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Recommended Non-Fiction titles for Yuletide 2019!
The best of 2019 - over two hundred of our top non-fiction recommendations!
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (Illustrated Edition) - by Greta Thunberg - £14.99
A new expanded and illustrated edition of the history-making speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation.
'We are the change and change is coming'
In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, G ... more
Secret Liverpool: An Unusual Guide - by Mike Keating - £13.99
Discover for yourself the haunts of slave traders, privateers and press-gangs, the hideaway of a suspected assassin and the desecrated grave of a self-professed Jack the Ripper, track down the birthplace of rail travel and the oldest pavilion at a fi ... more
Revenge of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot - by Vivien Goldman - £13.99
As an industry insider and pioneering post-punk musician, Vivien Goldman’s perspective on music journalism is unusually well-rounded. In Revenge of the She-Punks, she probes four themes—identity, money, love, and protest—to explore what makes p ... more
The Many Not The Few: An Illustrated History of Britain Shaped by the People - by Sean Michael Wilson and Robert Brown - £9.99
An old union rep, Joe, and his granddaughter, Arushi, spend a few pleasant days together going over the history of the labour movement. Over tea and sandwiches in his studio they consider the whole wide sweep and points of connection throughout histo ... more
Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, Vol. 3 - by Paul Joynson-Hicks & Tom Sullam - £9.99
It's time to dust off your camera, pick up your binoculars and head back to the great outdoors as the much-loved Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards return once again with the best, as well as never-before-seen, photographs of wildlife; a waving pola ... more
Here to Stay, Here to Fight: A Race Today Anthology - by Paul Field, Robin Bunce, Leila Hassan, Margaret Peacock (Editor) - £19.99
From 1973 to 1988, Race Today, the journal of the revolutionary Race Today Collective was at the epicentre of the struggle for racial justice in Britain. Placing race, sex and social class at the core of its analysis, it featured in its articles and ... more
Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope - by Johann Hari - £8.99
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream, a radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety
What really causes depression and anxiety – and how can we really solve them? Awar ... more
Lights In The Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe - by Daniel Trilling - £8.99
A mother who puts her children into a refrigerated lorry and asks, ‘What else could I do?’ A runaway teenager who comes of age on the streets and in abandoned buildings. A student who leaves his war ravaged country behind because he doesn’t wan ... more
How Poetry Can Change Your Heart - by Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley - £8.99
Poetry can transform: How can a poem transform a life? Could poetry change the world? In How Poetry Can Change Your Heart, spoken-word stars Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley roll out the welcome mat and prove that poetry is for everyone.
• Wheth ... more
Bullshit Jobs: A The Rise of Pointless Work And What We Can Do About It - by David Graeber - £9.99
Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. This book shows why, and what we can do about it. ... more
How to Dismantle the NHS in 10 Easy Steps (Second Edition) - by Youssef El-Gingihy - £10.99
The blueprint that the government does not want you to see.
The story of how your NHS was sold off and why you will have to buy private health insurance soon.
Events have spiralled since the first edition of How to Dismantle the NHS in 10 Easy ... more
Classic Albums by Women - by Classic Album Sundays - £18.00
Across the genres, across the generations, across the board, this book presents over one hundred inspirational albums by women, from top-selling hits to the indie and obscure.
Classic Album Sundays - the world's most popular album listening ... more
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference - by Greta Thunberg - £2.99
The history-making, ground-breaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation.
'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today'
In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Gre ... more
If Women Rose Rooted: A Life-Changing Journey to Authenticity and Belonging - by Sharon Blackie - £8.99
‘This is the core of our task: to respect and revere ourselves, and so bring about a world in which women are respected and revered, recognised once again as holding the life-giving power of the earth itself.’
If Women Rose Rooted has be ... more
Two Tribes: Liverpool, Everton and a City on the Brink - by Tony Evans - £8.99
Cup Final Day, 1986, and the eyes of the world are on Liverpool and Everton as they walk out on to Wembley’s lush green turf. Pumped with pride and passion, the two best teams in Europe are about to engage in a gladiatorial battle in front of 100,0 ... more
In Your Defence: Stories of Life and Law - by Sarah Langford - £8.99
"I loved this book. It made my heart sing. Written by a woman in the law with compassion, wit and legal know-how, these true life courtroom stories tell it like it is."(Helena Kennedy QC)
Sarah Langford is a barrister. Her job is to stand in cou ... more
Notes to Self: Essays - by Emilie Pine - £9.99
THE EXTRAORDINARY #1 BESTSELLER - a word-of-mouth literary phenomenon.
'I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.'
In this dazzling debut, Emilie Pine speak ... more
The Inner Level - by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett - £9.99
The essential new book from the authors of the international bestseller The Spirit Level.
Why is the incidence of mental illness in the UK twice that in Germany? Why are Americans three times more likely than the Dutch to develop gambling proble ... more
This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook - by Extinction Rebellion - £7.99
Extinction Rebellion are inspiring a whole generation to take action on climate breakdown.
Now you can become part of the movement - and together, we can make history.
It's time. This is our last chance to do anything about the global climate ... more
By Order of the Peaky Blinders - by Steven Knight, with Matt Allen - £20.00
The official companion to the hit TV show, Peaky Blinders, fully illustrated in colour. Packed full of behind-the-scenes stories and interviews with the cast and creators of the show, By Order of the Peaky Blinders is the first official book to take ... more
Strength: Featuring Frida Kahlo - by Frida Kahlo - £9.99
Officially Licensed Frida Kahlo Corporation Product.
Strength, featuring the sensibility of Frida Kahlo, offers a paean to the determined independence of the remarkable artist and activist.
