The Fast 800 Easy


by Clare Bailey, Justine Pattison
Crown Quarto Paperback
130 brand-new recipes to cook up at home, any day of the week… Following their bestselling Fast 800 Recipe Book, Dr Clare Bailey and Justine Pattison return with a fabulous new cookbook, featuring super-simple recipes to enable you to eat well [...]

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 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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Secret Life of Snow


by Giles Whittell
Cutdown A Format Paperback
**The Financial Times‘ Travel Book of the Year 2018** How many snowflakes does it take to build a snowman? Where is the snowiest place on Earth? When will the last snowflake fall? Snow has a lot in common with religion. [...]

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.

101 Things to do to Find Love in the Modern World


by Cleopatra Valentine
B 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 [...]

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

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 [...]

Just Soup


by Henrietta Clancy
B Format Paperback
  “Recipes based on centuries of nutritional wisdom that show that soup can take pride of place as the main meal” The Independent A bowl of soup is food for the soul, not only comforting and tasty but also incredibly good [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 Orchid Hunter


by Leif Bersweden
B Format Paperback
In the summer after leaving school, a young botanist sets out to fulfil a childhood dream –­ to find every species of orchid native to the British Isles. He has just a few months to complete his quest – no [...]

X and Why


by Tom Whipple
B Format Paperback
  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 [...]

Breaking Upwards


by Charlotte Friedman
B Format Paperback
  It is comparatively easy to get a legal divorce; getting an emotional one is a whole different story. The break-up of a relationship can be a devastating experience, leaving you with overwhelming feelings of anger and grief.  As Charlotte [...]

Being Adam Golightly


by Adam Golightly
B Format Paperback
  The death of Adam’s wife inspires a new kind of life… The cruel death in her 40s of his beloved wife Helen tears up the script of Adam Golightly’s middle-class, middle-aged being. Now miserably single and outnumbered by his [...]

Singing in the Rain


by Rachel Kelly
B Format Paperback
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 [...]

Home Economics


by Jane Ashley
Crown Quarto Paperback
FEED YOUR FAMILY ON £35 A WEEK Can you really eat well on a tight budget? Yes, you can! As food blogger Jane Ashley shows, the key is to be a savvy shopper and to cook from scratch rather than [...]

The Clever Guts Diet Recipe Book


by Clare Bailey
Crown Quarto Paperback
  Your gut is key to y​our ​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 Take the Stress out of Christmas


by Robin Snow
Cutdown A Format Paperback
Christmas can be a real whirlwind – last-minute shopping, slaving over the cooker, braving the in-laws. Surely there’s a way to make it all a bit more relaxing and fun? Whether you are hoping to recapture that festive childhood magic [...]

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, [...]

No Worries


by Dr Ashley Conway
A Format Pbk
  More people are anxious than ever before: in the modern world it has become almost a default position to live in fight or flight mode. It doesn’t have to be this way. In No Worries, Psychologist Dr Ashley Conway [...]

The Clever Guts Diet


by Michael Mosley
A Format Pbk
From the author of the million-copy bestselling 5:2 Fast Diet Your gut is astonishingly clever. It contains millions of neurons – as many as you would find in the brain of a cat – and is home to the microbiome, [...]

Think Less Learn More


by Dr Srini Pillay
B Format Paperback
One Friday night in 1983, a man and his girlfriend were driving down California Highway 128 from Berkeley to Mendocino where he was building a cabin in the woods. It was late at night, it was a long drive, and he was feeling a little tired and spacey. As his girlfriend dozed in the passenger seat, the man’s mind wandered back to his work, in his case research on DNA. As he put it, “My little silver Honda’s front tyres pulled us through the mountains. My hands felt the road and the turns. My mind drifted back into the laboratory. DNA chains coiled and floated. Lurid blue and pink images of electric molecules injected themselves somewhere between the mountain road and my eyes.” Like an enthusiastic puppy just unleashed, his thoughts darted to and fro, mulling, comparing and connecting fragments of information. Suddenly, something new fell into place for him. He pulled off to the side of the road—mile marker 46.58 to be exact, he found himself noticing—and began to connect the dots of his thoughts. Science would never be the same again. That man was Dr. Kary Banks Mullis—a biochemist who ten years later would win the Nobel Prize for chemistry for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction, also known as PCR. A way of making synthetic DNA, this has proven crucial in a wide range of disciplines, from obstetrics to forensics. It was on that restless, late-night journey that his mind collected ideas and put them together in new and strange ways. Later he would sort and hone what his wandering mind had pooled before him. The magic of that process—both the collecting and the sorting—is the stuff of this book.

