Prelude Books

Reducere. William Wordsworth's epic autobiographical masterpiece 'The Prelude' is presented here alongside shorter poems such as 'I Wandered Lonely As A Clou...

At the roulette table an elderly woman in diamonds is making a killing. Who would guess the bejewelled high roller is retired art teacher Miss Emil...

The town's psychic cat, Irene Peggledrip, is being visited by a band of malevolent spirits who all claim to be murderers. The stage is set for Hett...

All aboard for the Summer of Fluff!In scorching temperatures, Hettie Bagshot and her sidekick Tilly set out on a road trip to catch a killer cat am...

Miss Seeton is most embarrassed. Her every attempt at a portrait of little Effie Goffer has become a chilling picture of a corpse. Is Miss Seeton a...

More outrageous than Santa Claus in a Speedo, When Elves Attack serves up a Yuletide feast of the "pure gonzo humor" the New York Times Book Review...

The gentle Miss Seeton? A thief? A preposterous notion-until she's accused of helping a pickpocket . . . and stumbles into a nest of crime. Serene ...

The town is gripped by a big freeze, leaving shops and businesses snowbound. Hettie Bagshot and her sidekick, Tilly Jenkins, are called to investig...

When a flood of faked banknotes hits the market, retired art teacher Miss Emily Seeton is chosen to investigate a respected Geneva bank. Bamboozlin...

It is the year 12, 020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galact...

A new edition of the book on love from the professor of education at the University of Southern California, who died in 1998. It's the result of th...

The maths world plays host to mystery and murder in this thriller with an enthusiasm for complex equations from the author of Scott Prize-winning s...

When the celebrated crime writer Agatha Crispy engages Hettie and Tilly in the search for a stolen manuscript, our feline detective duo is plunged ...

In a tale marrying the insight of Sue Townsend with the farcical humour of John O'Farrell, a priceless cello is abducted, a conductor is stranded o...

With a huge reward on the line, the Stockwell Park Orchestra will need to play on a whole new scale to win big.Publisher: Prelude BooksAuthor(s): I...

In the third instalment of the Battlestar Suburbia series, robots and humans learn the answers to all their problems lie not in space but under the...

The final book in the acclaimed Darkwood trilogy - a modern fairy tale series to bewitch grown-up fans of Terry Pratchett and younger readers alike.

When Stockwell Park Orchestra goes on tour to Europe, it proves a challenge for even the most efficient German logistical planner.

It's murder on the dance floor! When reality TV dancer Nadiya Slipchenko senses danger, local detective Cherry Hinton is hired as an on-set bodygua...

In a dystopian future, humans are an underclass of cleaners for sentient machines, in this combination of high concept and earthy humour in the vei...

It's a year since the Battlestar Suburbia broke free from Earth and the human rebellion is hiding out in the asteroid belt. Their leader, Admiral J...

Magic is forbidden in Myrsina, along with other abominations such as girls doing maths. This is bad news for Gretel Mudd, who doesn't perform magic...

In the Hong Bay district of Hong Kong, crimes of every shape and size are commonplace. But not letter bombs... When Detective Inspector Spencer nar...

When players in Stockwell Park Orchestra fear they may be getting out of touch with their local community, they invite schoolchildren to join them ...

A series of murders is haunting the Hong Bay district of Hong Kong - and a nightmarish investigation for Harry Feiffer and his staff at the Yellowt...

The first in Marshall's classic series of police procedurals - suspenseful and hilarious in equal measure.

A mystery lands - literally - at Tom Winscombe's feet, and another riotous mathematical adventure begins... Just who are the Fractal Monks, and wha...

Can Gretel persuade Gilde the Bear Witch to join forces with her friends, or at least stop fighting them? Can Hansel find a way to heal the land's ...

True to life, funny and uplifting, Mockstars is a coming-of-age story about friendship and chasing the rock 'n' roll dream. Inspired by the real-li...

What if you could trade places with someone? Epiphanie swaps Madison Square Garden for gigs in pubs. Sally is catapulted from suburban semi-life to...

A pair of runaways take refuge in Sheriff Wing's slice of the Vermont countryside.Publisher: Prelude BooksAuthor(s): Castle FreemanCollection: Luci...

On a night of wild storms, two troubled figures - a 15-year-old boy, Smiler, and a cheetah, Yarra - escape from captivity. Their lives become inext...

