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A A Gill

Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

A D Swanston

A E Langsford

A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

A J Baime

A J Jacobs

A J P Taylor

Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

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A J Rochester

A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

A K Benjamin

A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

A L Berridge

Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

A L Gaylin

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A P Wavell

A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

A S Webb

A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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A. A. Gill

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A. Anatoli

A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

A. B. Poranek

A. Bradley

Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

A. C. Grayling

A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. Humphreys

A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

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Ladybird

This colourful activity book, featuring six friendly animal students in Ladybird Class, helps children practice phonics. 
 
Perfect for fun at-home learning, this activity book will help build your child's confidence with reading and writing two-letter and three-letter sounds. Children will practise writing words in different contexts and learn about phonics, syllables and common tricky words, while gradually building on what they have already learned. 
 
This book includes lots of fun writing games and activities, as well as helpful parent notes and activity answers to support learning and give children a sense of achievement. 
 
A perfect follow-on title to First Words: A Learn with Ladybird Wipe-Clean Activity Book 3-5 years.

Phonics Practice: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book (5-7 years)

Ideal for home learning (KS1)

This colourful activity book, featuring six friendly animal students in Ladybird Class, helps children prepare for primary school. 
 
Perfect for fun at-home learning, this activity book will help build key skills for starting primary school. Children will learn about emotions, colours, shapes and numbers as well as early phonics and pencil control, while gradually building on what they have already learned. 
 
This book includes lots of fun writing games and activities, as well as helpful parent notes and activity answers to support learning and give children a sense of achievement. 
 
A perfect follow-on title to First Words: A Learn with Ladybird Wipe-Clean Activity Book 3-5 years.

Starting School: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book (3-5 years)

Ideal for home learning (EYFS)

This colourful activity book, featuring six friendly animal students in Ladybird Class, helps children develop their first maths skills. 
 
Perfect for fun at-home learning, Wipe-Clean Shapes, Colours and Patterns comes with a special pen and sturdy and reusable wipe-clean pages to play over and over again. The book teaches children to recognise colours, identify and match shapes, finish repeating patterns, as well as encourages pen control and introduces key early maths concepts and vocabulary. 
 
This book includes lots of fun educational games and activities, as well as helpful notes for grown-ups and activity answers to support learning and give children a sense of achievement. 
 
This is the perfect support for children as they build up to Maths Problem-Solving: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years.

Counting Games: A Learn with Ladybird Wipe-clean Activity Book (3-5 years)

This colourful activity book, featuring six friendly animal students in Ladybird Class, helps preschool children develop their first maths skills. 
 
Perfect for fun at-home learning, this activity book helps to build your child's confidence with maths. They will practise counting, adding, subtracting and using number sentences in different contexts, while gradually building on what they have already learned. 
 
This book includes lots of fun maths games and activities, as well as helpful parent notes and activity answers to support learning and give children a sense of achievement. 
 
It is perfect to support children as they learn to count and build up to Tell the Time: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years.

Shapes, Colours and Patterns: A Learn with Ladybird Wipe-clean Activity Book (3-5 years)

This colourful activity book, featuring six friendly animal students in Ladybird Class, helps children learn how to spell. 
 
Perfect for fun at-home learning, this activity book will help build your child's confidence with spelling. Children will practise spelling words in different contexts and learn about vowels and consonants, syllables, plurals and silent letters, while gradually building on what they have already learned. 
 
This book includes lots of fun writing games and activities, as well as helpful parent notes and activity answers to support learning and give children a sense of achievement. 
 
A perfect follow-on title to Letters: A Learn with Ladybird Wipe-Clean Activity Book 3-5 years.

First Phonics: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book (3-5 years)

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they learn to count from 0 to 20! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practice new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, Count from 0-20 is developed and written by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's counting skills. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to count to 20. From counting in order, to practising counting in different contexts, this book is the perfect introduction to counting for your little one. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, Count from 0 to 20 is perfect for encouraging children to use their early counting skills. 
 
