: 9781784977023
x Description: There have been queer tales told of that shield, and maybe there are queerer yet to be told. It has been stamped for good or evil on this church, and on this town, for centuries, and every tavern loafer will talk to you about the 'nebuly coat'... A young architect is sent to the remote Dorset town of Cullerne to supervise restoration work on its ancient abbey church. He is soon caught up in local life and the haunting rumours that surround the claim to the title of Lord Blandamer, whose escutcheon is the nebuly coat of the title. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Scandinavians: In Search of the Soul of the North Robert Ferguson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
10 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781858950 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-895-0 ISBN10: 1781858950 EAN: 9781781858950 x Description: The Scandinavians are regarded as Europe's most tolerant and peace-loving people. So how was it that one of the worst acts of political terror ever witnessed on this continent was committed by a Norwegian - against his fellow countrymen? Scandinavia is the epitome of cool: we fill our homes with cheap but stylish Nordic furniture; we envy their health-giving outdoor lifestyle; we glut ourselves on their crime fiction; even their strangely attractive melancholia seems to express a stoic, common-sensical acceptance of life's many vicissitudes. But how valid is this outsider's view of Scandinavia, and how accurate our picture of life in Scandinavia today? Robert Ferguson digs down through two millennia of history to tell stories of extraordinary events, people and objects - from Norwegian Death Metal to Vidkun Quisling, from Agnetha Faltskog to Greta Garbo, from Lurpak butter to the Old Norse rune stones - that richly illuminate our understanding of modern Scandinavia, its society, politics, culture and temperament. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Civvy Street Fiona Field (Author) Series:
Soldiers' Wives 3
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Sep 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781857786 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-778-6 ISBN10: 1781857784 EAN: 9781781857786 x Description: Susie Collins's world has fallen apart. Her husband, Mike, has been made redundant from the army. But worse is to come when Susie learns that the family finances are much rockier than she realised. Their rebellious twin daughters can't stay at their fee-paying school and there's almost no money left to buy a decent house. These are desperate times and Susie knows she must find a job quickly. But Mike is being difficult about her plans and the girls impossible. How are they all going to cope? Life is tough for newcomers on civvy street. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
House of Snow: An Anthology of the Greatest Writing About Nepal Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bt OBE (Foreword by) Ed Douglas (Introduction by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
02 Nov 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 592pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781788541534 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-153-4 ISBN10: 1788541537 EAN: 9781788541534 x Description: In 2015, Sagarmatha frowned. Tectonic plates moved. A deadly earthquake devastated Nepal. In the wake of disaster, House of Snow brings together over 50 excerpts of fiction and non-fiction celebrating the breathtaking landscapes and rich cultural heritage of this fascinating country. Here are explorers and mountaineers, poets and political journalists, national treasures and international celebrities. Featuring a diverse cast of writers such as Michael Palin and Jon Krakauer, Lakshmiprasad Devkota and Lil Bahadur Chettri - all handpicked by well-known authors and scholars of Nepali literature including Samrat Upadhyay, Michael Hutt, Isabella Tree and Thomas Bell. House of Snow is the biggest, most comprehensive and most beautiful collection of writing about Nepal in print. All profits from the sales of this book will be donated to the Pahar Trust Nepal to fund earthquake relief projects. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Guilty Minds Joseph Finder (Author) Series:
A Nick Heller Thriller
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jan 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784978556 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-855-6 ISBN10: 1784978558 EAN: 9781784978556 x Description: Private spy Nick Heller is the best lie detector you'll ever meet. Tough, smart and stubborn, Nick Heller prides himself on uncovering the truth. But now he has just forty-eight hours to solve the murder of an innocent woman. Forty-eight hours to force the power-brokers of Washington to give up their secrets... The truth, when it comes, will shock them all. PREVIOUS TITLES: The Moscow Club; Extraordinary Powers; The Zero Hour; High Crimes; Paranoia; Company Man; Killer Instinct; Power Play; Vanished; Buried Secrets; Suspicion, The Fixer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Switch Joseph Finder (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786693860 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-386-0 ISBN10: 1786693860 EAN: 9781786693860 x Description: * One of the Guardian's Best Crime Books and Thrillers of 2017 * Michael Tanner is heading home from a business trip when he picks up the wrong laptop at airport security. The computer he takes home belongs to US senator Susan Robbins, and it contains top secret files that should never have been on there in the first place. With her career in politics on the line, Senator Robbins is determined to get her laptop back, whatever the cost... Tanner is now a hunted man. But with the government against him, who can he trust to help him? PREVIOUS TITLES: The Moscow Club; Extraordinary Powers; The Zero Hour; High Crimes; Paranoia; Company Man; Killer Instinct; Power Play; Vanished; Buried Secrets; Suspicion, The Fixer, Guilty Minds. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Underneath Melanie Finn (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
30 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788541251 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-125-1 ISBN10: 1788541251 EAN: 9781788541251 x Description: Ex-journalist Kay and her family are spending the summer in a rented farmhouse in Vermont. Kay is haunted by her traumatic past in Africa, and is struggling with her troubled marriage and the constraints of motherhood. Then her husband is called away unexpectedly on business and Kay finds herself alone with the children, obsessed by the idea that something terrible has happened to the owners of the house. The locals are reticent when she asks about their whereabouts; and she finds disturbing writing scrawled across one of the walls. As she starts to investigate she becomes involved with a local man, Ben, whose life is complicated by his own violent past, his involvement in a drugtrafficking operation, and his desire to adopt an abused child. Their two stories collide and intertwine, heading towards a dramatic denouement. The Underneath is a tense, intelligent, beautifully written thriller which is also a considered exploration of violence, both personal and national, and whether it can ever be justified. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The White Hare Michael Fishwick (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Zephyr
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 Oct 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786690524 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-052-4 ISBN10: 1786690527 EAN: 9781786690524 x Description: A beautifully written coming-of-age novel from an acclaimed literary voice. A lost boy. A dead girl, and one who is left behind. A village full of whispers and secrets. When the white hare appears, magical and fleet in the silvery moonlight, she leads them all into a legend, a chase. But who is the hunter and who the hunted? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Note Zoe Folbigg (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Aria
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
21 Mar 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788543606 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-360-6 ISBN10: 1788543602 EAN: 9781788543606 x Description: Love at first sight - based on the true story of one girl and her 'train man'... One very ordinary day, Maya Flowers sees a new commuter board her train to London, and suddenly the day isn't ordinary at all. Maya knows immediately and irrevocably that he is The One. Every day they go through the same routine; he with his head in a book and her dreaming of their happily-ever-after. But eventually, Maya plucks up the courage to give Train Man a note asking him out for a drink. And so begins a story of sliding doors, missed opportunities and finding happiness where you least expect it. Based on the true story that everyone is talking about, The Note is an uplifting, life-affirming reminder that taking a chance can change everything... Perfect for fans of David Nicholls' One Day, Jojo Moyes and Sophie Kinsella. The Note is a once-in-a-lifetime love story for hopeless romantics everywhere. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stories We Tell Ourselves Sarah Francoise (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786697349 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-734-9 ISBN10: 1786697343 EAN: 9781786697349 x Description: Frank and Joan's marriage is in trouble. Having spent three decades failing to understand each other in their unfinished house in the French alps, Joan's frustrations with her inattentive husband have reached breaking point. Frank, retreating ever further into his obscure hobbies, is distracted by an epistolary affair with his long-lost German girlfriend. Things are getting tense. But it's Christmas, and the couple are preparing to welcome home their three far-flung children. The children, though, are faring little better in love themselves. Maya, a gender expert mother-of-two, is considering leaving her family and running off with a woman; Wim is considering leaving his girlfriend; and Lois, who spends her time turning war documentaries into love poems, is facing a change of heart. Written with a rare precision and insight, the author explores the thorniness of familial love and its capacity to endure with warmth, wit and disarming honesty. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Summer of Love Caro Fraser (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
18 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 512pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788541398 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-139-8 ISBN10: 1788541391 EAN: 9781788541398 x Description: The dark days of the war are over, but the family secrets they held are only just dawning. In the hot summer of 1949, a group of family and friends gather at Harry Denholm's country house in Kent. Meg and Dan Ranscombe, emerging from a scandal of their own making; Dan's godmother, Sonia; and her two young girls, Laura and Avril, only one of whom is Sonia's biological daughter. Amongst the heat, memories, and infatuations, a secret is revealed to Meg's son, Max, and soon a terrible tragedy unfolds that will have consequences for them all. Afterwards, Avril, Laura and Max must come of age in a society still reeling from the war, haunted by the choices of that fateful summer. Cold, entitled Avril will go to any lengths to take what is hers. Beautiful, naive Laura finds refuge and love in the London jazz clubs, but Max, with wealth and unrequited love, has the capacity to undo it all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Summer House Party Caro Fraser (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 512pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786691507 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-150-7 ISBN10: 1786691507 EAN: 9781786691507 x Description: In the gloriously hot summer of 1936, a group of people meet at a country house party. Within three years, the country will be engulfed in war, but for now time stands still as they sip champagne on the lawn, engaging in casual flirtations and carefree conversation. Then a shocking death puts an end to their revelry, changing everything in an instant. For all of them, that summer house party will be a turning point. The mistakes made during that fateful weekend will change their lives for ever. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Secret Surfer Iain Gately (null) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786693914 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-391-4 ISBN10: 1786693917 EAN: 9781786693914 x Description: The author, recovering from an operation to fit him with a titanium hip joint, sets out to catch a tube. This is no London Underground train, but rather that evanescent space, inside the unfolding wave, of which the surfer's dreams are made. The ultimate experience for the surfer is to ride inside a tube as it closes behind them. Most rides last between five and fifteen seconds; the record is thirty. In twelve years of surfing, Iain Gately has never caught a tube, but, before he gets old, he yearns to do so. The Secret Surfer is an alternative travel book; an exploration of an activity that attracts loners, obsessives and eccentrics; a lyrical evocation of places in Cornwall, Galicia, Portugal, Andalucia, Morocco and Ireland; and a rousing call to all of us not to give up too soon. Gately's quest, whether it ends in triumph or in failure, will offer a similar mixture of introspection and adventure, of a search for self-knowledge and of physical endeavour. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Futility William Gerhardie (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786694805 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-480-5 ISBN10: 1786694808 EAN: 9781786694805 x Description: William Gerhardie's first comic novel tells the story of a young Englishman who returns to St Petersburg where he was raised and falls in love with the daughter of a highly eccentric and dysfunctional family - a relationship which is played out with the armies of the Russian Revolution marching outside the parlour window. Part British romantic comedy, part Russian social realism, with Gerhardie's trademark large cast of wonderfully realised and highly memorable characters, this funny and poignant novel is the tale of persistance in love and hope in the face of what should be insurmountably difficult
circumstances. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Polyglots William Gerhardie (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 Oct 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786694782 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-478-2 ISBN10: 1786694786 EAN: 9781786694782 x Description: Set in the Far East just after the First World War, Gerhardie's comic masterpiece in the tale of an eccentric Belgian family, recounted by their young English relative who comes to stay with them. Filled with bizarre characters - depressives, obsessives, paranoiacs and sex maniacs - Gerhardie paints a wonderfully strange world where the comic and tragic are entwined. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Breakout at Stalingrad Heinrich Gerlach (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 720pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786690630 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-063-0 ISBN10: 1786690632 EAN: 9781786690630 x Description: Captured by the Soviets after the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943, Heinrich Gerlach wrote a novel based on his experiences. In 1949, however, the KGB confiscated his 600-page manuscript. Gerlach returned to Germany in 1950, and, under hypnosis, recalled parts of his narrative. In 1957, it was published under the title The Forsaken Army and became a bestseller. In 2011 Carsten Gansel, an academic, made a sensational find in a Moscow archive: the original manuscript of Gerlach's novel. Breakthrough at Stalingrad differs sharply in tone from the novel published in 1957. Here, a coruscating emphasis on German war crimes and the author's feelings of guilt form a descant to his narrative of the battle and reflections on the pointlessness of war. Breakthrough at Stalingrad includes an appendix by Carsten Gansel, telling the story behind both the 1957 edition of the novel and discovery of its original version. After 70 years, a classic of 20th-century war literature can be enjoyed in its original version. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts Mary Gibson (Author) Series:
The Factory Girls 1
Edition:
Reissue
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788543842 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-384-2 ISBN10: 178854384X EAN: 9781788543842 This Product Replaces: 9781781855768 x
Description: Heartwarming and gritty, the story of a factory girl in Bermondsey through World War 1. They call them custard tarts - the girls who work at the Pearce Duff custard and jelly factory. But now the custard tarts are up in arms, striking for better conditions. Among them is Nellie Clark, trying to hold her family together after the death of her mother. She has the most desperate struggle to make ends meet, often going hungry to feed her little brothers. Two men vie for Nellie's love. One is flamboyant, confident and a chancer. The other is steady, truthful and loyal. But the choice is not as easy as it might seem. Looming over them all - over Bermondsey, over the factory, over the custard tarts and their lives and loves - is the shadow of the First World War. And that will change everything and everyone. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hattie's Home Mary Gibson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784973391 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-339-1 ISBN10: 1784973394 EAN: 9781784973391 x Description: January 1947. The war is over. But London is still a wasteland. After eights years in the ATS, Hattie Wright returns to a Bermondsey she doesn't recognise. With so few jobs, she reluctantly takes work at the Alaska fur factory - a place rife with petty rivalries that she vowed never to set foot in again. But while she was a rising star in the ATS, Hattie's work mates are unforgiving in her attempts to promote herself up from the factory floor. After journeying across the world to Australia to marry her beloved, Clara is betrayed and returns penniless, homeless and trying to raise a child in the face of prejudice. While war widow, Lou, has lost more than most in the war. Her daughter and parents were killed in an air raid bomb blast and her surviving son, Ronnie, is fending for himself and getting into all kinds of trouble. The lifelong friendship these women forge while working in the fur factory will help them overcome crippling grief and prejudice in post-war Britain and to find hope in tomorrow. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Master of War David Gilman (Author) Series:
Master of War 1
Edition:
Reissue
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 544pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788544450 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-445-0 ISBN10: 1788544455 EAN: 9781788544450 This Product Replaces: 9781781850596 x Description: Amid the carnage of the 100 Years War - the bloodiest confilct in medieval history - a young English archer confronts his destiny... England, 1346: For Thomas Blackstone the choice is easy - dance on the end of a rope for a murder he did not commit, or take up his war bow and join the king's invasion. As he fights his way across northern France, Blackstone learns the brutal lessons of war - from the terror and confusion of his first taste of combat, to the savage realities of siege warfare.
Vastly outnumbered, Edward III's army will finally confront the armoured might of the French nobility on the field of Crecy. It is a battle that will change the history of warfare, a battle that will change the course of Blackstone's life, a battle that will forge a legend. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Night Flight to Paris David Gilman (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
23 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 464pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788544917 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-491-7 ISBN10: 1788544919 EAN: 9781788544917 x Description: February, 1943. Englishman and ex-teacher Harry Mitchell is recruited by the SOE for a dangerous mission in occupied Paris: locate and extract a compromised wireless operator. But Mitchell has his own motive for taking the mission. The wife and daughter he left behind in Paris have fallen into the hands of the Gestapo. As he searches for his family, Mitchell must navigate the treacheries and betrayals of war. Courage will only take him so far. Occupied Paris is a nest of vipers... and the vipers are expecting him. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Last Horseman David Gilman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Feb 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784974565 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-456-5 ISBN10: 1784974560 EAN: 9781784974565 x Description: South Africa, 1900. The search for his missing son takes Joseph Radcliffe from the streets of Dublin, smouldering with rebellion, to the trackless veld of South Africa and the bloody brutality of the Anglo-Boer War. As a former cavalryman in the US army, Radcliffe is no stranger to war, but 800 miles north of Cape Town, under fire from Boer commandos and distrusted by the British forces, he will find his survival skills tested to the hilt. The Last Horseman is an epic tale of heroism and treachery, love and loyalty, set against the backdrop of a conflict that shook an empire to its core. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Vindolanda Adrian Goldsworthy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
16 Nov 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784974701 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-470-1 ISBN10: 1784974706 EAN: 9781784974701 x Description: AD 98, Vindolanda. A fort on the edge of the roman world. The bustling army base at Vindolanda lies on the northern frontier of Britannia and the entire Roman world. In just over twenty years time, Emperor Hadrian will build his wall. But for now defences are weak as local tribes rebel against Rome. It falls to Flavius Ferox, Briton and Roman centurion, to keep the peace. But it will take more than just a soldier's courage to survive life in Roman Britain. This is a hugely authentic historical novel, written by one of Britain's leading historians. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
May We Borrow Your Language?: How English Steals Words From All Over the World Philip Gooden (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Sep 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786694553 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-455-3 ISBN10: 1786694557 EAN: 9781786694553 x Description: The English language that is spoken by one billion people around the world is a linguistic mongrel, its vocabulary a diverse mix resulting from centuries of borrowing from other tongues. From the Celtic languages of pre-Roman Britain to Norman French; from the Vikings' Old Scandinavian to Persian, Arawak, Cantonese, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Inuit and Erdu - amongst a host of others - we have enriched our modern language with such words as tulip, slogan, doolally, avocado, moccasin, ketchup and ukulele. May We Borrow Your Language? explores the intriguing and unfamiliar stories behind scores of familiar words that the English language has filched from abroad; in so doing, it also sheds fascinating light on the wider history of the development of the English we speak today. Full of etymological nuggets to intrigue and delight the reader, this is a gift book for word buffs to cherish - as cerebrally stimulating as it is more-ishly entertaining. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Death's Mistress Terry Goodkind (Author) Series:
Sister of Darkness: The Nicci Chronicles 1
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
18 Sep 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 512pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786691651 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-165-1 ISBN10: 1786691655 EAN: 9781786691651 x Description: Sister of the Light, Sister of the Dark. The Slave Queen, Death's Mistress. Nicci has gone by many names and faced many challenges. But that's in the past. Now, on the far horizons of a world forged anew, she must heed the witch woman's words: 'and the sorceress must save the world'. As Nicci journies into uncharted lands, she'll face her greatest test yet. She's saved the world before, but she's never had to do it on her own... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nest Terry Goodkind (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
10 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786692962 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-296-2 ISBN10: 1786692961 EAN: 9781786692962 x Description: In the wake of her brother's brutal murder, Kate Bishop has a lot of questions. Why was her brother keeping a man chained in his cellar? What was his relationship with the detective now leading the investigation into his death? Could his murder be connected to the death of their reclusive uncle two weeks earlier? One man, the enigmatic author of a book called A Brief History of Evil, contacts Kate saying he has the answers to her questions - answers that will expose her to the nature of true evil. Kate, he says, has a hidden talent, a talent that has marked her for death at the hands of humanity's superpredators... An explosive mix of action and suspense, Nest is a dangerous journey to the back alleys of the darknet, to the darkest corners of our minds, and to the very origins of what it is to be human - a place few have ventured and fewer still have survived. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Warheart Terry Goodkind (Author) Series:
Sword of Truth 17
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Oct 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 528pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784972059 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-205-9 ISBN10: 1784972053 EAN: 9781784972059 x Description: The epic finale to the THE SWORD OF TRUTH series: 16 volumes 20 years in the making, 26 million copies sold. Soulmates, pawns of prophecy and inheritors of an ancient conflict, Richard and Kahlan's destinies have been bound together since their first encounter in Wizard's First Rule. But now Richard lies on a funeral bier - suspended between the worlds of life and death and Kahlan faces her greatest challenge. She must fight for Richard's very existence, and Richard, trapped in the underworld, must fight to keep the world of life from ending. Desperate sacrifices are required. This is the final battle in a war three-millennia old, a war that saw the Sword of Truth forged, a war that could mean the end, not only of their lives, but of their world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Girl in the Moon Terry Goodkind (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
20 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 496pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788545655 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-565-5 ISBN10: 1788545656 EAN: 9781788545655 x Description: Angela Constantine is a girl born broken. The daughter of a meth addict, Angela is convinced she was born a monster. Haunted by an abusive childhood, she was forced to become a woman far too soon. And in the process, she became more. Angela Constantine has a secret. Living in a secluded mountain cabin and juggling several jobs, Angela leads a double life right under everyone's noses. Because her family's bloodline carries the ability to recognize killers, she adopts a solitary existence in service of her own violent mission in life. When she unexpectedly finds herself stalked, Angela is the only one who knows the truth of what they are about to do. She's an unlikely hero. She's also our only hope. Angela Constantine is... The Girl in the Moon. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bouncer David Gordon (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
23 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 200pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788543774 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-377-4 ISBN10: 1788543777 EAN: 9781788543774 x Description: Joe Brody is just your average Dostoevsky-reading, Harvard-expelled strip club bouncer who has a highly classified military history and a best friend from Catholic school who happens to be head mafioso Gio Caprisi. FBI agent Donna Zamora, the best shot in her class at Quantico, is a single mother stuck at a desk manning the hotline. Their storylines intersect over a tip from a cokehead that leads to a crackdown on Gio's strip joint in Queens and Joe's arrest. Outside the jailhouse, the Fed and the bouncer lock eyes, as Gordon launches them both headlong into a non-stop plot that goes from back-road gun show intervention to high-stakes perfume heist, and manages to touch everyone from the CIA to the Flushing Triads. Beneath it all lurks a sinister criminal mastermind whose manipulations could cause chaos on a massively violent scale. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Fool, Free Beate Grimsrud (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Jul 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781851944 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-194-4 ISBN10: 1781851948 EAN: 9781781851944 x Description: My name is Eli. I am the one telling the story and the one the story is about. The one with the voices in her head. Eli Larsen is a talented author and film-maker. She writes books. She directs films. She wins awards. She is a success. But Eli has a secret. Since she was a child she has shared her life with Espen, Erik, Prince Eugen and Emil. Sometimes they're friendly, sometimes comforting, but sometimes they want to hurt Eli and the people she loves most. In this candid and beautiful novel Beate Grimsrud offers an unflinching insight into the secret world of the mind. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Marked for Death James Hamilton-Paterson (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 May 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm 16p col illus ISBN13: 9781784970406 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-040-6 ISBN10: 1784970409 EAN: 9781784970406 x Description: Little more than 10 years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into service in World War I. Nearly forgotten in the war's massive overall death toll, some 50,000 aircrew would die in the combatant nations' fledgling air forces.
