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'Page after page of divinely simple delicious recipes - Italian cuisine at its best' - Michel Roux Jr. 'A beautiful book full of brilliant pasta dishes you will want to cook immediately' - Jay Rayner'A book to really fall in love with - I did! The recipes are irresistible!' - Claudia Roden--------------A beautifully designed and photographed book with every pasta recipe worth knowing, distilled into the elemental categories of Green, White and Red. All chapters begin with the most basic (and arguably best) recipe for each colour - pesto for Green, in bianco for White, tomato for Red - then offer multiple riffs on the theme. Neatly aligned with the tricolore of the Italian flag, the book is divided into three chapters with recipes including:GreenPesto Genovese, Pistachio pesto & courgettes, Peperonata, and Broccoli, cream & capersWhiteAglio, olio & peperoncino, Brown butter & sage, Carbonara, and Mushroom, sausage & creamRedRaw tomato sauce, Brown crab & cherry tomato, Aubergine meatballs, and Ragu NapoletanoWith an appendix guiding you through all the pasta shapes and Jacob's witty, irreverent writing throughout, Pasta Tricolore is a playful and truly original take on this mainstay of home cooking.

A wise, tender, life-affirming return to the beloved town of Faha by the award-winning master of Irish literatureThis is the why of us. October in the parish of Faha, County Clare – the beginning of the season of spirits. Four nights a week, Bat Considine calls on his neighbour Mossie Crowe; a beloved widower known to all in the townland of Faha as Ganga.They sit by the fire and, as Bat reads the newspaper aloud, wait to see which of them will die first. But this week, Bat will make a discovery that changes this routine forever. In the coming days, Ganga’s small community will gather, and his family travel home from far away; to celebrate a quiet life, in all its miracles.Funny, beautiful, transcendent and wise, O Now! leads readers back down the road that leads to Faha – and explores what it means to live a meaningful life, and what it means to leave it behind. Praise for Niall Williams‘I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams’ Ann Patchett‘Makes the reader want to underline something on every page’ Financial Times‘Infectiously hopeful’ Daily Telegraph

A new and radically original account of the longest military conflict in European history, which challenges the conventional periodisation of the 'Hundred Years War' to consider a much longer period of Anglo-French conflict.Michael Livingston argues that the English lens through which the war has been viewed has led historians to define it in terms of English interests (most famously, the claim of the English Plantagenet king Edward III to be the rightful king of France), and that the events collectively labelled the 'Hundred Years War' are best seen as a sequence of steps in France's struggle to define itself as a nation. For much of the period, France's primary rival was indeed England. But it was by no means the only combatant. Burgundy stood in its way, too, as did Brittany, Flanders, Navarre and other rival powers.Viewing France as the primary engine driving the war leads Livingston to consider a much longer timespan, starting with the Anglo-French 'Pirate War' of 1292 (which swiftly escalated into a fight over England's feudal possessions in Gascony) and ending with the marriage of Charles VIII of France to Anne of Brittany by which Brittany was subsumed into the French realm.

'A brilliant, character-driven debut novel . . . An imaginative journey that's absorbing, thoughtful and deeply humane' GUARDIAN'LaCroix shows us the difficulties that mount for those on board from disease to rebellions to some travellers who come to doubt that they are even on a ship at all . . . Don't just take my word for its brilliance' NEWSCIENTIST'A rousing achievement ... What makes Here and Beyond stand out is its dedication to character, richness of emotion, and a tender eye for the humanity of all' COURTTIA NEWLAND______________________________________________Earthworld is a thing of the past. Welcome to the future.After the collapse of life on Earth as it once was known, 600 people are selected for passage on Shipworld, a spacecraft charting a 360-year voyage to a new planet. Their mission will see generation after generation born, living and dying on board - until one day their descendants finally step foot on the 'Super Earth' that might offer the last chance for humankind's survival.But life aboard Shipworld is far from a waiting game. The spacecraft promises a world of its own, a harmonious system free of class distinctions and wealth accumulation. Yet with each new generation comes daunting challenges to the future of their civilisation - from creeping doubts about the nature of reality to an outbreak of disease that could eradicate their population, from rebels who threaten the unity of the mission to a traumatic encounter with a mysterious space phenomenon. An intergenerational epic populated by pioneers and chroniclers, enemies and friends, leaders and legends, Here and Beyond is an intricate and imaginative exploration of the arc of human endeavour.______________________________________________What readers are saying:'A fascinating reflection on what it means to be human' 'A space opera of considerable breadth and depth' 'An imaginative and thought-provoking exploration of humanity's future'

