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The Zorg is a riveting account of the seafaring drama and ensuing legal battle surrounding one of the most consequential slave ships of the 18th century whose voyage changed the course of history, yet remains largely unknown.Drawing on a trove of archival material, New York Times bestselling author Siddharth Kara uncovers new details of the Zorg''s voyage and takes the reader on a gripping journey from the Netherlands to Africa’s Gold Coast before loading its human cargo and heading onto Jamaica on its ill-fated journey to fuel the lucrative sugar trade.A series of unpredictable weather events and navigational errors led the ship drastically off course, running low on supplies. To save the crew and the most valuable slaves, the ship''s captain decided to throw over a hundred slaves, mostly women and children, overboard.What followed is a fascinating legal drama in England’s highest court that turned the brutal business of slavery into front page news. For the first time, concepts such as human rights and morality entered the discourse on slavery, in a notorious case that boiled down to a simple but profound question: were the Africans on board the Zorg people or cargo?The case of the Zorg catapulted the nascent anti-slavery movement to one of the most consequential moral campaigns that changed the course of history.

Born prematurely, weighing less than a bag of sugar, Oisin Murphy’s life has always been one of struggle. From a young age he found communion with horses. Mesmerised by their power, their spirit, he discovered a gift for the saddle.Oisin quickly established himself as one of horseracing’s most prodigious talents. But reaching the pinnacle of the sport required a high-wire dance that pushed his body and mind to their breaking point. Despite a three-year streak as champion jockey, alcohol addiction lurked beneath the surface, and a string of misdemeanours saw him banned for over a year.“I dealt with success and failure the same. Drink was the rock I perished on. The day I picked up the championship trophy there was no element of joy in it for me.”Fast paced and searingly honest, Sacrifice follows Oisin’s extraordinary journey back from the brink to recover his love for the sport and reclaim his champion jockey crown in 2024. It lays bare the realities of life as a professional jockey and the personal cost of success in a sport that demands total obsession.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of The Stranger Times. While a book club meeting ending in a triple murder isn’t unprecedented, it is at least noteworthy. It quickly emerges that this is no ordinary book-club-triple-murder either, as it features a librarian possessed by a chaotic entity who has broken through from another dimension and is hellbent on vengeance. He’s made a list, but he’s not checking it twice as the whole of humanity is on it. Who would want to summon such a thing? And how is anyone going to be able to send it back?As if that wasn’t enough to be dealing with, a shocking revelation about a member of The Stranger Times team’s past brings family together, but not in a way that’s ever going to make it into a Hallmark movie.Featuring demonically possessed Santas, blood-thirsty books and the ghost of a legendary nightclub, it’s beginning to look a lot like a Christmas apocalypse . . . Ring the Bells is the fifth book in the award-winning, critically acclaimed and laugh-out-loud funny The Stranger Times series.The reviewers loved Relight My Fire: ''McDonnell''s world is transgressively hilarious, grimly banal and beguilingly warm. Of course there''s a story that the intrepid journalists of The Stranger Times have to tease out: grave-robbing, cryogenics, a very angry witch, and a washed-up indie legend looking for a lost album, but the real joy lies in the pitfalls and pratfalls of getting there.'' DAILY MAIL''An absolute riot of a read.'' DAILY EXPRESS''Laugh-out-loud funny and full of colourful characters.'' DAILY MIRROR''It’s no secret that here at SciFi Towers we’re massive fans of the Stranger Times series by C. K. McDonnell.'' SciFiNOW''I loved the dry and embedded humour of this book, it''s the stuff of life . . . the whole thing is great fun.'' SFCROSWNEST''Relight My Fire is perhaps the best since the original.'' STARBURST

''Gavin & Stacey’ is a TV series like no other. Now, for the first time, its creators James Corden and Ruth Jones tell the full extraordinary story of how they turned their little show into a full-on cultural phenomenon.As they recount the rejection, obstacles and challenges they faced on the way to giving birth to their beloved comedy creation, James and Ruth also explore the flourishing of their own real-life friendship. While their now legendary on-screen characters Nessa and Smithy had a profound awkwardness to negotiate, culminating in that marriage proposal in the 2019 Christmas special, Ruth and James forged a magical relationship of mutual support based also on a deep, shared sense of subversive fun.Here, from their tentative initial pitch to the emotionally overwhelming final day of filming, the duo detail what’s occurred every step of the way, bouncing off each other in inimitable style. Full of revelations and never-before-heard stories, this is a one-of-a-kind book about a show that’s already gone down in history.

