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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 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.

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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.

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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. 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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Chris Chatterton

Join little bear Niko for a fun-filled day on the farm in this interactive board book, packed with push-and-pull sliders and flaps. Help Niko feed the chickens, pick juicy apples, ride the tractor and more! Children will love joining in with the rhyming text and playing along with the story. 
 
Niko is a little bear who sometimes gets things a bit wrong. Whatever happens, he always tries again, learning new skills and having fun along the way! For fans of Tales from Acorn Wood and Bizzy Bear, this series is the perfect introduction to daily routines and first experiences for toddlers.

Uh-Oh, Niko: The Farm

a push, pull and slide story

Ms Rachel

Make potty training a breeze with this helpful storybook brought to you by every toddler’s favourite teacher and YouTube star Ms Rachel! 
 
Worried about potty training? Wave goodbye to nappies and say hello to toilet trained toddlers! Ms Rachel brings her wealth of expertise to this fun and relatable board book for little ones. 
 
Join Bean as Ms Rachel guides him through the tricky, toilet training journey and helps him to learn how to use the potty in a stress-free and playful way. Little ones will love the comforting and engaging story, soothing songs and cute illustrations. 
 
With pages of practical advice from Ms Rachel and plenty of potty-training tips, this book helps make this important milestone an enjoyable experience for everyone. 
 
Don’t miss these other brilliant books by Ms Rachel: 
Ms Rachel and the Special Surprise 
Ms Rachel: My First Colouring Book 
Ms Rachel: 100 First Words

Ms Rachel: Potty Time with Bean

(Books by Ms Rachel)

Ladybird

Daniela Sosa

A beautifully illustrated collection of over 100 well-loved classic songs and nursery rhymes to help you find a song for every part of your child&rsquo;s day, with a special foreword by Michael Rosen. 
 
&quot;Every time we share these songs and rhymes with children, we create a bond. We make a bit of trust, a bit of care, a bit of love between us. Children need this in order to thrive and grow.&quot; Michael Rosen. 
 
These well-known songs are arranged into different times of the day &ndash; from morning and mealtimes to play time, bath and bed time &ndash; so you can use this book to fill your child&rsquo;s day with lots of musical moments! 
 
This classic treasury is a must-have gift for any celebration and will complete any child's first bookshelf. A truly special book that children will enjoy and cherish for many years to come.

Ladybird Songs and Rhymes for Every Day

A treasury of classic songs and nursery rhymes

Adam Guillain

Charlotte Guillain

It's time for count and seek - would you like to come and play? 
Let's count up all the dinosaurs and see who's here today! 
 
Count and spot the silly dinosaurs in this madcap, rhyming picture book. From T. rex magicians to dancing Diplodocus, this hilarious picture book encourages children to learn basic sums and number bonds for the number 6 through play and interactivity.

6 Silly Dinosaurs

a counting and number bonds picture book

Molly Oldfield

Momoko Abe

Kelsey Buzzell

Beatrice Cerocchi

Alice Courtley

Sandra De La Prada

Grace Easton

Manuela Montoya Escobar

Richard Jones

Lisa Koesterke

Gwen Millward

Sally Mullaney

Laurie Stansfield

How much bamboo can a giant panda eat? 
Do aliens exist? 
What we would do if we didn't have a prime minister? 
Why do hammerhead sharks have such strange-shaped heads? 
 
Find out the answers to these curious questions and much, much more! 
Ponder where ideas come from with award-winning illustrator, Rob Biddulph. Find out why you taste things differently when you have a cold with Michelin star chef, Heston Blumenthal. Learn about everything from how astronauts see in the dark to what the biggest dinosaur was with experts from the Natural History Museum. 
 
Fascinating facts are accompanied by gorgeous illustrations making the perfect gift for Christmas. Whether you read a question a day, or dip into it whenever you are feeling curious, this is a book to treasure and share all year round. 
 
