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Animal Farm
A new edition of the classic text, a must-read for any serious student of politics and literature. This new edition offers the perspective of Professor John Sutherland on this great work, revealing Orwell to be a master storyteller, an acute political observer and an impassioned defender of humanity.
£6.99
Sandra Boynton's My Family & Friends Birthday Perpetual Calendar
Never again forget Uncle Stu's birthday, Grammy and Grandpa's anniversary, or the gotcha day of your emotional support Gila Monster (Fluffy). This perpetual wall calendar by beloved cartoonist and children's author Sandra Boynton will help you remember.
£10.99
Native American Myths
Algonquins, Iroquois, Ojibwe – the myriad tribes of North America and their folktales are deeply fascinating because they are unique amongst the mythologies of the world. The retold tales collected for this new book celebrate the diverse tribal vision of a rich and powerful tradition that still resonates today.
£6.99
Just So & Other Stories
Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.
Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics
£9.99
African Myths & Tales
Africa south of the Sahara possesses a rich body of folk tales and legends passed down over hundreds of years, often sharing similar elements. This collectable hardback offers a hefty selection of stories – of the gods, origins, trickster exploits, animal fables and more – from the Yoruba people of west Africa to the San people of southern Africa.
Series: Gothic Fantasy
£20.00
Rudyard Kipling: The Cat that Walked by Himself (Foiled Blank Journal)
A beautiful, luxurious notebook from Flame Tree. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed then foil stamped. And they’re powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps and two bookmarks. This example is based on Kipling's The Cat that Walked by Himself.
Series: Flame Tree Blank Notebooks
£9.99
Bicarbonate of Soda
Bicarbonate of soda is far more than a baking ingredient - this straightforward, handy guide offers tips for all manner of household tasks using bicarbonate of soda, including cleaning, laundry, animal care, and health and beauty. With fun and simple text and attractive illustration.
Series: House & Home
£9.99
Interchange
Anne Houlihan uncovered a wormhole to Junction, a patchwork planet of competing alien biomes. Now, she and Daisuke are going back to investigate "The Howling Mountain," the possible location of a wormhole into space. As the expedition tears its way across the alien landscape, Anne must fight to protect its lifeforms, herself, and the Earth.
Series: Junction
£20.00
The Restoration
When Terri is hired to spend a year restoring a crumbling manor house, she believes she’s hit the jackpot. She moves in with her young daughter and high hopes for the project’s success. As the restoration begins to go terribly wrong, she realizes dark forces won’t let her leave the house until its horrible secrets are revealed.
£20.00
What Rough Beast
As the Zhen Empire descends into civil war, Tajen, Liam, and Katherine each have their own part to play in the final conflict between the humans and the Zhen Empire. As Tajen searches the outer regions in an attempt to find and recruit Zhen deserters to his side, Katherine heads for Marauder space to seek out technology their Tabran allies need.
Series: The Remembrance War
£20.00
Household Hints, Naturally
This guide offers tips for all manner of household tasks using bicarbonate of soda, vinegar and lemons, including cleaning, laundry, animal care, and health and beauty. With fun and simple text and attractive illustration.
Series: Complete Practical Handbook
£12.99
Kipling: The Cat that Walked by Himself Bookmarks (pack of 10)
Pack of 10 foiled bookmarks, printed on both sides, with a silky ribbon and featuring Rudyard Kipling's 'The Cat that Walked by Himself'.
Series: Flame Tree Bookmarks
£19.90
African Myths
Sub-Saharan Africa has a powerful tradition of storytelling. Despite the diversity of traditions, a number of beliefs and themes are shared by African peoples, from the Yoruba people of west Africa, to the Zulu of South Africa. This book offers a range of tales, from creation stories and trickster adventures to animal fables and moral stories.
£6.99
Dragonfly Summer
Dragonfly Summer is a gripping thriller that asks: What happens when the past comes back to haunt you? Deliciously twisty and suspenseful from the first minute to the last, Dragonfly Summer proves that no small town’s secrets can stay buried for good.
