Category Archives: Accessories
Map of You
The journey of self-discovery starts right here! This charming activity book aims to help young readers work through their anxieties, to encourage honest self-reflection, and to inspire a sense of acceptance and optimism even in times of darkness. Taking the form of a map that needs to be coloured and completed, readers are encouraged to
Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear?: 200 birds. 12 months. 1 lapsed birdwatcher.
At twelve years old, Lev Parikian was an avid birdwatcher. He was also a fraud, a liar and a cheat. Those lists of birds seen and ticked off? Lies. One hundred and thirty species? More like sixty.Then, when he turned fifty, he decided to right his childhood wrongs. He would go birdwatching again. He would
Between the Devil and the Deep: One Man`s Battle to Beat the Bends
Deep underwater lurks a mysterious man-made illness. It has gone by many names over the years – Satan`s disease, diver`s palsy, the chokes – but today, medics call it decompression sickness. You know it as the bends.That`s the devil British diver Martin Robson faces each time he plunges beneath the surface. In the winter of
Effin` Birds: A Field Guide to Identification
Have you ever looked a bird dead in the eye and wondered what it was thinking?With Effin` Birds, the most eagerly anticipated new volume in the noble avocation of bird identification, you can venture into nature with confidence. This farcical field guide will help you identify over 200 birds, but more importantly, for the first
Running Tracks: The playlist and places that made me a runner
Rob Deering has been listening to music his whole life, but it was only in his mid-thirties that – much to his surprise – he found himself falling in love with the hugely popular, nearly perfect, sometimes preposterous activity of runningIn this vividly conjured collection, Rob shares stories of when a run, a place and
A Year in the Life: Adventures in British Subcultures
After nearly a decade of dutifully climbing the corporate ladder to become a partner in a headhunting firm, Lucy Leonelli was feeling restless in a life that was seemingly mapped out for her, and she could not shake the sense that she was missing out on something… something out there.Realising that the answer was right
Gender Euphoria: Stories of joy from trans, non-binary and intersex writers
GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one`s birth-assigned gender.So often the stories shared by trans people about their transition centre on gender dysphoria: a feeling of deep discomfort with their birth-assigned gender, and a powerful catalyst for coming out or transitioning. But for many non-cisgender people,
How to Read Gardens: a crash course in garden appreciation
Visiting gardens has never been more popular but not many of us understand what we are looking at when strolling through a beautiful garden – are we looking at an original landscaped site or a recreation?Is the planting matter authentic or made up of modern hybrids? Are the steps and terracing in the Italianate style
Baby T. Rex: Finger Puppet Book
Bursting with color and charm, this finger puppet book lets inquisitive babies and toddlers touch, feel, and explore their growing world.Newborns will love snuggling up with Baby T. Rex! Baby T. Rex learns to stomp, roar, and explore her world before drifting off to bedtime with her loving family. Featuring a plush finger puppet that
Elementary: The Periodic Table Explained
Chemistry`s most significant chart, the Periodic Table, and its 118 elements, is laid bare in this lively, accessible and compelling expose.The periodic table, created in the early 1860s by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, marked one of the most extraordinary advances in modern chemistry. This basic visual aid helped scientists to gain a deeper understanding of
Baby Yeti: Finger Puppet Book
Bursting with color and charm, this finger puppet book lets inquisitive babies and toddlers touch, feel, and explore their growing world.Newborns will love snuggling up with Baby T. Rex! Baby T. Rex learns to stomp, roar, and explore her world before drifting off to bedtime with her loving family. Featuring a plush finger puppet that
Amazing Angels Activity Book
These angels bring a message of love, friendship, kindness-and fun!This beautiful book is packed with delightful puzzles, amazing activities, and dazzling drawing projects!
Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to Yesterday
LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne. Drawing together writing from Catullus to Sappho, from Arthur Rimbaud to Anne Lister and Armistead Maupin, translator Frank Wynne has collected eighty of the finest works representing queer love by LGBTQ authors.These pieces straddle the spectrum of queer experience, from Verlaine`s sonnet
Languages Are Good For Us
This is a book about languages and the people who love them. Sophie Hardach is here to guide us through the strange and wonderful ways that humans have used languages throughout history. She takes us from the earliest Mesopotamian clay tablets and the `book cemeteries` of medieval synagogues to the first sounds a child hears
Cabin Fever
Alone and isolated in a vast Scandinavian forest, a therapist begins to read her client`s novel manuscript, only to discover the main character is terrifyingly familiar…You are her therapist. Kristina is a successful therapist in central Oslo. She spends her days helping clients navigate their lives with a cool professionalism that has got her to
Scenes from Prehistoric Life: From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans
An invigorating journey through Britain`s prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants.From the critically acclaimed author of The Fens, a Radio 4 Book of the Week.A journey through the evolution of Britain`s prehistoric landscapes in fifteen `scenes`, shedding revelatory light on the lives of their inhabitants. In Scenes from Prehistoric Life,
The World Aflame: The Long War, 1914-1945
`The events of the first and second world wars are brought to vivid, startling life thanks to Amaral`s skill at colourising contemporary images` ObserverThe epic, harrowing and world-changing story – in words and colourized images – of global conflict from the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the obliteration of Hiroshima by the dropping
