A new addition to this excellent reference series of slim, small paperbacks. The cardinal virtues, the heavenly virtues, the thought of Aristotle and Aquinas; virtues moral and intellectual;... read more
Another exhilerating Sri Lankan adventure from the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant. Packed with shipwrecks, sea-monsters and missing treasure.
Maeve's astute tarot readings are the talk of the school, until her ex-best friend draws an unsettling card and disappears without trace... (YA themes).
In an alternate 19th century where America is at war with France and magical Oddities are hunted across impoverished frontiers, the daughter of a murdered physician must protect the Oddity h... read more
From a small boy growing up in a Tibetan village to the spiritual leader of the Buddhist world, the Dalai Lama proves that kindness and understanding are not only at the roots of peacefulnes... read more
A scratched and splintered portrait (with echoes of MP's first book) of the artist's last days in Madrid, body and language failing him. He had travelled there, against doctor's advice, to v... read more
When 12-year old Jimmy and his brother are evacuated to a small Welsh mining town in Wales he discovers a secret. As compelling as 'Carrie's War' or Morpurgo, this canters along at pace, fo... read more
A boy of seven discovers a man with a propellor on his back hovering outside his window: Karlsson lives in a little house on Smidge's roof. Jollifications and adventures ensue... Ages 4-7. O... read more
Karlsson is a funny little man with a propeller on his back who lives on the top of Smidge's house. Cheerful stories for ages 4-7. One of a pair of new Lindgren reprints.
For flâneurs and cinephiles: at an Italian film festival a celebrated director meets a local woman who offers to guide him round the city. Seductive, cinematic, with echoes of Andre Aciman.