How can we explain deforestation? Are we responsible? What can we do to stop it? This book, written by Lynn Hugins-Cooper, is part of a series on Environmental awareness and brings the need for more information on deforestation close to reluctant readers. Easy to read, illustrated and a book on a very hot topic!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 48

Dimensions: 250 x 250 mm

Publication Date: 31-12-2022

Climate change is the most urgent problem of our time. The earth is heating up. Because of that, the weather is more extreme everywhere in the world. There are more floods, more wild fires, more big storms. Every year, more people die because of climate change. But also plants and animals are victims. But we can do something about climate change. This book explains everything.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 48

Dimensions: 250 x 250 mm

Publication Date: 31-12-2022

From suits to socks, tuxedos to ties, this is an utterly unique and visually exciting look at how fashionable men have been rocking polka dots, plaids, and paisley at home, at work, and at play throughout history and across the globe. Nothing embraces the post-Covid aesthetic like a good print, and as gender-specific rules become increasingly irrelevant, today’s men are flaunting colorful patterns as proudly as ever before. This engaging and well-researched book brilliantly traces today’s eye-popping prints and embellished fashions from their historical origins. In dazzlingly illustrated chapters that focus on one specific type of print, Kit Neale traces the historical and geographical origins of contemporary trends. As multifaceted as its subject matter, the book examines floral and animal themes, camouflage and paisley, geometrics and type, even storytelling and photography—all with a wide range of relevant imagery, art and cultural history, celebrity images and fashion editorials. Whether your sartorial taste is safe or sparkly, you’ll find inspiration and insight on every page.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 210 x 270 mm

Publication Date: 15-11-2022

This series of board books was designed specially in black and white for toddlers, based on the theory of Maria Montessori. The world-famous Italian educator noted how babies first distinguish, and enjoy, high contrast images like these, providing visual stimulation for newborns and just right for baby's developing brain. this series contains more than 64 different exercises for the visual sensitive period and the slide-and-pull tabs provide yet another way to interact with the book. A visually appealing and unique collection!

Bind: hardback

Pages: 8

Dimensions: 150 x 150 mm

Publication Date: 28-09-2023

This series of board books was designed specially in black and white for toddlers, based on the theory of Maria Montessori. The world-famous Italian educator noted how babies first distinguish, and enjoy, high contrast images like these, providing visual stimulation for newborns and just right for baby's developing brain. this series contains more than 64 different exercises for the visual sensitive period and the slide-and-pull tabs provide yet another way to interact with the book. A visually appealing and unique collection!

Bind: hardback

Pages: 8

Dimensions: 150 x 150 mm

Publication Date: 28-09-2023

Strong. Smart. Fierce. Full of fire. This bold and brazen little book is a salute to strong women everywhere - the ones that raised us, the ones that support us, the ones that show the world just how tough women can be Strength comes in many shapes and sizes, from physical power and mental toughness to quiet and composed confidence. You can be gentle and powerful; you can be calm and resilient; you can be shy but rock-solid in your beliefs. The empowering quotes and rousing affirmations in this book honour assertive and brave women everywhere. They will light a fire that helps you supercharge your confidence, lift your vibe and celebrate your power. Packed with uplifting, inspirational mantras such as: Empowered women empower women Strong women don't have "attitudes" - we have standards Behind every successful woman is her tribe of supportive sisters Nothing is mightier than a woman who knows her worth Never apologize for your power A strong woman supports herself. A stronger woman supports everyone around her.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 101 x 136 mm

Publication Date: 09-10-2022

Playful little Malu the polar bear is in trouble! She thinks she's ready to explore the world on her own. But is she? Rhyming verse makes for a delightful read-aloud experience as children follow this little polar bear - with an impatient curiosity so much like their own! - in her adventures. Malu's intrepid spirit will inspire children to be daring and adventurous - and also show them that a little bit of caution and obedience isn't a bad thing either!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 32

