Push, pull & slide the London scenes to explore the sights of the busy city: turn the London Eye, open & close Tower Bridge, even raise the flag at Buckingham Palace! Busy London is a bright board book with easy-to-use mechanisms that are designed for toddlers. The colourful illustrations are packed with detail & things to spot, making it the perfect introduction to London, & a great way to share memories of a first visit. From Marion Billet, the illustrator of the popular Campbell London series. ...

It`s Christmas in London! Push, pull & slide the London scenes to explore the sights of the busy city. Turn the London Eye or open Tower Bridge while Santa makes his way through the snowy city. Look out for him amongst the Christmas shoppers, carol singers & even a snowman. There`s even a very special visitor to Buckingham Palace! Busy London at Christmas is a big, bright board book with easy-to-use mechanisms that are designed for toddlers. The colourful illustrations are packed with detail & things to spot, making it the perfect introduction to Christmas in London. From Marion Billet, the illustrator of the popular Campbell London series. London titles to collect: My First London Bus, My First London Taxi, Hello! London, My First London Sticker Book, The London Noisy Book, My Big London Play Set., The London Noisy Tube, Busy London at Christmas & Busy London ...

With lots to see & heaps to do, in Busy Pets children can join in by pushing, pulling & turning the tabs to learn about looking after pets. Feed the dog some treats, watch the hamster turn in its wheel & visit the bunny in the garden. Children will love playing with this bright & colourful board book with gentle rhyming text & wonderful illustrations by Louise Forshaw, which is part of the Busy Book series. Also available: Busy Garage, Busy Builders, Busy Playtime, Busy Beach, Busy Garden, Busy Park, Busy Airport, Busy Railway, Busy Town, Busy Farm, Busy Bookshop, Busy Swimming, Busy Fire Station, Busy Zoo, Busy Hairdresser & Busy Baking ...

Santa`s got a busy day ahead! Help him wrap up the presents, load up the sleigh, fly through the sky & deliver all the gifts on Christmas Eve. Children will love playing with the easy-to-handle mechanisms in this bright & colourful board book with gently rhyming text & magical illustrations by Ag Jatkowska, which is part of the Busy Book series. Other titles available: Busy Swimming, Busy Fire Station, Busy Farm, Busy Park, Busy Railway, Busy Airport, Busy Garden, Busy Beach, Busy Builders, Busy Town, Busy Garage, Busy Playtime, Busy Home, Busy Bookshop, Busy Hairdresser, Busy Zoo ...

With lots to see, in Busy Vet children can join in by pushing, pulling & turning the tabs to experience a trip to the vet. Join the vet as she checks each animal, watch as the poorly bunny has an injection & see who has had too many treats! Children will love playing with this bright & colourful board book with gentle rhyming text & wonderful illustrations by Louise Forshaw, which is part of the Busy Book series. Also available: Busy Garage, Busy Builders, Busy Playtime, Busy Beach, Busy Garden, Busy Airport, Busy Railway, Busy Town, Busy Farm, Busy Bookshop, Busy Swimming, Busy Fire Station, Busy Zoo, Busy Hairdresser, Busy Pets, Busy Baking, Busy Park, Busy Farm & Busy Cafe ...

Beetles, Bugs & Butterflies is Lola`s absolute favourite book ever in the whole wide world. So naturally she is distraught when it`s not at the library. Someone else has borrowed it! Charlie tries everything he can think of to placate her but nothing is ever going to beat Beetles, Bugs & Butterflies. That is, until Charlie finds Chimps & Chimpanzees & then Lola has a new best book ever! ...

