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A stunning and moving novel from a master storyteller – featuring the bravest dog in the world... ‘A superb animal tale, in the same vein as War Horse’ Guardian Never has Aman needed a friend more than when a springer spaniel appears before him one day. The dog becomes a constant companion, a shadow, and that's what Aman decides to...

This selection, which was made by Eliot himself, is intended as an introduction to the main body of his poetry prior to Four Quartets, which is available separately in Faber Paperbacks. The selection includes the whole of The Waste Land.

When Sylvia Plath's Ariel was published posthumously, A. Alvarez in the Observer wrote: "If the poems are despairing, vengeful and destructive, they are at the same time tender, open to things, and also unusually clever, sardonic, hardminded. They are works of great artistic purity and, despite all the nihilism, great generosity. The book is a major literary event." This selection...

In modern espionage, every action has a reaction. One wrong move could sink an entire region into turmoil - even war. Ex-MI6 operative Marc Dane understands this better than anyone. Dedicating his life to protecting the country means he's collected enemies, and a lot of them. But for those hellbent on bringing the West to its knees, each failed plot...

The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll—with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the bookshop cat. You'd think after twenty years, owner Shaun Bythell would be used to the customers by now. Don't get him wrong—there are some good ones among the antiquarian porn-hunters, die-hard Arthurians, people who confuse bookshops...

Gemma Sinclair is grieving the death of her husband, Adam, in a horrific plane crash. She has inherited the 10,000-hectare station his family has worked for generations. Despite huge scepticism from surrounding landowners, Gemma decides not to sell Billbinya, disregarding Adam's dying words that he's in trouble and she must sell the station. As if the job of keeping the...

Shasa closed his mouth slowly. The very foundations of his political beliefs and principles were shaken, and the walls cracked through. They had led him up into a high place and shown him the prize that was his for the taking. The future of a country. The end of a family. Shasa Courtney, heir to the Courtney fortunes, dreams only...

An immersive collection of poetry to open your world, curated by the host of Poetry Unbound. This inspiring collection, edited by Pádraig Ó Tuama, presents fifty poems, each accompanied by its own commentary and personal anecdotes, alongside insights into the content of the poem. The poems gathered in this selection are from many walks of life, many experiences, and many...

Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament, the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa together. After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious if not far-fetched:...

NOTABLE BOOK: 2022 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers Every Saturday, Pawcasso trots into town with a basket, a shopping list, and cash in paw to buy groceries for his family. One day, he passes by Jo's house, where she's peering out the window, bored and lonely. When Jo sets out to follow him, a group of kids from...

She could tell the woman was watching her through the small window in the door. The girl kept her back against the door and didn't move. 'We can keep you locked up here for a very long time,' the woman finally said, speaking softly. 'Talk to me. Is your name Parvana?' The girl remained with her back against the door....

Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment in war-torn Afghanistan during the Taliban era of the late 1990s. When soldiers burst into her home and drag her father off to prison, it becomes Parvana's responsibility to be the breadwinner for her family. But in a city where girls and women are denied an education...

Two missing backpackers. One vast outback. DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie, taking care of his dying grandmother. When two young German backpackers, Berndt and Rita, vanish from the area, he finds himself unofficially on the case. But why all the interest from the Federal Police when they have probably just ditched the heat and dust...

DS Lucas Walker is off duty. His young half-sister Grace is visiting from Boston, and he's supposed to be spending time with her at his home in Caloodie in outback Queensland. But instead, they've driven 400 kilometres west to the tiny mining town of Kanpara to pick up Walker's cousin Blair, who's been digging for boulder opals and is suddenly...

The naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn't just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. So begins one of the best-known poetry collections of all time. The practical cats need no introduction, but this stunning new full-colour...

Nine Dragons follows Harry Bosch as he is assigned to a homicide call in South Los Angeles. The case takes him to Fortune Liquors, where the Chinese owner has been shot and killed behind the counter in an apparent robbery. Bosch relentlessly investigates the killing and soon identifies a suspect, a Los Angeles member of a Hong Kong triad. However,...

A hero to millions who adored his portrayals of Robin Hood and Fletcher Christian, Errol Flynn (1909-59) lived a life that far surpassed any adventure he ever acted out on screen: exotic travels, criminal exploits, passionate love affairs, violent confrontations, scandals, and international fame. In this highly readable, witty, and colourful autobiography, reissued by Aurum Press in B-format using the...