£20.00
Junction
When nature show host Daisuke Matsumori finds himself on an alien world, he hopes to rekindle his passion for his work. After his exploratory party crashes in the alien wilderness, however, Daisuke must focus on leading everyone back alive. As members of the party continue to die, he wonders if one of his companions might be a murderer.
Series: Junction
£20.00
Those Who Came Before
An idyllic weekend camping trip is cut short when Reese Wallace’s friends are brutally murdered. As the group’s only survivor, Reese is the prime suspect, and his story doesn’t make much sense. Detective Greyeyes isn’t having any of it—until she hears the voice herself. People are dying at Strong Lake, and the worst is yet to come.
£20.00
The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future
Christi Nogle’s finest psychological and supernatural horror stories. Their rural and small-town characters confront difficult pasts and look out to promising but often terrifying futures. The stories share themes of trauma and resilience, with a focus on characters’ psychologies, and a sense of the gothic in contemporary life.
£20.00
George Orwell Visions of Dystopia
Orwell is most well-known for his two famous books Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm, but their dystopian vision was informed by observations of poverty and disillusion with political events. The new collection brings together the novels and extracts from his non-fiction, as well as work that influenced him, by Jack London and Yevgeny Zamyatin.
Series: Gothic Fantasy
£20.00
Native American Myths & Tales
The varied myths and folktales of the countless North American native tribes, from the Iroquois to the Cherokee, share a reverence for Nature, trickster creator-deities, heroes, monsters, epic voyages and an affinity with animals. From ‘The First Fire’ to ‘The Legend of Hiawatha’, this collection brings together tales from all over the region.
Series: Gothic Fantasy
£20.00
Persian Myths & Tales
The great works of Persia include some of the most beautiful, rich and diverse language in the literary world. The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan and The Gulistan rival Dante's Divine Comedy, India's Mahabharata and Sumeria's Epic of Gilgamesh in their cultural impact, bringing to life the tales and myths of Ancient Persia.
Series: Gothic Fantasy
£20.00
Homage to Catalonia
With a new introduction, this is a personal record of Orwell's growing disillusionment with the Spanish Civil War, gathering themes he would later explore to perfection in Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Having joined international leftist forces in Barcelona, Orwell grew frustrated by the repressive totalitarianism of Stalin's communism.
£7.99
The Road to Wigan Pier
A new edition of Orwell's early account of bleak working class life in the industrial culture of Yorkshire and Lancashire, which revealed the distinctions between the upper classes of the British Empire and the reality of the people who worked in the factories to drive wealth and prosperity for others, never to get a share for themselves.
£7.99
Korean Folktales
Packed with delightful tales of love affairs and broken hearts, misadventures and wise-cracking creatures, the everyday stories of Korea bring the warmth of the familiar with a twist of the unusual. Magistrates, woodmen and princes, moles, frogs and fairies abound in this delightful collection, organized by theme.
£8.99
Southern African Folktales
Southern Africa is a region of impressive diversity of landscape, climate and peoples. From peoples such as the Zulu, Pedi, Venda and San, from Angola and Botswana to South Africa, this lively collection contains tales from across the region, of creation and origins, of trickster animals, and of hardship, greed and love.
£8.99
Viking Folk & Fairy Tales
Harald the Viking, The Dwarf-Sword Tirfing, The Princess and the Glass Mountain, The Seven Foals and The Tinderbox are just some of the Nordic and Scandinavian fairy tales that combine the magic of the natural world and with the common sense of the everyday where good folk are rewarded for their hard work, the honest and the faithful are valued.
Series: Gothic Fantasy
£20.00
Adult Jigsaw Puzzle National Galleries Scotland: Robert Burns: The Hunt
Part of an series of sturdy, square-box 1000-piece jigsaws, featuring popular works of art. This new jigsaw will satisfy your need for a challenge, with a masterpiece of post impressionism, National Galleries Scotland: Robert Burns, The Hunt. Intended for adults and children over 13 years. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.
Series: 1000-piece Jigsaw Puzzles
£14.99
Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales
A gorgeous Collector's Edition of Scottish folk and fairy tales full of mischief, with spirits and goblins, bogles, witches, kelpies and mer-folk lurking behind every tree and craggy rock at midnight. In these pages the Fairy queen and the silent folk mingle with animals that speak of prophesy and lore, and enchantments that rule the twilight.