A new series of gift books from Flame Tree, Thoug ... more
Back to Black: Black Radicalism for the 21st Century - by Kehinde Andrews - £10.99
Back to Black traces the long and eminent history of Black radical politics. Born out of resistance to slavery and colonialism, its rich past encompasses figures such as Marcus Garvey, Angela Davis, the Black Panthers and the Black Lives Matter activ ... more
Smashing It: Working Class Artists on Life, Art and Making It Happen - by Sabrina Mahfouz (Editor) - £12.99
Smashing It celebrates the exceptional works and words of 31 leading working-class artists in Britain. Featuring writing, lyrics and images by Wiley, Maxine Peake, Malorie Blackman, Riz Ahmed and many more, it also includes reflections from artists o ... more
Born Lippy: How to Do Female - by Jo Brand - £8.99
HOLD MY CHIPS, THE WOMEN ARE REVOLTING! A darkly funny guide to life as a woman from Britain's favourite comedian.
Sometimes it's hard to be a woman and sometimes it's time to be a hard woman... This is a book for all those times.
Once upon ... more
Wild Signs and Star Paths - by Tristan Gooley - £9.99
Tristan Gooley, author of the internationally bestselling How To Read Water and The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues & Signs, shows how it is possible to achieve a level of outdoors awareness that will enable you to sense direction from stars and pl ... more
Bedtime Stories for Worried Liberals - by Stuart Heritage - £9.99
Funny and soothing: let Stuart Heritage tuck you in and read you a story about how everything is fine again.
Anxious? Angry? Waking up in the middle of the night to worry about plastic pollution, Brexit and why everything seems to be so horr ... more
In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin - by Lindsey Hilsum - £9.99
The gripping life story of the great war correspondent Marie Colvin told by one of her closest friends.
Winner of the James Tait Black Award
Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and racket ... more
Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2019 - by Various artists - £12.99
A hilarious companion to the year's political turmoil, featuring the work of Martin Rowson, Steve Bell, Peter Brookes, Nicola Jennings and many more...
2019 was the year of Brexit, obviously. But it was also the year that Donald Trump went h ... more
Odd Men Out: Male Homosexuality in Britain from Wolfenden to Gay Liberation, 1954 – 1970 - by John-Pierre Joyce - £10.99
Odd Men Out is a social, cultural and political history of gay men living in Britain during the 1950s and 1960s. It follows a chronological narrative and covers a number of thematic issues in detail, starting with the establishment of the government ... more
Black, Listed - by Jeffrey Boakye - £9.99
AFRO-CARIBBEAN. COLOURED. ETHNIC MINORITY. IMMIGRANT. BAME. URBAN. WOKE. FAM. BLACK.
These are just some of the terms being wrestled with in Black, Listed, an exploration of twenty-first century Black identity told through a list of insults, ... more
The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo - by Alaa Aljaleel by Diana Darke - £10.99
From Diana Darke, the acclaimed author of My House in Damascus and The Merchant of Syria, comes the extraordinary true story of a heroic ambulance driver who created a cat sanctuary in the midst of war-torn Aleppo.
“I’ll stay with them n ... more
Oneness With All Life - by Eckhart Tolle - £10.99
Take on 2020 with this pocket collection of nearly 200 life-changing and inspirational quotes and passages.
The No 1 New York Times bestseller, international phenomenon and spiritual masterpiece.
Oneness with All Life is a portable collec ... more
The British State: A Warning - by Chris Nineham - £10.99
The first attempt since the 1980s to analyse the British state's capacity to block change and derail social movements. A riposte to those who said there could never be a very British coup.
What happens if a radical government gets elected in ... more
A Cloud A Day - by Gavin Pretor-Pinney - £20.00
The stresses of the digital world mean that it’s more important than ever to engage with the natural world. And no matter where you are, looking up at the clouds is good for the soul. The sky is the most dramatic and evocative aspect of nature. Eve ... more
What We're Told Not to Talk About (But We're Going to Anyway) - by Nimko Ali - £14.99
14 countries, 42 women, each with a story no one has heard before.
What do you do when you're living on the streets and on your period? What does it feel like to have a poo after you've given birth? How do we learn to love our bodies again a ... more
The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future - by David Wallace-Wells - £9.99
**SUNDAY TIMES AND THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**
A Waterstones Paperback of the Year and shortlisted for the Foyles Book of the Year 2019
It is worse, much worse, than you think.
The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, pe ... more
The Art of Mindful Reading: Embracing the Wisdom of Words - by Ella Berthoud - £10.99
The healing power of reading has been renowned since Aristotle; focus, flow and enlightenment can all be discovered through this universal act.
The Art of Mindful Reading embraces the joy of absorbing words on a page, encouraging a state of ... more
21 Lessons for the 21st Century - by Yuval Noah Harari - £9.99
**THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**
The future is here. Learn to live in it.
In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.
How can we protect ourselves from nucl ... more
Brexiternity: The Uncertain Fate of Britain - by Denis MacShane - £9.99
Never in the lifetime of most British adults has there been such uncertainty about the future of the political and governing institutions of the state. Brexit has the potential to change everything – from the shape of government institutions, to th ... more
Peter Kennard: Visual Dissent - by Peter Kennard - £19.99
This fully illustrated anthology showcases key images from Peter Kennard's work as Britain's foremost political artist over the last fifty years.
The book centres around Kennard's images, photomontages and illustrations from protests, year b ... more
The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2020 - by Lia Leendertz - £10.00
A perfect toolkit connecting with the world around us and the year ahead as it unfolds – all in a compact and pocket size that just begs you to pick it up and browse.
The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2020 reinvents the tradition of the rural a ... more
The Way Home: Tales from a Life Without Technology - by Mark Boyle - £16.99
It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.
No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bu ... more
How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy - by Julian Baggini - £9.99
In this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought.
One of the great unexplained wonders of human history is that written philosophy flowered entirely separatel ... more
Wild Geese: A Collection of Nan Shepherd's Writing - by Nan Shepherd - £8.99
Nan Shepherd (1893 - 1981) published three novels between 1928 and 1933: The Quarry Wood, The Weatherhouse and A Pass in the Grampians – as well as a collection of poems: In the Cairngorms.
