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- Hearing Others' Voices, Memoir
Taking a Bite out of the Apple: A graphic designer’s tale
- GBP 9.99
- by Rob Janoff How do you brand a revolution? In his engaging new book, Taking a Bite out of the Apple: A Graphic Designer’s Tale, Rob Janoff – designer of the world-famous Apple logo – shares what it was like to live through the heady days of the home computer revolution. From his fateful meeting with Steve Jobs in Silicon Valley…
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- World Literature from Southeast Asia, Young-Adult
The Game Hunters
- by Anupa Roy A climate crisis in the Ice Age. A cold snap leads to an unrelenting glacial. For our prehistoric ancestors survival is threatened. Food gets harder to find in the frigid lands of Central Asia. Yet the tribes living near the Altai Mountains have found a refuge. A river and a lake allows some plants and trees…
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- Hearing Others' Voices
Time for the World to Learn from Africa
- GBP 12.99
- by Ruth Finnegan FBA It is a common notion that Africa has, and indeed ought to have, learned much from the west. This is not wrong; all cultures rightly learn from each other. But less is said of what there is to learn from Africa: from her stories, myths, music, proverbs, insights - and more. Here an acclaimed African scholar steps…
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- Picture Books
L’Aventure magique: Kris et Kate construisent un bateau
- GBP 10.99
- Histoire par Ruth Finnegan Illustrations par Rachel Backshall Kris et Kate construisent un bateau dans le sable et leur chien Holly gambade autour d’eux. Ils s’aventurent dans une crique, sous le regard de leur mère restée sur le rivage. Un doux conte magique admirablement illustré qui incite à la découverte de l’histoire naturelle. Traduit de l’anglais par Gwendolyne Thio et…
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- World Literature
Queen Bee and Other Stories
- GBP 9.99
- by Xu Xiaobin Translated from the Chinese by John Howard-Gibbon, Natascha Bruce, Nicky Harman and Alvin Leung ISBN: 978-1-911221-19-7 Publication date: 25 March 2019 Format: Paperback (Demy octavo) 216mm x 138mm Pages: 120 pp Cover illustration by Xu Xiaobin
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- World Literature, World Literature from Japan, Young-Adult
Riku and the Kingdom of White
- GBP 9.99
- by Randy Taguchi Riku Sato is in the fifth grade, when he moves from Utsunomiya to Fukushima to switch schools. Minamisoma, the town he arrives in, is virtually deserted--after the devastating earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011, which struck the Tohoku region in Japan and triggered a nuclear meltdown, not a single soul is in sight; not in…
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- World Literature, World Literature from Taiwan, Young-Adult
The Bear Whispers to Me
- GBP 12.99
- by Chang Ying-Tai WINNER OF THE 2015 LENNOX ROBINSON LITERARY AWARD Selected by BookTrust for the "Books we like: June 2015" (age 12+). A reclusive young boy stumbles upon his father’s diary. Filled with drawings, photos and anecdotes, the diary reveals an alpine world that his father once inhabited as a child: where tribes were fashioned by tree spirits; animals could be spoken to;…
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- World Literature, World Literature from Taiwan
As Flowers Bloom and Wither
- GBP 15.99
- by Ying-Tai Chang As Flowers Bloom and Wither tells a bold and stirring story with great sensitivity. The protagonist, whose true identity was enshrouded in an enormous plot, must brave the thorns of history in order to unravel the threads of this enigma. Will the twists and turns of fate obscure the ultimate truth? How many more “truths” are…
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- Hearing Others' Voices
High Days and Holy Days: Voices of the Christian West
- GBP 9.99
- by Arthur Hawes This book contains 51 sermons on High Days and Holy Days in the Christian calendar. Though arising from the author’s own religious experience, many of the themes are universal and speak to people of all religious faiths and none and to all cultures. It is hoped they will appeal to the many people who are housebound and…
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- Hearing Others' Voices
From Blank Canvas to Garment: A creative journey of discovery
- GBP 11.99
- by Marella Campagna The book is a vivid honest story of a Fashion designer, looking for her inner voice and true self, throughout creative process dynamics, critical thinking, inspirations, fashion dramas, failing attempts and lots of self-analysis. Deep socio-anthropological reflections alternate with story-telling, helping the curious reader to discover the intricate maze of an artist's mind, unravelling doubts and questions…
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