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Series: Surviving the War Paperback Adiva Geffen 9781787465947 $15.99 FICTION May 26, 2020

An extraordinary novel based on an incredible true story of love, resilience, survival and hope. Perfect for fans of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, THE VOLUNTEER and THE LIBRARIAN OF AUSCHWITZ._______________________________Against all odds, love will lead them home.Shurka, her husband and their two small children never thought the war would reach their remote Polish village. They were wrong. Forced to flee their family home, they find shelter with their fellow Jews in the ghetto - but every night more and more people disappear, taken away on truc... + Read More
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Series: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future Douglas Adams and the digital world CD-Audio Douglas Adams 9781529128925 $42.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Aug 25, 2020

Technology affects almost everything we do, and its possibilities can be both exhilarating and daunting. This collection features two radio documentaries exploring Douglas Adams’ vision of the digital future, plus Did Douglas Get it Right?, presented by Mitch Benn.Douglas Adams was a passionate technology enthusiast. His bestselling The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is full of futuristic tech, and in 1990 he predicted something very like the World Wide Web in the BBC2 film Hyperland. So in 1999, he was the natural choice to present Radio 4’s... + Read More
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Series: Doctor Who: The Krotons 2nd Doctor Novelisation CD-Audio Terrance Dicks 9781787539433 $42.95 FICTION Aug 25, 2020

Frazer Hines reads this classic novelisation of a TV adventure for the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. Many thousands of years ago, strange crystalline creatures came down from the stars and settled on the planet of the Gonds. Over the years they educated the Gonds through teaching machines in the great Hall of Learning. In return, the Gonds periodically selected their two most brilliant scholars to become the ‘companions’ of these mysterious beings. But when the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on the planet, they soon discover the true evil purp... + Read More
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Series: The M. R. James BBC Radio Collection Dramatisations and readings of his classic ghost stories CD-Audio M. R. James 9781529126327 $47.95 FICTION Aug 25, 2020

Spine-tingling stories by M. R. James, plus a chilling original drama and two bonus programmes about his life and workM. R. James was the master of the uncanny. His classic supernatural stories have haunted readers for over a century, and been adapted countless times for radio, TV and film.This collection features dramatisations of twelve of his most popular stories – The Mezzotint; Casting the Runes; The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral; A Warning to the Curious; Rats; Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come To You, My Lad; The Tractate Middoth; Lost Hearts;... + Read More
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Series: The Great Fortune The Balkan Trilogy 1 Paperback Olivia Manning 9781786091130 $19.99 FICTION Sep 15, 2020

Guy and Harriet Pringle, newly married, arrive in Bucharest in the autumn of 1939. The city they find is one of contrasts and rumours, on the edge with wavering loyalties and the tension of war, peopled with an international cast of characters, including the inimitable and eccentric Russian émigré Prince Yakimov.
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Series: They Don't Teach This Paperback Eniola Aluko 9781529112856 $21.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 26, 2021

Discover this powerful memoir from one of Britain’s most inspiring women**LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019**** SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS **First class honours law degree. 102 appearances for England women’s national football team. First female pundit on Match of the Day. UN Women UK ambassador. Guardian columnist. All of these achievements belong to Eni Aluko, who, is keen to share her experiences, aiming to inspire readers to be the best possible versions of themselves. Aluko was appointed UN ... + Read More
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Series: Antiemetic for Homesickness Paperback Romalyn Ante 9781784743000 $22.00 POETRY Sep 29, 2020

*Longlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas prize 2021**Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2021**An Irish Times and Poetry School Book of the Year 2020*’A day will come when you won’t missthe country na nagluwal sa ’yo.’- ’Antiemetic for Homesickness’The poems in Romalyn Ante’s luminous debut build a bridge between two worlds: journeying from the country ’na nagluwal sa ’yo’ - that gave birth to you - to a new life in the United Kingdom. Steeped in the richness of Filipino folklore, and studded with Tagalog, these poems speak of the ache o... + Read More
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Series: The Garden of Forgotten Wishes Paperback Trisha Ashley 9781787630789 $21.99 FICTION Jan 02, 2079

