Non Fiction Books
Penguin Books Ltd In Cold Blood A True Account of a Multiple Murder
Book SynopsisConsidered by many to be the first work of the true crime genre, this ground-breaking book reconstructs the murder of the Clutter family from information provided by newspaper articles and interviews. ''Dick became convinced that Perry was that rarity, a natural killer - absolutely sane, but conscienceless, and capable of dealing, with or without motive, the coldest-blooded deathblows''On 15 November 1959, the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, a wealthy farmer, his wife and their two young children were found brutally murdered. Blood all over the walls, the telephone lines cut, and only a few dollars stolen. Heading up the investigation is Agent Al Dewey, but all he has are two footprints, four bodies, and a whole lot of questions. Truman Capote''s detailed reconstruction of the events and consequences of that fateful night, In Cold Blood is a chilling, gripping mix of journalistic skill and imaginative power. ''The American dream turning into the American nightmare. A remarkable book'' Spectator''One of the most stupendous books of the decade'' Sunday ExpressTrade ReviewOne of the stupendous books of the decade * Sunday Express *The American dream turning into the American nightmare . . . a remarkable book * Spectator *
£9.49
Oldcastle Books Ltd Into the Badlands
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£15.29
Headline Publishing Group Mind Over Grind
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£15.29
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Make Movement Your Medicine
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£19.80
Little, Brown Book Group Last Rites
£21.25
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Sun Rising
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£13.49
John Murray Press Freedoms Fighters
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£22.50
Ebury Publishing Dear Minnie
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£9.99
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd The Mammoth Book of Word Searches 2
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£6.99
Headline Publishing Group Making Monsters
£30.00
Icon Books Oscar Piastri
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£13.49
APA Publications Insight Guides Tuscany Travel Guide with eBook
Book SynopsisThis Tuscany guidebook is ideal for travellers seeking inspirational guides and planning a more extended trip. It provides interesting facts about Tuscany''s people, history and culture and detailed coverage of the best places to see. This Tuscany travel book has the style of an illustrated magazine to inspire you and give a taste of Tuscany. The book is printed on paper from responsible sources, and verified to meet FSC''s strict environmental and social standards. This Tuscany guidebook covers: The City of Florence, Around Florence, Lucca and Pistoia, Versilia, Garfagnana and Lunigiana, Pisa and the Etruscan Riviera, Isola d''Elba, Volterra and Massa Marittima, San Gimignano, Siena, South of Siena, the Maremma and Monte Argentario, Arezzo and Eastern Tuscany.In this Tuscany travel guidebook, you will find:- Unique essays - country history and culture, and modern-day life, people and politics- Tuscany highligh
£15.29
Kew Publishing Kew Pocketbooks Tropical Plants
Book SynopsisAn exploration of tropical plants, showcased through paintings from Kew's archives
£9.49
Candlestick Press Ten Poems about Walking
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£7.41
Simon & Schuster One Up On Wall Street
Book SynopsisPeter Lynch believes that average investors have advantages over Wall Street experts. Since the best opportunities can be found at the local mall or in their own places of employment, beginners have the chance to learn about potentially successful companies long before before professional analysts discover them. This headstart on the experts is what produces ''tenbaggers'', the stocks that appreciate tenfold or more and turn an average stock portfolio into a star performer. In this fully updated edition of his classic bestseller, Lynch explains how to research stocks and offers easy-to-follow directions for sorting out the long shots from the no shots. He also provides valuable advice on how to learn as much as possible from a company''s story, and why every investor must ignore the ups and downs of the stock market and focus only on the fundamentals of the company in which they are investing.Trade ReviewAnise C. Wallace The New York Times Mr. Lynch's investment record puts him in a league by himself.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction to the Millennium EditionPROLOGUE: A Note from IrelandINTRODUCTION: The Advantages of Dumb MoneyPART I Preparing to Invest1 The Making of a Stockpicker2 The Wall Street Oxymorons3 Is This Gambling, or What?4 Passing the Mirror Test5 Is This a Good Market? Please Don't AskPART II Picking Winners6 Stalking the Tenbagger7 I've Got It, I've Got It -- What Is It?8 The Perfect Stock, What a Deal!9 Stocks I'd Avoid10 Earnings, Earnings, Earnings11 The Two-Minute Drill12 Getting the Facts13 Some Famous Numbers14 Rechecking the Story15 The Final ChecklistPART III The Long-term View16 Designing a Portfolio17 The Best Time to Buy and Sell18 The Twelve Silliest (and Most Dangerous) Things People Say About Stock Prices19 Options, Futures, and Shorts20 50,000 Frenchmen Can Be WrongEPILOGUE: Caught with My Pants UpACKNOWLEDGMENTSINDEX
