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The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! It's sink or swim for Jack and Annie when the Magic Tree House whisks them off to the middle of the ocean. Luckily, they find a mini-submarine on a coral reef. Unluckily, they are about to meet a giant octopus and one very hungry shark. Will the dolphins save the day? Or are Jack and Annie doomed to be dinner? Did you know that there s a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Nobody teaches kids the alphabet like the author of The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and Hop on Pop! This board book edition features abridged text for the littlest reader. Letters come alive on the page as Dr. Seuss fills the alphabet with his classic colorful characters from Aunt Annie s alligator to the Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, with a lion licking a lollipop and an ostrich oiling an orange owl. Starting with the most basic building blocks of language, Dr. Seuss makes reading FUN! BIG A, little a, what begins with A? Bright and Early Board Books are super sturdy, simplified board book editions of classic Beginner Books. First launched in 1996, they have introduced millions of toddlers to beloved books from Dr. Seuss, P. D. Eastman, and other author-illustrators, in a format just right for young readers!

Twisted secrets that will have readers guessing with every flip of the page. Perfect for fans of GONE GIRL, WE WERE LIARS and Karen M. McManus. An end-of-summer party. A prank gone wrong. A body on the beach. Who's to blame? Tegan Sheffield's annual end-of-summer beach party is the only way to start their senior year. At least that's what Jake Healy tells his girlfriend Jessica Sanchez. But when a video prank from the party goes viral and a body is discovered at the beach, Jake and Jessica find themselves at the centre of a national media storm and a police investigation. It's a race to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again. Readers love Jennifer Lynn Alvarez: 'An emotional rollercoaster!' 'You won't be disappointed' 'Damn this was entertaining' 'A mystery thriller done to perfection'

_ Discover the book that started it all! A true enemies-to-lovers romantasy - perfect for fans of ACOTAR and Fourth Wing _ This gorgeous standard edition of Riftborne includes beautiful foil jacket effects, illustrated endpapers and a special hardcover case design. AN UNLEASHED POWER. AN ALL-CONSUMING DESIRE. Decades after a rebellion tore through the Isle of Sidhe, Fia Riftborne has learnt three important lessons to survival: keep your head down, don't draw attention to yourself, and avoid the Sídhe Guard at all costs. That isn't so easy though when she harbours a secret power , one that would paint a target on her back if discovered. But, after a simple errand goes awry and her explosive power erupts, Fia knows she can no longer hide in the shadows. Only, the swift punishment she expected never materialises. Instead, the elusive General Laryk Ashford offers her a choice: join the Sídhe Guard. . .or face execution. Soon, Fia faces another impossible choice: surrender to the chaos within and risk destroying everything she holds dear or become a weapon in the hands of those who took everything from her. Including the alluring General who is starting to consume her every thought. . . -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Praise for The Esprithean Trilogy 'Fans of ACOTAR will gobble up Riftborne. It's got enemies-to-lovers, detailed world building, morally gray love interests, slow burn spice that's worth the torture [and] an underdog female lead like Yarros' Violet.' -Buzzfeed 'Maas, Yarros and Broadbent fans, you've been warned. Riftborne is your next addictive series. A slow burn that will leave you squirming for what's next.' -Emily Bond, HuffPost Books 'A hidden gem that's fit for ACOTAR fans...[the] chemistry is tense and full of enemies-to-reluctant-allies energy. Riftborne is a slow burn that's worth every page.' -Brit & Co Readers are OBSESSED with Riftborne! 'I feel like I am going to explode because I need to talk to everyone about this book. I am about to be so insufferable about it.' _ _ _ _ _ 'If you loved Fourth Wing , ACOTAR, or The Serpent and the of Wings and Night you're going to adore this series.' _ _ _ _ _ 'I don't know what they put in this highly addictive book but I was hooked from the start!' _ _ _ _ _ ' RUN , don't walk, to pick this up!' _ _ _ _ _ 'If I could give this book 6 stars I would!!' _ _ _ _ _ 'I'm devastated that I'll never be able to read this again for the first time.' _ _ _ _ _ 'Okay wow...I DEVOURED this book. The FMC ...The MMC ...The plotline ...The supporting characters...I really fell in love with every aspect of this book.' _ _ _ _ _ 'I'll be living on the Isle of Sídhe for the unforeseeable future thank you.' _ _ _ _ _ ' Omg absolutely made it on to my god tier/six star reads list.' _ _ _ _ _