The romance of aviation had a remarkable grip on the public imagination, propaganda focusing on gallant air 'aces' who become national heroes. The reality was horribly different. MARKED FOR DEATH debunks popular myth to explore the brutal truths of wartime aviation: of flimsy planes and unprotected pilots; of burning 19-year-olds falling screaming to their deaths; of pilots blinded by the entrails of their observers. James Hamilton-Paterson also reveals how four years of war produced profound changes both in the aircraft themselves and in military attitudes and strategy. By 1918 it was widely accepted that domination of the air above the battlefield was crucial to military success, a realization that would change the nature of warfare for ever. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Joyce in Court Adrian Hardiman (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786691590 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-159-0 ISBN10: 1786691590 EAN: 9781786691590 x Description: Books about the work of James Joyce are an academic industry. Most of them are unreadable and esoteric. Adrian Hardiman's book is both highly readable and strikingly original. He spent years researching Joyce's obsession with the legal system, and the myriad references to notorious trials in Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Joyce was fascinated by and felt passionately about miscarriages of justice, and his view of the law was coloured by the potential for grave injustice when policemen and judges are given too much power. Hardiman recreates the colourful, dangerous world of the Edwardian courtrooms of Dublin and London, where the death penalty loomed over many trials. He brings to life the eccentric barristers, corrupt police and omnipotent judges who made the law so entertaining and so horrifying. This is a remarkable evocation of a vanished world, though Joyce's scepticism about the way evidence is used in criminal trials is still highly relevant. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Serpent Sword Matthew Harffy (Author) Series:
The Bernicia Chronicles 1 Edition:
ANZ only
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
21 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786692412 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-241-2 ISBN10: 1786692414 EAN: 9781786692412 x Description: AD 633. Beobrand is a young man with a shadowy past. As an outsider in the kingdom of Bernicia, he is compelled to join his brother, Octa, as a warrior in the household of King Edwin. He must learn to fight with sword and shield to defend the war-ravaged kingdoms of Northumbria. In a period of great upheaval for Dark Age Britain, all he finds is death and war. Men and women strive to seize control of their destinies in a time of despair, and the land is rife with danger as warlords vie for supremacy and dominion. Amongst the blood and the betrayals, Beobrand learns of his brother's near-certain murder. Inexperienced but ruthless, Beobrand must form his own allegiances and learn to fight as a warrior with sword and shield. Driven by a desire for vengeance and a relentless pursuit of his enemies, he faces challenges which transform him from a boy to a man who stands strong in the clamour and gore of the shieldwall. As he closes in on his kin's slayer, can Beobrand mete out the retribution he craves without sacrificing his honour... or even his soul? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Northmen: The Viking Saga 793-1241 John Haywood (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Oct 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm 8pp col illus ISBN13: 9781781855256 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-525-6 ISBN10: 1781855250 EAN: 9781781855256 x Description: The violent and predatory society of Dark Age Scandinavia left a unique impact on the history of medieval Europe. From their chill northern fastness, Norse warriors, explorers and merchants raided, traded, and settled across wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic from the late 8th to the mid-11th century. THE VIKING CHRONICLES narrates their story focusing on places where key events were played out, from the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 to the murder in Iceland in 1241 of the saga-writer Snorri Sturluson. Such episodes are fascinating in themselves, but also shed crucial light on the nature of Viking activity - its causes, effects, and the reasons for its decline. In 800 the Scandinavians were barbarians in longboats bent on plunder and rapine; by 1200, their homelands were an integral part of Latin Christendom. John Haywood tells, in authoritative but compellingly readable fashion, the extraordinary story of the Viking Age. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Inch Levels Neil Hegarty (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Mar 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784975807 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-580-7 ISBN10: 178497580X EAN: 9781784975807 x Description: A haunting debut set in the harsh, beautiful landscape of Ireland's north coast. Patrick Jackson lies on his deathbed in Derry and recalls a family history marked by secrecy and silence, and a striking absence of conventional pieties. He remembers the death of an eight-year-old girl, whose body was found on reclaimed land called Inch Levels on the shoreline of Lough Swilly. And he is visited by his beloved but troubled sister Margaret and by his despised brother-in-law Robert, and by Sarah, his hard, unchallengeable mother. Each of them could talk about events in the past that might explain the bleakness of their relationships, but leaving things unsaid has become a way of life. Guilt and memory beat against them, as shock waves from bombs in Derry travel down the river to shake the windows of those who have escaped the city. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Langrishe, Go Down Aidan Higgins (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
13 Jul 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 280pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786695208 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-520-8 ISBN10: 1786695200 EAN: 9781786695208
x Description: The lights in the bus burned dim, orange-hued behind opaque bevelled glass; ranged below the luggage racks they lit up the advertisement panels with repeated circles of bilious light. A white face that never seemed to turn away was watching her in the glass. Imogen Langrishe, the youngest of four sisters, embarks on a reckless love affair with a charismatic and indigent German scholar. Her family's name has long been a byword for money, status and respectability in Celbridge, County Kildare, but the world is now changing. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
When Ideas Matter: Speeches for an Ethical Republic Michael D. Higgins (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Sep 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786691255 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-125-5 ISBN10: 1786691256 EAN: 9781786691255 x Description: The President of Ireland since 2011, when he was elected by a final tally of almost 57% of the votes, Michael D. Higgins has used his time in office to setout a vision of what he calls 'an ethical Republic'. In a series of remarkable and urgent speeches, which are anything but the bland commentaries of a ceremonial head of state, Michael D. Higgins has urged his fellow citizens to consider what makes the good life. He has asked how human rights, an active and empowered citizenry, women's equality and the right to health and a life free of corrosive anxiety might be achieved. He has highlighted the plight of refugees. And he has criticised the ways in which work is becoming dehumanised. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Story: Love, Loss & The Lives of Women: 100 Great Short Stories Victoria Hislop (Edited by) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 Oct 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 816pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786691460 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-146-0 ISBN10: 1786691469 EAN: 9781786691460 x Description: Witty, heartbreaking, shocking, satirical: the short story can excite or sadden, entice or repulse. The one thing it can never be is dull. Now Victoria Hislop has collected 100 stories from her favourite women writers into one volume. Here are Man Booker Prize-winners and Nobel Laureates, feminists and famous wits, national treasures and rising stars, all handpicked by one of the nation's best-loved novelists. Featuring an all star cast of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Angela Carter, Margaret Drabble, Penelope Fitzgerald, Miranda July, Doris Lessing, Katherine Mansfield, Alice Munro, Dorothy Parker and Virginia Woolf, The Story is the biggest and most beautiful collection of women's short fiction in print today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Seaside Escape Lisa Hobman (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Aria
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
31 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788546188 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-618-8 ISBN10: 1788546180 EAN: 9781788546188 x Description: All work and no love can make for a dull life. But cupid's arrow has a habit of striking when you least expect it... A heartwarming, feelgood romance to curl up with this winter. Perfect for the fans of Marian Keyes and Veronica Henry. Mallory Westerman is the successful proprietor of Le Petit Cadeau, a gift shop extraordinaire in thriving Leeds. Concentrating solely on her business, she has almost given up on finding someone to love. That is until she literally falls into the arms of a handsome, intriguing stranger who becomes her Knight in shining armour. The whirlwind romance that ensues changes her life-path irrevocably. However, the road to true love is never smooth and things don't always turn out how you expect... *Shortlisted for the RNA Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year 2014* This book was previously published as A Bridge Over the Atlantic. 'Things don't always turn out as you'd expect! A Seaside Escape is a funny, poignant and beautiful story of love and loss, just like life. Mallory's story is life affirming and bursting with emotion that will have you reaching for the tissues. A very well told story perfect for reading on cold autumn nights by the fire' Adele O'Neill. 'This is a story to fall in love with, a triumph of love over loss, hope over heartache and ultimately a tale that will lift your spirits and leave you smiling at the end! Well done Ms Hobman, a great debut!' Faith Hogan. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Husband's Wives Faith Hogan (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
04 May 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786693099 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-309-9 ISBN10: 1786693097 EAN: 9781786693099 x Description: Paul Starr, Ireland's leading cardiologist dies in a car crash with a pregnant young woman by his side. United in their grief and the love of one man, four women are thrown together in an attempt to come to terms with life after Paul. They soon realise they never really knew him at all. The love they shared for Paul in his life and which incensed a feeling of mistrust and dislike for each other, in his death turns into the very thing that bonds them and their children to each other, forever. As they begin to form unlikely friendships, Paul's death proves to be the catalyst that enables them to become the people they always wanted to be. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Secrets We Keep Faith Hogan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Aria
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
30 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788542043 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-204-3 ISBN10: 1788542045 EAN: 9781788542043 x Description: Some people are good at keeping secrets but some secrets are never meant to be kept... The beautiful old Bath House in Ballytokeep has lain empty and abandoned for decades. For devoted pensioners Archie and Iris, it holds too many conflicting memories - sometimes it's better to leave the past where it belongs. For highflying, top London divorce lawyer Kate Hunt, it's a fresh start - maybe even her future. On a winter visit to see her estranged Aunt Iris she falls in love with the Bath House. Inspired, she moves to Ballytokeep leaving behind her past heartache - but can you ever escape your past or your destiny? What people are saying about SECRETS WE KEEP: 'A beautiful love story - full of warmth and redemption' - KATE KERRIGAN. 'This is a beautifully written story of second chances, starting afresh and reconciling with the past' 'This book is something really different, one to escape into and an author I'm loving more and more with every book' 'Heartwarming, hopeful, amazing' 'Full of interest, complexity and intrigue' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Borrowed Chan Ho-Kei (Author) Jeremy Tiang (Translated by) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784971533 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-153-3 ISBN10: 1784971537 EAN: 9781784971533 x Description: Where there is murder, there is humanity. Hong Kong's greatest detective, Inspector Kwan, is dying. For the past fifty years he has been quietly solving crimes while the world changed around him. Now on his deathbed, his partner Detective Lok needs help with one final case. Through the story of six different but interlocking murders, this bold and intricate crime novel spans five decades of love, honour, jealousy and revenge, in one of the world's most intriguing nations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Last of the Summer Moet Wendy Holden (Author) Series:
A Laura Lake Novel
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
02 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784977597 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-759-7 ISBN10: 1784977594 EAN: 9781784977597 x Description: TREAT YOURSELF to a sparkling romantic comedy... Last of the Summer Moet is a bottle of champagne in book form! Wendy Holden's warm and funny comic heroine Laura Lake is back. And this time, she's gone rural... Laura Lake, editor of glossy magazine Society, is always on the hunt for scandalous scoops to fill her pages. Now she's discovered a top-secret village in the English countryside where the rich and famous own weekend retreats. Where film stars, Turner-prize winners and billionaires park their helicopters outside the gastropub and buy GBP100 sourdough loaves from the deli. Outsiders are strictly forbidden. But luckily Laura's best friend Lulu, a logo-obsessed socialite with a heart as huge as her sunglasses, suddenly fancies a quiet life in the country... But life in this enchanted rural idyll is harder than it looks. A brawl at the world's poshest pub quiz nearly brings down the government. And gossip from rehearsals of the midsummer pantomime threatens to tear the village apart... Can Laura write her expose before the snobbish villagers blow her cover and suss her true identity? 'Effing marvellous' JILLY COOPER. 'So, so smart and funny' INDIA KNIGHT. 'Hilarious, clever and compulsively readable ... total bliss' DAILY MAIL. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Laura Lake and the Hipster Weddings Wendy Holden (Author) Series:
A Laura Lake Novel
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Sep 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784977566 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-756-6 ISBN10: 178497756X EAN: 9781784977566 x Description: 'Effing marvellous' JILLY COOPER. A laugh-out-loud new novel that fans of The Devil Wears Prada, Bridget Jones and Sophie Kinsella will love! Laura Lake longs to be a journalist. Instead she's an unpaid intern at a glossy magazine - sleeping in the fashion cupboard and living on canapes. But she's just got her first big break: infiltrate three society weddings and write a juicy expose. Security will be tighter than a bodycon dress, but how hard can it be? Cue disappearing brides, demanding socialites - and a jealous office enemy who will do anything to bring her down... Previously published as Laura Lake and the Hipster Weddings. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Hard Woman to Kill Alex Howard (Author) Series:
DCI Hanlon 3
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Apr 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784971090 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-109-0 ISBN10: 178497109X EAN: 9781784971090 x Description: Chechnya: an incorruptible security officer is assassinated. Berlin: a small child grieves for his father. In the East: an obese psychopath sets his feet on the first rungs of his criminal career. A frightened Russian woman seeks DCI Hanlon's help in finding her missing husband. Hanlon's not keen on the case. Until she hears a name she recognises only too well. Arkady Belanov, sadistic pimp and owner of an exclusive brothel in Oxford is involved. When DI Enver Demirel, her former partner and friend, disappears, Hanlon is forced into an uneasy alliance with the London underworld to rescue him from the blood-stained hands of the Russian mafia. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An Incidental Death Alex Howard (Author) Series:
DCI Hanlon 4
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2017
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784971366 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-136-6 ISBN10: 1784971367 EAN: 9781784971366 x Description: DCI Hanlon faces the toughest decision of her career as a string of political murders lead to a deadly confrontation. A controversial, right-wing German politician is due to speak at the Oxford Union. Following a series of murders linked to a violent anarchist group, the city is on high alert. DCI Hanlon has been partnered with DI Huss to ensure the speech goes smoothly and that there will be no more killing. The murders soon reveal a chilling alliance between the anarchists and European Jihadis. And when Hanlon traces the killer, she soon realises that the truth has a terrible price. Is Hanlon willing to meet the cost? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
To Fight For Phillip Hunter (Author) Series:
The Killing Machine 3
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
11 Aug 2016
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781853436 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-343-6 ISBN10: 1781853436 EAN: 9781781853436 x
Description: Fighting is all he knows. Before he became an assassin in London's underworld, Joe was a bare-knuckle boxer. Before that he was a soldier in the British army. But nothing prepared him for this. Revenge drives him forward. On the streets of East London, a turf war is raging. And Joe has no choice but to join the fight. It's the only way he can find out what happened to the woman he loved - the only way he can bring her killers to justice. Either they die, or he does... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Finisterre Graham Hurley (Author) Series:
Wars Within 1
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2017
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784977832 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-783-2 ISBN10: 1784977837 EAN: 9781784977832 x Description: Germany, October 1944: Dozens of cities lie in ruins. Enemy armies are at the gates. For the Thousand Year Reich, time is running out. Desperate to avoid the humiliation of unconditional surrender, German intelligence launch Operation Finisterre - a last-ditch plan to enable Hitler to deny the savage logic of a war on two fronts and bluff his way to the negotiating table. Success depends on two individuals: Stefan Portisch, a German naval officer washed ashore on the coast of Spain after the loss of his U-boat, and Hector Gomez, an ex-FBI detective, planted by Director J. Edgar Hoover in the middle of the most secret place on earth: the American atomic bomb complex. Both men will find themselves fighting for survival as Operation Finisterre plays itself out. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wives' Revenge Lindsey Hutchinson (Author) Series:
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Aria
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788542012 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-201-2 ISBN10: 1788542010 EAN: 9781788542012 x Description: Even in the hardest lives, some light must shine. Violet Clancy can take no more of her brutal stepfather's attentions, so when he meets a tragic end she feels justice has been done. Looking around the bleak and pitiless Black Country town of Wednesbury, she realises that there are many other wrongs that she could help to put right. Joining a coterie of women who call themselves the Wednesbury Wives, Violet and her friends are determined to win justice for the abused. Their mission is to bring a little light into the hardest lives. Before long the wives find laughter and romance in their close-knit town. But will their friendships survive when some of their good deeds are brought into doubt, and some of their methods are called into question? And is justice always worth it, no matter what the price? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Workhouse Children Lindsey Hutchinson (Author) Series:
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Aria
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
26 Mar 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788543064 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-306-4 ISBN10: 1788543068 EAN: 9781788543064 x Description: A heartbreaking Black Country Saga. Cara Flowers' mother disappeared when she was too young to realise, and when her grandmother dies she leaves not only an enormous fortune, but also a huge responsibility - she wants Cara to find their estranged family. Her quest leads her to the doors of the looming Bilston workhouse where children are torn away from their families to toil for others. Shocked by the appalling conditions, Cara vows to find a way to shut down the building and rescue its residents. And then she discovers a link between the workhouse and her missing mother... Can Cara overcome her past and save these children from their fate? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Big Guns Steve Israel (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788544306 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-430-6 ISBN10: 1788544307 EAN: 9781788544306 x Description: When American mayors start a campaign to ban handguns, Otis Cogsworth, CEO of Cogsworth International Arms worries about the effects on his company. He convinces an Arkansas congressman to introduce the 'American Freedom from Fear Act': a law mandating that every American must own a gun. In tiny rural Asabogue, Mayor Lois Leibowitz passes an ordinance to ban firearms. But Otis Cogsworth's holiday mansion sits nearby. Otis orchestrates a recall election against Lois. Asabogue resident Jack Steele, a has-been action star not unlike Steven Seagal, runs against her and brings in the heavy artillery of American politics. Thousands of pro-gun militants armed to the teeth, and their opponents, descend on Asabogue. The village becomes a war zone. Meanwhile, Washington politicians and a cowardly President are caught between a mighty gun lobby and the absurdity of every American man, woman and child carrying a gun. What ensues is a hilarious indictment of American politics, whose author knows from bitter experience how sensible laws almost never get passed by Congress. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Road Kill Hanna Jameson (Author) Series:
Underground 3
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
04 May 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781851494 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-149-4 ISBN10: 1781851492 EAN: 9781781851494
x Description: I should have known that Eli would be a believer in favours. Not just the odd favour here and there, but the life-or-death ones you have to drag around with you forever. Eli and Ronnie are two lawless Brits on the road in America. Their mission is to find Trent, a guy who screwed Eli over and disappeared. But after forty hours driving through yellow desert and eating at lonely motels, what seemed real is no longer certain. Where did Trent stay? What did he do? Did he even exist at all? Leaving violent killings in their wake, Ronnie and Eli can do nothing except keep travelling forward. Now, trapped in a nightmarish road trip together, these two men must confront their own personal demons before they can come home... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
When I Wake Up Jessica Jarlvi (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786698025 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-802-5 ISBN10: 1786698021 EAN: 9781786698025 x Description: What secrets will be revealed when she opens her eyes? Anna is a much-loved teacher and mother of two. Now she's in a coma, after being savagely beaten in an attack. As her husband Erik uncovers what's happened, he begins to discover his wife's secret life and a town riven with desire, betrayal and jealousy. But only one person can reveal the truth. And she's lying silent in a hospital bed... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Court of Lions Jane Johnson (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786694355 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-435-5 ISBN10: 1786694352 EAN: 9781786694355 x Description: Kate Fordham fled to Spain to start a new life. Amid the sunlit streets of Granada and the earthly paradise of the Alhambra's gardens, towers and courtyards, she's left her past far behind. But fate is about to bring her face-to-face with her greatest fear. Five centuries ago, a message was hidden in the Alhambra's walls. There it has lain, undisturbed by the tides of history - the fall of Granada, the expulsion of its last Sultan - until Kate discovers it. Born of love in a time of desperation and danger, Kate's discovery will be the catalyst that changes her life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Now in November Josephine Johnson (Author) Michael Schmidt (Introduction by) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Apr 2016
Publishing Status:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784970758 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-075-8 ISBN10: 1784970751 EAN: 9781784970758 x Description: Now in November I can see our years as a whole. This autumn is like both an end and a beginning to our lives, and those days which seemed confused with the blur of all things too near and too familiar are clear and strange now. Forced out of the city by the Depression, Arnold Haldmarne moves his wife and three daughters to the country and tries to scratch a living from the land. After years of unrelenting hard work, the hiring of a young man from a neighbouring farm upsets the fragile balance of their lives. And in the summer, the rains fail to come. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
So Great a Prince: England and the Accession of Henry VIII Lauren Johnson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Feb 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm 8pp b&w illustrations ISBN13: 9781781859872 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-987-2 ISBN10: 1781859876 EAN: 9781781859872 x Description: The King is dead: long live the King. In 1509, Henry VII was succeeded by his son Henry VIII, second monarch of the house of Tudor. But this is not the familiar Tudor world of Protestantism and playwrights. Decades before the Reformation, ancient traditions persist: boy bishops, pilgrimage, Corpus Christi pageants, the jewel-decked shrine at Canterbury. So Great a Prince offers a fascinating glimpse of a country and people that at first appear alien - in calendar and clothing, in counting the hours by bell toll - but which on closer examination are recognisably and understandably human. Lauren Johnson tells the story of 1509 not just from the perspective of king and court, but of merchant and ploughman; apprentice and laundress; husbandman and foreign worker. She looks at these early Tudor lives through the rhythms of the ritual year, juxtaposing political events in Westminster and the palaces of southeast England with the liturgical and agricultural events that punctuated the year for the ordinary people of England. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Concubine's Child Carol Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
