365 Poems for Life: An Uplifting Collection for Every Day of the Year – Allie Esiri
£22.00Wide-ranging anthology of classic and contemporary poems designed to offer the reader moments of comfort, solace and calm throughout the year.
A Book of Noises: Notes on the Auraculous – Caspar Henderson
£16.99Elegant and erudite exploration of how sound shapes our world, from the vast pounding of the seas to the crackling of a campfire, inviting us to listen more closely.
A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI – Max Bennett
£22.00Bridges the gap between neuroscience and AI by recounting five evolutionary breakthroughs in the development of the brain and showing the parallels with AI.
A Garden A Day – Ruth Chivers
£20.00A visual celebration of gardens worldwide and through the ages, together with stories from literature, horticulture, art and poetry.
A History of the World in 500 Maps – Christian Grataloup
£35.00A handsome, accessible, reference book with a detailed selection of maps, chronologically arranged, which illustrate both particular events and broad historical trends worldwide.
A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing – Hilary Mantel
£25.00A collection of essays, journalism and lectures from the late novelist’s oeuvre which covers more than 40 years of material on a vast range of subjects and showcases her characteristic eloquence, verve and irony.
A Nasty Little War: The West’s Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution – Anna Reid
£25.00Fascinating and immersive account of an a8empt by the forces of fifteen countries, deployed from Poland to the Pacific, to defeat the Bolsheviks in 1918.
A Passion for Whisky: How the Tiny Scottish Island of Islay Creates Malts that Captivate the World – Ian Wisniewski
£25.00Profiles of the island’s distilleries, tasting notes and tips – knowledgeable and entertaining, an indispensable guide for whisky lovers.
A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet and Disease – Shilpa Ravella
£17.00Free shipping within the UK.
A Spell of Good Things – Ayobami Adebayo
£17.50Free shipping within the UK.
A Toolkit for Your Emotions – Dr Emma Hepburn
£13.50Free shipping within the UK.
A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes – Anthony Bale
£18.99Drawing on previously untranslated contemporary sources, this is an erudite and entertaining journey alongside travelling spies, diplomats, pilgrims and merchants.
A Whale of a Time: A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year – Lou Peacock
£25.00Illustrated by Matt Hunt
Giggle all year round at this vibrantly illustrated anthology of humorous verse – familiar names plus fresh new voices.
Age guide: 5-9
A World Full of Winter Stories – Angela McAllister
£14.99Illustrated by Olga Baumert
A treasure trove of beautifully illustrated folk tales and legends from around the world – perfect bedtime reading for chilly nights.
Age guide: 5-9
A World of Yoga: 700 Asanas for Mindfulness and Well-Being – Leo Lourdes (Signed)
£57.50Signed by the author. Free shipping within the UK.
One of the great teachers has created this extraordinary celebration of yoga, offering poses in the most iconic and exotic destinations around the world. There will never be a more beautiful, immersive book on yoga. For committed yogis and teachers alike, this is a portal to encourage deep process work. For those newer to yoga, it is an artfully crafted guidebook to the unique world that exists when yoga practice merges with the universal pulse of heightened physical awareness and philosophical thought. For all practitioners, it is an extraordinarily inspiring demonstration of the myriad places one can create mindfulness and well-being wherever one is in the world.
Absolutely and Forever – Rose Tremain
£16.99Teenage Marianne falls deeply in love with her neighbour Simon, but when he leaves her dreams of their future are shattered. Undaunted, she departs the suburbs for 1960s Chelsea and the thrills of independence. A delightful coming of age story about acceptance and being true to oneself.