Key Words with Peter and Jane uses the most frequently met words in the English language as a starting point for learning to read successfully and confidently. The Key Words reading scheme is scientifically researched and world renowned. Book 10a follows Peter and Jane's adventure on an island in 115 new words, including 'brought', 'breakfast', 'lightning' and 'safe'. Once this book has been completed, the child moves on to book 10b. The Key Words with Peter and Jane books work because each of the key words is introduced gradually and repeated frequently. This builds confidence in children when they recognise these key words on sight (also known as the 'look and say' method of learning). Examples of key words are: the, one, two, he. There are 12 levels, each with 3 books: a, b, and c. Series a: Gradually introduces new words. Series b: Provides further practise of words featured in the 'a' series. Series c: Links reading with writing and phonics. All the words that have been introduced in each 'a' and 'b' book are also reinforced in the 'c' books.

A 'romance of many dimensions' that has fascinated generations of readers with its clever blend of social satire and mathematical theory, the Penguin Classics edition of Edwin A. Abbott's Flatland introduction by Alan Lightman. A work that continues to pose provocative questions about perception and reality, Flatland is a brilliant parody of Victorian society where all existence is limited to length and breadth - its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. The amiable narrator, A Square, provides an overview of this fantastic world - its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs and religious beliefs. But when a strange visitor mysteriously appears and transports the incredulous Flatlander to the Land of Three Dimensions, his world view is forever shattered. Written more than a century ago, Flatland conceals within its brilliant parody of Victorian society speculations about the universe that resonate in Einstein's theory of relativity as well as the current 'string-theory' of nature. Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926) was a leading scholar and theologian of the Victorian era. If you enjoyed Flatland you may like H.G. Wells's The Sleeper Awakes, also available in Penguin Classics.

Anne McCaffrey draws the reader back in time to an earlier Pern to tell the story of one of Pern s great and true heroines. An air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls, Holds and Weyrs of Pern that it had affected even the businesslike ways of Moreta, the Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr, where her dragon, Queen Orlith, would soon clutch. Then without warning, a runnerbeast fell ill. Soon myriads of holders, craftsmen, and dragonriders were dying; and the mysterious ailment had spread to all but the most inaccessible holds. Pern was in mortal danger. For, if dragonriders did not rise to char Thread, the parasite would devour any and all organic life it encountered. The future of the planet rested in the hands of Moreta and the other deicated, lelfless Pernese leaders. But of all their problems, the most difficult to overcome was time. . . .

A modernist masterpiece: the Nobel Prize winner's first and most important novel First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Contemptuous of novels of his time and what he saw as their stereotypical plots and empty characters, Knut Hamsun embarked on "an attempt to describe the strange, peculiar life of the mind, the mysteries of the nerves in a starving body." Like the works of Dostoyevsky, it marks an extraordinary break with Western literary and humanistic traditions. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

A modernist masterpiece: the Nobel Prize winner's first and most important novel First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Contemptuous of novels of his time and what he saw as their stereotypical plots and empty characters, Knut Hamsun embarked on "an attempt to describe the strange, peculiar life of the mind, the mysteries of the nerves in a starving body." Like the works of Dostoyevsky, it marks an extraordinary break with Western literary and humanistic traditions. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

