AS FEATURED ON `THIS TIME NEXT YEAR` on ITV1” Heart-stopping. A need to read novel.” Kit de Waal, author of My Name is Leon A brave, important, heart-breaking book.” Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths Meet Jesika, aged four & a half. The most extraordinary narrator of 2018. She lives in a flat with her mother & baby brother & she knows a lot. She knows their flat is high up & the stairs are smelly. She knows she shouldn`t draw on the peeling wallpaper or touch the broken window. & she knows she loves her mummy & baby brother Toby. She does not know that their landlord is threatening to evict them & that Toby`s cough is going to get much worse. Or that Paige, her new best friend, has a secret that will explode their world. ...

Home might be a house in the country, a flat in the city, or even a shoe. Home resides on the road or the sea, in the realm of myth, or in the space where the artist created this book. A soulful meditation on the concept of home & a visual treat that invites many return visits, this loving look at the places where people live marks the picture-book debut of Carson Ellis, famed illustrator of the Wildwood series & artist for the indie folk-rock band The Decemberists. ...

The picture book debut of Carson Ellis, acclaimed illustrator of the Wildwood series & Lemony Snicket`s The Composer is Dead, this is a gorgeous, imaginative celebration of the many possibilities of home. Home might be a house in the country, a flat in the city, or even a shoe. There are clean homes, messy homes, sea homes & bee homes. Home resides on the road or the sea, in the realm of myth, or in the artist`s own studio. This loving look at the places where people live brims with intriguing characters & is a visual treat that demands many a return visit. ...

WINNER OF THE DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE 2011 In Home Boy, H. M. Navqi`s superb debut novel, we Meet the Metrostanis: ...

Four friends decide to run away from the horror of their everyday lives in a children`s home in the English countryside. They head for the woods, their sense of freedom surprises them, & for the first time they feel the exhilaration of adolescence. Yet the forest slowly asserts its own power & what happens there will affect the four boys` lives forever. With his trademark humour, compelling narrative directness, & rhythmic prose, Alex Wheatle here shows himself to be an author of real calibre, exposing the social stigma associated with children`s homes, & the psychological consequences of their impact on sensitive children. Never losing pace or failing to engage the reader at every moment, ` Home Boys` is an unflinchingly honest depiction of childhood. ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017` Elegant & evocative.. . A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family & faith in the modern world` Guardian` There is high, high music in the air at the end of Home Fire` New York Times Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother`s death, she is finally studying in America, resuming a dream long deferred. But she can`t stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London
- or their brother, Parvaiz, who`s disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew. Then Eamonn enters the sisters` lives. Handsome & privileged, he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs. As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to
- or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaiz`s salvation? Two families` fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love?A contemporary reimagining of Sophocles` Antigone, Home Fire is an urgent, fiercely compelling story of loyalties torn apart when love & politics collide
- confirming Kamila Shamsie as a master storyteller of our times.


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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN`S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017AN EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017` Elegant & evocative.. . A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family & faith in the modern world` Guardian` There is high, high music in the air at the end of Home Fire` New York Times Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother`s death, she is finally studying in America, resuming a dream long deferred. But she can`t stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London
- or their brother, Parvaiz, who`s disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew. Then Eamonn enters the sisters` lives. Handsome & privileged, he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs. As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to
- or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaiz`s salvation? Two families` fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love?A contemporary reimagining of Sophocles` Antigone, Home Fire is an urgent, fiercely compelling story of loyalties torn apart when love & politics collide
- confirming Kamila Shamsie as a master storyteller of our times.


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Classic posters that were issued to the British public during World War II, perfect for anyone interested in 1940s design WWII was a hugely innovative period in poster design. With strong images & memorable slogans, they encouraged everyone to ”do their bit” for the war effort, whether it was growing vegetables, enrolling for war work, or avoiding idle gossip. Recreate the spirit of life on the Home Front with this set of charming prints.

Includes:: Dig for victory; Serve in the WAAF with the men who fly; Dig for Victory for their sake--grow your own vegetables; Keep it under your hat! Careless Talk Costs Lives; Women of Britain: come into the factories; Let us go forward together; Don`t help the enemy! Careless talk may give away vital secrets; & War savings. Save for the brave.

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Ten years ago Dan Pearson found an extremely rare, large, neglected city plot & set out to design & create a garden space all of his own. Arranged by seasons, Dan shares the challenges of gardening his city plot in a romantic & beautifully written series of diary-like essays, documenting the horticultural tasks required & sharing his successes & failures on the way. Written & photographed in 'real time' this book documents an urban garden & gardener at work, bringing the experience of gardening to life & offering a unique insight into the work & thoughts of the one of the world's most respected garden designers. ...

The “ Home Guard Manual” is a wonderful reproduction of the original 1941 text, read by potential inspirations for Dad’s Army all over wartime Britain. It was May 1940, & Hitler stood on the cliffs at Calais & eyed up his next conquest: The British Isles! There was a call to arms that saw the founding of the Home Guard, a motley collection of men, poorly armed, many too old to fight in the war. The Home Guard was untried in war, often without weapons or training, & yet they Britain’s last-ditch defence against the marauding Nazis. But all was not lost &, over the period of a few months, this rag-tag group was armed, uniformed & trained using the “ Home Guard Manual”. Taught basic fieldcraft, how to survive in the open, how to destroy tanks, ambush the invaders, use weapons of varying sorts, make boobytraps, read maps & send signals, the fledgling volunteer was turned into a veritable fighting machine… or was he just another member of Dad’s Army? Read the manual & find out. ...