Books

An adorable new buggy edition of this bestselling baby book - with felt flaps and a mirror! Each title in this stylish series has five spreads with friendly characters to find behind colourful felt flaps. In Where's Mr Snowman?, you're on the look out...

Join Bizzy Bear for a brand-new Bizzy Town adventure in this exciting new picture book series from award-winning illustrator Benji Davies!Follow Bizzy Bear and Freddy Frog on their farmyard adventure at Bizzy Town Farm! But when Farmer Tim's tractor gets...

'If we want to understand what has been lost to time, there is no way other than through the exercise of imagination ... imagination applied with delicate rather than broad strokes'. So wrote the award winning Japanese author Kyoko Nakajima of her story,...

Shinako has been ousted from her marriage by her husband Shozo and his younger lover Fukuko. She's lost her home, status and respectability, but the only thing she longs for is Lily, the elegant tortoiseshell cat she shared with her husband. As Shinako...

'At long last she was playing the role she had alwaysdreamt about, that of a mother, full of anxious solicitude, preparing to confide her daughter into the handsof a young man with good intentions, good prospectsand a good character.' A mother decides...

'The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and keep.So help me God.' Elizabeth Mountbatten never expected her father to die so suddenly, so young, leaving her with a throne to fill and a global institution to govern. Crowned at 25,...

An eye-catching new nature novelty series for babies that love spotting wildlife! Even babies can be minibeast explorers! In fact, babies love noticing all kinds of animals in the wild and this fantastic new board book builds on that enjoyment with...

For three centuries the capitalist system has shaped western society, informed its rulers, and conditioned the lives of its people. Has the time come to move beyond it? Using his unrivalled knowledge of the subject, Harvey lays bare the follies of the...

From the # 1 author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once, a page-turning thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page. The gripping mystery thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author behind the Netflix sensation and...

A claustrophobic novel - like a pot boiling over - Piglet charts the gap between how people see themselves and want to be seen. Discover a deliciously dark and piercing story of food and secrets, a Stylist Best Debut Novel. 'A sharp, dark, must-read...

One thing is for sure - babies love mirrors! This series of board books aims to enhance early mirror play as very young children will enjoy finding their own face on every page. Featuring large card flaps with friendly animals which are easy for even...

In 2006, in the wake of several miscarriages, Joanna Pocock travelled by Greyhound bus across the US from Detroit to Los Angeles. Seventeen years later, now in her 50s, she undertakes the same journey, revisiting the same cities, edgelands, highways and...

Big ideas for curious minds are simply explained in this fascinating book about the secrets of bees. **Winner of The Children's Wainwright Prize for Non-Fiction 2025** Bees are incredible! There are so many different kinds found all over the world,...

Sunny'sfavourite game is Super Rabbit Boy, where his carrot-loving friend must thwart all the plotsthe evil King Viking of Boom Boom Mountain comes up with. King Viking is competing in theSuper Cup Grand Prix to win the power of super speed. Super Rabbit...

For 5+ kids who love video games but aren't allowed to play as often as they'd like... Sunny's favourite game is Super Rabbit Boy, where his carrot-loving friend must thwart all the plots the evil King Viking of Boom Boom Mountain comes up with. Oh...

Travelling across the Atlantic on board the QE2, Alice -a bright, young physicist -meets Jove, short for Giovanni, one of the world's most respected experts on time travel and a confirmed lothario. By the time the pair land in New York, Alice has become...

With friendly animals and a retro, pastel palette, this is a particularly commercial addition to the go-to novelty board series for babies and toddlers. As all parents know, lift-the-flap books are a brilliant way to draw tiny readers into a book. But,...

Have you ever thought about how amazing sharks are? What happens underneath their skin? How do they breathe underwater? And how many species live in our world today? Children will love discovering the answers with amazing see-through pages and clear,...

Another hilarious tale of primary school life from the Blue Peter award-winning team. Nothing is as it seems for Izzy and friends, and the drama is always off the scale... Izzy and friends are excited to find that their school trip involves an overnight...

This account of Melbourne porno-grindcore band Blood Duster's 1993 debut album Fisting the Dead positions the "pure evil filth" album as a subcultural object at odds with Australia's cosmopolitanism. With track titles invoking explicit language and...

'Truly heartwarming and uplifting. I'd love to book a room there myself' - Philip Ardagh 'Hotel Flamingo is bursting with charm, friendship and fabulous characters!' - Laura Ellen Anderson On Animal Boulevard the snow is finally melting after a long,...

This book covers over two decades of turmoil and change in the Middle East, steered via the history-soaked landscape of Palestine. When Raja Shehadeh first started hill walking in Palestine, in the late 1970s, he was not aware that he was travelling...

Who's ever heard of a flying penguin? Clive Penguin is back, and, affronted by the narrator's praise for 'majestic' swooping seagulls, is determined to take to the sky himself. He's going to fly! Who says penguins can't do it? Who's ever heard of a...

The fifteenth suspenseful thriller in the Hidden Norfolk series, from the multi-million-copy bestselling author, J M Dalgliesh. You can hide, but you can't run... When the body of a church warden is discovered hanging from the belfry of a village...

