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The Mobile Philosopher: Matters of Lunch and Death
by Will Bynoe
840 x 140 x 150mm
· What’s wrong with gluttony? · Would it be boring to live forever? · Should education prepare us for work or leisure? With a light touch, Matters of Lunch and Death distils complex philosophical thought from the ancient world to the present [...]
The Mobile Philosopher: Logic and Monsters
by
Will Bynoe
840 x 140 x 150mm
· Does anything happen for no reason at all? · Can you donate your brain and survive? · How long is the present? With a light touch, Logic and Monsters distils complex philosophical thought from the ancient world to the present day [...]
The Mobile Philosopher: Pigeons Bearing Bad News
by
Will Bynoe
840 x 140 x 150mm
* Is there no escaping bad luck? * Can God be bothered? * How can we learn from the experts? With a light touch, Pigeons Bearing Bad News distils complex philosophical thought from the ancient world to the present day into a [...]
The Magic Hour
by
Charlotte Moore
B Format Hardback
“Reading a poem gives us a glimpse of past and future possibilities, other worlds and other lives. It makes a gift of unfamiliar words, and refreshes parts of the mind that other art forms cannot reach…” Charlotte Moore, a writer [...]
Secrets of a Devon Wood
by Jo Brown
210x 148mm
“Things of such magnitude deserve respect and understanding. They deserve to be remembered…” Artist and illustrator Jo Brown started keeping her nature diary in a bid to document the small wonders of the wood behind her home in Devon. This book [...]
The Food Mood Connection
by
Dr Uma Naidoo
Demy Paperback
The definitive book on how to eat for mental health, from a go-to expert on the impact of food on the brain. Did you know that blueberries can help you cope with the after-effects of trauma? That salami can cause [...]
How To Live
by Professor Robert Thomas
Demy Paperback
Did you know: • that drinking a glass of red wine after sunbathing can reduce lasting skin damage? • that your choice of deodorant can affect your long-term health? • that some houseplants are more effective in removing air toxins [...]
Growing Old
by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Demy Hardback
From the revered author of the bestselling The Hidden Life of Dogs, a witty, engaging, life-affirming account of the joy, strength, and wisdom that comes with age. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing the natural world, chronicling the customs [...]
101 Reasons Why We Love The Queen
by E. Dunne & H. Sutcliffe
190 x 129mm
Did you know that the Queen likes to wake up to the sound of bagpipes? That her favourite flower is the primrose? Or that she has established a whole new dog breed, the dorgi, a cross between a corgi and [...]
The Wake Up Call
by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
B Format Paperback
Good government is now the difference between living and dying… The Covid crisis has not just highlighted the failures of certain governments, it is accelerating a shift in the balance of power from West to East. After a decade where [...]
Clean
by
Michele Kirsch
B Format Paperback
WINNER of Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize 2020 When Michele Kirsch’s father is killed in a train crash, her mother gets the vapours and Michele gets extremely nervous. By her mid- teens, she has found salvation in [...]
The Dance Cure
by
Dr Peter Lovatt
B Format Paperback
“Peter has brilliantly put into words what I have felt my whole dancing life: that the power of dance can liberate and change all our lives.” Darcey Bussell Humans are born to dance. And in today’s sedentary world, we would [...]
How to be a Buddhist Millionaire
by
Matt Jardine
B Format Paperback
‘Take a leaf out of Matt’s book free yourself of the fear of money and start living the life you want.’ Moatez Jomni, British Paralympian Matt Jardine, martial arts teacher and entrepreneur, has spent 20 years seeking the answer to one [...]
The Land of Maybe
by
Tim Ecott
B Format Hardback
Following the natural cycle of the year, The Land of Maybe captures the essence of the 18 mysterious Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. Here, a fast disappearing world is home to a close-knit society where just 50,000 people share [...]
