• The Funny Life of Teachers

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    A hilarious book from bestselling author and stand-up comic James Campbell, who has visited over 3,000 primary schools to tell stories and encourage children to write their own.

    Uncover the ridiculously funny life of teachers (and some things that have nothing to do with teachers but are still splendidly funny) according to James Campbell, comedian extraordinaire. Ever wondered what teachers do when they’re not in the classroom? Are they undercover detectives, champion roller-blade dancers or do they spend their evenings playing with their 576 cats?

    This face-achingly funny book will also teach you why you should carry an emergency banana with you at all times, how to fart in class silently without anyone knowing it was you and how to catapult yourself to school by building a medieval style catapult in your back garden!

    Whether you love or loathe your teachers, want to become one when you grow up or don’t give two figs about your teacher but simply love a HILARIOUS read, this book is for you. Prepare to roll around the floor laughing with the snot-inducingly brilliant The Funny Life of Teachers.

    But be warned – this is NOT a normal book. You can read it forwards, backwards, sideways and in approximately 861,000 different ways in between. Whichever way you read it, look no further for fantastic real-life teacher facts, incredibly funny illustrations, imaginary stories and an impossibly silly read!

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    £6.90£7.60
  • The Funny Onion

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    Help Pickle the Onion become a clown, by making his friends laugh when they’re feeling down.

    A rhyming children’s book full of your 5 a day, following Pickle the Onion who tries to make his friend laugh so he stays in town ????????????????A tale of vegetable friendship

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    £7.60
  • The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman: The most uplifting Richard & Judy book club pick of 2022

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    The inspiring, feel-good Richard & Judy Book Club pick about a small boy with a big heart – and even bigger dreams.

    ‘One of those gorgeous books that completely lifts your spirits and restores your faith in humanity’ – Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin and Stacey and bestselling author of Us Three

    It was a journey they would always remember . . . for a friend they’d never forget.

    Norman and Jax are a legendary comedic duo in waiting, with a five-year plan to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe by the time they’re fifteen. But when Jax dies before they turn twelve, Norman decides a tribute act for his best friend just can’t wait, so he rewrites their plan:

    1. Look after Mum | 2. Find Dad | 3. Get to the Edinburgh Fringe

    Sadie knows she won’t win Mother of the Year and she’s not proud she doesn’t know who her son’s father is. But when she finds Norman’s list, all she wants is to see her son smile again. So, enlisting the help of eccentric friend Leonard – an 84-year-old veteran with superior planning skills and a thirst for adventure! – they set off on a pilgrimage to Edinburgh, making a few stops to find Norman’s dad along the way.

    ‘An uplifting tale of love, loss and the redemptive power of humour’ – Mail on Sunday
    ‘Charming, funny and cheering’ – Beth Morrey, author of Saving Missy
    ‘As moving as it is funny. And it’s very funny’ – Romesh Ranganathan
    ‘He’s wheedled his way into my heart, and I suspect I’ll have a Norman-shaped hole there forever’ – Clare Pooley, author of The Authenticity Project

    Readers are in love with Norman:

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This has everything a feel good book should have. I loved it’
    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Norman is one of the most lovable characters I have ever met’
    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A book to make you laugh and cry in the same moment, a bittersweet read’
    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A charming, uplifting tale of love, family, friendship and hope’
    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A beautifully written novel about having the courage to hold on to and chase your dreams’

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    £3.80
  • The Funny Things About Life: Random things to think about that help with self acceptance, compassion & resilience in a crazy world.

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    f you’ve ever spent time, maybe even a few brief moments, wondering what this whole thing we call life is all about then this could potentially be the “book” you’ve been looking for. When it comes down to it, life really is that simple. But but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy.

    “The Funny Things About Life” (aka so-called book, journal, diary, bunch of printed pieces of paper stuck together, whatever you want to call it) is something that YOU bring to life in your own unique, individual way.

    The author (aka Gareth) allows you to go on a journey in any direction you choose with a collection of cliché, funny, simple, thought-provoking, random “facts” about life to think about, write about, forget about, talk about and, quite literally, get over so that you can just start being you and having more fun.

    But before you consider reading it, don’t buy it if you are looking for a book that goes into great detail explaining things, giving you advice and suggestions, teaching you new things and suddenly uncovering the answer to whatever the question was. Because it’s not that kind of book.

    Read it. Write in it. Tear pages out of it in anger. Laugh with it in agreement. Tell your friends not to waste their money on it. Give it to someone as a gift and hope for the best. Throw it away. Or put it on your bookshelf so that it gathers dust.
    There’s no right or wrong way to use this book and you’re free to do with it as you please!.

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    £19.00
  • The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World – THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (Tim Marshall on Geopolitics)

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    THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

    A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2023

    Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century – new from the multi-million-copy international bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and The Power of Geography

    Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes.

    This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics.

    We’re entering a new space race – and it could revolutionise life on Earth.

    Space: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to communication, economics, military strategy and international relations on Earth. Now, it is the latest arena for human exploration, exploitation – and, possibly, conquest. We’re heading up and out, and we’re taking our power struggles with us. China, the USA and Russia are leading the way.

    From physical territory and resources to satellites, weaponry and strategic choke points, geopolitics is as important in the skies above us as it is down below. If you’ve ever wondered if humans are going back to the Moon, who will benefit from exploration or what space wars might look like, the answers are here.

    With all the insight and wit that have made Tim Marshall the UK’s most popular writer on geopolitics, this gripping book shows how we got here and where we’re going, covering great-power rivalry; technology; commerce; combat in space; and what it means for all of us down here on Earth. This is essential reading on power, politics and the future of humanity.

