Pick up virtually any textbook on vertebrate evolution and you will find mention of the curious reptile known as tuatara (Sphenodon). The special evolutionary status of tuatara as the last of the rhynchocephalians - one of the four orders of living reptiles - is unquestioned. Wild members of the sole living species are now restricted to a few dozen remote islands around the New Zealand coast, where for several centuries they have been observed and studied by humans. But are tuatara really unchanged 'living fossils', or close relatives of dinosaurs, as sometimes portrayed?

This is the first detailed monograph for decades about this enigmatic reptile, and the first to be illustrated in colour throughout. The evolution, natural history and conservation of tuatara are covered in comprehensive detail, providing a valuable resource for the specialist yet in a style accessible to a wide readership. The special place of tuatara in Maori and popular culture is also considered. Tuatara have survived alongside humans for more than 700 years, though with their numbers much reduced; what are their future prospects in a globally changing world?

Bind: hardback

Pages: 600

Dimensions: 190 x 258 mm

Publication Date: 20-08-2014

Visit Bear Country in the company of Mama, Papa, Brother, and Sister Bear. During your trip, the lovable bears will guide you through an outdoor alphabet with full-page illustrations accompanying each of the ABCs. Start with Papa's Axe, Bees that chase the Bears, and Clouds, a Cow, and Chickens — and end up with X-rays, Yo-yos, and a Zebra.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 48

Dimensions: 210 x 280 mm

Publication Date: 08-05-2014

Take a walk into town with the little Berenstain Bears and count the sights along the way! Start at the cozy tree house, where there's one cloud in the sky and two cars on the road. Then count the four squirrels that tag along, the nine birthday presents, a fourteen-pancake breakfast, and other surprises. The fanciful full-page illustrations offer plenty of coloring fun.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 48

Dimensions: 210 x 280 mm

Publication Date: 08-05-2014

Celebrate the 40th birthday of the Old Lady. Give this special hard cover edition as a gift and pass this timeless classic on to the next generation. Ingenious die-cut holes bring this much-loved nursery rhyme to life.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 16

Dimensions: 250 x 250 mm

Publication Date: 15-04-2013

Wally Whale spouts and squeaks as he meets his friends. Colourful and ingenious washable books make reading fun and provide a delightful bath time experience.

Colourful and ingenious washable books make reading fun and provide a delightful bath time experience.

Pages: 10

Dimensions: 152 x 152 mm

Publication Date: 23-04-2014

Two boys from two different walks of life change places and alter their paths forever in this American classic from Mark TwainLondon, 1547. Two boys meet by chance and strike up a conversation at the gates of a palace. Tom Canty is a poor young boy with few prospects in life; his new friend happens to be Prince Edward VI, the Prince of Wales. The prince and the pauper could not be more different from one another, except for the small fact that they look identical. When Tom admires the prince's fine garments, he and Prince Edward decide on the spur of the moment to swap clothes. But with cruel irony the prince is mistaken for a poor beggar in Tom's rags and kicked out of his own palace while Tom is taken to be the prince by everyone he meets. Suddenly the prince and the pauper have swapped not only clothes but also their homes, families, lives, and their very identities. While the boys are eager to learn about life in someone else's shoes, they ultimately want to return to their own homes and families. But this proves to be a tall order when nobody believes the prince's claims that he is really a prince despite being clothed in rags. This gripping tale of mistaken identity sees Mark Twain venturing into historical fiction for children while displaying his typical flair for witty dialogue and incisive satire.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 280

Publication Date: 26-05-2014

Tibet was not just on the horizon, it capped it. Four thousand metres above this city was a country of stone and ice, and, even though it was officially closed, there was still a way in.

A compelling and unforgettable encounter on the roof of the world…

Hoping to reach Tibet after a twenty-year obsession, Charlie Carroll travelled to China. Contending with Chinese bureaucracy, unforgiving terrain and sickness-inducing altitude, Charlie experienced twenty-first-century Tibet in all its heartbreaking beauty.

Tibetan-born Lobsang fled the volatile region over the Himalayas, on foot, as a child in 1989. An exile in Nepal, then a student in India, he was called back to Tibet by love. At the end of the road known as the Friendship Highway, he met Charlie and recounted his extraordinary life story, exemplifying the hardship, resilience and hope of modern Tibetan life.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 320

Dimensions: 129 x 198 mm

Publication Date: 05-05-2014

As a result of their actions such as the “Punk Prayer” in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral and their subsequent trials, the girls of Pussy Riot were transformed into icons of protest. The images of the principal members, Nadezda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, were seen all around the world before the two disappeared for two years into Russian prison camps. Immediately after their release, the successful Dutch entrepreneur and avid photographer Bert Verwelius contacted the two women, setting into motion what was to be an extraordinary photo shoot: using the activists’ stories and sketches of the prison camp, he depicted their living and working conditions there as an impressive picture series. Yet Bert Verwelius also shows us a very different, hidden side to the two young women in this book, his first publication. With his sensitive portraits, he captures the open and loveable nature of Nadezda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina—not to mention their beauty.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 80

Dimensions: 25 x 32 mm

Publication Date: 20-05-2014

Marci Washington’s distinctive artwork subverts Victorian gothic imagery into a contemporary visual language all its own. Flat washes of gouache and watercolor make up grotesque faces and distorted bodily forms that stare off the page into another dimension.

With a muted palette of somber dark green, black, cream, blood red, and brown and gold hues, dismembered bloody hands and still heads float seemingly frozen in negative space, while livid male and female figures in full gowns and uniforms collapse within rooms of floral wallpaper and carpet and glistening chandeliers. Marci Washington’s imagery creates a world of hidden stories, bloody handwritten letters, ghosts, forest threats, poisoned drinks, haunted manors, barren winters and betrayal — and this dark world draws you in completely.

Marci Washington: For Forever I’ll Be Here is an oversize monograph of recent work by this Oakland, California based artist — including a collection of paintings exhibited at Leeds College of Art in 2011. Marci Washington has exhibited widely and her work has been featured in a range of magazines and books, including Juxtapoz Dark Arts (one of her pieces was used on the cover of the book) and New American Paintings, as well as the 2009 film “Jennifer’s Body.”

Bind: hardback

Pages: 128

Dimensions: 230 x 304 mm

Publication Date: 15-05-2014