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In 1971, two years after the launch of Monty Python’s Flying Circus made his comedy troupe global superstars – and made all their lives a little more complicated – Eric Idle decided to buy a ramshackle property in the south of France. In search of a simpler, quieter life, what followed was a story akin to ‘A Year in Provence’, but with more disaster, more heartbreak, more laughs – and much more spam. A tale spanning a fifty-year quest of home-building, friendship-making and bad-French-learning, ‘Idle in Provence’ is a hilarious, tender and unforgettable memoir of Eric Idle’s very own escape to the country.
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£9.99
A playful, funny and thought-provoking collection from the iconic Benjamin Zephaniah. Poems packed with wisdom and laughter, poems that cherish and challenge our world, poems that delight in our differences and similarities.
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£20.00
Are we paying too high a price for ‘easy’? When just about anything we want is a few taps away, why does it feel like something in our lives is missing? From dinner delivered to your door in minutes, to relationships mediated by apps, we’ve always valued innovations that make life easier. But every convenience has a cost; if we don’t pay it, someone else has to. ‘Against Convenience’ cuts through the noise, taking a hard look at the effect the services, apps and ideas that claim to simplify life are having on us as consumers and citizens.
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£12.99
Novelist, poet, and essayist Paul Kingsnorth presents a wholly original – and terrifying – account of the technological-cultural matrix enveloping all of us. With insight into the spiritual and economic roots of techno-capitalism, Kingsnorth reveals how the Machine, in the name of progress, has choked Western civilization, is destroying the Earth itself, and is reshaping us in its image. From the First Industrial Revolution to the rise of artificial intelligence, he shows how the hollowing out of humanity has been a long game – and how your very soul is at stake. It takes effort to remain truly human in the age of the Machine. Here Kingsnorth reminds us what humanity requires: a healthy suspicion of entrenched power; connection to land, nature and heritage; and a deep attention to matters of the spirit.
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Taking you from dairy farm to cheeseboard, as well as exploring the history of cheesemaking around the world, you can learn the key features of popular and less well-known cheeses and where they are made. Cultivate your palate and become a true cheese connoisseur with expert advice on perfect pairings, 100 tastings, and delicious ideas for cheeseboards to build at home. This is the perfect companion to all cheese lovers everywhere.
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£25.00
The year is 1981. Tehran is in violent turmoil in the wake of the Iranian Revolution. The Soviets are planning to overthrow the Ayatollah’s fledgling Islamist regime. If they do so, one response from America – unknown to the public – would be to use nuclear weapons. ‘Redwood’ is the story of how at the height of the Cold War, one mysterious double agent, whose intelligence reached the highest levels of British and American governments, cracked open the KGB, revealed the Kremlin’s secret plot and prevented Armageddon.’Redwood’ was the MI6 codename for this unsung, hitherto unknown hero of the Cold War, a highly-trained six-foot-four Russian intelligence officer who chose to expose the KGB’s deepest secrets, compelled to swap sides by a shaming secret of his own. Facing exposure, with both the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and his own KGB colleagues closing in, he demanded that MI6 try to smuggle him out of Iran in a high-stakes escape pla
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In this adventure, Crumble embarks on a rescue mission into the garden of his arch-nemesis to seek out his beloved lost toy. But it’s dangerous in enemy territory for our plucky feline.
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£18.99
A private plane cuts through the winter night, somewhere over Greenland. David, a retired executive, sits back in his leather seat, playing solitaire on his phone. Click. Click. Drag. Click. The notebook in his jacket pocket is filled with familiar phrases, urgent reminders to himself, but he struggles to recognize his own handwriting. A mystery, among many mysteries. The world, once so knowable, has been rendered inscrutable. This is what David knows: Cody, his assistant, asleep in the seat next to him, will shepherd him along the voyage. A stopover in London. Dinner with his adult daughter. A meeting in France with an old friend, estranged for decades. His final destination is Zurich. David glides through hotel rooms and airports and foreign cities, running out the clock on his mortal life.
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£22.00
The multiple Sunday Times bestselling brand and creators of the #1 podcast sensation return with a hilarious deep dive into history's biggest heroes and most infamous villains
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£50.00
The second volume in the Art of Travel series invites you to experience the cultural hotspots of France, with its best-loved artists as your tour guides. Imagine hurrying down the corridors of pre-revolutionary Versailles in the company of Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, the most sought-after portraitist of her day. Who will you meet as you drop in at her studio? The Duchess of Polignac, one of the great beauties of the Ancien Régime, or the ill-fated queen herself, Marie Antoinette? Or fast-forward to the 19th century, to the Provence of Cézanne and Van Gogh, before moving on to the French Riviera, where for six months Picasso made his home. With twelve chapters, each devoted to an artist or group of artists, and accompanying itineraries, you can immerse yourself in their world, wandering in and out of palaces, grand residences and artist’s studios to admire their work in situ – all from the comfort of your armchair. A bespoke illustrated m
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Travel through time to learn how artists and inventors unlocked the rainbow and changed the way we see the world. What’s your favourite colour? Ever wondered how it got from nature into your pencils and paints? Long ago, brilliant blues, glittering greens and radical reds weren’t easy to find – they hid in nature. Artists had to crush beetles, burn bones and even drain sea snails to make their paints. Come on a colourful adventure through history, packed with amazing stories, dazzling illustrations, and iconic artworks from around the world. Written by colour detective and master paint maker David Langridge with stunning illustrations by Margaux Samson-Abadie, this book will inspire curious minds to see colour in a whole new way!
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£14.99
One winter’s day, Chloe Dalton went for a countryside walk and discovered a newborn baby hare – no bigger than her hand – chased by a dog and separated from its mother. Worried for its safety, Chloe took the tiny hare home and learned how to feed and care for it – and an extraordinary friendship began. This is the fascinating true tale of how Chloe and the hare, with its drumming paws and distinctive charm, lived alongside each other until the time came for it to return to the wild. But when the hare is finally ready to jump over the garden wall, will Chloe ever see it again?
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£6.99
From the bestselling team behind Horrible Histories!
It's time to delve into the totally true (sort of) and incredibly
intriguing pages of William the Conqueror's Secret Diary.
Horrible Histories' Secret Diaries of the most extraordinary (and
Horrible) characters of all time will blow your mind.
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£10.99
New York Times bestselling authors Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan
team up and return to The Baby-sitters Club — both Raina and
Gale adapt and illustrate this super special graphic novel!
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Elizabeth married Mr Darcy; Jane married Mr Bingley; Lydia married Mr Wickham. But what happened to the forgotten Bennet sisters? Six months after ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ Mary is stuck at home with her parents. So, when an opportunity arises that will take her to far away India, Mary jumps at the chance for independence and adventure. Meanwhile, Kitty has been flitting between the estates of her sisters, searching for a suitable husband at every ball and dinner. When Mary sets off to India, Kitty’s disappointment at returning home is tempered by the revelation that a new tenant has come to Netherfield Park – handsome poet Mr Whittaker. He seems like the perfect husband for Kitty, but will he end up being everything she hoped? Through letters and journals we learn to understand and love the forgotten Bennet sisters.
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£25.00
In Threads, Sir Paul Smith shares the full story of his extraordinary life and career for the first time.
Threads 
