Hello, and welcome to our website. We are not going to linger on forthcoming Festivals but just give you a few ideas of newly published books.
Parky: My Autobiography by Michael Parkinson has been long-awaited. His starry careers spans more than four decades. Meet the man who has met everyone else. Or you may prefer the autobiographies of Dawn French, or Bill Oddie, or Paul O'Grady. We have them all.
John Le Carre has written what many people regard as his best book yet: A Most Wanted Man. It is prickles with tension and draws the reader into every single moment of the story. A work of deep humanity and thoroughly recommended by our staff.
Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities is best described as mathematical nibbles for the curious adventurous mind... for puzzlers of all sorts.
On Holiday by Paul Atterbury explores where we stayed, what we wore, where we went, how we got there and what we did while on holiday in days gone by. Using predominantly amateur photographs from family albums alongside postcards, publicity material and a range of ephemera from the Edwardian era to the 1970s,this book offers a delightfully evocative snapshot of holiday life in 20th-century Britain.
Nature and bird lovers will be glad to see A Sky Full of Starlings by Stephen Moss is now available. His new book retains everything that reviewers liked about "This Birding Life" - its easy, good-humoured style, its combination of a wide birding knowledge with the gift of making things interesting for the general reader.
Just one mention of the December Festivities and this will help your planning : Sarah Raven's Complete Christmas. This is all you need to help you plan food, flowers and decorations.
A magnificent new edition of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens published in the Templar series which have been so popular with our customers. Superbly illustrated. An ideal gift.
QI: Advanced Banter is a brilliant and book of QI quotations. Definitely one for the fans.
And we can't end without something for customers who scour the History section for new titles. Admirals by Andrew Lambert is a riveting account of the naval commanders who made Britain great.
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