Dimensions: 178 x 178 mm

Publication Date: 01-06-2022

Generally conceded to be doomed from the outset by the most recent historiography, the Gallipoli campaign still arouses heated controversy. In a new compendium of original research by an impressive array of established and up and coming scholars, Gallipoli: The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 1915-16 explores various aspects of the Allied military effort to force a passage through the Dardanelles Straits and eliminate Ottoman Turkey from its Central Powers alliance. Contributors and topics: Phylomena Badsey: Care Giving and Naval Nurses; John Bourne: 7th North Staffordshire Regiment; Stephen Chambers: MEF POWs; Alexandra Churchill: The Evacuation; Jeff Cleverly: Suvla Bay Landings; Rhys Crawley: Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Headquarters; Brian Curragh: Lieutenant-General Sir Bryan Mahon and 10th (Irish) Division; Peter Doyle: Gallipoli terrain; Katherine Swinfen Eady: 29th Division staff officer; Mel Hampton: First Battle of Krithia; Peter Hart: Royal Naval Division; Simon House: Corps Expeditionnaire d'Orient; Gavin Hughes: Irish Regiments; James Peter Hurst: ANZAC landing; Rob Langham: Highland Mountain Brigade; Michael LoCicero: Krithia Nullah operations November-December 1915; Linda Parker: British and Australian Chaplains; Ross Mahoney: British airpower; Simon Peaple: Grand Strategy; Chris Pugsley: New Zealand military performance; David Raw: Hunter-Weston-Egerton feud; Chris Roberts: Australian Brigade Command;; Rob Stevenson: 1st Australian Division; Tom Williams: Territorial divisions at Suvla Bay and Ritchie Wood & John Dixon: British and Australian Tunnellers.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 736

Dimensions: 170 x 240 mm

In our first book, we explored the impact of the fighting on the landscape of the Western Front - showing how the physical effects of war have left indelible traces; in this book, we follow the same theme, but from a different perspective. The Gallipoli campaign was planned in early 1915 - an imaginative, but flawed attempt to overcome the stalemate in France and Flanders. The idea was Churchill's: to force the narrow straits of the Dardanelles by naval power alone - a romantic notion for a generation schooled in the great myths of the Ancient World and the omnipotent power of the British Empire. Rupert Brooke was one of them: 'It's too wonderful for belief. I had not imagined Fate could be so kind. Will Hero's Tower crumble under the 15-inch guns? .... Shall I loot mosaics from St Sophia, and Turkish Delight and carpets? Should we be a Turning Point in History? Oh God! I've never been quite so happy in my life I think. I suddenly realise that the ambition of my life has been ... to go on a military expedition to Constantinople'. The reality was different: the navy failed to get through the straits. The only option was to land troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula to destroy the Turkish guns, but even then it was thought that all of this could be achieved without much effort. Gallipoli was seen as a sideshow, where the benefits of victory were never matched by the resources needed. The British underestimated their enemy - assuming that old naval ships, inexperienced troops and senior commanders from an era of colonial warfare was all that was needed; they were wrong. Rupert Brooke died on 23 April 1915 - two days before the landings - and the campaign was to last for eight months to great cost and no effect. The Turkish defense was stalwart and competent, and fighting was at close quarters in appalling conditions across deep ravines, on ridges and on plateaus. The objectives - the high ground a few miles inland - were never reached by the attackers, who remained trapped in an alien and narrow 'no man's land' thousands of miles from home. The romanticism of this place evaporated in the face of disease, a lack of food and water and in death. Gallipoli was abandoned by the British in early 1916. Given the nature of the fighting, it might be assumed, following such a short campaign, the evidence of war has long since disappeared, but it has not: the natural features over which the fighting took place remain, as do the shadows of trenches; the skeletal-like hulls of landing craft on the shoreline; and the wrecks of more than 200 ships on the seabed beyond. There is a discernible presence here; the landscape has absorbed the events that took place here a century ago. Gallipoli lies at the gates to the East and just a few miles north of the ancient City of Troy. For just a short time in early 1915, it seemed that this place held the key to an imagined world beyond; it did not, and the only true victors were the Turks. For the British, it was a dreadful defeat with no consolation, while for the Australians and New Zealanders, it was a defining moment in their journey to national identity. Today, the battlefield is almost untouched by time - a lonely and haunted place... remote under an idyllic Aegean sky.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 212

Dimensions: 318 x 245 mm

Bumoni's big backyard, just outside the Kaziranga National Park, is bursting with banana trees. But one night, a herd of wild elephants crosses the river, discovers the trees, and gorges on them... What will Bumoni's family do now?

Bind: paperback

Pages: 28

Dimensions: 216 x 241 mm

Publication Date: 01-05-2022