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A phenomenal thriller, meticulously plotted and brilliantly realised' Clare Mackintosh, Books of the YearIt starts quietly enough. A tick tick ticking you can hear in your ear. Tinnitus, you think. It will pass. But it doesn't. It gets worse. And then you pass it on...Before you know it, it spreads. Elsewhere across the globe, it emerges: small outbreaks at first, but then suddenly it's a plague - and only days later it is already killing peop...

This book critically evaluates the phenomenon of cryptic species and demonstrates how they can play a valuable role in improving our understanding of evolution. It is aimed at biology researchers and undergraduate and graduate students interested in species and their delimitation, definition, and purpose.

It starts quietly enough. A tick-tick-ticking you can hear in your ear. Tinnitus, you think. It will pass. But it doesn't. It gets worse - and then you pass it on.Before you know it, it spreads. Elsewhere across the globe, it emerges: small outbreaks at first, but then suddenly it's a plague - and only days later it is already killing people.In an increasingly affected north London school, teacher Kit Chaplin is struggling to understand what h...

Successful first children's novel, now in paperback, from the popular DJ, presenter of Radio 2's "Drivetime", and of the Mayo and Kermode film review on Five Live. Itch is an accidental, accident-prone hero. Science is his weapon. Elements are his gadgets. He's a new kind of real-life hero, an ordinary boy with a passion for chemistry, and readers will instantly empathise with him. Ages: 9+ 'A great debut. You'll be itching to read more' Antho...

The best kind of thriller - step by all-too-plausible step we're sucked into frantic, breathless action ... Perfect." LEE CHILDYou never know where danger may come from... 6.45am. A sweltering London rush hour. And in the last 27 minutes, seven people have been murdered.In a series of coordinated attacks, seven men and women across London have been targeted. For journalist Famie Madden, the horror unfolds as she arrives for the morning shift.T...

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Simon Mayo is one of Britain¿s best-loved radio presenters. He is also the presenter of Simon Mayo¿s Books of the Year podcast. Mad Blood Stirring is his first adult novel.

An astonishing account of an explosive piece of neglected history. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is woven through a tense prison drama. Epic." -Sir Kenneth BranaghThe war of 1812 is over, but for the inmates at Dartmoor Prison, peace-like home-is still a long way away. On New Year's Eve 1814, the American sailors of the Eagle finally arrive at Dartmoor prison, bedraggled, exhausted, but burning with hope. They've only had one thing to sustain...

Can a crocodile spit? What does the Queen have for dinner? How do you measure a rainbow? Why is q always followed by u?Originally open for children to phone in with their homework issues, these days the ‘Homework Sucks’ segment of Simon Mayo’s award-winning Drivetime show invites listeners of all ages to send in questions they've always wanted to ask. Because the chances are a member of the very clever Radio 2 audience will have an answer. So ...

Their first book together to share their film expertise to cure all cinema dilemmas and movie ailments. Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode host a weekly BBC Radio 2 programme about films.

SIMON MAYO is one of Britain's best-loved radio presenters. He has worked on BBC radio since 1982 and is the presenter of Drivetime on BBC Radio 2, which features the regular Radio 2 Book Club. He is also the co-presenter of Kermode and Mayo's Film Review on BBC Radio 5 Live. He is the author of three successful children's books, Itch, Itch Rocks and Itchcraft, as well as a number of books based on his radio series. MARK KERMODE is the UK's mo...

After almost poisoning his whole class with arsenic gas, going on the run from a psychotic science teacher and nearly dying of radiation poisoning, life is getting back to normal for Itchingham Lofte. But sinister forces are still hunting for Element 126 and will stop at nothing to find out where Itch has hidden the precious radioactive rocks. With the help of his sister Chloe and his tomboy cousin Jack, Itch has to put 126 beyond the reach of...

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A third adventure for Itchingham Lofte, teenage element hunter and unlikely hero, and his friends, Jack and Chloe. When a school trip in Spain ends in exploding currency and rioting locals, Itch knows that he has to look for answers. Simon Mayo hosts the Radio 2 drivetime show, which features the immensely popular and influential book club.

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