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The revolutionary new book from the international bestselling author of Hunt, Gather, Parent. Why do video games include missions? Why does junk food give us cravings? Because they tap into dopamine, the neurotransmitter that motivates us to want more. Companies and developers use knowledge of how dopamine affects our children’s brains to sell them screens, games and ultra-processed foods. In Dopamine Kids, Michaeleen Doucleff, bestselling author of Hunt, Gather, Parent, empowers parents with this same knowledge, but instead shows how to utilize it to reinforce positive habits, activities and lifestyle choices. Through five simple and science-backed steps, she demonstrates how to identify unhealthy hobbies and re-direct your child’s motivation to build positive ones. Swap binge-watching with reading. Replace the excitement of screens with the thrill of outdoor activities. Substitute ultra-processed foods for the joy of baking. By understanding and harnessing the power of dopamine, we can help our children build independence, concentration, strong mental health and, above all, thrive in an ever-changing world.

PRE-ORDER NOWA DEADLY BOMBINGWhen renowned author Dr. Daniel Solomon is killed in a devastating explosion in York, authorities quickly attribute the attack to Islamic extremists. But as the investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that all is not as it seems.A DARK CONSPIRACYDS Max Craigie uncovers a chilling connection between a series of brutal murders, each victim linked by a secret that someone is determined to protect.A DANGEROUS GAMEWith the number of victims growing and an elusive figure known as The Cashier operating in the shadows, Max must navigate a web of corruption and hatred. Can he unravel the truth before more lives are lost?

We regret to inform you of the passing of your great-aunt, Matilda Hartley. As the sole beneficiary of her estate, you have inherited her business, No. 17 Curiosity Lane, Puffin Island… Music journalist Fern Talbot has just inherited a dusty antique shop from a woman she never knew. Her plan is simple: get in, sell it, and get out. But when she discovers that her charming lodger, Daniel, is her train ride meet-cute, and a tantalising mystery wrapped up in a vintage wedding dress demands to be solved, Puffin Island quickly captures this devoted city girl’s heart… Each gorgeous title in the Puffin Island series can be read as a standalone. Why readers adore No. 17 Curiosity Lane: 'Full of warmth, fun and feel-good factor' #1 Sunday Times Bestseller Katie Fforde 'I read this in practically one sitting… I didn’t want to put it down' ? 'I just wanted to keep turning the pages … The best' ? ‘A delight to read, it leaves you smiling' ? ‘Such a heartwarming read' ? 'I finished it with a big smile, and a serious urge to move to Puffin Island' ? ‘Will stay with you long after you turn the last page' ? 'Christie creates a community which you really want to be a part of. I want to live on the island!' ? ? 'Christie creates a community which you really want to be a part of. I want to live on the island!' ?

Carnegie Medal winning author Tanya Landman delivers an eerily captivating and accessible retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Gothic novel of murder and monstrosity. Evil Mr Hyde stalks London's streets, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. Good Dr Jekyll keeps protecting him. Why? Is Hyde blackmailing Jekyll for some shameful past sin? Or is something stranger and more sinister going on? Respected scientist Dr Henry Jekyll is fascinated by the human capacity for evil. But his experimentation into the darker side of his own character has horrific and dangerous results. Robert Louis Stevenson’s Gothic masterpiece continues to fascinate readers 140 years after its first publication, and it is now made accessible to an even wider audience in this compelling retelling by award-winning author Tanya Landman. Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 9.

'This book has bestseller written all over it. I had to remind myself to breathe' NetGalley reviewer ? ––––––––––––––––––––––– There's no smoke without fire… As someone who has suffered abuse at the hands of men, Maddie protects women by murdering those who attack them – men she calls ‘fleas’. Fleas are men who follow women home. Abusive husbands who refuse to walk away. And then there’s the Manchester Maniac: a serial killer stalking the streets, determined to murder people like her. But Maddie can’t get away with it forever. Years later, in the interview room of her prison, she comes face-to-face with a very important visitor. Someone she’s going to tell all to, about how she caught one of the UK’s most prolific serial killers, and how she got caught as one herself… This emotional and chilling thriller in the vein of Promising Young Woman is perfect for fans of Alice Feeney, Helen Fields and Jo Callaghan. 'Raw, dark and utterly gripping. It’s hard to believe that this is a debut novel' NetGalley reviewer ? 'One of the best books I've read in quite some time' NetGalley reviewer ? Authors love Antonia Grave! ‘A nuanced tragedy as well as an exciting crime fiction’ – MARIE TIERNEY, author of Deadly Animals 'Thrilling and moving. A must read!’ – JANE RENSHAW, author of The Stepson 'Utterly enthralling' – FRANCES CRAWFORD, author of A Bad, Bad Place 'Remarkable' – ALISON BELSHAM, author of The Girls on Chalk Hill 'Exceptionally gripping and suspenseful’ – JULIE LANCASTER, author of Remember Where You’ve Buried the Bodies 'A firecracker of a novel. Compelling, twisted and deliciously dark' – HANNAH BRENNAN, author of No Safe Place 'A dark, twisted journey of serial killers that exposes the pink underbelly of today’s gender battles' – N V PEACOCK, author of Little Bones