The delightful Sunday Times bestselling novel from Trisha Ashley’One of the best writers around!’ Katie Fforde’Full of down-to-earth humour.’ Sophie Kinsella_____All Marnie wants is somewhere to call home. Mourning lost years spent in a marriage that has finally come to an end, she needs a fresh start and time to heal. Things she hopes to find in the rural west Lancashire village her mother always told her about.With nothing but her two green thumbs, Marnie takes a job as a gardener, which comes with a little cottage to make her own. The garden... + Read More
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Series: The Garden of Forgotten Wishes Hardcover Trisha Ashley 9781787632332 $27.99 FICTION Sep 29, 2020

The delightful Sunday Times bestselling novel from Trisha Ashley’One of the best writers around!’ Katie Fforde’Full of down-to-earth humour.’ Sophie Kinsella_____All Marnie wants is somewhere to call home. Mourning lost years spent in a marriage that has finally come to an end, she needs a fresh start and time to heal. Things she hopes to find in the rural west Lancashire village her mother always told her about.With nothing but her two green thumbs, Marnie takes a job as a gardener, which comes with a little cottage to make her own. The garden... + Read More
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Series: A Lancashire Lass Paperback Libby Ashworth 9781787463592 $15.99 FICTION Sep 29, 2020

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE INSPIRATIONAL MILL TOWN LASSES SERIES. Perfect for fans of Val Wood and Catherine Cookson.______________________Lancashire, 1832Maids Hannah and Mary find themselves with no jobs and no home when their employer, Henry Sudell, loses all his money and disappears in the middle of the night. They have no choice but to return to Blackburn where Hannah is lucky to be taken in by her sister Jennet and brother-in-law, Titus, but Mary must seek lodgings in the infamous Star beer house.Mary tries to get her job back as a weaver, b... + Read More
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Series: Up in the Attic Paperback Pam Ayres 9781529104943 $19.99 POETRY Sep 29, 2020

Sunday Times BestsellerThe brand new collection of verse from the nation’s favourite poet, Pam Ayres.With the same magic that has enchanted her fans for more than four decades, Pam’s new collection is by turns hilarious, reflective and profound. From the dubious joy of being an exhausted, panic-stricken hostess in ‘The Dinner Party’ or feelings of unease about pub tableware in ‘Don’t Put My Dinner on the Slate!’, to a poignant reflection of war in ’Down the Line’and the bittersweet nostalgia of ‘Up in the Attic’, this new collection will tickle... + Read More
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Series: In the Absence of Men Paperback Philippe Besson 9781784876364 $18.99 FICTION Oct 27, 2020

’An astonishing love story, beautifully told’ Time Out’I am sixteen. I am as old as the century’It is 1916. Vincent is sixteen, on the brink of manhood. Vincent is aristocratic and privileged, frequenting the salons of Paris while France is at war and the city almost deserted of men. In that brutal summer, Vincent’s beauty and precocity captivate two men: Marcel, thirty years his senior,... + Read More
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Series: Charles Paris: A Doubtful Death A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation CD-Audio Simon Brett 9781787535824 $29.99 FICTION Sep 29, 2020

Bill Nighy returns as the loveably louche actor-cum-amateur detective Charles Paris Charles Paris is in Oxford, appearing in a re-imagining of Hamlet by a high-concept drama company. No fan of immersive theatre, he’s unimpressed with the director’s vision and less than thrilled to be rehearsing alongside puppeteers and mime artists.But he soon finds himself back on familiar territory when the actress playing Ophelia goes missing, only to turn up dead. Did she take her own life, or was there foul play? As he amasses a list of suspects who might ... + Read More
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Series: The Whispering House Hardcover Elizabeth Brooks 9780857525598 $31.99 FICTION Oct 20, 2020

Freya Lyell is struggling to move on from her sister Stella’s suicide five years ago. Visiting the bewitching Byrne Hall, only a few miles from the scene of the tragedy, she discovers a portrait of Stella – a portrait she had no idea existed, in a house Stella never set foot in. Or so she thought.Driven to find out more about her sister’s secrets, Freya is drawn into the world of Byrne Hall and its owners: charismatic artist Cory and his sinister, watchful mother. But as Freya’s relationship with Cory crosses the line into obsession, the darkne... + Read More
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Series: The Whispering House Paperback Elizabeth Brooks 9780857525604 $24.95 FICTION Oct 20, 2020

