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Series: Magma for Laurence King Stickyscapes at the Museum Paperback Ping Zhu 9781780679723 $15.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Aug 14, 2018

Take a sticky trip to the museum! Stickyscapes at the Museum includes an 8-page sticker booklet, brimming with over 100 stickers; and a huge, double-sided fold-out panoramic scene for you to decorate.One side of the scene shows a busy museum during the daytime, with enormous dinosaur skeletons, priceless vases and bored security guards! The other side shows the museum at night – when everything comes to life! Dinosaurs roam, knights-in-armour ride free, and paintings jump right out of their frames!
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Series: Terrific Timelines: Dinosaurs Press out, put together, & display! Paperback Richard Ferguson 9781786271181 $28.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Mar 27, 2018

Learn all about dinosaurs with this beautiful and unique display timeline.Featuring 20 of the top dinosaurs from all three prehistoric eras (Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous), each dinosaur has its own factfile and press-out model to add to your ultimate dino display.Beautifully illustrated by Aude van Ryn, this ingenious and eye-catching timeline slots together easily to brighten up any shelf, mantelpiece or school display.
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Series: Myth Match A Fantastical Flipbook of Extraordinary Beasts Hardcover Good Wives and Warriors 9781786271938 $25.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Mar 27, 2018

You might have heard of the unicorn and the griffin, but what about the unifin? This fantastical flipbook collects together magical and mythical creatures from all over the world, then lets you mix and match their fronts and backs to create even more wondrous beasts of your own!From the wolpertinger and the bakeneko to the kraken and the qilin, this mixed-up magical bestiary has over 1,000 possible creations to fascinate, bewitch, and beguile.
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Series: Make Your Own Farm Kit Anna Kovecses 9781786271914 $36.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Mar 20, 2018

This colorful and brilliantly designed set contains everything a budding farmer could need, from a house and stable, to horses, pigs, piglets, cows, bunnies, and much more!Simply unfold the box to reveal the farmyard, pop-out and assemble the pieces – no scissors or glue required–and let your little farmer's imagination come to life.Charmingly illustrated by Anna Kövecses and fun to put together, this set is guaranteed to delight young children and their friends for hours.
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Series: Bob The Artist: Dominoes Game Marion Deuchars 9781786271587 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Feb 27, 2018

Bob the Artist loves to paint with brightly colored splashes, but he has got into a bit of a mess. Help Bob clear up his paints by matching the colors and numbers in this fun game of dominoes.• Introducing the Bob the Artist domino game for children aged 3 years and up• Features Bob and his messy paint splatters in a high-quality gift package• Recognizing and matching different numbers and images is fun and educational• Follows up on the release of theBob the Artist picture book
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Series: Superhero Snap! Card Game Cards Jason Ford 9781786271341 $13.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Feb 06, 2018

BAM! POW! SNAP! This simple and fun card game based on Jason Ford's brilliant superheroes and dastardly villains is a must for all superhero fans.With the cards divided equally and held face down, players turn over their top cards into a pile in the middle. When players turn over matching superheroes or villains, the first player to shout 'SNAP!' wins all the cards in the middle. The winner is the first player to collect all the cards. Suitable for two or more players.Contains 52 cards, featuring 13 different superheroes and villains in matchin... + Read More
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Series: Hello Nature Activity Cards 30 Activities Cards Nina Chakrabarti 9781786271853 $18.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Apr 24, 2018

Can you identify a tree from its seed? How is a frog different from a toad? And where can you find the Big Dipper?Explore the natural world around you using these new activity cards based on the bookHello Nature by Nina Chakrabarti. Take them with you while walking in the woods, holidaying on the beach, or just poking around your own back yard.With thirty fun activities to try, from stone skimming and pond dipping to making feather quill pens and boats from nutshells, there is fun for all the family.
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Series: A New History of Modern Architecture Paperback Colin Davies 9781786270573 $72.00 ARCHITECTURE Feb 06, 2018

Combining a fascinating, thought-provoking and – above all – readable text with over 800 photographs, plans, and sections, this exciting new reading of modern architecture is a must for students and architecture enthusiasts alike.Organized largely as a chronology, chapters necessarily overlap to allow for the discrete examination of key themes including typologies, movements, and biographical studies, as well as the impact of evolving technology and country-specific influences.
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Series: Madam and Eve Women Portraying Women Hardcover Liz Rideal 9781786271563 $95.00 ART Apr 17, 2018

