Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Awesome Book of Animals
Did you know that there is a tree-climbing fish? Or that some bees drink crocodile tears? Or that a jellyfish was sent into space? Be truly inspired by incredible facts about the creatures that share our planet. Find out: If you`re as tall as an emperor penguin or a velociraptor Whether a honey badger could
Superfood: Beetroot
Beetroot is one of our oldest domesticated crops, and one of the most healthy. From borchst to beetroot gin – delicious beetroot dishes are complemented by some truly divine beauty tips. Go pink with beetroot and henna hair dye and beetroot lip stain.Super Food: Beetroot includes: Feature spreads – covering the history of beetroot, health
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Illustrated Edition
Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic! This glorious new edition of Newt Scamander`s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (considered a classic throughout the wizarding world) features an extraordinary array of magical creatures, from Acromantula to Yeti via ten different breeds of dragon – all beautifully illustrated in full colour by the brilliantly
Superfood: Pomegranate
Rich in many vitamins and minerals, plus an amazingly high antioxidant content, the pomegranate has been called “the King of the Fruits”. Use its gorgeous seeds in salads, smoothies and other delicious recipes or create a fabulous frizz-fighting hair mask.Super Food: Pomegranate includes: Feature spreads – covering the history of pomegranates, symbolism and myths, health
Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy
One December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort. His name was Eddie Chapman, but he would shortly become MI5`s Agent Zigzag. Dashing and louche, courageous and unpredictable, the traitor was a patriot inside, and the villain a hero. The problem for Chapman,
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit…At the heart of the deception was the `Double Cross System`, a team of double agents whose bravery, treachery, greed and inspiration succeeded in
We`re Going on an Egg Hunt Activity Book
Can you find all the Easter eggs and help the Easter Bunnies get through the maze to escape from the wolf? Join in the fun with the Easter Bunnies and shout `Hooray for Easter Day!` This super activity book is bursting with colouring, puzzles, games and over 100 lovely stickers.Based on the bestselling We`re Going
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Newt Scamander: A Movie Scrapbook
Learn all about Newt Scamander and the incredible film from J.K. Rowling`s Wizarding World, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Peer inside Newt Scamander`s enchanted suitcase, encounter marvellous creatures, roam the streets of 1920s New York City and meet Newt`s fascinating friends! This magical scrapbook takes readers on an interactive adventure through Fantastic Beasts
The London Lover: My Weekend that Lasted Thirty Years
`An exuberant, breathless sprint through London in the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies… It`s bright, boisterous and extremely funny` TatlerIf Fielding`s Tom Jones were alive in postwar England he might be Clancy Sigal, the American author of this restlessly curious memoir. Honest and devious, faithful and lustful, a mass of plucky contradictions, Clancy first arrived in
Harry Potter – Diagon Alley: A Movie Scrapbook
Diagon Alley is a cobblestoned shopping area for wizards and witches, and it was Harry Potter`s first introduction to the wizarding world. On this bustling street, seen throughout the Harry Potter films, the latest brooms are for sale, wizard authors give book signings and young Hogwarts students acquire their school supplies – cauldrons, quills, robes,
You Will Be Safe Here
An Irish Times and The Times Summer Reading Pick Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year Award A beautiful and heart-breaking story set in South Africa where two mothers – a century apart – must fight for their sons, unaware their fates are inextricably linked. Orange Free State, 1901. At the height
Home Fire
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN`S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017AN EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017`Elegant and evocative … A powerful exploration
Masala: Indian Cooking for Modern Living
A seminal Indian cookbook that reflects the way we live, cook, entertain and eat today. `A fab book and I believe that its pages will get dirty very soon sitting on the kitchen table` ATUL KOCHHAR`Her style of simple yet delicious Indian recipes will take you on a journey through this extravagant cuisine` DR RUPY
The Restless Girls
A dazzling, feminist fairytale from the bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse. An essential gift, this inspirational story about family, sisterhood, imagination and bravery is a modern classic to be handed down from mother to daughter for generations `A fierce fairytale for the rebel girl` KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE`A complete revelation` THANDIE NEWTON`A magical
Superfood: Avocado
Did you know Avocados contain around 20 minerals and vitamins which are essential to good health? But a medium avocado contains more calories than a Mars bar? Who cares? They`re delicious and can be used in everything from salad to soup. And make a fabulous face mask! Super Food: Avocado contains Feature spreads – covering
Orchid Summer: In Search of the Wildest Flowers of the British Isles
`Remarkable … Evoking the intensity with which orchid hunters pursue their quarry … Vivid and expressive` Sunday Times`Orchid Summer` is a heady celebration of the beauty and history of the wild orchid species of the British Isles, embraced in one dazzling summer-long hunt by naturalist Jon Dunn.The flowers that are the focus of this treasure
Gravel Heart: By the Winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
Moving from revolutionary Zanzibar in the 1960s to restless London in the 1990s, Gravel Heart is a powerful story of exile, migration and betrayal, from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of ParadiseSalim has always believed that his father does not want him. Living with his parents and his adored Uncle Amir in a house full of
Gravel Heart – By the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature
By the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for LiteratureMoving from revolutionary Zanzibar in the 1960s to restless London in the 1990s, `Gravel Heart` is a powerful story of exile, migration and betrayal, from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of `Paradise`Salim has always believed that his father does not want him. Living with his parents and
State of Wonder
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012There were people on the banks of the river.Among the tangled waterways and giant anacondas of the Brazilian Rio Negro, an enigmatic scientist is developing a drug that could alter the lives of women for ever. Dr Annick Swenson`s work is shrouded in mystery; she refuses to report
Mr Iyer Goes to War
An inventive, ambitious interpretation of Don Quixote for our times, Mr Iyer Goes To War is a playful, profound adventure heralding a bold new voice in Indian fiction Dispatched to a home in the sacred city of Varanasi, Lalgudi Iyer spends his days immersed in scripture. When an accident leaves him with concussion, he receives