£11.69
Canongate Books Homework
Book Synopsis''Moving, atmospheric, truthful, perceptive and hilariously funny - I loved it: a piece of our English history, the story of a vanished time, which feels close at hand but thoroughly gone. What a story. What a great story'' TESSA HADLEYIn Homework, Geoff Dyer reflects on his childhood and what it means to come of age in England in the 60s and 70s, in a country shaped by the aftermath of the Second World War but accelerating towards change. He was born in Cheltenham in the late fifties, the only child of a dinner lady and a planning engineer. Raised in a working-class area, Geoff and his mates found much joy recreating battles with their beloved Tommy guns, kicking a beachball around until its untimely death, and collecting anything and everything they could find; football cards, conkers and Action Man figures. When Geoff passes his 11-plus exams he gets in to a Cheltenham Grammar School, a school which drastically changes the trajectory of his life.
£17.00
Hodder & Stoughton Jane Austen at Home
Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage.'' Antonia Fraser''A refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity.'' Amanda ForemanLucy Worsley ''is a great scene-setter for this tale of triumph and heartbreak.'' Sunday TimesOn the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen''s death, historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world.This new telling of the story of Jane''s life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the places and spaces that mattered to her. It wasn''t all country houses and ballrooms, but a life that was often a painful struggle. Jane famously lived a ''life without incident'', but with new research andTrade ReviewThis is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage. * Antonia Fraser *Jane Austen at Home offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen's world through the lens of the homes in which she lived and worked throughout her life. The result is a refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity. * Amanda Foreman *A vivid portrait of Jane Austen. A must for any Austenite. * Red magazine *Brilliant and very moving, this book is a fascinating and original exploration of Jane Austen with lots of new material - Worsley brings Austen to life superbly, through her pages she is a flesh and blood woman, intelligent, powerful, contradictory, loving, loved. A magnificent book. * Kate Williams *Rarely, if ever, will you encounter a historian so in command of their material. Truly, this is a dazzling exercise in persuasion, written with sense and sensibility. * Saturday Express *A deep, prolifically researched dive into the houses, vacation homes, and schools where the author spent her life. * Vogue magazine *Worsley offers us much that Austen's admirers wish to know... [she] is entirely convincing. * New York Times *An interesting portrait of Georgian and Regency material culture. There's much intriguing historical detail. * Literary Review *A sprightly new take on Austen's life. * Mail on Sunday *Lucy Worsley 'is a great scene-setter for this tale of triumph and heartbreak' * Sunday Times *
£11.69
Ebury Publishing JN Untitled
Book SynopsisHi! I'm Jess, and if you follow us on social media, you'll already know my Nan, Norma. We've had so much fun writing this book together. As well as plenty of personal stories we've never shared before about our childhoods, our relationships and the moments that have shaped our lives together this book is filled with Norma's brilliant one-liners and hilarious views on the world. You'll hear her thoughts on a huge range of topics, including me (a tiresome little monkey'), my partner Jake (Somebody must be paying him'), sex and dating (Can't we get through a blurb without you bringing the tone down?'), self care (Astral cream, you can't beat it') and more. This book is for everyone who has laughed, cried and found comfort in our videos. It's been a joy to write it together. With it, we promise to bring a smile to your face and warmth to your heart. With love,Jess and Norma xx
£18.70
Union Square & Co. Animal Intuition
Book SynopsisIf you love animals, you've probably always wanted to know how to reach out to them: how can you possibly know what your pets are thinking, what they need, what they'd like to say to you? With this informative and accessible guide, professional animal communicator Thea Strom outlines the ins and outs of ethical and accurate animal communication and mediumship. Filled with exercises for connecting with your animals in a deeper way, this book will teach you how to adjust behavioral problems through communication, connect to your departed pets, reach out to animal spirit guides, and even commune with wild creatures on an energetic level. This book is a sensitive look at a practice guided by your own intuition. With a little time and emotional openness, you can gain tangible benefits and improve the relationship you have with your current companion animals, wild animals, and even pets that have passed on.
