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"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose."

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.

Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.

"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose."

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a…

Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's beloved father’s death in the summer of 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world, and kept Adichie and her family members separated from one another, her father succumbed unexpectedly to complications of kidney failure.

Expanding on her original New Yorker piece, Adichie shares how this loss shook her to her core. She writes about being one of the millions of people grieving this year; about the familial and cultural dimensions of grief and also about the loneliness and anger that are unavoidable in it. With signature precision of language, and glittering, devastating detail on the page--and never without touches of rich, honest humor--Adichie weaves together her own experience of her father’s death with threads of his life story, from his remarkable survival during the Biafran war, through a long career as a statistics professor, into the days of the pandemic in which he’d stay connected with his children and grandchildren over video chat from the family home in Abba, Nigeria. In the compact format of We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele, Adichie delivers a gem of a book--a book that fundamentally connects us to one another as it probes one of the most universal human experiences. Notes on Grief is a book for this moment—a work readers will treasure and share now more than ever--and yet will prove durable and timeless, an indispensable addition to Adichie's canon.

Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's beloved father’s death in the summer of 2020. As the…

Jarvis offers a moving tale of friendship, kindness, and acceptance, softly touching on the subjects of illness or hardship in a way that young children can understand.

Everyone likes David, the boy with flowers in his hair. He’s sweet and gentle, just like his colorful petals. David and his best friend have a great time together, finding the good puddles, making up songs, and running away from the bees. But one day David comes to school wearing a hat, and he is quiet. When he takes off the hat, his bright petals flutter down like butterflies. Now, where his flowers were looks twiggy and prickly, causing the other children to stay away. But David’s best friend has an idea—a way to help David get his color back, wielding paintbrushes and plenty of love. Sensitively told and simply illustrated, Jarvis’s story invites even the youngest children to talk about difficult subjects in an age-appropriate way—and feel inspired to support others when they face trying times.

Jarvis offers a moving tale of friendship, kindness, and acceptance, softly touching on the subjects of illness or hardship in a way that young children can understand.…

The story follows Skander Smith, who is training to become a unicorn rider when the world’s most powerful unicorn is stolen.

The series opens with Steadman explaining: “Unicorns don’t belong in fairytales; they belong in nightmares.”

Publishing director Ali Douglas of Simon & Schuster, who won the bidding war, said the “instant, seething excitement” surrounding the series was “unlike anything I’ve experienced before”.

The story follows Skander Smith, who is training to become a unicorn rider when the world’s most powerful unicorn is stolen.

The series opens with Steadman explaining:…

Mrs Death tells her intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter of a novel
Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but until now hadn't met Death in person - a black, working-class woman who shape-shifts and does her work unseen.

Mrs Death tells her intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter of a novel
Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she…

WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD 2022 FOR NON-FICTION

WINNER OF THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY STORYTELLING AWARD 2021

‘Riveting, taking in prejudice as well as sacrifice. There are 4.30am starts, lost instruments, fractured wrists, all captured with vivid flourishes. A paean to camaraderie.’ Observer

Seven brothers and sisters. All of them classically trained musicians. One was Young Musician of the Year and performed for the royal family. The eldest has released her first album, showcasing the works of Clara Schumann. These siblings don’t come from the rarefied environment of elite music schools, but from a state comprehensive in Nottingham. How did they do it?

Their mother, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, opens up about what it takes to raise a musical family in a Britain divided by class and race. What comes out is a beautiful and heartrending memoir of the power of determination, camaraderie and a lot of hard work. The Kanneh-Masons are a remarkable family. But what truly sparkles in this eloquent memoir is the joyous affirmation that children are a gift and we must do all we can to nurture them.

WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD 2022 FOR NON-FICTION

WINNER OF THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY STORYTELLING AWARD 2021

‘Riveting, taking in prejudice as well as sacrifice.…

A moving, lyrical picture book about a shy child unlocking the power of their own voice through poetry, with the helping hand of an extra special teacher, written by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho.

