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Ancient Sicily. Enter GELON: visionary, dreamer, theatre lover. Enter LAMPO: lovesick, jobless, in need of a distraction.Imprisoned in the quarries of Syracuse, thousands of defeated Athenians hang on by the thinnest of threads.They’re fading in the baking heat, but not everything is lost: they can still recite lines from Greek tragedy when tempted by Lampo and Gelon with goatskins of wine and scraps of food.And so an idea is born. Because, after all, you can hate the invader...

The perfect gift for the special little bunny in your life, from everyone's favourite warm and fuzzy friend, Peter Rabbit. When you leapt into my life, you chased the clouds away. You have filled my world with hope, you're the highlight of my day. Join Peter Rabbit and his friends as they celebrate the precious relationship we have with the little ones in our lives - whether you're a parent, grandparent, auntie, uncle, big brother or sister, godparent or guardian, this hear...

It’s Pancake Day! Peppa and George are excited to make yummy pancakes with Mummy and Daddy Pig! But when Daddy Pig flips his pancake, it flies really high into the air and gets stuck to the ceiling! How will they get it down again?This picture book is the perfect gift for Pancake Day!Don’t miss these other brilliant Peppa books:
Peppa Pig: Peppa Loves Unicorns and Mermaids
Peppa Pig: Peppa’s Gold Medal
Peppa Pig: Dream Big, Peppa

Peppa and her family are visiting the zoo! What animals do you think they’ll see? Join them as they play I-spy and choose which animal to visit next.This chunky tabbed board book is the perfect introduction to the zoo. Follow the tabs and meet the monkeys, parrots and penguins with Peppa.I spy with my little eye . . . Peppa at the zoo!Don't miss these other brilliant Peppa books:Peppa Pig: Fun at the Zoo: A Jigsaw Puzzle BookPeppa Pig: Peppa’s Great Dinosaur Hunt: A Lift-the-...

"Brilliant and meticulously researched… I loved it." Santa MontefioreSister. Rival. Protector. Quiet and reserved, Clemmie is happy in the background. Although her parents may overlook her talents, her ability to read hieroglyphs makes her invaluable at the Egyptian relic parties which have made her father the toast of Victorian society.But at one such party, the words Clemmie interprets from an unusual amulet strike fear into her heart. The beautiful and dangerous glyphs she...

Moominpappa is feeling at a loss. He has no idea what to do with himself - it seems everything has already been done!
So he takes his family off to start a new life in a lighthouse on a tiny, rocky island far out to sea.
It's rather lonely at first, but it isn't long before the Moomins discover some funny and surprising new things about themselves.

_______________________________________He thought it was his dream job. It turned into his worst nightmare.When Mitch McDeere qualified third in his class at Harvard, offers poured in from every law firm in America. Bendini, Lambert and Locke were a small, well-respected firm, but their offer exceeded Mitch's wildest expectations: a fantastic salary, a new home, and the keys to a brand new BMW.Except for the mysterious deaths of previous lawyers with the firm. And the FBI in...

Since 1989, the year the World Wide Web was born, the art world has grappled with the rise of networked culture. This unprecedented survey of the artists and innovators in this area from 1989 to today is interwoven with the personal narrative of one of the leading voices on the digital world. In this book, Omar Kholeif, whose prolific career parallels the growth of the internet, tells the story of this mass medium and how it has fostered new possibilities for artists, both an...

"Japan style" is an aesthetic recognizable to everyone: a beautifully displayed flower, an elegant piece of calligraphy, or a simple rock garden, yet it is also difficult to define.

‘Fantastic. Full to the brim with practical tips and well-researched guidance, this is a comprehensive handbook for the realities of managing multiple relationships’ – PAUL BRUNSON, author and MAFS dating expert 'Warm, relatable, and informed AF' – MEGAN JAYNE CRABBE, author and presenter The Non-Monogamy Playbook is the handbook for anyone curious about consensual non-monogamy: polyamory and open relationships.This is a practical, joyful guide to the rules of non-traditional...

'Filled with such personality and contagious optimism . . . I love this book' Matt Haig'A vital handbook for navigating the seasons of life' Candice Carty-Williams'This book is a ray of sunshine' Fearne CottonA beautiful book combining poetry, topics of self-reflection and journalling prompts to help readers find joy all around them.I always pay attentionWhen a small joy grabs meSome say easily pleasedI say, frequently happy!Life can often be stressful. Each day might seem l...

