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Revenge of the Librarians
£16.99Confront the spectre of failure, the wraith of social media, and other supernatural enemies of the author. Tom Gauld returns with his wittiest and most trenchant collection of literary cartoons to date. Perfectly composed drawings are punctuated with the artist’s signature brand of humour, hitting high and low.
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The Importance of Being Interested
£9.99Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world’s most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world’s greatest thinkers. In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn’t just for the professionals. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more – as well as charting Robin’s own journey with science – ‘The Importance of Being Interested’ explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult.
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The Beautiful Poetry of Football Commentary
£9.99When you think of many of the most iconic moments in football, it often isn’t just the images that play in your head. Usually, they are accompanied by an ingenious line of commentary, capturing the moment with a few choice words. From the upper-class voice of yesteryear prosaically describing events on the pitch in the days before colour television, to the hyperbolic screeching of today’s broadcasts, the commentator is an intrinsic part of our football-watching experience and, in many ways, they are the poets of our time. From Peter Drury’s eloquent monologues to Robbie Savage’s savaging of the English language, the game of football has given us some poetic, and not so poetic, lines of commentary throughout the ages. This book is a glorious anthology of iconic lines, set out as poems, from the best commentators that have ever graced a microphone. Each poem is accompanied by scholarly analysis.
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Dad Jokes 5
£10.99The global Instagram sensation, @DadSaysJokes, returns for another collection of sidesplitting gags to share with friends and family. Guaranteed to keep the laughs and groans coming in equal measure, the cheesy jokes inside will not disappoint.
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The Lock in
£7.99Meet housemates Ellen, Alexa, and Jack. They’re broke. They’re lonely. They’re hungover. And things are about to go from bad to worse. Whilst nursing The Hangover from Hell, Ellen stumbles downstairs to discover the kitchen slowly filling with water. Panic quickly sets in, and the three flatmates find themselves in the attic desperately attempting to switch off the water supply. But when Ben, Alexa’s Hinge date from the night before, walks in, the door slams, the handle breaks, and all four of them are trapped. As the long hours tick by, Ellen nurses her sore head whilst Ben and Alexa really get to know each other, and Jack plans an unorthodox rescue mission. But soon Ellen wonders if Ben really is a stranger after all. She is sure she knows him from somewhere. Will these housemates ever get out of this attic? Will they survive the wrath of Elias The Evil Landlord?
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Sometimes I Just Won’t
£7.99Big or small, sometimes we ALL need to feel in charge – a second hilarious and helpful book on child emotions, from the bestselling creators of Sometimes I am FURIOUS
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The bad guys. Episode 2 Mission unpluckable
£7.99The Bad Guys next mission? Rescue 10,000 chickens from a high-tech cage farm. But they are up against sizzling lasers, one feisty tarantula, and their very own Mr. Snake…who’s also known as “The Chicken Swallower.” What could possibly go wrong?
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Cold Fish Soup
£9.99‘Cold Fish Soup’ is a memoir in essays about life and death in a crumbling, forgotten Yorkshire seaside town, and how people can find sanctuary and curious tales in the most unexpected places.
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Diplomatic Baggage
£9.99When she married the love of her life in the late 1960s, Brigid Keenan was not prepared for the rollercoaster life she would experience, travelling round the world as the wife of a diplomat. In this book she recalls some of her most memorable experiences, including dealing with diplomats, witchdoctors and difficult teenagers.
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Interesting Facts For Curious Minds
£10.90Want to impress your friends and family with both useful, worthless but undeniably interesting facts? Then Interesting Facts For Curious Minds: 1572 Random But Mind Blowing Facts About History, Science, Pop Culture and Everything in Between is the book for you! In this book you’ll find the answers to questions such as: ● When did…
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There’s no such thing as… mermaids
£6.99When a little girl is told there’s no such thing as mermaids, she doesn’t believe it for a second. Surely mermaids exist? After all, they’re always in books and films! But if she has any chance of proving that mermaids are real, the little girl needs proof! So starts a wonderful journey. And DO mermaids exist? There’s only one way to find out…