Her reputation grew exponentially with the 1977 publi ... more
MacTrump - by Ian Doescher and Jacopo della Quercia - £11.99
For readers craving a humorous antidote to the sound and the fury of American politics, this clever satire, written in iambic pentameter in the style of Shakespeare, wittily fictionalizes the events of the first two years of the Trump administration. ... more
Forever Frida: A Celebration of the Life, Art, Loves, Words, and Style of Frida Kahlo - by Kathy Cano-Murillo - £9.99
Revel in the enduring legacy of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo — from the self-portraits, to the flower crown, to her iconic eyebrows — with this fun and commemorative book!
With her colorful style, dramatic self-portraits, hardscrabble backstor ... more
Climate Justice: A Man-Made Problem With a Feminist Solution - by Mary Robinson - £9.99
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2018
Holding her first grandchild in her arms in 2003, Mary Robinson was struck by the uncertainty of the world he had been born into. Before his fiftieth birthday, he would share the planet with more th ... more
Why Bowie Matters - by Will Brooker - £12.99
A unique, moving and dazzlingly researched exploration of the places, people, musicians, writers and filmmakers that inspired David Jones to become David Bowie, what we can learn from his life’s work and journey, and why he will always matter.
&nb ... more
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life - by Samantha Irby - £9.99
If you haven’t already heard of Samantha Irby... where have you been?
In this painfully funny collection, Samantha Irby captures powerful emotional truths while chronicling the rubbish bin she calls her life. From an ill-fated pilgrimage t ... more
Liverpool Beyond the Brink: The Remaking of a Post Imperial City - by Michael Parkinson - £19.95
Liverpool Beyond the Brink is a fascinating commentary on the economic decline that caused the physical, social and political fragmentation of the imperial city during the 1970s and the efforts since then to revive and reconnect it.
It char ... more
The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics - by Diarmaid Ferriter - £8.99
For the past two decades, you could cross the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic half a dozen times without noticing or, indeed, turning off the road you were travelling. It cuts through fields, winds back-and-forth across roads, and we ... more
How to Rig an Election - by Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas - £9.99
An engrossing analysis of the pseudo-democratic methods employed by despots around the world to retain control.
Contrary to what is commonly believed, authoritarian leaders who agree to hold elections are generally able to remain in power lo ... more
Led By Donkeys: How Four Friends with a Ladder Took on Brexit - by Led by Donkeys - £10.00
The official account – complete with full-colour illustrations – of how four ordinary people managed to expose the government’s hypocrisies through a nationwide guerrilla advertising campaign.
Seeking to highlight the hypocrisy of our poli ... more
Bad news for Labour: Antisemitism, the Party and Public Belief - by Greg Philo - £14.99
During the summer of 2018, numerous members of the Labour Party were accused of anti-Semitic behaviour by their detractors. The controversy reached fever pitch amid claims that the Labour Party had become 'institutionally racist' under the leadership ... more
Strange Planet - by Nathan Pyle - £12.99
Based on the phenomenally popular Instagram comic, a hilariously perceptive and hugely addictive look at an alien world not unlike our own.
From the mind of New York Times-bestselling author Nathan W. Pyle comes an adorable and profound univ ... more
Being John Lennon: A Restless Life - by Ray Connolly - £9.99
John Lennon was a rock star, a school clown, a writer, a wit, an iconoclast, a sometime peace activist and finally an eccentric millionaire. He was also a Beatle – his plain-speaking and impudent rejection of authority catching, and eloquently arti ... more
The Hedgehog Handbook - by Sally Coulthard - £9.99
Hedgehogs, with their quiet determination and bristling, bumbling ways, are seen by many of one of life's most enduring symbols of the countryside and town gardens. This shy, snuffling, enigmatic animal has captured the imagination of children and ad ... more
Corbynism from Below - by Mark Perryman (Editor) - £15.00
In 2017 Jeremy Corbyn surprised everyone, including his own supporters, by depriving Theresa May of her majority. Two years on, with May forced out, Boris Johnson in, and a dramatic constitutional crisis over Brexit, the country is likely to be facin ... more
How to be a Craftivist: The Art of Gentle Protest - by Sarah Corbett - £10.99
How to Be a Craftivist is a manifesto for quiet activism: how to tackle issues not with shouting and aggression but with gentle protest, using the process of ‘making’ to engage thoughtfully in the issues we are about, to influence and effect chan ... more
Gardening and Planting by the Moon 2020 - by Nick Kollerstrom, PhD - £7.99
You won’t have to get up in the middle of the night to sow your carrots! Country folk know that planning their work in harmony with the rhythms of the moon produces better crops. It’s that easy. They get higher yields and better flavour in vegeta ... more
Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain - by Fintan O'Toole - £9.99
A fierce, mordantly funny and perceptive book about the act of national self-harm known as Brexit. A great democratic country tears itself apart, and engages in the dangerous pleasures of national masochism. Trivial journalistic lies became far ... more
Others: Writers On the Power of Words to Help Us See Beyond Ourselves - by Charles Fernyhough (Editor) - £9.99
Writers celebrate the power of words to show us the world as others see it, raising funds for refugee and anti-hate charities.
Across the world, intolerance of otherness is growing: in Donald Trump’s America, in Brexit Britain and in a Europe ... more
Backstop Land - by Glenn Patterson - £13.99
Northern Ireland's frontier with the South has been an invisible line since the peace agreement of 1998. Now the battle over the UK's decision to leave the EU risks turning it into a hard border. Yet few people in the rest of Britain (or Ireland) kno ... more
Glastonbury 50 - by Michael and Emily Eavis - £30.00
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Glastonbury 50 is the authorised, behind-the-scenes, inside story of the music festival that has become a true global phenomenon.
The story begins in 1970. The day after Jimi Hendrix's death... dairy farmer Micha ... more
Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide - by Kate Charlesworth - £17.99
Cartoonist Kate Charlesworth presents a glorious pageant of LGBTQI+ history, as she takes us on a PRIDE march past personal and political milestones from the 1950s to the present day. Peopled by a cast of gay icons such as Dusty Springfield, Billie J ... more
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings - by Helen Jukes - £8.99
A fascinating, insightful and inspiring account of a novice beekeeper's year of keeping honeybees, which will appeal to readers of H is For Hawk and The Outrun.
