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Antony Gormley's angel looked down on the lads. "She'll see us through, she'll help us. The guardian angel of fucking toe rags."Two lads. One mission. Belter.Sewell and Gerry live in...

This is a new guide to reading the Confessions, Augustine's most important work, and what is widely known as the first Western Christian autobiography ever written. The Confessions consists of...

'An addictive read that will remain with you long after you emerge from the rabbit hole' - THE TIMES'A marvellously twisty whodunnit [with] the brutal, clockwork ingenuity of an Agatha...

Join a father and his child on a day that is full of the everyday things that make life special. From silly stories and jokes to upsets and frustrations, this...

'Little Nothings delivers some searing and uncomfortable truths about motherhood and female friendships'Sarah J. Naughton'A true single-sitting read' Alex MarwoodWith friends like these, who needs enemies?Liv Travers never knew real...

Globally bestselling historian Dan Jones makes his historical fiction debut with Essex Dogs, the explosive first instalment in an epic new trilogy set during the Hundred Years' War.July 1346. The...

Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. 'A masterly investigation of all aspects of flight, human and...

STYLIST MAGAZINE'S 'FICTION BOOKS YOU CAN'T MISS IN 2022'COSMOPOLITAN'S 'BEST BOOKS OF 2022'WOMAN & HOME 'BEST BOOKS OF 2022''It is hard to imagine a more timely novel. A fascinating exploration...

Clive James read, learned and recited poetry aloud for most of his life. In the last book he completed before he died, he offers a selection of his favourite poems...

'This is a remarkable book. The honesty is startling and potent' Dawn French 'You have to buy this book. I mean it. It's very funny and sad and utterly true....

Only the most powerful and honorable will be chosen in this breathtaking, Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the author of the New York Times-bestselling Cemetery Boys.Teo, a seventeen-year-old Jade semidios...

'Everybody knows now that Ulysses is the greatest novel of the century' Anthony Burgess, ObserverFollowing the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th June 1904, and what happens...

One of the great revelations of William Shawcross's official biography was the Queen Mother's private correspondence. Indeed, The Sunday Times described her letters as `wonderful ... brimful of liveliness and...

Universally acclaimed as the master of the short-story form, Anton Chekhov begun his literary career as the author of brief tales and vignettes of Russian life when he was still...

'A warm and charming journey of self-discovery; I particularly liked the irresistible voice of heroine Prune' - Fiona Noble, Bookseller_______________________Magic comes from within ...Uprooted by her single mum along with...

_______________'Brilliantly funny' - Abi Elphinstone on You Can't Take an Elephant on Holiday'You will laugh out loud' - Guardian on You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus_______________A band of...

'Don't be ordinary, Leo. Passion has its price.'1883. Leo Stanhope, transgender journalist and amateur detective, and his wife Rosie have come to Portsmouth - but this is no simple seaside...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Our sense of smell is crucial to our survival. We can smell fear, disease,...

How dogs defied science and changed the way we think about animalsWhat do dogs really think of us? What do dogs know and understand of the world? Do their emotions...

'Laetitia Rodd is a warm and engaging heroine' The TimesFor readers of The Thursday Murder Club, M.C. Beaton and James Runcie, The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden is the charming...

Susie Salmon is just like any other young American girl. She wants to be beautiful, adores her charm bracelet and has a crush on a boy from school. There's one...

From influential Executive Headteacher Nick Hart comes Impact, a practical framework for improving academic and pastoral outcomes for pupils, helping them thrive and succeed. Impact provides a strategy for thinking...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER**_______________'I want to be Sheila Hancock when I grow up' Lorraine Kelly'Wise, witty, kind and true' - Sunday Times'A sparkling memoir as funny and insightful...

The glittering, sharp and sinister work of one of our most incisive and wickedly funny satirists; 'Isabel Colegate has no rival' (The Times)'What we feel for each other is really...

'This book is Masterful, Evidence-based, Memorable, Operational, Readable, and the best book for You on memory.' Professor John HattieTeacher Toolkit Guides transform the theory of education into practical ideas for...

Stress-Free Engine Maintenance is an accessible and practical guide to understanding what is going on with your boat's engine, how to look after it, spotting the signs when all is...

In 1951, the Festival of Britain commissioned a series of short guides they dubbed 'handbooks for the explorer'. Their aim was to encourage readers to venture out beyond the capital...

A fascinating and detailed exploration of one of the most famous warships of the Ancient world - the trireme - and its tactical employment by the opposing sides in the...

A wargaming ruleset for epic pre-WW1 battles in the sky.It's the dawn of the 20th Century and the Great Powers turn to war. Since the development of the air screw,...

"Saltmarshes are often remote, inhospitable places, neither land nor sea, as hard to pin down as they are to navigate. In this saline odyssey, Clive Chatters has explored his favourite...

Whether you are watching an Eider soar low over the water or listening to the iconic sound of a flock of geese flying overhead, chances are you will already be...

As we face new and debilitating catastrophes caused by capitalism and nation-state politics, Saladdin Ahmed argues that our only hope is to create space for a new world by negating...

Volume 40A of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology features a symposium on the work of the radical economist David Gordon, edited by our own Luca Fiorito...

**The BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick****Longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022**'In this folksy, magnetic tale, two outsiders seek healing and enlightenment by creating crop formations in a Wiltshire...

*A TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS FOR SUMMER 2022 SELECTION* *A TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH*'In the gutsy Casey, [the author] has created an unstoppable yet entirely credible modern heroine... Much...

'Immensely, cheerily silly' Guardian'A thunderously good read, so funny and action packed. Children are going to love it!' Serena Patel, author of ANISHA, ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVEGrown an extra head and don't...

A hilarious story, ideal for children practising reading at home or in school. By Joanna Nadin, author of the World Book Day book The Worst Class in the World in...

From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the aerial fighting in the flashpoints of the Cold War.The Cold War years were a period of...

'Are You Enjoying?' is emotional, equally hilarious, and gutting. I couldn't put this book down because I'd been welcomed into the most intimate parts of these characters' lives' Rupi Kaur'Fresh,...

Moonimal and Boy are ALWAYS together. Until, one terrible day, Moonimal gets lost in the woods.How will he survive all alone in the wild? And will he ever find Boy...

Sequel to the New York Times bestseller Amari and the Night Brothers! Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times bestselling Supernatural...

In the Burmese provincial town of Kyauktada, the world-weary John Flory - a thirty-something English teak dealer - leads a life of quiet disillusionment, hardly mixing with the natives or...

Saddened with his country's loss of freedom, disillusioned with life and racked with loneliness and ennui, university student Jacopo Ortis can only find some comfort in the company of his...

WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022 WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE SHADOWERS' CHOICE AWARD 2022Katya Balen's October, October is a very special new addition to the shelf and deserves...

Latin Blackness in Parisian Visual Culture, 1852-1932 examines an understudied visual language used to portray Latin Americans in mid-19th to early 20th-century Parisian popular visual media. It charts how the...

The Curse is changed. You'll never know. The truth is lost. The lie will grow. The year is 1726 and the Royal Sorcerer of England is on the hunt for...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The hotly anticipated, gripping sequel to bestselling YA fantasy THE GILDED ONES. Set in an ancient West African-inspired world, this unmissable YA fantasy series...

'Beautiful, useful, tender.' - British Vogue'Gorgeous' - The Green Parent'More than just a yoga manual' - Harper's BazaarA beautiful and nurturing yoga guide for new mothers.Motherhood is the most important...