• What Really Happens in Vegas: Discover the infamous city as you’ve never seen it before

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    ‘James Patterson and Mark Seal have brought Sin City to life’ TELEGRAPH

    What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas – until now.

    Whether you’re a Vegas regular or have only heard the city’s tales through whispers, this book will surprise and astound you . . . It’s not just the five-star dining, or the casinos, or the clubs, or the crowds. It’s the electrifying chemistry of America’s most round-the-clock city.

    In this dazzling 24-hour journey, James Patterson lifts the lid on America’s notorious hub of gambling and excess. Fuelled by original interviews and in-depth reporting, What Really Happens in Vegas uncovers the vice, crime and entertainment that made Sin City an infamous desert mecca.

    This is Vegas as you’ve never seen it before, filled with unbelievable stories from the people who make the city tick, simmer – and even explode.

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    PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON

    ‘Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried… there’s no stopping his imagination’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

    ‘A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting’ GUARDIAN

    ‘The master storyteller of our times’ HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

    ‘No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent – which is what Jim has, in spades’ LEE CHILD

    ‘Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It’s what fires off the movie projector in the reader’s mind’ MICHAEL CONNELLY

    ‘James Patterson is The Boss. End of.’ IAN RANKIN

    ‘It’s no mystery why James Patterson is the world’s most popular thriller writer … Simply put: nobody does it better’ JEFFREY DEAVER

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    £7.60
  • What Really Makes You Ill?: Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Disease Is Wrong

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    This book will explain what really makes you ill and why everything you thought you knew about disease is wrong. “Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.” Voltaire. The conventional approach adopted by most healthcare systems entails the use of ‘medicine’ to treat human disease. The idea encapsulated by the above quote attributed to Voltaire, the nom de plume of François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), will no doubt be regarded by most people as inapplicable to 21st century healthcare, especially the system known as modern medicine. The reason that people would consider this idea to no longer be relevant is likely to be based on the assumption that ‘medical science’ has made significant advances since the 18th century and that 21st century doctors therefore possess a thorough, if not quite complete, knowledge of medicines, diseases and the human body. Unfortunately, however, this would be a mistaken assumption; as this book will demonstrate.

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    £25.60
  • WHAT REMAINS: Abandoned place FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY. An intimate journey into forgotten memories

    There is an old restaurant near my house.

    It was set on fire. Completely destroyed by fire.

    I sneaked into it.

    Like a child looking for hidden treasures.

    Every step a creak, a hint of life. Lost in time. Burned.

    It was like entering the body of a whale or looking through a mirror.

    In this set of photos shreds of wonders.Phantasms of the imagination.

    BUY THIS BOOK of European Art Photography !!

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    £28.00£54.10
  • What Teachers Really Want to Say But Can’t: Swear Word Coloring Book for Adults with Teaching Related Cussing

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    GAG GIFT IDEA SWEAR WORD COLORING BOOK FOR GROWN-UPS

    This is an Adult Coloring Book of 20 Hilarious Teaching Related Swearing Words and Relaxing Designs where men, women, teachers or teaching assistant can relief their stress by coloring & without cussing out loud! FOR ADULTS ONLY.

    Make a Teacher laugh out loud! Buy now by pressing the “”Add to Cart”” Button on the right side of the screen!

    Cover : Soft Silky Matte Cover
    Size : 8.5 x 11 inches (21.59 x 27.94 cm)

    Features 20 Unique & Relaxing Designs to Color for Adult Only

    • This Coloring book Contains 20 hilarious Uncensored Swear Words (including F-words, C-words, etc.)
    • Each Swear word is designed around Mandalas, Paisley Patterns, Flowers & more
    • Each Coloring Page is designed for Laughing, Relaxing & Passing Time
    • The Variety of Designs offer something for every skill level
    • Your choice of coloring tools can be used (Gel Pens, Colored Pencils, Markers, Crayons, etc.)
    • Each Coloring Page is Printed on One Side of white paper for best results.

    Examples of Cuss Words you can find in this Coloring Book

    “If I was Santa, You’d be Getting Fuck All, Dickheads”
    “Good Luck Finding a Better teacher Than Me Twats”
    “Sure, Let Me Explain This for the 15th Fucking time”
    and many more!

    These coloring books for adults are the best funny gag gift ideas for White Elephant, Retirement, Birthdays, Christmas for teachers moms, dads, coworkers, colleagues, etc.

    Unleash your inner artist as you color this therapeutic antistress coloring book, perfect for getting rid of negative feelings & staying stress-free.

    TIME TO COLOR THE STRESS AWAY

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    £6.60
  • What the Ladybird Heard and other Stories Collection 8 Books Set by Julia donaldson & Lydia Monks (The Princess and the Wizard, The Singing Mermaid, Princess Mirror-Belle and…

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    Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively:

    What the Ladybird Heard and other Stories Collection 8 Books Set by Julia donaldson & Lydia Monks :

    The Princess and the Wizard
    But each time Princess Eliza changes – into a blue fish, a yellow chick, a red fox or a black cat – the wicked wizard finds her and sets her another horrible task.

