pan macmillan asia monthly catalogue - february 2013 uk

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The long, bitter winters are getting worse, and a state of emergency has been declared across Europe. In Poland, the villagers are subject to frequent power cuts and fuel shortages. After the death of her grandmother and the evacuation of her village, fifteen-year-old Magda joins forces with the arrogant, handsome Ivan and smuggles her way onto a truck bound for London - where she hopes to find her mother. But London, when they reach it, is a nightmarish world, far from welcoming. Riots are commonplace and the growing chaos is exploited by criminals and terrorists alike. Magda’s mother is not to be found, and as the lost girl struggles to come to terms with her changing situation, she eventually becomes friends with a rag-tag group of travellers planning a new home and future. They will need all the cunning and know-how they possess as they realise that the frozen wilderness of Britain has become just as lawless as the city.

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One Crow AloneS. D. Crockett

There’s only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that’s her uncle, the renowned painter, Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her once inseparable older sister, June can only be herself in Finn’s company; he is her godfather, confident, and best friend. So when he dies far too young of a mysterious illness that June’s mother can barely bring herself to discuss, June’s world is turned upside down. At the funeral, she notices a strange man lingering just beyond the crowd, and a few days later, June receives a package in the mail. Inside is a beautiful teapot she recognizes from Finn’s apartment, and a note from Toby, the stranger, asking for an opportunity to meet. A the two begin to spend time together, June realises she’s not the only one who misses Finn, and if she can bring herself to trust this unexpected friend, he might just be the one she needs the most. Tell the Wolves I’m Home is a tender story of love lost and found, an unforgettable portrait of the way compassion can make us whole again. Tell the Wolves

I’m HomeCarol Rifka Brunt

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Alice has just returned to London from months of travelling abroad. She is late to hear the news that her father is dying, and returns to the family home only just in time to say goodbye. Daniel hasn’t had a roof over his head for almost thirty years, but to him the city of London feels like home in a way that no bricks and mortar ever did. He spends every day searching for his daughter; the daughter he has never met. Until now...

This is a unique story of love lost and found, of rootlessness and homecoming and the power of the ties that bind.

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Ten Things I’ve Learnt About Love

Sarah Butler

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When an Iranian billionaire asks Ben Webster to investigate his business affairs – it isn’t long before the private spy is convinced that there is something very wrong with his quarry. What is Qazai’s real motive for contacting Webster? And what – beneath his generous, honourable image – does he have to hide? Soon Webster will discover that the billionaire’s secret is far bigger and more dangerous than he could have imagined, and that his new enemy will think nothing of destroying him, or his family... In a breathless journey which will take readers from London to Marrakech, from Italy to Dubai, Chris Morgan Jones once again asserts himself as the spy thriller writer for a new generation.

The Jackal’s ShareChris Morgan

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Archie Sheridan should be recovering from his past run-ins with serial killer Gretchen Lowell, yet he’s just as haunted as the day she let him go. But when a cyclist comes across a corpse in Mount Tabor Park on the eastern side of Portland, Archie suddenly has a new case to focus on. Then comes a call from an unlikely source. After months of ignoring calls from a doctor at the mental hospital where Gretchen is supposed to be locked away forever, Archie hears that she might have inside knowledge about the new investigation. But is she bluffing just to get close to him, and can he risk losing his only lead? One thing is for sure: Gretchen Lowell is back, and Archie must decide if catching a killer is worth facing his demons one more time.

Kill You TwiceChelsea Cain


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Me and Mr JonesLucy Diamond

You may love him, but can you ever love his family?

Introducing a family business and four different women, each dealing with their very own Mr Jones...

Lilian and Eddie Jones have been the owners of Mulberry House for years, but now Lilian’s worried about Eddie’s health. Will any of their three sons step in to take on the business? Alicia, married to Hugh Jones, is a perfectly behaved wife and mother. But with her fortieth birthday looming, she feels the need for excitement. Maybe it’s time to spice things up. David Jones is struggling to come to terms with his redundancy, while his wife Emma is desperate for a baby – whatever the cost. And Isabel Allerton is on the run from a dark and troubled past. She’s determined not to fall for charming, unreliable Charlie Jones... but will her heart listen? From the queen of summer reading, this is a sparkling tale of heartbreak, hope, and home.

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When Arctic guide Edie Kiglatuk stumbles across a body abandoned in the Alaskan forest, she little imagines what her discovery will lead her to. With the local police convinced the death is linked to the Dark Believers, a sinister Russian sect, Edie’s friends insist she leave the investigation to the proper authorities. But remaining in the area as part of the support team for her ex-husband Sammy’s bid to win the famous Iditarod dog sled race, Edie cannot get the image of the frozen corpse out of her mind. While Sammy travels across some of world’s toughest and most deadly terrain, Edie sets off on an investigation which will take her into a dark world of politics, corruption and greed – as a painful secret in her past finally catches up with her...

The Boy in the SnowM. J. McGrath

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All is in turmoil as the world moves towards war. In Solarno, the spies watch each other and ready their knives, while Myna sees the troops muster at its border and emotions run high as it vows never to be enslaved again. In Collegium, the students argue politics, too late to turn the tide. In the heart of the Empire, new pilots have completed their secretive training, generals are being recalled to service and armies are ready to march. Their Empress, the heir to two worlds, intends to claim her birthright. And nothing – either within the Empire or beyond it – will stand in her way. A conflict is coming, the like of which the insect-kinden have never seen.

