CopperheadThe second book in Bernard Cornwells bestselling series on the American Civil War. Nathanial Starbuck is a Copperhead: a northerner fighting for the rebel South in Americas Civil War. Expelled from the Faulconer Legion, Starbuck must travel a hard road before he can rejoin his comrades. He must join the shadowy war of betrayal and espionage, where nothing is certain and no one can be trusted. Starbucks journey will take him through the savage prisons

and of two adventurous

Marina Lewycka is back in this hilarious

Drawing inspiration from Asian myth

pimp and extortionist

John le Carre delivers the masterpiece he has been building to since the fall of communism: an epic tale of loyalty and betrayal that spans the lives of two friends from the riot-torn West Berlin of the 1960s to the grimy looking-glass of Cold War Europe to the present day of terrorism and new alliances

Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies

If you thought the Brontes were the most intriguing literary family in Yorkshire

who will stop at nothing to protect the ones they love

part of a group of African activist abolitionists who attend his chapel

leading her to discover a power forbidden to the gods: witchcraft

in the pub owned by her family

great world-building