    Sugarlump and the Unicorn
    When Sugarlump the rocking horse wishes to see the world, a magical unicorn with a silver horn and sparkling blue eyes turns him into a real horse.

    Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox
    Imagine Ellen’s surprise when Princess Mirror-Belle climbs out of the bathroom mirror! She comes from a world where bubble fish swim in the bath, elves sleep in slippers.

    The Rhyming Rabbit
    Poor old Rhyming Rabbit is feeling lonely and left out. None of his fellow rabbits appreciate his carefully thought-out poems. And as for the other animals he meets?

    What the Ladybird Heard
    The ladybird said never a word.But the ladybird saw, And the ladybird heard.Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are two crafty robbers with a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow.

    What the Ladybird Heard Next
    Those crafty robbers Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are out of jail, and they’re heading back to the farm with another cunning plan to cause trouble.

    Sharing a Shell
    When Crab finds a new shell, he doesn’t want to share it with anyone – especially not a blobby purple anemone and a tickly bristleworm.

    The Singing Mermaid:
    Tempted by the promise of fame and fortune, the Singing Mermaid joins a circus. The crowds love her, but the poor mermaid is kept in a tank by the wicked circus owner Sam Sly, and she soon.

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    £25.60
  • What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas: The Perfect Christmas Gift

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    Packed full of fun, What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas is a perfect gift for the festive season from the bestselling picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks.

    In a big old house, the ladybird is visiting her friend the spider for the festive season. But those two bad men, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, are up to no good again. They have a devious plan – to steal the children’s Christmas presents from their stockings! It’s a good thing that the clever little ladybird has overheard their awful plotting, and she has a cunning plan to make sure they don’t get away with it.

    The fifth title in the Number One bestselling series from the award-winning team of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, which has been enjoyed by over four million children worldwide.

    Enjoy more perfect picture books from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks including The Singing Mermaid, Sugarlump and the Unicorn and other exciting adventures from the What the Ladybird Heard series.

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    £4.00£7.99
  • What They Didn’t Teach Me on My PGCE: and other routes into teaching (Sarah Mullin)

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    Teacher training programmes are incredibly valuable, yet there is a limit to what can be taught in a short amount of time. Teachers are always learning and always growing as professionals. What They Didn’t Teach Me on My PGCE captures the voices of over 200 educators who share their heartfelt advice, top tips, honest reflections, disastrous experiences and laugh-out-loud anecdotes about early career teaching. This is not an instruction manual, as all teaching is complex and situational; rather we invite you to ‘dip in and out’ of each chapter as you navigate the recurring themes, patterns and paradoxes. We hope you will be inspired, uplifted, amused and engaged as you reflect on these experiences, comparing them with your own, and celebrate being a member of the teaching profession.

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    £17.90
  • What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School

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    Mark McCormack, dubbed ‘the most powerful man in sport’, founded IMG (International Management Group) on a handshake. It was the first and is the most successful sports management company in the world, becoming a multi-million dollar, worldwide corporation whose activities in the business and marketing spheres are so diverse as to defy classification.

    Here, Mark McCormack reveals the secret of his success to key business issues such as analysing yourself and others, sales, negotiation, time management, decision-making and communication. What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School fills the gaps between a business school education and the street knowledge that comes from the day-to-day experience of running a business and managing people. It shares the business skills, techniques and wisdom gleaned from twenty-five years of experience.

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    £7.30£10.40
  • What They Teach You at Harvard Business School: The Internationally-Bestselling Business Classic

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    ‘For anyone thinking of doing an MBA, or indeed anyone who wants to understand how the corporate elite are moulded, this is a must read’ Luke Johnson, British entrepreneur

    The internationally best-selling business classic that reveals what it’s really like to study an MBA at one of the most prestigious institutions in the world.

    Philip Delves Broughton quit his position as New York correspondent for The Daily Telegraph to take his place on one of the most-coveted and exclusive courses in the world – an MBA at Harvard Business School – to acquire the wisdom reserved for the world’s global elite. And what he learns is truly jaw-dropping.

    From his first class to graduation – encompassing the guest lectures, the Apprentice-style tasks, the booze-luge, the burnouts and the high flyers – Delves Broughton divulges the advice, wisdom and folly he found whilst studying at the most prestigious business school in the world.

    ‘Anyone considering enrolling will find this an insightful portrait of Harvard Business School life’ Economist

    ‘Very funny. An excellent book’ Wall Street Journal

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    £9.40£10.40
  • What to Expect When You’re Expecting 5th Edition

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    FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED 5TH EDITION OF THE WORLD’S BESTSELLING PREGNANCY GUIDE. 

    ‘My best friend during my pregnancy’ Mariella Frostrup

    With 18.5 million copies in print, What to Expect When You’re Expecting is read by 93 per cent of women who read a pregnancy book and was named one of the ‘Most Influential Books of the Last 25 Years’ by USA Today.

    This cover-to-cover new edition is filled with must-have information, advice, insight, and tips for a new generation of parents.

    With Heidi Murkoff’s trademark warmth, empathy, and humour, What to Expect When You’re Expecting answers every conceivable question expectant parents could have, including dozens of new ones based on the ever-changing pregnancy and birthing practices, and choices they face.

    Advice for partners is fully integrated throughout the book.

