The unmissable new work from Ali Smith, following the dazzling Man Booker-shortlisted Seasonal quartet

'A story is never an...

Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But...

Magic doesn't exist in the broken city of Lkossa anymore, especially for girls like sixteen-year-old Koffi. Indentured to the...

Josephine Williams is definitely a leader - and her teachers know it! What other eleven-year-old is desperate for more...

The story goes that, many years ago, the remote North Atlantic archipelago of St Hia was home to a monster.

Her name was...

The definitive selection of short stories from one of our greatest living writers, curated by Penelope Lively herself

Wry,...

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

With honesty, passion and heart, Terry...

Taking us on an extraordinary journey into the past and around the globe, from coral reefs to the North Pole, deserts to...

Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary...

Ancient Greece, 5th century BC

The age of myths and legends has given way to the world of men. In the front rank stands...

Utterly compulsive, totally original and with a truly jaw-on-the-floor twist, this is a thriller like no other

Charming and...

The ultimate guide to boosting your mental and physical health by reconnecting with the way we, as humans, were supposed to live,...

The Cold War plays out in the shadow of the Second World War as old loyalties collide

Sinister rumours link clandestine Arab...

A sweeping portrait of one Berlin family, spanning generations and two world wars
Peter and Paul, the two sons of German...

Downtown LA. Streetwise lawyer Mickey Murphy has a shabby office in a low-rent district, an ex who bleeds him dry and the kind of...

A Russian scientist is defecting to the West, in order to realize his dreams of contacting extra-terrestrial life among the...

It is 1941 and Germany has won the war. Britain is occupied, Churchill executed and the King imprisoned in the Tower of London....

A sunken U-Boat has lain undisturbed on the Atlantic ocean floor since the Second World War - until now. Inside its rusting hull,...

When Bernard Samson is woken in the middle of the night and discovers an injured man on his doorstep, he knows it will only bring...

Summer 1987, the final years of the Cold War. Bernard Samson has been sent to East Germany to make contact with a KGB defector,...

Len Deighton's only collection of short stories explores the devastating experiences of ordinary soldiers across over two...

Ageing Hollywood star Marshall Stone is scared. Scared that the parts are drying up. Scared of being forgotten. So when he hears...

With the Cold War drawing to a close in the East, Bernard Samson is still haunted by the events that have turned his life upside...

Do you always ask for the same old wine, the usual pint, the reliable spirit? It's all too easy to play it safe, and finding new...

Texan billionaire General Midwinter will stop at nothing to bring down the USSR - even if it puts the whole world at risk. The...

Moses thinks he's got it made. Originally a poor Caribbean immigrant, he is now the proud landlord of a ramshackle house in...

Ideal for early years to KS1 children who are starting or are already at Reception and KS1 primary school.

Phonics! Number...

Meet Ingrid. She works on a gargantuan luxury cruise liner, where she spends her days reorganizing the merchandise and waiting...

A gorgeously immersive, mesmerising and life-affirming literary debut - a love story and a ghost story set in modern day...

For forty years we've been watching Phillip - from children's TV to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and This...