23 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786699824 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-982-4 ISBN10: 1786699826 EAN: 9781786699824 x
Description: In 1930s Malaya a sixteen-year-old girl, dreaming of marriage to her sweetheart, is sold as a concubine to a rich old man desperate for an heir. Trapped, and bullied by his spiteful wife, Yu Lan plans to escape with her baby son, despite knowing that they will pursue her to the ends of the earth. Four generations later, her great-grandson, Nick, will return to Malaysia, looking for the truth behind the facade of a house cursed by the unhappy past. Nothing can prepare him for what he will find. This exquisitely rich novel brings to life a vanished world - a world of abandoned ghost houses, inquisitive monkeys, smoky temples and a panoply of gods and demons. A world where a poor girl can be sold to fulfil a rich man's dream. But though he can buy her body, he can never capture her soul, nor quench her spirit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Little Woodford Catherine Jones, NFA (Author) Series:
Little Woodford 1
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784979805 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-980-5 ISBN10: 1784979805 EAN: 9781784979805 x Description: Little Woodford is a quintessential English market town, with charming high street shops, allotments and thriving pubs. A young widow and her children arrive from London after buying the huge, rambling Victorian mansion called the Beeches. Bex Millar hopes to escape from their previous life, and from a past involving a tragic incident with her stepdaughter. Bex tries to integrate herself and her family in their new community. She joins a pub quiz team and gets a job in the local bookshop. But it's hard to keep secrets in a small town and when the truth about her past finally emerges, it threatens to destroy her dream of an idyllic life in sleepy middle England. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter Dan Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Dec 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp h200mm x w135mm 2 x 8pp colour illustrations ISBN13: 9781786695963 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-596-3 ISBN10: 1786695960 EAN: 9781786695963 x Description: On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a meadow by the river Thames named Runnymede. Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion, King John was fast running out of options. On 15 June he reluctantly agreed to fix his regal seal to a document that would change the world. A milestone in the development of constitutional politics and the rule of law, the 'Great Charter' established an Englishman's right to Habeas Corpus and set limits to the exercise of royal power. For the first time a group of subjects had forced an English king to agree to a document that limited his powers by law and protected their rights. Dan Jones's elegant and authoritative narrative of the making and legacy of Magna Carta is amplified by profiles of the barons who secured it and a full text of the charter in both Latin and English. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Realm Divided: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England Dan Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Apr 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm 16pp colour illus ISBN13: 9781781858837 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-883-7 ISBN10: 1781858837 EAN: 9781781858837 x Description: 1215 - the penultimate year of the reign of a king with the worst reputation of any in our history - saw England engulfed by crisis. Weakened by the loss of Normandy, King John faced insurrection by his disgruntled barons. With the assistance of the Archbishop of Canterbury, they drew up a list of their demands. In June, in a quiet Thames-side water-meadow, John attached his regal seal - under oath - to a charter that set limits on regal power. In return, the barons renewed their vows of fealty. Groundbreaking though 'Magna Carta' was, it had scant immediate impact as England descended into civil war that would still be raging when John died the following year. Dan Jones's vivid account of the vicissitudes of feudal power politics and the workings of 13th-century government is interwoven with a exploration of the lives of ordinary people: how and where they worked, what they wore, what they ate, and what role the Church played in their lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Templars Dan Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
29 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 512pp h198mm x w129mm 2 X 8pp colour illustrations ISBN13: 9781781858929 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-892-9 ISBN10: 1781858926 EAN: 9781781858929 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Knights Templar were the wealthiest, most powerful - and most secretive - of the military orders that flourished in the crusading era. Their story encompassing as it does the greatest international conflict of the Middle Ages, a network of international finance, a swift rise in wealth and influence followed by a bloody and humiliating fall - has left a comet's tail of mystery that continues to fascinate and inspire historians, novelists and conspiracy theorists. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Black Prince Michael Jones (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm 1 x 8pp colour illustrations ISBN13: 9781784972943 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-294-3 ISBN10: 1784972940 EAN: 9781784972943 x Description: As a child he was given his own suit of armour; in 1346, at the age of 16, he helped defeat the French at Crecy; and in 1356 he captured the King of France at Poitiers. For the chronicler Jean Froissart, 'He was the flower of all chivalry'; for the Chandos Herald, who fought with him, he was
'the embodiment of all valour'. Edward of Woodstock, eldest son and heir of Edward III of England, better known as 'the Black Prince', was England's pre-eminent military leader during the first phase of the Hundred Years War. Michael Jones uses contemporary chronicles and documentary material, including the Prince's own letters and those of his closest followers, to tell the tale of an authentic English hero and to paint a memorable portrait of warfare and society in the tumultuous fourteenth century. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Mystery of the Colour Thief Ewa Jozefkowicz (Author) Series:
Edition:
ANZ Only
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
21 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp h200mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781788546492 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-649-2 ISBN10: 1788546490 EAN: 9781788546492 x Description: First the accident, then the nightmares. The shadowy thief steals all the colours from Izzy's world leaving her feeling empty and hopeless. Will her new neighbour and a nest full of cygnets save Izzy and solve the mystery of the colour thief? A heartwarming story about families, friendships,school, nature, hope and self-confidence. After a frightening car accident, Izzy's mum is in a coma. Her family is in pieces. Her best friend at school has dumped her. And her nightmares are haunted by a shadowy man stealing all the colours from her world. She's trying so hard to be brave, but Izzy thinks everything is her fault. Then she meets her new neighbour, Toby, paralyzed after a skateboarding accident, and together they find a nest of cygnets who need rescuing. Particularly the odd one out, called Spike. Will saving Spike save Izzy? Will she and Toby solve the mystery of the colour thief and bring hope and happiness back to Izzy's life? Written with insight, compassion and empathy - an authentic story about real life and how to survive it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bluff Michael Kardos (Author) Series:
Edition:
ANZ Only
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788543736 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-373-6 ISBN10: 1788543734 EAN: 9781788543736 x Description: At twenty-seven, Natalie Webb is already a has-been. A card-trick prodigy, she performed on the world magic circuit at eighteen but a liaison with an older performer ended disastrously after he stole her act and blackened her name. With her career over, she now lives alone with her pigeons and a pile of overdue bills in a New Jersey apartment. To make ends meet, Natalie agrees to write a magazine article on the art of cheating at cards. While researching in Atlantic City, she meets Ellen - a beguiling card cheat with a dazzling sleight of hand. Ellen has targeted a group of gamblers called the Midnight Riders - a hedge fund manager, a car dealer mogul and a Senatorial candidate - who play an annual high-dollar poker game. Ellen proposes that they combine their skills to pull off the greatest illusion of all and walk away with $1.5 million. But the rules of the game are about to change... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Secrets of Gaslight Lane M. R. C. Kasasian (Author) Series:
The Gower Street Detective Series 4
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Dec 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781859773 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-977-3 ISBN10: 1781859779 EAN: 9781781859773 x Description: London, 1883: All is quiet at 125 Gower Street. Sidney Grice is swotting up on the anatomical structure of human hair whilst his ward, March Middleton, sneaks upstairs for her eighth secret cigarette of the day. The household is, perhaps, too quiet. So, when a beautiful young woman turns up at the door, imploring London's foremost personal detective to solve the mystery of her father's murder, Grice can barely disguise his glee. Mr Nathan Garstang was found slaughtered in his bed, but there is no trace of a weapon or intruder. A classic locked-room case. But what piques Grice's interest is the crime's link to one of London's most notorious unsolved murders... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Betty Church and the Suffolk Vampire M.R.C. Kasasian (Author) Series:
A Betty Church Mystery 1 Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
18 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 432pp h210mm x w130mm ISBN13: 9781784978143 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-814-3 ISBN10: 1784978140 EAN: 9781784978143 x Description: September 1939: A new day dawns in Sackwater, not that this sleepy backwater is taking much notice... Inspector Betty Church - one of the few female officers on the force - has arrived from London to fill a vacancy at Sackwater police station. But Betty isn't new here. This is the place she grew up. The place she thought she'd left behind for good. Time ticks slowly in Sackwater, and crime is of a decidedly lighter shade. Having solved the case of the missing buttons, Betty's called to the train station to investigate a missing bench. But though there's no bench, there is a body. A smartly dressed man, stone-cold dead, with two distinctive puncture wounds in his throat. While the locals gossip about the Suffolk Vampire, Betty Church readies herself to hunt a dangerous killer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dead Student John Katzenbach (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Dec 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784972332 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-233-2 ISBN10: 1784972339 EAN: 9781784972332
x Description: 'Timothy 'Moth' Turner is a postgrad student and recovering alcoholic. Estranged from his family, Moth's only lifeline is his uncle Ed, a recovered alcoholic and Moth's AA sponsor. When Ed doesn't turn up for a meeting, Moth gets worried. And he has every right to be. Ed is found shot dead in his apartment in an apparent suicide.
Moth can't believe his uncle would take his own life. And soon, after a little bit of digging, Ed is on the trail of a psychopathic killer known only as Student #5. But why would he want to kill Ed? And who is next on his list... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Messiah Jonathan Keates (Author) Series:
The Landmark Library
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Dec 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 192pp h200mm x w135mm 40 colour illustrations ISBN13: 9781786695956 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-595-6 ISBN10: 1786695952 EAN: 9781786695956 x Description: In 1741, in just 24 days, the German-born, British-naturalized composer George Frideric Handel wrote an oratorio rich in tuneful arias and choruses of robust grandeur. Coolly received in London at first, after Handel's death Messiah enjoyed an extraordinary surge in popularity: it was performed at festivals across England; other composers rushed to rearrange it; it would be commercially recorded on more than 100 occasions. Jonathan Keates tells the story of the composition and musical afterlife of Handel's masterpiece: he considers the first performances and its place in Handel's output; he looks at the oratorio itself and its relationship with spirituality in the age of the Enlightenment; and he examines why Messiah became such an essential element in the national culture of Britain. Illustrated with beautiful images, including the original score of the work, Messiah is a richly informative and affectionate celebration of a high-point of Britain's Georgian golden age. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Matchstick Man Julia Kelly (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
23 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback With flaps 288pp h210mm x w130mm ISBN13: 9781788544665 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-466-5 ISBN10: 1788544668 EAN: 9781788544665 x Description: Julia Kelly met a charismatic and successful artist, Charlie Whisker, while she was working on her first novel. He was twenty years older than her. Their relationship was passionate and extraordinary; each of them inspired the other. Their friends were writers, artists and rock stars; they lived a glamorous life of exhibitions, parties and concerts. They became parents to a daughter they adored. But Charlie suddenly changed, becoming hopelessly forgetful, angry and confused. This is an unbearably honest, unsentimental and heartbreaking description of a brilliant man's mental disintegration and its effects on his family. Charlie's disturbing behaviour is described in a series of terrible, understated revelations. An unforgettable telling of a story that will be familiar to many thousands of people in the UK and Ireland. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa Paul Kenyon (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Nov 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm 1 x 8pp b&w ISBN13: 9781784972141 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-214-1 ISBN10: 1784972142 EAN: 9781784972141 x Description: The dictator who grew so rich on his country's cocoa crop that he built a 35-storey-high basilica in the jungles of the Ivory Coast. The austere, incorruptible leader who has shut Eritrea off from the world in a permanent state of war and conscripted every adult into the armed forces. In Equatorial Guinea, the paranoid despot who thought Hitler was the saviour of Africa and waged a relentless campaign of terror against his own people. The Libyan army officer who authored a new work of political philosophy, The Green Book, and lived in a tent with a harem of female soldiers, running his country like a mafia family business. And behind these almost incredible stories of fantastic violence and excess lie the dark secrets of Western greed and complicity, the insatiable taste for chocolate, oil, diamonds and gold that have encouraged dictators to rule with an iron hand, siphoning off their share of the action into mansions in Paris and banks in Zurich and keeping their people in dire poverty. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
It Was Only Ever You Kate Kerrigan (Author) Series:
Edition:
ANZ Only
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
19 Sep 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 448pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786691422 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-142-2 ISBN10: 1786691426 EAN: 9781786691422 x Description: Set, like Maeve Binchy's early bestsellers, in late 1950s Ireland and New York, this is the story of three women and the charismatic man with whom their lives are interwoven. Patrick Murphy has charm to burn and a singing voice to die for. Many people will recognise his talent. Many women will love him. Rose, the sweetheart he leaves behind in Ireland, can never forget him and will move heaven and earth to find him again, long after he has married another woman. Ava, the heiress with no self-confidence except on the dance floor, falls under his spell. And tough Sheila Klein, orphaned by the Holocaust and hungry for success as a music manager, she will be ruthless in her determination to unlock his extraordinary star quality. But in the end, Patrick Murphy's heart belongs to only one of them. Which one will it be? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That Girl Kate Kerrigan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786694171 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-417-1 ISBN10: 1786694174 EAN: 9781786694171 x
Description: You can escape a place. But you can't escape yourself. Hanna flees the scene of a terrible crime in her native Sligo. If she can just vanish, re-invent herself under a new name, perhaps the police wont catch up with her. London seems the perfect place to disappear. Lara has always loved Matthew and imagined happy married life in Dublin. Then comes the bombshell - Matthew says he wants to join the priesthood. Humiliated and broken-hearted, Lara heads to the most godless place she can find, King's Road, Chelsea. Matthew's twin sister, Noreen, could not be more different from her brother. She does love fiance John, but she also craves sex, parties and fun. Swinging London has it all, but without John, Noreen is about to get way out of her depth. All three girls find themselves working for Bobby Chevron - one of London's most feared gangland bosses - and it's not long before their new lives start to unravel. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dress Kate Kerrigan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 Mar 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784082390 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-239-0 ISBN10: 1784082392 EAN: 9781784082390 x Description: Lily Fitzpatrick loves vintage clothes, made all the more precious because they were once worn and cherished by another woman. Thousands follow her fashion blog and her daily Instagram feed. One day she stumbles upon an extraordinary story. Joy Fitzpatrick not only shares Lily's surname. She was a fashion legend, famed for her beauty and style in 1950s New York. For her 30th birthday, she is said to have commissioned a dress so beautiful that nothing in couture would ever be able to match it. She turned to a young Irish seamstress, called Honor Conlon, to create her sublime vision. THE DRESS interweaves the passionate and surprising stories of three women. Joy and Honor, whose destinies are linked not only by a piece of timeless fashion, but by the ruthless love of one man. And Lily, determined to find out if the legendary dress still exists, and if it does, to bring it back to glorious life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
After Ireland: Writing the Nation from Beckett to the Present Declan Kiberd (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 560pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786693235 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-323-5 ISBN10: 1786693232 EAN: 9781786693235 x Description: Declan Kiberd argues that Ireland has lost its sovereignty, and that the governing class has either managed the slow stagnation of Irish underdevelopment or recklessly encouraged property speculation and consumerism. The country's creative writers have been alert to this reality from the start. He describes the young Samuel Beckett witnessing the burning of Dublin in 1916 and realising that 'the birth of a nation might also seal its doom.' Kiberd traces the response to the crisis of Irish Statehood in the work of Seamus Heaney, Edna O'Brien, Brian Friel, John Banville, Joseph O'Connor and Claire Keegan, among others, as well as writers working in the Irish language.
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Not Enough Time Henrietta Knight (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 May 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm 16pp col illus ISBN13: 9781784971359 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-135-9 ISBN10: 1784971359 EAN: 9781784971359 x Description: This is the rollercoaster story of a great love, between racehorse trainer Henrietta Knight and her husband, Terry Biddlecombe, a hellraising ex-champion jockey, with two failed marriages and a history of alcoholism behind him. It is a story of triumph over tragedy, as together they reached the pinnacle of success in National Hunt racing and trained Best Mate to win three Cheltenham Gold Cups. It is also a tale of tragedy over triumph, which saw the great horse die at Hen's feet on Exeter racecourse and Terry passing away far too young, in 2014. Hen and Terry were called the odd couple because of their different backgrounds and lifestyles, but their love for each other was to produce one of the most endearing modern day racing romances. Here, in Hen's own moving, humorous, courageous words, is their story, told in full for the very first time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Jumping Game: How National Hunt Trainers Work and What Makes Them Tick Henrietta Knight (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h234mm x w153mm 3 x 8pp photos ISBN13: 9781786694461 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-446-1 ISBN10: 1786694468 EAN: 9781786694461 x Description: As the woman who trained the great Best Mate to win three consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cups, no one could be better qualified than Henrietta Knight to discover what makes today's top jumps trainers succeed. From eccentric, outspoken Yorkshireman Mick Easterby, to elegant, aristocratic Venetia Williams, from Irish wizard, Willie Mullins, to perfectionist champion trainer, Paul Nicholls and young pretender, Dan Skelton, here is a dazzling cast of extraordinary characters, all with their quirks and foibles, but with one single-minded ambition - finding first-class horses and training them to win big races. Henrietta shares their dramatic journeys, methods and secrets of working in a tough, competitive industry. For the trainers, every win reignites the thrill of the sport and a craving for success that never dies. Their stories are fascinating, each one illustrated with unique photographs from private albums. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Twenty Thousand Thieves Eric Lambert (Author) Series:
Edition:
ANZ Only
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
11 Aug 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 304pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784977429 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-742-9 ISBN10: 178497742X EAN: 9781784977429
x Description: THE NORTH AFRICAN DESERT: WORLD WAR II. Their officers called them a stinking, lazy, drunken rabble and their friends said they took the colonel prisoner, burnt down their officers' mess and drove off the military police with heavy rifle-fire. This is the unforgettable story of the gallant men of the A.I.F.: the fearless and fatalistic Diggers of the Western Desert. Twenty thousand men were on their way to the deserts of Egypt and Libya: some had joined up for adventure, some were on the run from the police, for others, the army meant three meals a day and a bed to sleep in. From an induction camp in Australia to the siege of Tobruk, the savage intensity of Second X Battalion's experiences is not for the faint hearted. How soon will death silence so many of these brave voices and how many will ring out beyond the brutality of the battlefield? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Byron's Women Alexander Larman (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm 8pp colour illus ISBN13: 9781784082048 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-204-8 ISBN10: 178408204X EAN: 9781784082048 x Description: One was the mother who bore him; three were women who adored him; one was the sister he slept with; one was his abused and sodomized wife; one was his legitimate daughter; one was the fruit of his incest; another was his friend Shelley's wife, who avoided his bed and invented science fiction instead. Nine women; one poet named George Gordon, Lord Byron - mad, bad and very very dangerous to know. The most flamboyant of the Romantics, he wrote literary bestsellers, he was a satirist of genius, he embodied the Romantic love of liberty (the Greeks revere him as a national hero), he was the prototype of the modern celebrity - and he treated women (and these women in particular) abominably. In BYRON AND HIS WOMAN, Alex Larman tells their extraordinary, moving and often shocking stories. In so doing, he creates a scurrilous 'anti-biography' of one of England's greatest poets, whose life is views - to deeply unflattering effect - through the prism of the nine damaged woman's lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Jest of God Margaret Laurence (Author) Margaret Atwood (Afterword by) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Mar 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786691224 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-122-4 ISBN10: 1786691221 EAN: 9781786691224 x Description: 'Whenever I find myself thinking in a brooding way, I must simply turn it off and think of something else. God forbid that I should become an eccentric.' Rachel Cameron is a shy, retiring schoolmistress, tethered to her overbearing invalid mother. Thirty-four and unmarried, she feels herself edging towards a lonely spinsterhood. But then she falls in love for the first time, and embarks upon an affair that will change her life in unforeseen ways. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Fire-Dwellers Margaret Laurence (Author) Liz Lochhead (Afterword by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786698926 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-892-6 ISBN10: 1786698927 EAN: 9781786698926 x Description: Stacey Cameron, on the cusp of her forties, feels it's time for a change. Her marriage has worn threadbare and the children no longer need her. Should she have an affair? Take to drink? Or finally confront the woman in the mirror? Written in Margaret Laurence's distinctive style, this is a vivid portrait of a woman convinced that life has more to offer her than the tedious routine of her days. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Stone Angel Margaret Laurence (Author) Michael Schmidt (Introduction by) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
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08 Sep 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784977696 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-769-6 ISBN10: 1784977691 EAN: 9781784977696 x Description: Above the town, on the hill brow, the stone angel used to stand. I wonder if she stands there yet... Hagar Shipley - an irascible, independent nonagenarian - has lived a quiet life full of rage. As she approaches her death, she retreats from the squabbling of her son and his wife to reflect on her past - her ill-advised marriage, her two sons, the harshness of farm life on the prairie, her own failures and the betrayals and failures of others. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Smile of the Wolf Tim Leach (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788544115 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-411-5 ISBN10: 1788544110 EAN: 9781788544115 x Description: Eleventh-century Iceland. One night in the darkness of winter, two friends set out on an adventure but end up killing a man. Kjaran, a travelling poet who trades songs for food and shelter, and Gunnar, a feared warrior, must make a choice: conceal the deed or confess to the crime and pay the blood price to the family. For the right reasons, they make the wrong choice. Their fateful decision leads to a brutal feud: one man is outlawed, free to be killed by anyone without consequence; the other remorselessly hunted by the dead man's kin.
