No Hugs Please!
£7.99Meet Waffles and Julius. Waffles loves hugs .Julius does not. Waffles would love a hug right now. Will Waffles get a hug?
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Fred! Goes to Space
£7.99Lift the flaps to help Fred put on his space helmet and spin the wheels to steer his rocket safely to the moon. With a playful rhyming text, perfect for reading aloud, children will love helping Fred by bringing this interactive story to life.
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A Hateful Decision
£22.00Summer, 1940. Winston Churchill watches in horror as France falls to the Germans in just six weeks, completing the Nazi conquest of mainland Europe. He faces an urgent question: what will happen to France’s mighty navy? Under German control it presents a major threat to Great Britain, and could mark a point of no return. With the Nazis closing in and time running out, Churchill ordered Operation Catapult. By the end of one of the most agonising but necessary military operations of the war, a large part of the French navy would be destroyed and nearly 1,300 French sailors would be dead, a number which would haunt all involved for the rest of their lives. Based on extensive new archival research, rediscovered eyewitness accounts and reflections from the private papers of the key protagonists, ‘A Hateful Decision’ tells the full story of the British attack on the French navy at Mers el Kébir, on 3 July 1940.
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What We Leave We Carry
£22.00What do we leave behind when we move to a new place – and what do we carry with us, physically and emotionally, wherever we land? Here are the voices of people who have come to Britain to make a new life: a Czech-Roma lawyer in Reading, an Iranian taxi driver in Shropshire, a Sierra Leonean actor in Northampton, a Romanian police officer in Edinburgh. Colin Grant has travelled the country and listened to their stories – foundational tales of arriving in a new land, along with rarely spoken stories of love and loss. Together, these accounts ask questions about assimilation, identity, belonging and the emotional cost of migration in twenty-first-century Britain.
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We Are Not Machines
£20.00A tsunami of change, we are told, is sweeping the economy as robots and AI threaten to take over tasks done by humans. But while we worry that we’re robotizing our work, what if the real risk is that we’re robotizing ourselves? When prize-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor set out to investigate what was happening on the front lines of technological change, she found people who weren’t losing their jobs to machines, but who felt they were losing something else instead. From translators forced to edit AI output to university graduates interviewed by software and warehouse workers surrounded by robots, she heard stories of work becoming lonelier, less creative, less human. But O’Connor also found hopeful stories of jobs being made better, safer and more enjoyable – where workers haven’t rejected the new tools, but instead have learned to control them.
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Togetherness
£25.00From evolution to capitalism, ‘survival of the fittest’ has shaped our view of the world. But we got it wrong – and our mistake has brought us to the brink. For the history of life on Earth is much more than a story of competition. The natural world has been forged and sustained by small miracles of co-operation between animals and plants, insects and fungi, fish and bacteria – these partnerships are ubiquitous, lifelong and are an essential guide for a better future. In ‘Togetherness’, Rowan Hooper reveals the intimate connectedness of nature through these remarkable stories of symbiosis. From the female wasp venturing deep inside a fig and the intricate relationship between corals and the algae that sustain them to the symbiotic gut microbes that influence our moods, he explores how co-operation is fundamental to life itself and to protecting our shared future.
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People in Love
£16.99One bright blue day, on a bench by the river, Nora’s partner Robin proposes. It is unexpected; they’d always agreed that they didn’t need a wedding. But after a decade of in-jokes, dancing in the low-lit kitchen and sharing morning toast in bed, Nora says yes. Why wouldn’t she? The answer lands on the night of their engagement party, when Bren turns up on her doorstep. Growing up, Bren and Nora were the sort of best friends who everyone swore would end up together. But when a sudden heartbreak turned their lives upside down, Bren left, Nora stayed, and the silent longing between them remained unspoken. Now, he’s back, and their tentative yet undeniable spark reignites, forcing Nora to ask herself: How can you know your heart, if it feels like it’s split in two?
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Death at the Museum
£8.99Imagine an old museum with more secrets than anyone could ever guess. A school trip that ends in murder. A crime unsolved for decades – but who did it? Now, Ava and Luke are on the case, following the clues left in a new box of murders. Using School workbooks, museum records, secret recordings and letters the siblings start to unravel the mystery of a body in the basement. But can they discover what really happened – before the killer strikes again? YOU know the facts. YOU have all the clues. Can YOU solve the mystery before they do?
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The Odyssey
£18.99Take a journey across the sea and follow the heroic, catastrophic, and sometimes downright gruesome tales of the Greek king Odysseus in this modern retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey. A story of trickery, lies, and perseverance, watch as Odysseus is tested to the limits by the Cyclops, sirens, and lots of meddling, angry gods.
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LEGO Marvel Secrets of the Avengers
£14.99Uncover super facts and epic action from LEGO¬ Marvel¬ Avengers—plus an exclusive Black Panther (T’Chaka) minifigure for your collection!Are you ready to explore the LEGO Marvel Multiverse? Join the Avengers and their fiendish foes on a journey of discovery as you find out about danger-filled missions, amazing vehicles, mysterious bases, and sneaky traps!Join LEGO Marvel’s Avengers in this fact-filled thrill ride:Packed with thrilling facts and fantastic images of the LEGO Marvel Avengers, including minifigure variations and pages filled with iconic LEGO sets.The perfect gift for LEGO Marvel fans who want to learn more about their favourite Super Heroes and Super Villains.Add to your LEGO collection with an exclusive, never-before-released minifigure of Black Panther (T’Chaka)!Bursting with awesome facts about characters such as Iron Man, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Thor, and many more, LEGO Marvel: Secrets of the A
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Unicorn Friends
£7.99It’s Unicorn Day at playgroup – and Peppa is SUPER excited! What surprises does Madame Gazelle have planned? Pull the tabs to reveal sparkly surprises as you join Peppa and her friends on their magical day.
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One Pan Feasts
£22.00Let the one-pan revolution continue with gloriously simple upside down recipes that make entertaining that much easier. Having taken the internet by storm with his iconic layer, bake and flip cooking method and unforgettable upside down creations. Food writer and internet sensation, Dominic Franks returns in his second book to show you just how easy one-pan entertaining can be with sensational seasonal treats from prep-ahead Christmas treats and Halloween feasts to Friday night dinners and sumptuous weekend brunches. ‘Upside Down Feasts’ is bursting with impressively simple meals for every occasion, complete with themed menus and tips on how to prepare in advance.