Xenophobe’s Guide to the Portuguese
£4.99An enlightening title in the popular series, highlighting the unique character and behaviour of the Portuguese.
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Darth Vader & Son
£9.99What if Darth Vader took an active role in raising his son? Jeffrey Brown’s delightful comics give a fresh twist to classic Star Wars moments, presenting the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away.
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Gin & Juice: The Victorian Guide to Parenting
£10.00Thanks to this attractive and authoritative compendium, haplessmodern-day parents will at last profit from the wisdom of an era when Britainled the world in matters of industry, empire and child-rearing…
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How To Be A Woman
£8.99Part memoir, part rant, ‘How To Be A Woman’ follows Caitlin Moran from her terrible 13th birthday, through adolescence, the workplace, strip-clubs, love, fat, abortion, TopShop, motherhood and beyond.
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Bossypants
£9.99Tina Fey is one of of the world’s greatest comic writers and performers. Here she reveals all, and proves what we’ve all suspected – you’re no one until someone calls you bossy.
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Xenophobe’s Guide to the Israelis
£4.99Highlights the unique character and behavior of the nation. Frank, irreverent, funny–almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia.
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Go The F**k To Sleep
£10.99This is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don’t always send a toddler sailing off to dreamland. Profane, affectionate and refreshingly honest, it captures the familiar and unspoken tribulations of putting your child to bed for the night.
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Xenophobe’s Guide to the Finns
£4.99Forewarned is forearmed?an irreverent look at the beliefs and foibles of nations, almost guaranteed to cure xenophobia.  This guide to understanding the Finns explores their national characteristics with humor and style.
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Secret Diary Of A New Mum Aged 43 1/4
£11.99This diary follows the journey of a midlife mum as she makes the transition from highly experienced television producer to completely inexperienced parent. Along the way she slips a disc, suffers from total exhaustion, tries to get back in shape, and when staring soulfully at her new baby, wonders what took her so long.
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Xenophobe’s Guide to the Estonians
£4.99The roots of “Ootame, vaatame” “Let’s wait and see,” are embedded in the deepest chasm of the Estonian psyche because, for a very long time, the people had little choice to do anything else. This philosophy is a close relation to the Spanish mañana (“tomorrow”). The difference is that the languid Spanish are just deferring…
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Xenophobe’s Guide to the Japanese
£4.99“The quintessence of unspoken mutual understanding is to be found in the word yoroshiku: ‘You have understood what I want you to do. I have understood that you have understood what I want you to do. Therefore I leave it up to you to finish the task and I expect it to be done in the way I want it to be done. And I thank you for understanding me and agreeing to take the trouble to do the task.’ All this in four syllables.””For all the apparent worship of the way of the warrior, being yasashii, which means being gentle, tender, caring, yielding and considerate, is very important in Japan. Asked what a Japanese values most in a potential spouse, both sexes tend to put being being yasashii at the top of their list of desirable virtues. The concept is even applied to the inanimate. For instance, a car or shampoo can be yasashii to you, to the eye, and to the environment.”.
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Fifty More Places To Play Golf Before Yo
£19.99In this new guide Santella interviews 50 luminaries in the golf world about their favourite courses and experiences. Experts range from seasoned touring professional to journalists and photographers to golf course architects to travel specialists.