'Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical thriller that is essential reading for both our politicians and the ordinary citizen' Kai BirdBest-selling historian Serhii Plokhy returns with an illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear disasters In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings apart, three reactors would go into nuclear meltdown, and the surrounding area would be swamped in radioactive water. It is now considered one of the costliest nuclear disasters ever. But Fukushima was not the first, and it was not the worst. . . In Atoms and Ashes, acclaimed historian Serhii Plokhy tells the tale of the six nuclear disasters that shook the world: Bikini Atoll, Kyshtym, Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Based on wide-ranging research and witness testimony, Plokhy traces the arc of each crisis, exploring in depth the confused decision-making on the ground and the panicked responses of governments to contain the crises and often cover up the scale of the catastrophe. As the world increasingly looks to renewable and alternative sources of energy, Plokhy lucidly argues that the atomic risk must be understood in explicit terms, but also that these calamities reveal a fundamental truth about our relationship with nuclear technology: that the thirst for power and energy has always trumped safety and the cost for future generations.
'Lyrical' Daily Mail'Beautiful' Spectator'Skilled' Financial Times'Vulnerable' Guardian'Deft' Independent'Profound' Observer'The beginning of summer. Perhaps it crosses my mind even now while I wait for news of Amy that something is coming towards us. Like sighting the first slow swell of a wave.'Years ago, in an almost accidental moment of heroism, Ed saved Amy from drowning. Now, in his thirties, he finds himself adrift. He's been living in London for years - some of them good - but he's stuck in a relationship he can't move forward, has a job that just pays the bills, and can't shake the sense that life should mean more than this. Perhaps all Ed needs is a moment to pause. To exhale and start anew. And when he meets Amy again by chance, it seems that happiness might not be so far out of reach. But then tragedy overtakes him, and Ed must decide whether to let history and duty define his life, or whether he should push against the tide and write his own story.Filled with hope and characteristic warmth, Undercurrent is a moving and intimate portrait of love, of life and why we choose to share ours with the people we do.
'An enemies to lovers must-read' - Gay Times18 years after her disappearance, the princess has returned. But what is left of her kingdom?Sapphire finds herself in Eriobis with a crown, a castle and too many handmaidens to count. And so her life begins as the heir to the throne of a country she doesn't understand - a country ruled by magic and secrets.That's before she meets Ashes. A dark witch with the power to destroy Sapphire's life and kingdom. But Ashes also happens to be the only person that can help her discover the truth.And the answers might unravel the very world she's come to know.'A bewitching fantasy packed with dark secrets, luscious world building and heart shattering twists, Brenna Nation has woven a romantic and devastating tale about the things we do for love.' - Rosie Talbot, author of Sixteen SoulsPerfect for fans of The Dark Tide and Six Of Crows, discover the secrets of Eriobis in this magical Sapphic story.
Peppa and George learn how to be firefighters! They wear uniforms, slide down the fire pole and ride in a fire engine. NEE NAW, Peppa and George to the rescue!Also look out for:Peppa Pig: Dream Big, PeppaPeppa Pig: Peppa's Holiday CruisePeppa Pig: George's Digger
**THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**THE PLANNING TOOK MONTHS. THE MURDER JUST MOMENTS . . .'Seductive and twisted. Highly recommended!' SHARI LAPENA'A dazzling and dark 'locked room' murder mystery. A searing and compulsive mystery with deliciously dark twists' 5***** READER REVIEW'Wow. Once started I could not put this book down. It had me gripped from the first to last page. Secrets, lies, twists. A great summer read' 5***** READER REVIEW__________Nadine Walsh's party started with excitement. But it ended in murder . . .In the day, she frets over the final details. She's determined to make this the event of the year. A chance for everyone to forget the past.In the evening, she's distracted. Her husband and two grown children are consumed with their own concerns. The neighbours are getting on her nerves. But it's Nadine's own secrets that threaten the party.By the end of the night, she will be standing over a dead body . . .But which of her guests will she have murdered? And why?__________PRAISE FOR A DEATH AT THE PARTY'Absolutely compulsive reading. I inhaled this book over twenty-four hours' LIZ NUGENT'Made me hold my breath from the first line to the last' SAMANTHA M. BAILEY'Ominous and intimate' ASHLEY AUDRAIN'Chilling' STEPHANIE WROBELREADERS ARE THRILLED TO BE JOINING THE PARTY . . .'I read this gripping book in one day' 5***** READER REVIEW'What a party to be at!' 5***** READER REVIEW'Brilliant story keeping you in suspense from start to finish' 5***** READER REVIEW'I loved the twist at the end' 5***** READER REVIEW'The plot kept me guessing right up until the final revelation' 5***** READER REVIEW'Amy writes captivatingly and brings her characters to life' 5***** READER REVIEW'A brilliantly plotted novel' 5***** READER REVIEW'This book gripped me from the very beginning' 5***** READER REVIEW'Twisty and full of suspense. I was on the edge of my seat' 5***** READER REVIEW'An absolutely riveting story. A must-read' 5***** READER REVIEW
Poor little chap! He had been turned into a very strange animal indeed . . .Although they're small, fat and shy creatures, Moomins have the most amazing adventures. It all begins when Moominpappa tries on a magic hat that makes exciting and funny things happen . . .