Freya Lyell is struggling to move on from her sister Stella’s suicide five years ago. Visiting the bewitching Byrne Hall, only a few miles from the scene of the tragedy, she discovers a portrait of Stella – a portrait she had no idea existed, in a house Stella never set foot in. Or so she thought.Driven to find out more about her sister’s secrets, Freya is drawn into the world of Byrne Hall and its owners: charismatic artist Cory and his sinister, watchful mother. But as Freya’s relationship with Cory crosses the line into obsession, the darkne... + Read More
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Series: How To Have A Beautiful Mind (Vermilion Life Essentials) Paperback Edward De Bono 9781785043116 $27.99 SELF-HELP Sep 29, 2020

People spend a fortune on their bodies, their faces, their hair, their clothes. Cosmetics, plastic surgery, diets, gym membership - everyone’s trying to be more attractive. But there’s an easier way to become a beautiful person. It doesn’t have to be physical. No matter how you look, if you have a mind that’s fascinating, creative, exciting - if you’re a good thinker - you can be beautiful.Being attractive doesn’t necessarily come from being intelligent or highly-educated. It isn’t about having a great personality. It’s about using your imagina... + Read More
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Series: Under the Mistletoe Hardcover Katie Flynn 9781529123883 $42.95 FICTION Oct 27, 2020

ALL YOU NEED THIS CHRISTMAS: THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE HEART-WARMING NEW SERIES FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR KATIE FLYNN____________Liverpool, 1940When war comes to Britain, Jessica Wilson and her friend Ruby seize the opportunity to leave behind the orphanage they grew up in and start new lives in the NAAFI. With only forged papers as identification the girls expect to be turned away but are delighted with an offer of work.For the first time in their lives they experience real independence and it isn’t long before they’re spending their evenings enjo... + Read More
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Series: The Golden Maid Paperback Evie Grace 9781787464414 $15.99 FICTION Oct 20, 2020

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE GRIPPING SMUGGLER’S DAUGHTERS TRILOGY! Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Poldark.______________________Deal, Kent, 1812Eighteen-year-old Winnie Lennicker yearns for a peaceful life as a respectable married woman. However, when she becomes involved in her family’s free-trading operations and caught by the Revenue, she is sent before the magistrates. Forced to confess that she is with child, now more than ever, Winnie is determined to give up smuggling. But the only way she can support herself and her unborn child is to ... + Read More
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Series: 21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges Paperback Charles Handy 9781786090973 $21.99 PHILOSOPHY Sep 29, 2020

Charles Handy is one of the giants of contemporary thought. His books on management – including Understanding Organizations and Gods of Management – have changed the way we view business. His work on broader issues and trends – such as Beyond Certainty and The Second Curve – has changed the way we view society.In his new book, Handy builds on a life’s work to glimpse into the future and see what challenges and opportunities the next generation faces. How will people cope with change in a world where the old certainties no longer apply? What goa... + Read More
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Series: The Benefit of Hindsight Simon Serrailler Book 10 Paperback Susan Hill 9781529110548 $19.99 FICTION Nov 24, 2020

In this, the tenth Simon Serrailler crime novel, Simon must engage with his own demons as Lafferton struggles to cope with a series of crimes that threaten the sanctity of hearth and home. On the face of it DC Simon Serrailler has had time to recuperate after the violent incident that cost him his arm, and nearly his life. He is back in harness at Lafferton CID, but is spending his spare time high up in the cathedral roof, making drawings of the medieval angels which are being restored. Lafferton is going through a quiet patch, so far as crime ... + Read More
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Series: Nada Paperback Carmen Laforet 9781784876210 $18.99 FICTION Oct 27, 2020

A modern Spanish classic, first published sixty years ago and translated into eighteen languages, now available in English with a preface by Mario Vargas Llosa. The novel conveys beautifully the spirit of war-torn, brutalized Barcelona.
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Series: Bloody Heroes Paperback Damien Lewis 9781787461475 $19.99 HISTORY Oct 20, 2020

This is the story of Operation Telic — the opening assault of the Iraq war — undertaken by crack British troops. The mission was to seize the Al Faw peninsula, the transition point for most of the country’s oil supplies, and to take it speedily, to prevent the blowing-up of oil fields.
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Series: The Candlelight Master Paperback Michael Longley 9781787332034 $21.99 POETRY Oct 20, 2020

*AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*’I can’t bear the thought of a world without Michael Longley, yet his poetry keeps hurtling towards that fact more and more urgently as it stretches in an unflinching way beyond comfort or certainty.’ So wrote Maria Johnston, reviewing Longley’s previous book Angel Hill. Yet The Candlelight Master does not only face into shadows. The title poem sums up the chiaroscuro of this collection, named after a mysterious Baroque painter. Other poems about painters - Matisse, Bonnard - imply that age makes the quest for a... + Read More
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Series: The Tigress of Mysore Hardcover Allan Mallinson 9781787632950 $42.95 FICTION Sep 29, 2020

