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Sarn Helen: A Journey Through Wales, Past, Present and Future - by Tom Bullough, illustrated by Jackie Morris - £16.99
Sarn Helen – Helen’s Causeway – is the old Roman Road that runs from the south of Wales to the north. As Tom walks the route, sometimes alone, sometimes in company, he describes the changing landscape around him and explores the political, cult ... more
Meow: A Book of Happiness for Cat Lovers - by Anouska Jones - £8.99
No cat lover can imagine life without a feline presence. Meow: A Book of Happiness for Cat Lovers is a compendium of delightful quotes that capture the essence of this fascination. Some are by famous people (Mark Twain, Jean Cocteau, Ernest Hemingway ... more
Rememberings - by Sinead O'Connor - £9.99
THE LANDMARK MEMOIR OF A GLOBAL MUSIC ICON.
Sinead O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her recording of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U made her a global icon. She outraged millions when she tore up ... more
A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar: A Journey of Self (and Sexual) Discovery - by Harry Nicholas - £12.99
'On the bookshelves, there was plenty of stuff on being gay, and much needed, joyous accounts of what it is to be trans, but nothing really that encapsulates what is it to be both - to exist in the hazy terrain between.'
After his relationsh ... more
Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival - by Alice Vincent - £16.99
A stunning meditation on why women are drawn to the soil, featuring contributions from Ali Smith, Hazel Gardiner and Cosey Fanni Tutti.
THE TIMES / WATERSTONES TOP 10 BESTSELLER
AN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK TO READ IN 2023
A STYLIST NONFICTION ... more
Bitch: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal - by Lucy Cooke - £10.99
"A dazzling, funny and elegantly angry demolition of our preconceptions about female behaviour and sex in the animal kingdom ... Bitch is a blast. I read it, my jaw sagging in astonishment, jotting down favourite parts to send to friends and reading ... more
Murdle: Solve 100 Devilishly Devious Murder Mystery Logic Puzzles - by G.T Karber - £14.99
One hundred murder mystery puzzles to solve for armchair detectives and game lovers.
***THE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!***
'THE PUZZLE SENSATION OF THE YEAR!' - JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of THE TWYFORD CODE
'I'M COMP ... more
Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown - by Shaun Bythell - £10.99
Bookseller and bestselling author Shaun Bythell is back, and he has some thoughts about that Kindle you bought over lockdown.
The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log ... more
Tenants: The People on the Frontline of Britain's Housing Emergency - by Vicky Spratt - £10.99
The urgent story of this country's biggest crisis, told through the lives of those it most affects.
'Fascinating ... Tenants should be compulsory reading for every politician' - PANDORA SYKES
'Excellent' - NOVARA MEDIA
'Important heart ... more
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality - by Dr Julia Shaw - £10.99
A provocative and eye-opening book on the science and history of bisexuality, from the internationally bestselling author and co-host of BBC podcast Bad People.
Significant strides have been made in recent years in the movement for LGBTQ+ rights ... more
Let This Radicalize You: The Revolution of Rescue and Reciprocal Care - by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba - £14.99
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.
& ... more
Decolonising My Body: A Radical Exploration of Rituals and Beauty - by Afua Hirsch - £20.00
A 2023 POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR (WATERSTONES)
'GROUND-BREAKING' Bernardine Evaristo | 'UNIVERSAL AND TIMELY' Elif Shafak | 'IMPORTANT' Sathnam Sanghera | 'QUIETLY RADICAL' Evening Standard | 'INTIMATE' Guardian
What can ancestral ... more
A Heart That Works - by Rob Delaney - £10.99
In this memoir of loss, acclaimed writer and comedian Rob Delaney grapples with the fragile miracle of life, the mysteries of death, and the question of purpose for those left behind.
When you’re a parent and your child gets hurt or sick, you ... more
Windrush: 75 Years of Modern Britain - by Mike Phillips and Trevor Phillips - £12.99
The oral history of Britain’s first West Indian immigrants and their descendants.
In 1948 the former troop ship Windrush made the 30-day journey across the Atlantic from Jamaica. The arrival of its 500 passengers, the first generation of C ... more
The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir - by Kirsty Logan - £16.99
An unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood.
‘You and your partner want a baby. But your two bodies can’t make a baby together.’
If you want a baby but your body says other ... more
The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium: Set 1 - by Bill Watterson - £14.99
The first set of books collecting Bill Watterson's timeless Calvin and Hobbes comics in a compact, portable format designed to introduce the timeless adventures of a boy and his stuffed tiger to a new generation of readers. Featuring nearly 500 comic ... more
Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - by Emily Kenway - £22.00
***Finalist for The Orwell Prize of Political Writing***
‘A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation... I can’t recommend it highly enough’ ROB DELANEY
‘A radical vision for how we might do things better in future’ ... more
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life - by Ann Funder - £20.00
THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A fitting tribute to the unsung work of women everywhere and the perfect Christmas gift!