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.The Canterville Ghost, a Level 1 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past simple tense and some simple...

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.Jekyll and Hyde, a Level 1 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past simple tense and some simple modal...

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.Zoo, a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing first conditional, past continuous and present...

First published in the year 2000, Zadie Smith’s White Teeth was one of the most celebrated novels of the new millennium. Adored by critics and readers alike, it remains a perennial bestseller, which still delights with the audacity of its scope and vision, its fresh-minted style, and the wit and warmth of its voice.Funny, generous and big-hearted, it deals – among many other things – with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one bro...

Jane Smith is running out of time . . .Her repeat client, Rob Jacobson, is the unluckiest of the unlucky. No sooner is he accused of killing a family of three in the Hamptons than a second family is gunned down.He says he's being set up – again. Despite the odds, Jane believes him.Now she must mount the most complex investigation of her career. But she’s facing her own battle too. A terminal medical condition.The defence may never rest. _______________________________________...

Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all?1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles.She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she can never allow to be revealed.As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relati...

Discover a deliciously dark and piercing story of food and secrets, a Stylist Best Debut Novel.‘A sharp, dark, must-read story about appetite, ambition, secrecy and shame’ Daily Mail‘If I owned a bookstore, I’d hand-sell Piglet to everyone’ New York Times Book Review‘A dark, weird, satisfying tale about greed and desire’ i News-------------------Her life is so full, so why is she hungry?For Piglet – an unshakable childhood nickname – getting married is her opportunity to rein...

Drawing on decades of research, The Extinction of Experience is a philosophical defence of what makes us human – and a powerful, urgent call to reclaim ourselves in a digital world. Human experiences are disappearing.Social media, gaming and dating apps have usurped in-person interaction; handwriting is no longer prioritised in schools; and emotion is sooner expressed through likes and emojis than face-to-face conversations. With headphones in and eyes trained on our phones, ...

How did the world's most remarkable people get that way?This is a book about how the highest-performing people changed their lives - and how you can change yours.Drawing on interviews with record-setting athletes, Olympic coaches and billionaire founders, Jake Humphrey and Professor Damian Hughes introduce the five simple steps that take you from where you are to where you want to be. And they introduce the cutting-edge research that explains why these surprisingly simple too...

Kasia     Na pierwszy rzut oka spełniona narzeczona u boku Michała. Planują wspólną przyszłość, ale odmienność ich charakterów daje się we znaki. Kasia czuje, że czegoś jej brakuje, a jednocześnie ma wrażenie, że Michał coś przed nią ukrywa. Nie zdaje sobie jeszcze sprawy z przyczyny tych niepokojów, ale życie zaczyna prowadzić ją przez pasmo nieszczęść. Pewnego dnia w jej życiu pojawia się mężczyzna, którego myślała, że już nigdy nie zobaczy. Filip     Z pozoru ma wszystko, ...

„Nim zdążyłem Cię pokochać” to poruszająca opowieść o Adamie, młodym mężczyźnie, który zmaga się z ciężarem bolesnej przeszłości i odpowiedzialnością za swoich najbliższych. Na progu dorosłości staje przed trudnymi wyborami, które mogą prowadzić ku upadkowi lub ocaleniu.Gdy w jego życie niespodziewanie wkracza Weronika, dziewczyna pełna ciepła i determinacji, Adam zaczyna wierzyć, że istnieje szansa na nowy początek. Jednak los ma własne plany, a miłość, która mogłaby go ocal...

Drugi tomik poezji Magdaleny Mulawy – poetki urodzonej w Zamościu, mieszkającej w Krakowie z ukochanym mężem i kotem Indianą. Wychowana w miłości do książek i do Roztocza. Skończyła filologię romańską. Wyznaje samoświadomość i pracę nad sobą. Miłośniczka piłki nożnej i kawy.„Dzienniki psychiczne” to różne stany uczuć i emocji oraz świadomego ich umysłu wyrażone bogatym słownictwem i zabawą słowem, okraszone humorem.Kamienie szlachetneLimity wyczerpane na róż i czerwień jak ła...

When Kerry arrives to start a new job as the caretaker of a remote motel in the Catskills, she’s excited for a fresh start.But she quickly realises that something is very wrong.Her room is full of the previous caretaker’s belongings – and it looks like she was trying to leave in a hurry.And then, Kerry sees it – the trails of blood. The hand reaching out from the snow…Confused and scared, in the midst of a snowstorm, Kerry goes out to seek help. When the police arrive, though...