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An exciting middle-grade graphic novel about best friends, giant robots, and monsters from another universe!In Dan McCloskey¿s debut graphic novel, best friends Pen and Olive live in Cloud Town, an impoverished community on Floating Island, a mysterious landmass that drifts above the earth and happens to sit dangerously close to the Rip¿a tear in the fabric of the universe. No big deal or anything.While Pen is brash and brave, Olive is quiet, ...

BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Susan Verde is the house author of the bestselling I Am series (more than 1 million copies sold!), illustrated by Peter Reynolds, including the #1 New York Times bestseller I Am Human.POSITIVE MESSAGE: Through friendship, Tortoise and Hare discover the right mix of slow and fast to be the best versions of themselves.SOOTHING BACK MATTER: Like in the I Am series, Verde includes a guide that takes children through a series of...

The second instalment in the Bobby Dean series

The Twentieth Anniversary edition of Rethinking What Works with Offenders contains the original text along with a new chapter by the author reporting on the key findings of the follow-up interviews in 2004 and 2010-12, reflecting on key developments in the field and developing a theory of assisted desistance.

Most of what we say about books is really about their contents: the rosy nostalgic glow for childhood reading, the lifetime companionship of a much-loved novel. But books are things as well as words, objects in our lives as well as worlds in our heads. And just as we crack their spines, loosen their leaves and write in their margins, so they disrupt and disorder us in turn. All books are, as Stephen King put it, 'a uniquely portable magic'. In...

Pre-order now and learn how to reframe your anxiety and overcome self-doubt with this accessible guide from clinical psychologist Dr Michaela Dunbar, founder of @myeasytherapy__________We all experience anxiety at certain points throughout our lives, some of us more often and more intensely than others. It's an emotion, a chemical reaction, and a fundamental part of being human. It can help you to stay alert and focused, spur you to action, an...

The chilling Sunday Times bestseller perfect for fans of Knives Out.'In this fast-paced, twisted family saga, Shari Lapena keeps you guessing until the very last page...' PAULA HAWKINSThe new unputdownable thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR.In this family, everyone is keeping secrets - even the dead.In the quiet, wealthy enclave of Brecken Hill, an older couple is brutally murdered hours after a ten...

When the residents of St Kilda ask to be evacuated from their remote island home in the summer of 1930, it's in search of a better life on mainland Scotland compared to the scratch existence on their mountain in the sea. For eighteen-year-old tomboy Effie Gillies, it's a bittersweet departure. She's the best young climber on the island, as skilled and brave as any of the men. But it is Effie's expansive knowledge of local bird life that leads ...

Wythenshawe, South Manchester. 1985. The Dodds family once ruled Manchester's underworld, now the men are dead, leaving three generations of women trapped in a house haunted by violence, harbouring an unregistered baby. Matriarch Nedra presides over the household, which bustles with activity as she prepares the welcome feast for her grandson Kelly's return from prison. Her grieving daughter-in-law Carol is visited by both the welcome, i...

We'll always be together, won't we?'Childhood friends and cousins Leo and Alice had imagined their whole lives playing out on their beloved Devon beach. But one night when they are teens, sitting on the sand beneath the stars, Alice tells Leo a secret that must never be shared with anybody else . . . then packs her bag and flees.Leo is left to build his own life - without Alice. He surrounds himself with other family and friends and on the who...

In this family, everyone is keeping secrets - even the dead.In the quiet, wealthy enclave of Brecken Hill, an older couple is brutally murdered hours after a tense Easter dinner with their three adult children. Who, of course, are devastated.Or are they? They each stand to inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their vindictive father and neglectful mother, but perhaps one of them is more disturbed than anyone knew. Did so...

Explore the natural world in this stunning board book, perfect for sharing with your baby or toddler.

*PRE-ORDER THE LATEST INSTALMENT IN THE JONAH SHEENS SERIES NOW*Two sisters went missing. Only one of them came back...Detective Jonah Sheens is enjoying a moment of peace and quiet, when a teenage girl wanders out of the wood.She's striking, with flame-red hair and a pale complexion.She's also covered in blood.She insists she's fine. It's her sister he needs to worry about.Jonah quickly discovers that Keely and her sister, Nina, disappeared f...

Pre-order Harrier: How To Be a Fighter Pilot today!Paul Tremelling was just seven years old when he watched the Royal Navy's Sea Harriers leave their home base in Somerset to do battle against the Argentine Air Force in the Falklands War. Two decades later he would join this exclusive club, one of an elite band of Fleet Air Arm fighter pilots, charged with standing in the way of Her Majesty's enemies.This is the story of what it takes to make ...

Detective Jonah Sheens is enjoying a moment of peace and quiet, when a teenage girl wanders out of the woods.She's striking, with flame-red hair and a pale complexion. She's also covered in blood.Jonah races to her, eager to help. She insists she's fine. It's her sister he needs to worry about.Jonah quickly discovers that Keely and her sister, Nina, disappeared from a children's home a week ago. Now, Keely is here - but Nina's still missing. K...

From two bestselling and awardwinning creators comes a magical, lyrical celebration of babies' first experiences. From the comfort of home to the adventure of the great outdoors, from family to first encounters with nature, Welcome to the World revels in the joy that comes with sharing this new world with children, and seeing it through their eyes. A perfect read-aloud story for sharing from Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury.

Pre-order the remarkable true story of one man's escape from the depths of depression through his 3, 000 mile walk across the country'A great and inspirational read' MATT HAIG, bestseling author of Reasons to Stay Alive'Inspiring' INDEPENDENT'An uplifting and inspirational journey through raw emotion' RAYNOR WINN, bestselling author of The Salt PathAS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST______After coming terrifyingly close to suicide, Jake Tyler was determi...

Her bold flight from police custody makes the case impossible to solve - and, for Walter, even more impossible to forget. By the time Walter's promoted to detective, his fascination with the missing, gray-eyed woman is approaching obsession.

22 seconds...until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge - or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There's word of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly close to home. Former cops. Professional hits. All with the same warning scrawled on their bodies: You talk, you die. Now it's ...

A far-reaching, urgent, and thoroughly engaging exploration of our relationship with animals - from the acclaimed Financial Times journalist.*A GUARDIAN 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK*We all love animals, but does that make their lives happier?With factory farms, climate change and deforestation, this might be the worst time in history to be an animal. In an age of extinction and pandemics, our relationship with the other species on our planet has becom...