'McLane is a Romantic poet out of time' Ange Mlinko'Passionate, erudite, sensuous . . . McLane probes the minutest currents of human feeling' Sarah Howe'My favourite living poet . . . [her work] bristles with life, feeling, argument' Parul SeghalThe witty, searching new collection by National Book Award finalist Maureen N. McLane, musing on the sea, ageing, love and the climate crisisIn her first book of poems since What I'm Looking For: Selected Poems 2005-2017, Maureen N. McLane offers a bravura collection of perceptive poetic meditations. What You Want is a book of landscapes, mindscapes, and shifting moods. Here are poems filled with gulls and harbours, blinking red lights and empty lobster traps, beach roses and rumoured sharks, eels and crows, wind turbines and superhighways. Sensitive, lyrical, alert to seasons and pressures on our shared life, McLane registers and gives form to an ambient unease. From Sappho to Constable, from constellations to microplastics, What You Want is a collection as alive to the cosmos as it is to our moment. This is McLane's cloudy-sky book: a voyage through lambent autumns and shining winters, in which an eye looks out on what it longs for, what it loves, and asks: will it survive the coming heat?
'A true artist. A brilliant writer. An original thinker' Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieYorùbá Boy Running charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther's miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting'Run, Àjàyí, run!'The day the Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of Òsogùn, thirteen-year-old Àjàyí's life was split in two.Before, there was his childhood, surrounded by friends and family, watched over by the ancient Yorùbá gods of forest and water, earth and sky. After: capture, slavery - and release, into the service of a new god, his own culture left far behind. So Àjàyí becomes Samuel Crowther - missionary, linguist, minister - and abolitionist: driven to negotiate against his own people to end the miserable trade in human beings which destroyed his family.Drawing on the prolific writings of Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Biyi Bándélé has created a many-voiced, kaleidoscopic portrait of an extraordinary man. From the heart-stopping drama of Àjàyí's last day of freedom to the farcical intrigue of the Òsogùn court; from a meeting with Queen Victoria; to his consecration as the first African Bishop of the Anglican Church, his journey, like all great odysseys, circles back to where he began. By turns witty, moving and quietly political, Biyi Bándélé's reimagining of Crowther's life is a brilliant tour de force.WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM WOLE SOYINKA'Biyi Bándélé had a prolifically talented and creative mind, shown in everything he touched. Yorùbá Boy Running is no exception' Chiwitel EjioforCover artwork Chris Ofili, Blind Leading Blind, 2005 (c) The artist.
'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily TelegraphTwo young children hold the key to a secret stash of money - and a relentless psychopath is on their trail...Harry 'Preacher' Powell, his fingers tattooed with LOVE and HATE, is out of prison and doing the Devil's work. He knows his ex-cellmate hid $10,000 somewhere. He knows how to charm his way into unsuspecting lives. And he knows where the man's family lives. As he hunts them down, a terrifying game of cat and mouse begins. One of the great chase novels, The Night of the Hunter is a savage tale of innocence and evil in the Depression-era South.
