Forster's social comedy is a witty observation of the English middle classes as they holiday abroad in Florence. One of these tourists is Lucy Honeychurch, a young girl whose heart is awakened by her experiences in Italy.

Charming, deadly and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman. He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can't deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him. She's the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can't solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can't refuse. Every monster has their weakness. She's his. His obsession. His addiction. His only exception.

Takes little ones on a magical journey into the world of popular bedtime tales. Read along with your children as you introduce them to well-known stories including 'Little Red Hen', 'Three Little Pigs', 'The Lion and the Mouse', and many more. Young readers will love poring over the endearing illustrations that accompany and enrich the stories and bring the quirky characters to life.

Packed with fun facts and incredible visuals of everything from supervolcanoes to tsunamis, this is the only Earth encyclopedia for children you'll ever need. What makes volcanoes erupt? Why are tornadoes and hurricanes so destructive? How do rocks, fossils, and gems form? 'Explanatorium of the Earth' takes you on an incredible voyage deep into the heart of our planet and back to discover the powerful forces that continually shape and remodel our ever-changing world. Discover how tectonic plates tear apart and collide, moving millimetre by millimetre to create continents, mountain ranges, oceans, and volcanoes. Witness the destructive power of earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes.

There's trouble on the Aching farm - a monster in the river, a headless horseman in the driveway and nightmare spreading down from the hills. And now Tiffany Aching's little brother has been stolen by the Queen of the Fairies. Tiffany's got to get him back.

Welcome to Hampshire, 1795, where a young Jane Austen has her sights set on securing a marriage proposal from the dashing Tom Lefroy at a local ball. But when a shocking discovery is made - a milliner's lifeless body tucked away in a linen closet - Jane finds herself embroiled in an unexpected murder mystery. As she races against the clock to clear her beloved brother Georgy's name, Jane uses her sharp wits to navigate the treacherous waters of society, unmasking secrets and unearthing hidden motives along the way. With every twist and turn, Jane's determination to solve the case deepens. And if she fails, her brother will face the ultimate punishment - the hangman's noose.

I wonder, my little one, who will you bewhen you're out in this world, big and wide ?A bundle so precious and tiny and loved,you will carry my heart by your side. This is a beautiful and inspiring letter of hope and love to a child taking their first steps into the big, wide world.

When Nolan's hometown is attacked by the venomous beast Draka, he takes the fight to the skies using Tom's eagle feather. Helped by Queen Aroha herself, Nolan must defeat the beast to retrieve one of its scales which can be used to save Tom from Malvel's curse.

Celebrate twenty-five years of the modern classic Monkey Puzzle with this special anniversary edition of the story, featuring bonus extra material.

Jade is the only person in her rapidly gentrifying rural lake town who can see the truth - they are living in a slasher film. Only her encyclopaedic knowledge of horror cinema has prepared her, and with the arrival of the 'Final Girl' she's convinced an irreversible sequence of events has been set into motion. As tourists start to go missing, and tensions, Jade prepares for the killer to rise, unearthing all the town's buried secrets. Because as the small and peaceful town heads towards catastrophe, Jade must prepare for the final showdown, between rich and poor, past and present, townsfolk and celebrities - slasher and 'Final Girl'.

Discover the fairy village, wishing well and secret waterfall. Help the fairies to make pretty clothes and join them in dancing by moonlight. With over 180 stickers to add a sprinkle of magic to every scene.

All Amber wants is a little bit of love. Her mum has never been the caring type, even before she moved to California, got remarried and had a personality transplant. But Amber's hoping that spending the summer with her can change all that. And then there's prom king Kyle, the guy all the girls want. Can he really be interested in anti-cheerleader Amber? Even with best friends Evie and Lottie's advice, there's no escaping the fact: love is hard.

Babies and toddlers will love touching the textured touchy-feely patches and looking for the familiar white mouse. The bright pictures and textures are designed to develop sensory and language development.

Lottie is starting a supersonic feminist experiment. For one month, she's going to call out every instance of sexism she sees. But when her project hits the headlines, the trolls come out to play - and they are vicious. Lottie's not a quitter, but best friends Evie and Amber are worried. What if Lottie's heading for burnout - or worse?

Plucked from their old home in Guernsey and sent all the way to London, the three Forbes children find themselves thrown into the exciting yet frightening world of the theatre. Their mother has come from a long line of great actors and Sorrel, Holly and Mark are expected to carry on the family tradition.

It's Bea's birthday. She would be happy spending it playing in the garden with the tiny dogs, but her mum thinks they should have a party. Bea is excited and a little bit nervous. There is so much that could go wrong! Will everyone have a good time at her party? Will her granny put strange ingredients in her birthday cake? And what IF someone spots the tiny dogs? You're invited to Bea's birthday party! Can you help the tiny dogs make Bea's party the best birthday party ever?

One of the great mystery thrillers of the nineteenth century and beyond, The Woman in White is a wonderful combination of rich characterisation and cunning melodrama that ensnares the reader from the very first page.

Discover the fascinating pre-historic world of dinosaurs in this fun-packed annual from the Natural History Museum.

This book contains two short novels, originally published in the 1930s. Musashi deals with the dark obsessions of a 16th-century warlord. Arrowroot also touches on the pursuit of legend, but in a different mode, that of the Japanese form of the essay novel.

This work takes the form of an old man's diary, where he records his struggle with his self-image, and the manifestations of age, and his growing desire for his beautiful Westernised daughter-in-law.

When Neil Blair is offered the chance of a 3 month stay in the Italian Dolomites and to pretend to be writing a film script, he is delighted. But the trip turns to tragedy, as he stumbles on to the location of a secret hoard of Nazi gold.

A new NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice. When the White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton is sent to verify the authenticity of the find, she discovers scientific trickery has been used. But knowing this puts her in deadly jeopardy.

A pop-up book retelling of Tove Jansson's first ever Moomin story, The Moomins and the Great Flood.

Immerse yourself in the haunting world of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's legendary gothic horror novel. First published in 1818, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's classic tale of science gone wrong that has electrified readers for over 200 years. This deluxe Frankenstein special edition brings the dark drama and imagination of this seminal work of classic science fiction and horror to vivid life. It follows the story of gifted scientist Victor Frankenstein and the hideous creature he unwittingly unleashes.Featuring the complete Mary Shelley 1818 edition text, 25 full-page illustrations by the acclaimed John Coulthart, recipient of the World Fantasy Award's Artist of the Year award, bonus material including John Polidori's The Vampyre and Lord Byron's "The Darkness"?the two other works created during the famous 1818 contest that sparked Frankenstein-this one-of-a-kind edition yields an exceptional reading experience. Rediscover the ethi