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Combining scooped-out die-cuts with raised, shaped elements, two new TouchThinkLearn books offer youngest learners an irresistible opportunity to explore their universe in a hands-on, multisensory way. See the image, trace its shape, say its name: these modes of perception combine in a dynamic way t...

Original medieval remedies mix with new inventions of Julia’s own in a collection of charms for modern life.What does it mean when a butterfly lands on your hand? How might you cope with loneliness, deal with fear, or become closer to a lover?Julia writes: ‘The sixth-century physician Alexander ...

Issue 03 of TON celebrates wild things, as always, we have travelled far and wide, and to the end of the road and back, to bring you some seriously spectacularly wild stories. Does it get any more wild than life-size plastic dinosaurs adorned with fabulous rugs

The kitchen has always been the heart of an Irish home; the busy, bustling focal point where yarns are told and the best local and seasonal ingredients are transformed into comforting dishes to be shared with loved ones.Following the success of the award-winning The Irish Bakery, Cherie Denham and A...

Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments illustrated by striking computer graphics Stephen Wolfram shows in this landmark book how their unexpected results force a whole new way of looking at the operation of our universe. Wolfram uses his approach to tackle a remarkable array of fu...

Thirteen-year-old Byron needs to get away, and doesn't care how. Sick of being beaten up by lads for "talkin' like a poof" after school. Sick of dad - the weightlifting, womanising Gaz - and Mam, who pissed off to Turkey like Shirley Valentine. Sick of all the people in Hucknall who shuffle about li...

70th Anniversary EditionIn the summer of 1942, fleeing the horrors of the Nazi occupation, Anne Frank and her family were forced into hiding in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse.Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe, Anne kept a diary in which she confided her innermost thoughts and fe...

When you’ve been told over and over that you belong at the bottom, how do you come out on top? Dance Moms star and triple threat Nia Sioux shows the way via her story of resilience, triumph, and defining success for herself.Young dancer Nia Sioux was only nine years old when she stepped into stard...

Beautifully illustrated, GROW FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN POTS provides clear, practical information on growing fruit and vegetables in containers, whether that be a window box or a terracotta pot on a balcony.Aaron Bertelsen of the acclaimed English garden at Great Dixter will guide you through what to...

Don't miss the extraordinary new novel from Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings - published on 21st April 2020, and available to pre-order now : The No. 1 New York Times bestseller. A powerful and extraordinary novel about the unlikely friendship between two exceptional women during the last years o...

Back in print for the first time in nearly thirty years, here is Yoko Ono's whimsical, delightful, subversive, startling book of instructions for art and for life."Burn this book after you've read it." -- Yoko"A dream you dream alone may be a dream, but a dream two people dream together is a reality.""This is the greatest book I've ever burned." -- John

an urgent and powerful collection of personal testimony, poetry, photography, art, and frontline reportage. Together, these works bear witness to the vast and ongoing destruction in­flicted on the Palestinian people-their lives, their land, and their future.Ahmed Alnaouq recounts the devastating lo...

Perfect Victims is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal―an ode to the steadfastness of a nation.Palestine is a microcosm of the world: on fire, stubborn, fragmented, dignified. While a settler colonial state continues to inflict devastating violence, fundame...

A unique visual guide to human evolution that brings you face to face with our ancient ancestors.Illustrated throughout with amazingly realistic model reconstructions by world-renowned Dutch paleoartists Kennis and Kennis.Draws on cutting-edge research and the latest theories to explain the science,...

"We think you're the type of joker who would suit working undercover. No controls, out there doing deals and drinking piss." And with that the young beat cop shed what was left of his uniform and slid into the underworld of strippers, junkies, crooks and gangsters. Code name: Emu Mission: To take ou...

Mike Johnson completes his massive study of Dylan's Never Ending Tour, tracking Dylan's remarkable renaissance from 2012 to 2019, the influence of Frank Sinatra on Dylan's seemingly miraculously recovered voice. He further chronicles how Dylan transforms and reworks his material. Once again Johnson highlights Dylan's finest performances.

Mike Johnson picks up the story of The Never Ending Tour from Volume 1 with a detailed account of the two peak performance years, 2000 - 2001, and follows Dylan through the most dramatic shift of his career when, in 2002, he largely abandons his guitar and moves to the keyboards.Johnson then dives r...

In 1988 Bob Dylan left behind the bands he'd been playing with, Tom Petty and The Grateful Dead, and launched his own four-piece band, beginning a remarkable musical odyssey known as the Never Ending Tour that would last thirty-one years, only coming to an end when covid closed the venues at the end...

Author: John BetjemanTitle: Publication: John MurrayEdition: FIRST THUS: First Edition Thus. Not price-clipped. Published by John Murray, 2006. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent. Please email with any questions. All...

In Casting Homeward, writer, naturalist, and educator Steve Ramirez takes the reader on a physical and philosophical journey to some of the most legendary rivers and wild landscapes in America. Imbued with fly-fishing throughout, this journey will seek to explore what makes certain places feel magic...

The incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy's first work of memoir, this is a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above ...

In 1940, Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines, both established artists with international reputations who had become disillusioned with the commercial aspects of the art world, moved to a country house named Benton End, overlooking the River Brett on the outskirts of Hadleigh, Suffolk. The house ha...

Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6’s Jamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the vacation is over.On this island, all suspicious activity leads inexorably to Dr. Julius No, a ...

'The best memoir you will read all year' NICK HORNBY'This is memoir perfection … I adored it' CARIAD LLOYD'A grief memoir in the vein of Joan Didion’s Blue Nights' NEW YORK TIMES'An affirmation of Life in all its richness and variety … remarkable’ CELIA PAUL'Brilliant … it broke my heart i...