Following their successful invasion of Coorg in order to remove the state’s deranged rajah, Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey is looking forward to a few months’ respite for his regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons, and his family. Indeed, with his stock standing high throughout British India, he has rarely counted himself so content.But it is not to last. Lord William Bentinck, the governor-general believes that Hervey is just the man to form and lead a force of suppression against the ’thuggee’ criminals who threaten the stability of both the Eas... + Read More
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Series: Rumpole and the Old Familiar Faces A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation CD-Audio John Mortimer 9781787534537 $29.99 FICTION Sep 29, 2020

Desmond Barrit stars as Horace Rumpole in this full-cast, feature-length radio dramaRumpole has no special objection to Christmas – except that with the Old Bailey closed, he has no opportunity to exercise his skills in court. But over the course of one unusual holiday, he nonetheless manages to triumph in two very different cases…Dragooned into spending Christmas in Norfolk, at the home of one of Hilda’s old schoolfriends, Rumpole is feeling less than festive. Chilly Coldsands Rectory does not offer much in the way of enjoyment – but a trip to... + Read More
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Series: Train Man Paperback Andrew Mulligan 9781784709754 $19.99 FICTION Sep 29, 2020

’Brilliant…profoundly affecting. A beautiful story.’ Ruth Jones, author of Never GreenerMichael is a broken man. He’s waiting for the 09.46 to Gloucester, so as to reach Crewe for 11.22: the platforms are long at Crewe, and he can walk easily into the path of a high-speed train to London. He’s planned it all: a net of tangerines (for when the refreshments trolley is cancelled), and a juice carton, full of neat whisky. To make identification swift, he has taped his last credit card to the inside of his shoe.What Michael hasn’t factored in is a t... + Read More
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Series: Fat Cow, Fat Chance How I Took Control of the Battle With Obesity Hardcover Jenni Murray 9780857525840 $35.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 29, 2020

’A powerful, poignant tale of dieting and despair.’ The Times’A moving, brutally honest memoir about what it feels like to be fat-shamed.’ Mail on Sunday_______________At sixty-four, Jenni Murray’s weight had become a disability. She avoided the scales, she wore a uniform of baggy black clothes, refused to make connections between her weight and health issues and told herself that she was fat and happy. She was certainly fat. But the happy part was an Oscar-worthy performance. In private she lived with a growing sense of fear and misery that he... + Read More
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Series: The Vanishing Hours Paperback Barney Norris 9781784163815 $19.99 FICTION Oct 20, 2020

’Shot through with compassion…this dreamlike, winding tale is a joy.’ A. L. KENNEDY ’Moving and unconventionally wise’ Guardian This was how I heard the most important story of my life, the thing that decided me, the story that determined who I was in the end.At a hotel bar in a quiet English town, two strangers meet by chance and share their stories. Hers is of an inconspicuous life, shaken by heartbreak and scattered with unfulfilled dreams. His is a dizzying tale of an unending quest for someone he lost in his youth.From the blustery cliffs... + Read More
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Series: Animal Farm Hardcover George Orwell 9781787302525 $22.99 FICTION Sep 29, 2020

Animal Farm is one of the most famous warnings ever written. Orwell’s immortal satire - ’against Stalin’ as he wrote to his French translator - can be read on many levels. With its piercing clarity and deceptively simple style it is no surprise that this novel is required reading for schoolchildren and politicians alike. This fable of the steadfast horses Boxer and Clover, the opportunistic pigs Snowball and Napoleon, and the deafening choir of sheep remains an unparalleled masterpiece.One reviewer wrote ’In a hundred years’ time perhaps Animal... + Read More
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Series: Down and Out in Paris and London Hardcover George Orwell 9781787302532 $27.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 29, 2020

’Orwell was the great moral force of his age’ SpectatorYou can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business.When he was a struggling writer in his twenties, George Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest members of society. In this early memoir, he recounts shocking experiences working as a penniless dishwasher in Paris, pawning clothes to buy a day’s worth of bread and wine, sleeping in bug-infested bunks, trading survival skills and cigarette butts with fellow tramps, and trudging between London... + Read More
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Series: Nineteen Eighty-Four Hardcover George Orwell 9781787302549 $27.99 FICTION Sep 29, 2020