From the Queen of Space Horror comes a terrifying, dread-filled nightmare perfect for fans of Ridley Scott''s Alien franchise.''The S.A. Barnes Creature Feature we''ve all been waiting for! Tense, nasty, and melancholic'' Caitlin Starling_________Desperation for eternal life can lead to a fate worse than death...Halley is on the run from an interplanetary political scandal that has put a huge target on her back. She heads for what seems like the perfect place to lay low: Elysian Fields, a gigantic space barge storing the cryogenically frozen bodies of Earth’s most fortunate citizens from more than a century ago…The cryo program, created by trillionaire tech genius Zale Winfeld, is long defunct, and the AI hologram ''hosts'', ghoulishly created in the likeness of Winfeld’s three adult children, are glitchy. The ship feels like a crypt, and the isolation gets to Halley almost immediately. She starts to see figures crawling in the hallways, and there’s a constant scraping, slithering, and rattling echoing in the vents.It’s not long before Halley realises she may have gotten herself trapped in an even more dangerous situation than the one she was running from…._________Praise for Cold Eternity''So well done and creepy, with a twist that will shock you!'' Hildur Knútsdóttir''Cements S.A. Barnes''s already impressive reputation as Queen of Space Horror'' Ally Wilkes''You''ll want to read this one with the lights on'' Katee Robert, bestselling author of the Dark Olympus series

The New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Harper L. Woods returns with The Damned, the next book in her unforgettable Coven of Bones series.**Special collector''s edition with hidden cover available while stocks last - cover may vary**---Trapped.He fell through the gate to Hell to save my life.Beelzebub, the Lord of Gluttony, is no longer his own. He’s been mine ever since he caught me singing to myself, falling prey to the magic of my song. If I can keep my distance, we can both move on.But now, he is caught under my spell, which makes him forbidden to touch. And yet, he is the only one I can trust to get me back to Crystal Hollow.We’ll have to make it through the Nine Circles of Hell first.No matter what we lose along the way.Readers are addicted to the Coven of Bones series!''A gripping, sexy, atmospheric read''''A deliciously dark, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance set in an academy for witches''''Something just hits different when vampires are involved''''The twists and turns this story took had me speechless!''''Loved this book from start to finish . . . the author really had me on the edge of my seat with the cliffhanger!''''The chemistry is off the charts''

Don''t miss Jo''s next feel-good festive romance, available to preorder now!''It just wouldn''t be Christmas without Jo''s book in your stocking!'' Jill MansellJemima Jones is driving home to her family''s magical hill-top farm for Christmas…And on arrival, she soon learns that her dad has been keeping a secret – all is not as it seems, and Hollybush Farm is struggling to make ends meet! Worried about losing the childhood home she loves, Jemima must pull on her winter wellies and get stuck in.Amid the chaos of chasing after escaping sheep and organising the Christmas tractor run, Jemima begins documenting her slice of farming life on social media. As she builds a supportive online following, she also forms an offline connection in the shape of charming, retired rugby player Llew, her very own Santa''s helper.With a sprinkle of festive cheer and a dash of goodwill, might the community pull together to help save the farm in time for Christmas?With a sprinkle of festive cheer and a dash of goodwill, might the community pull together to help save the farm in time for Christmas?

Snow. A single word, for an infinite variety of water formulations, frozen in air. The study of snow is physics, chemistry, meteorology, anthropology, geography, poetry and art. It is hope – annually renewed. And it is history, too.Earth saw its first snowfall 2.4 billion years ago. The world''s oldest skis, made by hand five thousand four hundred years old, pre-date the pyramids of ancient Egypt. To humanity, snow has variously been an ally and an adversary; an inspiration to countless artists and a place of breathtaking tragedy and survival. But it’s always been there. And now it is melting.In 1927, the snow was already more than nine metres deep on Japan''s Mount Ibuki when a remarkable 230cm fell in 24 hours, bringing about the greatest depth of snow - 11.82m - ever recorded. Yet it is a fact today that, ironically not only has this mountain''s resort been forced to close due to lack of snow, most people in the world have never been near snow: never felt the soft crunch of snow underfoot, never held snow to see it melt in their hands, let alone stood on a pair of skis.As the seasons lose their rhythm, and whole landscapes risk vanishing, shrinking too our planet''s ability to reflect sunlight, Swedish environmentalist Sverker Sörlin urges that we take the time to look - really look - at what it is we’re losing, in all its multifaceted wonder. And to question, what comes next?

Human life is governed by the elements – water, earth, fire and air. They are fundamental to our existence. They sustain us, but they also challenge us.In The Elements, John Boyne has created a vivid kaleidoscope to reflect that contradiction: a quartet of intertwined narratives, each providing a different perspective on cause and effect from the points of view of the enabler, the accomplice, the perpetrator and the victim.From a mother on the run from her past, to a young football star on trial, a successful surgeon grappling with childhood trauma, and finally a father on a transformative journey with his son, the four strands weave together to form a tapestry of intersecting lives.Boyne’s most ambitious work yet, The Elements is both an engrossing drama and a moving examination of the fault lines inherent to human experience. In crisp, spellbinding prose, he navigates a complex subject with extraordinary empathy and unflinching honesty, at every step challenging us to confront our own conceptions of who we are and what made us that way.