The Return Home


by Justin Huggler
B Format Paperback
All of us look to our childhoods to explain our failings. But what would our childhood selves make of the people we have become? Autumn 1983. Eight-year-old Ben watches from the top of the stairs as a haggard figure limps [...]

101 Things to Do When You’re Not Drinking


by Robert Short
B Format Paperback
Recite the alphabet backwards… Memorise these 5 conversation ice-breakers… Mix up this non-alcoholic cocktail… Feeling a bit woozy? Had a few too many at karaoke night? Sometimes we could all do with taking a break from the drinking life. This [...]

The Mindless Colouring Book


by Molly Manners, Alex Worrall
Cut-down Royal Paperback
The Mindless Colouring Book is a light-hearted alternative to the array of wonderful and yet slightly more serious colouring books currently available, and proves that laughter is still our favourite stress-reliever. Comedy + mindfulness = smiling + relaxing = smilaxing [...]

How Good is Your Grammar?


by John Sutherland
B Format Paperback
John Sutherland, one of Britain’s most celebrated professors of English Literature, is here to test, stretch, amuse and instruct you with his definitive quiz on all things grammatical. Why do purists insist that ‘television’ is wrong while ‘telephone’ is correct? [...]

The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet Recipe Book


by Clare Bailey, Sarah Schenker
Crown Quarto Paperback
Dr Michael Mosley’s No 1 bestselling 8-week blood sugar diet revealed a game-changing approach to weight loss that not only lowers blood sugar levels, but can also reverse and prevent type 2 diabetes. In this fabulous companion cookbook, Dr Clare [...]

Keep Your Brain Stronger for Longer


by Tonia Vojtkofsky
Crown Quarto Paperback
Research has shown the benefits of keeping our mental abilities strong, and that those who challenge their brains throughout their life have a lower risk of developing dementia and cognitive impairment. Tonia Vojtkofsky PsyD – a psychologist and brain health [...]

The Hot Topic


by Christa D’Souza
B Format Paperback
There has never been a better time to be a menopausal woman. Technology is such that 60 really is the new 40 (or even 35)… But, for Christa D’Souza, some nagging questions remain… What is the point of us now [...]

The Art of Baby-Making


by Gerad Kite
B Format Paperback
From the bestselling author of Everything You Need You Have Nature teaches us that a balanced state is a fertile state; and in this book Gerad Kite shows how “balance” can be the secret to successful conception, even when all [...]

Everything You Need You Have


by Gerad Kite
B Format Paperback
Gerad Kite – founder of the renowned Kite Clinic in London – believes that the way we are living today is making us ill. For all the choices we have, for all the improvements in our material lifestyle, people are [...]

The Dog Diet


by Kate Bendix
B Format Paperback
We are what we eat. And the same goes for our dogs… Over the past twenty years, our dogs’ lives have come to mimic our own. They are overfed, under-exercised and stressed, and because of this they are increasingly taking [...]

The 8-week Blood Sugar Diet


by Michael Mosley
B Format Paperback
Dr Michael Mosley, author of the bestselling 5:2 Fast Diet, reveals a game-changing approach to one of the greatest  silent epidemics of our time – raised blood sugar levels.  The food we eat today, high in sugar and easily digestible carbohydrates, [...]

Top Dog


by Kate Bendix
Crown Quarto Hardback
Top Dog is the dog book that everyone has been waiting for. Imagine having a dog with the shiniest coat, the wettest nose, the brightest eyes and a svelte physique. A dog with ‘good’ energy, better concentration, that sleeps well [...]

A Paris Christmas


by John Baxter
Cutdown B Format PB
An improbable tale of good food and true love. A Paris Christmas is the charming, funny and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread – and didn’t speak a word of French – unexpectedly ended [...]

101 Things to do Instead of Playing on Your Phone


by Ilka Heinemann
Cut-down A Paperback
Our phones have become a constant distraction; it’s time we put them down and rediscovered the simple art of taking a few minutes out. This book offers an imaginative list of games and tips aimed at curing us of our [...]

The Gift of Failure


by Jessica Lahey
Demy Paperback
All of us want the best for our children. But are we going about it the right way? We are the generation that invented over-parenting. For all our best intentions to protect our children from tripping up – rushing to [...]

