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Animal Stories. BOARD BOOK. Giggle along with Matty and Mo in Are We There Yet? A funny board book story about trying to be patient, with flaps, a wheel and a unique fold-out heart ending. Matty and Mo are puppy siblings and best friends too. Today they are going to the beach. Its a long drive in...

Humorous Fiction. Picture book. BOARD BOOK. This banana wants to know: are YOU a banana, too? Help Banana find its fellow pair in this super silly board book. Lift the flaps and uncover all sorts of other yellow-coloured things along the way like a quacking rubber duck and a whizzy toy car. With ...

Humorous Fiction. Picture book. BOARD BOOK. This frog wants to know: are YOU a frog, too? Help Frog find its fellow pair in this super silly board book. Lift the flaps and uncover all sorts of other green-coloured things along the way, from some friendly popping peas to a pair of splashy boots. W...

Make your trip to Argentina extraordinary. Taking a tango lesson in Buenos Aires. Sipping a delicious local wine. Exploring one of the world's southernmost cities. Argentina offers enough bucket-list experiences to fill a lifetime. With a brand-new design, beautiful new photography and new inspir...

The Second World War was the single most important event of the 20th century. It changed the world forever, establishing the importance of aircraft and armoured vehicles whilst quick-firing artillery remained king of the battlefield. Yet, as with all conflicts before and after it, the war on the ...

YA. Fantasy fiction. Science fiction. Graphic Novel. The shattered multiverse collides in the stunning conclusion to this sci-fi trilogy from New York Times bestselling writer Tony Lee (Superboy, Doctor Who) and acclaimed illustrator Yishan Li (Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. 1956, Buffy: The High Schoo...

A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023 An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them. Where should you move first in Connect 4? Which property is best in Monopoly? How can pi help you win Rock Paper Scissors? Crossing oceans, continents and mille...

Fantasy fiction. Love stories. Her Rejection Only Makes Him Want Her More Mayor Alistair Wolfe had one job- hire a new assistant. Preferably, someone who would look good in the position and not cause any scandals. At least, that's what the criminals funding his career want. He definitely wasn't s...

This beautifully illustrated full-colour hardback explores the life and work of one of the leading lights of Post-Impressionism, Paul Gauguin, alongside a selection of his incredible artwork. Paul Gauguin's mature oil paintings, with their brilliant hues and strong outlines, are among the most be...

From Keith Haring to Extinction Rebellion, the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter, what does a revolution look like? Discover the power of words & images in this thought-provoking look at protest art by highly acclaimed artivist, De Nichols. With an emphasis on design, analyse each artwo...

Classic Baked Goods Rooted in Italian Tradition Learn the joys of making traditional Italian bakes from scratch with viral baking sensation Alessandra Fontana. Shell guide you through her timeless, expert methods for loaves, buns, pizzas, cakes and more with Italian bravado, as each impressive re...

A powerful complement to the multimillion-copy-bestselling The Artist's Way, drawing on Julia Cameron's decades of distilled wisdom Hailed as the Queen of Creativity, Julia Cameron is the authority on artistic life and has brought her wisdom to millions around the world. The four essential, acces...

Historical fiction fiction. May 1915. Nineteen-year-old German-American Ilse Stahl experiences the tragedy of war firsthand when a German U-boat attacks the RMS Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing more than a thousand passengers, including her parents. Somehow, she survives and conceals h...

Romance. From Clare Sestanovich, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize nominee whose short stories received instant acclaim, a debut novel about a young womans coming of age, in parallel with a renegade male friend who challenges her beliefs and the course of her life. Eva meets Jamie by chance. She is...

Illness. Things have changed in Aster’s life, and she’s really not okay. Her dad is the one person who has always been there for her, but now Aster feels like she’s being pushed out—like the space that used to be hers is getting smaller and smaller. The good, right things ...

Adventure fiction. Family Stories. Lissie, her dad, and her grandmother travel 'to a faraway place, in a different part of the world' in this short illustrated novel. Their destination is Guatemala, where Raul--Dad's friend from high school--and his family live. Lissie doesn't know how to speak S...

The 60 recipes showcase the seasons, focusing on simple cooking with local produce bursting with freshness, made to be shared. From dishes to serve up at a casual lunch such as St Tropez Ceviche to mains with a Mirabeau twist like Coq au Vin Rose, as well as delicious desserts, including Lemon Ma...

Beginner Reader. An engaging new story from Read It Yourself - a structured programme to support children from first phonics to fluent reading Ladybird Class are back with a heartwarming tale. Our favourite class are learning all about going to the dentist. When Nisha Bear starts to feel nervous,...

Picture book. BOARD BOOK. Join Bizzy Bear at the dinosaur park in this chunky new board book with sliding counters. Bizzy Bear is visiting the dinosaur park today. He wants to see lots of dinosaurs and he needs your help! Spot a triceratops, a diplodocus, a T-rex and a stegosaurus with four easy-...

Biographical Fiction. World War stories 2. Gordon Parker is an eager eighteen-year-old Australian boy desperate to fight for his country, and Nobuko 'Cherry' Sakuramoto is a sixteen-year-old girl struggling to survive in Japan in the aftermath of World War II. But when they fall in love, they cha...

A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster's turbulent and consequential thirteen months in the Trump White House.At War with Ourselves is the story of helping a disruptive President drive necessary shifts in U.S. foreign policy at a critical moment in history. McMaster entere...

Short Stories. Atavists follows a group of families, couples, and loners in their collisions, confessions, and conflicts in a post-pandemic America of artificially lush lawns, beauty salons, tech-bro mansions, assisted-living facilities, big-box stores, gastropubs, college campuses, and medieval ...

A handy illustrated collection of tried and true techniques to fill your cupboards with wholesome, homemade food-and save money, too. Internet sensation Kris Bordessa shows how to replace store-bought, processed products with your own delicious, nutritious entrees, side dishes, condiments, snacks...

Psychological Thrill. The mesmerising new novel from the author of Intimacies that asks who we are to the people we love One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilising M bius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love. Two people me...

Contemporary fiction. One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilizing Moebius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love. Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She's an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcomin...

Australian Alps is a fascinating guide to Australia's highest mountains and the extraordinary diversity, rich heritage and precious resource of the Australian Alps National Parks. Covering Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks, author Deirdre Slattery explores the stories of the First Peo...

Putting culture back in Agriculture. A young, entrepreneurial Worimi man leaps into the discussion of agriculture on this land on which we live, its past, but more importantly, its future. Yarning across history and into the future, Joshua Gilbert explores a new approach to Indigenous culture and...

From the gwardar to the python, and from sea snakes to the red-bellied black snake, slither through the stories of Australia's most dangerous snakes. Packed full of detailed illustrations, beautiful images from Australian Geographic, interesting fact files and information about what snakes eat, w...

From big, hairy spiders and intricate, delicate spiders to pointy fangs and sticky webs welcome to the world of Australia's creepy-crawly spiders! With fast facts, full-colour illustrations and images from Australian Geographic, this book has everything you need to know about spiders, such as how...

The creatures in this book are the superheroes of Australia's animal world, beating all the records when it comes to size, speed, length, strength, intelligence and survival.