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Penang, 1939. 16-year-old Philip Hutton is a loner. Half English, half Chinese and feeling neither, he discovers a sense of belonging in an unexpected friendship with Hayato Endo, a Japanese diplomat. Philip shows his new friend around his adored island of Penang, and in return Endo trains hi...

Driven by the prophetic words of an ancient soothsayer, this novel explores the opposing ideas of predestination and self-determination, as Philip traces a perilous and sometimes unclear path through the terrible years of the Second World War in Penang, Malaysia.

Kidnapped as a young girl, her psychic powers harnessed by a madman, Memory lives a caged and isolated existence - until she comes face-to-face with a wolf. Labelled an empath by her bad-tempered rescuer, Memory knows that her 'gift' is nothing so bright. It is a terrible darkness that means sh...

First came the hurricane. The red rain began to fall. The blood of its victims. And the twin angels emerged. Lea Sutter is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Trapped on an island during a hurricane, she barely escapes alive. Out of the carnage, two boys appear - innocent, angelic and thr...

First came the hurricane. The red rain began to fall. The blood of its victims. And the twin angels emerged. Lea Sutter is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Trapped on an island during a hurricane, she barely escapes alive. Out of the carnage, two boys appear - innocent, angelic and thr...

The perfect gift for any young animal-lover, this illustrated information book is an ideal introduction to the world of rainforest animals! Illustrated in a bright, contemporary style, this is a modern guide to some of the most popular and interesting rainforest animals from the tiny poison...

Ronald Blythe (1922-2023), author of the inimitable 'Akenfield', was a prolific and poetic chronicler of rural and spiritual life, nature and literature. He spent a joyful century close to his Suffolk roots, time travelling in his imagination and publishing forty books and thousands of essa...

'Which is more important,' asked Big Panda, 'the journey or the destination?''The company,' said Tiny Dragon.Friends Big Panda and Tiny Dragon journey through the seasons of the year together, day and night, in rain and in sun. Travelling through nature, they find hope and inspiration in the ...

'A gorgeous gift of a novel, hopeful and full of humanity'- Douglas Stuart, Booker-Prize winning author of SHUGGIE BAINJamie O'Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many objects, books with dust jackets, cats, river...

With global warming out of control, large swathes of North America have been struck by famine and drought and are now known as the Desert. A young woman sets out across this dry, hostile landscape, gradually building an arcane apparatus she believes will bring rain to the parched earth. Jes...

As Wheeler Dealers' star presenter, Edd China regularly broadcast to 100m global viewers for 13 years, but he's first and foremost a hard-working mechanic, designer and inventor, with a gift for making complicated stuff easy and fixing almost anything. An unstoppable enthusiast from an early ag...

As Wheeler Dealers' star presenter, Edd China regularly broadcast to 100m global viewers for 13 years, but he's first and foremost a hard-working mechanic, designer and inventor, with a gift for making complicated stuff easy and fixing almost anything. An unstoppable enthusiast from an early ag...

This collection from Don Paterson, his first since the Forward prize-winning 'Rain' in 2009, is a series of forty sonnets. Some take a more traditional form, some are highly experimental, but what these poems share is a lyrical intelligence and musical gift that has been visible in his work...

A boy stands on the roadside on his way to London, alone in the rain. No memories, beyond what he can hold in his hands at any given moment. No directions, as written words have long since been forbidden. No parents - just a melody that tugs at him, a thread to follow. A song that says if he ca...

A boy stands on the roadside on his way to London, alone in the rain. No memories, beyond what he can hold in his hands at any given moment. No directions, as written words have long since been forbidden. No parents - just a melody that tugs at him, a thread to follow. A song that says if he ca...

This collection from Don Paterson, his first since the Forward prize-winning 'Rain' in 2009, is a series of forty sonnets. Some take a more traditional form, some are highly experimental, but what these poems share is a lyrical intelligence and musical gift that has been visible in his work...

'The Garden of Evening Mists' is the eagerly awaited second novel from the acclaimed author of 'The Gift of Rain'.

'The Garden of Evening Mists' is the eagerly awaited second novel from the acclaimed author of 'The Gift of Rain'.