Entering her thirties, Helen Jukes feels trapped in an urban grind of office politic ... more
Bloc Life: Stories from the Lost World of Communism - by Peter Molloy - £9.99
There was life before the fall.
1989 was a year of astonishing and rapid change: the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and an end to an entire way of life for millions of people behind the Iron Curtain. B ... more
Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible - by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené - £9.99
"Arguably the book for 2018"(Observer)
The long-awaited, inspirational guide to life for a generation of black British women inspired to make lemonade out of lemons, and find success in every area of their lives.
Elle’s 12 addictive books you ... more
The Little Book of Brexit Bollocks - by Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson - £4.99
If any event in recent British history has spawned more bollocks than Brexit, it is hard to remember when.
Now, in a successor volume to the perennial bestsellers The Little Book of Complete Bollocks and The Little Book of Management Bollocks, comes ... more
Women, Race & Class - by Angela Y. Davis - £9.99
Ranging from the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the radical political activist Angela Davis offers an alternative view of female struggles for liberation.
Tracin ... more
North Korea Journal - by Michael Palin - £14.99
A glimpse of life inside the world’s most secretive country, as told by Britain’s best-loved travel writer.
In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive De ... more
Barack Obama: Quotes to Live By - by Barack Obama - £5.99
Barack Obama: Quotes to Live By is a life-affirming collection of over 170 quotes from one of the world's most admired and respected public figures. Excelling academically, professionally and as a community organizer, Barack Obama showed promi ... more
The Secret Network of Nature - by Peter Wohlleben - £8.99
An exploration of the invisible connections sustaining the entire natural world from the bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees.
Did you know that trees can influence the rotation of the earth?
Or that wolves can alter the course of ... more
Posh Boys: How English Public Schools Ruin Britain - by Robert Verkaik - £10.99
In Britain today, the government, judiciary and military are all led by an elite who attended private school. Under their watch, our society has become increasingly divided and the gap between rich and poor is now greater than ever before. Is this th ... more
Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women - by Helena Kennedy - £9.99
Two women a week are killed by a spouse or partner. Every seven minutes a woman is raped. Now is the time for change.
Helena Kennedy, one of our most eminent lawyers and defenders of human rights, examines the pressing new evidence that wo ... more
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives - by Viet Thanh Nguyen - £10.99
Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen called on 17 fellow refugee writers from across the globe to shed light on their experiences, and the result is The Displaced, a powerful dispatch from the individual lives behind c ... more
Private Eye Annual 2019 - by Ian Hislop (Editor) - £9.99
The Private Eye Annual 2019 presents the year's best cartoons, jokes, parodies and topical sketches from the UK's most successful satirical news and current affairs magazine.
The Private Eye Annual remains a perennial Christmas bestseller, ... more
Yay! You're Gay! Now What? A Gay Boy's Guide to Life - by Riyadh Khalaf - £8.99
Yay! You're gay! Or maybe you're bi. Or maybe you just feel different... in time, that difference will become the greatest gift you could ask for. It will bring you love, a sense of identity, a new community, and eventually the freedom to be yourself ... more
After Grenfell: Violence, Resistance and Response - by Dan Bulley, Jenny Edkins, Nadine El-Enany (Editors) - £16.99
On the 14th June 2017, a fire engulfed a tower block in West London, seventy-two people lost their lives and hundreds of others were left displaced and traumatised. The Grenfell Tower fire is the epicentre of a long history of violence enacted by gov ... more
Bodies - by Susie Orbach - £9.99
In the past decades, the pressure to perfect and design our bodies has been unprecedented. Men are encouraged to surgically pump up their pecs, breast enhancement is a sweet sixteen birthday present in the suburbs of America, and eating problems - fr ... more
To Obama: A People's History - by Jeanne Marie Laskas - £9.99
One of the most important politics books of the year, To Obama is a record of a time when politics intersected with empathy.
Every day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from ordinary American citizens. Every night, he read ten of th ... more
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think - by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund - £9.99
A timely, short and essential book about the power of facts in a post-truth world, by late international sensation Hans Rosling ('a true inspiration' - Bill Gates) and his long-term collaborators Ola and Anna.
Factfulness: The stress-reducing ha ... more
Last Night a Bidet Drenched My Wife... And Other Misheard Lyrics - by @Trouteyes with Moose Allain - £6.99
'Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream. I was kissing Danny DeVito by a crystal blue Italian stream.'
'I was loooking for some action and all I found were cygnets and a waterfall.'
'When I get that feeling I need saxophone clean ... more
Where's Bowie? Search for David Bowie in Berlin, Studio 54, Outer Space and more... - by Kev Gahan - £9.99
This book is a reverent and interactive homage to David Bowie, with dense illustrations of the many real and imagined universes of his own making.
Hidden somewhere on each of Whereʼs Bowie?ʼs double page spreads, a Bowie is patiently waiti ... more
Marx, Capital and the Madness of Economic Reason - by David Harvey - £9.99
Marx's Capital is one of the most important texts of the modern era. The three volumes, published between 1867 and 1883, changed the destiny of countries, politics and people across the world - and continue to resonate today. In this book, David Harv ... more
The Three Dimensions of Freedom - by Billy Bragg - £6.00
At a time when opinion trumps facts and truth is treated as nothing more than another perspective, free speech has become a battleground. While authoritarians and algorithms threaten democracy, we argue over who has the right to speak.
To pr ... more
Trans Britain: Our Long Journey from the Shadows - by Christine Burns (Editor) - £9.99
Over the last five years, transgender people have seemed to burst into the public eye: Time declared 2014 a 'trans tipping point', while American Vogue named 2015 'the year of trans visibility'. From our television screens to the ballot box, transgen ... more
The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain - by Gareth Moore - £14.99
The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book was the biggest-selling puzzle book of 2018. And now it is back, with brand new maps, and bigger and better brainteasers!
In The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain map your way around Britain in 40 new regiona ... more
Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism: Stories of Personal Transformation - by Carolyn L. Karcher - £18.99
Personal narratives by Forty Jewish activists and scholars.
