Word PerfectWelcome to a year of wonder through the English language with Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner. From Turning a Blind Eye (Nelson putting the telescope to his missing eye to ignore the order to stop fighting) to why May Day became a distress call; from stealing someone's thunder to the real Jack the Lad, from tartle (forgetting someone's name) to snaccident (unintentionally eating a whole packet of

England & Wales Island Bagging by Lisa Drewe is a stunning and informative guide to the islands of England

this book is as timely as it is unnecessary

Mary and Patrick's dream was to live in London

rather like she wanted her arm with her at all times

It will not be easy

How many countries have bigger economies than California

In his many years as a commissario

Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

tells the story of growing up mixed race in South Africa under and after apartheid in this young readers' adaptation of his bestselling adult memoir 'Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood'

this book is destined to unravel as a rip-roaring read not only for those who recall Ted Dexter's sporting legacy

a ruthless assassin

the terrorist insists that his wife and son are rescued from a refugee camp in Turkey