Series: Flame Tree Collector's Editions
£10.99
Egyptian Gods Artisan Art Notebook (Flame Tree Journals)
Artisan Art Notebooks from Flame Tree come in a range of hues to suit the moment and feature a wide range of well-known art. They’re hand crafted with decorated edges overflowing with petals and teasing vines. And, with flexible, soft touch faux leather covers, they’re easy to slip into your bag and a pleasure to use.
Series: Artisan Art Notebooks
£10.99
African Myths & Legends
Gorgeous Collector's Edition. With its powerful tradition of storytelling, the myths of the continent of Africa have survived colonialism and slavery, bringing together a rich diversity of cultures from Ethiopia to Tanzania, from the Xhosa people to the Yoruba.
Series: Flame Tree Collector's Editions
£10.99
The Road to Wigan Pier
A new edition of Orwell's early account of bleak working class life in the industrial culture of Yorkshire and Lancashire, which revealed the distinctions between the upper classes of the British Empire and the reality of the people who worked in the factories to drive wealth and prosperity for others, never to get a share for themselves.
£3.99
Homage to Catalonia
With a new introduction, this is a personal record of Orwell's growing disillusionment with the Spanish Civil War, gathering themes he would later explore to perfection in Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Having joined international leftist forces in Barcelona, Orwell grew frustrated by the repressive totalitarianism of Stalin's communism.
£3.99
Alexandra Milton: Silver Tree of Life with Four White-throated Magpies (Foiled Journal)
A beautiful, luxurious Flame Tree Notebook. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the crafted covers are printed on foil, embossed then foil stamped. And they’re powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmark ribbons and a magnetic side flap. Art by Alexandra Milton.
Series: Flame Tree Notebooks
Chinese Folktales
A new introduction highlights the exquisite stories within this collection of classic Chinese folk and fairy tales, including 'The King of the Ants', 'The Ghost Who Was Foiled', 'A Night on the Battlefield', 'The Lady of the Moon' and 'The Flower Elves'. Stories of gods, heroes and creatures vie with the curious, poetic delights of ancient China.
£8.99
Alexandra Milton: Silver Tree of life with Four White-throated Magpies Greeting Card Pack
Gorgeous, foiled, handmade greeting cards, blank inside and shrink-wrapped with a gold envelope. Themed with our art calendars, foiled notebooks and illustrated art books.
Series: Greeting Cards
Shadow Flicker
Insurance investigator Oscar Basaran travels to Kidney Island to document the negative effects of shadow flicker from wind turbines on residents living near the windmills. As his investigation deepens, he discovers the turbines create a phenomena kept secret by a select group of people on the island who attempt to harness its dark power.
£20.00
North America Ancient Origins
The history of the American continent stretches back over 30,000 years, when the Bering Strait was a land bridge that allowed hunters and gatherers to migrate across. Archeology has revealed the extent of the many cultures that grew in the 4500 years before the European invasions, highlighted in this new edition by historian James Ball.
Series: Flame Tree Collector's Editions
Central African Folktales
Joining the lively collections of folktales from East, West and Southern Africa are selected tales here from Central Africa. Modern national boundaries complicate the origins of the stories still told in the DRC, the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and more but many can be traced back to the Sao civilization of the 6th Century BCE.
£8.99
The Empty House, and Other Ghost Stories
Blackwood's 'The Empty House' is one of the most famous haunted house stories in the English language, with its carefully crafted gathering of tension and dread inference of terrors lurking at the end of every corridor. This edition includes 'A Haunted Island', 'The Wood of the Dead', 'Skeleton Lake' and several other ghoulish tales.
£6.99
Nineteen Eighty-Four
With a new introduction by Professor Richard Bradford, this is a timely, essential edition. Orwell's prescient text is a warning of a world walking into a dystopian future. 'Big Brother', 'newspeak' and 'thoughtcrimes' are central to the author’s demonstration of autocratic control, and offer a startling relevance for today.
£7.99