The 8th Rifle Brigade advances from training to combat in Normandy, shaping a pivotal wartime arc through fast breakthroughs, desperate defenses, and rapid, strategic gains.As the Second World War loomed, the Territorial Army was doubled and 2nd Battalion, The London Rifle Brigade was formed. This title was short lived and 8th Rifle Brigade joined the newly raised 11th Armoured Division in the spring of 1941. Three years of training followed, with regular changes o...

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017A STORY OF LOVE AFTER DEATH'A masterpiece' Zadie Smith'Extraordinary' Daily Mail'Breathtaking' Observer**'A tour de force' The Sunday TimesThe extraordinary first novel by the bestselling, Folio Prize-winning, National Book Award-shortlisted George Saunders, about Abraham Lin...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A masterclass from a warm and engagingly enthusiastic companion' Guardian'This book is a delight, and it's about delight too. How necessary, at our particular moment' Tessa Hadley________________From the *New York Times-*bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo

The prize-winning, New York Times bestselling short story collection from the internationally bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo'I think he's the greatest writer since Salinger' Richard Ayoade'I love this collection and it has one of my favourite stories of all time in it' Elizabeth Day**'The best book you'll read this year' New York Times'Dazzlingly surreal stories about a fa...

'Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts him up there with the best' Anne Enright, Guardian'A triumph of storytelling'i paper'A joy. 'Effortlessly stylish, funny and smart' Daily MailFrom the pre-eminent writer of political dystopia and master of the modern short story, Liberation Day takes on ideas of power, ethics and...

Seventeen emerging and established authors from around the world reimagined clocks and wove them into beautiful speculative and dark stories.As you move from one narrative to the next, you'll find yourself lost in fog, grasping at a young love, risking it all to save a dying world. Pages will swallow you whole as you slip through time, challenge what it means to live, and create an automaton. With poignant representations of queerness, disability and mental health issues, grief, lo...

Egalitarian heroic fantasy with presumed female agency, battle-sheep, and bad, bad odds.

**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'The first must-read book of the year' Vogue'Resonates deeply in our fractious, selfish age' Independent'One of America's most distinguished and original writers' SpectatorOrder the latest book from the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo – a ...

Beneath the relentless sun, the desert lives.Ancient powers stir beneath shifting dunes. Serpents coil in forgotten ruins. Djinn bargain in the shadows of crumbling cities while monsters from old legends stalk the sands beneath burning skies. Travelers, treasure hunters, warriors, and wanderers discover that the desert does not forgive the weak—and some creatures were never meant to be found.From scorching wastelands and haunted tombs to storm-wracked caravans, Sand and...

Create Stronger Relationships and Deeper Faith with Your Kids and TeensDo you long to talk about faith with your kids but struggle to find the words, the time, or the right moment? Everyone is busy--with work, school, sports, screens--and somewhere along the way, the values you hoped would define your family fell out of sync with how you're actually living. So where do you begin?You can start by having meaningful conversations with your kids, creating space...

Egalitarian heroic fantasy. Experimental magical pedagogy, non-Euclidean ancestry, and some sort of horror from beyond the world.

THE HILARIOUS, TOUCHING LIFE STORY OF THE ICONIC COMEDIAN AND NATIONAL TREASURE'Fabulous? Yes. Funny? Absolutely' Mail on SundayJennifer Saunders' comic creations have brought joy to millions. From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swilling Edina in Ab Fab to her takes on Madonna or Mamma Mia, her characters are household names.But it's Jennifer herself who has a place in all our hearts. This is her funny, moving and ...