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When naomi tries to piece back the fragments of the last three and a half years of her life, she discovers she has a boyfriend she can’t remember, her mother and father are divorced, she and her mother have fallen out, and she has a group of friends she’s just not sure she likes any more. a quirky, humorous novel about reinventing yourself, from the author of elsewhere.

“this book is a way to release what’s going on inside your head and to keep heading towards the good stuff. the simple stuff. the stuff that’s going to really hit up that happiness on a deep and nourishing level. whether you dip into these pages every now and then when you feel you need it, or use it daily as a positive exercise, i hope it brings you much relief, joy and calm. amen to the pen.” – fearne cotton for many of us, life can feel like it’s moving too fast with pressure bearing down on us from all sides – whether that’s from school or work, family or social media. as a result, we find ourselves frazzled, lost and – too often – feeling blue. it’s a subject close to fearne’s heart. drawing on her own experiences and including expert advice, happy offers practical ways of finding joy each and every day. happiness isn’t a mountain to climb, it’s just one foot in front of the other on the path of life, and here you’ll find little steps that will help make the differences that count. with workbook elements to help you start and end the day well; get in touch with your creative side; and find peace through written exercises, simple practical ideas and visualisations, these are daily tricks and reminders to help you unlock that inner happiness.

Max carver’s father – a watchmaker and inventor – decides to move his family to a small town on the coast, to an old house that once belonged to a prestigious surgeon, dr richard fleischmann. but the house holds many secrets and stories of its own. behind it is an overgrown garden full of statues surrounded by a metal fence topped with a six-pointed star. when he goes to investigate, max finds that the statues seem to consist of a kind of circus troop with the large statue of a clown at its centre. max has the curious sensation that the statue is beckoning to him. as the family settles in they grow increasingly uneasy: they discover a box of old films belonging to the fleischmanns; his sister has disturbing dreams and his other sister hears voices whispering to her from an old wardrobe. they also discover the wreck of a boat that sank many years ago in a terrible storm. everyone on board perished except for one man – an engineer who built the lighthouse at the end of the beach. during the dive, max sees something that leaves him cold – on the old mast floats a tattered flag with the symbol of the six-pointed star. as they learn more about the wreck, the chilling story of the prince of the mists begins to emerge.

Neverwhere is the stunningly original first novel from neil gaiman, the bestselling and prizewinning author of the ocean at the end of the lane and american gods. wired called it ‘the sort of book terry pratchett might produce if he spent a month locked in a cellar with frank kafka’. this is a must-read for all those who loved susanna clarke’s jonathan strange and mr norrell or the magical world of j. k. rowling. under the streets of london there’s a world most people could never even dream of. a city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, and pale girls in black velvet. richard mayhew is a young businessman who is about to find out more than he bargained for about this other london. a single act of kindness catapults him out of his safe and predictable life and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and yet utterly bizarre. there’s a girl named door, an angel called islington, an earl who holds court on the carriage of a tube train, a beast in a labyrinth, and dangers and delights beyond imagining . . . and richard, who only wants to go home, is to find a strange destiny waiting for him below the streets of his native city. includes extra material exclusive to this headline review edition.

Neverwhere is the stunningly original first novel from neil gaiman, the bestselling and prizewinning author of the ocean at the end of the lane and american gods. wired called it ‘the sort of book terry pratchett might produce if he spent a month locked in a cellar with frank kafka’. this is a must-read for all those who loved susanna clarke’s jonathan strange and mr norrell or the magical world of j. k. rowling. under the streets of london there’s a world most people could never even dream of. a city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, and pale girls in black velvet. richard mayhew is a young businessman who is about to find out more than he bargained for about this other london. a single act of kindness catapults him out of his safe and predictable life and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and yet utterly bizarre. there’s a girl named door, an angel called islington, an earl who holds court on the carriage of a tube train, a beast in a labyrinth, and dangers and delights beyond imagining . . . and richard, who only wants to go home, is to find a strange destiny waiting for him below the streets of his native city. includes extra material exclusive to this headline review edition.

Vol.3: the trials are over. but something has happened that no one at wickedhas foreseen: thomas has remembered more than they think. andthe truth is more dangerous than anyone could have imagined … [payot. ch]