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Best Friends by Shannon Hale portrays Shannon's journey through sixth grade, which she anticipates as a perfect year. She secures a place in the popular circle known as The Group, led by her best friend Jen, the most popular girl at school. However, the rules of The Group are constantly evolving, and Shannon must keep pace. She finds herself puzzled...

Alien Clay is a thrilling tale of alien encounter from the acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner Adrian Tchaikovsky. 'Unputdownable' - Stephen Baxter, author of Proxima They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind... Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his political activism sees him exiled to the planet Kiln, condemned to...

A timeless heroine, Alice is quick-witted, determined, and resourceful. In her extraordinary adventures she meets a series of unforgettable characters, from the bossy White Rabbit to the grinning Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter, all of whom are as famous as Alice herself. Gloriously illustrated with the original line drawings by John Tenniel, plates coloured by John Macfarlane, a ribbon...

ALAN IS KING OF THE UNIVERSE. Well, not yet. But he WILL be. Join Alan and Fido on more hilarious adventures as they try to take over the universe - as long as they're home in time for tea, of course. This two-colour graphic novel series for 7+ readers will have kids and their grown-ups rolling around the floor with...

A fun-filled activity book based on Britta Teckentrup's Sea, packed with over 200 stickers! Discover a magical world beneath the waves in the utterly absorbing Sea: Activity Book, which features over 200 colourful stickers and hours of entertainment for creative young minds. This latest instalment in the sticker activity series based on Britta Teckentrup's best-selling picture books is packed with...

The village of Montaillou was the last stronghold of the cult of Catharism in medieval France. Under the Inquisition of Bishop Fournier, members of this sect were persecuted, and some were burnt at the stake. The interrogations about the way they lived were chronicled in a Register. From this document, Ladurie has reconstructed an intriguing account of everyday peasant life...

Jack Reacher hunts the hunter in the third novel in Lee Child’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. DON'T MISS REACHER ON PRIME VIDEO! Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is enjoying the lazy anonymity of Key West when a stranger shows up asking for him. He’s got a lot of questions. Reacher does too, especially after the guy turns up dead....

SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH CAP AWARDS 2023 'A beautifully written historical novel with characters who linger long after the last page is turned.' - Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home Society said they shouldn't fall in love... It's 1828, and Ireland is in turmoil as Irish tenants protest against their upper-class English landlords....

The New York Times bestselling series and basis for the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is now available in a new softcover format! This second compendium collects both Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness and Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together colour edition story pages in one massive volume for your convenience. Don't say we never did anything for you!...

The urgent, explosive story of Russia’s espionage efforts against the West from the Cold War to the present – including their interference in the 2016 presidential election. Like a scene from a le Carré novel or the TV drama The Americans, in the summer of 2010, a group of Russian deep cover sleeper agents were arrested. It was the culmination...

The compelling story of the second half of Bowie's life, exploring the untold story of these latter years when Bowie moved from commercial failure to his final masterpiece. When David Bowie died on 10 January 2016, aged sixty-nine, his death was greeted with the greatest display of public mourning since Princess Diana three decades before. Politicians and fellow musicians alike...

An Independent Book of the Month “A superb biography” William Boyd “(A) bold and enlightening exploration of Bowie's later career. Sensitive, witty and often very affecting” The Times “A genuine must buy, as rich in critical appraisal as it is in personal history *” Classic Pop “An engrossing, entertaining and informative read” Classic Rock A major new biography of David...

Mark Nepo—the #1 New York Times bestselling author and popular spiritual teacher—has given us not only a much-needed message of hope and inspiration, but a practical guide on how to build a better tomorrow, together (Arianna Huffington, founder of HuffPost). This poignant and timely meditation on the importance of community demonstrates how we can live more enriching lives by cultivating...

