This much needed new edition provides a complete and essential guide to this fast developing, ever changing and often tense region. This book, fully updated for 2024, examines the origins and development of the events which have dominated the headlines for the last seven decades. Covering everything from religion and politics in the aftermath of the Second World War to…

In the dead of night, a truck arrives in Slaughterville, a town named after its windowless slaughterhouse. Seven mysterious kids with suitcases stealthily step out of the vehicle and into an abandoned home on a dead-end street. But lonely Ravani Foster witnesses their arrival and is eager to learn everything he can about his new neighbours: What are they hiding?…

The Midnight Foxis an atmospheric andheartfelt story, and one of Betsy Byars’ best-loved classics.And then, this afternoon,’ Uncle Fred said to me, ‘you and I’ll go after thefox.’Tom, a town boy, is horrified when his parents tell him he has to stay on AuntMillie’s farm while they are away. He finds country life every bit as strangeand uncomfortable as he…

With her little brother in tow, desperate to find her mother, Maggie is drawn into a labyrinthine world of antiques and shadowy figures. There she befriends someone else living on their wits. But can he help solve the mystery of her mothers disappearance? Twenty-one years later, in a Parisian apartment, Maggies phone rings and her hard-won grown-up life shatters. While…

Step into a land where being bad is one BIG adventure. A hilarious journey filled with naughty magical creatures and unexpected friendships from Alex Foulkes, the bestselling author of Rules for Vampires, illustrated by Nikolas Ilic. Perfect for Halloween! Joey and Harry do NOT like each other. Stuck together on a school trip to a museum, thingscouldn’t get any worse,…

The hit of the year’ Guardian ‘Addictive’ Independent’Crack this book open and you’ll see how time can disappear’ Financial Times’Readers, I envy you: There’s a smart, witty novel in your future’ Washington Post A civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering ‘expats’ from across history to test whether time-travel is feasible. Her role…