Zouga was left alone, as alone in spirit as he had ever been in any of his wanderings across the vast African continent. He had spent almost the last penny he owned on these few square feet of yellow earth at the bottom of this hot and dusty pit. He had no men to help him work it, no experience,...

In the second half of the twentieth century, New York was the source of new sounds, including the Greenwich Village folk scene, punk and new wave, and hip-hop. But as the end of the millennium neared, cutting-edge bands began emerging from Seattle, Austin, and London, pushing New York further from the epicentre. The behemoth music industry, too, found itself in...

This illustrated young adult edition of a bold novel is one of defiance and bravery. As beautifully crafted as it is heartwrenching, this love story transcends time and generations. People were all around them, but with eyes that had gone intensely blue he whispered, 'I love you.' From curious schoolboy to studious scholar, Maurice Hall grows with all the confidence...

From the moment of her birth to her death on the scaffold, Mary Stuart spent her life embroiled in power struggles that shook the foundations of Renaissance Europe. Revered by some as the rightful Queen of England, reviled by others as a murderous adulteress, her long and fascinating rivalry with her cousin Elizabeth I led ultimately to her downfall. Zweig,...

From his allegiance to punk rock in his adolescence to becoming an essential voice on music and culture, Kelefa Sanneh makes a deep study of how popular music unites and divides us. Distilling a career's worth of knowledge, he explores the tribes music forms, and how its genres, shape-shifting across the years, give us a way to track larger forces...

Financial crime seems horribly complicated, but there are only so many ways you can con someone out of what's theirs. In fact, there are four. A veteran regulatory economist and market analyst, Dan Davies has years of experience picking the bones out of some of the most famous frauds of the modern age. Now he reveals the big picture that...

WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2020 'A beautiful book. I adored it.' - RICHARD OSMAN 'Full of wit and soul.' - TRACY CHEVALIER 'Unforgettable' - MARLON JAMES 'It made me ugly cry' - JESSIE BURTON 'Glorious' - RACHEL JOYCE 'Spellbinding' - ANDRE ACIMAN Meet the Ramdin-Chetan family: forged through loneliness, broken by secrets, saved by love. Irrepressible Betty...

Mortuary technician Cassie Raven believes the last thoughts of the dead linger like static in the air... Cassie has always had a strange affinity with death, ever since her parents were killed in a car crash when she was four. At least that's what she grew up believing... But that was a lie. Cassie's father is alive. He was convicted...

Vienna in 1900 was the most vibrant city in Europe, humming with artistic and intellectual excitement and a genius for enjoying life. A tenth of the population were Jews. A generation earlier, they had been granted full civil rights by the Emperor, Franz Josef. Consequently, hundreds of thousands had fled from the Pale of Settlement and the pogroms in the...

WINNER: 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's LiteratureWINNER: 2019 QLD Literary Awards, Griffith University Young Adult Book AwardHONOUR BOOK: 2019 CBCA Book of the Year, Older ReadersSHORT-LISTED: 2019 Prime Minister's Literary Award, Young Adult FictionNOMINATED: 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal Lenny, small and sharp, has a younger brother Davey who won't stop growing - and at...

A nail-biting story of courage, bravery, rebellion and war from the master of adventure fiction. The war is over, Hitler is dead – and yet his evil legacy lives on. Saffron Courtney and her beloved husband Gerhard only just survived the brutal conflict, but Gerhard's Nazi-supporting brother, Konrad, is still free and determined to regain power. As a dangerous game...

'Ravishingly beautiful' - Observer 'Excruciatingly honest and yet vibrantly creative' - Irish Times 'Provocative and rich' - Economist 'Daring, chilling, and unlike anything else you've ever read' - Esquire 'An absolute must-read for 2020' - Stylist In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad. Tracing the full arc of a...

The New York Times Bestseller The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over a planet that's little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, exes Kady and Ezra are forced to escape on the...

Pomerantsev is emerging as the pre-eminent war reporter of our time - Observer From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Thomas Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him today. In the summer of 1941, Hitler ruled Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea....

Glasgow Boys is a striking debut exploring the power of identity, community, and the Scottish working class. This coming-of-age story is an incisive look at young masculinity and the way even the most fraught childhood is not without hope. Neither Finlay nor Banjo can remember the last time they had a hug. Against all odds, 18-year-old Finlay has begun his...

