HarperCollins New Titles January 2025

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January Highlights - Adult

January Highlights – Children’s

AUGUST NEW TITLES STOP PRESS

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A Haunting in the Arctic

C.J. Cooke

ISBN: 9780008515997

September 26, 2024

Paperback / softback

Thriller / Suspense

£9.99

1901. On board the Ormen, a whaling ship battling through the unforgiving North Sea, Nicky Duthie awakes. Attacked and dragged there against her will, it’s just her and the crew – and they’re all owed something only she can give them.

1973. Decades later, when the ship is found still drifting across the ocean, it’s deserted. Just one body is left on board, his face and feet mutilated, his cabin locked from the inside. Everyone else has vanished.

Now, as urban explorer Dominique travels into the near-permanent darkness of the northernmost tip of Iceland, to the final resting place of the Ormen’s wreck, she’s determined to uncover the ship’s secrets.

But she’s not alone. Something is here with her. And it’s seeking revenge…

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Every Moment Since

Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

ISBN: 9781400345021

November 21st, 2024

Paperback / softback

£10.99

Everyone in Wynotte, North Carolina, knows the name Davy Malcor. Knows the video clip of him juggling four balls, "All at the very same time!" Knows the Marty McFly jacket his mother made for his birthday that he wore proudly, and often. But no one knows what happened to him the night he went missing more than twenty years ago.

With hauntingly vivid prose, Marybeth Mayhew Whalen peels back the curtain on the inner turmoil of those who were left behind in the small Southern community as they pick up the pieces that remain and press forward into the light to find hope and healing.

A small Southern town. An ordinary Saturday night. A little boy disappears without a trace.

A deeply powerful debut collection of poems about life in Gaza by an award-winning Palestinian poet.

Barely thirty years old, Mosab Abu Toha was already a well-known poet when the current siege of Gaza began. After the Israeli army bombed his house, pulverizing a library he had built for community use, he and his family fled for their safety. Not for the first time.

designed edition of number-one New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett’s prized classic, annotated and with an introduction by the author herself.

9780008739645 | PB |

£16.99 | 17 SEP 2024

This authoritative – but not authorised – biography provides answers by drawing deeply on many hours of interviews with Prime Minister himself, as well as unprecedented access to members of his family, his oldest friends and closest colleagues.

9780008743314 | PB | £4.99 | 24 OCT 2024

Celebrate the presidential election with this fascinating book of facts about Kamala, her family, childhood, career, hobbies and successes –perfect for 8+ and fully illustrated throughout!

As Above So Below

I was just one tree

Never think that I was an extraordinary tree

The Tree of Life

I was an ordinary tree

It’s not the case that My roots link me to everything else

In an interconnected system

Like a brain sparking electrical currents

My growth functioned wisely

Like everything else in nature

I am sovereign

So don’t believe that My death will travel beyond itself

That roots are the whole world

As above so below

Fungi, soil, insects, birds know I was just an ordinary tree

If you look at the world from the bottom up*

*now read the poem from the last line up

** I used Brian Bilston’s modern classic Refugees as a powerful example of an effective palindromic poem.

at Sycamore Gap.

AUGUST NEW TITLESFICTION

MURDER ON THE MARLOW BELLE

Robert Thorogood

The new cosy crime novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author. THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB is now a major TV series on Drama and UKTV Play.

Verity Beresford is worried about her husband. Oliver didn’t come home last night so of course Verity goes straight to Judith Potts, Marlow’s resident amateur sleuth, for help. Oliver, founder of the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, had hired The Marlow Belle, a private pleasure cruiser, for an exclusive party with the MADS committee but no one remembers seeing him disembark. And then Oliver’s body washes up on the Thames with two bullet holes in him – it’s time for the Marlow Murder Club to leap into action.

Oliver was, by all accounts, a rather complicated chap with a reputation for bullying children during nativity play rehearsals, and he wasn’t short of enemies. Judith, Suzie, and Becks are convinced they’ll find his killer in no time. But things are not as they seem in the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, and this case is not so clear-cut after all. The gang will need to keep their wits about them to solve this case, otherwise a killer will walk free …

Praise for Robert Thorogood

‘Cosy crime at its best’ Crime Monthly 'A light-hearted romp with gallons of humour, mystery and brilliant sleuthing' The Sun

*Whilst stock lasts

ISBN: 9780008567378 £16.99

January 16, 2025

Hardback

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THE PERSIANS

Sanam Mahloudji

A darkly funny, life-affirming debut novel following five women from three generations of a once illustrious Iranian family as they grapple with revolutions personal and political.

Meet the women of the Valiat family. In Iran, they were somebodies. In America, they're nobodies.

First there is Elizabeth, the regal matriarch with the famously large nose, who remained in Tehran despite the revolution. She lives alone in a shabby apartment except when she is visited by Niaz, her young, Islamic-lawbreaking granddaughter, who takes her partying with a side of purpose, and somehow manages to survive. Across the ocean in America, Elizabeth’s daughters have built new lives for themselves. There’s Shirin, a charismatic and flamboyantly high-flying event planner in Houston, who considers herself the family's future; and Seema, a dreamy idealist turned bored housewife languishing in the privileged hills of Los Angeles. And then there's the other granddaughter, Bita, a disillusioned law student spending her days in New York trying to find deeper meaning by giving away her worldly belongings.

When an annual vacation in Aspen goes wildly awry and Shirin ends up being bailed out of jail by Bita, the family's brittle upper class veneer is cracked wide open. Soon, Shirin must embark upon a grand quest to restore the family name to its former glory. But what does that mean in a country where the Valiats never even mattered? Can they bring their old inheritance into a new tomorrow together?

Spanning from 1940s Iran into a splintered 2000s, these five women are pulled apart and brought together by revolutions personal and political. The Persians is a darkly funny, deeply moving and profoundly searching portrait of a unique family in crisis. Here is their past, their present and a possible new future for them all.

ISBN: 9780008589042

January 30, 2025

Hardback

Fourth Estate

Modern & Contemporary Fiction (post C 1945)

£16.99

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AND HE SHALL APPEAR

Kate van der Borgh

The thrilling new dark academia debut novel; Saltburn meets The Secret History

In the hallowed halls of Cambridge, a dangerous obsession takes hold…

When a young man arrives in Cambridge as a first-year student, he finds himself an outsider. There’s the punting and the politics, the wine and the waistcoats, all seemingly familiar to everyone but him. Then he falls under the spell of Bryn Cavendish.

A notorious party boy and skilled magician, Bryn is magnetic. To be in his circle is to revel in clouds of ecstasy, untouched by the rules. To be exiled from it is to haunt the peripheries of campus life like a ghost.

As the academic year intensifies and Bryn’s magic tricks become more sinister, one question lingers. Is Bryn’s charisma the source of his influence or does he wield a much darker and more dangerous power?

'Unsettling and richly atmospheric, And He Shall Appear is a bacchanalian campus noir that will keep you up at night wondering what is a trick or magic, and what is it we choose not to see. I loved this tense tale of intoxication, infatuation and friendship, where Saltburn meets The Secret History with a wholly original splash of the occult hiding in the shadows of Cambridge' Aube Rey Lescure, author of River East, River West

ISBN: 9780008636548

January 16, 2025

Hardback

Fourth Estate

Horror & Ghost Stories

£16.99

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THE DAY OF THE ROARING

Nina Bhadreshwar

A crime so shocking no one will talk

When the dismembered body of a headmaster is found on the derelict site of a former school in Sheffield, DI Diana Walker finds herself at odds with her department.

Her colleagues insist this is another instance of gang violence. Diana isn’t so sure, but the case leaves her chasing shadows – missing teachers, unreported crimes and silent witnesses. Diana's search for answers leads to Sheffield's underserved communities, where she finds distrust, horrifying secrets and a whole new understanding of justice.

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HOMESICK

A story of falling out of love from the winner of the Comedy Women in Print Award, for fans of Monica Heisey and Dolly Alderton

Mara becomes an ‘heiress’ overnight after her father's death.

She wants to buy a flat to escape the awful London rental market and her equally awful childhoodfriend-turned-housemate, Lewis (who refuses to wash up cutlery because it makes him feel weird). And she wants her boyfriend, Tom, to move into the new flat with her. Slightly more difficult now that he has decided to leave London – and Mara.

As Mara and Tom navigate their break-up/non-break-up, Mara becomes fixated on the perfect couple living in the flat above her. While her best friend accuses her of being self-involved and her already overfamiliar boss keeps getting her drunker and drunker, the Happy Couple become a symbol for everything Mara and Tom could have been – but, crucially, are not.

ISBN: 9780008667016

January 30, 2025

Hardback

HarperCollins

Modern & Contemporary Fiction (post C 1945)

£16.99

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HAVOC

Christopher Bollen

A modern-day Ripley from the celebrated author of A Beautiful Crime: 'Fantastic' (ZADIE SMITH)

Eighty-one-year-old Maggie Burkhardt has left it all behind. After the death of her husband and the tragic loss of her daughter Julia, she fled her native Wisconsin and has spent the last five years ping-ponging between the world’s luxury hotels. Now she has finally come to rest somewhere she can imagine staying forever: the Royal Karnak Hotel in Luxor, Egypt.

Maggie is no sweet old lady. She has a nasty, nosy little habit: she spies on her fellow guests and manipulates situations to 'liberate' them from what she sees as unhappy relationships.

When an enigmatic eight-year-old boy, Otto, and his well-meaning mother arrive at the hotel, Maggie sees two easy targets. But she is more wrong than she could possibly know, and is soon locked in a death-spiral with Otto – has she finally met her match in a child one-tenth her age?

Crackling with the perceptive acid wit of The White Lotus and haloed by Shirley Jackson’s cruel, dark magic, Christopher Bollen’s new novel is a decadent and ghastly delight.

ISBN: 9780008730451

January 02, 2025

Hardback

The Borough Press

£16.99

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NO PLACE TO BURY THE DEAD

Karina Sainz Borgo, Elizabeth Bryer

Inspired by real events, a searing novel of loss and resilience that illuminates the often-overlooked human dimension of the migrant crisis, re-imagining the border as a dreamlike purgatory bridging life and death.

No Place to Bury the Dead is based on the short story Scissors, winner of the 2021 O. Henry Prize and selected for the award by none other than Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

In an unnamed Latin American country, a mysterious plague quickly spreads, erasing the memory of anyone infected.

Angustias Romero flees with her family, but their flight is tragically cut short when she loses both her children. Consumed by grief, she finds herself within the hallucinatory expanse of Mezquite––a town corrupted by greed and populated by storytellers, refugees, and violent, predatory gangs.

Here, Angustias is finally able to lay her children to rest at the Third Country, a cemetery run by the larger-thanlife Visitación Salazar and a refuge beyond suffering and fear. While Visitación remains defiant in her mission to care for the dead, the cemetery she oversees is the focal point of a bitter land dispute with Alcides Abundio, the most feared landowner of the border.

Caught in this power struggle, Angustias and Visitación–friends and sometimes rivals– stand their ground on a frontier where the law is dictated by violence;a surreal territory whose very nature blurs the boundaries between life and death.

Exploring what we are capable of and how far we will go when we have nothing to lose, No Place to Bury the Dead confirms Karina Sainz Borgo’s importance amongst the voices of modern Latin American literature, merging thriller, western, and classic tragedy in an unforgettable and urgent novel that won the 2023 Jan Michalski Prize.

Translated from the Spanish by Elizabeth Bryer

ISBN: 9780063213876

01 30 2025

Hardback

£16.99

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THE RESURRECTIONIST

A. Rae Dunlap

A gothic historical thriller with dark academia and queer romance elements, based on true crimes in the private medical schools of Georgian Edinburgh, new for 2025

In this decadent, twisty debut novel, a young medical student is lured into the illicit underworld of body snatching in 19th-century Edinburgh … and unexpectedly falls in love.

1828. Naïve but determined James Willoughby has abandoned his sheltered life at Oxford to pursue a lifelong dream of studying surgery in Edinburgh. A shining beacon of medical discovery in the age of New Enlightenment, Scotland's leading university offers everything James desires— except the chance to work on a human cadaver. For that, he needs to join one of the private schools in Surgeon’s Square, at a cost he cannot afford. In desperation, he strikes a deal with Nye MacKinnon, a dashing young dissectionist with an artist’s eye for anatomy and a reckless passion for knowledge. Nye promises to help James gain the surgical experience he craves by inviting him into the illicit world of body snatching.

Intoxicated by Nye and his noble mission, James rapidly descends into the underground ranks of the Resurrectionists the grave robbers infamous for stealing fresh corpses from churchyards to be used as anatomical specimens. Before he knows it, James is caught up in a life-or-death scheme as rival gangs of snatchers compete in a morbid race for power and prestige. And as they lock eyes across graves and dissection tables, it doesn’t take James and Nye long to realise that they yearn to be more than partners in academic crime …

Queer romance, true crime, and dark academia intertwine in this thrilling tale of love, murder, and the grisly origins of modern medicine.

