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Stacy Gregg / The Fire Stallion (Hardback)

An enchanting and empowering standalone story from the author of The Princess and the Foal. Twelve-year-old Hilly has landed her dream job, riding on the set of Brunhilda, an epic film based on the fearless warrior of Icelandic legend. Norse fire ritual...

Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves / Emotional Intelligence 2.0 (Hardback)

From Dr. Travis Bradberry, #1 bestselling author of EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE HABITS.The book's smooth narrative style turns rigorous research into memorable stories and practical strategies that anyone can use to his or her advantage.With 90% of top...

Jamie Manners / The Seven Noses of Soho: Curious Details from the Streets of London (Hardback)

Among the great cities of the world, London's inimitable character is striking. Unconstrained by a house style and strict planning, it has thrived, with each generation adding new chapters and details to its gripping story. The streets of London have...

John Connolly / Bad Men (Hardback)

New York Times bestselling author John Connolly masterfully intertwines mystery, emotion, violence, and the supernatural in this raw and gripping thriller.He has been told the girl's last words, and he feels unaccountably afraid. The dead ones. They...

Lia Leendertz / The Almanac: A seasonal guide to 2022 (Hardback)

*THE ORIGINAL & BESTSELLING ALMANAC*'Lia Leendertz's classic almanac never fails to delight' - The Herald'It's a perfect Christmas present' - Allan Jenkins, The ObserverA perfect toolkit for connecting with the world around us and the year ahead...

Lia Leendertz / The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2023 (Hardback)

Reconnect with the seasons in Britain and Ireland with this month-by-month guide to the world around us - including key dates, tide tables and garden tasks; constellations and moon phases; sunrises, folk songs, seasonal recipes plus a 'bun of the month';...

Lennie Lower / Here's Luck (Hardback)

Residing in a run-down Sydney suburb during the Depression, Jack Gudgeon, age 48, is a male chauvinist, money-owing cynic, layabout, and barroom philosopher. His wife, Agatha, having had more than she can take, has finally walked out on him. With...

Robert Steven Kaplan / What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential (Hardback)

Successful leaders know that leadership is less often about having all the answers—and more often about asking the right questions. The challenge lies in being able to step back, reflect, and ask the key questions that are critical to your...

Lydia Millet / Dinosaurs (Hardback)

A man named Gil walks from New York to Arizona to recover from a failed love. After he arrives, new neighbors move into the glass-walled house next door, and his life begins to mesh with theirs. In this warmly textured, drily funny, and philosophical...

Mary South / You Will Never Be Forgotten (Hardback)

In this provocative, bitingly funny debut collection, people attempt to use technology to escape their uncontrollable feelings of grief or rage or despair, only to reveal their most flawed and human selvesAn architect draws questionable inspiration from...

Doreen Virtue / Miracles of Archangel Michael (Hardback)

Archangel Michael is a powerful protector who helps everyone who calls upon him. In this enlightening work, Doreen Virtue teaches the many ways in which Michael brings peace to people everywhere. The book includes fascinating true stories of how...

Helena Frith Powell / Smart Women Don't Get Wrinkles: Look and Feel Ten Years Younger Without Breaking the Bank (Hardback)

"Helena Frith Powell noticed her first wrinkle when she accidentally caught sight of herself in her car's rear-view mirror. It set her off on an entertaining quest with herself as guineapig to try and test both the simplest and the most invasive weapons...

Amanda Gorman / The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem (Hardback)

On 20 January 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope...

Pope Benedict XVI / Europe: Today and Tomorrow (Hardback)

Written in late 2004 shortly before his election as Pope Benedict XVI, Ratzinger raises serious questions about the issues facing Europe amidst the new European Union and forming of a European Constitution. Some of the main issues he raises include: How...

Jane Austen / The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen (Hardback)

Jane Austen had little contact with society outside her extended family, and none whatsoever with London literary life. Yet her novels earned the acclaim of such literary figures as Sir Walter Scott, who praised her 'talent for describing the...

Andrea Beaty / Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters (Hardback)

Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle—one that feels much bigger than herself.Rosie’s...

Tom Simons / TommyInnit Says...The Quote Book (Hardback)

A laugh-out-loud 'best of' selection of TommyInnit's most weird and wonderful quotes - plus much more - carefully selected to BLOW YOUR MIND by him and best friend Wilbur Soot.' Nah, I think I'd be a pretty bad shark '' What if God was just legs?...

Paolo Gallo / Compass and the Radar, The: The Art of Building a Rewarding Career While Remaining True to Yourself (Hardback)

Paolo Gallo offers a unique pathway toward identifying the right career, finding the ideal job and developing a moral compass--the solid value system that will then anchor the reader in their professional lives.With a creative and engaging mix of...

