Category Archives: Travel Guides
Every Little Kindness
Follow the trail of good deeds in this beautiful wordless picture book to learn how small acts of kindness can make all the difference!When one act of kindness sparks another, anything is possible! As a girl searches for her lost dog, a simple act of generosity ripples into a wave of good deeds. In the
Unicorns LOVE Rainbow Pants!
What do unicorns love? Do they eat wiggly worms, do they wear a pirate hat on their head? Do they race over a rainbow, do unicorns dance on the moon?Match, muddle and make a story with this interactive board book where the reader chooses what happens next!Choose from fifteen push-out play pieces to create a
A Short History of the World According to Sheep
“This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari`s `Sapiens`. It`s every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful” Julian NortonFrom the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, sheep have been central to the human story. Since our our Neolithic ancestors` first
Builder`s Tool Kit
Build confidence and creativity with this press out and play book title, perfect for supporting role play in young children.It`s a busy day on the construction site and the builders need all the help they can get! Using the themed pop-out play pieces, perfect for little hands to hold, children can help the workers with
Skin
Shortlisted for the Not the Booker PrizeA strange virus is sweeping the globe. Humans have become allergic to one another. Simply standing next to somebody could be a death sentence. A kiss could be fatal.Angela is a woman trying to get by in this bewildering new world. Though she still lives with her husband and
Shopping List
Build confidence and creativity with this press out and play book title, perfect for supporting role play in young children.It`s time for a trip to the supermarket, and there`s lots to put in the trolley! Using the themed pop-out play pieces, perfect for little hands to hold, children can buy the items on the shopping
Monster Dash!
Monster loves dashing around in his car! Discover where monster is zooming off to in this interactive Push and Play title.Push and Play is an innovative board book series that allows children to interact with the play piece characters and to use their imagination to take a journey through the simple, immersive story.Push out the
Ancient Egyptians
Travel back in time and meet the Egyptians in this fact-packed lift-the-flap book!How do you make a mummy? Who built the Great Pyramid? What did pharaohs wear? Find the answers to all these questions and more. Each humorous scene is packed with facts and interactive flaps that bring history to life. Don`t just read about
Save the Day for Ada May!
Tip, twist, tilt, blow, shake and turn the book to save the day in this immersive, action-packed story that places readers in control of the action!Max and his little sister, Ada May, love feeding the ducks. What could possibly go wrong? Young heroes will scream with laughter as they tilt, blow, shake, flick and shout
Populista: The Rise of Latin America`s 21st Century Strongman
“An ambitious, riveting and essential book that has much to teach us about the recent history of this region, and about the human impulse towards populism that continues to shape the world” Ben Rhodes, bestselling author of `The World As It Is`”A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past”
The World`s War
“A ground-breaking and important book that will surely reframe our understadning of the Great War” David Lammy MP.In a sweeping narrative, David Olusoga describes how Europe`s Great War became the World`s War – a multi-racial, multi-national struggle, fought in Africa and Asia as well as in Europe, which pulled in men and resources from across
Prayer for the Living
Topical and timely, Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri`s new collection of short stories blur parallel realities and walk the line between darkness and magic. Is what you see all there is? Look again. Playful, frightening, even shocking – the stories in this collection blur the lines between illusion and reality. This is a writer at
Love Notes from a German Building Site
Paul, a young Irish engineer, follows his girlfriend to Berlin and begins work on the renovation of a commercial building in Alexanderplatz. Wrestling with a new language, on a site running behind schedule, and with a relationship in flux, he becomes increasingly untethered. Set against the structural evolution of a sprawling city, this meditation on
Into the River: Winner of the CWA Debut Dagger
WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS` ASSOCIATION DEBUT DAGGERWINNER OF THE 2018 INDIE DEBUT FICTION AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, ABIA AWARDS 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR, ABIA AWARDS 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FICTION 2018Growing up in a small country town,
The Woman in the White Kimono – BBC Radio 2 Book Club Book
Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage secures her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community. However, Naoko has fallen for an American sailor and to marry him would bring great shame upon her entire family. When it’s learned Naoko carries the sailor’s child, she’s cast out in disgrace and forced to make unimaginable choices
Another Peak: Everest is Not the Only Summit
Reaching Everest was always the dream, but after an avalanche stopped Alex the first time and an earthquake the second, he had to take a step back.But even as he climbed down, he couldn`t stop wondering `What`s next?`A restlessness in his bones, and a need to help make things better after the lives claimed in
Mind Over Mountain: A Mental and Physical Climb to the Top
`Mind Over Mountain` is a journey from the seat of a wheelchair to the summit of the highest mountain on Earth. A simple mistake at an indoor climbing gym sentenced 28-year-old Robby to a year in a wheelchair, shattering his aspirations of becoming a mountaineer. In the months that followed, Robby faced depression, anxiety, suicidal
Lakeland: A Personal Journey
`I don`t know any tract of land in which in so narrow a compass may be found an equal variety of sublime and beautiful features`. So said the poet Wordsworth of England`s Lake District, an area as rich in cultural associations as it is in beautiful scenery. Hunter Davies, who has spent every summer in
Dinosaurs LOVE Stinky Socks!
What do dinosaurs love? Do they eat stinky socks and sleep in a space rocket? Do they play the xylophone? Do dinosaurs have bubble baths in the swamp?Match, muddle, and make a story with this interactive board book where the reader chooses what happens next!Choose from fifteen push-out play pieces to create a funny story.
The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960
`The Colour of Time` spans more than a hundred years of world history from the reign of Queen Victoria and the US Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and beginning of the Space Age. It charts the rise and fall of empires, the achievements of science, industry and the arts, the tragedies of war