ISBN: 9780008711535

Hardback

January 30, 2025

HarperNorth

US Cover, UK Cover Coming Soon!

£14.99

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ISLAND SONG

Pepsi Demacque-Crockett

One sister found the courage to leave, the other must find the courage to live …

From the Caribbean to 1950s London, an epic story of finding home, Island Song is an atmospheric and lyrical debut of compelling storytelling, for fans of Louise Hare and Kristin Hannah.

‘We are born of fighters … slaves wanting to be free. Never let anyone take away the fire in your belly, my daughters…’

When their father dies, Agnes Deterville and her sister Ella must forge their own paths in life.

Headstrong Agnes dreams of a new life far away. Cautious Ella fears the world beyond their small village in St Lucia.

When Agnes departs for a new life in 1950s London, they are both confronted by heartbreak, loneliness, and tragedy.

Separated by an ocean, but bound by love, can the sisters keep their island song singing in their hearts? ISBN: 9780008598754

THE DARK HOURS

Amy Jordan

A gripping police thriller from a fresh new voice in Irish crime fiction

‘Dark, gripping and atmospheric, I was hooked by the first page… you won't be able to put The Dark Hours down.’ Sam Blake

‘I loved the fact that the protagonist was an older woman… A strikingly original lead character, vivid characterisation and tight plotting… a very enjoyable read’ Liz Nugent

1994: When Gardaí Julia Harte and Adrian Clancy are called out to a sleepy housing estate in Cork to investigate a noise complaint, they are entirely unprepared for what they find. What happens next will haunt Julia for the rest of her days, leaving her plagued with nightmares and terrified of the dark. There is a serial killer at work in Cork, one as clever as he is deadly. Julia may not be a detective yet, but after the harrowing events of that night, she is determined to be the one to catch him…

2024: Julia Harte has chosen just the right place to disappear. Now a retired detective with an illustrious career behind her, she has moved to a tiny cottage in a remote part of Ireland where she hopes to find peace. But then she receives a phone call from her old Superintendent – two women have been murdered, their bodies marked and staged, just like in ’94.

It’s happening again. Only this time, the stakes are even higher. Julia must return to Cork to face down a vicious killer and the memories that haunt her still. Yet Julia is no longer a naïve junior officer but a seasoned, tough professional who proves more than a match for any murderer…

ISBN: 9780008656980 £16.99

January 30, 2025

(post C 1945)

The Kings of Avalier series – Special Editions

Sue Lynn Tan

ISBN: 9780008556310

January 16, 2025

£16.99

To win the God of War’s favour was wise – to fall in love with him would ruin me Liyen, heir to Tianxia, has grown up knowing she must serve the immortals who once protected her and her kingdom from a vicious enemy. When she is poisoned, her grandfather steals an enchanted lotus to save her life. Enraged at his betrayal, the immortal queen commands the powerful God of War to attack Tianxia

Upon her grandfather’s death, Liyen ascends a precarious throne, vowing to end her kingdom’s obligation to the immortals. When she is summoned to the Immortal Realm, she seizes the opportunity to learn their secrets and to form a tenuous alliance to safeguard her people, all with the one she should fear and mistrust the most: the ruthless God of War. As they are drawn together, a treacherous attraction ignites between them—one she has to resist, to not endanger all she is fighting for. But with darker forces closing in around them, and her kingdom plunged into peril, Liyen must risk everything to save her people from an unspeakable fate, even if it means forging a dangerous bond with the immortal…even if it means losing her heart.

The Legend of Meneka

ISBN: 9780008650469

January 16, 2025

A spicy romantasy steeped in Indian Mythology.

The Legend of Meneka is the first in a Romantasy duology that reimagines the Indian myth about a celestial dancer who is tasked with seducing a mortal sage, but when she begins to fall in love with her mark she will be forced to choose between loyalties and being true to herself—an exploration of female identity, our inner cosmic power, and finding love within ourselves.

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Chakraborty, New York Times bestselling author of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

'The Legend of Meneka is a celebration of all that makes a story truly, wildly, and ecstatically epic. Rao's prose hums with starlight and her dazzling reimagining deftly blends ancient philosophy with the story of a woman emerging into her own power. As befits a retelling of one of the most celebrated celestial nymphs in Hindu myth, this book is nothing short of resplendent'

Sunbringer

Hannah Kaner

ISBN: 9780008521554

January 16, 2025

£9.99

The thrilling epic fantasy sequel to No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller, GODKILLER.

War is coming, godkiller.

The gods are stirring, whispering of war.

Godkiller Kissen sacrificed herself to save her friends. But gods cannot be destroyed so easily – and neither can godkillers.

Young noble Inara and her little god of white lies, Skedi, seek answers to the nature of their bond. But secrets they uncover could determine the outcome of the war.

Meanwhile, Elogast has been charged with destroying King Arren, the man he once called friend, who has now entered into an unholy pact with the most dangerous of them all.

The kingdom is on the brink of destruction. What will they each sacrifice to save it?

Hidden Fires

Sairish Hussain

ISBN: 9780008297527

January 30, 2025

Paperback / softback Modern & Contemporary Fiction (post C 1945)

£9.99

How can you live in the present when you’re trying to bury the past?

Ramadan, 2017. Yusuf wakes in the middle of the night to pray. His routine is always the same, but something tells him that tonight is different. Yellow flames blur Yusuf’s vision, and the laughter of a small child echoes in his ears. But this time, the red, smoke-filled skies aren’t just in his memory.

Miles away, Rubi is also awake. On the television, she watches reports of a devastating fire in London. She is already anxious when her parents send her to stay with her Grandpa Yusuf, whose conservative house rules are almost as unbearable as the loneliness she feels at home. Yusuf’s lifestyle does not gel with Rubi’s. But when she finds him scared and confused one night, it becomes clear that there’s more to her grandfather than Rubi ever considered.

As Yusuf grapples with the past, Rubi is determined to save him. But the memories that are recovered and spoken of for the first time in years are more painful than she could have imagined.

From the Costa Prize-shortlisted author of The Family Tree and Women's Prize x Good Housekeeping Futures Finalist, Hidden Fires is a powerful story of grief and loss, the power of family and the long arm of history.

The Last Word Is Death

Faith Martin

ISBN: 9780008590130

January 02, 2025 Hardback Crime & Mystery

£16.99

Silent Night

Sophie Hannah

ISBN: 9780008380786

January 16, 2025

Paperback

Crime & Mystery

£11.99

Historical mystery novel, perfect for fans of cozy crime

The second book in the Val and Arbie mysteries and the follow up to Murder by Candlelight. Can be read as a standalone.

Arbuthnot ‘Arbie’ Swift arrives at Dashwood House, a glamorously modern hotel in the up-and-coming resort of Galton-next-the-Sea, but all plans for a relaxing stay are scuppered when one of the guests is found dead.

The body is found in the writing room, the victim part of a set visiting the seaside town for an engagement party, which happens to include Arbie’s old friend, Val.

Familiar with Val and Arbie’s previous experience in solving puzzling crimes, the bride asks the pair to investigate. They quickly discover that the victim had no shortage of enemies, and many of the guests are up to no good. But who is simply hiding a secret, and who is hiding murder? Proofs available now! Email us on

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A print-on-demand edition of the latest Poirot mystery especially for collectors who prefer the old pocket-sized 'A-format' paperbacks.

CAN HERCULE POIROT SOLVE A BAFFLING MURDER MYSTERY IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS?

It’s 19 December 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are called to investigate the murder of a man in the apparent safe haven of a Norfolk hospital ward. Catchpool’s mother, the irrepressible Cynthia, insists that Poirot stays in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while Poirot solves the case. Cynthia’s friend Arnold is soon to be admitted to that same hospital and his wife is convinced he will be the killer’s next victim, though she refuses to explain why.

Poirot has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders, if he is to escape from this nightmare scenario and get home in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, someone else – someone utterly ruthless – also has ideas about what ought to happen to Hercule Poirot …

The Lighthouse Secret

Carmel Harrington

ISBN: 9780008528607

January 30, 2025

Paperback / softback

Historical Fiction

£9.99

The sweeping, secretive and emotional new historical novel from the top 10 bestselling author of The Moon Over Kilmore Quay and The Girl from Donegal

Family secrets never stay buried…

1951, Ireland

On the windswept Cork coast, the lighthouse-keepers’ wives wait, watching the sea. Their husbands are coming home. But one secret can never be revealed.

2023, Maine

Decades later, Mollie Kenefick receives an anonymous note: Family secrets never stay buried. The only person she can ask is her grandmother – however, Beth made a vow that she swore never to break.

But someone knows what happened that summer in 1951, and it seems they’re not happy keeping silent …

A Sky of Emerald Stars

A.K. Mulford

ISBN: 9780008601836

January 02, 2025

Hardback Fantasy Romance

£18.99

The second book in the all-new Golden Court romantasy trilogy, A Sky of Emerald Stars — continues wolf-shifter Calla’s journey and explores a new story — Sadie’s — as kingdoms clash with war on the horizon and pack politics threatens to disrupt what Calla and Grae have built.

A secret song. A hidden fortress. A world on the brink of war.

After the long, despotic reign under the evil sorceress, Sawyn, life in the Golden Court is finally rebuilding. New leadership means new beginnings, and Sadie Rauxtide now a royal guard has been grappling with how she’ll fit into her new home. But when a rival Wolf king, Nero, kidnaps the Queen’s friend and mentor Ora, any hopes for peace are lost.

The Golden Court springs into action, and Sadie is tasked with an important mission: travel with Navin and Maez to try to win new allies and uncover Nero’s hidden secrets. Yet Navin has secrets of his own, and it’s all Sadie can do to focus on her attachment to him and her loathing for what she discovers inside the man she loves. She has a mission, but the heart wants what it wants. And fate? Fate has its own magic, and it’s one more thing out of her control.

Meanwhile, Queen Calla is forced to seek help from the Ice Wolf pack in order to stop Nero’s prejudicial rule. However, the Queen of Taigos makes Calla’s objectives impossible with their capricious relationship standing in the way completely unwilling to commit in helping Calla rescue Ora and repeatedly dismissing Calla’s new gender identity. With no true allyship from Taigos Court, Calla battles between diplomacy and being their true self as they realize coming out is only the beginning of their journey of self-discovery.

A. J. Finn

ISBN: 9780008234232

January 30, 2025

Paperback / softback

Thriller / Suspense

£9.99

The psychological crime thriller you won’t want to miss from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

This is the chilling invitation from Sebastian Trapp, renowned mystery novelist, to his long-time correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. Welcomed into his lavish San Francisco mansion, Nicky begins to unravel Trapp’s life story under the watchful eyes of his enigmatic wife and plainspoken daughter.

But Sebastian Trapp is a mystery himself. And maybe – probably – a murderer.

Two decades ago, his first wife and son vanished, the case never solved. Is the master of mystery playing a deadly game? If so, who will be the loser?

And when a body surfaces in the family's garden, they all realize the past isn't buried – it's waiting.

Profile K

Helen Fields

ISBN: 9780008533564

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback

Crime & Mystery

£9.99

THE MILLION-COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER RETURNS WITH A DARK AND TERRIFYING JOURNEY INTO THE MIND OF A KILLER.

He’s going to kill you. He just doesn’t know it yet.

Midnight Jones is an analyst trained to understand the human mind. But everything changes when, in the course of her work, she discovers Profile K’s file – because K stands for killer, and she knows that someone more dangerous than she could have ever imagined walks among them.

Midnight knows what Profile K is capable of before he even commits his first crime. But as the news rolls with the brutal murder of a local woman, no one believes what she tells them: that he is capable of so much worse.

Profile K will kill again – and, terrifyingly, Midnight realises that the moment she found his file was the moment she became his next target. Because Profile K is coming for Midnight – and the only way to escape with her life is to find him before he finds her…

The million-copy bestseller is back with a dark, terrifying journey into the mind of a psychopath that will keep you riveted until the very last page.

The Serpent Under

Bonnie MacBird

ISBN: 9780008380885

January 02, 2025

Hardback

Crime & Mystery

£16.99

Holmes and Watson face treachery and danger in the latest full-length thriller by Bonnie MacBird, author of the bestselling Sherlock Holmes novel Art in the Blood.

Murder, jealousy, and deceit underscore three interlocking mysteries as Holmes and Watson take on a high profile case at Windsor Castle, a boy drowned in the Serpentine, and a crusading women’s rights activist who suspects a traitor in her organisation. The cases send them into danger into locales as varied as the palace itself, a dockland cannery, an arts and crafts atelier, and a gypsy encampment. But is there peril underfoot as well – right at 221B Baker Street?

The twisting, breathlessly plotted conjoined mysteries that Bonnie MacBird is known for provide a thrill ride that will delight Sherlockians worldwide.

The Beholders

Hester Musson

ISBN: 9780008559021

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback

Historical Fiction

£9.99

June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of the River Thames, suspected to be the beloved missing child of the widely admired Liberal MP Ralph Gethin.

