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What does it mean to be English?* For centuries, Englishness was synonymous with Britishness, informed first by the political dominance of the English monarchs over the British Isles - reaching its apogee in the rule of Elizabeth I - and later by the island's...

Knits & Pieces is a definitive and entertaining illustrated guide to one of the world’s most popular crafts, knitting. Revisit its earliest traces, uncover the useful (and the not-so-useful), the historical, the humourous… and discover how this universal craft often brings out the best in...

Dr Beck, one of the foremost authorities in the field of Cognitive Therapy, has created a six-week plan that will help people stick with their diet, lose weight with confidence, and keep weight off for a lifetime. This program is not only based on...

Forget all the tech-talk about workflow and archiving, Apple have given us all a camera that takes care of all this for us, so now it's time to take great photos.This book will show you the best ways to approach every possible subject with...

Taking the love of French pastries into the kitchen, Mon Cher Eclair shows how rewarding it is to make these delectable treats at home. Using just a couple of simple techniques, home cooks can easily master the basic recipe for pate a choux dough...

Giles enthusiasts will be thrilled with this latest collection of classic cartoons.Capturing Giles's trademark style and British humour, the 2023 annual takes a look at family scenes throughout the 50-year career of the cartoonist.Giles also brilliantly details those scenes involving the iconic family of...

In his groundbreaking international bestseller Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv spotlighted the alienation of children from the natural world, coining the term 'nature-deficit disorder'. Vitamin N is the comprehensive practical handbook, a complete prescription for enjoying the natural world.Includes:Five hundred activitiesScores of informational websitesAn abundance of...

Greg Rutherford is one of the most successful British athletes of all time, winning gold at European, Commonwealth, World and Olympic levels, an achievement matched by only four others: Linford Christie, Jonathan Edwards, Sally Gunnell and Daley Thompson. Yet his route to the very...

In his new book of adventures, Tim the tiny horse has to deal with some BIG things. He falls in love for the first time with a lady fly who doesn't appreciate him, so he acquires a pet greenfly (called George) to love instead....

By July 1914, the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea Brissenden, friends since girlhood, have become strained - by Thea's passionate embrace of women's suffrage, and by the imminent marriage of Kezia to Thea's brother, Tom, who runs the family farm. Yet when Tom...

Forget the Super Nanny and the Flirty Not – Shakespeare’s Parent Guide is the perfect gift for every parent or parent, helping moms and dads know exactly what to say in each parent case. Sometimes being a parent can leave you losing words. So...

Attending a New England summer camp as an adolescent, young Erik Schroder - a first generation East German immigrant - adopts a new name and a new persona - Eric Kennedy - in the hopes that it will help him fit in. This fateful...

Dive into the Olympics with Knitlympics! This fantastic new book lets you knit all your favourite sporting heroes and heroines, past and present. Whether you’re a fan of athletics, swimming or gymnastics there is a project for you.  Includes patterns for 20 Olympic icons, from...

A major and controversial new biography of one of the most compelling and contradictory figures in modern British life.Born Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, to most of us he is just ‘Boris’ – the only politician of the age to be regarded in such...

Every armchair pundit's new favourite book How can one striker be better than three? Why do the best defenders never need to make a tackle? What's the secret of Tiki-taka? Welcome to Ruud Gullit's masterclass on how to 'read' a match. From his unrivalled...

Get Fit with Your Dog does what it says on the tin. It is a blueprint for health, for you and your dog. With canine and human obesity in the UK and USA running at an all-time high of 40 and 30 percent, respectively,...

When model Alex Brennan discovered that conventional, chemical-laden hair treatments could be contributing to her sudden hair loss, she started cooking up natural recipes for shampoo and conditioner in her kitchen. Using these handmade products her hair soon grew back. Alex's friends and family...

Three fishing mates. Ten epic adventures. Charlie, Jay and the Blowfish are three obsessive fishing buddies, each with their own area of expertise. Hatching plans for the weirdest, most extreme fishing trips imaginable, they head to ten fantastic destinations around the world. From spear-fishing...

A unique blend of graphic design, bold art or photography and cunning psychology, election posters are an unsung art form, stretching back to the dawn of the twentieth century. Exploiting the Conservative Party Archive held at the Bodleian Library which contains over 700 posters,...