Forthcoming Archive

DECEMBER 2010

FICTION

HARDBACK

Hand Me Down World - Lloyd Jones

A multi-layered story of a woman’s search for a lost child across different countries, observed by others. From the internationally bestselling author of Mister Pip (£11.99 at The Book Case)

The Weekend - Bernard Schlink
Old friends and lovers reunite for a weekend in a secluded country home after spending decades apart. This isn't, however, just any old reunion. After 24 years, Joerg - a convicted murderer and terrorist, is released from prison on a pardon. A former member of the Red Army Faction, the announcement of Joerg's release is sure to send shock waves throughout Germany. (£12.99)

PAPERBACK

The Other Family - Joanna Trollope

Chrissie always believed that Richie loved her, had loved her for all the twenty-three years they'd been together, loved their three daughters and their house in Highgate and their happy, lively existence. But if she really was the love of his life, why had he never given her the one thing that would have made her life perfect? (£7.99)

House Rules - Jodi Picoult

Jacob Hunt is a teenager: brilliant at maths, wicked sense of humour, extraordinarily organised, hopeless at reading social cues - he has Asperger's. When his tutor is found dead, his mother must ask herself the hardest question in the world: is her child capable of murder? (£7.99)

Winter Ghosts - Kate Mosse
The Great War robbed a generation of friends, lovers and futures. In Freddie Watson's case, it took his beloved brother and, at times, his peace of mind. In the winter of 1928, still seeking resolution, Freddie is travelling through the French Pyrenees - another region that has seen too much bloodshed over the years. During a snowstorm, his car spins off the mountain road. (£7.99)

The Hopeless Life of Charlie Summers - Paul Torday
Hector Chetwode-Talbot, Eck to his friends, is approached by an old army pal, Bilbo Mountwilliam, who runs an investment fund company and persuades Eck to join the company as a 'greeter' for moneyed clients. On a golfing trip to France that Eck first meets Charlie Summers, a fly-by-night entrepreneur whose latest scheme is to import Japanese dog food into the UK. (£7.99)

REISSUES

The Seven Poor Travellers - Charles Dickens
Gathered at Watts' Charity, a sparse yet cosy almshouse, seven travellers share stories following a Christmas Eve dinner. Marriages mixed up with blackmail, theft, and infant abandonment appear alongside dreams of nearly-free diamonds in this intriguing collection of holiday stories. The fifth Christmas number of Dickens' hugely popular periodical Household Words.(£7.99)

NON-FICTION

BIOGRAPHY

Life - Keith Richards

For over four decades the Rolling Stones guitarist lived the original rock and roll life: now he tells us about it. (£15 at The Book Case)

ENVIRONMENT

The Sustainability Transformation: How to Accelerate Positive Change in Challenging Times - Alan AtKisson
From Earthscan, a highly readable and motivational toolkit that helps integrate sustainability into organizations, initiatives and plans: it can be used by any group, organization, business, community or region, in virtually any context. (£19.99)

HISTORY

A History of the World in 100 Objects - Neil MacGregor

This big book takes a dramatically original approach to the history of humanity, using objects which previous civilisations have left behind them, often accidentally, as prisms through which we can explore past worlds and the lives of the men and women who lived in them. Radio 4 series. Neil MacGregor has been Director of the British Museum since 2002. (£22 at The Book Case)

Map of a Nation : A Biography of the Ordnance Survey - Rachel Hewitt
The story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map - the first complete, accurate, affordable map of the British Isles. The Ordnance Survey's history is one of political revolutions, rebellions, and regional unions that altered the shape and identity of the United Kingdom over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Turn Back Time: the High Street. 100 Years of British Life through the Shop Window - Philip Wilkinson
TV tie in - five shopkeepers try and run their shops as they would have been from the 1870s to the 1970s.

Edwardian Farm - Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn & Alex Langlands

TV tie-in - the three try and restore a market garden and farm on a West Country river.

Oranges and Sunshine: Empty Cradles - Margaret Humphreys

In 1986 Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker, investigated a woman's claim that, aged four, she had been put on a boat to Australia by the British government. At first incredulous, Margaret discovered that this was just the tip of an enormous iceberg. Up to 150,000 children, some as young as three years old, had been deported from children's homes in Britain and shipped off to a 'new life' in distant parts of the Empire. (£7.99)

HUMOUR

You Can Stick It - P K Munroe

Hundreds of subversive, surreal and daft stickers for today’s society, to cheer us all up! (£12.99)

MBS

Earth Magic Oracle Cards - Steven Farmer

With these cards, you'll be able to connect with the key spirits in nature and harness their unique elemental power whenever you need guidance.

Carol Ann Duffy's twenty-first-century reworking of the Victorian Christmas classic is filled with her characteristic warmth, wit and imagination and is illustrated by the sophisticated, romantic and truly original Rob Ryan. (£4.99)

In the sprawling flatlands of Florida, 28-year-old Miles is photographing the last lingering traces of families who have abandoned their houses due to debt or foreclosure. He is haunted by guilt for having inadvertently caused the death of his step-brother, a situation that caused him to flee his father and step-mother in New York 7 years ago. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

The latest in the Tales of the City series Twenty years have passed since Mary Ann Singleton left her husband and child in San Francisco to pursue her dream of a television career in New York. Now, a pair of personal calamities has driven her back to the city of her youth and into the arms of her oldest friend, Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver, a gay gardener happily ensconced with his much-younger husband. (£15.99 at The Book Case)

Shena Mackay is one of the very best short-story writers in the world. As the "Guardian" said, reviewing her last collection, 'Mackay's observational precision is outstanding; she writes like an angel wielding a scalpel, dissecting her characters with sublime, sharp-edged prose...Her stories are grand entertainment.' (£6.99)

In this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection of true stories, Augusten Burroughs recounts Christmases past and present - as only he can. (£7.99)

A serial killer who wants to watch you burn...The media call him The Burning Man, a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death, before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of London's parks. And now the fifth victim has been found ... Maeve Kerrigan is an ambitious detective constable, keen to make her mark on the murder task force. (£6.99)

Attractive little book from Sheffield Hallam University celebrating 10 years of publishing the best new writing by MA students, alongside established guest writers. "There are many voices from many different places in this small volume, all of them speaking urgently to us in their distinctive accents. This multicultural polyphonic world glitters with imagination and bold endeavour, and takes the reader into newly invented territories ..." - Margaret Drabble. (£4.95)

Lady Chatterley's Lover: 50th Anniversary Edition - D. H. Lawrence; Geoffrey Robertson, QC; Steve Hare (£8.99)

This superb book draws on highlights from the V&A's fabulous collections of woven, printed and embroidered textiles and their designs. (£45)