Four months earlier. Harriet is a young maid newly employed at Finton Hall. Fleeing the drudgery of an unwanted engagement in the small village where she grew up, Harriet is entranced by the grand country hall; she is entranced too by her glamorous mistress Clara Gethin, whose unearthly singing voice floats through the house. But Clara, though captivating, is erratic. The master of the house is a much-lauded politician, but he is strangely absent. And some of their beautiful belongings seem to tell terrible stories.

Unable to ignore her growing unease, Harriet sets out to discover their secrets. When she uncovers a shocking truth, a chain of events is set in motion that could cost Harriet everything, even her freedom…

How To Sleep At Night

ISBN: 9780008726843

January 16, 2025

Hardback

Modern & Contemporary Fiction (post C 1945)

£16.99

The sharp and funny debut novel from the New York Times reporter

'Insightful, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny… a delight' J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Friends and Strangers

Shared bed. Different dreams…

Meet Ethan and Gabe: a devoted couple with an adorable daughter and a house in the suburbs. They may have drifted to different ends of the political spectrum, but their marriage still has its spark. Then Ethan makes a shocking announcement: he wants to run for Congress as a Republican. And he will only do it with progressive Gabe’s blessing.

Kate is a political reporter at a major newspaper, but the adrenaline rush of chasing a story has lost its thrill. When her ex-girlfriend Nicole – now married and feeling like an accessory in her husband’s life –slides into her DMs just as her brother Ethan starts his controversial congressional run, Kate’s life is thrown into a tailspin that threatens to derail the success she’s worked so hard to achieve.

A sharply observed comedy of manners about public image versus private life, How to Sleep at Night is a witty and whip-smart novel that dissects family ties stretched thin by politics.

ISBN: 9780008584603

January 30, 2025

Paperback / softback

Modern & Contemporary Fiction (post C 1945)

£9.99

Annie is the perfect girlfriend. She has dinner ready for Doug every night, wears the outfits he buys for her, and caters to his every sexual whim. Maybe her cleaning isn’t always good enough, but she’s trying really hard.

She was designed that way, after all.

Because Annie is a robot. But what happens when she starts to rebel against her stifled existence and imagine the impossible – a life without Doug?

'A compelling story of power, consent and control’ GRAZIA

‘A smart dive into big questions about identity, autonomy and power… packs an impressive punch’ THE TIMES, Book of the Month

Robert Lautner

ISBN: 9780008647506

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback

Modern & Contemporary

Fiction (post C 1945)

£9.99

A vivid and utterly compelling reimagining of the life of a truly iconic character

Before there was Jaws, there was… QUINT

You already know the end of his story: now find out where it all began.

Quint: the taciturn and grizzled sea captain who survived the shark-ridden sinking of the USS Indianapolis, only to meet his maker in the maw of a Great White at the end of JAWS. So much more than a fisherman – a survivor, a fighter, a man who has left three wives in his wake.

In this vivid and utterly compelling masterpiece, Robert Lautner reimagines the life of a truly iconic character.

‘If Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea was doused in whiskey and strained through the gills of a tiger shark, it would not sound dissimilar… one of this year’s literary miracles' IRISH INDEPENDENT

‘Thrilling, brutal, poetic, literary and irresistible, one of the 21st century’s first great 20th-century American novels' LOUISA YOUNG

The Cuckoo

Camilla Läckberg

ISBN: 9780008283889

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback

Crime & Mystery

£9.99

The new latest detective thriller from the No.1 international bestselling author Detective Patrik Hedström and Erica Falck are back, in an irresistible Scandi crime thriller for fans of Jo Nesbo and Lars Kepler.

A community torn apart

As a heavy mist rolls into the Swedish coastal town of Fjällbacka, shocking violence shakes the small community to its core. Rolf Stenklo, a famous photographer, is found murdered in his gallery. Two days later, a brutal tragedy on a private island leaves the prestigious Bauer family devastated.

A town full of secrets

With his boss acting strangely, Detective Patrik Hedström is left to lead the investigation. Tensions rise threatening cracks in the team of officers at Tanumshede police station and pressure mounts as the press demand answers.

A reckoning in blood

In pursuit of inspiration for her next true-crime book, Patrik’s wife Erica Falck leaves behind their three children and travels to Stockholm to research the unsolved decades-old murder of a figure from Rolf’s past. As Erica searches for the truth, she realizes that her mystery is connected to Patrik’s case. These threads from the past are woven into the present and old sins leave behind long shadows.

Jonathan Whitelaw

ISBN: 9780008626457

January 30, 2025 Paperback / softback

Previous Titles

The Kill List

£8.99

Jonathan Whitelaw is a writer, award-winning journalist and broadcaster, based in Glasgow.

Praise for Jonathan’s previous books:

‘A warm-hearted and funny story’ The Sun

‘A cracking cosy crime mystery – I loved it!’ Marion Todd

‘Sharp, unforgettable, hugely enjoyable’ Emma Christie

Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and SJ Bennett

Nadine Matheson

ISBN: 9780008548421

January 30, 2025 Paperback / softback

£9.99

He will come for them, one by one… Five shocking murders

Twenty-five years ago, DCI Harry Rhimes arrested Andrew Streeter for the brutal murders of five young people. Streeter’s ‘kill list’ of victims was found in his home, and he was convicted of all five crimes.

A legacy under threat

Now, Streeter’s convictions are being overturned, as new evidence implies the original investigation was corrupt. No one is more shocked that DI Henley. Because this case is personal; Rhimes was her old boss, and he’s no longer alive to defend himself. But when the killings start up again, Henley must face the truth: Rhimes got it wrong twenty-five years ago.

A hunt for a killer

Henley and her team reopen the original murder cases, but they must put their personal feelings to one side. Because the real killer is still out there, and he’s working his way through a new kill list …

The Baby Dragon Café

ISBN: 9780008727666

January 16, 2025

£8.99

A Five Letter Word for Love

ISBN: 9780063399013

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback

Romance

The perfect read for fans of Pumpkin Spice Café and Legends and Lattes!

When Saphira opened up her café for baby dragons and their humans, she wasn’t expecting it to be so difficult to keep the fires burning. It turns out, young dragons are not the best magical animals to keep in a café, and replacing all that burnt furniture is costing Saphira more than she can afford from selling dragon-roasted coffee.

Aiden is a local gardener, and local heart-throb, more interested in his plants than actually spending time with his disobedient baby dragon. When Aiden walks into Saphira’s café, he has a genius idea –he'll ask Saphira to train his baby dragon, and he'll pay her enough to keep the café afloat.

Saphira’s happy-go-lucky attitude doesn’t seem to do anything but irritate the grumpy-but-gorgeous Aiden, except that everywhere she goes, she finds him there. But can this dragon café owner turn her fortunes around, and maybe find love along the way?

A heartwarming and humorous romance in which an unlikely couple fall in love over Wordle.

Twenty-seven-year-old Emily doesn’t have a lot going well in her life right now. She dreams of a creative career but works as a receptionist in an auto shop. She longs for big city life but lives in a small town on Prince Edward Island. She craves a close group of friends but is stuck with irritating, carobsessed coworkers.

What Emily does have is a 300+ day streak on the New York Times Wordle. But one day, with only one guess left and no clue what the answer is, she’s forced to turn to one of her irritating, car-obsessed coworkers, John, for help—and in doing so, realizes that he might not be so irritating after all.

As they make their way, word by word, toward a 365-day streak, Emily is drawn into a surprising romance that will take her outside of her comfort zone—and challenge everything she thought she knew about happiness, success, and love.

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A Council of Dolls

Mona Susan Power

ISBN: 9780063281103

01 16 2025

Paperback / softback

£10.99

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native American author Mona Susan Power, spanning three generations of Yanktonai Dakota women from the 19th century to the present day.

From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A Council of Dolls is the story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried…. Sissy, born 1961: Sissy’s relationship with her beautiful and volatile mother is difficult, even dangerous, but her life is also filled with beautiful things, including a new Christmas present, a doll called Ethel. Ethel whispers advice and kindness in Sissy’s ear, and in one especially terrifying moment, maybe even saves Sissy’s life. Lillian, born 1925: Born in her ancestral lands in a time of terrible change, Lillian clings to her sister, Blanche, and her doll, Mae. When the sisters are forced to attend an “Indian school” far from their home, Blanche refuses to be cowed by the school’s abusive nuns. But when tragedy strikes the sisters, the doll Mae finds her way to defend the girls. Cora, born 1888: Though she was born into the brutal legacy of the “Indian Wars,” Cora isn’t afraid of the white men who remove her to a school across the country to be “civilized.” When teachers burn her beloved buckskin and beaded doll Winona, Cora discovers that the spirit of Winona may not be entirely lost…

A modern masterpiece, A Council of Dolls is gorgeous, quietly devastating, and ultimately hopeful, shining a light on the echoing damage wrought by Indian boarding schools, and the historical massacres of Indigenous people. With stunning prose, Mona Susan Power weaves a spell of love and healing that comes alive on the page.

A bladesmith with the power of the stars in her blood and a prince with a dangerous secret will fight to save their kingdom in this spicy and spellbinding romantasy inspired by Persian and Indian mythology—perfect for readers of Sarah J. Maas and Thea Guanzon.

To save the realm from eternal darkness, she’ll have to choose between the truth and the lie stand and fight or kneel and die.

But what awaits her in Kaldari is nothing she could have imagined and fraught with danger. It’s not the crown prince, but his impossibly handsome, illegitimate half-brother, Roshan, who draws her interest…and her ire. The invitation isn’t a quest to find a suitable bride, but a veiled hunt for the starkeeper a girl rumored to hold the magic of the stars in her blood. And across the city, unrest is brewing between the noble houses and the rebel militia.

When the rebels carry out a brutal strike, Suraya and Roshan find themselves on the run, trying to deny their simmering attraction and the knowledge that Suraya herself might be the starkeeper. But Roshan is hiding secrets of his own. And with no control of the power that seems to be stirring within her, Suraya has drawn the attention of the old gods themselves…and the interest of one dark god in particular might be the biggest threat of all.

Limited proofs coming soon! Email us on independentthinking@harpercollins.co.uk with your name and shop address to request!

One Hundred Days

Alice Pung

Sixteen and pregnant, Karuna finds herself trapped in her mother’s Melbourne public housing apartment for one hundred days, awaiting the birth of her child and her mother’s next move in a shocking power struggle over who will raise the baby. She writes to her unborn child, so there’s a record of what really happened. Karuna’s pregnancy is the result of a heady whirlwind of independence, lust, and defiance but it wasn’t entirely by accident, either.

Karuna’s mother, already overprotective, confines her to keep her safe from the outside world and make sure she can’t get into any more trouble. Stuck inside for endless hours, Karuna battles her mother and herself for a sense of power in her own life, as a new life forms and grows within her. As the due date nears, the question of who will get to raise the baby festers between them. At times tense and unnerving, One Hundred Days nevertheless brims with humor and warmth.

Alice Pung’s authorial voice is crisp and relatable, channeling the angst of youth with grace.

THE ANGEL DECEPTION

DAVID LEADBEATER

ISBN: 9780008659912

JANUARY 02, 2025

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£9.99

THE REBEL DAUGHTERS

CECIL CAMERON

ISBN: 9780008540906

JANUARY 16, 2025 HARDBACK

A MATTER OF PERSUASION

THERESA HOWES

ISBN: 9780008666842

JANUARY 30, 2025

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ONE BED

JOSS WOOD

ISBN: 9780008702366

JANUARY 02, 2025

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THE LAST FASHION HOUSE IN PARIS

RENEE RYAN

ISBN: 9781335090430

JANUARY 30, 2025 PAPERBACK

£10.99

JULIE SHACKMAN

ISBN: 9780008614355

JANUARY 30, 2025

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ISBN: 9780008662912 JANUARY 16, 2025

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THE HOOK UP KRISTEN CALLIHAN

ISBN: 9781335015877 01 16 2025 TRADE PAPERBACK (US)

THE SOCIALITES CAROLINE LAMOND

£9.99 SO INTO YOU KATHLEEN FULLER

ISBN: 9780008527686

JANUARY 02, 2025

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£9.99

ISBN: 9780840716125 01 30 2025 PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK

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THE TRADE

KAREN WOODS

ISBN: 9780008680893

JANUARY 02, 2025

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£8.99

THE HOUSE ON RYE LANE

SUSAN ALLOTT

ISBN: 9780008567194

JANUARY 02, 2025

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THE TRAIN FROM PLATFORM

STEPHANIE STEELE

ISBN: 9780008735210

JANUARY 30, 2025

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£8.99

WELCOME HOME, STRANGER

KATE CHRISTENSEN

ISBN: 9780063299719

01 30 2025

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RETRIBUTION

SARAH BARIE

ISBN: 9781867287315

JANUARY 16, 2025

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WHAT THE WIFE KNEW

DARBY KANE

ISBN: 9780063351967

01 30 2025

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UNTITLED BOOK 6

SIMON MCCLEAVE

ISBN: 9780008620257

JANUARY 16, 2025

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THE SERIAL KILLER SUPPORT GROUP

DARREN O’SULLIVAN

ISBN: 9780008697464

JANUARY 30, 2025

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THE MOTHER’S SECRET

KAREN CLARKE

ISBN: 9780008607593

JANUARY 16, 2025

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£9.99

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UNTITLED DETECTIVE HONEYWELL 3

ANNETTE DASHOFY

ISBN: 9780008710408

JANUARY 02, 2025

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SECRET

ISBN: 9780063223851

ISBN: 9780008621032 JANUARY 16, 2025

M.J. HOLLOWS

ISBN: 9780008530440

JANUARY 16, 2025 UNSEWN / ADHESIVE

CORRUPTING THE INNOCENT P. RAYNE

ISBN: 9780063412453

JANUARY 30, 2025 PAPERBACK

£9.99

ISBN: 9780778369578

01 16 2025 TRADE PAPERBACK (US) £10.99 AN ORPHAN’S STORY

CATHY SHARP

ISBN: 9780008680169

JANUARY 16, 2025

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ISBN: 9780062292483

ISBN: 9780008684907

JANUARY 16, 2025

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AUGUST NEW TITLES NON-FICTION

RESISTANCE

Steve McQueen, Turner Contemporary

An inspiring, landmark book that traces a 100 years of protest and resistance in Britain, edited by Academy Award-winning film director and artist Sir Steve McQueen with Turner Contemporary Gallery.