Tuesday McGillycuddy loves stories — and her mother is a writer. A very famous writer, who has locked herself away in her writing room to finish the final book in her best-selling series for children. But when Tuesday knocks on her door, she discovers her mother is missing! In search of Serendipity, Tuesday and her faithful dog Baxterr soon find...

Different is a ground-breaking look at gender and sex from the world's leading primatologist and New York Times bestselling author of Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are? 'Brilliant and fascinating... brings a scientific, compassionate and balanced approach to some of the hottest controversies about sex and gender' — Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens, Homo Deus...

'This is aerial drama at its best. Fast, powerful, and moving.' - Erik Larson 'A must read.' - New York Post Devotion is the gripping story of the US Navy's most famous aviator duo - Tom Hudner, a white, blue-blooded New Englander, and Jesse Brown, a black sharecropper's son from Mississippi. Against all odds, Jesse beat back racism to become...

SHORT-LISTED: Aurealis Awards, Best Young Adult Novel, 2019 After a battle that broke hearts, minds, and bodies, two friends find themselves on opposite sides of the same quest. Shattered by the discovery that she is not at all who or what she believed, Eve joins forces with her new 'siblings'. Meanwhile, Lemon finds a sense of belonging—perhaps even love—in an...

As a child, young David had a head full of songs and ideas. He was inspired by the pop and mod scenes in Britain to pick up the saxophone. After earning his stripes in some of the coolest bands in London, David splashed onto the solo scene. His songwriting talent and musical skill made him one of rock and roll's...

Grunge, also known as the 'Seattle sound', is the sludgy fusion of punk rock and heavy metal that emerged from the Pacific Northwest in the early part of the 1980s. But it was the unexpected, seemingly overnight success of Nirvana's single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' in the fall of 1991, that made grunge a household word and launched an American...

In this masterful retelling of one of the greatest works of world literature, Alasdair Gray—in his last work—offers an original translation in prosaic English rhyme. Lyrical and modern, this complete edition brings all three parts of Dante's epic journey through Hell and Purgatory and on to Paradise together in a single volume for the first time. When referencing the book’s...

Crow was Ted Hughes's fourth book of poems for adults and marked a pivotal moment in his writing career. In this collection, Hughes discovered both a structure and a persona that elevated his vision to new heights of power and coherence. A. Alvarez wrote in the Observer, 'Each fresh encounter with despair becomes the occasion for a separate, almost funny,...

Marvel Heroes and Villains is an in-world guide to Marvel Comics' most powerful heroes and villains. Meet Marvel Comics' greatest heroes and villains in this restored journal, narrated by Nick Fury. This comprehensive guide introduces superheroes alongside their deadliest enemies. It includes Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, Captain America and the Red Skull, Thor and Loki, Wolverine and Sabretooth— and...

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER "Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell offers an irreverently funny and engaging account that had readers giggling all week, according to Scotland on Sunday. Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. Boasting more than a...

The 2016 offering from Big Picture Press's Welcome to the Museum series, Botanicum is a stunningly curated guide to plant life. With artwork from Katie Scott of Animalium fame, Botanicum gives readers the experience of a fascinating exhibition from the pages of a beautiful book. From perennials to bulbs to tropical exotica, Botanicum is a wonderful feast of botanical knowledge,...

An official full-colour LEGO reader, filled with your favourite Justice League characters. It's summer in Gotham City, and Batman treats Robin, Beast Boy, and Starfire (the Teen Titans) to a day at the new Gotham City Carnival in return for their excellent grades. Little do they know that the carnival is a trap set by The Joker and his friends!...

It's not just murder that is in the spotlight... The blinding new Detective Jane Tennison thriller from Lynda La Plante. Things can't get much worse for Detective Jane Tennison. Unceremoniously kicked off the adrenaline-fuelled Flying Squad, she's been relegated to Gerald Road, a small and sleepy police station in the heart of London's affluent Knightsbridge. With only petty crime to...

Consciousness is the great unsolved mystery in our scientific understanding of the brain. Somewhere, somehow, inscribed in the brain is everything that makes you you. But how do we grasp what happens in the brain to turn mere electrical impulses into the vast range of perceptions, thoughts, and emotions we feel from moment to moment? Anil Seth, one of Britain's...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Brutally honest as well as poetic' DOLLY ALDERTON 'Necessary, urgent and totally original' AFUA HIRSCH 'Essential reading for men of all ages' CALEB FEMI Someone once asked me how I'd want to be remembered. I said, 'As the boy who grew.' Love is a gift, isn't it? From our early childhood years to growing up...