Celebrates all aspects of rural crafts including woodcraft, thatching, weaving, stone masonry, metalwork and glass making and showcases some of Britain's leading master craftsmen and explains the techniques at the heart of their trades. (£15.00)

This is a unique collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and iconic Puffin book cover. From picture books to paperbacks, teen fiction to "Puffin Classics", this is a selection from seventy years of outstanding British design and illustration in one sturdy little box. (£14.99)

Ten beautiful fairies to knit, using clear and simple patterns and a variety of yarns and embellishments. (£8.99)

Award-winning author Juliet Barker's landmark book demolishes Bronte myths, and provides startling new information that is just as compelling - but true. 'As a work of scholarship it is brilliant ...For those with a passion for the Brontes, or for Victoriana, or for sheer wealth of historical minutiae, it is a stupendous read' - IOS. (£14.99)

To celebrate its 90th anniversary, the author has pieced together the life of her godfather Alfred Bestall, who illustrated Rupert Bear in the Daily Express almost uninterruptedly for 30 years. The artwork was bequeathed by Fred Bestall to the author who has lovingly collected together and catalogued Fred Bestall's work, from incisive cartoons for 'Punch' to romantic, dreamy watercolours, as well of course as his Rupert Bear illustrations. Caroline was also bequeathed his diaries, from which, alongside letters, photographs and other archive material, she has drawn together his life. (£25)

Honest and hilarious autobiography from Britain's biggest comedy star. (£15 at The Book Case)

Owen Sheers passionately believes that poems, and particularly poems of place, not only affect us as individuals, but can have the power to mark and define a collective experience - our identities, our country, and our land. (£9.99)

R2D2 Lives in Preston: The Best of BBC 6 Music's Toast the Nation - Shaun Keaveny

No matter where you live, there are always reasons to be gosh-darn proud of it. Take a tour around the map of Britain to our favourite places, from the biggest city to the smallest village. (£9.99)

Written by two young mums, this book sets out to revive the tradition of indoor family games and is bursting with games of logic and memory, wordplay, card games, role-play, and rough and tumble, for children and adults. (£9.99)

This magnificent book covers the entire period of Corgi production, which commenced with the showing of twenty-four model vehicles at the British Industries Fair in early 1956 and ended with the last designs in early 1983. (£50)

Everything you need to know about growing your own food and becoming self-sufficient. (£14.99)

The years of Elizabeth's childhood were troubled - fraught with danger and beset with the political and religious plots of those around her. At 21, she was imprisoned in the Tower of London by her sister, Mary. And at 25 she was crowned Queen of England and Ireland, ruling as the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty until her death in 1603. In this classic biography, Christopher Hibbert paints a compelling and evocative portrait of one of history's most fascinating women, illuminated against a backdrop of the tumultuous, glorious events of the Elizabethan era - England's Golden Age. (£11.99)

Four more compilations of the funniest puns, songs and one-liners from the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, and the last Clue release to feature Humphrey Lyttelton as host as he presides over regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. (£12.99)

More brilliant stories about children at Christmas with the wonderfully funny (and usually innocent) things that children say. What makes Naomi's granny wobble? What's the secret ingredient in Richard's jam tarts? (£7.99)

A humungous holdall of hedonistic humour, histrionic hair-splitting and highbrow head-candy. (£12.99)

Everyone knows the 'Twelve days of Christmas', but not as rewritten by John Julius Norwich in this delightful correspondence, which records the daily thank-you letters from one increasingly bemused young lady to her unseen admirer.

This title contains four episodes including the first ever show. It includes: "The First Night Party", "The Idol", "The Boxing Champion" and "The New Car". (£12.99)

This radio comedy review show, written by that great partnership Frank Muir and Denis Norden, first aired in 1948 for 13 series. This CD features the first four episodes from the earliest existing series, 1949-50, with Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and Joy Nichols. (£12.99)

"The Goons" included Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. They burst onto the radio with surreal storylines, absurd logic, puns, catchphrases and ground breaking sound effects. This title includes four episodes from the earliest existing series, 1954: "A History of Communications/The Siege of Khartoum", "The Kippered Herring Gang", "The Toothpaste Expedition and "The Case of the Vanishing Room". (£12.99)

Pont’s witty and precise observations on the national character in the 1930s - he conjures distinct, complete personalities with a few strokes of his pen and some of his captions are wonderfully memorable ("Gosh! Quails in aspic again"; "Don’t hesitate to say if you prefer your coffee white. It will be no trouble at all to get the car out and drive down to the dairy for some milk.") Charming, idiosyncratic and - above all - wonderfully funny, this unforgettable collection will bring Pont's extraordinary talent to a new generation of fans. (£20)

12 great authors offer their top tips on gardening, from Sylvia Plath's struggles with autumn bulbs, to JD Salinger's helpful hints on growing from seed. In Cormac McCarthy's hands a landowner's trip to the potting shed becomes a rite of passage from which he will return transformed. Companion volume to Kafka’s Soup (great authors do cookery) and Sartre’s Sink (DIY). (£10.99)

The Middle Class Handbook: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Changing Behaviour and Taste's of Britain's New Middle Class Tribe - Richard Benson; Stephen Armstrong (£12)

Safe Baby Handling Tips - David and Kelly Sopp (£6.99)
Laugh-out-loud do's and don'ts for new parents in board book form.

Readers: Vintage People on Photo Postcards - Bodleian Library, Tom Phillips Archive

Photo Postcards showing people reading (or pretending to read) a wide variety of material from the Bible to Film Fun, either in the photographer's studio, in their own home or holidaying on the beach, c. 1900-1950. (£15.00)

Women & Hats: Vintage People on Photo Postcards - Bodleian Library, Tom Phillips Archive (£15.00)

A new and magical mix of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles, mingled with forays into ancient and modern mathematical thought, appallingly hilarious mathematical jokes, and enquiries into the great mathematical challenges of the present and past. (£8.99)

Oliver Sacks writes about the myriad ways in which we experience the visual world: how we see in three dimensions; how we recognize individual faces or places; how we use language to communicate verbally; how we translate marks on paper into words and paragraphs; and, even how we represent the world internally when our eyes are closed. (£15.99 at The Book Case)

Depresso: Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Being Bonkers - Brick

A vaguely biographical semi fictional account of the Austro-Scottish author’s journey through mental health therapies and systems in China and the West. (£12.99)

Based on teachings from the Kadampa Buddhist Tradition, Modern Buddhism is a special presentation that communicates the essence of the entire path to liberation and enlightenment in a way that is easy to understand and put into practice. (£12.99)

The Illustrated Rumi: A Treasury of Wisdom from the Poet of the Soul - Philip Dunn; Manuela M. Dunn