Here for the first time, is the story of how protest shaped Britain – and how photography shaped protest – throughout the twentieth century.

Through a combination of rare archival photographs, expert commentary and firsthand testimonies, this Resistance asks how protest has shaped our nation and explores the transformative role that photography plays in driving change. Spanning a hundred years of British history, from 1903, with the formation of the militant Suffragette group, this traces a thread through Anti-fascist resistance during World War II to Greenham Common and the Miner’s Strikes, to struggles for LGBTQ+ rights, racial equality and disability rights, and on to protests against the War in Iraq in 2003.

Featuring a compelling introduction by Sir Steve McQueen, an in-depth contextual essay from Gary Younge, Resistance contains firsthand accounts from individuals and photographers who witnessed these major historical moments, as well as expert analysis of where these stories lead us. This is a thrilling account of the twentieth-century through the medium of protest, exploring the hopes and ideas driving individuals to protest, the personal sacrifices involved and the empowering impact of collective action today.

ISBN: 9780008722999

January 16, 2025

Hardback

Fourth Estate

Political Activism

£25

Author & Museum Photo

CALLING UNA MARSON

June Sarpong

A powerful biography shining a light on the incredible forgotten legacy of the BBC’s first Black female broadcaster

The forgotten legacy of an icon, brought to light for the first time.

Una Marson was a true trailblazer: she made history by becoming the first Black female broadcaster at the BBC and paved the way for Black women and the amplification of Black voices in the media. Despite all this, though, her story has been all but forgotten by history.

A journalist, poet, playwright, broadcaster and activist, Una Marson played a pivotal role in bringing Caribbean culture to audiences in the UK, smashing glass ceilings and fighting against the racism and misogyny she faced.

Marson was a fierce political activist throughout her life, and in this rigorously researched and deeply personal biography, the life and achievements of this extraordinary, complex and multifaceted person will be told in full for the first time.

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June Sarpong OBE is one of the most recognizable British television presenters and broadcasters, as well as being a prominent activist, having co-founded the WIE Network (Women: Inspiration and Enterprise) and the Decide Act Now summit. In 2019, she was appointed the first ever ‘Director of Creative Diversity’ at the BBC.

ISBN: 9780008603885

January 30, 2025

Hardback

HQ Creative Inclusion Lab

Biography: Arts & Entertainment

£20

Proofs coming soon! Email us on independentthinking@harpercollins.co.uk with your name and shop address to request!

THE SHETLAND WAY

Marianne Brown

'Remarkable and complex' GEORGE MCGAVIN

A memoir and investigation exploring loss, community and the climate crisis in the Shetland Islands by environmental journalist Marianne Brown.

How do we balance our needs with the needs of the natural world around us?

How can we have nuanced conversations and debate in a time of extreme activism or extreme denial?

How can we begin to understand the complexities of a subject as enormous as climate change?

And how can we change the way we live to save our lives?

This is one woman's story of how her quest to make peace with her father's death brought her straight to the heart of a challenging debate about how we save the planet. When Marianne Brown arrived in Voe, Shetland, to attend the funeral of her father, she had packed enough clothes to last a short trip. But this was February 2020, just weeks before the UK’s first lockdown, and she would be unable to leave for another six months.

Shetland is a place bound together by community, history and culture. But when a huge windfarm is greenlit to export energy to mainland Scotland, it creates rifts between neighbours, friends and even families. One side supports the benefit to a planet spiralling into climate disaster; the other challenges the impact on an environment with an already struggling wildlife population.

As an environmental journalist, Marianne is drawn to investigate this story of sustainable energy that is irrevocably tied to her grief. But nothing is ever straightforward, and she soon finds herself on a transformative journey into the heart of a debate that mirrors global concerns about how we save the planet.

ISBN: 9780008596156

January 16, 2025

Hardback

The Borough Press Memoirs

£16.99

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THE MODERN GUIDE TO SEX

Georgia Grace

The ultimate guide to pleasure, bodies and relationships

The first fully illustrated practical handbook on the A-Z of great sex.

Forget everything you already know about sex.

The Modern Guide to Sex is the ultimate handbook for rediscovering pleasure, bodies and relationships from acclaimed sex expert Georgia Grace. It's the new go-to sex-ed guide for people of all ages.

Featuring full-colour illustrations of the anatomy you missed in school to practical, therapeutic advice on navigating communication, mental health and exploration, it's all about making sex fun, inclusive and shame-free and will change the way you think about and have sex for the better.

The Modern Guide To Sex Spreads

THE DOSE EFFECT

Tj Power

A User-Friendly Guide to Optimising your Neurochemicals

Do feelings of low mood, lack of energy, or a struggle to focus stop you from living your best life?

Neuroscientist Tj Power offers a ground-breaking approach to overcoming common mental health challenges.

DOSE is an acronym for the four key chemicals that live within our brain and body:

Dopamine

Oxytocin

Serotonin

Endorphins

These chemicals have very specific functions which have evolved within us through human history. Yet we overlook how feelings of depression, anxiety, and stress are directly linked to imbalances in our brain chemistry, triggered by rapidly changing, modern lifestyles.

In this accessible and empowering book, TJ Power explains how your brain works and offers straightforward, no-nonsense solutions that will transform your mental health for a happier, healthier and more productive life.

So, join the DOSE revolution and let The DOSE Effect begin!

IT’S COMPLICATED

Philippa Found

It’s Complicated is a mosaic of human connections in all their shades – from breaking up to making out, quiet contentment to agonising loneliness, sexting to ghosting, navigating friendships to ‘fuckboys’, pregnancy loss to profound fulfilment.

If you’ve ever checked your ex’s social media at 2am – or their new partner’s LinkedIn (because it’s the only social profile you can access) – or are having sex with your partner knowing you’re going to leave – or if you can’t stop thinking about the one who broke your heart a decade ago – or if everyone thinks you’re the perfect couple but you’ve been drifting apart for years – or if you’re swiping to fill a void – then you’ve probably felt a smarting of shame. But let me tell you something radical: your darkest secrets, your most repulsively shameful thoughts, feelings, and behaviours: you’re not alone.

Philippa Found's project emerged during the early days of the pandemic, aiming to dissolve the isolation that gripped us all. Through anonymous submissions, people shared their unfiltered stories. It grew beyond the shadows, featuring in large-scale street exhibitions across the TfL network and earning an award from the London Mayor. It became a counterpoint to the stigma around love stories, standing against the shame we carry with our love.

Beyond lockdown, the project thrived, collecting over 1,500 stories. This short story collection, showcasing 250 curated pieces for the first time, peels back the layers of modern relationships. Each story gives a glimpse into the lives of others; cultivating empathy and reminding us of our shared humanity. By reading about others' experiences, we learn to understand and embrace ourselves better – our desires (or lack of) and those burning, poisonous, suffocating, uncomfortable feelings.

ISBN: 9780008652609 £12.99

January 30, 2025

Hardback

Pavilion Books

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STICK IT!

Tracy Metro

Interior design, one sticker at a time!

Get creative – with this inspiring sticker book for adults! Engage your inner designer with 20 vintage and contemporary interiors to design and redesign, with 100 stickers to inspire and entertain.

Whether you’re stickering for fun or a designer-in-training, Stick It! has it all. This fun and interactive, yet practical interior design activity book features 10 top tips for cultivating an eye for style, colour palette basics, the art of colour connectivity, and a wide range of design styles to discover – from vintage Arts and Crafts and Midcentury Modern to contemporary Boho Chic and sleek-lined Minimalism, and more. Next, collect your favourite items and sticker 20 blank-slate rooms. Create your own room and craft the life you want. Pick it. Stick it. Love it. Redo it.

Featuring:

Introduction: How to use the book, overview of interior design, basics of personal style ·

Eye for style: basics of colour palette/colour complementing through colour connectivity/colour choices for moods and rooms, 10 top tips for honing your design eye

· Design through the ages: Top 12 design styles (Arts and Crafts, Mid-century Modern, Bauhaus, Minimalism, Boho Chic, and more), featuring an intro to each movement, plus iconic pieces and designers that define the style

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Interiors: 20 blank-slate rooms to decorate – with prompts! 100 repositionable stickers

ISBN: 9780008694098

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback

HarperCollins

Furniture Design

£14.99

HOW TO SLEEP LIKE A CAVEMAN

Merijn van de Laar

Sleep has hardly changed since neolithic humans tossed and turned in their caves. In the past it was sabre-toothed tigers, now it is social media that keeps us awake, but the solutions are still the same, and sleep therapist Dr Merijn van der Laar offers understanding and advice sure to have you sleeping better within weeks.

Human sleep as we know it today evolved hundreds of thousands years ago, to suit a hunter–gatherer lifestyle. It’s not always compatible with our modern lives, but remains an essential function, vital for our health, well-being and daytime functioning. In this groundbreaking new book, Dr Merijn van der Laar investigates the origins of sleep based on archaeological findings and anthropological studies in contemporary hunter-gatherers, looking at the major discrepancies between our primordial bodily needs and our current sleep-inhibiting behaviour

Cave dwellers lived in balance with the forces of nature. They had adapted perfectly to environmental influences such as light, temperature and seasonal variations. The way they ate and moved during the day must have had a positive effect on sleep quality. We need to look to their example, and adjust our eating, exercise, light, temperature and, last but not least: our expectations towards sleep. By taking on board the ancient wisdom of our ancestors, we will improve the quality of our sleep, the way our bodies were designed to do it.

ISBN: 9780008717612

January 16, 2025

Hardback

William Collins

Coping With Illness & Specific Conditions

£20

Hardy Women

ISBN: 9780008322298

January 30, 2025

Paperback / softback

Biography: Literary

£12.99

A TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY

TIMES AND BOOKSELLER

The Ladder

ISBN: 9780008567507

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback

Self-help & Personal Development

£10.99

'He understands only the women he invents – the others not at all’

Thomas Hardy is one of the most beloved and most-read British authors. His influence on literature and the minds of his readers is singular. But how is it that the novelist who created some of the most memorable and modern female characters in literature had such troubled relationships with real women?

In this highly innovative book, acclaimed biographer Paula Byrne re-examines Hardy’s life through the eyes of the women who made him – mother, sisters, girlfriends, wives, muses. The story veers from shocking scenes such as his obsession with the sight of a woman hanged, to poignant vignettes of unfulfilled passion, to fascinating details of working women’s lives in the nineteenth century.

Hardy Women is the story of how the magnificent fictional women he invented would not have been possible without the hardship and hardiness of the real ones who shaped his passions and his imagination. It is only through understanding and witnessing these hardy women that we can truly enter the heart of this great novelist and poet.

From the bestselling author of Bloody Brilliant Women

The Ladder brings together discussions between women – about work, love, growth, challenge, the big decisions and the stories of their lives.

Offering inspiration and wise counsel from some of the world’s most acclaimed and influential women, this book is an insight and a trove of solidarity, turning over ideas of change, anger, illness, imposter syndrome, self-knowledge, purpose, how to not panic in a crisis and how to stop worrying you’re boring when there isn’t one.

Amidst these pages are discussions with women who have achieved extraordinary things in their fields and pursuits, from politicians like Nicola Sturgeon and Angela Rayner to scientists like Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, activists like Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, film-makers like Waad Al-Kateab, religious leaders like Rose Hudson-Wilkin and broadcasters like Joan Bakewell.

The Showman

ISBN: 9780008599218

January 16, 2025

£10.99

The Inside Story of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, The Showman tells an intimate and eye-opening story of the President’s evolution from a slapstick actor to a symbol of resilience, revealing how he managed to rally the world’s democracies behind his cause.