FROM THE GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BIG PANDA, TINY DRAGAN AND THE CAT WHO TAUGHT ZEN Read the beautifully illustrated, heartfelt tale of a wise and aged wolf who takes a young, lost pup on an unforgettable journey. ---- There are times when we have done everything we can do. Then we must learn to step back and allow the universe to play out in all its unfathomable wonder. . . Deep in the silent mountains wanders Amaya, a lost pup searching for her parents after a terrible snowstorm which, for the first time in her life, leaves her alone. Until she meets a wise and aged wolf who, having saved her life, becomes her guide on an unforgettable adventure to follow the moon. As they make their way through day and night across a wintery landscape, together they both learn profound lessons about love, sacrifice, life, loss and ultimately change. James's books and illustrations have inspired millions around the world, touching deep spiritual chords with readers. In this, his fourth book, he takes readers, old and new, on a quest that will stay with them forever. ---- PRAISE FOR JAMES NORBURY 'James has a way to speak to your soul' VEX KING 'While the drawings have the charm of Winnie-the-Pooh, the captions have the depth of ancient proverbs' GUARDIAN 'A beautifully illustrated book which draws on tender moments. Exquisite' DR RANGAN CHATTERJEE 'A lovely, moving story about death, loss, loneliness, and recovery. Stories like these help us recognize that while we may feel alone on our journey, we also have friends to help us navigate scary territory' PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

Perfect way to familiarize young readers with India's rich cultural fabric. These books offer a fun and enjoyable introduction to timeless myths and festivals for modern kids.

TIS THE SEASON FOR MERRIMENT AND MYSTERIES... MISS AUSTEN INVESTIGATES A MURDER AT CHRISTMAS! A witty, heartwarming Christmas mystery - perfect for fans of Jane Austen and classic whodunnits 'So sharply observed, yet fresh, funny and a joy to read' Jennie Godfrey 'Comforting and cosy... the perfect book to read for Jane Austen's upcoming 250th birthday' 5***** reader review ----- I sincerely hope your Christmas may abound in the mysteries which the season generally brings... The festive season is fast approaching. Jane Austen fears that without her lively siblings at home, there won't be much Christmas cheer in the Austen household this year. But when she uncovers a skeleton in the cellar of Deane Parsonage, Jane soon forgets her woes. For who needs merriment, when there's a mystery to solve? Jane quickly learns of a missing young bride, who after fleeing her wedding breakfast, was never seen again. Locals have long believed she haunts the woods nearby. Could Jane have found her at last? Or does the truth of this mystery lie closer to home? Over the twelve days of Christmas, Jane will embark upon festive delights, making merry, and solving murders... ----- Praise for Jessica Bull: 'Witty, clever and with exquisite detail. Miss Austen is a terrific sleuth' Ian Moore 'A fun, clever mystery' Good Housekeeping 'A note-perfect crime caper' Red

A BRAND NEW LOVE AFFAIR FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER AND SMASH-HIT MOVIE THE IDEA OF YOU ' The ideal beach read ... an irresistible mix of glamorous, thought-provoking and sexy. This is Lee's follow-up to The Idea of You, and it's just as juicy' Curtis Sittenfeld ' An edge of your seat story about love, betrayal, secrets, and learning to inhabit your own self. I was gripped' Ellie Levenson, author of Room 706 'Sensual, captivating. I pushed "pause" on my entire life to read it. Robinne Lee has created magic, once again' Tia Williams, author of Seven Days in June 'The author of The Idea of You knows about slow-burn lust, and this is as dizzying as you'd expect' Heat **** 'Rarely does a novel move with such intoxicating confidence. A gorgeously written, utterly propulsive read' Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop 'Glittery and sensuous' Time Magazine 'A book that defies the genre. The book establishes Lee's trademarks as a writer. She favours luxurious settings with international backdrops where sex is inevitable but stability isn't' New York Magazine 'Robinne Lee returns with another boundary pushing romance' Harper's Bazaar LOS ANGELES, 2015 When Cecilia Chen is involved in a car accident soon after moving to LA with her husband and children, she's stunned to recognise the other driver: Anouk Ferrand - a woman she hasn't seen in twenty years, yet has never been able to forget. MEXICO, 1996 Cecilia was a young photographer's assistant; Anouk, an unknown model on the cusp of becoming a sensation. For a few brief days on the wild Mexican coast, their worlds collided with an intensity that altered the course of Cecilia's life - though she never knew whether Anouk felt it, or even remembered her. Now Anouk is impossible to ignore: magnetic, accomplished, and suddenly back in Cecilia's orbit. And as the spark between them reignites into an irresistible affair, Cecilia is forced to confront everything she knew about desire, devotion and the life she has built. Some affairs are decades in the making - and this one is about to change everything. Praise for The Idea of You: 'This slayed me ' Taylor Jenkins Reid 'Summer's sauciest, sexiest read' Red 'I'm madly in love with this novel' Curtis Sittenfeld