'Adele Parks consistently writes banger after banger, and Our Beautiful Mess might just be her best yet. Addictive and brilliant’ Lisa Jewell 'The tension, the atmosphere, the relentless twists … a fantastic domestic thriller, the kind that you devour in greedy gulps, unable to stop flipping the pages' Five Star Reader Review ***** Connie is determined to bring her family together, but explosive revelations and long-held secrets are set to destroy everything important in her world … Connie can’t wait to have her daughters back home for the holidays. Fran is bringing a new boyfriend to stay, and the empty nest will once again be full of friends, family and young love. Yet from the moment she sees Zac, Connie knows trouble is coming. Zac reminds her of the worst mistake she has ever made: a man whose charm and good looks nearly destroyed her marriage. She doesn’t want him in Fran’s world, but then Fran announces she’s pregnant. Connie is terrified that her past is going to threaten her family’s future, but there’s a greater menace looming. She’s not the only one who has something to hide. Someone in the house has another devastating secret. A deception which will put everyone Connie loves in shocking danger, and one of them will pay the ultimate price. Number One bestseller Adele Parks returns with an explosive and deeply emotional family drama which explores the lengths a parent will go to protect a child; for there’s nothing stronger than a woman whose family is under threat. ***** 'Had me gripped from beginning to end. Masterfully written with gut-punching twists and brimming with tension this is Adele Parks’ best book yet. Absolutely outstanding’ Claire Douglas ‘Adele Parks has done it again. Grabbed me from page one and kept me there on the edge of my seat. Superb writing as ever. She simply gets better and better and better. You have to read this book!’ Ruth Jones An Observer Thriller of the Month ‘A great read’ 'A barnstorming novel' The Times ‘My favourite Adele Parks novel yet! So brilliant, so compelling, so tense! The suspense builds and builds until the breathless conclusion. Utterly thrilling from start to finish’ Lucy Clarke ‘Our Beautiful Mess leaps straight to the top of my Adele Parks rankings – wise, intelligent, compassionate, with a masterful pulse of menace throughout. Utterly immersive’ Louise Candlish ‘Breathe while you can. Adele Parks is back with a heart-in-mouth thriller that will have you frantically turning the pages’ C L Taylor ‘An addictive tale of family dynamics with layers of tension that grip relentlessly. A superbly crafted, thrilling ride’ K L Slater ‘No-one does ‘family noir’ quite like Adele Parks and Our Beautiful Mess is an absolute masterclass – as one terrible mistake leaves a woman’s perfect life hanging by a thread’ T. M. Logan 'Our Beautiful Mess grabs you from page one and keeps you glued to the edge of your seat until the final sentence. Deliciously dark and addictive' Crime Monthly 'This well-plotted explosive family drama, with superb characterisation, is layered with tension and its pulse-raising dilemmas will have you on the edge of your seat' Sunday Times

Bonkers dilemmas that can be solved with science and a bunch of brilliant chemistry experiments. Survive at sea with pirates! Carry a dinosaur egg across the jungle! Send secret messages! Make diamonds from pencils! Explore a bunch of ridiculous (and not-so-ridiculous) dilemmas – with solutions from the astonishing world of chemistry. Sounds unbelievable? Test the science for yourself, with easy-to-follow experiments throughout! What are you waiting for? Let’s become millionaires! Written by bestselling and award-winning author Swapna Haddow, with brilliantly funny colour illustrations from award-winning illustrator Jess Bradley. BOOK 1 OUT NOW: How to Save Your Granny From a Runaway Train (physics) COMING SOON: How to Stop a T. rex From Eating Your Socks (biology) Experiments in How to Make Diamonds From Your Pencils: • Secret Messages • Exploding rocket • Chromatography detective • Instant ice cream • Static electricity • Whole egg in a bottle • Salt crystals • pH indicator • Green pennies • Shiny pennies • Collapse a bottle • Chocolate crispy treats • Oobleck • ‘Eco Plastic' • Slime