    Praise for The Future of Geography:

    ‘A voyage of galactic discovery’ The Mail on Sunday

    ‘[An] engaging exploration of power politics in space’ Irish Independent

    ‘A superb survey of planetary politics’ The Sunday Times

    ‘Deeply thought-provoking’ BBC Sky at Night

    ‘Marshall is an engaging writer, good at explaining the science as well as the politics, and with an eye for a telling fact’ Lawrence Freedman, The New Statesman

    ‘Written with insight and great wit, this is an essential take on power, politics and the future of humanity from the UK’s most popular writer on geopolitics.’ The Daily Telegraph

    ‘In the latest instalment of his popular books on the meaning of geography, Marshall looks to the stars and the new frontier where astropolitics will be the new geopolitics’ Financial Times

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    £4.99£9.99
  • The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance

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    An Economist Book of the Year
    A Financial Times Book of the Year
    A Foreign Affairs Book of the Year
    A ProMarket Book of the Year
    One of The Week’s Ten Best Business Books of the Year

    “A road map for money managers, market strategists, and others seeking to understand this new world.”―Barron’s

    “Money shapes economies, economies shape nations, nations shape history. It follows that the future of money is profoundly important. Here is a definitive report on where we are and where we are going.”―Lawrence H. Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury

    “Prasad manages to make the financial system intelligible and interesting without resorting to shortcuts and exaggeration…Previous overhauls mainly improved existing systems, he notes. The end of cash―likely within a decade or two―is revolutionary.”―The Economist

    The world of finance is on the cusp of a major disruption that will affect corporations, bankers, states―indeed, all of us. As Eswar Prasad makes clear, the end of physical cash will fundamentally rewrite how we live. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies are just the beginning: spurred by their emergence, central banks will increasingly develop their own, more stable digital currencies. Meanwhile, cryptocurrencies themselves will evolve dramatically as global corporations like Meta, Apple, and Amazon join the game.

    Prasad shows how these innovations will redefine the very concept of money, unbundling its traditional functions. This transformation promises greater efficiency and flexibility, but also carries the risk of instability, lack of accountability, and erosion of privacy. A lucid, visionary work, The Future of Money shows how to maximize the best and guard against the worst of what is to come.

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    £16.10£19.00
  • The Future of Religious Heritage: Entangled Temporalities of the Sacred and the Secular

    The Future of Religious Heritage examines the resurgence of religious heritage in a secular age and frames such heritage as both legacy from the past and promise for the future.

    Drawing on case studies from across Europe, this volume addresses the intersection of three well-defined areas of research: secularism, religious heritage and the question of renewal. Considering the heritagisation of religion and the sacralisation of heritage, contributions to the book consider to what extent the idea of renewal, so pivotal to religious and secular ontologies, is present in heritage formations. Thinking about the temporalities of re-enactment and reconstruction, this volume examines whether heritage practices incorporate religious time into secular practice. Problematising such temporalities of the sacred in our post-secular age, the volume explores how these intersections of religious and secular time in heritage practices inform constructions of the future.

    The Future of Religious Heritage addresses the paradox of the secularisation of religion and the sacralisation of heritage in a post-secular age. It will appeal to academics and students with an interest in critical heritage studies, religion, and (post)secularism, and will also be of interest to those studying re-enactment, regeneration and renewal.

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    £33.30
  • The Future of War: A History

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    For as long as there have been wars there have been fears about the next war. Where are the new dangers? What is the best defence? How might peace come about? This is the history of how over the last 150 years we have tried – rightly and wrongly – to predict war’s future.

    ‘Britain’s leading academic strategist … read this book’ Economist

    ‘Insightful and opinionated … expertly covers centuries of evolving mayhem’ Gary J. Bass, The New York Times

    ‘A bonfire of predictions … Freedman’s purpose in this wise book is to discern patterns in the way we have thought about war’s future’ Shashank Joshi, Financial Times

    ‘It reflects the author’s immense knowledge and wisdom. It should feed our humility, because it reminds us of mankind’s unlimited capacity for folly’ Max Hastings, The Times

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    £9.60£10.40
  • The Future: The electric new novel from the Women’s Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Power

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    ‘Gripping … about to sweep the charts’ MARGARET ATWOOD

    ‘Alderman is a fabulous, witty writer on the digital world’ SUNDAY TIMES

    ‘A little Atwood, a little Gibson, all Alderman, it’s brilliant and I loved it’ LAUREN BEUKES

    The new novel from the Women’s Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Power, The Future is a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.

    The Future is where the money is.

    The Future is a few billionaires leading the world to destruction.

    The Future is a handful of friends hatching a daring plan.

    The Future is the greatest heist ever? Or the cataclysmic end of civilisation…

    The Future is here.

    ‘A rollicking, fun-packed thriller with juicy stakes, constantly escalating twists, and a cast of characters who feel like they already exist somewhere out there in our fragile, free-wheeling present’ ALASTAIR REYNOLDS

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    £9.50
  • The Gambling Addiction Client Workbook

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    The Gambling Addiction Client Workbook is an evidence-based program that uses treatments including motivational enhancement, cognitive-behavioral therapy, skills training, medication, and 12-step facilitation. This workbook walks clients through self-reflective activities and exercises meant to help them recognize the underlying motivations and causes of their gambling addiction and to learn the tools necessary for recovery. The Third Edition of this workbook includes coverage of all 12 steps of recovery. Chapters focused on honesty and relapse prevention as well as a personal recovery plan contribute to client success.

    About the Author

    Robert R. Perkinson is the clinical director of Keystone Treatment Center in Canton, South Dakota. He is a licensed psychologist; licensed marriage & family therapist; internationally certified alcohol and drug counselor; and a nationally certified gambling counselor and supervisor. In addition to the best-selling The Gambling Addiction Client Workbook, Third Edition, Dr. Perkinson is the author of The Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Client Workbook, Third Edition and Chemical Dependency Counseling: A Practical Guide, Fifth Edition.

