Abel Grable's work takes him into remote jungles with only the moon to guide the way. His children love to hear about his moonlit adventures and, when he's back home, he decides to write them down. Af
A warm, witty and moving novel about friendship and growing up - twice - from the author of The Memory Book. Jenny, Rosie and Selin have been best friends since school. Their teenage years were spent
Features the work of more than twenty-five writers from the great twentieth-century counter-cultural literary movement. This collection also includes improvisational verses of Beat legends as Gregory
Mr Gumpy has decided to go for a ride in his motor car. It's a nice day and the sun is shining, so off he goes. But he only gets as far as the lane before the children, the rabbit, the cat, the dog, t
In these stories lives come into focus through single events or sudden memories which bring the past bubbling to the surface. The past, as Alice Munro's characters discover, is made up not only of wha
‘May be the most detailed, painstaking anatomy of desire that we are ever likely to see or need again... An ecstatic celebration of love and language’ Washington PostThe language we use when we are in
An intriguing reworking of the Grail Legend.Cal has struggled to cope with his mother’s drinking and psychotic episodes since he was six; so when he finally leaves home, he is ruthless about breaking
Five kids, Alex, Li, Paulo, Hex and Amber, are marooned on a desert island where they must face the ultimate test - survival! Killer komodo dragons, sharks and modern day pirates are amongst the dange
Five kids form an elite team of youngsters brought together to battle injustices in the world. Together they join a covert SAS operation in South America, fighting to catch an evil drugs baron. They i
It is Charlotte's first night at boarding school. But when she wakes up, the girl in the next bed is not the person who was sleeping there the evening before. And the new building outside her window s
Jesus worked hard to make the world beautiful. He performed miracles, told fabulous stories - all for free - and generally spent his time spreading joy and light around the world. A tiring business, a
Cocaine, amphetamines, EPO, heroin—all these are now considered not optional but necessary—not to win, but just to compete in the Tour de France. Details of how these drugs are obtained,
On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her
All over the world, millions of children enjoy the game of soccer. From Rio de Janeiro to Calcutta, Beirut to Barcelona, they are united by their love of “the beautiful game”. Journey around the globe
The city of Muggidrear is crawling with vampires! Montagu Sylver, weasel detective, decides to go to the source of the problem - Slattland, across the sea. He is determined to stake the problem for on
Larger than life - like his massive works - Berlioz was a seminal figure in the Romantic movement. This book is both a personal testament and an account of his role in that movement. It tells the stor
Prince Myshkin, the last, poverty-stricken member of a once great family and regarded by many as an idiot, returns to Russia from a sanatorium in Switzerland in order to collect an inheritance.