Today Jews face a choice. We can be loyal to the ethical imperatives at the heart of Judaism—love the stranger, pursue justice, and repair the world. Or we can give our unconditio ... more
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights - by Mikki Kendall, illustrated by A. D’Amico - £15.99
A bold and gripping graphic history of the fight for women’s rights.
The ongoing struggle for women’s rights has spanned human history, touched nearly every culture on Earth, and encompassed a wide range of issues, such as the right to v ... more
Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers - by Kit de Waal (Editor) - £9.99
Working-class stories are not always tales of the underprivileged and dispossessed.
Common People is a collection of essays, poems and memoir written in celebration, not apology: these are narratives rich in barbed humour, reflecting the dep ... more
Mindful Thoughts for Stargazers: Find Your Inner Universe - by Mark Westmoquette - £6.99
Noticing the wonders of the night skies can foster a sense of curiosity, awe and deep interconnectedness like nothing else on Earth!
Mindful Thoughts for Stargazers presents a constellation of meditations on how the mysteries of the outer un ... more
Calypso - by David Sedaris - £9.99
If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong.
When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, rel ... more
A History of the World in 21 Women - by Jenni Murray - £9.99
The inimitable Jenni Murray celebrates great women from around the world - rescuing some from obscurity and shining a new light on familiar names.
From the bestselling author of A History of Britain in 21 Women.
The history of the world is th ... more
Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise - by Katherine Rundell - £5.00
Katherine Rundell – Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children – explores how children's books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how children's fiction, with its unabashed emotion and playf ... more
Vegan Christmas Feasts - by Jackie Kearney - £9.99
Inspired meat-free recipes for the festive season.
Everyone will love these vegan ideas devised for Christmas. The clever plant-based recipes are designed to be crowd-pleasing and properly festive and as well as being meat-free and dairy-free, t ... more
Little Boy - by Lawrence Ferlinghetti - £14.99
Little Boy was quite lost. He had no idea who he was or where he had come from... Grown Boy came into his own voice and let loose his word-horde pent-up within him.
From growing up as an orphan in 1920s New York, to serving in the Navy at the D- ... more
Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children - by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff - £9.99
A leading new exploration of the Windrush generation, featuring David Lammy and Lenny Henry.
Britain was known as the Mother Country: a home away from home; a place that you would be welcomed with open arms; a land where you were free to build a ... more
Brexit Without The Bullshit: The Facts on Food, Jobs, Schools, and the NHS - by Gavin Esler - £8.99
From strawberries to passports, Gavin Esler presents a no-bullshit guide to the most momentous change in British life for decades.
In seven succinct chapters, the BBC TV veteran sets out how leaving the European Union will affect:
... more
Sunny Side Up: A Story of Kindness and Joy - by Susan Calman - £9.99
In 2017 Susan Calman danced her way into our hearts on Strictly Come Dancing. Her enthusiasm and absolute joy at being part of the show and learning to dance, brought sunshine into 11M homes every Saturday night. Buoyed by the mental upgrade Susa ... more
How To Be Autistic - by Charlotte Amelia Poe - £8.99
An urgent, funny, shocking, and impassioned memoir by the winner of the Spectrum Art Prize 2018, How To Be Autistic by Charlotte Amelia Poe presents the rarely shown point of view of someone living with autism.
Poe’s voice is confident, moving ... more
The Big Hippo Guide To Democracy, Referendums, General Elections (And All That) - by Bob Marshall Andrews and Martin Rowson - £8.99
The world of Westminster laid bare in cool, understated prose brimming with irony and seen through Martin Rowson’s sharp, satirical eye. What happens when your referendum goes haywire, your election fails to deliver and lies, truth and fake-news ba ... more
The Long '68: Radical Protest and Its Enemies - by Richard Vinen - £10.99
1968 saw an extraordinary range of protests across much of the western world. Some of these were genuinely revolutionary - around ten million French workers went on strike and the whole state teetered on the brink of collapse. Others were more easily ... more
Fear: Trump in the White House - by Bob Woodward - £9.99
The inside story on President Trump, as only Bob Woodward can tell it.
With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Don ... more
The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity - by Kwame Anthony Appiah - £9.99
We often think identity is personal. But the identities that shape the world, our struggles, and our hopes, are social ones, shared with countless others. Our sense of self is shaped by our family, but also by affiliations that spread out from there, ... more
The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran - by Masih Alinejad - £9.99
BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
This memoir is the extraordinary story of how one Iranian woman overcame enormous adversity to fight for what she truly believed and founded a major movement for women around the world with the simple removal of her ... more
A Little Gay History of Wales - by Daryl Leeworthy - £11.99
A Little Gay History of Wales tells the compelling story of Welsh LGBT life from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Drawing on a rich array of archival sources from across Britain, together with oral testimony and material culture, this pionee ... more
The Secret Life of Snow - by Giles Whittell - £8.99
How many snowflakes does it take to build a snowman?
Where is the snowiest place on Earth?
When will the last snowflake fall?
Snow has a lot in common with religion.
It comes from heaven. It changes everything. It creates an alternative r ... more
Protest: Britain on the March - by Mirrorpix - £12.99
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."(Margaret Mead)
Britain was built on protest. From Magna Carta to the suffragettes, the Peasants’ Revolt to ... more
Now We Have Your Attention: The New Politics of the People - by Jack Shenker - £16.99
"One of the most important and compelling books I've ever read, by one of Britain's most gifted writers. If you want to understand why we are in this crisis, listen to the voices all too often airbrushed from the political conversation"(Owen Jones)
... more
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence - by Kristen Ghodsee - £9.99
The argument of this book can be summed up succinctly: unregulated capitalism is bad for women, and if we adopt some ideas from socialism, women will have better lives.
