E. Nesbit’s beautiful story of The Railway Children has faired well in many excellent and faithful adaptations on stage and screen. It is always refreshing however to return to the original book. The story has a charm and a depth which raises it, like all the best children’s literature, to something which can be appreciated by all ages.Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter, through their adventures on the railway begin to come of age as they face thrilling adventures and meet new frie...

The New York Times bestselling coauthors uncover new information in the Colonial Parkway Murders of 1980s Virginia in this true crime investigation.For four years a killer, or killers, stalked Virginia's Tidewater region, carefully selecting victims and terrorizing the local community. Again and again, young people in the prime of their lives were targeted. But the pattern that stitched these killings together was more like a spider web of theory, intrigue...

Set in the waning days of the Dutch Golden Age, this enchanting, lush reimagining of The Little Mermaid is perfect for fans of Jesse Burton’s The Miniaturist and Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar.The Dutch Republic, 1650. One fine spring day in Friesland, twenty-year-old Clara van Wieren is faced with an ill omen: a whale, beached and rotting in the noonday sun. But Clara doesn’t believe in magic and superstition, and this portent is quickly d...

"Weaves a spell of darkness that’s mysterious and magical, and binds it with a knot of deathless love." **—**New York Times bestselling author Susanna Kearsley on A Lullaby for WitchesIn post**–World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets…**With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy Radcliffe becomes Lady Hayworth,...

Two women. A history of witchcraft. And a deep-rooted female power that sings across the centuries.Once there was a young woman from a well-to-do New England family who never quite fit with the drawing rooms and parlors of her kin.Called instead to the tangled woods and wild cliffs surrounding her family’s estate, Margaret Harlowe grew both stranger and more beautiful as she cultivated her uncanny power. Soon, whispers of “witch” dogged her footste...

'Held me completely in its thrall until the very last line’ SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN'I was hooked from the start' DAILY MAILA SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTHA TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DEBUT CROWN PRIZEJune, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of the River Thames...

'Fans of Sarah Waters and Hilary Mantel will love this' LAURA SHEPPERSON'Unsettling, claustrophobic and compelling' KATE RIORDAN'Gripping frightening and wholly original' JODIE MATTHEWS'A chillingly Gothic tale that is exquisitely written' TOBI COVENTRYThe thrilling new historical mystery from the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Beholders.Scotla...

The Southern High Plains of northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico are rich in Paleoindian archaeological sites, including such well-known ones as Clovis, Lubbock Lake, Plainview, and Midland. These sites have been extensively researched over decades, not only by archaeologists but also by geoscientists, whose studies of soils and stratigraphy have yielded important information about cultural chronology and paleoenvironments across the region.In this book, Vance T. Holliday synt...

Set in the waning days of the Dutch Golden Age, this enchanting, lush reimagining of The Little Mermaid is perfect for fans of Jesse Burton’s The Miniaturist and Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar.The Dutch Republic, 1650. One fine spring day in Friesland, twenty-year-old Clara van Wieren is faced with an ill omen: a whale, beached and rotting in the noonday sun. But Clara doesn’t believe in magic and superstition, and this portent is quickly d...

Now in its third edition, the best-selling Introduction to Human Nutrition continues to foster an integrated, broad knowledge of the discipline and presents the fundamental principles of nutrition science in an accessible way. With up-to-date coverage of a range of topics from food composition and dietary reference standards to phytochemicals and contemporary challenges of global food safety, this comprehensive text encourages students to think critically about the many factors an...

Eight-year-old Kelsey once believed her father could do anything, an illusion shattered the day he failed to save the woman at the centre of her world. With her special needs, Kelsey struggles to process her grief and instead begins to slowly withdraw. Until she meets a girl with no name and vows to protect her against the deadly threat she faces.In the year since his wife’s passing Ryan has watched his beloved only daughter slip further and further away from him. Desperate to save...

‘This debut recalls Georgette Heyer, with extra spookiness’ The TimesYears after the Salem witch trials one witch remains. She just doesn’t know it… yet.1821: Growing up, Lydia Montrose knew she was descended from the witches of Salem, but was warned to never tell anyone what she could do, and has now forgotten her legacy. But Willow Hall has awoken something inside her…Having fled family scandal in Boston, Willow Hall seem...