Adam Thirlwell was born in London in 1978. The author of three previous novels, his work has been translated into thirty languages. His essays appear in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books, and he is an advisory editor of the Paris Review. His awards include a Somerset Maugham Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has twice been selected by Granta as one of their Best of Young British Novelists.

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Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, appeared in 1992 and he has published two books of stories and ten further novels, most recently Missing Fay (2017), and six poetry collections. 
 
 
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Adam Tooze is the author of the highly praised Crashed, The Deluge and The Wages of Destruction, all published by Allen Lane. He has been the recipient of the Wolfson Prize for History, the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Prize and the Lionel Gelber Prize. Tooze has taught at Cambridge and Yale and is now Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History at Columbia University.

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Adam Weymouth's work has been published widely, including in Granta, The Atlantic, The Observer and the BBC. His first book, Kings of the Yukon, won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year and the Prix Paul-Emile Victor. He has been named by the National Writing Centre as one of ten writers shaping the UK's future.

Adam Weymouth

Adam Wisniewski-Snerg (1937-95) was born on the outskirts of Warsaw. His science fiction writing is largely focused around the consequences of totalitarianism. Although largely unread during his lifetime, after his suicide in 1995 his work began to receive major critical attention. He is now considered to be, along with Stanislaw Lem, one of Poland's greatest science fiction writers.

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Ade Edmondson

Adele Lang

Adele Nozedar is an author and photographer. Previously, she was in a cult indie band, then ran her own indie record label and became A&amp;R Director/General Manager of a major record company. 
 
Her wide-ranging passions are reflected in her books, which include The Hedgerow Handbook (2012), The Signs and Symbols Sourcebook (2011), The Secret Language of Birds (2006), and The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans (2013).

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Adeline Yen Mah

Adelle Waldman is a freelance writer and book critic. She worked as a reporter at the New Haven Register and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal's website. Her articles also have appeared in The New York Times Book Review,The New Republic,Slate,The Wall Street Journal, and other national publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Adelle Waldman

Aditi Kakade Beaufrand is an Indian illustrator based in France. She likes experimenting with bright, happy colours. She grew up reading fairytales, watching animated films and imagining adventure stories, and her style is an embodiment of her Indian heritage and western culture. She loves animals and taking long walks on the beach, but she is never too far away from a pencil and a paper to draw her perception of the world.

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Aditya Chakrabortty

Adiva Geffen is a bestselling writer and playwright. Her plays have appeared on major stages in Israel, she lectures and leads numerous writing workshops and she is a board member of the Israeli Writers’ Association. 
 
 Geffen started out as a special-education teacher, before serving as the spokesperson for the Habima National Theatre for more than a decade. She founded and subsequently led the Israeli Theatre Award for ten years, and now serves as head of The Gnazim Institute of the Hebrew Writers Association, the largest Hebrew literature archive in the world. 
 
 Born in Haifa, Israel and the mother of three sons, Geffen now lives in Tel Aviv with her partner Aharon Meidan.

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Adnan Sarwar, 35, is a former British soldier who served in the Iraq War.  He has since worked as a military consultant to film and is a writer based in London.  Read more at www.adnansarwar.com / @adnansarwar

Adnan Sarwar

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Loos (1877-1933) was a leading Austro-Hungarian architect, perhaps most famous for the revolutionary 'Loos House' opposite the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, which caused outrage when it was built in 1912, and the wonderful American Bar, also in Vienna. He wrote extensively on architecture and design, working in reaction to the elaborate mass of decoration celebrated by the Vienna Secession movement.

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Adrian Bean

Adrian Bliss is a creator, writer and performer from London, best known for his comedy sketches which, explore everything from history to natural science to religion. Adrian's work has earned him nearly 20 million followers across social media and has been featured in CNN, The Times and Vogue. Adrian was named one of the New Faces of Comedy at Just For Laughs, and his one-man play Inside Everyone sold out its debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival prior to opening.

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Aidan Chambers

Subtitled The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn this is the story of Cordelia from the time she is 15 until she is 20. She is pregnant and plans to give this account to her daughter on her 16th birthday so that they can share their youth together. She chooses the old and famous Japanese book, 'The Pillow Book' by Sei Shonagon, as a model in order to include all kinds of things she has already written as well as the episodes and thoughts she has now as she compiles her book. 
 
