Category Archives: Travel Guides
Solar System
DKfindout! Solar System teaches kids everything they would want to know about the awe-inspiring solar system. With beautiful photography, lively illustrations, and key curriculum information, the DKfindout! series will satisfy any child who is eager to learn and acquire facts – and keep them coming back for more! From the planets to meteorites all a
The Gaze
From award-winning writer Elif Shafak, the Orange Prize long-listed author of The Forty Rules of Love and The Architect`s Apprentice, The Gaze is a humorous and carnivalesque exploration of what it means to look and be looked at…An obese woman and her lover, a dwarf, are sick of being stared at wherever they go and
The Sherlock Holmes Book
The Sherlock Holmes Book chronicles every case of the world`s greatest detective and his assistant Dr Watson. The game is afoot and now you can discover every detail of Sherlock Holmes` world. From the first novel A Study in Scarlet, through to the masterpiece that is The Hound of the Baskervilles and the detective`s last
The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson
`Never before had Nils travelled around at such good speed, and he had always liked riding fast and wild …Nor had he thought what it might be like to travel so high above the ground. But it was like flying away from worries and sorrows and annoyances of every imaginable kind`Nils Holgersson is a naughty
Maigret`s Dead Man
Maigret plunges into the murky Parisian underworld in book twenty-nine of the new Penguin Maigret series. `That shoeless foot looked incongruous lying on the pavement next to another foot encased in a shoe made of black kid leather. It was naked, private…It was Maigret who retrieved the other shoe which lay by the kerb six
My Friend Maigret
Past acquaintances resurface in the sun-drenched south of France in this new translation, book thirty-one of the new Penguin Maigret series. `The palm trees around the railway station were motionless, fixed in a Saharan sun …It really felt as if they were stepping into another world, and they were embarrassed to be entering it in
The Cellars of the Majestic
The dark side of glamorous expat life in Paris is brought to life in this new translation, book twenty-one in the new Penguin Maigret series. `Try to imagine a guest, a wealthy woman, staying at the Majestic with her husband, her son, a nurse and a governess …In a suite that costs more than a
Maigret at the Coroner`s
Maigret grapples with the American justice system on a trip to Arizona in this new translation, book thirty-two of the new Penguin Maigret series. The FBI man was convinced, in short, that Maigret was a big shot in his own country but that here, in the United States, he was incapable of figuring out anything
Signed, Picpus
Maigret dismantles an intricate network of lies stretching from Paris to Nice in book twenty-three of the new Penguin Maigret series. A small, thin man, rather dull to look at, neither young nor old, exuding the stale smell of a bachelor who does not look after himself. He pulls his fingers and cracks his knuckles
Maigret and the Old Lady
Maigret uncovers some troubling family politics in this new translation, book thirty-three of the new Penguin Maigret series. `He had realized that it was her eyes as much as her vivacity that made her look so young. They were of a blue that was paler than the September sky over the sea and still had
For Two Thousand Years
“Nothing I have read is more affecting than Mihail Sebastian`s magnificent, haunting 1934 novel, `For Two Thousand Years`” – Philippe Sands, Guardian Books of the Year`Absolutely, definitively alone`, a young Jewish student in Romania tries to make sense of a world that has decided he doesn`t belong. Spending his days walking the streets and his
Maigret Takes a Room
`Compelling, remorseless, brilliant` John Gray `What he thought he had discovered, in place of the joyful candour that she usually displayed, was an irony which was neither less cheerful nor less childish, but which troubled him … He wondered now if his exultation wasn`t down to the fact that she was playing a part, not
Prague Nights
`The emperor`s mistress had been murdered, and the world had been taken hold of and turned upon its head` Prague, 1599. Christian Stern, a young doctor, has just arrived in the city. On his first evening, he finds a young woman`s body half-buried in the snow. The dead woman is none other than the emperor`s
Mary Berry Cookery Course
This is a cookery course from the UK`s much-loved cook. Let Mary take you from new cook to good cook or from good cook to great cook with Mary Berry`s Cookery Course, now in paperback. With delicious recipes from soups, starters and mains to bread, puddings and cakes, you can master the foundations of cooking
Curry
This is a new edition of this ultimate cookbook for curry-lovers. Take your taste buds on a global curry adventure. Invite top chefs, writers and cooks into your kitchen, from Vivek Singh (The Cinnamon Club), Das Sreedharan (Rasa Restaurants) to David Thompson (Nahm) and they`ll share their secrets for authentic, taste-tingling curries that are easy
Chicken and Rice
Southeast Asian food is fresh, easy and full of unforgettable flavours: Chicken and Rice will show you just how simple it is to make at home. Shu Han Lee moved to London from Singapore as a student. Homesick and hungry, she started teaching herself to cook the food she`d grown up with – Singaporean and
Hindi – English Visual Bilingual Dictionary
Look and learn to recall a wealth of everyday vocabulary in Hindi with this intuitive easy-to-use visual language dictionary. Whether it`s for business or pleasure, pick up 6,000 key Hindi words and phrases on a range of subjects: from shopping and eating out, to sport and beyond quickly and easily. You can find every word
LEGO DC Super Heroes: Character Encyclopedia
The ultimate guide to the minifigures of the LEGO DC Comics universe LEGO DC Super Heroes Character Encyclopedia is a comprehensive visual guide to the full range of LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes minifigures, including LEGO Batman, LEGO Superman and their friends and foes. Featuring facts and figures about all the characters from the LEGO
Peppa Pig: Peppa`s Christmas Fun Sticker Activity Book
Peppa, George and all their friends are celebrating Christmas. Join them in this activity book packed with puzzles, games and festive fun!
Star Wars: the Force Awakens Incredible Cross Sections
See the vehicles of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in unparalleled detail with this newest addition to the Star Wars Incredible Cross-Sections series. Twelve breathtaking artworks bring the new craft to life, showing all of the weapons, engines, and technology, while engaging text explains each vehicle`s back story and key features. (copyright) & Trademark 2015
