Category Archives: Travel Guides
Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year
William Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets and a handful of longer poems and you can discover them all here. Each page of Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year contains an extract of his genius – a soliloquy, poem, quote or scene matched to the date. The introductory paragraphs serve as a
The Skylarks` War
Winner of the Costa Children`s Book Award 2018.The Skylarks` War is a beautiful story following the loves and losses of a family growing up against the harsh backdrop of World War One, from the award-winning Hilary McKay.Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, staying with their grandparents and running free
The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell`s 1984
`If you have even the slightest interest in Orwell or in the development of our culture, you should not miss this engrossing, enlightening book.` John Carey, Sunday TimesGeorge Orwell`s last novel has become one of the iconic narratives of the modern world. Its ideas have become part of the language – from `Big Brother` to
The Troll
A laugh-out-loud pirate adventure from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts.The Troll longs for a juicy goat to eat – but he`s stuck with boring old fish for supper. Bother! Meanwhile, Hank Chief and his pirate crew love fish, but without a decent recipe their slimy, soggy dinner is even worse.
The Flying Bath
A fantastic bathtime adventure from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts – perfect for reading together.When everyone has left the house in the morning, the bath toys spring into action and head off on exciting adventures in their magical flying bath! From giving a muddy piglet a shower to putting out
Jack and the Flumflum Tree
Set sail with Jack for an adventure on the high seas in this wondrous story from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts.Jack`s Granny is sick with a bad case of the moozles! And the only cure is the fruit of the flumflum tree which grows on the faraway Isle of Blowyernose.
The Hiding Game – Longlisted for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
Longlisted for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction”A suspenseful story of obsession against the tense political backdrop of Germany’s Bauhaus art school” Sunday TimesIn 1922, Paul Beckermann arrives at the Bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching and his fellow students. Eccentric and alluring, the more time Paul
Crudo
Winner of the James Tait Black Prize 2019Dive in to this tale of love and loathing in the summer of 2017, the beach read of the summer. Kathy is a writer. Kathy is getting married. It`s the summer of 2017 and the whole world is falling apart. From a Tuscan hotel for the super-rich to
Ruby Red Shoes Goes To Paris
Join Ruby Red Shoes on her second adventure: in Paris!Ruby Red Shoes and her grandmother are on holiday in Paris and Ruby is fizzing with excitement as she explores. She practices her best French, eats buttered baguettes, and scoots about with a special new friend who shows her the sights. It`s a time she`ll treasure
Snowglobe
The beautifully spellbinding and critically acclaimed story of a thousand magical worlds from the author of A Girl Called Owl and A Far Away Magic.When daydreamer Clementine discovers a mysterious house standing in the middle of town that was never there before, she is pulled towards it by the powerful sense of a mother she
The Confession
From the million-copy bestselling author of `The Miniaturist` and `The Muse`, this is a luminous, powerful and deeply moving novel about secrets and storytelling, motherhood and friendship, and how we lose and find ourselves.One winter`s afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly falls under her spell. Connie is bold
The Long Take – Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize
Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker PrizeWinner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2018A noir narrative written with the intensity and power of poetry, The Long Take is one of the most remarkable – and unclassifiable – books of recent years. Walker is a D-Day veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder; he can`t return home to rural Nova
Oreo
With an introduction by the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James`A rollicking little masterpiece . . . one of the most delightful, hilarious, intelligent novels I`ve stumbled across in recent years` Paul AusterOreo has been raised by her maternal grandparents in Philadelphia. Her black mother tours with a
The Age of Light
Model. Muse. Lover. Artist.`I`d rather take a picture than be one,` Lee Miller declares, as she arrives in Paris one cool day in 1929. Lee has left behind her life in New York and a successful modelling career at Vogue to pursue her dream of becoming a photographer. She soon catches the eye of renowned
If Cats Disappeared From The World
A beautifully moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life.Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months
The Long Call
The Long Call is the captivating first novel in a brand new series from Sunday Times bestseller and creator of Vera and Shetland, Ann Cleeves.In North Devon, where the rivers Taw and Torridge converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father`s funeral takes place. The day Matthew
The Order of the Day
`A thoroughly gripping and mesmerising work of black comedy and political disaster` – GuardianWinner of the 2017 Prix GoncourtEric Vuillard`s gripping novel The Order of the Day tells the story of the pivotal meetings which took place between the European powers in the run-up to World War Two. What emerges is a fascinating and incredibly
King Leopold`s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara KingsolverIn the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold
Evening in Paradise: More Stories
Ranging from Texas, to Chile, to New Mexico and New York, in Evening in Paradise Berlin writes about the good, the bad and everything in between: struggling young mothers, husbands who pack their bags and leave in the middle of the night, wives looking back at their first marriage from the distance of their second
The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved Russia from Famine
“Brilliant, disturbing… an important story that needed to be told. A fast-moving and most compelling read.” Helen Rappaport, author of `Four Sisters` and `The Race to Save the Romanovs`The gripping human story of how American volunteers fought famine in Bolshevik Russia, saving Lenin`s revolutionary government from chaos and millions of people from starvationIn 1921, after
