I'm Annabel. My 'best friend' Sophie is spreading rumours about me. My family is slowly falling apart. It's turning into a long, lonely summer, full of secrets and silence. But I've met this guy who won't let me hide away. Will I ever find courage to tell him what really happened the night Sophie an[...]

A Puffin deluxe hardback classics edition.The delightful tales of whales and cats and kangaroos and crabs - everything from how the camel got in a humph (and got his hump!) to how the alphabet was invented. Enchanting and funny, these fantastical stories continue to delight each and every generation[...]

A remarkable collection of dark, funny and haunting short stories from the inimitable author of 'The Lottery'. An anxious devil, an elderly writer of poison pen letters and a mid-century Jack the Ripper; a pursuit though a nightmarish city, a small boy's thrilling train ride with a female thief, an[...]

When Annabel, the youngest of three beautiful sisters, has a bitter falling out with her best friend--the popular and exciting Sophie--she suddenly finds herself isolated and friendless. but then she meets Owen--a loner, passionate about music and his weekly radio show, and always determined to tell[...]

The compelling companion title to the much-lauded "Just One Day" follows Willem's transformative journey toward self-discovery and true love, by the author of "If I Stay."
Picking up where "Just One Day" ended, "Just One Year" tells Willem's side of the story. After spending an amazing day and [...]

Two mavericks in the field of positive psychology deliver a timely message
Happiness experts have long told us to tune out our negative emotions and focus instead on mindfulness, positivity, and optimism. Researchers Todd Kashdan, Ph.D., and Robert Biswas-Diener, Dr. Philos., disagree. Positive [...]

A witty, satirical look at the apocalypse focuses on Blip Korterly, who kicks off a game of graffiti tag on a local overpass only to find himself arrested, while his friend, molecular biologist Dr. Flake Fountain, becomes enmeshed in a shadow-government project conducting experiments on an unwitting[...]

In this wonderfully inventive book, Bella is taking her dog for a stroll across the page but halfway across, he disappears! Unable to quite believe what's just happened Bella watches, transfixed, with changing emotions of surprise, indignation, moments of renewed hope (as the authorities arrive to [...]

If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do. This Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology combines an accessible account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work[...]