F.G. Cottam / Dark Echo (Hardback)

Dark Echo is an unlucky boat. Despite this knowledge, Martin Stannard falls under her spell and prepares to sail her across the Atlantic with his wealthy father. But his lover Suzanne begins exploring the yacht's past. What she finds is terrifying...

Katie Fforde / A Secret Garden (Hardback)

Step inside this beautiful novel to discover friendships, secrets and romance …When Philly starts a new job, working with Lorna in the gorgeous grounds of a beautiful manor house, it marks a turning point in both of their lives...

Jakuta Alikavazovic / Night As It Falls (Hardback)

Paul, a student who works as a night guard in a hotel to make ends meet, falls under the spell of Amelia, the young woman who rents room 313. Everything about her is a mystery: where she goes, what she does - and where she comes from.Paul and Amelia...

Olivia Williams / Gin Glorious Gin: How Mother's Ruin Became the Spirit of London (Hardback)

Gin Glorious Gin is a vibrant cultural history of London seen through the prism of its most iconic drink. Leading the reader through the underbelly of the Georgian city via the Gin Craze, detouring through the Empire (with a G&T in hand), to the...

Nick Mordin / Betting for a Living (Hardback)

Betting for a Living has been the best-selling British book on horse-race betting for more than a decade. It was the first book to offer readers an in-depth education on every aspect of assessing a horse's chance, from analyzing pedigrees and producing...

Sinclair McKay / 50 Codes that Changed the World: . . . And Your Chance to Solve Them! (Hardback)

There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and there were secret codes in the Old Testament too. Almost as soon as writing was invented, so too were the devious means to hide messages and keep them under the wraps of secrecy.In 50...

Emilia A. Leese / Think like a Vegan: What everyone can learn from vegan ethics (Hardback)

According to the latest figures, the number of vegans in the UK has more than quadrupled since 2014, now representing over 1 per cent of the total population. With the rise in plant-based foods and cruelty-free products showing no sign of stopping, Think...

Cara Chow / Bitter Melon (Hardback)

Frances, a Chinese-American student at an academically competitive school in San Francisco, has always had it drilled into her to be obedient to her mother and to be a straight-A student so that she can go to Med school.  But is being a doctor...

W. Bruce Cameron / A Dog's Purpose (Hardback)

This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, this touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we...

Candace Owens / Blackout : How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation (Hardback)

Political activist and conservative commentator Candace Owens explains all the reasons the Democratic Party policies hurt, rather than help, the African American community, and why she turned to the right.What do you have to lose? This question, posed by...

Alois Podhajsky / The Riding Teacher (Hardback)

First published in 1973 and reprinted many times, The Riding Teacher is an invaluable aid for all instructors and also for riders teaching themselves. Colonel Podhajsky examines in depth the psychology of riding and the relationship between teacher,...

Jon Ronson / The Men Who Stare at Goats (Hardback)

This story is about why happened when a small group of men -- highly placed within the United States Military, the Government, and the Intelligence Services -- began believing in very strange things. In 1979, a secret unit was established by the most...

Claire Lynch / Small: On Motherhoods (Hardback)

Claire Lynch knew having children with her wife would be complicated, but she was surprised by how much the process redrew her life. This dazzling debut begins with the smallest of life's substances, the microscopic cells subdividing in a petri dish...

Mike Zwerin / The Parisian Jazz Chronicles: An Improvisational Memoir (Hardback)

In his Beat-like jaunt through the Parisian and European jazz scene, Mike Zwerin is not unlike Jack Kerouac, Mezz Mezzrow, or Hunter S. Thompson—writers to whom, for different reasons, he owes some allegiance. What makes him special is his...

Vikram Seth / The Rivered Earth (Hardback)

The Rivered Earth contains four libretti written by Vikram Seth to be set to music by Alec Roth - together with an account of the pleasures and pains of working with a composer.Entitled 'Songs in Time of War', 'Shared Ground', 'The Traveller' and...

Sven-Goran Eriksson / Sven-Goran Eriksson on Football(Hardback)

Everybody wants to be successful in their life, whether it be in their career, home life or, in their leisure activities, particularly if they play sport of some kind. Sven-Goran Eriksson is one of the most successful coaches in world football and,...

Fay Weldon / After the Peace (Hardback)

How many parents does it take to make a baby? In the case of Rosalind Melrose Smithson it took four: one birth mother; one legal father; one interfering neighbor; and one turkey baster filled with the defrosted essence of an anonymous donor. Or not...