How do women paint or photograph each other? How do they represent each other in performance or sculpture? As mothers or heroines? With tenderness, aggression or respect?Madam & Eve explores the female gaze as it focuses on other women.The authors – an artist and a curator – investigate the work of over 200 artists, ranging from the well-established to the lesser known. A historical introduction sets up the artistic and cultural context for the rest of the book, which focuses on art since the 1970s and covers the universal themes of the body, l... + Read More
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Series: Global Perspectives Art History Making the Americas Modern Hemispheric Art 1910-1960 Hardcover Edward J. Sullivan 9781786271556 $72.00 ART Mar 27, 2018

This book presents an audacious account of the ways in which the arts in the Americas were modernized during the first half of the 20th century. Rather than viewing modernization as a steady progression from one "ism" to another, Edward Sullivan adopts a comparative approach, drawing his examples from North America, the Caribbean, Central, and South America.By considering the Americas in this hemispheric sense he is able to tease out many stories of art and focus on the ways in which artists from different regions not only adapted and experimen... + Read More
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Series: Renaissance Art Art of the Northern Renaissance Courts, Commerce and Devotion Hardcover Stephanie Porras 9781786271655 $57.99 ART Feb 20, 2018

In this lucid account, Stephanie Porras charts the fascinating story of art in northern Europe during the Renaissance period (ca. 1400–1570). She explains how artists and patrons from the regions north of the Alps – the Low Countries, France, England, Germany – responded to an era of rapid political, social, economic, and religious change, while redefining the status of art.Porras discusses not only paintings by artists from Jan van Eyck to Pieter Bruegel the Elder, but also sculpture, architecture, prints, metalwork, embroidery, tapestry, and ... + Read More
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Series: Nicola Hicks: Keep Dark Paperback Elephant Magazine 9781786272188 $43.00 ART Mar 13, 2018

Nicola Hicks's sculpture and drawing practice has focused upon heroic, humanized animals and mythic, beast-like humans. From the moment she burst upon the wider public stage, there has been no doubting her remarkable talent. Picked out while still at the Royal College of Art by the late Elisabeth Frink as a fellow spirit, she quickly established an immediate presence among the artists of her generation as a serious and substantial figure. She was remarkable on every count, for she flewin the face of the critical expectations of those days not j... + Read More
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Series: How to Make Repeat Patterns A Guide for Designers, Architects and Artists Paperback Paul Jackson 9781786271297 $35.99 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Apr 10, 2018

This book explains, in simple steps and non-mathematical terminology, how to create repeat patterns in a line, on the plane, as tiles, and as Escher-like repeats. The book also shows how to make 'wallpaper repeats', where the elements of the pattern merge into each other, apparently seamlessly.Using letters as the basic elements, the book demonstrates how all repeat pattern-making comes out of four simple operations: translation, rotation, reflection, and glide reflection. It will provide the definitive one-stop pattern-making resource for prof... + Read More
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Series: Bloom More than 50 decorative papercut patterns Paperback Choi Hyang Mee 9781786271679 $35.99 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Mar 27, 2018

This beautiful book contains more than fifty designs from the best-selling Korean paper-cutting artist Choi Hyang Mee. The intricate designs are inspired by flora and fauna and printed on three different paper stocks. With clear instructions and inspirational ideas for how to use your finished work, you will soon be creating stunning artworks and decorative pieces.• Contains fifty-two beautiful paper-cut templates for you to use as you wish – create stunning cards, framed artworks or ornate decorations• Created by best-selling Korean paper-cutt... + Read More
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Series: Oh Sh*t. . . What Now? Honest Advice for New Graphic Designers Hardcover Craig Oldham 9781780679631 $35.99 DESIGN Apr 03, 2018

So you've graduated. What now? Where do you live? Can you afford to live? How can you make money doing design? How do you get a job? Who do you want to work for and are you good enough?This book is a comprehensive and insightful guide to anything and everything that is of use to those looking to break into the creative industries,sharing experiences, ideas, advice, criticism, and encouragement. With sections covering education, portfolios, jobs/freelancing, working process, and personal development, this straight-talking, funny, and frequently ... + Read More
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Series: Magma for Laurence King Sci-Fi A Movie Top Score Game Cards Giordano Poloni 9781786271235 $14.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Feb 20, 2018

People of earth, prepare yourselves for the ultimate showdown of classic sci-fi films.Who has the best special effects –Â AvatarÂ orÂ Gravity? Who is has the biggest cult following –Â The MatrixÂ orÂ ET?Â Which film best predicted the future –Â Blade RunnerÂ orÂ 2001: Space Odyssey?Journey to a land far, far away with this set of 32Â intergalactic trump cards.
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Series: Pick a Flower A Memory Game Cards Anna Day 9781786271457 $22.50 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Mar 06, 2018