£14.24
Profile Books Ltd The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong:
Book Synopsis'The Peter Principle has cosmic implications.' - New York Times 'The classic book which warns of the dangers of over-promotion' The Times In a hierarchy, every employee rises to the level of their own incompetence. This simple maxim, defined by this classic book over 40 years ago, has become a beacon of truth in the world of work. From the civil service to multinational companies to hospital management, it explains why things constantly go wrong: promotion up a hierarchy inevitably leads to over-promotion and incompetence. Through barbed anecdotes and wry humour the authors define the problem and show how anyone, whether at the top or bottom of the career ladder, can avoid its pitfalls. Or, indeed, avoid promotion entirely!Trade ReviewThe Peter Principle has cosmic implications. * New York Times *The Peter Principle is as relevant now as ever. * Guardian *Ruefully delightful ... excruciatingly applicable - and fun to read * Playboy *Suddenly the modern world is intelligible, if no more tolerable ... This book will be read by millions wanting to diagnose what is wrong with their colleagues; and even by some wondering what is wrong with themselves. * Sunday Telegraph *[The Peter Principle] has struck a throbbing public nerve... a minor cultural phenomenon and its title phrase, like Parkinson's Law, is certain to enter the language. * Life magazine *
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers International Primary English Workbook Stage 2
Book SynopsisCollins International Primary English offers full coverage of the Cambridge Primary English curriculum framework (0058) from 2020 within a six-level, multi-component course, which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students in the international market.Collins International Primary English is a self-contained, cohesive course which develops reading, writing, speaking and listening skills at primary level. The course follows a clear structure and progression through the levels, with carefully selected texts covering both fiction and non-fiction genres, including extracts from the highly successful Collins Big Cat series.The Workbooks offer a range of reading, writing and grammar activities for students of varying language levels to consolidate the language learned in the Student''s Books. Following the same topic-based units as the Student''s Books, they provide further practice and extension material for learners of all levels. This series also supports Cambr
£8.81
Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd A Shaking Reality
Book SynopsisInspired by Father Alfred Delp, who wrote a meditation titled The Shaking Reality of Advent while imprisoned by the Nazis during WWII, Bishop Peter B. Price has written a series of reflections and prayers to be read on each day of Advent. Each reflection is written that we may be shaken and brought to a realisation of our selves', in order to gain a new understanding of God's promise of redemption and release.Trade Review‘Christmas is so often not only commercialised but domesticated. The weeks before are busy and demanding. Yet in Christian thinking they open our eyes to the shattering and shaking work of God in taking human form as Jesus. Nothing could be more dramatic. Peter Price gently, but with great firmness, calls us to be shaken by Jesus, to have our senses stirred, to be awakened to the power of the birth of Jesus, to hear the call to celebration and the warning of judgement. It is an eye-opening book and I commend it warmly.’ -- Justin Welby‘Peter Price integrates the liturgical Scriptures with the real world as well as anyone I have ever read. This book offers a deep and refreshing look into what advent means for us in this troubled world. Advent is a time to return to the root of our faith and Jesus’ call to his followers, and these reflections do just that. As we anticipate Jesus’ coming into the world, Peter Price reminds us that advent is a time to be shaken, in order to remain faithful and participate in God’s work. So I continue to listen to what Peter says about Advent and how it can shape our response to the daily circumstances we are living in—and you should too!’ -- Jim Wallis
£7.49
Penguin Books Ltd The Glass Mountain
Book SynopsisThe author of The Ruin of All Witches returns with a gripping, vividly told journey of rediscovery, uncovering his uncle's past as a soldier, prisoner, fugitive and partisan in World War Two Italy Malcolm Gaskill knew two things about his great-uncle Ralph's wartime adventures: he'd been a prisoner in Italy, and he'd cut his way out of a train with a knife and fork. Apart from that, he'd faded into family folklore, lost to view. Until, one hot afternoon in an English country garden, a chance conversation set Gaskill on his uncle's trailWhat Ralph really did in the war was, he discovers, even more extraordinary than the exaggerations of family myth. From last-ditch fighting in the Libyan desert and incarceration in a Puglian prisoner-of-war camp, to desperate, dramatic escapes and the assuming of an entirely new identity among the peasants and partisans of the Italian alps, Gaskill traces a life transformed by conflict, while lifting the curtain on a long-forgotten episode of the Second World War.Yet The Glass Mountain is about more than war: it's a haunting exploration of what it means to encounter the past, and how we remember, forget and recover it. As he follows his uncle's path through dusty archives and the landscapes, towns and villages of present-day Italy, Gaskill finds himself confronted by questions that go to the heart of how we think about the people who came before us: Why do stories matter? How much of the past can ever be true?