The Air WarAdrian Tchaikovsky

Adventures await Rector “Wreck ’em” Sherman. About to turn eighteen, he’s facing ejection from the orphanage that passed for home. He should also choose a trade, but work is scarce in steam-powered Seattle. And Rector has more unconventional plans. He’s started dealing in sap, a yellow narcotic produced by rebels and outlaws within the city’s toxic walled enclave. What’s worse, he’s been sampling his wares. Other problems include being haunted by an old friend with a grudge. The pressure builds until he sneaks behind the wall himself, seeking both (un)gainful employment and excitement. As rumoured, he finds a terrifying host of the hungry undead, and then there’s the monster. Rector’s certain that his attacker wasn’t human, or undead. But he’s going to need more proof than his own addled word to expose it. His new mission becomes a compulsion when others witness the creature’s destructiveness, and give its kind a name.

The InexplicablesCherie Priest

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Jack the BodilessJulian May

Diamond MaskJulian May

InterventionJulian May

MagnificatJulian May

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The Galactic Milieu Series

The series begins with Intervention: A Root Tale to the Galactic Milieu and a Vinculum between it and The Saga of Pliocene Exile. It follows the Remillard family of New Hampshire from the years

immediately after World War II through an increasingly turbulent world, in which various “metapsychic” humans manoeuvre in secret to direct the destiny of the human race. As the Milieu trilogy proper begins with Jack the Bodiless, humankind, led by the Remillard family, is awaiting acceptance into the Galactic Milieu. With Earth’s government being overseen by one of the alien races (Simbiari) ultimately under the authority of the Galactic Milieu, harsh laws (including eugenics laws) are instituted, which fuels feelings of suspicion in both earth’s normal and metapsychic population.

Diamond Mask deals mainly with Dorothea MacDonald on the Scottish world of Caledonia. By the third book Magnificat Marc has matured into a highly capable metapsychic and is regarded as a Paramount. Through manipulated dreams, Marc conceives an idea called ‘Mental Man’ which would create a new

subspecies of Man called Homo [sapiens] summus.

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89-year-old Isabelle McAllister has a favour to ask her hairdresser Dorrie Curtis and it’s a big one. Isabelle wants Dorrie, a black single mother in her thirties, to drop everything to drive her from her home in Arlington, Texas, to a funeral in Ohio.

As they drive, Isabelle starts to tell her story: as a willful teen in 1930s Kentucky, she fell deeply in love with Robert Prewitt, the black son of her family’s housekeeper - in a town where blacks weren’t allowed after dark. The tale of their forbidden relationship and its tragic consequences makes it clear that Dorrie and Isabelle are headed for a gathering of the utmost importance, and that the history of Isabelle’s first and greatest love just might help Dorrie find her own way.

With tenderness and searing emotion, Calling Me Home illuminates the hardships, passions and dreams that link women across race, generations and time.

Ariel and Preston are happily married, and Ariel is determined to keep it that way. Preston is recovering from a stroke, but if he begins to piece together memories of the seventy-two hours prior to his stroke, then he will realize Ariel’s hidden secret. Also privy to Ariel’s exploits, Preston’s secretary Michele has set her sights on a position of power. But when Preston’s memories start to resurface, will he be able to forgive and forget? Can Ariel ignore her deepest yearnings for the sake of her marriage? And, though bound to secrecy, will Michele honour her pact with Ariel, or stop at nothing to get what she wants?

BetrayalVelvet


Calling Me HomeJulie Kibler

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One woman’s quest to discover the dark secret at the heart of a family. Actor Gwydion Morgan’s dramatic appearance at Jessica Mayhew’s psychotherapy practice coincides with a turbulent time in her own life - her husband has just revealed that he’s spent the night with a much younger woman. Gwydion, son of the famous Evan Morgan, is good looking and talented but mentally fragile, tormented by an intriguing phobia. Jessica is determined to trace the cause of his distress. So when his mother phones to say he is suicidal, Jessica decides to make a house call. The Morgans live in a grand cliff-top mansion overlooking a rocky bay with its own private jetty. It’s a remote and somewhat sinister place. On her visit, Jessica finds out that an au pair who looked after Gwydion as a child drowned in the bay in mysterious circumstances. Could it be that Gwydion witnessed her death? In her quest to help her client, Jessica finds herself becoming embroiled in the Morgans’ poisonous family dynamic. At the same time, she has to deal with the demands of her own domestic life: her struggle to keep her marriage intact, as well as her older daughter’s increasingly defiant behaviour. And then, of course, there is the growing attraction she feels towards her new client...

The House on the Cliff

Charlotte Williams9781447229896 Trade Paperback £12.99 28th Feb 380 PP MacmillanA new Quick Read for World Book Day!

A body is found in the woods... Based on the true story of the shocking murder of Mrs Caroline Luard, which took place in Kent in August 1908.

