Category Archives: Accessories
A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance
Enslaved West Indian women had few opportunities to record their stories for posterity. Yet from their dusty footprints and the umpteen small clues they left for us to unravel, there`s no question that they earned their place in history. Pick any Caribbean island and you`ll find race, skin colour and rank interacting with gender in
Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats
Longlisted for the 2019 Jhalak Prize From the 1960s the UK`s immigration policy – introduced by both Labour and Tory governments – has been a toxic combination of racism and xenophobia. Maya Goodfellow tracks this history through to the present day, looking at both legislation and rhetoric, to show that distinct forms of racism and
Dinosaur Magnets
Learn all about dinosaurs in various prehistoric habitats with this colourful and interactive first book of magnets, which comes with eight dinosaur magnets to place in the scenes.
Shhh! I`m Reading!
Shhh! Do not disturb! Bella is busy reading. Please come back when she has finished this UTTERLY AMAZING and TOTALLY INCREDIBLE book! A fantastically funny tale, celebrating imagination and the joy of reading.
The Wheels on the Bus & Other Favourite Songs
Charming illustrations bring well-known songs and rhymes to life in this fun collection.Children will love singing along to Five Little Speckled Frogs, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Hot Cross Buns.
The Slow Train
As the world speeds up, as technology takes over, it is worth remembering how we used to live. This three-book series is a nostalgic hymn to an era when life was slower: a meandering ramble through the British countryside by bicycle, automobile and train.Take an amble across the countryside with this book, which celebrates a
The Bicycle: A Miscellany on Two Wheels
As the world speeds up, as technology takes over, it is worth remembering how we used to live. This three-book series is a nostalgic hymn to an era when life was slower: a meandering ramble through the British countryside by bicycle, automobile and train.Squeeze the brakes, sit back and coast downhill with this irreverent collection
Oscar: A Life
`The Book of the Year, perhaps of the decade, has to be Matthew Sturgis`s Oscar` TLS, Books of the Year. NOMINATED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2019. A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR. `Simply the best modern biography of Wilde … A terrific achievement` Evening Standard. `Page-turning … Vivid and desperately moving. However much
Hungover: A History of the Morning After and One Man`s Quest for the Cure
We`ve all been there. One minute you`re fast asleep, and in the next you`re tumbling from dreams of deserts and demons, into semi-consciousness, mouth full of sand, head throbbing. You`re hungover. Courageous journalist Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall has gone to the front lines of humanity`s age-old fight against hangovers to settle once and for all the best
The Freedom Artist
One of 2019`s most anticipated novels in THE TIMES, IRISH TIMES and GUARDIAN. `Where fiction`s master of enchantments stares down a real horror, and without blinking or flinching, produces a work of beauty, grace and uncommon power` MARLON JAMES, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2015. An impassioned plea for freedom and justice, set in
Voices of the Windrush Generation: The real story told by the people themselves
`Evocative, authentic and brilliantly told – a wonderful read.` David LammyForeword by West Indies Cricketer Sir Clive LloydVoices of the Windrush Generation is a powerful collection of stories from the men, women and children of the Windrush generation – West Indians who emigrated to Britain between 1948 and 1971 in response to labour shortages, and
Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Vol. 3
It`s time to dust off your camera, pick up your binoculars and head back to the great outdoors as the much-loved `Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards` return once again with the best, as well as never-before-seen, photographs of wildlife; a waving polar bear; a squirrel photographer and even a pair of gracefully ice-skating penguins. This is
“Kill The Black One First”: A memoir of hope and justice
`Absorbing… revealing and affecting. There are pleasures here, and lessons to be learnt, whatever colour you are` – The Sunday Times`Michael Fuller is an extraordinary man with a remarkable and interesting story` – Helen MirrenA story about race, identity, belonging and displacement, โ€Kill the Black One Firstโ€ is the memoir from Michael Fuller – Britain`s
The Art of Disruption: A Manifesto For Real Change
SHORTLISTED FOR BEST NON-FICTION BOOK BY A PARLIAMENTARIAN AT THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS 2021`Read this book!` Caroline Lucas`My money`s on Magid.` Thandie Newtonโ€Thou shalt not ignore this book. Magid is magic!โ€ – Jarvis Cocker `A man so inspiring you will have no choice but to cast your hopeless lethargy asunder` – Rufus Hound A guide
The Girl Who Thought Her Mother Was a Mermaid
Even though she`s terrified of the sea, a girl who believes her mum might have been a mermaid runs away to the ocean to solve the mystery of who she really is. Stella is the odd one out. She sleepwalks, is terrified of water, yet obsessed by the ocean. Her mum who died when Stella
Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
`Briskly written and compulsively readable…Does Andrew Lownie persuade me that it is worth telling the story again, and that he has made out the case for his unforgiving title? The answer is an unambiguous yes.` – A.N. Wilson, TLS`Meticulously researched` – Spectator`Entertaining… convincing… timely. Urgent reading for royals` – Evening Standard11 December 1936. The King
The Insomnia Museum
Anna lives in a flat with dad. He is a hoarder, and together they have spent the last 12 years constructing the Insomnia Museum, a labyrinth built from dead TVs, old cuckoo clocks, stacks of newspapers and other junk Dad has found. Anna is 17. She can`t remember ever having seen outside the flat, but
Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense
A woman, naked except for her high-heeled shoes, is seated in front of the window in an apartment she cannot afford, as her married lover rushes, amorously, murderously, to her door. An ageing, jealous wife crafts an unusual game of Russian roulette involving a pair of Wedgwood teacups, a strong Bengal brew, and a lethal
Blood Ties
This is a book about a man`s relationship with hawks, and his self-education as a falconer, and about his discovery that despite his Asperger`s Syndrome, which hampers his normal social interactions, he can forge a loving bond with the young son he thought he had lost. He rediscovers his full humanity through his commitment to
The Little Book of Planting Trees
From the author of The Wisdom of Trees, an informative and practical guide to tree planting: including guidance on which trees to plant and where; how to plant, propagate and care for your trees; advice on the suitability and virtues of particular native trees (from oak to alder and from beech to blackthorn); amplified by