Illustrated by Momoko Abe, Kelsey Buzzell, Beatrice Cerocchi, Alice Courtley, Sandra de la Prada, Grace Easton, Manuela Montoya Escobar, Richard Jones, Lisa Koesterke, Gwen Millward, Sally Mullaney, and Laurie Stansfield.

Everything Under the Sun

a curious question for every day of the year

Rhiannon Fielding

Sprint to bed with Rumble the Triceratops in this new sleepy time adventure with the no. 1 bestselling Ten Minutes to Bed series! 
 
Deep in the jungle on Midsummer's Eve, Rumble and his dinosaur friends get ready for a grand race. Split into teams, they venture across the Land of Nod, taking on the tallest mountains and the splashiest of rivers. 
 
Featuring lots of familiar friends from the Land of Nod, will Rumble and his team be able to win the race this year and still make it to bed on time? 
 
Enjoy the fun with Rumble and friends as they whizz across the Land of Nod, gradually slowing the pace to help even the most energetic readers settle down to sleep. 
 
This bestselling bedtime series has sold 3 million copies worldwide! Do you have all the books in the Ten Minutes to Bed series? 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Mermaid 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Monster 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Dinosaur 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Dragon 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn's Christmas 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn's Birthday 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Baby Unicorn 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Fairy 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Where's Little Unicorn? Lift-the-flap

Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Dinosaur's Big Race

Peter Millett

Tony Neal

Join in with a crew of jolly pirates as they search the coast for treasure. When the pirates find 'x marks the spot', they fill their pockets with too much heavy gold, and their bus begins to sink . . . With a heave and a ho, and a bit of teamwork, can the jolly crew save their bus? 
 
Packed full of actions to join in, with a calming ending to wind down after all the excitement, this is the perfect first picture book to enjoy reading aloud together. 
 
Young readers will stomp their feet and clap their hands in delight as they sing along with this fun-filled, pirate reinvention of this popular rhyme!

The Pirates on the Bus

Samantha Meredith

Rose Cobden

Help your toddler to say "goodbye" to nappies in this new potty-training board book. 
 
Shaped like a potty and written in rhyme, It's Potty Time! helps to make potty-training accessible and fun for all toddlers. Written with the UK's leading toilet-training expert, Amanda Jenner, there are also practical tips for parents on every page.

It's Potty Time!

Say "goodbye" to nappies with this potty-training book

Poppy the fairy wishes she could fly as high as all of her friends, but there's just one thing - her wings are very small! 
 
When Poppy spots a lost gnome far from his glade, she is determined to use her wings and get him to safety. But can this little fairy fly to the rescue and still get back home before bedtime? 
 
Weaving a journey from lively beginning to gentle end, this enchanting, heartwarming tale is perfect for fans of the Ten Minutes to Bed series and will help little readers everywhere settle down for bedtime.

Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Fairy

Roar, stomp and clap along with a class of playful dinosaurs as they go on their first bus journey! 
 
"The Wheels on the Bus" transforms into the squeals on the bus as the little dinos travel up and down, round and round, all through the land. Packed full of actions to join in, with a calming ending to wind down after all the excitement, this is the perfect first picture book to enjoy together. 
 
Young readers will stomp their feet and clap their hands in delight as they sing along with this fun-filled, dinosaur reinvention of this popular rhyme!

The Dinos on the Bus

Erica Salcedo

Steven Cowell

Toilet training can often be an extremely stressful time for both parent and child. With the average age for a child to be potty trained now at age three-and-a-half, parents often face lots of pressure for their little one to reach this important milestone before they start school. 
 
Featuring bright, friendly illustrations and a very catchy rhyme, this fun picture book has been written in consultation with parents to break down all the stages of using the toilet into easy steps, from how to wipe to handwashing. 
 
This book will help take the stress out of toilet training for parents and carers, as children can sing the song and learn to use the toilet without fear or fuss.

Poo Poo Bum Bum Wee Wee

The perfect bedtime book to calm your own sleepy unicorn! 
 
