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1943, the North African desert. Major Tim Sheldon, exhausted and battle weary, is tasked with carrying out a futile and unexpected patrol mission. Fred Majdalany's intimate, tense novel puts this so-called minor action centre stage, as over the course of the day and through the night of the patrol itself, Sheldon reminisces about his time as a soldier, his own future and what it means to confront fear.

Masculinity has reached a moment of crisis. From the erosion of unifying institutions, such as marriage, to a rise in male suicide rates, the last century and a half has been a particularly turbulent time to be a man. Increasing numbers of men are finding themselves anchorless, uprooted from the conventions and certainties of their forefathers. Today masculinity itself has come under attack, relentlessly maligned in the media. Now, more than ever, the long and perilous journey from infant to old age is fraught with strange complexities, moral dichotomies and maddening contradictions.

Oslo, 1938. War is in the air and Europe is in turmoil. Hitler’s Germany has occupied Austria and is threatening Czechoslovakia; there’s a civil war in Spain and Mussolini reigns in Italy. When a woman turns up at the office of police-turned-private investigator Ludvig Paaske, he and his assistant – his one-time nemesis and former drug-smuggler Jack Rivers – begin a seemingly straightforward investigation into marital infidelity.

Hate crimes are spiralling to an all-time high on both sides of the Atlantic, with minorities experiencing the largest increase in hostility towards their race, nationality, sexuality and religion since records began. Whilst recent political turmoil could be a contributing factor to this spike, professor Matthew Williams shows that there is nothing temporary about the hate that has been stirred up.

November 1853. Inspector Field has summoned his friends Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins to examine a body found in an attic studio, its throat cut. Around the body lie the lacerated fragments of canvas of a painting titled A Winter of Despair. Wilkie realises he recognises the victim, for he had been due to dine with him that very evening. The dead man is Edwin Milton-Hayes, one of Wilkie's brother Charley's artist friends. With his own brother under suspicion of murder, what secrets lie among the close-knit group of Pre-Raphaelite painters who is the killer in their midst?

When Inspector Field shows his friend Charles Dickens the body of a young woman dragged from the River Thames, he cannot have foreseen that the famous author would immediately recognise the victim as Isabella Gordon, a housemaid he had tried to help through his charity.

Authors Chris Clark and Tim Hicks provide the fullest possible account of the crimes of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, including those he was not charged with and has never previously been connected to. The police believed Sutcliffe was operating only in the Greater Manchester Police, South Yorkshire Police and West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police force areas, using his car. In fact, Sutcliffe was operating nationally and internationally, using his employer’s lorry to commit attacks.

The Trojan War is over, and legendary hero Odysseus is looking forward to getting home. Little does he realize that the return journey will be his greatest adventure yet! He'll have to take on sea monsters, giants, and an evil enchantress ... but the biggest challenge of all is waiting for him at home!

Jason is the rightful ruler of Iolcus, but to prove it he's going to need his wits about him. Only the greatest hero in the land could steal the precious golden fleece—and make it back alive. Is Jason that hero?

The mortal men Prometheus has created are cold, so he decides to carry out the biggest heist of them all—stealing fire from the gods. In revenge, Zeus creates the first woman, Pandora. But things don't turn out quite the way he expects....

Countless heroes have met their doom at the gaze of monstrous Medusa. Anyone who looks at her turns to stone! Perseus is not a warrior, but he has vowed to defeat Medusa within a week. His only chance is to persuade the goddess Athena to help him ...

Pelops is handsome, brave, and an excellent charioteer. This is lucky, because he has fallen in love with Hippodamia. To win her hand, he must take part in a deadly chariot race with her father. Harness up the horses, because this is one race you won't want to miss!

Two armies face each other across a battlefield. The Greek soldiers are the greatest heroes of the age—but Troy is well-defended and its warriors are just as brave. The conflict rages for years ... until Odysseus has a sneaky idea about how to end the war.

Take a trip with Charon the ferryman to discover four magical stories about the Underworld. Find out why Persephone plays a trick to stay and how Sisyphus plays a trick to leave—and how to make friends with a three-headed dog.

At the dawn of time, gods and monsters wage an epic battle to rule the world. Cruel King Cronus is determined to keep his position as top god, but a prophesy says he will be overthrown by his own son. What will happen when baby Zeus is born?

Atalanta is as strong and brave as a bear—and she's determined to be a warrior! However, the boring men in her life have other plans. When her dad tries to push her into marriage, she agrees on one condition. First, someone must beat her in a race! Is Atalanta fast enough to outrun her fate?

Anyone shot by one of Eros's arrows will fall in love with the next creature they see. Eros thinks this is a great joke—until he falls in love himself! Psyche, his beloved, is smart and brave, but Eros' mother Aphrodite hates her with a passion. Can true love triumph?

Arachne is good at weaving—so good, in fact, that jealous goddess Athena decides to teach her a lesson! The five twisted tales in this book show what happens when mortal creatures cross paths with the gods ... and come away entirely changed.

Brave hero Heracles must complete a series of tasks, each more daunting than the last. Can he kill a monstrous lion and defeat the nine-headed Hydra? Heracles will need all his courage and wits to win the day!

Brave Prince Bellerophon has caused a terrible accident—and now he wants to make amends! To do so, he must slay the bizarre beast known as the Chimera. But before racing into battle, he'll need to find a horse with wings. That might be easier said than done!