’It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen. ’ This is the opening sentence of the most influential novel of the century, in English or in any of the sixty or more
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Series: We Are All From Somewhere Else Migration and Survival in Poetry and Prose Paperback Ruth Padel 9781529112788 $21.99 POETRY Oct 27, 2020

*First published as The Mara Crossing, now with new and updated material*’A prodigy, a book of wonders. Wonder, pity and terror, the searing section of voices in transit coercing compassion - and beyond that, empathy’ IndependentHome is where you start from, but where is a swallow’s real home? And what does ’native’ mean if the English oak is an immigrant from Spain?In ninety richly varied poems and illuminating prose interludes, Ruth Padel weaves science, myth, wild nature and human history to conjure a world created and sustained by migratio... + Read More
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Series: Escape to the French Farmhouse Paperback Jo Thomas 9780552176842 $16.99 FICTION Sep 29, 2020

’You smell the lavender, you feel the sun on your face, this book is pure joy!’ Katie Fforde’Uplifting and full of warmth, this novel is the next best thing to jetting off to France on a relaxing break away.’ My Weekly Can Del find her recipe for happiness? Del and her husband Ollie moved to a beautiful village in Provence for a fresh start after years of infertility struggles. But six weeks after they arrive, they’re packing the removal van once more. As Del watches the van leave for England, she suddenly realises exactly what will make her ha... + Read More
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Series: Best Baby Names 2021 Paperback Siobhan Thomas 9781785043222 $15.99 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Sep 29, 2020

Find the right name for your new arrival Choosing a name for your baby is one of the most exciting decisions you can make, but there’s so much choice – where do you start? Best Baby Names 2021 has exactly what you need: thousands of names to browse and the latest trends to inspire you. Whether you want a classic or a modern name, or even if you don’t know where to begin, this book will give you an A-Z of more than 9,000 options to explore. You’ll find advice and tips on how to navigate your baby-naming journey, including reaching an agreement ... + Read More
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Series: The Very British Quiz Book How d'you make a proper cup of tea? (and 720 other essential questions) Hardcover Geoff Tibballs 9781529105612 $21.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Sep 29, 2020

Will you be flummoxed by this Great British distraction?Do you know queuing etiquette? Twenty-one different ways to describe rain? Then this quiz book might be just your cup of tea.Politely challenge yourself, your family and your friends with questions on British culture, language, etiquette, of course, the weather, as well as lots of other essential, quintessential British subjects. Each quiz comprises 21 questions and answers are based on the real results from national surveys and polls. Hours of brain-bamboozling fun for all the family!
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Series: This Poison Will Remain Paperback Fred Vargas 9781784708290 $19.99 FICTION Sep 29, 2020

The exhilarating new Inspector Adamsberg novel from France’s multi-million-copy bestselling crime fiction star‘Adamsberg is one of my favourite detectives…I so enjoyed This Poison Will Remain’ANN CLEEVES‘Absorbing… Full of twists and spiced with Vargas’s characteristic wit and style’PETER ROBINSON‘Vargas’s books are…cunning, corkscrew murder mysteries’A.J. FINNAfter three elderly men are bitten by spiders, everyone assumes that their deaths are tragic accidents. But at police headquarters in Paris, Inspector Adamsberg begins to suspect that the... + Read More
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Series: Vintage Classics Diary Paperback Vintage 9781784876487 $27.99 LITERARY COLLECTIONS Sep 29, 2020

A paper diary is a beautiful thing, a chance to plot your time and mark the days – to do what you can with what there is, as Hemingway says.This 2021 diary features gorgeous book covers from Vintage Classics, reading lists for each month and plenty of space to note appointments. As you make your way through the year each page will provide inspiration from the best writers in the world. Complete with a flexible, cloth-finish cover, wraparound elastic band and a ribbon. ‘Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do wi... + Read More
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Series: The Key To The Tarot The Official Companion to the World Famous Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck Hardcover A. E. Waite 9781846046520 $19.99 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Oct 20, 2020

The official companion to the world famous Original Rider Waite Tarot - the most popular deck in the world. The Key to the Tarot is the essential guide to unlocking the secrets of tarot from renowned scholar of the occult, A. E. Waite. This enlightening book, which can be used in conjunction with any set of tarot cards, explains the history and symbolism of the tarot deck as well as providing a step-by-step guide to using the cards for divination practices. This is your key to harnessing the power of the tarot.
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Series: The Long Walk Home Paperback Val Wood 9780552176262 $15.99 FICTION Sep 29, 2020

