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*soon to be a live-action netflix series!* boy meets boy. boys become friends. boys fall in love. this joyful trip into the lgbtq+ world of heartstopper is the perfect gift for anyone who loves the graphic novels or netflix tv series – from alice oseman, bestselling author and winner of the ya book prize. now in full colour for the first time! praise for heartstopper: ‘absolutely delightful. sweet, romantic, kind. beautifully paced. i loved this book.’ rainbow rowell, author of carry on the full-colour heartstopper yearbook is packed full of exclusive content from the heartstopper universe – including never-before-seen illustrations, an exclusive mini-comic, a look back at alice’s heartstopper artwork over the years, character profiles, trivia, and insights into her creative process – all narrated by a cartoon version of alice herself. by the winner of the ya book prize, heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. it encompasses all the small stories of nick and charlie’s lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us. ‘the queer graphic novel we wished we had at high school.’ gay times

Written in history celebrates the great letters of world history, creative culture and personal life. acclaimed historian simon sebag montefiore selects over one hundred letters from ancient times to the twenty-first century: some are noble and inspiring, some despicable and unsettling; some are exquisite works of literature, others brutal, coarse and frankly outrageous; many are erotic, others heartbreaking. the writers vary from elizabeth i, rameses the great and leonard cohen to emmeline pankhurst, mandela, stalin, michelangelo, suleiman the magnificent and unknown people in extraordinary circumstances – from love letters to calls for liberation, declarations of war to reflections on death. in the colourful, accessible style of a master storyteller, montefiore shows why these letters are essential reading: how they enlighten our past, enrich the way we live now – and illuminate tomorrow.

It is 1847, northern england, and charles weightman has been given the unenviable task of overseeing the flooding of the forge valley and evicting its lingering inhabitants. weightman is heartily resented by these locals, and he himself is increasingly unconvinced both of the wisdom of his appointment and of the integrity and motives of the company men who posted him there. he finds some solace, however, in his enigmatic neighbour, mary latimer. caring for her mad sister, mary is also an outsider, and a companionship develops between the two of them which offers them both some comfort and support in their mutual isolation. as winter closes steadily in and as the waters begin to rise in the forge valley, it becomes increasingly evident that the man-made deluge cannot be avoided; not by the locals desperate to save their homes, nor by the reluctant agent of their destruction, weightman himself. in a masterful new novel, edric captures powerful human emotions with grace and precision. the hauntingly resonant backdrop to this story of david and goliath marks edric’s dramatic return to historical literary fiction.