Life is calm and quiet in the Big Forest for best friends Armadillo and Hare. Until one day, all-singing, all-dancing Flamingo arrives and turns their peaceful lives upside down! With their friends Wombat, Tortoise, Invisible Stick Insect and Bear, they must navigate the trials and triumphs of life with a new neighbour. Perfect bedtime tales of friendship and finding joy in the ordinary.
Another entrancing childrens novel from award-winning author Philip Reeve. On accompanying her uncle as he explores the mysterious island of Summertide, our young protagonist is witness to strange happenings. As the deep magic of the woods awakens, so your heart will be stirred by this enchanting story of nature, magic and friendship.
Mal and the crew take receipt of a sealed crate which they are being paid to transport to Badger, no questions asked. Yet once their cargo is safely stowed aboard, River insists Mal should space it out of the airlock, for it contains, she insists, ghosts. The crew desperately need another pay day, but soon find themselves paralysed by hallucinations of their deepest hopes and desires, so vivid they cannot be distinguished from reality.
Clary Fray is seeing things: vampires in Brooklyn and werewolves in Manhattan. Irresistibly drawn towards a group of sexy demon hunters, Clary encounters the dark side of New York City - and the dangers of forbidden love. Graphic novel adaptation by Mike Raicht; penciller, Nicole Virella.
From Costa Prize winner Jasbinder Bilan, Aarti has lived on the island with Aunt for as long as she can remember. Her only comforts are a book of Indian myths, a fox's friendship, and a toy rabbit she finds in a locked room. Then, she learns Aunt has been feeding her lies. Fate intervenes when a half-drowned boy washes up nearby. With his help, can Aarti remember who she really is?
A speculative memoir of gender transition and recovery from addiction, refracted through pop culture, queer theory, film, TV, literature, and (what feels like) stand-up comedy likeThe Argonautscaught in a hall of mirrors, with a lot more sex and humour.
A delightful and entertaining collection of a lifetime of musings, meditations and in-depth profiles about animals, by the bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book.
Altered Carbon and The Wind-Up Girl meet Apocalypse Now in this fast-paced, intelligent, action-driven cyberpunk, probing questions of memory, identity and the power of narratives.
Simple. Clear. Positive. Powerful. True. These are the words readers use to describe the wisdom they find in the works of Esther and Jerry Hicks, which channel the teachings of a group consciousness from the nonphysical dimension - a group of Beings who call themselves Abraham. Now Esther returns with the first book in more than a decade based on new Abraham Teachings - designed to help you navigate the turbulent times we're all living through now.
When the body of a French woman washes up on the Cornish coast, an unlikely trio of detectives team up to solve three very different puzzling murders after a retired expert insists that they are all connected. Written with Grimes's signature wit, sly plotting, and gloriously offbeat characters. The twenty-fifth mystery in the bestselling Richard Jury series.
Utterly is found washed up on the shores of the Autumn Isles and taken in by the mysterious Watcher of Wildsea. When her guardian is drowned, Utterly is thrust into the role of Watcher, but can she keep the island safe from the threat of the terrifying Gorm? Mysteries lie beneath the oceans surface and adventure beckons. Utterly will unearth secrets about the sea, her parents and life itself.
Ever been lost for words abroad?
When you want to get your point across abroad there's only one way to do it: by swearing your ar e off! Impress the world with a stream of multi-lingual profanity from this nifty pocket book.