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    £35.10
  • The Gambling Addiction Journal: A 90-Day Recovery Guide (Gambling Addiction Book)

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    A SURPRISING SELF-HELP METHOD FOR LASTING RECOVERY

    90-Day of empowering and eye-opening questions to uncover the painful sticking points of a gambling problem. This journal is created by a former gambler to give you the strengthen tools for lasting recovery. Besides the questions, you will find motivating quotes and remarkable pieces of advice throughout the book.

    The questions, advice and quotes you will find in this book will help you to,

    • Recognize the patterns that lead to gambling

    • How to change the patterns that lead to gambling

    • How to recover fast from a relapse

    • Give you a new and hopeful sense of awareness

    • Lure your addiction out of the dark places of your unconsciousness and into the perfect light of your waking consciousness

    • Go on a road of self-discovery that covers way more than just your addiction.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    C.W. V. Straaten is the author of The Addiction Recovery Workbook, and The Gambling Addiction Workbook. Through his unique self-help book for recovery, The Gambling Addiction Workbook, he has helped many in understanding and overcoming their gambling addiction. In his book The Addiction Recovery Workbook, he wrote his inspiring masterplan to help addicts around the world to conquer their addiction.

    THE PERFECT GIFT

    This beautifully designed journal is also a perfect gift for a friend or loved one.

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    £11.20
  • The Gambling Century: Commercial Gaming in Britain from Restoration to Regency

    Gambling captures as nothing else the drama of the “long eighteenth century” between the age of religious wars and the age of revolutions. The society that was confronted with games of chance pursued as commercial ventures also came to grips with unprecedented social mobility, floated by new wealth from new sources that created fortunes from trade in sugar, cotton, ivory, silk, tea, or enslaved human beings. Likewise, play for money was prominent in the
    public imagination as money itself, deployed through an ever expanding and ever more sophisticated range of mechanisms, increasingly invaded public awareness, as when prospective spouses in period fiction were rated in terms of annual income as if they were municipal bonds. Similarly, the archetypal figure of the
    gambler captured the imagination of the public in fiction, media, and politics. At the same time, new interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – encouraged and bankrolled by those in power – fostered a new and unprecedented appreciation for mathematical probability and its applications, opening the possibility that games of chance might be pursued as a profitable commercial venture.

    The Gambling Century focuses like no previous work on those who enabled, facilitated, and profited from gambling, as well as on efforts to regulate or outlaw it. Using extensive archival material as well as printed sources, it follows its subjects from the Court to the coffeehouse, to private clubs and “at homes” in townhouses, all of which prefigure that quintessentially modern gambling space, the casino.

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    £19.80
  • The Gambling Disorder Treatment Handbook: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

    This handbook provides mental health professionals with a thorough understanding of the biopsychosocial nature of disordered gambling and shares current evidence-based theories, interventions and strategies to use in clinical practice.

    It provides guidance for working with individuals of any age and covers different gambling modes, activities and subtypes, including new forms of gambling through online and virtual platforms. Drawing on the authors’ substantial experience working with and researching gambling addiction, it considers how treatment can be specialized for particular client groups, including trauma survivors, military, older adults, adolescents and diverse communities. It provides detailed diagnostic and screening resources and includes important information on the financial and legal aspects.

    This is essential reading for any therapist treating clients with gambling disorder.

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    £16.10
  • The Game Master’s Book of Villains, Minions and Their Tactics: Epic new antagonists for your PCs, plus new minions, fighting tactics, and guidelines … original BBEGs for 5th…

    A game master’s biggest challenge can be prep time. With busy lives in mind, this book provides new and exciting content to help GMs save hours of time preparing for a game. Inside, readers will find twenty-five “Big Bosses,” along with insights into how they use their minions strategically in order to decimate any heroic threat that might cross their paths. The Game Master’s Book of Villains, Minions and Their Tactics provides tips and strategies that readers can use to “drag and drop” a BBEG into a new or existing game, with full colour illustrations, lore, stats, combat tactics, and special abilities for each exciting entry. You’ll also find detailed tactics and combat strategies dozens of other minions found throughout the 5E game. In addition to providing three exciting one-shot adventures, the book also shows you how to create your own original villains, minions and monsters – the best of the worst your game has to offer.

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    £19.00£23.80
  • The Game Narrative Toolbox (Focal Press Game Design Workshops)

    Learn how to create compelling game storylines.

    Four experienced narrative designers from different genres of game development have banded together to create this all-inclusive guide on what it’s like to work as a writer and narrative designer in the video game industry. From concept to final testing, The Game Narrative Toolbox walks readers through what role a narrative designer plays on a development team and what the requirements are at every stage of development. Drawing on real experiences, authors Tobias Heussner, Toiya Kristen Finley, PhD, Ann Lemay, and Jennifer Brandes Hepler provide invaluable advice for writing compelling player-centered stories and effective dialogue trees to help readers make the switch from writing prose or screenplay to interactive.

    Thoroughly revised, the Second Edition includes updated content reflecting the industry’s latest developments. In addition to revised and updated chapters, this new edition features two additional chapters covering more advanced topics that are applicable to the lessons learned from the original chapters.

    Accompanying every chapter are exercises that allow the reader to develop their own documentation, outlines, and game-dialogue samples for use in applying for industry jobs or developing independent projects.

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    £50.30
  • The Gamer’s Tale: The RA Volume IV, Part Five

    Team Waifu. After four years of carrying the Hayes High Gaming Club on her slender shoulders, that’s the award the team bestowed upon Destiny as a senior superlative. College couldn’t come soon enough. Anything to get her out of her dead-end home in her dead-end town of Lerwick. Only, as she departs for Lakeview, her home finds a way to tag along for the ride. Facing off against a college lifestyle she doesn’t understand, a dorm that’s just a bigger hotter clique than the ones she already rejected back home, and a boy from her past who never seems to run out of 1-Ups, Destiny is braced for failure, to return home to Lerwick in disgrace. The only thing in her way is the kindness of her unnervingly friendly roommate Charlie. But is one friend enough to keep her in the game?

