Category Archives: Travel Guides
Arctic Zoo
“It isn`t easy to change the world but you`ve got to keep trying.”Georgia gets straight As at school, has been placed first in twenty-six drone races and has a serious addiction to buying Japanese stationery. She plans to follow her older sister Sophie and become a doctor, but her worldview is shattered when tragedy strikes.Julius
The Twisted Tree
Part ghost story, part Nordic mystery – a creepy and chilling tale steeped in Norse myth, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Michelle Paver`s DARK MATTER.Martha can tell things about a person just by touching their clothes, as if their emotions and memories have been absorbed into the material. It started the day she
The Colours That Blind
A breathtaking YA novel set in Zimbabwe about freedom, inter-generational friendships and forgiving the past. Fourteen-year-old Tumirai lives with his protective big brother, Mkoma in Harare, Zimbabwe. He`s the first kid with albinism ever to have attended his school and constantly feels like an outsider.When his brother is invited to go travelling for work, Tumirai
Bookshop Girl in Paris
The third in a hilarious series that will make you want to rush out and take shelter in your nearest bookshop.It`s just a typical grey day in Greysworth, until the manager of Bennett`s Bookshop makes an exciting announcement. They`ve organised a French exchange with one of Paris`s most famous bookshops!Before you can say `Oooh la
The Tattooist of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edition
The incredible bestselling true story. For readers of `The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas` and `The Diary of Anne Frank` `The Tattooist of Auschwitz` is based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews who survived Auschwitz. When Lale, given the job of tattooing the prisoners, saw Gita waiting in line,
Career Paths: Merchant Navy Student Book
Career Paths: Merchant Navy is an educational resource for merchant seamen who want to improve their English communication in a work environment.Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in reading, listening, speaking and writing. Topics included:Parts of a shipTypes of merchant shipsMarlinespike seamanshipNautical directionsNavigation methods
Vulture Peak
Nobody knows Bangkok like Royal Thai Police Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep, and there is no one quite like Sonchai: a police officer who has kept his Buddhist soul intact – more or less – despite the fact that his job shoves him face-to-face with some of the most vile and outrageous crimes and criminals in Bangkok.
More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
“Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops” was a “Sunday Times” bestseller, and could be found displayed on bookshop counters up and down the country. The response to the book from booksellers all over the world has been one of heartfelt agreement: it would appear that customers are saying bizarre things all over the place –
Liberty`s Fire
Paris, 1871. Four young people will rewrite their destinies. Paris is in revolt. After months of siege at the hands of the Prussians, a wind of change is blowing through the city, bringing with it murmurs of a new revolution. Alone and poverty-stricken, sixteen-year-old Zephyrine is quickly lured in by the ideals of the city`s
London Belongs to Us
Twelve hours, two boys, one girl …and a whole lot of hairspray. Seventeen-year-old Sunny`s always been a little bit of a pushover. But when she`s sent a picture of her boyfriend kissing another girl, she knows she`s got to act. What follows is a mad, twelve-hour dash around London – starting at 8pm in Crystal
History of the World in 100 Animals
A powerful and fascinating insight into the 100 animals – from the blue whale to the mosquito – that have had the biggest influence on humanity through the ages. We are not alone. We are not alone on the planet. We are not alone in the countryside. We are not alone in cities. We are
Supermarket
The Number One New York Times BestsellerThe stunning debut novel from one of the most creative artists of our generation, Bobby Hall, a.k.a. Logic.”Bobby Hall has crafted a mind-bending first novel, with prose that is just as fierce and moving as his lyrics. `Supermarket` is like `Naked Lunch` meets `One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest`
White City Blue
Winner of the 1999 Whitbread First Novel Award “Beautiful and brilliant” Tony Parsons Estate agent Frankie Blue is known on his home turf – White City, Shepherd`s Bush – as `Frank the Fib`. He`s a liar – but one who always tries to tell the truth. Frankie has been friends with Diamond Tony, a hairdresser,
Here We Are
It is Brighton, 1959, and the theatre at the end of the pier is having its best summer season in years. Ronnie, a brilliant young magician, and Evie, his dazzling assistant, are top of the bill, drawing audiences each night. Meanwhile, Jack – Jack Robinson, as in `before you can say` – is everyone`s favourite
A Burning: The Most Electrifying Debut of 2021
“A brilliant character study about politics and power, this assured debut moves at a thriller`s pace but with a meticulous eye for detail.” Nikesh ShuklaA girl walks through the slums of Kolkata holding an armful of books. She returns home smelling of smoke, and checks her most prized possession: a brand-new smartphone, purchased in instalments.
Rake`s Progress: My Political Midlife Crisis
A unique, revealing and entertaining insight into the political dramas of recent times.Rachel Johnson was born into what has been described by some as the UK`s most famous political family, and by others as `Poundshop Kennedys`. She was always keen to avoid the family business at all costs and plough her own furrow as a
London Parks
Join Hunter Davies on a celebratory stroll around London`s greatest glories – its parks.We need our parks more than ever before, for our health and spirits, our bodies and souls, to keep us fit, to save us from pollution, to protect nature and wildlife; and Londoners are lucky enough to enjoy more green spaces than
The Schoolgirl Who Went on Strike to Save the Planet
The story of Greta Thunberg, the schoolgirl who inspired a worldwide climate change movement. It`s 20 August 2018, late summer in Stockholm, and it feels incredibly hot in the city. The TV news reports rising temperatures, and there have been numerous fires throughout Sweden. Fifteen-year-old Greta Thunberg decides she can`t wait any longer: politicians have
Last Orders
Winner of the 1996 Booker PrizeThe classic edition of one of the 20th Century`s finest novelsFour men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea at Margate. For reasons best known to herself, Jack`s widow, Amy, declines to join
Waterland
The bestselling, Booker Prize winning author, reissued for the first time in Scribner.One summer morning in 1943, lock-keeper Henry Crick finds the drowned body of a sixteen-year-old boy. Nearly forty years later, his son Tom, a history teacher, is driven by a bizarre marital crisis and the provocation of one of his students to forsake