If done properly, socialism leads to economic independence, better labour co ... more
Like A Thief In Broad Daylight: Power in the Era of Post-Humanity - by Slavoj Žižek - £10.99
In our brave new world of Big Tech, work is automated and money melts into air. What comes next as the global capitalist edifice crumbles? Slavoj Žižek shows how the answer is already stealing into sight, like a thief in broad daylight. What we mus ... more
A Love Letter to Europe: An Outpouring of Love and Sadness from Our Writers, Thinkers and Artists - by Various writers - £16.99
Great writers, artists, musicians and thinkers in British life say what Europe means to them: an outpouring of love and sadness. With pieces from Frank Cottrell Boyce, Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Drabble, Alan Hollinghurst, Will Hutton, Holly Johnson, Pen ... more
Brave New Words: The Power of Writing Now - by Susheila Nasta (Editor) - £8.99
Fifteen specially commissioned essays from distinguished authors explore the value of critical thinking, the power of the written word, and the resonance of literature in the twenty-first century.
Each explores the crucial place of the writer, p ... more
Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre - by Jacqueline Riding - £8.99
"A superb account of one of the defining moments in modern British history"(Tristram Hunt)
On a hot late summer's day, a crowd of 60,000 gathered in St Peter's Field. They came from all over Lancashire – ordinary working-class men, women and chi ... more
This is Us: Black British Women and Girls - by Kafayat Okanlawon - £9.99
This is Us captures a lifetime of lived experiences from Black British women, retelling their stories of challenges and hardships, triumphs and strengths. Collected by Kafayat Okanlawon from strangers, acquaintances, friends and family, the book ties ... more
Can We All Be Feminists? - by June Eric-Udorie (Editor) - £9.99
"The intersectional feminist anthology we all need to read" (Bustle), edited by a remarkable and inspiring nineteen-year-old activist who the BBC named one of 100 "inspirational and influential women" of 2016.
Why is it difficult for so many wom ... more
The Heart of a Boy: Celebrating the Strength and Spirit of Boyhood - by Kate T. Parker - £13.99
It’s time to celebrate boys.
Against the backdrop of a growing national conversation about how to raise sons to become good people, Kate T. Parker is leading the way by turning her lens on boys. Author of the bestselling book about girls Str ... 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
How to Be Human: The Manual - by Ruby Wax - £8.99
*FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FRAZZLED*
"A three way encounter between a Monk, a neuroscientist and Ruby Wax sounds like the set up for a joke. Instead it's produced one of the most fascinating, intriguing and informative books about mi ... more
Surfacing - by Kathleen Jamie - £12.99
A new and highly anticipated collection of essays from the award-winning author of Sightlines.
Under the ravishing light of an Alaskan sky, objects are spilling from the thawing tundra linking a Yup'ik village to its hunter-gatherer past. In ... more
Protest and Power: The Battle For The Labour Party - by David Kogan - £20.00
Labour has shifted from the New Left, to New Labour, to Corbynista Labour. Now, it may see power again with a most unlikely group of activists from the 1970s, becoming the fourth generation to win power since 1945.
Only Clement Attlee, Harol ... more
I Am the Border, So I Am - by @BorderIrish - £9.99
‘The iceberg always blinks at the last minute.’ – @BorderIrish
‘I was living the quiet life, watching the traffic and the sheep go by and then Brexit came along and I listened to people dismissing my importance. I could see the dange ... more
Lonely Planet's Ultimate Travel Quiz Book - by Lonely Planet - £7.99
Pit your worldly wits against family and friends, or just challenge yourself, with this ultimate travel trivia book. With head-scratching questions on everything from geography and culture to history, wildlife and transport, it’s a fun and challeng ... more
The Little Red Book of Klopp - by Giles Elliott - £9.99
'I told my players during the break: Since we're here anyway, we might actually play a bit of football.'
The Little Red Book of Klopp celebrates the best witticisms, sayings, and insults from Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp, accompanied by illus ... more
Cats on Catnip - by Andrew Marttila - £9.99
Cats enjoying catip! Professional animal photographer Andrew Marttila has captured wonderful split-second images of a variety of cats enjoying catnip (Nepeta cataria), which contains the oil nepetalactone. This non-addictive, harmless stimulant produ ... more
A Jewdas Haggadah - by Jewdas - £12.99
A satirical, political and downright hilarious take on a Jewish tradition.
This authorised yet heretical Haggadah from the infamous Jewdas collective propagates a multitude of dangerous ideas such as anarcho-socialism, the dismantling of na ... more
Our Place: Can We Save Britain's Wildlife Before It Is Too Late? - by Mark Cocker - £9.99
A radical examination of Britain's relationship with the land by one of our greatest nature writers.
Environmental thought and politics have become parts of mainstream cultural life in Britain. The wish to protect wildlife is now a central goal ... more
The Guilty Feminist - by Deborah Frances-White - £8.99
In 2015 I described myself as 'guilty feminist' for the first time. My goals were noble but my concerns were trivial. I desperately wanted to close the pay gap, but I also wanted to look good sitting down naked.
A funny, joyful, frank and inspir ... more
Trump v Trump - by Seven Dials - £6.99
Can you tell the Trumpisms from the hot air?!?!
The big bad media just keeps on spreading tall tales, but at long last here is a book that can help you hone your skills of fishing the truth from the lies! On each page of this book, you’ll ... more
The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain - by Damian Le Bas - £8.99
*BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*
'I needed to get to the stopping places, so I needed to get on the road. It was the road where I might at last find out where I belonged.'
Damian Le Bas grew up surrounded by Gypsy history. His great-grandmoth ... more
Feel Free: Essays - by Zadie Smith - £9.99
The one and only Zadie Smith, prize-winning, bestselling author of Swing Time and White Teeth, is back with a second unmissable collection of essays
No subject is too fringe or too mainstream for the unstoppable Zadie Smith. From social media to ... more
The Older Person's Guide to New Stuff - by Mark Leigh - £9.99
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE OLDER PERSON IN YOUR LIFE!
A handy guide for anyone who says, ‘The Facebook’ or ‘The Google’ or who asks, ‘Do they deliver emails on Sunday?’ This is a book for the elderly and not-so-elderly who are bamb ... more
There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years - by Mike Berners-Lee - £9.99
Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics - the list of concerns seems endless. But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become vegetarian? Ho ... more
It's Not OK to Feel Blue (and Other Lies): Inspirational people open up about their mental health - by Scarlett Curtis (Curator) - £14.99
Last year, Scarlett Curtis and 52 inspirational women wrote an extraordinary anthology on what feminism means to them. The book went on to be a cultural phenomenon and turned the world Pink.