A joyful rhyming picture book exploring neurodiversity that's perfect for EVERY young reader. There’s a drummer in my head. They are tiny, but they’re there. And they tap-a-tap-tap and pa-rum-pa-pum-pum All day without a care… Sounds distracting? It can be! When this little girl is overwhelmed, her little drummer beats fast and loud. She taps out a rhythm when she’s trying to concentrate… And the little drummer knows just how to make her smile… Debut children’s author Sian Radford shares her experience of neurodivergence in this playful, imaginative picture book that celebrates imagination, creativity and connection. Featured in the 2026 Summer Reading Challenge Official Book Collection: ‘Read to the Beat’ 🥁Perfect for ALL readers 🥁Bouncy rhyming text 🥁Positive and reassuring

The emotional new love story with a twist from Fiona Lucas, author of Always and Only You.Jess and Luke are celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. They should be on top of the world, but a petty argument spirals, and a well-meant surprise goes wrong, resulting in a less than perfect night, and Jess sleeping alone.When she wakes the next day, Jess realises that it''s actually twelve years ago – and the day that she and Luke met. Can she find a way to fix what went wrong in their relationship as she relives their anniversaries? And can their marriage survive when she reaches number ten?

The second book in a darkly romantic Rapunzel reimagining from the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of WHEN THE MOON HATCHED. I want him to hurt. To bleed. I want him to snap, just like he snapped me. Once upon a time, my world was small and sheltered. Everything changed the moment I stepped over my Safety Line, barreling towards a coupling with a man I hardly know. He wants me. All of me. Dunked in a charged political pit, I must secure the ships needed to quell the spill of murderous beasts still flooding the continent. But one wrong move could spur the war I’ve worked so hard to avoid. I’ll wear the dress and the cupla and the shoes. I’ll do it all with a smile on my face. Because everyone's watching. He’s watching – hunting a fissure in my frosty shield, trying to scrape back the layers and see my ugly insides. He’s unyielding. Unguarded. Changed. Why is he looking now when I’ve got everything to hide? Secrets sprout, truths bloom, and more than one of us will snap. Crowned in the crippling weight of my mistakes, I must atone. Even if it costs me my life. Fear was my overlord. Now, it’s my prisoner.

A wonderful insight into the faith of C. S. Lewis – the leading writer on Christianity and author of the Narnia books – offering encouragement for everyone struggling with intellectual questions, personal conflicts, or ethical dilemmas. C. S. Lewis shared his thinking on his faith through his brilliant books, notably Mere Christianity, and his extraordinary number of letters to his friends and the general public. Originally published in three volumes, Letters on Living the Faith recasts selected letters into a brilliant themed guide to Lewis' thoughts. With chapters On Prayer, Meditations on Love, Spiritual Seekers, Christian Formation, Putting Faith into Practice, Theology & Morality, The Bible, Psychology & Spirituality, Catholicism, His own struggles and on Sorrow & Death, Consolation & Courage, plus insight into his views on Narnia. This is a fabulous meditation on Faith and its role in C. S. Lewis' life. It reconfirms Lewis as a profound voice for Christianity today.

***Stunning hardback features include foil on board and designed endpapers.*** It's THE NEVER BEFORE SEEN BOOK in THE hottest romantasy sensation that EVERYONE is talking about! An instant Sunday Times bestseller! 'Everything I had hoped for and then some' ? One of my most highly anticipated reads of the year and I was not disappointed' ? 🐉🐉🐉 What do you get if you mix Fourth Wing with Zodiac Academy, a dash of Arthurian legend, dark academia, and lots and lots of vampires? Welcome to Bloodwing Academy. Expect magic. Expect competition. Expect blood. 🩸🩸🩸 Preorder the highly anticipated final book in the beloved series, With Hearts of Flame, now! 🐉🐉🐉 The reader reviews for the Bloodwing Academy series say it all! ‘This is the next Fourth Wing I swear’ ? ‘These two are everything. Their humour? Their BANTER? God tier’ ? 'Obsessed isn’t a strong enough word for how I feel about this series'? 🩸🩸🩸 The night's chaos left us breathless. Now the real nightmare begins. A second dragon has awoken – her heart tainted and her power commandeered by two ruthless highbloods whose cruelty knows no bounds. My dearest friend teetered on the brink of death. A dragon saved her, but now she's tied to him in a way I can scarcely understand. What will this new bond do to the woman I've come to love as a sister? And then there’s Blake. Once my relentless tormentor – he betrayed me again, nearly condemning Nyxaris to a cursed, stone-cold fate. Now something has shifted in him. His gray eyes hide a secret he’s desperate to keep. I saved Blake’s life, despite everything. Yet now my every heartbeat questions where we go from here. With Bloodwing Academy in turmoil and a new headmaster no one saw coming, only one thing is certain: This is going to be one hell of a term. Perfect for fans of: 🐲 Dragons, Vampires and Fae 🌶? Slow-burn and spice 💗 Enemies-to-lovers and fated mates Readers are OBSESSED with The Wings That Bind: ‘This is hands down my favourite book of the series so far!!’ ? ‘OMG YOU GUYS?! What was that?! Literally amazing. But um, Briar, the ending?!?! I need the next book immediately’ ? ‘Screaming, crying, throwing up … this book absolutely rocked my world’ ? ‘500 stars. Best book in the series. I am emotionally unwell’ ? 'This was an emotional rollercoaster that gives the best kind of whiplash. It’s quick paced, addictive, brutal, emotional and full of plot twists’ ? ‘Every book in this series somehow gets better, darker, and more emotionally unhinged (in the best way)’ ? 'OMGGGGGG, ARE YOU KIDDDDING ME!!!! I introduce to you Her Royal Majesty Briar Boleyn, QUEEN of cliffhangers’ ?

