Hard-core science fiction at its very best, the sequel to his extraordinary Old Man's War.

Opens with a shipwreck, leaving a party of sightseers temporarily marooned on an island. The stranded castaways make their way towards the refuge of the isle's reclusive savant; but the big isolated house which is home to Professor Silas Kreutznaer and his laconic assistant, Licht, is also home to another, unnamed presence.

Take flight with this collection of moving short stories from the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

An astounding debut from Vic James, and the first title in her gripping The Dark Gifts Trilogy.

Helen Oyeyemi, the prize-winning author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What is Not Yours is Not Yours, returns with a bewitching and inventive novel about motherhood, family legacy and . . . gingerbread.

From the author hailed as 'America's greatest prose comedian'

The Glass Room is the fifth book in the Vera Stanhope series, from Ann Cleeves, the number one bestselling author and creator of Vera, Shetland and the Two Rivers series.

Playgroup has begun. Time to have some fun. There's a commotion in the classroom as Goat and the other animals spend the day at playgroup. The musical instruments and the dressing up box are lots of fun, but - oh dear! - Goat gets into a muddle or two. A comforting story for any child starting at, or already attending, a playgroup.