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365 poems for life
£22.00365 poems for life
365 Poems for Life is an uplifting poem-a-day collection to nourish your mind and soothe your soul, featuring work by the world’s most beloved classic and contemporary poets.
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50 Things To Do With A Penknife
£12.9950 Things To Do With A Penknife
A beautifully presented, practical gift guide to the age-old art of whittling.
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A winter dictionary
£16.99A winter dictionary
A linguistic celebration of all aspects of the season, from wintry weather to Christmas celebrations.
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A year of living curiously
£14.99A year of living curiously
Why is a heart not heart-shaped? Will I ever understand crypto-currency? What am I doing when I apricate? Is everything getting worse? Dip into ‘A Year of Living Curiously’ and you’ll discover the answers. Spend just three minutes a day with this clever companion – enjoying startling science and gripping histories, stirring literature and essential psychology – and you’ll end your year full of wonder and just that little bit wiser.
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Ajay and the Mumbai sun
£7.99Ajay and the Mumbai sun
Adjay is a Mumbai railway kid, a newspaper seller, but his great dream is to be a journalist. His dream comes true when he and a gang of friends create their own newspaper – but what is the cost of uncovering the truth?
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Arboretum
£9.99Arboretum
Wander the galleries – open 365 days a year – and discover a collection of curated exhibits on every page, accompanied by informative text. From majestic redwoods to ornamental cherry trees, beautiful pines and exotic palms, each chapter features a different part of the arboreal kingdom.
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Bedtime stories for privileged children
£14.99Bedtime stories for privileged children
Author and comedian Daniel Foxx presents a wonderful collection of stories especially for the little darlings of the fabulously wealthy – that can also be enjoyed by you, the downtrodden, pitiful, ordinary adult! Read about the everyday adventures of Rupert, Shallotte and Genevievette as they ski, holiday, and drift around Selfridges – whilst always keeping a healthy distance from the dreaded hoi polloi!
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BIRDLE
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Britain according to very British problems
£14.99Britain according to very British problems
Very British problems are what make us so, well, British. And what better place to get to the heart of these problems than, urm, Britain? Starting in Land’s End and heading all the way up to John O’Groats (via the Irish Sea), this tour of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland covering everything from the national sports of apologising, queueing and bog snorkelling to our national cuisine of chips, bread rolls and – chips in bread rolls. You’ll take in sights such as Stonehenge (see the iconic prop from Spinal Tap in all its glory), Loch Ness (legend has it there is no monster) and Platform 9 (after a few hours waiting in a railway station, have your photo taken next to a brick wall) all whilst looking for somewhere decent to stop and eat your packed lunch.
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Classic fantasy stories
£10.99Classic fantasy stories
An entrancing anthology of fantasy short stories full of magic, adventure and surprise.
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Classic love stories
£10.99Classic love stories
A wide-ranging collection of engaging stories about many different kinds of love.
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Classic stories of the sea
£10.99Classic stories of the sea
A collection of classic tales of adventure, capturing the thrill, the danger and the allure of the sea.
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Collins pub quiz
£10.99Collins pub quiz
10,000 questions in 500 brand new, up-to-date quizzes
Covering topics from pop stars to death stars, choose your rounds from general knowledge, specialist subjects and pot luck with questions from teasers to terrors that will scramble even an egghead’s brains.
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Consolations. II
£18.99Consolations. II
A follow-up to ‘Consolations’, David Whyte’s beloved collection of essays that unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid. From shame to anguish and anxiety – Whyte boldly reinterprets them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for meaning.
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Do you speak football?
£12.99Do you speak football?
To speak football is to speak a language of a thousand tongues. In this new and revised global glossary of football words and phrases, discover the rich, quirky and joyously creative language used by fans, commentators and players across the world. From placing a shot ‘where the spiders nest’ in Spain, to what it means to use your ‘chocolate leg’ in the Netherlands, via ‘Anglican’ – a phrase adopted by Czechs to describe a disputed goal – and the now legendary ‘it’s coming home’, this comprehensively researched book entertains and informs in equal measure.
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Dracula
£30.00Dracula
This collector’s edition of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ is illustrated with artwork that Edward Gorey created for his stage designs for the novel’s Broadway stage adaptation. It features: two-colour illustrations; foil-stamped cloth case; four-colour tip-on for front cover; decorative full-bleed endpapers; and fore-edge staining. It includes an introduction and appendices by renowned fantasy editor Marvin Kaye.
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