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Regeneration is Pat Barker's classic, Booker-nominated novel of World War I and trauma. Craiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland, 1917, and army psychi...

About the Author Pat Barker is the author of Union Street, Blow your House Down, The Century's Daughter, The Man Who Wasn't There, the Regener...

Myth meets history in a blockbuster retelling of the Persian Wars from multi-award-winning author of Rubicon and Persian Fire Tom Holland, lavishly...

Something extraordinary happened to the UK literary scene in the 1980s. In the space of eight years, a generation of young British writers took the...

Review A sparky, funny work of genius about class, romanticism, social tradition and literary tradition, and one of the best least-known novels of...

This engaging lift-the-flap book provides a gentle and interactive introduction to empathy for young children, helping them discover how small acts...

With poor Jack and his mum struggling with money for food, Jack sets off down to his local market... But when swapping his precious cow for some ma...

It is Cinderella's ultimate dream to dance with a handsome prince at the ball... But instead, Cinderella has been left alone at home. Until, her fa...

The wicked Stepmother is not very happy when she realises Snow White is the fairest in the land. But who will come back to rescue the princess when...

When three little pigs set out to build themselves a beautiful house of their own... It becomes a little more difficult once a hungry wolf comes al...

Enjoy the adventures of the Three billy goats Gruff who want to eat the long green grass on the other side of the bridge! Will they ever get past t...

One little duckling is finding it hard to fit in because he thinks he is too ugly! He struggles through the cold winter until... a friendship comes...

The Little Mermaid lives under the sea, but she wants to know what it's like to walk on land. She visits a Sea Witch, who promises to change her ta...