Set in a world of ice and snow, it is an epic story of exile and revenge, of duels and betrayals, and two friends struggling to survive in a desolate landscape, where honour is the only code that men abide by. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
City of Oranges Adam LeBor (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786695949 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-594-9 ISBN10: 1786695944 EAN: 9781786695949 x Description: The ancient port of Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv, was once known as the 'Bride of Palestine'. It was one of the great cosmopolitan cities of the Mediterranean. Once the centre of Palestinian modernity, Jaffa was the country's cultural and political capital. There Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived, worked, and celebrated together. It was commonplace for the Arabs of Jaffa to attend a wedding at the house of the Jewish Chelouche family and even after 1948 Jews and Arabs gathered at the Jewish-owned spice shop Tiv and the Arab Abulafia family's twenty-four-hour bakery. Through intimate personal interviews and memoirs, letters, and diaries, Adam LeBor gives us a crucial insight into the human lives behind the apparently intractable story of national conflict and a vivid narrative of cataclysmic change. LeBor deftly weaves the personal story of six families, three Jewish and three Arab, into a rich and complex history of Israel and Palestine in the twentieth century. In a special updated afterword, LeBor returns to Jaffa after ten years to find a city greatly changed by gentrification, demolition and waves of new incomers. Rising prices have scattered communities. The exodus of Jaffa's Arabs continues. But with all the changes, the desire for integration endures. LeBor's magnificent history is a story of hope found in the memories of the Levant's once dazzling mosaic of cultures and communities. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
District VIII Adam LeBor (Author) Series:
Danube Blues 1
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786692719 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-271-9 ISBN10: 1786692716 EAN: 9781786692719 x Description: Balthazar Kovacs, a detective on Budapest's murder squad, is on the trail of a dead man. Minutes ago, Kovacs received an anonymous SMS showing a body and an address: 26 Republic Square - the former Communist Party headquarters and once the most feared building in the country. But now, amid the ruins of the demolished building, Kovacs finds no dead body, just six members of the Gendarmerie - an elite police force reporting directly to the prime minister - and an invitation to hand over his phone and cease his investigation. Kovacs has taken his first step on a journey deep into Budapest's dark heart, towards a deadly intersection of the criminal underworld, the corridors of power and the ghosts of history. A journey that will force him to choose between the law and family loyalty. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Reykjavik Assignment Adam LeBor (Author) Series:
Yael Azoulay 3
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
13 Jul 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784970314 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-031-4 ISBN10: 178497031X EAN: 9781784970314 x Description: UN covert negotiator, Yael Azoulay, has been sent to Reykjavik to broker a secret meeting between the US President and her Iranian counterpart. Both parties want to reach agreement, but Yael soon realises that powerful enemies are preparing to sabotage the talks. Enemies for whom peace means an end to their lucrative profit streams. In this gripping, intelligent thriller, Adam LeBor draws on twenty-five years of frontline reporting to show us who calls the shots in the corridors of power. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Free Food for Millionaires Min Jin Lee (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 592pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788543071 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-307-1 ISBN10: 1788543076 EAN: 9781788543071 x Description: Casey Han's years at Princeton have given her a refined diction, an enviable golf handicap, a popular white boyfriend and a degree in economics. But no job, and a number of bad habits... The elder daughter of working-class Korean immigrants, Casey inhabits a New York a world away from that of her parents. As Casey navigates an uneven course of small triumphs and spectacular failures, a clash of values, ideals and ambitions plays out against the colourful backdrop of New York society, its many layers, shades and divides. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pachinko Min Jin Lee (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 560pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786691378 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-137-8 ISBN10: 178669137X EAN: 9781786691378 x Description: * Shortlisted for the National Book Award * * One of the New York Times's 10 Best Books of 2017 * Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl. The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja. When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin. But then Isak, a Christian minister, offers her a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife.
Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country in which she has no friends, no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja's salvation is just the beginning of her story. Through eight decades and four generations, Pachinko is an epic tale of family, identity, love, death and survival. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The King is Dead Suzannah Lipscomb (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm 2 x 8pp colour illustrations ISBN13: 9781788545051 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-505-1 ISBN10: 1788545052 EAN: 9781788545051 x Description: On 28 January 1547, the sickly and obese King Henry VIII died at Whitehall. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, stamped and sealed. The will confirmed the line of succession as Edward, Mary and Elizabeth; and, following them, the Grey and Suffolk families. It also listed bequests to the king's most trusted councillors and servants. Henry's will is one of the most intriguing and contested documents in British history. Historians have disagreed over its intended meaning, its authenticity and validity, and the circumstances of its creation. As well as examining the background to the drafting of the will and describing Henry's last days, Suzannah Lipscomb offers her own, illuminating interpretation of one of the most significant constitutional documents of the Tudor period. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Guilty One Sophie Littlefield (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
11 Aug 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781856901 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-690-1 ISBN10: 1781856907 EAN: 9781781856901 x Description: Maris used to be a loving, happy mother. Then her daughter was murdered. Who is she now? A man stands on the edge of the Golden Gate Bridge. His son killed Maris's daughter. Now she holds his life in her hands. At one word from her, he'll jump... Should Maris let him live, or die? And will this shocking offer free her, or destroy her? This is a powerful thriller about guilt, retribution and motherhood. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lost Europeans Emanuel Litvinoff (Author) Patrick Wright (Introduction by) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Apr 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784970819 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-081-9 ISBN10: 1784970816 EAN: 9781784970819 x Description: Coming back was worse, much worse, than Martin Stone had anticipated. Martin Stone returns to the city from which his family was driven in 1938. He has concealed his destination from his father, and hopes to win some form of restitution for the depressed old man living in exile in London. THE LOST EUROPEANS portrays a tense, ruined yet flourishing Berlin where nothing is quite what it seems. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ball Lightning Cixin Liu (Author) Joel Martinsen (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 384pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786694690 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-469-0 ISBN10: 1786694697 EAN: 9781786694690 x Description: When Chen's parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he learns, the more he comes to realize that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier in particle physics. Although Chen's quest provides a purpose for his lonely life, his reasons for chasing his elusive quarry come into conflict with soldiers and scientists who have motives of their own: a beautiful army major with an obsession with dangerous weaponry, and a physicist who has no place for ethical considerations in his singleminded pursuit of knowledge. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu (Author) Ken Liu (Translated by) Series:
The Three-Body Problem Edition: 1
Reissue
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788543002 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-300-2 ISBN10: 1788543009 EAN: 9781788543002 This Product Replaces: 9781784971571 x Description: 1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind. Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides.
Wang's investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredicatable interaction of its three suns. This is the Three-Body Problem and it is the key to everything: the key to the scientists' deaths, the key to a conspiracy that spans light-years and the key to the extinction-level threat humanity now faces. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wandering Earth Cixin Liu (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 Oct 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784978518 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-851-8 ISBN10: 1784978515 EAN: 9781784978518 x Description: Cixin Liu is China's bestselling science fiction author and one of the most important voices in world SF. His novel, The Three-Body Problem, was the first translated work of SF ever to win the Hugo Award. Here is the first collection of his short fiction: eleven stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners, form a blazingly original ode to planet earth, its pasts and its futures. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Invisible Planets Ken Liu (Edited by) Ken Liu (Translated by) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Sep 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786692788 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-278-8 ISBN10: 1786692783 EAN: 9781786692788 x Description: Here are thirteen short stories from the new frontiers of Chinese science fiction, selected and translated by Hugo, Nebula, Locus and World Fantasy Award-winner Ken Liu. Hao Jingfang's Hugo-Award-Winning 'Folding Beijing' takes place in a near-future dystopia where the title city's buildings fold into and out of the earth, allowing three different strata of society to spend part of the day above ground. Xia Jia's 'Night Journey of the Dragon-Horse' describes a postapocalyptic world where machines have outlived the humans who engineered them. In 'Taking Care of God' by Liu Cixin - author of The Three-Body Problem, the first translated novel to win the Hugo Award - a race of white-haired, white-robed beings arrive on Earth, claiming they are God, creators of everything who now want to spend their retirement years with us... Including an introduction by Ken Liu and three essays exploring Chinese science fiction, this is a phenomenal collection of strange worlds, hypnotic landscapes and unbridled imagination. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Grace of Kings Ken Liu (Author) Series:
The Dandelion Dynasty 1 Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
21 Mar 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 640pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784973230 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-323-0 ISBN10: 1784973238 EAN: 9781784973230 x Description: Emperor Mapidere was the first to unite the island kingdoms of Dara under a single banner. But now the emperor is on his deathbed, his people are exhausted by his vast, conscriptive engineering projects and his counsellors conspire only for their own gain. Even the gods themselves are restless. A wily, charismatic bandit and the vengeance-sworn son of a deposed duke cross paths as they each lead their own rebellion against the emperor's brutal regime. Together, they will journey to the heart of the empire; witnessing the clash of armies, fleets of silk-draped airships, magical books and shapeshifting gods. Their unlikely friendship will drastically change the balance of power in Dara... but at what price? THE GRACE OF KINGS is the debut novel by Hugo-, Nebula- and World Fantasy Award-winner Ken Liu and the first in an monumental new epic fantasy series. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Paper Menagerie Ken Liu (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Sep 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784975692 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-569-2 ISBN10: 1784975699 EAN: 9781784975692 x Description: Ken Liu is one of the most original, thought-provoking and award-winning short-story writers of his generation. This is the first collection of his work - sixteen stories that invoke the magical within the mundane, by turns profound, beguiling and heartbreaking. Included here are: The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary (Finalist for Hugo, Nebula, and Sturgeon Awards), Mono No Aware (Hugo Award winner), The Waves (Nebula Award finalist), The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species (Nebula and Sturgeon award finalists), All the Flavors (Nebula Award finalist), The Litigation Master and the Monkey King (Nebula Award finalist) ,and the most awarded story in the genre's history, The Paper Menagerie (the only story ever to win the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Edgar and Lucy Victor Lodato (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
13 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 544pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786698131 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-813-1 ISBN10: 1786698137 EAN: 9781786698131 x
Description: Eight-year-old Edgar remembers nothing of the terrible accident people still whisper about. He only knows his father is dead, his mother has a limp, and his grandmother believes in ghosts. When Edgar meets a man with his own tragic story, the boy begins a journey into a secret wilderness where nothing is clear - even the line between the living and the dead. Edgar and Lucy is a thrilling adventure and an unlikely love story, combining a wonderfully rendered family epic with a desperate search for a little boy who's lost. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
No More Champagne: Churchill and his Money David Lough (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Sep 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 528pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784081829 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-182-9 ISBN10: 1784081825 EAN: 9781784081829 x Description: The untold story of Winston Churchill's precarious finances - and the most original and surprising book about Churchill to emerge for many years. The popular image of Churchill - grandson of a duke, drinking champagne and smoking a cigar - conjures up a man of wealth and substance. The reality is that Britain's most celebrated 20th-century statesman lived for most of his life on a financial cliff-edge. Only fragments of information about his finances, or their impact on his public life, have previously emerged. With the help of unprecedented access to Churchill's private records, David Lough creates the first fully researched narrative of Churchill's private finances and business affairs. As he reveals the scale of Churchill's financial risk-taking, combined with an ability to talk or write himself out of the tightest of corners, the links between the private man and public figure become clear. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Life Without You Shari Low (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Aria
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
31 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 300pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788541893 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-189-3 ISBN10: 1788541898 EAN: 9781788541893 x Description: Touching, funny, and bittersweet, this is a story that will make you laugh, cry, and call your best friend to tell her you love her. 30-year-old Dee Harper and her husband, Joe, are blissfully happy. Everyday she makes her loyal parents Val & Don incredibly proud. Jen has been her best friend and 'adopted sister' since their days of teenage crushes, bad 90's make-up and huge hair. They are just like any other group of family and friends, living life, getting by with equal measures of love and laughter. Until one day everything changes. Dee is gone, killed by a reckless driver, leaving the people she loved to deal with their grief in different ways. A marriage is rocked as a parent becomes consumed with seeking justice. A husband struggles to accept the loss of his wife and their future. And a friend discovers that there were shocking secrets that went unshared. But all of them have to learn that the only way forward is to let go of the past.
What readers are saying about A LIFE WITHOUT YOU: 'Another great story from Shari Low; again showing her in understanding of human emotions, and human frailty. I definitely recommend it!' 'Such superb writing that you are completely drawn in and captivated by each character ... you will not be able to stop reading from the moment you start' 'Brilliant from start to finish' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Story of Our Life: A Bittersweet Love Story Shari Low (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 326pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786692450 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-245-0 ISBN10: 1786692457 EAN: 9781786692450 x Description: Colm strolled into my life fifteen years ago. If there's ever such a thing as love at first sight, that was it for us both. A few weeks later we married. This was going to be forever. The dream come true. Until it wasn't. Because a couple of months ago everything changed. We discovered a devastating truth, one that blew away our future and forced us to revisit our past. So what would you do if your 'happy ever after' was taken from you? This is what I did. I'm Shauna. And this is The Story of Our Life... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward H. P. Lovecraft (Author) Ramsay Campbell (Introduction by) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Dec 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 176pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784082796 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-279-6 ISBN10: 1784082791 EAN: 9781784082796 x Description: From a private hospital for the insane near Providence, Rhode Island, there recently disappeared an exceedingly singular person. He bore the name of Charles Dexter Ward... A young intellectual is lured to his doom through his obsession with his ancestor, a reputed necromancer. Never published in Lovecraft's lifetime, this is the iconic American author's most powerful exploration of an inquisitive mind overwhelmed by the dark arts. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Any Minute Now Eric van Lustbader (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Mar 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784972097 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-209-7 ISBN10: 1784972096 EAN: 9781784972097 x Description: Red Rover, the blackest of black ops teams, is finished - betrayed on a mission to capture and interrogate a mysterious Saudi deep in Pakistan. One of the team was killed, the remaining two barely escaped alive. Now, the unit has been shut down and Greg Whitman and Felix Orteno are left adrift, wondering what went wrong. Into their midst comes Charlize Daou, a brilliant, wildly talented arms expert, who becomes the reason - and supplies the means - to resurrect their mission. Disobeying orders, they secretly set out to find the Saudi - the first step in a perilous journey that will lead them to the dark heart of a terrifying conspiracy that threatens to change the balance of power across the globe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Four Dominions Eric van Lustbader (Author) Series:
Testament 3
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
18 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788540193 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-019-3 ISBN10: 1788540190 EAN: 9781788540193 x Description: The End of Days has been predicted for the last two thousand years. But now, without warning, it is upon us. Braverman 'Bravo' Shaw, member of a secret Franciscan splinter sect, has survived a battle as old as time itself: the battle between good and evil. Working with his once-blind sister, Emma, and his confessor, Fra Leoni, Bravo went to war with the Fallen, Lucifer's advance guard and emerged with The Book of Deathly Things - Lucifer's first and last Testament. Now, back in New York, the book's secrets have revealed themselves to Emma. With the Testament stolen by Bravo, Emma realises the Fallen army will awaken fully. And come to claim what is theirs. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Enigma Eric van Lustbader (Author) Series:
Jason Bourne
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
15 Dec 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784979492 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-949-2 ISBN10: 178497949X EAN: 9781784979492 x Description: Jason Bourne is in Moscow to attend the wedding of his old friend and fellow spymaster General Boris Karpov. But amid the celebrations, the General has an important message to deliver to Bourne - 'a lifeline,' he says, 'for the end of the world'.
Before Bourne can decipher this enigmatic warning, Karpov's wedding ends in chaos and bloodshed. Bourne discovers that the Russian has betrayed the Kremlin to forewarn him of the crippling disaster about to engulf the world. Bourne has just four days to discover the nature of the catastrophe and halt it. To get to the truth, Bourne must first track down an infamous and elusive arms dealer - a man both he and Karpov have been hunting for years. With the clock ticking, Bourne follows a labyrinthine path that weaves from the underbelly of Moscow to the pyramids of Egypt and the war-torn border between Syria and Turkey as he races to stop a world-threatening conspiracy in its tracks. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Initiative Eric van Lustbader (Author) Series:
Jason Bourne
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Dec 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786694256 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-425-6 ISBN10: 1786694255 EAN: 9781786694256 x Description: Jason Bourne is on the run. The NSA believes Bourne controls the cyber weapon devised by his old friend, General Boris Karpov, capable of penetrating the heart of America's final defence: nuclear launch codes. Flushed from cover, hunted by assassins and nearly killed, Bourne must join forces with his bitterest enemy, Keyre, the Somali terrorist, whose organization Bourne once decimated. From the Greek island of Skyros to Somalia and the underbelly of Moscow, Bourne must unravel the mystery of Boris Karpov's last legacy, a weaponized code that may very well bring about the unthinkable: a violent end to America. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Nemesis Eric Van Lustbader (Author) Series:
Jason Bourne
Edition:
OME
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
13 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 352pp h180mm x w110mm ISBN13: 9781788546225 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-622-5 ISBN10: 1788546229 EAN: 9781788546225 x Description: Jason Bourne returns. He's fought against the NSA, black off-site cyber operations, a Somali terrorist organisation and been accused of treason against the US. Now the Russians have planted a mole to uncover Bourne's secrets and launch cyber-warfare against the United States. Meanwhile, Bourne's former colleague, Soroya Moore, needs his help. Six highly skilled field agents have disappeared, the body parts of three found in a national park in Georgia. Facing death and destruction in the shadows of civilisation, Bourne will battle his deadliest nemesis yet. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Calling Us Home Chris Luttichau (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784979775 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-977-5 ISBN10: 1784979775 EAN: 9781784979775 x Description: From one of our most respected shamanic teachers, Calling Us Home aims to help the ordinary person, caught up in the anxiety of modern life, find balance and peace of mind. How to hold on to happiness. How to develop strategies for dealing with fear, guilt, stress and feelings of inadequacy. How to manage irrational annoyance and stop it ruling your life. Full of anecdotes from the author's Danish childhood to studying with Native American Indians and exploring wild places - the book teaches many things, from learning shamanic meditation to identifying which species of animal is your natural spirit guide. This is a book to be savoured and loved, read and re-read, annotated and quoted from. Down to earth, warm, witty and wise - it is a bible for our times. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Woman of the Hour Jane Lythell (Author) Series:
StoryWorld 1
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
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03 Nov 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784971212 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-121-2 ISBN10: 1784971219 EAN: 9781784971212 x Description: Meet Liz Lyon: respected TV producer, stressed-out executive, guilty single mother. StoryWorld is the nation's favourite morning show, and producer Liz Lyon wants to keep it that way. Her job is to turn real-life stories into thrilling TV and keep a lid on the scandals and backbiting that happen off-stage. But then simmering tensions erupt at the station, trapping Liz in a game of one-upmanship where she doesn't know the rules. As the power struggle intensifies, can Liz keep her cool and keep her job? Does she even want to? In this gripping novel of power, rivalry and betrayal, Jane Lythell draws on her experiences of working in the glamorous, pressurised world of live TV. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In the Cage Where Your Saviours Hide Malcolm Mackay (Author) Series:
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04 Oct 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786697110 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-711-0 ISBN10: 1786697114 EAN: 9781786697110 x Description: The independent kingdom of Scotland flourished until the beginning of the last century. Its great trading port of Challaid, in the north west of the country, sent ships around the world and its merchants and bankers grew rich on their empire in Central America.
