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From birthday parties, to navigating the sports field, to being given random free stuff, to juggling hospital visits alongside social lives . . . These twenty-two true stories capture the...

At the abolition of the slave trade two centuries ago, the British government paid huge amounts of compensation to slave-owners. Only in 2015 did British taxpayers stop paying off this...

'Magnificent.' Richard Osman 'Razor-sharp.' Erin Kelly How far would you go for a friend? Edward is living in a world he can't afford and to which he doesn't belong. To...

'I'm not homeless: this is my home!' Nick points to the branches of the hornbeam under which we are standing, its leaves still glistening in the aftermath of the morning...

The complete, authorised scripts, including deleted scenes, of the multiple award-winning Succession.'The smartest, cruellest, funniest show on television.' Irish Times'The most thrilling and beautifully obscene TV there is.' Guardian'Miraculously funny...

The complete, authorised scripts, including deleted scenes, of the multiple award-winning Succession.** Winner of thirteen Emmys, five Golden Globes, three BAFTAs and a Grammy. **With an exclusive introduction from creator...

'Wonderful. . .brave in its deep truths about loss and love' - INGRID PERSAUD 'A clever, heartbreaking, heartwarming depiction of family love, grief and the possibility of hope.'- JO BROWNING...

With over a quarter of a million copies sold in the series, everyone's favourite Hedgehog and Tortoise are back with the message that Christmas is about being with the ones...

'HIGHLY recommended' Marian Keyes 'Nora Breen will become a favourite character.' Ian Moore 'Nora Breen is Maria Von Trapp on steroids.' Richard Armitage 'A seaside mystery full of intrigue and...

Following their award-winning debut, Fleche (2019), comes Mary Jean Chan's gleaming second collection: Bright Fear. Through poems which engage fearlessly with intertwined themes of identity, multilingualism and postcolonial legacy, Chan's...

Memorably introduced by Ishiguro himself, The Summer We crossed Europe in the Rain collects the sixteen song lyrics he wrote for world-renowned American singer, Stacey Kent, which were set to...

'One of our best contemporary writers.' Sunday Telegraph It's those around you who make you who you are. Michael Frayn would like to say a brief word about a few...

"There is something quite moving about seeing the lyrics of these fifty-six songs collected and assembled this way. You can see the evolution of the minds and hearts at work...

'Our sense of enchantment is not only triggered by grand things. The awe-inspiring, the numinous, is all around us, all the time. It is transformed by ourdeliberate attention. It becomes...

One-legged Joe is often told that he's Amazing Joe or Poor Joe, but what if he'd rather just be ... Joe? One-legged Joe is "amazing". He knows this because wherever...

Life is hopeless but it is not serious. We have to have danced while we could and, later, to have danced again in the telling. Tunde, the man at the...

The air felt dense with magic, even more than in the spell garden back home. And not in a good way . . . When Alyssa accidentally transports herself, her...

'Enchanting and heart-lifting.' Sophie Anderson'Bursts with glimmering magic.' Jasbinder Bilan 'A delight . . . funny, heartfelt and packed full of magic.' Abi Elphinstone' Magical and empowering.' G M Linton...

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY 'Max Porter is one of my favourite writers in the world.' GEORGE SAUNDERS 'Beautiful and haunting.' KEVIN...

A joyful celebration of the wheelchair and how its user becomes a permanent lap to snuggle on! The Mama Car has big wheels and a soft cushion and a bridge,...

'One of the best crime novelists writing today.' - PAULA HAWKINS 'Lippmann is fast creating a new genre-busting category full of remarkable writing and dazzling plot lines.' - Daily Mail...

'In Liverpool everybody wanted to be in a band. On every street corner and in every cellar there were young fellas practising with guitars. But it was rare to see...

In the early '60s, four friends from Liverpool formed a band. But this is not the 'fab four' story we know . . .Mary, Sylvia, Valerie and Pamela - also...

Bran's Southern California upbringing is anything but traditional. After her mother abandons her and joins a Buddhist colony, Bran is raised by her 'common-law stepfather' on Bourdon Farms - a...

'Properly, seriously good. Humoric structure . . . oneiric texture, with pitch-black basalt fins jutting through.' - Robert Macfarlane 'Apocalyptic, darkly funny and spooky.' - Dazed Welcome to Stanley Donwood's...

Some people are in On the last Saturday in August, politicos and socialites trade tidbits of gossip and sips of Pimm's under the tasteful bunting of a Richmond garden party.They'd...

A WINNING TICKET A STOLEN HORSE THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Orphaned Roo Thorn feels like the unluckiest girl in the world. Until she discovers a letter. A letter which...

The seductive, vibrant new novel from international bestselling author Leila Slimani. Morocco, 1968. As she stands at the window, Mathilde reflects on the opportunities before her. Looking out at her...

I heard you laughing from time to time and you stayed lying there on the flattened hay, and after you left, your body's imprint was left behind, and I rested...

'Innovative and original.' Colm TA(3)ibA n 'Unforgettable.' Alejandro Zambra 'A punk novel with prose as mysterious as it is beautiful.' Nicole Flattery 'Pol Guasch must be one of the best...

Santa needs a new reindeer in this third hilarious Christmas must-have picture book, from the duo who brought you Santa's New Beard and Santa's New Sleigh! One week to go...

Classic Richard Scarry: find out who in Busytown has the best manners!Join Richard Scarry's beloved characters Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm and more on a very busy day in Busytown as...

Richard Scarry's classic book that takes readers all around town!Join Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, and other beloved characters for a day in Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy Town. Visit the school,...

Airplane Baron von Crow is an airplane pilot. He is a daredevil who zooms through the air. Be more careful, Baron! Join Lowly Worm, Hilda Hippo and the Bear, Cat...

The night before Rupert's 30th is a black tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's - cateredwith cocaine and Veuve Clicquot. The morning after His girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered...

'Brilliant.' The Times 'One of Upson's most evocative novels.' Guardian September 1939: The worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on...

'Brilliant, thought-provoking and original.' BookTrust 'S tunning . . . an original and fascinating book!' Evie, aged 9, Toppsta Go on an amazing journey around the world to discover how...

As the spring warmth melts the ice, divers search the wreckage at the bottom of the Angermanland River - but the murdered man they recover was put there much more...

'A tantalising mystery, executed with perfection.' - THOMAS ENGER He was locked inside an abandoned house. But he's not the only one . . . When a dead man is...

A PRESTO BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'Gripping.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Breathtaking.' SIMON CALLOW 'Vivid.' BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE A colourful and concise telling of the fascinating story behind Richard Wagner's extraordinary...

The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music's most iconic moments for over sixty years. Leaving school and starting his...

From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying peek behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history. Suzi Ronson was working in a Beckenham...

From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying peek behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history. ' Suzi Ronson was there as Bowie...

I grow a little crazy, I think, like all men at sea who live too close to each other and too close thereby to all that is monstrous under the...

Will raw magic be their doom . . . or their saviour? Jude is living happily with Moorley, Uncle Runie and Spry. But then the Dark Rivers start failing and...

Readers love the world of Farrowfell: 'Very exciting. I love the edible magic.' 'I absolutely adored it.' 'Highly recommended.' 'A very entertaining, well plotted and fast paced story.' 'The idea...

Twelve-year-old Jude Ripon has never been taken seriously by her family of magic-stealing masterminds. To them, she's just the youngest, only good for keeping watch while they carry out daring...

'One of the strangest and angriest novels of the twentieth century.' - Lauren Groff 'An extraordinary, savage novel.' - Olivia Laing 'I love this novel.' - Patricia Lockwood She would...