Hydrangeas Heritage: The Ultimate Guide to Cultivating Vibrant Blooms Year-Round for Beginners and Beyond Unlock the full potential of your hydrangeas with Hydrangeas Heritage, the essential guide for gardeners of all skill levels. Packed with expert advice and practical tips, this comprehensive book covers everything you need to grow vibrant hydrangeas that thrive year-round, whether you're starting your garden or...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the eighth book in The Iron Druid Chronicles, two-thousand-year-old Druid Atticus O’Sullivan faces the clan of vampires who have been bent on destroying him—including Leif, his former best friend turned enemy. When a Druid lives as long as Atticus does, he’s bound to run afoul of a few vampires—make that legions of them. Even...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the seventh book in The Iron Druid Chronicles, two-thousand-year-old Druid Atticus O’Sullivan and his apprentice Granuaile take on an ancient plague-summoning demon and confront a rebellion of the Fae in Tír na nóg. “Funny, razor-sharp . . . plenty of action, humour, and mythology.”—Booklist (starred review) Atticus’s apprentice Granuaile is at last a full...

In the sixth novel in the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles, two-thousand-year-old Druid Atticus O’Sullivan finds himself the target of two goddesses of the hunt and a trickster god determined to unleash the apocalypse. “[Kevin] Hearne is a terrific storyteller with a great snarky wit... Neil Gaiman’s American Gods meets Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden.” —SFFWorld For someone who’s...

In the fifth novel in the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles, two-thousand-year-old Druid Atticus O’Sullivan will at last bind a new Druid to protect the earth—but first he must go toe-to-toe with the Roman god Bacchus, the Norse pantheon, and an ancient vampire, all hell-bent on ensuring his demise. “[Kevin] Hearne is a terrific storyteller with a great...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the fourth novel of the Iron Druid Chronicles, two-thousand-year-old Druid Atticus O’Sullivan must pay his debts to cunning trickster god Coyote, a task that includes battling undead creatures of the night as well as a relentless hound of Hel and the goddess of death who commands it. “[Kevin] Hearne is a terrific storyteller with...

In the third novel in the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles, two-thousand-year-old Druid Atticus O’Sullivan must take down the Norse god of thunder himself. “A page-turning and often laugh-out-loud-funny caper through a mix of the modern and the mythic.”—Ari Marmell, author of The Warlord’s Legacy When the naysayers say, “Nay, don’t mess with the man who wields the...

In the second novel in the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles, two thousand-year-old Druid Atticus O’Sullivan faces off against witches, Bacchants, and a ravenous fallen angel. “A page-turning and often laugh-out-loud-funny caper through a mix of the modern and the mythic.”—Ari Marmell, author of The Warlord’s Legacy Atticus O’Sullivan has had cause to mistrust witches in his storied...

The first novel in the New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles—the hilarious, action-packed tales of a two-thousand-year-old Druid pursued by ancient gods in the modern world “A page-turning and often laugh-out-loud-funny caper through a mix of the modern and the mythic.”—Ari Marmell, author of The Warlord’s Legacy Atticus O’Sullivan is the last of the ancient druids. He has been...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles comes the final book in the “action-packed, enchantingly fun” (Booklist) Ink & Sigil series, as an ink-slinging wizard pursues the answer to a very personal mystery: Who cast a pair of curses on his head? Al MacBharrais has a most unusual job: He’s a practitioner of ink-and-sigil magic,...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles comes book two of an “action-packed, enchantingly fun” (Booklist) spin-off series, as an eccentric master of rare magic solves a supernatural mystery Down Under! There’s only one Al MacBharrais: Though other Scotsmen may have dramatic mustaches and a taste for fancy cocktails, Al also has a unique talent....

New York Times bestselling author Kevin Hearne returns to the world of his beloved Iron Druid Chronicles in a spin-off series about an eccentric master of rare magic solving an uncanny mystery in Scotland. “A terrific kick-off of a new, action-packed, enchantingly fun series.”—Booklist Al MacBharrais is both blessed and cursed. He is blessed with an extraordinary white moustache, an...

