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Fashioning the Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict and Couture
**Features over 100 sumptuous images** From the birth of the house of Windsor in 1917, its leading women - Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Windsor and Queen...
Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Our
Friends. Lovers. Therapists. 'Deathbots'. AI is taking on unprecedented roles for millions of us every day - but how are these new 'relationships' rewiring us? Beyond those who are using...
Girl in a Band: tenth anniversary edition
'A fascinating and honest memoir, full of raw emotion and insight.' - Sofia Coppola In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, a founding member of Sonic Youth and role model...
House of Splendid Isolation
History is everywhere. It seeps into the soil, the sub-soil. Like rain, or hail, or snow, or blood. Josie O'Grady is an elderly woman, living alone in her dilapidated big...
The Light of Evening
Such is the wrath of the mothers, such is the cry of the mothers, such is the lamentation of the mothers. Ageing Dilly Macready lies in her hospital bed in...
The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch brings to life a collection of stories from the final issue of a fictional American magazine published in a twentieth-century French city. The film is inspired, in...
Asteroid City
Asteroid City (adapted from a "hypothetical" play) takes place in a fictional desert town, circa 1955. Synopsis: the itinerary of the annual Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together...
The Confessions
LLIAM, what do I want for dinner? LLIAM, how can I get a better job? LLIAM, should I kill my husband? 'An absolute belter.' Sarah Pinborough 'A brilliant and timely...
Pigeonholed: Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance
'Responsible but not beholden; substantial as well as symbolic; sympathetic but not pandering; political but not proscriptive: there's not an awful lot of wiggle room there, but it's the space...
Kofi and the Brand New Vibe
Kofi is having so much fun! The success of Clipper FM has led to Kofi and his crew becoming underground stars in their local area and beyond. But then the...
Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
This is not a book about a rock band. This is not even a book about Mark E Smith. This is a book about The Fall group - or more...
Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records
'Definitive and comprehensive, this is the actual story of Factory Records' - Peter Saville In 1978, a 'Factory for Sale' sign gave Alan Erasmus and Tony Wilson a name for...
Four Questions About Violence: Insights from a Forensic Psychiatrist
'A bold message.' Sunday Times Is violence normal? Is evil ever a useful concept? Does trauma cause it? And can we change violent minds? For Dr Gwen Adshead, these are...
The Ha-Ha (Faber Editions): 'It took my breath away.' Meg Mason
This lost classic coming-of-age tale is a tragicomic portrait of one young woman's university breakdown and recovery, introduced by Daisy Johnson. I wanted the knack of existing. I did not...
When I Arrived at the Castle
Was it revulsion I felt? Perhaps some sort of sick fascination? No, not that. But something compelled me to follow. . . Rain-drenched and chilled to the bone, she arrives...
Jack Maggs
You're a dead man if they find you. Enigmatic ex-convict Jack Maggs returns from Australia to the murky streets of nineteenth-century London and embarks on a quest to find his...
Our Sister Killjoy (Faber Editions): 'A treasure.' Tsitsi Dangarembga
Join a young Ghanaian woman on her journey into Europe's heart of whiteness to meet the natives in this iconoclastic modern classic. 'A wondrous discovery.' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 'A treasure:...
Muckle Flugga
'A quirky and original debut that sizzles with scintillating prose.' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'Michael Pedersen is a rare writer of real passion and power and this debut is phenomenal.' MATT HAIG...
A New New Me
Kinga is a woman who is just trying to make it through the week. There's a Kinga for every day: on Mondays, you can catch Kinga A deleting food delivery...
Ellie Pillai is Not Done Yet
Ellie Pillai has decided to be a better friend, daughter, future sister and all round Better Person. Which means Trying To Help and sometimes doing the exact opposite. Armed with...
With a Little Luck
'Wonderful, witty, and as sweet as spun sugar.' Kirkus Jude is determined to fly under the radar. He just wants to draw his comics, host regular D&D nights with his...
Instant Karma
Chronic overachiever Prudence Barnett is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after...
The Bed Book
From Pulitzer Prize-winning Sylvia Plath, this is the perfect bedtime read, written for her own children, exquisitely illustrated by Cindy Wume in picture book form for the first time. A...
Helm: 'Incandescently good.' Sarah Perry
Helm is a ferocious, mischievous wind - a subject of folklore and wonder, who has blasted the sublime landscape of the Eden Valley since the very dawn of time. This...
Shot with Crimson: An evocative murder mystery plays out on the set of
September, 1939, and the worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of Hitchcock's Rebecca . Then a shocking...
Bunny's New Brakes: A comedy, chocolate-y caper about a bunny's plan
From the duo who brought you the Christmas smash-hit "Santa's New" series comes an Easter special! Blaze the bunny's scooter crash threatens to ruin Easter unless there's a way to...
