Whale Fall : One of the Observer's Top Ten Debuts of 2024 by Elizabeth O'Connor

Whale Fall : One of the Observer's Top Ten Debuts of 2024 by Elizabeth O'Connor'I didn't want it to end' Maggie O'Farrell'Powerful . . . written with a calm, luminous precision' Colm TibnAn Observer Best Debut of the Year 2024It is 1938 and for Manod, a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales, the world looks ready to end just as she is trying to imagine a future for herself. The ominous appearance of a beached whale on the island's shore, and rumours of submarines circling beneath the waves, have villagers

and the role this extraordinary empire played in halting repeated invasions

According to the notes left with them they were made by Cornelius Walters

And after that one glorious day in early October is over and the RAC's International Grand Prix of 1948 has become part of motor racing history

Packed with step-by-step demonstrations and stunning illustrations

but died in 1934 aged only 37

My own trapdoor was hidden in the consulting room of an Oxford neurologist

1500 colour photos and colour illustrations

he feels as if he is constantly swimming in whiteness

Jamie's art and storytelling fizz with exuberance - the pages turn themselves in this addictive collection of stories

he could no longer see Icarus

' David AlmondA stunning poetry gift book celebrating the natural world

‘I devoured this