Category Archives: Travel Guides
Hidden Planet: An Illustrator`s Love Letter to Planet Earth
Perfect for animal-lovers everywhere! A beautiful, large-format crossover book for all ages, this is the book natural-history illustrator Ben has wanted to read since he was a child.Facts and descriptions provide insight into a curated collection of birds and animals – some endangered and some less so – told from the perspective of a detail-obsessed
Frostheart
Bursting with brilliant characters, heart-stopping adventure and tons of laughs, this magical tale is perfect for fans of `Nevermoor`, `Frozen` and `How to Train Your Dragon`!Way out in the furthest part of the known world, a tiny stronghold exists all on its own, cut off from the rest of human-kin by monsters that lurk beneath
The Sea Book
Featuring fascinating fishy facts accompanied by bright, bold, and beautiful illustrations, this book takes children on a journey through the sea and all its zones. Touching on mammals, fish, invertebrates, and reptiles, The Sea Book explores a wealth of incredible marine animals and their habitats, from up on the ice, down to colourful coral reefs,
RHS The Magic and Mystery of Trees
Learn about the amazing natural science of trees in this gorgeously illustrated nature and science book. From the highest branch and leaf down to the complex “wood wide web” of roots, every part of a tree plays an important role in its own growth and the habitat of the whole forest or woodland.Did you know
Through the Animal Kingdom: Discover Amazing Animals and Their Remarkable Homes
Go on a journey that spans every corner of our planet. What do freezing mountain peaks, vast deserts, lush forests, and the deepest, darkest oceans have in common? They`re all places that incredible animals call home.Through the Animal Kingdom invites you on a journey through these habitats to discover the secret lives of the animals
Ladybird Tales of Adventurous Girls
`All power to Gretel and Tamasha and Tokoyo and Chandra and Sea Girl and Gerda! They come from different countries and traditions but they`re all such marvellous spirited girls I wish each one could be my best friend` – Jacqueline WilsonGirls can save the day too, and they always have . . . Join six
A Maigret Christmas: And Other Stories
Three seasonal stories set in Paris at Christmas, from the celebrated creator of Inspector Maigret.It is Christmas in Paris, but beneath the sparkling lights and glittering decorations lie sinister deeds and dark secrets…This collection brings together three of Simenon`s most enjoyable Christmas tales, newly translated, featuring Inspector Maigret and other characters from the Maigret novels.
100 Cats
Sitting cat, spitting cat, tangled-in-your-knitting cat, paw cat, claw cat ruining your chair!New cat, shoo cat! Living in the zoo cat, swing cat, cling cat… Hang in there!This laugh-out-loud picture book is a brilliant read-aloud rhyming romp through a cornucopia of cats in silly scenarios. Follow the cat-and-mouse subplot and find endless funny details to
Top Marks For Murder
The brilliant new mystery from the bestselling, award-winning author of Murder Most Unladylike.Daisy and Hazel are finally back at Deepdean, and the school is preparing for a most exciting event: the fiftieth Anniversary.Plans for a weekend of celebrations are in full swing. But all is not well, for in the detectives` long absence, Deepdean has
Who Among Us?
`This novel is a jewel … one of those books that enters the soul, which it is impossible not to be conquered by. It is a masterpiece like few others` Huffington PostMiguel and Alicia fall quietly in love as teenagers, walking back from school together. When Lucas – enigmatic, charismatic – arrives, everything changes, and
Zami: A New Spelling of my Name
“If I didn`t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people`s fantasies for me and eaten alive.”A little black girl opens her eyes in 1930s Harlem. Around her, a heady swirl of passers-by, car horns, kerosene lamps, the stock market falling, fried bananas, tales of her parents` native Grenada. She trudges to
French and German, Germans and French: A Personal Interpretation of France under Two Occupations, 1914-1918/1940-1944
An extraordinary history of French lives under occupation in the First and Second World Wars, this is an intimate, unforgettable meditation on the strange mixture of compromise and betrayal, collaboration and resistance that marks defeat, written by one of the greatest historians of France.`A splendid book for comprehending human kind … Cobb has a strong
In Paris: 20 Women on Life in the City of Light
“We`ve always been crazy in love with this city… We love its arrogance, its clumsiness, its simplicity. And especially the women who live here.”For everyone who has ever dreamed of living in Paris, here is a window on the world`s most stylish city by two quintessential Parisian women: Jeanne Damas, the model and fashion designer
The Wisdom of Wolves: How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human
In this unforgettable book, wolf expert and naturalist Elli Radinger draws on her 25 years of experience among the wolves of Yellowstone National Park to tell us remarkable stories of the wolves she has encountered.Wolves are more human than we ever knew..In fact, they can teach us how to be better humans. They play, love,
A Short History of Europe: From Pericles to Putin
The first short narrative history of the continent, from the author of the bestselling `A Short History of England`Europe is an astonishingly successful place. In this dazzling new history, bestselling author Simon Jenkins grippingly tells the story of its evolution from warring peoples to peace, wealth and freedom – a story that twists and turns
The Science of Animals: Inside their Secret World
Explore the everyday miracle of the animal kingdom.With spectacular, studio-quality photography and clear explanations, this book reveals the incredible anatomy, behaviour, and beauty of every type of creature, from hair to scale and whisker to tail. This elegant introduction to zoology offers interesting views, angles, and close-ups that show you animals in surprising detail. The
How High The Moon
Boston was nothing like South Carolina. Up there, colored folks could go anywhere they wanted. Folks didn`t wait for church to dress in their fancy clothes. Fancy was just life. Mama was a city girl . . . and now I was going to be one too. It`s 1944, and in a small, Southern, segregated
Murder by the Book: A Sensational Chapter in Victorian Crime
“A fascinating portrait of Victorian London” Observer”I devoured it in one sitting” Alison Weir “Excellent” Dan Snow Early on the morning of 6 May 1840, on an ultra-respectable Mayfair street, the elderly Lord William Russell was discovered in bed with his throat cut so deeply that the head was almost severed. When Lord William`s assassin
Peppa Pig: Peppa at the Beach
A bright and colourful board book for little readers (and piglets) everywhere! Peppa and her family are in Australia, staying with Kylie Kangaroo. When the two families visit the beach to learn how to surf, Daddy Pig and George find their own special way of riding the waves!
The Western Front: A History of the First World War
“A tour de force of scholarship, analysis and narration… Lloyd is well on the way to writing a definitive history of the First World War” The Times”This well-researched, well-written and cogently argued new analysis . . . will undoubtedly now take its rightful place as the standard account of this vital theatre of the conflict”
