Category Archives: Accessories
Night Monkey Day Monkey
One of Julia Donaldson`s classic picture book stories about two monkeys who are as different as night and day. Night Monkey and Day Monkey don`t think they have much in common. But when they each spend time in the other`s opposite worlds, they learn a lot. And they also learn to be the best of
Bad Beekeepers Club
Hello. My name is Bill and I`m a bad beekeeper. A really bad beekeeper.` So begins Bill Turnbull`s charming and often hilarious account of how he stumbled into the world of beekeeping (sometimes literally). Despite many setbacks – including being stung (twice) on his first day of training – beekeeping somehow taught Bill a great
Art, Culture and Sport: Global Festivals, Creativity and Entertainment in Maps and Infographics
This is not just another atlas! From the biggest movie producers around the world to the most attended festivals; from astounding architecture – ancient and new – to global sporting achievements, Art, Culture and Sport takes a unique look at our globe. Using innovatively designed maps alongside infographics, graphs and icons, this book explores the
The Vanishing Point
Stephanie Harker is travelling through security at O`Hare airport with five-year-old Jimmy. But in a moment, everything changes. In disbelief, Stephanie watches as a uniformed agent leads her boy away – and she`s stuck the other side of the gates, hysterical with worry. The authorities, unaware of Jimmy`s existence, just see a woman behaving erratically;
The Kew Garden`s Children`s Cookbook: Plant, Cook, Eat
This beautiful kitchen-garden cookbook, produced in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, contains step-by-step guides to show how easy it is to grow peas, beans, potatoes, carrots and more in your garden, in patio containers or in window boxes or on an allotment. Then transform your home-grown produce into delicious meals and desserts
The Silkworm
When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days – as he has done before – and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that
The Book of Flags
With more than 200 stickers and a world map poster, this is a brilliant, interactive guide to the flags of the world. Did you know that the US Star-Spangled Banner was designed by a 17-year-old school boy? Or that the Brazilian flag shows a star constellation of the night sky from 1889? Welcome to the
Infomania: Awesome Records, Top 10s and Facts
From awesome record-breakers to amazing Top 10s and fascinating facts on the fastest, tallest and most exciting things out there, Infomania has it all. Using striking graphics, crisp designs and a rainbow of colours, this book visually brings information to life in infographics and includes almost everything children want to know about humans, space, Earth,
Bandstands of Britain
Bandstands of Britain is a historical celebration of one of the best-loved features still found in many of our Victorian parks, open spaces, squares and seaside towns. They are a reminder of a forgotten age of outdoor music and theatre. They act as a lingering memory of the class and sophistication that prevailed in the
The P.G. Wodehouse Miscellany
P.G. Wodehouse saw his first article published when still at school, and went on to become the leading humour writer of the twentieth century. He created characters famous across the English-speaking world, such as Rupert Psmith, Stanley Ukridge, Uncle Fred, the inhabitants of the Drones Club, Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, and Lord Emsworth and his
Grasping Gallipoli: Terrain, Maps and Failure at the Dardanelles, 1915
It is the perceived wisdom that the Gallipoli Campaign against the Turks in 1915 was deeply flawed and that inadequate planning and bad maps contributed to much unnecessary slaughter. Yet these two experts on terrain and mapping in the Great War contend that the consequences of this have been overplayed.
Vinter`s Railway Gazetteer: A Guide to Britain`s Old Railways That You Can Walk or Cycle
If you have ever wondered what happened to Britain`s lost railways and where you can explore this bygone network, then this book is for you – a new and revised edition that brings the routes on offer right up to date. While many old railways have been sold to private owners, there is now a
Lost Countries: Exotic Tales from an Old Stamp Album
Pick up an old stamp album and flick through it. You`ll find a host of exotic and unfamiliar names: Cyrenaica, Fernando Poo, Fiume, North Ingria, Obock, Priamur, Stellaland, Tuva, Wenden – distant lands, vanished territories, lost countries. Do they still exist? If not, where were they? What happened to them? Lost Countries goes in search
Piccadilly: London`s West End and the Pursuit of Pleasure
Piccadilly, London`s milelong western artery, was originally known for its busy coaching inns and magnificent aristocratic palaces, and, more recently, for its internationally renowned department stores, theatres, restaurants and hotels. At the junction of five major roads, Piccadilly Circus became known as the `Hub of Empire`. Balancing enterprise, profit and pleasure, it marks the divide
Narrow Gauge Railways
Narrow gauge railways, so well suited to difficult, mountainous terrain, were built in many of the UK`s most scenic locations. Their genesis was in mines and quarries where they replaced man- or horse-pulled wagons, but their adaptability meant that by the 1860s they were also carrying passengers, in some cases over quite considerable distances. Today
Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord
Dionisio Vivo, a South American lecturer in philosophy, is puzzled by the hideously mutilated corpses that keep turning up outside his front door. To his friend, Ramon, one of the few honest policemen in town, the message is all too clear: Dionisio`s letters to the press, exposing the drug barons, must stop; and although Dionisio
Railway Accidents
Britain`s rail network is now among the safest in the world, but the journey that brought it to that point has been long and eventful. Early incidents like the felling of William Huskisson MP by Stephenson`s Rocket (1830) showed how new ideas could bring new dangers; yet from disaster came new safety measures, and within
A Century of Railway Travel
From the Edwardian golden age of steam to the present, no mode of travel has captured the hearts of the British people like the railways. In wartime and peace, along major routes and minor, steam, diesel and electric trains have moved goods, taken commuters to work or families on holidays – a constant presence in
