Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Dig Tree
This is the story of the ill-fated expedition led by Robert Burke, that left Melbourne on August 20th 1860 to explore the still unknown Outback. The story is well-researched and vividly narrated by Sarah Murgatroyd. A compelling piece of history of Nineteenth Century exploration.
The Botany of Desire: A Plant`s-eye View of the World
A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at McDonald`s half a world away can enjoy a long, golden french fry. A gardener plants tulip bulbs in the autumn and in the spring has a riotous patch of colour to admire. Two simple examples of how humans act on nature to get what
Of Cats and Kings
Last seen taking her beloved brown Burmese cat Claudius on a final tour of the United States in “I & Claudius”, Clare de Vries now searches for the perfect replacement in Burma and Thailand. In Burma, whilst learning the basic Buddhist tenets and being liberally doused during the annual Thingyan celebrations, Clare encounters brave and
Parallel Lines
For 175 years the British have lived with the railway, and for a long while it was a love affair – the grandeur of the Victorian heyday, the glorious age of steam, the romance of Brief Encounter. Then the love affair turned sour – strikes, bad food, delays, disasters…Parallel Lines tells the story of these
High Adventure
All courageous attempts by man to reach the summit of Everest by heading up the northern side from Tibet had failed. The southern approach through Nepal had never before been climbed, due to its impossibly steep ice-covered slopes and the countryยฟs policies. In 1951 Edmund Hillary joined an expedition to find a new route up
Cathedrals Of The Flesh
People journey to Greece for the ruins, Turkey for the Hagia Sophia, and Russia for St. Peter`s, but Alexia Brue travels with a different itinerary: to visit the baths. What starts off as an innocent vacation quickly becomes an obsession, as the author ventures to Turkey, Greece, Russia, Finland, and Japan to sample the range
Everest Adventures
This title includes four new editions in the popular “True Stories” series, each with an arresting new cover. Each book contains thrilling stories of heroism, bravery and battling the odds to provide young readers with a truly compelling read. It contains maps, line drawings and notes on sources and further reading. It is perfect for
Desert Adventures
This title includes four new editions in the popular “True Stories” series, each with an arresting new cover. Each book contains thrilling stories of heroism, bravery and battling the odds to provide young readers with a truly compelling read. It contains maps, line drawings and notes on sources and further reading. It is perfect for
Puzzle Christmas
This book provides a fun, seasonal adventure across Christmas Land with puzzles for young children to answer on every double page. Brightly coloured, detailed illustrations in cartoon style along with plenty of maps and guides help children experience the absorbing adventure. It is perfect for keeping young minds active over the holiday season. Answers and
See Under the Sea
See Under the Sea is a brilliant fun-packed flap book that delves deep into the mysteries of the ocean. Each page is covered with flaps that reveal coral reefs teeming with fish, the icy waters of the Arctic and the dizzying depths of ocean trenches, and shipwrecks and pirate booty too. This is a beautifully
That`s not my plane…
This is a brand new addition to the best-selling “That`s not my…” series. This is an award winning series shortlisted for the British Book Industry Stora Enso Award for Design and Production. It combines bright, colourful illustrations with a variety of different textures to touch and feel on each page. It helps very young children
See Inside Famous Buildings
This book lets you discover and explore some of the world`s most famous buildings. Looking at famous buildings from across the ages each illustration opens up to reveal the building`s interior as well as fascinating facts such as how they were built and their histories. Buildings include the Empire State Building, Guggenheim Museum, Himeji Castle,
Lift-The-Flap Picture Atlas
An atlas full of flaps to lift, revealing beautiful buildings, exotic animals and fabulous sights. Divided into the separate continents, each double page is crammed with information on sights and cultures to be seen all over the world as well as country borders and capital cities.Pull-out map approximate size: A1.
See Inside How Things Work
This is an amazing flap book packed with inventions, machines, gadgets and devices, and facts and information about how they work. Over 90 flaps reveal the insides of car engines, toilets, escalators, submarines and microwaves and many, many other machines. It includes internet links to websites with animations, games and experiments.
Maximum City
Maximum City is a vibrant, exotic and thrilling portrait of Mumbai, the world’s largest city, told from a number of perspectives; through interviews with a kaleidoscope of characters, and through the author’s own journeys, recollections and experiences. Author Suketu Mehta, raised in Mumbai, is a celebrated and seasoned journalist; ‘Maximum City” is his first book,
The Man Who Ate Everything
Jeffrey Steingarten is to food writing what Bill Bryson is to travel writing. Whether he is hymning the joys of the perfect chip, discussing the taste of beef produced from Japanese cows which are massaged daily and fed on sake, or telling us the scientific reasons why salad is a `silent killer`, his humour and
Fruit of the Lemon
A unique novel full of humour, wit and passion from Andrea Levy, critically acclaimed author of the Orange Prize winning SMALL ISLAND and the Man Booker shortlisted THE LONG SONG. Faith Jackson fixes herself up with a great job in TV and the perfect flatshare. But neither is that perfect – and nor are her
Backpack
Tansy has to escape from her London life. She`s desperate to get away from her media job, her coke habit, her dead mother and her selfish boyfriend. But she finds travelling through Asia more smelly than romantic and, besides, she`s missing her boyfriend. However, she is determined not to give in, give up or go
After You`d Gone
AFTER YOU`D GONE is the groundbreaking debut novel from the Costa-Award winning Maggie O`Farrell, author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and I AM, I AM, I AM. It is a stunning, best-selling novel of wrenching love and grief.A distraught young woman boards a train at King`s Cross to return to her family in Scotland.
The Wildest Dream
Winner of the Boardman-Tasker Award 2000The discovery of the body of George Mallory on the wind-scoured North Face of Everest on 1st May 1999, marked the latest episode in a tale of heroism and tragedy. In 1924, Mallory and his companion Andrew Irvine, wearing rudimentary clothing and using primitive oxygen equipment, disappeared during a valiant