'I loved it straight away ... characters so vivid you feel like they might be living in your wardrobe right now' NATASHA PULLEY, author of THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET'Gloriously over-the-top and under-the-skin [with] shades of early Angela Carter' OSKAR JENSEN, author of HELLE AND DEATHCallum, Melusine and Al play in a band with no name, baffling audiences in terrible pubs across the northeast of England with their 'sound'. Their songs tell the stories of the Solkats: fictional northern gods of small things, of mishap and mayhem. Absolutely no one knows what they're on about. But they believe in their music, and in each other. And they're happy.That is, until an act of violence at a pub gig goes viral, they catch the eye of a disillusioned influencer and suddenly go from having a cult following to having a cult, following.All the Solkats want, Callum insists, is to have effect on the world. But as fans from LA to Australia flock to Northumberland, and each gig becomes larger and more lawless than the last, this effect starts to feel scarily... real. Which poses the question: if the Solkats really do exist, which is it more dangerous to anger: a wayward group of elder gods, or your biggest fans?Because gods and cults both demand sacrifices. And one way or another they're going to get one...'An incredibly fun read ... Joey Batey has pulled another arrow out of his creative quiver and hit a bullseye' GRIMDARK'Vigorous, lurid, page-turning' LOCUS

Multi-award-winning artist Levi Pinfold delivers the show-stopping, full-colour Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the pivotal sixth story in J.K. Rowling’s classic series. Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore set out from Privet Drive one summer night into a future swirling with suspicion and dread.Evil is gathering, the Ministry of Magic is in turmoil and even Hogwarts is no longer safe. Students and professors are on their guard. Only Draco Malfoy and his Slytherin faithfuls seem emboldened, and the Dark Mark looms in the night sky.Harry needs to find out who he can trust, and who he should fear. The time is coming when he must face his destiny alone. The iconic Harry Potter Illustrated Editions series, first imagined by Jim Kay, has been thrilling readers worldwide since 2015.Now the collection continues. Levi Pinfold takes the adventure forward with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – dazzling, unabridged and in vivid colour. Richly illustrated from cover to cover, Levi Pinfold’s bold new vision of Harry’s journey conjures a wizarding world so complete, you feel as if you could step straight into it.Every page tingles with magic. Wander the ancient halls of Hogwarts, encounter favourite students and professors, and lose yourself in scenes rendered with astonishing depth and detail. Pinfold has created a powerful and evocative tour de force, and the ultimate edition for every fan’s bookshelf.‘Levi Pinfold’s illustrations are spellbinding. He’s an exceptional artist who’s brought Harry’s world alive in a unique and wonderful way.’ J.K. Rowling‘And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.’

