Category Archives: Travel Guides
Stranger In The Snow (French)
A bilingual fiction title for children who are independent readers. The parallel text, speech bubbles and pictures by different, talented illustrators provide a child-friendly bridge to reading – and speaking – in another language. There is a quiz at the end of each story to help comprehension and revise vocabulary.
A New World (Spanish)
A bilingual fiction title for children who are independent readers. The parallel text, speech bubbles and pictures by different, talented illustrators provide a child-friendly bridge to reading – and speaking – in another language. There is a quiz at the end of each story to help comprehension and revise vocabulary.
The Sheiling
Tree-climbing students, volunteering soldiers, island-bound recluses… The characters in David Constantine`s remarkable collection are united by an urge to absent themselves, to abscond from the intolerable pressures of normal life and withdraw into strange ideas, political causes, even private languages. Viewed from without, they appear sometimes absurd like the vicar who starts conversing with the
Stranger In The Snow (Spanish)
A bilingual fiction title for children who are independent readers. The parallel text, speech bubbles and pictures by different, talented illustrators provide a child-friendly bridge to reading – and speaking – in another language. There is a quiz at the end of each story to help comprehension and revise vocabulary.
Reberth
The six European port cities known as the Cities on the Edge Liverpool, Bremen, Gdansk, Istanbul, Marseilles and Naples – share a history of dissent, diversity and economic reinvention. Once gateways to the world, bringing wealth and innovation to their respective nations, they`ve long been maligned and misunderstood by their compatriots, preferring instead to look
World Global Mapping Physical Wall Map LARGE PAPER
This map accurately depicts relief and terrain detail through a unique blend of digital elevation modelling and realistic surface representation – some 80 million spot heights have been processed to create the hill shading. All major physical features are identified including mountains, rivers, islands, capes and bays. A beautiful map.
Twice In A Lifetime
Each of Sverrisson`s stories offers an intricate study in the precariousness of life, the frailty of every fleeting opportunity. Characters are scarred by simple, careless actions. Lives turn on the smallest events: a child steals cash from his father for a pretend-money game and unwittingly throws his brother`s entire life off balance; a man has
World Global Mapping Political Wall Map MEDIUM PAPER
Political map of the world from Global Mapping, medium size 99.5 x 69.5cm (39″ x 27.5″ approx) ‘“ paper version, with bright colouring of the individual countries pleasantly contrasted by the light blue oceans, relief shading for mountain ranges on land and the structure of the ocean floor, a panel of country flags, etc. The
Cold Sea Stories
A student pedals an old Ukrainian bicycle between striking factories delivering bulletins in the tumultuous first days of the Polish Solidarity movement; a shepherd watches, unseen, as a strange figure disembarks from a pirate ship to bury a chest on the beach; a prisoner in a Berber dungeon recounts his life`s story–the failed pursuit of
The Book of Khartoum: A City in Short Fiction
This collection of short stories about the capital of Sudan features writing from Ahmed Al-Malik, Bushra Al-Fadil, Ali Al-Makk, Isa Al-Hilu, Arthur Gabriel Yak, Bawadir Bashir, Rania Mamoun, Mamoun Eltlib and Raphael Cormack.
The Sea Cloak
`The Sea Cloak` is a collection of 14 stories by the author, journalist, and women s rights campaigner, Nayrouz Qarmout. Drawing from her own experiences growing up in a Syrian refugee camp, as well as her current life in Gaza, these stories stitch together a patchwork of different perspectives into what it means to be
An Ancient Roman Fort
“An Ancient Roman Fort” gives an insight into the organisation and structure of the powerful ancient Roman army. Find out what happened on a daily basis within the fort. Discover how the Roman army used ingenious techniques to defend the fort. Pull-out illustrations highlight significant parts of the artwork in greater detail. Informative captions, maps,
The Queen`s Coronation 1953: The Official Souvenir Album
The summer of 2013 marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most joyous days in 20th-century British history the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. This official souvenir album, which accompanies the Summer Opening exhibition at Buckingham Palace, recalls the celebrations of 1953, and recreates all the preparations and pageantry of the event
D is for Donkey
This beautifully illustrated anthology contains stories of many donkeys – the majority of whom have been taken into care by The Donkey Sanctuary at its various sanctuaries throughout Europe, as well as some who have been cared for by their teams who work overseas. Each letter of the alphabet is covered and in each there
Make Your Own Roman Arena
Build your very own table-top model by folding out the back cover of these delightful activity books. Then colour in and cut out the figures to complete the scene. There are also facts and stories, extra creative craft projects and a simple glossary. Exceptionally easy-to-make, these books provide hours of creative fun and are extremely
Make Your Own Football Stadium
Build your very own table-top model by folding out the back cover of these delightful activity books. Then colour in and cut out the figures to complete the scene. There are also facts and stories, extra creative craft projects and a simple glossary. Exceptionally easy-to-make, these books provide hours of creative fun and are extremely
Alphabet French
An enchanting first alphabet book with carefully chosen words and pictures. The French words start with the same letter of the alphabet as the English. The bright, cheerful illustrations and page-by-page frieze will absorb children with lots of fascinating details For reading aloud, there is a simple pronunciation guide to the French words and letters
Food Wales – A Second Helping
Colin Pressdee revisits Wales to find the best places to eat, taste and buy local produce and find the rich diversity of foods from the coutryside, coastline and sea. He seeks out those who are committed to preserving the environment using ethical farming and fishing methods to sustain the produce of the countryside and stocks
Seashore Safaris
Marine biologist Judith Oakley explores and explains the diversity of British seashores in her new book Seashore Safaris. Through fantastic photography she aims to encourage people back to the shore and to help to conserve this delicate ecosystem. This book has over 100 photographs, some in polaroid-style, of sea creatures and their natural habitat. Judith
