How to Write Like Tolstoy: A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers
£9.99The Spectator Best Book of the Year and a charming, eloquent love letter to the stories we adore
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The Story Of Life Evolution
£12.99‘Story of Life’ is a graphic, fold-out guide to evolution. The book starts will the first single-cell organisms and ends with modern life forms. This extended edition is a perfect gift for those with a love of the natural world. It features lots of extra text and six new images.
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A Poem For Every Day Of The Year
£19.99An inspiring anthology to keep you company for every day of your life.
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Space Machines
£14.99Perfect for budding engineers and space fans, find out all about space machines and create nine fantastic moving models.
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Women Who Kill
£7.95There is nothing more shocking or fascinating than the story of a homicidal woman. We are told that violence is a man’s domain – that a woman is pre-programmed to nurture and protect. Women who break this taboo are hated and reviled; their stories scorched into our collective psyches. This book profiles 21 female murderers throughout history – from powerful female warriors such as Boudicca and Agrippina to the revenge killings of Ruth Ellis and Phoolan Devi to the outright psychotic butcherings of Mona Fandey and Juana Barraza.
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101 Amazing Dad Skills: Improve Your Parenting Know-How and Have More Fun in the
£9.99From how to improvise a bedtime story to the ins and outs of high-quality dad dancing, 101 Amazing Dad Skills is an essential read for all long-suffering dads and excited fathers-to-be.
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Smile Baby
£12.99Capture all those fabulous firsts forever with this gorgeous gift set containing 20 double-sided cards. Just choose a card, add the date, then photograph with your baby to create a precious visual record of memorable moments.
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Poems For Travellers
£10.99A collection of classic travel poems introduced by novelist and prize-winning travel writer, Paul Theroux.
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Tales Of Beedle The Bard
£7.99‘The Tales of Beedle the Bard’ played a crucial role in assisting Harry Potter, aided by his friends Ron and Hermione, to finally defeat Lord Voldemort. This collection contains five tales, as well as an introduction and illustrations by J.K. Rowling, with notes from Professor Albus Dumbledore.
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Tiddler
£6.99Every day, Tiddler is late for school, and every day he has another tall tale for his teacher. But did he really ride a seahorse? Did he really meet a mermaid? And who will believe him when he really does get captured in a net? The much-loved classic story is now available in a chunky gift-edition board book format – perfect for little hands.
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Rules For My Daughter
£9.99This title provides a collection of traditional, humourous, and urbane fatherly advice for young women and girls. From Internet dating (‘Never trust a profile pic’) to the practical (‘The right friends will appreciate a well timed burp. Your grandmother will not.’) to aiming high (‘There’s more to life than Being a passenger.’ Amelia Earhart), this endearing book of rules and quotations is the quintessential instruction manual for becoming a confident and industrious young woman.
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Rules For My Son
£9.99This work is a collection of traditional, humourous, and urbane fatherly advice for boys. From the sartorial (‘Men should not wear sandals. Ever’) to the practical (‘Keep a copy of your letters. It makes it easier for your biographer’) to even a couple of sure-fire hangover cures (‘There is no better remedy than a dip in the ocean’), the book of rules, photos and accompanying quotations is the quintessential instruction manual for becoming a Good Man – industrious, thoughtful, charming, and of course, well-dressed. Hip and witty with a decidedly traditionalist flavour, this book is meant to evoke simpler times when Father knew best and a suitable answer to ‘Why?’ was ‘Because I said so.’