She tells of her mother (who died when Cordelia was 5) of her father and her aunt Doris (who marry when she is 16), of her love for William Blacklin, the boy with whom she chooses to have her first sex - and with whom she falls deeply in love. She writes about Julie Martin her teacher who helps her spiritually, describes her love affair with an older married man and her terrifying sexual experience with an unbalanced young man who is obsessed with her. The book includes thoughts on being a women, on poetry, music, reading and writing, on being pregnant and finally of her marriage to William. 
 
This Is All is an anthology, written in six 'books' of Cordelia's adolescent life, by turns funny, poignant, sad, exciting, fascinating ironic and truthful about topics that parents often do not tell their children. It is a richly entertaining and challenging read.

This Is All

Francis Rose

This wild flower identification guide was first published in 1981 and is still widely accepted as the best of its kind for its combination of meticulous illustrations and the use of keys to aid recognition. For this new edition the Latin names have been revised in accordance with the current classification system.  It is now published as the ideal book for the serious student of British and north-west European wild plants, providing a bridge between picture identification guides and the non-illustrated academic floras.

The Wild Flower Key

Shirley Hughes

The book begins with a small girl in West Kirby who is obsessed with comics: The Daily Sketch, The Daily Express and The Mirror-each of these newspapers helped to shape one of our finest illustrators. Shirley's story takes us from this gentle start, through the second world war, and to a career, which began with Art School in a blitzed Liverpool, led to Oxford, and then to London. Shirley reflects on art, and her own development, in a tale which is fascinating and full of personalities. She describes her own creative process as 'the nearest thing I know to flying into the sun' and it is this passion for the world of illustration, which shines through the book and gives it a unique personality. Lavishly illustrated throughout with sketches from her Italian sketchbooks, doodles from boring meetings, roughs from what would later become classic picture books and perfectly executed paintings done just for the fun of it, this book will be a treasured gift for those who love art and those who have grown up with the enduring characters from Shirley's books who inhabit so many homes through this country and beyond.

A Life Drawing

Norman Vincent Peale

'Trust yourself. You cannot be successful or happy without confidence in your own powers and abilities. To succeed you need self-confidence . . . this book will help you to believe in yourself and release your inner powers. ' Norman Vincent Peale in chapter 1. 
 
BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE - AND GET THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE 
 
This book is a carefully adapted version of The Power of Positive Thinking, one of the most inspiring bestsellers of all time. It aims to help young people to use the power of positive thinking to build successful lives. Dr Peale gets right to the heart of the most common problems faced by teenagers, and offers a series of practical steps for solving them. He provides young people with the positive approach needed to achieve the major goals in life, showing them how to maximise their talent and energies, to give them confidence when they need it most.

The Power Of Positive Thinking For Young People

Margaret Meek (Diston Spencer)

The child's world is full of print, and sooner of later the child will notice it. Hundreds of children have learned to read from advertisements on hardings. Many a non-reader has failed just because he did not link the way he looked at advertisements on his way to school with what he had to look at on the school noticeboard. Everything that children, eat, wear, play with or pass in the streets has a sign or a symbol. 
 
Learning to read was first published in 1982, and quickly became a classic text for anyone interested in how or why children learn to read. Drawing on her own experience as a parent and teacher, Margaret Meek explains what happens when a child is taught to read and how parents or teachers can help when a child has reading problems. 
 
Each chapter deals with a different stage of learning: each has examples of the kinds of questions that parents ask, together with Margaret Meek's answers. In this revised edition here is a new introduction and an unpdated book list.

Learning To Read

Dominic Sandbrook

Discover the stories of amazing warriors from history with this gift box set bringing together two books from the acclaimed Adventures in Time series: Alexander the Great, and Fury of the Vikings.

Adventures in Time: Heroes: The Box Set

Discover the amazing stories of history's most dramatic conflicts with this gift box set bringing together two books from the acclaimed Adventures in Time series: The First World War and The Second World War.

Adventures in Time: World Wars

The Box Set

Molang

Time to colour cosy costumes with Molang! 
 
Join a world of adorable dress-up with Molang in this cute and cosy colouring book! 
 