Fast Asleep
by
Michael Mosley
B Format Paperback
Groundbreaking sleep science from the bestselling author of The 5:2 Fast Diet and The Fast 800 A good night’s sleep is essential for a healthy brain and body. So why do so many of us struggle to sleep well? In Fast Asleep, Dr Michael [...]
The State of Disbelief
by
Juliet Rosenfeld
B Format Paperback
”A beautifully written, profoundly moving and immersive account of grief that will bring solace to readers who have been bereaved, and guide anyone who knows them, who feels at a loss how to understand what they’re going through. Which pretty [...]
Fast 800 Health Journal
by
Clare Bailey
,
Michael Mosley
B Format Paperback
CHANGE YOUR HABITS, CHANGE YOUR LIFE This easy-to-use, 12-week journal is the essential companion to Dr Michael Mosley’s bestselling Fast 800 – an ideal aid for those wanting to fit the programme into busy lives. Perfectly sized so you can keep it [...]
Life Without Diabetes
by
Professor Roy Taylor
B Format Paperback
FOLLOW THIS REVOLUTIONARY HEALTH PLAN AND TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE… From the pioneer of diabetes reversal and creator of the ‘Newcastle Diet’ Prof Roy Taylor is one of the world’s leading experts in type 2 diabetes, the man who discovered that [...]
TRUST ME, I’M NOT A POLITICIAN
by
Dorothy Byrne
Cutdown A Format Paperback
In an age where more British people believe in aliens than trust our politicians, Dorothy Byrne asks the question: what went wrong and how can our trust in democracy and public life be regained? In this scintillating essay, nothing and [...]
A Dictionary of Interesting and Important Dogs
by
Peter J Conradi
224
Tin Tin’s Snowy, Odysseus’s Argos, Darwin’s Polly, Mary Queen of Scot’s 22 lap-dogs, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Flush… Behind every great man or woman is a dog. A Dictionary of Interesting and Important Dogs is a rich compendium of the [...]
Two Weeks in November
by
Douglas Rogers
B Format Paperback
For 37 years, since independence from British rule, the story of Zimbabwe had been dominated by one man: Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the liberator turned tyrant who won a war for freedom, but then led his country into a ditch. By November 2017, however, the only story in Zimbabwe was of palace intrigue: the game of thrones within the ruling party to succeed the nonagenarian President. Mugabe had never anointed a successor – having rivals fight each other had kept the scale balanced in his favour – but time was running out. He was no spring chicken (he fell asleep in meetings, slurred lines in his speeches), and the party’s congress, at which a new VP, and thus a certain successor, would be chosen, was to take place in early December. National elections loomed in 2018. If you wanted the throne, it was time to make your move. Two factions vied for power, both with names that sounded like a reality TV show. The First Lady’s group was known as Generation 40 – G40 – a reference to the youthful demographics of the country: G40 were the young ones, the under 40s, unencumbered by history. The term was coined by Grace’s Svengali, a tall, slim, University of Southern California- educated professor and master tactician named Jonathan Moyo. A former Information Minister and a brilliant media manipulator, Moyo had fallen out with the Mugabes frequently, yet somehow always found his way back into their good books. Grace also had a charismatic Young Turk named Saviour ‘Tyson’ Kasukuwere in her corner, a former state security agent turned politician with a trombone voice, a pugnacious style and a devoted youth following. They had the ruling party’s Women’s League and the Youth League on their side too, and whatever they lacked in experience, they made up for in energy, commitment and a fanatical devotion to the President. ED’s faction, on the other hand, was known as Lacoste, after the French fashion brand with the crocodile logo – a reference to his nickname. Lacoste represented the old guard, the establishment. The base of ED’s support were the war veterans who had liberated the country from white rule, and who, for so long, had been the enforcers of Mugabe’s power. But the war had ended 37 years previously, the country’s youth had no memory of it and the veterans were dying out. True, he was also said to have the support of the military – he had served as Defence Minister, and was close friends with the Commander of the Defence Forces, General Constantino Chiwenga – but when had the military ever gone against Mugabe, at least publicly? It was unheard of. Even the name Lacoste seemed retro and dated, unlike the crisp, clean Twitter-friendly G40. And so it was that on the first weekend of November, the two factions made their move. One side heckled and booed; the other threatened violent death in the name of God. It was no contest. On Monday, November 6th the President made his choice: he unceremoniously red ED and sided with his wife.
