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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 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.

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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 J Rochester

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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Kes Gray

Nick Sharratt

Here comes trouble! 
A super-dooper Daisy picture book - from Kes Gray, author of the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends, and Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator of You Choose and Pants! 
 
Daisy does NOT like peas. And there is NOTHING that will get her to eat them. 
 
Mum says she can have an extra pudding, a chocolate factory or a space rocket with DOUBLE RETRO LASER BLAMMERS - but it just won't work! Can quick-thinking Daisy save her tea time and come up with a cunning plan to turn the tables on Mum? 
 
This wickedly funny story will appeal to cheeky children everywhere (especially fussy eaters!). 
 
"Young children will love this book. It's a must read in our house and with my class!" - a 5 star reviewer

Daisy: Eat Your Peas

John Burningham

Would you rather have breakfast with bears, lunch with a lion or dinner with ducks? 
 
Would you like to fly with the pelicans or swim with the fish? 
 
Ask – and answer – these questions and many more in this funny, imaginative game of a book, perfect for fans of You Choose! 
 
John Burningham is a bestselling creator who has been delighting families with his imaginative books for generations. 
 
More books by John Burningham: 
 
Avocado Baby 
Would You Rather 
Mr Gumpy's Outing

More Would You Rather

Michael Bond

Emily Sutton

The Tale of the Castle Mice

Nicholas Allan

In this riotous rhyme from Nicholas Allan, the queue for the loo gets very long indeed, as a series of multi-coloured animals impatiently join! 
 
Count, spot colours, spot animals, and all join in to find out who's in the loo...

Loo Queue

Tom Fletcher

Dougie Poynter

These super-simple chunky mini books are designed specifically to introduce babies and toddlers to the best-selling The Dinosaur That Pooped stories. Based on the original picture books stories, these little books have just a few words per page, colourful backgrounds and big pictures, they are quick to read but perfect for little ones to enjoy. 
 
The titles included in the slipcase are Christmas Present!, Planet Poop!, In the Past! and Time for Bed! and each book follows the plot of the original books, but with under ten words per book.

The Dinosaur that Pooped: Little Library

Here comes trouble! 
 
 A super-dooper Daisy picture book - from Kes Gray, author of the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends, and Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator of You Choose and Pants! 
 
 Daisy is back and this time she's not just Daisy, she's 006 and a Bit, spy EXTRAORDINAIRE. 
 
 With her black felt-tip moustache, dark glasses, secret spy gadgets and special spy code, she's poised and ready for action! There's just one problem: nobody can understand a word she's saying! 
 
 Poor 006 and a Bit is about to abandon her mission, UNTIL a mysterious stranger with a blue moustache and purple beard pokes his head around the door . . . 
 
A hilarious story for super-sleuth children everywhere (and their super-dooper-sleuth grown-ups!).

Daisy: 006 and a Bit

Here comes trouble! 
A super-dooper Daisy picture book - from Kes Gray, author of the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends, and Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator of You Choose and Pants! 
 
 Daisy's Mum tells her: “Don't pick your nose!” “You do!” says Daisy! 
 Daisy’s Mum tells her: “Don’t slurp your soup!” “You do!” says Daisy! 
 
 EVERY TIME Daisy’s Mum tells her off for a bad habit, Daisy reminds Mum of when she did the same! Daisy is certainly very observant. . . 
 
A hilarious story that will appeal to cheeky children everywhere (and their long-suffering grown-ups!).

Daisy: You Do!

Here comes trouble! 
 
 A super-dooper Daisy picture book - from Kes Gray, author of the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends, and Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator of You Choose and Pants! 
 
 Auntie Sue is getting married and she's asked Daisy to be her bridesmaid! But Daisy doesn't do dresses and she CERTAINLY DOESN’T DO LOVELY. She WILL wear: 
 
 A football kit 
 Scuba gear 
 Her leopard skin suit 
 
 But Mum and Auntie Sue STILL drag her to a dress shop! And everything in there is ‘YUK!’ 
 Can Daisy strike a deal and wear a dress that is perfect for her? 
 
A laugh-out-loud story that will appeal to cheeky children everywhere (and their extremely patient grown-ups!).

Daisy: Yuk!

Here comes trouble! 
A super-dooper Daisy picture book - from Kes Gray, author of the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends, and Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator of You Choose and Pants! 
 
 Mum is off out, and Daisy is left with a babysitter for the first time! Will she be good, and stick to the rules? Of course not! Daisy starts telling fibs that she usually eats ICE-CREAM AND CHIPS for tea, NEVER needs a bath and watches telly until MIDNIGHT. 
 
 “Really?” asks her babysitter? “Really, really” fibs Daisy. 
 
 . . . But what will happen when Mum comes home? 
 
A laugh-out-loud story about a familiar family experience that will appeal to any child who likes to tell a fib every now and then.

Daisy: Really, Really

Jane Clarke

Georgie Birkett

Dirty little dinosaur doesn't want to wash . . . 
Fill up the bath tub, splish, splash, SPLOSH! 
 
A board book all about bath time! 
 
Discover the big moments and daily routines of every toddler’s life with lovable animal characters and a playful, rhyming text. Each story features a child with their very own baby animal, brought to life by the creator of The Big Night-Night Book.

How to Bath Your Little Dinosaur

Tired little lion doesn't want to go to bed. 
He's had a bath and cleaned his teeth and wants to play instead . . . 
 