    This story is part of the collective Volume IV of The RA, in which readers are invited into the lives and perspectives of some of Higgins hottest Hotties.

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    £2.30
  • The Garage Gym Athlete: The Practical Guide to Training like a Pro, Unleashing Fitness Freedom, and Living the Simple Life.

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    Ripped From The Wild Blue Yonder: Ex-Air Force Guy Reveals The REAL Fitness Revolution Hiding Right Under Your Nose…

    If you’re not getting the best workout you can get…

    You’re running the risk of being as far away from your ideal body as the Marianas Trench is from the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

    That’s deep, buddy. Real deep.

    But here’s something else to dive into, all puns aside: how many days are you going to let pass before you finally hit your fitness goals?

    Not those goals you see on TV.

    Not the goals your friends have.

    Your goals. The real ones that hit you at 3am and leave you staring at the ceiling in a wild mix of excitement and sheer panic. The ones that make you a little nervous to admit to anyone but your closest friends.

    Fitness is life. Moving faster, lifting more, and being better than pool-noodle flexible is the stuff that an optimal life is made out of if you ask me. And people have been asking me how to get the best body without necessarily putting your bank account on life support.

    That’s when it hit me…

    Most People Are Hustling Backwards!

    Quick Test: if you want to know whether or not you’re the President of the Backwards Fitness Hustlers Club, answer this:

    Why aren’t you already working out on your terms?

    If your first thought was to pull an excuse out of that fine database you’re calling a brain, I have bad news for you: you’re not only hustling backwards, but you’ve voted yourself into the highest office in excuseland in the process!

    Become and Athlete

    Let’s get down to business. This book is called Garage Gym Athlete: The Practical Guide to Training like a Pro, Unleashing Fitness Freedom, and Living the Simple Life, and it’s exactly what it says on the tin.

    Instead of giving you DIY fantasies, I’m bringing DIY realities to the table. Want to save a bundle of money and still have a real reason to sell tickets to the gun show? This is your guide.

    Is orange your favorite color? If so, then you’re in luck, because Home Depot is going to be in your future…quite often.

    I’m focused on turning average people into athletes, in both mind and body. That’s the mission. That’s the big plan. That’s where my heart, soul, passion, and experience combine forces to help people go from zero to zealous, and from one to outrageously fit.

    When you pick up this book, you’ll learn:

    – How to rearrange your budget and family objections so the ideal garage gym can come to life (this is way more effective than another game of Tetris, and much more fun
    – THE best way to build stability (without a crunch in sight!)
    – Exactly why you should thank the inventor of PVC (especially after you check out Chapter 13!)
    – A step by step guide to picking a quality barbell (hint: sporting goods get 3 things wrong, but I get you back on track quick)
    – A down in the trenches way to build a power rack (warning: for the bold and brazen, but you’ll love it)
    There’s plenty more coming your way in this guide. I made sure that if you check it out, you’ll walk away with at least a handful of great tactics, tricks, and techniques to get the ultimate job done.

    Would You Like to Know More?

    At this point, you’re at the usual buyer crossroads. Do I listen to the crazy guy, or click away? If you want to jump in headfirst to some great garage gym DIY, simply cross up and click the “Buy Now” button. That’s it!

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    £5.00
  • The Gardener’s Almanac 2024 (National Trust)

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    Information, inspiration, tips and trivia to help you make the most of your gardening year

    This guide to how to look after and enjoy your garden month by month is the ideal thoughtful gift for any gardener. It’s packed with inspiring writing and National Trust know-how that will help beginners and old hands alike.

    For each month, you’ll find:

    Something to prune
    Something to savour
    A task to start; a task to finish
    A thrifty project
    Head gardener’s job of the month – advice from an NT expert
    Plant focus – spotlight on plants in season
    Wildlife – what to look for, how to help
    Weather charts – sunrise and sunset, average temperatures
    Trivia – Facts too good to keep to yourself
    Quotations – Wit and wisdom from famous gardeners, past and present

    There’s information on enjoying other gardens too – with dates for garden events around the country, including from the National Trust and RHS.

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    £5.20£9.50
  • The Gardening Book: Monty Don

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    A fresh approach to gardening by bestselling author and the nation’s favourite gardener Monty Don.

    ‘Think of your garden like a meal. When you select a recipe, you’re choosing it based on inclination, experience and circumstance. Making a garden, big or small, uses exactly the same process.’

    If you are new to gardening, it can seem daunting – with Latin names, various soil types and seasonal requirements, it feels like a lot to learn. But with Monty Don’s new book as a guide you will discover just how joyful and rewarding gardening can be.

    Whether you want to grow your own veg, create a child-friendly garden, connect with nature, or make the most of houseplants, Monty will help you unlock your space’s potential, showing you what, where and when to plant. The Gardening Book gives you the basics to grow over 100 popular flowers, foods, shrubs, houseplants and more – each one has a clear, concise, format: what you need, timing, method, and step-by-step photos, all on one spread. It’s a refreshingly accessible approach that will help you build a garden which best serves your needs and enhances your lifestyle.

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    £13.30£26.60
  • The Gathering: The gripping new crime thriller mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat!

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    The shocking new thriller for 2023 from internationally bestselling author Lisa Stone

    A friendly reunion…
    After ten years, Sarah and her husband Roshan are looking forward to catching up with their closest school friends. So when one of them invites the group to spend a week in a beautiful converted church, they eagerly accept.

    A vision of fear…
    Very quickly though, Sarah becomes unsettled. She is frightened by the church’s creepy surroundings, and she thinks she might be seeing ghosts. Even more disturbing, a masked woman is committing armed robberies in the area – and the police can’t catch her.