Ten Million Aliens


by Simon Barnes
B Format Paperback
THIS IS THE MOMENTOUS STORY OF THE MILLIONS OF SPECIES – SOMETIMES UNIMAGINABLY STRANGE – THAT MAKE UP THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. Humans, blue whales, rats, birds of paradise, ridiculous numbers of beetles, molluscs the size of a bus, bdelloid rotifers who haven’t had sex [...]

Hows Your Father


by Rose Boyt
B Format Paperback
Sometimes there is just not enough love to go round… Maureen’s family is a blessing and a curse. Her mother did her best but everyone is still fighting for survival at the expense of their loved ones. Susan thinks her [...]

D-Day: Minute by Minute


by Jonathan Mayo
B Format Paperback
The invasion has begun. In this gripping book, Jonathan Mayo gives a blow by blow account of the events of D-Day, revealing what happened to the people swept up in this crucial moment in history. From soldiers, French villagers and [...]

What Was Never Said


by Emma Craigie
B Format Paperback
15-year old Zahra has lived in England most of her life, but she is haunted by memories of her early childhood in Africa: the warm sun, the loud gunfire, and the happy days playing with her older sister before “the [...]

Out of the Woods


by Will Cohu
B Format Paperback
Out of the Woods takes you on a revelatory ramble through country and city – from woodlands of majestic oak and ash to mean streets lined with cherries. Containing myriad tips for recognition and rich in tree-biography and gossip, this [...]

The Enlightenment of Nina Findlay


by Andrea Gillies
B Format Paperback
All her life, Nina Findlay has been in a love triangle with two Italian brothers – Paolo, whom she marries, and Luca, who remains her best friend – until a dramatic series of events changes everything, apparently for good. Estranged [...]

Just Your Average Muslim


by Zia Chaudhry
B Format Paperback
This fascinating and original book provides a better insight into the life of of ‘just your average Muslim’ than you will find anywhere else. A powerful antidote to common but exhausted stereotypes, it challenges non-Muslims to reexamine their perceived ideas [...]

Rasputin


by Frances Welch
B Format Paperback
Grigory Rasputin, the Siberian peasant-turned-mystic, was as fascinating as he was unfathomable. He played the role of the simple man, eating with his fingers and boasting, ‘I don’t even know my ABC…’ But, as the only person able to relieve [...]

The Beggar and the Hare


by Tuomas Kyrö
B Format Paperback
Vatanescu is striving for a better life, and with it a pair of football boots for his son – but his search has led him to collecting small change on the streets of Helsinki, and he needs something drastic to [...]

Last Drink To LA


by John Sutherland
B Format Paperback
I touched bottom, as alcoholics like to say, on 12 February 1983 (the date is slightly fuzzy). Thirty-one years ago John Sutherland nearly lost everything to drink. A married man, with family, working as a visiting professor of English on [...]

The Fast Diet: Revised and Updated


by Michael Mosley, Mimi Spencer
B Format Paperback
‘Michael Mosley’s bestselling book changed my life. Melodramatic, yes, but true. In the past five months on the 5:2 diet I have lost a stone and a half, reducing my Body Mass Index from a lumberingly 27 to a healthy 23.’ Xanthe Clay, Daily Telegraph

The Fast Beach Diet


by Mimi Spencer
B Format Paperback
With a foreword by Dr Michael Mosley FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE FAST DIET THE SUPER-FAST 6-WEEK PROGRAMME TO GET YOU IN SHAPE FOR SUMMER Includes pull-out diet planner Based on the original, bestselling Fast Diet, this book offers an [...]

Wenger


by Jasper Rees
B Format Paperback
A surprise appointment at Arsenal FC when he arrived in 1996, Arsène Wenger has made a science of football management and turned his players into artists. In this fully updated biography, Jasper Rees uncovers the true story behind this deeply [...]

The Enlightenment of Nina Findlay


by Andrea Gillies
Royal Paperback
Nina Findlay, alluring, accomplished, deluded, always the heroine of her own life, has found an irresistible safety in being adored by two men, brothers she’s known since childhood. But when her sister-in-law becomes gravely ill, the triangle that Nina’s depended [...]

