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  • Half of Each Other Quick View
    • Half of Each Other Quick View
    • World Literature, World Literature from Europe, World Literature from Japan
    • Half of Each Other

    • GBP 10.99
    • by Roger Pulvers Half of Each Other takes place in Tokyo.  It tells the story of Nick and Setsuko York, a once very fond married couple devoted to their adorable five-year-old daughter, Emi. Half of Each Other is the story of a woman and a man challenged by the shock of an overwhelming grief.  Both are overcome by an immense…
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  • Hide and Seek: a story guide on traditional games Quick View
    • Hide and Seek: a story guide on traditional games Quick View
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    • Hide and Seek: a story guide on traditional games

    • GBP 13.99
    • Story and Illustrations by C. Rebecca A chance encounter with a crying stone sends Danny and friends across the island of Singapore in search of its missing friends. Hide and Seek brings you on the adventure of rediscovering old games as they learn how to play Hopscotch, Five Stones, and more! Ages:   3+ ISBN:  978-1-913891-16-9 Format: Paperback 216 x 216 mm…
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  • Hunters and Gatherers: What Can We Learn from Them Quick View
    • Hunters and Gatherers: What Can We Learn from Them Quick View
    • Hearing Others' Voices, Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Hunters and Gatherers: What Can We Learn from Them

    • GBP 12.99
    • by Alan Barnard FBA (University of Edinburgh) “The book spells out the great human achievements that have been brought about by humans who hunt and gather – across the millennia. It also shows that these achievements go beyond hunting and gathering alone. They depend on particular ways of understanding the human environment and the world at large. Alan Barnard points…
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  • Kai the Dancing Butterfly Quick View
    • Kai the Dancing Butterfly Quick View
    • Picture Books
    • Kai the Dancing Butterfly

    • GBP 13.99
    • Story by Crystal Z. Lee Illustrations by Allie Su Kai and Ami are dancing butterflies from Taiwan! They have a performance coming up at the Winter Festival dance show in the southern part of the island. They are currently in northern Taiwan, so they need to hurry and start flying south. That's far for a butterfly! Kai is worried about…
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  • Myna Bird as Free as a Cloud Quick View
    • Myna Bird as Free as a Cloud Quick View
    • Picture Books
    • Myna Bird as Free as a Cloud

    • Illustrations by Yu Rong Translated by Helen Wang A story about love and freedom narrated from the point of view of a lost myna bird which comes to human society. Beautifully illustrated book using Chinese paper cuts.     Ages:   3+ ISBN:  978-1-911221-296 Format: Paperback 216 x 216 mm Pages: 40 pp Colour Publication Date:  15 July 2023  
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  • Raise the Bottles Quick View
    • Raise the Bottles Quick View
    • World Literature, World Literature from Taiwan
    • Raise the Bottles

    • GBP 15.99
    • Collection of Short Stories by Huang Chun-Ming Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt From trains to classrooms to mountains, in this collection of short stories, Huang Chunming traverses across the Taiwan island to deliver his readers bewitching stories of love, loss, and family. Each story crafts a poignant snapshot depicting private minds in public spaces. A young man has…
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  • Sleepy, Sleepy New Year Quick View
    • Sleepy, Sleepy New Year Quick View
    • Picture Books
    • Sleepy, Sleepy New Year

    • GBP 11.99
    • Story and Illustrations by Meng Yanan  Bao Bear has never heard of Chinese New Year. He decides to invite the Fox, Mouse, and Bunny families together to learn more about this celebration. However, as the end of autumn nears and Bao Bear gets sleepier, can he stay awake to find out? From the Bronze and Sunflower Picture Book Award-winning author…
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  • The Archaeology of a Dream City Quick View
    • The Archaeology of a Dream City Quick View
    • World Literature, World Literature from Europe
    • The Archaeology of a Dream City

    • GBP 13.99
    • by Monica Raszewski Born and raised in Australia, Martha longs to return to Nadwodom, in a country called Czawa, where her parents and family grew up. As she stumbles upon the works of Marion Porter, an Australian photographer who once photographed the countryside in Czawa, Martha's own journey to her family's homeland begins to unfurl. There, she meets her cousin,…
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  • The Blood of Gutoku Quick View
    • The Blood of Gutoku Quick View
    • World Literature, World Literature from Japan
    • The Blood of Gutoku

    • A Jack Riddley Mystery in Japan by J. W. Traphagan Jack Riddley is an anthropologist all too ready to retire - he is done with university politics and is eager to start his new life in a sleepy village in northern Japan. What wasn't involved in his retirement plan is for a murder to occur just as he arrives in…
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  • The Chilli Bean Paste Clan Quick View
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    • World Literature, World Literature from China
    • The Chilli Bean Paste Clan

    • GBP 13.99
    • by Yan Ge English Pen Translates Award Set in a fictional town in West China, this is the story of the Duan-Xue family, owners of the lucrative chilli bean paste factory, and their formidable matriarch. As Gran’s eightieth birthday approaches, her middle-aged children get together to make preparations. Family secrets are revealed and long-time sibling rivalries flare up with renewed…
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  • The Enchanted Bells Quick View
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    • Picture Books
    • The Enchanted Bells

    • GBP 11.99
    • Story and Music by April Chung Illustrations by Li-Ling Chen Night has fallen. Silent night. The forest is shimmering with moonlit snow. All of a sudden, Marco Piccolo hears an enchanting melody. It comes from the depths of the forest. There, Marco stumbles across a Treble Clef Tree and seven glittering bells, each representing a musical note. The bells hold…
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  • The Grass House Quick View
    • The Grass House Quick View
    • World Literature from China, Young-Adult
    • The Grass House

    • GBP 12.99
    • by Cao Wenxuan Translated from the Chinese by Helen Wang One of China's most popular authors of children's fiction, Cao Wenxuan's works are typically set in the China of the 1950s and 60s, and feature children and animals as their main characters. Titles such as The Straw House and Bronze and Sunflower have collectively sold millions of copies in China,…
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