IN PLACES OF DARKNESS, WOMEN WILL RISE . . . Iceland, 1910. In the middle of a severe storm two sisters - Freyja and Gudrun - rescue a mysterious, charismatic man from a shipwreck near their remote farm. Sixty-five years later, a young woman - Sigga - is spending time with her grandmother when they learn a body has been discovered on a mountainside near Reykjavik, perfectly preserved in ice. Moving between the turn of the 20th century and the 1970s as a dark mystery is unravelled, The Swell is a spellbinding, beautifully atmospheric read, rich in Icelandic myth.
'A must read for anyone who buys anything plastic' MICHAEL MOSS, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF SALT, SUGAR, FAT Over the past seventy years, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Unilever and other consumer goods makers have harnessed single-use plastics to turbocharge their profits. They've poured billions of dollars into convincing us we need disposable diapers, cups, bags, bottles, shampoo sachets and ultra-processed foods.We were never clamouring for any of this. But this shift towards disposability has fundamentally transformed our daily habits. Think of toddlers kept in disposable diapers for far longer than their parents wore cloth, our obsession with bottled water and our insatiable appetite for convenient snacks and coffee. While at first we shaped plastics, somewhere along the way, plastics took over and began shaping us. Like any addiction, our plastic habit has consequences. It is damaging our climate and biodiversity - today, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic waste ends up in the ocean every minute - and we are only just starting to understand its effect on our own health. In investigating how we got here, Consumed arms us to make better decisions about where we go next. It is only by understanding this history that we will stop accepting the same failed solutions and demand better from the brands that got us hooked on plastic in the first place.
Winter, 1947. Britain's secret services have been penetrated. The country is more vulnerable than ever - and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin knows it. He decides it is time to send his master of 'Special Tasks' to create extra chaos. But Stalin has a more important motive than mere disruption. He has a man on the inside who must be protected at all costs - a communist super-spy who has the secrets of the atomic bomb at his fingertips. Freya Bentall, a senior MI5 officer, no longer knows who to trust and is left with one option: to bring in an outsider whose loyalty is beyond question - Cambridge professor Tom Wilde. His task: to find the traitor in MI5. Bentall has three main suspects and Wilde must get close to them all. That means delving deep into the criminal underworld, attaching himself to the cultural elite of the arts and finding a way into the extreme reaches of British politics. As winter bites and violence erupts, Wilde faces an uphill battle to protect those he loves from merciless killers. And he knows that one slip will spell disaster for the country - and his family.
A laugh-out-loud story, from the talented James Davies, about a boy and his unbreakable friendship with a very long dog.
With a giant glow-in-the-dark scene, lots to colour and super fun artwork from the popular Gal Weizeman, Glow Colouring Space is sure to catch lots of attention
With a huge glow-in-the-dark scene, loads of colouring pages and so many popular animals, customers will love Glow Colouring Nature.
Farm Animals offers a new twist on a universally popular colouring theme
Things That Go is a unique colouring book with tutorials featuring planes, trucks and more
THE UNMISSABLE, UNRELENTINGLY GRIPPING NEW BOOK FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MASTER OF THE UP-ALL-NIGHT THRILLERYou thought she was safe. You were wrong . . . Lauren can't wait to see her daughter again, to pick her up from university at the end of her first term. But when she arrives at her hall and knocks on the door to her room, a stranger opens it. At first, Lauren thinks she must have the wrong room, or the wrong floor. Maybe even the wrong building. But she soon realises the truth: Evie's not there. She hasn't been there for weeks. So where is she?Following one family's desperate race against time as one terrifying moment unravels into a living nightmare, The Daughter is the unmissable new heart-in-mouth thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mother and The Dream Home.
