New York: Square Fish, 2011. David Wyatt (cover art). Reprint. Trade Paperback. Princess Eilonwy hates to leave her friend Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, and her beloved home, Caer Dallben. Why does she have to go to the Isle of Mona to train as a proper lady when she's already a princess..... More
New York: Square Fish, 2011. David Wyatt (cover art). Reprint. Trade Paperback. Newbery Award Winner When the most powerful weapon in the land of Prydain falls into the hands of Arawn, Lord of the Land of Death, Taran and Prince Gwydion rally an army to stand up to the..... More
New York: Square Fish, 2011. David Wyatt (cover art). Reprint. Trade Paperback. Taran Wanderer, the fourth book in Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain Taran is an Assistant Pig-Keeper no longer--he has become a hero. Now he dreams of winning the hand of Princess Eilonwy, but how can someone..... More
London: Vintage Books, 2007. Twentieth Printing. Paperback. In 1998, Louis de Bernieres—acclaimed author of Corelli’s Mandolin—came upon a bronze statue in a town on Australia’s northwestern coast and was immediately compelled to know more about “Red Dog.” He did not have to go far: everyone for hundreds of miles in..... More
New York: Lark, 2015. First US Edition. 14th Printing. Softcover. A Million Cats: Fabulous Felines to Colour is a colouring book designed for cat lovers of all ages. Its humour and adorable charm will appeal to both children and adults, providing an escape from hectic modern life to a relaxing..... More
Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 2004. Facsimile Reprint. Softcover. The most important work of American artist and illustrator Lynd Ward, Gods' Man is a powerfully evocative novel, told entirely through woodcuts. Ward (1905–85), in employing the concept of the wordless pictorial narrative, acknowledged his predecessors the European artists Frans..... More
New York: HarperTeen, 2018. Adams Carvalho (cover art). Reprint. Trade Paperback. Lambda Literary Award Winner * Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2016 * Children’s Book Council Books Best Book of 2016 * Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Coming-of-Age Novel of 2016 and Best Teen Book of 2016 with Unforgettable Protagonists..... More
Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2012. Reprint. Trade Paperback. For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon — a chance to party during spring break. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to..... More
London: Walker Books, 2018. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Award-winning author M. T. Anderson explores themes of art, truth and colonization in this sharply wrought satire of a future Earth. From the author of dystopian tour de force Feed comes a soon-to-be literary classic that will resonate with young adults and..... More
New York: Square Fish, 2007. Taeeun Yoo (cover art). Reprint. Trade Paperback. Madeleine L'Engle's ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic, soon to be a major motion picture. It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the..... More
New York: Square Fish, 2012. Taeeun Yoo (cover illustration). Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fifty years ago, Madeleine L'Engle introduced the world to A Wrinkle in Time and the wonderful and unforgettable characters Meg and Charles Wallace Murry, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe. Now their first three adventures are together in one..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 2019. Trade Paperback. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child – not powerful..... More
London: Penguin Classics, 2012. Eleventh Printing. Paperback. In this remarkable autobiography, Man Ray - painter, photographer, sculptor, film maker and writer - relates the story of his life, from his childhood determination to be an artist and his technical drawing classes in a Brooklyn high school, to the glamorous and..... More
Hong Kong: Licht Ltd, 2020. Stephen Case (illustrations), Aki Leung (Cantonese text). First Edition. Hardcover. Meet Spot, the cheeky cartoon cat. The ginger moggy leaps from page to page as he recounts daily life in a traditional Chinese shop. This delightful book spans Stephen Case’s cracking illustrations alongside Marcel..... More
London: Black Swan, 2019. Fifth Printing. Paperback. A lost typewriter -- A dead dog -- The bones of the snake that killed it Matthew Dunbar, eldest of five brothers, is on a journey to find them all. Only then can he tell the astonishing story of his family, rocked..... More
London: Vintage Books, 2010. Reprint. Trade Paperback. In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 2019. Noma Bar (cover illustration). First Edition. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood’s classic..... More
New York: New York Review Books, 2011. Garth Williams (illustrations). Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Miss Bianca is a white mouse of great beauty and supreme self-confidence, who, courtesy of her excellent young friend, the ambassador’s son, resides luxuriously in a porcelain pagoda painted with violets, primroses, and lilies of the..... More
New York: Pantheon, 2007. First Edition (stated). Softcover. Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi’s best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir. Persepolis is the story of Satrapi’s unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life..... More
Reprint. Trade Paperback. Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 2019. Jia Liu (illustrations). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. By now you've probably heard that bees are disappearing--but they aren't the only species at risk. Populations of fireflies, butterflies, and ladybugs have all been declining in recent years, too. This middle grade nonfiction explains the growth, spread, and..... More
London: Penguin Books, 2008. YES (cover design). Published as part of the Penguin Design Series. Fourteenth Printing. Paperback. In a dazzling fusion of Quentin Fiore's bold and inventive graphic design and Marshall McLuhan's unique insight into technology, advertising and mass-media, The Medium is the Massage is a unique study of..... More
New York: HarperOne, 1992. James Melvin Washington (ed.). First Edition. Reprint. Paperback. "His life informed us, his dreams sustain us yet." - from the Citation of the posthumous award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., July 4, 1977 Martin Luther King's twenty..... More
UK: Penguin Classics, 2017. First Penguin Classics Edition. Paperback. '[He] inspired a generation ... He changed the course of history' Barack Obama As Martin Luther King, Jr. prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love, a volume of his best-known..... More
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