An embodiment of the Sufi idea that life is a gift. A beautiful and lavishly designed book that is filled with art from the 14th century to modern times and striking new translations of Rumi's longer works and poetry. (£12.99)

New edition of the book of astonishing images from inside the human uterus, first published in 1965, using revolutionary new photographic technology. (£25)

This release looks back to the early lives of some favourite Archers characters from the 1950s to the 1970s. It includes Phil and Grace Archer (including the stable fire that caused Grace's death), Phil and Jill Archer, Tony and Pat Archer, and Brian and Jennifer Aldridge. (£12.99)

A complete history of Rupert Bear, this beautifully presented book is the fascinating story of how one little bear became a national treasure. (£25)

In this seasonal intellectual broadside, iconoclastic popular sociologist Steve Fuller reclaims Jesus as a philosophical thinker - and one who really puts his money where his mouth is - Socrates and Jesus are among Western culture's most iconic figures. (£9.99)

The Great Modern Poets: An Anthology of the Best Poets and Poetry Since 1900 - ed. Michael Schmidt (book and CD)

An introduction to the finest poetry of the 20th century with an 80-minute audio CD featuring original recordings of 29 inspiring poems, read by their authors, including: W.B Yeats' "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"; Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"; Wallace Stevens' "Not Ideas About the Thing But the Thing Itself"; T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"; John Betjeman's "A Shropshire Lad" and "The Licorice Fields at Pontefract"; W.H. Auden's "The Shield of Achilles"; Dylan Thomas' "A Refusal to Mourn..."; Ted Hughes' "Thrushes"; Sylvia Plath's "Daddy"; and a special full-length reading of "Howl" by Allen Ginsburg, among many other much-loved classics. (£14.99)

This authoritative collection of Baudelaire's "The Complete Verse" contains "Les Fleurs du mal (1857)", one of the few books of poems to become an international bestseller. The book caused a furore on its first appearance, six of the poems being banned as offensive to public morals. This edition also includes "Nouvelles Fleurs du mal (1868)", "Les Aepaves (1866)" and all of Baudelaire's occasional and juvenile verse. (£10.95)

Because You Died: Poetry and Prose of the First World War and After - Vera Brittain, ed. Mark Bostridge

This collection of Vera Brittain's poetry and prose commemorates the men she loved - fiance, brother and two close friends - who served and died in the First World War. It draws on her experiences as a VAD nurse in London, Malta, and France, and illustrates her growing conviction of the wickedness of all war. (£7.99)

Addresses themes of transformation, in human nature and the natural world - confronting the intimacies of love and death, desire and sex, memory and commemoration. These are uncompromising, mischievous, charismatic poems. (£12.99)

Ruth Fainlight is one of Britain's most distinguished poets. Each poem is a balancing act between thought and feeling, revealing otherness within the everyday, often measuring subtle shifts in relationships between women and men. Images of the moon, however interpreted - whether as stern and stony presence or protective maternal symbol - recur throughout her work. This substantial New & Collected Poems covers work written over 50 years, drawing on over a dozen books as well as a whole new collection. (£15.00)

Women of the Revolution: 40 years of feminism - Kira Cochrane
When hundreds gathered in 1970 for the UK's first women's liberation conference, a movement that had been gathering strength for years burst into a frenzy of radical action that would transform the way we think, act and live. This collection brings together for the first time the very best of feminist writing in the Guardian including Mary Stott, Bea Campbell, Jill Tweedie, Polly Toynbee and Andrea Dworkin.

Bike Snob: Systematically and Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling - Eben Weiss

Story of a young germ who finds infecting isn’t really for him. Facts and wonderful yuck factor! 0-5yrs. (£5.99)

The Queen has finished her royal tea and it’s two hours till bedtime so she suggests a hunt for ghosties. 3+. (£5.99)

A Choice of Stories for Children - Ted Hughes, ed. Michael Morpurgo (4 Audio CDs)

A selection of Ted Hughes's wonderfully vivid children's fiction, read by the author and selected and introduced by Michael Morpurgo. (£16.99)

A Choice of Poems for Children - Ted Hughes, ed. Michael Morpurgo (4 Audio CDs)

Ted Hughes' poetry for children is as rich, powerful and magical as anything he wrote. This new recording consists of a collection of the children's poems of Ted Hughes, introduced and selected by acclaimed writer Michael Morpurgo, and read by both Morpurgo and actor Juliet Stevenson. (£16.99)

An award-winning, comical pirate picture book adventure about nine-year-old Roger, some very smelly, scary pirates and his very bad-tempered mother. Readership level: 7+. (£3.99)

Fourth in the bestselling Mummy Family series with lively illustrations. The Mummies star in a TV show to earn some money. Readership level: 6-8yrs (£3.99)

Catch the hapless Greg Heffley as he navigates his way through family and school life with his best friend, Rowley, by his side in a brand new "Wimpy Kid" adventure! Readership level: 9-11yrs (£10.99)

This is a thrilling new series featuring three brand-new demigod heroes, from the best-selling creator of Percy Jackson, set back in the word of the greek gods and heroes. (£12.99)

A collection of four stories with colour illustrations by Jeff Fisher. Each tale is set in East Anglia and the protagonists share a feeling of anxiety that there is something wrong or missing in their lives which they must confront. (£18 at The Book Case)

The stories in this long-awaited collection by Salley Vickers all deal with psychological aspects of love: love given and withheld, love craved and lost, love met and disappointed; the differing shades of loves between friends, between parents and children, between children and other adults; love even, in one case, for a pet. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

Ada grows up motherless in the Jewish pogroms of a Ukrainian city in the early years of the twentieth century. In the same city, Harry Sinner, the cosseted son of a city financier, belongs to a very different world. Eventually, in search of a brighter future, Ada moves to Paris and makes a living painting scenes from the world she has left behind. (£8.99)

From the well-known Oral Story Teller (who has appeared at Hebden Bridge Arts Festival on many occasions), a bitter-sweet historical novel dealing with John Clare’s early life when he is 17 and in tune with nature and the rural environment around his home in the east of England. The book also looks at the parcelling of the land and its distribution to local landsowners and how this broke up communities in the nineteenth century. (£9.99)

It is 1560, and Elizabeth Tudor has been on the throne for a year. Dr John Dee, at 32 already acclaimed throughout Europe, is her astrologer and consultant in the hidden arts. Now the mild, bookish Dee has been sent to Glastonbury to find the missing bones of King Arthur, whose legacy was always so important to the Tudor line. (£7.99)

Completing an epic panorama that began in fifteenth-century Moorish Spain, Night of the Golden Butterfly moves between the cities of the twenty-first century, from Lahore to London, from Paris to Beijing. The narrator is rung one morning and reminded that he owes a debt of honor. (£7.99)