A BRAND NEW LOVE AFFAIR FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER AND SMASH-HIT MOVIE THE IDEA OF YOU ' The ideal beach read ... an irresistible mix of glamorous, thought-provoking and sexy. This is Lee's follow-up to The Idea of You, and it's just as juicy' Curtis Sittenfeld ' An edge of your seat story about love, betrayal, secrets, and learning to inhabit your own self. I was gripped' Ellie Levenson, author of Room 706 'Sensual, captivating. I pushed "pause" on my entire life to read it. Robinne Lee has created magic, once again' Tia Williams, author of Seven Days in June 'The author of The Idea of You knows about slow-burn lust, and this is as dizzying as you'd expect' Heat **** 'Rarely does a novel move with such intoxicating confidence. A gorgeously written, utterly propulsive read' Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop 'Glittery and sensuous' Time Magazine 'A book that defies the genre. The book establishes Lee's trademarks as a writer. She favours luxurious settings with international backdrops where sex is inevitable but stability isn't' New York Magazine 'Robinne Lee returns with another boundary pushing romance' Harper's Bazaar LOS ANGELES, 2015 When Cecilia Chen is involved in a car accident soon after moving to LA with her husband and children, she's stunned to recognise the other driver: Anouk Ferrand - a woman she hasn't seen in twenty years, yet has never been able to forget. MEXICO, 1996 Cecilia was a young photographer's assistant; Anouk, an unknown model on the cusp of becoming a sensation. For a few brief days on the wild Mexican coast, their worlds collided with an intensity that altered the course of Cecilia's life - though she never knew whether Anouk felt it, or even remembered her. Now Anouk is impossible to ignore: magnetic, accomplished, and suddenly back in Cecilia's orbit. And as the spark between them reignites into an irresistible affair, Cecilia is forced to confront everything she knew about desire, devotion and the life she has built. Some affairs are decades in the making - and this one is about to change everything. Praise for The Idea of You: 'This slayed me ' Taylor Jenkins Reid 'Summer's sauciest, sexiest read' Red 'I'm madly in love with this novel' Curtis Sittenfeld

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! A castle with a secret passage! That's what Jack and Annie find when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the Middle Ages for another wild adventure. In the Great Hall of the castle, a feast is under way. But Jack and Annie aren't exactly welcome guests! Did you know that there s a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Have you ever met a real live ninja? Jack and Annie do when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to ancient Japan, where they find themselves in the cave of a ninja master. Will they learn the secrets of the ninja? Or will the evil samurai warriors get them first? Did you know that there s a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times Readers Choice Best Book of the Century, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth. The New York Times Book Review A classic that we will read for years to come. Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club A real joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable. NPR The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction to the City of New York. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes.

NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS . . . Aged just five, Saroo Brierley lost all contact with his family in India, after waiting at a train station for his brother who never returned. Discover the inspiring, true story behind the film, Lion. This is the heart breaking and original tale of the lost little boy who found his way home twenty-five years later. ----------------------------------- As a five-year old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home. Five-year-old Saroo lived in a poor village in India, in a one-room hut with his mother and three siblings... until the day he boarded a train alone and got lost. For twenty-five years. This is the story of what happened to Saroo in those twenty-five years. How he ended up on the streets of Calcutta. And survived. How he then ended up in Tasmania, living the life of an upper-middle-class Aussie. And how, at thirty years old, with some dogged determination, a heap of good luck and the power of Google Earth, he found his way back home. Lion is a triumphant true story of survival against all odds and a shining example of the extraordinary feats we can achieve when hope endures. ----------------------------------- 'Amazing stuff' The New York Post 'So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of fiction' Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) 'A remarkable story' Sydney Morning Herald Review 'I literally could not put this book down. Saroo's return journey will leave you weeping with joy and the strength of the human spirit' Manly Daily (Australia) 'We urge you to step behind the headlines and have a read of this absorbing account...With clear recollections and good old-fashioned storytelling, Saroo...recalls the fear of being lost and the anguish of separation' Weekly Review (Australia)