At only thirteen, Mikey Quinn is arrested for stealing a rabbit to feed his family. Despite his age, he’s shown no mercy by the wealthy lawyer who sends him to prison. He returns home to find that his mother has died and his younger siblings taken into the workhouse. With only his determination, Mikey makes his way to London to seek a better life for his family. Whilst there, he meets Eleanor who he recognises as the daughter of the lawyer who ruined his life. Desperate, they band together forging a new life for themselves on the streets of Lon... + Read More
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Series: Three Women and a Boat Paperback Anne Youngson 9780857527103 $27.99 FICTION Dec 29, 2020

THE BBC RADIO TWO BOOK CLUB PICKA hugely charming, uplifting story that shows it’s never too late for new adventures - for fans of HAROLD FRY, DEAR MRS BIRD and THE LIBRARIAN.’Full of grace and humanity’ SUNDAY TIMES’Life-affirming and funny’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGMeet Eve, who has departed from her thirty-year career to become a Free Spirit; Sally, who has waved goodbye to her indifferent husband and two grown-up children; and Anastasia: defiantly independent narrowboat-dweller, suddenly vulnerable as she awaits a life-saving operation.Inexperience... + Read More
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Series: Three Women and a Boat Hardcover Anne Youngson 9780857527097 $31.99 FICTION Dec 29, 2020

THE BBC RADIO TWO BOOK CLUB PICKA hugely charming, uplifting story that shows it’s never too late for new adventures - for fans of HAROLD FRY, DEAR MRS BIRD and THE LIBRARIAN.’Full of grace and humanity’ SUNDAY TIMES’Life-affirming and funny’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGMeet Eve, who has departed from her thirty-year career to become a Free Spirit; Sally, who has waved goodbye to her indifferent husband and two grown-up children; and Anastasia: defiantly independent narrowboat-dweller, suddenly vulnerable as she awaits a life-saving operation.Inexperience... + Read More
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Series: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Albums, The CD-Audio Douglas Adams 9781529126570 $34.99 FICTION Nov 24, 2020

Don’t Panic! Reissued for the first time in 40 years, two unique recordings of Douglas Adams’s sci-fi comedy drama.When Earthman Arthur Dent learns that first his house and then his planet are about to be bulldozed, it’s the beginning of an interplanetary adventure for him and his friend, Ford Prefect. After fleeing Earth they hitch a lift with hoopy frood Zaphod Beeblebrox, who hurtles from one improbability to another - literally. With Trillian and Marvin the Paranoid Android in tow, the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is soon rev... + Read More
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Series: Doctor Who: At Childhood's End CD-Audio Sophie Aldred 9781529126136 $54.95 FICTION Oct 27, 2020

Past or future, which path do you choose?Past, present and future collide as the Thirteenth Doctor meets classic Doctor Who companion Ace – in the first epic novel from the woman who played her, Sophie Aldred.Once, a girl called Ace travelled the universe with the Doctor – until, in the wake of a terrible tragedy they parted company. Decades later, she is known as Dorothy McShane, the reclusive millionaire philanthropist who heads global organisation A Charitable Earth. And Dorothy is haunted by terrible nightmares, vivid dreams that begin just... + Read More
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Series: More Than a Mum Paperback Charlene Allcott 9780552175807 $19.99 FICTION Oct 27, 2020

Mother: a woman considered in relation to her child or children.Wife: a woman considered in relation to her spouse.Shouldn’t there be more?Alison has built her life around her family. Every day she packs lunches, rushes to work, and breaks up her daughter’s squabbles. She’s bored, restless and hungry for some excitement.Perhaps the charismatic Frank could be what she’s missing. But is Frank all he makes out to be? And what if a new, glamorous life isn’t quite what she needs?Praise for Charlene Allcott:’One of the freshest, funniest, most exciti... + Read More
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Series: Watchdog The Consumer Survival Guide Hardcover Matt Allwright 9781785945359 $31.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 27, 2020

