In Britain, imperialism is everywhere - though we often choose not to see it. From the way we travel and the foundation of the NHS to the nature of our racism and wealth, it is central to the way w...więcej »
Norah Jones is known for two things, sharing a name with a famous musician and always being single.After another year of heartbreak Norah fears spending Christmas alone. Before she remembers ...więcej »
Susan Ogilvy started painting bird nests almost by accident. One day, while tidying up her garden after a storm, she found a chaffinch nest - a strange, sodden lump on the grass under a fir tree. S...więcej »
'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink...'This is the story of Cassandra, precocious and charming, who begins a journal detailing her life with her bohemian family in a crumbling old...więcej »
'I'm alive inside. A bird is my heart. Mama and Daddy is not win. I'm winning.'This is the story of Precious, a sixteen-year-old illiterate Black girl who has never been out of Harlem. ...więcej »
'She's no good, that girl. Much too individualistic'This is the story of Fenfang who, determined to carve out a life more independent than her provincial roots, gets a job as a film ext...więcej »
'She wanted to die, and she wanted to live in Paris.'This is the story of Emma, trapped in a disappointing marriage with a dull country doctor, she dreams for a life more like the senti...więcej »
'He must know by now, I should think, that I can give as good as I get!'This is the story of Gigi, educated as a future courtesan in Paris, her days are filled with cigars, lobster, lac...więcej »
'Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? - You think wrong!'This is the story of Jane, an orphan in Victorian England, she is relentles...więcej »
'A masterpiece in every sense' Daily MailThe Drones club's in peril. Gussie's in love. Spode's on the warpath. And His Majesty's Government needs a favour. Thank goodness Bertie Wooster is ba...więcej »
A bright and engaging first introduction to the animal kingdom. Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar on a journey many different animal habitats - including lush rainforests, arid deserts a...więcej »
Do you love Christmas and unicorns? This new picture book is the perfect Christmas present for Peppa and unicorn fans everywhere! It's Christmas Eve, and Peppa and her family are off to...więcej »
Tom Fletcher, bestselling author and star of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, has re-invented his bestselling story The Christmasaurus as a rhyming picture-book adventure for younger readers to enjoy.<...więcej »
Danny wants everything for Christmas.But what he gets is a dinosaur, a very hungry dinosaur.Danny's new dino eats up all of Christmas, but as we all know, what goes in must come o...więcej »
Christmas can mean anything . . .For Missy, it's solving murders in 1909.For a little girl in Dublin, it's Plasmavores knocking at the door.For Davros, it's a su...więcej »
George III, Britain's longest-reigning king, has gone down in history as 'the cruellest tyrant of this age' (Thomas Paine, eighteenth century), 'a sovereign who inflicted more profound and enduring...więcej »
Picture your fate, forecast your future and transform your fortune An illustrated guide to the world famous Original Rider Waite Tarot - the most popular deck in the world.U...więcej »
How did the first forty years of H. G. Wells' life shape the father of science fiction?From his impoverished childhood in a working-class English family, to his determination to educate himse...więcej »
Cnut, or Canute, was King of England for nearly 20 years, dying in Dorset in 1035. A formidable figure, Cnut is one of the great 'what ifs' in English history. The culmination of a long period of V...więcej »
Retired four-star general Stan McChrystal has lived a life associated with the deadly risks of combat; he has seen how individuals and organizations, too often and to great cost, fail to mitigate r...więcej »