The complete edition of Sylvia Plath's prose including much unpublished and previously uncollected material

Be transported to the wild meadows of Kite's Nest Farm and peek into the surprising private lives of some of our most familiar of animals. A life-enhancing read from the author of the bestselling gem The Secret Life of Cows.

A groundbreaking reassessment of W. H. Auden's early life and poetry, shedding new light on his artistic development as well as on his shifting beliefs about political belonging in interwar England.

It transformed the relationship between England, Scotland and Ireland, reset the compact between the monarch and the people, and re-fashioned the story the British told - and continue to tell - about themselves. REPUBLIC is a richly engrossing year-by-year account of this exhilarating and daring period.

We discuss not only the making of his films, but also about those he wanted but failed to make like Burning Secret, Napoleon, Aryan Papers, and A.I. We discover what he was doing when he was not making films.

INTRODUCED BY STEPHEN KING'There aren't any grown-ups anywhere.' A plane crashes on a desert island. but it isn't long before their innocent games devolve into something far more dangerous .

A gem-like selection of Stevie Smith's best-loved poems: 'Cheerful, brutal, beautiful! Stevie Smith is the wildest poet of them all.' Nick Cave

A cultural history of the nation's favourite snack

There are tales of footballing bees and Viking mice, the beginning of the thesaurus and the end of the library of Alexandria. Spend just two minutes a day with this brilliant almanac of curious treasure and you'll end your year full of wonder and just that little bit wiser.