Category Archives: Travel Guides
Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier: 2016
Cyclogeography is an essay about the bicycle in the cultural imagination and a portrait of London seen from the saddle. Informed by his years spent as a bicycle courier, Jon Day reflects on the way bicycles connect people with places. Parasitic on the city, couriers have an intimate knowledge of London, and for those who
The Paradoxal Compass: Drake`s Dilemma: 2017
What motivated the 16th century explorers? The question is a vexed one the world over. To this day, a troubled folkloric status hangs about the better-known names. Many of the Tudor explorers set sail from the South West peninsula. Morpurgo, with his own deep connections to the Dorset coast, unearths the stories behind little-known key
We are Not Afraid: 2017
Devastated by the series of terrorist attacks that killed 130 people – the deadliest attacks on France since World War II – Lustiger, a German journalist living in Paris, set out to find answers to the questions that obsessed her: why has our generation bred Jihadists, what motivates such attacks, and what changes can we
The Russian Soul: Selections from a Writer`s Diary
A new anthology of Dostoevsky`s remarkable work `A Writer`s Diary`. A voluminous and variegated miscellany in which the celebrated author spoke to his readers about issues concerning Russia, it is a work as eerily prescient of global preoccupations in the twenty-first century as it is frequently overlooked. Dostoevsky`s Writer`s Diary was also his creative laboratory,
All Day at the Movies
“Fiona Kidman, a poet, is a beautiful writer.” – The TimesIn 1952, war widow Irene takes her young daughter to start a new life in New Zealand`s tobacco fields. But tragedy forces her into the arms of Jock, whose actions will haunt the lives of the couple`s future children–though strong-willed Belinda will carve her own
The Foreigner: Two Essays on Exile
Richard Sennett has spent an intellectual lifetime exploring how humans live in cities. In this pair of essays he visits two of the world`s greatest cities at crucial moments in their history to meditate on the condition of exile in both geographical and psychic space: the Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice, where state-imposed outsiderdom was
Salt Creek
`A part of me will always live at Salt Creek though it is on the far side of the world…`The comfortable and respectable life Hester Finch now leads in Chichester, England, could not be further from the hardship her family endured on leaving Adelaide for Salt Creek in 1855. Yet she finds her thoughts drawn
Wandering Jew: The Search for Joseph Roth
In this revealing `psycho-geography`, Dennis Marks makes a journey through the eastern borderlands of Europe to learn about the elusive writer Joseph Roth and the world in which he lived. The result is a riveting and involving documentary that reunites Roth with his creative landscape.Joseph Roth, best-known as the author of the novel The Radetsky
The White City
Through endless years of glacial winter, artist Hera has known loss: her brother`s arrest and imprisonment on terrorism charges, her mother`s resulting death, and the collapse of normal life in a devastated London. Her one comfort has been her relationship with Raphael. As the thaw begins, can she track down her elusive lover?
River Tyne Trail: Sources to Sea
The trail traces the length of one of Britain`s greatest rivers, the Tyne. The 130 mile walk covers both sources, the North and South Tynes, which are marked by giant stone monuments. The stone at the North Tyne, near the England-Scotland border, was erected in October 2013 specially to mark the beginning of the trail.
Little
`There is a space between life and death: it`s called waxworks` Born in Alsace in 1761, the unsightly, diminutive Marie Grosholtz is quickly nicknamed “Little.” Orphaned at the age of six, she finds employment in the household of reclusive anatomist, Dr Curtius. Her role soon surpasses that of mere servant as the eccentric doctor takes
This Mortal Boy
Paddy Black killed a man. But does he deserve to hang?Market: Maggie O`Farrell, Anne Enright* Compelling courtroom drama with emotional heart* Based on real case which the author is campaigning to be considered a miscarriage of justice. Current interest in true crime cases eg Serial, Making a Murderer* The events in the novel contributed to
Lily and Bear – Grumpy Feet: No. 2
Something is not right. The day is too rainy, the teapot too dribbly and Lily`s sunshine colour is missing from her crayons. Oh no, she`s woken up with Grumpy Feet! What can her best friend Bear do to turn the grumps back into the jumps?
Snow Babies
Time to meet the snow babies! This is the perfect seasonal gift to introduce allthose wide-eyed, soft, fluffy, cuddly and cute babies who live in the snow. Includespenguin chicks, seal pups, polar bear cubs, and many more.
Roar! Roar! I`m a Dinosaur!
Jo Lodge is a master of simple, interactive novelty books, with great child appeal. All toddlers love dinosaurs and this book explores them in a simple, fun way. Bright colours, actions to copy, simple extra value information and plenty of onomatopoeia! Great for sharing.
Everyone Can Draw
A book to celebrate the artist in each and every one of us. Everyone can draw – but in different ways! Found out what you love and draw, draw, draw!
The Hughs: Scotland`s Best Wee Hills Under 2,000 Feet
Guide to author`s favourite hills under 2,000 feet, on the Scottish mainland, including some that are rarely climbed, some that are well-known and iconic, and all of which offer a distinctive hillwalking experience. These are all hills with great character, they have attitude rather than altitude.
The Morning Star: The New Novel From the Author of `My Struggle`
The breathtaking new novel from the internationally bestselling author of `My Struggle`, “the literary sensation of the decade” Sunday TimesOne long night in August, Arne and Tove are staying with their children in their summer house in southern Norway. Kathrine, a priest, is flying home from a Bible seminar, questioning her marriage. Journalist Jostein is
Don McCullin (Reissue)
The updated retrospective published for McCullin`s 80th birthday. Contains 40 new unpublished photographs and a new introduction – the definitive edition. McCullin`s reputation has long been established as one of the greatest photographers of conflict in the last century. In the fourteen years since the first publication of the book, McCullin has shed the role
Six Facets Of Light
`She`s a genius, I believe, because she lights up every subject she touches.` Hilary Mantel A Spectator Book of the YearGoethe claimed to know what light was. Galileo and Einstein both confessed they didn`t. On the essential nature of light, and how it operates, the scientific jury is still out. There is still time, therefore,