As Sophia Smith Galer's Nonna lay dying, she realised it wasn't just a beloved grandmother she was losing - it was the language she spoke, too. From Northern Italy, she spoke a dialët that Sophia, like so many children and grandchildren of migrants, can understand but can't speak. With the death of the language, Sophia would lose a culture, a history, an inheritance - a whole world. This tragedy reaches far beyond her family. Globally we are witnessing an unprecedented mass extinction event. By the end of this century half of the world's 7000 languages will be gone, killed by war, climate breakdown, migration, nationalism or neglect, along with the vital knowledge that they have sustained for centuries. Award-winning journalist Smith Galer has journeyed across continents and generations to report from this disappearing world. From Ghana to Greece, Ecuador to Oman, California to the UK, she meets people experiencing this loss at first hand - but also campaigners and linguists who prove that a multilingual future is still possible. Her travels ultimately lead her back to where she began: to Italy, and the tiny mountainside village where the church bells still ring out for her Nonna. How to Kill a Language is an impassioned investigation into a hidden global crisis, and a call to speak, read and write the languages of our world, before it's too late.

Big Cat Story Talk is a research-informed language programme that places books at the heart of every session. Using a series of lively wordless picture books, the programme builds vocabulary, improves language and communication and increases social and emotional wellbeing through quality interactions and rich child-led book talk. Jaydon and his dad come across a juggling street performer when they’re out in town and Jaydon is inspired. But it turns out that juggling is more difficult than it looks! Themes: practice, resilience, perseverance, friendship, family, emotions The Big Cat Story Talk programme includes online training, videos and resources to assist with classroom implementation, delivery and engagement.

The Rising Volt Tacklers have arrived in the incredible Paldea region! Ready to tag along? Let’s go! Liko and her friends are on a quest to find all of the Six Hero Pokémon. As they arrive in a sunny seaside town, the Rising Volt Tacklers are so excited to relax, shop and try the famous Wiglett sweet buns. But someone else has their eye on that tasty treat – Coral the Explorer! When Liko and Roy grab one of the last bun boxes, Coral challenges the Trainers to an epic battle. Who will win? The Pokémon Young Readers are the perfect starter books to help new readers grow in confidence, learn new vocabulary, develop reading comprehension skills with the Paldea Pokémon pals by their side. Based on the exciting episode ‘A Challenge from the Explorers', from Pokémon Horizons: The Series. Catch and collect our other exciting Pokémon Young Reader books, featuring characters from the new Horizons TV series: Level 1: Meet Sprigatito [9780008743130]Level 1: Meet Fuecoco [9780008743154]Level 1: Meet Quaxly [9780008743178]Level 2: Fuecoco the Berry Thief [9780008616762]Level 2: Adventure on the Horizon [9780008680817]Level 2: Special Training with Cap [9780008743185]Level 2: We Can Do It, Quaxly [9780008743192]Level 3: Rivals in the Dark of Night [9780008743147]Level 3: Roar of the Black Rayquaza [9780008743161]

'Brilliant and discursive' Antonia Fraser, Sunday Times 'Hughes-Hallett's exemplary reappraisal … throws a searching light on two thousand years of male erotic fantasy' Joan Smith, New Statesman Winner of the FAWCETT PRIZE and EMILY TOTH AWARD In the 2,000 years since her death, Cleopatra has been recreated over and over again by poets, artists and filmmakers, each time in a form that fits the prejudices, anxieties and yearnings of the age that produced it. To Chaucer she was the model of a good wife, while to Cecil B. DeMille she was ‘the wickedest woman in history’. In this revised edition of Lucy Hughes-Hallett’s award-winning cultural history, the real Cleopatra – one of the most powerful women in the ancient world – is skilfully revealed alongside a legion of imaginary counterparts and the sexual, racial and political messages they carry.