In his foreword to The Ways of Paradise, Peter Cornell presents this so-called found manuscript, the work of a now-deceased, obscure researcher who spent three decades in the National Library of Sweden working on his magnum opus. Upon his death, no trace...

The world today rests on increasingly unstable fault lines. Since The World in Conflict's last edition, we have experienced a global pandemic, fresh upheavals in the Middle East, and growing doubts over America's role in the world. As climate change and...

'This book is about one super-important concept. You must learn about 'Strategic Inflection Points', because sooner or later you are going to live through one.' - Steve Jobs There are moments in any business when massive change occurs, when all the...

From Newton's Law of Gravity to the Black-Scholes model used by bankers to predict the markets, equations, are everywhere - and they are fundamental to everyday life. Seventeen Equations that Changed the World examines seventeen groundbreaking equations...

All living things do different sorts of poo. Some are different colours, others have different smells or sizes. Some do it on land, some poo in water. Some poo in a toilet, or in a potty, or in their nappies. This children's book has a no-nonsense...

Charles Bronson is Britain's most notorious prisoner. He has spent four decades in solitary confinement, and yet has stayed as fit as a fiddle throughout his isolation, gaining several world strength and fitness records in the process. Now, in this...

The much-acclaimed toddler book series from The Gruffalo illustrator, Axel Scheffler. Simple but engaging stories which reflect the ups - and downs - of toddler life. Major new animation series launching in 2021. Pip and Posy are best friends - they...

A BIG book for sharing with a little person, introducing first words, colours, numbers, shapes and more - with felt flaps and a mirror! With bright, stylish artwork from Ingela P Arrhenius, illustrator of the internationally bestselling Felt Flaps and...

Find your baby's face in this delightful new lift-the-flap book with a mirror on every page! One thing is for sure - babies love mirrors! This brand new series of board books aims to enhance early mirror play as very young children will enjoy finding...

A Newsweek Best Graphic Novel of the Year! A Newsweek Best Graphic Novel of the Year! New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Honor-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me) and Eisner Award-nominated artist...

A thrilling mystery adventure set in Bletchley Park at the start of World War II, based on true events. Perfect for fans of Phil Earle and Hilary McKay. "A highly original, gripping World War II story" - Emma Carroll Twelve-year-old Robyn has grown up...

A box set of 50 beautiful postcards from the bestselling Arboretum, part of the Welcome to the Museum series. This collection of 50 postcards features Katie Scott's stunning tree illustrations. Each image vividly captures the beauty and complexity of...

'The most beautifully written description of what cooking is all about, and what it actually is, with recipes' - Nigella Lawson From the pleasure of picking sun-warmed cherries to the comfort of a perfectly cooked meal, Adler's reflections range from...

Shortlisted for the National Book Award A story of forbidden love and fugitive faith in the nineteenth century Arctic Circle 'Transports readers deep into an unfamiliar world, yet with familiar conflicts and desires. I was absorbed and changed...

From the author of the bestselling Follet Valley cosy crime series - over 200,000 copies sold in all formatsSupported by a major publicity and marketing campaignIan often appears on national TV/radio programmes: BBC2 House of...

Inspector Henry Tibbett and his wife, Emmy, are enjoying a holiday on a friend's yacht, lazily sailing from one little English sea-town to the next. It should all be delicious indolence... except that Tibbett can't stop thinking about death. Well, one...

You know who the Peaky Blinders are ... It's time to see where they began. By the spring of 2024, it will be four and a half years since the publication of Chinn's Sunday Times number 1 best-selling Peaky Blinders. The Real Story. Adopting a...

New York Times 10 Best Book of 2020 Sunday Times best book for Autumn 2020 Guardian critics' pick for Autumn 2020 Wall Street Journal notable book of 2020 The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of...

The birth of new nations, independent democracies, the defeat of settler colonialism, the unprecedented growth of cities from Lagos to Cairo; the African continent is booming. So why do myths about underdevelopment, unproductive land and unfounded...

It's the middle of summer. On Cornish sea-fronts, happy children grip melting ice-creams. In the south of France, sunlight filters through leaves as families picnic in the shade. And in the fashionable resorts of the Mediterranean, the beautiful people...

'Gets deep under your skin ... Gaitskill is uniquely attuned to the moment.' - Sunday Times 'Gaitskill achieves a superb feat. She distils the suffering, anger, reactivity, danger and social recalibration of the #MeToo movement into an extremely potent,...

'Freewheeling and profane ... Wylie covers plenty of ground, explaining in illuminating and often scary detail how Cambridge Analytica exploited the data to create Facebook pages that would needle "neurotic, conspiratorial citizens", propagating an...

Stranger Than Kindness is a journey in images and words into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave. This highly collectible book contains images selected by Cave from 'Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition',...

Longlisted for the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction When Holly applies for a job at the Paradise - one of the city's oldest cinemas, squashed into the ground floor of a block of flats - she thinks it will be like any other shift work. She cleans...