‘A love story and a domestic horror story’ Michael Cunningham Stefan Merrill Block was nine when his mother pulled him from school in Plano, Texas, certain that his teachers were ‘stifling his creativity’. Years before homeschooling became a nationwide movement in the US, Stefan vanished from the system and into his mother’s increasingly eccentric theories and projects – including her...

Do you love shadowy secret nooks or cosy hideaways?Leafy, shady trees or sheltered, rocky bays?Do you love comfy little cubbies or tree forts way up tall?Or spaces behind places where you can curl up small? A beautiful, lyrical story that asks readers to consider where in the world they feel most at home, exploring safe spaces and cosy feelings, self-awareness...

Here's the iconic wishing star origami craft—with so much more! Fold the included strips and squares into multiple different designs, including tiny stars, paper chains, adorable cat rings, and tiny boxes to store and fit your creations. There's also a twirly fidget toy to level up your skills, plus funny fortunes to make you smile. Make lucky charms for your...

Wings of Starlight: The Manga Volume 1 (Disney) by Allison Saft transports readers to the magical world of Pixie Hollow, where intrigue and danger simmer beneath the surface. Clarion, poised to be the future queen of Pixie Hollow, recognises that she still has much to learn. Despite her status, there are parts of her world veiled in mystery, such as...

Wiggly worms, what would we do without you? Meet the nature heroes that are saving our planet every day: the wiggly worms! In this gentle rhyming book, babies and toddlers will go on an adventure with a worm as it wiggles and waggles underground. They'll be introduced to how worms keep their ecosystem healthy and learn about their superpower of...

Dad’s splashed out and bought the family a boat! Soon, they’ll set sail for fishing and adventure! But when the rain starts falling ... and falling ... and falling ... will it become a rescue boat?! It won’t be easy ... but it will be funny! Enjoy these hilarious escapades in Weird Rescue! (WeirDo #26) by Anh Do.

In this all-in-one guide to watercolour, artist and author of Watercolor Wanderlust, Hannah M. Pickerill, gives readers all the tools they need to quickly and easily build their painting prowess. In 30 lessons that intuitively build from art essentials to advanced and experimental techniques, Hannah ensures that readers have the understanding necessary to create fantastic paintings. Each of the 30...

It's not easy being a teenager, and it's no different for Rahim, who is trying to balance everything in his busy Philly life: school, parents, bullies, his secret hopes of becoming a hip-hop star, and the constant schemes of his brilliant best friend, Kasia. When Kasia invents a new kind of cell phone that is also a time machine, it...

There's an Owl in My Towel is a beautiful and engaging book for little ones from Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb, the creators of the bestselling The Paper Dolls and The Everywhere Bear. It's tricky to have breakfast when there's a mole in your bowl! Gentle humour abounds as one baby's every activity is thwarted by a variety of surprising...

A wonderful way to introduce young children to this favourite Australian classic. It is also a gorgeous concept book about colours and counting. There was movement at the station, for the word had got around, That the colt from old Regret had got away . . . Read along with one of the most-loved and best-known Australian poems and learn...

A dazzling, multi-award-winning mystery from the finest crime writer in Sweden (David Lagercrantz). On a cold, snowy winter's night in 1999, Sander and Killian leave a house party together in a small town in rural Sweden. The very best of friends, they imagine they will remain so forever. The next morning, each is a key suspect in a murder. Each...

Once upon a time there was a clever girl with a not-so-clever father. When her father claims she can spin straw into gold, the king forces the girl to perform this impossible task. She has no other choice than to accept a strange deal from a mysterious little man. But when he arrives and attempts to collect the debt, the...

Lou did what the children of parents with back-breaking, poor-paying jobs are supposed to do: pulled up her bootstraps, went to college, and got an office job with coworkers who won't stop talking about their multi-level marketing scheme disguised as self-betterment. Determined to lift her ill mother out of poverty before it's too late, and in the spirit of climbing...