    All medical coverage is completely updated for the UK, including the latest on prenatal screening and the safety of medications during pregnancy, as well as a brand-new section on postpartum birth control.

    Current lifestyle trends are incorporated, too: juice bars, raw diets, e-cigarettes, push presents, baby bump posting, the lowdown on omega-3 fatty acids, grass-fed and organic, health food fads, and GMOs. Plus expanded coverage of IVF pregnancy, multiple pregnancies, breastfeeding while pregnant, water and home births, and cesarean trends (including VBACs and ‘gentle caesareans’).

    The best pregnancy guide just got even better. 

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    £13.20£16.10
  • What We Lost in the Swamp: Poems

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    How do you untangle the real you from the curated you? In this introspective yet whimsical collection, poet Grant Chemidlin takes readers into the thicket of self-discovery.
     
    What We Lost in the Swamp is a lush and vibrant collection of poems that examines the many manifestations of green: nature, inexperience, jealousy, burgeoning love, and exploring sexuality. It is a slow unfurling. It is a love letter to growth, to rediscovery, to finally learning how to speak the truth. These astonishing poems ask the reader: Who do you want to be in this world? How do you want to build a life?
     
    This is not a coming out. This is a coming in to one’s truest self.

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    £14.20£15.20
  • What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption–The Workbook: Practical Tools, Skills, and Prompts for Affirming Your Adopted Child’s Cultural Identity

    A companion to What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption, this practical workbook guides readers to better understand transracial adoption and do the work of anti-racist, trauma-informed parenting.

    A must-read for white parents who have transracially adopted or prospective parents considering transracial adoption, this follow-up to What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption offers a wealth of activities, templates, and questions for self-reflection. Melissa Guida-Richards, who learned at the age of 19 that she was adopted from Colombia as an infant, addresses the complexities of transracial adoption with insight, compassion, and the wisdom of lived experience. Through thought-provoking questions and activities, Guida-Richards guides you to:

    • Consider the role of infant-mother bonding and understand developmental trauma in adoptees
    • Understand the complex history of adoption; recognize illegal and unethical practices, such as trafficking operations and baby factories; and ask the important questions when working with adoption agencies
    • Look more deeply at implicit bias, white saviorism, and white fragility
    • Locate and utilize adoption-competent mental health care
    • Offer culturally aligned education, community, and resources to your child
    • Acknowledge the effects of racism and celebrate your child’s race and culture

    Throughout the workbook, Guida-Richards guides you to break free from toxic positivity, understand and drop defenses, engage in difficult conversations, and learn to listen to your child’s experience. Whether you are a potential parent considering a transracial adoption, a parent of an adopted child, or a therapist or advocate working with adoptive families, this practical and engaging workbook will help you “do the work” of furthering anti-racist, child-centered, and trauma-informed parenting.

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    £12.80
  • What’s for Dinner in One Pot?: 100 Delicious Recipes, 10 Weekly Meal Plans, In One Pan or Slow Cooker!

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    The instant Sunday Times number one bestseller! The second book in the Sunday Times bestselling What’s For Dinner? series by Sarah Rossi!

    Welcome to your new favourite family cookbook!

    With 10 weekly meal plans and shopping lists for 100 tasty, triple-tested recipes – all cooked in just one pan – making dinner has never been simpler.

    Whether you’re reaching for your slow cooker, pan or baking sheet, this book is packed full of crowd-pleasing dishes for even the fussiest eaters. From Comfort Food and Piles of Pasta, to Bakes and Breads, Speedy Suppers, Meat-free Meals and Weekend Breakfasts, you’ll find yourself turning to this book week after week.

    This is real food to make and share, big on taste and completely fuss-free!

    Sarah Rossi’s book ‘What’s for Dinner in One Pot?’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 09-10-2023.

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    £9.50£19.00
  • What’s for Dinner in One Pot?: 100 Delicious Recipes, 10 Weekly Meal Plans, In One Pan or Slow Cooker!

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    The instant Sunday Times number one bestseller! The second book in the Sunday Times bestselling What’s For Dinner? series by Sarah Rossi!

    Welcome to your new favourite family cookbook!

    With 10 weekly meal plans and shopping lists for 100 tasty, triple-tested recipes – all cooked in just one pan – making dinner has never been simpler.

    Whether you’re reaching for your slow cooker, pan or baking sheet, this book is packed full of crowd-pleasing dishes for even the fussiest eaters. From Comfort Food and Piles of Pasta, to Bakes and Breads, Speedy Suppers, Meat-free Meals and Weekend Breakfasts, you’ll find yourself turning to this book week after week.

    This is real food to make and share, big on taste and completely fuss-free!

    Sarah Rossi’s book ‘What’s for Dinner in One Pot?’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 09-10-2023.

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    £9.50£19.00
  • What’s Going On Inside My Head?: A Let’s Talk picture book to start conversations with your child about positive mental health

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    We all know that healthy minds are really important but how do we make sure we look after our mental health from a very young age? What’s Going On Inside My Head? is a book for children that explores practical ways we can keep our minds in good shape as well as our bodies.