A Dreadful Murder Minette Walters

Based on the true story of the ‘chicken farm murder’ which took place in Blackness, Crowborough, East Sussex in December, 1924. Norman Thorne was found guilty of the murder of Elsie Cameron, but even at the time of his execution there were doubts about his guilt. Still swearing his innocence, Norman Thorne was hanged on 22 April 1925.Chickenfeed

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The Clippie GirlsMargaret Dickinson

The River FolkMargaret Dickinson

The Tulip GirlMargaret Dickinson

The Fisher LassMargaret Dickinson

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Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret Dickinson moved to the coast at the age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her ambition to be a writer began

early and she had her first novel published at the age of twenty-five. Many of her novels are set in the heart of her home county but in Tangled Threads and Twisted Strands, the stories include not

only Lincolnshire but also the framework knitting and lace industries of Nottingham. Her most recent novel, Jenny’s War, was a top twenty best seller.

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VigilanteKerry Wilkinson

The Woman in Black

Kerry Wilkinson

Locked InKerry Wilkinson

Think of the Children

Kerry Wilkinson

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Kerry Wilkinson is one of the United Kingdom’s most-successful self-published authors. In the final quarter of 2011, Amazon UK announced he was their top-selling author for their Amazon Kindle

chart - and that he had sold over 250,000 ebooks. His first novel, Locked In, went to number one on the Amazon Kindle chart and Apple’s iTunes crime books chart. At one point in November 2011, he had the top three books in the crime chart. In March 2012, it was announced he was one of Amazon’s top-10 bestselling UK-born authors worldwide for 2011. In August 2012, it was reported

he was one of Amazon’s top-10 bestselling Kindle authors in 2012.

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The Peacock Spring

Rumer Godden

The Greengage Summer

Rumer Godden

Coromandel Sea Change

Rumer Godden

Coromandel Sea Change97814472109939781447211013 The Greengage Summer9781447211006 The Peacock Spring


Rumer Godden was an English author and has written over 60 fiction and nonfiction books. A number of Godden’s novels are set in India, the atmosphere of which she evokes through

all the senses; her writing is vivid with detail of smells, textures, light, flowers, noises and tactile experiences. Her plots often involve unusual young people not recognized for their talents by ordinary lower or middle-class people but supported by the educated, rich, and upper-class, to the anger, resentment, and puzzlement of their relatives. Some of her books were adapted

for television and made into a film. The Peacock Spring, adapted for television in 1995 and The Greengage Summer, again made into a film in 1961

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A Necessary EndPeter Robinson

A Dedicated Man Peter Robinson

Gallows ViewPeter Robinson

Gallows View97814472254309781447225447 A Dedicated Man 9781447225454 A Necessary End


Dr. Peter Robinson is an English crime writer, based in Canada. He is best known for his crime novels set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Eastvale featuring Inspector Alan Banks, , which have been translated into fifteen languages,. He has also published a number of other novels and short

stories as well as some poems and two articles on writing.

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PICADORCharged with strangeness and beauty, Hill of Doors is a haunted and

haunting book, where each successive poem seems a shape conjured from the shadows, and where the uncanny is made physically present. The collection sees the return of some familiar members of the Robertson company, including Strindberg - heading, as usual, towards calamity - and the shape-shifter Dionysus. Four loose retellings of stories of the Greek god form pillars for the book, alongside four short Ovid versions. Threaded through these are a series of pieces about the poet’s childhood on the north-east coast, his fascination with the sea and the islands of Scotland. However, the reader will also discover a distinct new note in Robertson’s austere but ravishing poetry: towards the possibility of contentment - a house, a door, a key - finding, at last, a ‘happiness of the hand and heart’. Magisterial in its command and range, indelibly moving and memorable in its speech, Hill of Doors is Robin Robertson’s most powerful book to date.

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Hill of DoorsRobin Robertson


Roberto Bolaño’s own preferred literary persona was as a poet and Tres is his most inventive and bracing collection.

As the title implies, the collection is composed of three sections. ‘Prose from Autumn in Gerona’, a cinematic series of prose poems, slowly reveals a subtle and emotional tale of unrequited love by presenting each scene, shattering it, and piecing it all back together, over and over again. The second part, ‘The Neochileans’, is a sort of On the Road in verse, which narrates the travels of a young Chilean band on tour traveling north from Chile to Peru and Ecuador. Finally, the collection ends with a series of short poems that take us on ‘A Stroll Through Literature’ reminding us of Bolaño’s masterful ability to walk the line between the comically serious and the seriously comical.

TresRoberto Bolano

Carol Ann Duffy fell in love with poetry when she was 11; reading and writing it, she learnt to see the world through poems. Now, the Poet Laureate is spearheading Anthologise, a new and exciting poetry anthology competition to encourage the wider reading, appreciation and enjoyment of poetry by school children.

Introduced by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall and Carol Ann Duffy, this anthology is a collection of poems chosen and carefully ordered by the pupils of the winning school. Here you’ll find poetry of all colours, shapes, sizes, smells and ages. They are poems that inspired the pupils, or made them laugh, or cry – most importantly, they are poems the pupils loved.

