Category Archives: Travel Guides
Captain Cat and the Treasure Map
Illustrated by the bestselling author and illustrator of Great Women Who Changed the World, Kate Pankhurst, Captain Cat and the Treasure Map is a laugh-out-loud piratical adventure from Sue Mongredien, perfect for newly confident reads or to enjoy together. Patch is a ship`s cat who lives aboard The Golden Earring. Along with her friends, Cutlass
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
Into the Wild
With an introduction by novelist David VannIn April 1992, Chris McCandless set off alone into the Alaskan wild. He had given his savings to charity, abandoned his car and his possessions, and burnt the money in his wallet, determined to live a life of independence. Just four months later, Chris was found dead. An SOS
Dominion: A History of England Volume V
`Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman` – Ian Thomson, IndependentThe penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd`s masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to post-war depression, spanning the last years of the Regency to the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901.In it,
My First London Bus Cloth Book
A very soft, very cuddly cloth book for babies all about London. `My First London Bus` has bright, simple illustrations by Marion Billet and features a red London bus with tactile crinkly wheels on the cover. Beautifully presented in a gorgeous gift box, this book is perfect for small babies.Little tourists can discover more of
Handel in London: The Making of a Genius
“How refreshing, to read a book about music written for a music lover and not a musicologist. In clear, lucid, entertaining prose, Jane Glover makes those of us who lack musical literacy better understand and appreciate Handel`s divinity.” – Donna Leon, author of Handel`s Bestiary and the Inspector Brunetti mysteries.`Handel in London` tells the story
Gomorrah
With an introduction by Misha Glenny. Since Gomorrah was first published in Italy in 2006, Roberto Saviano has received so many death threats that he has been assigned police protection in his native Naples. A groundbreaking study and a searing expose, Gomorrah is the astonishing true story of the renowned crime organization the Camorra, known
Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates: Selected Short Stories
Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector`s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector`s Library are books to love and treasure. Lord Peter Wimsey, wealthy, charming and charismatic, is one of the most famous amateur detectives of the golden age of crime. This Macmillan Collector`s
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
With an introduction by neuroscientist Daniel GlaserWith his trademark compassion and erudition, Dr Oliver Sacks examines the power of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. Among them: a surgeon who is struck by lightning and suddenly becomes obsessed with Chopin; people with `amusia`, to whom a symphony sounds like the
The City & The City
With an introduction by novelist Kamila ShamsieWhen the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he probes, the evidence begins to point to conspiracies far
The Weather Girls
Spring, summer, autumn or winter – the intrepid Weather Girls are ready for whatever the seasons might bring! Join them as they stomp through autumn leaves, enjoy a summer swim, explore the lush green forests and climb a snowy mountain. There is so much to experience and discover when you jump up and step outside
Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece
`An incisive, inspiring and vitally illuminating account of a city which changed the ancient world and which deserves to be remembered by the modern. A masterful book written by a master historian.` – Bettany Hughes, bestselling author of Istanbul and Helen of Troy Continuously inhabited for five millennia, and at one point the most powerful
I Am Thunder
Fifteen-year-old Muzna Saleem is passionate about writing and dreams of becoming a novelist. There`s just one problem – her super-controlling parents have already planned her life out for her:Step 1) Get educatedStep 2) Qualify as a doctorStep 3) Marry a cousin from Pakistan. Oh, and boyfriends are totally haram.No one is more surprised than humble
Amnesty
“An immigrant’s view conveyed with authority and wit… Adiga is a startlingly fine observer, and a complicator, in the manner of V.S. Naipaul.” New York TimesFrom the bestselling, Man Booker Prize-winning author of `The White Tiger` and `Selection Day`, Aravind Adiga, comes the story of an undocumented immigrant who becomes the only witness to a
The Piranhas
`With the open-hearted rashness that belongs to every true writer, Saviano returns to tell the story of the fierce and grieving heart of Naples.` Elena FerranteIn Naples, a new kind of gang rules the streets: the ‘Paranze’, the ‘Children’s Gangs’, groups of teenage boys who divide their time between Facebook or playing Call of Duty
The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly
`A richly researched food history, gentle memoir and left-field recipe book.` i newspaper`A dazzling, thorny new essay collection.` Samin Nosrat, New York Times`A beautiful, fascinating read full of surprises – a real pleasure.` Claudia Roden`Inventive and charming . . . profound and deeply felt.` BuzzfeedInspired by twenty-six fruits, essayist, poet and pie lady Kate Lebo
Tidy: Book and CD Pack
Winner of the Independent Bookshop Week Picture Book Award 2017A book and CD version of the brilliantly funny rhyming woodland story about the perils of being too tidy – read by comedian and actor Lenny Henry.Pete the badger likes everything to be neat and tidy at all times, but what starts as the collecting of
