Books
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Simon Armitage
Format: Hard Cover
Christmas gift edition of Armitage's hugely popular translation: with revised text, and colour illustrations by Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
The Silent Death
Volker Kutscher
Format: Paperback
The sequel to the bestselling German crime novel Babylon Berlin, now a major Netflix series
Brian Banana Duck Sunshine Yellow
Chris McKimmie
Format: Paperback
A wonderfully quirky picture book about a child's search for identity and the need to belong - and a glorious celebration of the colour yellow.
Swearing Is Good For You
Emma Byrne
Format: Paperback
The science of swearing: from neuroscience to swearing apes, why we swear, what it does to us and why it's important.
Dramatic Exchanges
edited by Daniel Rosenthal, National Theatre Letters and foreword by Helen Mirren
A unique collection of correspondence between the most celebrated actors, directors and playwrights of the past 50 years.
Darwin's Most Wonderful Plants
Ken Thompson
Format: Hard Cover
A rediscovery of Darwin the botanist and his theories on insectivorous and climbing plants.
Babel
Gaston Dorren
Format: Hard Cover
A quirky language-lovers tour of the twenty most-spoken languages in the world - what puts them a cut above the other six thousand?
A Spot of Folly
Ruth Rendell, introduction by Sophie Hannah
Format: Paperback
Previously uncollected and unpublished short stories from a master of psychological suspense. Introduction from Sophie Hannah.
Unicorn Academy: Olivia and Snowflake
Julie Sykes, illustrated by Lucy Truman
Format: Paperback
When your best friend is a unicorn, magical adventures are guaranteed!
Philip Larkin: Letters Home
Philip Larkin
The last outstanding unpublished facet of Larkin's writing life: his correspondence 'home' to his father, mother and sister.
Reading Groups
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