✨ DISCOVER THE ZEITGEISTY TIME TRAVEL DEBUT WITH A TWIST ✨ 'Funny and sharp' GRAZIA 'I want to travel back so I can read it again for the first time!' Casey Scieszka, author of The Fountain ' So much fun!' Holly Gramazio, author of The Husbands EVER WANTED TO TRAVEL INTO THE PAST? WELL NOW YOU CAN! * *exclusions and exorbitant fees apply. Ash is a failed actress who is done trying to 'make' something of her life when she scrolls past an ad for Retro. The algorithm thinks she can afford recreational time travel? Then she sees the caption: Come away with us! We're hiring. Time Travel Agents, the guides who lead ultra-wealthy explorers on trips to the past on the 'Retro Metro', must blend seamlessly into any historical period. Ash is a perfect fit. She's an actress after all. Or at least she used to be. So begins Ash's life at Retro, chaperoning rich tourists through history's most Instagrammable eras. She wrangles bachelorette parties chasing hunky cowboys in the Old West, throws ''20s for your twenties' birthday bashes at speakeasies, and rolls her eyes at Wall Street men trying their luck in the Gold Rush. For the first time in years, Ash's life feels enviable. She barely notices the strange glitches in her memory or the way her present-day relationships are starting to slip. But as the trips intensify and her present begins to fray, Ash confronts an unsettling question: Was diving into the past ever really an escape, or just another way to lose herself? *** 'A magnetic read-equal parts charming, melancholy, and strange-perfect for those with sharp tongues but yearning hearts.' Emily Hunt Kivel, author of Dwelling 'Shrewd, witty and original' Aisling Rawle, author of The Compound 'Retro provides a whip smart critique of influencer culture and the ultrawealthy, while being utterly readable and compelling' Tasha Coryell, author of Love Letters to a Serial Killer

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice An extraordinary exposé of the industry flooding our world with plastic—and now ramping up to make more than ever “A compelling true-crime story.” —Zoë Schlanger, The New York Times Book Review “Deeply researched, sharply written, and totally compelling.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the The Sixth Extinction “It is impossible not to compare Beth Gardiner’s Plastic Inc. to Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.” —John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather Plastic, the foundational material of modern consumerism, is everywhere in our daily lives. But the oil and petrochemical companies making it are hiding in plain sight. Because for all the vivid coverage of where plastic ends up, there is remarkably little discussion of where it comes from. Today, industry is pouring billions of dollars into plans to double, or even triple, the amount it churns out, even as individuals concerned about plastic’s out-of-control proliferation try to use less. As Big Oil stares down a future of diminishing demand for fossil fuels, plastic has become its financial lifeline. Award-winning journalist Beth Gardiner gives readers an up-close look at the plastic industry’s relentless growth, its extraordinary profits, its toxic pollution and its hidden role in exacerbating climate change. Every chapter in Plastic Inc. brings new revelations, including how Big Oil pushed the lie that recycling was the answer to our plastic mess, even though companies always knew it couldn't work at scale; the hidden health crisis caused by chemicals and microplastics in the items we use every day; and the alarming parallels between the marketing strategies used by plastic producers and those of tobacco companies and Big Pharma.  Plastic Inc.’s gripping stories will reframe for readers a problem many of us think we understand, but which has deeper roots, and greater dangers, than we know.