This year, it's Blue.
We are living in th ... more
Michelle Obama: Quotes to Live By - by Michelle Obama - £5.99
Michelle Obama: Quotes to Live By
is a life-affirming collection of over 170 quotes from one of the world's most admired and respected public figures. As a student, she excelled; as a lawyer, she rose through the ranks; as a mother, she inspired an ... more
Walks in the Wild: A Guide Through the Forest - by Peter Wohlleben - £14.99
Can you tell the difference between wolf and dog prints?
Which trees are best to shelter under a storm?How do you tell a deciduous and coniferous tree apart?
Bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben, lets you in on ... more
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories - by Ilan Pappe - £12.99
Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2017
A powerful, groundbreaking history of the Occupied Territories from one of Israel's most influential historians.
From the author of the bestselling study of the 1948 War of Independence ... more
Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being - by Romesh Ranganathan - £8.99
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Straight Outta Crawley is the hilarious and irreverent autobiography from comedian Romesh Ranganathan.
At the age of 9, Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's holiday camp talent c ... more
I'm a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity - by Robin Ince - £8.99
Evening Standard’s the Best Comedy Books of the Year, 2018
Skinny’s Book of the Year, 2018
What better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians – those who professionally examine our quirks on stage daily? In this ... more
Turning the Boat for Home: A Life Writing About Nature - by Richard Mabey - £18.99
For five decades Richard Mabey has been a pioneering voice in modern nature writing. From the rediscovery of foraging that led to Food for Free, through his groundbreaking expeditions in the 'edgelands' in the 1970s, to his reflections on the musical ... more
Europe's Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right - by Liz Fekete - £10.99
An expansive investigation into the relationship between contemporary states and the far-right.
It is clear that the right is on the rise, but after Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and the spike in popularity of extreme-right parties across ... more
Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing - by John Boughton - £9.99
A narrative history of council housing - from slums to the Grenfell Tower.
Urgent, timely and compelling, Municipal Dreams brilliantly brings the national story of housing to life.
In this landmark reappraisal of council housing, historian ... more
Rise Up Women! The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes - by Diane Atkinson - £12.99
Marking the centenary of female suffrage, this definitive history charts women's fight for the vote through the lives of those who took part, in a timely celebration of an extraordinary struggle.
An Observer Pick of 2018
A New Statesman Book of ... more
East of Croydon: Blunderings through India and South East Asia - by Sue Perkins - £8.99
Follow Sue Perkins' extraordinary adventures across southern Asia in this fabulously funny travelling tale.
'A few years ago I was asked if I'd like to make a documentary on the Mekong River, travelling from the vast delta in Vietnam to the rem ... more
Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto - by Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser - £7.99
From three of the organizers of the International Women’s Strike: a manifesto for when “leaning in” is not enough.
Unaffordable housing, poverty wages, healthcare, climate change, border policing; not the issues you ordinarily hear fem ... more
Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena - by Philomena Cunk - £9.99
A parody encyclopedia from the star of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and Cunk on Christmas.
In the olden days, people used to learn about things from encyclopedias.
And that was really good, because you could read it, and learn it, then you co ... more
Ground Work: Writings on People and Places - by Tim Dee (Editor) - £9.99
The essential and defining new collection of the best British nature writing.
‘Tim Dee has brought together a wonderous array of talent for this life-affirming, often magical anthology’ Observer
We are living in the anthropocene – an ... more
The Art Puzzle Book - by Susie Hodge and Dr. Gareth Moore - £14.99
THINK YOU KNOW BOSCH FROM BOTTICELLI? MONDRIAN FROM MIRO? THINK AGAIN...
The Art Puzzle Book turns art history on its head by testing your brainpower and perception on some the world's most iconic paintings. Journey from ancient Egypt to 198 ... more
Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement. My Story of Transformation and Hope - by Albert Woodfox - £12.99
Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement — in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana — all for a crime he did not commit. That Albert Woo ... more
The Order of Time - by Carlo Rovelli - £8.99
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us on an enchanting, consoling journey to discover the meaning of time.
'We are time. We are this space, this clearing opened by the trace ... more
The Liverpool Art Book: The City Through the Eyes Of its Artists - by Emma Bennett (Editor) - £14.99
The Liverpool Art Book is a tribute to one of the UK’s most iconic cities.
An impressive artistic collection taking the reader on a tour through the colourful spirit of Liverpool and its history: inspired by its vibrant, modern buildings ... more
A Ladybird Book About Donald Trump - by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris - £7.99
A charming introduction to the President of the United States, the important jobs he has to do, and the friends he's made all over the world.
'Anyone can grow up to become the President.
Or they can become President first and think about gr ... more
Engines of Privilege: Britain's Private School Problem - by David Kynaston and Francis Green - £9.99
Britain's private, fee-paying schools are institutions where children from affluent families have their privileges further entrenched through a high-quality, richly-resourced education. Engines of Privilege contends that, in a society that mouths the ... more
Migrations: Open Hearts, Open Borders - by Various artists - £9.99
From all over the world, picture book illustrators sent original images and personal messages, in postcard form, for Migrations, an exhibition at the Biennial of Illustration, Bratislava, in 2017, curated by the University of Worcester's Internationa ... more
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees - by Thor Hanson - £9.99
BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK JULY 2018
Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous, essential, and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds.
In Buzz, t ... more
Made In Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country - by Billy Connolly - £8.99
All roads lead home.
‘After my knighthood was announced, a woman from the BBC came to Glasgow to interview me. We sat down in a lovely hotel in a nice part of town, and she hit me with her first question: “This must mean a lot to you, with y ... more
To Throw Away Unopened - by Viv Albertine - £10.99
LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2018
What was I fighting for? Even now I’m not sure. Something so old and so deep, it has no words, no shape, no logic.
