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The Matriarch
In keeping with his commitment to revisit his first five pieces of fiction, Witi Ihimaera has reworked the original text of this much-loved classic. The matriarch is a woman of intelligence, wit, beauty and ruthlessness, and has become a mythical figure through her fight to repossess the land and sustai...
The Wind in the Willows
This is the much-loved classic tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with Ratty instead of doing his spring-cleaning, he discovers a whole new world. As well as adventures on the river and in the Wild Wood, there are high jinks on the open road with that reckless ruffian, Mr Toad...
Albion : The Origins of the English Imagination
Highly original and magnificent in scope, Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination discovers the roots of English cultural history in the Anglo-Saxon period, and traces it through the centuries. What does it mean to be English? This dazzling book demonstrates that a quintessentially English qualit...
I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed (Charlie and Lola)
A classic Charlie and Lola picture book about tricky bedtimes from Children's Laureate Lauren Child. Charlie has this little sister Lola. Sometimes he has to try and get her off to bed. This is a hard job because Lola likes to stay up late... Lola says, "I am not slightly sleepy at 6 or 7 or 8. I am sti...
The Economics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (HB)
All the big ideas, simply explained - an innovative and accessible guide to economics. This title brings economics to life with "The Economics Book", an essential guide to more that 100 of the big ideas in economic theory and practice covering everything from ancient theories right up to cutting-edge mo...
Life in Ten Houses: Penguin Specials
The internationally celebrated writer Sonya Hartnett is firmly Melburnian but has restlessly moved from suburb to suburb in her search for the 'Last House' - that special corner of the world in which to settle and find contentment. Viewing her life and work through the lens of real estate, she vividly r...
Night School (#21 Jack Reacher)
It?s just a voice plucked from the air- 'The American wants a hundred million dollars?.For what? Who from? It?s 1996, and the Soviets are long gone. But now there?s a new enemy. In an apartment in Hamburg, a group of smartly-dressed young Saudis are planning something big.In the morning they gave Reache...
Death the Barber (Mini Modern Classics)
The alphabet of the trees is fading in the song of the leaves'Filled with bright, unforgettable images, the deceptively simple work of William Carlos Williams revolutionized American verse, and made him one of the greatest twentieth-century poets....
This Little Kiwi Went To Market
A New Zealand re-imagining of 'This Little Piggy Went to Market' with a special picnic twist, for readers aged 4 and up. 'This little kiwi went to market. This little morepork stayed home. This little kea found food to eat. But this little pukeko found none. And this little kiwi went cree cree cree all...
A Legacy of Spies
Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim h...
Two For Me, One For You
Two friends share three mushrooms... who will get the extra one? "Bear finds three tasty mushrooms on her way home through the woods. Her friend Weasel cooks them up in the frying pan. But the friends have a problem: how to share three between two? Bear and Weasel each come up with one argument after ...
Science
VINTAGE MINIS- GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human...
Love Is Strong As Death: Poems Chosen by Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly's songs are steeped in poetry. And now he has gathered from around the world the poems he loves - poems that have inspired and challenged him over the years, a number of which he has set to music. This wide-ranging and deeply moving anthology combines the ancient and the modern, the hallowed ...
No One is Too Small to Make a Difference
'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today.'In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day. Her actions ended up sparking a global movement for action against the climate crisis, inspiring millions of pupils to go on strike for our planet,...
Notes on Grief
A devastating essay on loss and the people we love from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much gri...
A Human History of Emotion: How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know
A sweeping exploration of the ways in which emotions shaped the course of human history, and how our experience and understanding of emotions have evolved along with us. We humans like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, who, as a species, have relied on calculation and intellect to survive. Bu...
How to Feel Better: A Hands-On Companion for Getting Through Tough Times
An illustrated guide to the life-changing practice of emotional self-care, by the popular Instagram artist @revelatori. We can't control life's ups and downs-but we can try to make our path a little smoother. In this honest and encouraging guide, popular Instagram artist Tori Press shares daily practic...
The Selected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen: Selected and Introduced by Tessa Hadley
A beautiful paperback edition of Elizabeth Bowen's short stories, selected and introduced by Tessa Hadley.'Bowen's stories are novels that have been split open like rocks and reveal the glitter of the naked crystals which have formed them' VogueSELECTED AND WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TESSA HADLEYA girl ...
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