Why Don’t Things Fall Up?: and Six Other Science Lessons You Missed at School
Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue? Could you explain why ice cream melts? Have you forgotten why scientists think the universe started with a Big Bang, and […]
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Ballet Besties: Indu’s Time to Shine
Pirouette your way into the Shimmer & Shine dance studio, where the ballet besties are ready to put on a show! Indu loves learning ballet at Shimmer & Shine, her […]
City of Destruction
Bombay, 1951. A political rally ends in tragedy when India's first female police detective, Persis Wadia, kills a lone gunman as he attempts to assassinate the divisive new defence minister, […]
This Book May Save Your Life: Everyday Health Hacks to Worry Less and Live Better
The hilarious, myth-busting survival guide to the human body from TikTok's favourite General Surgeon. Though the odds are stacked against us, the human body has an extraordinary tendency to survive. […]
Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
The secret to productivity isn't discipline. It's joy. We think that productivity is all about hard work. That the road to success is lined with endless frustration and toil. But […]
Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe
2.6 billion people are inhabitants of former British colonies. The empire's influence upon the quarter of the planet it occupied, and its gravitational influence upon the world outside it, has […]
Winter Animals
In one of America's Happiest Cities, thirty-eight-year-old Elen is trapped under the shadow of the snow-capped Cascade Mountains. Her husband has left her. Her belongings are in the boot of […]
Hidden Fires: the powerful and emotional new novel from the Costa Prize shortlisted author of The Family Tree
Ramadan, 2017. Yusuf wakes in the middle of the night to pray. His routine is always the same, but something tells him that tonight is different. Yellow flames blur Yusuf’s […]
The Spy
ONE MISSING BOY. ONE MAN UNDERCOVER. A WHOLE NATION AT RISK. Detective Kamil Rahman is working for the Metropolitan Police when he gets the call from MI5. They've received intelligence […]
Uncivilised: A science historian explores ten founding ideas of Western civilisation, and their fatal flaws
Knowledge is power. Time is money. Justice is blind. Western civilisation is a powerful brand, and full of accepted wisdoms like these that we rarely question. Taking cues from Greek […]
Dr Roopa’s Body Books: The Brilliant Brain
Every second of every day, something is happening in every tiny bit of your body, from the top of your head to the soles of your feet… And if you […]
I Feel No Peace: Rohingya Fleeing Over Seas & Rivers
Rohingya men, women and children have been fleeing their homes for forty years. The tipping point came in August 2017, when almost 700,000 were wrung from Myanmar in a single […]
Fundamentally
"By normal, you mean like you? A slag with a saviour complex?" When academic Nadia is disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, she decides to make […]
Hunted
Your kids are missing, accused of plotting to kill thousands. Can you find them before it's too late? It's a week before the presidential elections when a bomb goes off […]
Dragon Rider
FROM THE ASHES OF AN EMPIRE, A HERO WILL RISE… Jai has spent his life forced to serve the cruel empire that killed his family and now rules his people. […]
The Revenge of Rita Marsh
Rita Marsh is a good person. By day, she runs a care home, looking after the elderly and infirm. By night, she's a vigilante, posing online as young girls and […]
Finding Sophie
Sophie King is missing. Her parents, Harry and Zara, are distraught; for the last seventeen years, they've done everything for their beloved only daughter and now she's gone. The police […]
A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping
What if love is the best magic of all? An enchanting novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her magic – and her life – back […]
The Book of Chai: History, stories and more than 60 recipes
The ritual of chai offers a moment to stop, to inhale, to feel awakened by the heady concoction of tea leaves and spices, to look out of the window and […]
The Midnight King
'This is a work of fiction. This is not a confession.'Lucas Cole is a bestselling writer. He is also a father, a widower, and a beloved celebrity in his small town. He […]
The Girl In Cell A
They say she's a murderer.She thinks she's been framed.If only she could remember what happened in Eden Falls. Convicted of cold-blooded murder at seventeen, Orianna has always maintained her innocence. […]
Power Up: An Engineer’s Adventures into Sustainable Energy
We rarely think about the energy systems that prop up our existence. With hot water, lighting and digital entertainment all available at the flick of a switch, it's easy to […]
Overland
It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime: the open road, London to Kathmandu, just three young people looking for adventure. No one could have predicted the way […]
The Chemist
He knows everything about you. Including how to save you. And how to kill you. Local pharmacist and pillar of the community, Idris Khan, spends his days doling out methadone […]
Blue Ruin
It's the 1990's, and Jay is an artist tipped for greatness. Shortly after graduating from his London art school, a promising career is already taking shape before him. Despite the […]
This Is Fine
It might not be the stuff of dreams, but Padma and Wallace have spent ten years building a relationship that feels... fine. Until Wallace gives Padma an ultimatum about starting […]
City of Destruction
Bombay, 1951. A political rally ends in tragedy when India's first female police detective, Persis Wadia, kills a lone gunman as he attempts to assassinate the divisive new defence minister, […]
Quantum of Menace
Filled with wit and verve, Vaseem Khan brings his vibrant and dynamic style to one of Ian Fleming's most beloved characters, Q. Charming, drily humorous, and intelligently crafted, Quantum of […]
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