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WINNER of the Stanford's Award for Printed Mapping, British Cartographic Survey Awards 2026Awarded History Book of the Year 2025 by London Historians – 'A complete joy.'Awarded HIGHLY COMMENDED at the British Book Design and Production Awards 2026.A stylish collection of beautifully designed maps of each individual London borough, paired with quirky and fascinating facts about what you'll find there.

How to become a super FUTURE AGENT RECRUIT IN TRAINING.Travel six hundred years into the future to join a TOP-SECRET ACADEMY.Discover that NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL AND MEGA-BADDY the Master of Time has escaped from prison - and he's after YOU...PANIC.Stop panicking and come up with a plan of UTTER GENIUS to save yourself, your best buddy... and of course THE WORLD. Fresh from saving the universe, Compton and Bryan are whisked off to the future to becom...

A highly entertaining read for anyone interested in English history and culture, this great myth-busting book takes you on a great ride through history and the national character. Think we're the land of Punch and Judy and Morris Dancing? Think again as both traditions started in southern Europe. Love Winston Churchill's wartime speeches? Well, they were recorded by an actor.Packed with details on real English history, the book explodes a range of national myths from bluebirds in D...

A humorous and informative book, debunking a range of commonly held myths about animals.Camels store water in their humps and magpies love to steal shiny objects. Or do they? A must-read in the Everything you Know series, this book debunks a range of old-cod stories about animals in author Matt Brown's inimitable humorous and fascinating style.Covering everything from the myth that lemmings throw themselves off cliffs in suicide (they don't, but on...

A FANG-tastically funny adventures series, perfect for 7+ readers and fans of Amelia Fang!"Full of hilarious, highly illustrated mayhem" Guardian"Loved it. Full of heart, laughs and adventure." Dermot O'Leary"Fearfully funny, and a book to get your teeth into! You'll be Kevin's biggest fang!" Danny WallaceIf Kevin the Vampire was already beside himself wit...

How to become the most POWERFUL BOY IN THE UNIVERSE.Leave cheese-and-pickled-egg SANDWICH in lunchbox for thirteen weeks.Open lunchbox to find that sandwich has turned into a TIME MACHINE.Accidentally wipe out the DINOSAURS with a packet of custard creams.Try to stop someone evil stealing the most POWERFUL SANDWICH of all TIME and changing the history of the universe FOR EVER.

Sokoras. A frigid, icy region of endless winter where weakness invites death, or worse, undeath. Leif, a Sokoran Ranger has a choice to make against a creature he barely understands. But with every decision, subversive shadows nip at his heels, calling him towards death. Mangarmyr, an ancient wolf spirit, fights a world plagued by darkness. He is alone... searching for a love powerful enough to save him. Finn, a Sokoran Ranger, is trapped behind enemy lines fighting for his life. Hunted fo...

Meet Carter Jakeman, a man in his late thirties suffering with bipolar disorder. He has resigned himself to just living in the background, frequenting bars too often and being generally miserable most of the time. The concoction of being unable to flourish in his life, combined with a dead end job and hampered relationships has only worsened his confidence and self esteem, leaving a broken and demoralised man, a man with a belief that he has no chance of happiness. Then a string of events ...

Like New York, London can be enjoyed all day and all night. This insider's guide gives you the gen on where, when and how to enjoy London at any hour. It covers places to stay, places to eat, drink, dance and be entertained and informed. Including all the main and famous places in London but with the added twist of highlighting some of the lesser-known parks, palaces and museums.The book is structured by hours of the day, so it gives the ideal time to do any number of great things ...

From out of nowhere there comes a sweeping onslaught of murder. A game of cat and mouse begins as DCI Henry Faulkner and DS Billy Cray are assigned to the case, leading the investigation into capturing this horrific serial killer. The murders begin, so grotesque in nature, mutilations that leave all involved stunned and riddled with fear. Tension mounts, as with each murder, no concrete evidence can be recovered. The pressure begins to cause ripples within the team. Faulkners boisterous an...

Imagine what our world might look like if Christians became known for remarkable love, as well as life-giving truth.The stakes are high and the need is great for Christians to represent Jesus to a watching world. And today, we have more influence than ever before--for better and for worse. We are among the first generations to have access to a global megaphone through social media. But it's not enough to speak truth louder to a noisy culture. To counter the reputat...

A FANG-tastically funny adventures series, perfect for 7+ readers and fans of Amelia Fang!"Full of hilarious, highly illustrated mayhem" Guardian"Loved it. Full of heart, laughs and adventure." Dermot O'Leary"Fearfully funny, and a book to get your teeth into! You'll be Kevin's biggest fang!" Danny WallaceThe time has come for Kevin's Gloaming. This is a t...