Fast Cook


by Mimi Spencer
Full Colour Cut-down Demy Paperback
Not just for dieters… A brilliant low-cal cookbook for eating healthily every day The Fast Diet has revolutionised the way we eat, and transformed the way we lose weight. In this stunning new cookbook, Mimi Spencer returns with more than [...]

Our Happy Time


by Gong Ji-young
B Format Paperback
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER  Yujeong – beautiful, bright and wealthy – is in hospital recovering from her third suicide attempt. Angry at the world, she reluctantly accepts her no-nonsense aunt’s suggestion: to accompany her on charitable visits to inmates on death [...]

The Burden of the Desert


by Justin Huggler
B Format Paperback
Zoe Temple, a young British journalist who dreams of being a war correspondent… Lieutenant Rick Benes, an American officer trying to get his platoon home alive… Adel, an Iraqi, who wants revenge for the death of his father… Mahmoud, an [...]

The Hunger and the Howling of Killian Lone


by Will Storr
B Format Paperback
ROALD DAHL MEETS AMERICAN PSYCHO IN A GRIPPING TALE ABOUT THE FILTH BEHIND FINE DINING… “An adult fairytale set in the eighties restaurant scene.” – Esquire “Hell’s Kitchen has a new head chef…Max Mann is one of the most compellingly repulsive villains in [...]

A Commonplace Killing


by Siân Busby
B Format Paperback
A SUPERBLY ACCOMPLISHED AND GRIPPING PIECE OF POST-WAR NOIR. –The Times London, July 1946. A woman’s body is found in a disused bomb site off the Holloway Road. She is identified as Lillian Frobisher, “a respectable wife and mother” who [...]

Fast Exercise


by Michael Mosley, Peta Bee
B Format Paperback
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE FAST DIET The Simple Secret of High Intensity Training: Get Fitter, Stronger and Better Toned in Just a Few Minutes a Day Just as Dr Michael Mosley’s Fast Diet – the original 5:2 – alerted the [...]

The 7 Secrets of Happiness


by Gyles Brandreth
Cut Down PB
A NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ‘Marvellous, brilliant, wonderful, best thing I’ve ever heard, transformational…’ Grace Surman @GraceSurman  That was the response from a total stranger when Gyles Brandreth delivered the Happiness Lecture at Birmingham University in June 2013. Someone else in [...]

Our Hearts Hang from the Lemon Trees


by
Demy Paperback
A hauntingly original memoir about a girl caught between two families, about losing and finding love, and about poems that can save your life. I listened to that house breathe and creak through twenty long summers, often bored, or longing [...]

My Education


by Susan Choi
Demy Paperback
In the heat of September, and the heady rush of starting her graduate degree, Regina Gottlieb is entranced by her seductive, controversial English professor, Nicholas Brodeur.  Against all advice, she becomes embroiled in his world, only to betray him in [...]

Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets


by Jessica Fox
B Format Paperback
This is a book for anyone who has ever thought “What if”

How to be Danish


by Patrick Kingsley
B Format Paperback
Denmark is the country of the moment. The motherland of Borgen and The Killing, it’s the runaway champion of Eurovision, and home to Noma, the world’s most eccentric restaurant. But though we wear their jumpers and watch their thrillers, how [...]

The Fast Diet Recipe Book


by Mimi Spencer, Sarah Schenker
Crown Quarto Paperback
FOLLOWING THE NO 1 BESTSELLING FAST DIET, this fabulous cookbook offers 150 carefully crafted, nutritious, low-calorie recipes to enable you to incorporate the 5:2 weight-loss system into your daily life. The recipes range from simple breakfasts to leisurely suppers, all [...]

A Commonplace Killing


by Siân Busby
Crown Quarto Paperback
LONDON, 1946 THE WAR IS OVER AND SO ARE THE CELEBRATIONS On a damp July morning in 1946, two schoolboys find a woman’s body in a bomb site in north London. The woman is identified as Lillian Frobisher, a wife [...]

Mr Gig


by Nige Tassell
B Format Paperback
Nige Tassell’s life has been defined by live music. It’s the fabric of his being, his bloodline, his DNA. He is Mr Gig. Or at least he was. A few years ago Mr Gig hung up his backstage pass and [...]

Birds in a Cage


by Derek Niemann
B Format Paperback
At Warburg, Germany, in 1941, four British PoWs find an unexpected means of escape from the horrors of internment when they form a birdwatching society, and embark on an obsessive quest behind barbed wire. Through their shared love of birds, [...]

