The stoics lived a long time ago, but they had some startling insights into the human condition - insights which endure to this day. The philosophical tradition, founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in 301 BC, endured as an active …

In 1971, as her groundbreaking album Blue emerged as a singular commercial and critical success around the world, Joni Mitchell puzzled over what gift to give her friends that Christmas. The result was a handmade book, with only o…

Look up on a clear evening, and you'll see thousands of stars shining in the night sky, each telling a story of their own. With star maps to help easily identify key celestial bodies, astronomer Giles Sparrow takes 21 stars (and t…

Save 10% with our Super Saver Value Pack! Introducing Cygnet's Seriously Chunky, one of their best selling ranges. This yarn is quick to knit and creates stylish bags, super chunky scarves, wraps, pompom hats and cardigans amongst…

From Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl, comes a truly compelling, empathy-building book based on real life events in illustrator Chris Judge's own life. Erin’s favourite game is spotting animals in the clouds with her mum and da…

Andy and Terry have added thirteen new levels and built their biggest and most astonishing treehouse yet! It has everything they – and you – could wish for including: an electric pony stable, a NOISY level, a weather dome (where y…

Fans takes the reader on a journey through a constellation of fandoms, and along the way demonstrates some fundamental truths about the human condition. Fascinating and thought-provoking, Fans is a story of communities, of what ha…

Welcome to the brutal and elite world of Basgiath War College . . .Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general - also known …

Having saved Yuwen Song from war-torn Chang’an, Shen Qiao helps him start a new life training at Bixia Sect. Yet everyone’s got their demons, and it’s not long before Shen Qiao’s own mischievous Demon Lord, Yan Wushi, appears. Mea…

A classic of Japanese literature, brought to life in English & manga for the first time! This is the first manga edition in English of The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai's classic novel, often considered his masterpiece. Set in the …

Introducing Cygnet's Seriously Super Chunky, one of their best selling ranges. This yarn is quick to knit and creates stylish bags, super chunky scarves, wraps, pompom hats and cardigans amongst other super chunky knit projects. I…

First published in 1967, this book consists of three short novellas on the theme of women's vulnerability – in the first, to the process of ageing, in the second to loneliness, and, in the third, to the growing indifference of a l…

The gripping adventure that invented the mystery of Shangri-La. Flying out of India, a light aircraft is hi-jacked and flown into the high Tibetan Himalayas. The few passengers on board anxiously await their fate, among them Conwa…

Tanizaki's masterpiece is the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. It is a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before Wor…

An intimate reflection on Japanese art and architecture from one of the country's greatest novelists. This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. Tanizaki's eye ranges over architecture, ja…

'There are times, though, that no matter how much food I eat, I find the food does nothing for me, like I am hungry for my country and nothing is going to fix that'. This is the story of Darling, uprooted from her family home by p…

'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 extra in Beijing. But living a modern life is no…

'At that time I could not imagine what would become of me, and I didn't care. It was not judgement day, but another morning'. This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by working-class evangelists in the North of Engla…

No food, no water, no government, no obligation, no order. Discover a chillingly powerful and prescient dystopian vision from one of Europe's greatest writers. A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind.An ophthalmologist …

Death in Venice is a story of obsession. Gustave von Aschenbach is a successful but ageing writer who travels to Venice for a holiday. One day, at dinner, Aschenbach notices an exceptionally beautiful young boy who is staying with…

This European masterpiece from the Nobel prizewinner explores the lure and degeneration of ideas in an introverted community on the eve of the First World War. Hans Castorp is 'a perfectly ordinary, if engaging young man' when he …

In 1983 de Beauvoir published Sartre's letters, maintaining that her own to him had been lost. They were found by de Beauvoir's adopted daughter, and published to a storm of controversy in France. Tracing the emotional and triangu…

 From Boudicca to Ukraine, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of female fighters. We have all heard of Joan of Arc, but not the cross-dressing soldiers whose disguises were so effective the men around them…

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Ideal as a blender. Beautiful, high quality, printed cotton fabric. Ideal for quilting, masks, crafts, displays, table decoration and as a dressmaking fabric. Repeat Pattern Dimensions:  x 16cm. Prices and quantity shown are per…

Ideal as a blender. Beautiful, high quality, printed cotton fabric. Ideal for quilting, masks, crafts, displays, table decoration and as a dressmaking fabric. Repeat Pattern Dimensions: 41 x 16cm. Prices and quantity shown are p…

Cats galore! Beautiful, high quality, printed cotton fabric. Ideal for quilting, masks, crafts, displays, table decoration and as a dressmaking fabric. Repeat Pattern Dimensions: 32 x 32cm. Prices and quantity shown are per quar…

Colourful print of diggers, tractors, dumper trucks and more on a white background. Beautiful, high quality, printed cotton fabric. Ideal for quilting, masks, crafts, displays, table decoration and as a dressmaking fabric. Repeat…

Stunning, multi-coloured, avian print painted in a watercolour style. Beautiful, high quality, printed cotton fabric. Ideal for quilting, masks, crafts, displays, table decoration and as a dressmaking fabric. Repeat Pattern Dimen…

This barely-there print is ideal as a blender. Beautiful, high quality, printed cotton fabric. Ideal for quilting, masks, crafts, displays, table decoration and as a dressmaking fabric. Repeat Pattern Dimensions: 33 x 5cm. Price…