When Maude Slocum - beautiful, frightened and angry - comes to Lew Archer's office with a poison pen letter intended for her husband, he reluctantly agrees to help her. As he follows the Slocums around, Archer finds that Mrs Slocum might have the least of the family's troubles: her teenage daughter is desolate, her husband is in the closet and her mother-in-law has just come to an unpleasant end in the swimming pool. But why is their handsome ex-chauffeur still hanging around? And what does the sinister Pacific Refinery Company have to do with the all the bloodshed? The Drowning Pool is Ross Macdonald's gripping tale of adultery, jealousy, murder and lies.Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer mysteries rewrote the conventions of the detective novel with their credible, humane hero, and with Macdonald's insight and moral complexity won new literary respectability for the hardboiled genre previously pioneered by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. They have also received praise from such celebrated writers as William Goldman, Jonathan Kellerman, Eudora Welty and Elmore Leonard.
'Thrilling, chilling, heart-stopping . . . impossible to put down' CHRIS WHITAKER'Terrifying, dark and original with a brilliantly shocking ending - loved this book' CATHERINE COOPER 'Non-stop thrills. Perhaps the best psychological thriller I've read' 5* READER REVIEW 'A full-tilt thriller . . . original, timely and very clever. Lia's best yet!' EMILY FREUD 'Bristles with dread and threat - it is not for a dark autumn night' DAILY MAIL'Fast-paced and topical . . . a total page-turner' ALLIE REYNOLDS WELCOME TO THE CONFESSION ROOM.An online forum for admitting your sins.Some people confess to affairs, others to stealing. Some admit deep, dark wishes. And former police officer Emilia Haines, reading strangers' secrets is the perfect distraction from the past.But one day, Emilia stumbles on the darkest confession yet:MURDER.At first, it seems like a hoax. But when a body is found, then another victim is named, Emilia can't look away.How are the victims linked? Who is confessing to murder to publicly?And how do you catch a serial killer who is hiding in plain sight? **** Praise for Lia Middleton: 'Tense, jaw-dropping, clever' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'Keeps you guessing from start to finish' JANE FALLON'I loved it. Huge twists' GILLIAN McALLISTER'Brilliantly written . . . I'll be recommending it to everyone I know' SARAH PEARSE'A stand-out psychological thriller' ASHLEY AUDRAIN'Superb. Assured, elegant and utterly gripping' WILL DEAN'Couldn't put it down' CATHERINE COOPER
A preacher called Deke O'Malley's been selling false hope: the promise of a glorious new life in Africa for just $1,000 a family. But when thieves with machine guns steal the proceeds - and send one man's brain matter flying - the con is up. Now Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed mean to bring the good people of Harlem back their $87,000, however many corpses they have to climb over to get it.Cotton Comes to Harlem is a non-stop ride, with violence, sex, double-crosses, and the two baddest detectives ever to wear a badge in Harlem.With a new Introduction by Will Self.
WINNER OF THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024'A quiet work of art that explores the complexity of trauma in the wake of the Enniskellen bombing. McKeon's writing is sensitive, elusive and philosophical, and pursues an elusive truth at the heart of the Troubles.' PAUL LYNCH 'Exceptional ... The imaginative storytelling and fine prose of Remembrance Sunday puts McKeon in the big leagues' Irish Times'A supreme storyteller' Sunday Times'If you enjoy Colum McCann's work, this novel is for you' Irish Independent'Impressive ... A poignant, delicately composed novel that doesn't stint on the wreckage of violence' Daily Mail 'Beautifully written' Sunday IndependentChinatown, New York. After a chance encounter with an old friend, Simon Hanlon, an Irish architect, experiences a seizure, his first in almost thirty years. Soon, they come to him daily.As he awaits a brain operation, Simon turns his mind back to his childhood on a farm near the Irish border. At fifteen, he was present when an IRA bomb exploded at the Remembrance Sunday parade in Enniskillen. It was in the following weeks that his seizures first began. Now, he is compelled to seek out the bomber from the remnants of his past, and to ask himself the question: why do we harm one another?Remembrance Sunday is a moving and unforgettable novel about love, empathy and the ways in which history imprints itself upon our hearts and minds.***'Deeply felt and delicate, Remembrance Sunday is a timely evocation of the havoc the Troubles wreaked, not just on the street, but on the soul' CLAIRE KILROY'Beautifully wrought, startlingly perceptive, stealthily gripping . . . It moves masterfully between the forensic and the lyrical, the meditative and the dramatic, the personal and the political' KEVIN POWER'McKeon animates a story out of the North's recent history with much skill and empathy. Complicating the commonplace, attempting to make sense of the senseless, the novel is an impressive and moving act of imagination and remembrance' NICK LAIRD'A stunning achievement. I was completely gripped by it and awed at the sublime skill and beauty of its execution. Darragh has created a work of art of immediate relevance and enduring importance' DONAL RYAN