    By talking about positive self-image, emotional intelligence, relationships and mindfulness, this book will help children develop healthy habits and good coping strategies from the start. Presented in a warm, child-friendly but no-nonsense way it will help establish solid foundations for every child’s current and future wellbeing.

    Perfect for starting conversations with children about their mental and emotional health, What’s Going On Inside My Head? is a must for every parent who understands the importance of keeping a healthy mind.

    Let’s Talk books help you start meaningful conversations with your child. Written by an expert and covering topics like feelings, relationships, diversity and mental health, these comforting picture books support healthy discussion right from the start.

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    £8.30£12.30
  • What’s Happening to Me?: Boy (Facts Of Life) (What and Why)

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    This volume is a detailed and sensitive guide to male puberty. It tackles key subjects from the physical changes that occur at this time to the emotional upheaval this can cause.

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    £6.00£7.60
  • What’s in a Name?: Residents of Ashwick Hall Book 1

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    Miss Emma Wynn has spent the last year at Ashwick Hall under the protection of Lady Westcliffe. Her uncle and brother think her dead and must continue to do so until she attains her majority. She must prove she is a fit guardian to re-establish herself and protect her brother. When permitted to visit her friend, Lady Eagleton, she is drawn to the reclusive Mr Carne. She suspects, however, that some scandal is attached to him, and she cannot afford to be tainted by association.

    Falsely accused of a heinous act, Mr Oliver Carne returns from India a broken man, his name besmirched and his career in ruins. He retreats to the estate his uncle left him in Cornwall, refusing all visitors. But when his neighbour, The Marquess of Eagleton, lures him from his self-imposed isolation, he meets Miss Emma Wynn and begins to realise he might have even more to lose if he doesn’t reclaim his honour.

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    £3.80
  • What’s the Deal with Dead Man’s Curve?: And Other Really Good Questions about Cleveland

    Clevelanders–Give this book to those new neighbors who just moved to town, your adult kids (who you want to stick around), or yourself for a fun and informative read!

    Whether you’re new to Cleveland or have lived here for decades, you’ve probably wondered (as so many of us do) …

    • Why Do Clevelanders Wear So Many Cleveland T-shirts?
    • Do We Really Need All These Suburbs?
    • How Can People Still Love the Browns Despite Decades of Crummy Football?
    • Who Is That Building Named After?
    • Why Are There So Many Different Bridges Over the Cuyahoga?
    • Why Is an Airport Taking Up All that Prime Downtown Lakefront?
    • How Did Cleveland Become a National Punchline?
    • Why Doesn’t CSU Have a Football Team?
    • Why Is It Called Whiskey Island?
    • Why Is Cleveland Still So Segregated?
    • Why Do So Many Cleveland Suburbs Have “Heights” in Their Name?

    Answers to these and dozens of other frequently asked questions are delivered in this collection of thoughtful and entertaining short essays by Cleveland native and veteran journalist Jim Sweeney.

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    £11.80£12.80
  • What’s For Dinner?: 30-minute quick and easy family meals. The Sunday Times bestseller from the Taming Twins fuss-free family food blog

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    The new Sunday Times best-selling food bible for busy families!

    Juggling daily life and eating well can feel impossible, especially after a busy day – finding time to think about mealtimes can feel like just another chore. But this book will do the hard work for you – and restore peaceful dinner times amid the chaos of family life!

    With 100 recipes and ten weekly meal plans plus shopping lists for absolutely everything you need, this book will take the pain out of planning and be your solution to those daily dinner dilemmas.

    So, dig in for delicious dishes such as Halloumi Bean Bake, BLT Pasta, Peanut Pork Noodles, Tortilla Pizzas, Chorizo Risotto, Crispy Pesto Cod, Steak Fajitas, Lentil Linguine, Tikka Naan Burgers, plus weekend breakfasts and sweet treats – all ready in 30 minutes or less!

    This is real food, to make and share, big on taste, even when you’re low on time.

    Sarah Rossi’s book ‘What’s for Dinner in One Pot?’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 09-10-2023.

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    £14.30£19.00
  • Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids?: An Indie Odyssey

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    ‘You will love this book.’ – RICHARD OSMAN

    Shortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize
    A Rough Trade Book of the Year
    A Resident Book of the Year
    A Monorail Book of the Year
    A Virgin Radio Book of the Year

    In 1986, the NME released a cassette that would shape music for years to come. A collection of twenty-two independently signed guitar-based bands, C86 was the sound and ethos that defined a generation. It was also arguably the point at which ‘indie’ was born.

    But what happened next to all those musical dreamers?

    Some of the bands, like Primal Scream, went on to achieve global stardom; others, such as Half Man Half Biscuit and The Wedding Present, cultivated lifelong fanbases that still sustain their careers today. Then there were the rest – the ones who endured general indifference from the record-buying public and ultimately returned to civvy street.

    Now, thirty-five years on, journalist Nige Tassell tracks down the class of C86, unearthing members of all twenty-two bands and sharing the stories, both tragic and uplifting, of these long-lost musicians.

