Why do: Dutch babies seem so content, and sleep so well? Dutch parents let their kids play outside on their own? The Dutch trust their children to bike to school? Dutch schools not set homework for th
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018'An engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully crafted novel' RODDY DOYLEFarouk's country has been torn apart by war. Lampy's heart has been laid waste by Chloe. Jo
The perfect gift: a collection of six Christmas stories from the author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry & The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy.Six stories to span the Christmas holi
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK'Deacon King Kong is deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane; McBride's ability to inhabit his characters' foibled, all-too-human
Because of the potato me and my family left our home and travelled 6,000 miles to find a new life... Slim Hannigan and her family are poor but happy. Theirs is a life filled with love and laughter - a
OBSERVER THRILLER OF THE MONTH ‘A page-turning, adrenaline-soaked read . . . an eloquent and meditative insight into motherhood and what it means, its many small trials and wonders.’ Alison Flood, Obs
Look closer...and closer! There are faces everywhere in this lovely book by husband-and-wife team, Jeremy and Jacqueline Sinclair. Children will be entranced as they discover funny, friendly surprises
2045-2059. After the cataclysmic upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption humanity is spreading further into the Long Earth, and society, on a battered Datum Earth and beyond, continues to e
Taggie and Jemima are summer holidaying on their dad's farm, when they see a white squirrel wearing glasses . . . and soon after their father is captured and trapped in a faerie world that's fallen to
"Compelling and operatic...Reads like a modern thriller". (Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs). "A dark and irresistible novel". (Lucy Worsley). 1789: Henrietta Lightfoot, a young Englishw
Shortlisted for the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize 'Wise, sharp and witty, the definitive guide to living in the age of social media, algorithms and automation.' Adam Rutherford You
From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - what it's like out there and what it's like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and
A fine debut - fast-paced and bleak, with a vivid setting and gut-wrenching twists.' MICK HERRON********The funny thing with suffering is just when you think you've suffered enough, you realize it's o
In a powerful exploration of recent racial history, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter examines the moment we're in, how we got here, and how together we can build movements to create a just and e
Odran Yates enters Clonliffe Seminary in 1972 after his mother informs him that he has a vocation to the priesthood. He goes in full of ambition and hope, dedicated to his studies and keen to make fri
A SHIVERING OF WORLDS Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength. This is a time of end
‘We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contrap
What does history really consist of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - sleeping, eating, having sex, endeavouring to get comfortable. And where did all these normal activi
2040-2045: In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all
Imagine swallowing a computer chip and becoming a living computer...imagine almost burning down your school...imagine being Harry Manners. He is a very unusual boy. His family don't understand him. Hi
Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last twenty years. Once abundant, the corn bunting and the lapwing are on the Red List. The corncrake is all
This gorgeous 2016 diary is perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson. With a fun animal theme, it's packed with puzzles, activities, fun facts and tips, as well as space to write every day!
Why is the concept of sexual deviance so easily conflated with immorality and disgust? Is perversion culturally relative or are the same behaviours regarded as wrong in all societies? What are the dev
The addictive new psychological thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train, the runaway Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller and global phenomenon. In the last days before her death, Nel called her si
Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, w
In every detective's life there are cases that can't be discussed, and throughout the Bryant & May novels there have been mentions of some of these such as the Deptford Demon or the Little Italy W
When Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby, she is left on the steps of the Foundling Hospital in London. So begins her exciting, fascinating and utterly original story. The Hetty Feather Journal is the p
‘I devoured it in one breathless sitting. Outstanding.’ Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go and I See You ‘It tore at every maternal fibre in my body. I couldn’t put it down.’ Fiona Barton, autho
'The new One Day' Stylist Magazine ‘A high-stakes, high-concept love story from a bold new talent.’ Matt Haig Carys and Max have ninety minutes of air left. None of this was supposed to happen. Adrift
As the glorious summer of 1914 drew to a close, it was difficult for the author to realize that the world he had planned and prepared for at Clifton College was a world in which he now had to prepare
Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast ou
As we grow older - most of all, in what we remember and what we dream - we live in the past. Sometimes, we live more vividly in the past than in the present. As an older man, Juan Diego will take a tr
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER.YOU DON'T KNOW HER. BUT SHE KNOWS YOU.Rear Window meets Gone Girl, in this exceptional and startling psychological thriller 'Gripping, enthralling - a top-notch thriller and
From the author of the world-wide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a new novel about learning how to listen and how to feel; and about second chances and choosing to be brave despite
ANTHONY BROWNE is one of the world's most celebrated creators of picture books, with classics such as Voices in the Park, Willy and Hugh and Gorilla to his name. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal tw