SHORTLISTED: 2024 Sara Douglass Award for Best Series, Aurealis Awards A NYT, PW, Australian and a #1 international bestseller! Our heroes are back to save the day. Kind of. They've just got to take care of a few small distractions first. Like the clan of gremps who'd like to rearrange their favourite faces. And the cadre of illegit GIA agents...

The lion charged. He came straight at them out of the thicket as his mate had done, but even more swiftly, driven by the agony in his belly and the black rage that filled him. He came grunting like a locomotive at full throttle, and they were unprepared. Hunters. Hunted. Sean Courtney, ex-guerilla fighter in the Bush War, is now...

Ariel, first published in 1965, contains many of Sylvia Plath's best-known poems, written in an extraordinary burst of creativity just before her death in 1963. Including poems such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Edge', 'Daddy' and 'Paralytic', it was the first of four collections to be published by Faber & Faber. Ariel is the volume on which Sylvia Plath's reputation as one...

Diamond the Deer is a charming tale where Diamond has a mystery to solve when a strange animal moves into her neighbourhood. The stranger can't be seen by day, but with the help of her friends, Diamond sets out to discover who her new neighbour is. Beautifully illustrated by Lucy Barnard, this simple tale introduces children to endearing animal characters...

Meet Amelia, the fearless female flier! Now available as a board book in the Little People, Big Dreams series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the life of Amelia Earhart, from her childhood as a tomboy to becoming the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean to her eventual disappearance. With stylish and quirky illustrations and...

Told in Sebastian Barry's characteristically beautiful prose, A Long Long Way evokes the camaraderie and humour of Willie and his regiment, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, but also the cruelty and sadness of war, and the divided loyalties that many Irish soldiers felt. Tracing their experiences through the course of the war, the narrative brilliantly explores and dramatises the events of...

Winner, Biography Book of the Year, ABIA Awards Winner, People's Choice Award, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Winner, People's Choice Prize - Nib Literary Award Winner, Best Debut, Davitt Awards Winner, Best True Crime, Ned Kelly Awards 'Scorching, self-scouring: a young woman finds her steel and learns to wield it' - Helen Garner 'Brutal, brave and utterly compelling . . ....

Shortlisted for the Folio Prize 2015 Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2015 Sunday Times Top Choice Summer Read Elf and Yoli are two smart, loving sisters. Elf is a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, happily married: she wants to die. Yoli is divorced, broke, sleeping with the wrong men: she desperately wants to keep her older sister alive. When Elf's...

I just wanted him to stop beating me. I just wanted to live. After a violent act that leaves their community and, ultimately, the country divided, Rashad and Quinn—one Black, one White—face the truth that racism and prejudice are all around us. And there's a future at stake, a future where no one will have to deal with police brutality....

In 1993, Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket in Hollywood. Fearing the worst, the case was elevated by LAPD commanders from the missing persons squad to the Homicide Division, where Harry Bosch was assigned the case. But the 22-year-old woman never turned up—dead or alive—and it was a case Bosch couldn't crack. Thirteen years later, Bosch is...

THE THRILLING SEQUEL TO THE THEFT OF SUNLIGHT, THE EPIC FANTASY ADVENTURE.Praise for THE THEFT OF SUNLIGHT:'A beautifully written, fantastical page-turner' - Kirkus Reviews'Fresh, bold and unique' - The NationalI've been cursed, betrayed, and sold into slavery - but the truth I carry can't be allowed to die.Only Rae knows the extent of the corruption at the heart of the...

Seamus Heaney had the idea to form a personal selection from across the entire arc of his poetry, small yet comprehensive enough to serve as an introduction for all comers. He never managed to do this in his lifetime, and no edition exists which has such a broad range, drawing from first collection to last. But now, at last, the...

Find the inspiration you need to embrace your next adventure in life with confidence. It can be difficult and scary to take that first step into your future and surrender to the unknown. This illustrated collection of poetry and essays will empower you to strike out on your journey with courage and grace, drawing on invaluable lessons from nature. In...

Wind Breaker 1 is an adrenaline-filled manga set in a high school for delinquents who are now heroes protecting their town. A fierce, new student arrives at the school determined to fight his way to the top and become the strongest of them all. This edgy, action-packed manga is guaranteed to excite fans of Tokyo Revengers and other stories about...

