Shiva Naipaul was the brother of V. S. Naipaul and author of "Fireflies" and "The Chip-Chip Gatherers". "The Chip-Chip Gatherers", his second novel, was winner of the Whitbread Literary Award in 1973 and is set in Naipaul's native Trinidad. It includes a new foreword by Amit Chaudhuri. The crowded, [...]

Read With Biff, Chip and Kipper is the UK's best-selling home reading series. Over 5 million copies of the series sold in the UK alone since 2005. It is based on Oxford Reading Tree which is used in 80% of primary schools. Level 1 Phonics have been designed to practise basic phonics skills with the [...]

A "New York Times" Bestseller
A June 2012 Amazon Best Book of the Month
In this new original graphic novel from superstar writer/designer Chip Kidd and artist Dave Taylor, Gotham City is undergoing one of the most expansive construction booms in its history. The most prestigious architects f[...]

Right-wing militias and other antigovernment organizations have received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City bombing. While such groups are often portrayed as marginal extremists, the values they espouse have influenced mainstream politics and culture far more than most Americans rea[...]

"Great fun!". (The Miami Herald). Collecting the first ten issues of the Eisner and Harvey award-winning, TIME Magazine Best Comic of the year of our lord 2013, SEX CRIMINALS, in an oversized hardcover format guaranteed to embarrass you to order. Suzie's just a regular gal with an irregular gift: wh[...]

The first hilarious book in a super new series by bestselling author and queen of comedy, Jeanne Willis.[...]

Fresh out of college in the summer of 1961, Happy lands his first job as a graphic designer (okay, art assistant) at a small Connecticut advertising agency populated by a cast of endearing eccentrics. Life for Happy seems to be -- well, happy. But when he's assigned to design a newspaper ad recruiti[...]

What is that makes urban myths so persistent but many everyday truths so eminently forgettable? How do newspapers set about ensuring that their headlines make you want to read on? And why do we remember complicated stories but not complicated facts? In the course of over ten years of study, Chip and[...]

When a local potato chip tycoon invites area kids to an all-day puzzle hunt, Winston Breen is psyched. But it turns out the day is not all fun and games. Their teacher is being overly competitive, the puzzles are hard (even for Winston), and someone in the contest is playing dirty in order to win th[...]

This Read with Biff, Chip & Kipper Collection contains 4 carefully levelled storybooks for children who are learning to read. It includes two Level 4 Phonics books which practise sounds and letters; and two Level 4 First Stories to introduce first words and develop early reading skills.[...]

This Read with Biff, Chip & Kipper Collection contains 4 fun storybooks which have been carefully levelled for children who are gaining confidence as readers. It includes two Level 5 Phonics books which practise sounds and letters, and two Level 5 First Stories to introduce new words and develop rea[...]

This Read with Biff, Chip & Kipper Collection contains 4 fun storybooks which have been carefully levelled for children who are gaining confidence as readers. It includes two Level 6 Phonics books which practise sounds and letters, and two Level 6 First Stories to introduce new words and develop rea[...]