Lost Luggage


by Jordi Punti
Paperback
Christof, Christophe, Christopher and Cristòfol are four brothers – sons of the same father and four very different mothers. They live in Frankfurt, Paris, London and Barcelona and they unwittingly share the fact that their father, Gabriel Delacruz – a truck driver – abandoned them when they were little.

The Hunger and the Howling of Killian Lone


by Will Storr
Paperback
Killian Lone knows he was born to cook. But if there’s one thing he worships more than food, it’s the superstar chef Max Mann. In 1985, Chef Mann’s glamorous London restaurant King is as famous for its ultra-refined Nouvelle Cuisine menu as it is for its starry clientele and its apparently good natured executive chef. When Lone secures a coveted apprenticeship at King, he is horrified to find that, behind closed doors, Chef Mann runs his kitchen with a regime of fear, violence and psychological torture.

Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets


by Jessica Fox
Paperback
This is a book for anyone who has ever thought “What if” – a true story about a woman who dared to follow her dreams… Jessica Fox was living in Hollywood, an ambitious 26-year-old film-maker with a high-stress job at [...]

Be Your Own Nutritionist


by George Cooper
Ebook
Did you know that eating sushi in the winter can be positively bad for you? Any idea why you need to eat a different lunch when it starts to rain? Or why steak is more nutritious than a salad? Forget [...]

Success Against The Odds


by Brett Wigdortz
Paperback
This is the story of how a tiny charity has succeeded against all odds. Teach First is today Britain's largest employer of graduates. It now places 1260 new teachers each year in the most challenging schools in the country.

The White Lie


by Andrea Gillies
Paperback
On a hot summer’s afternoon, Ursula Salter runs, sobbing, from the loch on her parents’ Highland estate, and bursts into the house with devastating news: “Michael! I’ve killed him. I’ve killed him.”

The Trouble With Alice


by Olivia Glazebrook
Paperback
With poignancy and humour, The Trouble with Alice unwinds the conventions of a love story. It offers a powerful study of estrangement in the aftermath of tragedy but also speaks of compassion, of renewal and ultimately, perhaps, of reconciliation.

France on Two Wheels


by Adam Ruck
Paperback
Both a practical companion and a story of exploration and rediscovery, France on Two Wheels offers detailed descriptions of useful routes, stop-off points and watering-holes.

The J.M. Barrie Ladies’ Swimming Society


by Barbara J. Zitwer
Paperback
Joey Rubin is a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker – single and a workaholic. Her only intimate relationship is with her dog. When she is sent her to England to oversee the renovation of a stately home, it seems a dream come true...

Veg Street


by Naomi Schillinger
Paperback
This book celebrates the fact that anyone can ‘grow your own’ and that through veg growing you can meet your neighbours and grow your own community too.

The Most Beautiful Walk in the World


by John Baxter
Paperback
Paris, by custom and design, is a pedestrian’s city – each block a revelation, every neighbourhood a new feast for the senses, a place rich with history and romance at every turn. The Most Beautiful Walk in the World is your guide par excellence.

Ophelia In Pieces


by Clare Jacob
Paperback
On the eve of her 39th birthday, top barrister Ophelia Dormandy decides she is going to make amends. Tonight, after months of late nights at her desk, she’s going to return home early, cook a special supper – maybe wear that red dress Patrick once said he liked...

The House On Paradise Street


by Sofka Zinovieff
Paperback
The House on Paradise Street is an epic tale of our times. Taking the reader from the war-torn streets of 1940s Athens to the partisans’ mountain caves after the war, through the ‘Regime of the Colonels’ and on into the present day,

The Last Day of Term


by Francis Gilbert
Paperback
All told within a single day, The Last Day of Term weaves a gripping drama about life in an inner-city multicultural school.

Peter Popples Popcorn Cookbook


by Peter Popples
Paperback
Peter Popple’s Popcorn Cookbook is an easy-to-use must for every family.

Cooking For Claudine


by John Baxter
Paperback
Cooking for Claudine is the charming and improbable tale of how a man unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing the annual Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisian family

A Rage for Rock Gardening


by Nicola Shulman
Paperback
Nicola Shulman’s miniature masterpiece about the life of gardener Reginald Farrer.

Steve: Unwanted


by Steve Walker
Paperback
Steve: Unwanted is a testament to the incredible power there is within all of us to break even the most hardened aspects of our habits and behaviour, and turn our lives around. It is a glimmer of light for anyone touched by addiction.