£21.25
Methuen Publishing Ltd Monty Python Flying Circus Just the Words v 1
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£8.99
British Library Publishing Buddhism
Book SynopsisAccompanying the largest ever display of the British Library's Buddhist treasures, Buddhism introduces the history, philosophy, geographical spread and practices of Buddhism, exploring its relevance in the modern world.
£20.00
Orion Publishing Co The Bodyguard
Book Synopsis''My perfect ten of a book.'' EMILY HENRY*The instant New York Times bestseller!* She''s got his back. He''s got her heart. They''ve got a secret. What could possibly go wrong? Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with her bare hands. But the truth is, she''s an elite bodyguard and she''s just been hired to protect a superstar actor from his stalker.Jack Stapleton''s a Hollywood heartthrob - captured by paparazzi on beaches the world over, rising out of the waves in clingy board shorts and glistening like a Roman deity.When Jack''s mom gets sick, he comes home to the family''s Texas ranch to help out. Only one catch: He doesn''t want his family to know about his stalker. Or the bodyguard thing. And so Hannah - against her will and her better judgment - finds herself pretending to be Jack''s girlfriend as a cover.Protecting Jack shoTrade ReviewMy perfect 10 of a book. As funny and sweet as all the very best nineties rom-coms, but with Center's signature heart-tugging depth. I wish I could erase it from my mind just to read it again for the first time. A shot of pure joy. * EMILY HENRY *Great rollicking fun! Prepare to laugh and swoon and grin your pants off ... A perfect feel-good romcom. * HELEN HOANG *Absolutely, unequivocally delightful! * JODI PICOULT *A badass female bodyguard main character, a swoony actor love interest, and the most perfect small-town setting. I fell in love with this book, and I have a feeling you will too. * BUZZFEED *Petite and unsuspecting-but totally deadly-Hannah Brooks is hired as a bodyguard to protect actor-heartthrob Jack Stapleton. Throw in a fake-dating trope, and you've got yourself the makings of a classic feel-good rom-com. But it's the witty banter and Hannah's truly impressive set of skills that make this one stand out from the rest. If you're a fan of swoony romance à la Colleen Hoover, pick up this title. * READER'S DIGEST *EDITOR'S PICK* *The novel follows a woman hired to protect an A-list actor from a stalker ... swoony and hilarious ... The Bodyguard caused belly laughs. (Funniest Romance Novels of the Year) * WASHINGTON POST *Center's laugh-out-loud rom-com is a perfect summer read. The characters are vivid, the plot is compelling, and she balances grief, heartache, hope, and romance in a tender, believable way. -- Farrah Penn * BUZZFEED *
£9.49
Penguin Books Ltd The Taiwan Story
£10.44
Vintage Publishing Clearing the Air
Book SynopsisDr Hannah Ritchie is Senior Researcher in the Programme for Global Development at the University of Oxford. She is also Deputy Editor at the highly influential online publication Our World in Data and has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Statistical Society. Her research appears regularly in the The Economist, New York Times, Financial Times, BBC, WIRED and New Scientist. In 2022, Ritchie was named Scotland's Youth Climate Champion and New Scientist called her 'The woman who gave COVID-19 data to the world'. In 2024, she was selected by Prospect magazine as one of their 'Top 25 Thinkers'.
