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Sheds new light on Qatar, a country that has previously defied explanationQatar is a country of spectacular contrasts: from pearl fishing, its main industry until the 1930s; to gas and...

A crucial book for our current moment, uncovering the history of mass incarceration in the United States and engaging with the major challenges of contemporary prison and police abolition activism....

Policing the Big Apple is the story of America's largest and most celebrated law enforcement agency. The book covers the history of policing New York City from 1625 in then...

A sweeping story of twenty real worlds orbiting other starsThirty years ago the only planets we knew were the ones orbiting our own sun; we now know of thousands of...

Thirty years ago Prague was a closed book to most Westerners. Today it is the continent's fifth most-visited city, surpassed only by London, Paris, Istanbul and Rome. With a stunning...

The extraordinary palm: diverse, prolific, essential, symbolic and often sacred, exotic - and at times erotic - exploited and controversial. The signature plant of the tropics and subtropics, these record-breaking...

From the author of The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes comes yet another sharp, page-turning novel about a forgotten child star and former Hollywood "It" Girl who is now fighting back...

Author: Jessi Hempel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 "Fascinating, funny, and wise, The Family Outing is an affirmation to all of us who know the pain and shame of...

Opinion polls dominate media coverage of politics, especially elections. But how do the polls work? How do you tell the good from the bad? And in light of recent polling...

Author: Norman Kolpas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 152 Few ingredients inspire more high-soaring praise and provoke greater outrage than foie gras. Literally meaning 'fat liver', foie gras is traditionally...

The London suburbs have, for more than two hundred and fifty years, fired the creative literary imagination: whether this is Samuel Johnson hiding away in bucolic preindustrial Streatham, Italo Svevo...

Author: Bethan Roberts Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 The nightingale has a unique place in cultural history: the most prized of songbirds, it has inspired more poems than any...

The heartwarming journey of one little boy on his way to his very first day at school.Today is a very special day, one that Joe will never forget. He is...

What's the deal with all the eggs? With her trademark visual humor and comic timing, Helen Yoon takes a look at a puzzling holiday tradition.Look, an egg! An egg left...

The reader becomes the storyteller in this funny, interactive picture book by author-illustrator Kara Kramer.Tell me a story - a new one - and make it about a ______!In this...

Author: Ulf Nilsson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 116 Illustrated in full color and packed with character and humor, this is the fifth whodunnit mystery in the awardwinning Detective Gordon...

Jojo Locke's dad disappeared six years ago. And what's stranger still, none of his family can really remember him, there's a hole inside each of them where Dad should be....

Two superlative talents combine in a feast of verbal and visual imagery: forty brilliant poems celebrating the living world with love and laughter.Always inventive, with surprises and fresh perceptions on...

A story about seeing what life is like on the other side of the window. Now in paperback!Two very different cats, Winston, a free-spirited explorer, and The Indoor Cat, lover...

A library-loving dinosaur reminds us how it feels to be transported by story in this picture book for young children. Leilong's friends are taking him to story time at the...

Author: Nina LaCour Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 A little girl stays home with Mama when Mummy goes off on a work trip in this tender, inviting story that...

A warm, authentic celebration of family reunions, told through the eyes of a kind-hearted little girl who shows us that love and laughter can overcome any language barrier.GRANDPA IS HERE!...

Cabs are resting in a line. Wake up, Taxi. Rise and shine!It's the day in the life of a busy taxi cab! There are plenty of passengers to pick up,...

An adventurous and heart-warming picture book about a sparky little owl who is determined to leave the nest during the day, by internationally acclaimed author-illustrator, Petr Horacek.Tiny Owl wants to...

Author: Michael Rosen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 The fourth in a funny new series from former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen and rising star Robert Starling. This bunny is...

When two families merge and move in together, a little boy finds an escape in his imagination. On the day two families move into a new home to start their...

Sala has a real mountain to climb in this authentic story set among the Samburu people of Kenya.There's a school trip to climb the mountain near Sala's home and she's...

In an ode to the power of music and community, this vibrantly illustrated picture book steps out on the balcony for a shared moment of spontaneous joy and celebration.In a...

When Oscar's older sister starts reading books with no pictures in them, Oscar worries she'll never share picture books with him again... Oscar loves story time, but best of all...

Author: Howard Calvert Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 The familiar fable of the tortoise and the hare gets a charming and funny new spin. Barbara Hendricks has entered a...

From the Double Kate Greenaway Medal-winning creator of Small in the City and illustrator of Town Is by the Sea, Footpath Flowers, I Talk Like a River and My Baba's...

How can Leopold, goat and bookstore owner, find the perfect book for a fellow goat-one the visitor will enjoy reading, not munching? Leopold the goat owns a delightful bookstore, and...

What makes a great story? How are stories made? This clever and unique look at storytelling can help us to understand that great stories need more than exciting and imaginative...

Alberta does dreadful things, and she always gets her own way. So when she doesn't listen to her mother's good advice and enters the wild and dangerous woods, it's no...

In this expressively illustrated picture book about acknowledging differences and strengths, an overeager dinosaur school bus causes problems for the city's transportation system-so the children find a place where oversize...

Soft and Sticky are total opposites, but does that mean the end of their friendship? Soft and Sticky are best friends, but Soft's fluff always gets up Sticky's nose, and...

Author: Patricia Toht Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 I slide my hand into the crook of your arm, as you open your big brolly wide. We both can stay...

Author: Tom Silson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 When I was a fairy, I used to dance on daffodils. I'd bounce on blueberries more often than not. I scaled...

These illusions will play tricks on your eyes! Find two foods on each page in a clever, stylish exploration of negative and positive space for the very young.A twisty pretzel...

Author: Karl James Mountford Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 40 A beautiful and sensitive exploration of grief, loss and hope from Karl James Mountford, in his much-awaited author-illustrator debut. One...

From award-winning picture book funny-man Russell Ayto comes this laugh-out-loud tale of friendship and acceptance. Bush Baby is so lonely - nobody wants to be her friend. Giraffe thinks she's...

Author: Shirley Ballas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Behind the sequins and the sparkles, the competition is about to turn deadly . . . 'I loved it! I'm quite...

The award-winning, genre-crossing writer demonstrates her power as a funkadelic and formidable feminist voice in this rich and beautiful collection of verse and image-a multi-part retrospective that traverses time, space,...

Author: Aden Polydoros Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Would you sacrifice your soul to stop a killer? Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity. Despite...

Author: Dorothy Koomson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Kendra Tamale has found two reasons to face up to her past When Kendra Tamale returns to England from Australia she...

A thoughtful middle-grade novel about caring for others and for yourself--and what it truly means to be kind and vulnerableThirteen-year-old Ivy Campbell has always been a good kid: She supports...

Three years after a conspiracy against his life forced him into hiding, the young heir to the throne Marcus Novius must take command of the greatest power on Earth. But...

Author: Andrew Michael Hurley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The second novel from the author of the award-winning bestseller The Loney. Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the Lancashire...