When Sara wakes for the first day of sixth grade, she’s horrified by the sight of fuzzy black hair sprouting from her legs – and her parents won’t let her shave! Being mixed race, Sara’s been unsettled in her own skin (now buried under leg hair), never really feeling like she belongs anywhere. To add to the confusion, her best...

The definitive, all-access biography of one of the world's most beloved literary voices, showcasing a life as triumphant and inspiring as the stories she crafted. To know the name Judy Blume is to know and love literature. Her influential novels turned classics—including Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; Deenie; and Summer Sisters—touched the...

In this hit gritty action manga, a young boy is framed for murder and cast off the edge of a floating city into the abyss, where he grapples with the monsters that the elite high above would rather forget. The more the rich glitter, the higher the price paid by the poor... With an anime adaptation from the studio behind...

Fungi Friends, what would we do without you? Meet the nature heroes that are saving our planet every day: the fungi friends! In this gentle rhyming book, babies and toddlers will go on an adventure through a forest and discover how brilliant and diverse mushrooms and fungi are. They'll be introduced to how these organisms keep their ecosystem healthy and...

Free Falling by Jill Shalvis is a warm, sexy contemporary romance where college rivals become workplace frenemies-turned-lovers. Renowned as a New York Times bestseller, Shalvis crafts a tale that leaves you questioning: Is it the exciting new renovation project or Caleb and Emma's feisty banter that fires them up more? The hardest part? Each of them has sworn off love....

This deluxe edition of the bestselling Little Golden Book about Dolly Parton has 22 new pages of content, a sheet of stickers, and beautiful new cover art with glitter and foil—perfect for Dolly fans of all ages! There's no one else like Dolly Parton! Read all about Dolly's inspiring journey—from her humble beginnings in rural Tennessee to her rise as...

Detective Hole: The Devil’s Star is soon to be a major Netflix series. Discover Jo Nesbo's debut in translation. This is the novel that launched his career 20 years ago in a series that has gone on to sell over 60 million copies worldwide. "Many authors know how to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up....

From bestselling author B.B. Reid comes the second in a dark and steamy why choose romance series featuring America's sweetheart and three dangerous mountain men. Dive back into this wicked retelling of Goldilocks. Aurelia George was prepared to let the world believe she was dead. Tangled in the arms of her mountain men and bound only by the rules they...

Brilliant Bugs, what would we do without you? Meet the nature heroes that are saving our planet every day: the brilliant bugs! In this gentle rhyming book, babies and toddlers will go on an adventure with a ladybug, a grasshopper, a dragonfly, and an ant. They'll be introduced to how these little critters keep their ecosystem healthy and how they...

For anyone who is overwhelmed, stressed, or lonely in today's world, or who simply senses they have an untapped potential to lead a more fulfilling life, here are ways to flourish. The human species is experiencing a massive mental health crisis. Depression is now the leading cause of morbidity globally. Loneliness is more dangerous to our health than smoking 15...

When it comes to game programming, C++ is the name of the game. If you aspire to move from game player to game creator, it all starts with learning the fundamentals of C++ and game-programming basics. With Beginning C++ Through Game Programming, Fourth Edition, you will find an up-to-date and thorough introduction to everything you need to get started, with...

For readers of Game of Thrones, Ken Follett, and Clive Cussler: An epic adventure spanning land and sea... time and distance... courage, revenge, and everything in between. The Golden Lion He saw his father executed in battle. He spent his youth avenging that death. And now Henry 'Hal' Courtney is a man with a ship – and a family –...

How to Learn and Memorize French Vocabulary ... Using a Memory Palace Specifically Designed for the French Language (and adaptable to many other languages too) If you'd like to improve your ability to learn French vocabulary by as much as 100%, 200%, even 300% (or more) ... using simple memory techniques that you can learn in 15-20 minutes (or less),...