    A terrifying secret…
    As Sarah and the others begin to have more frightening visions, the armed woman strikes again. The group of friends begin to wonder just what they’ve got themselves into…

    What readers are saying about The Gathering

    ‘I was on the edge of my seat reading this!’

    ‘Once you start you can’t put it down till you know the ending’

    ‘Kept me hooked till the end’

    ‘So many unexpected twists’

    ‘Gripping story, fantastically written’

    ‘A page turner from start to finish’

    ‘Read from cover to cover in one day’

    ‘A thrilling and tense read’

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    £2.80
  • The Gay BCs of LGBT+: An Accompaniment to the ABCs of LGBT+

    The ABCs of LGBT+ is the #1 Bestselling LGBT book and is essential reading for questioning teens, teachers or parents looking for advice, or anyone who wants to learn how to talk about gender identity and sexual identity. In The Gay BCs of LGBT+, Ashley Mardell, offers new insight and information with this accompaniment to the ABCs of LGBT+

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    £1.40
  • The Geeky Chef Cookbook: Real-Life Recipes for Fantasy Foods (4)

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    Eat your way through the most legendary foods from the worlds of science fiction, fantasy, and more, with over 70 recipes of the most delicious and nerdiest eats as realistically imagined by Cassandra Reeder aka The Geeky Chef. 

    Whether you binge sci-fi TV shows, rewatch cult films, get addicted to MMORPGs, or read all the fantasy book series, The Geeky Chef Cookbook has your fictional food fantasies covered.

    For super fans of every variety, this leveled-upcookbook will soon have you unlocking achievements in the kitchen, no matter if you’re cooking for yourself, a friend, or even a viewing party. So, if you loveGame of Thrones, Legend of Zelda, Doctor Who, World ofWarcraft, Final Fantasy, Star Wars, or any other inspiring work of nerd content, set your stomach to empty and dive in.

    Let your love for sci-fi or fantasy shine with The Geeky Chef series by creating food and drinks from your favorite shows, movies, and video games. Your cool, homemade, fiction-themed spread will make you the life of the party. Incredibly fun and creative, and colorfully designed, The Geeky Chef books make the perfect gift for the geek in your life who lives in a world of their own.

    Other titles in this series include: Geeky Bartender Drinks, Geeky Chef Cookbook, Geeky Chef Drinks, and Geeky Chef Strikes Back.
     

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    £10.50£12.30
  • The Genius of Israel

    From the co-authors of the New York Times-bestselling Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle comes the highly anticipated follow-up, The Genius of Israel, breaking down the defining factors behind Israel’s successful trajectory of innovation and explaining how other nations can learn from its development.

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    £12.30
  • The Genius of Israel

    How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since its founding and riven by ethnic, religious, and economic divides, proven resistant to so many of the societal ills plaguing other wealthy democracies?

    Why do Israelis have among the world’s highest life expectancies and lowest rates of “deaths of despair” from suicide and substance abuse? Why is Israel’s population young and growing while all other wealthy democracies are aging and shrinking? How can it be that Israel, according to a United Nations ranking, is the fourth happiest nation in the world? Why do Israelis tend to look to the future with hope, optimism, and purpose while the rest of the West struggles with an epidemic of loneliness, teen depression, and social decline?

    Dan Senor and Saul Singer, the writers behind the international bestseller Start-Up Nation, have long been students of the global innovation race. But as they spent time with Israel’s entrepreneurs and political leaders, soldiers and students, scientists and activists, ultra-Orthodox Jews, Tel Aviv techies, and Israeli Arabs, they realized that they had missed what really sets Israel apart.

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    £19.00£23.80

    The Genius of Israel

    £19.00£23.80
  • The Geography of Transport Systems

    This expanded and revised fifth edition of The Geography of Transport Systems provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field with a broad overview of its concepts, methods and areas of application. Aimed mainly at an undergraduate audience, it provides an overview of the spatial aspects of transportation and focuses on how the mobility of passengers and freight is linked with geography.

    The book is divided into ten chapters, each covering a specific conceptual dimension, including networks, modes, terminals, freight transportation, urban transportation and environmental impacts, and updated with the latest information available. The fifth edition offer new and updated material on information technologies and mobility, e-commerce, transport and the economy, mobility and society, supply chains, security, pandemics, energy and the environment and climate change. With over 140 updated figures and maps, The Geography of Transport Systems presents transportation systems at different scales ranging from global to local.

    This volume is an essential resource for undergraduates studying transport geography, as well as those interested in economic and urban geography, transport planning and engineering. A companion web site, which contains additional material such as photographs, maps, figures and PowerPoint presentations, has been developed for the book and can be found here: https://transportgeography.org/

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  • The Geography Teaching Adventure: Reclaiming Exploration to Inspire Curriculum and Pedagogy

    Children are born explorers, full of wonder and hungry for stories about the world. What role might geography teaching play? What geographical stories do we tell about the world? What stories do we tell about geography itself? The book revisits an older vision of geography that is much bigger than exams and memorising information: dreams of adventure and discovery. But where geography’s imperial past used these tools for domination and control, this book reclaims exploration to nurture wonder and tell better stories that work towards more just, equitable and sustainable futures.

    Positioning geography teaching in relation to major global challenges, author Steve Puttick argues that the subject has a unique role to play through its ability to think across natural and social sciences in equipping young people with the skills and knowledge they need to respond. The book offers a critical and accessible analysis of geography’s entanglements with colonialism by exploring the striations of Empire in the subject. Each chapter draws on a wide range of research in geography, and finishes with practical activities and questions for reflection that can be used individually and collectively to support teachers’ ongoing professional development.

    The book is essential reading for all geography teachers at any stage of their career, as well as geography teacher educators, subject leads and school leaders with responsibility for curriculum development.

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    £17.30£19.00
  • The Geopolitical Economy of Sport: Power, Politics, Money, and the State

    This is the first book to define and explore the geopolitical economy of sport – the intersection of power, politics, money, and state interests that both exploit and shape elite sport around the world.

