‘This book brings history alive’ BERNADINE EVARISTOWITH A FOREWORD FROM ZADIE SMITH‘Black England is a book that will be relevant for ever’ BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH—————-The idea that Britain became a...

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY KEVIN BARRYWINNER OF THE BAILEYS' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2016We all do stupid things when we're kids.Ryan Cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an...

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY MERLIN SHELDRAKEWINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDWINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016'A thrilling adventure story' Bill Bryson'Dazzling' Literary Review'Brilliant' Sunday Express'Extraordinary and...

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY DARA McANULTYTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'His writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programmes and there can be no higher praise' Daily Express'A marvellous book . . . unputdownable . . . utterly...

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY AMY LIPTROTSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 1994WINNER OF THE SALTIRE SOCIETY LITERARY AWARD 1994'Intimate, humorous, effortlessly combining the strands of history and folklore, the past and the present, this is a deceptively...

Handsome, clever and rich, Emma Woodhouse has no desire to fall in love or be married. Playing Cupid for her peers is far more appealing. But when Emma's well-intentioned schemes for her friend Harriet Smith begin to go awry, Emma must navigate...

WITH A FOREWORD BY JAN MORRIS'A treasure chest' Spectator'A masterpiece' William Dalrymple, Financial Times In 1933, aged eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on his 'great trudge', a year-long journey by foot from the Hook of Holland to...

'Extraordinary, intimate and enriching' Sunday Times 'The finest contemporary writer on the English countryside' Patrick Barkham, Guardian Ronald Blythe lived at the end of an overgrown farm track deep in the rolling countryside of the Stour Valley, on...

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY GILES MILTON'Peter Hopkirk is truly the Laureate of the Great Game' Jan Morris 'One of the paciest and most exciting works of narrative history I have ever read' William Dalrymple 'There can be few more fascinating subjects, or few...

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY JOANNE HARRIS'Feverish, hungry, astonishing' New York Times'One of the greatest imaginative achievements of English culture' GuardianAmid a raging snowstorm, Mr. Lockwood seeks shelter at Wuthering Heights, a house...

It's the early 19th century and a small sailing ship with a cargo of convict women and their children is crossing the ocean to a penal colony. Among those trying to survive is a 15-year-old girl. After caring for her only friend who has poisoned herself,...

A Guardian book of the day A debut to look out for in 2026 for the Guardian, Stylist and Independent A Foyles Top Ten Reads of February Set over one hot summer, a startlingly assured debut about the kinds of love that break...

The story of a group holiday from which no one emerges unchanged, Female, Nude is the perfect summer escape: propulsive, thought-provoking, sexy and relatable.   'Sharp and incisive with a sinewy, sultry quality that makes it really...

Even before she came to Belton, Minty Cane had known that she was a witch, or something very like it. . . .Minty is the kind of girl who notices things. Pockets of cold air on a stairway. Cries on the wind. Ghosts.On night-time expeditions from the house...

A Face Like Glass is an astonishing and imaginative novel from the Costa Award winning author of The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge. In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies...

The second book in William Nicholson’s award-winning epic fantasy series, Wind on Fire.   ‘Gloriously cinematic and completely enthralling’ – Independent   "I hate school! I hate ratings! I won't reach higher! I won't...

Winner of the Costa Book of the Year'I can't think of anyone who would not love this story' – Matt Haig, author of The Midnight LibraryThe Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric gothic novel by award-winning author Frances...

The third volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, re-issued with a striking newly-designed cover by Chris Wormell to celebrate the publication of THE BOOK OF DUST. First published in 1997, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece,...

'Incredibly vivid storytelling - atmospheric, dangerous and fast-paced.' ' Jasbinder Bilan, winner of the Costa Children's Book Award--------Step into nineteenth-century London with a deluxe hardback edition as intricate as the dreamworld within. Wrapped...

THE POWERFUL FOLLOW-UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER GOOD VIBES, GOOD LIFEThe more you chase approval, the further you get from yourself. The path back begins when you stop performing.Do you say yes when every part of you wants to say no? Do...