AnthologiseVarious


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As late summer steals in and the final pearls of barley are gleaned, a village comes under threat. A trio of outsiders – two men and a dangerously magnetic woman – arrives on the woodland borders and puts up a make-shift camp. That same night, the local manor house is set on fire. Over the course of seven days, Walter Thirsk sees his hamlet unmade: the harvest blackened by smoke and fear, the new arrivals cruelly punished, and his neighbours held captive on suspicion of witchcraft. But something even darker is at the heart of his story, and he will be the only man left to tell it... Told in Jim Crace’s hypnotic prose, Harvest evokes the tragedy of land pillaged and communities scattered, as England’s fields are irrevocably enclosed. Timeless yet singular, mythical yet deeply personal, this beautiful novel of one man and his unnamed village speaks for a way of life lost for ever.

HarvestJim Crace

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Will Storr was in the tropical north of Australia, excavating fossils with a celebrity creationist, when he asked himself a simple question. Why don’t facts work? It was the start of a journey that would lead Storr all over the world – from Texas to Warsaw to the Outer Hebrides – meeting an extraordinary cast of modern heretics whom he tries his best to understand. He goes on a tour of Holocaust sites with David Irving and a band of neo-Nazis, experiences his own murder during ‘past life regression’ hypnosis, discusses the looming One World Government with iconic climate sceptic Lord Monckton and investigates the tragic life and death of a woman who believed her parents were high priests in a baby-eating cult.

Using a unique mix of highly personal memoir, investigative journalism and the latest research from neuroscience and experimental psychology, Storr reveals how the stories we tell ourselves about the world invisibly shape our beliefs, and how the neurological ‘hero maker’ inside us all can so easily lead to self-deception, toxic partisanship and science denial.

Beth and me wedged tight, jeaned legs pressed against each other. The sound of our own breathing. Before we all stopped believing a tornado, or anything, could touch us, ever. Addy Hanlon and Beth Cassidy are tough, inseparable, invincible. No pair more charismatic or sophisticated. No pair more dangerous. But with the fall term, their new coach arrives and things begin to change. She has plans for the cheer squad: all sleek poise and cool command, the girls are soon entirely in her thrall. Faster, harder, higher, thinner, the stakes raised, their world contracting, they compete to risk – everything. She, meantime, has been crossing a line of her own.

From the brilliant author of The End of Everything, Dare Me is a searing novel about the allure of adulthood and the dark heart of adolescence: the fierce bonds between girls, their bitter rivalries, and their power to transform one another.Dare Me

Megan Abbott


The Heretics Will Storr

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Well Done God!B. S. Johnson

B. S. Johnson was an English experimental novelist, poet, literary critic, producer of television programmes and film-maker. He is a truly unique British writer, a cult figure whose original and experimental fiction has, since his tragically early death in 1973, been rediscovered by generations of writers and readers. In his delight in innovation the heir to Joyce and Beckett, Johnson played with form, narrative and timescales

across many genres: novels, plays, poetry and memoir.

Albert AngeloB. S. Johnson

House Mother Normal

B. S. Johnson

Christie Malry’s Own Double-Entry

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TrawlB. S. Johnson

B. S. JohnsonNew selection of B.S. Johnson’s prose work and new cover reissues

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This is a powerful, heartfelt and moving account of his son’s murder and his fight for justice by Ralph Bulger. James Bulger was just a few weeks shy of his third birthday when, on 12 February 1993, he wandered away from his mum Denise in a shopping mall in Bootle. Grainy images from a security camera showed him trustingly holding the hand of ten-year-old Jon Venables as they walked away. Venables and his friend Robert Thompson murdered James, in a crime that shocked the world. In this haunting book, James’ father Ralph describes how his world fell apart in the days that followed. In his darkest hours he drank to numb the pain, and the stress tore his marriage apart. He tells how he learned to cope with his grief, but the sorrow of James’ death has never left him. He discusses the long legal battle to see justice for his son, as he tried to prevent his killers being released early, and his continuing fight to see them behind bars where they can’t hurt anyone else. Above all, he pays tribute to his son, an adorable, cheeky boy whose bright smile brought joy to his family’s lives.

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My JamesRalph Bulger & Rosie Dunn

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Do you:

• Frequently panic in the wine aisle and end up reaching for the same old thing. Every. Single. Time? Or simply pick the bottle with the nicest-looking label?

• Feel it may be time to extend your wine horizons beyond Pinot Grigio? If this is you, then you need to join the Knackered Mother’s Wine Club.

Come and explore the wonderful world of wine. From throwing a children’s party, planning a wedding or matching wine with food, this book will help you make the right wine choice every single time. Go beyond the discount deals and discover the can’t-go-wrong crowd-pleasers, perfect reds to go with your Sunday roast, the best wine to drink with chocolate, plus some unexpected suggestions for your next girls’ night in. This is the one wine guide that every woman should own. Because life’s too short to drink bad wine.

The Knackered Mother’s Wine

ClubHelen McGinn

Life for East End families like Pat’s was always a struggle. She worked for years in Tate & Lyle’s sugar factory while her husband Charlie took on two jobs so their growing family could survive. Until one day Charlie came home with a brilliant idea - they should take over The Rising Sun pub in Bromley-by-Bow. In this charming memoir Pat describes her years as a pub landlady and vividly evokes the East End community she served in the 1960s, the extraordinary characters she encountered and the changes that swept through society at that time. She also reveals why she and Charlie moved to Essex, and what it felt like to become a star of The Only Way is Essex in her seventies.