Clear-eyed about the President’s early failures as a peacemaker and his willingness to silence political dissent, the book offers a complex picture of a man struggling to break what he sees as a historical cycle of oppression that began generations before he was born. Even as the war drags on, Zelensky lays out his vision for its future course and, through his actions, demonstrates his strategy for countering the Russians and keeping the West on his side. The result is a riveting, up-close picture of the invasion as experienced by its number one target and improbable hero.

The Showman, as a work of eyewitness journalism, provides an essential perspective on the war defining our age. As a study in leadership and human resolve, its appeal is timeless and universal.

Be A Revolution

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.

“A remarkable, inviting and even comforting manual for how people can come together to build a more peaceful world." San Francisco Chronicle

In her previous books, Ijeoma Oluo discussed the issues of race and racism in society, how they persist, and how to talk about them. But now that we better understand these systems of oppression, the question is this: What can we do about them? With Be a Revolution, Oluo aims to show how people across America are working to create real positive change in our structures. Looking at many of our most powerful systems such as education, media, labor, health, housing, policing, and more she highlights what people are doing to create change for racial equity. She also illustrates various ways in which you can find entryways into change, or can use their ideas to improve your own community. This book aims not only to educate, but to inspire action and change. Oluo wishes to take our conversations on race and racism out of a place of pure pain and trauma and into a place of loving action. Be a Revolution is both an urgent chronicle of this important moment in history as well as an inspiring and restorative call for action.

TRUE FACTS THAT SOUND LIKE

ISBN: 9781400344383

Poodle clipping was an Olympic sport? Bull$#*t! Discover 500 fascinating facts about sports that are sure to make your next trivia event a slam dunk.

Grab your team and put on your game face: its True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: Sports! This book isn't just a game-changer; it's a game-winner, packed with 500 jaw-dropping facts that will make you question the very fabric of sports reality.

Including facts like:

- The sport of wife-carrying originated in Finland and has since become an international competition, challenging couples to navigate obstacle courses with the husband carrying the wife on his back.

- Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen once had a pancake cook-off to see who made them better.

From the wacky to the downright unbelievable, these sports facts will have you exclaiming "No way!"

Gather your fellow sports enthusiasts, dive into the pages of this factual treasure trove, and emerge as the undisputed champion of the ultimate sports trivia showdown!

FOUR STARS

ISBN: 9780008284114

January 30, 2025 Paperback

Humor / Pop Culture £8.99

A funny and absurd review of modern life from of one Britain’s best-loved journalists

‘There’s no one funnier than Joel Golby' GREG JAMES ‘I love this book’ DOLLY ALDERTON

How much of your life do you review? Books, TV, film, music – the reviewable things? Ever tried going a little further, reviewing the intangibles, the abstract, the ‘weird’: a houseplant; the sunlight on the pavement on a crisp spring day; being embarrassed; that strange wave you do at cars when they slow down at zebra crossings. A dead houseplant.

From almond croissants to the concept of life itself, Joel Golby embarks on a journey through modern living, leaving no stone unturned – no one thing unreviewed – to consider what it all really means; why we all care so much about opinions; and whether, deep down, it’s better to live a life that’s good rather than, well, five stars out of five.

The Life of Herod the Great

The never before published final novel by the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God

A never-before-published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great – not the demon the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of adventure.

In the 1950s, after the publication of Moses, Man of the Mountain, Zora Neale Hurston penned a historical novel reconsidering the life of one of the most well-known Biblical figures, Herod the Great, reimagining him in a very different light than his villainous portrayal in the New Testament. In Hurston’s retelling, Herod is a forerunner of Christ, a religious and philosophical man who enriched Jewish culture and lived a life of adventure.

From the peaks of triumph to the depths of human misery, the historical Herod 'seemed to have been singled out by some deity and especially endowed to attract the zigzag lightning of fate,' Hurston writes. An intimate of both Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, the Judean king lived in a time of war and imperial expansion that was rife with political assassinations and bribery, as the old world gave way to the new.

Setting him within this vivid, colorful world little known to modern readers, Hurston’s unfinished manuscript brings this complex, compelling, and misunderstood leader fully into focus. Scholar and literary critic Deborah Plant contributes 'Commentary: A Story Finally Told' as an end note underscoring Hurston’s point about how reimagining figures from the past can address the troubles we experience today.

The Grammar of Angels

Edward Wilson-Lee

ISBN: 9780008621797

January 30, 2025

Hardback

Philosophy Of Language

£25

Does there exist a form of speech so powerful as to allow the speaker to control the listener, taking over their thoughts and even their will?

The Grammar of Angels tells the story of Renaissance prodigy and polymath Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, the uncontested marvel of an age of true wonders. Pico dedicated his life to a quest to find the sublime; to reconcile all existing thought into a philosophy that would settle the most important questions about human existence. This philosophy would also provide tools by which man could transcend his mortal limitations and join the ranks of the angels. At the heart of Pico’s ideas were questions that he traced through the depth and breadth of human thought, from the ancient Greeks and Egyptians to the medieval Arabs and Jews. He made use of everything at his disposal from Europe’s broadening horizons and asked primal questions of himself and the world. Why is it that we can be astonished by beauty? That the hairs on the backs of our necks can be made to stand by intoxicating rhythms and harmonies? That we can be provoked to ecstatic experiences by the simple means of an incantation? In Catholic Italy, the implications of this line of thought were dangerous and provoked violent reactions, suggesting as they did that the notion of the individual might be just as much of an illusion as a flat earth or a geocentric universe. That there may well be notions of the divine other than the Christian God.

During a tempestuous life at the exquisite heart of the Italian Renaissance, Pico’s life is a testament to intellectual daring, to a human dignity founded in the willingness to think the unthinkable and to peer over the edge of the abyss in search of answers.

How To Win

Dr Kate Hays

ISBN: 9780008698287

Hardback

January 30, 2025

Sport / Memoir

£20

The Lionesses are one of the great success stories of English sport, and key to this success is Dr Kate Hays, the FA’s Head of Women's Performance Psychology. Through her groundbreaking work, she has helped the team become exemplars in the art of winning by unlocking the best versions of themselves and helping them perform under pressure and play without fear.

Now, for the first time, Dr Hays will share with readers the psychological insight behind this incredible success and the distillation of over 20 years of work and research. These processes are outlined in The High-Performance Framework which feature four simple, but fundamental, Building Blocks which can be applied by anyone in any walk of life to help them understand their purpose, set clear goals and maximise their potential.

This is a book for any Individual who wants to succeed.

This a book for any Team who wants to thrive.

This is a book to help You fulfil your potential.

The Age of Magical Overthinking

Amanda Montell

ISBN: 9780008701154

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback

Society & Culture: General

£10.99

In the modern information age, our brain’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to eleven. Amanda Montell blends cultural criticism and personal narrative to explore our modern cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages and highlights of magical overthinking.

"Magical thinking" can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world. Whether that's "manifesting" their way out of poverty, staving off cancer with positive vibes, or transforming an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one through loyalty alone. In a series of razor sharp and introspective chapters, Montell delves into cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the "halo effect" culti...

Visually Speaking

January 30, 2025

Professional photographer Ted Forbes of The Art of Photography Youtube channel presents Visually Speaking, an innovative how-to guide for all skill levels.

Dedicated to mastering photography as a visual language, this book helps you explore what to shoot and how to understand your own work. With 21 detailed chapters on photography techniques and practices, Forbes teaches you not only to establish yourself as a photographer, but how to create a legacy

Ted Forbes produces The Art of Photography channel on Youtube. It is the most popular Youtube channel on photography, providing a 360-degree look into the world of image making. Forbes passion is to help amateurs, artists, and professionals alike gain new skills. Forbes calls on his expertise to instruct you on how to take pictures, and carefully walks readers through composition, lighting, exposure, contrast, color, alignment, balance, repetition, cameras, lenses, and more. Rising above a simple photography skills handbook, Forbes also offers advice on commitment, integrity, what it means to be an artist, and navigating the social media landscape.

Ted Forbes award-winning work centers around photography education. He has worked with many of the most renowned photographers of our generation as part of his Artist Series project, including Keith Carter, Harold Feinstein, Laura Wilson, Alexey Titarenko, Graciela Iturbide, Lourdes Grobet, William Wegman, David Brookover, and Pedro Meyer. He has also collaborated with companies including Apple, Leica, Hasselblad, Sony, Nikon, Canon, and Fujifilm.

The Maps We Carry

Rose Cartwright

ISBN: 9780008591922

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback

£9.99

Featuring interviews with leading figures including Amanda Fielding, Michael Pollan and Gabor Maté

What if treating misery as a medical problem is making us miserable?

What if our intense distress is not a symptom of illness, but a desperate expression of our need for love and connection?

Someone dies by suicide every 40 seconds. Antidepressant use in the West has more than doubled in the last twenty years. And there is still no biological test which can diagnose any mental health problem.

So where are we going wrong?

In this revolutionary book, Rose Cartwright reveals how the failure of the mental health system to cure her OCD led her to radical action. While she explored her trauma through a series of mind-bending psychedelic trips, she began to interrogate our dominant medical paradigm.

Part radical manifesto, part revealing memoir, The Maps We Carry provides a new path to understanding and re-evaluating our approaches to mental health. This is a book is for everyone who has questioned why they are the way they are.

Paranoia

Daniel Freeman

ISBN: 9780008472627

January 30, 2025

Paperback / softback

Popular Psychology

£10.99

Daniel Freeman, Professor of Psychology at Oxford, has spent thirty years at the vanguard of paranoia research and treatment. This remarkable and moving book tells the story of that journey.

What is paranoia? What makes us mistrustful? How can this be overcome?

For decades, conventional wisdom held that paranoia was only experienced by people with severe mental health problems and little could be done to rectify its disastrous effects.

He develops life-changing treatments for clinical paranoia – often using state-of-the-art technology like virtual reality. He reveals that suspicion is rife in society, with paranoia widespread, conspiracy theories rampant and emotion all too often trumping evidence. He discovers the causes of mistrust, including the role of genes, trauma, lack of sleep, worry, low self-confidence, cannabis use and hearing voices, and delves into the murky world of Covid-19 conspiracy theories. Lighting up the narrative throughout are the rarely heard voices of people whose lives have been almost wrecked by paranoia – and then in many cases transformed by Freeman’s groundbreaking treatments.

This is also a practical book. Freeman shows how we can measure our own levels of mistrust. He explains how we can remedy things if those levels are higher than we’d like, because although mistrust can seem engrained, things can change for the better. Ultimately, it can be overcome. Compelling and compassionate, this is a gripping tale from the front line of suspicion – an impassioned plea for the urgent rebuilding of trust between us all.

Survivors

ISBN: 9780008446581

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback

Slavery & Abolition Of Slavery

This is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of the Clotilda, the last ship of the Atlantic slave trade, whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways.

The Clotilda docked in Mobile Bay, Alabama, in July 1860 – more than half a century after the passage of a federal law banning the importation of captive Africans, and nine months before the beginning of the Civil War. The last of its survivors lived well into the twentieth century. They were the last witnesses to the final act of a terrible and significant period in world history.

In this epic work, Dr. Hannah Durkin tells the stories of the Clotilda’s 110 captives, drawing on her intensive archival, historical, and sociological research. Survivors follows their lives from their kidnappings in what is modern-day Nigeria through a terrifying 45-day journey across the Middle Passage; from the subsequent sale of the ship’s 103 surviving children and young people into slavery across Alabama to the dawn of the Civil Rights movement in Selma; from the foundation of an all-Black African Town (later Africatown) in Northern Mobile – an inspiration for writers of the Harlem Renaissance, including Zora Neale Hurston – to the foundation of the quilting community of Gee’s Bend – a Black artistic circle whose cultural influence remains enormous.

An astonishing, deeply compelling tapestry of history, biography and social commentary, Survivors is a tour de force that deepens our knowledge and understanding of the Atlantic slave trade and its farreaching influence on life today.

GHOSTS OF PANAMA

Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll

ISBN: 9781400251155 01 16 2025

Paperback / softback

£14.99

Naval intelligence agents working the most dangerous beat in the world – the narco-state of Panama in the late 1980s – struggle to penetrate the dictators organization and protect their families on the eve of invasion.

Panama, 1989. The once warm relationship between the United States and Panamas leader, Gen. Manuel Noriega, has eroded dangerously. Newly elected President George H. W. Bush has declared the strongman a drug trafficker and a rigger of elections. Intimidation on the streets is a daily reality for U.S. personnel and their families. The nation is a powder keg.

Naval intelligence service agent Rickey Yell has worked the job in Panama since 1986, and lives there with his wife Annya and infant child. Like most NIS agents, hes a civilian with no military rank with a specialty in working criminal cases. This frees him to work without the handicap of a rigid chain of command. The stakes of such tradecraft are high for the agents and informants alike, with the promise of torture and death for those caught. Disguised as a civilian, Yell routinely encounters Noriega himself at events meant to defuse tensions.

