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Meet fairies, witches and giants in this selection of 30 magical short stories by the world's best-loved storyteller - read by Luke Thompson, star of the hit Netflix series Bridgerton. Perfect for children aged 5 and up! From to goblin games to never-ending wishes, there's mischief afoot in...

*READ BETH O'LEARY'S BRAND NEW UNMISSABLE ROMANCE, THE NAME GAME, OUT NOW* 'Ingenious, heartwarming and romantic' SOPHIE KINSELLA 'Surprising and deeply satisfying' EMILY HENRY Three women. Three dates. One missing man . . . 8.52 a.m. Siobhan's looking forward to her date with Joseph. Breakfast...

Curl up with this sparkling collection of Christmas stories from the world's best-loved storyteller - read by Luke Thompson, star of the hit Netflix series Bridgerton. Perfect for children aged 5 and up! Embrace the spirit of Christmas with tales of magic and wishes galore in this heart-warming...

On a platform in Paris before dawn, a woman whispers goodbye. It is the end. But also the beginning. In the tradition of Virginia Bailey's Early One Morning by Virginia Bailey and M. L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans, a beautiful, powerful and unforgettable portrait of the brutality of war...

All he wants for Christmas is to be left alone. All she wants is for him to remember hes in love with her.Steven Wade and Sarah Matson used to be more than friends. Now, one year removed from the accident that put him in a wheelchair, he wants nothing to do with her.As Christmas approaches...

Three women who seemingly have nothing in common find that they're involved with the same man in this smart new rom-com by Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flatshare. Siobhan is a quick-tempered life coach with way too much on her plate. Miranda is a tree surgeon used to being treated as...

'Jo Cox's selfless service to others made the world a better place' Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States A touching and very human portrait of Jo Cox: daughter, mother, wife, sister, MP and activist. 'Today is the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. More difficult, more painful...

The perfect gift book, featuring the writing of Meryl Streep, Bill Bailey, Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, Caitlin Moran, Richard Ayoade, Emily Watson and others, to coincide with the upcoming movie Last Christmas, starring Emma Thompson, Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. When you think back to Christmases past, what (if anything) made it magical? This is a beautiful, funny and soulful collection of personal essays about the meaning of Christmas, written by a unique plethora of voices from the boulevards of Hollywood to the soup kitchens of Covent Garden. 

In this version of London, there is a small, private clinic. Behind its layers of security, procedures are taking place on poor, robust teenagers from northern estates in exchange for thousands of pounds - procedures that will bring the wealthy dead back to life in these young, supple bodies for 14 days. It's an opportunity for wrongs to be righted, for fathers to meet grandsons, for scientists to see their work completed. Old wine in new bottles. But at what cost?

In Rise Like Lions, Booker Prize winning writer Ben Okri has compiled a collection of poems that celebrate the many voices of politics, from polemics and rallying cries to lyrics and meditations. Many of these poems have resonated with readers over lifetimes and through generations, from William Blake to Marvin Gaye. In exploring the impact political poems have on ideas, vision, protest, change and truth, Okri demonstrates how the need for this strand of poetry is as great as it has ever been, and its inspiration just as powerful. 

Something dark and mysterious haunts the halls of stately Green Willows. Village gossip says it's the ghost of Jonathon Tremayne's wife, the beautiful and saintly Angela, who was treacherously murdered here. Pretty Mary Kirkpatrick, hired as governess to Jonathon's only child, Elizabeth, quickly finds herself falling in love with the handsome master of Green Willows, and discounts the gossip - until the night she finds herself confronted with a ghostly apparition!

Suki thought she knew what she'd signed up for when her pal, Rishi, invited her to a corporate party at one of the new alien fetish clubs. The new "must have" experience for the uber-rich and uber-bored supposedly involved sex-starved aliens who could give orgasms just by looking at a person. But when Suki arrives, she soon finds out that the clubs are really about something else entirely.

It's early October 1923, and three interesting things are going on in the generally dull town of Rosedale, New Mexico: the fall cattle drive, the fall rodeo, and a tent revival. Annabelle Blue is excited about the first two events. The last one might be okay if it weren't for the Reverend Milo Strickland's sister, Esther, whose ethereal loveliness has captivated all the men in town, including Annabelle's long-time beau, Phil Gunderson.