A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring nov el, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World ...
You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except... here''s how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say... BLORK. Or BLUURF. And even if the words include things like BLAGGITY BLAGGITY and MY HEAD IS MADE ...
Not suitable for children under 6 months of age Eric Carle''s "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" is one of the bestselling picture books of all time, with over 33 million copies sold worldwide to date. This gorgeous new interactive format lets babies and toddlers join in the fun as the plush caterpillar finger ...
Delightful and witty, this is a simple story of mistaken identity! Peter and Paul are the best of friends, but when Peter gets lost in a terrible storm he can''t find Paul anywhere. With the help of a big blue whale Puffin Peter sets off to find him. They find all kinds of birds that match Peter''s description ...
Paris - the most beautiful city in the world! The most romantic! It''s the perfect place for a girl and her grandad to spend the day. Join them as they explore Paris''s iconic landmarks and experience its culture and style first-hand: visit a traditional street market, climb to the top of Notre-Dame, ...
Born in 1951 in an affluent Tokyo suburb, Hajime -- beginning in Japanese -- has arrived at middle age wanting for almost nothing. The postwar years have brought him a fine marriage, two daughters, and an enviable career as the proprietor of two jazz clubs. Yet a nagging sense of inauthenticity about ...
Toru Okada\''s cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada\''s vague and blameless life, spent ...
Shortlisted for the Guardian Children''s Fiction Prize and the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017. Perfect for fans of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS. This is a beautiful, vivid and deeply moving story about a refugee boy who has spent his entire life living in a detention centre. This novel reminds us all of ...
In the spring of 1948, Arthur Miller retreated to a log cabin in Connecticut with the first two lines of a new play already fixed in his mind. He emerged six weeks later with the final script of "Death of a Salesman" - a painful examination of American life and consumerism. Opening on Broadway the following ...
A guide to the world of the Shadowhunters from the international bestselling series The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. The essential guide for all young shadowhunters. Since the thirteenth century, the Shadowhunters’ Codex has been the one and only manual for Shadowhunters looking to brush ...
''''Lady Pokingham'''' and ''''La Rose d''''Amour'''' are taken from The Pearl (A Magazine of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading), which was first published between 1879 and 1880 and revelled unashamedly in its reputation for salubrious gossip from the upper echelons of society. Are there really two sides ...