Category Archives: Travel Guides
Bear Out There
Bear and Spider are best friends, but they couldn`t be more different. Spider loves the outdoors – the warm sun, the fresh breeze, the colourful plants. Bear prefers being inside, with his cosy chair and warm tea. But when Spider`s kite gets stuck in a tree, Bear agrees to help his friend get it back
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World
A brand new book from the Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads`Masterly mapping out of a new world order` – Evening Standard Revised and updated editionThe New Silk Roads takes a fresh look at the relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the ancient trade routes today. The world
In the City by the Sea
Shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys PrizeBy the acclaimed winner of the Women`s Prize for Fiction 2018Hasan is eleven years old. He loves cricket, pomegranates, the night sky, his clever, vibrant artistic mother and his etymologically obsessed lawyer father, and he adores his next-door neighbour Zehra. One early summer morning, while lazing happily on the
Apeirogon
“Nothing like any book you`ve ever read” Michael CunninghamThe novel of a lifetime about two men and their daughters: divided by conflict, yet united in grief.Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin live near one another – yet they exist worlds apart. Rami is Israeli. Bassam is Palestinian. Rami`s license plate is yellow. Bassam`s license plate is
The Calligrapher`s Daughter
Najin Han, the privileged daughter of a calligrapher, longs to choose her own destiny. Smart and headstrong, she is encouraged by her mother-but her stern father is determined to maintain tradition, especially as the Japanese steadily gain control of his beloved country.When he seeks to marry fourteen-year-old Najin into an aristocratic family, her mother defies
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Illustrated Edition
Jim Kay`s dazzling depiction of J.K. Rowling`s wizarding world has won legions of fans since the first Illustrated Edition of the Harry Potter novels was published in hardback in 2015, becoming a bestseller around the world. This irresistible smaller-format paperback edition of `Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets` perfectly pairs J.K. Rowling`s storytelling genius
The Last Good Man: Winner of the Betty Trask Prize
Winner of the Betty Trask Prize”A Scarlet Letter for our times” Margaret AtwoodDuncan Peck has travelled alone to Dartmoor in search of his cousin. He has come from the city, where the fires are always burning.In his cousin`s village, Peck finds a place with tea rooms and barley fields, a church and a schoolhouse. Out
Affluence Without Abundance: What We Can Learn from the World`s Most Successful Civilisation
`Insightful and well-written … Suzman chronicles … how much humankind can still learn from the disappearing way of life of the most marginalised communities on earth` YUVAL NOAH HARARIWhat can we learn from the bushmen? If the success of a civilization is measured by its endurance over time, then the Bushmen of the Kalahari are
This Is Happiness
Shortlisted for Best Novel in the Irish Book AwardsLonglisted for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionThe most enchanting novel you`ll read this year, from the acclaimed author of Man Booker-longlisted History of the Rain`Lyrical, tender and sumptuously perceptive` Sunday Times `A love letter to the sleepy, unhurried and delightfully odd Ireland that is
The Little Book of Bad Moods: Be Your Worst Self
A hilarious fill-in activity book that encourages you to unleash your inner rage, scribble down your deepest annoyances, and creatively detail every person who has ever done you wrong.The Little Book of Bad Moods is an irreverent adult activity book that lets you unleash all your pent-up anger and say the things that you can`t
Fantastically Great Women 100 Postcards
These 100 Fantastically Great Women postcards, inspired by Kate Pankhurst`s extraordinary picture book series, invite little ones, teens and adults to use their imagination to shape the future! Each postcard celebrates women who have changed the world we live in today and who followed their hearts, talents and dreams.With motivational quotes on each postcard, remind
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Slytherin Edition
Let the magic of J.K. Rowling`s classic Harry Potter series take you back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Issued to mark the 20th anniversary of first publication of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, this irresistible Slytherin House Edition celebrates the noble character of the Hogwarts house famed for its pride, ambition
Fantastically Great Women A Big Ideas Notebook
Be brave, be bold, be inspired and write about your BIG ideas. The Fantastically Great Women Big Ideas Notebook, inspired by Kate Pankhurst`s extraordinary picture book series, invites you to use your imagination to shape the future! There are pages that include Fantastically Great Women quotes and decorated pages inviting you to write your own
We`re Going on an Elf Chase: Board Book
Christmas is coming! Come and join the fun as four little bunnies set off on an exciting lift-the-flap adventure. With ten little elves hidden under the flaps of this gorgeously festive board book, you`ll have to run, run, run if you`re going to catch them all! There are lots of Christmassy obstacles along the way,
How to Pronounce Knife
In her stunning debut, Souvankham Thammavongsa captures the day-to-day lives of immigrants and refugees in a nameless city, illuminating hopes, disappointments, love affairs, and above all, the pursuit of a place to belong.An ex-boxer turned nail salon worker falls for a pair of immaculate hands; a mother and daughter harvest earthworms in the middle of
Fantastically Great Women Who Worked Wonders: Gift Edition
Kate Pankhurst, descendent of Emmeline Pankhurst, is back with a brand new wildly brilliant and accessible book about incredible women in the world of work. What do you want to be when you grow up? It`s a BIG question that everyone is asked from an early age. Discover eye-opening facts about a collection of go-getting
The Gallows Pole
`Powerful, visceral writing, historical fiction at its best. Benjamin Myers is one to watch` PAT BARKER`Phenomenal` SEBASTIAN BARRY`Superb` THE TIMESFrom his remote moorland home, David Hartley assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history. They are the
Larklight
From the author of the international blockbuster Mortal Engines, adapted by visionary Peter Jackson, Larklight is an utterly unique and page-turningly brilliant Victorian space adventureArt Mumby is just a normal boy living in space, but all that changes when an ancient race of gigantic white spiders called the First Ones arrive to seize his family
We Catch the Bus
Choose your favourite vehicle and let`s go! Join all the busy animals as they zoom around in every kind of vehicle you can imagine, vibrantly illustrated by the talented Katie Abey.Is that a cheeky monkey flying a plane? And did I see a llama riding a scooter? And there`s a whole pack of animals catching
Original Flava: Caribbean Recipes from Home
Craig and Shaun McAnuff are bringing Da`Flava from the Caribbean to your kitchen! We`re Craig and Shaun, two brothers from South London, but with Jamaica in our hearts and souls. Our Mum and Nanny taught us to cook, and Original Flava is all about meals that are vibrant, lively, exciting, and full of the influences
