Gavin: 705 books

A huggable picture-book debut about a bear who doesn’t quite fit—perfect for fans of Karma Wilson’s Bear Snores On and Philip C. Snead & Erin Stead’s Bear Has a Story to Tell. When Bear wakes up one spring, he goes in search of a new home. And he thinks he’s found the perfect place....

Darkus Knightley is used to expecting the unexpected. An extraordinary crimesolver, with immense powers of deduction, and regularly found bedecked in tweed, Darkus is anything but the average 13 year old. Despite trying to leave his detective ways behind and wanting to lead a normal life, when...

London's Youngest detective is back…Darkus Knightley, tweed-wearing, megabrained, fiercely logical thirteen-year-old investigator of the weird, was just getting used to having his private-eye dad back in his life. Then Alan Knightley went off radar again, leaving Darkus with the family mutt, a traumatized...

Part of a series of short stories for children ages 4-8 based on reduplication phrases. Twinning endearing animal characters for imaginatively written and beautifully illustrated stories to example each phrase and appeal to both old and young alike...this story twins mongrel dog best friends – Arty & Crafty!

Part of a series of short stories for children ages 4-8 based on reduplication phrases. Twinning endearing animal characters for imaginatively written and beautifully illustrated stories to example each phrase and appeal to both old and young alike...this story twins puppy Pointer brothers – Willy & Nilly!

'You won't be able to put the book down' New York Times When a prototype, next generation battle tank goes missing in the Jordanian desert, ex-SAS Major Harry Maxim is sent in. Secretly loaned to the Jordanian army for desert evaluation tests, the MBT90 vanished in the confusion of an army...

'An absorbingly and well-written book' New York Times Major Harry Maxim, ex-SAS and special adviser to number 10 Downing Street, is about to get drawn into conflict on an international scale. An English corporal, a cabinet convulsion in East Germany, and a double murder in a small West...

In the decades preceding the Stonewall riots—in the wake of the 1948 publication of Alfred Kinsey’s controversial report on male sexuality and in the midst of a cold war culture of suspicion and paranoia—discussions of homosexuality within the New York art world necessarily circulated via gossip...

Since 2004 Gavin Stamp, one of Britain’ s most eminent and readable architectural historians, has written a monthly column for Apollo, the esteemed architecture and fine art magazine. The subject is simply whatever in design or architecture happens to take his fancy. It might be the splendid reopening...

Contemporary forms of capitalism and the state require close analytic attention to reveal the conditions of possibility for effective counter-politics. On the other hand the practice of collective politics needs to be studied through historical ethnography if we are to understand what might make people’s...

It seems like just about everyone wants to cook outdoors these days, and what better way to do it than in your very own backyard clay oven. This book shows how easy it is to make a clay oven from scratch, and includes detailed instructions, with over 60 photographs and illustrations. It...

Have you ever wanted to make real cheese at home, but didn't know where or how to start? Well look no further, as this book makes it easy for the beginner to jump right in and make cheese. Keep Calm, and Make Cheese steps you through the process of home cheese making with 27 tried and tested...

The Whole Food idea is to entice you to plan your menu, stock your cupboard, and remove any doubts you might have about using complete and unrefined ingredients. By extending your diet you will learn to appreciate more enjoyable and satisfying meals. Endorsements: I have witnessed Gavins recipes...

In this book a teacher of insight meditation offers personal testament, healing words, and wise instruction to help meet the suffering that comes with catastrophic life events. Speaking openly about his own struggles with memories of childhood sexual abuse and with the HIV diagnosis he received in...