'There's no better way to celebrate the start of beach season than with a brand-new beach read and if anyone can give us the perfect book for it, it's Beth!' - Cosmopolitan.comLuna, Rory and Jodie are supposed to be having the time of their lives, but instead... Luna thought her first year at uni was perfect - until her relationship ended, and her old school friends seem to be ghosting her... Rory's true passion is art (and promoting it on her social media), but she wants to fit in with her sensible family, so she's signed up to study law. It feels like the right thing to do, though her heart is saying otherwise... And as for Jodie - she's put her all into getting top marks at uni, but she can't remember the last time she's let her hair down and had some fun. Her life is great on paper, but she's exhausted and headed for burnout... In desperate need of an escape, the girls book themselves on a holiday that's meant to be perfect for solo travellers. But the idyllic resort of Casa Dorada is actually a digital detox retreat - which means NO PHONES! And that's not even the biggest disaster waiting for them . . . Will it be a summer the girls will never forget - or one they'd rather not remember?A sweet, funny, relatable coming-of-age story from bestselling author Beth Reekles, author of The Kissing Booth - perfect for fans of Beth O'Leary and Emily Henry.
Shortlisted for the Oscar's Book Prize, 2024.From the creator of Barbara Throws a Wobbler - the ultimate story to chase (and laugh) your worries away'A wise and comical look at anxiety and how to banish it ... With funny pictures and a guide to different kinds of worries, this is soothing for all ages' - The TimesGeoffrey's got the jitters! It started last night when he was thinking about school - a funny, wiggly feeling in his tummy that grew and grew. But when Geoffrey's tummy jitters started talking to him - that's when he knew they were out of control. Geoffrey had to do something...Through a laugh-out-loud story and loveable character, Nadia Shireen shows how to understand and dispel anxieties, one jitter at a time.Selected as one of The Sunday Times Best Children's Book of the Year. Selected for Book Trust's Great Book Guide 2024-2025
1989: a group of friends arrives in Mallorca for a post-graduation holiday at a luxury villa. A beach party marks the pinnacle of their fun, until it isn't fun any longer, when an accident happens. Now: The truth about that summer has been collectively buried. But someone knows what happened. And they want the friends to pay for what they did.
Peppa, George and Grandpa Pig are visiting the zoo and discovering all the wonderful animals!Stroke Mr Lion's fluffy mane, poke the penguin's squashy tummy and touch a very bumpy tortoise shell in this lovely touch-and-feel book. Don't miss these other brilliant Peppa books:Peppa Pig: Where's George's Dinosaur?: A Lift The Flap BookPeppa Pig: Peppa's Pop-Up UnicornsPeppa Pig: Peppa and the New Baby
February 2022, Nora Krug connected with 'K.', a Ukrainian journalist and 'D.', a Russian artist and communicated with each of them individually, condensing their answers into a narrative and then created illustrations for each entry. The personal accounts chronicle the first year of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in an intimate, epistolary format.
Prepare your little unicorns for their first day at school with this magical tale!Rocky is VERY excited. It's his first day of school and he just can't wait! Racing to the school gates with all the other little unicorns, Rocky walks proudly through the corridors to his new classroom.But when something goes wrong, he starts to WORRY. Join Rocky as he discovers the magic of friendship and teamwork.Packed with adorable illustrations and easy-to-read rhyming text, this picture book is perfect for sparking conversations about first-day worries.Want to discover another first day adventure? Also available:Welcome to Dinosaur School
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.F. Scott Fitzgerald was the most celebrated chronicler of the Jazz Age. At the time of his death, he believed he was an alcoholic failure; but he received posthumous acclaim as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. This collection brings together some of his finest stories, including 'The Curious Tale of Benjamin Button'; 'Winter Dreams', a melancholy thwarted love story that anticipated The Great Gatsby, and 'Babylon Revisited', set the year after the 1929 stock market crash, when the Jazz Age sounded its last.'His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings' Ernest Hemingway
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.Published when she was only eighteen, Françoise Sagan's astonishing novella, Bonjour Tristesse, became an instant bestseller. It tells the story of Cécile, who leads a carefree life with her widowed father and his young mistresses until, one hot summer on the Riviera, he decides to remarry - with devastating consequences.
