An eleven-year-old girl stops eating, but remains miraculously alive & well. A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist hungry for a story. Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, The Wonder
- inspired by numerous European & North American cases of `fasting girls` between the sixteenth century & the twentieth
- is a psychological thriller about a child`s murder threatening to happen in slow motion before our eyes. Pitting all the seductions of fundamentalism against sense & love, it is a searing examination of what nourishes us, body & soul.

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An eleven-year-old girl stops eating, but remains miraculously alive & well. A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist hungry for a story. Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, Emma Donoghue`s The Wonder
- inspired by numerous European & North American cases of `fasting girls` between the sixteenth century & the twentieth
- is a psychological thriller about a child`s murder threatening to happen in slow motion before our eyes. Pitting all the seductions of fundamentalism against sense & love, it is a searing examination of what nourishes us, body & soul.

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Three women live on The Wonder House, a boat moored on Nagin Lake & carved from the great cedars that watch over the Kashmir Valley. Suriya is mute & carries a terrible secret. Her daughter, Lila, wants to escape the past & live a different kind of life. But together, they tend to Gracie, a defiant Yorkshire-woman living out her widowhood by the lake.A military coup over the border brings violence crashing back into the valley. When an English journalist arrives to report on the conflict, Gracie invites him to stay on The Wonder House. But Hal is a man adrift & his love for one of the women threatens more than just the fragile peace on the houseboat. ...

The Wonder of the Waterways is a clebration of Britain's extensive canal network, which has lasted for over 200 years. The guide features a series of colour photographs with accompanying text highlighting various points of interest along Britain's extensive canal system. Notable locks, bridges, boats & picturesque canal-sides are included & the guide as a whole celebrates the survival of the canal as the network continues to thrive in the 21st century. ...

The Wonder of Whiffling is a tour around the language of the British Isles, from English rural counties & remote ex-colonies, from jargon-loving armed forces to the corners of the schoolyard, from Anglo-Saxon to trailer-park slang, here is English as you ...

` Never before had Nils travelled around at such good speed, & he had always liked riding fast & wild.. . Nor had he thought what it might be like to travel so high above the ground. But it was like flying away from worries & sorrows & annoyances of every imaginable kind` Nils Holgersson is a naughty boy who pulls the tails of cats & trips up his mother while she is carrying the milk pail. Then one day he discovers he has been magically turned into a tiny imp. He climbs on the back of a gander & takes off with a flock of wild geese as they fly over Sweden, soaring above patchwork fields, through storms, to castles & lakes & even to a city under the sea. As he learns about the world, he also learns what it means to care for living things, in Selma Lagerlof`s timeless & beloved fable. ...

When Nils makes the mistake of teasing an elf, he is bewitched & shrunk to a thumb size. He takes off on the back of a young goosey-gander, named Morten, for a wonderful journey among the wild geese. This exquisitely illustrated book, written by Nobel prize in Literature winner Selma Lagerlof & illustrated by renowned illustrator Olivier Latyk, incorprates die-cut pages with a fresh & playful narrative adapted from a Swedish children`s classic. This book is ideal for the Christmas period with soft winter scenes with a gift-book quality. ...

Join a family of rabbits as they have all kinds of fun throughout the day, like leaping & swimming & digging up holes! & when it`s time to say ”goodnight, ” there`s one very special habit of rabbits that`s not to be missed... Sonia Sanchez is the award-winning children`s book illustrator of Here I am & Sister Day! She lives with her husband & cat in a blue house near the Mediterranean Sea. ...

From the author of Bird Sense & The Most Perfect Thing, a biography of Francis Willughby, the first ornithologist Francis Willughby lived & thrived in the midst of the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Along with his Cambridge tutor John Ray, Willughby was determined to overhaul the whole of natural history & impose order on its complexity. It was exhilarating, exacting & exhausting work. Yet before Willughby & Ray could complete their monumental encyclopaedia of birds, Ornithology, Willughby died. In the centuries since, Ray`s reputation has grown, obscuring that of his collaborator. Now, for the first time, Willughby`s own story & genius are given the attention they deserve. In his short life, Willughby
- an original member the Royal Society
- finessed the differentiation of birds though identification of their distinguishing features & asked questions that were centuries ahead of their time. His discoveries & his approach to natural history continue to be relevant
- & revelatory
- today. With a fellow expert`s understanding & passion, Tim Birkhead celebrates how Willughby`s endeavours set a standard for the way birds & natural history should be studied. Rich with glorious detail, The Wonderful Mr Willughby is a fascinating insight into a thrilling period of scientific history & a lively biography of a man who lived at its heart.



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This is a wonderful gift book. The complete & unabridged hugely popular story. Rediscover this classic American tale, brought to life through more than seventy stunning paintings by award-winning illustrator Robert Ingpen. Come with Dorothy & her friends as she sets off on an amazing adventure through the curious land of Oz. ...