Internationally bestselling author Dan Brown makes his picture book debut with this mindful, humorous, musical, and uniquely entertaining book! #1 New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown is back with a paperback edition of his debut picture book, the lyrically mindful, humorous, musical, and uniquely entertaining Wild Symphony! Travel through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and...

Who Made Me a Princess Vol. 5 Everything has gone drastically wrong for Princess Athanasia and all she's worked for appears to crumble before her eyes. A magical mishap has wiped Claude's memories of his daughter, and Athanasia has had to flee from the palace to avoid a painful death at his hands. Though things are bleak, Athanasia has found...

Walkley Award-winning journalist, Sharri Markson is the Investigations Editor at The Australian and host of the prime-time show Sharri on Sky News Australia. The origins of Covid-19 are shrouded in mystery. Scientists and government officials insisted, for a year and a half, that the virus had a natural origin, ridiculing anyone who dared contradict this view. Tech giants swept the...

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care system failed Lara and now she is failing her son. Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, are brought to experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, by their social worker. Lara has fled an...

Watching the news, Hanagaki Takemichi learns his junior-high girlfriend Tachibana Hinata has died. A sudden shove sends him 12 years into the past to face the Tokyo Manji Gang that once made his life hell, which is also responsible for Hinata's death in the present. To save Hinata and change the future, Takemichi must rise to the top of Kanto's...

From the most exciting new voice in children's fiction comes a spectacular adventure combining the writing power and immersive world-building of Philip Pullman and the page-turning kid-appeal of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. The Whisperwicks is a brilliantly spun and wholly original story. This is an exciting new voice in children's fiction. - Abi Elphinstone, bestselling author of Sky Song...

Follow Andrew Klavan to a deeper, richer understanding of the words of Jesus. Andrew Klavan believed what he read in the Gospels, but he often struggled to understand what Jesus really meant. So he began a journey of wrestling with the beautiful and often strange words of Jesus. He learned Greek in order to read the Gospels in their original...

Nominated for multiple state awards! "Chris Grabenstein just might be the smartest writer for kids in the universe." --James Patterson Meet the smartest kid in the universe in this fun-packed series from the New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library! Twelve-year-old Jake's middle school is about to be shut down. Jake and his friends know their...

A superb translation of one of the greatest nineteenth-century poems—the libretto to Wagner's Ring cycle. The scale and grandeur of Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung has no precedent and no successor. It preoccupied Wagner for much of his adult life and revolutionised the nature of opera, the orchestra, the demands on singers, and on the audience itself. The four...

A novel of heart and courage inspired by the incredible story of a real-life princess and the foal she loves. Princess Haya, daughter of the King of Jordan, loves her family more than anything. So when tragedy strikes at its heart, she is devastated. The Princess becomes ever more withdrawn until, on her birthday, the King gives her a life-changing...

A treasury of writings and teachings from the beloved Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh—now reissued in a new Shambhala Pocket Library series. A treasury of writings and teachings from the beloved Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Since Thich Nhat Hanh's exile from his native Vietnam in 1966, this Zen Buddhist monk has gone on to become one of the most...

In this vibrant and affirming comics anthology, 29 trans and nonbinary comic artists share their personal journeys of self-discovery and acceptance. Featuring the work of Sage Coffey, Kyla Aiko, and Coco Ouwerkerk, The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics includes 29 creators' tales of self-love and affirmation and details their experiences with gender and identity. Originally published as a successful...

The paperback of Walker's magnificent edition of Homer's epic story, illustrated with lavish full colour pictures and exquisite black and white silhouettes. The Odyssey is retold with simplicity and style by award-winning children’s writer Gillian Cross, and vividly brought to life in Neil Packer’s stunning illustrations. It charts the ten-year epic voyage of Odysseus as he returns from the Trojan...

The manga adaptation of the legendary video game series, now available in English for the first time! Become part of the Legend – The Legend of Zelda! In the mystical land of Hyrule, three spiritual stones hold the key to the Triforce, and whoever holds them will control the world. A boy named Link sets out on a quest to...

The seventh book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print! 'Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier’s The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.' Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Now an award-winning Netflix show! Wimpy Kid meets The Walking Dead in this hilarious series packed with monsters...

A moving story of love, loss and survival against the odds by bestselling author Victoria Purman. It was never just a man's war... Melbourne, 1942 War has engulfed Europe and now the Pacific, and Australia is fighting for its future. For spinster Flora Thomas, however, nothing much has changed. Tending to her dull office job, and caring for her beloved...