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A glorious antidote to parenting books, this darkly humorous candid and insightful graphic memoir brings the early years of parenthood to life – in all their chaos, wonder and delirium. Intimate, relatable and very funny, Becky Barnicoat explores everything from the anatomy of the hospital bag to the frantic obsession with putting your baby down drowsy but awake, to the tyranny of gentle parenting. From pregnancy to the feral toddler years, Barnicoat extends a sticky hand to all new parents grappling with the impossible but joyous jigsaw puzzle of their lives.
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‘Britain’s Best Political Cartoons 2025’ offers a superbly sharp and wickedly witty visual record of a year of Labour tribulations, Trumpian endeavours, economic tremors, and almost ubiquitous political gaffes and missteps. This collection features the work of Peter Brookes, Morten Morland, Nicola Jennings, Christian Adams, Dave Brown, Ella Baron and many more of the nation’s finest cartoonists, alongside captions from Britain’s leading cartoon expert.
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What did the Victorians ever do for us? Forget the industrial revolution, great works of literature and the birth of modern science. Did you know Victorian men were smoking hot? Authored by the ‘Hot Victorians’ Instagram account, this book is a brazen celebration of the most gentlemanly brows, chiselled jawlines and tightest abs of the Victorian era. Divided into chapters such as ‘Hot Dads’, ‘Original Hipsters’, ‘Jocks’ and ‘Sexy Nerds’, each entry includes a swoon-worthy picture, a fascinating biography and a hilarious dating profile.
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Did you know that the Scots have over 400 words for snow or what a binfluencer is? What about the medieval invention of Lubberland as a place for lazy teenagers or how Mayday became a request for help? Lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent does. From wabbit to dust bunnies, from the strange history of arse to the best ways to describe moonlight, ‘Words for Life’ offers a full year’s supply of verbal vitamin shots guaranteed to entertain and enlighten, to brighten and boost every single day.
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Bella Broomstick is a hopeless witch – so hopeless that Aunt Hemlockis sending her to live in Person World! But what will happenwhen Bella tries a little magic?!
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A vibrantly illustrated collection of cat-related proverbs and idioms collected from around the world-by the New York Times bestselling author of Tiny But Mighty, beloved by millions online as the Kitten Lady.
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Cats, the original masters of stealth, sass, and strategic chaos, have been teaching us survival tactics for centuries – they just haven’t been this explicit about it. Until now. ‘Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism’ lays out the nine essential feline strategies for toppling tyranny.
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The classic bestseller from the star of Parts Unknown and No Reservations: twenty-fifth anniversary edition. Before there was The Bear, there was Bourdain.
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In her new collection, The Place I’m In, Miranda Keeling invites readers to observe the magic, humour, strangeness, and beauty found in ordinary moments. In her signature insightful and heartwarming voice, this collection reminds us that there’s always time to stop and smell the flowers.
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Can you judge a book by its cover? Is a friend in need truly a friend indeed? Does love conquer all? Is no man an island? In ‘Plays Well with Others’, Eric Barker dives into these age-old maxims drawing on science to reveal the truth beyond the conventional wisdom about human relationships. Combining his compelling storytelling and humour, Barker explains what hostage negotiation techniques and marital arguments have in common, how an expert con-man lied his way into a twenty-year professional soccer career, and why those holding views diametrically opposed to our own actually have the potential to become our closest, most trusted friends.
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A self-help guide for millennials – superstar blogger Mark Manson shows us how to accept our faults, discover just how much pain we can tolerate, and stop deluding ourselves so that we can be better, happier people.
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Essentially, the hipster dad is a good man who cares for his kids and his aged parents. He might be lacking his own father’s hands-on DIY and car-maintenance skills, but he knows his Suede from his IDLES, his Big Thief from his Boygenius. In other words, he’s an expert in the things that really matter. Or as Jarvis Cocker once sang: ‘He’ll teach you stuff, although he’s looking rough.’