Do you struggle to tell a foxglove from a snapdraggon, or a crocus from a gladiolus? This game will make you an expert in no time!Pair up the flowers with their typical uses and meanings in this beautiful and simple memory game. To play, simply place the cards face down and see if you can remember where the matching pairs are located. Collect more pairs than your opponent to win!With all kinds of flowers included – from marigolds in Mexican Day of the Dead displays to Japan's cherry blossom season, and from Van Gogh's Sunflowers to the first fl... + Read More
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Series: Magical Myrioramas The Mystery Mansion Storytelling Card Game Cards Lucille Clerc 9781786271518 $29.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Feb 27, 2018

Fire your imagination with these fun storytelling cards. Reviving the Victorian craze for 'myrioramas', the 20 picture cards can be placed in any order to create seamless scenes. Almost infinite combinations of cards provide endless storyscaping possibilities.Follow the corridor through a mysterious country house and build a perpetual panorama with its inhabitants and their secrets. Find sinister suits of armour and the aftermaths of strange accidents, butlers with a grudge and glamorous couples where revenge is never far from the surface.With ... + Read More
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Series: Goal! A Soccer Top Score Game Cards Holly Exley 9781786271822 $14.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Apr 24, 2018

Who scored the most goals for his country, Bobby Moore or Cristiano Ronaldo? Who was the most skilled, Pelé or Johan Cruyff? Who had the most charisma, Diego Maradona or George Best? This fun top score card game pits the 32 all-time greatest players against each other. Settle the score once and for all – no red cards, no yellow cards, just top score cards!Categories include: Goals; Trophies; Caps; Skill; Tactics; Charisma.
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Series: Sharks A Top Score Game Cards Kelsey Oseid 9781786272003 $14.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Apr 24, 2018

Which is more dangerous, the great white or the tiger shark? Which is faster, the hammerhead or the basking shark? Which shark hides from predators by wedging itself into a crevice and filling with seawater? Stage the ultimate shark attack with these 32 fun and fascinating top score cards to find out who's great and who's bait...
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Series: The World's Greatest Music Festival Challenge A Rocking Seek and Find Hardcover Matt Everitt 9781780679785 $21.99 HUMOR Apr 10, 2018

From muddy fields to rock legends, Woodstock to Glastonbury, folk to dance, this book celebrates the greatest music festivals of all time. Explore the headliners and highlights from Bob Dylan to Jimi Hendrix and Oasis and beyond.Discover Monsters of Rock, Tomorrowland, Coachella, and South by South West as you hunt for the legends that performed there in this fast-paced, fun adventure through the history of music festivals.
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Series: Backyard Birds An Urban Birdwatching Logbook Blank book Christine Berrie 9781786271730 $24.99 NON-CLASSIFIABLE Mar 20, 2018

A new product from the illustrator ofBird Bingo. Christine Berrie's colorful bird illustrations will inspire city dwellers to look out for their favorite species amid the urban bustle.With fifty stickers provided, you can stick in the birds you have seen in your backyard or around town, and learn about them through interesting facts written by a leading ornithologist. Includes space for your own notes and observations.
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Series: The Flower Year: 20 Color-in Postcards Postcard book or pack Leila Duly 9781786271808 $14.99 NON-CLASSIFIABLE Mar 11, 2018

- 20 postcards to color in and send - Features Leila Duly's gorgeous flower illustrations - Great gift for lovers of flowers
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Series: The Anatomy of Cycling 22 Bike Culture Postcards Postcard book or pack David Sparshott 9781786272324 $18.99 NON-CLASSIFIABLE Mar 27, 2018

Dream bikes, vintage race jerseys, iconic team cars,classic cranksets, and handmade frames, these 22 postcards include everything from the world of cycling. Illustrated by the bike-crazy David Sparshott.
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Series: An Elephant Book Joel Meyerowitz: Where I Find Myself A Lifetime Retrospective Hardcover Joel Meyerowitz 9781786271860 $95.00 PHOTOGRAPHY Mar 13, 2018

Where I Find Myself is the first major single book retrospective of one of America's leading photographers. It is organized in inverse chronological order and spans the photographer's whole career to date: from Joel Meyerowitz's most recent picture all the way back to the first photograph he ever took. The book covers all of Joel Meyerowitz's great projects: his work inspired by the artist Morandi, his work on trees, his exclusive coverage of Ground Zero, his trips in the footsteps of Robert Frank across theUS, his experiments comparing color a... + Read More