No Cunning Plan
£20.00A frank and funny memoir by a hugely popular actor, presenter and author.
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Road To Little Dribbling
£10.99In 1995, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his home. The hilarious book he wrote about that journey, ‘Notes from a Small Island’, became one of the most loved books of recent decades, and was voted in a BBC poll as the book that best represents Britain. Now, Bill Bryson sets out on a brand-new journey, on a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis on the south coast to Cape Wrath on the northernmost tip of Scotland. Once again, he will guide us through all that’s best and worst about Britain today – while doing that incredibly rare thing of making us laugh out loud in public.
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Moranifesto
£20.00Caitlin Moran’s engaging and amusing rallying call for our times combines the best of her recent columns with lots of new writing unique to this book. It deals with topics as pressing and diverse as 1980s swearing, benefits, boarding schools and why the internet is like a drunken toddler. And whilst never afraid to address the big issues of the day – such as Benedict Cumberbatch and duffel coats – Caitlin also makes a passionate effort to understand our 21st century society, presenting her ‘Moranifesto’ for making the world a better place. The polite revolution starts here! Please.
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How To Be An Alien In England
£9.99In 1946, George Mikes published his not particularly gentle parody of the British, ‘How to be an Alien’. It swiftly became a bestseller and has stayed in print ever since. In 2008, as Angela Kiss moved from one linguistic misunderstanding to another, she kept George’s slim volume of wisdom by her side, and its observations enlightened and guided her through the early years of life in the UK. This is her tribute – Mikes for the 21st century – England described through the eyes of a hopelessly romantic, hard-working, fast-learning young European.
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Unmumsy Mum
£12.99The Unmumsy Mum writes candidly about motherhood like it really is: the messy, maddening, hilarious reality, how there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach and how it is sometimes absolutely fine to not know what you are doing. The lessons she’s learnt while grappling with two small boys – from birth to teething, 3am night feeds to toddler tantrums, soft play to toilet training – will have you roaring with laughter and taking great comfort in the fact that it’s definitely not just you.
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Untitled Essay Collection
£14.99A collection of hilarious, poignant, and moving essays from Marian Keyes. Her tales of her eye-lash extension horrors, domestic goddess attempts, and the time that she decided to become a yoga instructor will have you crying with laughter.
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Not Quite Nice
£7.99Theresa is desperate for a change. Forced into early retirement, fed up with babysitting her bossy daughter’s obnoxious children, she sells her Highgate house and moves to the picture-perfect town of Bellevue-sur-Mer, just outside Nice. With its beautiful villas, its bustling cafés and shimmering cerulean sea, the village sparkles like a diamond on the French Mediterranean coast. Once the hideaway of artists and writers, it is now home to the odd rock icon and Hollywood movie star, and, as Theresa soon discovers, a close-knit set of expats. There’s Carol, the infinitely glamorous American and her doting husband David; the erstwhile British TV star Sally; the ferocious Sian and her wayward Australian poet husband; the sharply witty Zoe with her strangely youthful face and penchant for white wine – and the suave Brian who catches Theresa’s eye.
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So Youve Been Publicly Shamed
£10.99From the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, a brilliant and hilarious book exploring the consequences of public shaming.
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How to be a Brit: The Classic Bestselling Guide
£10.99George Mikes’s perceptive best-seller provides a complete guide to the British way of life. Having been born in Hungary, he eventually spent more than forty years in the field, and the fruits of his labour include insights on important topics including the weather, how to be rude and how to panic quietly.
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The Teenager Who Came to Tea
£9.99The bestselling authors of ‘We’re Going on a Bar Hunt’ and ‘The Very Hungover Caterpillar’ bring you another hilarious parody of a much-loved children’s book, this time turning the spotlight not only on modern teens, but firmly on their parents too.
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Neither Here Nor ThereTravels In Europe
£10.99A travel book in which the author journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the European continent, to Istanbul. In doing so he retraces his steps as a student 20 years before, visiting many countries, including Norway, France and Italy.