But Scotland is not what it was, and the docks of Challaid are almost silent. The huge infrastructure projects collapsed, like the dangerous railway tunnels under the city. And above ground the networks of power and corruption are all that survive of Challaid's glorious past. Darian Ross is a young private investigator whose father, an ex cop, is in prison for murder. He takes on a case brought to him by a charismatic woman, Maeve Campbell. Her partner has been stabbed; the police are not very curious about the death of a man who laundered money for the city's criminals. Ross is drawn by his innate sense of justice and his fascination with Campbell into a world in which no-one can be trusted. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In the Blood Ruth Mancini (Author) Series:
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UK Airports ed
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
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23 Jul 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788543316 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-331-6 ISBN10: 1788543319 EAN: 9781788543316 x Description: 'If you loved Apple Tree Yard, you'll love In the Blood. Totally gripping and compelling - perfectly crafted' Sarah Flint, author of Mummy's Favourite. In southeast London, a young mother has been accused of an unthinkable crime: poisoning her own child - and then leaving him to die. The mother, Ellie, is secretive and challenging - she's had a troubled upbringing - but does that mean she's capable of murder? Balancing the case with raising her disabled five-year-old son, criminal defence lawyer Sarah Kellerman sets out in desperate pursuit of the truth. But when her own child becomes unwell, Sarah realises she's been drawn into a dangerous game. Unsettling and compulsive, In the Blood is a chilling study of class, motherhood and power from a new star in crime fiction. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Company K William March (Author) Patrick Hennessey (Introduction by) Series:
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09 Mar 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786694119 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-411-9 ISBN10: 1786694115 EAN: 9781786694119 x Description: Walt stood up, slapped his thighs, and began to crow like a cock. 'Bring on the whole German army!' he shouted. 'Bring them on all together, or one at a time. I can whip them all!' The greatest First World War novel to come out of America, Company K is the unforgettable account of one US Marine company, from initial training, through to the trenches in France and post-war rehabilitation. Written in 1933 by a decorated Marine hero, this is an unflinching, visceral depiction of the brutal reality of war. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Psychology of Time Travel Kate Mascarenhas (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
23 Jul 2018
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788540117 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-011-7 ISBN10: 1788540115 EAN: 9781788540117 x Description: 1967: Four female scientists invent a time-travel machine. They are on the cusp of fame: the pioneers who opened the world to new possibilities. But then one of them suffers a breakdown and puts the whole project in peril... 2017: Ruby knows her beloved Granny Bee was a pioneer, but they never talk about the past. Though time travel is now big business, Bee has never been part of it. Then they receive a message from the future - a newspaper clipping reporting the mysterious death of an elderly lady... 2018: When Odette discovered the body she went into shock. Blood everywhere, bullet wounds, flesh. But when the inquest fails to answer any of her questions, Odette is frustrated. Who is this dead woman that haunts her dreams? And why is everyone determined to cover up her murder? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Catherine the Great Robert K. Massie (Author) Series:
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14 Jul 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 656pp h228mm x w145mm 8pp illus ISBN13: 9781784975845 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-584-5 ISBN10: 1784975842 EAN: 9781784975845 x Description: The extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most powerful women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by the French Revolution. History offers few stories richer than that of Catherine the Great. Robert K. Massie brings an eternally fascinating woman together with her family, friends, ministers, generals, lovers and enemies - vividly and triumphantly to life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nicholas and Alexandra Robert K. Massie (Author) Series:
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14 Jul 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 928pp h228mm x w145mm 8pp illus ISBN13: 9781784977450 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-745-0 ISBN10: 1784977454 EAN: 9781784977450 x Description: A superbly crafted and humane portrait of the last days - and last rulers - of the Russian Empire. Complementing his Pulitzer prize-winning Peter the Great, in this commanding book Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world
of imperial Russia to tell the story of the decline and fall of the ruling Romanov family: Tsar Nicholas II's political naivete; his wife Alexandra's obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin; and their son Alexis's battle with haemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Massie unfolds a family tragedy played out on the brutal stage of early twentieth-century Russian history - the tale of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Peter the Great Robert K. Massie (Author) Series:
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14 Jul 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 640pp h228mm x w145mm 8pp illus ISBN13: 9781784977443 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-744-3 ISBN10: 1784977446 EAN: 9781784977443 x Description: Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, Robert K. Massie unfolds the extraordinary story of Peter the Great. A volatile feudal tsar with a taste for barbaric torture; a progressive and enlightened reformer of government and science; a statesman of vision who recreated his country's army and navy and founded St Petersburg as his imperial capital: Peter the Great embodied the greatest strengths and weaknesses of Russia while being at the very forefront of her development. Robert K. Massie delves deep into Peter's life and character, chronicling the pivotal events that transformed the boy tsar into a national icon. His portrayal of the complexities and contradictions of this most energetic of Russian rulers - a man both impetuous and stubborn, generous and cruel brings a towering historical figure triumphantly to life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Romanovs: The Final Chapter Robert K. Massie (Author) Series:
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14 Jul 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h228mm x w145mm 24pp b&w illus ISBN13: 9781784979553 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-955-3 ISBN10: 1784979554 EAN: 9781784979553 x Description: The compelling quest to solve a great mystery of the twentieth century: the ultimate fate of Russia's last tsar and his family. In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow grave near Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a few miles from the infamous cellar where the last tsar and his family had been murdered seventy-three years before. Were these the bones of the Romanovs? If so, why were the bones of the two younger Romanovs missing? Was Anna Anderson, celebrated in newspapers, books, and film, really Grand Duchess Anastasia? This book unearths the truth. Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie presents a colourful panorama of contemporary characters, illuminating the major scientific dispute between Russian experts and a team of Americans, whose findings - along with those of DNA scientists from Russia, America, and the UK - all contributed to solving one of history's most intriguing mysteries. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dead Girls Dancing Graham Masterton (Author) Series:
Katie Maguire 8
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Head of Zeus
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07 Sep 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784976415 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-641-5 ISBN10: 1784976415 EAN: 9781784976415 x Description: In the middle of winter, a fire blazes through a dance studio. Seventeen young dancers die. Their promising careers cut short by a tragic accident. But where others see tragedy, DCI Katie Maguire sees murder. This is not the first fire to sweep through Cork. And in one recent case, the victims were dead before the fire was lit. Katie Maguire is determined to see justice done, unaware she's about to face her most chilling killer yet... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dead Men Whistling Graham Masterton (Author) Series:
Katie Maguire 9
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Head of Zeus
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06 Sep 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784976453 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-645-3 ISBN10: 1784976458 EAN: 9781784976453 x Description: ONLY SILENCE CAN KEEP YOU SAFE. Sergeant Kieran O'Regan was responsible for hunting down killers. Now he's become one of the dead: his decapitated body has been found in a graveyard, a tin whistle stuffed into his throat. O'Regan was due to give evidence at a trial for police corruption. His gruesome murder sends a clear message to whistleblowers: only silence is safe. DCI Katie Maguire is determined to uncover the truth. But corruption in the Garda stretches back decades. As more officers are horrifically silenced, Katie must decide who she can trust... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ghost Virus Graham Masterton (Author) Series:
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UK Airports ed
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
24 Sep 2018
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 400pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788545037 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-503-7 ISBN10: 1788545036 EAN: 9781788545037 x Description: Samira had been staring into her mirror all morning before she picked up the small bottle of sulphuric acid and poured it over her forehead. She was a young woman with her whole life ahead of her. What could have brought her to this? DC Jerry Pardoe and DS Jamila Patel of Tooting Police suspect it's suicide. But then a random outbreak of horrific crimes in London points to something more sinister. A deadly virus is spreading: something is infecting ordinary Londoners with an insatiable lust to murder. All of the killers were
wearing second-hand clothes. Could these garments be possessed by some supernatural force? The death count is multiplying rapidly. Now Jerry and Jamila must defeat the ghost virus, before they are all infected... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Scarlet Widow Graham Masterton (Author) Series:
Beatrice Scarlet 1
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03 Nov 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784976316 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-631-6 ISBN10: 1784976318 EAN: 9781784976316 x Description: They said the killings were the word of Satan. But Beatrice Scarlet, the apothecary's daughter, detects the hands of men... New Hampshire, 1756: The god-fearing farmers of Sutton are suffering divine punishment for unknown sins. Crops fail, cows die and fish are poisoned by their water. Six pigs, slaughtered in their sty, bear the mark of the devils in their mouths. But to Beatrice Scarlet, the apothecary's daughter, the truth is much more chilling. Somewhere in this idyllic hamlet, a killer is hiding in plain sight. And if Beatrice does not unmask him soon, he'll be coming for her next... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Two For Joy M. E. Mayer (Author) Series:
Death in Byzantium 2
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UK Airports ed
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2018
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781781853856 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-385-6 ISBN10: 1781853851 EAN: 9781781853856 x Description: DEATH IN BYZANTIUM: At the heart of what is left of the Roman Empire, lies a city simmering with intrigue & treachery. Amid this maelstrom stands John, a slave who has risen to become the right hand of Justinian, the greatest of Byzantium's emperors. With violence and murder commonplace, it is John's skills as an investigator that the Emperor prizes the most. TWO FOR JOY: It is AD 537 and Constantinople is a city simmering on the edge of chaos, a maelstrom of creeds, cults and cultures. At is heart lies the Great Palace and the imperial court of the Roman Empire, a seething knot of ambition, competition, intrigue and treachery. John the Eunuch, Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor Justinian, is faced with a particularly byzantine problem: he must discover why three of Constantinople's holy stylites have burned to death as they stand atop their pillars - just as a heretical preacher foretold they would. The hand of God or mortal? John must find out before hell is unleashed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Up Side of Down: Bouncing Back in Business and in Life Megan McArdle (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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08 Jan 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781859520 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-952-0 ISBN10: 1781859523 x Description: Why do some failures inspire breakthroughs and others breakdowns? Most new products fail. So do most businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional lives. Drawing on cutting-edge research in science, psychology and economics, THE UP SIDE OF DOWN argues that failure is how people and businesses learn. But you have to learn to fail well. Exploring her own experiences of failure - losing her job and sending CVs into a void, desperately clinging to a relationship that was clearly not working - McArdle shows how to recognize when you're in a rut and how to dig your way out and bounce back successfully. Thought-provoking and inspiring, THE UP SIDE OF DOWN just might change the way you see the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Mulberry Bush Charles McCarry (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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05 May 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784971472 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-147-2 ISBN10: 1784971472 EAN: 9781784971472 x Description: I became a spy because my father before me was a spy. Although I am, for the time being, hiding something from you. In a rose garden in Buenos Aires, a young American spy meets the beautiful daughter of a famous Argentinian revolutionary. They fall in love. But he is no ordinary spy - and she is no ordinary woman. He has a hidden agenda: to avenge his father, who died penniless and friendless on the streets of Washington. And in Luz, he seems to have found an ally. But, as his fate becomes further entwined with hers, he soon finds himself caught in a perilous web of passions, loyalties and lies that stretches back to the darkest days of the Cold War. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bogmail Patrick McGinley (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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10 Aug 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786696618 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-661-8 ISBN10: 1786696614 EAN: 9781786696618 x Description: A rediscovered classic of Irish literature, this darkly comic tale tells of murder and its consequences. Set in a remote village in the northwest of Ireland, Roarty, a publican and former priest, kills his lecherous bartender and buries him in a bog. When Roarty begins to receive blackmail letters, matters quickly spiral out of his control.
Alive with the loquacious brio of his pub's eccentric regulars, and full of the bleak beauty of the Donegal landscape, Patrick McGinley's rural gothic novel is a modern masterpiece. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Place to Remember Jenn J. McLeod (Author) Series:
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01 Nov 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 452pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786699947 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-994-7 ISBN10: 178669994X EAN: 9781786699947 x Description: A man loses five years of his life. Two women are desperate for him to remember. Running away for the second time in her life, twenty-seven-year old Ava believes the cook's job at a country B&B is perfect, until she meets the owner's son, John Tate. The young fifth-generation grazier is a beguiling blend of both man, boy and a terrible flirt. With their connection immediate and intense, they begin a clandestine affair right under the noses of John's formidable parents. Thirty years later, Ava returns to Candlebark Creek with her daughter, Nina, who is determined to meet her mother's lost love for herself. While struggling to find her own place in the world, Nina discovers an urban myth about a love-struck man, a forgotten engagement ring, and a dinner reservation back in the eighties. Now she must decide if revealing the truth will hurt more than it heals... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That Glimpse of Truth: The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written David Miller (Edited by) Series:
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07 Sep 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 816pp h240mm x w170mm ISBN13: 9781784080051 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-005-1 ISBN10: 1784080055 EAN: 9781784080051 x Description: Profound, lyrical, shocking, wise: the short story is capable of almost anything. This collection of 100 of the finest stories ever written ranges from the essential to the unexpected, the traditional to the surreal. Wide in scope, both beautiful and vast, this is the perfect companion for any fiction lover. Here are childhood favourites and neglected masters, twenty-first century wits and national treasures, Man Booker Prize winners and Nobel Laureates.
Featuring an all-star cast of authors, including Kate Atkinson, Julian Barnes, Angela Carter, Anton Chekhov, Richmal Crompton, Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl, Penelope Fitzgerald, Gustave Flaubert, Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, Ian McEwan, Alice Munro, V.S. Pritchett, Thomas Pynchon, Muriel Spark and Colm Toibin, THAT GLIMPSE OF TRUTH is the biggest, most handsome collection of short fiction in print today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Find Me J. S. Monroe (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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21 Aug 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784978075 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-807-5 ISBN10: 1784978078 EAN: 9781784978075 x Description: Five years ago, Rosa walked to the pier in the dead of night, looked into the swirling water, and jumped. She was a brilliant Cambridge student who had just lost her father. Her death was tragic, but not unexpected. Was that what really happened? The coroner says it was suicide. But Rosa's boyfriend Jar can't let go. He sees Rosa everywhere - a face on the train, a figure on the cliff. He is obsessed with proving that she is still alive. And then he gets an email. Find me, Jar. Find me, before they do... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Forget My Name J.S. Monroe (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
24 Sep 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786698056 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-805-6 ISBN10: 1786698056 EAN: 9781786698056 x Description: Gemma has had a stressful day. A stressful week. Her big work presentation was a flop, and now her flight home has been delayed. All she wants to do is have a cup of tea and crawl into bed. But when she gets to her front door, her key won't fit the lock... Jake is kindness personified. Single, living self-sufficiently, working for a local charity for sufferers of PTSD. So when there's a knock at his door, and a confused young woman starts babbling about how she lives in his house not him, he decides to try and help her. One of them is a lying. But who? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black Robe Brian Moore (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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16 Nov 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786695031 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-503-1 ISBN10: 1786695030 EAN: 9781786695031 x
Description: Laforgue felt his body tremble. What can be keeping them? Has the Commandant refused? Why has he not sent for me? Is this God's punishment for my lie about my hearing? Father Laforgue, an idealistic Jesuit, embarks on a desparate mission to relieve an isolated priest in danger of his life in the wilds of seventeenthcentury New France. Black Robe is a tautly suspenseful tale of physical and spiritual adventure, and a meditation on good and evil in the human heart. With an introduction by Colm Toibin. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane Paul Thomas Murphy (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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13 Jul 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm 1 x 8pp b&w illustrations ISBN13: 9781784081904 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-190-4 ISBN10: 1784081906 EAN: 9781784081904 x Description: In April 1871, a constable walking a beat near Greenwich found a girl dying in the mud - her face cruelly slashed and her brains protruding from her skull. The girl was Maria Jane Clouson, a maid for the respectable Pook family, and who was pregnant at the time of her death. When the blood-spattered clothes of the 20-year-old Edmund Pook, alleged father of the dead girl's unborn child, were discovered, the matter seemed open and shut. Yet there followed a remarkable legal odyssey full of unexpected twists as the police struggled to build a case. Paul Thomas Murphy recreated the drama of an extraordinary murder case and conclusively identifies the killer's true identity. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paris Spring James Naughtie (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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22 Sep 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784080211 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-021-1 ISBN10: 1784080217 EAN: 9781784080211 x Description: Paris, April 1968. The cafes are alive with talk of revolution, but for Will Flemyng - secret servant at the British embassy - the crisis is personal. A few words from a stranger on the metro change his life. His family is threatened with ruin and he now faces the spy's oldest fear: exposure. Freddy Craven is the hero and mentor Flemyng would trust with his life, but when he is tempted into a dark, Cold War labyrinth, he chooses the dangerous path and plays his game alone. Then a bizarre murder reveals a web of secrets, and his loyalty to family and friends is tested as never before. As the streets of Paris become a smoke-filled battleground, Flemyng, like his friends and enemies, discovers that where secrets are at stake, lives are too. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones Charles Neider (Author) Series:
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07 Apr 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784975135 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-513-5 ISBN10: 1784975133 EAN: 9781784975135 x Description: Nowadays, I understand, the tourists come for miles to see Hendry Jones' grave out on the Punta del Diablo and to debate whether his bones are there or not... A stark and violent depiction of one of America's most alluring folk heroes, the mythical doomed gunslinger. Set on the majestic coast of Southern California, Doc Baker narrates his tale of the Kid's capture, trial, escape and eventual murder. Written in spare and subtle prose, this is one of the great literary treatments of America's obsession with the rule of the gun. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Lives of Tudor Women Elizabeth Norton (Author) Series:
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04 May 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm 1 x 8pp colour illustrations ISBN13: 9781784081768 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-176-8 ISBN10: 1784081760 EAN: 9781784081768 x Description: The turbulent Tudor age never fails to capture the imagination. But what was it actually like to be a woman during this period? This was a time when death in infancy or during childbirth was rife; when marriage was usually a legal contract, not a matter for love, and the education of women was minimal at best. Yet the Tudor century was also dominated by powerful and characterful women in a way that no era had been before. Elizabeth Norton explores the seven ages of the Tudor woman, from childhood to old age, through the diverging examples of women such as Elizabeth Tudor, Henry VIII's sister who died in infancy; Cecily Burbage, Elizabeth's wet nurse; Mary Howard, widowed but influential at court; Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of a controversial queen; and Elizabeth Barton, a peasant girl who would be lauded as a prophetess. Their stories are interwoven with studies of topics ranging from Tudor toys to contraception to witchcraft, painting a portrait of the lives of queens and serving maids, nuns and harlots, widows and chaperones. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Temptation Of Elizabeth Tudor Elizabeth Norton (Author) Series:
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14 Jul 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784081737 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-173-7 ISBN10: 1784081736 EAN: 9781784081737 x Description: England, late 1547. Henry VIII is dead. His 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living with the old king's widow Catherine Parr and her new husband Thomas Seymour. Ambitious, charming and dangerous, Seymour begins an overt flirtation with Elizabeth that ends in her being sent away by Catherine.
When Catherine dies in autumn 1548 and Seymour is arrested for treason soon after, the scandal explodes into the open. Alone and in dreadful danger, Elizabeth is closely questioned by the king's regency council: Was she still a virgin? Was there a child? Had she promised to marry Seymour? In her replies, she shows the shrewdness and spirit she would later be famous for. She survives the scandal. Thomas Seymour is not so lucky. The Seymour Scandal led to the creation of the Virgin Queen. On hearing of Seymour's beheading, Elizabeth observed 'This day died a man of much wit, and very little judgement'. His fate remained with her. She would never allow her heart to rule her head again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dis Mem Ber Joyce Carol Oates (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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11 Jan 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786693990 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-399-0 ISBN10: 1786693992 EAN: 9781786693990 x Description: Seven unsettling works from one of our greatest literary imaginations. A precocious eleven-year-old, in thrall to the mysterious black sheep of the family, climbs into his sky-blue Chevy to be driven to an uncertain, unforgettable, fate. A university student becomes obsessed with the murder of a female classmate as her own sense of self deteriorates. A recent widow grieves inside her lakefront home and fantasizes about transforming into a great flying predator - unerring and pitiless in the hunt. These meticulously crafted, deeply disquieting stories confront the dangers that surround us, and the dangers that lurk within. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense Joyce Carol Oates (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
18 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788543699 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-369-9 ISBN10: 1788543696 EAN: 9781788543699 x Description: A woman, naked except for her high-heeled shoes, seated in front of the window in an apartment she cannot afford. In this exquisitely tense narrative reimagining of Edward Hopper's Eleven A.M., 1926, the reader enters the minds of both the woman and her married lover, each consumed by alternating thoughts of disgust and arousal, as he rushes, amorously, murderously, to her door. In 'The Long-Legged Girl,' an ageing, jealous wife crafts an unusual game of Russian roulette involving a pair of Wedgwood teacups, a strong Bengal brew, and a lethal concoction of medicine. Who will drink from the wrong cup, the wife or the dance student she believes to be her husband's latest conquest? Reveling in the uncanny, this taut collection stands at the crossroads of sex, violence, and longing - and asks us to interrogate the intersection of these impulses within ourselves. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Doll-Master And Other Tales Of Horror Joyce Carol Oates (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Dec 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784971038 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-103-8 ISBN10: 1784971030 EAN: 9781784971038 x Description: Six terrifying tales to chill the blood from the unique imagination of Joyce Carol Oates. A young boy plays with dolls instead of action figures. But as he grows older, his passion takes on a darker edge... A white man shoots dead a black youth creating a media frenzy. But could it have been self-defense as he claims? A nervous woman tries to escape her husband. He says he loves her, but she's convinced he wants to kill her... These quietly lethal stories reveal the horrors that dwell within us all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How Trump Thinks: His Tweets and the Birth of a New Political Language Peter Oborne (Author) Series:
Edition:
OME
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
04 May 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786698018 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-801-8 ISBN10: 1786698013 EAN: 9781786698018 x Description: The most unusual feature of Donald Trump's nationalist and populist campaign for the presidency of the USA was his obsessive use of Twitter. Like other social media, this form of communication has often been assumed to encourage the dissemination of liberal values and the circulation of facts. Trump's tweets, by contrast, formed a constant stream of provocations, insults, conspiracy theories, 'alternative facts' and outright lies. And they helped him win power. Peter Oborne, author of The Rise of Political Lying and Not The Chilcot Report, analyses Trump's incendiary mendacity in all its bewildering guises, and shows how this fusion of entertainment and cunningly crafted propaganda has destabilised the world's most powerful democracy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dead Mark Oldfield (Author) Series:
Vengeance of Memory 3
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781851715 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-171-5 ISBN10: 1781851719 EAN: 9781781851715 x
Description: MADRID, 1982. Comandante Leopoldo Guzman has decided it is time to disappear. Franco is dead and there's no place in the new order for the former head of the tyrant's secret police. But first, Guzman needs money. Luckily, blackmail has always come easily to him - after all, he knows where the bodies are. And so he should. He buried them. MADRID, 2010. Fifteen tangled corpses in a disused mine, three bound skeletons in a sealed cellar - a trail of dead that has led forensic investigator Ana Maria Galindez to one Comandante Leopoldo Guzman. Guzman himself disappeared decades ago but she fears his toxic legacy lives on. Her investigation has revealed a dark conspiracy born amid the corruption of Franco's dictatorship, a conspiracy that after decades in the shadows is finally ready to bloom. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Way We Die Now Seamus O'Mahony (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Feb 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784974282 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-428-2 ISBN10: 1784974285 EAN: 9781784974282 x Description: We have lost the ability to deal with death. Most of our friends and beloved relations will die in a busy hospital in the care of strangers, doctors and nurses they have known at best for a couple of weeks. They may not even know they are dying, victims of the kindly lie that there is still hope. They are unlikely to see even their family doctor in their final hours, robbed of their dignity and fed through a tube after a long series of excessive and hopeless medical interventions. This is the starting point of Seamus O'Mahoney's thoughtful, moving and unforgettable book on the western way of death. Dying has never been more public, with celebrities writing detailed memoirs of their illness, but in private we have done our best to banish all thought of dying and made a good death increasingly difficult to achieve. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stiletto Daniel O'Malley (Author) Series:
The Checquy Files 2
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jan 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781853948 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-394-8 ISBN10: 1781853940 EAN: 9781781853948 x Description: THE CHECQUY: A centuries-old covert organization that protects the nation from supernatural threat. THE GRAFTERS: A centuries-old supernatural threat. After centuries of rivalry and bloodshed, two secret and otherworldly organisations - The Checquy and The Grafters - are on the verge of joining forces, and only one person has the supernatural skills - and the bureaucratic finesse - to get the job done: Myfanwy Thomas. But as a wave of gruesome atrocities sweep London, ingrained paranoias flare, old hatreds ignite and negotiations grind to a halt. It is up to Myfanwy to find the culprits before they trigger a devastating, all-out, supernatural war between the reluctant allies. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Caesar's Footprints: Journeys to Roman Gaul Bijan Omrani (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm 35 b&w illustrations ISBN13: 9781784970666 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-066-6 ISBN10: 1784970662 EAN: 9781784970666 x Description: In the 50s BC, Julius Caesar conducted a brutal war against the tribes of ancient Gaul. On the pretext of curbing an imminent barbarian threat to the Roman Republic, he first defeated and decimated the Helvetii tribe, before subjugating the other Celtic peoples who occupied the territory of what is now France. Caesar laid Gallic civilization to waste, but the cultural revolution the Romans brought in their wake transformed the Celtic culture of that country, as the Gauls exchanged their tribal quarrels for togas and acquired the paraphernalia of civilized urban life. The Romans also left behind a legacy of language, literature, law, government, religion, architecture and industry. From Marseille to Mulhouse, and from Orleans to Autun, Bijan Omrani journeys across Gaul in the footsteps of its Roman conquerors. He tells the story of Caesar's Gallic Wars and traces the indelible imprint on modern Europe of the Gallo-Roman civilization that emerged in their wake. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Plots Against Hitler Danny Orbach (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786694584 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-458-4 ISBN10: 1786694581 EAN: 9781786694584 x Description: In 1933, Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. A year later, all parties but the Nazis had been outlawed, freedom of the press was but a memory, and Hitler's dominance seemed complete. Yet over the next few years, an unlikely clutch of conspirators emerged - soldiers, schoolteachers, politicians, diplomats, theologians, even a carpenter - who would try repeatedly to end the Fuhrer's genocidal reign. Danny Orbach's meticulously researched book tells the story of their noble, ingenious, and doomed efforts. This is history at its most suspenseful: we witness secret midnight meetings, crises of conscience, fierce debates among old friends about whether and how to dismantle Nazism, and the various plots themselves being devised and executed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Too Like the Lightning Ada Palmer (Author) Series:
Terra Ignota 1
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
30 Nov 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 576pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786699503 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-950-3 ISBN10: 1786699508 EAN: 9781786699503 x Description: Shortlisted for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best SF Novel.
