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A MAGICAL NEW PICTURE BOOK CELEBRATING THE POWER OF STORIES FROM THE ONE AND ONLY RICHARD JONES!​ Beginning with one magical tree, at the foot of which two kind children find a lost little moon dragon, Richard Jones’s stunning new book weaves a tale filled with adventure, kindness and courage. Counting every story element up to a family of 10 soaring moon dragons, Jones then brings both reader and children home in one amazing story.

This book is from the future. In the future, books are very popular. One of the most popular books in the future is called THE FUTURE BOOK, a silly, innovative picture book from two of today’s best picture book creators to read aloud again and again!You might think you know what the future is like, and what words and phrases we use. But lots of things are different here in the future. Have you seen the colour BLORANGE? You haven’t? And how is it you say “goodbye” again? It’s not “YOU SMELL LIKE A BABY?” Well . . . that might seem silly to you, but it’s absolutely normal for us in the future. We invite you to turn the pages of this book to discover what else has changed in the future, and to see how the funny word combinations lead to a brilliantly bonkers narrative that will have you rolling in the aisles of the BOLLY BOLLY HOO HOO (that's what we call the supermarket in the future).

Can stopping time solve a murder? Journey to a house on a hill and discover the secret of a cursed painting. And Then There Were None meets My Family and Other Animals. ​Our story begins with identical twins . . . Spike and Merry are back on the case – and this time they're in Greece. The cursed Medusa painting is up for auction, but anyone who looks at it directly, will die. When one of the bidders is found dead and the painting's owner goes missing, the twins use their time bending powers to investigate. Is it really a curse, or is someone out for revenge . . . ?  ​

‘Powerful… Intense and unforgettable'' MAX PORTER‘I’m blown away… An astonishing work'' AMY KEY‘Amazing… Truly a feat'' RAYMOND ANTROBUS--A transfixing, heart-rending work which follows a mother and her young son living under the shadow of an all-consuming domestic threat, by T. S. Eliot Prize-shortlisted poet Wayne Holloway-Smith.24 Coalbrook Street. The house is trembling with a father''s anger. It makes a rabbit of a young boy, sends him burrowing into a wardrobe, and leaves his mother standing hapless and mute over the kitchen sink. In this house, how far can a mother’s comfort travel?From the safety of his hiding place, from the magnitude of his fear, a young girl appears offering a way out. Taking him by the hand, reaching through time, she leads him elsewhere; a mother’s love dreaming him away from their reality to the promise – beautiful yet flickering – of a river.Haunting, precise and tender, RABBITBOX heralds a major new work from one of Britain''s most exciting writers.

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025'Thoroughly encapsulates the current state of the hurt business' Telegraph, Best Books of 2025 For fifty years Donald McRae has followed boxing. As criminality and corruption spread, his love for the sport dimmed. In 2018, grieving his sister’s death and his parents’ illness, he turned back to boxing – just as Tyson Fury’s improbable resurrection proved the ring could still offer redemption. McRae takes us close to champions including Fury, Canelo Álvarez, Katie Taylor and Oleksandr Usyk. He doesn’t shy away from exploring huge themes – doping, state repression, war – and he doesn’t flinch from recording the thudding hits or the heartbreak a fighter feels in defeat. And in telling the devastating story of Patrick Day, he confronts death in the ring. The Last Bell is McRae’s most personal and unflinching book, a clear-eyed reckoning with life and the sport he can’t let go. ‘Exhilarating and terrifying’ Herald

Who’s inside the magic hat?  Ready, steady,  TAP, TAP, TAP!    Meet Nik-Nak Bunny, a brand-new preschool character little ones will love!   With a sprinkling of magic and wave of a wand, Nik-Nak can be whoever she wants to be… Ta-da!   Today, Nik-Nak is a train driver!   Step on board and get the animals friends where they need to be, but don’t forget to watch out for the red signal – DING! DING! Join Nik-Nak train driver on her journey in this interactive and aspirational board book, featuring magical wheels on every spread.   Let's go, Nik-Nak Bunny!  

