Category Archives: Globes
The World Without Us
WINNER OF THE VICTORIAN PREMIER`S LITERARY AWARD 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE STELLA PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE VOSS LITERARY PRIZE 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017 It has been six months since Tess Muller stopped
First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race
The 1924 flight around the world by the U.S. Army Air Service was the first successful effort to circle the globe by air, and it showed that the United States could compete with the European air powers. The story of the flight includes high drama and grand adventure and interesting personalities. Four planes started out,
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WINNNER OF THE CROOK`S CORNER BOOK PRIZE 2016 `This is a great love story` Edmund White, author of A Boy`s Own Story Wendell Wilson, a taxidermist, and Frank Clifton, a veteran, meet after the Second World War. But, in this declining textile town in a southern US state, their love holds real danger. Severing nearly
The Scent of a Dream: Travels in the World of Coffee
In this remarkable visual survey, internationally acclaimed photographer Sebastiao Salgado documents traditional methods of sustainable coffee farming across the globe, revealing rituals deeply steeped in history and pride.The book spans nearly a decade of research into the hidden world of coffee, highlighting relationships characterised by respect, fair exchange and a shared understanding that ever-improving quality
Videocracy: How YouTube Is Changing the World . . . with Double Rainbows, Singing Foxes, and Other Trends We Can`t Stop Watching
From YouTube`s Head of Culture and Trends, a rousing and illuminating behind-the-scenes exploration of internet video`s massive impact on our worldWhat we watch, create, upload, follow, subscribe to and share matters – It reveals more about ourselves and our society than we could imagine. YouTube is the biggest pool of cultural data since the beginning
Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II
A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTION One April morning in 1943, a sardine fisherman spotted the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain and set in train a course of events that would change the course of the Second World War. Operation Mincemeat was the most successful
Billy Bonkers and the Wacky World Cup!
Put your trainers on, Billy Bonkers is back with more amazing adventures! This time he`s landing a plane and flying through the air in a hot-air balloon to watch the World Cup`s final. Billy and his family are so wacky, you will laugh your socks off!
To the End of the World: Travels with Oscar Wilde
They say that sometimes ghosts don`t realise they`re dead and wander around screaming because no one is paying them any attention. Well, in show business you may have been dead five years before you finally twig. You howl around the corridors of power while the elect march straight through. Then one day you catch yourself
A Brief History of Britain 1851-2021: From World Power to ?
From the Great Exhibition`s showcasing of British national achievement in 1851 to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Stratford in 2012 and on to Brexit, an insightful exploration of the transformation of modern BritainThis revised and updated fourth and final volume in the concise Brief History of Britain series begins in the specially-constructed Crystal
The Love-Charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War
When the first bombs fell on London in August 1940, the city was transformed overnight into a battlefront. For most Londoners, the sirens, guns, planes and bombs heralded gruelling nights of sleeplessness, fear and loss. But for Graham Greene and some of his contemporaries, this was a bizarrely euphoric time when London became the setting
War and Gold: A Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures and Debt
In the sixteenth century, Spanish conquistadors discovered the New World. The vast quantities of gold and silver would make their country rich, yet the new wealth, which was plunged into multiple wars, would eventually lead to the economic ruin of their empire. Here, historian and politician Kwasi Kwarteng shows that this moment in world history
As Green as Grass: Growing Up Before, During & After the Second World War
Uprooted from her beloved Great Western Beach, Emma Smith moves with her family from Newquay to the Devonshire village of Crapstone. But the dust has hardly settled when tragedy strikes, and Emma`s father, a DSO-decorated hero of the Great War, is so frustrated by the hardship of life as a lowly bank clerk and by
Women of the World: The Rise of the Female Diplomat
Throughout the twentieth century and long before, hundreds of determined British women defied the social conventions of their day in order to seek adventure and influence on the world stage. Some became travellers and explorers; others business-owners or buyers; others still devoted their lives to worthy international causes, from anti-slavery and women`s suffrage to the
The Man Who Invented Fiction: How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World
`In 1605 a crippled, greying, almost toothless veteran of Spain`s wars against the Ottoman Empire published a book. That book, Don Quixote, went on to sell more copies than any other book beside the Bible, making its author, Miguel de Cervantes, the most widely read author in human history. Cervantes did more than just publish
Tabby Mctat
Tabby McTat loves singing along with Fred the busker, as people throw coins in their hat. But when Fred has an accident, the two are separated. Will they ever find each other again? Tabby McTat`s story has captured the imagination of hundreds of thousands of children. It is now available in sturdy board book format,
Darjeeling: A History of the World`s Greatest Tea
Winner of the 2016 IACP Award: Literary Food Writing Set against the backdrop of the looming Himalayas and drenching monsoons, this is the story of how Darjeeling developed its tea industry under Imperial British rule and eventually came to produce the world`s finest leaves. But today the industry is battling dropping production ,a violent struggle
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
Tom Gates is the master of excuses for late homework: dog attacks – spilt water – lightning… Tom`s exercise book is full of his doodles, cartoons and thoughts, as well as comments from his long-suffering teacher, Mr Fullerton. After gaining five merits for his CAMPING SUCKS holiday story, Tom`s work starts to go downhill –
The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World
There are dramatic differences in health between countries and within countries. But this is not a simple matter of rich and poor. A poor man in Glasgow is rich compared to the average Indian, but the Glaswegian`s life expectancy is 8 years shorter. The Indian is dying of infectious disease linked to his poverty; the
Tom Gates 15: What Monster?
The fifteenth title in the bestselling Tom Gates series of books from the brilliantly talented Liz Pichon. What`s that? A MONSTER? How has this scary beast escaped into Tom`s sort-of-normal world? Is it one of his doodles? Is it Delia on the rampage? Or is it Mr Fullerman at full moon? All will be revealed
A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama`s Vision for Our World
`It is not enough merely to espouse a noble vision, the Dalai Lama tells us – we need to move toward it. The Dalai Lama`s vision beckons us all. Every one of us can be a force for good` The Dalai Lama has for decades travelled the world, meeting people from all backgrounds and sharing
