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Hadji Murat, one of the most feared and venerated mountain chiefs in the Caucasian struggle against the Russians, defects from the Muslim rebels after feuding with his ruling imam, Shamil. Hoping to protect his family, he joins the Russians, who accept him but never...

Master storyteller David Almond presents a beautiful collection of short fiction, interwoven with pieces that illuminate the inspiration behind the stories.May Malone is said to have a monster in her house, but what Norman finds there may just be the angel he needs. Joe...

Revered author Michael Morpurgo evokes the post-war Britain of his childhood in this unflinching and deeply poignant tale of the physical and mental scars of war.From a young age, Michael was both fascinated by and afraid of his grandfather. Grandpa’s ship was torpedoed during...

In Half an Inch of Water, Percival Everett returns with a haunting collection of stories set across the modern American West. Each piece follows people living at the edge of vast landscapes—fathers, daughters, sheriffs, ranchers—whose ordinary days suddenly tilt into the strange. A deaf...

Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive and sharp all at once. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. Always wanting. And what she wants most is Mr. Korgy—her creative writing teacher, with the wife and the child and the mortgage and the bills; with the...

With astonishing empathy and the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence of the decade. Thirteen-year-old Ugwu is employed as a houseboy for a university professor full of revolutionary zeal....

This edition of Hamlet is edited with an introduction by series editor A. R. Braunmuller and was recently repackaged with cover art by Manuja Waldia. Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for the Pelican Shakespeare series. The legendary Pelican Shakespeare...

England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on.A young Latin tutor—penniless and bullied by a violent father—falls in...

From the best-selling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait comes a spellbinding novel of two women connected across fifty years by art, love, betrayals, secrets, and motherhood.Lexie Sinclair is plotting an extraordinary life for herself. Hedged in by her parents' genteel country life,...

The award-winning work is reissued as a Candlewick Picture Book Biography.George Frideric Handel always knew what he liked. And he was never afraid to do what he liked — whether smuggling a clavichord into the attic, sneaking off at a duke’s castle to play...

Most parents say they don’t need a flawless child—only a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean O’Keefe would have wished for the same, had they been given the chance. Instead, their world revolves around sleepless nights, overwhelming expenses, the sympathetic glances of other parents, and...

Seventeen-year-old Natalie Waite can’t wait to escape to college. At home, she lives under the suffocating control of her domineering, self-absorbed father, a writer who keeps both Natalie and her weary mother firmly under his thumb. Yet once she finally leaves, the freedom she...

In 1963, twenty-three-year-old Annie Ernaux discovers she is pregnant. Unmarried and alone, she is overwhelmed by shame and fear. In a society where such a pregnancy would mark both her and her family with social disgrace, she knows she cannot keep the child. Written...

Years after fleeing New York—and the hollow, self-obsessed orbit of its downtown art scene—a world of predatory curators, egotistical artists, and parasitic hangers-on, our narrator finds herself back in the city she once abandoned. With no intention of reconnecting, she’s aimlessly wandering the Lower...

This addition to Emma Dodd’s much-loved sequence of animal books features a tenderly composed rhyming text, heartwarming illustrations, and flurries of foil throughout. Exploring the loving relationship between one little owl and his mommy, this beautifully designed picture book is certain to become a...

Kids will flip for Maisy novelty books!From their tactile matte-and-gloss covers to the brief guidelines for parents on the back, these lift-the-flap, pull-the-tab favorites are sure to have instant appeal for both Maisy fans and grown-ups who love them.

Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design A globe-trotting, eye-opening exploration of how cities can―and do―make us happier people. After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving back to the city. Dense urban living has been prescribed as a panacea...

Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design. As more people settle into dense urban cores, mixed-use suburbs, and rapidly growing towns, the way we live has transformed, but has our happiness kept pace? Are shorter commutes and walkable streets truly improving our lives, or have...

In a wonderful celebration of Father's Day, the hilarious crayons from the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day The Crayons Quit love their dads (and father figures in their lives) so much, they wrote a book about it! Red Crayon loves his dad...

In a wonderful celebration of Mother's Day, the hilarious crayons love their moms (and mother figures in their lives) so much, they wrote a book about it! Red Crayon loves his mom because she works extra hard, especially on the holidays. Yellow and Orange...

Harriet and Wyn have always been that couple—the pair who fit together effortlessly, like salt and pepper or honey and tea. But after years of love, something broke between them. They ended things five months ago… and still haven’t told their closest friends. Which...

Amid rubble and rebuilding in a former Soviet land, one family must rescue one another and put the past to a stirring novel about what happens after the fighting is over “My mother stayed, so that we could go.” Having fled conflict in the...

A story where girl meets printer Trapped in a claustrophobic office cubicle, a lonely customer service assistant is quietly coming undone. Isolated and exhausted, she finds solace in the one constant in her workday: the office printer. To him, she confesses her fears, her...

A gritty, hardboiled novel about life on the margins of American society. Set between the pool halls and cheap hotels of Portland, Oregon, and the cells of San Quentin, it follows Jack Levitt, an orphaned teenager surviving by his wits, and Billy Lancing, a...

Ray Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a decent life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment...

The Locked Tomb #2. She answered the Emperor's call. She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend. In victory, her world has turned to ash. After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House...

From the masterful David Almond comes a joyful, wistful story of boyhood, running, and tales of days gone by, in a beautiful gift edition illustrated in full color.Liam just wants to go out running with his mates—the Junior Great North Run is not far...

Harry Potter can’t wait for his holidays with the dire Dursleys to end. But a small, self-punishing house-elf warns Harry of mortal danger awaiting him at Hogwarts. Returning to the castle nevertheless, Harry hears a rumour about a Chamber of Secrets, holding unknown horrors...

Book two of this bestselling series sees Harry face his death in the Chamber of Secrets as the heir of Slytherin returns to hunt those not pure of blood adult. Harry Potter can 't wait for his holidays with the dire Dursleys to end....

Gift Slipcase Edition. Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his...

Jim Kay's dazzling depiction of J.K. Rowling's wizarding world has won legions of fans since the first Illustrated Edition of the Harry Potter novels was published in hardback in 2015, becoming a bestseller around the world. This irresistible smaller-format paperback edition of Harry Potter and...

As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until...

Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to...

Gift Slipcase Edition. As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept...

The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter – but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Halloween, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry...

The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter – but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Halloween, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry...

Gift Slipcase Edition  The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter - but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe'en, when the Goblet of Fire makes...

There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building... wherever they had murdered. When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to...

There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building... wherever they had murdered. When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to...

Gift Slipcase Edition. There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building… wherever they had murdered.When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer...

Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone- a secret order gathers...

Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone- a secret order gathers...

Gift Slipcase Edition Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone: a...

Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'. Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start...

Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to...

Jim Kay's dazzling depiction of J.K. Rowling's wizarding world has won legions of fans since the Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published in hardback in 2015, becoming a bestseller around the world. This irresistible smaller-format paperback edition of J.K. Rowling's novel...

Gift Slipcase Edition Presented in a beautiful foiled cloth slipcase decorated with brand new line art by Johnny Duddle, is the perfect introduction to Harry Potter. Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number...

When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run...

When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run...

Gift Slipcase Edition  When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort is...