When Angels Speak of Love
£10.99Icon of women’s movement and author of over 20 books including a narrative series on love, bell hooks, makes this brilliant debut as a poet, now, reminding us of the good and bad moments we spend in love.
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Icon of women’s movement and author of over 20 books including a narrative series on love, bell hooks, makes this brilliant debut as a poet, now, reminding us of the good and bad moments we spend in love.


It is 1911 and London’s docks thrum with underhand deals, none so great as the arrival of a valuable, rare and exotic animal, smuggled from the depths of the Congolese rainforest. The baby gorilla stands to make one man, the shady Goliath Deeds, very, very rich: he and his right-hand man, juvenile pickpocket, Toff Squabble. Heaven help anyone who dares stand in their way, not least the brave and innocent twelve-year-old Nettie Beecroft, who finds herself embroiled in a dangerous rescue attempt where she encounters toshers, bone grubbers and gangsters. Whom can Nettie trust? And can she save the life this special creature?

Enter an ancient world of green glades and glaciers, where gods and goddesses spread their magic whilst rock-giants and mountain-trolls roam. This collection of Norse tales from the Kevin Crossley-Holland – with Jeffrey Alan Love’s illustrations – will enthral readers of all ages.

It’s time for the Unicornia talent show and Claudia and her friends are going to enter with a magical dance routine. The stage is set with sparkling rainbows, singing flowers and candyfloss clouds. Can the friends perfect their dance moves in time for the big day? Find out in this twinkled-toed adventure where even the unicorns can dance!

Think of an animal, any animal at all. It could be a shark, a squid, a snail, or even a human like you! Every single animal has a secret history. It is a death-defying adventure that has happened across millions of years, called evolution. On every page, you will discover a new animal with its own exciting story to tell. It’s up to YOU to make the decisions that will lead to their next evolutionary step. Can you survive to the present-day or will you face extinction along the way?

Discover the secrets of the sea, from crabs on the seashore to polar bears in the icy north and strange fish lurking at the bottom of the ocean. This fantastic puzzle book is also designed to help children develop skills in reading, counting, matching and identification.


*Lucy Foley’s new thriller – Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel, the brand new Miss Marple novel – is available to pre-order now*

We are the Liars. We are beautiful, privileged and live a life of carefree luxury. We are cracked and broken. A story of love and romance. A tale of tragedy. Which are lies? Which is truth?

“Top marks” Observer
“Utterly fabulous” ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG
“The real thing” MICHAEL GRANT
“A thrilling read!” JONATHAN STROUD
“A must!” Daily Mail
“Propulsive pacing and action packed plotting” Publishers’ Weekly starred review


Do big government debts and fast rates of adding to them threaten our collective well-being? In this groundbreaking analysis, Ray Dalio, one of the greatest investors of our time and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Principles, shares the reasons behind his fears for the US debt markets, answering some of the most important market and economic questions we now face: Are there limits to debt growth? Can a big, important reserve currency country like the US really go broke? Is there such a thing as a ‘Big Debt Cycle’ that can tell us when to worry about debt and what to do about it?

When Conor Niland was 16, he got the chance to hit with Serena Williams at Nick Bollettieri’s famed tennis academy. Conor, the Irish junior number one, was feeling a bit homesick. Serena, also 16, already owned her own house beside the academy.Conor Niland knows what it’s like when Roger Federer walks into the dressing room (‘Ciao, bonjour, hello!’), and he has had the exquisitely terrible experience of facing Novak Djokovic in the world’s biggest tennis stadium – while suffering from food poisoning. But he never reached the very top. ‘The Racket’ is the story of pro tennis’s 99%: the players who roam the globe in hope of climbing the rankings and squeaking into the Grand Slam tournaments.

Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, over two years later, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and snoozed in your house for hours on end. This happened to me. When lockdown led busy professional Chloe to leave the city and return to the countryside of her childhood, she never expected to find herself custodian of a newly born hare. Yet when she finds the creature, endangered, alone and no bigger than her palm, she is compelled to give it a chance at survival. ‘Raising Hare’ chronicles their journey together and the challenges of caring for the leveret and preparing for its return to the wild.

A bucket list focused on sustainable travel featuring 1,000 vacation ideas that are eco-friendly, respectful of local cultures, and highlight opportunities to give back