Category Archives: Accessories
A Kind of Compass: Stories on Distance
With stories from some of the best writers working today, A Kind of Compass brings us to places and situations we could never otherwise experience. Funny, unnerving, vivid and real, these stories evoke the nature of distance, exploring the many ways in which it is possible to feel far from home.
We Do Christmas
In book 1d of the Dung Beetle Learning series, Mummy, John and Susan are taken on a thrilling Christmas adventure. By interrogating Santa Claus and exposing his `vicious programme of indoctrination,` Mummy proceeds to strip Christmas of all its magic and meaning, for the benefit of mankind. Originally based on the Private Eye Christmas special,
We Learn at Home: Dung Beetle Book 1b
In book 1b of the Dung Beetle Learning series, Mummy takes John and Susan out of their local school to be re-educated at home, and introduce to their young minds a new, alternative world view. In order to do so, mummy will ground all learning in a feelings-based outlook, free of any actual facts or
Sacred Mountains: A Pilgrimage to the Sacred Mountains of Tibet
Join adventurer and renowned photographer, Ryan Pyle, as he spends months exploring and photographing Western Chinas remote Sacred Mountains in an effort to better understand these most sacred Tibetan regions. His human-powered adventure is one of the ages as he explores the remote provinces of Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan.
DByA Drive-By Abuser Collected Works
Welcome to Collected Works of Drive-By Abuser that gathers together some of his most penetrating insights into the contemporary condition. With an analytical mind so pin sharp, you can almost hear him thinking. Drive-By Abuser will happily tackle any subject in the world and make some sense out of it. His brain is like a
The What on Earth? Stickerbook of Big History
Build your own timeline, and unfold the story of the universe, with this amazing stickerbook that brings history to life! This totally unique timeline stickerbook has 113 stickers of the people, places and events that help bring the giant history of the world to life. Beautifully illustrated and hugely engaging, the 1.7-metre-long timeline has captioned,
Across Arabia: Three Weeks in 1937
At the end of March 1937, Geraldine Rendel found she had achieved a trio of unintended distinctions. As the first Western woman to travel openly across Saudi Arabia as a non-Muslim, the first to be received in public by King `Abd al-`Aziz, and the first to be received at dinner in the royal palace in
The What on Earth? Wallbook of British History: From the Dinosaurs to the Present Day
EXPLORE BRITISH HISTORY as you have never seen it before! A beautiful 2m-long timeline unfolds to reveal key moments including the story of kings & queens, famous battles, the heroes of science, art and culture as well as iconic national buildings and monuments, all of which have shaped the history of our islands from before
The What on Earth/ Stickerbook Timeline of British History: From the Dinosaurs to the Present Day
Build you own timeline, and unfold the story of Great Britain, with this amazing stickerbook that brings history to life! Created in association with the National Trust, this totally unique, amazing timeline stickerbook has 113 stickers of people, places and events that help bring British history to life. Beautifully-illustrated and hugely engaging, the nearly 2-metre-long
Mr Miniscule and the Whale
This rhyming adventure tells the story of Mr Miniscule, a teeny tiny explorer with a BIG dream who sets off on the vast ocean in search of a big blue whale, only to find a big blue island. Or could he be wrong? Mr Miniscule and the Whale is a timeless children`s classic known and
Imaginary Cities
Inspired by the surreal accounts of the explorer and `man of a million lies` Marco Polo, Imaginary Cities charts the metropolis and the imagination, and the symbiosis therein. A work of creative nonfiction, the book roams through space, time and possibility, mapping cities of sound, melancholia and the afterlife, where time runs backwards or which
Newcastle Lively City: Map Guide of What to See and How to Get There
They go together Quickmap and mobile; the fold out Quickmap for the big picture, your smart phone for the detail. Experience the inner city and then venture out to wonderful surrounding places.
The Busy Beaver
Once upon a time there was a beaver who was so busy that he didn`t always think things through.After finding himself on the wrong side of a falling tree one day, the beaver begins to see the error of his careless ways. He`s eager to put things right, but will his friends and neighbours believe
Dubliners 100: Fifteen New Stories Inspired by the Original
One hundredyears after the publication of James Joyce s classic collection of short stories, โ€Dubliners 100โ€ is an innovative and timely conversation about the collection. Editor Thomas Morris invited contemporary writers to write โ€cover versionsโ€ of their favorite Joyce classics as a tribute to the original โ€Dublinersโ€ collection.โ€
