The beloved creator of Paddington Bear provides another taste of mystery for crime-solving duo Monsieur Pamplemousse and Pommes Frites When the Director of Le Guide offers up a holiday on the Canal de Bourgogne, Monsieur Pamplemousse is unaware that there are strings attached - several, in fact. T[...]

The esteemed creator of Paddington Bear concocts another delicious escapade for Monsieur Pamplemousse and star sniffer dog Pommes Frites Monsieur Pamplemousse finds himself in deep water when an unfortunate collision with a Mother Superior is caught on camera by the French tabloids. To avoid media [...]

The coming financial apocalypse and what government and individuals can do to insulate themselves against the worst shocksIn this controversial book a noted adherent of Austrian School of Economics theories advances the thesis that the United States is fast approaching the end stage of the biggest a[...]

Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: James Bond is the essential companion for every Bond fan, unearthing a selection of surprising and intriguing facts about the much-loved fictional spy, and the books and films that he has starred in. Discover the origins of the name and character of James Bond, the lif[...]

Discover how in almost every area of our lives, our behaviour is influenced far more by others than we'd like to imagine Teenage cliques, jihadist cells, army units, polar expeditions, and football hooligans - on the face of it, each of these groups might seem exceptional, but the forces that bind a[...]

»Hr. og Fru Brown mødte Paddington for første gang på en jernbaneperron, og det var derfor, han fik sådan et usædvanligt navn. Stationen hed nemlig Paddington.«

Sådan fik den lille bjørn fra det mørkeste Peru sit navn efter at være sejlet den lange vej som[...]

Björnen satt på en gammal resväska i läder, och när de närmade sig reste den sig upp och lyfte artigt på hatten.

-God middag! sade den.

-Kan jag hjälpa till med något?

-Tack för erbjudandet, sade herr Brown, men faktum är att vi just undrade om[...]