She is vengeance. He will be her sword. No one in Imirath had ever seen a dragon, until five eggs long thought fossils hatched in the presence of their young princess, Elowen Atarah. Fearing the power his daughter would wield through her soul-bond with the creatures, King Garrick imprisoned her for many years, desperately trying to break the bond that united them, until a daring rescue saved Elowen from his clutches - but left her five precious dragons at his mercy. Years later, Elowen is now a woman determined to free her dragons. Having established a queendom of her own, she is ready to do whatever is necessary to save her people from starvation and seek vengeance against her father. Even if that means leaving the home she built for herself. Or having to align herself with the Commander of Vareveth, Cayden Veles, the most feared and dangerous man in all the kingdoms of Ravaryn and her father's sworn enemy. Cayden promises to help Elowen if she will stand with him and all of Vareveth in the pending war against Imirath. Despite their contrasting motives, Elowen can't ignore their undeniable attraction as together they plot to infiltrate her father's impenetrable castle to steal back her dragons and seek revenge on their common enemy. The pull between Elowen and Cayden becomes impossible to resist, even when trusting each other seems both reckless and essential. But with the threat of war looming over them, the imminent heist will be their most dangerous adventure yet.
Learning how to recognise colours can be fun with Little Bear and his friends!A perfect early learning concept board book featuring an adorable cast of stuffed toys and a whole rainbow of colours. Read aloud as you introduce children to red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, white, brown and black, as well as spots, stripes and checkered patterns. This adorable, educational board book encourages pre-schoolers to identify colours in everyday objects around them. Little ones will learn as they listen, finding their favourite colours, extending their vocabulary and forming image and word connections along the way.Jane Hissey's classic illustrations and simple text makes this the perfect companion for young children learning to recognise different colours. The chunky board book format and rounded corners are ideal for small hands to grip onto and hold, helping with early motor skills.
Learning the alphabet can be fun with Little Bear and friends!R is for run. Rabbit is running in a race.Y is for yellow. Can you see two yellow ducks?M is for marbles. How many marbles has Cat found?A perfect pre-school early learning concept board book featuring an adorable cast of stuffed toys and the alphabet from A to Z. Read aloud with little ones as you follow along the alphabet on each page, encouraging them to look, find and form image and word connections. This book also prompts young readers to extend their vocabulary and speaking skills, spotting similar sounds in sentences.Jane Hissey's classic illustrations and simple text makes this the perfect companion for young children learning the alphabet. The chunky board book format and rounded corners are ideal for small hands to grip onto and hold, helping with early motor skills.
From the bestselling The Colour Monster series and author-illustrator talent, Anna Llenas, comes a new mindfulness activity book packed with 45 mandalas to colour in!What do you do when your emotions overwhelm you and you don't know how to control them? Or when you feel upset but can't figure out why? Join the Colour Monster and discover how to express your emotions through art. On your journey towards calm, these mandalas, full of shapes and colour, will help you to connect with yourself and find your inner peace again. Using Anna Llenas' recognisable and accessible artwork in black and white form, dive into a book of beautiful and calming mandalas to colour. The perfect way to destress and help regulate emotions for children (and adults, too). Once completed, the mandalas can be removed from the book by the perforated edge and displayed for all to enjoy!Join the Colour Monster in his other adventures: The Colour Monster, The Colour Monster Goes to School and The Colour Monster The Feelings Doctor and the Emotions Toolkit.
Take an incredible voyage on the Beagle with Charles Darwin - an expedition that will shape scientific discovery forever!Step aboard the Beagle with Charles Darwin and witness his voyage of discovery from meeting Captain Fitzroy to his modest return nearly five years later. Explore the ships relevance to the people who built it and the lives that they led. Superb illustrations cutaway diagrams and maps provide an insight into the discoveries he made, the specimens he gathered and the conclusions he came to.With superb cutaway illustrations, this impressive guide explores the many different people involved in the theatre, providing a vivid and dramatic insight into Darwins adventure. Informative captions, maps, a complete glossary and an index enhance the books educational value, making it a perfect resource for school children studying Charles Darwin and his scientific discoveries.