    Told with warmth, compassion and humour, this is a very human account of ambition, hope, varying degrees of talent and what happens after you give up on music – or, more accurately, after music gives up on you. It’s a world populated by bike-shop owners, dance-music producers, record-store proprietors, ornithologists, driving instructors, solicitors, caricaturists and possibly even an Olympic sailor. And let’s not forget the musician-turned-actor gainfully employed as Jeremy Irons’ body double…

    More than simply the tale of the tape, Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? is an exploration of C86’s wide-reaching and often surprising legacy.

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    £9.60£10.40
  • Whatever It Takes: The thrilling new novel from bestseller Andy McNab (Nick Stone)

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    They say before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

    For James Mercer, the financial ruin of his family by the institutions they trusted can never be undone. It shattered everyone, leaving him with a burning need to right the wrongs they suffered. He will stop at nothing to recoup what they are owed. It’s not theft, it’s payback.

    Until his solo crusade falls foul of the very people he seeks to rob – the one per centers, the people who own the bulk of the world’s wealth. Soon he is putting together a crew to carry out one last robbery, to undertake one last job. Success will restore his family’s fortunes, but failure will destroy them forever.

    Packed with relentless action and the sort of riveting authenticity only Andy McNab can provide, Whatever it Takestells the story of one man’s extraordinary pursuit of justice against devastating odds, a story as hard and real and controversial as any of today’s headlines, which will show the world as it really is…

    The latest Nick Stone thriller, DOWN TO THE WIRE, is available in hardback now.

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    £4.70
  • Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales Of A Botswana Safari Guide

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    A hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: “only food runs!” With a new introduction and new material from the authorIn the tradition of Bill Bryson, a new writer brings us the lively adventures and biting wit of an African safari guide. Peter Allison gives us the guide’s-eye view of living in the bush, confronting the world’s fiercest terrain of wild animals and, most challenging of all, managing herds of gaping tourists. Passionate for the animals of the Kalahari, Allison works as a top safari guide in the wildlife-rich Okavango Delta. As he serves the whims of his wealthy clients, he often has to stop the impulse to run as far away from them as he can, as these tourists are sometimes more dangerous than a pride of lions. No one could make up these outrageous-but-true tales: the young woman who rejected the recommended safari-friendly khaki to wear a more “fashionable” hot pink ensemble; the lost tourist who happened to be drunk, half-naked, and a member of the British royal family; establishing a real friendship with the continent’s most vicious animal; the Japanese tourist who requested a repeat performance of Allison’s being charged by a lion so he could videotape it; and spending a crazy night in the wild after blowing a tire on a tour bus, revealing that Allison has as much good-natured scorn for himself. The author’s humor is exceeded only by his love and respect for the animals, and his goal is to limit any negative exposure to humans by planning trips that are minimally invasive―unfortunately it doesn’t always work out that way!New story: People often ask safari guides about the experience that frightened them the most. In this story Peter Allison tells of the time he became aware of unseen danger, and knew that somewhere within meters of him was a hunting lioness. Peter Allison is originally from Sydney, Australia. His safaris have been featured in National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler, and on television programs such as Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures. He travels frequently to speaking appearances, and splits most of his time between Botswana, Sydney, and San Francisco.

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    £11.75£14.99
  • Wheels: The Big Fun Book of Vehicles

    No one knows who exactly invented the wheel, but in the inventive hands of illustrator Tom Schamp young readers will have great fun learning about all the ways wheels have rolled through history.

    From prehistoric carts to cars of tomorrow, this big, fun book takes a historic journey through a world where everything has wheels, from the Trojan horse to the Harley Davidson; from the stagecoach and the steam train to the Vespa and the Ferrari; from skateboards to electric scooters.
    Every spread of this deliriously entertaining and educational book is filled with Tom Schamp’s quirky and colorful art. His sly, subtle texts will make older readers smile. Younger readers will return again and again to these playfully crowded pages to discover what different countries’ emergency vehicles look like; to learn about buses of every imaginable dimension and weight; and to choose which bike they’d use to win a race. Each viewing will reveal charming new details that are as absurdly funny as they are educationally rewarding.

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    £16.40£19.00
  • When ‘Jesus’ Came to Hong Kong: The Remarkable Story of the First European Football Star in Asia

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    It took balls to go to Hong Kong. When Scottish footballer Derek Currie was made an offer to travel to Hong Kong to play against the one sportsman he had dreamed of meeting on the field, he couldn’t say no. From apprentice printer in Glasgow to playing football against Pelé in the Far East, singing with Stevie Wonder and shadow-boxing with Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Currie enjoyed a magical life as one of the first three European professional footballers in Asia. He was quickly nicknamed ‘Jesus’ by Hong Kong football fans. Here he traces the early development of professional football in the then-British colony through his own career – the games, the places and the characters he met along the way – as well as a season playing for the San Antonio Thunder in Texas. Given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he didn’t think twice – traveling 6,000 miles across the world to pursue his dream of professional football. In the years that followed, he met international stars from music, showbusiness, boxing and horse racing. Here in words and pictures is his amazing story – if not for the photographic proof you could be forgiven for thinking it might be a fairy tale! It isn’t.

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    £13.60£15.20
  • When America Stopped Being Great: A History of the Present

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    ‘Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you’ve been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid.’ – Emily Maitlis

    ‘Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America’ – Washington Post

    In When America Stopped Being Great, veteran reporter and BBC New York correspondent Nick Bryant reveals how America’s decline paved the way for Donald Trump’s rise, sowing division and leaving the country vulnerable to its greatest challenge of the modern era.