Every memoir is a battle between reality and invention - but in her follow up to ... more
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism - by Yanis Varoufakis - £8.99
Yanis Varoufakis, the bestselling author of Adults in the Room, uses personal stories and famous myths to explain what economics is and why it has the power to change our world.
Why is there so much inequality? In this intimate and accessible bo ... more
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - by Akala - £8.99
A searing modern polemic from the BAFTA- and MOBO-award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala.
From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist ... more
Bad Girls: The Rebels and Renegades of Holloway Prison - by Caitlin Davies - £10.99
Society has never known what to do with its rebellious women.
Those who defied expectations about feminine behaviour have long been considered dangerous and unnatural, and ever since the Victorian era they have been removed from public view, loc ... more
Deeds Not Words: The Story of Women's Rights - Then and Now - by Helen Pankhurst - £9.99
Why is it taking so long? Despite huge progress since the suffragette campaigns and wave after wave of feminism, women are still fighting for equality.
Why will we have to wait until 2069 for the gender pay gap to disappear in the UK? Why, in 20 ... more
Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister - by Anne Choma - £8.99
'There are more ways than one of being happy… I am living proof of this.'
Anne Lister was remarkable. Fearless, charismatic and determined to explore her lesbian sexuality, she forged her own path in a society that had no language to defin ... more
A Normal Family: Everyday Adventures With Our Autistic Son - by Henry Normal - £9.99
Johnny is nineteen. He likes music, art and going to the beach. He is also autistic - in his case that means he will probably never get a job, never have a girlfriend, never leave home. And over the last nineteen years this is what his father, TV pro ... more
Vagina: A Re-Education - by Lynn Enright - £14.99
Winner of the Hearst Big Book Awards, 2019 – Women’s Health‘s Book of the Year.
From earliest childhood, girls are misled about their bodies, encouraged to describe their genitalia with cute and silly names rather than anatomically cor ... more
The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found - by Bart van Es - £9.99
Little Lien wasn't taken from her Jewish parents - she was given away in the hope that she might be saved. Hidden and raised by a foster family in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation, she survived the war only to find that her real parents had not. ... more
Jailbirds: Lessons from a Women's Prison - by Mim Skinner - £16.99
Darkly funny, heartbreakingly poignant and stark in its revelations about the UK’s attitude towards people on the fringes of society and women in general, JAILBIRDS is this year’s book you need to read.
“Did you know:
– that ... more
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography - by Eric Idle - £8.99
From the ingenious comic performer, founding member of Monty Python, and creator of Spamalot, comes an absurdly funny memoir of unparalleled wit and heartfelt candour.
We know him best for his unforgettable roles on Monty Python - from the Flyin ... more
How to Give Up Plastic: Simple Steps to Living Consciously on Our Blue Planet - by Will McCallum - £6.99
As read by James Corden, Fearne Cotton, Jim Chapman and Dougie Poytner.
'We have a responsibility, every one of us' David Attenborough
Around 12.7 million tonnes of plastic are entering the ocean every year, killing over 1 million seabirds ... more
Notes on a Nervous Planet - by Matt Haig - £9.99
The follow-up to the number one Sunday Times bestseller Reasons to Stay Alive.
The world is messing with our minds.
Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We are more connected, yet ... more
The Beekeeper of Sinjar - by Dunya Mikhail - £8.99
In The Beekeeper of Sinjar, the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail tells the harrowing stories of women from across Iraq who have managed to escape the clutches of ISIS. Since 2014, ISIS has been persecuting the Yazidi people, killing or ens ... more
William Blake Now: Why He Matters More Than Ever - by John Higgs - £5.99
The visionary poet and painter William Blake is a constant presence throughout contemporary culture – from videogames to novels, from sporting events to political rallies and from horror films to designer fashion. Although he died nearly 200 years ... more
"I Will Not Be Erased": Our Stories About Growing Up as People of Colour - by gal-dem - £7.99
Fourteen joyous, funny and life-affirming essays from gal-dem, the award-winning magazine created by young women and non-binary people of colour.
gal-dem, the award-winning online and print magazine, is created by women and non-binary people ... more
The Gentle Art of Tramping - by Stephen Graham - £12.99
Know how to tramp and you know how to live… Know how to meet your fellow-wanderer, how to be passive to the beauty of nature and how to be active to its wildness and its rigour.
The tramp is a friend of society; a seeker, they pay their wa ... more
Rife: Twenty-One Stories from Britain's Youth - by Nikesh Shukla and Sammy Jones (Editors) - £9.99
Young people in this country are facing a chasm of doubt and instability. Mental health problems are widespread, university fees are rising, job opportunities are drying up, and the prospect of ever owning a home is increasingly out of reach. But thi ... more
What Would Boudicca Do? Everyday Problems Solved by History's Most Remarkable Women - by Elizabeth Foley and Beth Coates - £8.99
Tired of being talked over? Of social media making you feel crap? Of the pressure to ‘have it all’ and a hot bod too?
Boudicca stuck up for herself and now she can help you do the same. It is time to start channelling the spiky superwomen of ... more
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race - by Jesmyn Ward - £9.99
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A timely and groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race in America edited by Jesmyn Ward, the first woman to win the National Book Award twice.
In this bestselling collection of essays and poems, ... more
Misogynation: The True Scale of Sexism - by Laura Bates - £8.99
A collection of essays from bestselling author and founder of The Everyday Sexism Project, Laura Bates.
Laura Bates, pioneering feminist, activist and bestselling author, has given voice to hundreds of thousands of women through her internation ... more
Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain - by James Bloodworth - £8.99
We all define ourselves by our profession. But what if our job was demeaning, poorly paid, and tedious? Cracking open Britain’s divisions journalist James Bloodworth spends six months living and working across Britain, taking on the country’s mos ... more
The Salt Path - by Raynor Winn - £10.99
The uplifting true story of the couple who lost everything and embarked on a journey of salvation across the windswept South West coastline.
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER & SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD & WAINWRIGHT GOLDEN ... more
Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation - by Grace Blakeley - £10.99
For decades, it has been easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.
In the decade leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, booming banks, rising house prices and cheap consumer goods propped up living standards ... more
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