Harpercollins Atlantic. A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories Winchester Simon

Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world’s largest body of water, and – in matters economic, political and military – the ocean of the future • The Pacific is a world of tsunamis and Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny and the Boeing Company. It is the stuff of the towering Captain Cook and his wide-ranging network of exploring voyages, Robert Louis Stevenson and Admiral Halsey. It is the place of Paul Gauguin and the explosion of the largest-ever American atomic bomb, on Bikini atoll, in 1951. It has an astonishing recent past, an uncertain present and a hugely important future • The ocean and its peoples are the new lifeblood, fizz and thrill of America – which draws so many of its minds and so much of its manners from the sea – while the inexorable rise of the ancient center of the world, China, is a fixating fascination

From million-copy bestselling author David Baddiel comes a laugh-out-loud collection of three short stories for readers of 8 and up, brilliantly illustrated by Jim Field and Steven Lenton • MEET ALFIE… THE BOY WHO COULD DO WHAT HE LIKED! • Alfie has a routine. To be honest he has a lot of routines • But then one day Alfie’s babysitter is unavailable, and Alfie’s parents get Mrs Stokes instead. Mrs Stokes doesn’t do routines. Instead, she just tells Alfie to do what he likes. And that’s when things start to go weird • Does everything get hilariously out of control? Yes • Does Alfie learn a valuable lesson? Nah. This isn’t that kind of story… • DISCOVER CHRISSIE… THE GIRL WHO HAD NEVER BEEN ON A TRAIN! • Chrissie loves trains. She has train books, train pictures – and, of course, model trains

The first novel Patrick O’Brian ever wrote about the sea – and the precursor to the famous Aubrey-Maturin series • The Golden Ocean is the first novel Patrick O’Brian ever wrote about the sea. The novel shares the same sense of excitement and the rich humour of the Aubrey-Maturin novels, invoking the eloquent style and attention to historical detail that O’Brian readers admire so much • The protagonist of this story is Peter Palafox, son of a poor Irish parson, who signs on as a midshipman, never before having seen a ship. He is a fellow who would have delighted the young Stephen Maturin or Jack Aubrey … and quarrelled with them as well. Together with his life-long friend Sean, Peter sets out to seek his fortune, embarking on a journey of danger, disappointment, foreign lands and excitement

A behind-the-scenes, in-depth look at the making of one of the greatest sonic masterpieces and most commercially successful albums of all time • Over three decades after its release, Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' remains one of the most acclaimed albums of all time. Its sales total around 30 million copies worldwide. In its first run, it took up residence in the US charts for a mind-boggling 724 weeks. According to recent estimates, one in five British households owns a copy • This, however, is only a fraction of the story. 'Dark Side' is rock's most fully realised and elegant concept album, based on themes of madness, anxiety and alienation that were rooted in the band's history - and particularly in the tragic tale of their one - time leader Syd Barrett

Мог - любимая кошка всей семьи! Приходите поиграть с ней в подборку "Мог, я и другие истории" - сборник забавных и душевных историй от Джуди Керр, специально предназначенный для маленьких читателей • Содержит • Мог и я • Мог в саду • Котята Мог • Семейство кошек Мог • Книга на английском языке • Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat… • Mog is everyone’s favourite family cat! Come play with her in this bumper board book collection of funny and warm-hearted stories especially for younger readers • From the creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat comes this bumper board book collection filled with four delightful family adventures about a really remarkable cat, perfect for her younger fans! • Contains • Mog and Me • Mog in the Garden • Mog’s Kittens • Mog’s Family of Cats • Mog the Forgetful Cat was first published fifty years ago, and Mog has been delighting children all over the world with her adventures ever since

"Мог, кролик и другие истории" - восхитительная подборка из любимых приключений, полных ее забавных выходок… • От Джудит Керр, создателя "Тигра, который пришел на чай" и "Мога, забывчивого кота" - три восхитительных семейных приключения о действительно замечательном коте! • Мог и кролик • Мог и В.Е.Т • Мог и бабуля • Книга на английском языке • Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat… • Mog is everyone’s favourite family cat! Join her in this delightful collection of three favourite adventures, full of her warm-hearted and funny escapades… • From the creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat comes three delightful family adventures about a really remarkable cat! • The stories included are • Mog and Bunny • Mog and the V.E.T • Mog and the Granny • Mog the Forgetful Cat was first published fifty years ago, and Mog has been delighting children all over the world with her adventures ever since