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the global response, and the consequent ramifications for sport have put the geopolitical economy of sport front and centre in both public debate and academic thinking. Similarly, the Winter Olympics in Beijing and the FIFA World Cup in Qatar illustrate the political, economic, and geographic imperatives that shape modern sport. This book brings together studies from around the world to describe this new geopolitical economy of sport, from the way in which countries use natural resource revenues, accusations of sport washing, and the deployment of sport for soft power purposes, to the way in which sport has become a focus for industrial development. This book looks at the geopolitical economy of sport across the globe, from the Gulf States’ interests in European soccer to Israel seeking to build a national competitive advantage by positioning itself as a global sports tech start-up hub, and the United States continuing to extend its economic and cultural influence through geopolitical sport activities in Africa, Latin America, and the Indian subcontinent. This book captures a pivotal moment in the history of sport and sport business.

    This is essential reading for any student, researcher, practitioner, or policymaker with an interest in sport business, the politics of sport, geopolitics, soft power, diplomacy, international relations, or international political economy.

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    £31.30£34.20
  • The Georgian Art of Gambling

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    The Georgian Art of Gambling takes the reader on a miscellaneous tour through high and low society to reveal all aspects of gambling in the Georgian era. Descriptions of the most fashionable card and dice games of the day are interspersed with snippets of contemporary anti-gambling pamphlets, descriptions of the most famous (and degenerate) gambling houses, and accounts of the ruination of many high-profile aristocrats. The Georgian Art of Gambling covers wagering on sports such as cockfighting, bull baiting, boxing and cricket as well as the more sedentary pleasures of the card table. Both the civilised (card games portrayed in the novels of Jane Austen) and the debauched (card sharps and loaded dice) are explored, offering the reader a fascinating glimpse into the extent of gambling in Georgian Britain.

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  • The German Invasions of France during the World Wars: The History of Germany’s Campaigns in World War I and World War II

    World War I, also known in its time as the “Great War” or the “War to End all Wars”, was an unprecedented holocaust in terms of its sheer scale. Fought by men who hailed from all corners of the globe, it saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of attrition which dragged on for months with little to no respite. Tens of millions of artillery shells and untold hundreds of millions of rifle and machine gun bullets were fired in a conflict that demonstrated man’s capacity to kill each other on a heretofore unprecedented scale, and as always, such a war brought about technological innovation at a rate that made the boom of the Industrial Revolution seem stagnant. The enduring image of World War I is of men stuck in muddy trenches, and of vast armies deadlocked in a fight neither could win. It was a war of barbed wire, poison gas, and horrific losses as officers led their troops on mass charges across No Man’s Land and into a hail of bullets.

    If trench warfare was an inevitability during the war, it is only because the events leading up to the First Battle of the Marne were quite different. The armies at the beginning of the war moved quickly through the land, but the First Battle of the Marne devolved into a bloody pitched battle that led to the construction of trenches after the Germans retreated, blocked in their pursuit of Paris. When the aftermath disintegrated into a war between trenches, some Germans thought they had the upper hand since they were occupying French territory, but with fewer soldiers than the combined Allied nations and fewer resources and supplies, it was possibly only a matter of time before they were ultimately defeated. The commander of the German armies, General Helmuth von Moltke, allegedly said to Kaiser Wilhelm II immediately after the First Battle of the Marne, “Your Majesty, we have lost the war.” Winston Churchill himself would later reference that anecdote, writing, “Whether General von Moltke actually said to the Emperor, ‘Majesty, we have lost the war,’ we do not know. We know anyhow that with a prescience greater in political than in military affairs, he wrote to his wife on the night of the 9th, ‘Things have not gone well. The fighting east of Paris has not gone in our favour, and we shall have to pay for the damage we have done.’”

    One of the most famous people in the world came to tour the city of Paris for the first time on June 28, 1940. Over the next three hours, he rode through the city’s streets, stopping to tour L’Opéra Paris. He rode down the Champs-Élysées toward the Trocadero and the Eiffel Tower, where he had his picture taken. After passing through the Arc de Triomphe, he toured the Pantheon and old medieval churches, though he did not manage to see the Louvre or the Palace of Justice. Heading back to the airport, he told his staff, “It was the dream of my life to be permitted to see Paris. I cannot say how happy I am to have that dream fulfilled today.” Four years after his tour, Adolf Hitler would order the city’s garrison commander, General Dietrich von Choltitz, to destroy Paris, warning his subordinate that the city “must not fall into the enemy’s hand except lying in complete debris.”

    Of course, Paris was not destroyed before the Allies liberated it, but it would take more than four years for them to wrest control of France from Nazi Germany after they took the country by storm in about a month in 1940. That said, it’s widely overlooked today given how history played out that as the power of Nazi Germany grew alarmingly during the 1930s, the French sought means to defend their territory against the rising menace of the Thousand-Year Reich. As architects of the most punitive measures in the Treaty of Versailles following World War I, France was a natural target for Teutonic retribution, so the Maginot Line, a series of interconnected strongpoints and fortifications running along much of France’s eastern border.

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  • The German Occupation of Jersey: Agriculture and Survival in a Time of War

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    On 1 July 1940 the Germans occupied Jersey and remained until the end of the war in Europe in May 1945. On Jersey, agriculture was the only economic activity left after the Germans arrived on the Island. It became the basis of Island life and, as the war wore on, the isolated Jersey became increasingly dependent on agriculture for its survival, particularly during near starvation in the winter of 1944. In this book local historian Andrew Gilson examines the relationship between the German Military Government and the civilian government and civil service on Jersey, and how they had to work together to ensure the Island’s survival through its farming industry. Based on hundreds of original documents from Jersey, including those held by the Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society, other Channel Islands, Germany, France, Austria and elsewhere in Europe, the author reveals the complex relationship between the German occupiers, civilian authorities and the farming community. Accusations of collaboration and stories of sabotage, German exports of produce, the development of tobacco as a cash economy, the exploitation of Jersey cattle by Nazi scientists to create a new ‘superbreed’, German requisition of foodstuffs and the black market all played their part in this fascinating story. This groundbreaking and original study of the German occupation of Jersey will be of interest to all those wishing to know more about the history of Jersey as well as to military historians.

