Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character…
An extraordinary story with historical and family truth at its heart, that tells us as much about the present as the past. Deeply felt, movingly written, a remarkable achievement'…
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high…
''I like listening to people who know things that I don''t,'' Gareth Southgate told me. ''That''s how you learn.'' Former Olympian and best-selling author Matthew Syed is one of…
Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs…
Packed with facts, this miniature encyclopaedia is designed to be both fascinating and fun to use and covers a vast scope of information, from the Earth, its plants and animals,…
It's time for bed - but Spot has lots of "Goodnights" to say before he can settle down to sleep...This classic picture book will help toddlers wind down for bedtime as they follow…
The Hound of the Baskervilles gripped readers when it was first serialised and remains one of Sherlock Holmes's greatest and most popular adventures. Could the sudden death of Sir…
Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is his account of that atrocity: the ever…
When fifteen-year-old Nathan discovers that his older brother Al, has taken his own life, his whole world is torn apart. Al was special. Al was talented. Al had so many dreams ...…
It's okay to need some help.It's okay to be a different colour.It's okay to talk about your feelings.It's okay to make a wish...It's Okay to Be Different cleverly delivers the…
A heart-warming, funny and fast-moving story set in 1930s America - past winner of the highly prestigious Newbery Medal.Bud is on a journey. He has hit the road with one idea in…
The 40th anniversary of one of the best-loved stories set during the Second World War.Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian is the unforgettable story of young Willie Beech,…
You're thirteen. All you want is a normal life. But most normal kids don't need heart transplants. So there's this doctor. He says there's a chance for you. But he also says it's…
Told in a series of vibrant vignettes, The House On Mango Street is the story of Esperanza Cordera, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. For Esperanza,…