The waters of Lake Kleifarvatn mysteriously recede, revealing a 30-year-old skeleton with a hole in its skull. "An undiluted pleasure" says the Guardian. (£7.99)

Reporter Annika Bengtzon is working on the story of a devastating crime when she hears that a journalist investigating the same incident has been killed. It appears to be a hit-and-run accident. (£6.99)

Charles Perrault's versions gave classic status to the humble fairy tale, and it is in his telling that the stories of Little Red Riding-Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and the rest have been passed down from the seventeenth century to the present day. This new translation by Christopher Betts captures the tone and flavour of Perrault's world, and the delightful spirit of the originals. (£7.99)

White’s Pocket Classics, £6.99 each: small hardbacks with original illustrations embossed on the covers, coloured endpapers, marker ribbon, illustrated title pages and new typesetting :

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

The Christmas Books - Charles Dickens
First published in a single volume in 1852, bringing together five stories which Charles Dickens wrote specially for the Christmas season: "A Christmas Carol", "The Chimes," "The Cricket on the Hearth," "The Battle of Life." and "The Haunted Man".

A further collection of spine tingling short stories from masters of the genre, including Bram Stoker, Jerome K. Jerome, Sir Walter Scott and M.R. James. Read by Michael Maloney, Eleanor Bron and Andrew Sachs. (£12.99)

On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of his extraordinary life; from the long nightmare of the Nazi era to his anarchic adventures is post-war Germany. (£9.99)

Fifty years ago Pan launched a series of books that were to delight and disgust - sometimes even on the same page - readers for thirty years. From classics in the genre to scraping-the-barrel nastiness, "The Pan Books of Horror" had them all. (£7.99)

The story of Ruth and Lucille, orphans growing up in the small desolate town of Fingerbone in the vast northwest of America. Abandoned by a succession of relatives, the sisters find themselves in the care of Sylvie, the remote and enigmatic sister of their dead mother. Steeped in imagery of the bleak wintry landscape around them, the sisters' struggle towards adulthood is powerfully portrayed in a novel about loss, loneliness and transience. (£7.99)

On Beauty: A History of a Western Idea - Umberto Eco, trans. Alastair McEwen

On Beauty is neither a history of art, nor a history of aesthetics, but Umberto Eco draws on both these disciplines to define the ideas of beauty that have informed us from the classical world to modern times. (£20)

What Makes a Masterpiece?: Encounters with Great Works of Art - Christopher Dell

In this exploration of the idea of the masterpiece, over fifty world masterpieces, from cave paintings to Cezanne, are brought to life by writers, scholars and artists including Antony Gormley, Quentin Blake and Tom Phillips; Philip Pullman, Germaine Greer and contributors from the Prado, the Van Gogh Museum, the Louvre, the National Gallery and the Sapienza University. Each masterwork is illustrated in full, and key details are selected and separately illustrated (£24.95)

What's your type? Suddenly everyone's obsessed with fonts. Whether you're enraged by Ikea's Verdanagate, want to know what the Beach Boys have in common with easy Jet or why it's okay to like Comic Sans, "Just My Type" will have the answer. (£14.99)

Over 500 found letterforms. The paperback at £12.99 comes with over 100 of the letterforms on individual magnets.

Arthur Ransome: Master Storyteller: Writing the Swallows and Amazons Books - Roger Wardale

Arthur Ransome's children's books have captured the imagination of children and adults alike ever since they were first published in the 1930s. His genius as a storyteller stemmed from an almost infinite capacity for painstaking perfectionism. Using primary written sources, including letters, diary entries and Ransome's own working notes, Roger Wardale expertly pieces together the fascinating story of how the twelve "Swallows & Amazons" books came to be written against the odds. (£16.99)

June Spencer is best known as matriarch Peggy Archer (now Woolley), but aged 90 now, she'd seen and done a lot before (and since) joining the Archers 60 years ago. (£16.99)

Draws on Mandela's personal archive of never-before-seen materials to offer unique access to the private world of an incomparable world leader. (£25)

Diana Athill, born in 1917, made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs. "Life Class" brings together four of her best-loved memoirs in one volume, spanning her very English childhood, her life and loves during World War II, her publishing career at Andre Deutsch, and her reflections on old age. (£12.99)

Looking back over more than sixty years of family life, teaching, inspecting schools, writing and public speaking, Gervase never fails to unearth humour, character, warmth and wisdom from the most diverse of experiences, whether they be growing up in Rotherham with the most un-Yorkshirelike of names or describing why loud mobile phone users get his goat. (£14.99)

Shirley Williams was born to politics. As well as being influenced by her mother, Vera Brittain, her father George Caitlin, a leading political scientist, encouraged his daughter to have high ambitions for herself - including daring to climb the bookshelves in his library. (£8.99)

When Denis O'Connor and his wife Catherine return to Owl Cottage, only to find it in a dilapidated state, they decide to restore his former home. But the memory of Denis' beloved cat, Toby Jug, still lingers on. On impulse, he buys four Maine Coon kittens. (£7.99)

Brings the popular actor and writer’s life up to date, since "Moab is My Washpot". (£15.00)

With more than 300 recipes, arranged by meal times (Breakfast, Elevenses, Lunch, Tea, Supper), this is a celebration of British domestic cooking as it has evolved over the centuries and still exists - especially in the countryside. (£25.00)

Joe Maiden - grower, horticulturist, seed merchant, nurseryman - has had a huge following on local radio for an amazing thirty-six years. Now in response to countless requests, Joe has at last set down this knowledge in a much-needed book that puts gardening firmly in a Yorkshire context. (£14.99)

Weaves observations about the remarkable roles bees play in keeping wildlife thriving and cultivated crops blooming, together with personal experiences and practical insights gleaned from his years as a beekeeper. As a Buddhist meditation teacher and author, he presents practical information about the art of beekeeping through the four seasons while harvesting the environmental and spiritual lessons we can learn from the bees. (£7.99)

Examines why keeping chickens has become so popular, as it addresses environmental issues, the locovore movement, and a shift in the way we want to live. The book includes the way in which hen-keeping can easily be fitted into a busy lifestyle. (£7.99)

Allotments: A Practical Guide to Growing Your Own Vegetables - Alex Smith (£7.99)

When the young Edward VI died in 1553, extraordinarily, all the contenders for the crown were female. But 400 years previously, Matilda, daughter of Henry I and granddaughter of William the Conquerer, came tantalisingly close to securing her hold on the power of the crown. And between the 12th and the 15th centuries three more exceptional women - Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, and Margaret of Anjou held great power as queens consort and dowager. (£20)

The Crowd in History: A Study of Popular Disturbances in France and England, 1730-1848 - George Rude (£15)