Where Did They Go? is now in paperback. This fun, interactive spotting book with a non-fiction element shares an important message about conservation
Roman Colosseum explores the architectural achievements and hidden secrets held within the walls of this ancient arena.Step inside the enormous, boldly designed Roman Colosseum and uncover the secret lives of the people who lived, worked and built this ancient monument. Completed in 96 AD, its a miraculous feat of engineering and entertaining - this is the place that gladiators fought for their lives as citizens whooped and cheered in the stands, thousands of years ago. Curious children can discover why and how the Colosseum was built; how it was decorated; who was allowed to enter; what took place behind the scenes; and what the Roman world was like.With superb cutaway illustrations and pinpoint enlargements to accompany the text, this book is the perfect gift for history enthusiasts eager to learn more about the ancient world. Informative captions, maps, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal educational text for children studying the ancient Egyptians.
An adorable new series of mini-pop ups, perfect for the very youngest readers. Babies and young children are fascinated with faces! So they will love the six pop-up faces bursting out of this vibrant board book. Clever paper engineering makes these chunky little books surprisingly durable - meaning pop-ups aren't just for big kids. Mini Pops are the perfect balance: just small enough for little ones to easily hold, and just big enough to make them say 'WOW' with every page turn. Accompanied by a rhyming, read-aloud text and eye-catching art, this sweet range of books will have little ones asking for them again and again and again... Also in the series: MINI-POPS: HAPPY BABY
An adorable new series of mini-pop ups, perfect for the very youngest readers. Babies and young children are fascinated with faces! So they will love the six pop-up faces bursting out of this vibrant board book. Clever paper engineering makes these chunky little books surprisingly durable - meaning pop-ups aren't just for big kids. Mini Pops are the perfect balance: just small enough for little ones to easily hold, and just big enough to make them say 'WOW' with every page turn. Accompanied by a rhyming, read-aloud text and eye-catching art, this sweet range of books will have little ones asking for them again and again and again... Also in the series: MINI-POPS: GROWLY TIGER
The invasion went ahead, and only years later, the world discovered that Iraq had had no biological weapons at that time. From this experience and the many others he has had as a weapons inspector, conflict analyst and activist, in How Wars End van Aken shows how conflict resolution really works.
If a therapist promised they could fix your selfish husband, but only if you followed their dangerously unorthodox methods, would you do it?Eliza's playwright husband Richard Sheridan has accepted the career opportunity of a lifetime: running a prestigious theatre in Dublin.
A story about identity and place, about finding out who you are, who your people are, and what it means to be a familyMaeve Gaffney arrives in a small West Cork town in pursuit of a dream: to be reunited with Tim, the lad she fell for years ago and who, unbeknownst to him, fathered her daughter, Emer. For Tim, now married and a pillar of the community, Emer's existence is a shock - but the chance to rekindle an old flame with her mother is tempting. For Agnes, a lonely landowner, Maeve and Emer's arrival is an opportunity to make money - and maybe new friends. For Malachi, a man of few words but deep emotions, it's . . . complicated. For Emer, it's about growing up and finding her voice. For all five, the arrival of this beautiful, wild mother and her silent, observant daughter sparks a devastating chain of events none of them could have predicted.
