Category Archives: Accessories
Jack Tar: Life in Nelson`s Navy
The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden warships. Drawn from all over Britain and beyond, often unwillingly, these ordinary men made the navy invincible through skill, courage and sheer determination. They cast a long shadow, with millions of
Infinite Jest
Somewhere in the not-so-distant future the residents of Ennet House, a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at the nearby Enfield Tennis Academy are ensnared in the search for the master copy of INFINITE JEST, a movie said to be so dangerously entertaining its viewers become entranced and expire in a state of
The Mountain Shadow
The first glimpse of the sea on Marine Drive filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow. I stopped thinking of that pyramid of killers, and Sanjay`s improvidence. I stopped thinking about my own part in the madness. And I rode, with my friends, into the end of everything.
Amelia Earhart: The Sound of Wings
When she disappeared in 1937 over a shark-infested sea, Amelia Earhart had lived up to her wish – internationally famous, a daring and pioneering aviator, and ambassador extraordinary for the United States. Married to a man with a genius for publicity, her life was crowded, demanding and adventurous. Mary S. Lovell`s superb biography examines a
Can We All Be Feminists?: Seventeen writers on intersectionality, identity and finding the right way forward for feminism
`A map for how feminism can move forward inclusively` (GRAZIA), featuring essays by writers including Brit Bennett, bestselling author of The Vanishing Half, and Afua Hirsch, bestselling author of Brit(ish)Black Lives Matter * Trans Rights * Sex Workers` Rights * Body Positivity * Disability Rights * Immigration * British Muslims * Intersectionality * Latinx Identity
The Carrier
When her plane is delayed overnight, Gaby Struthers finds herself forced to share a hotel room with a stranger: a terrified young woman named Lauren Cookson – but why is she scared of Gaby in particular? Lauren won`t explain. Instead, she blurts out something about an innocent man going to prison for a murder he
Heartburn
`I have bought more copies of this book to give to people, in a frenzy of enthusiasm, than any other . . . Heartburn is the perfect, bittersweet, sobbingly funny, all-too-true confessional novel` Nigella Lawson Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel discovers that her husband is in love with another woman. The fact that this
The Attenbury Emeralds
It was 1921 when Lord Peter Wimsey first encountered the Attenbury emeralds. The recovery of the magnificent gem in Lord Attenbury`s most dazzling heirloom made headlines – and launched a shell-shocked young aristocrat on his career as a detective. Now it is 1951: a happily married Lord Peter has just shared the secrets of that
Below the Edge of Darkness: Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea
`A book of marvels, marvellously written` RICHARD DAWKINSA pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean to understand bioluminescence, the language of light that helps life communicate in the darkness, and what it tells us about the future of life on Earth.Edith Widder grew up determined to become a marine biologist. But after
How to Break a Dragon`s Heart
Read the books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films! This book will be a hit with children and adults alike. THE STORY CONTINUES in the eighth volume of Hiccup`s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs…Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived.
What Are You Going Through: `A total joy – and laugh-out-loud funny` DEBORAH MOGGACH
**THE BRAND-NEW NOVEL BY THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER** A woman visits a friend with terminal cancer. Brilliant, strong-willed and alone, the friend, facing death, makes a momentous request. Will she accompany her on a holiday where she will, without warning one day, take a lethal pill to end her life on her own terms?Shaken
How to be a Pirate
Read the books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films! This book will be a hit with children and adults alike. THE STORY CONTINUES in the second volume of Hiccup`s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs …Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever
How to Speak Dragonese
Read the books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films! This book will be a hit with children and adults alike. THE STORY CONTINUES in the third volume of Hiccup`s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs …Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But
How to Cheat a Dragon`s Curse
Read the books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films! This book will be a hit with children and adults alike. THE STORY CONTINUES in the fourth volume of Hiccup`s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs …Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever
How to Twist a Dragon`s Tale
Read the books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films! This book will be a hit with children and adults alike. THE STORY CONTINUES in the fifth volume of Hiccup`s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs …Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever
A Hero`s Guide to Deadly Dragons
Read the books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films! This book will be a hit with children and adults alike. THE STORY CONTINUES in the sixth volume of Hiccup`s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs…Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived.
Salvage
Aidan Jones was my brother. But I couldn`t really remember his face. I couldn`t remember talking to him or playing with him. He was just a gap, an absence, a missing person. Before she was adopted by a loving family and raised in a leafy Home Counties town, Cass Montgomery was Cass Jones. Her memories
Their Eyes Were Watching God
She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her . . .When sixteen-year-old Janie is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor, her grandmother swiftly
Frankie`s Magic Football: Frankie vs the Cowboy`s Crew
Frankie and his team love playing football. There`s always time for a game. And now that they have their magical football they`re playing against teams they never imagined! When they`re transported back into the Wild West, Frankie`s team will have to go head-to-head with some crabby cowboys. Will they be able to win the penalty
