Category Archives: Travel Guides
RSPB Birds: Explore Their Extraordinary World
The sky is splendid with fierce, clever and spectacular birds.From the bitter cold polar regions to the lush tropics, birds have found incredible ways to adapt and survive anywhere. White-winged diuca finches nest high upon freezing glaciers and mightly peregrine falcons circle skyscrapers in busy cities. Look up!What birds can do is extraordinary. The statuesque
Wild Animals: A Mix-and-Match Book
A chameleon has a long, sticky tongue and a tiger has bright orange fur. But what would happen if you mixed them together with a zebra`s stripey bottom? You`d get a CHIGRA! ROAR!Lift the panels to mix, match and make wonderfully weird wild animals with Sophie Corrigan`s brilliantly funny creature creations! Mix together a toucan,
Super Cats
Cats with superpowers! This brand-new series from bestselling author Gwyneth Rees is every young animal lover`s dream come true. Perfect for fans of Holly Webb, Alex T. Smith, and those who want their animal stories with a bit more action!Tagg`s life changed forever when he discovered that he`s no ordinary kitten . His parents have
Tenth of December
WINNER OF THE 2014 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013George Saunders`s most wryly hilarious and disturbing collection yet, Tenth of December illuminates human experience and explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations. A family member recollects a backyard pole dressed for all occasions; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums and the
My Country: A Syrian Memoir
“A memoir of resistance and survival unique in the annals of modern war … If the shedding of blood can be beautiful in words, he makes it so” Wall Street JournalBorn to Palestinian refugees, Kassem Eid grew up in the small town of Moadamiya on the outskirts of the ancient city of Damascus, playing in
Red Birds
“A thrilling, razor-sharp critique of US foreign policy. `Red Birds` is an incisive, unsparing critique of war and of America`s role in the destruction of the Middle East. It combines modern and ancient farcical traditions in thrilling way” GuardianAmerican pilot Major Ellie has crashed his plane in the middle of a desert. Lucky for him
Putney
A bold, thought-provoking novel that will compel and disquiet in equal measure, about the moral lines we tread, the stories we tell ourselves and the secrets we bury.1970s London. Ralph, an up-and-coming composer, has gone to visit Edmund Greenslay in his riverside home. At the heart of the house`s wild bliss he finds Edmund`s nine-year-old
Social Creature
`A Ripleyesque exploration of female insecurity set among the socialites of Manhattan` Guardian, Books of the Year`An irresistible novel about a toxic friendship taken to the extreme` ElleLavinia has it all.Lavinia has an apartment on the Upper East Side.Lavinia goes to glittering parties that last from dusk till dawn.Lavinia wants to seize life and live
A Black Fox Running
“I have never read a novel about animals and the British countryside which has so moved or entranced me. Never” John Lewis-StempelThis is the story of Wulfgar, the dark-furred fox of Dartmoor, and of his nemesis, Scoble the trapper, in the seasons leading up to the pitiless winter of 1947. As breathtaking in its descriptions
Tracks
A revised, reissued fortieth anniversary edition of this prize-winning, bestselling account of one woman`s solo journey across 1,700 miles of Australian Outback`I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there`s no going back.` So begins Robyn Davidson`s perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile
Land of the Living
“Vivid, illuminating and unbearably tense… A masterly meditation on trauma, on beauty, on the idea of home and the limits of love” GuardianCharlie`s experiences at the Battle of Kohima and the months he spent lost in the remote jungles of Nagaland during the Second World War are now history. Home and settled on a farm
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World
Kate Pankhurst, descendent of Emmeline Pankhurst, has created this wildly wonderful and accessible book about women who really changed the world.Discover fascinating facts about some of the most amazing women who changed the world we live in. Fly through the sky with the incredible explorer Amelia Earhart, and read all about the Wonderful Adventures of
The Awesome Book of Space
Do you know how long it would take you to drive to the sun? Or whether you`d like to go on a space vacation? Be truly amazed by these awesome facts about our planet, our solar system, and our universe!Find out: How long it would take you to drive to Pluto?What the weather is like
The Lost Tide Warriors
In the brilliant sequel to `The Storm Keeper`s Island`, winner of the Books are My Bag Readers Award, Fionn Boyle finds himself at the heart of the fight for the island`s survival.Fionn Boyle has been Storm Keeper of Arranmore for less than six months when thousands of terrifying Soulstalkers arrive on the island. The empty-eyed
The Archipelago: Italy Since 1945
“An enjoyable, highly readable history that manages to bring murky, often fiendishly complex events into the light” Sunday TimesItaly emerged from the Second World War in ruins. Divided, invaded and economically broken, it was a nation that some claimed had ceased to exist. By the 1960s, Italy could boast the fastest-growing economy in the world,
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Hogwarts Library Book
An approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since first publication, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable guide to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. Muggles who have seen the eponymous film or read the Harry Potter novels will be familiar with some of these beasts – the
Happiness
`Forna`s voice is relentlessly compelling, her ability to summon atmosphere extraordinary … A thing of lasting beauty` ObserverWaterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the midst of the rush of a great city, numerous moments of connections
Brother
`A brilliant, powerful elegy from a living brother to a lost one, yet pulsing with rhythm, and beating with life` Marlon James, Winner of the Man Booker PrizeWINNER OF THE ROGERS WRITERS` TRUST FICTION PRIZEWINNER OF THE TORONTO BOOK AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEA GUARDIAN BOOK OF
More Dashing: Further Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor
The second volume of exuberant, lively letters from legendary travel writer Patrick Leigh FermorThe first collection of letters from Patrick Leigh Fermor, Dashing for the Post, delighted critics and public alike. This second volume, More Dashing, presents a further selection of letters that exude a zest for life and adventure characteristic of the man known
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Bloomsbury Modern Classics
A beautiful new limited edition paperback of The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics listSaville`s corpse, already stiff, was laid on a table beneath the kitchen window; upstairs the shape of his sleeping self was still indented on the sheets and pillow of the cot.On a summer`s morning in