Mavis Nicholson's interviewees range from the working class to the aristocracy, from 'lumberjills' to members of the labour movement, from showgirls to intelligence officers, and from administrators to the 'nightingales' who worked in flying hospitals. (£9.99)

This is the perfect introduction to chess for children from the age of seven upwards. with 30 short lessons, starting with learning about the board and the pieces, then the moves of each piece in turn, then the vital concepts of check, checkmate and stalemate, and finally basic strategy and thinking skills. (£6.99)

Fun and Games for the 21st Century Family - Steve Caplin; Simon Rose (£9.99)

This is a doorstopper of a collection of the very best of British humour from the classic wit of Oscar Wilde to the best of modern stand-ups. (£7.99)

Ah, the past. A time when children could roll in the street, when boys were allowed to play cowboys and indians, and when school dinners were made from some of the hardest substances known to man. (£9.99)

The Second Book of General Ignorance: Don't You Know Anything? - John Mitchinson; John Lloyd

Another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating and mind-bending facts: you can be sure that everything you think you know is wrong. (£12.99)

A book about life. ‘What an awful thing life is. It's like soup with lots of hairs floating on the surface. You have to eat it nevertheless' - Gustave Flaubert. (£8.99)

QI: The Book of General Ignorance: The Noticeably Stouter Edition - John Mitchinson; John Lloyd

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: The World's Oldest Joke Book - Dan Crompton

They say the old ones are the best, and this long-neglected collection of jokes revived from the archives of Ancient Greece confirms that in some cases this is true, and in others it really isn't. This is the first commercial translation of "Philogeios" - a 1600-year-old collection of Greek jokes. (£9.99)

Sorry, I'm British!: An Insider's Guide to Our Great Nation from A to Z - Ben Crystal; Adam Russ

Explore the oddities of the British psyche with this informative and witty illustrated guide. (£9.99)

Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century - John Crace

From Crace’s Guardian column: hilariously summarises the great and not so great classics of 20th-century literature. (£12.99)

English is spoken or written today by a third of the world's population - an unprecedented achievement for a language. How has this situation come about? And what happens to a language when it is used by so many? (£16.95)

Voices of the UK: Accents and Dialects of English - The British Library (2 CDs)

143 recordings that capture and celebrate the rich diversity of British English in locations across the whole of the UK. From Scots to Scouse and Geordie to Cockney, the extraordinary variety of accents and dialects in the UK reflects our society's continuity and change, our local history and our individual identities. (£15.95)

Little Oxford Gift Box: "Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations", "Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs" - ed. Elizabeth Knowles; Susan Ratcliffe

Between them, these two charming little books will have the perfect words for whatever you want to say. (£12.99)

Claire Masset guides us through the evolution of tea from its beginnings as an exclusive imported luxury found only in up market coffee houses to its firm current establishment in every household of Britain. (£6.99)

The Pocket Enquire Within: A Guide to the Niceties and Necessities of Victorian Domestic Life - George Armstrong

What is the correct way to carve a partridge? How should leeches be applied? How can egg whites be used to repair broken china? First published in 1856, "Enquire Within" rapidly proved itself to be the indispensable guide to Victorian domestic life. (£12.99)

Thid is the first book entirely dedicated to the spiritual life of the Dalai Lama, who sees himself first and foremost as a human being, secondly as a monk and thirdly as the political leader of Tibet. (£12.99)

Simple lessons for living the good life, providing hope for readers living in troubled times. (£14.99)

Living with Tinnitus and Hyperacusis - Laurence McKenna; David M. Baguley; Don J. McFerran (£7.99)

Celebrates 60 years of the nation's favourite radio drama - looking back at the most dramatic events to happen over 16,000 episodes, complete with new cast and crew interviews. (£18.99)

Who's Who in The Archers 2011: An A-Z of Britain's Most Popular Radio Drama - Graham Harvey (£5.99)

Coronation Street first hit British screens at the end of 1960, a groundbreaking show based on real life and using accents that had never been heard on British television before. It was an instant hit, and has remained consistently one of the UK's most popular shows ever since. (£20)

This brilliantly funny little book includes lists of interesting and little-known facts about the series, Sir Humphrey's finest obfuscations, Jim Hacker's speeches, and more. (£6.99)

A concise guide to the northern night sky, suitable for use between latitudes 40N and 60N, including Britain and Ireland, Europe as far south as Rome, and Canada and the northern USA as far south as Philadelphia. Each chapter (one for each month of the year) has a colour star map showing the positions and phases of the Moon, the positions of the planets, and other useful information. (£6.99)

Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature - Richard Mabey

Weeds survive, entombed in the soil, for centuries. They are as persistent and pervasive as myths. They ride out ice ages, agricultural revolutions, global wars. They mark the tracks of human movements across continents as indelibly as languages. Yet to humans they are the scourge of our gardens, saboteurs of our best-laid plans. (£15.99)

This delightful treasury gathers together the very finest celebrations of the countryside in private diaries - from Rev Gilbert White's journal of life at his famous home in Selborne to Beatrix Potter's holiday diaries from Perthshire. Elsewhere, the thoughts of Dorothy Wordsworth and John Fowles rub shoulders with the words of Queen Victoria, Siegfried Sassoon and Roger Deakin. (£9.99)

This is a monumental and extraordinarily beautiful guide to the Earth's natural wonders. Five years in the making, covering over 5,000 species, it’s the only book to offer a complete survey of the Earth's natural history. (£25 at The Book Case)

The Butterfly Isles: A Summer in Search of Our Emperors and Admirals - Patrick Barkham

Butterflies animate our summers but the 59 butterfly species of the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. This bewitching book charts Patrick Barkham's quest to find all 59 - from the Adonis Blue to the Dingy Skipper - in one unforgettable summer. (£20)

Lost Wisdom : A Celebration of Traditional Knowledge from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals - Una McGovern (£12.99)

Traffic-free Cycle Trails: More Than 400 Traffic-free Cycling Routes Around Britain - Nick Cotton, 2e

This is the fully updated second edition with more than 400 cycle routes around Britain, including a great variety of routes on former railway paths, canal towpaths and forest trails. (£14.99)

The Spring Classics: Cycling's Greatest One-day Races - Philippe Bouvet; Pierre Callewaert; Jean-Luc Gatellier; Serge Laget; Philippe Brunel

These brutally difficult and spectacularly unpredictableone-day races test cycling's toughest riders with the worst conditions imaginable - sucking mud, choking dust, leg-numbing sleet, fanatic spectators, and Europe's narrowest, most bone-grinding country roads. Full-colour and black & white photographs throughout. (£29.95)