Queen of the Rising SunNanny Pat


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One in five people is affected by IBS and yet it is often dismissed by the medical profession as a condition they can do little to help with, plus there is a lot of confusing information out there. In this practical guide, women’s health expert Marilyn Glenville cuts through the confusion with clarity and compassion, empowering the reader with information and practical ways forward. She looks at the whole body in relation to IBS, from how your digestive system is working to the role that emotions and stress can play. This brilliant book offers the vital support that anyone with IBS, or general digestive problems, needs to gently heal and strengthen their digestive system back to normal function. With advice on tests, diet (including a 7-day diet plan to soothe digestion), natural foods to consume as well as trigger foods to watch out for, this is a must-have for anyone suffering from IBS.

Natural Solutions to IBS

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On Cassie’s seventh birthday she made a new friend, Stella Starkeeper. Stella lives in the sky and uses the magic of the twinkling stars to make wishes come true! After passing six tasks Cassie becomes a Lucky Star - someone who can can grant wishes, helped by her magical charm bracelet. But disaster strikes when Cassie’s bracelet goes missing and Stella’s powers begin to fade... Cassie must search for other Lucky Stars who can help her find the bracelet. But before a Lucky Star is able to share their magic, Cassie must first make a wish come true for them.

In book nine, The Ice Skating Wish, Cassie meets another Lucky Star called Yasmin, who is a brilliant ice skater. Cassie and Yasmin have a great time skating together, but then Cassie finds out that Yasmin is scared of performing in front of an audience. Can Cassie help Yasmin get over her fear?Lucky Stars 9:

The Ice Skating Wish Phoebe Bright & Karen Donnelly

On Cassie’s seventh birthday she made a new friend - Stella Starkeeper. Stella lives in the sky and uses the magic of the twinkling stars to make wishes come true! After passing six tasks Cassie becomes a Lucky Star - someone who can can grant wishes, helped by her magical charm bracelet. But disaster strikes when Cassie’s bracelet goes missing and Stella’s powers begin to fade... Cassie must search for other Lucky Stars who can help her find the bracelet. But before a Lucky Star is able to share their magic, Cassie must first make a wish come true for them.

In book eight, The Sleepover Wish, Cassie meets a Lucky Star called Hannah, who lives on a farm. The baby lambs are being born, so Hannah’s mum and dad are too busy to plan a birthday party for her. Hannah loves being on the farm but she still wishes she could have a birthday sleepover.

Lucky Stars 8: The Sleepover Wish Phoebe Bright & Karen Donnelly

New York, 1963. Fashion, music and attitudes are changing, and there’s nowhere in in the world more exciting. Sherry, Donna, Allison and Pamela have each landed a dream internship at Gloss; America’s number-one fashion magazine. Each girl is trying to make her mark on New York and each finds herself thrown head-first into the buzzing world of celebrity, high-end fashion and gossip. But everything isn’t as glamorous as it seems - secrets from the past threaten to shatter their dreams. They’re finding out that romance in New York is as unpredictable and thrilling as the city itself.

GLOSSMarilyn Kaye

Set in the haunting and barren landscape of a new ice age, After The Snow is the story of fifteen-year-old Willo, a ‘straggler’ kid who loses his family in the opening pages. Completely alone, he is immediately flung into an icy journey of survival, adventure, friendship and self-discovery - with only the dog spirit inside his head to guide him. Meanwhile, across Britain, outlawed followers of survivalist John Blovyn are planning an escape to the fabled Islands talked of in a revolutionary book... Raw, compelling and unforgettable - this powerfully voiced novel is a young adult classic in the making.

‘Crockett has created a voice that gets inside you... The story Crockett tells is a deeply human one of survival and self-discovery. After The Snow is a

coming-of-age novel, first and foremost - a brutal, tough and sometimes truly transcendent one.’

The New York TimesAfter the SnowS. D. Crockett

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There’s a new kid in Crumbly-under-Edge. Smug the pug is clever, funny and full of surprises. And his owner, Tallulah Foghorn, is just as fantastic. PIppa Peppercorn has fallen head over heels for the devastating duo. Dash the dachshund, on the other paw, is not sure. He thinks Smug lives up to his name, and Tallulah is nuttier than one of Mrs Furdge’s fruitcakes...

The Smug Pug Anna Wilson


Bin Weevils: Best Nest Sticker Book

Macmillan Children’s Books

These bare nest rooms are crying out for your Bin-terior design skills! Use the stickers to decorate each nest room with all the best accesso-ries from the Shopping Mall. You might even win yourself a glittering Bin Nest Trophy! When you want to play again, just peel off the stickers for endless decorating fun! About the Nest Inspector: The Nest Inspector is an absolute expert in interior design. He publishes Best Nest, a magazine showcasing the most brilliant nests he’s seen on his many tours around the Bin. The Nest Inspector loves to have a peek inside other Bin Weevils’ nests and he has an endless supply of trophies to give out whenever he spots a nest that impresses him. Getting his attention isn’t easy, though - his standards are high, so before you invite him, your nest should look its absolute best!

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Star Paws: Super Heroes

Star Paws: Princesses

Star Paws: Pirates

Star Paws: Party Time

Now you can put a hamster in a top hat, a cat in a wig, a guinea pig in a ballgown, a rabbit in a toga - and much much more! You are cordially invited to dress up a whole host of animal princesses, ready for the Star Paws Royal Ball. Use your stickers to dress the animals in their superhero and pirate best, complete with capes, peg-legs, bushy beards, masks and all sorts of

fun disguises!