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARDS (BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL)'Hugely entertaining and informative' MARK ALDRIDGE'Harkup balances the macabre with the scientifically intricate' NEW SCIENTISTFourteen stories. Fourteen more poisons. Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's all made-up ...Agatha Christie is renowned for her captivating plots and creative ways of killing off ill-fated victims. And what better way to add intrigue to a story than poison? The surreptitious ways they can be administered and the characteristic symptoms they produce make these killer chemicals the ideal method of murder in a 'whodunit'. Christie perfected the use of poisons in her plots; her deft and varied use of toxic substances is one of her great strengths as a writer. But how is it that some compounds prove so fatal, and in such tiny amounts?The follow up to Kathryn Harkup's best-selling A is for Arsenic, V is for Venom is a compelling exploration of fourteen more poisons from the works of Agatha Christie and her extensive chemical knowledge. This book investigates the science behind the deadly substances, the history of their use in real-life murder cases, and how feasible was it to obtain, administer and detect these poisons in Christie's time and today. Combining Christie's murder mysteries, chemical science and true crime, V is for Venom is a celebration of the use of science by the undisputed Queen of Crime.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe comes a remarkable new short story A cursed father, a gifted daughterMestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is gifted a unique ability by Poseidon: metamorphosis into any being she can imagine.Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is in possession of an unnatural, insatiable hunger.Devoted Mestra suggests using her new gift to help her father. But if his hunger is bottomless, how much will he take from her? Soon she must decide: will she keep helping her father survive, or finally break free?A jewel-like tale of human fallibility, Mestra confirms Madeline Miller as our high priestess of mythology.

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025'Lively and provocative' FINANCIAL TIMES'Makes a convincing case for how tech became radicalized' BLOOMBERGWhat happens if the world's richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle democracy?In Gilded Rage, New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman takes us inside the surreal, high-stakes world of Silicon Valley. This is the story of the political awakening and radicalization of a cabal of tech billionaires, people who own the very information infrastructure our societies rely on, and their descent into ideological extremism. Flush with cash from the zero-interest era, addicted to their own mythology, these men have began reshaping the world in their image - and it should terrify us all.At the center is Elon Musk, the mogul whose obsession with the "woke mind virus" has turned him from a tech innovator to an ideological crusader. But Musk is just the beginning. Silverman maps a sprawling network of radicalized elites - from Peter Thiel and JD Vance to the financiers bankrolling Donald Trump - who are using their platforms and their money to ensure a political revolution that began online but is now stretching into every corner of our lives.Silverman travels from San Francisco to Miami, New York to DC, following a movement that seeks to ensure a radicalized republican future is the only one available, often fighting a war against reality itself. With sharp reporting and a cast of extraordinary characters, Gilded Rage is a gripping, essential dispatch from the front lines of the billionaire revolution.

'Smith's eye for life's everyday transcendence rarely fails her' Sunday Times, 'Books of the Year''A triumph' Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times, 'Books of the Year''Quietly sacred, utterly beautiful' Service95'Smith has already issued a handful of memoirs over the decades. Bread of Angels feels like the big one' TLSA radiant new memoir from beloved artist and writer Patti Smith, author of the National Book Award Winner Just Kids.God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper, writes Patti Smith in this indelible account of her life as an artist. A post-Second World War childhood unfolds in a condemned housing complex described in Dickensian detail: consumptive children, vanishing neighbours, an infested rat house, and a beguiling book of Irish fairytales. We enter the child's world of the imagination where Smith, the captain of her loyal and beloved sibling army, vanquishes bullies, communes with the king of tortoises and searches for sacred silver pennies.The most intimate of Smith's memoirs, Bread of Angels takes us through her teenage years where the first glimmers of art and romance take hold. Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan emerge as creative heroes and role models as Patti starts to write poetry, then lyrics, merging both into the iconic songs and recordings such as Horses and Easter, 'Dancing Barefoot' and 'Because the Night'.She leaves it all behind to marry her one true love, Fred Sonic Smith, with whom she creates a life of devotion and adventure on a canal in St. Clair Shores, Michigan with ancient willows and fulsome pear trees. She builds a room of her own, furnished with a pillow of Moroccan silk, a Persian cup, inkwell and fountain pen. The couple spend nights in their landlocked Chris-Craft studying nautical maps and charting new adventures as they start their family.As Smith suffers profound losses, grief and gratitude are braided through years of caring for her children, rebuilding her life and, finally, writing again - the one constant in a life driven by artistic freedom and the power of the imagination to transform the mundane into the beautiful, the commonplace into the magical, and pain into hope. In the final pages, we meet Patti on the road again, the vagabond who travels to commune with herself, who lives to write and writes to live.