With approx 30 full colour images plus 8pp foldout section. Iconoclastic, bizarre, unprecedented: most extraordinary is the revolutionary method of its making. This new edition includes a complete facsimile of the work, together with a plate-by-plate guide to text, the interlinear figures, and the larger designs, supplied in the commentary facing a transcript of each plate. (£14.99)

From Alfred, Lord Tennyson to Ted Hughes, this three CD compilation includes recordings of some of the greatest British poets of the 20th century. The majority of these recordings are taken from BBC broadcasts and are published for the first time. (£19.95)

Twenty-eight poets are included, from Gertrude Stein, born in 1874, to Amiri Baraka, born in 1934. The recordings are mostly taken from previously unpublished BBC broadcasts. (£19.95)

Eliot's masterpiece depicts the breakdown both of an individual consciousness and of civilisation as a whole, in a variety of voices and moods from witty satire to nightmare vision, from despair to a glimpse of peace. This previously unknown and unheard recording of Eliot reading was recorded in America in 1935 and is apparently faster and more energetic than the better-known 1946 recording. (£12.99)

The best contemporary poetry of the year, chosen from all the submissions considered for this year's Forward Prizes for Poetry. (£9.99)

Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians - Noam Chomsky; Ilan Pappe

From the targeting of schools and hospitals, to the indiscriminate use of white phosphorus, Israel's conduct in 'Operation Cast Lead' has rattled even some of its most strident supporters. This book surveys the fallout from that devastation, and places the massacre in Gaza in the context of Israel's long-standing war against the Palestinians. (£14.99)

The Atlas of the Real World: Mapping the Way We Live - Daniel Dorling; Mark Newman; Anna Barford

Now available in paperback and revised, this reference book has 366 cartograms covering a vast array of subjects, providing a definitive reference on how regions and countries compare in resources, production, consumption, and more. Sophisticated software combined with comprehensive analysis of every aspect of life represents the world as it really is. Anna Barford lives in Hebden Bridge. (£24.95)

New Labour came to power in 1997 amid much talk of regenerating the inner cities left to rot under successive Conservative governments. Over the next decade, urban environments became the laboratories of the new enterprise economy: of finance, property speculation, and the service industry. Hatherley maps the derelict Britain of the 2010s, an emphatic expression of a failed politics. (£16.99)

A gripping account of the financial collapse that destroyed the West's investment banks, brought the global economy to its knees, and undermined three decades of neoliberal orthodoxy. (£8.99)

Why Can't Elephants Jump?: And 101 Other Tantalising Science Questions - New Scientist

The latest (and the fourth) compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the "Last Word" column of "New Scientist". (£7.99)

The story of the British post-war motorcycle during this golden age of the industry. With the help of archive photographs and advertising material, this book conjures up a lost age of the British bike, of journeys to work by popping two-strokes, and trips to the seaside in the family motorcycle combination. (£6.99)

The Good Hotel Guide 2011: Great Britain and Ireland - ed. Adam Raphael; Desmond Balmer (£20)

Reissue of this classic of travel writing - Eric Newby's iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth in 1956. (£8.99)

Mog and Owl are hungry, so Meg makes a spell. It goes wrong and they all go to bed without any supper, but Mog and Owl are still hungry ...The bestselling "Meg and Mog" stories have been casting a unique spell for more than thirty-five years. They are perfect for sharing or reading alone and this new adventure has all the simplicity and graphic brilliance of the original. (£5.99)

A new Charlie and Lola picture book: Charlie and friend Marv are in search of strange and tricky creatures. And they would like to do this without Lola bothering and interrupting. (£10.99)

Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad. Meet magical Mr Mistoffelees, sleepy Old Deuteronomy and curious Rum Tum Tugger. But you'll be lucky to meet Macavity because Macavity's not there! This charming new edition contains original colour illustrations by the award-winning illustrator of "The Gruffalo", Axel Scheffler. (£6.99)

Carol Ann Duffy and papercut artist Rob Ryan combine to present the story of a girl's journey through life and the desires that shape it. With a kind of magic that is timeless, The Gift speaks to everyone who wonders about the mysteries that lie at the heart of the human experience. (£10.99)

This is the electrifying finale to the multiple award-winning trilogy, "Chaos Walking". 'War', says the Mayor. 'At last'. Three armies march on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying the others. Todd and Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape. As the battles commence, how can they hope to stop the fighting? (£7.99)

A glittering magical fable, follow up to Haroun and the Sea of Stories. On a beautiful starry night in the city of Kahani in the land of Alifbay a terrible thing happened: twelve-year-old Luka's storyteller father, Rashid, fell suddenly and inexplicably into a sleep so deep that nothing and no one could rouse him. (£11.99 at The Book Case)

The legend of King Arthur has retained its appeal and popularity through the ages: Mordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenever, the quest for the Holy Grail. (£20)

Returning home from a visit to a client late one summer's evening, antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow takes a wrong turning and stumbles across the derelict old White House. Compelled by curiosity, he approaches the door, and standing before the entrance feels the unmistakeable sensation of a small hand creeping into his own. (£9.99)

The Charming Quirks of Others: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel - Alexander McCall Smith

Isabel Dalhousie, Edinburgh philosopher and curious observer of the behaviour of her fellow man, is approached by a friend at a local boarding school that is planning to appoint a new headmaster. An anonymous letter has arrived suggesting that one of the shortlisted candidates has a compromising past. (£15.99 at The Book Case)

Summer, 1545. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. (£16.99 at The Book Case)

In 1875 Hans Bengler, a young entomologist, leaves Sweden for the expedition of a lifetime to the Kalahari Desert where he hopes to find a previously undiscovered insect to name after himself and advance his career. Instead, after his long and arduous journey through the sands, he finds a small boy, whose tribe has been decimated by European raiders. (£12.99)

Baby Frankie is born into an unusual family. Her mother is desperate to find someone to take care of her child and she doesn't have much time. Noel doesn't seem to be the most promising of fathers but despite everything, he could well be Frankie's best hope. (£16.99 at The Book Case)

London, the week before Christmas, 2007. Over seven days we follow the lives of seven major characters and a Tube train driver whose Circle Line train joins these and countless other lives together in a daily loop. (£7.99)

A young English biographer is working on a book about the late writer, John Coetzee. He plans to focus on a period in the seventies when, the biographer senses, Coetzee was 'finding his feet as a writer'. Thus emerges a portrait of the young Coetzee as an awkward, bookish individual, regarded as an outsider within the family. His insistence on doing manual work, his long hair and beard, and rumours that he writes poetry evoke nothing but suspicion in the South Africa of the time. (£7.99)

Alice Munro takes on complex, even harrowing emotions and events, and renders them into stories that surprise, amaze and shed light on the unpredictable ways we accommodate to what happens in our lives. (£7.99)