From the 1960s until his early death in 1994, New Zealand architect Claude Megson forged a significant body of experimental houses — typically abstract and fantastical, they could seem almost unfathomable in their complexity.   His work was written about in the same company as Ian Athfield, Peter Beaven, John Scott and Roger Walker, and as a teacher he influenced...

The grass with little daisies in it springs as if springs are under my feet. I poke   the ferrule of my umbrella in it, as if I need a prop for steadiness and yet   it is a pretence: waterlogged or not something like joy is running underneath.   In her twentieth poetry collection, Elizabeth Smither brings together a...

“Researching, collecting and writing about photography, I have often wondered where the women were.”—Lissa Mitchell Slow Burn Ahi Tāmau showcases the diverse range of photography by women and non-binary artists from Aotearoa New Zealand, spanning the 1960s to today. This major survey exhibition from Te Papa’s collections sparks a conversation between past and present – exploring themes of identity, whānau,...

Hungus is a work of world-building that draws on myth, pop culture, purakau and science fiction - and the arrival of a dazzling new voice in New Zealand poetry. In the belly of Hungus is the Mantis: an amorphous, many-faced being, as fluid and full of history as the moana. It is a thing holding a machete in one hand...

The poems in What to Wear observe that life means doing ordinary and marvellous things, like going to Bunnings, falling asleep on the train, losing and finding poems, losing and dreaming of our mothers, loving, dying, and deciding what to wear.

Bill Manhire has always subscribed to Paul Valery's definition of poetry as 'a prolonged hesitation between sound and sense'. In that spirit, many of the poems in this new, dazzling collection blend story and song, and do so using everyday words and phrases that - suddenly, on the page - become new and delightfully weird. This is a many-peopled collection:...

Jacquie Kidd, Ngāpuhi, has spent a lifetime standing with whānau Māori, who battle a health system designed for others and are twice as likely to die from cancer as Pākehā. Now sixty-two and facing her own terminal cancer diagnosis, Jacquie has written her story to better understand herself and her whakapapa, and to share what she’s discovered working with people...

A must-have card deck of 50 bright and colourful granny square designs, from popular crochet designer Leonie Morgan! The sturdy, stylish box contains 50 colourful cards, each with a gorgeous granny square to make, mix and match. On the front of each 10 x 10cm (4 x 4in) card is a colour photograph of the finished granny square, while on...

One night, Honey's great-grandmother tells her a story. . .On the night of a raging storm, a baby girl survived a shipwreck and was rescued by a pod of whales. She grew bigger, learning to spout water and plunge deep into the sea, just like her whale family. But one day she strayed too far, and her life changed forever.An...

Sunday dinner is always made with love with Nonna Gracie. Grace Geramita ("Nonna Gracie" to her fans on social media) grew up in a small town in southern Italy where she learned to cook in the old ways using little more than simple ingredients and patience. At 18, Nonna migrated to the United States, bringing with her a love of...

In Candice Fox's latest bestselling crime novel, two cop brothers hunt a killer while trying to outrun their shared past ... 'A fascinating, compelling page-turner. Redbelly Crossing is Candice Fox at her best.' JANE HARPER 'Candice Fox is one of Australia's finest crime writers.' CHRIS HAMMER 'Addictive. Cancel all your plans!' SALLY HEPWORTH Blood is thicker than water. But too...

An Uncommon Land is a story of enclosure, dispossession, colonisation and – ultimately – hope for a better future. Through the lens of her ancestors’ stories, Catherine Knight throws light on the genesis and evolution of the commons, its erosion through enclosure and the ascendency of private property in parallel with the rise of capitalism – a history that has...

As a boy, Tony had drawn maps and diagrams and medieval battle scenes. He'd read fairy tales and been enchanted by local sites of Māori history. As a young man, he was a vagrant on the streets of Paris, was twice imprisoned, spent time in a mental hospital, battled destructive addictions, and experienced unrequited love and loneliness. All of this...