’Matt Allwright is my idol. As a comic I’m supposed to say something funny about this book, but actually it’s legit useful, helpful advice, written compassionately and clearly. I can absolutely see this becoming my consumer bible. Wonderful stuff!’ - JOE LYCETT’Every scam, rogue trader or poor excuse for shoddy service…Watchdog’s seen them all. And leading the troops is the consumer superhero who has faced and fought every dodgepot going. Our Matt always has your back, whether he’s wearing his cape or not.’ - STEPH MCGOVERN’Finally! A book that... + Read More
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Series: Doctor Who: I Am The Master Hardcover Peter Anghelides 9781785946318 $27.99 FICTION Dec 29, 2020

Everything you think you know…is a lie.The Doctor and the Master; their conflict of light and dark has spanned many times and faces across the universe. This collection - of five short stories and a novella - explores the depths of darkness in the Master’s hearts; the arch-schemer’s secrets and sinister ambitions revealed through brand new adventures and encounters. Join six incarnations of evil for undreamed of adventures: a quest to free alien warlords…a dangerous mission to save a vital ally…a meeting with Bram Stoker…a shattering of lives o... + Read More
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Series: Find Your Voice Paperback Caroline Goyder 9781785042836 $27.99 SELF-HELP Oct 27, 2020

‘This book is brilliant! It will change lives.’ - Suzy Walker, Editor-in-Chief, Psychologies’A fantastic guide to speaking up and overcoming insecurities by the best voice coach ever.’ - Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the RoomSpeak up and stand outWhether you want more social confidence in your day-to-day life, are hosting an event or appearing on a podcast, Find Your Voice will empower you to be bold, be present and captivate any audience.Based on decades of helping broadcasters, celebrities, teachers and top level professionals speak effor... + Read More
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Series: The Little Book of CBD Hardcover Idan Naor 9781529107203 $16.99 HEALTH & FITNESS Oct 27, 2020

Don’t worry. Read this book.CBD is a powerful natural essential oil that can help in all kinds of situations. Discover how it could help you with this digestible guide from a trusted UK-based expert.Idan Naor is a leading CBD pioneer. He produces one of the highest quality brands of CBD oil in the world, has benefited from the transformative effects of CBD and has seen the life-changing impact it has had on others too. Here he explains what it is, how it is made and the best ways to use it. Find out how it can improve your sleep, calm anxiety a... + Read More
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Series: Expedition Hardcover Steve Backshall 9781785943652 $42.95 SCIENCE Oct 27, 2020

Shine a light into the unknownThere are still dark corners of our planet that are yet to be explored. In this remarkable book, Steve Backshall offers an unflinching account of his adventures into these uncharted territories around the globe, in search of world firsts. Each location brings its own epic challenges - whether it’s the first climb of an arctic ice fall in Greenland, the first recorded navigation of a South American river, or the first exploration of the world’s longest cave system in Mexico. But all of them represent new tests of th... + Read More
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Series: Expedition Paperback Steve Backshall 9781785943669 $21.99 SCIENCE Oct 27, 2020

Shine a light into the unknownThere are still dark corners of our planet that are yet to be explored. In this remarkable book, Steve Backshall offers an unflinching account of his adventures into these uncharted territories around the globe, in search of world firsts. Each location brings its own epic challenges - whether it’s the first climb of an arctic ice fall in Greenland, the first recorded navigation of a South American river, or the first exploration of the world’s longest cave system in Mexico. But all of them represent new tests of th... + Read More
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Series: Life: A User's Manual Hardcover Julian Baggini 9781529104523 $42.95 PHILOSOPHY Oct 27, 2020

How should I live?What is my purpose? Can I find happiness?Ever felt as though life would be simpler if it came with an instruction manual? There are no easy answers to the big questions. And life does not follow a straight path from A to B.Since the beginning of time, people have asked questions about how they should live and, from Ancient Greece to Japan, philosophers have attempted to solve these questions for us. The timeless wisdom that they offer can help us to find our own path. In this insightful, engaging book, renowned existential psy... + Read More
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Series: Life: A User's Manual Paperback Julian Baggini 9781529104547 $31.99 PHILOSOPHY Oct 27, 2020

How should I live?What is my purpose? Can I find happiness?Ever felt as though life would be simpler if it came with an instruction manual? There are no easy answers to the big questions. And life does not follow a straight path from A to B.Since the beginning of time, people have asked questions about how they should live and, from Ancient Greece to Japan, philosophers have attempted to solve these questions for us. The timeless wisdom that they offer can help us to find our own path. In this insightful, engaging book, renowned existential psy... + Read More
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Series: Question of Sport Quiz Book, A Paperback David Ball 9781785945397 $27.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Oct 27, 2020