Remember, remember the 4th of November... *It is a truth universally acknowledged that the rich and powerful always look after their own and the working people are always revolting. But every now and again, a new group actually manages to seize power, and it changes history.Horrible Histories author Terry Deary takes readers on a hilarious and eye-opening journey through some of the most significant rebellions and uprisings that have happened through the ages.Few enjoy the success of Ivaylo, the Bulgarian swineherd who managed to fight off the Mongols, slay the Tsar and marry his widow in the space of a year. But then, some rebels have more modest aims: Spartacus mainly wanted to go home to see his mum. Either way, we have much to learn from the tactics of revolutionaries gone by, like the two suffragists who posted themselves by Royal Mail to see the prime minister. (A first-class idea, though Downing Street declined the parcel.)From the peasants to the slaves, the martyrs to the mutineers, Revolting celebrates the resilience and determination of those who dared to challenge the status quo through the ages.* Turns out we''ve been getting the nursery rhyme wrong all these years. An explosive revelation.

The Silent Patient meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this elegant and twisty debut thriller.''The way the book takes you through the story’s twists and turns makes you feel as if you are experiencing it yourself'' Reader review''I powered through as I couldn''t put it down and it will remain as one of my favorite books of the year!'' Reader review''The subtle twists and turns kept me hooked from start to finish'' Reader review_When does the acting stop - and the deception begin?Famous film star Lila Crayne is America''s Sweetheart: she''s generous and kind, gorgeous and magnetic. A golden girl. She and her fiancé, visionary filmmaker Kurt Royall, have settled into a stunning New York apartment, and are embarking on a new movie: a modern feminist adaptation of a classic twentieth-century novel.To prepare for the leading role, Lila begins work with charming and accomplished therapist Jonah Gabriel to dig into the trauma of her past. Soon, Lila''s impeccably manicured life begins to unravel on the therapy couch - and Jonah is just the man to pick up the pieces. But everyone has a secret, no one is quite who they seem, and before long, careers, reputations and lives are in danger of being irrevocably destroyed . . .''A breathlessly fun, dark, and twisty tale of feminist revenge'' --Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice''Twisty and immersive, it seduces you into a story so compelling that you aren''t ready for the sucker-punch of its deeper truths. This is a hell of a debut'' --Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions For You''A sharp, seductive thriller that probes the dark underbelly of Hollywood'' --Jean Kwok, author of The Leftover Woman‘A gorgeous literary thriller, filled with a cast of glamorous and tragic characters . . . I absolutely devoured this smart, sensual and twisty story of revenge'' --Jillian Cantor, USA Today bestselling author of Beautiful Little Fools

On Monday September 5th, 1994, at home, at the dining room table, I sat down to write. An hour later, I gave the first chapter to my wife. I asked, “Should I continue?”“Yes,” she said. “I like it.”From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child’s first-ever autobiographical collection.''Essential reading for all Reacher fans.'' STEVE CAVANAGHFrom urgently scribbling out his debut Killing Floor in pencil (the stub of which he still owns), to taking a step back with Blue Moon, and everything in between, here are 24 honest, witty and wise personal reflections on his life and work, crafted across decades.Whether it is through Lee’s moving account of meeting a fan years after her mother brought her to a book signing; facing his first computer and the coming of the internet; writing about New York just before – and just after – 9/11, to later seeing his novels adapted for the big screen, each riveting piece deftly evokes where he was psychologically and physically when he wrote each novel.Lee has clearly felt unwavering gratitude for his readers since 1997. And these stories were originally designed for fans of Reacher who may be interested in a ‘behind-the-scenes’ – or, in Lee’s words: ‘why the books turned out the way they did’.But this collection is also so much more. It is the story of a man who once put pencil to paper in an attempt to turn his luck around . . . and who made every word count.''Essential reading for all Reacher fans, or anyone who is remotely interested in reading and writing. A unique, fascinating insight into the creative and personal journey of one of the world’s finest authors. I loved it.'' STEVE CAVANAGH

Based on original archival research by History Hit podcast presenter Dr Anthony Delaney, Queer Georgians reveals the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation''s story and now lovingly restored.Mother Clap''s Holborn coffee house is open to all comers, a place of companionship and community, until a tip-off leads to a midnight raid.Two women, exiled from their families, set up a utopian homestead in a remote Welsh cottage, inspiring a generation of Romantic poets.The celebrated Chevalier d''Éon, soldier, diplomat and spy, challenges a rival to a fencing match. The sweepstake is not over who will win, but whether the Chevalier is a man or a woman.In this dazzling work of restorative history, Dr Anthony Delaney has traced the stories of people daring to challenge society''s expectations, unearthing archives and court records to reveal the tragedies and the joys of queer life three centuries ago. Breathing new life into the forgotten and offering radical new interpretations of celebrated figures such as Anne Lister, Queer Georgians is an invitation to view our shared history in a whole new light.