Using a blend of research and interviews with the NIS agents who were directly involved, Ghosts of Panama reveals the untold, clandestine story of intelligence professionals placed in a pressure cooker assignment of historic proportions.

White Terror

ISBN: 9780008502805

January 30, 2025

Paperback / softback

Fascism & Nazism

£9.99

In a tour de force of investigative journalism, White Terror tells for the first time the story of the National Socialist Underground in Germany – in an engrossing global story that examines violence, modern racism and national trauma.

Not long after the Berlin Wall fell, three teenagers became friends in the East German town of Jena. It was a time of excitement, but also of deep uncertainty: some four million East Germans found themselves out of a job. At first the three friends spent their nights wandering the streets, smoking, drinking, looking for trouble. Then they began attending far-right rallies with people who called themselves National Socialists: Nazis. Like the Hitler-led Nazis before them, they blamed minorities for their ills. Believing foreigners were a threat to their homeland, the three friends embarked on the most horrific string of white nationalist killings since the Holocaust. Their target: immigrants.

In a tour de force of investigative journalism and novelistic storytelling, White Terror follows the National Socialist Underground, or NSU, from their radicalisation as young skinheads through their transformation into fully fledged terrorists carrying out bombings and assassinations while living on the run. But it’s also about something almost as terrifying: the German police and intelligence services that missed clues, mishandled far-right informants and repeatedly tried to paint the immigrant victims as mafiosos. Once the terror plot was revealed, the authorities shredded documents to cover up their mistakes and refused to acknowledge that their racism had led them astray.

The Cooking of Books

ISBN: 9780008670184

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback

Publishing Industry & Book Trade

£10.99

It is not often that an author and his editor strike up a relationship which survives forty years of epistolary exchanges and intellectual sparring.

The strangely enduring and occasionally fractious friendship which developed between the famously outspoken historian Ramachandra Guha and his reticent editor Rukun Advani is the subject of this quite eccentric and thoroughly compelling literary memoir.

It started in Delhi in the early 1980s, when Guha was an unpublished PhD scholar, and Advani a greenhorn editor with Oxford University Press. It blossomed through the 1990s, when Guha grew into a pioneering historian of the environment and of cricket, while also writing his pathbreaking biography of Verrier Elwin. Over these years Advani was Guha’s most constant confidant, his most reliable reader. He encouraged him to craft and refine the literary style for which Guha became internationally known –narrative histories which have made vast areas of scholarship popular and accessible.

Four decades later, though he no longer publishes his books, Advani remains Guha’s most trusted literary adviser. Yet they also disagree ferociously on politics, human nature, and the shape of their commitment to India. They usually make up – because it just wouldn’t do to allow such an odd relationship to die.

Built around letters and emails between an outgoing and occasionally combative scholar and a reclusive editor prone to private outbursts of savage sarcasm, this book is never short of the kind of wit, humour, and drollery that has been strangled by contemporary political correctness.

Eat Your Age

Dr. Ian K. Smith

ISBN: 9780008739133

January 07, 2025

Paperback / softback

Diets & Dieting

£16.99

Getting old may be inevitable, but feeling old is not: we can age well and maximize each decade of life if we do the right things at the right time.

Whether we like it or not, lots of things change as we age: our joints start to creak, our muscles weaken, and we lose coordination. Our bodies simply don’t look or perform the same each decade of life, and our risks for various diseases and medical conditions also increase as the years do. But there’s a solution!

In Eat Your Age, acclaimed doctor and bestselling author Ian K. Smith shows you the steps you need to take in your 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond to increase longevity and stave off future illnesses and ailments. By eating the right foods, keeping tabs on the right numbers, moving the right way, and sleeping better, you can slow your aging process and feel younger for longer. This book will teach you what to eat at every age to prevent life-threatening diseases. For example, did you know that:

- In your thirties you should eat more sources of vitamin B6, such as tuna and eggs, and magnesium, like lentils and leafy greensBromelain, which can help reduce inflammation and improve digestion, is important in your fifties

-And later in life a focus on omega-3 is key!

With specific lifestyle and diet advice including fitness tests for each decade of life, this book proves that it's never too late to start battling the aging process. With Dr. Smith's sage plan, readers have the opportunity to function their best and find greater joy in life at any age.

Thought for Food

ISBN: 9780008732363

January 16, 2025

Hardback

Diets & Dieting

£20

The Forgotten Sense

Jonas Olofsson

ISBN: 9780008718589

January 16, 2025

Hardback

Early Man

£20

Stop and consider how you eat, beyond just for your health, but for the planet and all that populates it, too.

Our excess of food choices is leading to a shocking amount of food waste annually, despite many still experiencing persistent undernutrition in many regions. The industrialisation of eating has driven us to produce food that endangers biodiversity, is less nutritious than intended, causes unnecessary suffering and irreversibly harms the environment. Our environment is being destroyed, animals are increasingly exploited and metabolic diseases of excess prevail.

Thought for Food takes a deep dive into how what’s at stake goes beyond just our own health but that of our planet and the people and animals that populate it. James Collier gets to the bottom of critically important concerns that relate to poor nutrition and its impact on physical and mental health, the environment and animal welfare.

Through his five pillars of contemplative nutrition, James lays out the key considerations we have no choice but to make in the 21st century, to get you to pause and think about what you eat, considering more than just yourself, but the world around us at large.

Human olfaction – the sense of smell – enables us to appreciate food and drink, it warns us of dangers and it makes our environments more enjoyable. However, olfaction is one of our least explored sensory systems. Until now.

Smells and scents are the colour that enrich our experience of life. Ask anyone to reflect on their sense of smell, and they immediately start talking. First there are discussions about food and wine, but pretty quickly they move on to personal topics: about the smells that evoke memories of childhood, dead relatives, pregnancy, love and sex. When people talk about their sense of smell, they also tell us something about themselves, their feelings, thoughts and relationships. Thus, the sense of smell not only reflects the chemical world outside us, but also bears witness to our inner world, our feelings and thoughts.

The Forgotten Sense explores the unknown mind and how it shapes people: Why can smells evoke such strong memories? How much can body odors control who you fall in love with? How sensitive is the human sense of smell? In many ways these questions are on the very forefront of our understanding, but Dr Jonas Olofsson has spent years studying the least understood of our senses. And he has discovered that it is actually possible to improve and refine one’s sense of smell, to develop it into a more useful tool to bring a powerful immediacy to your life.

Breathe In, Breathe Out

Stuart Sandeman

ISBN: 9780008621780

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback Popular Psychology

£10.99

The best-selling practical guide on how to breathe for better sleep, stress management and improved self-esteem and mental health

It’s time to get your breath back.

Since tragic loss brought him to breathwork, Stuart Sandeman has helped thousands of people transform their lives, simply by changing the way they breathe.

In Breathe In, Breathe Out, Stuart takes you on a journey to discover a hidden power within you that can change the way you think and feel. His accessible exercises, grounded in research and developed over years of practice, will help you to:

Sleep soundly and manage stress and pain.

Identify and let go of the beliefs that are holding you back. Develop better focus and boost your performance in any field. Deepen the connection with yourself, others and the world around you. You can become stronger, healthier and happier than you’ve ever imagined. All you have to do is Breathe In, Breathe Out.

This Naked Mind: Nicotine

Annie Grace, William Porter

ISBN: 9780008558925

January 02, 2025

Paperback / softback

£10.99

A realistic, step-by-step guide to help you stop smoking, stop vaping and start living

How to quit for good, from the creator of This Naked Mind

Nicotine is seductive.

It tastes good, it's a shield against stress, it’s a companion when you’re alone.

But what if none of that were true? What if it doesn’t relax you? What if it doesn’t make you less lonely?

In This Naked Mind: Nicotine, Annie Grace and William Porter combine their tried-and-trusted methods to overcoming problem drinking to help you stop smoking and stop vaping.

With science-backed, habit-breaking systems that have worked for thousands, this book is essential reading for any person looking to give up for good.

Jump-start your no-smoking journey today and start to heal your brain and body.

The Blue Kitchen

Cider Mill Press

Live life to the fullest with this collection of delicious, wholesome, and plant-forward recipes.

Unlock the secrets to a happier, healthier life with recipes that embrace centuries-old traditions, nutritional wisdom, and the remarkable power of food. From colorful salads to hearty grain bowls, these dishes are as delicious as they are healthful. The Blue Kitchen isnt just about cooking its about transforming your lifestyle. This book brings the very best of these dishes into your home and proves that living a long life is not just a matter of luck, but something that we can take control of.

GWP - For orders over 5 copies we will send tea towels to bookshops to giveaway to customers as a gift with purchase, while stocks last.

Through 75 delicious recipes and crucial explanations of the phases of the menstrual cycle, this book will teach us exactly how to eat to feel our best. Including a guide to cycle syncing (what to eat when and what each stage means), a seed cycle guide for hormone balance, and a 14-day hormone balance meal plan.

Drawn from Jessica's own health journey and years of one-to-one client experience and success in her hormone clinic, this book truly delivers a missing part of the health puzzle for women.

Expert nutritionist Rob Hobson addresses common challenges faced by families, such as dealing with different diets, and making quick and healthy meals on a busy schedule. He looks at the weak spots in the day where convenience leads the charge, empowering the whole family to make healthier decisions, making mealtimes a joyful and stress-free experience.

Full of practical tips, easy swaps, and sections dedicated to cooking with your kids and teenagers, the entire family can now enjoy nutritious, unprocessed food at home, without sacrificing flavour.

This book has 350 recipes that cater to all levels of culinary expertise, from the novice cook making their first Spaghetti Bolognese to the seasoned chef exploring intricate, lesser-known dishes. Each recipe is accompanied by clear, step-by-step instructions, an uncluttered design, expert tips, and stunning full-color photography that will inspire you to bring these culinary treasures to your own kitchen.

Learn how to pair the right pasta shape with the perfect sauce and explore the art of making fresh homemade pasta.

THE AGE OF AI

JASON THACKER, RICHARD

J. MOUW

ISBN: 9780310369967

UNSEWN / ADHESIVE BOUND

£14.99

2084 AND THE AI REVOLUTION

JOHN C. LENNOX

ISBN: 9780310166641

01 16 2025

UNSEWN / ADHESIVE BOUND

£14.99

A BLUEPRINT FOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

FRED KAEN

ISBN: 9781400245994

01 16 2025

PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK

£14.99

BREAK UP ON PURPOSE

JOHN KIM

ISBN: 9780063275331

01 16 2025 HARDBACK

£22

DIARY OF A SECRET DRUG

ADDICT

ISBN: 9780008709846

01 30 2025 HARDBACK

BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS

MANDY MATNEY

ISBN: 9780063269224

01 30 2025

PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK

£14.99

BUILDING A STORY BRAND

DONALD MILLER

ISBN: 9781400251308

11 21 2024

PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK

HIRE SMART FROM THE START

DAVE CARVAJAL

ISBN: 9781400246069

01 16 2025

PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK

A TOWN WITHOUT TIME

GAY TALESE

ISBN: 9780063392182

01 16 2025 HARDBACK

£20

I DIDN’T KNOW I NEEDED THIS

ELI RALLO

ISBN: 9780063298477

01 30 2025

PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK

£14.99

£14.99

£14.99

£12.99

INTO THE STORM: LESSONS IN TEAMWORK FROM THE TREACHEROUS SYDNEY TO HOBART OCEAN RACE

ISBN: 9781400246083

01 16 2025

PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK

£14.99

LEAD RIGHT FOR YOUR COMPANY'S TYPE WILLIAM SCHNEIDER

ISBN: 9781400246038

01 16 2025

PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK

£14.99

LEADING THE LEARNING REVOLUTION

JEFF COBB

ISBN: 9781400246007

01 16 2025

PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK

£14.99

MAKE WORK FAIR IRIS BOHNET, SIRI CHILAZI

ISBN: 9780063374416

01 30 2025 HARDBACK

POSITIONED: STRATEGIC

WORKFORCE PLANNING

DAN WARD, ROB TRIPP

ISBN: 9781400246021

01 16 2025

PAPERBACK /

£14.99

WASHINGTON, D.C. THEN AND NOW

EMMA TANNER

ISBN: 9780008658991

JANUARY 02, 2025

WITH PRINTED DUST JACKET

£20

£25

WHY SO SERIOUS?

