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The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies

Jo Lloyd

Exact and lyrical, compassionate, and full of wit and truth, this debut collection from Jo Lloyd, winner of the BBC National Short Story Award, announces a fresh new voice with a sensibility all her own

Bully-Proof Kids

Stella O'Malley

?Bully-Proof Kids offers concrete strategies to empower children and teenagers to deal confidently with bullying and dominant characters

Wonderworks

Angus Fletcher

Wonderworks reveals that literature is among the mightiest technologies that humans have ever invented, precision-honed to give us what our brains most want and need.

The High House

Jessie Greengrass

A stunning novel of the extraordinary and the everyday, The High House explores how we get used to change that once seemed unthinkable, how we place the needs of our families against the needs of others – and it asks us who, if we had to, we would save.

Bring Back Our Girls

Joe Parkinson, Drew Hinshaw

Bring Back Our Girls is an urgent and engrossing work of investigative journalism that unfolds across four continents, from the remote forests of northern Nigeria to the White House; from Khartoum safe houses to gilded hotel lobbies in the Swiss Alps.

Devil in Ohio

Daria Polatin

Joining a cult is dangerous. Escaping a cult can be deadly

The Daughters of Kobani

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won.

Life After Truth

Ceridwen Dovey

‘A sublime gem of a novel’ Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites

The Duchess Who Dared

Charles Castle

The extraordinary story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany.

Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here’s the Science

Luke O'Neill

A number one Irish bestseller, and winner of the Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.

A Dictionary of Naval Slang

Gerald O'Driscoll

Taking the reader from 'Acting green' all the way to 'Water-rat', A Dictionary of Naval Slang is a treasury of naval argot, jargon, lingo and cant, and a window on the lost world of living on the high seas.

The Upswing

Robert D Putnam, Shaylyn Romney Garrett

'Putnam's book speaks for the many millions who don't think the way zealots do' Guardian

Elmer and the Dragon

Ruth Stiles Gannett

Book two in the My Father's Dragon trilogy

My Father’s Dragon

Ruth Stiles Gannett

Both a Newbery Honor Book and an American Library Association Notable Book, this charming story has delighted generations of readers since its original publication in 1948.

The Dragons of Blueland

Ruth Stiles Gannett

Book three in the My Father's Dragon trilogy