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Book of the Month: Prisoners of Geography The Quiz Book

What a great year in Books of the Month we’ve had. It seemed fitting that our final Book of the Month for 2024 was one of our favourite authors with a book that would make a great gift. Our Book of the Month for December is Tim Marshall’s Prisoners of Geography The Quiz Book.

Do you know your continents from your countries, your landmarks from your latitudes, your mountain ranges from your rivers? Put your geographical and political knowledge to the test and discover your geography IQ with bestselling geopolitical author Tim Marshall.

Children’s Book of the Month: Illumipedia

Our Children’s Book of the Month for November is Illumipedia.

Discover animals, insects, dinosaurs and the ocean deeps with your three-colour lens as you explore the world and its natural phenomena like never before.

Bringing together content from five books in the iconic Illumi series, this new treasury spans the best of Nature, Oceans, Bugs and Dinosaurs – across six continents.

Book of the Month: Brilliant Maps in the Wild

Our Book of the Month for November is Brilliant Maps in the Wild: A Nature Atlas edited by Mike Higgins, illustrated by Manuel Bortoletti.

From the publishers of Brilliant Maps, here is a cartographic journey through our planet’s weirdest and most wonderful phenomena.

Children’s Book of the Month: Maisie vs Antarctica

Our Children’s Book of the Month for October is Maisie vs Antarctica by Jack Jackman.

Adventure awaits the most daring of readers in this epic father-daughter expedition filled with thrills, spills and even a few supernatural chills.

Maisie thinks her dad is the most boring person in the world. For fun, he does origami (but only triangles) or jigsaw puzzles of a cloudless sky (yep, every piece is blue). But he also writes super cool sounding books like How To Wrestle a Crocodile and How to Diffuse a Bomb, even though he’s never actually done any of those things . . . or has he?

Book of the Month: Myths of Geography

Our Book of the Month for October is Myths of Geography: Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong by Paul Richardson.

Is geography really destiny? Our maps may no longer be stalked by dragons and monsters, but our perceptions of the world are still shaped by geographic myths. Myths like Europe being the centre of the world. Or that border walls are the solution to migration. Or that Russia is predestined to threaten its neighbours.

Author Talk: Four Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton

We had a wonderful evening hearing about our Book of the Month Four Points of the Compass Event: The Unexpected History of Direction by Jerry Brotton. He was joined by a special guest, the recipient of our 2024 Edward Stanford Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing Award, Nicholas Crane.

Four Point of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction is available now for £20. We have signed copies available while stocks last.

Book Launch: Four Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton

Last night we hosted the book launch of our Book of the Month, Four Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton.

Children’s Book of the Month: This Is Our World- Welcome Home!

Our Children’s Book of the Month is This Is Our World- Welcome Home! [9781035019120] by Valerie Wilding, illustrated by Asa Gilland.

This Is Our World – Welcome Home! is a vibrant and colourful celebration of our planet’s diversity – an unforgettable journey that invites young readers into 20 different homes around the world. Our guides are children who tell us about their unique homes and surrounding environments.

Children’s Book of the Month: Atlas of Cats

Our Children’s Book of the Month for August 2024 is the Lonely Planet Atlas of Cats by Frances Evans, illustrated by Kelsey Heaton.

Embark on a purr-fectly delightful journey with this fully illustrated guide that’s packed with fun facts about cats from around the world. Large continent maps show the origin of over 100 weird and wonderful breeds like the Sokoke from Africa – the rarest variety of domestic cat in the world – plus discover ancient cats, wild cats, record- breaking cats, and their super senses.

Book of the Month: War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan

Our Book of the Month for August is War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan by the award-winning journalist and former BBC foreign correspondent Andrew North.

In early 2022, Andrew North was kidnapped by the Taliban. By the time he found himself imprisoned in a jail cell, he had been reporting from Afghanistan for two decades, coming to know hundreds of Afghans along the way. This book brings together both his and their stories.