MIKE SINGER

ISBN: 9780063396807

01 16 2025

OATHBREAKERS

MATTHEW GABRIELE, DAVID M. PERRY

ISBN: 9780063336674

01 16 2025

HARDBACK

£25

TWENTIETH-CENTURY MAN CHRISTOPHER WALLACE

ISBN: 9780063066427

01 30 2025

PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK

£12.99

THE OZEMPIC REVOLUTION

ALEXANDRA SOWA

ISBN: 9780063417007

01 16 2025 HARDBACK

£25

YOUNG HAWKE

DAVID DAY

ISBN: 9781460765692

01 30 2025 HARDBACK

£25

WORKING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE

WILLIAM LUNDIN

ISBN: 9781400246403

01 16 2025

PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK

£14.99

SECRET SAUCE HOW TO PACK YOUR MESSAGES WITH PERSUASIVE PUNCH

HARRY MILLS

ISBN: 9781400246397

01 16 2025

PAPERBACK / SOFTBACK

£14.99

UNTITLED MORT

PAUL MORT

ISBN: 9780008718022

01 16 2025 HARDBACK

£20

AUGUST NEW TITLESREFERENCE

COLLINS MAP OF EUROPE

COLLINS MAPS

ISBN: 9780008716479

JANUARY 16, 2025

SHEET MAP, FOLDED

£7.99

COLLINS MAP OF FRANCE

COLLINS MAPS

ISBN: 9780008716486

JANUARY 16, 2025

SHEET MAP, FOLDED

£7.99

THE TIMES QUICK CRYPTIC CROSSWORD BOOK 10

THE TIMES MIND GAMES,

ISBN: 9780008673185

JANUARY 16, 2025

UNSEWN / ADHESIVE BOUND

£7.99

THE SUN TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD COLLECTION 12

THE SUN

ISBN: 9780008673192

JANUARY 16, 2025

TRADE PAPERBACK (US)

£7.99

THE TIMES FIENDISH SU DOKU BOOK 18

THE TIMES MIND GAMES

ISBN: 9780008673147

JANUARY 16, 2025

UNSEWN / ADHESIVE BOUND

£7.99

THE SUNDAY TIMES JUMBO GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD BOOK 6

THE TIMES MIND GAMES,

ISBN: 9780008673161

JANUARY 16, 2025

UNSEWN / ADHESIVE BOUND

£10.99

THE TIMES QUICK CROSSWORD BOOK 29

THE TIMES MIND GAMES, JOHN GRIMSHAW

ISBN: 9780008673178

JANUARY 16, 2025

UNSEWN / ADHESIVE BOUND

£7.99

THE TIMES ULTIMATE KILLER

SU DOKU BOOK 17

THE TIMES MIND GAMES

ISBN: 9780008673154

JANUARY 16, 2025

UNSEWN / ADHESIVE BOUND

£7.99

AUGUST NEW TITLESCHILDREN’S

AUGUST NEW TITLES CHILDREN’S –PICTURE BOOKS

STAR IN THE JAR [ANNIVERSARY EDITION]

Sam Hay, Sarah Massini

Up high, in the dark, dark sky … a message: LOST, ONE SMALL STAR. An enchanting bedtime story, perfect for fans of Oliver Jeffers' How To Catch a Star.

When a little boy stumbles across a special star, he puts it in a jar and takes it on adventures.

Together with his big sister, he takes his special treasure with him everywhere – to the cinema, to the swimming pool and even to the toilet!

But the poor star is sad and misses its friends in the sky… Can the little boy and his big sister find a way to send the star safely back home?

'A cheery, warm-hearted tale, beautifully told' – Guardian

Sam Hay is the award-winning author of The Star Maker’s Apprentice and A Very Corgi Christmas. Sarah Massini is the award-winning illustrator of The Little Prince, retold to Louise Greig, and The Girl and the Dinosaur, The Girl and the Mermaid and The Velveteen Rabbit.

ISBN: 9781405284301 £7.99

January 02, 2025

Paperback / softback

Farshore

Family & Home Stories (Children's / Teenage)

I LOVE YOU MORE THAN A BABOON’S BUM

Candy Bee, Ben Whitehouse

I love you more than a baboon’s bum, a kangaroo’s bum, a slimy slug’s bum!

Stuffed full of all sorts of animal bums and celebrating love in all it's wonderful shapes and sizes, this hilarious new picture book is sure to have little ones, and big ones, laughing with pure glee.

Featuring cheeky illustrations from the incredible Ben Whitehouse and with stellar rhyming text throughout, welcome to the brilliantly silly world of I LOVE YOU MORE THAN A BABOON'S BUM!

ISBN: 9780008696658

January 02, 2025

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GRANNYSAURUS

David Walliams, Adam Stower

The funny new illustrated children’s picture book, full of dinosaurs, from number-one bestselling author David Walliams!

A boisterously funny picture book for kids from David Walliams and Adam Stower, perfect for young dinosaur fans!

One night, Spike creeps downstairs in his pyjamas to find that his granny has turned into a dinosaur – GRANNYSAURUS!

There are dinosaurs BOOGYING in the living room. With Brontosaurus, Stegosaurus and Giganotosaurus, it’s a DINO DISCO!

Spike wants to stay up and party too! How will Grannysaurus ever get him back to bed? Perhaps her next guest, Tyrannosaurus Rex, can help?

Children will love to dance their way to bedtime with this exciting story full of spectacular surprises!

ISBN: 9780008588847 £7.99

January 02, 2025

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ONE IN A MILLION

SMRITI HALLS, NILA AYE

ISBN: 9780008671440

JANUARY 02, 2025

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WE ARE LIKE BIRDS

LAILA EKBOIR

ISBN: 9780008693817

JANUARY 30, 2025

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TEN LITTLE BEAR HUGS

ISBN: 9781400346844

01 16 2025 BOARD BOOK

£10.99

THE GOODNIGHT TRAIN VALENTINE

JUNE SOBEL, LAURA

HULISKA-BEITH

ISBN: 9780063354135

01 16 2025

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TEN LITTLE TRAINS

ISBN: 9781400344567

01 02 2025 BOARD BOOK

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FINDING BEAR

Hannah Gold, Levi Pinfold

The unmissable follow-up to the phenomenal bestselling and award-winning The Last Bear. Beautifully illustrated by Levi Pinfold and perfect for readers 8+

April Wood has returned home from her adventure on Bear Island. But, over a year later, she can’t stop thinking about Bear.

When April hears that a polar bear has been shot and injured in Svalbard, she’s convinced it’s her friend and persuades her dad to travel with her to the northernmost reaches of the Arctic. So begins an unforgettable journey across frozen tundra and icy glaciers.

But along the way, she discovers much more than she bargained for – a tiny polar bear cub, desperately in need of her help. In freezing temperatures, April must navigate the dangerous Arctic terrain and face her deepest fears if she’s to save him.

Beautifully illustrated by Levi Pinfold, Finding Bear is a stunning story of survival and a heartwarming tale of love that shows us how hope is born from the smallest of beginnings.

‘A beautifully written and illustrated story of determination, courage and hope’ The Sun ‘Magically inspiring’ Daily Mail

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ISBN: 9780008582043 £7.99

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INKBOUND

Philippa Leathley, Brie Schmida

Enter an extraordinary magical adventure about family, fate and finding the courage to be truly yourself – perfect for fans of Nevermoor, Lemony Snicket and The Swifts.

‘An adventure overflowing with magic’ Beth Lincoln, author of The Swifts

‘A wild feat of extraordinary imagination, fizzing with mystery, magic and humour’ Aisling Fowler, author of Fireborn

‘The perfect fantasy adventure’ Siobhan McDermott, author of Paper Dragons

On her tenth birthday, Meticulous ‘Metty’ Jones receives her fate, as all children do, in the form of a magical tattoo on her hand. She hopes that her tattoo will reveal an exciting destiny: travel, discovery or adventure. What appears is a skull – Metty’s fate is to be a murderer.

Soon, Metty is swept off to the glittering city of New London, filled with magic, wonder and enchantment. But when she hears rumours of a shadowy organisation known as the Black Moths, Metty begins to suspect they are connected to her own dark fate …

SCARLET: DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE

James Davis, Dotty Sutton

The funniest book of the year from an incredibly exciting new voice in children’s fiction!

Are you sitting comfortably? Are you fantasising about bamboo? Do you have black and white fur? Are you huge and cute and cuddly-looking? Well, put this book down, because you are a panda, and this is not a book for pandas.

This is a story about a girl called Scarlet. She’s nine years old, just like you, if you’re nine. If you’re not nine, then she’s more like someone else who is nine. She has red hair, just like you, unless your hair is brown. She is 127 centimetres tall, just like you, unless you’re taller or shorter. Her favourite colour is green, just like you, unless your favourite colour is grey, although that seems highly unlikely. And she is as smart as a shiny button, just like you.

Scarlet only responds to the advert at the back of the Beano for the role of Defender of the Universe to prove to her annoying younger brother that it’s not a real thing… so she’s a little surprised to be told that she’s got the job and is now responsible for the safety of the entire galaxy.

Along with her co-Defender Jasper, Pom-Pom, the cutest alien in existence, and Bot, the cleverest AI robot that’s ever been invented, Scarlet is thrown into a whirlwind adventure that takes her to the furthest reaches of the cosmos and back again, on a mission to prevent the destruction of planet Earth by an alien species who will do anything for a warm cup of hot chocolate.

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Illustrated throughout in black and white by Dotty Sutton, and perfect for fans of Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good and Mr Gum, Scarlet: Defender of the Universe is the unbelievably funny, exciting, and action-packed debut by James Davis – a middle-grade Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

ISBN: 9780008653620 £7.99

January 02, 2025

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PINCH PERKINS AND THE NIGHTMARE TREE

Pinch’s magic has finally arrived … and it’s causing a whole lot of trouble!

Pinch Perkins is very excited that her Spark magic is finally here – she has been having so much fun bringing things to life (although Sir Furalot, her beloved teddy bear, is not happy about it!). But with magic comes responsibility – and when Pinch is told off one too many times by her mum and dad for causing chaos, she starts to wonder if being magical is all it’s cracked up to be.

Then Pinch starts to have strange dreams, feeling like someone – something – is watching her. Surely it can’t be the strange tree, the one with bewitching red leaves, that has appeared on Tricky Dragon Lane?

When Pinch awakens one night deep in the forest – an enchanted place full of dangerous and mysterious creatures – unicorns, highway men, ghosts! – she realises that she has been trapped by an evil, ancient spirit bound to the heart of a tree. The only way Pinch can defeat this spirit is by embracing her Spark magic. The future of the magical world depends on it!

ISBN: 9780008603410

January 30, 2025

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BETTY STEADY AND THE QUEEN’S ORB

Rules are for FOOLS, baby!

Betty and her Wobbly Rock pals are off to celebrate the famous Turnip Festival in the kingdom of Upper Crust. Betty is still as tiddly as a piece of toast. What could possibly go wrong THIS time?

For readers of You’re A Bad Man, Mr Gum and Grimwood!

The VIPs of Wobbly Rock can’t wait to attend Queen McNiff’s legendary Turnip Festival in the neighbouring kingdom of Upper Crust. But when Betty meets a fashionable forest sprite called Misty Jamjar, it dawns on her that perhaps her old pals aren’t as sophisticated as she once thought.

Misty convinces Betty that being small ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. If Betty can help Misty break into the Queen’s heavily guarded vault, they might just be able to gain access to the Orb of Ogg. This legendary Orb has the potential to change Betty back to her original, stunning height. GOLLY GHERKINS! It’s not as if Misty Jamjar is a secret baddy or anything. And Betty isn’t going to accidentally become as tall as a massive giant. That would be ridiculous.

ISBN: 9780008600372

January 16, 2025

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£6.99

Sammy and the Stolen Paintings

Charlie P. Brooks, Steve May

ISBN: 9780008597511

January 02, 2025

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Animal Stories (Children's / Teenage)

£7.99

The second warm and brilliantly funny family comedy told from the perspective of Sammy the sniffer dog – perfect for younger readers aged 7 and up

Setterpoo Sammy has a BRILLIANT sense of smell. She can sniff out ANYTHING.

When Sammy uncovers a FAKE forged painting and is dognapped by villain Monsieur de Noir, she needs Best Human Friend, Beanie, Robin the sheepdog and Mogpuss the cat to help her out.

Together the friends must launch a rescue mission to find Sammy in Paris, and recover the REAL painting before it’s too late.

Cirque Du Freak [25th Anniversary Edition]

Darren Shan

ISBN: 9780008660659

January 02, 2025

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PREVIOUS COVER

A brand new 25th anniversary edition of the international bestselling phenomenon!

Darren is just your average schoolboy – or was, at least – until he and his friend Steve buy tickets to the outlawed, magical and macabre Cirque Du Freak. Packed with wonderfully grotesque characters –including a snake-boy, a wolf-man and, most exciting of all, an enormous performing spider – the boys are enchanted, fascinated and yet terrified by the show.

Darren, a total spider freak, decides to steal and train Madam Octa – an enormous tarantala owned by Mr Crepsley, so that he can train it to perform amazing deeds. But his daring theft goes horribly wrong, and soon Darren is caught up in a web of terror from which he cannot escape – and finds himself forced to make a terrible bargain with a creature of the night…

Atmospheric, funny, realistic, moving and terrifying, Cirque du Freak has been thrilling readers for twenty five years, and is now available in this stunning anniversary edition.