    Deftly sifting through almost four decades of American history, from post-Cold War optimism, through the scandal-wracked nineties and into the new millennium, Bryant unpacks the mistakes of past administrations, from Ronald Reagan’s ‘celebrity presidency’ to Barack Obama’s failure to adequately address income and racial inequality. He explains how the historical clues, unseen by many (including the media) paved the way for an outsider to take power and a country to slide towards disaster. As Bryant writes, ‘rather than being an aberration, Trump’s presidency marked the culmination of so much of what had been going wrong in the United States for decades – economically, racially, politically, culturally, technologically and constitutionally.’

    A personal elegy for an America lost, unafraid to criticise actors on both sides of the political divide, When America Stopped Being Great takes the long view, combining engaging storytelling with recent history to show how the country moved from the optimism of Reagan’s ‘Morning in America’ to the darkness of Trump’s ‘American Carnage’.

    It concludes with some of the most dramatic events in recent memory, in an America torn apart by a bitterly polarised election, racial division, the national catastrophe of the coronavirus and the threat to US democracy evidenced by the storming of Capitol Hill.

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    £10.70£12.30
  • When Footballers Were Skint: A Journey in Search of the Soul of Football

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    Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2019

    Long before perma-tanned football agents and TV mega-rights ushered in the age of the multimillionaire player, footballers wages were capped even the game’s biggest names earned barely more than a plumber or electrician.

    Footballing legends such as Tom Finney and Stanley Matthews shared a bond of borderline penury with the huge crowds they entertained on Saturday afternoons, on pitches that were a world away from the pristine lawns of the game’s modern era. Instead of the gleaming sports cars driven by today’s top players, the stars of yesteryear travelled to matches on public transport and returned to homes every bit as modest as those of their supporters. Players and fans would even sometimes be next-door neighbours in a street of working-class terraced houses.

    Based on the first-hand accounts of players from a fast-disappearing generation, When Footballers Were Skint delves into the game’s rich heritage and relates the fascinating story of a truly great sporting era.

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  • When Fury Takes Over: Life, the Furys and Me

    02

    Get up close and personal with Big John Fury, Gypsy Warrior and the inspiration and driving force behind boxing champion Tyson Fury.

    If you’re six foot three like me, twenty stone, and you like to stand up for yourself, you’re gonna get into trouble, aren’t ya? If you’ve got Fury DNA, you’re not shy of a fight. I’ll have a fight with anybody. Win, lose or draw. I’m out there, shirt off, done and dusted. I’m a traveller, a bare knuckle boxer and my life has been anything but ordinary. Now I’m setting the record straight.

    From Netflix’s At Home With The Furys this is the Gypsy Warrior, unfiltered and in his own words. When Fury Takes Over is the insider story of the Fury family, from Tyson and Paris to Tommy and Molly-Mae, and an honest and unforgettable look at the Gyspy way of life.

    ‘MY DAD IS TRULY A MAN AMONGST MEN’ – TYSON FURY

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  • When I Sing, Mountains Dance

    07

    “Solà pushes past the limits of human experience to tell a story of instinct and earth-time that is irresistible in its jagged glory.” – C Pam Zhang, author of How Much of These Hills is Gold

    When Domenec – mountain-dweller, father, poet, dreamer – dies suddenly, struck by lightning, he leaves behind two small children, Mia and Hilari, to grow up wild among the looming summits of the Pyrenees and the ghosts of the Spanish civil war.

    But then Hilari dies too, and his sister is forced to face life’s struggles and joys alone. As the years tumble by, the inhabitants of the mountain – human, animal and other – come together in a chorus of voices to bear witness to the sorrows of one family, and to the savage beauty of the landscape. This remarkable English-language debut is lyrical, mythical, elemental, and ferociously imaginative.

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  • When I Were A Lad…: Snapshots From A Time That Health & Safety Forgot

    08

    When I Were a Lad… looks at the glorious-yet-risky childhoods of yesteryear before the Health and Safety officers told us we couldn’t do everything because it was too dangerous.

    The sleeper hit of Christmas 2009 – more than 4,000 copies sold through Bookscan.

    A book to send shivers down the spine of any parent who has spent years protecting their children from the slightest bump and bash.

    A glorious romp though some of the most reckless photos from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s, tagged with side-splitting captions.