'A memoir that captivates and delights. Fabulous' - Nina StibbeAutumn 1993. The former USSR. Viv is about to turn 21 and is on a study year abroad, supposedly immersed in the language, history and politics of a world that has just ceased to exist: the Soviet Union.Instead, she finds herself immersed in Bogdan Bogdanovich - the lead guitarist of a Ukrainian punk rock band. As the temperature drops, he promises that if she can get through the freezing Russian winter, he will give her "one Ukrainian summer." But is he serious about her? Or is she just another groupie?At parties, gigs and dive bars, Viv and her new friends argue over whose turn it is to buy cigarettes, the best places to find Levi's jeans and whether beer counts as a soft drink. No-one debates the merits of speaking Ukrainian over Russian, the precise location of the border or the undeniable brightness of the future. Of course good times are here to stay. Because the Soviet Union is finished. Isn't it?A poignant and often comical account of coming-of-age in the time after the Cold War and before Putin, One Ukrainian Summer is a love letter to a unique moment in history.ALL AUTHOR EARNINGS FROM THIS BOOK WILL BE DONATED TO PEN INTERNATIONAL
*WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL PFD QUEER FICTION PRIZE**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE DISCOVERIES AWARD*An arresting, unmissable debut novel shortlisted for the Women's Prize Discoveries award - an exploration of family, grief, queer identity, and the legacy of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Can you imagine it? I'd say to them. Can you imagine me there in the front row in Saint Peter's Square? The lesbian sister of a literal saint. Brought up in a devout household in Ireland, Jay is now living in London with her girlfriend, determined to live day to day and not think too much about either the future or the past. But when she learns that her beloved older brother, who died in a terrible accident, may be made into a Catholic saint, she realises she must at last confront her family, her childhood and herself . . . Inspired by the author's own devout upbringing, Ordinary Saints is a brilliant debut novel from a fresh, exciting new voice which asks - who gets to decide how we are remembered - and who we will become?Praise for Ordinary Saints:'The best debut novel I've read in a long time. Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin is a writer of immense delicacy, perception and heart, drilling deep into questions of faith, family and love. A beautiful novel and a huge talent'Jessica Moor'Funny and deeply moving. I adored it'Chloe Michelle Howarth, author of Sunburn'Mesmerising and original, Ordinary Saints is quite a novel: an empathetic, heart-felt and nuanced exploration of the Catholic church in modern Ireland, queer identity, family and so much more. I absolutely loved it'Victoria Mackenzie, award-winning author of For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain'An engrossing and absorbing read . . . Uplifting and absolutely gripping' Rachel Dawson, author of Neon Roses'Ní Mhaoileoin's writing has a real magic to it that hits you right from the first sentence'Okechukwu Nzelu'I both learnt - and felt - a lot reading Ordinary Saints. An intriguing, compelling and deeply original debut'Roxy Dunn, author of As Young As This
Detective Sergeant Mona Hendricks has enough on her plate: she's separated from her husband, her teenage daughter is punishing her for it, and she's having to babysit. When her daughter's favourite influencer, Kylie May, finds a dead body and broadcasts it to the world, Mona is thrown into a very public murder investigation. What ensues are two duelling investigations between a seasoned detective and an ambitious influencer, one using good old-fashioned police work, and the other using sensational tactics to keep spotlight on the case - and on herself. Nine years later, Mona is estranged from her daughter, relying on a cane to walk, and bitter towards Kylie, whilst the murder remains unsolved. When Kylie, now a sleek TV contrarian (think: young, female Piers Morgan), approaches Mona with a well-paid offer to investigate the cold case, Mona has no option but to accept . . .
We Dont Use Words Like Crazy is a professional confessional from Elliot Sweeney, a mental health nurse who works on the frontline of mental health services. His touching and often humorous memoir lifts the lid on the realities of the profession, in an attempt to highlight the need for compassion for some of the most vulnerable people in the world, and the very committed people that work with them on a professional basis.This book is for anyone who wants to know what its really like to work in contemporary mental health services in the UK, and why people like Elliot stick at it. Funny, frank and beautifully observed, Elliots memoir explores all aspects of mental health care, including hospital, youth care, post-partum, dementia, community care, and the more extreme experience of working with Broadmoor inmates, highlighting a service that underpins our society and that reflects the full spectrum of humanity.
With the anticipation around the latest Captain America movie reaching fever pitch, this tie-in picture book which focuses on bravery and how everyone can be a hero will be sure to appeal to Super Hero fans the world over
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