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Hay fever. Peanut allergies. Eczema. Billions of people worldwide have some form of allergy, millions have one severe enough to seriously endanger their health. And over the past decade, the number of people diagnosed with allergy has been steadily increasing, an ever-growing medical burden on individuals, families, and our health care system.Medical anthropologist Theresa MacPhail, herself an allergy sufferer whose father died of a bee sting,...

FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.'Professor Alice Roberts'In Helen Czerski's hands, the mechanical becomes magical. An instant classic.'Tristan Gooley, author of How to Read Water'Blue Machine is quite simply one of the best books I have ever read.'Dr George McGavin, zoologist, entomologist and broadcaster'A fascinating dive into the essential eng...

If I was ever in trouble, I would want Harriet Wistrich fighting in my corner.' - Emeritus Professor David Wilson, author of My Life with Murderers'Compelling, inspiring, horrifying and humbling in equal measure. Everybody should read it.' - Professor Dame Sue Black, author of All That Remains'This is a brilliant and important book. Harriet is a trailblazer and has done so much to get justice for so many women.' - Victoria Derbyshire'Harriet's...

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A story of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends***AN OBSERVER FICTION BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024***'A complete masterwork' SARAH HALL'A beautifully nuanced novel of love in all its aspects' SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMANThomas Hart and Grace Macauley are fellow worshippers at the Bethesda Baptist chapel in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the...

Barbara is in a very bad mood. She won't admit it, but she is. She has a problem with a sock, and at lunchtime there's a strange pea... And even though she's at the park with her friends, it all just gets a bit much. Suddenly Barbara's WOBBLER is out of control! But what if Barbara and her Wobbler can work together, so she can be cheerful again?Winner of the UKLA Award and shortlisted for the Oscar's Book Prize and the FCBG Children's Book Awa...

Explore with Spot and learn 100 first words along the way in this chunky lift-the-flap board book!Join Spot and his family and friends as they go on adventures to the park, the beach, the playground and more - and discover 100 key first words along the way.Little ones will love exploring the colourful scenes and lifting lots of flaps on every page as they learn and play with Spot.Eric Hill's Where's Spot? was the first ever lift-the-flap book ...

Dawn Butler is a history-making, game-changing, ceiling-smashing politician.This powerful book offers a fascinating insight into both the personal and political sides of her journey.'Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London'When I was younger my parents taught me to be resilient and my brothers told me to be resistant, and now I think it's time for a revolution. Let's complete the power of three.'The third Black woman ever to be elected as an MP, Dawn Butl...

Macon 'Milkman' Dead was born shortly after a neighbourhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly.In 1930s America Macon learns about the tyranny of white society from his friend Guitar, though he is more concerned with escaping the familial tyranny of his own father. So while Guitar joins a terrorist group Macon goes home to the South, lured by tales of buri...

Read the searing first novel from the celebrated author of Beloved, which immerses us in the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family in post-Depression 1940s Ohio. Unlovely and unloved, Pecola prays each night for blue eyes like those of her privileged white schoolfellows. At once intimate and expansive, unsparing in its truth-telling, The Bluest Eye shows how the past savagely defines the present. A powerful examination of our obsession wit...

Nile Wilson has always been one of life's winners, a charismatic young man with an Olympic bronze medal in the Horizontal Bar at just 21 years old. But after a serious neck injury, forcing him to retire early and miss taking part in the Tokyo Olympics, Nile's world fell apart.Swamped with depression, anxiety and addictive behaviours, his mental health went over a cliff. Over the past few years, Nile has had to face down his demons and accept h...

An illustrated natural history of British native trees, by a celebrated botanical artist and her forester brother-in-lawIn Overleaf, the botanical painter Susan Ogilvy and the eminent forester Richard Ogilvy introduce us to each of the native trees of the British Isles - and a number of non-native, but much cherished, naturalised species - via close consideration of their leaves.From water-loving alder to long-lived yew, Susan paints both the ...

From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man whose direction in life takes a vastly different turn than what he expected.It¿s the tabloid sensation of the year: two well-known footballers standing in the dock, charged with sexual assault, a series of vile text messages pointing towards their guilt.As the trial unfolds, Evan Keogh reflects on the events that have led him to this moment. Sin...

**A BOOK OF 2023 IN IRISH TIMES, RTÉ GUIDE AND SUNDAY INDEPENDENT**An unforgettable and sweeping interwar love story, from the Costa-shortlisted and bestselling Irish author of Life Sentences'Gorgeous' SARA BAUME'His most ambitious work to date' JOHN BANVILLE'A beautiful, layered novel' ELAINE FEENEY1980s Cork. Jack Shine discovers a shoe box full of love letters in his mother's belongings. Rebekah came to Cork alone as a young Jewish refugee ...

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A deeply humane and revolutionary new framework for understanding and treating addictionWhat causes addiction, and how should we treat it? Today it is understood primarily as a brain disease, yet in this bold reimagining of addiction, pioneering psychiatrist Elias Dakwar argues that this is false. It fails to explain, among other things, why many people can enjoy drugs without developing a dependency on them. Despite decades of neuroscientific...

Peppa has been invited to Mr Bull and Mrs Cow's wedding. She has even been asked to be a bridesmaid!Join Peppa as she learns all about weddings, especially when things start to go wrong . . .Peppa loves weddings. Everyone loves weddings!Don't miss these other brilliant Peppa books:Peppa Pig: Peppa's First Day at School: A Lift-the-Flap Picture BookPeppa Pig: Peppa's SeasonsPeppa Pig: My Mummy is Amazing

Discover the celebration of the Pride with this bright, interactive lift-the-flap book!Featuring simple text, gorgeous illustrations and satisfying lift-the-flaps, this book explores the festival of Pride and helps young children understand the importance of this special LGBTQIA+ celebration.Lift the flaps to reveal homemade costumes, the different identity flags and see what happens during a Pride parade.The First Festivals series invites chi...