A sparkling translation that gives new life in English to Dante’s Vita Nuova, his transcendent love poems and influential statement on the art and power of poetry, and the most widely read of his works after the Inferno A Penguin Classic Dante was only nine years old when he first met young Beatrice in Florence. Loving her for the rest of his life with a devotion undiminished by even her untimely death, he would dedicate himself to transfiguring her, through poetry, into something far more than a muse—she would become the very proof of love as transcendent spiritual power, and the adoration of her a radiant path into a “new life.” Censored by the Church, written in the Tuscan vernacular rather than Latin, exploding the courtly love tradition of the medieval troubadours, and employing an unprecedented hybrid form to link the thirty-one poems with prose commentary, Vita Nuova, first published in 1294, represents both an innovation in the literature of love and the work of Dante’s that brings this extraordinary poet into clearest view. This limpid new translation, based on the latest authoritative Italian edition and featuring the Italian on facing pages, captures the ineffable quality of a work that has inspired the likes of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Baudelaire, T. S. Eliot, Jorge Luis Borges, Robert Penn Warren, and Louise Glück, and sustains the long afterlife of a masterpiece that is itself a key to the ultimate poetic journey into the afterlife, The Divine Comedy. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

"Human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist." One dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant! Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant (the BFG), who is no ordinary bone-crunching giant, but instead prefers snozzcumbers and frobscottle to children. But there are other giants in Giant Country. And those giants have a plan to gallop far and wide to find some tasty human beans to eat. Can Sophie and the BFG stop them? The text in this edition of The BFG was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.

• Lower your risk of metabolic disorders, disease, and chronic weight gain • Protect yourself against the estrogenic substances in the environment, products, water, and food • Learn how certain foods and herbs can protect you! Estrogenic chemicals-known for causing the near extinction of various living species-are found in some of the most common foods we eat. In this revolutionary diet book, Ori Hofmekler addresses the millions of overweight and obese individuals who have failed or are disappointed with other diets-those who suffer from yoyo dieting, weight gain rebounds, or accumulation of stubborn fat in the belly and other estrogen-sensitive areas. Focusing on our current over-exposure to estrogenic chemicals in the environment, foods, and water, The Anti-Estrogenic Diet provides a practical solution to fat gain, estrogen-related disorders (PMS, endometriosis, fibrocystic disease), and increased risk of common cancers in women and men (breast, ovarian, cervical, prostate). Allowing you to still enjoy your favorite foods, the program is based on incorporating anti-estrogenic foods, spices, and herbs into your diet, while eliminating estrogenic foods and chemicals. Exposing dietary myths and fallacies, Hofmekler teaches readers that some foods commonly regarded as "healthy" may actually be harmful and vice versa. Special chapters dedicated to readers with different needs and health conditions, recipes, a question-and-answer section, and a list of scientific references are also included in this valuable resource.

In Someone Like You are fifteen classic tales told by the grand master of the short story, Roald Dahl. Here, in Roald Dahl's first collection of his world famous dark and sinister adult stories, a wife serves a dish that baffles the police; a harmless bet suddenly becomes anything but; a curious machine reveals a horrifying truth about plants; and a man lies awake waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach. Through vendettas and desperate quests, bitter memories and sordid fantasies, Roald Dahl's stories portray the strange and unexpected, sending a shiver down the spine. 'One of the most widely read and influential writers of our generation' The Times Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.

What is love? It is the gold thread connecting between our hearts. In this light-filled and multi-faceted book, her first since being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang draws together the threads of her work and life, tracing the connections between her interior and exterior worlds through a sequence of essays, poems, photographs and diaries. A book of reflections, of words and light, it has at its heart the tiny, north-facing courtyard garden at her home, cultivated solely through the reflected sunlight of the mirrors which she must move throughout the day, as the earth turns on its axis. In a poem written at eight years old, Han Kang imagined a 'gold thread' of connection - an idea which she explores here with luminous attention, beginning with her Nobel Lecture. She writes of the wonder of following the thread we call language into the depths of other hearts, and her profound sense of an electric current which joins writer and reader. Both intimate and illuminating, Light and Thread is a book for all readers of Han Kang's unique body of work.