Giles Whittell / Snow: A Scientific and Cultural Exploration (Hardback)

Brimming with interesting facts and surprising anecdotes, this scientific and cultural history opens our eyes to the wonders of one of nature’s most delicate, delightful, and deadly SNOW! Perfect for fans of The Hidden Life of Trees and Rain .Go on...

Babita Sharma / Secret History Of The Corner Shop (Hardback)

I've seen you on a Sunday morning, nipping out to get a pint of milk or to grab a newspaper. I came to know a lot about you; whether your politics leaned to the right or left, whether you were gay or straight, and whether you were plagued by cash-flow...

Anthony Kenny / The Unknown God: Agnostic Essays (Hardback)

A major new book by the preeminent British philosopher Sir Anthony Kenny about the frontiers between philosophy and theology. Kenny "By profession I am a and in the present century philosophers in this country have been keen to emphasise not only the...

Philippa Rice / Soppy (Hardback)

True love isn’t always about the big romantic gestures.Sometimes it’s about sympathising with someone whose tea has gone cold, watching TV and sharing a quilt, or allowing your partner to order take-away pizza again. When two people move in...

Al Robertson / The Duck Commander Devotional (Hardback)

With the Robertson clan’s flair for down-home wisdom and wit, this 365-day devotional reveals the heart and faith of this much-loved family from A&E®’s hit show Duck Dynasty ®.Loyal fans of the Duck Dynasty family will relish this...

John David Thomas White / The Liverpool Miscellany (Hardback)

There is something for every fan in "The Liverpool Miscellany". The world-famous Merseyside football club has a widely diverse and amazingly successful history, but this book is not exclusively a history, or a fan's guide, or a collection of...

Chris Riddell / Ottoline and the Yellow Cat (Hardback)

Introducing Miss Ottoline Brown, an exceptionally inquisitive Mistress of Disguise, and her partner in crime, Mr Munroe. No puzzle is ever too tricky for the two of them to solve . . .Ottoline lives in a stylish apartment in Big City with a small hairy...

Merrill F. Unger / The New Unger's Bible Handbook -- Student Edition (Hardback)

Seminary students aren't the only ones who will benefit from this handy research tool. This student edition is condensed for easy use with any version of the Bible. It includes a complete commentary, diagrams and charts, plus hundreds of color...

Anna Barnes / Find Calm (Hardback)

Calmness is within your reach.With a little bit of help, the methods of truly relaxing your mind and body, and letting go of stresses and strains, can be learned, practised and perfected.Bursting with tips, centring statements and soothing activities,...

Luke Kennard / The Answer to Everything (Hardback)

A heartbreakingly moving and hilariously funny novel about marriage, parenting, love, desire and betrayal. Emily should be happy. She has a nice husband (even if they rarely speak to each other, let alone sleep in the same bed), two little boys she loves...

Morgan Parker / Who Put This Song On? (Hardback)

In the vein of powerful reads like The Hate U Give and Girl in Pieces, comes poet Morgan Parker's pitch-perfect novel about a black teenage girl searching for her identity when the world around her views her depression as a lack of...

Todd Strandberg, Terry James / Are You Rapture Ready?: Signs, Prophecies, Warnings, and Suspicions that the Endtime Is Now (Hardback)

A handbook based on the popular Web site, RaptureReady.com, draws on biblical prophecy along with current world issues and events to share revelations about the coming Rapture, how it will affect each person's life, and how to prepare for the future...

Clare Gogerty / Simple Pleasures: Life's Little Joys (Hardback)

A gift book celebrating how much happiness can be found in 100 simple, everyday things – from the feel of fresh sheets to the joy of daydreaming. The perfect antidote to the pressurised, disconnected modern world. From feel of fresh sheets to...

Paul Magrs / The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy: The enormously funny parody of Charlie Mackesy’s The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Hardback)

Enter the world of me, Panda, plus my sometime-friends Cat and Teddy. You will find us living our best lives, trying (and occasionally succeeding) to be kind to each other. The cat is quite nice but can be a little bit selfish. Teddy can come across as...

Michael Van Rooy / Your Friendly Neighborhood Criminal (Hardback)

The truth frequently hurts and rarely sets you free. Ex-criminal Montgomery "Monty" Haaviko would prefer to be known as the friendly neighborhood daycare provider.  Unfortunately, it's his criminal past (and his extensive bag of tricks of the...

Ian Stewart / Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries (Hardback)

Like its bestselling predecessors Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities and Hoard of Mathematical Treasures, Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries is aimed at everyone from mathematical aficionados to novices. Join...

Julie Murphy / Pumpkin (Hardback)

Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City. His plan is to bide his time until he can graduate, move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally go Full Waylon, so that he can live his...