    Ah, the past. A time when children could play in the snow without a helmet, crampons and a risk assessment report. When footballs were made from rhino hide and cricket was played with one pad, if you were lucky. When I Were a Lad… looks at the glorious-yet-risky childhoods of yesteryear before the Health and Safety officers told us we couldn’t do everything because it was too dangerous. It reflects on a time when children were allowed in with the animals at London Zoo; a time before the car seatbelt was invented (let alone used); a time when you were allowed to dress up endangered species in goalkeeping kit and take penalties against them. The authors have trawled through the major historic archives to find some glorious photo opportunities where the safety angle of the participants was the last thing anyone thought of. Children perch happily on lethal, limb-mangling machinery, stand all-smiles on live crocodiles, feed brown bears with their hands and get scooped from the street by passing tram conductors! These truly were the days that Health and Safety forgot, back when I were a lad…

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  • When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion

    Spiritual abuse is something that happens far more often than most people realize. In When Religion Hurts You, Dr. Laura Anderson takes an honest look at a side of religion that few like to talk about. Drawing from her own life and therapy practice, she helps readers understand what religious trauma is and isn’t, and how high-control churches can be harmful and abusive, often resulting in trauma. She shows how elements of fundamentalist church life―such as fear of hell, purity culture, corporal punishment, and authoritarian leaders―can cause psychological, relational, physical, and spiritual damage. As she explores the growing phenomenon of religious trauma, Dr. Anderson helps readers embark on a journey of living as healing individuals and finding a new foundation to stand on. Recognizing that healing is a lifelong rather than a linear process, she offers markers of healing for those coming out of painful religious experiences and hope for finding wholeness after religious trauma.

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  • When Science Meets Power

    Science and politics have collaborated throughout human history, and science is repeatedly invoked today in political debates, from pandemic management to climate change. But the relationship between the two is muddled and muddied.

    Leading policy analyst Geoff Mulgan here calls attention to the growing frictions caused by the expanding authority of science, which sometimes helps politics but often challenges it.

    He dissects the complex history of states’ use of science for conquest, glory and economic growth and shows the challenges of governing risk – from nuclear weapons to genetic modification, artificial intelligence to synthetic biology. He shows why the governance of science has become one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century, ever more prominent in daily politics and policy.

    Whereas science is ordered around what we know and what is, politics engages what we feel and what matters. How can we reconcile the two, so that crucial decisions are both well informed and legitimate?

    The book proposes new ways to organize democracy and government, both within nations and at a global scale, to better shape science and technology so that we can reap more of the benefits and fewer of the harms.

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  • When She Unravels: A Dark Mafia Romance (The Fallen Book 1)

    08

    *NOW A TOP 25 AMAZON BESTSELLER*

    He’s the most powerful man in Ibiza, and he’ll do anything to make me his.

    I’ve been raised to be the perfect mafia wife, but when my marriage turns into a horrific nightmare, I have no choice but to leave everything behind and start a new life.

    I find myself alone in Ibiza—a place that swallows innocent girls like me alive. I’m robbed the day I arrive, left with nothing but a few euros and the clothes on my back.

    My desperation leads me right to Damiano De Rossi. He rules over this island with an iron fist and beneath his strikingly handsome face lies a wicked darkness. I ask him for a job. He gives me far more than that—degradation, jealousy, and toe-curling lust.

    When my resistance to him is all but gone, a secret is revealed, and we fall apart like a house of cards.

    I know what I have to do. Run.

    But when I try, I discover…he’s already got me bound.

    When She Unravels is an 18+ dark mafia romance with mature themes, profanity, and plenty of steam. It’s book one in The Fallen series but can be read as a standalone.

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  • When sorrows like sea billows roll

    Upon his wife’s sudden death, Brad was left a single father of seven children. Life became harder, and the grief almost overwhelming. We all grieve. We lose something or someone we love. And it hurts. Sorrows seem to crash like stormy waves against the boats of our lives. How do we respond to loss? Let alone glorify God in it? In this book, Brad recounts his story in thirty-two short reflections. With a pastor’s heart, he charts a course through these waves of grief – applying Bible truths to times of sorrow. This book is not merely a memoir, it’s a Godcentred travel guide through grief. Its aim: to help you become more like Christ in your sorrows. To glorify God in your grief. This book can help us to say: ‘It is well with my soul.’

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  • When Teens Self-Harm: How Parents, Teachers and Professionals Can Provide Calm and Compassionate Support

    Supporting teens who self-harm can be stressful, with panic and anxiety muddying the waters and making it difficult to know how to respond. How do you help? What if you make it worse?

    This book guides you through the potential reasons for self-harming behaviour, helping you to respond with compassion and support. Quotes from young people who self-harm give insight into the mindset behind the behaviour, while expert guidance gives you the tools to help. Advice on regulating your own emotions, combined with a better understanding of why teens self-harm, allows you to provide a safe, nurturing environment to support your young person and reduce their self-harming behaviour.

    Grounded in the authors’ extensive clinical experience in young people’s mental health, this book guides you out of panic mode to create a secure, validating environment for teens who self-harm.

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  • When the Adults Change, Everything Changes: Seismic shifts in school behaviour

    08

    In When the Adults Change, Everything Changes: Seismic Shifts in School Behaviour, Paul Dix upends the debate on behaviour management in schools and offers effective tips and strategies that serve to end the search for change in children and turn the focus back on the adults.

    You can buy in the best behaviour tracking software, introduce 24/7 detentions or scream ‘NO EXCUSES’ as often as you want – but ultimately the solution lies with the behaviour of the adults. It is the only behaviour over which we have absolute control.

    Drawing on anecdotal case studies, scripted interventions and approaches which have been tried and tested in a range of contexts, from the most challenging urban comprehensives to the most privileged international schools, behaviour training expert and Pivotal Education director Paul Dix advocates an inclusive approach that is practical, transformative and rippling with respect for staff and learners. An approach in which behavioural expectations and boundaries are exemplified by people, not by a thousand rules that nobody can recall.