It's Twinkle the unicorn's birthday and she's having a sleepover party! There are party games, presents, cake, balloons and even fireworks! But as Twinkle's dad counts down to bedtime, there's still a lot going on . . . will Twinkle and her friends go to sleep in time? 
 
 
Also available: 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn (also available as a board book) 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Dinosaur (also available as a board book) 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Mermaid (also available as a board book) 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Monster (also available as a board book) 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Dragon 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Fairy 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn's Christmas (also available as a board book) 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Baby Unicorn 
Ten Minutes to Bed: Where's Little Unicorn?

Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn's Birthday

Includes free audio CD! 
 
From rockets to mermaids and everything in between, there's something for everyone in this diverse and contemporary collection. 
 
Perfect for young children aged 4+ who are approaching poetry for the very first time, these poems can be performed out loud, shared with others or simply read in your head. Featuring award-winning poets, brand new voices, hip-hop artists and spoken-word performers, this is a wonderfully fresh, diverse and relevant new anthology that will get children laughing, thinking, sharing and performing! 
 
With gorgeous illustrations by Laurie Stansfield, and an accompanying CD that features performances from the poets themselves.

Poems Out Loud!

First Poems to Read and Perform

Little hands will find stimulating pictures and interesting textures such as a soft woolly sheep, a fluffy spider and a silky little pig in this bright board book. Touch the textiles together with your baby as you explore a collection of five happy animal nursery rhymes, including Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, Incy Wincy Spider, Little Bo Peep, Hickory Dickory Dock and This Little Piggy. Encourage your baby to learn early concepts such as colours and patterns as you share each page.

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep: Ladybird Touch and Feel Rhymes

Little hands will find stimulating pictures and interesting textures  such as a sparkly star, a glittery moon and a fleecy blanket in  this bright board book. Touch the textiles together with your baby as  you explore a collection of five soothing bedtime nursery rhymes, including Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Wee Willie Winkie, Hush-a-bye, Baby, Hey Diddle Diddle and Rock-a-bye, Baby. Encourage your baby to learn early concepts  such as colours and patterns as you share each page.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Ladybird Touch and Feel Rhymes

Richard Dungworth

Sharon Harmer

"But Captain, it's too cold outside! 
We'll freeze in all this snow! 
A pirate likes the weather warm. 
We're staying down below!" 
 
Shiver me timbers! Captain Cutlass's crew don't want want to come out because they say it's too cold! How can he persuade them to come out and have some freezing fun? And what skullduggery awaits them on the horizon? 
 
With delightful rhyming text, humorous illustrations and things to spot and count, this synched audio ebook of All Hands on Deck! will warm up your little hearties and have them joining in with the winter pirate fun!

All Hands on Deck!: A Ladybird Skullabones Island picture book

"But Captain, what's this on our plates? 
We don't want this for tea! 
Sausages aren't pirate food. 
 You don't eat those at sea!" 
 
Captain Cutlass's crew don't want to eat their tea. How can he persuade them to tuck in? Why, a pirate needs his sausages to keep him quick and bright! 
 
With delightful rhyming text and humorous illustrations, Teatime for Pirates! will help your little hearties eat up and leave them asking for more!

Teatime for Pirates!: A Ladybird Skullabones Island picture book

Zoe Waring

Fred the dog LOVES to try new things – what will he do today? Peep inside his special sparkly bag to discover where his adventures will take him next. 
 
Today Fred's the the kitchen: he's put on his chef's hat and apron, and he's ready to make a cake for his friends. However, ignoring the recipe, Fred decides to add all his favourite ingredients instead - broccoli, sausages and puppy treats. What could possibly go wrong? 
 
Join in by lifting the flaps to help Fred find the ingredients and spin the wheel to mix the cake! With a playful rhyming text, perfect for reading aloud, children will love helping Fred and bringing this interactive story to life.

Fred: Bakes a Cake

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

A Ladybird Book

A Ladybird Magic Windows Book

A Look Back at

A Luke Carlton Thriller

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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