Nobody can resist an adorable animal - and absolutely nobody can resist an adorable animal in an outfit. In this brilliant new series, with over 200 stickers, you get to choose the outfits and the sillier

the better! THE STICKER BOOK SERIES THE WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR!

Star Paws

Party Time97814472331219781447233138 Princesses9781447233145 Pirates

Paperback £3.99 14th Feb 16 PPPaperback £3.99 14th Feb 16 PPPaperback £3.99 14th Feb 16 PP Macmillan Children’s Books

Super Heroes9781447233114 Paperback £3.99 14th Feb 16 PP Macmillan Children’s Books

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Knock! Knock! Open the Door

Michaela Morgan &David Walker

Knock! Knock! What’s that? Open the door . . . It’s a spotty cat!

Where is that special person Mum and Dad promised to bring home? There are lots of knocks at the door as new animal friends come calling, but none of them are quite who this little toddler is expecting. She’s waiting for someone cuddly like her friend the polar bear, bouncy like the kangaroo, AND noisy like the dinosaur. Who can it be?

An adorably funny rhyming story with large flaps to lift and sweet animal illustrations.


The Princess and the Wizard

Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks

The GruffaloJulia Donaldson &

Axel Scheffler

The Snail and the Whale

Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

9781447234906 Tyrannosaurus Drip Paperback £4.99 28th Feb 32 PP Macmillan Children’s Books 9781447234913 Hamilton’s Hats9781447234920 Wendel’s Workshop

Let’s Read! Let’s Read! books help make reading easy. The complete story and original illustrations of

bestselling picture books The Gruffalo, The Snail and the Whale, The Princess and the Wizard, Tyrannosaurus Drip, Hamilton’s Hats and Wendel’s Workshop have been specially designed into an early reader format. Created with expert advice from a literacy consultant, this new version

is intended to help and encourage children who are growing in reading confidence.

Hamilton’s Hats Martine Oborne &

Axel Scheffler

Tyrannosaurus Drip Julia Donaldson &

David Roberts

Paperback £4.99 28th Feb 32 PP Macmillan Children’s Books Paperback £4.99 28th Feb 32 PP Macmillan Children’s Books

9781447234883 The Gruffalo Paperback £4.99 28th Feb 32 PP Macmillan Children’s Books 9781447234876 The Snail and the Whale9781447234890 The Princess and the Wizard

Paperback £4.99 28th Feb 32 PP Macmillan Children’s Books Paperback £4.99 28th Feb 32 PP Macmillan Children’s Books

Wendel’s Workshop Chris Riddell

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Press the buttons and join in with all the noisy animals!

The animals are having a VERY noisy time on the farm in this fantastically fun new sound book from renowned illustrator, Axel Scheffler. With six sound buttons to press, lots to spot on every page and fun activities to do, children will return to this gorgeous gift book time and time again.

9780230766808 Board Book £12.99 14th Feb 10 PP Campbell Books

Axel Scheffler’s Noisy Farm Axel Scheffler

Meet the boy who can’t stop creating art! He loves colours, shapes, textures and EVERYTHING inspires him: his socks, the contents of the fridge, even his cat gets a new coat (of paint!). But there’s just one problem: his mum isn’t quite so enthusiastic. In fact, she seems a little cross! But this boy has a plan to make his mum smile. He’s about to create his finest piece yet and on a very grand scale . . .

A sharp, silly, fabulously funny book, which shows that Art is EVERYWHERE!

I Am an ArtistMarta Altes

9780230760400 Hardback £10.99 14th Feb 32 PP Macmillan Children’s Books

9781447228110 Paperback £5.99 14th Feb 24 PP Campbell Books

Trading cards are the new big thing and all the coolest mice are collecting them - even President Wensley Dale! No wonder, when all the most famous musicians in Mouseland are featured on the cards. But it seems that one mouse is desperate to get hold of the full set, and he’ll do whatever it takes: buy, swap, borrow or . . . steal? When a wave of break-ins hits Mouseland, Rastamouse comes up with a risky plan to catch the thief, setting a trap in the Museum of Music in the dead of night. The bait? A super-rare Toots trading card . . .

The Cool Car Competition is just around the corner, and everyone is busy getting their cars looking as wicked as possible. There’s just one problem: things keep disappearing in a puff of smoke! Well, a puff of dirty exhaust fumes from a rusty brown car . . . But what could the thief want with cool shiny wheels and pots of paint from the orphanage? Rastamouse has a hunch - and a cunning plan to prove it. But with the Cool Car Competition looming, the race is on to bring the culprit to justice before it’s too late!

9781447228103 Paperback £5.99 14th Feb 24 PP Campbell Books

Rastamouse: Cool Card Craze

Genevieve Webster &Michael de Souza

Rastamouse: Wicked Wheels

Genevieve Webster and Michael de Souza

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What is the Tarantulator? Who are the Piranhadons from Quadrant Nine? Where exactly is the Flabwind Galaxy? How do you defeat the Robot Army? Aliens, spaceships, rockets, planes, strange happenings. All these and much, much more can be found in this brand-new collection of poems by bestselling poets Paul Cookson and David Harmer.