    When the Adults Change, Everything Changes illustrates how, with their traditional sanction- and exclusion-led methods, the ‘punishment brigade’ are losing the argument. It outlines how each school can build authentic practice on a stable platform, resulting in shifts in daily rules and routines, in how we deal with the angriest learners, in restorative practice and in how we appreciate positive behaviour.

    Each chapter is themed and concludes with three helpful checklists – Testing, Watch out for and Nuggets – designed to help you form your own behaviour blueprint. Throughout the book both class teachers and school leaders will find indispensable advice about how to involve all staff in developing a whole school ethos built on kindness, empathy and understanding.

    Suitable for all head teachers, school leaders, teachers, NQTs and classroom assistants – in any phase or context, including SEND and alternative provision settings – who are looking to upgrade their own classroom management or school behaviour plan.

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    £16.80
  • When the Elephants Dance: A Novel

    03
    “Papa explains the war like this: ‘When the elephants dance, the chickens must be careful.’ The great beasts, as they circle one another, shaking the trees and trumpeting loudly, are the Amerikanos and the Japanese as they fight. And our Philippine Islands? We are the small chickens.”

    Once in a great while comes a storyteller who can illuminate worlds large and small, in ways both magical and true to life. When the Elephants Dance is set in the waning days of World War II, as the Japanese and the Americans engage in a fierce battle for possession of the Philippine Islands. Through the eyes of three narrators, thirteen-year-old Alejandro Karangalan, his spirited older sister Isabelle, and Domingo, a passionate guerilla commander, we see how ordinary people find hope for survival where none seems to exist. While the Karangalan family and their neighbors huddle together for survival in the cellar of a house, they tell magical stories to one another based on Filipino myth that transport the listeners from the chaos of the war around them and give them new resolve to continue fighting. Outside the safety of their refuge the war rages on—fiery bombs torch the countryside, Japanese soldiers round up and interrogate innocent people, and from the hills guerilla fighters wage a desperate campaign against the enemy. Inside the cellar, these men, women, and children put their hopes and dreams on hold as they wait out the war. 

    This stunning debut novel celebrates with richness and depth the spirit of the Filipino people and their fascinating story and marks the introduction of an author who will join the ranks of writers such as Arundhati Roy, Manil Suri, and Amy Tan.

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  • When the Parents Change, Everything Changes: Seismic Shifts in Children’s Behaviour

    08

    ‘Brilliant’ Kate Silverton, author of There’s No Such Thing As Naughty
    ‘An absolute game-changer’ Sarah Turner, aka The Unmumsy Mum
    ‘Fantastic’ Jake Humphrey, author of High Performance

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    Your behaviour is the only behaviour over which you have absolute control. To change your children’s behaviour, you first need to change your own.

    The culture of any home is determined by the parents. If you can remain unflappably calm in the face of every supermarket tantrum and sarcastic eye-roll, order will soon follow.

    Here, Paul Dix – Britain’s leading children’s behaviour expert – reveals how to build a culture of calm consistency into your home, starting today. He explains how you really can maintain a sense of Zen-like serenity in the face of even the most chaotic behaviour, from school-gate screaming matches to mealtime childmageddon. And he offers a set of simple strategies for coolly getting the behaviour you want – without a barked instruction, deranged punishment or cold, hard cash-bribe in sight.

    His tried-and-tested method will change what your child does by first changing what you do. You will never need to raise your voice again.

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  • When We Are Married (Acting Edition S.)

    08
    When we are married is a comedy by the english dramatist, J. B. Priestley. It was first performed in london at the st. Martin’s theatre, london on 11 october 1938, and transferred to the larger prince’s theatre in march 1939 and ran until 24 june of that year.

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  • When We Fall: A Dark College Romance (A Mayfair University Novel Book 5)

    Sometimes being IN means you’re OUT.

    My horsemen. My heroes. My lovers.

    We were destined for forever.

    That was until we suffered a major loss that sent us careening into opposite directions with broken hearts.

    Now on the cusp of everything I’ve always dreamed of, I’m teetering. I’m terrified. I’m. . . without.

    With my choice taken from me, I’m left to face a harsh new reality. One that may not include what’s left of my horsemen.

    Some hearts cannot mend. They can only harden and grow cold. And when we fall, we shatter.

    When We Fall is the final book in the Mayfair University duet, a multi-POV series that follows Rosie and her horsemen. Prepare for war and read the foreword. This is a placeholder date.This tale is dark and terrifying. This is what falling feels like. Hang. On. Tight.

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  • When We Say Black Lives Matter

    08

    A timely, powerful and much-needed picture book exploring the background to the Black Lives Matter movement for young children.

    A beautifully illustrated and poignant picture book about the Black Lives Matter movement – its deep history, background and meaning – as well as a focus on the tremendous amount of work still left to do. Through author-illustrator Maxine Beneba Clarke’s glorious artwork and lyrical text, this book fosters activism, being anti-racist and using your voice and your power for good.

    A brave, empowering and inspiring read for all children.

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    £6.00£6.60

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