This cute colouring book is packed with 45 charming illustrations, perfect for fans of Molang and anyone who loves cosy, creative fun. 
 
Dress-up Cuties has sweet and delightful images for colouring fans, and also includes: 
 
• 45 hand-drawn pages ready for your imagination 
• Large, bold designs that are easy to colour 
• 8 x 8-inch page size, perfect for relaxing at home or on the go 
• Clear, high-resolution illustrations that bring each page to life

Molang: Dress-up Cuties: A Cosy Colouring Book

Orange Juice for Dinner

From the creator of ORANGE JUICE FOR DINNER, this brand new colouring book celebrates everything that's comfy, cosy and a little bit silly. 
 
No plans? No problem. This gorgeous colouring book has 46 pages of delightfully whimsical designs so you can get snuggly and colour your worries away. 
 
Featuring:<ul><li>46 hand-drawn designs on single-sided pages</li><li>Bold and easy designs that are perfect for colouring</li><li>Funny and quirky captions to add some silliness to your day</li><li>A selection of full-page designs and 4 x panel comics so you can mix-up your colouring vibe</li><li>A handy square 8-inch by 8-inch format that fits easily in a tote bag so you can colour anywhere!</li></ul>Colouring pens at the ready, it's time to get creative and celebrate The Joy of Missing Out with Orange Juice for Dinner! 
 
Suitable for children.

The Joy of Missing Out

Coco Wyo

Cozy Cafe

Snuggle up with Molang, Piu Piu and friends! 
 
Step into a world of adorable friendships with Molang in this cute and cosy colouring book! 
 
This gorgeous colouring book is packed with 45 charming illustrations, perfect for fans of Molang and anyone who loves cosy, creative fun. 
 
Friends Cuties has cute and delightful images for colouring fans, and also includes: 
 
• 45 hand-drawn pages ready for your imagination 
• Large, bold designs that are easy to colour 
• 8 x 8-inch page size, perfect for relaxing at home or on the go 
• Clear, high-resolution illustrations that bring each page to life

Molang: Friends Cuties: A Cosy Colouring Book

Yuval Noah Harari

Daniel Casanave

Until 1500 AD, Homo sapiens had reached a plateau in medical, military and economic power, focused on preserving long-standing social orders. So how did we leap from medieval scrolls to ebooks, abacuses to computers, wooden ships to nuclear submarines – and from the Earth to the moon? As Yuval Noah Harari reveals, the spark behind the Scientific Revolution was a radical idea: ignorance. Paired with curiosity, it drove humanity’s relentless pursuit of knowledge. 
 
This pursuit unleashed a powerful feedback loop between science, politics and capitalism, accelerating discovery and reshaping the world. In Sapiens: A Graphic History Volume 4 – The Age of Revolutions, Yuval Noah Harari explore how scientific thinking came to dominate in the sixteenth century, overtaking religion and philosophy and fuelling imperial expansion, colonialism and the Industrial Revolution. Old social and political structures unravelled as new technologies emerged – each invention both a tool and a weapon. 
 
Spanning from the early modern period to the present day, this final volume traces the extraordinary transformations that have defined our species, while also looking ahead. As advances in artificial intelligence gather pace, it asks what the future might hold – and whether a new form of intelligence could surpass humanity itself. 
 
Like the previous instalments, this is an engaging, insightful and colourful retelling of the human story for curious minds of all ages.

Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 4

The Age of Revolutions

Nina Luma

Travel the world with the cozy colouring magic of Snuggly Friends! 
 
From the sparkle of Paris to the glow of Tower Bridge at night, Snuggly Friends invite you to colour Europe’s most beautiful moments in the coziest way possible. Each illustration combines iconic places with warm, fuzzy animal friends, creating a relaxing escape you’ll want to return to again and again. 
 
Why you’ll love this book: 
<ul><li>42 hand-drawn illustrations - Tower Bridge in London, lavender fields in Provence, Charles Bridge in Prague, Carnival in Cologne, the fjords of Norway, and more.</li><li>Cute and fuzzy animal friends - heartwarming travel companions that bring every scene to life.</li><li>Relaxing and mindful - designed to ease your mind, spark creativity, and capture the hygge spirit.</li><li>Single-sided pages - colour with pencils, gel pens, or markers. Pro tip: place a sheet behind when using markers to prevent bleed-through.</li></ul> 
Suitable for children.

