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How to Protect Bookstores and Why: The Present and Future of Bookselling - by Danny Caine - £15.99
Can bookstores save the world? As bastions of culture, anchors of local retail districts, community gathering places, and sources of new ideas, inspiration, and delight, maybe they can. But only if we protect them and the critical roles they fill in ... more
Strong Female Character - by Fern Brady - £10.99
WINNER, NON FICTION BOOK 2023, BOOKS ARE MY BAG AWARDS
SHORTLISTED BOOKSHOP.ORG INDIE CHAMPAIONS
AMAZON NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST
GOODREADS CHOICE BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘An absolute riot. I ... more
We Peaked at Paper: An Oral History of British Zines - by Gavin Hogg and Hamish Ironside - £20.00
The definitive guide to the wonderful world of zines.
Increasingly, as we come to terms with what a cesspit the internet really is, there has been a revival of interest in various artefacts once thought obsolete: vinyl records, analog ... more
Human Acts - by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith - £8.99
Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. In the wake of a viciously suppressed student uprising, a boy searches for his friend's corpse, a consciousness searches for its abandoned body, and a brutalised countr ... more
Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't - by Josie Long - £9.99
From a comic mastermind comes this brilliant collection of stories
Three teenagers believe they are witches.
A woman defaces a local billboard.
A bored landlord tries to influence his son’s best friend.
A cul-de-sac WhatsApp group discusses ... more
The Book of Form and Emptiness - by Ruth Ozeki - £9.99
A brilliantly inventive novel about loss, growing up and our relationship with things, by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of A Tale for the Time Being.
WINNER OF THE 2022 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
When a book and a reader are meant fo ... more
Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who Built It, Lived It and Love It - by Stephanie Snow (Editor) - £16.99
FOREWORD BY ADAM KAY, AUTHOR OF THIS IS GOING TO HURT
Portion of proceeds go to NHS Charities Together.
A beautiful and heart-warming collection of stories, this landmark publication tells, for the first time ever, the rich history of the ... more
Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World - by Naomi Klein - £10.99
*THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
‘If I had to name a single book that makes sense of these last few dark years, it would be this one’ New York Times
‘A deeply compelling read... urgent and necessary’ Evening Standard
Nao ... more
Free For All: Why The NHS Is Worth Saving - by Gavin Francis - £7.99
An urgent call-to-arms in defence of our NHS.
'Needle-sharp analysis from the front line' Ian Rankin
'Wonderful ... A heartbreaking chronicle of the NHS's near-demise, and a call to action' Leah Hazard
'Compassionate, cleve ... more
The Craftivist Collective Handbook - by Sarah P Corbett - £22.00
If we want our world to be more beautiful, kind and fair, can we make our activism more beautiful, kind and fair?
‘Gentle Protest’ is a unique methodology of strategic, compassionate and visually intriguing activism using handicrafts as a t ... more
The Wild Remedy: How Nature Mends Us - A Diary - by Emma Mitchell - £9.99
HE SUNDAY TIMES BESTESELLER
Emma Mitchell's richly illustrated and evocative diary – as seen on the BBC's Springwatch – records her nature finds over the course of a year and shows how being in the wild benefits our mental and physical wellb ... more
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir - by Raja Shehadeh - £10.99
A subtle psychological portrait of the author's relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights.
A FINALIST FOR THE US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2023 FOR NONFICTION
'Profoundly personal as wel ... more
The Outrun - by Amy Liptrot - £10.99
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2016
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME PRIZE 2016
When Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney after more than a decade away, she is drawn back to the Outrun on the sheep farm where she grew up. Approaching the land that was ... more
Sweet Bean Paste - by Durian Sukegawa - £9.99
‘I’m in story heaven with this book.’ Cecelia Ahern, author of P.S. I Love You
A charming tale of friendship, love and loneliness in contemporary Japan.
Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dr ... more
Goshawk Summer: The Diary of an Extraordinary Season in the Forest - by James Aldred - £10.99
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2022
James Aldred’s prize-winning lockdown diary of his summer in the New Forest, featuring a stunning new linocut cover by illustrator Nick Hayes.