The year is 2454. Humanity has engineered a hard-won golden age, forged in the aftermath of a bitter conflict that wiped both religion and nation state from the planet. Now seven factions or 'hives' co-govern the world, their rule fuelled by benign censorship, oracular statistical analytics and technological abundance. But this is a fragile Utopia - and someone is intent on pushing it to breaking point. Convicted for his crimes, celebrated for his talents, Mycroft Canner is the indentured instrument - and confidant - of some of the world's most powerful figures. When he is asked to investigate a bizarre theft, he finds himself on the trail of a conspiracy that could shatter the tranquil world order the Hives have maintained for three centuries. But Mycroft has his own secrets. He is concealing a much greater threat to the seven Hives, a wild card no degree of statistical analysis could have prophesised. This threat takes the unlikely form of a thirteen-year-old called Bridger. For how will a world that has banished God deal with a child who can perform miracles? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bull Mountain Brian Panowich (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Jan 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784082673 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-267-3 ISBN10: 1784082678 EAN: 9781784082673 x Description: Clayton Burroughs is sheriff of Bull Mountain and black sheep of the brutal and blood-steeped Burroughs clan. In the forties and fifties, the family ran moonshine over six state lines. In the sixties and seventies, they farmed the largest marijuana crop on the East Coast, and now they are the dominant suppliers of methamphetamine in the South. An uneasy pact exists between the law man and his folk, but when a federal agent shows up in Clayton's office with a plan to shut down Bull Mountain, his agenda will pit brother against brother and set Clayton on the path to self-destruction. BULL MOUNTAIN is a story about family, and the lengths men will go to protect it, honour it, or, in some cases, destroy it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Like Lions Brian Panowich (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784082710 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-271-0 ISBN10: 1784082716 EAN: 9781784082710 x Description: Clayton Burroughs is sheriff of Bull Mountain and last surviving member of the brutal and blood-steeped Burroughs clan. It's been a year since a rogue government agent systematically crippled the family's criminal empire, leaving two of his brothers dead and Clayton broken and haunted by wounds that may never heal. Now Bull Mountain is vulnerable, ripe for predators wanting to re-establish the flow of dope and money through the town. And the death of a boy belonging to a rival clan brings the wolves straight to Clayton's door. The only good son born of a crooked tree, Clayton wants to bury his bloody family legacy for good. But he'll need to call on it if he wants to save his family, and his mountain, from the destruction that awaits. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gull Glenn Patterson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Jul 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784971779 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-177-9 ISBN10: 1784971774 EAN: 9781784971779 x Description: It was one of the most bizarre episodes in the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland: the construction, during the war's most savage phase, of a factory in West Belfast to make a luxury sports car with gull-wing doors. Huge subsidies were provided by the British government. The first car rolled off the line during the appalling hunger strikes of 1981. The prime mover and central character of this intelligent, witty and moving novel was John DeLorean, brilliant engineer, charismatic entrepreneur and world-class conman. He comes to energetic, seductive life through the eyes of his fixer in Belfast, a traumatised Vietnam veteran, and of a woman who takes a job in the factory against the wishes of her husband. Each of them has secrets and desires they dare not share with anyone they know. A great American hustler brought to vivid life in the most unlikely setting imaginable. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Queen's Man Sharon Penman (Author) Series:
The Queen's Man 1
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
10 Mar 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784974152 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-415-2 ISBN10: 1784974153 EAN: 9781784974152 x Description: January AD 1193. England lies uneasy, a land without a king. Two months have passed since King Richard set sail for Acre. Two months and no word. Rumours abound that the king is dead. The Lionheart's mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, prays for his safe return, holding the throne for one son while her other conspires to seize it. Who can she trust? As a murdered man lies dying on the road to Winchester, he thrusts a blood-stained letter into the hands of a young squire. Justin de Quincy, the bastard-born son of the Bishop of Chester, now holds the key to the fate of the land. In this time of uncertainty he must prove his worth and show himself to be the Queen's Man. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Drifter Nick Petrie (Author) Series:
Ash 1
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Dec 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788542456 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-245-6 ISBN10: 1788542452 EAN: 9781788542456
x Description: After eight years as a soldier, Peter Ash came home from Iraq and Afghanistan with only one souvenir: what he calls 'white static', a buzzing claustrophobia due to post-traumatic stress that has driven him to spend a year roaming the US Pacific coast's mountains and forests, sleeping under the stars. But when a friend from the Marines commits suicide, Ash returns to civilization to help the man's widow and two young children. While repairing her dilapidated porch, he makes two unwelcome discoveries: the first is a dog, the largest, meanest, ugliest dog he's ever laid eyes on; the second surprise is what the dog is guarding - a suitcase containing $400,000 in cash and four slabs of plastic explosive. Just what was his friend caught up in during his final days? Ash will find that the demons of war aren't easy to leave behind... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In the Dark Andreas Pfluger (Author) Shaun Whiteside (Translated by) Series:
A Jenny Aaron Thriller 1
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786690944 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-094-4 ISBN10: 1786690942 EAN: 9781786690944 x Description: A blind police detective. A psychopath with a grudge. A hunt that will expose her darkest fear... Jenny Aaron was once part of an elite police unit in Berlin, tracking the country's most dangerous criminals. She was the best. Until a mission went wrong and she lost her sight forever. Five years later, Aaron has shut out her past life and learnt to get by in a darkened world. A world now guided by sound, smell, instinct and intuition. Then she receives a call from her old boss. A prisoner has committed a brutal murder in his high security cell. And he will only confess to one person: Special Agent Jenny Aaron. IN THE DARK is a tense, gripping thriller, full of twists you won't see coming. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Earth Gazers Christopher Potter (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm 35 integrated b&w ISBN13: 9781784974336 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-433-6 ISBN10: 1784974331 EAN: 9781784974336 x Description: The most beautiful and influential photographs ever made were of the whole earth seen from space. They were taken from the moon, almost as an afterthought, by the astronauts of the Apollo space programme. They inspired a generation to think more seriously about our responsibility for this tiny oasis in space, the 'blue marble' falling through empty darkness. This is a book about the long road to the capture of those unforgettable images. It is a history of the space programme and of the ways in which it transformed our view of the earth and changed the lives of the astronauts who walked in space and on the moon. It is the story of the often blemished visionaries who inspired that journey into space: Charles Lindbergh, Robert Goddard and Wernher Von Braun, and of the courageous pilots who were the first humans to escape the Earth's orbit.
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The Hungry Grass Richard Power (Author) Declan Kiberd (Introduction by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Sep 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784977412 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-741-2 ISBN10: 1784977411 EAN: 9781784977412 x Description: At the funeral, several priests remarked how appropriate it was that Father Conroy should have returned on his last day to Rosnagree, the parish in which he was born. Father Tom Conroy - a spiky, difficult man - dies at a reunion of his seminary colleagues. As this masterly novel unfolds, we are taken through the years that formed this troublesome priest, who knew his life had been a failure. The Hungry Grass is a sharply witty and moving novel of a world on the cusp of change. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Man on a Donkey H. F. M. Prescott (Author) John Cooper (Introduction by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Dec 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 720pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784977719 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-771-9 ISBN10: 1784977713 EAN: 9781784977719 x Description: Sir John Uvedale had business at Coverham Abbey in Wensleydale, lately suppressed, so he sent his people on before him to Marrick, to make ready for him, and to take over possession of the Priory of St. Andrew from the Nuns, who should all be gone by noon or thereabouts. In 1536, Henry VIII was almost toppled when Northern England rose to oppose the Dissolution of the Monasteries. An enthralling novel about a moment in history when England's Catholic heritage was scattered to the four winds by a powerful and arrogant king. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Beyond the Ice Limit Douglas Preston (Author) Lincoln Child (Author) Series:
Gideon Crew 4
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Dec 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786692078 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-207-8 ISBN10: 1786692074 EAN: 9781786692078 x Description: 60 Degrees SOUTH: NOTHING BUT SEA, ICE AND UNFETTERED STORMS. BUT TWO MILES DOWN, SOMETHING IS STIRRING.
Five years ago, Eli Glinn led a mission ro recover a 25,000-ton meteorite - the largest ever discovered - from a remote island off the coast of South America. It ended in disaster when their ship foundered and broke apart in a vicious storm. But now, two miles down in dark Antarctic waters, something is growing. A vast, grotesque structure is simultaneously reaching up towards the waves and burrowing deep into the sea floor. Eli Glinn's worst fear has been realised. He has no choice but to return to the Southern Ocean and attempt to annihilate an entity that threatens the existence of the planet. But, as he will discover, the entity has no intention of going quietly. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
City of Endless Night Douglas Preston (Author) Lincoln Child (Author) Series:
Agent Pendergast 17
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786696854 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-685-4 ISBN10: 1786696851 EAN: 9781786696854 x Description: Grace Ozmian, missing daughter of a tech billionaire has been found. Most of her, anyway. Her head is still missing. Lieutenant CDS Vincent D'Agosta knows his investigation will attract fierce media scrutiny, so he's delighted when his old acquaintance FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is assigned to the case. But neither man is prepared for what lies ahead. A diabolical presence is haunting New York City and Grace is only the first of many victims to be murdered... and decapitated. As mass hysteria sweeps the city, it will take all of Pendergast's skill and strength to unmask this most dangerous foe - let alone survive to tell the tale. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Anna Amanda Prowse (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback With flaps 368pp h216mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781788542067 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-206-7 ISBN10: 1788542061 EAN: 9781788542067 x Description: From the heartbreaking, uplifting and bestselling Amanda Prowse, this is an unforgettable romance about what happens when two very different people fall in love. There are two sides to every love story. This is Anna's. Anna Cole grew up poor, but her mother's love made her feel rich every day. Then her mother died, and Anna was sent to a care home. As a teenager, Anna vowed that one day, she would have children of her own, and create the happy, noisy family life she always craved. Then, one day, Anna meets Theo Montgomery in a lift. Theo has kind eyes, but a sad past. His family were rich, but his childhood was full of neglect. Theo can't imagine bringing a child into this cruel world, but he does want a soulmate. Someone to love him unconditionally; someone with whom he can share his family's wealth. Theo and Anna are two damaged souls, from two different worlds. Is their love for each other enough to let go of the pain of their pasts? Or will Anna
and Theo break each others' hearts? Reviews for Amanda Prowse: 'Prowse handles her explosive subject with delicate skill ... Deeply moving and inspiring' DAILY MAIL. 'Powerful and emotional family drama that packs a real punch' HEAT. 'A gut-wrenching and absolutely brilliant read' IRISH SUN. 'Captivating, heartbreaking, superbly written' CLOSER. 'Very uplifting and positive, but you may still need a box (or two) of tissues' HELLO. 'An emotional, unputdownable read' RED. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Another Love Amanda Prowse (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Jul 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784972196 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-219-6 ISBN10: 1784972193 EAN: 9781784972196 x Description: In the early years, she was happy. Romilly loved her stunning house, her kind husband and gorgeous daughter. Sure, life was sometimes exhausting - but nothing that a large glass of wine at the end of the day couldn't fix. But then a glass of wine became a bottle; one bottle became two. Once, Romilly's family were everything to her. Now, after years of hiding the drinking, she must finally admit that she has found another love... PREVIOUS NOVELS: Poppy Day, What Have I Done?, Clover's Child, A Little Love, Will You Remember Me?, Christmas for One, A Mother's Story, Perfect Daughter, The Christmas Cafe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Fall in Love Again: Kitty's Story Amanda Prowse (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
24 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 368pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788542159 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-215-9 ISBN10: 1788542150 EAN: 9781788542159 x Description: Kitty Montrose lives an idyllic life in the Scottish Highlands. An adored only child, she delights in the closeness she shares with her horseriding mother and her gentle father. But her perfect world is shattered when her mother is diagnosed with clinical depression. The illness lurks in their home like a dark monster. Kitty finds solace and escape in the arms - and the bed - of her best friend Angus.
Soon they are married, with a baby on the way. But what happens when Angus turns cold and unfeeling? Will Kitty regret staying with him for the sake of their child? And, years later, can Kitty's old flame, Theo Montgomery, help her to discover her perfect life? Or is it too late for them both? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I Won't Be Home for Christmas Amanda Prowse (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
03 Nov 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784974923 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-492-3 ISBN10: 1784974927 EAN: 9781784974923 x Description: While her free-spirited daughter travels the world, Vivienne prepares for a lonely Christmas in Bristol, with her best friend Ellen and her ancient dog Bob. Then a letter arrives that changes everything. Vivienne's daughter is getting married in New Zealand, and she wants her mum and Ellen by her side. But out on the rugged coast of Tutukaka, the sea sparkles, romance beckons - and Vivienne falls under the spell of another life. Will she leave everything she holds dear for a chance at happiness? Or will her daughter be the only one to fall in love this Christmas? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Husband's Wife Amanda Prowse (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Feb 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784977788 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-778-8 ISBN10: 1784977780 EAN: 9781784977788 x Description: Once a week, Rosie Tipcott counts her blessings. She goes to sit on her favourite bench on the north Devon cliffs, and thanks her lucky stars for her wonderful husband, her mischievous young daughters, and her neat little house by the sea. She vows to dedicate every waking hour to making her family happy. But then her husband unexpectedly leaves her for another woman and takes the children. Now she must ask the question: what is left in her life? Can Rosie find the strength to rebuild herself? More importantly, does she even want to? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Perfect Daughter Amanda Prowse (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
11 Feb 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784970352 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-035-2 ISBN10: 1784970352 EAN: 9781784970352 x
Description: THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. Once upon a time, Jacks Morgan had dreams. She would have a career and travel the world. She would own a house on the beach, and spend long nights with her boyfriend strolling under the stars.
But life had other ideas. First Martha came along, then Jonty. Then her mother moved in, and now their little terrace is bursting at the seams. Jacks gave up on her dreams to look after her family. If only, just for once, her family would look after her... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Theo Amanda Prowse (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788542128 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-212-8 ISBN10: 1788542126 EAN: 9781788542128 x Description: From the heartbreaking, uplifting and bestselling Amanda Prowse, this is an unforgettable romance about what happens when two very different people fall in love. There are two sides to every love story. This is Theo's. Theo Montgomery grew up in a rich family where he had all the toys and trinkets money could buy. But his childhood was full of neglect and he was bullied at school. Now he is an adult, he longs to find a soulmate. Someone who understands him. Someone who will love him unconditionally. Then, one day, Theo meets Anna Cole in a lift. Anna grew up in a care home, and has always wanted to create the noisy family life she never had. She brings love and laughter into Theo's life. But she wants a baby, and Theo can't imagine bringing a child into this cruel world... Theo and Anna are two damaged souls, from two different worlds. Is their love for each other enough to let go of the pain of their pasts? Or will Anna and Theo break each others' hearts? Reviews for Amanda Prowse: 'Prowse handles her explosive subject with delicate skill ... Deeply moving and inspiring' DAILY MAIL. 'Powerful and emotional family drama that packs a real punch' HEAT. 'A gut wrenching and absolutely brilliant read' IRISH SUN. 'Captivating, heartbreaking, superbly written' CLOSER. 'Very uplifting and positive, but you may still need a box (or two) of tissues' HELLO. 'An emotional, unputdownable read' RED. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Three-and-a-Half Heartbeats Amanda Prowse (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788546973 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-697-3 ISBN10: 1788546970 EAN: 9781788546973 x Description: Grace and Tom Penderford had a strong marriage, a comfortable home in the English countryside and a healthy baby girl, Chloe. They were happy. They were normal. But soon after Chloe turns three, tragedy strikes when a disease called sepsis claims the life of their daughter, devastating their small family. The Penderfords had never heard of sepsis - a cruel, indiscriminate disease that takes a life somewhere in the world every three and a half seconds. Now, with their world crumbling, they must mend each others broken hearts... and try to save their marriage if they can. Sepsis is a potentially life threatening condition, however it can be easily treated if caught early enough. Help keep others safe by learning the symptoms of sepsis and spread the word on to look out for. To find out more about sepsis, please visit www.sepsistrust.org. REVIEWS: 'A powerful and emotional work of fiction with a unique twist - a practical lesson in how to spot a fatal, but often treatable disease' Piers Morgan, CNN presenter. 'A truly amazing piece of drama about a condition that could affect any one of us in a heartbeat. Every mother should read this book' Danielle Lineker, actor. 'A powerful and emotional page turner that teaches people with no medical training how to recognise sepsis and save lives' Dr Ranj Singh, paediatric doctor and BBC presenter. 'A powerful and moving story with a real purpose. It brings home the dreadful nature of this deadly condition' Mark Austin, ITN presenter. 'This is such a powerful story - and a book that every parent should read. Sadly this is something that affects families every day, but by buying this book you are able to help as the money raised will go towards vital funds for The Sepsis Trust' Charlotte Hawkins, ITV presenter. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stonehenge Francis Pryor (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Dec 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h200mm x w135mm 50 colour illustrations ISBN13: 9781786695970 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-597-0 ISBN10: 1786695979 EAN: 9781786695970 x Description: Perched on the chalk uplands of Salisbury Plain, the megaliths of Stonehenge offer one of the most recognizable outlines of any ancient structure. Its purpose - place of worship, sacrificial arena, giant calendar - is unknown, but its story is one of the most extraordinary of any of the world's prehistoric monuments. Constructed in several phases over a period of some 1500 years, beginning c. 3000 BC, Stonehenge's key elements are its `bluestones' , transported from West Wales by unexplained means, and sarsen stones quarried from the nearby Marlborough Downs. Francis Pryor delivers a rigorous account of the nature and history of Stonehenge, but also places the enigmatic stones in a wider cultural context, exploring how antiquarians, scholars, writers, artists, 'the heritage industry' - and even neopagans - have interpreted the site over the centuries.