From the creators of If All The World Were, winner of the 2019 Independent Book Shop Picture Book Award which has been translated into 13 languages, this beautifully illustrated, powerful and heartwarming text shows children that everyone's voice can be powerful and beautiful, however small.

Allison Colpoys ’ gorgeous artwork spills from every page as she shows this most heartwarming of tales. Follow a child who is so shy she doesn't speak. With the encouragement on an enchanting and magical teacher, she writes a poem. But a poem is meant to be read aloud! She musters all her courage, stands at the front of the class and shows her classmates that she does have a voice. And her voice is BEAUTIFUL!

The perfect way to encourage empathy in young children and show shy children how to feel brave .

A moving, lyrical picture book about a shy child unlocking the power of their own voice through poetry, with the helping hand of an extra special teacher, written by poet and…

In Bed Stuy, New York, a small misunderstanding can escalate into having a price on your head—even if you’re totally clean. This gritty, triumphant debut captures the heart and the hardship of life for an urban teen.

A lot of the stuff that gives my neighborhood a bad name, I don’t really mess with. The guns and drugs and all that, not really my thing.

Nah, not his thing. Ali’s got enough going on, between school and boxing and helping out at home. His best friend Noodles, though. Now there’s a dude looking for trouble—and, somehow, it’s always Ali around to pick up the pieces. But, hey, a guy’s gotta look out for his boys, right? Besides, it’s all small potatoes; it’s not like anyone’s getting hurt.

And then there’s Needles. Needles is Noodles’s brother. He’s got a syndrome, and gets these ticks and blurts out the wildest, craziest things. It’s cool, though: everyone on their street knows he doesn’t mean anything by it.

Yeah, it’s cool…until Ali and Noodles and Needles find themselves somewhere they never expected to be…somewhere they never should've been—where the people aren't so friendly, and even less forgiving.

In Bed Stuy, New York, a small misunderstanding can escalate into having a price on your head—even if you’re totally clean. This gritty, triumphant debut captures the heart and…

An electrifying novel of an unconventional family in Trinidad mended by their individual, and collective, quests for love

After Betty Ramdin's husband dies, she invites a colleague, Mr. Chetan, to move in with her and her son, Solo. Over time, the three become a family, loving each other deeply and depending upon one another. Then, one fateful night, Solo overhears Betty confiding in Mr. Chetan and learns a secret that plunges him into torment.

Solo flees Trinidad for New York to carve out a lonely existence as an undocumented immigrant, and Mr. Chetan remains the singular thread holding mother and son together. But soon, Mr. Chetan's own burdensome secret is revealed, with heartbreaking consequences. Love After Love interrogates love and family in all its myriad meanings and forms, asking how we might exchange an illusory love for one that is truly fulfilling.

In vibrant, addictive Trinidadian prose, Love After Love questions who and how we love, the obligations of family, and the consequences of choices made in desperation.

An electrifying novel of an unconventional family in Trinidad mended by their individual, and collective, quests for love

After Betty Ramdin's husband dies, she invites a…

At the age of seventeen, after a childhood in an adopted family followed by six years in care homes, Norman Greenwood was given his birth certificate. He learned that his real name was not Norman. It was Lemn Sissay. He was British and Ethiopian. And he learned that his mother had been pleading for his safe return to her since his birth. Here Sissay recounts his life story. It is a story of neglect and determination. Misfortune and hope. Cruelty and beauty. Sissay reflects on adoption, self-expression and Britishness, and in doing so explores the institutional care system, race, family and the meaning of home. Written with all the lyricism and power you would expect from one of the nation's best-loved voices, this moving, frank and timely memoir is the result of a life spent asking questions, and a celebration of the redemptive power of creativity.