BRITISH VOGUE 'STAR OF THE FUTURE' INDEPENDENT BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE ' A gripping, sinister fable' Margaret Atwood 'An extraordinary debut - otherworldly, luminous, precise' Guardian 'Bold, inventive, haunting . . . With shades of Margaret Atwood and Eimear McBride, you'll be bowled over by it' Stylist A hypnotic coming-of-age story for fans of The Power, The Vegetarian, I Who Have Never Known Men and The Girls Grace, Lia and Sky live in an abandoned hotel, on a sun-bleached island, beside a poisoned sea. Their parents raised them there to keep them safe, to make them good. The world beyond the water is contaminated and men are the contamination. But one day three strangers wash ashore - men who stare at the sisters hungrily, helplessly. Men who bring trouble. ***** 'A feminist fable set by the sea, a female Lord of the Flies. It felt like a book I'd been waiting to read for a long time ' Emma Jane Unsworth 'Visceral, hypnotic, with one of my favourite endings I've read in a long while' The Pool 'An unsettling dark fantasy... [It] lingers long after the final page' Daily Telegraph

THE MILLION COPY NO. 1 BESTSELLER THAT BECAME AN ACCLAIMED FILM STARRING HUGH GRANT AND NICOLAS HOULT 'A very entertaining and endearing read' The Times ___________________ Thirty-six-year-old Londoner Will loves his life. Living carefree off the royalties of his dad's Christmas song, he's rich, unattached and has zero responsibilities - just the way he likes it. But when Will meets Marcus, an awkward twelve-year-old who listens to Joni Mitchell and accidentally kills ducks with loaves of bread, an unlikely friendship starts to bloom. Can this odd duo teach each another how to finally act their age? Hugely funny and equally heartfelt, Nick Hornby's classic proves you're never too old to grow up. Perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Mike Gayle. ___________________ 'A stunner of a novel. Utterly read-in-one-day, forget-where-you-are-on-the-tube-gripping' Marie Claire 'About the awful, hilarious, embarrassing places where children and adults meet, and Hornby has captured it with delightful precision' Irish Times 'It takes a writer with real talent to make this work, and Hornby has it - in buckets' Literary Review

In a sweeping saga of music and vengeance, the acclaimed author of The Vampire Chronicles draws readers into eighteenth-century Italy, bringing to life the decadence beneath the shimmering surface of Venice, the wild frivolity of Naples, and the magnetic terror of its shadow, Vesuvius. This is the story of the castrati, the exquisite and otherworldly sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices win the adulation of royal courts and grand opera houses throughout Europe. These men are revered as idols and, at the same time, scorned for all they are not.   Praise for Anne Rice and Cry to Heaven   Daring and imaginative . . . [Anne] Rice seems like nothing less than a magician: It is a pure and uncanny talent that can give a voice to monsters and angels both. The New York Times Book Review   To read Anne Rice is to become giddy as if spinnning through the mind of time. San Francisco Chronicle   If you surrender and go with her . . . you have surrendered to enchantment, as in a voluptuous dream. The Boston Globe   Rice is eerily good at making the impossible seem self-evident. Time

New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller shows how God calls on each of us to express meaning and purpose through our work and careers. A touchstone of the [new evangelical] movement. The New York Times Tim Keller, pastor of New York s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and the New York Times bestselling author of The Reason for God, has taught and counseled students, young professionals, and senior leaders on the subject of work and calling for more than twenty years. Now he pulls his insights into a thoughtful and practical book for readers everywhere. With deep conviction and often surprising advice, Keller shows readers that biblical wisdom is immensely relevant to our questions about work today. In fact, the Christian view of work that we work to serve others, not ourselves can provide the foundation of a thriving professional and balanced personal life. Keller shows how excellence, integrity, discipline, creativity, and passion in the workplace can help others and even be considered acts of worship not just of self-interest.

THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK 'One of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. I haven't felt this way since I first read Beloved . . .' Oprah Winfrey Lose yourself in the stunning debut novel everyone is talking about - the unmissable historical story of injustice and redemption that resonates powerfully today Hiram Walker is a man with a secret, and a war to win. A war for the right to life, to family, to freedom. Born into bondage on a Virginia plantation, he is also born gifted with a mysterious power that he won't discover until he is almost a man, when he risks everything for a chance to escape. One fateful decision will carry him away from his makeshift plantation family and into the heart of the underground war on slavery... 'A transcendent work from a crucial political and literary artist' Diana Evans 'I've been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died. Clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates' Toni Morrison