THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘In his book Dear Lessons in Leadership, Gareth Southgate shows that he was much more than a football manager. He changed the culture of the England team — and the country' Sunday Times‘A beautiful book … I really recommend it’ Rory Stewart‘What is remarkable is the insight it offers into Southgate’s psychology and what sustained him through the darkest times and enabled him to become an exemplary leader’ The Times‘Compelling, entertaining . . . Southgate articulated a moral vision that was beyond anything attempted by a generation of British politicians.' Guardian‘A leadership manual’ Alastair Campbell‘A tremendous book’ Chris Evans‘Many of us find ourselves called upon to be leaders at some point in our lives. Whatever meaning leadership has for you, I hope the stories I tell in these pages may resonate with your own experiences, and may even offer you some guidance.'___________________________________________________________ As England manager, in one of the highest profile roles in the country, Gareth Southgate forged a unique management style, combining calm empathy with mental resilience, and courageous integrity with strong accountability. His leadership at England propelled the men’s national team to its most sustained success in fifty years, reaching the 2018 Fifa World Cup semi-final, the 2022 quarter-final, and the Uefa Euro 2020 and 2024 finals. In the process, Southgate revitalised and reshaped the national team’s footballing identity.In Dear Lessons in Leadership, Southgate reveals the defining moments that forged his leadership style, the principles that informed his biggest decisions, and the inner steel he developed that enabled him to perform under the most intense public scrutiny. Learn how Build resilience and define values Transform culture Shape a winning strategy Turn pressure into performance Lead through adversity Southgate reflects on his early days as a Premier League captain, his lowest moment missing a penalty during Euro 96, through to his experiences guiding England through four major tournaments, and becoming a cultural figure whose open letter during the Covid-19 pandemic inspired a hit West End play. Southgate’s story is one of overcoming setbacks, building quiet resolve and enacting long-lasting change. Written with warmth, honesty and wisdom, Southgate’s inspiring book transcends football to offer modern-day leadership lessons for any individual, team or organisation.

NEW from the star of Channel 5's hit show The Yorkshire Vet - with a foreword from Peter Wright “Animals can be our greatest comfort or our absolute heartbreak when we lose them, but they never stop teaching us and helping us to be better.” Matt Jackson-Smith is a new generation Yorkshire vet; a dashing James Herriot for the modern age. From watching TV show The Yorkshire Vet with his gran, to being one of its most popular stars, Matt is forging an exciting life and career both on and off screen. In this fascinating, funny, engaging and honest memoir he opens his case book to reveal what life is really like as a Yorkshire vet in the 21st Century. Matt reveals his journey from the son of a rugby league superstar to one of TVs most popular animal experts. He talks about his childhood struggles with stuttering, his adventures at vet school, his veterinary career and his journey to stardom as one of the most popular professionals on Channel 5’s hit show, The Yorkshire Vet. With stories from his childhood, his training and early career, through to his current success at work while starting a family of his own. This is a funny, touching and engaging snapshot of Matt’s story so far – filled with anecdotes and heartwarming tales of life as a Yorkshire Vet and beyond. From dealing with exotic wildcats and crocs to dramatic emergency Caesarean sections on dairy cows – from open-shell operations on tortoises to looking after a care home’s beloved budgie. The book takes the reader beyond the TV series and behind the scenes into Matt’s wonderful animal world.

Two extraordinary people. A love that draws them together. A plague that threatens to tear them apart. England, 1580. A young Latin tutor—penniless, bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an eccentric young woman: a wild creature who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people, but once she settles on the Henley Street in Stratford she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband. His gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when their beloved twins, Hamnet and Judith, are afflicted with the bubonic plague, and, devastatingly, one of them succumbs to the illness. A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a hypnotic recreation of the story that inspired one of the greatest literary masterpieces of all time, Hamnet is mesmerizing and seductive, an impossible-to-put-down novel from one of our most gifted writers.

“No one does suspense better.”—Stephen King The astonishing, moving crime epic from award-winning and bestselling Michael a mystery, a coming-of-age tale, and a love story wrapped into one, set against the simmering tensions of a small Australian town  I look along the road and notice how many people are standing outside their houses or watching from doorways and windows. Staring. Studying. “Do you think this town will ever forgive me?” I ask. “Not in a million years.” Small towns are quick to anger and slow to forgive, but Arlo Hackett doesn't expect mercy when he emerges from a twelve-year prison sentence and makes his way back to Yulara, a waypoint on Australia's Great Southern Road. The last time Arlo was home in 1988, his brother Luke was charged with a terrible crime, and Arlo was found guilty by association. His return to Yulara is like cracking open a time capsule full of hatred and violence, along with memories of the people he loved—the ones he couldn't save. The small town wants Arlo gone, or worse, but every insult and humiliation pushes him to confront what really happened all those years ago. The truth will shock you, surprise you, and break your heart. For fans of Liz Moore and Chris Whitaker, Tell Me Something True is a poignant, slow-burning mystery filled with palpable tension and tender love about the cost of clemency and the need for revenge.