Part of the Story
£22.00This rare self-portrait from pioneering publisher, writer and cultural activist Margaret Busby underscores her powerful legacy and celebrates some of the people and places that have shaped her exceptional life.
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My Family and Other Spies
£10.99As a boy, Alistair Wood lived within the (very high) walls of a Secret Intelligence Service – or MI6 – training camp, surrounded by some of the most senior characters in SIS history. After all, he was family. His mother was one of a handful of women to have operated behind the lines in post-war Berlin. His father, once one of Britain’s most highly-regarded intelligence officers, was an absent and perplexing figure, the reasons for his sudden departure from the Service still classified to this day. But Wood’s search for the truth took him on a journey more remarkable than even he had imagined. This title is a gripping exploration of an extraordinary, scarcely believable life, a globe-trotting spy story that spans a half century from the gathering storm before the Second World War to the fall of Communism, and a son’s reckoning with the secrets of the past.
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Whisperwicks 2: The Impossible Trials
£8.99Ever since Benjamiah returned from his spectacular adventure in Wreathenwold, he’s been desperate to go back. When he discovers a strange fragment of witchstone, he is transported back to the labyrinthine streets of Wreathenwold and soon finds himself on another dangerous quest involving a strange collection of fairytales ‘The Book of Barely Believable Stories’. Reunited with Elizabella Cotton and helped by two new friends – Mea and Silas the mapmaker – the gang undertake a series of magical trials to save the missing children of Wreathenwold before Midsommer ends and they are lost forever.
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George’s Dino Day
£8.99It’s Dino Day at the museum at Peppa and George are very excited for their visit! What will they discover?
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Monkeypig
£7.99Molly lives in the jungle with all the other monkeys, dancing and playing and being silly among the treetops. But Molly has a secret. Molly is a pig. When Norman becomes suspicious that an imposter has infiltrated the monkeys, he sets them all some monkey tests. Will Molly be discovered?
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The Lives of the Caesars
£10.99The ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, and to rule as a Caesar was to stand as an actor upon the great stage of the world. No biographies invite us into the lives of the Caesars more vividly or intimately than those by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, written from the centre of Rome and power, in the early 2nd century AD. That Rome lives more vividly in people’s imagination than any other ancient empire owes an inordinate amount to Suetonius. Now award-winning author and translator Tom Holland brings us even closer with this translation. Giving a deeper understanding of the personal lives of Rome’s first emperors, and of how they swayed the fates of millions, ‘The Lives of the Caesars’ provides an immersive experience of a time and culture at once familiar and utterly alien to our own.
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A Garden Tour of France
£35.00From grand formal French gardens with meticulously sculpted topiaries to the poetry of a bohemian country estate, and from a botanical kitchen garden to an exotic tropical oasis on the Mediterranean coast, French gardening expert and television presenter Stéphane Marie invites readers on a tour of his favourite gardens across France. His encounters with passionate gardeners who have cultivated their plots with creativity highlight France’s incredibly varied microclimates and offer inspiration for nature lovers everywhere. The book brings together twenty-seven stunning gardens spanning ten French regions, selected both for their originality and the richness of their flora. Marie details the design history and creation of each garden, accompanied with detailed sections on the plants, flowers, and trees that make them unique.
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Space Journal
£35.00The universe is alluring and mysterious. A place of wonder and terror. We know it’s under no obligation to make sense to us, and yet. ‘Space Journal’ is a visual celebration of our perception of the cosmos, and our efforts to reach it, from the seventeenth century to the present day. Dallas Campbell weaves together priceless archival memorabilia, revolutionary experiments and spectacular scenes to map both real and potential encounters with our celestial backyard. From Galileo’s shopping list to speeches annotated in President John F. Kennedy’s own hand, from The War of the Worlds to Space Invaders, Campbell sets out the radical thinkers and doers who have launched us towards the final frontier.
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Queen Elizabeth II: Fashion & Style
£40.00Queen Elizabeth II was one of the most stylish and instantly recognisable women of the twentieth century, and her fashions have influenced subsequent generations of fashion designers. This book explores the late Queen’s unique and significant personal dress collection. Queen Elizabeth II was one of the most stylish and instantly recognisable women of the twentieth century, and her fashions have influenced subsequent generations of fashion designers. Her ensembles were seen on a global stage and designed with purpose: consciously selecting colours and deploying accessories that would serve to subtle diplomatic effect on tour, or when meeting heads of state. Queen Elizabeth II was acutely aware of the impact of her dress when performing public duties, while her unmistakable off-duty and ready-to-wear style was equally elegant and quintessentially British. The author Caroline de Guitaut explores Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion archive in d
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The Renovation
£16.99Dilara’s father is disappearing. His memories are collapsing, dementia stealing a little more of him each day. She has persuaded him to move in with her, hiring builders to adapt her apartment to his new needs, but when the renovation is complete she discovers a big problem: instead of a new en-suite bathroom, the builders have installed a Turkish prison cell. At first she is outraged. There has surely been some mistake. Dilara’s family are exiles – they left Turkey many years ago and have never been back. The last thing she wants is a piece of her estranged homeland appearing uninvited in her new home. But as the weeks pass, her indignation gradually gives way to curiosity. Beyond the cell door, she glimpses Turkish guards going about their work. Through the cell walls, she hears Turkish prisoners murmuring, rustling, crying out in their sleep.
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Death Takes Me
£9.99The dazzling, award-winning novel from one of Mexico’s greatest living writers, translated into English for the first time
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Next Door There Is a Dinosaur
£7.99The first of a brilliant new picture book series, this is a stompingly funny story with hidden dinosaurs on every page – can you find them all?