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Silence Anthony J. Quinn (Author) Series:
Inspector Celcius Daly 3
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
02 Jun 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784971250 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-125-0 ISBN10: 1784971251 EAN: 9781784971250 x Description: A bizarre road accident propels Celcius Daly into an investigation that will reveal the truth about his mother's death thirty years ago. Father Aloysius Walsh spent the last years of his life painstakingly collecting evidence of murder: an unsolved killing spree of unparalleled savagery that blighted Ireland's borderlands at the end of the 1970s. Pinned to his bedroom wall, a macabre map charts the grim territory of death: victims, weapons, wounds, dates - and somehow, amid the forest of pins and notes, he had discerned a pattern... So why did Father Walsh deliberately drive off the road to his death? Why, when Inspector Celcius Daly arrives at the scene, does he find Special Branch already there? And why is his mother's name on the priest's map? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Listeners Anthony J. Quinn (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786696076 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-607-6 ISBN10: 178669607X EAN: 9781786696076 x Description: Detective Carla Herron is leading the investigation into the savage murder of a respected psychotherapist whose decapitated head has been found in a forest clearing. The crime scene is devoid of any leads but a patient at the nearby Deepwell psychiatric hospital has declared responsibility for the deed in an vividly detailed confession - even though his claim is demonstrably impossible. Dedicated and full of aspiration, Carla throws herself into the investigation. She discovers that several of the other patients on the ward have made similar confessions in the past year. Faced with secrecy, professional betrayals and cover-ups, she is soon stripped of any illusions about her capabilities. Ignoring the advice of her superiors, Herron delves into the hidden secrets of the hospital, embarking on a chilling trail through the bleak Scottish borders that winds perilously between hallucination, violent fantasy, all towards a final, deadly, twist. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Airborne Robert Radcliffe (Author) Series:
The Airborne Trilogy 1
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
10 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784973841 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-384-1 ISBN10: 178497384X EAN: 9781784973841
x Description: 17 September 1944: the Allies have launched the largest airborne offensive in history, delivering 36,000 troops by parachute and glider to the Dutch-German Border. In what will become known as the Battle of Arnhem, half of them will fall as casualties of war. Among their number is Theo Trickey, a young paratrooper so dreadfully injured he is not expected to survive. Under the care of Medical Officer Captain Daniel Garland, Trickey is shipped to Germany as a Prisoner of War. As Garland slowly nurses him back to health, he discovers that there's much that is unusual about Trickey, starting with a chance meeting he had with Erwin Rommel before the War... From the bestselling author of Under an English Heaven, Airborne is the first in an unforgettable trilogy that tells the story of a young soldier, of a new regiment and how, together, they altered the course of a war. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In White Ink Elske Rahill (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786691064 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-106-4 ISBN10: 178669106X EAN: 9781786691064 x Description: Motherhood, nurture and violence - these are the themes of Elske Rahill's remarkable first collection, In White Ink. Rahill brings to life the psychological and physical reality of mothering, pregnancy and childbirth in ways that few others writers have attempted. Here is a biting realism, in the relations between men and women and in the expectations and failures of their assigned roles. Each story is illumined by moments of harsh poetry. They are carefully crafted snapshots of our condition. In the title story, an isolated young mother is locked in to a custody battle with her abusive husband; 'Right to Reply' shows three generations of women confronting the terrible legacy of their family's past; in 'Toby', a woman obsessed with hygiene finally snaps, when she finds her home is infested with fleas. The precision of Rahill's prose, the stoicism of her unflinching narrative gaze, reveal characters caught up in violently emotional situations. The version of motherhood found here is painful. Yet its endurance, as nature's greatest force, is brilliantly and compassionately rendered. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Molly's Will Elske Rahill (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
24 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786691019 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-101-9 ISBN10: 1786691019 EAN: 9781786691019 x Description: A novel about four generations of women and the violent tensions and loving devotion, envy and self-sacrifice that family life embodies. Molly is now in her nineties, and she helps her grand-daughters Cara and Freya bring up their young children with unstinting care. Hers has been a life of unselfpitying service, from her working-class Dublin girlhood to her current status as the wealthy widow of a famous artist. But her own children, particularly her daughter Eileen, are her life's great failure: unhappy, self-indulgent women who resent the younger generation's apparent freedom from guilt and their unconventional family arrangements. This intricate web of female relationships comes under terrible strain when Molly, her health sapped by her constant efforts on behalf of others, decides to consult the family solicitor about changing her will. This is a novel of great tenderness in its depiction of the small pleasures of family life and ruthless in its portrayal of the dangerous power of money. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Red Dirt E. M. Reapy (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
26 Jan 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784974640 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-464-0 ISBN10: 1784974641 EAN: 9781784974640 x Description: A group of young Irish migrants leave a man called Hopper for dead on an outback road in Australia. They barely know him; no-one will miss him in their world of hostels, wild nights on cheap wine and grinding work on isolated farms. In this powerful novel about the discovery of responsibility, three young people - Fiona, Murph and Hopper - flee the collapse of their country's economy. In the heat and endless spaces of Australia they try to escape their past, but impulsive cruelty, shame and guilt drag them down, and it is easy to make terrible choices. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Valley John Renehan (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
02 Jun 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784082840 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-284-0 ISBN10: 1784082848 EAN: 9781784082840 x Description: 'You're going up the Valley' Lieutenant Black doesn't even know its proper name. But he knows about the Valley: it's the farthest, the hardest and the worst. You have to travel far beyond the other remote outposts, deep into a maze of interlinked mountain passes, just to get to its mouth. Stories circulate periodically, but they are impossible to verify. Everything about the Valley is myth and rumour. That Black has been sent there to investigate a warning shot fired by a near-forgotten platoon - the final bureaucratic insult in his short and unhappy army career. But as he starts to unearth the dark secrets of the strung-out soldiers besieged within Combat Outpost Vega, Black will find himself drawn into an obsessive odyssey of discovery that will threaten not only his life, but also the lives of everyone else in the Valley. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pandemic A. G. Riddle (Author) Series:
The Extinction Files 1
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
02 Nov 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 720pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788541282 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-128-2 ISBN10: 1788541286 EAN: 9781788541282 x Description: A young man arrives at a remote hospital. He's burning with fever and barely conscious. He's also bleeding from his eyes. Fearing an Ebola-like outbreak, the World Health Organisation scrambles a rapid response team headed by leading epidemiologist Dr. Peyton Shaw.
But what she finds in Kenya is beyond her worst fears. The world is facing an outbreak quite unlike anything previously documented. In just two weeks time every corner of the planet will be infected by a disease with a 95 percent fatality rate. Dr. Shaw is pitched into a race against time to trace the origin of the pathogen. But with each passing hour, her suspicions grow: this outbreak is no natural catastrophe. Haunted by her own dark secrets, Dr. Shaw will be drawn into a conspiracy of unimaginable scope and towards a revelation that will change the human race forever. Pandemic will take you inside the world's response to a deadly epidemic, blending meticulously researched science and history with the pulsepounding fiction that has made A.G. Riddle an international bestseller. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Elegy: The First Day on the Somme Andrew Roberts (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
02 Jun 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm 60 b&w illus ISBN13: 9781784080020 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-002-0 ISBN10: 1784080020 EAN: 9781784080020 x Description: On 1 July 1916, after a five-day bombardment, 11 British and 5 French divisions launched their long-awaited 'Big Push' on German positions on high ground above the Rivers Ancre and Somme on the Western Front. Some ground was gained, but at a terrible cost. In killing-grounds whose names are indelibly imprinted on 20th-century memory, German machine-guns - manned by troops who had sat out the storm of shellfire in deep dugouts - inflicted terrible losses on the British infantry. The British Fourth Army lost 57,470 casualties, the French Sixth Army suffered 1,590 casualties and the German 2nd Army 10,000. And this was but the prelude to 141 days of slaughter that would witness the deaths of between 750,000 and 1 million troops. Andrew Roberts evokes the pity and the horror of the blackest day in the history of the British army - a summer's day-turned-hell-on-earth by modern military technology - in the words of casualties, survivors, and the bereaved. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Blood Mist Mark Roberts (Author) Series:
Eve Clay 1
Edition:
Reissue
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788546980 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-698-0 ISBN10: 1788546989 EAN: 9781788546980 This Product Replaces: 9781784082901 x Description: Every night a family dies... Every day she tries to save them... While a blizzard rages through the streets of Liverpool, a family are slaughtered in their beds. Their mutilated bodies are dragged onto the landing to form a strange pattern. None of the neighbours hears a sound. DCI Eve Clay is at a loss. Who would risk capture to arrange their victims so precisely? Somewhere in her mind, a long-buried memory flickers. But this is no time for hunches. She must find the killers before they strike again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
War at the Edge of the World Ian Ross (Author) Series:
Twilight of Empire 1
Edition:
Reissue
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788542739 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-273-9 ISBN10: 1788542738 EAN: 9781788542739 This Product Replaces: 9781784081140 x Description: AN EMPIRE IN DECLINE. Centurion Aurelius Castus - once a soldier in the elite legions of the Danube - believes his glory days are over, as he finds himself in the cold, grey wastes of northern Britain, battling to protect an empire in decline. Here he must face the barbarians beyond Hadrian's Wall, in a mission riven with bloodshed and treachery. Can Castus keep his promise to a woman he has sworn to help? And is anything about this doomed enterprise what it seems? War at the Edge of the World is the epic first instalment in a sequence of novels set at the end of the Roman Empire, during the reign of the Emperor Constantine. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tyrant of the Mind Priscilla Royal (Author) Series:
Medieval Mystery 2
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 256pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781781850886 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-088-6 ISBN10: 1781850887 EAN: 9781781850886 x Description: MEDIEVAL MYSTERY. AD 1270. On a remote East Anglian coast stands Tyndal Priory, which belongs to the Order of Fontevraud where monks and nuns live and work in close proximity. Prioress Eleanor of Wynethorpe, young and inexperienced, has just been controversially appointed by King Henry III. TYRANT OF THE MIND: In the winter of 1271, Death stalks the corridors of Wynethorpe Castle on the Welsh border. When the Grim Reaper touches the beloved grandson of the castle lord, Baron Adam sends for his daughter, Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal, and her sub-infirmarian, Sister Anne, to save the child with prayers and healing talents. Soon after the trio arrives, an important guest is murdered. The prioress' brother Robert, bloody dagger in hand, stands over the corpse. All others may believe in his guilt, but Eleanor is convinced her brother is innocent. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ernesto Umberto Saba (Author) Mark Thompson (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
10 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786690685 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-068-5 ISBN10: 1786690683 EAN: 9781786690685
x Description: Ernesto is sixteen years old and ready for life to begin. His curiosity leads him into an affair with an older man - the first step on his journey to adulthood. Full of tenderness, humour and warmth, Ernesto is a beautifully rendered coming-of-age story. Written in 1953, but not published until 1975, this is the great Italian poet's most personal and confessional novel, presented here for the first time in unexpurgated form. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Golovlevs M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin (Author) I. P. Foote (Translated by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786690050 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-005-0 ISBN10: 1786690055 EAN: 9781786690050 x Description: Arina Petrovna rules the Golovlev family with an iron hand. Around her swarm her family; her alcoholic sons, dissipated grandchildren and degenerate husband. But in his darkened study, her son Porfiry schemes for an overthrow of power. In this powerful novel, the great Russian satirist presents a stark portrait of the Russian gentry sapped by generations of idleness and social irrelevance. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The History of a Town M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin (Author) Charlotte Hobson (Introduction by) Michael Schmidt (Edited by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Sep 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784975425 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-542-5 ISBN10: 1784975427 EAN: 9781784975425 x Description: The town governors... all flogged the inhabitants, but the first flogged them pure and simple, the second explained their zeal by referring to the needs of civilization, and the third asked only that in all matters the inhabitants should trust in their valour. One of the major satirical novels of the 19th century, Shchedrin's farcical history of Glupov (or Stupid Town) follows the bewildered and stoical Russian inhabitants for hundreds of years as they endure the violence and lunacy of their tyrannical rulers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Day of Judgment Salvatore Satta (Author) Mark Thompson (Introduction by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Apr 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784975708 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-570-8 ISBN10: 1784975702 EAN: 9781784975708 x
Description: At precisely nine o'clock, as he did every evening, Don Sebastiano Sanna Carboni pushed back his armchair, carefully folded the newspaper which he had read to the very last line, tidied up the little things on his desk, and prepared to go down to the ground floor... Around the turn of the twentieth century, in the isolated Sardinian town of Nuoro, the aristocratic notary Don Sebastiano Sanna reflects on his life, his family's history and the fortunes of this provincial backwater where he has lived out his days. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Council of Egypt Leonardo Sciascia (Author) Michael Schmidt (Introduction by) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Dec 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784978037 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-803-7 ISBN10: 1784978035 EAN: 9781784978037 x Description: The Benedictine whisked a brush of multicoloured feathers over the top of the book, puffed out his plump cheeks like the god of winds in an old nautical map, blew black dust from the leather cover, and, with a shiver of what in the circumstances seemed delicate trepidation, laid the volume open on the table. Palermo, 1783: The barons pursue feuds and petty plotting. Their wives indulge in forbidden French novels. And the porcine abbot Vella, eager to curry favour with Naples, 'invents' an ancient Arabic chronicle, The Council of Egypt, that rewrites Sicilian history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Grim Company Luke Scull (Author) Series:
The Grim Company 1
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
28 Apr 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786690005 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-000-5 ISBN10: 1786690004 EAN: 9781786690005 x Description: First in an epic, gritty trilogy from the hottest new voice in British fantasy. It is a time of darkness. The last magic of the dead gods is on the wane. Demons and half-formed monsters plague the land as the final barriers between the realms begin to fail. The jealous Magelords of three great cities sit in their towers of stone and brood over the scant power that remains... It is not a time of heroes. Their songs are long forgotten, their deeds go unwritten. But, even now, some few still nurse a spark of hope, an unlikely fellowship, united against the tyranny of their immortal overlords - THE GRIM COMPANY. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A House to Mend a Broken Heart Alison Sherlock (Author) Series:
Welcome to Willow Tree Hall 1
Edition:
Imprint:
Aria
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788546195 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-619-5 ISBN10: 1788546199 EAN: 9781788546195 x Description: Everyone is hiding from something... Full of warmth, laughter, tears and heartache. Find out if there is a happy-ever-after at Willow Tree Hall. Perfect for the fans of Milly Johnson and Lucy Diamond. Willow Tree Hall has seen much better days and has been the proud ancestral home of the Earl and Countess of Cranley for centuries. With no qualifications and escaping her past Annie Rogers takes the job as housekeeper to widowed Arthur, the charming current Earl of Cranley. After a bad fall puts Arthur in hospital, it's up to his reluctant heir, Sam Harris, to lend a helping hand and try to find a sustainable future for the Estate. With the house requiring a full renovation, Annie suddenly finds herself completely out of her depth with a team of dodgy builders and Sam watching critically from the side-lines. With Sam running from his past and Annie hiding from hers, just maybe together they can bring Willow Tree Hall back to life. The start of a beautiful new series focusing on the lives and loves, trials and tribulations of all those who live and work at Willow Tree Hall. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bone Meal for Roses Miranda Sherry (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Mar 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784973025 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-302-5 ISBN10: 1784973025 EAN: 9781784973025 x Description: Her childhood nearly destroyed her. Only the magic of the garden could save her. Poppy was six years old when she was rescued from her abusive mother and taken to her grandparents' farm to recover. There, under a wide South African sky, Poppy succumbs to the magic of their garden. Slowly, her memories fade and her wounds began to heal. But as Poppy grows up into a strange, fierce and beautiful young woman, her childhood memories start to surface. And then a love affair with a married man across the valley explodes her world... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Four Lions: The Lives and Times of Four Captains of England Colin Shindler (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm 35 b&w illustrations ISBN13: 9781784082758 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-275-8 ISBN10: 1784082759 EAN: 9781784082758 x Description: explores the changing landscape of postwar England through the careers of four iconic England football captains: Billy Wright, Bobby Moore, Gary Lineker and David Beckham. Between Wright, who fought in World War II, and Beckham, whose battles against Germany were played out on the football field, huge shifts in English society were mirrored by seismic changes to the national game as television transformed the way in which it is financed and consumed. In England, more than any other nation, the man with the captain's armband has symbolic significance: he embodies the nation. And these four lions embody half a century of change: Wright smoked a pipe and had a side parting; Moore, hero of '66, exuded the cool of his era but never found a role beyond football; the savvy, telegenic Lineker hung up his boots to become the face of BBC football; while in the tattooed body of Beckham can be read the impact of commercialisation, corporate sponsorship and the cult of celebrity. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Glass Breaks A. J. Smith (Author) Series:
Form and Void 1
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
09 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 496pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786696892 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-689-2 ISBN10: 1786696894 EAN: 9781786696892 x Description: Seventeen-year-old Duncan Greenfire is alive. Three hours ago, he was chained to the rocks and submerged as the incoming tide washed over his head. Now the waters are receding and Duncan's continued survival has completed his initiation as a Sea Wolf. It is the 167th year of the Dark Age. The Sea Wolves and their Eastron kin can break the glass and step into the void, slipping from the real world and reappearing wherever they wish. Wielding their power, they conquered the native Pure Ones and established their own Kingdom. The Sea Wolves glorify in piracy and slaughter. Their rule is absolute, but young Duncan Greenfire and duellist Adeline Brand will discover a conspiracy to end their dominion, a conspiracy to shatter the glass that separates the worlds of Form and Void and unleash a primeval chaos across the world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In The Name Of Love Patrick Smith (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
10 Mar 2016
Publishing Status:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781853160 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-316-0 ISBN10: 1781853169 EAN: 9781781853160
x Description: A young woman is brutally murdered on an island near Stockholm - a haunt of wealthy retirees and arty weekenders. Suspicion falls first on a family of Iraqi refugees, initially welcomed into the community but gradually feared and shunned. But then, as the victim's story unfolds, suspicion begins inexorably to fall elsewhere. Lena Sundman was rude, dysfunctional, and very young. Everything a fastidious man like Dan Byrne disliked. Taking refuge on the island after the sudden death of his wife, Dan finds himself strangely drawn to the troubled girl, starting from the moment he reluctantly rescues her in the teeth of a gathering snowstorm. This is a taut, elegantly chilling drama in the tradition of Scandinavian masters from Ibsen to Larsson. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Eye Of The Beholder Laura J. Snyder (Author) Series:
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01 Dec 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 448pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784970253 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-025-3 ISBN10: 1784970255 EAN: 9781784970253 x Description: By the early 17th century the Scientific Revolution was well under way. Philosophers and scientists were throwing off the yoke of ancient authority to peer at nature and the cosmos through microscopes and telescopes. In October 1632, in the small town of Delft in the Dutch Republic, two geniuses were born who would bring about a seismic shift in the idea of what it meant to see the world. One was Johannes Vermeer, whose experiments with lenses and a camera obscura taught him how we see under different conditions of light and helped him create the most luminous works of art ever beheld. The other was Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, whose work with microscopes revealed a previously unimagined realm of minuscule creatures. By intertwining the biographies of these two men, Laura Snyder tells the story of a historical moment in both art and science that revolutionized how we see the world today. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Classical Civilization: A History in Ten Chapters Nigel Spivey (Author) Series:
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03 Nov 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781855027 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-502-7 ISBN10: 1781855021 EAN: 9781781855027 x Description: A concise and accessible study of the foundations, development and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome, centred on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical civilisation. Starting with Troy, where history, myth and cosmology fuse to form the origins of Classical civilisation, Nigel Spivey explores the contrasting politics of Athens and Sparta, the diffusion of classical ideals across the Mediterranean world, Classical science and philosophy, the eastward export of Greek culture with the conquests of Alexander the Great, the power and spread of the Roman imperium, and the long Byzantine twilight of Antiquity. A secure grasp of the nature of our Greek and Roman heritage is absolutely fundamental to a true understanding of contemporary European society and culture. Nigel Spivey outlines and explains that heritage with supreme passion, rigour and clarity. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fame is the Spur Howard Spring (Author) Tristram Hunt (Introduction by) Series:
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01 Apr 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 608pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784976347 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-634-7 ISBN10: 1784976342 EAN: 9781784976347 x Description: 'When they buried the Old Warrior there was only one small wreath to go on the coffin... John Hamer Shawcross never forgot that moment. Hamer Shawcross is born into a poor but aspirational working-class family in Manchester. Studious and hard-working, he becomes a socialist activist, goes into politics and rises to become part of the privileged upper classes he began by opposing. Hamer's trajectory is mirrored by the rise of the Labour movement in Britain from the mid-19th century to the 1930s. This wonderfully perceptive study of a career politician serves as a telling elegy for the Labour Party. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Son, My Son Howard Spring (Author) Michael Schmidt (Introduction by) Series:
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07 Apr 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 656pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784970772 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-077-2 ISBN10: 1784970778 EAN: 9781784970772 x Description: What a place it was, that dark little house that was two rooms up and two down ... I don't remember to this day where we all slept, though there was a funeral now and then to thin us out. This is the powerful story of two hard-driven men - one a celebrated English novelist, the other a successful Irish entrepreneur - and of their sons, in whom are invested all their fathers' hopes and ambitions. Oliver Essex and Rory O'Riorden grow up as friends, but in the years after the Great War their fathers' lofty plans have unexpected consequences. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Snow Angel Lauren St John (Author) Catherine Hyde (Illustrated by) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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04 Oct 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm B&w illustrations ISBN13: 9781788540278 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-027-8 ISBN10: 1788540271 EAN: 9781788540278 x Description: Lauren St John's stunning Christmas classic is about forgotten children, the power of nature to heal us and a girl who will climb mountains in search for a place to call home. Growing up in vibrant, crowded Nairobi, Makena has only one dream: to climb Mount Kenya like her hero, her mountain guide father. But when her beautiful world is shattered, she finds that in the city's dark places there are a thousand ways to fall, each more deadly than any crevasse. In a world of
strangers, does she dare trust Snow, whose ballet dreams are haunted by a past she's still running from? And is the sparkling fox friend or foe? After a fresh start in the Scottish Highlands turns bad, Makena flees to the mountains. But will they betray her or be the making of her? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Less Than a Treason Dana Stabenow (Author) Series:
A Kate Shugak Investigation 21
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11 Jan 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786695727 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-572-7 ISBN10: 1786695723 EAN: 9781786695727 x Description: Two thousand people go missing in Alaska every year. They vanish in the middle of mountain footraces, on fishing boats in the Bering Sea, on small planes in the Bush. Now a geologist known for going walkabout with his rock hammer has disappeared from the Suulutaq Mine in the Park. Was it deliberate? An accident? Foul play? Native Aleut Private Investigator Kate Shugak may be the only person who can find out. But for the fact that Kate, too, is now among the missing... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Silk and Song Dana Stabenow (Author) Series:
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07 Dec 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 800pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784979539 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-953-9 ISBN10: 1784979538 EAN: 9781784979539 x Description: Beijing, 1322. Sixteen-year-old Johanna is the granddaughter of the legendary trader Marco Polo. In the wake of her father's death, Johanna finds that lineage counts for little amid the disintegrating court of the Khan as dynastic loyalties are shifting. Johanna's destiny - if she has one - lies with her grandfather, in Venice, more than a continent away at the very edge of the known world. So, with a small band of companions, she takes to the road - the Silk Road - that storied collection of routes that link the silks of Cathay, the spices of the Indies and the jewels of the Indus to the markets of the West. But first she must survive treachery and betrayal on a road beset by thieves, fanatics, pillaging armies and warlords... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Beast Alexander Starritt (Author) Series:
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05 Apr 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784979959 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-995-9 ISBN10: 1784979953 EAN: 9781784979959 x Description: Jeremy Underwood is a long-suffering subeditor on The Daily Beast, Britain's mightiest tabloid. Returning from holiday, he notices two burqa-clad figures lurking outside the paper's Kensington offices. Two male terrorism suspects have escaped from a mosque disguised as women; recently suspicion and fear have made everyone alert. Jeremy's casual observation sets off a chain of events that spins out of control, as the great Beast feels that it is the next target of terrorism. Alexander Starritt's darkly funny novel is a vivid anatomy of that most uncontrollable of large creatures, the British tabloid newspaper. The ferocious professionalism and manic rivalries of a newsroom have rarely been so well described. And at the heart of the newsroom is the brooding, dictatorial figure of its editor, Charles Brython, the booming voice of Middle England. His world is under threat, and he will do whatever it takes to defend it. This is a story in which comedy teeters on the edge of horror. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Letty Fox: Her Luck Christina Stead (Author) Tim Parks (Introduction by) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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04 May 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 592pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786691392 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-139-2 ISBN10: 1786691396 EAN: 9781786691392 x Description: One hot night last spring, after waiting fruitlessly for a call from my then lover, with whom I had quarrelled the same afternoon, and finding one of my black moods on me, I flung out of my lonely room on the ninth floor (unlucky number) in a hotel in lower Fifth Avenue and rushed into the streets of the Village, feeling bad. Letty Fox is hunting for a husband. Her picaresque adventures are brilliantly described in this imaginative portrayal of a woman who might have been independent, but chose otherwise. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Man Who Loved Children Christina Stead (Author) Michael Schmidt (Introduction by) Series:
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07 Apr 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 528pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784971489 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-148-9 ISBN10: 1784971480 EAN: 9781784971489 x Description: All the June Saturday afternoon Sam Pollit's children were on the lookout for him as they skated round the dirt sidewalks and seamed old asphalt of R Street and Reservoir Road...
Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny becomes a geyser of rage against her improvident husband. And, caught in the midst of it all, is Louisa, Sam's watchful eleven-year-old daughter. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cow Beat Sterchi (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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12 Jul 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786697479 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-747-9 ISBN10: 1786697475 EAN: 9781786697479 x Description: Cow is the story of a Spanish agricultural labourer, Ambrosio, who goes to Switzerland as a Gastarbeiter. He is bound for Innenwald, a village in the Swiss highlands, and the novel begins as he is about to spend a summer working for Farmer Knuchel. It ends in the abattoir of the neighbouring city, at the end of the seven hard years of labour that have destroyed him. There he sees Blosch, the once magnificent lead cow on Knuchel's farm, now a sad, condemned creature in the abattoir. Cow was acclaimed as a contemporary classic on first publication. Now more than ever it must be read as a book of archaic power about man, his work and his food and, most importantly, as a damning indictment of the relationship between man and the animal world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Medici Chronicles Matteo Strukul (Author) Series:
Medici Chronicles 1
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UK Airports ed
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Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786692108 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-210-8 ISBN10: 1786692104 EAN: 9781786692108 x Description: Florence, 1429: Giovanni de Medici has transformed his family bank into an unprecedented economic force. But when Giovanni is mysteriously murdered, his sons, Cosimo and Lorenzo, are forced to face a range of enemies plotting to oust the Medici from power. Published to coincide with a major new TV series starring Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man, The Graduate) and Richard Madden (Game of Thrones). Filming has taken two years, involving 5000 extras, 400 horses, 119 actors and 7000 costumes. The second series has already been commissioned. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Brother Joakim Zander (Author) Series:
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10 Aug 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781859230 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-923-0 ISBN10: 178185923X EAN: 9781781859230 x
Description: Smart, gripping and urgent, the new blockbuster from the bestselling author of The Swimmer. Growing up poor, Yasmine vowed to always protect her little brother from harm. She broke her promise the day she left home, abandoning Fadi to his life in the Stockholm slums. Five years later, Yasmine still carries the guilt of leaving Fadi behind. Then she hears a rumour that he is dead, killed by a US drone in Syria. What happened to turn her sweet-natured brother into one of the CIA's most wanted men? The answer will shock her. It will shock you too. *Shortlisted for Sweden's Crime Thriller of the Year* _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paper Tiger: Inside the Real China Xu Zhiyuan (Author) Michelle Deeter (Translated by) Nicky Harman (Translated by) Series:
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09 Mar 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781781859803 ISBN13: 978-1-78185-980-3 ISBN10: 1781859809 EAN: 9781781859803 x Description: In PAPER TIGER the Chinese journalist and intellectual Xu Zhiyuan paints a portrait of the world's second-largest economy via a thoughtful and wide-ranging series of mini essays on contemporary Chinese society. Xu Zhiyuan describes the many stages upon which China's great transformation is taking place, from Beijing's Silicon district to a cruise down the Three Gorges; he profiles China's dissidents, including Liu Xiaobo, Ai Weiwei and Chen Guangcheng; and explores lesser-known stories of scandals that rocked China but which most people outside that country did not hear about - and which shed troubling light on China's dark heart. Xu Zhiyuan understands his homeland in a way no foreign correspondent ever could. PAPER TIGER is a unique insider's view of China that is measured and brave, ambitious in scope and deeply personal. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Death Notice Haohui Zhou (Author) Zac Haluza (Translated by) Series:
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UK Airports ed
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 356pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786699411 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-941-1 ISBN10: 1786699419 EAN: 9781786699411 x Description: Online, a vigilante announces their intention of meting out justice for unpunished crimes. Users are invited to submit names for judgement. Those found guilty will be sentenced. And there is just one punishment: death. Despite publishing the name of each victim and the date of execution - their death notice - the police are simply unable to stop the killer. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is assembled, comprising a criminal psychologist, a SWAT captain, an Online Surveillance Officer and Detective Luo Fei. As they pursue the killer, the SIT will be drawn ever deeper into dark and dangerous territory. What is the connection to a highly classified eighteenyear-old case that saw two similar 'death notice' murders? What is Detective Luo's personal connection to that case? And finally, what crimes might the members of the SIT guilty of? And what will they do to keep them secret? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise Chris Taylor (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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05 May 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm 16pp col illus ISBN13: 9781784970475 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-047-5 ISBN10: 1784970476 EAN: 9781784970475 x Description: Why do most people know what an Ewok is, even if they haven't seen Return of the Jedi? How have Star Wars action figures come to outnumber human beings? How did 'Jedi' become an officially recognised religion? When did the films' merchandising revenue manage to rival the GDP of a small country? Tracing the birth, death and rebirth of the epic universe built by George Lucas and hundreds of writers, artists, producers, and marketers, Chris Taylor jousts with modern-day Jedi, tinkers with droid builders, and gets inside Boba Fett's helmet, all to find out how STAR WARS has attracted and inspired so many fans for so long. 'It's impossible to imagine a Star Wars fan who wouldn't love this book. There are plenty of books about Star Wars, but very few of them are essential reading. This one goes directly to the top of the pile' Booklist (starred review). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dogs of War Adrian Tchaikovsky (Author) Series:
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01 Jun 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786693907 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-390-7 ISBN10: 1786693909 EAN: 9781786693907 x Description: My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, south-eastern Mexico. Rex is a genetically engineered Bioform, a deadly weapon in a dirty war. He has the intelligence to carry out his orders and feedback implants to reward him when he does. All he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to kill a lot of enemies. But who, exactly, are the enemies? What happens when Master is tried as a war criminal? What rights does the Geneva Convention grant weapons? Do Rex and his fellow Bioforms even have a right to exist? And what happens when Rex slips his leash? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
These Dark Wings John Owen Theobald (Author) Series:
Ravenmaster Trilogy 1
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Pub Date:
11 Aug 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784974367 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-436-7 ISBN10: 1784974366 EAN: 9781784974367 x Description: After her mother is killed in the Blitz and her father in the North Sea, 12-year-old Anna Cooper is sent to live with an uncle she has never met - the Ravenmaster at the Tower of London. Amid the Tower's old secrets and hidden ghosts, the ravens begin to disappear and Anna must brave the war-torn city to find them. With Nazi forces massing on the other side of the Channel, the fate of Britain might be at stake, for an ancient legend foretells that Britain will fall if the ravens ever leave the Tower. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Different Class of Murder Laura Thompson (Author) Series:
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Revised and updated
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h198mm x w129mm 2 x 8pp b&w illustrations ISBN13: 9781788543835 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-383-5 ISBN10: 1788543831 EAN: 9781788543835 This Product Replaces: 9781781855386 x Description: Laura Thompson re-examines the truths behind one of post-war Britain's most notorious murders: the bludgeoning to death of nanny Sandra Rivett in a Belgravia basement on 7 November 1974. Lord Lucan, found guilty of the murder, was only granted a death certificate in 2016. His wife Veronica - last surviving participant in this dark episode - died in September 2017. In this revised edition, Laura Thompson sheds new light on the volatile mental state of Veronica Lucan, and on the theories surrounding the murder, to which she adds a new, extraordinary and shocking possibility. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Detective's Daughter Lesley Thomson (Author) Series:
The Detective's Daughter Edition: 1
Reissue
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Head of Zeus
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05 Apr 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781788542982 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-298-2 ISBN10: 1788542983 EAN: 9781788542982 This Product Replaces: 9781781850763 x Description: Detective Darnell died before he closed the case. Can his daughter solve it thirty years later? It was the murder that shocked the nation. Kate Rokesmith, a young mother, went to the river with her three-year-old son. She never came home. For three decades the case file has lain, unsolved, in the corner of an attic. Until the detective's daughter Stella, a cleaner who loves restoring order,
starts to clear out her father's house after his death... THE DETECTIVE'S DAUGHTER SERIES: The Detective's Daughter. Ghost Girl. The Detective's Secret. The House With No Rooms. The Dog Walker. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Estoril Dejan Tiago-Stankovic (Author) Christina Pribichevich-Zoric (Translated by) Series:
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Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786698179 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-817-9 ISBN10: 178669817X EAN: 9781786698179 x Description: Set in a luxurious grand hotel just outside Lisbon, at the height of the Second World War, Estoril is a delightful and poignant novel about exile, divided loyalties, fear and survival. The hotel's guests include spies, fallen kings, refugees from the Balkans, Nazis, American diplomats and stateless Jews. The Portuguese secret police broodingly observe the visitors, terrified that their country's neutrality will be compromised. The novel seamlessly fuses the stories of its invented characters with appearances by historical figures like the ex-King Carol of Romania, the great Polish pianist Jan Paderewski, the British agent Ian Fleming, the Russian chess grandmaster Alexander Alekhine and the French writer and flyer Antoine de St Exupery, who forms a poignant friendship with a young Jewish boy living alone in the hotel. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Country Set Fiona Walker (Author) Series:
Compton Magna Series 1 Edition:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
14 Jun 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 869pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784977252 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-725-2 ISBN10: 178497725X EAN: 9781784977252 x Description: You've closed the stable door after the horse has bolted, so what happens when it gallops back? Compton Magna sits high in the picturesque hills where the golden Cotswolds meet half-timbered Shakespeare country. At its heart is the stud farm owned by Captain Jocelyn Percy, as fierce as he is unforgiving. Twenty-five years ago, his only child, ravishing Ronnie Ledwell, abandoned husband and children for her lover. She's about to return, and sparks are set to fly. Amateur sleuth and baker Pip is determined to keep her position as the stud's house-keeper, even if it means stirring things up with her wooden spoon. Glamorous theatre director Kit Donne can't forgive Ronnie for letting down his late wife, less still for reminding him of her. Taciturn stallion man Lester still guards the secret he and Ronnie have shared for three decades. Young horse-loving Carly Turner juggles jobs and her lawless in-laws, unaware that the stud's future might rest in her hands. Sexy Bay Austen usually gets what he wants and now he's after pretty, married Petra Gunn and the Captain's land. Will Ronnie's return thwart his plans? In a village where passionate love affairs, bitter rivalries and dark secrets delight gossipy horse riders, only one woman has the full set, and she's
taking the reins... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trust Me Zosia Wand (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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08 Mar 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786692313 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-231-3 ISBN10: 1786692317 EAN: 9781786692313 x Description: Who can you trust if you can't trust yourself? Lizzie lives in the Lake District with her partner, Jonty, and his teenage son, Sam. Though she's only ten years older than her stepson, their set-up works. They are a family. Then Sam becomes sullen and withdrawn, and Lizzie suspects something sinister is going on. But no one will believe her. They think Lizzie is to blame. Are they right? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Accusation Zosia Wand (Author) Series:
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UK Airports ed
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
20 Aug 2018
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 352pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781786692344 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-234-4 ISBN10: 1786692341 EAN: 9781786692344 x Description: Eve lives in the beautiful Cumbrian town of Tarnside with her husband Neil. After years of trying, and failing, to become parents, they are in the final stages of adopting four-year-old Milly. Though she already feels like their daughter, they just have to get through the 'settling in' period: three months of living as a family before they can make it official. But then Eve's mother, Joan, comes to stay. Joan has never liked her son-in-law. He isn't right for Eve; too controlling, too opinionated. She knows Eve has always wanted a family, but is Neil the best man to build one with? Then Joan uncovers something that could smash Eve's family to pieces... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Firefall Peter Watts (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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13 Jul 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 768pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786696106 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-610-6 ISBN10: 178669610X EAN: 9781786696106
x Description: Firefall is the omnibus edition of the novels Blindsight and Echopraxia. February 13, 2082, First Contact. Sixty-two thousand objects of unknown origin plunge into Earth's atmosphere - a perfect grid of falling stars screaming across the radio spectrum as they burn. Not even ashes reach the ground. Three hundred and sixty degrees of global surveillance: something just took a snapshot. And then... nothing. But from deep space, whispers. Something out there talks - but not to us. Two ships, Theseus and the Crown of Thorns, are launched to discover the origin of Earth's visitation, one bound for the outer dark of the Kuiper Belt, the other for the heart of the Solar System. Their crews can barely be called human, what they will face certainly can't. 'A tour de force, redefining the First Contact story for good' Charles Stross. 'If you only read one science fiction novel this year, make it this one! ... It puts the whole of the rest of the genre in the shade ... It deserves to walk away with the Clarke, the Hugo, the Nebula, the BSFA, and pretty much any other genre award for which it's eligible. It's off the scale ... F**king awesome!' Richard Morgan. 'State-of-the-art science fiction: smart, dark and it grabs you by the throat from page one' Neal Ascher. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Before the War Fay Weldon (Author) Series:
Spoils of War 1
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Sep 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784082086 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-208-6 ISBN10: 1784082082 EAN: 9781784082086 x Description: A novel of love, death and aristocracy in twenties London. Consider Vivien in November 1922. She is twenty-four, and a spinster. She wears fashionably droopy clothes, but she is plain and - worse - intelligent. Fortunately, Vivien is rich, so she can bribe a man to marry her. What nobody knows is that Vivien is pregnant, and will die in childbirth in just a few months... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Death of a She Devil Fay Weldon (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 Oct 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784979614 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-961-4 ISBN10: 1784979619 EAN: 9781784979614 x Description: In Fay Weldon's 1983 classic, The Life and Loves of a She Devil, women fought men for power and won. But in 2017, the fight continues on a new front... Ruth Patchett, the original She Devil, is eighty-four and keen to retire. She has worked hard to make the world as she wants it: women triumphant, men submissive. Now she is tired. Her business is done. The mantle of power and influence is up for grabs. Who can take up the role? Valerie Valeria, hot-shot millennial and Ruth's PA, is ready and eager to inherit...
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Mischief: Fay Weldon Selects Her Best Short Stories Fay Weldon (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
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03 Nov 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784081041 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-104-1 ISBN10: 1784081043 EAN: 9781784081041 x Description: 'She's a Queen of Words' CAITLIN MORAN. 'One of the great lionesses of modern English literature' HARPER'S BAZAAR. 'Readable, articulate and fascinating' THE SCOTSMAN. 'Outrageously funny' DAILY EXPRESS. 'Sharp, witty, incisive' THE TIMES. 'Wise, knowing, forthright' INDEPENDENT.
Reviewers have been describing Fay Weldon's inimitable voice for years. Now, here is Fay Weldon in her own words. Choosing and and introducing twenty-one of her favourite short stories written throughout her fifty year career as one of Britain's foremost novelists. Included as a bonus is a new novella, The Ted Dreams, a ghost story for the age of cyber culture, big pharma, and surveillance. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Delta Wedding Eudora Welty (Author) Michael Schmidt (Introduction by) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
07 Apr 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784971670 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-167-0 ISBN10: 1784971677 EAN: 9781784971670 x Description: The nickname of the train was the Yellow Dog. Its real name was the Yazoo-Delta. It was a mixed train. The day was the 10th of September, 1923 - afternoon. Laura McRaven, who was nine years old, was on her first journey alone. Laura McRaven travels down the Delta to attend her cousin Dabney's wedding. At the Fairchild plantation her family envelop her in a tidal wave of warmth, teases and comfort. As the big day approaches, tensions inevitably rise to the surface. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Guns of Empire Django Wexler (Author) Series:
The Shadow Campaigns 4
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
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06 Apr 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786692832 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-283-2 ISBN10: 178669283X EAN: 9781786692832 x Description: As the roar of the guns subsides and the smoke of battle clears, the country of Vordan is offered a fragile peace. After their shattering defeats at the hands of brilliant General Janus bet Vhalnich, the opposing powers have called all sides to the negotiating table in hopes of securing an end to the war. Queen Raesinia of Vordan is anxious to see the return of peace, but Janus insists that any peace with the implacable Sworn Church of Elysium is doomed to fail. For their Priests of the Black, there can be no truce with heretics and demons they seek to destroy, and the war is to the death. Soldiers Marcus d'Ivoire and Winter Ihernglass find themselves caught between their general and their queen. Now, each must decide which leader truly commands their loyalty and what price they might pay for final victory. And in the depths of Elysium, a malign force is rising. Defeating it might mean making sacrifices beyond anything they have ever imagined. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
False Lights K. J. Whittaker (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786695369 ISBN13: 978-1-78669-536-9 ISBN10: 1786695367 EAN: 9781786695369 x Description: 'Georgette Heyer meets William Boyd ... Intrigue, murder, love and betrayal - I couldn't put it down' Diney Costeloe. Napoleon has won the Battle of Waterloo and England is under French occupation... A half-drowned girl washes up on a Cornish beach, escaping French soldiers after the murder of her black sea captain father. An aristocratic soldier-spy, haunted by his part in the defeat at Waterloo, plans to spring the Duke of Wellington from captivity. Together, they become enmeshed in a web of treachery and espionage stretching from London to the Scilly Isles. 'A marvellously dark and compelling anti-hero and a truly gutsy (and sexy) heroine ... A terrific read' Caro Fraser. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dangerous Edge of Things Tina Whittle (Author) Series:
Tai Randolph Investigations 1
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Aug 2018
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Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781908800282 ISBN13: 978-1-908800-28-2 ISBN10: 1908800283 EAN: 9781908800282 x Description: Tai Randolph has just moved to Altanta. She thought inheriting a Confederate-themed gun shop was her biggest headache - until she finds a young but dead woman in her brother's driveway. With her brother missing and her firearms connection, the siblings are the Atlanta Police Department's number one suspects. Tai is determined to clear their name. But it doesn't look good. Where's her brother? What's his connection with the dead woman? Why is she being tailed by a private secrurity company? Why will no one tell her the truth? Tai is lead from tasteful suburbia to the cold-eyed glamour of Atlanta's adult entertainment scene to the gilded treachery of the city's most exclusive enclaves. The closer she gets to the truth, the less likely she is to survive. To live long enough to clear her name, she's going to have to trust the most dangerous man she's ever met. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Daughter of the Wolf Victoria Whitworth (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
12 Jan 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 512pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784082147 ISBN13: 978-1-78408-214-7 ISBN10: 1784082147 EAN: 9781784082147 x Description: Northumbria, 859. In England before the Norman Conquest, a land ruled by rival kings, Radmer of Donmouth is guardian of the estuary, the gateway to Northumbria. When his king sends him on a mission to Rome, Donmouth is left in the safekeeping of Radmer's only daughter, Elfrun. But powerful conspiracies are being woven, and deadly rivals are circling, ready to take advantage of Donmouth's young and inexperienced new ruler. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Other Gods Victoria Whitworth (Author) Series:
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UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
23 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781784978426 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-842-6 ISBN10: 1784978426 EAN: 9781784978426 x Description: At 28, Beatrix thinks her life is over. The neglected daughter of a king's unwise first marriage, she devotes her time to nurse-maiding her twelve younger siblings, a lonely Cinderella in the thick of the murderous and conniving West Saxon court. When her brother Athelstan unexpectedly accedes to the throne, everything changes. He shocks everyone by sending Beatrix north to marry Sitric
One-Eye, the Viking king of York, a pact with heathen pirates that will secure Athelstan his own crown. Her new life leads her to call into question everything she once trusted: her faith, her family, and her capacity for love. When Athelstan calls on her loyalty, demanding that she betray her husband, she faces the biggest crisis of her life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Swimming with Seals Victoria Whitworth (Author) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
02 Nov 2017
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784978396 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-839-6 ISBN10: 1784978396 EAN: 9781784978396 x Description: This is a memoir of intense physical and personal experience, exploring how swimming with seals, gulls and orcas in the cold waters off Orkney provided Victoria Whitworth with an escape from a series of life crises and helped her to deal with intolerable loss. It is also a treasure chest of history and myth, local folklore and archaeological clues, giving us tantalising glimpses of Pictish and Viking men and women, those people lost to history, whose long-hidden secrets are sometimes yielded up by the land and sea. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Heaven's My Destination Thornton Wilder (Author) Michael Schmidt (Introduction by) Series:
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Head of Zeus
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Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
08 Sep 2016
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781784970833 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-083-3 ISBN10: 1784970832 EAN: 9781784970833 x Description: One morning in the late summer of 1930 the proprietor and several guests at the Union Hotel at Crestcrego, Texas, were annoyed to discover Biblical texts freshly written across the blotter on the public writing-desk. George Marvin Brush is a travelling textbook salesman and fervent religious convert, determined to lead the godless to a better life. With sad and sometimes hilarious consequences, his travels take him through smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois and into the soul of 1930s America. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________