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Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie Pullman is a shy, bright ten-year-old who has been home-schooled by his parents for his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the stares and cruelty of the outside world.

This is the story of a grandmother whose tips on how to spot a witch don't stop her inquisitive grandson from being turned into a mouse when he meets the Grand High Witch at the Hotel Magnificent.

A summer spent in the place Noah and his friends call the Wilderness, is a summer spent making dens, sleeping under the stars, and toasting marshmallows over an open fire. It's freedom. Until one day their Wilderness is sold and set for development and their dens torn down to make way for houses....

Thandi is American, but doesn't feel as American as some of her friends. She is South African, but South Africa terrifies her. She is a black woman with light skin. Her mother is dying. In exquisite vignettes of wry warmth and extraordinary emotional power, 'What We Lose' tells Thandi's story. Bo...

While Bob and Linda Belcher have their hands full running the family business, their kids Tina, Gene and Louise have adventures that you won't believe! Whether it's Tina's daydreams of cloning back-up dancers or jungle misadventures, Louise's explorations of underground tunnels and time-stopping ...

Mr & Mrs Twit are extremely nasty. So the Muggle-Wump monkeys & the Roly-Poly bird hatch a plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve. This is a tale with an ingenious twist, read by Richard Ayoade.

Ranging from stark psychological suspense to frothy frolic, this stunning collection of twelve short stories demonstrates Simon Brett's astonishing versatility. In 'Tickled to Death' a lover of practical jokes is smothered to death in a custard pie. 'Double Glazing' reveals the patient and perver...

An original exploration of the gaps in our knowledge of the planet, its history and culture and of the universe that lies beyond, 'The Things That Nobody Knows' explores the limits of human progression.

This work contains a collection of the world's most mind-boggling, thought-provoking and downright hilarious theories - by the co-host of the popular podcast 'No Such Thing As A Fish', Dan Schreiber.