From the mind behind The House of the Spirits, The Wind Knows My Name and My Name is Emilia del Valle comes a guide on writing like no other. In Story Telling, renowned literary talent Isabel Allende delivers a craft-defining treatise on the art of 'magical storytelling'.You are a writer. This is your purpose.Allende has been writing for over fifty years, and has sold more than seventy-seven million books. Through writing her twenty-one novels, she has developed unique strategies that have helped her surrender to the process of writing, and create distinct characters and legendary plots in the way that only Allende can. These techniques will help any aspiring writer; and now, they can help you.In Story Telling, you will discover how to overcome fears of getting started, embrace the mysteries of magic and life in your work, feel the power of your own stories - because how can you expect to move a reader if you, the writer, aren't moved? - and find your unique voice.If you're a writer - or any kind of creative - seeking guidance and inspiration, this will help you unlock your potential. If your greatest desire in the world is to create, Story Telling will lead the way.

With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, Among the Burning Flowers sees the first sparks of danger that threaten to consume the world in The Priory of the Orange Tree. Take your first steps into the epic. Yscalin, land of sunshine and lavender, will soon be ablaze.It has been centuries since the Draconic Army took wing, almost extinguishing humankind. Marosa Vetalda is a prisoner in her own home, controlled by her cold father, King Sigoso. Over the mountains, her betrothed, Aubrecht Lievelyn, rules Mentendon in all but name. Together, they intend to usher in a better world.A better world seems impossibly distant to Estina Melaugo, who hunts the Draconic beasts that have slept across the world for centuries.And now the great wyrm Fýredel is stirring, and Yscalin will be the first to fall . . .A story of human resilience in the face of dire circumstances, Among the Burning Flowers leads readers through the gripping and tragic events that pave the way for the opening of the million-copy bestseller The Priory of The Orange Tree. Richly illustrated with magical artwork by Rovina Cai (@rovinacai).

'Each chapter is a treasure trove' - Carole Kauffman'You'll walk away seeing yourself not as a stranger, but as a collaborator' - Daniel H. PinkHow will you live your 100-year life?In a world of longer lives and constant change, work is no longer a single straight path. It is a fabric we weave - with threads of mastery, friendship, calm, intimacy, adventure, cooperation, knowing, and amplification. How we strengthen and reweave these threads will shape not just our working lives, but our happiness, health, and sense of purpose across a century.In Living the 100-Year Life, Lynda Gratton - acclaimed co-author of The 100-Year Life - offers a practical and deeply human guide to navigating this new reality. Drawing on global research, expert voices, and the stories of four fictional characters at different life stages, Gratton shows how to:· Discover what each of the eight threads can make possible for you· Strengthen the threads through reflection, action, and promises to your future self· Weave a working life that is resilient, meaningful, and uniquely yoursThis is not a book about extending life for its own sake. It is a book about living wisely across time - finding joy in friendships, resilience in calm, creativity in adventure, and purpose in work.Your 100-year life is still being woven. The threads are in your hands.

'Am I a bad person? Or am I allowed to wonder "what if"?''Is this kind of desire simply something people feel but don't speak about?''What is a woman without fantasy?'More pleasure, more kink, more partners, more zest - this is desire turned all the way up.If Want sparked the fire of a quiet revolution, More gives women the fuel to let it roar. In this electrifying sequel to the landmark bestseller, Gillian Anderson invites us to leave shame and fear at the door as she dials up the heat on women's sexual fantasies and dares us to want more.This collection of intimate letters - submitted by anonymous women across the globe, curated and introduced by Gillian - dives deeper into what women everywhere think, feel and dream about in their most private moments. Spilling out of the bedroom, the letters take us to all spaces where desire resides, from the school gates to office boardrooms, kitchen counters to forest floors. Bolder and more explicit, they come from over fifty nations and women from eighteen to eighty. Nothing is off limits: there are silken ropes and stirrups, metal collars and machines, neighbours, friends, in-laws and strangers, cravings to own and be owned, people to desire and be desired by, pleasure and pain in equal measure.Joyful, unapologetic and deliciously unfiltered, More proves that the freedom for women to fantasise without restraint is as exhilarating and vital as ever.