We All Ran Into the Sunlight


by Natalie Young
Paperback
Moving between the postwar years and the present day, We All Ran into the Sunlight is a heartbreaking story of love, misplaced desire and the damage done when the truth is withheld.

The Russian Court At Sea


by Frances Welch
Paperback
On 11th April 1919, less than a year after the assassination of the Romanovs, the British battleship HMS Marlborough left Yalta carrying 17 members of the Russian Imperial Family into perpetual exile.

The Who Was series


by Various
Ebook
The Who Was... ? series of books is an entertaining but nonetheless informative introduction to historical figures.

Seven Days One Summer


by Kate Morris
Paperback
Everything’s set for the holiday of a lifetime; but as the week progresses, and tensions rise in the August heat, relationships unravel, old rivalries re-emerge, and uncomfortable truths have to be faced...

The Harlot’s Press


by Helen Pike
Paperback
The Harlot’s Press is a gripping historical drama, in which St James’s and Cheapside, royalty and the rabble become thrillingly entangled as Nell battles to stay alive

The Social Animal


by David Brooks
paperback
Meet Harold and Erica, representative of you and me. In this captivating fable of modern life, David Brooks follows their story from birth to old age and explores the forces that expand and limit their choices in life.

The Good Granny Guide


by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall
Paperback
In this new edition of The Good Granny Guide you will find a whole range of practical advice to help you make the most of the time you spend with your grandchildren.

A Book of Heroes


by Simon Barnes
Paperback
In this gripping new book, Simon Barnes brings together his 50 sporting heroes of the last 50 years and looks at what it is that elevates them to a state of grace and greatness.

My Natural History


by Simon Barnes
Paperback
In My Natural History Simon Barnes, like a modern-day Gerald Durrell, weaves together the story of his life via the animals and the natural encounters that have shaped it.

Crimson China


by Betsy Tobin
Paperback
On a freezing night in February, a woman wades into the waters of Morecambe Bay in a drunken bid to commit suicide. Braced for death, she finds herself instead saving a man’s life...

The Last Resort


by Douglas Rogers
Paperback
The Last Resort is an inspiring, edgy roller-coaster adventure, but also a deeply moving testament to the love and loyalty inspired by Zimbabwe and her people.

Jeremy and Amy


by Jeremy Keeling
Paperback
This book is a story of high-wire adventure, of grit and determination and at its heart an inspiring and life-changing friendship between one man and his ape.

What Can I Do To Help?


by Deborah Hutton
paperback
From her own experience and out of her conversations with fellow members of the “Cancer Club” comes this anthology of supremely practical examples of ways in which friends and family can make a real difference.

Keeper


by Andrea Gillies
Paperback
Andrea Gillies tracks her mother-in-law, Nancy's, unravelling grasp on everything that we think of as ordinary, and interweaves her own brilliantly cogent investigations into the way Alzheimer's works.

McNaughten


by Siân Busby
Paperback
The winter of 1843 is one of bitter strife for England. The nation is on the brink of ruin and revolution, the government struggling to stand firm against the rising chaos.

Where The Hell Have You Been?


by Tom Carver
Paperback
This gripping story tells of Richard’s internment in a POW camp in northern Italy – the same camp made famous by Eric Newby – and of his subsequent escape.

Seasonal Suicide Notes


by Roger Lewis
Paperback
For some years, the biographer Roger Lewis has been entertaining his friends with an annual letter, in which he records details of the joys and frustrations of his life as it is actually lived.

The Horsey Life


by Simon Barnes
Paperback
The Horsey Life is about a friendship pushed to its limits; but it is also filled with larks and joy – a book which takes you right to the heart of the world of horses and those that love them.

Mind The Gap


by Ferdinand Mount
Paperback
In this updated edition to his provocative and ruthlessly frank book, Ferdinand Mount argues that there is a new class divide in Britain which is just as vicious and hard to get rid of as the old one.

Chocolate Cake With Hitler


by Emma Craigie
Paperback
Chocolate Cake with Hitler tells the remarkable story of Helga Goebbels who spent the last ten days of her life cooped up in a bunker in Berlin with Adolf Hitler.

Dear Granny Smith


by Roy Mayall
Paperback
This book is a letter to you, me, all of us, from a British postie. A fascinating, eye-opening, heartfelt letter which goes behind the scenes, through the ages, in the sorting room and out on the daily round, to tell the other side of the story.

