The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for GirlsA gloriously rich coming of age novel set in southern high society, 1930s America. My parents sent me away because I wanted too much, wanted badly. And all that want was a dangerous thing High in the Blue Ridge Mountains, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls is a refuge of privilege in a land devastated by the Depression. Thea Atwell's arrival late in the summer season causes a ripple of intrigue and speculation. But even the most scandalous rumour

If Mathews's novel The World of Tomorrow was an "outsized" entertainment a "big expressive debut" (Wall Street Journal) then This Is Not a Love Song two stories from which have been included in The Best American Short Stories is glorious proof that he excels equally as a miniaturist

If you've ever gestured wildly with your hands in order to coax a word from your memory

The heavens are alive with breathtaking beauty: from the incandescent surface of the Sun to the shimmering tail of a comet

and there are practical hints on how children can save water

Jenna thought she had the perfect life: a loving fiancé a great job a beautiful home

Women are supposedly more sensitive and cooperative

behaviour and creativity: it is a call to action

'A TIMELY SWEEPING TALE

Eight months in which the Luftwaffe tried and failed to drive the RAF from the skies

vampire hunter and raiser of the dead

And with the line between mentor and friend beginning to blur

This revealing commentary is accompanied by fascinating text by bestselling F1 writer Bruce Jones on the history of each circuit