 
A board book about bedtime featuring a lovely little lion 
 
Discover the big moments and daily routines of every toddler’s life, with lovable animal characters and a playful, rhyming text. Each story features a child and their very own baby animal, brought to life by the creator of The Big Night-Night Book.

How to Tuck In Your Sleepy Lion

A jolly escapade through the world of potties, royalty and tiny accidents in this hilarious romp from the bestselling creator of The Queen's Knickers, Nicholas Allan. 
 
It's time for the prince to use his potty, so it's off to the Royal Potty Workshop! There are singing potties, potties pulled by corgis, and even super-duper flying Royal Robo-Potties! 
 
But it's hard work finding the perfect potty for the job ... especially when disaster strikes. Can the Royal Baby find his own solution? 
 
Praise for The Royal Nappy: 
"Lots of fun" The Sun

The Prince and the Potty

Amy Sparkes

Sara Ogilvie

What would you do if you received an invitation to run a zoo full of huge, scary monsters? 
The brave little boy in this story leaps at the chance, and although the monsters seem scary at first, he soon has them eating out of the palm of his hand. 
 
This is an exciting, imaginative, hilarious adventure that encourages little readers to have confidence and stand up for themselves, from the illustrator of Dogs Don't Do Ballet and Rhinos Don't Eat Pancakes. 
 
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROALD DAHL FUNNY PRIZE 2013 
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKTRUST BEST BOOK AWARD 2014 
 
Amy Sparkes is donating a percentage of her royalties to Tommy's (registered charity number 1060508). Tommy's exists to save babies' lives through funding research and providing information. To find out more visit www.tommys.org

Do Not Enter the Monster Zoo

A big sister is horrified when she can't fit into her swimming costume. Her BOTTOM IS SOO BIG! But her little sister has some good advice. 
 
There follows a wonderful romp through history and fairyland, as the little sister explains exactly why a big bottom can be useful. Father Christmas needs one for crash landings and, if you are a queen, a big bum is vital to keep you comfy while sitting on your throne . . . 
 
Once again Nicholas Allan combines laugh-out-loud humour with real insight that cannot fail to raise a smile.

Cinderella's Bum

Mini Grey

Traction Man and Scrubbing Brush are at the beach! Traction Man even has his special Squid-Proof Scuba Suit, perfect for exploring the secret crevices of the Rockpool. But there are adventures in store for our intrepid hero as he faces the thrills of Operation Picnic, the tribulation of being buried in sand and - worst of all - being washed away by a giant wave... 
 
Join the daring duo as they meet new challenges ... and new friends.

Traction Man and the Beach Odyssey

John Vernon Lord

Janet Burroway

One hot summer in Itching Down, 
Four million wasps flew into town. 
 
What are the villagers going to do about this noisy, nasty nuisance of a swarm? Make a giant jam sandwich - that's what!

The Giant Jam Sandwich

Mairi Hedderwick

Welcome to the Island of Struay, home of one of the best-loved characters in children's books and as seen on TV - Katie Morag McColl! 
 
When the village mail gets muddled, it's up to Katie Morag to sort things out - with a little help from Grannie Island and her tractor. . .

Katie Morag Delivers the Mail

"Father Christmas needs a wee. 
He's been drinking drinks since half past three . . ." 
 
At each different house that he visits Father Christmas drinks and eats all the goodies left out for him. Before long he really, really, really needs a wee. So much so that he even forgets to leave the presents behind. But he dashes back, delivers all the pressies and flies home at high speed to avoid an embarassing accident . . . there's just one tiny problem . . . he's lost his house key! 
 
Find out what happens and whether Father Christmas ever gets to relieve himself in this brilliant and fabulously funny counting book from the talented author/illustrator Nicholas Allan!

Father Christmas Needs a Wee

Traction Man is back! And so is Scrubbing Brush, his brave and rather bedraggled pet. But one night Scrubbing Brush myseriously vanishes and in his place is the utterly hygenic Turbodog, in indestructible Purple Plastic with Flashing Eyes, Electronic Bark and three AA batteries. But it's not the same without Scrubbing Brush. Where can he be? Traction Man sets out on his greatest rescue mission yet. Can he save Scrubbing Brush from? And is there room in his life for two pets?

Traction Man Meets Turbodog

A simple introduction to reproduction. 
 
Every single day, Willy, a small sperm, practices for the Great Swimming Race. 
 
But, when the day arrives, will Willy be able to swim faster than his 300 million friends? He'll have to if he stands a chance of meeting the marvellous egg. 
 
Join Willy on his biggest adventure yet! 
 
Hilariously funny, warm, and playful, this is a picture book that appeals to both children and grown-ups. 
 
"Fresh, original, and imaginative. . . . Allan's achievement is in couching fascinating facts within the construct of a gentle, direct narrative. A little knowledge is a wonderful thing, and as the rest of the facts of life fall into place, Allan's readers will look back on this book with a mixture of fondness and wry amusement." -The Guardian

Where Willy Went

When Horace bakes a biscuit in the shape of a bear, little does he know that his edible treat is going to turn into Biscuit Bear! For in the middle of the night, when all is quiet, that is exactly what happens, and Biscuit Bear decides that it is time he made some friends of his own. So, with flour, sugar and butter he does just that. In fact, he makes a whole circus of friends and the fun begins . . .

Biscuit Bear

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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