A party at sunset. A body at sunrise.What happened that night in the woods?''Utterly gripping ... I couldn''t put it down!'' SARAH PEARSE, author of THE SANATORIUMELLIEWhen the body of a young woman is discovered in the woods the morning after Halloween, arranged with ritualistic precision, teenager Ellie has more reason than most to be afraid …RACHELAs both Ellie’s mum and the local school counsellor, Rachel, must grapple with the terror gripping the community, a tough job that’s made even harder when she realises her daughter is keeping secrets …BENPolice detective Ben Chase is desperate to solve the murder, but with his daughter Ellie struggling and the noose circling ever tighter, can he catch the killer before they strike again?''ONE DARK NIGHT is a superior crime thriller, with beautifully real characters and a wonderfully atmospheric setting. I read the closing chapters with my heart in my mouth, as the twists kept on coming. Compassionate and immersive, it''s the perfect follow-up to THE SEARCH PARTY. I loved it'' EMYLIA HALL, author of THE SHELL HOUSE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES series‘Hannah Richell has totally established herself as master of the twisty thriller. I couldn’t put ONE DARK NIGHT down. It’s completely gripping from start to finish, with so much to enjoy - the heart-in-the-mouth twists, the pacy plot, the brilliantly drawn characters and the brilliant sense of place. The perfect (dark) summer read’ HARRIET EVANS, author of THE TREASURES ''Thrilling and page-turning'' SALLY HEPWORTH, author of DARLING GIRLS''Hannah Richell''s books never disappoint, and this addictive and atmospheric crime thriller is no exception. The perfect read to get lost in this summer'' KATE RIORDAN, author of HEATWAVE

They’ve only just returned, now they’re in danger . . . Join an epic race to save the rare white mammoth that might just save the world. ​ The arctic is all Ash Grimes has ever known. Born and raised at a research facility responsible for cloning and releasing mammoths, Ash is desperate to prove she has what it takes to be a Mammoth Rider. When a billionaire trophy hunter threatens the safety of the Mega Herd, Ash, along with best friends Jack and Ruby, must face a race across the tundra to save the compound, her dad and the rarest creature on the planet – a white mammoth calf. ​

A Telegraph ‘Best Crime and Thrillers of 2025’ selection'One of Britain's most visionary writers', David Peace ‘That uniquely valuable writer and independent film-maker Chris Petit’, Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian'A tale for our feverish times ... It's fascinating to wander round Petit's baroque imagination' The Times 'A vertiginous, compulsively readable séance of a book.' James Riley, 3:AM Magazine'One of the most fascinating and forensic voices within British counter-culture.' The Quietus'A nightmarish view of the human capacity for destruction on both the personal and political level, rendered with horrible conviction', Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph'Chris Petit weaves a complex web of contradiction and hidden truths, adhering to the principle that the most ‘normal’-seeming lives can conceal sinister reality ... Provocative and multifaceted, here Petit challenges complacency, forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable truths.' Buzz Magazine 'This provocative patchwork of a novel will stay with you as it excoriates complacency', Crime Time ‘Chris Petit is a master of the dark thriller arts. Come In and Shut the Door pushes open a clandestine entrance into another dimension, a Visconti-like world beyond the edge of night.’ Nicholas ShakespeareTHE FINAL DAYS OF ADOLF HITLER ARE SHROUDED IN MYSTERY. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THAT BERLIN BUNKER? AND WHAT HAPPENEND NEX? hen Parker loses his faith and quits studying for the priesthood, he finds himself back in London, looking for employment. He accepts an offer to work as amanuensis to the sinister Robinson, who earns a living as a collector of dubious historical objects. Parker’s duties involve meeting those who have an interest in purchasing the kinds of artefacts in which Robinson specialises. As he becomes immersed in a world of secret histories, Parker discovers things that will lead him into the darkest corners of 20th-century history and that great fault line of civilisation, institutional corruption, of which he is a victim. With a cast of corrupt police officers, property speculators, Russian Mafiosi, abusive Roman Catholic priests, Second World War bomber pilots, Eva Braun, Martin Bormann and Adolf Hitler, Come in and Shut the Door is a bold, brave and scatological masterpiece by one of our best and most original writers.