Can`t imagine living without cheese? Convinced that dairy-free baked goods just don`t cut it? Hate the taste of tofu & not a fan of boring salads? EXCUSES, BE GONE! Blogger-author extraordinaire Kristy Turner deliciously refutes every excuse you`ve ever heard with 125 bursting- with-flavor vegan recipes for every meal of the day
- including dessert! ” All those special ingredients are way more expensive.” Not when you can make your own Homemade Seitan, Barbecue Sauce, Zesty Ranch Dressing, & Tofu Sour Cream. ”I could never give up cheese!” You won`t miss it at all with Tempeh Bacon Mac `n` Cheese with Pecan Parmesan, Tofu Chevre, Citrus-Herb Roasted Beets with Macadamia Ricotta, or Mushroom Cheddar Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. ” What about brunch?” Chickpea Scramble Breakfast Tacos, Lemon Cornmeal Waffles with Blueberry Sauce, & Caramel Apple-Stuffed French Toast are vegan breakfasts of champions! ” My friends won`t want to come over for dinner.” They will when they get a taste of Carrot Cashew Pate, Portobello Carpaccio, & Gnocchi alia Vodka. ” But I scream for ice cream!” Then you`ll shriek over Dark Chocolate Sorbet, Mango Lassi Ice Cream, & from-scratch Oatmeal Raisin Ice Cream Sandwiches. If you`re a waffling vegan newbie, on-the-fence vegetarian, or veg-curious omnivore, this book will banish your doubts. You`ll find you can get enough protein, fit in at a pot luck, learn to love cauliflower, & enjoy pizza, nachos brownies, & more
- without any animal products at all. (Even vegan pros will discover some new tricks!) Colourful photographs throughout will have you salivating over Kristy`s inventive, easy-to-follow recipes. So what are you waiting for? Get in the kitchen & leave your excuses at the door!

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A runaway best-seller in France, But You Did Not Come Back is the deeply moving memoir of a survivor of the Holocaust. `I was quite a cheerful person, you know, in spite of what happened to us.` In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. They were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau in Pol&. When they arrived, they were forcibly separated. Though he managed to smuggle a last note to her via an electrician, she never spoke to him again. But You Did Not Come Back is Marceline`s letter to the father she would never know as an adult, to the man whose death has enveloped her life. With poignant honesty, she tells him of the events that have continued to haunt her, of the collapse of their family, & of her efforts to find a place in a changing world. This is a breathtaking memoir by an extraordinary woman, & an intimate & deeply moving message from a daughter to her father. ...

Afghanistan has been a strategic prize for more than 200 years. Foreign invaders have continually fought across its beautiful & inhospitable terrain, in conflicts variously ruthless, misguided & bloody. A century ago, the common sneer about how British soldiers treated Afghan tribesmen was that they would `butcher` them, then `bolt`. ” Butcher & Bolt” recounts this violent history, beginning with the very first British mission
- an encounter that ushered in two centuries of conflict littered with misunderstandings & broken promises, in which the British, the Russians & later the Americans repeatedly underestimated the ability of the Afghans & the power of the Frontier tribes. In a new final chapter that brings the book right up-to-date, David Loyn draws on the unique access he has had to Afghanistan over the past two decades to address the emerging threat of the Pakistani Taliban & the challenges that face those now fighting on the most dangerous frontier in the world.
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Full of adventure, mishaps & audacious attempts at cheating, the first Tour de France in 1903 was a colourful affair. Its riders included characters like Maurice Garin, an Italian-born Frenchman, said to have been swapped for a round of cheese by his parents in order to smuggle him into France to clean chimneys as a teenager, Hippolyte Aucouturier with his trademark handlebar moustache, & amateurs like Jean Dargassies, a blacksmith who had never raced before. Dreamed up to revive struggling newspaper L` Auto, cyclists of the time were wary of this `heroic` race on roads more suited to hooves than wheels, riding hefty fixed-gear bikes for three full weeks. ` With a few francs you could win 3, 000`, the paper declared in desperation, eventually attracting a field comprising a handful of the era`s professional racers &, among other hopefuls, a butcher, painter & decorator, & a circus acrobat. Would this ramshackle pack of cyclists draw crowds to throng France`s rutted roads & cheer the first Tour heroes? Surprisingly it did, &, all thanks to a marketing ruse, cycling would never be the same again. Peter Cossins takes us through the inaugural Tour de France, painting a nuanced portrait of France in the early 1900s, to see where the greatest sporting event of all began. ...