"Set in Istanbul between 1975 and today this book tells the story of Kemal, the son of one of Istanbul's richest families, and of his obsessive love for a poor and distant relation, the beautiful Fusun, who is a shop-girl in a small boutique. (£7.99)

In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, pursued by the constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger. (£7.99)

In the near future bees are extinct - until five unconnected individuals, in different parts of the world, are stung. Immediately snatched up by ominous figures in hazmat suits, interrogated separately in neutral Ikea-like chambers, and then released as 15-minute-celebrities into a world driven almost entirely by the internet, these five unforgettable people endure a barrage of unusual and highly 21st-century circumstances. (£7.99)

This is a new TV tie-in edition of the taboo-busting psychological drama. Peter Manson's apparently successful life is turned upside down when his beloved teenage daughter Prue reveals she's pregnant by her teacher, Gavin Sorenson. (£7.99)

These four stories illustrate the wide range of Zweig's subject matter: "The Governess" is rooted in a world of strict Edwardian morality, "Did He Do It?" is almost an English detective story set near Bath, where Zweig lived in exile; "The Miracles of Life", set in 16th-century Antwerp during the time of Protestant iconoclasm, and "Downfall of a Heart" both address the theme of anti-Semitism. (£10)

An elegant and atmospheric literary thriller . Dalessius is 20 when he takes a job as the philosopher Voltaire's messenger and spy. Soon he's entangled in a web of secrets and intrigue, leading from the courts and scaffolds of Toulouse to Paris, and a mysterious fortified monastery where Abbot Mazy guards a horrific secret. (£7.99)

Anna is a thirty-something living alone in New York City. A schoolteacher by day, by night she works as a medium, covertly helping people reunite with their lost loved ones. (£7.99)

At the turn of the 20th century, a devastating earthquake completely destroys a small village in southern Italy. Concetta, a 15-year-old girl, is seriously injured - and, on waking up from her coma, can't remember anything that happened in the weeks before the disaster. (£7.99)

"The month of January. Night time. North wind blowing. The fire in the hearth was going out." This is where Alexandros Papadiamantis's The Murderess begins—in cramped, dark quarters on a dirt-poor island in the Aegean Sea. It is a hundred years ago, but it could be anytime. Papadiamantis, who lived from 1851 to 1911, is commonly described as the founder of modern Greek fiction. (£7.99)

In a world where words have lost their meaning and what's left of the indebted United States is about to be parcelled out to the rising nations of Finance-London and China-Worldwide, a bumbling minor functionary and a brilliant money-spender who still knows how to speak in sentences discover whether love is still possible. (£12.99)

More reissues from White’s Books, in hardback with striking new covers, coloured endpapers and marker ribbon £6.99 each:
Sherlock Holmes: His Greatest Cases - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - "The Hound of the Baskervilles", with Arthur Conan Doyle's own twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories.
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson - Includes Robert Louis Stevenson's account of how he came to write the story on a rainy afternoon in Scotland, inspired by map that gave him inspiration. A full-page copy of Stevenson's map is reproduced.
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

Notes from Under the Floorboards - Fyodor Dostoevsky, trans. Kyril Zinovieff; Jenny Hughes
The unnamed narrator of the novel, a former government official, has decided to retire from the world and lead a life of inactivity and contemplation. His fiercely bitter, cynical and witty monologue ranges from general observations and philosophical musings to memorable scenes from his own life. Seen by many as the first existentialist novel and showcasing the best of Dostoevsky's dry humour. (£7.99)

From the master of science fiction, a gothic classic set in a tiny village where apparitions of vampires and zombies terrorise the townsfolk.

The daughter of well-to-do tradespeople in the fictional mining town of Woodhouse, Alvina Houghton struggles to find excitement in her provincial surroundings and worries that she is condemned to become an old maid. (£9.99)

Fairy tales are the simplest and purest expressions of the collective unconscious and thus offer the clearest understanding of the basic patterns of the human psyche. This classic collection is illustrated by masters of children's book illustration including Arthur Rackham, Charles Robinson, Walter Crane and Howard Pyle. (£7.99)

From the British Library, a gift edition of four of the best-known Just So Stories with Kipling’s original illustrations. (£7.95)

Cottonwoods, Utah, 1871. A woman stands accused. A man, sentenced to whipping. Into this travesty of small-town justice rides the one man the town elders fear. His name is Lassiter, a notorious gunman who's come to avenge his sister's death. (£5.99)

Classic satire on the Irish misery memoir from the author of "The Third Policeman". (£10)

Iassen Ghiuselev’s Alice in Wonderland is a must for Alice fans of any age with his meticulous, peculiar, beautiful and yet jarring illustrations, recalling Escher engraving and medieval landscape paintings with their peculiar architecture and impossible perspective. (£9.99)

Paula Rego’s Nursery Rhymes
Available again, Paula Rego's anthology of traditional nursery rhymes features around 20 well-known tales, illustrated by her sometimes disturbing, but always arresting engravings. These wonderfully comic and rich illustrations turn classic nursery rhymes into colourful stories about folly and delusion, cruelty, convention and sex. (£14.95)

A pure celebration of the art of the stencil with 20 laser-cut stencils that can be used and treasured, created by an impressive list of international street artists, from the masters to the new kids on the block. (£19.95)

The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories - Edward Hollis

A building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of constant and curious transformation. In this radical re-imagination of architectural history, Edward Hollis tells the stories of thirteen buildings, beginning with the 'once upon a time' when they first appeared, through the years of appropriation, ruin and renovation, and ending with a temporary 'ever after'. (£9.99)

Artists' Textiles: In America and Britain 1946-1976 - Geoff Rayner; Richard Chamberlain; Annamarie Stapleton

The development of textiles as an art form between 1945 and 1970, and the extent of collaboration between artists and textile manufacturers at this time, is unrivalled in modern art history. Raoul Dufy was the first twentieth-century artist to become seriously and successfully involved in producing textile designs. After the war this movement really flowered with the involvement of leading artists of the day: Picasso, Matisse, Moore, Nicholson, Steinberg ... (£25)

Who were the embroiderers of the Bayeux Tapestry? What were their tools, their materials, and how could such a massive project have been designed and organised? In this book the author has drawn upon her own experience as an embroiderer and artist to piece together all the clues she could find in the tapestry itself. (£15)

'Dangerous as lucifer matches' was how Arthur Nicholls, Charlotte Bronte's husband for the last nine months of her life, described her letters. Full of acute observations, pithy character sketches, and passionate convictions, the letters are our most direct source of information about the lives of the Brontes and our closest approach to the author of Jane Eyre. (£8.99)

This monumental biography, written by Gandhi's grandson, is the first to give a complete and balanced account of his remarkable life, the development of his beliefs, his political campaigns and his complex relationship with his family. (£12.99)