Can you solve this sporting equation? ’53EG for WR’In which sport can you win the Sid Waddell Trophy?And in which year did Turin host the Winter Olympics?For over 50 years A Question of Sport has been the last word in sports quizzing, and now you can take on the challenge to guess the Mystery Guest, race to the Sprint Finish, and show off your expertise. With over 3000 new questions from athletics to football, racing, tennis, swimming and every sport in between, you’ll be tested on sports in every era.Challenge friends and family or play in tea... + Read More
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Series: Love for Food, A Recipes from the Fields and Kitchens of Daylesford Farm Hardcover Carole Bamford 9781529110296 $63.95 COOKING Oct 27, 2020

’Real, simple, organic and sustainable food is what Daylesford offers - and these are the recipes for putting it on your table’Raymond Blanc’Now more than ever chimes with the way we want to eat’The TimesA fully updated reissue of the pioneering seasonal cookbook by Carole Bamford, the founder of Daylesford. This book shares over 150 seasonal recipes created in Daylesford’s kitchens and using produce grown sustainably in the farm’s fields. With sections on soups, salads, savoury dishes, meat, fish and bread, A Love for Food is a timeless cooke... + Read More
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Series: Knee Deep in Life Wife, Mother, Realist... and why we're already enough Hardcover Laura Belbin 9781529107043 $35.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 24, 2020

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER’I just howled. Bloomin’ love you’ Giovanna Fletcher’You’re hilarious. Thank you for making me laugh every day’ Mrs Hinch When does Mary Effing Poppins arrive? Laura Belbin survived hitting her thirties (oh, to be wrinkle-free again), anxiety (just), motherhood (two adorable little shits) and the new body that went with it (a left tit that sags slightly more than the right, anyone?). In Knee Deep in Life she gives a fearless and filthy account of her transformation from no-responsibilities woman to being in demand 24/7, t... + Read More
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Series: Art of Innovation, The Hardcover Ian Blatchford 9781787632493 $53.95 HISTORY Nov 24, 2020

Based on the landmark Radio 4 series, this beautifully illustrated modern history of the connections between science and art offers a new perspective on what that relationship has contributed to the world around us. __________ Throughout history, artists and scientists have been driven by curiosity and the desire to experiment. Both have wanted to make sense of the world around them, often to change it, sometimes working closely together, certainly taking inspiration from each other’s disciplines. The relat... + Read More
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Series: Start Your Engines Hardcover Sam Briggs 9781529105902 $42.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 24, 2020

You don’t get biceps like Briggs by giving up when the going gets tough… CrossFit superstar Sam Briggs, aka ‘The Engine’, is a true hero in the sport, with a level of endurance unparalleled in the game. This is the story of how she got to the top, and battled with everything she had to stay there. Sam’s memoir takes in the whole story, from being kicked out of ballet lessons as a child but being accepted on the boys’ sports teams, to working as a firefighter in West Yorkshire for ten years, tackling dangerous and adrenaline-fueled situations o... + Read More
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Series: As Per My Previous Email ... Paperback Steve Burdett 9781529107494 $15.99 HUMOR Oct 27, 2020

Change your outlook. Win at work. Boss every Pass-Agg office situation ever with this hilarious survival guide.Spending most of our lives at work, it’s no wonder tensions run high. We’ve all been cc’d (code for ’this isn’t my problem’), we’ve all received the ’thanks in advance’ (code for ’you don’t have a choice’) and we’ve all relished the moment when we can send the ’As per my previous’ (code for ’see the email I already sent, you moron’). Includes: Subject Field StressesThe Passive-aggressive Art of Copying InCulling of the Dear: Salutation... + Read More
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Series: Work Hard & Be Nice to People Paperback Anthony Burrill 9781529105377 $21.99 DESIGN Jan 02, 2079
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Series: Underworld Paperback Duncan Campbell 9781529103663 $19.99 TRUE CRIME Oct 27, 2020

Live on the wrong side of the law with Britain’s gangsters, Peaky Blinders, godfathers, robbers, informers, kingpins, vice lords and career criminals***The Sunday Times Bestseller ***With stories of murder, theft, fraud and treachery, Underworld is a deep-dive into the history of professional and organised crime in Britain. From the racetrack gangs and the smash-and-grab merchants, through the Soho vice bosses and the Kray twins, to the Great Train Robbers, the Peaky Blinders, the Hatton Garden burglars, millennial gangs and the new wave of int... + Read More