£16.14
Bonnier Books Ltd Why Q Needs U
£13.49
Headline Publishing Group The Little Book of Rosé: Summer Perfection
Book SynopsisAnything is possible with sunshine and a glass of rosé.Pale and delicate or robust and ruby red, rosé has fuelled a revolution in the drinking world. Take a dip into this fact-filled book and discover the fascinating history of the pink drink, along with truly informative details on the winemaking process, types of grapes, growing regions of the world and the best ways to select and serve your rosé. Celebrate the halcyon days of summer all year round with 20 cocktail recipes and a variety of food pairings. Amuse yourself with entertaining quotations and sayings that capture the love of rosé. Explore fun facts, stats and trivia. There is something here for everyone, whether you prefer your Provence dry and sparkling or you're a brosé who loves frosé.'I think a rosé should have that inherently Pavlovian-to-women peachy-pink quality that just draws us in. I don't know what it is about us girls, but we love pink' Drew Barrymore, Instagram'I love rosé more than any member of my biological family' Josh Ostrovsky, Instagram'Rose wine is like your little black dress... there's one for breakfast, lunch and dinner' Sommelier Belinda Chang, www.elle.comThe Mateus Rosé bottle was inspired by the canteens used by soldiers in the First World War. And during the Cold War period, Mateus became one of the most drunk wines by US Army soldiers stationed to European bases.Provence is one of the world's biggest rosé-wine-producing regions, dedicating 89 per cent of their vines to rosé!In 2016 a New York Italian bar called Bar Primi made a rosé slushy with rosé wine, vermouth and puréed strawberries, called the frosé, that became a real-life and Instagram hit.Table of ContentsThe Rosé Revolution • Where There's a Will, There's a Rosé • Rosé All Day • Stop and Smell the Rosé • Through Rosé-coloured Glasses • In the Pink.
£5.99
Profile The Daily Artists Way
Book SynopsisStart each day with intention and find your purpose with a year of creative living. Offering wisdom we can turn to any day of the year, this pocket-book of guidance from the best selling author of The Artist's Way is the perfect addition for anyone who seeks meaning and direction in their life. A beautiful companion to Cameron's life-changing creative process, The Daily Artist's Way features 366 page-a-day quotations, minute meditations and journal prompts to follow throughout the year. Helping us start each page anew, Julia's sage wisdom will inspire and guide readers from all walks of life in finding the possibility that each day brings.
£11.69
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2026
£14.99
Thames & Hudson Ltd Cute n Cozy Sticker Therapy
Book SynopsisRelax, unwind and enter the wonderful world of tiny-craft cuteness. Create 8 cozy room scenes with these adorable stickers that can be used again and again and discover your favourite new peaceful pastime! Looking to calm your mind, switch off from the scroll and get cozy? With over 500 stickers, on beautiful, high-quality paper, Cute n' Cozy Sticker Therapy takes you back to a comforting world of simple pleasures (and ultimate cuteness!). With eight adorable, homely corners: Kitchen Living room Bedroom Garden Bookstore Grocery Fashion Boutique Café And over 500 unique, reusable, hand-drawn stickers, this book has hours and hours of calming fun. Furnish your bedroom with the most charming bookcases and treasured knick-knacks. Get snuggly in the living room with billowing cushions and gently warming lamps. Or build the bookstore of your dreams (complete with cute feline friend!). Cute n' Cozy Sticker Therapy is here for you to find your calm and create your own beautiful keepsake.
