Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Kinship of Secrets
`A gorgeous achievement` Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko`Graceful, poignant and moving` Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The SympathizerIn 1948 Najin and Calvin Cho, with their young daughter Miran, travel from South Korea to the United States in search of new opportunities. Wary of the challenges ahead, Najin and Calvin make the difficult
Incredible Journeys: Discovery, Adventure, Danger, Endurance
Signed by the authorShortlisted for the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award`s Children`s Travel Book of the YearAlongside real-life explorer Levison Wood, travel around the world, meet some of history`s most daring pioneers, and be inspired to go on your very own adventures!Embark on 20 epic expeditions alongside Levison Wood, from the Silk Road and
She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story that Changed the Rules about Sex and Power
“We were determined, from the start, to give a voice to the voiceless.” Kantor and TwoheyOn October 5, 2017, the New York Times published an article by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey that changed the world forever. For months Kantor and Twohey had been having confidential discussions with top actresses, former Weinstein employees and other
Michelle Obama: The Fantastically Feminist (and Totally True) Story of the Inspirational Activist and Campaigner
Meet the marvellous Michelle Obama: A+ student, passionate piano player, and a girl who`s not afraid to dream big. Determined to make the world a better place, the grown up Michelle gets to work in helping the community in whatever way she can. But then she meets and falls in love with Barack Obama, who
The Redeemed – Longlisted for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
Longlisted for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionA stirring, exquisitely rendered tale of homecoming; the final instalment in Tim Pears`s epic West Country TrilogyIt is 1916. Lottie Prideaux rides the winding lanes of her childhood on her motorcycle, defying the expectations of her class and sex as she trains to be a vet.
Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls` Rights
This illustrated adaptation of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai`s bestselling memoir, I Am Malala, introduces readers of 7+ to the remarkable story of a teenage girl who risked her life for the right to go to school. Raised in a changing Pakistan by an enlightened father from a poor background and a beautiful, illiterate
Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK`A bracing account of discovery … Glistens with deftly told snippets and character-rich stories` Financial Times`Marks the birth of a new star of non-fiction` William DalrympleA captivating, lyrical and deeply discerning portrait of life in the Cornish town of Newlyn, the largest working fishing port in Britain, from
Bone China
“Laura is a masterful writer, her deliciously gothic stories so skilfully woven that you can`t get them out of your head even if you wanted to” Stacey Halls, author of `The Familiars`A Daphne Du Maurier-esque chiller set on the mysterious Cornish coast from the author of `The Silent Companions` and `The Corset`Consumption has ravaged Louise
A Theatre for Dreamer
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER`The Greek island of Hydra is the star of this novel about a young woman and a 1960s bohemian community` SUNDAY TIMES, Summer Reading Pick 2020 `Samson summons the vision and the reality in a beguiling, deeply evocative portrait of a vanished era` GUARDIAN, Summer Reading Pick 2020`It`s sleazy, evocative, beautiful and
One Christmas Wish
NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP GREENAWAY MEDAL 2019It`s Christmas Eve and Theo – left at home with a babysitter – sees an odd-looking star out of his window and decides to make a wish. He wishes that he had some friends to keep him company. Moments later the Christmas decorations
The Woodland Trust: Into The Forest
The world is rich with marvellous forests and amazing communities of plants, animals, fungi and minute creatures that populate them. Learn all about the woods, experience each sound and smell and explore all the hidey-holes and cosy dens of its dwellers with this big and beautiful book all about forests, published in partnership with The
Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
In the late morning of May 29th 1953, the sun was shining brightly on the roof of the world, a gentle breeze was blowing and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever . Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and the roof of the world was Everest.This is
The Monster Who Wasn`t
A brilliantly rich and strange fantasy adventure that will make us all believe in monsters – be they good, bad or somewhere in between.It is a well-known fact that fairies are born from a baby`s first laugh. What is not as well documented is how monsters come into being …This is the story of a
Rest and Be Thankful
Laura is a nurse in a paediatric unit. On long, quiet shifts, she and her colleagues, clad in their different shades of blue, care for sick babies, handling their exquisitely frangible bodies, carefully calibrating the mysterious machines that keep them alive.Laura may be burned out. Her hands have been raw from washing as long as
Epic Tales of Triumph and Adventure
Prepare to meet 66 exceptionally brave adventurers in this celebration of monumental achievements from around the world. Mountaineers, conquerors, explorers, sailors, pilots and many others who accomplished amazing feats of bravery and triumph are waiting to be discovered in Simon Cheshire`s outstanding, `Epic Tales of Triumph and Adventures`, vibrantly illustrated by Fatti Burke. These are
The Boreal Forest: A Year in the World`s Largest Land Biome
The vast boreal forest spans a dozen countries in the northern regions like `a scarf around the neck of the world,` making it the planet`s largest land biome. Besides providing homes for a diversity of species, this spectacular forest is also vitally important to the planet`s ecosystem. This beautifully written book explores this special wilderness
On The Run In Ancient China
It`s the tantalising smell of Chinese food that`s enticed the Binkerton children back into the creepy Good Times Travel Agency. Sure, the fried noodles are delicious, but then the shop owner pulls another one of his mysterious guidebooks off his shelf and before they can stop him, he`s sent the children hurtling back in time
Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion
During World War I, British and American ships were painted with bold colors and crazy patterns from bow to stern. Why would anyone put such eye-catching designs on ships?Desperate to protect ships from German torpedo attacks, British lieutenant-commander Norman Wilkinson proposed what became known as dazzle. These stunning patterns and colors were meant to confuse
Long Peace Street: A Walk in Modern China
Through the centre of China`s historic capital, Long Peace Street cuts a long, arrow-straight line. It divides the Forbidden City, home to generations of Chinese emperors, from Tiananmen Square, the vast granite square constructed to glorify a New China under Communist rule. To walk the street is to travel through the story of China`s recent
Out of the Blue: New Short Fiction from Iceland
This extraordinary collection, the first anthology of Icelandic short fiction published in English translation, features work by twenty of Iceland`s most popular and celebrated living authors–including Andri Snaer Magnason, Jon Kalman Stefansson, Kristin Omarsdottir, and Auour Jonsdottir–granddaughter of Halldor Laxness, who won the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. Celebrated in Europe and Scandinavia but less