Kim Jong Un’s Little Book of Kalm
by Anon
Cutdown A Format Paperback
Do you ever feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders? Or find yourself so stressed you could blow a nuclear fuse? Relax! Kim Jong-Un’s Little Book of Kalm is here to help. Whether you are stuck in [...]
101 Things to do to Find Love in the Modern World
by Cleopatra Valentine
Cutdown A Format Paperback
Are you unlucky in love and searching for The One? Look no further! This fun collection of dating tips and romantic guidance will unlock the secrets of love – and make you laugh along the way. Find out how to use [...]
Stronghold
by
Tucker Malarkey
Demy Hardback
Stronghold is Tucker Malarkey’s enthralling account of an unlikely visionary, Guido Rahr, and his crusade to protect the world’s last bastion of wild salmon. One of the most determined creatures on earth, salmon have succeeded in returning from the sea to [...]
The Fast 800 Recipe Book
by
Clare Bailey
,
Justine Pattison
Crown Quarto Paperback
With a Foreword by Dr Michael Mosley Following Dr Michael Mosley’s No.1 bestselling Fast 800, this fabulous companion cookbook offers a collection of delicious, nutritious recipes to help you incorporate the new 800-calorie programme into your daily life. Dr Clare [...]
The Meaning of Pain
by Nick Potter
Demy Paperback
`With his easy, flowing prose, Nick makes the science of pain understandable, dispels the myths and emphasises always the importance of attending to the equilibrium of the individual, by recognising and dealing with stress in all its forms... A book that is written from the heart by someone who is truly passionate about his subject and cares tremendously for his patients.' Dr Sean White FRCA FIPP FFPMRCA
Undressing
by
James O’Neill
B Format Hardback
“Every therapist is changed by the people they work with. But just occasionally someone comes along whose determination to find their way through suffering challenges us to rouse our own courage and go beyond the limits of what we perceive to be comfortable, known, or even possible.”
The Super Tutor
by
Joe Norman
B Format Hardback
What do you remember from your school days? Analysing poems that didn’t make sense? The dreaded set texts? The Super Tutor celebrates the love of learning things for their own sake. Drawing on 15 years of tutoring, Joe Norman offers [...]
The Brain: A User’s Manual
by Marco Magrini
Demy
Translated by Katherine Gregor “Congratulations on the purchase of this exclusive product, tailor-made just for you. It will provide you with years of continuous existence.” So begins The Brain: A User s Manual, Marco Magrini s fascinating guide to the [...]
Clean
by Michele Kirsch
Demy Paperback
When she leaves her home in New York to go to college in Boston in the 1970s, Michele Kirsch – an anxious 19-year-old, with a growing Valium dependency – starts taking on cleaning jobs to help make ends meet. [...]
I Used to be a Miserable F*ck
by John Kim
Demy Paperback
A raw, refreshing, no-nonsense guide to modern manhood. Men are not born men – and becoming a man means a hell of a lot more than getting a six pack and an office with a view. Sometimes we all [...]
9 Lessons in Brexit
by Ivan Rogers
Cutdown A Format Paperback
“Remember the words of Ivan Rogers the next time you hear some posh boy in a suit telling you ‘no deal’ wouldn’t hurt at all and might even be a jolly good thing.” J.K. Rowling Two and a half years [...]
The Diet Fix
by
Dr Zoë Harcombe
B Format Paperback
How many of us have dieted to lose weight and then put it all back on again? Oprah Winfrey, one of America’s most loved stars, has been on a staggering 674 diets, 255 fitness regimes and weighed herself 4,349,571 times [...]