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    £23.70£28.50
  • The German Pacific Locomotive: its Design and Development (Locomotive Portfolios)

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    The German Pacific Locomotive (Its Design and Development) is David Maidments fourth book in the series of Locomotive Profiles published by Pen & Sword. It is the first in the series to tackle an important range of overseas steam locomotives, the German pacific locomotives, which, with the Paris-Orleans pacific in France, were the first of that wheel layout in Europe and came to be the dominant type for express passenger work throughout Western Europe for the following fifty years, until displaced by diesel and electric traction. The German railways in the first two decades of the twentieth century were run principally as regional State railways, and two distinct styles of design developed, which were influenced by the natural terrain. In the south, in the mountainous foothills of the European Alps, four cylinder compound locomotives with comparatively small coupled wheels, most produced by the famous firm of Maffei in Munich, held sway from 1907 until the late 1930s, and in parts of Bavaria that were not yet electrified, even until the early 1960s. In the flatter lands of the north, Prussian 4-6-0s sufficed until Paul Wagners standard two cylinder simple pacifics came onto the scene in 1925, and were followed by the three cylinder streamlined pacifics at the start of the Second World War. After addressing the devastating damage to the German railways in the conflict, the book follows the modernisation of the locomotive fleet in the post-war period until the elimination of steam in both East and West Germany in the mid-late 1970s. The book describes the design, construction and operation of the full range of pacifics that ran in both parts of Germany, and the large numbers of these locomotives that have been preserved, and is illustrated with over 180 black and white and 80 colour photos.

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  • The Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide: The Essential Guide to Japanese Animated Cinema: 2 (Ghibliotheque Guides)

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    Explore the magical world of anime through 30 classic films in this new book from the authors of Ghibliotheque.

    From box office hits such as Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Your Name to a host of deeper cuts, hidden gems and future classics, this revealing guide lifts the lid on Japanese animated cinema.

    Join Jake Cunningham and Michael Leader, hosts of the acclaimed Ghilbiotheque podcast, as they review 30 of the best anime movies ever created, explaining why each is a must-see and detailing the intriguing stories behind their creation.

    An insight into a unique artform, this stunning book is packed with film stills, movie posters and director portraits, and offers an enchanting, enlightening and meticulously researched guide for newcomers and die-hard fans alike.

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  • The Ghost and the Twins (Haunting Danielle Book 33)

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    While the mediums of Beach Drive prepare for the anticipated arrival of the twins, their world is disrupted when a new police chief comes to the Frederickport Police Department, Brian’s ex-wife returns to town, and the antics of Marie’s ghost just might get Heather sent to prison.

    Return to Frederickport, Oregon, in the 33rd Book in the Haunting Daniele series.

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  • The Ghost Ship: An Epic Historical Novel from the Number One Bestselling Author (The Joubert Family Chronicles)

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    ‘Another meticulously researched and stunningly written novel by a much-loved and highly accomplished author. I adored it!’ – Santa Montefiore

    Piracy. Romance. Revenge. Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their lives. The sequel to The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship is the third novel in the Joubert Family Chronicles from bestselling author Kate Mosse.

    The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water – its hull splintered and its sails tattered and burnt. For months the Ghost Ship has hunted pirates to liberate enslaved prisoners. Now it – too – finds itself hunted.

    But the ship’s crew hides a secret, and the stakes could not be higher. The bravest among them are not who they seem: if arrested, they will hang for their alleged crimes. Can they survive their journey and escape their fate?

    A sweeping and epic love story, The Ghost Ship is a tale of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes, piracy and hidden secrets on the high seas.

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    £15.20£20.90
  • The Ghost Train (Funnybones)

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    Big Skeleton, Little Skeleton and Dog Skeleton are taking a spooky ride on the ghost train…

    Where they encounter monster collectors, ghostly train drivers and something even more terrifying!

    Despite being set by the dark dark sea, this brightly coloured book is perfect for early readers.

    Have you read the other classic Funnybones stories?

    Bumps in the Night
    The Pet Shop
    The Black Cat
    Skeleton Crew
    Mystery Tour
    Dinosaur Dreams
    Give a Dog a Bone

    ‘There can be few families in the British Isles who do not possess at least one well-thumbed Ahlberg’- Independent on Sunday

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    £6.20£6.60
  • The Ghost Woods: The perfect new 2022 gothic historical novel you won’t be able to put down

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    ‘Haunting’ Sara Sheridan

    ‘Intriguing, atmospheric, thought-provoking’ Alexandra Bell

    ‘Beautifully crafted, thrilling and atmospheric’ Rebecca Netley

    In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall.

    This place is shrouded in folklore – old stories of ghosts, of witches, of a child who is not quite a child.

    Now the woods are creeping closer, and something has been unleashed.

    Pearl Gorham arrives in 1965, one of a string of young women sent to Lichen Hall to give birth. And she soon suspects the proprietors are hiding something.

    Then she meets the mysterious mother and young boy who live in the grounds – and together they begin to unpick the secrets of this place.

    As the truth comes to the surface and the darkness moves in, Pearl must rethink everything she knew – and risk what she holds most dear.

    Praise for The Ghost Woods . . .