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First Sums: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 3-5 years. 
Wipe Clean Letters: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 3-5 years.

Count from 0 to 20: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 3-5 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they learn about punctuation! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practise new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, First Punctuation has been developed and written by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's education. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to read and write. From introducing the full stop to learning about capital letters, this book helps budding young writers to develop their skills. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, First Punctuation is perfect for encouraging children to develop their writing skills. 
 
Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover: 
First Spelling: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years 
First Grammar: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

First Punctuation: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they learn their first sums! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practise new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, First Sums has been developed and written by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's counting skills. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to work out their first sums. From adding numbers together and taking away to practising sums in different contexts, this book is ideal for developing early maths skills. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, First Sums is perfect for encouraging children to start adding and taking away. 
 
Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover: 
Maths Problem-Solving: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years. 
First Multiplication: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years. 
Count from 0 to 20: A Learn With Ladybird Activity Book 3-5 years.

First Sums: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 3-5 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they learn to write words! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practise new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, Wipe-Clean First Words is developed and written by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's education. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to write their first words. From forming letters in alphabetical order to tracing and writing whole words, this book is ideal for developing early writing skills. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, Wipe-Clean First Words is perfect for encouraging children to use their early writing skills. 
 
Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover: 
Pen Control: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 3-5 years. 
Wipe-Clean Letters: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 3-5 years.

First Words: A Learn with Ladybird Wipe-Clean Activity Book 3-5 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they learn to write letters! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practise new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, Wipe-Clean Letters is developed and written by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's education. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to write their first letters. From building pen control confidence to introducing new letters, this book is ideal for developing letter formation skills. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, Wipe-Clean Letters is perfect for encouraging children to develop their early writing skills. 
 
Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover: 
Pen Control: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 3-5 years. 
Wipe-Clean First Words: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 3-5 years.

Letters: A Learn with Ladybird Wipe-Clean Activity Book 3-5 years

This colourful activity book, featuring six friendly animal students in Ladybird Class, helps preschool children develop first pen control and practise the key fine motor skills that will form the basis of confident writing. 
 
Perfect for fun at-home learning, Wipe-Clean Pen Control comes with a special pen and sturdy, reusable wipe-clean pages. The book encourages children to build their pen control confidence by gradually introducing and practising the patterns and shapes that are needed for early writing, such as circles, zigzags, straight lines and wavy lines. 
 
It is perfect to support children's developing skills as they become interested in using a pen and pencil, and is the perfect preparation for writing the letters of the alphabet as shown in Learn with Ladybird: Wipe-Clean Letters.

Pen Control: A Learn with Ladybird Wipe-Clean Activity Book 3-5 years

Join the students of Ladybird Class as they learn to tell the time! 
 
Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practise new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, Tell the Time has been developed and written by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child's education. 
 
Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to tell the time. From reading analogue clock faces to learning about seasons and calendars, this is the ideal introduction to time for your little one. 
 
Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child's learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, Tell the Time is perfect for encouraging children to use their time-telling skills. 
 
Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover: 
Maths Problem-Solving: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years 
Addition and Subtraction: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

Tell the Time: A Learn with Ladybird Activity Book 5-7 years

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

1Q84

365 Days of Art

A BBC Christmas

A Black Book Thriller

A Box Full of Murders

A Cal Leandros Novel

A Christmas Mystery

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

A Commissario Brunetti Mystery

A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series

A Daisy Story

Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

A Dance to the Music of Time

A Fairy Tale Revolution

A Frank Grasby Mystery

A Guide For the Curious

A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea

A Jo Birmingham Thriller

A Jon Roscoe Thriller

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A Ladybird Magic Windows Book

A Look Back at

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A Max Mingus Thriller

A Michael Bennett Thriller

A Midge McGowan Mystery

A Mitchum Thriller

A Moneybunny Book

A Murder Most Unladylike Collection

A Murder Most Unladylike Mini Mystery

A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery

A Nigel Strangeways Mystery

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