It Came From Outer Space!

Paul Cookson & David Harmer 9781447220350 Paperback £4.99 14th Feb 96 PP Macmillan Children’s Books

Even very little toddlers will love turning the die-cut pages of this buggy book and discovering all the different shapes and sizes of these cute baby animals. Use the handy strap and clip to attach this sturdy board book to your buggy and take it with you wherever you go!

Baby Animals Shaped Buggy Book

Rod Campbell9781447231288 Board Book £4.99 14th Feb 12 PP Macmillan Children’s Books

LET’S TALK ABOUT . . . is a new series of first experience photographic books aimed at toddlers to pre-schoolers and their parents. Informative and humourous, the series marks a departure from existing books of this kind by reflecting young children’s and their parents’ actual experiences: think real environments and real situations with an authentic toddler’s voice, accompanied by useful and sometimes wry information and advice for parents and children.

9780230764316 My New Baby | 9780230764323 Big Beds and BedtimeBoard Book £5.99 14th Feb 20 PP Campbell Books

Let’s Talk About: My New Baby

Stella Gurney &Fiona Freund

Let’s Talk About: My Big Bed

Stella Gurney &Fiona Freund

Stick this bright, bold book to the side of your bath. With a detailed underwater scene on one side and a collection of fun sea creatures on the other, this fully reversible bath frieze is the ideal way to keep your baby happy at bathtime. The book comes with two robust suckers, is packaged in a high quality PVC gift bag and has soft, durable, wipe-clean pages. The perfect addition to your baby’s bathtime routine.

9780230766594 Under the Sea! | 9780230766600 In the Pond!Bath Book £6.99 14th Feb 6 PP Campbell Books

Under the Sea!Jo Moon

In the Pond! Jo Moon

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This craft book with a difference marries exceptional design quality with appealing, easy-to-make projects – all with the help of a winning cast of knitted friends. Donna Wilson’s lovable, highly-sought-after knitted characters have made their very own craft creations, and in this book they show children how to copy them. Information about the characters adds an irresistible extra dimension: little stories throughout the book explain why each character made each object as a present or surprise for one of their friends. Children will really want to make these things, and with the simple step-by-steps they really can. The book will appeal long after the projects are completed.

Donna Wilson’s Creative Creatures

Donna Wilson

9780753435410 Hardback £9.99 14th Feb 48 PP KingfisherReaders’ imaginations will be fired on every page with this wonderful single-volume science encyclopedia. The book is arranged thematically into five core topics: Numbers and Shapes; The Way the World Works; The World of Materials; Living Things and Space. A range of informative and interactive features perfectly enhance and consolidate each reference section.

Everything You Need to Know

Dr Mike Goldsmith9780753436509 Paperback £8.99 14th Feb 160 PP Kingfisher

World Faiths: JudaismTrevor Barnes

World Faiths: Hinduism and other Eastern ReligionsTrevor Barnes

World Faiths: Christianity

Trevor Barnes

World Faiths: IslamTrevor Barnes

In today’s world, where religious divides and cultural differences so often have tragic consequences, a sound understanding of the belief systems and practices of other peoples and cultures is essential. The four books in the World Faiths series: Christianity; Hinduism and Other Eastern

Religions; Islam and Judaism, offer a simple and child-friendly introduction to religion around the world. The history and origins of each religion are explained, along with information about their calendar and festivals; places of worship; religious practices and their place in modern society.

Religious artwork from through the ages demonstrates how each religion has been practised, and has evolved, throughout history, while dynamic photographs show how modern worship is celebrated today. Solid facts, and text from an expert author, make World Faiths an invaluable

resource for religious education.

World FaithsNew Cover Reissues

Islam97807534350839780753435090 Hinduism and other Eastern Religions9780753435076 Christianity

Paperback £4.99 14th Feb 40 PPPaperback £4.99 14th Feb 40 PPPaperback £4.99 14th Feb 40 PP Kingfisher

Judaism9780753435069 Paperback £4.99 14th Feb 40 PP Kingfisher

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• Multi-sensory books for babies and toddlers, featuring favourite family pets and farm animals

• A new animal is introduced on every spread, along with the sound that it makes - children will love to find then press the right button on the sound bar so they can hear the dog bark, the duckling quack and more

• Pages also feature textured patches for little fingers to touch, feel and explore

• Stimulate senses by

Touch Feel Listen Farm

Roger Priddy

Touch Feel Listen Pets

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Pets£5.99 1st Feb 10 PP Priddy Books£5.99 1st Feb 10 PP Priddy Books

Board Book Board Book

Slide and Seek: Colours

Roger Priddy

Slide and Seek: Words

Roger Priddy

Slide and Seek: Animals

Roger Priddy

Slide and Seek: Numbers

Roger Priddy

• Interactive early learning board books with integral sliders

• Each title helps children to learn about a key first concept through the use of pictures of familiar objects and animals and clear text labels

• Two sliders on each spread have a simple question with a picture clue

- children will love opening up the sliders to reveal the answer and complete image underneath

• Ideal tools to increase vocabulary, develop hand-eye coordination and encourage first problem solving skills