Certainly, there was an uneasiness to the place. Certainly, I felt like we didn't belong there. Clay Eaters traverses a network of fault lines diverging and converging at unexpected angles: a mysterious jungle island, military reconnaissance training, the spirits in the trees and abandoned temples, old family homes, the echoes across rooms, the dining table set for the archetypal feast....

In the Atlas of the New Zealand Wars, five decades of maps and plans from 1834 to 1884 provide remarkable new insight into the deep conflicts running through nineteenth-century Aotearoa. Beginning with early skirmishes off the Taranaki coast and at the Chathams, Volume One follows the tracks inland from the Bay of Islands towards the Hokianga in the Northern Wars;...

I was born this way. I was made to be soft and pleasant to touch. It's the silicone. Father is considering polyvinyl chloride for my future siblings because it's cheaper. I hope you understand how special that makes me. Were you born this way too? Your body is not smooth but it is warm. Exploring the ambiguities, paradoxes, and kinships...

I stored my plan for world peace safely in my coat pocket, and then I washed the coat. Sick Power Trip is Erik Kennedy's most personal and vulnerable book yet. These are poems that tell us: the world is unwell, and sometimes writers are, too. Kennedy scrutinises the broken social contract and the dangerous actors who seem determined to dominate...

From the USA Today bestselling author of Boyfriend Material and Husband Material comes a charming New Adult LGBTQIA+ romance perfect for fans of Heartstopper. Drew has always prided himself on being the "right" kind of nerd. He plays sports, has a solid group of friends, and never had any problem talking to girls. Sure, he spends time playing Heroes of...

Albert Campion must dig deep into his memory to solve this latest mystery involving king of construction, Sir Lachlan McIntyre. London, 1972. Albert Campion's nephew Christopher, an aspiring public relations guru, needs his uncle's help with a client. Construction magnate Sir Lachlan McIntyre enjoyed a meteoric rise after the Second World War and is in line for a life peerage,...

A gruesome discovery at an aircraft hangar leads Albert Campion into a turbulent mystery set in Cambridge in the middle of the Cold War. "Ripley again marries a crafty plotline with a persuasive evocation of Allingham's style and characterizations. Fans of the originals will be delighted" — Publishers Weekly Starred Review "I have often said that my wife is a...

Albert Campion is in the bleak, remote, and very muddy village of Wicken on the Essex coast on a mission to rescue Dame Jocasta's dog, but soon finds himself sinking into something far more dangerous. East coast of England, 1971. Harvard student Mason Clay is writing a thesis on a group of settlers who travelled to America from the remote...

Dangerously addictive, The Secrets of Us is a pulse-pounding exploration of a disturbed psyche and the bond between two sisters desperate to escape a troubled past. Foster sisters Krystal and Nichole have always been there for each other, so when Nichole is committed to a psychiatric hospital after trying to kill her husband, Krystal drops everything to help her.

This magical series continues with magical adventures ... Ava hasn’t found Tinabella to be the easiest roommate to get along with. She’s sneaky. She’s popular. And she bends the rules a lot when it comes to magic. Still, Ava never asked for Tinabella to be banished to a tower, trapped by a strange spell. And when the wickedest witch of...

A wickedly twisty and atmospheric thriller set at a writers' retreat in the South of France, The Writers Retreat is Knives Out meets Anna Downes’ The Safe Place from an exciting new voice in the thriller/mystery space. Meet Kat Hale, a bestselling Australian author crumbling under the pressure of writing her second novel, who has fled to a writers' retreat...

Spud - The Madness Continues introduces us to Spud, who is nearly 15 and navigating his second year at boarding school. Though no longer the youngest or smallest in his dorm, Spud's year is fraught with challenges, including women troubles, misguided late-night adventures, and excruciating family visits. Despite his dreams of a stage career lying in tatters after a disastrous...