    ‘Cooke has mixed the darkness of reality with a magical realism that will have you gripped’ Woman & Home

    ‘This chilling gothic tale is the perfect choice for a book club . . . atmospheric’ Prima

    ‘Original and compelling, The Ghost Woods is a beautifully written, chilling tale that will stay with the reader long after the book is finished’ Elizabeth Lee

    ‘[C.J. Cooke is] a master of the feminist gothic!’ Katherine May

    ’The Ghost Woods rattles along, with a twisty plot that defies expectations right from the start . . . highly enjoyable’ Sally Hinchcliffe

    ‘An eerie gothic thriller’ Samantha Downing

    ‘Deliciously unsettling, strangely believable’ Carly Reagon

    ‘With a great plot, this suspenseful and compelling story touches on the difficult history of women in mid-20th-century Scotland’ Candis

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  • The Ghost: From the Sunday Times bestselling author

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    PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW – PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024

    ‘An unputdownable thriller about corrupt power and sex’ Sunday Telegraph

    ‘Guaranteed to keep you awake’ The Times

    A body washes up on the deserted coastline of America’s most exclusive holiday retreat. But it’s no open-and-shut case of suicide. The death of Robert McAra is just the first piece of the jigsaw in an extraordinary plot that will shake the very foundations of international security.

    For McAra was a man who knew too much. As ghostwriter to one of the most controversial men on the planet – Britain’s former prime minister, holed up in a remote ocean-front house to finish his memoirs – he stumbled across secrets which cost him his life.

    When a new ghostwriter is sent out to rescue the project it could be the opportunity of a lifetime. Or the start of a deadly assignment propelled by deception and intrigue – from which there will be no escape . . .

    ‘Brilliantly persuasive, right up to the last page of its astonishing and unpredictable conclusion’ Economist

    ‘Truly thrilling’ Sunday Times

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  • The Giant Book of Christmas Sheet Music For Piano: 55 Top-Requested Christmas Songs for Piano Easy Piano Songbook for Beginners (Christmas Piano Books)

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    Embrace the joy and magic of Christmas with The Giant Book of Christmas Sheet Music For Piano for Beginners! This sheet music book carefully crafted for beginners and pianists of all ages will transport you to a winter wonderland of musical delight. With this book, you can quickly master timeless holiday melodies, impress your loved ones with your musical talents, and create memories that will last a lifetime. Included in this book is an incredible selection of your favorite Christmas tunes such as “Silent Night”, “Jingle Bells”, “O Holy Night” and “Feliz Navidad”. Each song has been expertly simplified for beginners, with clear notation and helpful performance tips. Spread the holiday spirit this Christmas season and order The Giant Book of Christmas Sheet Music For Piano for Beginners now!

    • Get ready to play timeless Christmas melodies and impress your family and friends

    • Create lasting memories of joy and warmth this holiday season

    • Master your favorite Christmas tunes with beginner-friendly notation

    This book includes an incredible selection of your favorite Christmas tunes such as “Silent Night”, “Jingle Bells”, “O Holy Night” and “Feliz Navidad.” Each song has been expertly simplified for beginners, with clear notation, finger placements, and helpful performance tips. Buy now before the price changes and let the magic of music fill your home with joy and warmth this Christmas season!

    Buy your copy now and get ready for a Holiday Season!

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    £11.10£11.40
  • The Giant Book of Hacks for Minecrafters: A Giant Unofficial Guide Featuring Tips and Tricks Other Guides Won’t Teach You

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    More than 350-full-color pages of tips, tricks, and secrets that will help every boy and girl become a master of Minecraft.

    Here New York Times bestselling author Megan Miller teaches Minecrafters everything they want to know about manipulating and programming command blocks within Minecraft, manipulating redstone to make amazing contraptions and machines, how to add modifications to their Minecraft game, and more! Other tips will help gamers:

    • Make their own custom maps and mini-games
    • Build essential redstone logic gates, loops, and circuits
    • Explore today’s range of modded Minecraft play, from the must-haves to the fanciful
    • And much, much more!

    Packed with expert tips, cheats, and hacks! This guide shows users exactly how the experts wield command blocks and make fun modifications (like giving and getting loot and customizing villagers), wield redstone power and build classic and crazy contraptions (like automatic doors and furnaces, and hidden traps and staircases), and keep their games new and exciting with mods (from utilities to full-fledged gameplay extensions and modpacks). Hundreds of screenshots help readers follow along with each tip, step-by-step, to master the Minecrafting world.

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    £9.10
  • The Gift of Calm | Adult Coloring Book: Black Background Pages of Stress Relieving Flowers, Landscapes, Patterns, Fantasy, Christmas, Nature | … 50+ Intricate Designs (Adult…

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    Treat yourself, loved ones, and friends to a calming and imaginative experience with our captivating adult coloring book!

    “The Gift of Calm” Adult Coloring Book offers:

    • Over 50 intricate designs with detailed line art on a black background that feature beautiful flowers, nature scenes, fantasy illustrations, decorative patterns, and more.
    • “This Coloring Book Belongs To” page can be personalized if giving as a gift.
    • For this coloring book it is recommended to use coloring pencils, oil-based coloring pencils, wax-based colored pencils, water-based markers, and light felt tip pens.
    • If using gel pens, thick felt tips such as some brush pens or alcohol markers, for example, place a piece of paper or card stock behind to avoid any bleed onto the next page.
    • Single-sided pages with black/gray pattern on the reverse to minimize bleed-through.
    • 116 pages in total and sized at 8.5 x 11 inches (US A4).

    The black background of each illustration creates a stunning contrast with the vivid colors that will bring the pictures to life, allowing intermediate and advanced colorists to experiment with various techniques and styles to create their own masterpieces.

    Indulge in a much-needed moment of tranquility and let your creativity run wild.

    Perfect for adults, women, and teen girls, this book is a must-have for those seeking stress relief and a way to take coloring to the next level. Get your copy now and discover the ultimate relaxation and calmness!

    Please note that this coloring book is printed and distributed via Amazon, so if there are any problems regarding the printing or delivery, please contact Amazon directly.

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    £5.70

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