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Emily Holmes Coleman
The Shutter of SnowThe only thing to do is to put hammers in the p...The only thing to do is to put hammers in the porridge and when there are enough hammers we shall break down the windows and all of us shall dance in the snow.Some days, Marthe Gail believes she is... -
Alex Mullarky
The Sky Beneath the StoneThirteen-year-old Ivy North is an adventurer. S...Thirteen-year-old Ivy North is an adventurer. She can pitch a tent in four minutes flat, knows the local landscape like the back of her hand, and she's an expert map reader. There's just one proble... -
Suzanne O'Sullivan
The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery IllnessIn Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for mon...In Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, high school students develop contagious seizures. In the US Embassy in Cuba, employees complain of heada... -
Rebecca Lowe
The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride Through Europe and the Middle EastAt the height of the Syrian War, as the refugee...At the height of the Syrian War, as the refugee crisis reached its peak, Rebecca Lowe set off on her bicycle across the Middle East. Driven by a desire to learn more about this troubled region and ... -
Simon Stephenson
The Snowman CodeA beautifully hopeful, funny and heartwarming t...A beautifully hopeful, funny and heartwarming tale about the lasting power of love and friendship, from the critically-acclaimed and award-winning screenwriter behind Pixar’s Luca and Paddington 2.... -
Darren McGarvey
The Social Distance Between Us : How Remote Politics Wrecked Britain*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* If all the best pe...*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* If all the best people are in all the top jobs, then why is Britain such a fucking bin fire? Britain is in a long-distance relationship with reality. A ravine cuts thro... -
Doug Johnstone
The Space Between UsLennox is a troubled teenager with no family. A...Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family. Ava is eight months pregnant and fleeing her abusive husband. Heather is a grieving mother and cancer sufferer. They don’t know each other, but when a ... -
Mairi Kidd
The Specimens**Pre-order Published: 26th Sept 2024** Insid...**Pre-order Published: 26th Sept 2024** Inside the grand walls of Edinburgh's nineteenth-century scientific institutions, anatomists began to map the secrets of the human body in order to discove... -
James Naughtie
The Spy Across the WaterFrom one of our most treasured BBC broadcasters...From one of our most treasured BBC broadcasters, The Spy Across the Water is the third instalment in James Naughtie’s brilliant spy series, woven around three brothers bound together through espion... -
Joy Ellis
The Stolen BoysWhen a crime wave hits town, Detectives Jackman...When a crime wave hits town, Detectives Jackman and Evans must take on a fiendish criminal, while still haunted by Alistair Ashcroft, the serial killer they never caught. The target is a highly sou... -
Andrew Ziminski
The Stonemason : A History of Building BritainA stonemason's story of the building of Britain...A stonemason's story of the building of Britain: part archaeological history, part deeply personal insight into an ancient craft. In his thirty-year career, stonemason Andrew Ziminski has worked on... -
Nadine Aisha Jassat
The Stories Grandma Forgot (and How I Found Them)Twelve-year-old Nyla's dad died when she was fo...Twelve-year-old Nyla's dad died when she was four, or that's what she's been told. So when Grandma Farida insists she saw him in the supermarket, Nyla wonders if she is 'time-travelling' again - th...