'A marvellous book... I just loved it all, and have a permanently marked-up, dog-eared copy on my shelf for ... more
A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petty Bourgeoisie - by Dan Evans - £12.99
The petty bourgeoisie — the insecure class between the working class and the bourgeoisie — is hugely significant within global politics. Yet it remains something of a mystery.
Initially identified as a powerful political force by theoris ... more
All Down Darkness Wide - by Sean Hewitt - £10.99
A luminous memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming of age, and a tender exploration of queer identity.
'Beautiful' Colm Tóibín
'Rapturous' New York Times
'Extraordinary' Observer
'Stunning' Sunday T ... more
Magpies & Red Skies: The Enchanting Origins of 100 Superstitions - by Willow Winsham - £14.99
Find a penny, pick it up
All day long you'll have good luck
Whether hopping over cracks, saluting magpies or knocking on wood, we all seek good fortune through performing curious rituals. But is there ancient wisdom behind the folklore of s ... more
George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle - by Philip Norman - £25.00
From the author of the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation and the bestselling John Lennon: The Life comes a revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most undervalued and mysterious Beatle.
Despite being hailed as ... more
The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule - by Angela Saini - £20.00
‘I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book’ Sathnam Sanghera
‘By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see it for what it is: something more fragile that ha ... more
The Book Lover's Quiz Book 2: More Quizzes for Book Whizzes - by Gary Wigglesworth - £16.99
Put your bookworm reputation on the line and prove your literary knowledge with this collection of quizzes for book whizzes.
Book lovers can answer questions by themselves or host a quiz among friends with twenty-four quizzes to keep you gue ... more
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir - by Raja Shehadeh - £10.99
A subtle psychological portrait of the author's relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights.
A FINALIST FOR THE US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2023 FOR NONFICTION
'Profoundly personal as wel ... more
Don't Stop the Music: A Year of Pop History, One Day at a Time - by Justin Lewis - £16.99
‘A brilliant musical almanac, compiled by an engaging writer whose musical knowledge is not just detailed but wide-ranging and generous.’ Jonathan Coe
With entries for every day of the year, ranging from mini-essays to pithy and engaging ... more
Have I Got News For You: The Quiz of 2023 - by Have I Got News For You - £16.99
The ideal gift to give this Christmas (to someone else or to yourself), this book contains all the fun of being on ‘Have I Got News for You’ without the fear of Ian Hislop pressing you on shady business dealings from 2008.
Whether it w ... more
RHS Puzzles & Brain Teasers for Gardeners - by Simon Akeroyd and Dr Gareth Moore - £16.99
RHS Puzzles & Brain Teasers for Gardeners is a beautifully illustrated collection of 100 quizzes and puzzles to test the horticultural and botanical knowledge of gardeners and plant lovers everywhere.
Testing everything from your knowledge ... more
Rambling Man: My Life on the Road - by Billy Connolly - £25.00
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING HILARIOUS NEW BOOK FROM THE NATION’S FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, BILLY CONNOLLY
Being a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be, to live the way I damn well pleased. I’ve met the weirdest and most wonderful people who ... more
The Social One: Why Jurgen Klopp was a Perfect Fit for Liverpool - by Marios Mantzos - £12.99
The Social One sets out why Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool Football Club are a match made in heaven. In 2015, a romantic German who had once dreamed of becoming a doctor found a pulse in the city of Liverpool and set about leading an intubated club back ... more
Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation - by Kris Manjapra - £10.99
A revelatory historical indictment of the long afterlife of slavery in the Atlantic world.
To fully understand why the shadow of slavery haunts us today, we must confront the flawed way that it ended. We celebrate abolition - in Haiti after ... more
Live, Laugh, Lesbian: Navigating Life as a Lesbian in the 21st Century - by Helen Scott - £12.99
"Sometimes, it's easy to feel like the only lesbian in the world - let alone in the village. But wherever you are with your sexuality, you've just picked up a book with the word 'lesbian' in the title and I know baby you would be so proud."
Fr ... more
Georgian Liverpool - by Hugh Hollinghurst - £15.99
The history of Georgian Liverpool through its buildings. All those interested in the history of Liverpool will find this a fascinating exploration of the Georgian heritage of this city.
Liverpool grew rapidly in the Georgian period as it ... more
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