Snuggly Friends – Traveling the World

A Cozy & Comfy Colouring book

Cozy Seasons

Colour your way to a cozy Christmas! 
 
Discover a book every day, including a special book for Christmas Eve.With adorable scenes to colour, and featuring some favourite Coco Wyo characters, the holidays never looked so cute!

Coco Wyo: Cozy Countdown - An Advent Colouring Book Bundle

Care Bears

Join the beloved Care Bears as they share the magic of friendship in this collection of sweet quotes and timeless words of wisdom. 
 
This adorable pocket-sized companion is filled with detailed illustrations in the classic Care Bears art style, perfect for fans or as a gift to remind a friend of just how special they are.This book includes:<ul><li>Over 25 pages of sweet and irresistible images of your favourite Care Bears</li><li>Adorable quotes and words of wisdom about friendship, ideal as a gift for friends and loved ones</li><li>Pocket-sized convenience, perfect to take anywhere</li><li>Illustrations in the classic Care Bears art style, for fans of all ages.</li></ul>Spread love and kindness just like the Care Bears with this little book of friendship!

Care Bears: The Little Book of Friendship

Escape to another wonderful world brought to you by Coco Wyo - 45-hand drawn illustrations in an irresistible colouring book. Each design has bold and clean lines to help you create beautiful, effortless colouring pages. 
 
This book offers:<ul><li>45 hand-drawn colouring pages to help you relax and unwind</li><li>Single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through (if using marker pens, please place a protective sheet behind the page you are colouring).</li><li>High resolution prints on high quality paper, for clear, crisp images.</li></ul>Suitable for children.

Cozy Capybara

Trick or treat! It’s time to get spooky! 
 
Step into the delightfully quirky and magical world of Spooky Cutie. Don’t be scared of these eerie but adorable animals, gently splash your colours and let the fun begin! 
 
Spooky Cutie has sweet and irresistible images for colouring fans, and also includes:<ul><li>45 hand-drawn pages ready for your creativity</li><li>Large, bold designs that are easy to colour</li><li>Convenient 8 x 8-inch size, perfect for relaxing anywhere</li><li>Crisp, high-resolution illustrations that bring each page to life</li></ul> 
Suitable for children.

Spooky Cutie

It’s time to get cosy with Molang and Piu Piu! 
 
Step into a world of cute cafes and delicious treats with this cute and cosy colouring book, filled with cupcakes, bubble tea, ice cream and more! 
 
This adorable colouring book is packed with 45 charming illustrations, perfect for fans of Molang and anyone who loves cosy, creative fun. 
 
Cafe Cuties has sweet and delightful images for colouring fans, and also includes: 
 
• 45 illustrations ready for your imagination 
• Large, bold designs that are easy to colour 
• 8 x 8-inch page size, perfect for relaxing at home or on the go 
• Clear, high-resolution illustrations that bring Molang to life

Molang: Cafe Cuties: A Cosy Colouring Book

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Byrne & Balzano

Described by his creator as 'short, fat and primitive', Evert Bäckström is a rather unique homicide detective but he is undeniably the real deal with it comes to modern policing. 
 
This series is blackly comic, thrillingly compelling and utterly real.

Bäckström

CAMP GOLD

Caedmon Aisquith

Cairo Trilogy

Can You Solve the Murder?

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Cath Kidston

A crime-fiction series with a twist - private investigator Catherine Berlin, is a damaged soul struggling with a heroin addiction, but she still manages to do her best, even when her own neck is on the chopping block.

Catherine Berlin

Celeste Express

Central Intelligence

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Charles Hayden

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Chinese Cinderella

Life at Tanglewood isn't all sleepovers, picnics and beach parties. Cherry, Summer, Skye, Coco and Honey all face some tough life challenges in this delicious series from bestselling girls' favourite Cathy Cassidy. Every sister has a secret to share. Which one will be your favourite?

Chocolate Box Girls

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Churchminister

Welcome inside the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, and learn how one man - clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable - fought to reach the top.

Cicero Trilogy

Classic Radio Sci-Fi

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