At the age of seventeen, after a childhood in an adopted family followed by six years in care homes, Norman Greenwood was given his birth certificate. He learned that his real…

Собака Прядка любит ходить со своей хозяйкой в детскую больницу, и ей все там рады: младенец, малышка, подросток, уставший врач или обеспокоенный родитель – приветливая Прядка развлечёт и поддержит каждого. Но работа больничной собаки продолжается и на улице: когда одному из пациентов грозит опасность, внимательная и храбрая Прядка приходит на помощь.

Собака Прядка любит ходить со своей хозяйкой в детскую больницу, и ей все там рады: младенец, малышка, подросток, уставший врач или обеспокоенный родитель – приветливая Прядка…

From the author of the Costa Award-winning Asha & the Spirit Bird comes a breathtaking, magical adventure ... Tamarind never knew her Indian mum, Chinty, who died soon after she was born. So when she arrives at her ancestral home, a huge mansion in the Himalayas surrounded by luxuriant gardens, she's full of questions for her extended family. But instead of answers, she finds an ominous silence - and a trickle of intriguing clues: an abandoned hut, a friendly monkey, a glowing star ring, and a strange girl in the garden who calls herself Ishta. Slowly, Tamarind unravels a mystery at the heart of who she is ...

From the author of the Costa Award-winning Asha & the Spirit Bird comes a breathtaking, magical adventure ... Tamarind never knew her Indian mum, Chinty, who died soon after she…

В романе звучит полифония голосов двенадцати очень разных чернокожих британок, чьи жизни оказываются ближе, чем можно было бы предположить. Их истории переплетаются сквозь годы, перед взором читателя проходит череда их друзей, любовников и родных. Эти истории делают заметными и важными жизни людей, о которых мы привыкли не думать.

В романе звучит полифония голосов двенадцати очень разных чернокожих британок, чьи жизни оказываются ближе, чем можно было бы предположить. Их истории переплетаются сквозь годы,…

A lyrical and evocative narrative history of London and its people, told through objects found on the banks of the Thames by the city's most prominent mudlark

For thousands of years human beings have been losing their possessions and dumping their rubbish in the River Thames, making it the longest and most varied archaeological site in the world. For those in the know, the muddy stretches provide a tangible link with the past, a connection to the natural world, and an oasis of calm in a chaotic city...

For fifteen years, Lara Maiklem has walked the Thames foreshore, spending innumerable hours peering into the mud for items discarded by past generations of Londoners. The list of things Lara has rescued from the river is long and varied: from Neolithic flints, Roman hair pins and medieval shoe buckles to Tudor buttons, Georgian clay pipes, seventeenth-century love tokens and discarded war medals.

Mudlarking is the story of the River Thames and its people, told through the objects that Lara has eased from its muddy clutches over the years. Weaving her story through and around the history of the River, from prehistory to the present day, she uses her finds to bring the ordinary lives of long forgotten Londoners to life

A lyrical and evocative narrative history of London and its people, told through objects found on the banks of the Thames by the city's most prominent mudlark

For thousands of…

From the award-winning creator of Shh! We Have a Plan comes a vibrantly colorful story about mustering the courage to try something new.

Little Crab and Very Big Crab live in a tiny rock pool near the sea. Today they’re going for a dip in the big ocean. “This is going to be so great,” says Little Crab, splish-splashing and squelch-squelching along, all the way to the very edge. Then comes a first glance down at the waves. WHOOSH! Maybe it’s better if they don’t go in? With vivid colors, bold shapes, and his trademark visual humor, Chris Haughton shows that sometimes a gentle “don’t worry, I’m here” can keep tentative little crabs sidestepping ahead — and help them discover the brilliant worlds that await when they take the plunge.

From the award-winning creator of Shh! We Have a Plan comes a vibrantly colorful story about mustering the courage to try something new.

Little Crab and Very Big Crab live in a…

Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, 12-year-old Yanka has always felt out of place in her small village. When she wakes up to find that her legs have become bear legs, she sets off into the forest to discover who she is, on a journey that takes her from icy rivers to smouldering mountains, with an ever-growing group of misfits alongside her... Interwoven with traditional stories of bears, princesses and dragons, Yanka's journey is a gorgeously lyrical adventure from the best-selling author of The House With Chicken Legs.

Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, 12-year-old Yanka has always felt out of place in her small village. When she wakes up to find that her legs have become bear legs, she…

Мировая история обычно рассказывается мужчинами - и всегда с их точки зрения. Ведь творили ее именно они - мужчины, герои и титаны духа. И почти никто не вспоминает, что рожали и воспитывали этих титанов обычные женщины, а свои подвиги все герои совершали в основном ради них, или из-за них, или во имя них. Но и страдали от мужских деяний в основном тоже они…

Когда греческая царица Елена была захвачена троянцами и увезена из Спарты, под стены Трои приплыло несметное греческое войско. Долгие годы осаждали они город, разоряя его окрестности. Брисеида тоже была царицей. Теперь она - рабыня и наложница Ахилла, великого героя, вырезавшего всю ее семью. Она стала разменной монетой в играх утомленных войной мужчин… Спустя века после самой знаменитой войны человечества, историки вычеркнули ее имя из своих скрижалей, оставив там лишь предания о подвигах великих героев. Но Брисеида могла бы рассказать совсем другую...

Мировая история обычно рассказывается мужчинами - и всегда с их точки зрения. Ведь творили ее именно они - мужчины, герои и титаны духа. И почти никто не вспоминает, что рожали и…

A moving, lyrical picture book about a young girl's love for her granddad and how she copes when he dies, written by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho. This beautifully illustrated, powerful and ultimately uplifting text is the ideal way to introduce children to the concept of death and dying, particularly children who have lost a grandparent.

A moving, lyrical picture book about a young girl's love for her granddad and how she copes when he dies, written by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho. This beautifully…

На остров Арранмор одиннадцатилетний Финн Бойл прибывает с тяжёлым сердцем. Причин для уныния хоть отбавляй: мальчик тоскует по отцу, которого не успел узнать, - тот сгинул в море при загадочных обстоятельствах: его тревожит здоровье мамы, впавшей в депрессию после гибели мужа: наконец его просто бесит старшая сестра Тара - она сделалась совершенно невыносимой и не упускает ни единого случая, чтобы побольнее уколоть брата, а у него и так неважно с самооценкой.
На этом фоне перспектива проторчать всё лето на богом забытом ирландском острове в компании вредной сестрицы и чудаковатого дедушки представляется Финну отнюдь не радужной.
Но стоит ему там очутиться, как всё в одночасье меняется.
Арранмор - средоточие древней магии: он таит в себе такие чудеса, о которых Финн не мог и мечтать. Здесь он встретит новых друзей, обзаведётся опасными врагами и лицом к лицу столкнётся с древним злом, которое до поры до времени спит, но того и гляди проснётся.
Именно здесь Финн проверит свой характер на прочность и поймёт, достоин ли он стать новым Хранителем бури.
Роман является первой частью фэнтези иного цикла о Хранителе бури.
Для детей среднего школьного возраста.

На остров Арранмор одиннадцатилетний Финн Бойл прибывает с тяжёлым сердцем. Причин для уныния хоть отбавляй: мальчик тоскует по отцу, которого не успел узнать, - тот сгинул в море…

Некогда поэт, граф Александр Ростов в 1922-м попадает под трибунал как враг рабочего класса. Вместо высшей меры наказания графа отправляют в крайне необычную ссылку – в отель "Метрополь", который он не имеет права покидать. Совсем. Владелец большого поместья, никогда в своей жизни не работавший, теперь граф Ростов должен приспосабливаться и выживать в новых условиях, наблюдая за самыми страшными, поворотными событиями в нашей истории. Постепенно Ростов осознает, что джентльмены бывшими не бывают.