Working the System


by Francis Gilbert
Paperback
Working the System provides invaluable answers to all your questions as a concerned parent – with tips and advice about everything from choosing and getting your child into a good primary school through to how to how keep your teenagers motivated.

…And She Laughed No More


by Stephen Foster
Paperback
The Premiership is not all glamour now that Stoke City’s ugly duckling wings are flapping in the Big Boys’ faces.

How to Get Things Really Flat


by Andrew Martin
Paperback
Andrew Martin is surprisingly well qualified to write a guide to housework for men. Not only is he a man himself, but he does a lot about the house. This is the perfect man's guide to ironing, dusting and other household chores.

Can We Play You Every Week?


by Max Velody
Paperback
A journey to the heart of all 92 football league clubs. Packed with anecdotes, quotes, tall tales, small players, crooks, corruption and crackpots, worst signings and bizarre injuries, this book is essential reading for anyone with the love of our national sport running through their veins.

The Meaning of Sport


by Simon Barnes
paperback
In The Meaning of Sport, award-winning sportswriter Simon Barnes gives you his grandstand seat for a journey from the Olympic Games in Athens to the World Cup in Germany – via the Ashes series, the Ryder Cup, Wimbledon, and more.

The Great Swim


by Gavin Mortimer
Paperback
In the aftermath of the Great War when the world was still trying to bury its wounds, one story captivated Europe and America – the battle between four young women to be the first to conquer the formidable waters of the English Channel.

Ask Your Father


by Emma Cook
paperback
All parents know the moment. You are preparing the lunchbox, trying to pack the boot of the car, when your child comes up and asks one of those impossibly embarrassing, unanswerable questions...

The Days of Judy B


by Rose Heiney
Paperback
A stunningly accomplished debut from Rose Heiney, The Days of Judy B is clever, touching, disturbingly funny. This is a book for anyone who has ever felt their life teetering on the edge; it will take you from laughter to tears and back again.

The Reluctant Fathers’ Club


by Nick Duerden
Paperback
When Nick Duerden learned that he was going to become a father, he experienced a sense of anxiety and malaise that, in his more reflective moments, now shames him. He had never felt less prepared for anything in his life.

Going Loco


by Tom Smith
Paperback
Picking up from where bestselling A Seaside Practice left off, Dr Tom Smith is back with more of his gloriously eccentric stories. This time, as a young locum and medical researcher, he goes much further afield.

Have a Nice Day


by Justin Webb
Paperback
American talent and ingenuity and renewal, the very genius that led to Obama's rise, is celebrated too little in the outside world. The time has come – with the Bush presidency over – for a new appreciation of what makes America tick.

The Wisdom of Donkeys


by Andy Merrifield
paperback
In 2003, weary of city life, Andy Merrifield left for Southern France and embarked upon a journey of the soul, to walk amid the ruins and spectacular vistas of the Auvergne accompanied by his donkey.

The Good Granny Cookbook


by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall
Paperback
In The Good Granny Cookbook, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall takes us on a nostalgic culinary pilgrimage, rediscovering the sort of robust, wholesome food that our grandmothers, or even great-grandmothers, used to make.

Benny and Shrimp


by Katarina Mazetti
Paperback
In alternate chapters, Benny and Shrimp tell the story of a love that started by mistake in a village cemetery, a love that should not really be as complicated as it seems.

From Working Class Hero to Absolute Disgrace


by Stephen Foster
Paperback
From Working Class Hero to Absolute Disgrace is a riveting cultural memoir, funny and touching in equal measure. It will transport you back to one of the great con eras – when we were encouraged to put gel in our hair, wear blazers with rolled-up sleeves and turn our back on our roots...

Ice Land


by Betsy Tobin
Paperback
Ice Land is an epic tale of forbidden love. Set in the year 1000 AD, in the shadow of a smouldering volcano, it portrays a society on the brink of change, where the old values of loyalty and kinship are threatened by a new world order.

Rubies in the Snow


by Kate Hubbard
Paperback
Cast your mind back, to the early years of the 20th century. To Russia. An endless country of icy wastes and dusty plains, of silvery birch trees and black earth. A country of extremes. Of unimaginable wealth and unspeakable poverty.

