Category Archives: Travel Guides
Christmas Poems
This beautifully illustrated collection brings together, for the first time, Carol Ann Duffy`s much-celebrated festive poems.For a decade, while she was Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy gifted her thousands of readers an illustrated poem every Christmas, transporting them in one year to a seventeenth-century festival on the frozen Thames, in another to Western Front to
The Strays of Paris
`The life-affirming grown-up fable we all need . . . Jane Smiley has created a world where kindness is king` – Washington Independent Review`Smiley has started to look like the best living American novelist` – Observer`Delightful, heartwarming . . . An especially welcome reminder of the bright spots even in dark times` – NPRParas is
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson`s classic, swashbuckling novel about a young boy who is forced to go to sea and who is then caught up in high drama, daring adventure and political intrigue. Part of the Macmillan Collector`s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make
A Shock – Nominated for the 2021 Goldsmiths Prize
“`A Shock` inhabits the secret life of a city, its hidden energies. It dramatizes how patterns form and then disperse, how stories are made and relationships created… remarkable” Colm Toibin”Political, pertinent, spunky and funny, A Shock is a grand sweep of modern storytelling” June CaldwellNominated for the 2021 Goldsmiths PrizeIn `A Shock`, a clutch of
Love Our Earth: A Colourful Counting Story
`Love Our Earth` is a young and playful picture book about caring for our Earth. With lots to spot and count, and a fold-out surprise at the end!Meet planet Earth and come on a colourful adventure across mountains, rivers, jungles and oceans. Spot and count the friendly animals along the way. And say hello to
The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor
The moving and inspiring story of an Auschwitz survivor who shares what he`s learned about gratitude, tolerance and kindness.Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you.Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November
Permanent Record
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government`s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with
Journey to the River Sea: Illustrated Edition
A gorgeous 20th anniversary hardback jacketed gift edition of Eva Ibbotson`s award-winning, bestselling classic adventure. Fully illustrated in colour throughout by Katie Hickey.”The most perfect children`s book… captivatingly told, funny and moving” Nicolette Jones, Sunday TimesA joyous Amazon adventure set in the lush nature of Brazil, `Journey to the River Sea` is filled with mystery
Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals
“Two days after Notre Dame burned, I flew to Paris to appear on the TV programme La Grande Librairie for a discussion about cathedrals. The following morning I had breakfast at a hotel with my French publisher and she asked me to write a short book about Notre Dame and what it means to all
My Parents: An Introduction / This Does Not Belong to You
Two magnificent memoirs by Aleksandar Hemon, presented together in a glorious single edition: together they make a major work from one of our major writers.In `My Parents`, Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his parents` immigration to Canada – of the lives that were upended by the war in Bosnia and siege of Sarajevo, and
The Snail and the Whale Sticker Book
Packed with games, activities and over 400 stickers, The Snail and the Whale Sticker Book is a great gift for any child — ideal for journeys, rainy days and holidays.One little snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the tail of an enormous whale. Together they go on an amazing journey,
Busy Kittens
In Busy Kittens, children can have lots of fun pulling, pushing and turning the mechanisms. Join in with the fluffy kittens as they play hide and seek, scamper up trees and lick their food bowls clean. Children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with lots to spot, a gentle rhyme and
Axel Scheffler The Noisy Jungle Book: A press-the-page sound book
A munching giraffe, a roaring lion and a snuffling aardvark are just some of the animals making a racket down in the Noisy Jungle! With ten sounds to press, lots to spot and count and a rhyming story to share, children will love joining in with all the jungle fun! Axel Scheffler The Noisy Jungle
My First London Search and Find Sticker Book
Complete with a carry handle and pages of fun stickers, My First London Search and Find Sticker Book is perfect for any child to enjoy the excitement of the big city. Packed with activities, from discovering a dinosaur`s missing bones at the Natural History Museum to spot the difference on the London Underground, children will
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
William Blake`s `Songs of Innocence and of Experience` includes some of the visionary poet`s finest and best-loved poems such as `The Lamb`, `The Chimney-Sweeper` and `The Tiger`. Part of the Macmillan Collector`s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat
Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern
“Entertaining and informative… Delightful” IndependentThere are many reasons to be fascinated by Germany: forests, architecture and fairy tales, not to mention its history and inhabitants’ penchant for very peculiar food. Our distant and often maligned cousin, this is a place in which innumerable strange characters have held power, in which a chaotic jigsaw of borders
No Friend but the Mountains: The True Story of an Illegally Imprisoned Refugee
Awarded Highly Commended in the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award`s Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the YearThe Award-winning International Bestselling Story of One Man`s Six Year Detention in Australia”A powerfully vivid account of the experiences of a refugee: desperation, brutality, suffering, and all observed with an eye that seems to see everything and told
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.In `Before the Coffee Gets Cold`, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping
Kololo Hill
When you`re left with nothing but your secrets, how do you start again? Uganda 1972 A devastating decree is issued: all Ugandan Asians must leave the country in ninety days. They must take only what they can carry, give up their money and never return. For Asha and Pran, married a matter of months, it
Busy Chinese New Year
In Busy Chinese New Year, children can have lots of fun pulling, pushing and turning the mechanisms. Join in with the celebrations as the Lion and Dragon dance, enjoy a family banquet and watch the spectacular fireworks.Children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with lots to spot, a gentle rhyme and