AN ENDLESS VOID. A POWERFUL ANOMALY. A QUEST FOR REVENGE. When The Sinker was a child, her home was destroyed by The Construct, a floating machine that consumes all in its path. To survive, she fled into the void, a seemingly infinite nothingness where few dare venture, filled with floating, vertically stacked rocks. Some of these rocks are giant magnets, some burn with eternal flame and some are influenced by the presence of seemingly magical objects – anomalies that defy physical laws. For half a lifetime, The Sinker has wandered the void on a quest for knowledge, for understanding and for peace. But when rumours reach her that The Construct is near again, she knows fate has come full circle. With the help of Crooked Arm – the heir to a shattered throne, who happens to possess the most powerful anomaly of all – the two of them set out on a mission to end the tyranny of The Construct forever. From one of the visionary writers of the Netflix series The OA comes a reality unlike anything you have ever encountered before. If you're ready, enter the void...

Two secrets, an unbreakable bond. The powerful YA debut from award-winner Stewart Foster charts the friendship of a lifetime.I wish you were here, because maybe this isn’t a story, or a diary. Perhaps it’s just the longest thank you letter a friend could ever write. As the summer before college begins, Jonas is hiding a secret. He suffers with Bulimia but no-one knows. Not even he knows how bad it really is. Until he meets Louis, a confident dreamer who believes in a better future for Jonas. But when tragedy strikes, Jonas must decide if he can face things alone. Warning: contains some themes that readers may find upsetting, including disordered eating.  

A stunning and deeply moving literary debut of grief, loss and female friendship, set against the backdrop of two cataclysmic natural events. When five-year-old Marissa loses her mother, she is taken by her father to live on a small Thai island in the Andaman Sea. There, she forms a deep friendship with Arielle and together they explore the fragile wonders of its forests, reefs, and beaches. Holding their breath for minutes at a time, they learn to dive into the deep, as effortlessly synchronized as the manta rays they come to know by name. Then, on Boxing Day 2004, when the Indian Ocean tsunami makes landfall, they are swept up by the first wave and separated. Eight years later, Marissa is living in New York. She spends her days wandering through the city and her nights seeking solace in the beds of strangers. As the city prepares for a devastating storm, Marissa reflects on her past and learns how to sustain herself in a precarious world. Under Water is a story about friendship and grief, but also ecological change and natural disasters. It is a meditation on loss, a tribute to our dying oceans and forests, and a love letter to the disappearing coral reefs.

Even superheroes need a holiday!​ It’s summer in the supermarket and the weather is hot, hot, hot! Time for a trip to the seasonal aisle to stock up on beach towels, parasols and rubber rings. Surf’s up in the supermarket. Join the veggies as they plan a trip to the beach. See the Pea slathered in sunblock, Supertato in his speedos and Broccoli on a surfboard. ​ What could possibly go wrong…? ​ ​

Who’s inside the magic hat?  Ready, steady,  TAP, TAP, TAP!  Meet Nik-Nak Bunny, a brand-new preschool character little ones will love!With a sprinkling of magic and wave of a wand, Nik-Nak can be whoever she wants to be… Ta-da!Today, Nik-Nak is a doctor!Can you find a plaster for Dog’s paw, check Badger for broken bones and help Panda to see his best? Join Nik-Nak doctor on her rounds in this interactive and aspirational board book, featuring magical wheels on every spread.Let''s go, Nik-Nak!

Stories About Autism: A Parent’s Journey of Growth, Acceptance, and Finding Joy is a heartfelt, practical guide for parents navigating life with an autistic child. Written by a father who’s walked the road of unexpected challenges and triumphs, this book blends personal stories with honest advice and offers a compassionate voice for parents feeling overwhelmed or isolated. With warmth and understanding, it helps caregivers see that while the path is often different from what they imagined, it can still be filled with growth, love, and joy.

You definitely know one. This book is about the poisonous people who walk among us. The romantic partner who twists every conversation, the office bully who keeps being promoted, or the reckless relative who never takes responsibility for their actions. Award-winning researcher Leanne ten Brinke has studied dark personalities for decades, examining their behaviour in settings as varied as prisons, schools and financial boardrooms, even in the United States Senate. Dr ten Brinke uses a mixture of new science and storytelling to: help you identify dark personalities understand how they cause so much harmtake evasive action before you become their targetprevent bad behaviour decide if you should leaveget out of toxic situations unscathedThe latest research shows that a relatively small number of people are bringing the rest of us down. This insightful, humane, optimistic and empowering book gives you powerful, evidence-based tools to neutralise their poison and improve your life.