Life in 'paradise' is not so perfect for those with unfinished business.

WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014‘I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.’There are books you...

On February 4th 2013 Neil Gaiman embarked on a fantastic art project in partnership with BlackBerry and millions of his fans. He tweeted twelve questions to the world, one for each month of the year. From the tens of thousands of responses he received, Neil picked his favourite answers and wrote twelve short stories inspired by them. Releasing these back to the world, Neil asked people to contribute art to illustrate the stories. To Find out more about A Calendar of Tales visit www.blackbe...

Learn Russian With Jokes is a collection of 100 jokes in easy Russian and is a great way for you to improve your ability to speak, read, and understand that language. So how does it work?Jokes: On each page you have a joke in Russian. The jokes have been selected so that they are not too difficult and don't rely on puns.Vocabulary: If your Russian is not great, you can read the vocabulary in blue before you start reading the joke.Translation: If you want to check yo...

A funny, touching picture book from Children's Laureate, and Charlie and Lola creator, Lauren Child.Rat lives in dustbin Number 3, Grubby Alley. At night, when he's tucked up in his crisp packet, Rat looks up at all the cosy windows and wonders what it would be like to belong to somebody. To be an actual pet. To have a home of his own . . .Gently exploring themes of homelessness and poverty, this is the perfect way to talk about this often tricky su...

The definitive short guide to being a better parent or grandparent. If you read nothing else, this is the one book you must not miss and to ensure it helps as many as possible, the price is minimal, the value, incalculable.

These ghostly adventures and spine-chilling stories are great for reads for reluctant readers. Written by well-known authors and illustrated by much-loved illustrators, this series will appeal to boys and girls.

Two short love stories. Ideal to read whilst commuting guranteed to soften the heart and make you smile.First story concerns two souls that look like they are about to separated for ever.The other about working together for one another in a marriage.

This short book contains five short stories. The stories are called "What Have I Just Seen?", "Follow the River", "A Forest Walk", "The Hunt" and "Welcome Winter."

This is a short fictional story, inspired by thinking about the words supposition and speculation. Observing people in daily life, recalling snippets of overheard conversations and the comments of strangers enabled me to stitch together a contemporary scenario wherein a woman notices a young male emerging from a public toilet in a park and notes that he looks ill or ill at ease. The woman is somehow moved to feel concern for his welfare. An older man who is known to the woman exits the toi...

A humorous explanation as to why all those silly things happen as a result of having multiple sclerosiswell, at least it gives you someone else to blame.

For health reasons Father O'Hara must leave his parish. But, before he does, he takes the time to recall the many humorous and irreverent nuances of his tenure.