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"'Okay listen up everyone,' I said, zipping up my high visibility jacket. 'It will be most effective to comb the local area by taking a village each.' I told my team as I traced m

In 1936, with the opening of his first holiday camp in Skegness, Billy Butlin laid the foundations for a new era in the history of the British seaside. Today, his legacy still lives on as Butlin's cel

A journey, in search of home.Charlie Mackesy's beloved The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has been adapted into an animated short film, coming to BBC One and iPlayer this Christmas. This beautifully made hardback celebrates the work of over 100 animators across two years of production - with Charlie's distinctive illustrations brought to life in full colour with hand-drawn traditional animation and accompanying hand-written script. "I made a film with some friends about a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse - their journey together and the boy's search for home."I made a film with some friends about a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse- their journey together and the boy's search for home. I hope this book gives you courage and makes you feel loved." Love Charlie x

'A masterpiece ... The Pursuit of Love is one of the funniest books ever written' India Knight, The TimesNancy Mitford's brilliantly witty, irreverent stories of the upper classes in pre-war London an

Oskar Shell is a clever nine-year-old boy. When his father is killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001, Oskar wants to learn the secret about a key that he discovers in h

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Pressure is a constant in all our lives. The pressure to hit a deadline, deliver a speech, cook for a dinner party. But how would life look if we could harness pressure and turn it to our advantage? D

Nadiya Hussain, winner of 2015's Great British Bake Off, is loved for her warmth and charisma as well as her unique approach to flavors. In her brand new TV series and book, Nadiya sets off around the

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Discover why it is that women are poorer than men in this intelligent dissection of the gender wealth gap. 'A nuanced look at the institutional oppression faced by women on a daily basis' Dazed The

The acclaimed and urgent new book from the celebrated author of The Road to Somewhere'Brilliant, will become a classic' Daily Telegraph'Utterly compelling ... one of the most important intellectuals i

Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe?The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules and obscure symbols - can seem very dis

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6 JULY, 1972David Bowie appears on Top of the Pops for a third time.His quiff is big, bold, and the colour of fire. His make-up is lavish. His jumpsuit is a wild burst of colourful patterns, like a fluorescent fish skin. He carries a brand-new blue acoustic guitar. There's excitement, mixed with incredulity. And then he begins to play.It's a moment that will change the world of music forever.This is Ziggy Stardust, what would become Bowie's most famous persona. It's an instant seismic shift in the zeitgeist. This one performance embeds Ziggy Stardust into the nation's consciousness, and music will never be the same again.In When Ziggy Played Guitar, Dylan Jones looks back at one of the most influential moments in pop history,the birth of an icon, and the myriad unexpected ways that David Bowie reshaped pop culture.

This is the story of a happy family whose life suddenly fell apart, never to be the same again. Of two devoted parents plunged into a waking nightmare as their eleven-year-old daughter stopped speakin

'Insightful and immersive' Sunday Times'An intellectual non-fiction thriller' Financial TimesA riveting expose of the hidden philosophical movement that drives the populist right around the worldSteve

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also inc

From the world-renowned physicist and bestselling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos, a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purposeIn both time and

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When Berlin-based journalist Derek Scally goes to the Christmas Vigil Mass on a visit home to Dublin, the once-packed suburban church where he was altar boy is quiet and ageing like its congregants. T

'At once intimate and epic, this is a landmark book' Fintan O'Toole'A great achievement ... Brilliant, engaging and essential' Colm ToibinWhen Berlin-based journalist Derek Scally goes to the Christma

Trust us when we say that you won't ever have encountered a character quite like Alvie Knightly' HeatOnce, serial killer Alvie Knightly was living the dream. Unlimited cash. An Italian getaway.A hot n

*The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller**Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize*'THE BEST TRUE SPY STORY I HAVE EVER READ' JOHN LE CARRÉA thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of

Shorlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel Award Booker-winning novelist Pat Barker imagines the untold story of the women at the heart of history's greatest epic'Magnificent... You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard'Chilling, powerful, audacious... A searing twist on The Iliad. Amid the recent slew of rewritings of the great Greek myths and classics, Barker's stands out for its forcefulness of purpose and earthy compassion' The Times'A stunning return to form' ObserverWhen the Greek Queen Helen is kidnapped by Trojans, the Greeks sail in pursuit, besieging the city of Troy. Trapped in the Greek soldiers' camp is another captured queen, Briseis. Condemned to be bed-slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her family, she becomes a pawn in a menacing game between bored and frustrated warriors. In the centuries after this most famous war, history will write her off, a footnote in a bloody story scripted by vengeful men - but B

Elite athletes play out their lives in the most public of arenas. Everything they do is analysed in real time and then picked apart in the pub and in the press afterwards. 'Why did they miss that pena

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It's been a year since Eragon departed Alagaesia in search of the perfect home to train a new generation of Dragon Riders. Now he is struggling with an endless sea of tasks: constructing a vast dragon

The No.1 Bestseller!''I was a very vulnerable young woman with three small children. I was lost ... Pat Quirke tried to come in and control everything''Bobby Ryan''s disappearance in rural Tipperary i

With striking new artwork to celebrate the Roald Dahl 100 celebrations and a keepsake slipcase featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations, this 16-book collection brings together all the classic children's novels from the one and only Roald Dahl. 16 titles are:01-Matilda 02-Going Solo03-The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me 04-George's Marvellous Medicine 05-Fantastic Mr Fox 06-The Magic Finger 07-Esio Trot 08-Boy Tales of Childhood 09-Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator 10-The BFG 11-The Witches 12-The Twits 13-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 14-James and the Giant Peach 15-Danny the Champion of the World 16-Billy and the Minpins

Four brave girls from around the world use their wits, courage, and strength to deal with terrifying dangers and disasters in four exciting and empowering folk tales.Penguin Readers is a series of the