Category Archives: Accessories
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
Apollo 13
April 13, 1970. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert are hurtling towards the moon in the Apollo 13 spacecraft, when an explosion rocks the ship. The cockpit grows dim, the air grows thin, and the instrument lights wink out. Moments later, the astronauts are forced to abandon the main ship for the tiny
Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox
Part travelogue, part narrative history, `Colour` unlocks the history of the colours of the rainbow, and reveals how paints came to be invented, discovered, traded and used. This remarkable and beautifully written book remembers a time when red paint was really the colour of blood, when orange was the poison pigment, blue as expensive as
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The phenomenal bestselling self-help book of its generation – for spiritual followers of the Dalai Lama and Deepak Chopra. Eckhart Tolle demonstrates how to live a healthier and happier life by living in the present moment. To make the journey into The Power of Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its
The Eyre Affair
There is another 1985, somewhere in the could-have-been, where the Crimean war still rages, dodos are regenerated in home-cloning kits and everyone is deeply disappointed by the ending of `Jane Eyre`. In this world there are no jet-liners or computers, but there are policemen who can travel across time, a Welsh republic, a great interest
Starter for Ten
The debut bestseller from the author of the phenomenally successfully ONE DAY and Man Booker longlisted US. STARTER FOR TEN is a comedy about love, class, growing-up and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom. It`s 1985 and Brian Jackson has arrived at university with a burning ambition – to make it onto TV`s foremost
Skellig
When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister`s illness, Michael`s world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature – part owl, part angel, a being who needs Michael`s help if he
Escape From Camp 14
Twenty-seven years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. Located about 55 miles north of Pyongyang, the labor camp is a `complete control district,` a no-exit prison where the only sentence is life. No one born in Camp 14 or in any
The Last Letter from Your Lover
Spanning forty years, two women`s stories of love, loss and betrayal are intertwined in this award-winning novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and the new bestseller Still Me. `A fabulous, emotional and evocative book – perfect for anyone who loves Mad Men` Sophie KinsellaWhen journalist Ellie looks through
The Mystic Masseur
The Mystic Masseur, V. S. Naipaul`s first published novel, is the story of the rise and rise of Ganesh, from failed primary school teacher and struggling masseur to author, revered mystic and MBE — a journey equally memorable for its hilarity as its bewildering success. An unforgettable cast of characters witness this meteoric ascent: Ganesh`s
Gypsy Boy
Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you choose to leave you can never come back.This is something Mikey knows only too well.Growing up, he rarely went to
White Noise
`An extraordinarily funny book on a serious subject, effortlessly combining social comedy, disaster, fiction and philosophy …hilariously, and grimly, successful` Daily Telegraph Jack Gladney is the creator and chairman of Hitler studies at the College-on-the-Hill. This is the story of his absurd life; a life that is going well enough, until a chemical spill from
A Point of View
21st century Britain: a point of view from our fiercest and funniest critic The BBC Radio 4 series A Point of View has been on the air since 2007. Clive James was one of the most popular presenters, and now, for the first time, his original pieces — sixty in total — and all-new postscripts
The Return
One of the remarkable qualities of Bolano`s short stories is that they seem to tell what Bolano called `the secret story`, `the one we`ll never know`. The Return contains thirteen unforgettable tales bent on returning to haunt you, most of them appearing in English for the first time here. Wide-ranging, suggestive, and daring, a Bolano
Final Solution: The Fate of the Jews 1933-1949
David Cesarani`s Final Solution is an intelligent and thought-provoking short history of the Holocaust. Not only does David Cesarani draw together and engage with the latest scholarly research, making extensive use of previously untapped resources such as diaries and letters from within the ghettos and camps (many of them in Polish or Yiddish and therefore