When Kenny Thorpe, a contestant on Expose TV's Big Blubber, the hot new celebrity weight-loss show, is murdered on live television in front of 3 mi...

The bickering but loving Rooks run a small family business - ghost hunting. They claim that there's no supernatural problem too small or too big fo...

As the Easter weekend approaches, feline detectives Hettie Bagshot and Tilly Jenkins are called to investigate the murder of local radio DJ Hartley...

A new relationships guide from bestselling author, Leo Buscaglia, whose previous copies have sold over four million. With advice on how to build lo...

From the pestilence which contributed to the downfall of Rome to the dancing manias of medieval Europe, the aristocracy's fashion for wearing wigs ...

When Simon meets Kim, at last something is more important than ornithology. But as he's never been in a relationship, he relies on what he knows be...

Tuttle's plan: to stage a coup in Tampa, Florida by kidnapping the President's daughter and to install Hoeksma as a puppet President in her place. ...

Arguably the most memorable speaker ever on the subject of love, Leo Buscaglia's talks to earlier generations connected with millions. Remarkably, ...

Publisher: Prelude BooksAuthor(s): Victor CanningCollection: Mr FinchleyPublication date: 2019Dimensions: 133 x 198 x 35Cover type: Paperback / sof...

A comedy murder mystery set in France with an amateur sleuth out of his depth. When an older gentleman disappears from a B&B, Richard and his more ...

We spend vast amounts of time acquiring confidence in narrow technical fields: quadratic equations or bioengineering; economics or pole vaulting. B...

When Fran is framed for the murder of three old ladies at the care home, retired SAS officer Tom resolves to prove her innocence. Proving you're on...

Mr Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale, and sets out to explore the countryside and go house-hunting. While learn...

Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried solicitor's clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life. He decides to go to Margate. But...

Lucian Wing ends up drawing on his last ounces of patience, tact, and - especially - humour.

"I am in great danger..."This letter is received by three eminent citizens of Flaxborough, including the Chief Constable. So when one of the town's...

Publisher: Prelude BooksAuthor(s): Colin WatsonCollection: A Flaxborough MysteryPublication date: 2018Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 31Cover type: Paperba...

Twenty essays to consult on philosophical issues relating to travelling and typical experiences overseas, produced under the direction of series ed...

Problematic behaviour in the modern workplace is explained and prescribed to with the wisdom of philosophy in this guide to going easy on yourself,...

The }School Of Life{ series turns its attention to the much-misunderstood practice of psychotherapy, proposing such therapeutic intervention as a u...

A trusty companion for sleepless nights and reasoning through them mindfully and philosophically, offered as a concise publication from }The School...

Reducere. The first of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, theFoundation seriesIt is the year 12, 020 G.E. and Emperor ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

When five murders disturb his sleepy Burgundian city on Bastille night, Chief Inspector Evariste Clovis Desire Pel has his work cut out for him. A ...

Pel's personal life is going far from smoothly, as he discovers himself to be the target of a letter-bomb sent by an old enemy - aside from the obv...

Chief Inspector Pel's honeymoon with his new wife Genevieve is disrupted when a local taxi driver is murdered on their first night. More puzzling i...

Pel's life as a contented newlywed is put on hold as he finds himself investigating the deaths of a series of young women, who have been strangled ...

In his beloved Burgundy, Chief Inspector Pel finds himself incensed by interference from Paris, but it isn't the descent of rival policemen that ma...

A well-known fraudster is found dead in an alleyway - could gang rivalry be to blame? And who is behind a series of attacks targeting gay men in th...

Still on the run, Smiler hitches a train to Scotland where he finds work as an animal caretaker within the grounds of a castle occupied by 'the Lai...

Smiler flees to the farm of the 'The Duchess' in North Devon, where he stays and tends to circus animals housed there for the winter. All is going ...

Reducere. It's 1937, and Heath Barrington is a na ve twenty-two-year-old about to set sail across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary. While on board, he meets th...

Reducere. This comprehensive addition to the }School Of Life{ range lays out the vocabulary required by the modern individual to achieve an emotionally intel...

52 overlooked small pleasures, for a life, from 'flirtation' to 'cyprus trees'. Short, enjoyable meditations on small pleasures - one for each week...

Contributor(s): Author: William WordsworthEditor: Jonathan WordsworthFirst published in July 1850, shortly after Wordsworth's death, The Prelude wa...