'Pacy and intense . . .kept me frantically turning pages till the nail-biting end' ANDREA MARA 'Terrific . . . totally gripping and tightly plotted' JANE CASEY 'Thrilling . . .an adrenaline-charged page-turning read that leaves readers wanting more' MYLES MCWEENEY, IRISH INDEPENDENT * * * A chilling blend of crime and psychological thriller from the bestselling author of If I TellAn au pair disappears in the heart of suburbia. When her body shows up, all eyes are on the only witness to her abduction, a two-year-old child. Detective and expert witness interviewer Laura Shaw knows she is needed. But in the aftermath of a case that nearly broke her, Laura questions if she can continue to do police work. Her partner, Detective Niamh Darmody, is on the case, but without Laura to rely on, she's struggling too. When the discovery of a second body blows all their theories out of the water, Laura and Niamh must accept that the killer is poised to strike again. All they know is that he is tantalisingly close, hidden in plain sight. But they won't see him - not until he wants them to . . . * * * 'Enthralling . . . a real page-turner, a modern Irish crime epic that will have you rooting for Laura and Niamh right to the very end' HOT PRESS 'A highly empathetic writer . . . a well-crafted, character-driven thriller, set in a suburban milieu worthy of Andrea Mara . . . for anyone missing Tana French's Dublin Murder series' IRISH EXAMINER'A fantastically thrilling police procedural with two feisty, believable female leads. Everything I love in a book!' JO SPAIN'Pacy and intense . . . kept me frantically turning pages till the nail-biting end' ANDREA MARA'Utterly gripping! CLAUDIA CARROLL'I loved it! With a sinister plot and a creepy serial killer it's gripping and terrifying. And Laura and Niamh are characters I want to read about again and again!' PATRICIA GIBNEY
A deeply personal account, of how King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's loving marriage saved the monarchy during World War II, and how they raised their daughter to become Queen Elizabeth II, based on exclusive access to the Royal Archives From the bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen and Prince Charles'Sally Bedell Smith takes us into the inner sanctum of the Windsors, giving us an intimate and gripping portrait of a royal marriage that survived betrayal, tragedy, and war. The product of meticulous research, George VI and Elizabeth is an unputdownable book' Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire--- Granted special access by Queen Elizabeth II to her parents' letters and diaries and to the papers of their close friends and family, Sally Bedell Smith brings the love story of this iconic royal couple to vibrant life. This deeply researched and revealing book shows how a loving and devoted marriage helped the King and Queen meet the challenges of World War II, lead a nation, solidify the public's faith in the monarchy, and raise their daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. From the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936, to King George VI's fierce leadership as we navigated World War II, this is the definitive account of not only the man behind the throne, but the woman - and the marriage - that made his reign so successful. Forming relationships with Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, and inspiring the British people with their courage and compassion during the blitz, George VI and Elizabeth also raised their daughter Princess Elizabeth. It was from her parents' leadership that she spent her childhood learning, watching, and preparing to become the future queen.---'Sally Bedell Smith's reputation rests on her commitment to scholarship and access to previously undiscovered information. But it's not enough to find it-you have to bring wisdom to it. This book is a deeply moving marvel' Peggy Noonan, columnist for Wall Street Journal'Sally Bedell Smith has written a richly textured and deeply moving paean to the power of duty, honor, and courage in Britain's darkest-and finest-hour' Evan Thomas, author of First: Sandra Day O'Connor'With a marvelous combination of sympathy and perception, Sally Bedell Smith has created a memorable and touching portrait of two decent people who took on a job they never wanted and did it with dedication, courage, and success' Margaret MacMillan, author of War: How Conflict Shaped Us
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