TITLES

STEALING FROM THE SARACENS

A revealing history of Islamic architectural influence on Europe’s cathedrals, palaces and monuments.

TOXIC

A dark and chilling story of the invention, proliferation and use of nerve agents.
Toxic recounts the grisly history of chemical weapons of mass destruction: a deadly suite of invisible, odourless killers.

AFRICAN EUROPEANS

A dazzling history of African Europeans, revealing old and diverse links between the two continents.

HISTORY HAS BEGUN

What if America hasn’t yet peaked? What if a new America has only just begun?

WITTGENSTEIN CONVERSATIONS, 1949-1951

Offers insights into what Wittgenstein was like as a human being. This title presents Wittgenstein's outlook on morality and religion, and reveals some of his personal problems.

POP

A coming-of-age story of hope, betrayal, and familial legacy set in rural Appalachia.

BEYOND BELIEF

A fascinating exposé of the global revolution you’ve never heard of: a deep-pocketed, tech-savvy Christian movement reshaping our societies from within.

THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF COLONIALISM

This pioneering text provides a concise and accessible resource that introduces key readings, builds connections between ideas and helps students to develop informed views of colonialism as a force in shaping the modern world.

UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

In Understanding Economic Inequality, the author brings an economist’s perspective informed by new, groundbreaking research on inequality from philosophy, sociology, psychology, and political science and presents it in a form that it is accessible to those who want to understand our world, our society, our politics, our paychecks, and our neighbors’ paychecks better.

VASILISA THE BEAUTIFUL AND BABA YAGA

A take on an old Russian fairy tale where beautiful Vasilisa, with the help of her doll, escapes Baba Jaga's clutches.

THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA

The adaptation of Andersen's fairytale with parallel English text.
A lonely young prince wants to get married, but how can he find a real princess?

POLLICINA THUMBELINA

The adaptation of Andersen's fairytale with parallel English text.
Thumbelina is a story about about a tiny petite girl who had to confront obstacles far greater than her size.

THE LITTLE MERMAID

Hans Christian Andersen's classic in the elegant and never before seen version illustrated by Catalan Gemma Capdevila.

THE TELEPHONE

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THREE BEARS

Three bears come back from a walk and find a little girl sleeping in the little bear's bed...

KITTERELLA

Cats are the heroes in this fairy tale, vaguely inspired by the Grimm Brothers' Cinderella: here, too, the prince falls in love with Kitterella at a dance party and marries her after finding her thanks to a crystal shoe.

PLASTICINE TALES
The Little Hut, The Giant Turnip, The Bun

Cherished Russian folk tales for children with wonderful illustrations made with plasticine, the children's modelling material.

THE COCKROACH

Help, there is a wrecker! Cockroach? Bug? A cockroach, that is a bad insect. All animals are frightened especially by his huge mustache ... Will they be able to get rid of him? Will it be a big elephant or a shy little sparrow who defeats him?

THE NOSE
THE DOGS AND THE FLUTE

Two stories by the great Japanese writer Akutagawa illustrated For the first time in a book for children.

MY FIRST CARROLL: PHANTASMAGORIA

A little ghost shows up in a stranger's house and you can't imagine what he gets up to!