I Should Know That: Great Britain covers a range of key topics on our fair l&, including essential British history (Magna Carta, the Great Reform Act etc.), the current political & legal system (when can a magistrate decide whether a person is guilty or innocent?), migration to Britain, women`s rights (when did married women gain the right to retain ownership of money & property?), geography (what`s the distance between John O` Groats & Land`s End?), & culture (who wrote ` Rule, Britannia!` etc...). The subjects & questions will be inspired by the UK citizenship test & the book will also include the hilarious, though unfortunate, gaffes frequently made by our politicians. A handbook for anyone who wishes that they were more informed citizens. ...

Take a tour around the 50 states of the USA, from Maine to Hawaii, peeking through the holes as you go. Colourfully illustrated board book with images depicting the people, landmarks & things that make each state unique, as well as one item that it has `in common` with the state next door. Can you `spy` it is through the hole? ...

Peek through the die-cut holes to spy who is looking out
- is it the dolphins, the clown fish or the shark, & count how many
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A new take on the I-spy game with die-cut holes so little ones can spy the various creatures through the page. Dramatic, bold illustrations focus on a single colour for each page, as the reader guesses which animals are blue, grey, white, yellow, orange, red & green. Each page also

Includes:: a helpful factual clue about the animal. This is a beautiful special gift book that will encourage young readers to interact while teaching them something about the animals too.

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Iraqi Kurdistan at the turn of the twenty-first century is a territory ruled by strongmen, revolutionaries, fixers, bureaucrats & the ” Barons”, who control everything from livestock & land to Kurdish cultural life. Defying the absolute power wielded by the Barons, a band of friends led by a poet embarks on an odyssey to find the bodies of two lovers killed unjustly by the authorities. The Barons respond by attempting to crush these would-be avengers, though their real war is waged against the imagination itself
- despite the fact that imagination in its myriad forms is a prized, elusive commodity for which intellectuals, merchants, political elites & humble workers all search in one way or another. The stark realities of a rapidly changing yet still traumatised society are woven through with elements of the fantastic: a boy is born with a poem etched into his chest; a wild-eyed mystic consummates his love for a married woman in the spirit world; a political assassin discovers compassion & can no longer kill; a Hollywood film buff leads a cluster of blind children on an imaginary sea journey. Bakhtiyar Ali`s visionary novel is a soulful meditation on both political & poetic power. The Gardens of the Imagination is a trip, in more ways than one: a tale of people travelling great distances in their minds or with their feet. It is a phantasmagoric, lyrical interpretation of contemporary Kurdistan, so much in the news nowadays but otherwise so little known. Told by several unreliable narrators in a kaleidoscope of fragments that all eventually cohere, the author manages the neat trick of dipping the reader into a mesmerising fantasia just long enough before wrenching her or him back to hard, cold ”real life”. Bakhtiyar Ali has said that he wrote this novel in part to ”end the subordination of Kurdish writers to the will of politicians”
- but he has made real poetry out of this protest.I Stared at the Night of the City is a trip, in more ways than one: a tale of extraordinary people traveling great distances, in their minds or with their feet. It is a lyrical interpretation of contemporary Kurdistan, so much in the news nowadays but otherwise so little understood. Told by several unreliable narrators in a kaleidoscope of fragments that all eventually cohere, the novel manages the neat trick of dipping readers into a fantasia just long enough before wrenching them back to hard, cold `real life`.

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In 2012, Paul Conibeer, an Australian traveler was jailed in Bali`s infamous Kerobokan Prison
- the home of Shapelle Corby,
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In these selected stories from her collections ” Aisha” & ” Sandpiper”, Ahdaf Soueif writes about love & displacement in prose that is delicately nuanced & acutely observed. These are achingly lyrical stories, resonant & richly woven. But they always retain an edginess as they explore areas of tension
- where women & men are ensnared by cultural & social mores & prescribed notions of `love`, where the place you are is not the place you want to be. She delivers her characters with infinite tenderness & compassion as they inhabit a world of lost opportunities, unfulfilled love & remembrance of times past.
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Philosophers certainly like to make life sound awfully complicated, whether they`re wondering if a falling tree still makes a sound if there`s nobody around to hear it (Berkeley) or declaring that everything in the universe is in a state of flux (Heraclitus). But is philosophy really so complicated? & is it really as irrelevant as it sometimes seems? I Think, Therefore I Am is the ideal way to take the fear out of philosophy. Written in an accessible & highly entertaining style, this book explains how & why philosophy began, & how, from Greek democracy to Communism, the ways in which we live, learn, argue, vote & even spend our money have their origins in philosophical thought. Covering the biggest names, including Socrates, Seneca, St Augustine, Descartes, Marx & Nietzsche, I Think Therefore I Am provides a handle for all the main -isms & -ologies. ...

Like the best comedians, the best cartoonists address philosophy`s Big Questions. Cathcart & Klein reckon they`re individuals with philosophy doctorates who couldn`t find employment or, if they could, found serving lattes at Starbucks less fulfilling than they`d hoped. Covering topics as diverse as religion, gender, knowledge, morality & the meaning of life (or the lack thereof), I Think, Therefore I Draw is a joyous introduction to the major debates in philosophy through history & the present. Wittgenstein once said that a serious & good philosophical work could be written that would consist entirely of jokes. Let`s put that to the test... ...

This silly but stylish slider book is sure to give little ones a giggle. They`ll love joining in with a game of hide-&-seek as they move the sliders to reveal the dinosaur hiding in every scene. Is it behind the sofa? Or in the shower? Just push the slider to find out! With beautiful artwork from google doodler Lydia Nichols, all the family will enjoy reading & playing with this fresh new novelty series. ...