Bloomsbury Skate Monkey. The Cursed Village Mason Paul

"Пороховая обезьяна. Приключения Сэма Уитчолла" • Сэм отчаянно хочет покинуть свою сонную деревню в Норфолке и посмотреть мир. Он ухватывается за шанс поступить на торговое судно, но вскоре обнаруживает, что жизнь на море сурова и часто коротка, особенно когда на его корабль нападает французский капер. Вот-вот их возьмут на абордаж, они боятся, что все потеряно, но каперов прогоняет появление корабля королевского флота. Облегчение Сэма было недолгим. Вскоре после этого другой корабль ВМС присылает пресс-группу, и он вынужден присоединиться к фрегату "Миранда". Бушует война с Францией и Испанией, и Сэм оказывается в эпицентре опасной работы в качестве пороховой обезьяны в компании жестокой команды. Удивительно хорошо проработанное приключение, дающее представление о невероятной жизни одного мальчика на море

A passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling author of Postcapitalism • How do we preserve what makes us human in an age of uncertainty? Are we now just consumers shaped by market forces? A sequence of DNA? A collection of base instincts? Or will we soon be supplanted by algorithms and A.I. anyway? • In Clear Bright Future, Paul Mason calls for a radical, impassioned defence of the human being, our universal rights and freedoms and our power to change the world around us. Ranging from economics to Big Data, from neuroscience to the culture wars, he draws from his on-the-ground reporting from mass protests in Istanbul to riots in Washington, as well as his own childhood in an English mining community, to show how the notion of humanity has become eroded as never before

A fact and fiction primary reader about deserts, with back-of-book activities and Bilingual Dictionary

Пол Ховард: Я пошел за конфетами • Я пошла за конфетами и испугалась... непослушная бородавчатая жаба, скользящий призрак, воющий, рычащий волк и несколько супер глупых скелетов • Когда брат и сестра отправляются за конфетами, они соревнуются, кто сможет напугать самых жутких существ. По мере того как они пытаются запомнить каждую волнующую встречу, все обостряется - пока они не пугаются больше всего на свете! • Новый взгляд на старую любимую историю, детям понравится эта веселая история, проверяющая вашу память, с привидениями, скелетами, жутким пиратским кораблем и многим, многим другим! • От иллюстратора бестселлера "Сова, которая боялась темноты" это веселое продолжение книги "Я сходил в супермаркет и встретился с Сантой" • Книга на английском языке

Libby and her big sister Bella used to be close, but lately it's felt like Bella is a closed book: she's sarcastic and mean and obsessed with her boyfriend. Then there's six-year-old Grace, the baby of the family. Whenever Mum and Dad aren't at work, it's all about Grace. So where does Libby fit in? • Things change suddenly when the girls move to the tiny village where their dad grew up – as their bossy Aunt Thecla has offered to pay for them to go to a posh new school. Libby doesn't mind, but Bella can't bear to leave her boyfriend behind • Soon there are secrets everywhere … • Perfect for readers of Cathy Cassidy, Jacqueline Wilson and Judy Blume, Libby in the Middle is a story about family, friendship and discovering where you fit into the world

The magical world of J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts meets the real-world experts of the world-famous Natural History Museum, in an awe-inspiring exhibition devoted to the wonders of nature, science and adventure – and their fictional counterparts from Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts. A perfect present! • Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature is the official book inspired by the spectacular exhibition, shining a light on beasts in all their fantastic forms. Taking inspiration from Newt Scamander, this gorgeous colour gift book invites the whole family to explore the inspiration and links between the magic of J.K. Rowling's creatures and the astonishing real-world wildlife that has roamed the earth, seas and skies of our planet throughout history

The magical world of J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts meets the real-world experts of the world-famous Natural History Museum, in an awe-inspiring exhibition devoted to the wonders of nature, science and adventure – and their fictional counterparts from Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts. Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature is the official book inspired by the spectacular exhibition, shining a light on beasts in all their fantastic forms. Taking inspiration from Newt Scamander, this gorgeous colour gift book invites the whole family to explore the inspiration and links between the magic of J.K. Rowling's creatures and the astonishing real-world wildlife that has roamed the earth, seas and skies of our planet throughout history • Prepare to pore over ancient maps of sea monsters; naturalists' field notes crammed with intricately painted chameleons and caterpillars; and dinosaurs such as the mighty Dracorex Hogwartsia, the 'Dragon King of Hogwarts'

The first photographic celebration of the most famous recording studio in the world, publishing in its 80th year. Unprecedented access to the Abbey Road archive - from Edward Elgar to the Beatles, Kate Bush to Elbow the most famous artists in the world have recorded here • This gorgeous book includes material on the artists, the engineers, the technology and the history of Abbey Road. It's an incredible document of cultural history, for anyone who values music and how it's made

The fields were eternal, our life the only way of things, and I would do whatever was required of me to protect it • The autumn of 1933 is the most beautiful Edie Mather can remember, though the Great War still casts a shadow over the cornfields of her beloved home, Wych Farm • When charismatic, outspoken Constance FitzAllen arrives from London to write about fading rural traditions, she takes an interest in fourteen-year-old Edie, showing her a kindness she has never known before. But the older woman isn't quite what she seems • As harvest time approaches and pressures mount on the whole community, Edie must find a way to trust her instincts and save herself from disaster

Thrilling historical adventure set during the English peasants' revolt of 1381, by Paul Dowswell, the author of Auslander, and Wolf Children • It's 1381 and the king, Richard II, has imposed a new tax on the people. In the village of Aylesford, Tilda and her ploughman father were already struggling to make ends meet. As serfs they have no rights to move freely or earn wages for their work. Tilda is desperate for a better life than the village can offer, so when the villagers begin to rebel she is swept up in the excitement • Tilda and her father travel to London with the others to petition the king, but the peaceful rebellion they hoped for soon ignites into violence, mayhem and treachery. Tilda's fight for a better life is only just beginning

A fully illustrated, panoramic world history of art from ancient civilisation to the present day, exploring the remarkable endurance of humankind's creative impulse • Fifty thousand years ago on an island in Indonesia, an early human used red ochre pigment to capture the likeness of a pig on a limestone cave wall • Around the same time in Europe, another human retrieved a lump of charcoal from a fire and sketched four galloping horses • It was like a light turning on in the human mind • Our instinct to produce images in response to nature allowed the earliest Homo sapiens to understand the world around them, and to thrive. Now, art historian John-Paul Stonard has travelled across continents to take us on a panoramic journey through the history of art – from ancient Anatolian standing stones to a Qing Dynasty ink handscroll, from a drawing by a Kiowa artist on America's Great Plains to a post-independence Congolese painting and on to Rachel Whiteread's House

What happens when Alice goes through the looking glass? And who is the jabberwocky? Find out with this magical activity book, packed full of amazing stickers. Bloomsbury Activity Books provide hours of colouring, doodling, stickering and activity fun for boys and girls alike. Every book includes bright and beautiful illustrations which children and parents will find very hard to resist. Perfect for providing entertainment at home or on the move!