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  • Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak

    Maurice Sendak

    Hardcover (The Bodley Head Ltd, Jan. 1, 1656)
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  • Running the Amazon

    Joe Kane

    Hardcover (The Bodley Head Ltd, )
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  • The Ups and Downs of the Castle Mice

    Michael Bond

    Hardcover (Bodley Head, Sept. 5, 2019)
    From the creator of Paddington Bear comes a tale of dastardly villains and unlikely tiny heroes...The Perk family live in a doll's house in a castle. The castle is their home - but when someone new with devious plans comes to rule the roost, will our family of mice come up trumps?Full of humour and warmth, this nostalgic tale by Michael Bond is brought to life with exquisite detail by Emily Sutton.
  • The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

    Cliff Stoll

    Hardcover (The Bodley Head Ltd, March 15, 1989)
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  • Arena 13

    Joseph Delaney

    Hardcover (Bodley Head, March 15, 1780)
    The first book in the exhilarating new fantasy sequence from Joseph Delaney, the multi-million-selling author of The Spook's Apprentice. Welcome to Arena 13. Here warriors fight. Death is never far away . . . Leif has one ambition: to become the best fighter in the notorious Arena 13. Here, punters place wagers on which fighter will draw first blood. And in grudge matches, they bet on which fighter will die. But the country is terrorized by the creature Hob, an evil being who delights in torturing its people, displaying his devasting power by challenging an Arena 13 combatant in a fight to the death whenever he chooses. And this is exactly what Leif wants . . . For he knows Hob's crimes well. and at the heart of his ambition burns the desire for vengeance. Leif is going to take on the monster who destroyed his family. Even if it kills him.
  • 365 Days of Wonder by R J Palacio

    R J Palacio

    Hardcover (Bodley Head, March 15, 1895)
    WONDER IS NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS AND JACOB TREMBLAY! Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder-the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement-and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. In Wonder, readers were introduced to memorable English teacher Mr. Browne and his love of precepts. This companion book features conversations between Mr. Browne and Auggie, Julian, Summer, Jack Will, and others, giving readers a special peek at their lives after Wonder ends. Mr. Browne's essays and correspondence are rounded out by a precept for each day of the year-drawn from popular songs to children's books to inscriptions on Egyptian tombstones to fortune cookies. His selections celebrate the goodness of human beings, the strength of people's hearts, and the power of people's wills. There's something for everyone here, with words of wisdom from such noteworthy people as Anne Frank, Martin Luther King Jr., Confucius, Goethe, Sappho-and over 100 readers of Wonder who sent R. J. Palacio their own precepts.
  • Katie Morag's Island Stories

    Mairi Hedderwick

    Hardcover (The Bodley Head, Aug. 16, 1993)
    Katie Morag's Island Stories (Katie Morag Delivers the Mail, Katie Morag and the Two Grandmothers, Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted, Katie Morag and the Big Boy Cousins)
  • Spook's Bestiary

    Joseph Delaney

    Hardcover (Bodley Head, March 15, 2010)
    This is a companion title to the phenomenally successful "Spook's Apprentice Series". Discover how to bind a boggart and deal with a dead witch in this fascinating and lavishly illustrated Spook's own 'notebook'. This is a must for die-hard fans of the series and an irresistible introduction to the Dark and the dangerous for new recruits. 'My name is John Gregory. What follows is my Bestiary - my personal account of the denizens of the dark I've encountered, together with the lessons I have learned and the mistakes I have made. I have held nothing back, and my hope is that the spook who follows me will continue to keep this record of the practical ways in which we deal with the dark'.
  • Origins

    lewis dartnell

    Paperback (bodley head uk, March 15, 2019)
    Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition. Fast delivery through DHL/FedEx express.
  • The Water Kingdom

    Philip Ball

    Hardcover (The Bodley Head, March 15, 2016)
    Water Kingdom
  • 1913: The World Before the Great War

    Charles Emmerson

    Hardcover (Bodley Head, June 1, 2013)
    The year 1913 is generally seen as nothing more than the prelude to an apocalypse. That was not how it felt at the time. This majestic account presents that year as it appeared to contemporaries. Through the stories of 28 cities, from London to New York, Vienna to St Petersburg, and Constantinople to Beijing, it presents a panorama of a world alive with potential, wealthy as never before, intoxicated by technological progress, and oblivious to the catastrophe that lay ahead.