A Seaside Practice


by Tom Smith
paperback
Heartwarming, gloriously eccentric, Dr Tom’s stories will touch everyone with their easy comic charm. They capture the beauty of the Scottish lowlands, the joys and sorrows of its inhabitants, and the richly rewarding experiences of life as a Scottish country doctor.

Teach Your Granny to Text & Other Ways to Change the World


by Children - 4,386 more or less
paperback
Created by thousands of children and finished by one in particular (you!), this is not just a book to be read. This is a book to do and tear, grow and share. In fact, with your help, this book will change the world.

Amo, Amas, Amat… And All That


by Harry Mount
Paperback
In this delightful guided tour of Latin, Harry Mount wipes the dust off those boring primers and breathes life back into the greatest language of them all.

How To Be Wild


by Simon Barnes
Paperback
In How to be Wild, Barnes takes us on a year-long journey, from one raucous spring to the next, with elephants and mosquitoes, dolphins and flying squirrels, giraffes and butterflies as his companions.

One to Nine


by Andrew Hodges
Paperback
Andrew Hodges takes apart the numbers 1 to 9 and gathers up the pieces, exploring on the way such various topics as musical harmony, the chemistry of sunflowers and the logic of the game Paper, Scissors, Stone.

The Importance of Being Eton


by Nick Fraser
Paperback
Award-winning film maker Nick Fraser draws on his own experiences as an "OE", as well as those of teachers and fellow pupils - famous and infamous - to evaluate the phenomenon that is Eton.

Reasons Not to Move to the Country


by Judy Rumbold
Paperback
Clean air, good schools, big gardens, low stress – the whole farm-fresh, quality-assured lifestyle – if you too have ever wondered whether this might be the answer to your urban woes, read on. You know that Aga you coveted? It [...]

Paris Match


by Siån Pattenden
Paperback
It is summer in Brioche, south of France, and Agatha is on a disastrous French exchange. Her host, Demone Canard is, if anything, a worse girl than she is.

Walking Ollie


by Stephen Foster
Paperback
Walking Ollie is for anyone who has ever loved a dog – a hilarious and touching account of one man’s struggle to turn a decidedly difficult animal into something resembling a domestic pet.

I Told You Was Ill


by John O’Connell
Paperback
As this hilarious book shows, hypochondria is the only sane response to modern life – and illness in itself (hurrah!), and part of a noble tradition of neurosis stretching back thousands of years.

Don’t Sweat the Aubergine


by Nicholas Clee
Paperback
At last, here is the book that solves those frustrating kitchen conundrums – why do some writers tell you to wash and soak rice before cooking, while others never mention it? The authoritative verdict on this and every other cookery technique is here.

Teacher on the Run


by Francis Gilbert
paperback
Gilbert is back and he’s glad to be back. After three years of teaching at Truss, an inner-city sink school, Francis Gilbert has been offered a job in the English department at his old school, a nice suburban comprehensive...

How to be a Bad Birdwatcher


by Simon Barnes
Paperback
How to be a Bad Birdwatcher shows why birdwatching is not the preserve of twitchers, but one of the simplest, cheapest and most rewarding pastimes around.

The Cruel Mother


by Siân Busby
B Format Paperback
Winner of the Mind Book of the Year Award 2004 In 1919 Siân Busby’s great-grandmother, Beth, gave birth to triplets. One of the babies died at birth and eleven days later she drowned the surviving twins in a bath of [...]

I’m a Teacher Get Me Out of Here


by Francis Gilbert
Paperback
By turns hilarious, sobering, and downright horrifying, this book tells you the unvarnished truth about teaching. Gilbert candidly describes the remarkable way in which he was trained to be a teacher, and his even more frightening experiences in his first job.

My Brief Career


by Harry Mount
B Format Paperback
My Brief Career has all the horror of a Dickensian tragedy and all the charm of Bridget Jones’ Diaries. An expose of what goes on behind the ancient walls of London’s inns of court, this fascinating story dares to reveal [...]

Change the World for a Fiver


by We Are What We Do
Short Crown Quarto Paperback
Change the World for a Fiver is a delightfully practical book which suggests 50 slight changes we could make to our daily lives in order to ensure the future well-being of our communities and planet. Small changes that can have [...]

The Romanovs and Mr Gibbes


by Frances Welch
paperback
Frances Welch draws on a wealth of unpublished material to throw new light on the Romanov story, telling it from the English teacher’s point of view.