A book of rare beauty: ” Ru” is a lullaby of Vietnam & a love letter to a new homel&. Ru: In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow
- of tears, blood, & money. Kim Thuy`s ” Ru” is literature at its most crystalline: the flow of a life on the tides of unrest & on to more peaceful waters. In vignettes of exquisite clarity, sharp observation & sly wit, we are carried along on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded & muddy Malaysian refugee camp, & onward to a new life in Quebec. There, the young girl feels the embrace of a new community, & revels in the chance to be part of the American Dream. As an adult, the waters become rough again: now a mother of two, she must learn to shape her love around the younger boy`s autism. Moving seamlessly from past to present, from history to memory & back again, ” Ru” is a book that celebrates life in all its wonder: its moments of beauty & sensuality, brutality & sorrow, comfort & comedy.
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A book & rubber stamp set, with six colourful ink pads. The book is bursting with ideas for making pictures with the circles, triangles, squares & petal shapes on the stamps. Step-by-step instructions show how to make animals, robots, a princess`s ball gown & a castle & there`s lots of space for children to fill with their own pictures. ...

A book & rubber stamp set, with six colourful ink pads. The book is bursting with ideas for making pictures with the circles, triangles, squares & petal shapes on the stamps. Step-by-step instructions show how to make animals, robots, a princess`s ball gown & a castle & there`s lots of space for children to fill with their own pictures. ...

A fun & fascinating flap book that follows rubbish on a journey from the bin to the sorting factories & recycling centres. Over 60 flaps reveal how glass, metal, plastics & paper are recycled & what happens to the rubbish that can`t be recycled.

Includes:: a large, fold-out page showing the amazing machines that separate materials in recycling centres.

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Chipo & his little sister Gentle live on Papa Fudu`s dumpsite in Rubbish Town, searching for valuable things amongst the rubbish to try to stay alive. Life isn`t easy
- luckily, Chipo has spirit, courage & lots of imagination! & now, he has a plan... But when Chipo & Gentle are caught with something precious that Papa Fudu wants for himself, they have to think quick, move fast. Suddenly they`re on the run... Along with their friend Dede & their loyal dog, Mouse, Chipo & Gentle set off on a dangerous & exciting journey to find a safe place to call home
- meeting a cast of extraordinary characters along the way.

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The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes & hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness
- the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe of its fall. It is a story of incomparable drama. This was the century of Julius Caesar, the gambler whose addiction to glory led him to the banks of the Rubicon, & beyond; of Cicero, whose defence of freedom would make him a byword for eloquence; of Spartacus, the slave who dared to challenge a superpower; of Cleopatra, the queen who did the same. Tom Holland brings to life this strange & unsettling civilization, with its extremes of ambition & self-sacrifice, bloodshed & desire. Yet alien as it was, the Republic still holds up a mirror to us. Its citizens were obsessed by celebrity chefs, all-night dancing & exotic pets; they fought elections in law courts & were addicted to spin; they toppled foreign tyrants in the name of self-defence. Two thousand years may have passed, but we remain the Romans` heirs.
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The Clockwork Sparrow meets Downton Abbey It`s a bitterly cold winter in Yorke & Rose Raventhorpe & her butler Heddsworth are stuck with Rose`s unpleasant cousin Herbert, & his equally horrible butler, Bixby. When an orphan boy named Orpheus interrupts the Cathedral`s Mistletoe Service, saying that his sister has been kidnapped, Rose vows to help. Solving the mystery will be a lot better than accompanying ghastly Herbert! But the investigation is more complicated than Rose has anticipated & will lead her & her butler friends through fancy tea-rooms, horrible factories, secret underground passages & more... Fireplace pokers are much more dangerous than you might imagine... ...

Inspired by Professor Rubik, & his cube....one brain bending puzzle for every day of the year! Test your mind everyday with this fantastic deskblock. Presented in a gift box, these deskblocks are not dated so make perfect presents all year round. Contains 365 mind bending puzzles
Includes: solutions Ages 10 years+
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***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS` WOMEN`S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016*** `LUMINOUS` Guardian `STUNNING` New York Times `EXCEPTIONAL` Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black) Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby Bell, ”the kind of pretty it hurt to look at, ” has suffered beyond imagining, so as soon as she can, she flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York. Ruby quickly winds her way into the ripe center of the city-the darkened piano bars & hidden alleyways of the Village-all the while hoping for a glimpse of the red hair & green eyes of her mother. When a telegram from her cousin forces her to return home, thirty-year-old Ruby finds herself reliving the devastating violence of her girlhood. With the terrifying realization that she might not be strong enough to fight her way back out again, Ruby struggles to survive her memories of the town`s dark past. Meanwhile, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised him & the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy. Full of life, exquisitely written, & suffused with the pastoral beauty of the rural South, Ruby is a transcendent novel of passion & courage. This wondrous page-turner rushes through the red dust & gossip of Main Street, to the pit fire where men swill bootleg outside Bloom`s Juke, to Celia Jennings`s kitchen, where a cake is being made, yolk by yolk, that Ephram will use to try to begin again with Ruby. Utterly transfixing, with unforgettable characters, riveting suspense, & breathtaking, luminous prose, Ruby offers an unflinching portrait of man`s dark acts & the promise of the redemptive power of love. ...

Thomas Docherty`s picture book sees a return to his nostalgic, classic storytelling style. The book introduces Ruby, a magical little girl with improbable dreams. Ruby & her friends want a place to play, but their playground only has one old swing & a broken slide. ...