Real-life stories with real heart! It's Christmas time and Pip and Posy are busy decorating the tree with candy sticks, and biscuits, and a beautiful sugar star. But the strange thing is that, every time Posy goes out of the room, when she returns,...

Before he was Ciri's guardian, Geralt of Rivia was a legendary swordsman. Season of Storms is an adventure set in the world of the Witcher, the book series that inspired the hit Netflix show and bestselling video games.Geralt. The witcher whose mission is to...

The year is 1992. Ka, a poet and political exile, returns to Turkey as a journalist, assigned to investigate troubling reports of suicide in the small and mysterious city of Kars on the Turkish border. The snow is falling fast as he arrives, and...

Topic-based practice questions for the 11+ exam.  Bond Assessment is the only series of graded practice papers for age 5 to 13 for English and maths, and age 5 to 12 for verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, the four subjects commonly assessed in entrance...

LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021'Inspiring'The Guardian'Excellent'Runner's World'Fascinating'Publishers Weekly'Brilliant'Ed Vaizey'Through reading this book you will come to understand that the heart and soul of running are to be found in Ethiopia.' Haile Gebrselassie'Engaging, warm and humane… A delight' TLS'Full of wonderful insights and lessons from...

A critical look at the beloved fables that investigates whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of his animals.Despite being conceived over two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed from parent to child today, and are embedded in our collective...

An Emma Watson "Our Shared Shelf" Selection for November/December 2018 •NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018/ MENTIONED BY:The New York Public Library• Mashable • The Atlantic •Bustle • The Root • Politico Magazine ("What the 2020 Candidates Are Reading This Summer")•NPR • Fast Company ("10 Best Books for Battling Your Sexist Workplace")• The Guardian ("Top 10...

NYT and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen delivers the action-packed conclusion to her magical Mark of the Thief trilogy!  Trouble has a way of seeking out Nicolas Calva, and it's not likely to leave him alone any time soon. With Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice...

The New York Times–bestselling roadmap to resistance in the Trump era from the internationally acclaimed activist and author of On Fire and The Battle for Paradise. The election of Donald Trump is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. Trump’s vision—a radical deregulation of the US economy...

A raw, funny, and fiercely honest account of becoming a mother before feeling like a grown up.When Meaghan O'Connell got accidentally pregnant in her twenties and decided to keep the baby, she realized that the book she needed -- a brutally honest, agenda-free reckoning...

Winner of the Best Book Award at the 2014 British Comic AwardsReaders! This book is not a real encyclopedia!It is an epic work of fiction, detailing the many tales and adventures of one lonely storyteller, on a quest for Enlightenment and True Love. This...

Otherworldly, provocative, and strange, Audrey Niffenegger’s art is a vital a part of her vision as her bestselling novels The Time Traveler’s Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry.  Awake in the Dream World is a mid-career retrospective of Nifffenegger’s work, reflecting her talent for cultivating a captivating narrative exclusively...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy Exams comes this transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction.   With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns our...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA GUARDIAN, I AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2021'Brilliant, passionate and political . . . The Book of Trespass will make you see landscapes differently' Robert Macfarlane'A remarkable and truly radical work, loaded with resonant truths' George MonbiotThe vast majority of our...

In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I'm letting my guard down.' - Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What...

Sustainable Design through Process Integration: Fundamentals and Applications to Industrial Pollution Prevention, Resource Conservation, and Profitability Enhancement, Second Edition, is an important textbook that provides authoritative, comprehensive, and easy-to-follow coverage of the fundamental concepts and practical techniques on the use of process integration to...

**Winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2018 and the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year 2019** 'Weymouth combines acute political, personal and ecological understanding, with the most beautiful writing reminiscent of a young Robert Macfarlane. He is,...

THE EXPLOSIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE WORLD'S NO. 1 BESTSELLING ADVENTURE WRITER Does a stolen antique car hold the clue to a secret fortune? Husband and wife treasure-hunting team Remi and Sam Fargo head to England to help Viscount Albert Payton recover a fortune...

YOU CAN STOP SMOKING FOR GOOD. The SmokeFree Formula reveals the TRUTH about stopping smoking from leading expert Professor Robert West. This book shows, for the first time, how you can create your personal SmokeFree Formula so that you are free from cigarettes for...

Learning is fun with Cars 3... Based on three substantial elements; learning, entertaining and Disney’s special characters, this workbook will introduce graphics, enhance the child’s observation and focus for a smooth discovery. Each fun and colorful page will help with the educational skills that...

New essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes, by the Pulitzer Prize winnerMarilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle...

#1 New York Times Bestseller now in paperback with new material The inspiration for The Comey Rule, the Showtime limited series starring Jeff Daniels premiering September 2020 In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes...