Somadina: An epic YA fantasy from Sunday Times bestselling author
A sweeping YA fantasy inspired by indigenous Igbo culture from the Sunday Time s bestselling author - dibias, deities, magic and a twin hunting down her kidnapped brother. We had...
Sisters of the Moon
A wonderfully atmospheric story about holistic mysticism, the unexplainable and the power of female friendship. From Carnegie-shortlisted author of On Midnight Beach. Suzy Button is grieving. Grieving for her dead...
Glasgow Boys: WINNER of the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2025
A striking debut exploring the power of identity, community and the Scottish working class. This coming-of-age story is an incisive look at young masculinity and the way even the most...
The Owl and the Nightingale
Shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry In this 'graceful, elegant translation' (Guardian), Poet Laureate Simon Armitage communicates the energy and humour of the Middle English tale with all...
Little Rot: 'A masterwork of the form . . . mesmerising.' New York
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY 'Fun, sexy, dangerous.' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH 'A must-read.' GLAMOUR 'Addictive.' iNEWS 'Poetic, scorchingly graphic.' GUARDIAN...
Second World War Poems
The Second World War has shaped the modern world more than any other single event. This generous and haunting selection of English-language and translated poems includes verse written by servicemen...
The Secret of Golden Island: An action-packed summer adventure from
What will two children do to win an island? From Costa-winning author of Voyage of the Sparrowhawk. Skylar's old friends felt sorry for her but they were too afraid to...
The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts
Twelve-year-old Eli is an apprentice librarian at the largest library in the world. But when his grandmother falls ill, he enters the Glorious Race of Magical Beasts to raise money...
The Good Patient: A deliciously dark psychological thriller about an
AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW 'Pulses with urgency . . . unforgettable.' reader review 'Bold and compelling, with complex, memorable characters.' Mary Watson, author of The Cleaner Two patients are fighting...
The Revenge of Rita Marsh: A gripping, deliciously dark psychological
Payback is a killer . . . Rita Marsh is a good person. By day, she runs a care home, looking after the elderly and infirm. By night, she's a...
A Pianist's A-Z: A piano lover's reader
'This book distils what, at my advanced age, I feel able to say about music, musicians, and matters of my pianistic profession.' Ever since Alfred Brendel bid farewell to the...
How Do Meerkats Order Pizza?
In this uproariously funny and charmingly illustrated book, readers are introduced to incredible animals and the bizarre things human scientists do to understand them. Did you know that crows never...
Saint-Seducing Gold: The second book in the swashbuckling YA
A masterful sequel to Brittany N. Williams's stunning YA historical fantasy debut, That Self-Same Metal. There's danger in the court of James I. Magical metal-worker Joan Sands must reforge the...
That Self-Same Metal: Discover the swashbuckling YA historical fantasy
Swashbuckling, romantic, and full of the sights and sounds of Shakespeare's London, this series starter delivers an unforgettable story - and a heroine unlike any other. Sixteen-year-old Joan Sands is...
The Restaurant at the Edge of the World
Heartstopper meets Nimona meets Legends & Lattes in this stunning graphic novel where Soup must battle her evil boss in a fantastical cooking competition. At seventeen, Soup is at a...
These Divided Isles: Britain and Ireland, Past and Future
A vital history from the award-winning Financial Times journalist Philip Stephens on the dramatic century since the Anglo-Irish Treaty and partition. These Divided Isles tells the story from both sides...
Hackenfeller's Ape (Faber Editions): 'So original and refreshing.'
'Pitch-perfect.' - Ali Smith 'So original.' - Hilary Mantel 'Stunning.' - Isabel Waidner 'Her beastly, risky best.' - Eley Williams When my species has destroyed itself, we may need yours...
The World and its Double: The Life and Work of Otto Preminger
Otto Preminger was one of Hollywood's first truly independent producer/directors. Blazing a trail in the examination of controversial issues such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm) and...
Box Office Poison: Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops
'So entertaining, smart and funny.' DAVID NICHOLLS 'Beautifully written. I really enjoyed it.' MARINA HYDE 'Fascinating.' EMPIRE 'Wildly enjoyable.' GUARDIAN 'Hugely entertaining.' PROSPECT 'Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that...
Munichs: 'Absolutely gripping.' The Times, 'Best books of 2024'
A TIMES, INDEPENDENT, FINANCIAL TIMES, AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR From the author of The Damned Utd and...
Women Talking: The Oscar-winning film starring Rooney Mara, Jessie
'Don't miss this one! This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a real-life event, could be right out of The Handmaid's Tale .' - Margaret Atwood Between 2005...
Dave Pigeon (Zombies!)
Help! There are zombie animals in the garden! Dave and Skipper think this is the work of some dreaded green cookies. (Eat them at your peril.) But a cookie's a...