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Every dog must have his day. There’s nothing the British love quite as much as their dogs. From hunting to our hearths, and from herding sheep to guiding humans, our dogs have accompanied us through centuries of change, and that special relationship is still evolving today. So, just what is it that makes our bond so special? In this adventure across Britain, Clare Balding explores our unique heritage of canine tradition and meets just some of the many people who live, work, and innovate with their dogs. From the mysteries of extinct breeds to the ancient dogs still thriving today, and adventuring from Battersea Dogs Home to Shetland via Buckingham Palace, we journey through the beloved canine story of our nation.
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£22.00
At the beginning of 2022, after eight years of political reporting in the US, Jon Sopel returned home to the UK – and having spent almost a third of his career abroad, he found a very different place to the one he left. In ‘Strangeland’, his first book since launching the global hit podcast The News Agents, he asks: What is the Britain he’s come home to?
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£27.00
‘Hey, good lookin’ – what ya got cookin’?’ This is what Dolly Parton sings to her sister Rachel Parton George whenever she walks into her kitchen. In this book, Dolly and Rachel share tips for hosting events all year long, including twelve multi-course menus of cherished recipes for New Year’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and more. You’ll learn how much butter or whipped cream goes into a ‘Dolly Dollop’, what condiment is almost always on the table at Parton family meals, and what special dish Rachel makes at Dolly’s request every year for her birthday.
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What are words? They’re the beginning of our stories: portals to treasured memories, to the strange sayings that seem to be unique to our own families and the beloved people that say them to us. So, what was your gran’s favourite word for a time-waster? How did your dad answer the question ‘What’s the time?’? And just how many responses are there to the daily query ‘What’s for dinner?’ Even better, how do these words change as they travel across our regions? In a joyful journey through a year of weird words and fantastic phrases, one of the nation’s favourite wordsmiths takes a tour of the British Isles and all its vernacular idiosyncrasies, as well as reflecting on the joys of English, in a book for anyone who loves language – whether following its rules or breaking them!
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‘You Don’t Have to Have a Dream’ offers Tim Minchin’s inimitable thoughts and advice on life, art, success, kindness, love, and thriving in a meaningless universe. Drawn from three of his iconic commencement addresses, it’s a rallying cry for creativity, critical thinking, and compassion in our daily lives.
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£30.00
Yotam Ottolenghi brings his inspiring, flavour-forward approach to comfort cooking, delivering new classics that taste of home. A bowl of pasta becomes caramelised onion orecchiette with hazelnuts & crispy sage, a warming soup is cheesy bread soup with savoy cabbage & cavolo nero, and a plate of mash is transformed into garlicky aligot potato with leeks & thyme. Weaving memories of childhood and travel with over 100 irresistible recipes, ‘Ottolenghi Comfort’ is a celebration of food and home – of the connections we make as we cook, and pass on from generation to generation.
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£40.00
In the summer of 2023, as Iris Apfel welcomed her 102nd birthday, she put pen to paper to write this very special project: what Iris called her legacy book. Comprising of over 300 personal photos and adorned with beautiful, unseen fabric patterns from her Old World Weaver’s collection, Iris’s incredible energy radiates from every page. Here she shares her creative work, life stories, adventures, and her unwavering belief in the essential power of colour and creativity on a life well lived.
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£22.00
From breakfasts and brunches to speedy lunches, healthy dinners to sweets and snacks, this cookbook shows you how to cook all your favourite dishes in your air fryer. With recipes including everyday favourites, as well as exciting new dishes – you’ll never go back to your oven. Illustrated throughout, this is an easy-to-use cookbook for making the most of your new favourite kitchen gadget.
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In a culinary landscape that primarily caters for couples, families, or larger groups, Eleanor Wilkinson wants to give people who cook for themselves the tools to make delicious food that doesn’t take hours, or leave you with a sinkful of washing up. Eleanor’s recipes will also offer up potential variations, substitutes or common ingredients between the recipes, so that cooks can fight food waste and make sure they are getting the most of their ingredients, and their money.
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£26.00
Research has shown that ultra-processed foods have been linked to high-blood pressure, heart disease and other serious illnesses, yet the average person in the UK gets a whopping 56% of their calories from UPFs. In this new cookbook, Melissa Hemsley provides simple, doable and delicious recipes to help you tackle those tricky problem areas – on-the-go breakfasts, working lunches, snacks and sweet treats – as well as chapters on batch cooking, traybakes and 30 minute meals.
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As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you will ever be asked is ‘But what about men’? After 11 years of writing bestsellers about women and dismissing this question, having been very sure that the concerns of feminism and men are very different things, Caitlin Moran realised that this wasn’t quite right, and that the problems of feminism are also the problems of, yes, men. So, what about men? Caitlin asks many questions, including the biggest one of all: is it, as many young men claim, harder to be a man than a woman in the 21st century? And is so – why?
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£35.00
A star of the South West cookery scene, Elly was a finalist on BBC’s ‘Masterchef: The Professionals’ in 2016 and has represented the South West on the ‘Great British Menu’ and Channel 4’s ‘Best of Britain by the Sea’. Since 2018, Elly has been Head and now Executive Head Chef at the iconic Angel restaurant on Dartside in the stunning Dartmouth harbour. The book includes a history of the restaurant and its famous chefs including Joyce Molyneux, the Michelin-starred chef of the Hole in Wall in Bath and The Carved Angel.
