New Releases by David ARMITAGE

''The vivid, impressionistic illustrations with details that stand out from the colour-washed background support the emotions expressed so well in the text … Outstanding'' Books for Keeps A little girl is moving house to go and live in the city. But she knows she can''t take her cat who would be very unhappy. So full of sadness and regret, she leaves him with her cousins. All her favourite games were with Charlie. What would she do in the city? Who would she play with? But city life has other excitements Soon she has new friends and new games and while the place in heart for Charlie remains strong, and she visits him as often as she can, she learns that he can be her friend without being with her all the time. Beautiful illustrations complement this moving text which deals gently with two topics which can be a source of anxiety for children: friendships and moving house.

The Ideological Origins of the British Empire presents a comprehensive history of British conceptions of empire for more than half a century. David Armitage traces the emergence of British imperial identity from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth centuries, using a full range of manuscript and printed sources. By linking the histories of England, Scotland and Ireland with the history of the British Empire, he demonstrates the importance of ideology as an essential linking between the processes of state-formation and empire-building. This book sheds light on major British political thinkers, from Sir Thomas Smith to David Hume, by providing fascinating accounts of the ''British problem'' in the early modern period, of the relationship between Protestantism and empire, of theories of property, liberty and political economy in imperial perspective, and of the imperial contribution to the emergence of British ''identities'' in the Atlantic world.

Picture story book for young children. Tatty Brown is afraid of the dark, until the Queen of the Night takes her on an unforgettable journey. The author''s other publications include ''The Lighthouse Keeper''s Lunch'' which was also illustrated by David Armitage.

From tranquil stil life-likes to vibrant soup-cans, this guide to art explains the techniques and influences of the major art movements. The text offers both a narrative history of art and analyses of particular paintings.

Josie, tired of being bossed by everyone, gets a witch''s costume for her birthday and tries casting a few spells on her irritating family.

Volume 2.

Photographs and text introduce instruments and techniques developed by space scientists that have benefitted such varied areas as medicine, weather forecasting, waste disposal, and photography.

Photographs and text introduce instruments and techniques developed by space scientists that have benefitted such varied areas as medicine, weather forecasting, waste disposal, and photography.