£15.29
Brown Dog Books Legacy Of A Shooting Star
£11.69
Nick Hern Books Drama Menu at a Distance: 80 Socially Distanced
Book Synopsis‘For however long we must keep our distance, we will continue to create, to reinvent, to strive and to feed our creativity. At a time where performers are needed more than ever, training the next generation of performers must go on!’ Glyn Trefor-Jones, from his Introduction Drama Menu is the revolutionary, hugely popular concept that has transformed the planning and delivery of drama classes for teachers and workshop leaders around the world. Choose an Appetiser or two, a Starter, a Main Course and a Dessert – and voilà! – you’ll have a delicious, dramatic banquet for your students. This new collection, Drama Menu at a Distance – created specifically to help anyone teaching drama during the COVID-19 pandemic – brings you 80 games and exercises, all of which are safe and secure to play in this new era of socially distanced teaching and online learning. It offers dynamic, brand-new exercises to energise, excite and inspire your group, alongside some firm favourites, redesigned to be played within the necessary constraints. Also included is an introduction by the author, with advice and suggestions to support you in delivering your session. Drama Menu at a Distance is the essential recipe book you need to eliminate the challenges of planning lessons and workshops in the ‘new normal’, and leave you with more time for playing. Stay safe – and bon appétit! Praise for Drama Menu: ‘An essential resource for anyone teaching drama to children of all ages… with catchy titles, clear numbering and individual exercise summaries, Drama Menu is an easily accessible, flexible and creative resource useful for any dramatic platform. A must-have for all teachers wanting to give their students the very best!’ Word Matters ‘Easy to navigate… definitely something for everyone… a really useful collection’ Teaching Drama ‘Ideal… [the author’s] knowledge and experience are apparent in his writing and this book will provide a great deal of varied and inspiring material for sessions with secondary-aged or older students, although many activities could be used with or adapted for younger age-groups’ Drama Resource ‘Unbelievably useful… every reader will find something new and of absolute hands-on usefulness… Drama Menu will become your companion’ ReviewsGate.com ‘Well organised and easy to use… a useful and relevant tool for anyone involved with facilitating drama sessions’ Drama MagazineTrade Review'An invigorating, inspiring collection… superbly reassuring, it underlines that drama workshops are still POSSIBLE, exciting and creative... for however long we need to live with Covid 19, teachers, workshop leaders and anyone with an interest and care in drama needs to not just embrace the new normal, but embrace this innovative and inspiring book' * BritishTheatre.com *'Very timely, carefully planned and well thought-out… the games will be relished by a wide age-range and will keep any drama teacher in business for quite some time' * Drama Resource *'An exceptionally timely piece… offers much-needed inspiration for safe, engaging and practical activities that will benefit many people striving to keep drama going in these unprecedented times… there are likely to be some new ideas for everyone in this volume - many of which may become permanent parts of your repertoire, even when we can rehearse normally again' * Broadway World *
£9.89
Transworld Publishers Ltd Frontierlands
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£17.00
How2become Ltd RAF Defence Aptitude Assessment
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£10.97
Peninsula Press The History of the Vertebrate
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£12.59
Fair Winds Press The Thyroid30 Cookbook
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£17.00
Gallup Press StrengthsFinder 2.0
Book SynopsisStrengthsFinder 2.0 features an access code for the new and upgraded version of the StrengthsFinder program, the main selling point of mega-bestseller Now, Discover Your Strengths (over a million copies sold). Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? Chances are, you don’t. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths. To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book spent more than five years on bestseller lists and ignited a global conversation, while StrengthsFinder helped millions discover their top five talents. In StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular assessment, language of 34 themes, and much more. While you can read this book in one sitting, you’ll use it as a reference for decades. Loaded with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, this new book and accompanying website will change the way you look at yourself—and the world around you—forever. A new and upgraded edition of the StrengthsFinder assessment. A personalized Strengths Discovery and Action-Planning Guide for applying your strengths in the next week, month, and year. A more customized version of your top five theme report. 50 Ideas for Action (10 strategies for building on each of your top five themes).
£28.80
HarperCollins Publishers A Room of Ones Own and Three Guineas
Book SynopsisHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind'Based on a lecture given at Cambridge and first published in 1929, A Room of One's Own' interweaves Woolf's personal experience as a female writer with themes ranging from Austen and Brontë to Shakespeare's gifted (and imaginary) sister. Three Guineas', Woolf's most impassioned polemic, came almost a decade later and broke new ground by challenging the very notions of war and masculinity.This volume combines two inspirational, witty and urbane essays from one of literature's pre-eminent voices; collectively they constitute a brilliant and lucid attack on sexual inequality.Trade Review‘Brilliant interweaving of personal experience, imaginative musing and political clarity’Kate Mosse ‘Achingly relevant’Natasha Walter, Guardian
£5.62
HarperCollins Publishers The Light Eaters
Book Synopsis''teeming with fascinating and enlightening insights'' OBSERVERPlant lovers will find much of interest in Schlanger's inspiring tale of where her curious mind has led her' NATURECaptivating' THE GUARDIANIt's rare that you read a book that makes you want to grab people to tell them what it's about, but this is one of them' DAILY MAILLook at the green organism across the room or through the window: the potted plant, or the grass or a tree. Think how a life spent constantly growing yet rooted in a single spot comes with tremendous challenges. To meet them, plants have come up with some of the most creative methods for surviving of any living thing us included. Many are so ingenious that they seem nearly impossible.Did you know plants can communicate when they are being eaten, allowing nearby plants to bolster their defences? They move and that movement stops when they are anaesthetised. They also use electricity for internal communication. They can hear the sounds of caterpillars eating. Plants can remember the last time they have been visited by a bee and how many times they have been visited so they have a concept of time and can count. Plants can not only communicate with each other, they can also communicate with other species of plants and animals, allowing them to manipulate animals to defend or fertilise them.So look again at the potted plant, or the grass or the tree and wonder: are plants intelligent?Or perhaps ask an even more fundamental question: are they conscious?The Light Eaters will completely redefine how you think about plants. Packed with the most amazing stories of the life of plants it will open your eyes to the extraordinary green life forms we share the planet with.