'Ambitious, gruesome and appallingly fascinating' - The GuardianIn a rotten and bloody world, four magical rivals are forced to work together to avoid certain death in a deadly competition. Gothic, visceral and utterly compelling, These Shattered Spires is the first book in the Wyrdos trilogy.Beneath a tooth-filled sky, the world rots.At the heart of the decaying world is Fourspires Castle, home to arcanists from across the four magical disciplines: bone, blood, botany and stone.When the king is assassinated, chaos erupts. To seize the crown, arcanists and their human familiars are dragged into the Slaughter - a deadly competition, where survival means killing and death is the only escape.Amidst the bloodshed, four rival familiars must work together . Taro, a bone witch still obsessed with her ex. Nixie, a botanical familiar with a ghost living in her bedroom. Elliot, a cursed and vengeful blood familiar and Alix, banished from the stone arcania tower and shrouded in secrets.Together, the four Wyrdos are not just fighting to survive, but to lift the curse upon their world. There must be more to the sky than a dome of teeth and spittle; there must be something beyond the decay of Fourspires .***********************************************************************************************************'These Shattered Spires is a grotesque extravaganza of a book, with a labyrinthine quest and complex, morally grey characters you can't help but root for - no matter how many times they make clear you shouldn't. With utterly unique world-building, a brilliant magic system and writing that flips from fun and entertaining to heart-wrenching without a moment's notice, this is such a unique, compelling book that kept me glued to the edge of my seat. Grotesque, disturbing and frankly unsanitary. I've never had so much fun.' Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen'Utterly fabulous and darkly imaginative. Complicated, flawed characters shine in a world of grit and bloodshed, all brought to life through effortlessly evocative prose. I devoured every page.' Elise Kova, New York Times Bestselling Author of Arcana Academy'Gruesome, gothic, gay and glorious. I ate this up from cover to cover. Addictively weird, heartfelt and a bloody good time!' Kat Dunn, author of Bitterthorn'These Shattered Spiresis part fantastical court intrigue, part murder mystery, part lush queer romance, and part dysfunctional found family. At times, the writing is humorous, at others it bites like a scorpion's sting. This story follows four morally complicated people tangled by love and hatred but forced to work together to survive. You will keep wondering what will happen next to the very end!' Katy Nyquist, author of the A Holy Maiden's Guide to Getting Kidnapped'Absolutely perfect for fans of Gideon the Ninth, These Shattered Spires pulses with the weird and wonderful macabre. Salter weaves a ragtag crew of lovable misfits with uniquely grim world-building that is impossible to forget. Witty, diverse characters and tongue-in-cheek humor makes this gothic YA fantasy both upbeat and chill inducing. I fear I'll never look at nuns the same way again!' Catelyn Wilson, author of All the Devils with Penguin'These Shattered Spires is the weirdest book I've read this year, which is the highest praise I can give. It is delightfully grotesque, exquisitely macabre and viscerally strange' Alwyn Hamilton, author of Rebel in the Sands

**The fabulously funny, deliciously anarchic and decidedly silly new picture book from award-winning creator Sam Usher**Life is full of LOTS of rules.For example:DO NOT pick your nose.DO NOT eat your sister's birthday cake the day before her party. DO NOT dive into a paddling pool full of alligators.And definitely, and I mean definitely, DO NOT press that BIG RED BUTTON. But what happens if you break the rules? It might be FUN! It might be EXCITING! Let's find out. **WARNING: This book contains A LOT of silliness**