Like all well-loved nursery creatures, Teddy has lost one of his button eyes. Surely it's somewhere in the garden? A charming picture book from Japan for ages 4-6.
The perennial cry is uttered here by a bear travelling with a butterfly through the seasons back to the winter cave. Gently philosophical, for ages 4-6.
We are very fond of the blue-haired, feisty, funny Hilda: here are books 5 and 6 in this series of graphic novels, in one volume. (Hilda and the Stone Forest and Hilda and the Mountain King)... read more
An optimistic account of a successful tiger conservation programme in India: good non-fiction with many gorgeous illustrations. Large format, much information. Ages 7-9.
A fascinating exploration of travel in C17th India: merchant-cum-gentleman Thomas Roe is whisked away as ambassador to Mughal India where he plays the dangerous (and often disappointing) gam... read more
Witty, romantic, light but undeniably literary... the great Chilean novelist has done it again. There are echoes of Auster in his writing: a relish for books about books, stories within stor... read more
Witty, romantic, light but undeniably literary... the great Chilean novelist has done it again. There are echoes of Auster in his writing: a relish for books about books, stories within stor... read more
Gauld's whimsical cartoons have whiffs of Glen Baxter and Edward Gorey, but with less cordite. The literary world and its denizens provide ample provocations for his deadpan and gently subve... read more
A Korean novel, beautifully translated, in which an unexpected pregnancy forces two sisters to confront the legacy of their own mother's neglect. Delicate, sad, a little dreamy.
Under Sodha's spell, the kitchen becomes a site of pan-Asian alchemical marvels. 120 recipes suitable for vegetarians and vegetable-lovers alike who want to spin noodles into gold.
This intensely lyrical and radical 'memoir' of the Cairngorm Mountains in Scotland was written in the last years of WW2, but only published in 1977. The long-overlooked Modernist novelist an... read more
This intensely lyrical and radical 'memoir' of the Cairngorm Mountains in Scotland was written in the last years of WW2, but only published in 1977. The long-overlooked Modernist novelist an... read more
A recently unearthed treasure, written before the Sexual Offenses Act of 1967, this previously unpublished novel is a wild ride and important record of gay Soho in the 60s. Leda hops from tr... read more
The penultimate novel by the great Marías, who very sadly died in September 2022. Themes, characters and ideas resurface throughout his work, both the standalone novels and the astonishing ... read more
Nevinson, the retired spy whom we met in Berta Isla, becomes entangled in the lives of three women. The last novel by this late and much lamented author is labyrinthine and brilliant...
This book of seven essays describes the Nobel laureate's intellectual journey from the "Marxism and Sartrean existentialism of my youth to the liberalism of my mature years." Adam Smith, Hay... read more