Christmas Staycation
£10.99Here is a steamy romcom from the romance TikTok sensation – a small-town close proximity Christmas romcom with a cute, cosy, festive setting.
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A Married Little Christmas
£20.00Tis the season – to fall in love! Bring on the holiday cheer in this delightful collection of three feel-good novellas – with bonus recipes – from the bestselling author of ‘The Night We Met.’.
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Abandoning a Cat
£14.99In this meditation on memory and what makes us who we are, Haruki Murakami recalls his relationship with his father – the son of a priest who might have become a priest himself had a clerical error not sent him to fight in the Second World War. Murakami’s father wrote accomplished haiku and eventually became a teacher, but as Haruki grew older they found they had less and less in common. They went on to be estranged for twenty years, only reconciling on his father’s deathbed. This haunting personal essay is a reflection on what it means to be a father and what it means to be a son – on what it means to be loved and to be abandoned – and a meditation on a particular era of Japanese history, through the aftermath of the Second World War and on into the present.
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Food Is Medicine
£30.00Food should nourish us, but instead it’s making us sick: from obesity and diabetes to heart disease, cancer, and poor mental health. As cardiologist and public health expert Dariush Mozaffarian shows, the problem isn’t how much we eat – it’s what we eat too little of: the foods that heal, protect and restore the body and mind. Cutting through widespread confusion and misinformation, he reveals astonishing new discoveries about how food truly affects our health, our biology, and even our longevity. Harnessing the power of the right foods, he shows, can do more than prevent illness; it can treat disease, extend life, and reduce the staggering human and economic costs of ill health. This work maps the path forward, from transforming our own diets to reshaping what grows on our farms and reaches our stores and our plates.
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Sleuth-Hound
£25.00Edinburgh, 1878. A medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle squeezes into the Royal Infirmary’s packed operating theatre, hoping to catch a glimpse of the celebrated professor whose uncanny powers of observation blur the line between diagnosis and detective work. That professor was Joseph Bell, who became one of the most celebrated surgeons and medical reformers of his age. With a flair for the theatrical and an eye for clues hidden in the tiniest details, he astonished his students with lightning-fast deductions about his patients’ backgrounds and ailments. Together with Edinburgh’s chief police surgeon, Henry Duncan Littlejohn, Bell also investigated some of the highest-profile murders of the century, including those of Jack the Ripper, and collaborated with forensic specialists such as a ballistics expert named Dr Watson. And as Conan Doyle’s mentor, Bell inspired the creation of literature’s most iconic sleuth: Sherlock Holmes.
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Hyperscale
£22.00The cloud is an ethereal world of convenience and freedom. A place where memories and messages live nowhere and everywhere. But on the ground, sprawling server farms power our online world – while plundering our physical one. Delving into the labyrinthine industry of data centres that are now multiplying at an alarming rate, ‘Hyperscale’ is an urgent exposé of the ruinous physical infrastructure of the digital age. In the race to meet the AI revolution, tech overlords are waging a resource war as they trade our future for their profit. Marx unmasks a civilisational time bomb in the making with razor-sharp reporting and analysis to show that the greatest threat is not the spectre of AI, but a global disaster that has already begun.
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Chain Reaction
£22.00Jack Reacher is hard to find. It’s not easy to track him down. And he likes it that way. But General Susan Turner, based deep inside the Pentagon, has the means and the motive. She needs his help. A member of her team has been brutally murdered on covert duty. She can’t trust anyone she works with, not even her deputy. She needs someone from the outside. Someone who solves problems and disappears without a trace. Reacher heads to Summertown, Colorado. A town as remote and bizarre as it gets. One diner, one motel, five massive data centres, two giant solar farms humming away in the dust. Total population: four people. And one of them is watching him. But Reacher isn’t built to run. He’s built to finish things. General Turner knows: if they come for him, they’ll regret it – all the way to the top of the chain.
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Simply Plants
£30.00Over 100 plant-based recipes that make cooking joyful, nourishing, and effortless-from the creator of the popular Pick Up Limes platform
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Pubs for the People
£18.99A fascinating trip into the world of the English pub, tracing its past and exploring how it represents the hope of a more connected and compassionate future.
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Fight or Flight
£14.99Greg Heffley faces his biggest challenge yet as he becomes a target for the school bully. Luckily for Greg, his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, takes karate, so at least Greg’s got someone in his corner. But an unexpected twist makes Greg realize he’s facing an uphill battle. Will Greg step into the ring or throw in the towel?
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London by Gaslight
£9.50Around 1,300 gas lamps still burn on the streets of London, survivors of a network that once lit the entire city. This guide explores them on foot, across six central London walks taking in Pall Mall, Westminster, Covent Garden, the Inns of Court, Hyde Park and Kensington, and the corridor between Green Park and Buckingham Palace. Written by the London Gasketeers, the campaign group responsible for protecting and restoring the capital’s gas lamps, the guide combines a walker’s itinerary with a working knowledge of the lamps themselves: their history, their mechanics, and the small team that maintains them on a fortnightly rotation. Sidebars cover the four lamp styles still in use, the lamplighters’ craft, and the Gasketeers’ own history and achievements. Gas street lighting was first demonstrated on Pall Mall in 1807. More than two centuries on, the lamps are still there. This guide shows you where to find them.
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Rajasthan
£14.99A series of nineteen articles written by Rudyard Kipling, detailing his travels through the princely states of Rajputana (modern-day Rajasthan, India) in late1887 and early 1888.
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Elfie’s Spellbook. Volume Three the Gingerbread Disaster
£8.99The second book, and third story, in this illustrated, joyful series full of cosy, witchy magic – and this time it’s a festive treat! As Christmas approaches, Elfie and her sisters’ bookshop-bus breaks down in Alsace, North-Eastern France. There, Elfie’s secret – that she’s really a witch! – is quickly spotted by Faustine – who is also a little witch! Her family have an enchanted bakery, and even an adorable gingerbread man familiar. But Faustine is also a bit of a disaster magnet, who has a habit of getting herself into trouble, then relying on Elfie to help her out.
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Teenager’s Book of Life
£12.99The ultimate guide to being a teenager – filled with real stories, honest advice and illustrated with inspiring quotes to help you navigate growing up with confidence.
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Ninjas vs. Cats
£14.99WhoÆs sneakier? WhoÆs faster? Who will winàthe ultimate challenge?In this wildly funny and fast-paced picture book, cats and ninjas go toe-to-toe (or paw-to-sandal) in a series of epic challenges to determine who reigns supreme. From leaping and lurking to balancing and battling, each round compares real-life cat abilities with legendary ninja skillsùand the results might surprise you!Filled with hilarious illustrations, visual puns, and fun facts, Ninjas vs. Cats is the perfect mix of silly and smart. Ideal for curious kids ages 4û7, animal lovers, future martial artists, and anyone whoÆs ever wondered: can a ninja land on all fours? Let the battle begin!”A whimsical concept delivered with a heaping helping of charm.” ù Kirkus Reviews