HarperCollins Children’s Classics

I WANT TO BE AN ARTIST

LAURA DRISCOLL, CATALINA

ECHEVERRI

ISBN: 9780063276505

01 16 2025

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THE MYTHICS #4: EMBER AND THE PHOENIX

LAUREN MAGAZINER, MIRELLE ORTEGA

ISBN: 9780063058866

01 16 2025

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RESCUE TAILS

STACYPLAYS

ISBN: 9780063225053

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WARRIORS #1 THE ELDERS' QUEST

ERIN HUNTER

ISBN: 9780063357068

01 30 2025 HARDBACK

£14.99

AUGUST NEW TITLES CHILDREN’S –NON-FICTION

Superhero Plants

Chris Packham, Jake

Williams

ISBN: 9780008503628

January 30, 2025

Hardback

Picture Books

£9.99

Get up close to nature with naturalist and TV presenter CHRIS PACKHAM CBE and encounter the amazing plant superheroes that will help us save the world.

What links seaweed, forests and bananas? They are all SUPERHERO PLANTS! Explore the amazing plants that will help us save the world with CHRIS PACKHAM CBE, one of the UK’s leading naturalists and an award-winning conservationist. Discover some incredible plants and the amazing jobs they do –from supporting wildlife and providing food, materials for clothing or for building to inspiring inventions and new technology, and so much more!

My First Draw With Rob: Vehicles

Rob Biddulph

ISBN: 9780008627645

January 30, 2025

Paperback / softback

Picture Books: Character Books

£6.99

Cars, trucks, trains, boats, planes, diggers! Welcome to the world of transport in the brand-new book in the incredible Draw With Rob series – now for little readers!

Toot toot! All aboard the latest DRAW WITH ROB book from bestselling author and illustrator ROB BIDDULPH!

Crammed with colouring, puzzles and so much more, this activity book is perfect for use at home and away, and comes with perforated pages so little artists can display their work proudly. Let’s get drawing!

Rob Biddulph is the genius behind the phenomenal, viral sensation that is DRAW WITH ROB and the accompanying activity books. The first DRAW WITH ROB activity book went to Number One in the charts and was named ‘Book of the Year’ at the 2020 Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards!

The Frog Book

Steve Jenkins, Robin Page

ISBN: 9780063371460

01 16 2025

Paperback / softback

Animals

£7.99

Be Resilient Be You

Becky Goddard-Hill, Collins Kids

ISBN: 9780008701574

January 02, 2025

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Practical Interests

(Children's / Teenage)

£9.99

Caldecott Honor–winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page's brilliantly illustrated exploration of the very unique nature of frogs. Now available in paperback.

Perfect for fans of The Beetle Book and young readers looking for nonfiction about this perennially fascinating animal.

Long legs, sticky tongues, big round eyes, and other dazzling features what's not to love about frogs?

Explore one of the world's most diverse and threatened animals. With more than five thousand different frog species on the planet, in every color of the rainbow and a vast number of vivid patterns, no creatures are more fascinating to learn about or look at. Jenkins and Page present a stunning array of these intriguing amphibians and the many amazing adaptations they have made to survive.

This positive and insightful guide gives you the tools to build your resilience, embrace mistakes, and cope with life's challenges.

There are tons of ideas to try to help you recognise your strength, deal with problems and navigate pressures in school and at home, plus you’ll learn the science behind why they work. Carry out the activities by yourself or with family and friends and take your resilience into your own hands!

Be Resilient Be You is the perfect companion to Be Happy Be You (9780008367565) and Be Confident Be You (9780008545208). 9780008367565

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LIGHTFALL 3-BOOKBOXSET

TIM PROBERT

ISBN: 9780063432451

01 16 2025

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BLAKE LASER

KEITH MARANTZ, LARISSA BROWN

ISBN: 9780063009660

01 16 2025

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TEAM UNIHORN AND WOOLY ALEXIS FREDERICK-FROST

ISBN: 9780063004276

01 16 2025

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AUGUST NEW TITLES YOUNG ADULT

A LANGUAGE OF DRAGONS

S. F. Williamson

The most exciting debut of 2025 – an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy

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Welcome to Bletchley Park… with dragons.

London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn’t worried. She’s going to follow the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By midnight, Viv has started a civil war.

With her parents arrested and her sister missing, all the safety Viv has worked for is collapsing around her. So when a lifeline is offered in the form of a mysterious ‘job’, she grabs it. Arriving at Bletchley Park, Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a codebreaker helping the war effort –if she succeeds, she and her family can all go home again. If she doesn’t, they’ll all die.

At first Viv believes that her challenge, of discovering the secrets of a hidden dragon language, is doable. But the more she learns, the more she realises that the bubble she’s grown up in isn’t as safe as she thought, and eventually Viv must decide: What war is she really fighting?

An epic, sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting, a clandestine, slowburn enemies-to-lovers romance, and an unputdownable story, filled with twists...

ISBN: 9780008652258 £16.99

January 02, 2025

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NICK AND CHARLIE [10TH ANNIVERSARY

SPECIAL EDITION]

Alice Oseman

A short novella based on the beloved characters from Alice Oseman’s acclaimed debut novel Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper – now a major Netflix series. From the author of the 2021 YA Book Prize winning Loveless.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?

CHARLIE: “I have been going out with Nick Nelson for two years. He likes rugby, Formula 1, dogs, the Marvel universe, the sound felt-tips make on paper, rain and drawing on shoes. He also likes me.”

NICK: “Things me and Charlie Spring do together include: Watch films. Sit in the same room on different laptops. Text each other from different rooms. Make out. Make food. Make drinks. Get drunk. Talk. Argue. Laugh. Maybe we're kind of boring. But that’s fine with us.”

Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie are the perfect couple – that they’re inseparable. But now Nick is leaving for university, and Charlie will be left behind at Sixth Form. Everyone’s asking if they’re staying together, which is a stupid question – they’re ‘Nick and Charlie’ for God’s sake!

But as the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart. Or are they delaying the inevitable? Because everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever…

*Rainbow Sprayed Edges, available across the trade

ISBN: 9780008726195

January 02, 2025

Hardback

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School Stories (Children's / Teenage)

£14.99

RESTORE ME

Tahereh Mafi

A beautiful hardback exclusive collector’s edition of the fourth book in the TikTok sensation Shatter Me series

The girl with the power to kill with a single touch now has the world in the palm of her hand.

Juliette Ferrars thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45, was named Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side. But when tragedy strikes, she must confront the darkness that dwells both around and inside her.

Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series which has been published in over 30 languages around the world.

COMPASS AND BLADE

Rachel Greenlaw

Get ready to be swept away. An irresistible YA romantasy – perfect for fans of Alexandra Christo, Sarah Underwood and Shelby Mahurin

Romance. Betrayal. Magic. The YA romantasy debut of the year.

Mira is a wrecker, one of the seven chosen to swim out and plunder the wrecked ships beyond the Isle of Rosevear. The waves sing to her soul, the call of the sea beckoning her into deeper waters. But Rosevear needs her, and she could never abandon her home. Until one evening when lightning splits the sky and the Watch descend, taking Mira’s father away.

Mira must set off on a journey to win back her father’s freedom. She will encounter two strangers along the way – enigmatic Seth and smouldering Elijah – and learning who to trust will not be easy. When she discovers a dark family secret, buried deep in the ocean, Mira finds that securing her future – and that of her island – will come at a high price …

‘A magical tale with a lot of heart’ Alexandra Christo, author of To Kill a Kingdom ‘Brimming with wild magic, adventure and dreamy romance’ Catherine Doyle, co-author of Twin Crowns

‘Greenlaw’s immersive voice and skilful world-building shine’ Adrienne Young, author of Fable

ISBN: 9780008642440

January 16, 2025

Paperback / softback

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£8.99

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The Crimson Moth

Kristen Ciccarelli

ISBN: 9780008650605

January 30, 2025

Paperback / softback

Fantasy & Magical Realism

(Children's / Teenage)

£9.99

Enemies-to-lovers doesn't get more high stakes than a witch and a witch hunter falling in love in bestselling author Kristen Ciccarelli's latest romantic fantasy.

On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is.

Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe – a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution – who she can't help but find herself falling for.

Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow façade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she’s the very villain he’s been hunting?

Lore of the Wilds

Analeigh Sbrana

ISBN: 9780008671761

January 30, 2025

Paperback / softback

Fantasy Romance

£9.99

A Library with a deadly enchantment. A fae lord who wants in.

A human woman willing to risk it all for a taste of power.

In a land ruled by ruthless Fae, twenty-one-year-old Lore Alemeyu's village is trapped in a forested prison. Lore knows that any escape attempt is futile-her scars are a testament to her past failures. But when her village is threatened, Lore makes a desperate deal with a fae lord.

She convinces him that she will risk her life for wealth, but really she's after the one thing the Fae covet above all: magic of her own.

As Lore navigates the hostile world outside, she's forced to rely on two fae males to survive.

When undeniable chemistry ignites, she's not just in danger of losing her life, but her heart to the very creatures she can never trust.

A spicy cottagecore fae romance with a love triangle. Perfect for romantasy lovers! HB

THANKS FOR LISTENING MOLLY HORAN

ISBN: 9780063318427

01 16 2025 HARDBACK

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MY FAIRY GOD SOMEBODY CHARLENE ALLEN

ISBN: 9780063212848

01 16 2025 HARDBACK

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ISBN: 9780008701185

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ISBN: 9780008701192

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ISBN: 9780008701215

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ISBN: 9780008701208

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BEYOND OUR CONTROL

MICHAEL MCAFEE, LAUREN

GREEN MCAFEE

ISBN: 9781400235223

01 16 2025

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BIBLE TRANSLATIONS

TIM WILDSMITH, AMANDA

BIBLE WILLIAMS,

ISBN: 9780310131205

01 16 2025

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CATCHING WHIMSY

BOB GOFF

ISBN: 9781400226986

01 16 2025

£16.99

THE EASTER LAMB

JOHN GRECO, SIAN JAMES

ISBN: 9780310152156

01 16 2025

PICTURE BOOK

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BILLY GRAHAM

ISBN: 9781400244232 01 16

I THINK I WAS MURDERED COLLEEN COBLE, RICK

ACKER

ISBN: 9780840712578

01 02 2025

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PHYLICIA MASONHEIMER

ISBN: 9780785292265

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JESUS LISTENS FOR LENT & EASTER

SARAH YOUNG

ISBN: 9781400250875

01 16 2025 WITH RIBBON MARKER(S)

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THE SURVIVAL GUIDE

JUSTIN STUART, ANDREW SCITES, STEVE WACKSMAN, JOSHUA COOLEY

ISBN: 9781400250431

01 16 2025

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£12.99

JOHN F. MACARTHUR

ISBN: 9781400339747

01 16 2025

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THE LIBERTY SCARF

AIMIE K. RUNYAN, J'NELL

CIESIELSKI, RACHEL MCMILLAN

ISBN: 9781400246700

01 16 2025

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JOHN F. MACARTHUR

ISBN: 9781400339754

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JOHN F. MACARTHUR

ISBN: 9781400338900

01 16 2025

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JOHN F. MACARTHUR

ISBN: 9781400339761

01 16 2025

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JOHN F. MACARTHUR

ISBN: 9781400339723

01 16 2025

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JOHN F. MACARTHUR

ISBN: 9781400339730

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JOHN F. MACARTHUR

ISBN: 9780310123842

01 16 2025

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JOHN F. MACARTHUR

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O. S. HAWKINS

ISBN: 9781400251070

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ISBN: 9781400338566

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ZONDERVAN

ISBN: 9780310465485

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1 & 2 PETER AND JUDE

SCOT MCKNIGHT

ISBN: 9780310129578

01 02 2025

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ZONDERVAN

ISBN: 9780310460718

01 16 2025

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PRAYING THROUGH LONLINESS

KRISTEN STRONG

ISBN: 9781400343836

01 02 2025

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THOMAS NELSON

ISBN: 9781400338559

01 16 2025 WITH RIBBON MARKER(S)

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PRESENT IN PRAYER

JENNIFER TUCKER

ISBN: 9781400247929

01 02 2025 HARDBACK

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THOMAS NELSON

ISBN: 9781400338542

01 16 2025 WITH RIBBON MARKER(S)

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THE PROMISE AND POWER OF EASTER

CHRISTINE CAINE, LISA HARPER

ISBN: 9780310170099

01 16 2025

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COUNTDOWN TO EASTER

MOMENTS, KIM

ISBN: 9781400250684

01 16 2025

CATHOLIC BIBLE PRESS

ISBN: 9781400337552

01 30 2025

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CATHOLIC BIBLE PRESS

ISBN: 9781400337569

01 30 2025

CATHOLIC BIBLE PRESS

ISBN: 9781400337545

01 30 2025

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THE BIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AGES

LYDIA JAEGER, CRAIG

BARTHOLOMEW, ZONDERVAN

ISBN: 9780310139232

01 16 2025

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UNTETHERED

ANGELA JACKSON-BROWN

ISBN: 9781400241132

01 30 2025

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YOUR BRIGHTEST LIFE

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