Five years, four powerful animal families. Who will rule the Kingdom?

Zambia’s spectacular Luangwa Valley contains ideal leopard territory. It also hosts one of the highest densities of wild dogs ever recorded, one of the ten remaining strongholds of lions left in Africa and is home to one of the few hyena populations to be studied in depth.

Kingdom chronicles the real-life saga of four animal families as each one stakes their claim here for a territory called Nsefu. Over the course of five years, this story follows the twists and turns of their interconnected lives. Leopard mother Olimba is busy bringing up her two cubs, when wild dog Storm arrives, fiercely determined to make this place home for her pack. Hyenas Tenta and Tandala walk a tightrope between following their rivals for food, whilst keeping themselves and their cubs safe; and the lion pride strive to secure their control of this territory for generations to come.

Featuring stunning full-colour photography, Kingdom charts the uplifting highs of these real animal characters, as well as their heart-rending lows, as they jostle for power and their family’s survival.

In a beautiful village next to a creek, Elin and her Grandad are excited to decorate their home together for Christmas. But tinsel and broken lights cling to trees, and wrapping paper and plastic decorations have rolled into gardens and blown away down the hill, and a baby beaver gets trapped in the lights.

Once safely rescued, the baby beaver amazes the world in a viral video when it builds a dam . . . out of Christmas decorations! Inspired to keep the beavers’ home safe and rubbish-free, Elin’s village comes together to clean the broken Christmas decorations away, giving the beaver – and each other – the happiest Christmas ever.

Includes facts about beavers and the real events behind the true story!

This comprehensive handbook contains a wealth of information for the young angler and lays out, step-by-step everything they might need to know on their first fishing trip.

Fully illustrated throughout, the book covers everything from tackle to ties, rods to rigs, and from knots to hooks to baits, lures and flies! It also includes a fish-identification guide, together with advice on how to care for your catch.

BBC presenter and fishing expert Will Millard is the perfect guide to accompany young anglers on their first day fishing as he blends detailed information with plain good advice – and some amusing anecdotes along the way (including his first ever catch – made with a welly boot after he fell in a river!).

The book is packed with kid-friendly tips and tricks and helps readers – whether in the country or the city – to ‘think like a fish’ as they learn the watercraft of reading a river, pond or canal, how to find the best spots to fish and how to cast for the catch of their dreams.

This book is the perfect guide to fishing and so much more besides – and is sure to instil a love of angling among young readers aged 7+.

– Step-by-step instructions for the complete beginner on everything from creating your rig to casting out – and caring for your catch!
– Fully illustrated spreads throughout packed with useful diagrams and stunning scenes
– Advice on catching everything from a microfish to a huge pike!
– Techniques for fishing in different water environments, including streams, ponds, lakes, fast-flowing rivers and canals
– Includes a foreword from angling legend Jeremy Wade ]]> https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/great-economists/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/great-economists/ ‘A wonderfully fluent account of how the strange magic of water and the beings that inhabit it can enchant and intoxicate’ Chris Yates

‘[Will Millard] writes with a genuine sense of humility (…) humour and reflection’ Kevin Parr, Countryfile

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Growing up on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Will Millard never felt more at home than when he was out with his granddad on the riverbank, whiling away the day catching fish.

As he grew older his competitive urge to catch more and bigger fish led him away from that natural connection between him, his grandfather and the rivers of his home. That is, until the fateful day he let a record-breaking sand eel slip through his fingers and he knew that he had lost the magic of those days down by the river, and that something had to change.

The Old Man and the Sand Eel is at its heart the story of three generations of men trying to figure out what it is to be a man, a father and a fisherman. It plots Will’s scaly stepping stones back to his childhood innocence, when anything was possible and the wild was everywhere.

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‘Delightful and informative (…) beautifully drawn’ The Spectator

‘[Will Millard] is a master wordsmith and his first book is a joyful testament to that’ Isabelle Broom, Heat

‘The writing is sharp and clever (…) I loved all of it and would as happily read it again as I would sit beside the river waiting for the evening rise of trout to begin’ Tom Fort, Literary Review

‘This is post-modern nature writing that embraces beauty where it finds it and marvels at nature’s tenacity (…) But there’s more here than just fish. This is also a book about growing up, about how to retain a connection with those who raised you while forging your own identity – what to keep and what to discard. And it’s about men. The strong surges of emotion that both draw them together and keep them apart, and the shared pastimes which recognise that intimacy and meaning aren’t always accompanied by words‘ Olivia Edward, Geographical