With characteristic urbanity and wit, lifelong Francophile John Julius Norwich recounts two millennia of French history, from Vercingetorix‘s last stand against Caesar, via the folies de grandeur of Louis XIV and Napoleon, to the …

Austere and dangerous, the Arctic is also a constant source of breathtaking beauty, beguilement, and wonder. In this National Book Award winner, Barry Lopez explores the many-faceted wonders of the Far North: its strangely stunted…

Revolutions hold a distinct place in the popular imagination. This may be because their rhetoric, such as 'liberty, fraternity, equality', articulates aspirations with which we identify; or because we are shocked by the destructiv…

Alev Scott's odyssey began when she looked beyond Turkey's borders for contemporary traces of the Ottoman Empire. Their 800-year rule ended a century ago - and yet, travelling through twelve countries from Kosovo to Greece to Pale…

A cultural storm swept through the 1960s - Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies - and at its centre sat a bemused young artist with silver hair: Andy Warhol. Andy knew everybody (from the cultural commissioner of Ne…

London, Paris and New York in the eighteenth century, as today, were places where political authority, commerce and money, art and intellectual life intersected. They straddled an Atlantic world where ships powered by nothing more…

Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale has now been turned into a perfect picture storybook. Follow Gerda on her epic adventure to find and rescue her best friend from the Snow Queen's frozen winter palace. Retold by Oakley Graham…

Scientifica Historica is an illustrated, accessible review of those books that marked the development of science from ancient civilizations to the new millennium. The book is divided into five eras and explores the leading scienti…

A stunning picture book to enjoy with your little one to count the 12 Days of Christmas!

Angelfield House stands abandoned and forgotten. It was once home to the March family: fascinating, manipulative Isabelle; brutal, dangerous Charlie; and the wild, untamed twins, Emmeline and Adeline. But the house hides a chillin…

An introspective young boy, Joseph Coppock squints at the world with his lazy eye. Living alone in an old house, he reads comics, collects birds' eggs and plays with his marbles. When, one day, a rag-and-bone man called Treacle Wa…

Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was 'just' an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? As Lucy Worsley says, 'She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'. She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fas…

The encyclopaedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, adults cleared their shelves in the belief that wisdom was now effortlessly accessible in their livi…

The stunning finale to the award-winning Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers, author of the beloved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. When a freak technological failure halts traffic to and from the planet Gora, three stranger…

The first panoramic history of the Western world from the 1970s to the present day: Empire of Democracy is the story for those asking how we got to where we are. In this epic narrative of the events that have shaped our own times,…

The internationally bestselling author portrays the great clash of East and West in his new epic: China China in the nineteenth century: a proud and ancient empire forbidden to foreigners. The West desires Chinese tea above all ot…

1857: India is on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny. In this remote town on the vast North Indian plain, life for the British is still orderly and genteel. But when the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in rev…

When Abigail Baskin marries millionaire Bruce Lamb her life seems perfect. Until, on their remote island honeymoon she recognises a charismatic strangerAs the island closes in can she outrun the lies that surround her marriage?

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space - from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only s…

The weather changes as we walk around a tree or turn down a street. There is a secret world of weather - one that we all live in, but very few see. Each day we pass dozens of small weather signs that reveal what the weather is do…

You will also need: 10.00mm & 8.00mm knitting needles.

You will also need: 10.00mm 100cm circular needle. 14 x 100g balls.

You will also need: 10.00mm & 8.00mm knitting needles.

Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The t…

A heartrending novel about two gay teens coming of age in New York - perfect for fans of It's a Sin and Adam Silvera. It's 1990 in New York City. Adam is falling in love for the first time. Ben is leaving home for the last. Drawn …

Feel the witch's black cape, stroke the dog's soft fur and touch the dragon's rough scales in this interactive touch and feel book, based on the bestselling picture book, Room on the Broom. Join the witch and all her animal friend…

Make yourself an adorable companion with a Needlefelting kit from Simply Make. Including instructions to show you the ropes, you can make your very own felted animal. Great as a gift or if you fancy dipping a toe into the world of…

Cross stitch is back in fashion and it's known to be one of the easiest forms of hand embroidery to learn! This kit contains everything that you need to create a great finished project. Your stitching fabric, with its open weave, …

Make yourself a Spring Flower Wreath with a Felting kit from Simply Make. following the instructions included to show you the ropes you can make your very own felted wreath. Great as a gift or if you fancy stepping into the world …

Cross stitch is back in fashion and it's known to be one of the easiest forms of hand embroidery to learn! This kit contains everything that you need to create a great finished project. Your stitching fabric, with its open weave, …