At the Bottom of the River is Jamaica Kincaid's first published work, a selection of inter-connected prose poems told from the perspective of a young Afro-Caribbean girl.
Xuela Claudette Richardson is recalling the last seventy years of her life, and so she must begin with her birth, and the accompanying death of her mother.
One of The New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyWinner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction -- Longlisted for the Booker PrizeThe Sunday Times Bestseller -- One of Barack Obama's Favourite Books of the Year'Massively enjoyable' - The Sunday Times'Genius' - The Observer'Enthralling' - Daily MailCan one person change the course of history?
Originally published in 1922, Elizabeth Von Arnim's The Enchanted April is a charming and light-hearted novel about unlikely female friendships and the power of a blissful escape.
In the seventh novel in Julia Chapman's Dales Detective series, Date with Betrayal, betrayal is rife in the idyllic Yorkshire Dales as Samson O'Brien, owner of the Dales Detective Agency, is targeted by a hitman.
'Fast-moving and entertaining'Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of LondonEnter a world of magic and adventure in The Library of the Dead by T.
'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' - Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads SingFrom the multimillion copy number one bestselling author of The Women, The Nightingale and The Four Winds, Wild is a remarkable story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph of hope and the promise of new beginnings.
Poems of the Sea is an anthology of classic poetry that celebrates the sea; from the power of a stormy ocean to ships and sailors and beaches strewn with shells.
My Heart's In the Highlands: Classic Scottish Poems is a glorious celebration of poetry and verse by the greatest classic Scottish poets, and introduced by the acclaimed poet John Glenday.
Winner of the 2021 Highland Book PrizeJen Hadfield's new collection is an astonished beholding of the wild landscape of her Shetland home, a tale of hard-won speech, and the balm of the silence it rides upon.
Set between the wild fells of North Yorkshire, Canada and Liverpool, A Precious Daughter by Diane Allen is a sweeping saga novel following a family's struggles in the 19th century.
A troubling murder investigation may see Montalbano find his answers on a theatre's stage in The Sicilian Method, Andrea Camilleri's twenty-sixth novel in the Inspector Montalbano mystery series.
'Make sure of a happier holiday by packing a Maeve Haran novel in your suitcase' - Jilly Cooper, bestselling author of RivalsFor all those who imagine escaping to a chateau and living the dream .
A pioneer of the Romantic movement, William Wordsworth wrote about the natural world and human emotion with a clarity of language which revolutionized poetry.
'Irresistible' - Val McDermid, author of the Karen Pirie series'Breathtaking' - Daily MailForensic, dark and utterly gripping, Sixteen Horses is the debut literary thriller from an extraordinary talent, Greg Buchanan.
Heart-warming, uplifting and heartbreakingly honest, One Good Thing is an alternative love story about finding happiness and showing that sometimes you only need one good thing to turn your life around.
Winner of the Booker PrizeWinner of 'Book of the Year' and 'Debut of the Year' at the British Book AwardsThe Million-Copy Bestseller'An amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love.
A spellbinding, muligenerational story set between the 1950s and the present, The Butterfly Room is an enchanting tale of heartbreaking secrets from Lucinda Riley, international bestselling author of the Seven Sisters series.
Set in rural Nebraska, Willa Cather's My Antonia is both the intricate story of a powerful friendship and a brilliant portrayal of the lives of rural pioneers in the late-nineteenth century.
A devastating novel of World War II and the final months of a war that forever darkened the souls of the civilians who lived through it - from the award-winning author of To Die in Spring.