Некогда поэт, граф Александр Ростов в 1922-м попадает под трибунал как враг рабочего класса. Вместо высшей меры наказания графа отправляют в крайне необычную ссылку – в отель…

Наша планета населена миллионами различных видов животных, растений и микроорганизмов, и каждый из них, включая человека, является частью нашего большого и сложного мира. Но бездумная жизнедеятельность людей приводит к загрязнению воды и воздуха, сокращению морских запасов, исчезновению лесов. Каким может стать мир, если из множества видов останутся единицы?
В этой интересной, познавательной и прекрасно иллюстрированной книге рассказывается о необычайном разнообразии жизни на Земле и о важности её сохранения.

Наша планета населена миллионами различных видов животных, растений и микроорганизмов, и каждый из них, включая человека, является частью нашего большого и сложного мира. Но…

XVII век, Шотландия. Отдаленные небольшие острова, где люди живут своей собственной замкнутой жизнью. Каждое лето Куилла и других подростков отправляют на маленький остров в открытом море - стак - для охоты на морских птиц, чтобы потом, загруженными богатой добычей, забрать их назад. Но в этот раз за ними никто не приехал.

Конечно, ничем, кроме как концом света, не объяснить, почему их бросили - холодными, голодными и цепляющимися за жизнь в тисках смертоносного океана. Как они выживут?

XVII век, Шотландия. Отдаленные небольшие острова, где люди живут своей собственной замкнутой жизнью. Каждое лето Куилла и других подростков отправляют на маленький остров в…

От финалиста Букеровской премии, классика современной прозы, которого называли «несравненным хроникером жизни, утраченной безвозвратно» (Irish Independent), — «шедевр стиля и атмосферы, отчасти похожий на книги Кормака Маккарти» (Booklist), роман, получивший престижную премию Costa Award, очередной эпизод саги о семействе Макналти. С Розанной Макналти отечественный читатель уже знаком по роману «Скрижали судьбы» (в 2017 году экранизированному шестикратным номинантом «Оскара» Джимми Шериданом, роли исполнили Руни Мара, Тео Джеймс, Эрик Бана, Ванесса Редгрейв) — а теперь познакомьтесь с Томасом Макналти. Семнадцатилетним покинув охваченную голодом родную Ирландию, он оказывается в США; ему придется пройти испытание войной, разлукой и невозможной любовью, но он никогда не изменит себе, и от первой до последней страницы в нем «сочетаются пьянящая острота слова и способность изумляться миру» (The New York Times Book Review)…

«Удивительное и неожиданное чудо» — так отозвался о «Бесконечных днях» Кадзуо Исигуро, лауреат Букеровской и Нобелевской премии.

Впервые на русском языке.

От финалиста Букеровской премии, классика современной прозы, которого называли «несравненным хроникером жизни, утраченной безвозвратно» (Irish Independent), — «шедевр стиля и…

a very funny rhyming woodland story about the perils of being too tidy. Pete the badger likes everything to be neat and tidy at all times, but what starts as the collecting of one fallen leaf escalates and ends with the complete destruction of the forest! Will Pete realise the error of his ways and set things right? Lush foliage and delightful characters abound in this cautionary tale of overenthusiastic neatness that delivers its message of environmental preservation with subtlety and humour. The freshness of the illustrations and the many comic details make this a very special book. Once you enter this forest, you'll never want to leave. Emily Gravett's engaging woodland creatures will appeal to fans of such classics as The Animals of Farthing Wood and The Wind in the Willows and the rhythmic, rhyming text is perfect for reading aloud.

a very funny rhyming woodland story about the perils of being too tidy. Pete the badger likes everything to be neat and tidy at all times, but what starts as the collecting of one…

A Poem For Every Night of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 poems compiled by Allie Esiri, one to share for every night of the year. The poems – together with introductory paragraphs – have a link to the date on which they appear. Shakespeare celebrates midsummer night, Maya Angelou International Women's Day and Lewis Carroll April Fool's day.
Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, it contains a full spectrum of poetry from familiar favourites to exc

A Poem For Every Night of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 poems compiled by Allie Esiri, one to share for every night of the year. The poems – together with…