"A dark and stormy night. An isolated cabin in the woods. A runaway child with a mysterious past...Thriller fans, buckle up!" ― Jason Rekulak, New York Times bestselling author of The Last One at the Wedding There's someone at your front door – should you let them...

NOW A HIT NETFLIX SERIESA NEW YORK TIMESAND USA TODAY BESTSELLER“Hypnotic and scary.” —Stephen King“I am riveted, aghast, aroused, you name it. The rare instance when prose and plot are equally delicious.” —Lena DunhamFrom bestselling author Caroline Kepnes comes a brilliant and terrifying psychological thriller that blurs...

A heart warming and irresistible novel about the rejuvenating power of pottery, for fans of Before The Coffee Gets Cold and What You Are Looking For Is In The Library.She rubbed the spoiled clay with her fingertips. Like a wound as it heals, the traces faded, and...

I, ladies and gentlemen, am a cat. I still don’t have a name.Once a stray kitten, the narrator of this story is now a noble and insightful observer of the bizarre and funny foibles of the human beings in his midst. Enter the upper...

On the outskirts of Tokyo, local cats weave their way through the lives and homes of their owners as they navigate difficult times.- A cat named Chobi sends silent messages of courage to a young woman, willing her to end a faltering relationship- A...

A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of...

Caraval is over, but perhaps the greatest game of all has begun - with lives, empires, and hearts all at stake. There are no spectators this time: only those who will win, and those who will lose everything. Welcome, welcome to the Caraval's Finale....

It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation.Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe...

DIVIDED BY BLOOD. IMPRISONED BY FATE. BOUND BY DESIRE. WELCOME TO THE INTOXICATING WORLD OF THE FAE. Yeeran is a warrior in the elven army and has known nothing but violence her whole life. Her sister, Lettle, is trying to make a living as...

THE SPELLBINDING SEQUEL TO THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, FAEBOUND‘Engrossing […] You’ll definitely want more.’ Good HousekeepingRETURN TO THE INTOXICATING WORLD OF THE FAE…Betrayed by destiny.Cursed by love. Bound by hope.Yeeran and Lettle are no longer prisoners to the fae court, but now...

Stardust is an utterly charming fairy tale in the tradition of The Princess Bride and The Neverending Story. Neil Gaiman, creator of the darkly elegant Sandman comics and author of The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, tells the story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the...

As Red magazine described it, THE POWER OF NOW is the 'must-read bible du jour'. Already a phenomenon in the States where it is the top-selling West Coast title, its success is fast translating around the world too. Eckhart Tolle's book describes the experience...

Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine’s father. After Mr Earnshaw’s death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine’s brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for...

The Fall of the House of Usher is a gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that explores themes of madness, isolation, and decay. The narrator visits the gloomy, crumbling mansion of his childhood friend, Roderick Usher, who is suffering from a mysterious illness alongside...

Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim – that of finding a good match for each of her...

‘… the shadow turned round; and I saw a terrible death’s-head, which darted a look at me from a pair of scorching eyes. I felt as if I were face to face with Satan…’ Erik, the Phantom of the Paris Opera House, is one...

Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Austen observes with insight and humour the interaction between Catherine and the various characters whom she...

Middlemarch is a complex tale of idealism, disillusion, profligacy, loyalty and frustrated love. This penetrating analysis of the life of an English provincial town during the time of social unrest prior to the Reform Bill of 1832 is told through the lives of Dorothea...

Frankenstein is the classic gothic horror novel which has thrilled and engrossed readers for two centuries. Written by Mary Shelley, it is a story which she intended would ‘curdle the blood and quicken the beatings of the heart.’ The tale is a superb blend of...

‘There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts...

‘…man is not truly one, but truly two.’ In this powerful deconstruction of Calvinist belief and the hypocrisy at the heart of Victorian society, Stevenson creates a gothic icon in the divided self that is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Born from a nightmare...

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart…” Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who, against his better instincts,...

Re-enter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another funny adventure is always right around the corner. Each book is a fast-paced adventure with lively art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love

A Japanese mystery bestseller, revolving around a series of creepy drawings, in which the reader is the detective - from the Youtube sensation Uketsu.A series of drawings made by a young woman before her death.A child's disturbing picture of his home.A desperate sketch made...

A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice.Have you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can't for...

This instant Sunday Times bestseller is the magical true story of a woman and an injured hare who taught her how to live again; it has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-fiction, has had multiple 'Book of the Year' selections and now includes a...

Dev lives on a mysterious island. And he loves inventing things. One day, Dev learns a secret about a magical life force called FLEMBER. He creates a giant red robot bear called Boja, fills it with flember and they become best friends! This is...

The forest is alive with the most massive of arguments - WHO is the funniest animal in the woods? Bunny, Monkey and co are battling to decide... is it Bunny with his dad jokes, Monkey with his bum jokes, Le Fox with his riddles,...