Category Archives: Accessories
The Art of Wearing Hats: What to Choose, Where to Find, How to Style
The perfect and practical pocket guide to being a hat wearer for novices and aficionados alike, complete with tips on where to buy them, how to wear them, who wears them best and tricks of the trade (yes hat hair, we`re looking at you). Hats have been a mainstay of fashion for centuries, but now
The Sand Dog
Grandfather had been gone for two years but I never thought it would be an ordinary day he`d come back, like a Monday or a Tuesday… I always knew he`d return across the water, triumphing over a few monsters on the way, I just didn`t know when… When Azi`s grandfather leaves their small Mediterranean island,
Paddington and the Disappearing Sandwich
Paddington is introduced to younger readers in this pre-school picture book, starring one of the world`s best-loved characters, Paddington Bear, now a major movie star! Reissued with attractive new cover branding. When Paddington Bear goes to town looking for different shapes, he soon discovers that some are much longer-lasting than others…especially if they happen to
Paddington – King of the Castle
Paddington is introduced to younger readers in this pre-school picture book, starring one of the world`s best-loved characters, Paddington Bear, now a major movie star! Reissued with attractive new cover branding. When Paddington Bear goes to the beach, nothing goes quite according to plan …especially when, one by one, he is joined by ten hungry
The Portable Veblen
A laugh-out-loud love story with big ideas – and squirrels SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN`S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 Can squirrels speak? Do snails scream? Will a young couple, newly engaged, make it to their wedding day? Will their dysfunctional families ruin everything? Will they be undone by the advances of a very sexy, very
Woodlands
`Trees are wildlife just as deer or primroses are wildlife. Each species has its own agenda and its own interactions with human activities …` Written by one of Britain`s best-known naturalists, Woodlands offers a fascinating new insight into the trees of the British landscape that have filled us with awe and inspiration throughout the centuries.
A Sheltered Woman
Winner of the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Prize Auntie Mei is a live-in nanny for newborns and their mothers. She has worked for a hundred and twenty-six families and looked after a hundred and thirty-one babies, one set of clients easily replaced by the next. But the hundred and thirty-second baby and his mother
Paddington`s Big Suitcase
Enjoy six hilarious picture books, all about Paddington – the nation`s favourite bear, now a major movie star – in this special gift edition suitcase with carry-along handle. Paddington Bear is a distinguished small bear of earnest good intentions who gets drawn into mishap and adventure at every turn. Thankfully his great sense of logic
The Assumption of the Rogues & Rascals
First published in 1978, and widely considered to be the sequel to her masterpiece `By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept`, this remarkable book further established Smart`s reputation as a brave and inspirational writer. A still beautiful woman, 31 years old with four children by a faithless lover, cannot break the habit of
The Great Soul of Siberia: In Search of the Elusive Siberian Tiger
There are five races of tiger on our planet and all but one live in tropical regions: the Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris altaica is the exception. Mysterious and elusive, and with only 350 remaining in the wild, the Siberian tiger remains a complete enigma. One man has set out to change this. Sooyong Park has
Time Travelling with a Hamster
A truly original debut novel from an extraordinarily talented new voice in children`s books. Laugh, cry and wonder at this race-against-time story of a boy who travels back to 1984 to prevent a go-kart accident, and save his father`s life…”My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when
What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible
From the author of the unforgettable bestseller TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER comes another surprising, beautiful and funny novel about a child who, by disappearing, will write herself into your heart forever…Turning invisible at will: it`s one way of curing your acne. But far more drastic than 13 year-old Ethel Leatherhead intended when she tried
American Monsters
The epic conclusion in the mind-blowing supernatural thriller from bestselling author DEREK LANDY, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant. Bigger, meaner, stronger, Amber closes in on her murderous parents as they make one last desperate play for power. Her own last hopes of salvation, however, rest beyond vengeance, beyond the abominable killers – living and
The Pilot Who Wore a Dress: And Other Dastardly Lateral Thinking Mysteries
Devised by devious genius Tom Cutler, The Pilot Who Wore a Dress is a fiendish collection of riddles, mysteries and puzzles to test and tease your brain. Here`s a simple one to get you started: four bodybuilders are huddling together in the street, under a small ladies` umbrella, yet after 20 minutes not one of
Mister Cleghorn`s Seal
An exquisite story to delight readers young and old, from a much-loved writer and illustrator. What do you do if you find an abandoned seal pup on a rock in the middle of the sea? Well, take it home with you to your flat, of course. At least that`s what Mr Albert Cleghorn thought, though
The Tree Climber`s Guide
`After I finished this book I alarmed my family by going into the garden and climbing the apple tree.` – Damian Whitworth, The Times `One of the publishing sensations of the year …For anyone who has ever felt a little overwhelmed in a big city, or wanted to step out of the rat race for
Carve the Mark
Fans of Star Wars and Divergent will revel in internationally bestselling author Veronica Roth`s stunning new science-fiction fantasy series. On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favoured by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape the future. While most benefit from their currentgifts, Akos
Fast Days and Feast Days
Since opening the hugely popular Pear Cafe nine years ago, Elly Pear has been on a quest for good food and new ideas. Having found real results sticking to the 5:2 way of eating, Elly shares some of her favourite, most exciting recipes for eating well and enjoying food on both fast days and feast
Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, Book 1)
Veronica Roth`s breathtaking fantasy captures an unusual friendship, an epic love story, and a galaxy-sweeping adventure. CYRA and AKOS grew up in enemy countries on a vibrant yet divided planet. Cyra`s ability to transfer extraordinary pain with a simple touch makes her a dangerous weapon for her tyrannical brother. When Akos is kidnapped and forced
Reader, I Married Him
A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre. The twenty-one stories in Reader, I Married Him – one of the most celebrated lines in fiction – are inspired by Jane Eyre and shaped by its
