All Books

In 1896, in a pilgrim church in the alps, an abandoned baby girl is found by a cook and a housemaid. annika grows up in the servants’ quarters of the house of some eccentric viennese professors, but dreams of the day when her real mother comes to find her, and she discovers who she really is. ages 9-11.

For readers of the tattooist of auschwitz and the choice: this is the story of the smallest library in the world – and the most dangerous. ‘it wasn’t an extensive library. in fact, it consisted of eight books and some of them were in poor condition. but they were books. in this incredibly dark place, they were a reminder of less sombre times, when words rang out more loudly than machine guns…’ fourteen-year-old dita is one of the many imprisoned by the nazis at auschwitz. taken, along with her mother and father, from the terezín ghetto in prague, dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. when jewish leader freddy hirsch asks dita to take charge of the eight precious books the prisoners have managed to smuggle past the guards, she agrees. and so dita becomes the secret librarian of auschwitz, responsible for the safekeeping of the small collection of titles, as well as the ‘living books’ – prisoners of auschwitz who know certain books so well, they too can be ‘borrowed’ to educate the children in the camp. but books are extremely dangerous. they make people think. and nowhere are they more dangerous than in block 31 of auschwitz, the children’s block, where the slightest transgression can result in execution, no matter how young the transgressor… the sunday times bestseller for readers of the boy in the striped pyjamas, the tattooist of auschwitz and the choice. based on the incredible and moving true story of dita kraus, holocaust survivor and secret librarian for the children’s block in auschwitz.

Nina browning is living the good life after marrying into nashville’s elite. her husband’s tech business is booming, and her adored son, finch, is bound for princeton. tom volpe is a single dad working multiple jobs. his adored daughter, lyla, attends nashville’s most prestigious private school on a scholarship. but amid the wealth and privilege, lyla doesn’t always fit in. then one devastating photo changes everything. finch snaps a picture of lyla passed out at a party, adds a provocative caption, and sends it to a few friends. the photo spreads like wildfire, and before long, an already divided community is buzzing with scandal and assigning blame. in the middle of it all, nina finds herself relating more to tom’s reaction than her own husband’s — and facing an impossible choice.

The instant sunday times bestseller the instant #1 new york times bestseller praise for will ‘the best memoir i ever read’ oprah winfrey ‘if you read one book this year, make it this one’ jay shetty ‘incredible’ idris elba ‘the book is awesome. so candid and considered… fascinating’ chris evans ‘a triumph… really inspiring, so well written, vulnerable and deep. i highly recommend it’ mindy kaling ‘it’s fantastic… very moving’ zoe ball ‘incredibly honest… inspiring’ greg james ‘a wild ride’ new york times ‘raw, comedic, inspirational’ gq one of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. along the way, will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the worlds of music and film that anyone has ever had. will smith’s transformation from a fearful child in a tense west philadelphia home to one of the biggest rap stars of his era and then one of the biggest movie stars in hollywood history, with a string of box office successes that will likely never be broken, is an epic tale of inner transformation and outer triumph, and will tells it astonishingly well. but it’s only half the story. will smith thought, with good reason, that he had won at life- not only was his own success unparalleled, his whole family was at the pinnacle of the entertainment world. only they didn’t see it that way- they felt more like star performers in his circus, a seven-days-a-week job they hadn’t signed up for. it turned out will smith’s education wasn’t nearly over. this memoir is the product of a profound journey of self-knowledge, a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind. written with the help of mark manson, author of the multi-million-copy bestseller the subtle art of not giving a f*ck, will is the story of how one exceptional man mastered his own emotions, written in a way that can help everyone else do the same. few of us will know the pressure of performing on the world’s biggest stages for the highest of stakes, but we can all understand that the fuel that works for one stage of our journey might have to be changed if we want to make it all the way home. the combination of genuine wisdom of universal value and a life story that is preposterously entertaining, even astonishing, puts will the book, like its author, in a category by itself. ‘the hollywood star’s autobiography is full of indiscretions, drug-fuelled escapades and terrible parenting. who could ask for more?’ telegraph ‘candid … digs into the life events which fine-tuned smith’s weapons-grade charisma and steely determination’ observer ‘i absolutely loved it… no holds barred… i felt as if will smith was talking to me. it’s a testament to him and to his family’ lorraine kelly

One midnight in january in the early 1960s, the russian freighter domatova quietly slipped out of beirut harbour. the ship had sailed with a single passenger on board: an englishman named harold adrian russell philby, nicknamed kim. he had fled the lebanese capital with little more than the clothes on his back. would moscow centre welcome him as a senior soviet intelligence officer?

Sean and molly are living quietly and cautiously in houston when a troubled, obsessive stranger shatters the safety they have carefully constructed for themselves. a thriller about the extremes people will reach for love, greed, and survival.

Sabriel is sent as a child across the wall to the safety of a school in ancelstierre. away from magic, away from the dead. after receiving a cryptic message from her father, 18-year-old sabriel leaves her ordinary school and returns across the wall into the old kingdom.