’A beautiful inspirational t ... more
Sarn Helen: A Journey Through Wales, Past, Present and Future - by Tom Bullough, illustrated by Jackie Morris - £16.99
Sarn Helen – Helen’s Causeway – is the old Roman Road that runs from the south of Wales to the north. As Tom walks the route, sometimes alone, sometimes in company, he describes the changing landscape around him and explores the political, cult ... more
My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route - by Sally Hayden - £10.99
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2022
WINNER OF THE MICHEL DÉON PRIZE 2022
‘The most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read’ SALLY ROONEY
The Western world has turned its back on refugees, fuelling one of the most devasta ... more
Unearthed: On Race and Roots, and How the Soil Taught Me I Belong - by Claire Ratinon - £10.99
'A beautiful book about nature... I recommend it' Afua Hirsch
A beautiful work of nature-writing, memoir and storytelling that will change the way we think about the natural world.
Unearthed is the story of how, after years of a troubled rel ... more
Locks - by Ashleigh Nugent - £10.99
'Blends humour and introspection, poetry and the poignant' - Derek Owusu
'Irreverent, authentic and utterly enthralling. A wonderful book' - Jimmy McGovern
‘1993 was the year that Stephen Lawrence got murdered by racists, and I became an angr ... more
Concerning My Daughter - by Kim Hye-jin - £9.99
The Prize-Winning International Bestseller
'I can't help but be moved by a story about women meeting, fighting, helping each other, looking after one another, and raising their voices against the prejudice and criticism they are subject to.'
Ch ... more
What You Need to Be Warm - by Neil Gaiman - £12.99
Sometimes it only takes a stranger in a dark place... to say we have the right to be here, to make us warm in the coldest season.
In 2019, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000 responses later, Neil bega ... more
Mischief Acts - by Zoe Gilbert - £9.99
A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
'A work of extraordinary ambition, brilliantly realised' OBSERVER
'A mesmerising journey down the byways of English folklore' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Verbally dextrous, inventive, and hugely entertaining' THE TIME ... more
May Day - by Jackie Kay - £10.99
May Day is the long-awaited new poetry collection from one of our best-loved poets and former Makar of Scotland, Jackie Kay.
These poems cast an eye over several decades of political activism, from the international solidarity of the Glasgow ... more
Why Sinead O'Connor Matters - by Allyson McCabe - £21.99
A stirring defense of Sinéad O’Connor’s music and activism, and an indictment of the culture that cancelled her.
In 1990, Sinéad O’Connor’s video for “Nothing Compares 2 U” turned her into a superstar. Two years later, an appea ... more
The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography - by Benjamin Zephaniah - £10.99
*BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*
Benjamin Zephaniah, who has travelled the world for his art and his humanitarianism, now tells the one story that encompasses it all: the story of his life.
In the early 1980s when punks and Rastas were on the ... more
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity - by Izzeldin Abuelaish - £12.99
Heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is a Palestinian doctor's inspiring account of his extraordinary life, growing up in poverty but determined to treat his patients in Gaza and Israel regardless of their ethnic origin.
... more
Before Your Memory Fades - by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - £9.99
The third novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, following four new customers in a cafe where customers can travel back in time.
On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna is fabled ... more
Our Way to Fight: Peace-Work Under Siege in Israel-Palestine - by Michael Riordon - £24.99
Our Way to Fight follows the dangerous lives of peace activists in Israel and Palestine. It explores the crises that stirred them to act, the risks they face, and the small victories that sustain them.
Michael Riordon takes us to thousand ye ... more
The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir - by Kirsty Logan - £16.99
An unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood.
‘You and your partner want a baby. But your two bodies can’t make a baby together.’
If you want a baby but your body says other ... more
Mr Loverman - by Bernardine Evaristo - £8.99
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo is a tragi-comic tale of homosexual love set in contemporary London.
Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he's lived in Hackney since the sixties. ... more
Critical: Why the NHS is Being Betrayed and How We Can Fight For It - by Dr Julia Grace Patterson - £16.99
The true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it.
‘The NHS is an institution. But it’s also a political football, kicked back and forth between politicians for the past 75 years. It’s a burden to s ... more
The Lighthouse Witches - by C.J. Cooke - £9.99
Don’t miss the brand-new chilling gothic thriller from the bestselling author...
’Cooke has creatively interwoven the darkness of reality with a magical realism that will truly have you gripped’ Woman & Home
‘Fascinating and enthral ... more
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