We must find him or the train can't start! Featuring Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat, this picture book is set on the Night…

Daddy, would you like a sandwich, with all your favourite things . ? Join one little girl on her quest to make her father…

Following his hugely acclaimed TV come-back Comedy Vehicle, Lee finds himself in search of ideas for a new Edinburgh show.…

This new edition of leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen's perennially popular Pocket Guide has between extensively…

• Rok vydání 2011

A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824…

Following the sensational success of 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, this title returns with a fresh stack of facts…

Whether you are a professional actor looking for fresh audition pieces, an amateur in search of competition-worthy…

A pocket Guide looks at all Bach's music, sacred and secular, and explores why he speaks so profoundly to our age about both…

An indispensable compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit BBC show,…

Hack and Whack - two angelic looking Viking toddler twins - are on the attack! The story ends on the terrible two being…

• Rok vydání 2020

Daddy, what is going on? Last night was just your hair. It also seems this dreadful curse has changed the clothes you wear.…

In his critically acclaimed book, In the Country of Country, Nicholas Dawidoff travels to the origins of country music and…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nA radical, literary and intimate insight into one of the twentieth century\'s most vital vocalists.\n…

• Rok vydání 2020

I\'ve rounded up a rowdy assemblyOf my own Consequential DogsAs counterparts to Eliot\'s mogs. Mine are a rough and ready…

Why is the sea salty?How far away is space?Why can't I tickle myself?Why can't we live forever?Children ask the most…

This is a stunning new gift edition of this much-loved classic, with the celebrated black-and-white illustrations by Edward…

Whether you are a professional actor looking for fresh audition pieces, an amateur in search of competition-worthy…

• Rok vydání 2017

He got in touch with people he admires, and asked them to suggest an album for him to track down on his travels, giving an…

The essential, easy-to-use classical ballet guide - spanning nearly two centuries of classical dance - with entries for more…

A liff is a familiar object or experience that English has no word for. This book corrects this disgraceful oversight by…

Here is a wonderful introduction to the residents of Firozsha Baag, an apartment complex in Bombay. We enter the daily…

• Rok vydání 2015

Just when you thought it was safe to start showing off again, the bestselling authors of The Book of General Ignorance and…

A tense truce holds between the Capulets and the Montagues after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. but Rosaline is bent on…

The Third Book of General Ignorance gathers together 180 questions, both new and previously featured on the BBC TV…

Dad suggests a sherry 'To keep us both going', in the cosy front room with the firelight glowing ... Then out comes the…

Smart, edgy, hilarious, and unabashedly raunchy New York Times bestselling author Samantha Irby explodes onto the printed…

Presents a selection of 1,423 facts to bowl you over. This title includes facts such as: Bees can play football; cholesterol…

The definitive account of the first rise and fall of Boy George and Culture Club and British pop music in the 1980s. NEW…

'The sharpest memoir written by one of the Beatles' inner circle.' ObserverDerek Taylor's iconic memoir is a rare…

At last, the definitive book about perhaps the best cabin crew dramedy ever filmed: View From the Top starring Gwyneth…

Thomas Ad s: Full of Noises: Conversations with Tom Service is an unprecedented glimpse into the creative mind and…

\nFrom the moment their hugely influential 1978 debut landed, Van Halen set a high bar for the rock \'n\' roll lifestyle,…

Meeting the British is Paul Muldoon's fifth collection of poems. They range from an account of the first recorded case of…

packed with entertaining behind-the-scenes stories, essential song lists and comprehensive recording guides,the author…

Part memoir and part description of the creative process, this is an absorbing journey through the musical landscape of John…

• Rok vydání 2015

Winner of the Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year, this book takes you on a tour to celebrate the absurd failures of the…

• Rok vydání 2012

Picking up where his hilarious Screen Burn left off, Dawn of the Dumb collects the best of Charlie Brooker's recent TV…

150 essential rules from the award-winning co-writer of Yes Minster and Yes Prime Minister, Hollywood movie director,…

How are conductors' silent gestures magicked into sound by a group of more than a hundred brilliant but belligerent…

Dog and cat owners are becoming increasingly concerned about the safety of processed pet food and the possible side-effects…

\n\'Lines off\' is a term used for lines spoken from the wings of a theatre, or off-camera in a film. Autobiographical,…

Welcome to After Fame - an ambitious and resonant engagement with the epigrams of the Roman poet Martial, which completes…

\nA story about the legacy of Black classical music in Britain and the life of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, heartbreaking and…

• Rok vydání 2018

How does music reflect the key moments in our lives? Fiona Maddocks selects 100 classical works from across nine centuries,…

\n\'This book distils what, at my advanced age, I feel able to say about music, musicians, and matters of my pianistic…

Winner of the Best Book With Facts Blue Peter Book Award 2017Beautifully presented in a large, paperback format, and fully…

• Rok vydání 2024

\n\'Alice Farnham\'s insightful book is an inspirational tool, even for those of different disciplines.\' CATE BLANCHETT\n…

\nUPDATED EDITION FOR 2021: THE PERFECT GIFT FOR HARDWORING DADS EVERYWHERE!BUYING THIS BOOK SUPPORTS THE BIG ISSUE…