Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Lost City of Z: A Legendary British Explorer`s Deadly Quest to Uncover the Secrets of the Amazon
Soon to be a major film starring Robert Pattinson, Charlie Hunnam and Sienna Miller.Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle`s novel The Lost World, was among the last of a legendary breed of British explorers. For years he explored the Amazon and came to believe that its jungle concealed a large, complex civilization,
Hell Bay
`Gripping, clever and impossible to put down. I`ve been a Kate Rhodes fan for years and in Ben Kitto she has created a detective who is just as complex and compelling as Kate`s elegant plotting and stunning prose. The claustrophobia and paranoia of the island are so brilliant evoked, I could almost feel the tide
Ruin Beach
From the acclaimed author of Hell Bay.The island of Tresco holds a dark secret someone will kill to protect.Ben Kitto has become Deputy Commander in the Isles of Scilly Police. As the islands` lazy summer takes hold, he finds himself missing the excitement of the murder squad in London. But when the body of professional
The Terribly Friendly Fox
When Gerald the fox turns up at the Annual Woodland Creatures` Ball, a few of the guests are a little concerned. After all, they`ve heard some rather alarming rumours about foxes and their appetites. But they needn`t have worried – Gerald is a vegetarian fox, and the life and soul of the party! In fact,
The Twelve Dogs of Christmas
The big day has almost arrived and one little puppy is very excited about his first EVER Christmas. But with three drooling Dalmatians, six sausage-snaffling Scotties and every dog in town helping out, the festive season is a shambles! Will everything be ready in time for Christmas Day? Children will love picking their favourite dogs
Phantom Architecture
A skyscraper one mile high, a dome covering most of downtown Manhattan, a triumphal arch in the form of an elephant: some of the most exciting buildings in the history of architecture are the ones that never got built. These are the projects in which architects took materials to the limits, explored challenging new ideas,
The Lost City Of Z
The story of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle`s The Lost WorldFawcett was among the last of a legendary breed of British explorers. For years he explored the Amazon and came to believe that its jungle concealed a large, complex civilization, like El Dorado. Obsessed with its discovery, he christened it the
In the Midst of Winter
**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** **The captivating new novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover** `In some of the most beautiful passages in the novel, Allende explores the gentle but redemptive depths of mature love and the paths it can take . . . Allende has an
The Book of Gutsy Women: Favourite Stories of Courage and Resilience
Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinished business of the twenty-first century. While there’s a lot of work to do, we know that throughout history and around the globe women have overcome the toughest resistance imaginable to win victories that have made progress possible for all
Mr Nobody
“Cinematic and gripping” Sarah VaughanWhen a man is found on a Norfolk beach, drifting in and out of consciousness, with no identification and unable to speak, interest in him is sparked immediately. From the hospital staff who find themselves inexplicably drawn to him; to international medical experts who are baffled by him; to the nationalpress
The Berlin Shadow
A formally audacious and deeply moving memoir in three timeframes that confronts the defining trauma of the twentieth century, and its effects on a father and son.In 1939, Jonathan Lichtenstein’s father Hans escaped Nazi-occupied Berlin as a child refugee on the Kindertransport. Almost every member of his family died after Kristallnacht, and, arriving in England
My First Memory: Epiphanies, Watersheds and Origin Stories
What is your first memory? Or, rather, what do you imagine to be your earliest memory? Perhaps, alternatively, there was a moment during childhood when the world`s axis shifted? A transformative realisation, epiphany or experience that changed the course of your life: your very own `sense of a beginning`… In `My First Memory`, bestselling anthologist
Storm Whale Book and Puzzle
A stunning set featuring the bestselling, award-winning The Storm Whale by Benji Davies, and a beautiful 6-block puzzle with images from the book. Noi and his father live in a house by the sea, his father works hard as a fisherman and Noi often has only their six cats for company. So when, one day,
No Live Files Remain
For readers of The Lives of Others and The Reader, and based on a true story, No Live Files Remain is a beautiful and moving novel of family, lies, betrayal and forgiveness.He wanted to understand the past. Now he must live with the truth. Thirty years after the fall of communism in Hungary, as acclaimed
Aardman: An Epic Journey: Taken One Frame at a Time
Claymation experts Aardman are responsible for some of our most beloved animated characters like Wallace & Gromit, Morph and Shaun the Sheep. The multiple Oscar winners have also brought out some of the biggest animation films in recent decades such as Chicken Run, Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists and Arthur
Witch for a Week
When Elsie Pickles offers to house-sit the mysterious home of local witch Magenta Sharp, she has no idea what she`s getting herself into. Left with a talking raven and a scruffy dog for company, a magical tower that has a mind of its own and a book of instruction called Everything You Need to Know,
A Life in the Day
Hunter Davies` childhood lived amongst the post-war dirt and grime of Carlisle was immediately hailed as a classic memoir from one of Britain`s foremost columnists of the past half century. The Co-op`s Got Bananas! left our protagonist at the cusp of working for one of the world`s greatest newspapers – The Sunday Times. In this
When We Were Rich
The brilliant new novel from the author of `The Last Summer of the Water Strider`”What a terrific novel – wickedly sharp, wildly entertaining – I was gripped from start to finish. With its twisty plots and interwoven characters it paints a vivid portrait of a crucial decade. It`s laugh-out-loud funny, too. And with property porn
Making An Elephant
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LAST ORDERS AND MOTHERING SUNDAY, and reissued for the first time in Scribner, a brilliant collection of essays, as well as brand new material, that will delight and intrigue readers. In Making an Elephant, Graham Swift brings together a richly varied selection of essays, portraits, poetry, and reflections on his
Wish You Were Here
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LAST ORDERS AND MOTHERING SUNDAY, and reissued for the first time in Scribner, comes a novel called `Profound and powerful . . . an unputdownable read` by Scotland on Sunday. On an autumn day in 2006, on the Isle of Wight, Jack Luxton – former Devon farmer, now proprietor of
