The Lessons

Naomi Alderman

Naomi Alderman's The Lessons reflects the truth that the lessons life teaches often come too late. Hidden away in an Oxford backstreet is a crumbling Georgian mansion, unknown to any but the few who possess keys to its unassuming front gate. Its owner is the mercurial, charismatic Mark Winters, whose r...

The New Penguin Book Of English Folk Songs

Julia Bishop

The definitive collection of folk music - one of the great English popular art forms. One of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be painful, satirical, erotic, dramatic, rueful or funny. This magical new collection brings together all the classic folk songs as well as many lesser-know...

The Wind in the Willows (V&A Collector's Edition)

Kenneth Grahame

One of 5 special Puffin Classics created in collaboration with the V & A, with exquisite cover designs from their William Morris collection. The much-loved classic tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad, reissued in hardback with a stunningly beautiful cover design based on the V & A Museum's Wil...

The Shepherd's Crown (Discworld #41 / Tiffany Aching #5)

Terry Pratchett

Tiffany Aching has finally got her wish. She is a witch (and a respected one, at that). Overworked and underpaid, that?s for certain, but a witch nonetheless. Help is at hand though. In the form of young Geoffrey and his goat. Geoffrey wants to be a witch too, and thinks he can save the world by buildin...