A brilliant new novel about love & marriage in the modern world
- from the author the bestselling novel Essays in Love. Modern
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Tina isn`t like the other cows. She believes that the sky is the limit, that everything is possible. But her sisters aren`t convinced & when Tina tells them she has climbed a tree & met a dragon, they decide that her nonsense has gone too far. Off they go into the woods to find her.. .and soon discover a world of surprises! A richly atmospheric, thoughtful & funny picture book from rising star Gemma Merino. Her debut picture book, The Crocodile Who Didn`t Like Water, has won a string of awards & many fans all over the globe. Her deliciously expressive artwork is created using monoprint, coloured digitally. ...

One night a star CRASH-LANDS right on top of a flock of bumbling sheep. But the star is not a star... It`s a little lost cow. & all she can say is `WOOOOOO`. How will she find her way home when nobody can understand a word she`s saying? Both stylish & sweet, this hilarious tale is packed with Nadia Shireen`s adorable animal characters
- perfect for all those who loved The Bumblebear.
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The Cowal Way runs for 57 miles (92 km) across the Cowal peninsula, which lies west of Glasgow. The route starts at Portavadie on Loch Fyne & ends at Inveruglas on Loch Lomond. It's connected by ferry both to the Kintyre Way & to the West Highland Way, & thence to the Great Glen Way. It's the missing link that enables Scotland's ultimate long-distance walk, from the Mull of Kintyre all the way to Inverness. The trail is waymarked & undulating, with rugged terrain & glorious views over Bute & the Firth of Clyde. The area is rich in history & heritage, with wildlife sightings including red squirrel, red deer & golden eagle. This essential trail guide contains all you need to plan & enjoy your holiday, with detailed route descriptions, background information, side-trips & planning information for travel by car, ferry, bus & plane. The book is in full colour, with over 60 photographs & it has a dropdown route map (1:110, 000), all printed on waterproof paper. ...

The boy Laddy Merridew, sent to live with his grandmother, stumbles off the bus into a small Welsh mining community, where he begins an unlikely friendship with Ianto Passchendaele Jenkins, the town beggar-storyteller. Ianto is watchman over the legacy of the collapse many years ago of Kindly Light Pit, a disaster whose echoes reverberate down the generations of the town. Through Ianto's stories Laddy is drawn into both the town's history & the conundrums of the present. Why has woodwork teacher Icarus Evans striven most of his life to carve wooden feathers that will float on an updraft? Why is the undertaker Tutt Bevan trying to find a straight path through the town? Why does James Little, the old gas-meter emptier, dig his allotment by moonlight? & why does window cleaner Judah Jones take autumn leaves into a disused chapel? These & other men of the town, & the women who mothered them, married them & mourned them, are bound together by the echoes of the Kindly Light tragedy & by the mysterious figure of Ianto Jenkins, whose stories of loyalty & betrayal, loss & love, form an unforgettable, spellbinding tapestry. The Coward's Tale is a powerfully imagined, poetic & haunting novel, spiked with humour. It is a story of kinship & kindness, guilt & atonement, & the ways in which we carve the present out of an unforgiving past. ...

` My name is Laddy Merridew. I`m a cry-baby. I`m sorry.` ` And my name is Ianto Jenkins. I am a coward. & that`s worse.` The boy Laddy Merridew, sent to live with his grandmother, stumbles off the bus into a small Welsh mining community, where he begins an unlikely friendship with Ianto Passchendaele Jenkins, the town beggar-storyteller. Ianto is watchman over the legacy of the collapse many years ago of Kindly Light Pit, a disaster whose echoes reverberate down the generations & blight the lives of many in the town. Through Ianto`s stories Laddy Merridew is drawn into both the town`s history & the conundrums of the present. Why has woodwork teacher Icarus Evans striven most of his life to carve wooden feathers that will float on an updraft? Why is the undertaker Tutt Bevan trying to find a straight path through the town? Why does James Little, the old gas-meter emptier, dig his allotment by moonlight? & why does window cleaner Judah Jones take autumn leaves into a disused chapel? These & other men of the town, both past & present, & the women who mothered them, married them & mourned them, are bound together by the echoes of the Kindly Light tragedy & by the mysterious figure of Ianto Passchendaele Jenkins, whose stories of loyalty & betrayal, loss & love, form an unforgettable, spellbinding tapestry. ...

Fearlessly frank & funny, the debut adult novel from Dawn O` Porter needs to be talked about. COW [n.] /kau/ A piece of meat; born to breed; past its sell-by-date; one of the herd. Women don`t have to fall into a stereotype. Tara, Cam & Stella are strangers living their own lives as best they can
- though when society`s screaming you should live life one way, it can be hard to like what you see in the mirror. When an extraordinary event ties invisible bonds of friendship between them, one woman`s catastrophe becomes another`s inspiration, & a life lesson to all. Sometimes it`s ok not to follow the herd. The Cows is a powerful novel about three women
- judging each other, but also themselves. In all the noise of modern life, they need to find their own voice.

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A drowned sailor, counterfeit coins & a ship full of opium can only mean one thing: another adventure for Tintin! Aboard the Karaboudjan Tintin is introduced to Captain Haddock, but soon they face deathly thirst in the Sahara desert. Haddock`s thirst in particular guarantees chaos at every turn! ...

In this groundbreaking book, Tristram Riley-Smith charts the cultural landscape of a conflicted America in the opening decade of the 21st Century & addresses two key questions: Why is it that a nation that is so clear about its destiny leaves the world confused about its direction of travel; & why is it that a people intent on the pursuit of happiness appears so unsettled? Delving beneath the chaotic surface of American society, Riley-Smith exposes the enduring fault-lines in the cultural bedrock. In doing so, he offers up a panoramic snapshot of American society, flash-lit by the thunderbolts of `9/11`, Hurricane Katrina, the 2008 Credit Crash & the inauguration of President Obama. ” The Cracked Bell” gets to the heart of what it means to live in Obama`s America, addressing questions of identity & power, belief & value, liberty & law, innovation & tradition, commerce & consumption, nature & civilization, war & peace. ...

Stranger Things meets Pullman`s Northern Lights in this dark & magical fantasy adventure. Fourteen years ago, Jane Doe & her father arrived on the steps of the Manor
- the entrance to a dangerous labyrinth connecting the island of Bluehaven to many other worlds. That was the same night the earthquakes started, & Jane & her silent, troubled father, John have been feared & despised ever since. When the strongest quake yet strikes & John disappears back into the Manor, Jane embarks on a perilous adventure to find her father & save her world
- perhaps all worlds
- from destruction... Fans of Phillip Pullman`s Dark Materials, Rick Riordan`s Percy Jackson adventures, Frances Hardinge & the Netflix blockbuster Stranger Things will love this heart-pounding & spell-binding middle grade adventure with its nod to the classic 80s movies The Goonies & Indiana Jones. Jeremy Lachlan, a Sydney bookseller, has always been obsessed with the big epic adventures such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones & The Chronicles of Narnia
- & was inspired to write The Cradle of All Worlds while lost in the Cairo Museum. The first book in a duology, this is his debut novel.



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