The Fast 800
by
Michael Mosley
B Format Paperback
Six years ago, Dr Michael Mosley started a health revolution with The 5.2 Fast Diet, telling the world about the incredible power of intermittent fasting. In this book he brings together all the latest science (including a new approach: Time [...]
Snow
by Giles Whittell
B Format Paperback
How many snowflakes are needed to make a snowman? Where is the snowiest place on Earth? When will the last snowflake fall? Snow has a lot in common with religion. It comes from heaven. It changes everything. It creates an [...]
Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets
by
Jessica Fox
B Format Paperback
Jessica Fox is living in Hollywood, a 26-year-old filmmaker with a high-stress job at NASA. Working late one night, craving another life, she is seized by a moment of inspiration and types “secondhand bookshop Scotland” into Google… Soon, Jessica finds [...]
The Good Stuff
by
Lucinda Miller
Crown Quarto Hardback
Healthy food that children will actually eat? Most parents would go to the moon and back for the secret…. In this game-changing book, designed for busy parents, top child nutrition expert Lucinda Miller shows you how to cook nutritious food [...]
A Nazi in the Family
by
Derek Niemann
B Format Paperback
WARTIME BERLIN: The Niemann family – Karl, Minna and their four children – live in a quiet, suburban enclave. Every day Karl commutes to work, a business manager travelling around inspecting his “factories”. In the evenings he returns home to [...]
The Imperial Tea Party
by
Frances Welch
B Format Paperback
The British and Russian royal families had just three full meetings before the Romanovs tragic end in 1918. In The Imperial Tea Party, Frances Welch draws back the curtain on those fraught encounters, which had far-reaching consequences for 20th-century Europe and beyond. [...]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Chemo
by Ileana von Hirsch
B Format Paperback
Cancer is not a laughing matter, as I was told by a cross German lady from Dortmund when I showed her this journal. She had herself had breast cancer and is right of course; there are lots of things that [...]
The Inflamed Mind
by
Edward Bullmore
Demy Hardback
Worldwide, depression will be the single biggest cause of disability in the next 20 years. But treatment for it has not changed much in the last three decades. In the world of psychiatry, time has apparently stood still… until [...]
X and Why
by
Tom Whipple
Demy Hardback
Gender is shifting. But is gender disappearing? This is the story of where biology meets behaviour – how sex drives us, and informs so many of the key choices we make in life. In the last century it [...]
Singing in the Rain
by
Rachel Kelly
Demy Hardback
Thinking often makes us sad but doing rarely does. This book is about action: it is full of inventive and accessible activities, one for each week of the year, to help you rediscover your creativity and, little by little, build [...]
The Clever Guts Diet Recipe Book
by
Clare Bailey
Crown Quarto Paperback
Your gut is key to your physical and mental wellbeing – home to your microbiome, an army of microbes that influences your weight, mood and immune system. In this companion book to Dr Michael Mosley’s bestselling Clever Guts [...]
Kakebo
by Hani Motoko
Crown Quarto Paperback
Are you really aware of what you spend? Do you know how to value things beyond their price? For the answer to these questions and more, look no further than Kakebo– the budgeting journal pioneered by Hani Motoko and used [...]
101 Things to Do Instead of Worrying About the World
by Felicity Brightside
Cutdown A Format Paperback
Political pandemonium, nuclear apocalypse, climate change, diabetes, dementia, the dangers of sitting down… Sometimes you’d be forgiven for not wanting to get off the sofa. Looking to change the record? This book offers you an imaginative mix of activities, [...]
Velkom to Inklandt
by Sophie Herxheimer
Cloth hardback 173x256mm (narrow Crown Quarto)
The Sunday Times’ Poetry Book of the Year The Observer’s Poetry Book of the Month Velkom to Inklandt is a collection of poems in which Sophie Herxheimer brings vividly to life the voice of her German Jewish Grent Muzzer, Liesel, whose [...]