Luckily, the sun always comes out in the end … even if it doesn’t stay for long! Another personality-packed story by Alice Hemming, celebrating the changing seasons Brilliant illustrations by Nicola Slater that are full of expression and humour With a handy information spread at the back for kids that explains why days become longer in the summer and get shorter through the winter Lots of fun facts about nocturnal animals, too!

From Red Crayon, who fulfils his dream of driving a fire engine, to Blue Crayon, who meets a fashion doll desperately in need of a head, to fan favourite Esteban, who is off to tame a teddy bear (or as he would call it, a wild beast), each crayon has an exciting story to share about the new objects they’ve met and the new adventures they’ve had. The #1 New York Times bestselling team behind the international Crayons sensation have come together to create another clever and hilarious tale that will keep children – and grown-ups – laughing.

Forty years on, Milly is clinging onto the only home she’s ever really known while Pip, haunted by T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, traipses the streets of London and wrestles with the life of the recovering alcoholic. And between them, perhaps uncrossable, lies the unspoken span of their lives.

Dark and brave, this epic novel offers a rich and moving portrait of an ever-changing city, and a profound inquiry into character, loneliness and the nature of love.

1979. Nella vasta e spesso spietata Londra, due outsider irlandesi in cerca di rifugio si incontrano: Milly, un’adolescente in fuga, e Pip, un giovane pugile pieno di rabbia e potenziale che sta iniziando a sprecare tutto bevendo. Nel corso dei decenni, le loro vite seguono percorsi diversi, intrecciandosi di tanto in tanto, spesso l’una sotto gli occhi dell’altra, sempre l’uno nei pensieri dell’altra, ma raramente insieme.

Quarant’anni dopo, Milly si aggrappa all’unica casa che abbia mai veramente conosciuto, mentre Pip, ossessionato da “La terra desolata” di T.S. Eliot, vaga per le strade di Londra e lotta con la vita da alcolista in via di guarigione. E tra loro, forse invalicabile, si estende il tacito arco delle loro vite.

Oscuro e coraggioso, questo romanzo epico offre un ritratto ricco e commovente di una città in continua evoluzione e una profonda indagine sul carattere, la solitudine e la natura dell’amore.

How far will she go to get what she wants? As their fates collide in the most beautiful city on earth, will dangerous secrets destroy their dreams?

Una città magica può cambiare il loro destino? Benvenuti a Venezia, la città delle fiabe, dove i canali sfociano in ombre nascoste e segreti proibiti sussurrano dietro le maschere… Lo straniero mascherato Quando Gina Bellini incontra un personaggio enigmatico al Carnevale di Venezia, la loro alchimia è indimenticabile, prima che lui scompaia nella notte. La leggenda di Hollywood, l’assistente personale Issy Roberts, è sul set con la più grande star di Hollywood. Scoprirà le sue scioccanti bugie? La diva per eccellenza, la stella dell’opera Lucia De Santis, ha il mondo ai suoi piedi.

Fino a dove si spingerà per ottenere ciò che desidera? Mentre i loro destini si incrociano nella città più bella del mondo, pericolosi segreti distruggeranno i loro sogni?

Worse, the show is a smash hit, and Alex is about to become national news. But can Hayley bring the establishment down without taking herself with it?Funny and thrilling, Bring the House Down gives you a front row seat to the downfall of the people who tell us what to think. It’s about art, performance, female rage, and how while revenge may be sweet, it can also be perilous.

So when a catastrophic IT f*ck up grants her access to all of their emails and private messages, she’s initially horrified. The last thing she wants is to be privy to their sad discussions about dying desk plants and marital troubles. That’s until, with job cuts looming, she realises the power this new-found knowledge gives her.

And soon, Jolene uncovers a lot more than she bargained for…

In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street. A mother dies. A man falls to his death.

Couples seek escape in distant lands. The new novel from one of the most distinctive writers of the age, Parade sets loose a carousel of lives. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot, to tell a true story-about art, family, morality, gender, and how we compose ourselves.

When retired Maths teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her.

She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan. Among the rugged hills and golden beaches Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed.

But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past. Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.

I know – what an intriguing title!Basically, I have had an unexpectedly difficult decade – there have been surprising joys, but also deep revelations and challenging lows. I shall be honest about those, because what I discovered in the difficult times were my, what I call, treasures. Treasures – practical tools, values, ways, answers researched from some great scientists, neuroscientists, therapists, sociologists (all the ‘ists’) out there, that have genuinely led to a sense of freedom, joy, peace and physical recovery I never would have thought possible.

Life now, amazingly, with what I will share, is – SUCH FUN! (always important to quote your own catch phrases. . .) If you fancy having a read, then I hope my story might help your story.

After all, we are in this beautiful, mysterious, challenging life together. Rest assured there are funny stories along the way – we will have a laugh too, my dear reader chum. Oh, and I couldn’t possibly say if there is a love story in it… (There is – shush). Exciting.