Praise for Rosie Hewlett''Delightfully devastating'' Bea Fitsgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen''A fiery and dramatic novel'' Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne''Vivid and powerful'' Luna McNamara, author of Psyche and ErosYou know her name, you know her story. Just not the right one...Within the depths of the Underworld the formidable snake-haired Gorgon has finally had enough. Tired of being eternally and unjustly brandished a villain, Medusa has found the courage to face her tragic past and speak out.Determined to expose the centuries of lies surrounding her name, Medusa gives unparalleled insight into her cursed life, from her earliest memories and abandonment at birth, right through to her tragic and untimely death at the hands of the hero Perseus. Through telling her story, Medusa finally reveals the lost truth behind antiquity’s most infamous monster.Medusa breathes new life into an ancient story and echoes the battle that women throughout millennia have continued to wage – the opportunity to simply be heard.Readers love Rosie''s writing...''This book is up there with Song of Achilles as one of my all-time favourite retellings''''Heart-breaking and beautiful''''Any readers of mythological retellings struggling to find a rival to Madeline Miller should look no further than Rosie Hewlett''''Absolutely spellbinding''''Dark, moody, at times heartbreaking, and utterly phenomenal, this book is an absolute must read for any fans of Circe or Ariadne!''

Step back to a simpler time in this hilarious and nostalgic cosy campus novel about life at a fictional Yorkshire university, perfect for fans of James Herriot and Tom Sharpe.York, 1990.As a lecturer at the University of Eboracum, Doctor Tom Frith is all too aware how quickly gossip can spread on campus. Happily, news of his engagement to Music tutor Inger Larson has been met with nothing but well wishes from students and faculty alike. But with classes and a wedding to plan, it’s certainly set to be a busy academic year.Meanwhile, an anonymous letter prompts Tom to investigate the nefarious dealings of the university’s bursar. And when a shadowy character from Inger’s past emerges, dead-set on finding his way back into her life, she and Tom have some big decisions to make regarding their future . . .Readers love Jack Sheffield!''It’s like a big comfort blanket . . . I could read Jack’s books all day every day!'' *****''The descriptions of York and surrounding areas are wonderful, the characters easy to emphasise with and it provides a touch of nostalgia from times not so long past'' *****''Another wonderful tale by Jack Sheffield . . . I look forward to the next book in this series'' *****''Wry observation and heartwarming humour in equal measure'' - Alan Titchmarsh''Jack Sheffield is certainly top of the class with this heart-warming and feel-good series'' - Western Morning News''Reliably entertaining'' - Choice

Bestselling sensation Jacqueline Wilson is back with an adult sequel to her beloved children''s novel THE ILLUSTRATED MUM - pre-order now!Will Dolphin retrace old patterns - or illustrate her own?‘Sorry to wake you in the middle of the night, but we have a lady here who’s not very well. She says she’s called Marigold, Queen of the Sky?’Dolphin Westward spent her childhood as the supporting character in the story of her beautiful, wild, volatile mother Marigold. Now thirty-three, she’s painfully aware that not much has changed. She lives in a tiny bedsit, works in a tattoo shop by day and collects her illustrated mum from police stations by night.Dol yearns to climb out of the rut she is stuck in, but has no idea where to begin. Could gardener Lee and his daughter Ava be her chance for a wholesome family life? Or maybe a steamy romance with roguish actor Joel is just what she needs. And what about the offer from her sister Star, now a successful doctor, to move to Scotland and live with her young family?As the choices threaten to overwhelm her, will Dol fall into the role of extra in someone else’s story once again – or find the strength to forge a brand new path of her own?READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH JACQUELINE WILSON''S FIRST NOVEL FOR ADULTS, THINK AGAIN:''Jacqueline Wilson taps into the joys and pains of women everywhere.'' - Dawn O''Porter''I cannot stress enough how much I loved Think Again.'' - Holly Bourne''Think Again perfectly captures a woman at a turning point. I didn’t want it to end.'' - Katie Fforde''Think Again made me so so happy!'' - 5 STAR reader review''A read-in-a-day comfort book'' - Independent''Enchanting, moving, meaningful, fun'' - Alice Winn''Beautifully told'' - Guardian‘Warm and full of heart . . . pure magic - Laura Kay''There''s such a warmth to Wilson''s writing . . . a total joy'' - Laura Pearson''I absolutely loved it.'' - 5-STAR Reader Review''Think Again is full of joy... I stayed up until 2:30 am as I just HAD to finish it.'' - 5-STAR Reader Review''Such a delight!'' - 5-STAR Reader Review