‘Press Here’ is the irresistible invitation offered to readers to push the yellow button on the cover of this title–and triggers a magical journey of colour, imagination, and virtual interactivity–all the more remarkable that this adventure has all occured on the flat surface of the simple, printed page.

Queen Victoria, a woman of diminutive stature and superabundant temperament, gave her name to something more than an age. Using unrestricted access to material from the Royal Archives, including previously unpublished passages Queen Victoria’s celebrated Journals, Elizabeth Longford’s classic account remains the definitive biography of this extraordinary woman. She shows the queen tormented by an unhappy childhood; tantalised by an all-too-brief happy marriage; deeply shocked at the Prince Consort’s death.

She depicts the gradual emergence of the queen’s renowned qualities, together with some surprising traits, presenting her in a fresh, affectionate and thoroughly human light. ‘Dazzlingly readable, and very enjoyable’ Stella Gibbons

One of Tsutsui’s best-known and most popular works in his native Japan, ‘The Girl Who Leapt Through Time’ is the story of fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Kazuko, who accidentally discovers that she can leap back and forth in time. In her quest to uncover the identity of the mysterious figure that she believes to be responsible for her paranormal abilities, she’ll constantly have to push the boundaries of space and time, and challenge the notions of dream and reality.

The crime: one scalding afternoon, the mutilated body of a young woman, half naked beneath her burqa, is discovered on a Saudi beach; soon afterwards a Western woman’s husband vanishes without trace. The place: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the City of Veils. A city of narrow streets and closed shutters, where nothing is what it seems;and the Empty Quarter – one of the most beautiful, yet unforgiving deserts on earth.

The people: Miriam Walker, alone in an alien culture, desperate to find her missing husband. Katya, a forensic scientist battling the prejudices of a society full of sexual, religious and moral contradictions; and Nayir, devout Muslim, desert guide, amateur sleuth – the man she loves.

The only Great Britain guide with coverage of the Channel Islands; more maps than the competition guides; 3D illustrations of the River Thames, Tower of London, Hadrian’s Wall; new two-colour text and improved maps throughout