£10.44
Canelo Free Ride
Book SynopsisThe first book from YouTube motorbike touring sensation with over 2 million followers, Itchy Boots.
£17.09
Dorling Kindersley Ltd Fit at 50
Book SynopsisCaroline Idiens is a 52-year-old mum of two and personal trainer from Berkshire who has taken the world of online fitness by storm or, more specifically, by dumbbells and strength training. Caroline spent her 20s thinking that enjoying exercise meant high-intensity cardio workouts and long hours in the gym, but at 29 years old she trained as a PT, and gone were the hours of running on a treadmill, replaced instead by strength training and the positive effects it has. When lockdown hit, Caroline decided to share the benefits of women's strength training and the Caroline's Circuits community was born. Caroline's Circuits is an international online members program that focuses on 30-minute strength workouts from the comfort of your own home and is supported by 1.9M followers on Instagram @carolinescircuits. Caroline and her community have been featured in Marie Claire, Women's Fitness, Womens Health, The Telegraph, HELLO!, The Sun, Goodhousekeeping and many more. Learn more at carolinescircuits.com
£18.70
Canongate Books The Philosophy of Snoopy
Book SynopsisThe world's most beloved beagle shares his philosophy on life in this beautifully produced gift book for all generations. In his inimitable style, Snoopy spends his days extolling the virtues of dancing, hanging out with his best bird friend Woodstock, pursuing a full supper dish and giving his owner - our favourite lovable loser, Charlie Brown - the run-around. For the millions of faithful Charles Schulz fans, and those who fondly remember the joyful dog with the wild imagination, this is the first in a new series to cherish that will see the beguiling Peanuts gang share their sentiments on everything from food to friendship.Trade ReviewForget Wittgenstein and Sartre, the great 20th Century philosopher was Snoopy * * Daily Mail * *Snoopy: the protean trickster whose freedom is founded on his confidence that he's lovable at heart, the quick-change artist who, for the sheer joy of it, can become a helicopter or a hockey player or Head Beagle and then again, in a flash, before his virtuosity has a chance to alienate you or diminish you, be the eager little dog who just wants dinner -- JONATHAN FRANZENIt's impossible to think of another popular art form that reaches across generations the way the daily comic strip does . . . at the pinnacle of that long tradition, there was Charles Schulz * * Seattle Times * *Charles Schulz was a great artist and philosopher . . . he teaches all ages that if you can learn to laugh at the things that cause you the most pain you will be the strongest of all. Peanuts: a real way of life -- JOHN WATERSThe world of Peanuts is a microcosm, a little human comedy for the innocent reader and for the sophisticated -- UMBERTO ECOCharles Schulz was an American treasure - an artist, philosopher, and keen observer of human life -- BILL CLINTON
£9.49
Penguin Books Ltd Goliaths Curse
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£21.25
British Library Publishing Pacific
Book SynopsisThis visually stunning publication highlights the importance of an ocean that covers very nearly a third of the surface of the globe, and which has dramatically shaped the world and people around it.
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Pearson Education Limited Pearson REVISE Edexcel GCSE Biology Higher
Book SynopsisOur Revision Workbooks are designed to help students develop vital skills throughout the course in preparation for the exam.
£9.75
