Harpercollins Evening in the Palace of Reason. Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment Gaines James

The sparkling debut children's novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country, with sparkling new cover look to tie in with later books • Dennis was different • Why was he different, you ask? • Well, a small clue might be in the title of this book • Charming, surprising and hilarious - The Boy in the Dress is everything you would expect from the co-creator of Little Britain. David Walliams's beautiful first novel will touch the hearts (and funny bones) of children and adults alike

A gripping true crime investigation into the longest miscarriage of justice in British legal history • In September 1973, Stephen Downing was convicted and indefinitely sentenced for the murder of Wendy Sewell, a young legal secretary in the town of Bakewell in the Peak District. Wendy was attacked in broad daylight in Bakewell Cemetery. Stephen Downing, the 17-year-old groundskeeper with learning difficulties and a reading age of 11, was the primary suspect. He was immediately arrested, questioned for nine hours, without a solicitor present, and pressured into signing a confession full of words he did not understand • 21 years later, local newspaper editor Don Hale was thrust into the case. Determined to take it to appeal, as he investigated the details, he found himself inextricably linked to the narrative

A luminous and bewitching debut novel that is perfect for fans of Angela Carter. Set in Victorian London, it follows the fortunes of Eve, the Lion-Faced Girl and Abel, the Flayed Man. A magical realism delight • Before Eve is born, her mother goes to the circus. She buys a penny twist of coloured sugar and settles down to watch the heart-stopping main attraction: a lion, billed as a monster from the savage heart of Africa, forged in the heat of a merciless sun. Mama swears she hears the lion sigh, just before it leaps…and when Eve is born, the story goes, she didn’t cry – she meowed and licked her paws • When Abel is pulled from the stinking Thames, the mudlarks are sure he is long dead. As they search his pockets to divvy up the treasure, his eyes crack open and he coughs up a stream of black water

It was a case that gripped the nation • Luke Ryder's murder has never been solved • In October 2003, Luke Ryder was found dead in the garden of the family home in London, leaving behind a wealthy older widow and three stepchildren. Nobody saw anything • Now, secrets will be revealed - live on camera • Years later a group of experts re-examine the evidence on Infamous, a true-crime show - with shocking results. Does the team know more than they've been letting on? • Or does the truth lie closer to home? • Can you solve the case before they do? • The truth will blow your mind

Past and present collide on a richly mysterious Nile cruise… • From the bestselling author of Lady of Hay comes this atmospheric and gripping page-turner • Recently divorced Anna Fox decides to cheer herself up by retracing a journey her great grandmother Louisa made in the mid-nineteenth century – a Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan. Anna carries with her two of Louisa’s possessions: an ancient Egyptian scent bottle and an illustrated diary of the original cruise that has lain unread for over a hundred years • As she follows in Louisa’s footsteps, Anna discovers in the diary a wonderful Victorian love story – and the chilling secret of the little glass bottle. Meanwhile two men from the tour party develop an unfriendly rivalry for her attention, while showing a disturbing interest in Louisa’s mementoes

"Медвежонок Паддингтон в королевском замке" - веселая история Майкла Бонда о всеми любимом медведе Паддингтоне • Тауэр - это, прямо скажем, удивительное место. Мало того, что это и королевский замок, и крепость, и темница, так ещё и охраняют его специальные люди под названием "мясоеды". Каждый, кто живёт в Лондоне или приезжает туда поглазеть на достопримечательности, обязательно хоть разок да побывает в Тауэре - и медвежонок в синем пальтишке, конечно же, не исключение. Тем более, что знаменитый Паддингтонов чемодан, набитый булками с мармеладом, оказывается, может сослужить в Тауэре неплохую службу… • Книга на английском языке • A hilarious story of everyone's favourite bear, Paddington - now a major movie star! • When Mr Gruber takes Paddington to Buckingham Palace to watch the Changing of the Guard, there are so many people in the way he can't see anything! Luckily a mysterious someone 'on high' appears to like small bears… • Stories of Paddington Bear have delighted children all over the world for more than sixty years

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world • In his raunchiest romp yet, Flashman mines new depths of roguish behaviour as a secret agent extraordinaire and is thrust headfirst into the middle of the Indian Mutiny

A collection of rare ghosts and horror stories by the brothers of one of the finest writers of the genre, E. F. Benson • The Benson brothers – Arthur Christopher, Edward Frederic and Robert Hugh – were one of the most extraordinary and prolific literary families, between them writing more than 150 books. Arthur alone left four million words of diary, although his most lasting legacy is the words to Elgar’s Land of Hope and Glory, while Fred is acknowledged as one of the finest writers of Edwardian supernatural fiction: the name E. F. Benson is mentioned in the same breath as other greats such as M. R. James and H. R. Wakefield • In fact, all three brothers wrote ghost stories, although the work of Arthur and Hugh in this field has long been overshadowed by their brother’s success

Присоединяйтесь к Мог в фантастическом приключении "Мог в темноте" от Джудит Керр! • Мог сидел в темноте • Мог размышлял в темноте • Но темнота была не там, где хотел бы оказаться Мог… • И кто еще был там, в темноте? • Однажды ночью воображение Мог переносит ее в веселое сумеречное приключение в страну фантастических существ, но, как всегда, все, чего на самом деле хочет Мог, - это ее ужин! • Книга на английском языке • Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat… • An all-time classic Mog story refreshed with a new cover and format • Join Mog for a fantastical adventure with mousedogbird! • Mog sat in the dark • Mog thought in the dark • But the dark was not where Mog wanted to be… • And who else was there in the dark? • One night Mog’s imagination takes her on a hilarious twilight adventure to a land of fantastical creatures, but true to form, all Mog really wants is her supper! • Mog the Forgetful Cat was first published fifty years ago, and Mog has been delighting children all over the world with her adventures ever since

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world • The British Empire needs a man to satisfy insatiable lust and indulge in ungentlemanly acts – fortunately it has Harry Flashman. And with the mighty Sikh army poised to invade India, Flashman must go back into secret service and this time contend with the intrigues of the Court of Punjab

Second title about adorable new toddler character, from the renowned picture creator of Percy the Park Keeper • Tiger the kitten has lots of friends…usually • It isn’t hard for Tiger to find someone to play with…usually • But one day, when everything is covered in a chilly white blanket of snow, Tiger’s friends are too cold or too busy to go out and he has to play by himself • Until he finds something very unusual buried in the snow…

There are times when life feels like it has you cornered: financial difficulties, relationship issues, work problems, all of the above. Every one of us, at one time or another, will have to face up to the challenges that come our way. And there are two ways of meeting them: negatively, where blame is the answer, where other people are at fault, where you haven't been treated fairly. Or positively, where you own the situation, learn and grow from it, and become a better person at the end of it • Letting you into areas of his life he's never talked about before, in Zero Negativity, Ant will show you how to embrace failure and use it to your advantage, how to see change as the foundation of your future success, how to develop resilience, how to deal with bullies, what it means to be a positive roll model, and how to live a life with no regrets