A novel about the Battle of the Somme told from the perspective of Bourne, an ordinary private. First published privately in 1929, it may amaze a new generation of readers with its depiction of the horror, the ordinariness and the humanity of war.

From award-winning author Okechukwu Nzelu comes a spellbinding literary novel that asks, how do you move forward when the past keeps pulling you back?

Offers an epistolary dialogue between two great writers who became great friends. This book includes letters that touched on nearly every subject, from sports to fatherhood, film festivals to incest, philosophy to politics, from the financial crisis to art, family, marriage, friendship, and love.

The weird, fetid, familiar discomfort of family is front and centre in these short stories of all the ways we remain a mystery to each other.

Here Comes a Chopper

A remarkable debut about a group of women battling for independence as a maelstrom of change threatens their Jamaican village

Often the best drama is waiting in the wings.

A varied and thought-provoking collection of short stories and poems for teens with a conscience, with striking cover illustrations by award-winning children's laureate Chris Riddell

Right from the start Pacific Hale is in love with her best friend Dorothy Shu. Pacific is about to discover that love is a battlefield, and to survive she will have to become something new, something terrible and born of fire.

A collection of linked stories, encounters, journeys and perceptions that bear testament to the extraordinary creativity of this Booker-winning writer

The extraordinary new novel from the author of Mothering Sunday and winner of the Booker Prize

The extraordinary new novel from the author of Mothering Sunday and winner of the Booker Prize

A vivid and gripping historical thriller set in Elizabethan England introducing Giordano Bruno, philosopher, scientist and spy for all fans of C.J.Sansom and The Name of the Rose.

Tudor intrigue, murder and the dark arts - the second in a stunning and acclaimed historical series starring Dr John Dee, perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom

The sixteenth chronicle of Brother Cadfael, Ellis Peters' marvellously created medieval detective.

The epic that began with the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic DUNE continues ...

Ruth Pennistan is a farmer's daughter, born and brought up in Kent. Malory, the rather strait-laced guest of the family, falls head over heels in love, even whilst Ruth becomes trapped against her will in a drama of love and tragedy with another man.

A young boy going bald uses his fertile imagination and a comical viewpoint on life to navigate through the rough seas commonly known as growing up.

Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this edition includes Princess Ligovskaya

In A Hero of Our Time, the first great Russian novel, a young officer, passionate and world-weary, is posted to the Caucasus and becomes involved in a series of adventures. A dazzlingly original work of fiction, the novel is newly translated together with Pushkin's travel narrative, A Journey to Arzrum, with introduction and notes.

Sharp-eyed Marianne lives in a white tower made of steel and concrete with her father and other Professors. Outside, where land is thickly wooded and wild beasts roam, live Barbarians, who raid and pillage in order to survive. Marianne is strictly forbidden to leave her civilized world but, fascinated by these savage outsiders, decides to escape.