Category Archives: Globes
Paper World: Planet Earth
Planet Earth uses ingenious paper cuts to reveal the amazing details of our planet, from bubbling volcanoes to rushing rivers to its boiling hot interior. With detailed art by paper-cut studio Bomboland, a fact-packed text, and flaps and die-cuts on every spread, this unique novelty book will appeal to all the family.
Painted Cities: Illustrated Street Art Around the World
Lorna Brown is an artist specialising in watercolour architectural paintings that represent something other than just bricks and mortar. With a keenness for adventure, she likes to hunt for new places to paint; buildings with character and story that represent the people who have occupied these spaces in the past, present and future. Lorna has
V2: the Sunday Times bestselling World War II thriller
`Immersive` Guardian`Stunning` Daily Express`Riveting` Telegraph Victory is close. Vengeance is closer. Rudi Graf used to dream of sending a rocket to the moon. Instead, he has helped to create the world`s most sophisticated weapon: the V2 ballistic missile, capable of delivering a one-ton warhead at three times the speed of sound.In a desperate gamble to
Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker
When Mimi first started jogging on a treadmill as an unfit 36-year-old mother-of-three, she never imagined she would go on to become a World-Record-breaking ultrarunner.After coming to terms with the anorexia that had impacted her life from a young age, Mimi begins to reassess her relationship with food and finds a new resolve in running.
Book of Bears: At Home with Bears Around the World
Discover the brilliant world of bears in this wonderful new book. Learn all about the eight different bears of the world, their likes, their homes and more. Who is the best climber and who is the fastest at catching fish? Expertly rendered in Katie Viggers` trademark charming and humorous style, this book is the perfect
The Homes We Build: A World of Houses and Habitats
Learn how humans have built dwellings to suit all kinds of habitats.Adapting themselves to all kinds of landscapes and climates, over the centuries humans have used their architectural ingeniousness to build amazing dwellings: find them here, from houses on stilts and igloos to tree houses and skyscrapers.Fully illustrated with clear, engaging artwork and intelligent, simple
The World of Jane Austen: A Jigsaw Puzzle with 60 Characters and Great Houses to Find
1000 Piece JigsawPiece together the world of Jane Austen in this exciting jigsaw inspired by the life and works of the prolific author. The perfect challenge for Janeites – or anyone who loves a good jigsaw.Featuring a wide cast of Jane Austen`s contemporaries and characters, take a tour of Austen`s world from the rolling hills
The Mythical World: A Jigsaw Puzzle Filled with Fantastical Creatures
Chart your way across continents and oceans built from the stuff of myths and legends and you will pass the winged Pegasus of Ancient Greece, come face to face with Anansi the Spider in West Africa and fly over the powerful Thunderbird of North America. Combining mythology and folklore from all across the globe, this
V2: the new Second World War thriller from the #1 bestselling author
`An immersive thriller set against a tense historical backdrop … the joy is in the history as much as the story … Once again Harris has placed the reader at the heart of a great historic event, using a small story to tell a great one.` FINANCIAL TIMES The first rocket will take five minutes
The World to Come: Stories
A fantastic writer – compassionate, funny and fearless` George Saunders`One of the US`s finest writers` according to Joshua Ferris, Jim Shepard now delivers a new collection that spans borders and centuries with unrivalled mastery. These ten stories ring with voices as diverse as those belonging to Arctic explorers in history`s most nightmarish expedition, the Montgolfier
A Short History of Truth: Consolations for a Post-Truth World
How did we find ourselves in a “post-truth” world of “alternative facts”? And can we get out of it? A Short History of Truth sets out to answer these questions by looking at the complex history of truth and falsehood. It identifies ten types of supposed truth and explains how easily each can become the
Sloths!: A Celebration of the World`s Most Maligned Mammal
A wonderfully entertaining celebration of that most unique of creatures: the sloth.In public estimation, sloths have undergone an astonishing transformation in the course of the past few years. Thanks largely to YouTube clips posted by the sloth orphanage in Costa Rica, sloths have attracted a vast audience of admirers. Instead of seeing them as ridiculous
The Great Imperial Hangover: How Empires Have Shaped the World
`An excellent read.` — Robert D. KaplanFor the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn`t mean we don`t feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial Hangover examines how the world`s imperial legacies are still shaping the thorniest issues we face today. From Russia`s incursions in the Ukraine to
Atlas of Dinosaur Adventures: Step Into a Prehistoric World
From the team behind the best-selling Atlas of Adventures comes this prehistoric journey of discovery. Travel back in time to lock horns with a triceratops, stalk prey with a T-Rex, and learn to fly with a baby Pteranodon. With hundreds of things to spot and facts to learn, this is the biggest Atlas adventure yet!
Lonely Planet Family Height Chart
Measuring your height has never been so much fun! This fun pull-out height chart is more than two metres (6.5 feet) tall, and covered with the tallest, smallest, weirdest and wackiest things to size yourself up to. Are you taller than the world`s biggest bunny? Could your baby sister fit inside a giant cucumber? How
A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories
Step on to a stage full of stories with this beautiful anthology of 12 stories from Shakespeare, re told to be accessible for children. Get lost in Shakespeare`s most loved stories with this beautiful anthology of some of the most popular stories in the world. Introduce the children in your life to a collection of
The Phone Box at the Edge of the World: A moving story of grief, love and hope for fans of The Beekeeper of Aleppo
*A moving, unforgettable story, inspired by true events*`Absolutely breathtaking` Christy Lefteri, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo.We all have something to tell those we have lost . . .On a windy hill in Japan, in a garden overlooking the sea stands a disused phone box. For years, people have travelled to visit
Fantastic Footballers: Meet 40 game changers
The greatest goals… The most spectacular saves… Meet the top 40 footballers of all time! Relive Ronaldo`s most memorable moments, learn about Messi`s legendary left foot, meet the youngest-ever World Cup goal scorer, Pele, and see the some of the most spectacular saves in history. Every player is a winner in their own way, but
People`s Republic of Walmart: How the World`s Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
For the left and the right, major multinational companies are held up as the ultimate expressions of free-market capitalism. Their remarkable success appears to vindicate the old idea that modern society is too complex to be subjected to a plan. And yet, as Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski argue, much of the economy of the
Scratch and Learn World Atlas
Go on a treasure hunt around the world as you scratch to discover animals, famous buildings, people and icons from across the globe. Every spread features a fully-illustrated map with dozens of icons, paired with a search-and-find activity that prompts readers to search for and scratch to reveal ten items on every spread. An appealing,
