Best Selling Books by Michael Bond

Aristede Pamplemouse, undercover inspector for a prestigious food directory, and his blood hound companion, Pommes Frites, investigate shady goings-on at a popular health farm called Chateau Morgue.

"As light and naughty as a spiked creampuff . . . a bawdy romp in a French accent." Houston Post. Monseiur Pamplemousse has been summoned by the director of Le Guide, the prestigious culinary magazine for which Pamplemousse writes restaurant reviews. The aunt of the director''s wife, whose restaurant perpetrates some of the worst food in France, is demanding to be included in the next issue. With the director''s marriage at stake, he dispatches Pamplemousse to the Hotel du Paradis. There, Pamplemousse meets Aunt Louise, who serves him a dinner that causes his gorge to rise . . . and other things as well, for the meal contains an aphrodisiac of undeniable potency. Who would do such a thing? And why?

Join Paddington as he goes on an adventure to find all his favourite colours!

A mind-expanding deep dive into how animals have shaped us, from the palaeolithic to the present day. In Animate, science writer Michael Bond explores how animals have profoundly influenced our minds and cultures. Drawing on cutting-edge insights from psychology, anthropology, literature and neuroscience, Bond traces the varied ways their lives have affected ours, from our hunter-gatherer ancestors whose brains were rewired by the prey they hunted and the predators they feared, to the medieval and Enlightenment thinkers who used animals to promote notions of human supremacy. Scientists today are challenging the assumption that we are separate from and superior to animals, showing that they too possess intelligence, empathy, creativity and even the ability to use tools. If everything that supposedly makes us human is shared with other creatures, where does that leave us? And if we are not as exceptional as we previously thought, how should we be treating the animals we live alongside? A fascinating exploration of what it means to be both human and animal, Animate shows that to better understand ourselves, we must pay more attention to the other beings with whom we share our world.

Monsieur Pamplemousse is a former securite sleuth turned food inspector. Together with his faithful hound, Pommes Frites, Pamplemousse finds himself investigating some criminal cuisine"

Monsieur Pamplemousse finds himself in deep water when an unfortunate collision with a Mother Superior is caught on camera. To avoid media attention, he is sent to report on Chef André Dulac, currently in line for Le Guide''s top award, and opens a can of worms which threatens the very sanctity of France''s premier gastronomic bible. Being on the verge of haute cuisine takes on a whole new meaning, and his attempt to get at the truth by harnessing a state-of-the-art TV camera to his ever-faithful hound Pommes Frites, ensures that outside broadcasting will never be quite the same again. Beloved worldwide for Paddington Bear, Bond has been busy this past year with the release of Paddington Races Ahead as well as the official Paddington app. Rejacketed into a fresh new style, Michael Bond''s culinary crime capers are a joy to read.

The circus is in town and Paddington is very excited. The Browns get tickets for the front row so Paddington can see all the action. He gets a shock when it looks like a clown on stilts is going to give him a soaking, but not as much of a shock as the audience gets when Paddington tries his hand at the trapeze….

When Paddington Bear visits the Tower of London, his suitcase full of marmalade sandwiches causes unexpected trouble.

A chance encounter leaves Monsieur Pamplemousse with a ticket to the filming of Claude Chavignol''s popular culinary TV show. But the audience''s enjoyment comes to an abrupt halt when Chavignol starts choking - he has been poisoned and dies on live TV.

The third adventure of M. Pamplemousse and his canine companion Pommes Frites begins at Les Cing Parfaits where, after one of the Parfait freres vanishes, the detective is called in to find the culprits and return the missing dessert