A delightful and witty treasure trove of utterly useless information by the author of The Things That Nobody Knows • Most encyclopaedias are boring. They are so packed with worthy but dull facts that a great deal of weird and wonderful material is squeezed out. The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else takes the opposite approach and leaves out all the dreary stuff you can find elsewhere • The result is the most fascinating, astonishing, varied and utterly useless collection of information ever assembled and organized between two covers. From aardvark tooth bracelets to the genus of tropical weevils known as Zyzzyva, via Mark Twain’s views about cabbages, this is a quarter of a million words of sublime pointlessness

Bees continue to fascinate and charm us all – from novice gardeners and nature-lovers to dedicated environmentalists – and today, bees need our help more than ever. Discover the story of these incredible creatures, with The Little Book of Bees • Bees first appeared on Earth an incredible 130 million years ago. Since the time of the dinosaurs, evolution has taken our beloved bees on an incredible journey – and today, there are 20,000 species on the planet • The Little Book of Bees is a lovely, informative book of all things bee – from evolution and communication, to honey, beekeeping, and saving the bees – all in a beautifully illustrated gift book

Мог - любимый кот всей семьи! Приходите поиграть с ней в сборнике "Мог, я и другие истории" от Джудит Керр. Забавные и душевные истории специально предназначены для маленьких читателей • Содержит • Мог и я • Мог в саду • Котята Мога • Семейство кошек Мога • Книга на английском языке • Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat… • Mog is everyone’s favourite family cat! Come play with her in this collection of funny and warm-hearted stories especially for younger readers, in paperback for the first time • From the creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat comes this bumper collection filled with four delightful family adventures about a really remarkable cat, perfect for her younger fans! Now in paperback from the very first time

New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing or fragmenting because of rising sea levels. It is a strange planetary spectacle, creating an ever-changing map which even Google Earth struggles to keep pace with • In The Age of Islands, explorer and geographer Alastair Bonnett takes the reader on a compelling and thought-provoking tour of the world’s newest, most fragile and beautiful islands and reveals what, he argues, is one of the great dramas of our time • From a ‘crannog’, an ancient artificial island in a Scottish loch, to the militarized artificial islands China is building in the South China Sea; from the disappearing islands that remain the home of native Central Americans to the ritzy new islands of Dubai; from Hong Kong and the Isles of Scilly to islands far away and near: all have urgent stories to tell

Brilliant and original, ‘A Thousand Years of Good Prayers’ introduces a remarkable first collection of stories about China from an author set to become a major literary talent • In this extraordinary first collection, Yiyun Li brings us a modern China facing up to a complex history of repression and guilt. In 'Immortality', winner of the Paris Review prize, a young man bears a striking resemblance to the dictator, and so finds a strange kind of calling. In 'Extra', first published in the New Yorker, a Chinese woman, alone in middle age, befriends a young boy who has become an outcast in a remote country school. In their friendship, we see how love can begin to overcome the strictures that dominate their lives • In turn horrifying and breathtakingly lyrical, Yiyun Li, a new and talented young Chinese writer, confronts the silence that dominated the history of her country, and illuminates how mythology, politics, history and culture intersect with personality

One question • One choice • Nine paths to the rest of her life… • One day, Rose Napolitano's marriage ends • Her husband wants a baby - but motherhood has never been part of the plan • One day, Rose Napolitano's marriage survives • She loves her husband. Could she reimagine her future? • One day • One fight • Nine different lives • Following the butterfly effect of one life-defining choice, nine times over, The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano winds through all the paths and decisions that shape a life. It cuts to the heart of what it means to be a woman. Every expectation, every choice, every path, every outcome - every piece of oneself that's lost and found along the way… • For every woman there are many stories • These are Rose's