Slide and Seek

Numbers97818491588799781849158886 Words9781849158893 Animals

Board Book £5.99 1st Feb 40 PPBoard Book £5.99 1st Feb 40 PPBoard Book £5.99 1st Feb 40 PP Priddy Books

Colors9781849158909 Board Book £5.99 1st Feb 40 PP Priddy Books

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9781849158916 Board Book £3.99 1st Feb 24 PP Priddy Books

First 100 Soft To Touch: Numbers

Roger Priddy

• Soft-to-touch, padded board book which little hands will love to hold

• Introduces first numbers in a fun and colourful way

• Inside are over 100 photographs and accompanying text labels to help develop children’s counting skills and build their vocabulary

• Includes simple number exercises such as more than/less than and sequencing

• Ideal to help children recognise and name both numbers and everyday objects

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Recycled Chic is for those who aren’t content to look like everyone else. It both inspires and instructs on ways of recycling, renewing, and reinventing pre-loved fashion and fabrics. Featuring 30 simple and accessible projects, for even a novice seamstress, Recycled Chic will arm you with the techniques, inspiration and confidence to renew your existing clothes and accessories, or alter vintage fashion and fabric to suit your individual taste. Each project requires only minimal time, effort and expense to achieve stylish and satisfying results. It could be as easy as removing the sleeves from a frumpy dress, shortening a skirt, or adding an embellishment to a tired old top. And when your confidence grows, why not test your skills creating a leather clutch from an old jacket, or a sweet summer top from a man’s work shirt? Take a creative plunge and explore the possibilities to refashion your wardrobe with these unique, yet simple, projects.Recycled Chic

Amanda McKittrick

Australian Mongrel is a photographic exploration of Australia’s relationship with the beloved dog. Award-winning photographer David Darcy explores the lives of a diverse range of the animals from working dogs to suburban canines, Aboriginal camp dogs to the ordinary Aussie mongrel. Accompanying the dogs are beautiful landscapes and a cross section of people who share their lives with man’s best friend. Featuring the stories of ordinary working folk, mums and dads, indigenous people and countless other characters, their narratives are often funny, sometimes heroic, frequently heartfelt and moving, but always worth telling. With its distinctive, nostalgic and honest portraits, Australian Mongrel conveys a true and beautiful connection between canine personality and the relationships of location, human and animal.

As Australia’s best known chef, Neil Perry is often associated with the high end food served at his successful restaurants Rockpool, Rockpool Bar & Grill and Spice Temple.

Now in Easy Weekends, Neil celebrates cooking at home with over 90 recipes that focus on flavoursome food for any weekend occasion. Whether you’re looking for an easy and delicious family stir-fry on a Friday night, clever ideas for Saturday dinner party menus, or preparing a slow-cooked Sunday feast for friends, Neil Perry’s Easy Weekends has an inspiring and accessible recipe for you.

Australian MongrelDavid Darcy

9781743361856 Hardback £20.00 14th Feb 240 PP Murdoch Books

Easy WeekendsNeil Perry

Celebrate 10 years of Marie Claire’s association with award-winning food writer and stylist Michele Cranston with this special anniversary edition. Marie Claire recipes radiate vitality, comfort, health and fresh food and with that in mind Michele has compiled her favourite dishes from the past 10 years, along with her personal anecdotes and memories of great times in the kitchen. Divided into eight chapters based on seasons, Michele’s recipes are simple, approachable and inspiring and this stunning hardback book also contains a Marie Claire notebook and sticky notes to help you mark out your own favourite recipes. So, come with Michele on a journey to the summery alfresco table or a wintery afternoon of comfort food and enjoy the fresh flavours of Marie Claire all over again.


Marie Claire: 10 Years of Great Food with Michele CranstonMichele Cranston

9781742666662 Paperback £9.99 14th Feb 160 PP Murdoch Books


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The Australian War Memorial in Canberra is one of the world’s most significant collections of military history. Originally conceived during the turbulent years of the First World War, it was opened in 1941 and has grown to become one of the most important symbols of national identity, visited by over 800,000 visitors a year. Australian War Memorial tells the story of the Memorial and the National Collection, taking readers behind the scenes and uncovering many items not on public display. From the battlefields of Europe to peacekeeping operations and the current conflicts in the Middle East, the artefacts of almost a century of collecting are brought to life through the rich personal stories behind them. Written by a team of Memorial experts with specially commissioned photography, Australian War Memorial is a commemoration to all those who have served Australia and a tribute to the enduring qualities that forged its identity.

9781742660127 Hardback £40.00 14th Feb 624 PP Pier 9

Australian War Memorial

Nola Anderson

The saying goes, ‘what happens on tour stays on tour’. Now Song for the Road offers a behind the scenes glimpse at what life on the road is like for 24 of Australia’s most well-known musicians. With stories from all corners of the world including Vietnam, Los Angeles, Canada, Italy, Texas and Mexico City, Song for the Road contains tales from artists including Paul Kelly, Archie Roach, Mark Seymour from Hunters and Collectors, Christine Anu, Angie Hart from Frente and even Murray Cook from The Wiggles. Including exclusive touring photos, Song for the Road is an expansive and insightful collection that ensures you’ll never look at the people on stage in quite the same way again.

9781742664989 Paperback £12.99 14th Feb 232 PP Pier 9

Song for the Road Kate Morgan

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