William Golding: The Man Who Wrote "Lord of the Flies" - John Carey (£10.99)

Alf Wight is much better known as James Herriot and his son Jim followed in his footsteps to become a vet. Bill Mitchell gathered much of his information from interviews with father and son - and added Herriot-like tales of Dales characters he met as a long-time editor of "The Dalesman". (£15.99)

Rabbit Stew and a Penny or Two: A Gypsy Family's Hard Times and Happy Times on the Road in the 1950s - Maggie Smith-Bendell

Born on a Somerset pea-field in 1941, the second of eight children in a Romani family, Maggie Smith-Bendell has lived through the years of greatest change in the travelling community's long history. (£5.99)

Yes Sister, No Sister: My Life as a Trainee Nurse in 1950s Yorkshire - Jennifer Craig

A trainee nurse in the 1950s had a lot to bear. In this entertaining memoir, we meet these warm-hearted yet naive young girls as they get to grips with strict discipline, long hours and bodily fluids and see the camaraderie that develops in evening study sessions, sneaked trips to the cinema and mischievous escapades with the young trainee doctors. (£6.99)

Cities in Transition: How to Make Resilient Urban Communities - Asha Bee Abraham

A tool kit that supports you to develop solutions to oil dependency in your own urban community with a wealth of experiences from a wide range of communities and individuals that are already taking steps towards urban resilience all over the world. (£12.95)

It's wonderful to grow your own fruit and vegetables but what do you do when it all ripens at once? (£6.99)

Cinnamon, Spice and Warm Apple Pie: Comforting Baked Fruit Desserts for Chilly Days (£16.99)

Ross Dobson's Wholefood Kitchen: Delicious Recipes with Beans, Lentils, Grains and Other Natural Foods

Ross Dobson has long championed farmers' markets and eating food when it is seasonally available. Now he turns his attention to wholefoods, using nutritious pulses and grains as the basis of his trademark simple-yet-delicious recipes. (£19.99)

In Tune with the Moon: The Complete Day-by-Day Moon Planner for Growing and Living in 2011 - Michel Gros

From Findhorn, this detailed guide to the day-by-day 2011 lunar cycles includes information on the waxing and waning moon, the constellations and the Chinese zodiac, with recommendations for the ideal times to sow, transplant, rotate crops, and harvest plus life events. (£8.99)

The little-known intervention by the RAF in aid of the White Armies during the Russian Civil War began in 1919. Marion Aten, an American flyer from California who had joined the RAF, was invited to become Commanding Officer of B Flight's Squadron 47, bound for the southern Russian front. This is a highly personal account of B Flight's campaign. (£9.99)

Historian Asa Briggs commented that "Punch" through the Second World War recaptures the mood of the period perhaps more evocatively than any other source. (£25)

8 Out of 10 Brits: Intriguing Statistics About the World's 79th Largest Nation - Charlie Croker

How long does the average British male spend in the shower? What is the worst-paid job? Where are the keenest DIYers in the UK to be found? Which profession least favours the wearing of ties? Why are 63 per cent of us too embarrassed to complain about bad food in a restaurant? (£7.99)

A Dodo at Oxford: The Unreliable Account of a Student and His Pet Dodo - Philip Atkins; Michael Johnson

Discovered in a charity shop in Oxford, a diary supposedly written 300 years ago that describes the life of a student of science and his unusual pet. The author recorded the bird's every move, having some idea of its rarity, but not that his pet might have been the last to walk upon the earth. Though doubts have been cast about its authenticity, readers will be able to judge for themselves. (£12.99)

Fully Authorised History of "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue": The Clue Bible from "Footlights" to "Mornington Crescent" - Jem Roberts (£7.99)

Getting old? Get over it! For a start you no longer need to care what anyone thinks. You can let - if you've got any left - your hair down. No one will tell you off for grumbling. And no one minds if you forget (or pretend to forget) who you're talking to. Being rude has never been so easy - or liberating. (£7.99)

Mock the Week: The Book After Last Year's Book 2010: All-new Scenes We'd Like to See - Dan Patterson (£14.99)

What do the following have in common? Let there be light - A fly in the ointment - A rod of iron - New wine in old bottles Lick the dust - How are the mighty fallen - Kick against the pricks - Wheels within wheels: they are all in the King James Bible. This astonishing book "has contributed far more to English in the way of idiomatic or quasi-proverbial expressions than any other literary source." (£14.99)

A Little, Aloud: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry for Reading Aloud to Someone You Care for - ed. Angela Macmillan (£9.99)

A beautifully produced small format hardback with a colourful jacket, book ribbon and a bookplate. (£9.99)

From the Bodleian Library: "A New Dictionary of Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting Crew" by 'B.E. Gentleman' is the first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, both criminal vocabulary and the more ordinary everyday English of the period, with terms used by sailors, labourers, and those in the common currency of domestic culture. (£12.99)

Grammar-land: Grammar in Fun for the Children of Schoolroom-shire: A Facsimile - M. L. Nesbitt

From the British Library, an appealing facsimile edition of an illustrated guide to grammar first published in the 1870s. (£9.95)

The Complete Guide to Grammar - Rosalind Fergusson; Martin H. Manser (£7.99)

The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook Guide to Getting Published: The Essential Guide for Authors - Harry Bingham (£14.99)

Baby Names 2011: Over 7,000 of This Year's Favourite Baby Names - Eleanor Turner (£6.99)

An evocative insight into what life was like in the countryside over many decades, celebrating a traditional way of life that so many people aspire to. (£9.99)

Want to save on your fuel bills, ready to grow your own, reduce your carbon footprint, and take the self-sufficient plunge? Dick and James Strawbridge show how to make the practical changes that will have a big impact on your life - without having to transform your lifestyle. (£20)

Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing - Tim Parks

'Just when the medical profession had given up on me and I on it, just when I seemed to be walled up in a life sentence of chronic pain, someone proposed a bizarre way out: sit still, they said, and breathe...' An inspiring and entertaining true story of a sceptic's journey into the world of meditation and alternative health. (£12.99)

The Mindful Manifesto: How Doing Less and Noticing More Can Help Us Thrive in a Stressed-out World - Jonty Heaversedge; Ed Halliwell

We live in a speedy, pressurised world, and with little pause to really experience and enjoy our lives. Instead it's time for us to stop, pay attention to our minds, notice what we are doing, and appreciate what we have. (£10.99)

The Mating Game: Understanding What He Wants and What She Wants from a Relationship - Allan Pease; Barbara Pease

Explores what men and women want from a sexual relationship and give humourous and practical advice. (£7.99)

Old Age: Journey into Simplicity - Helen M. Luke
In this classic text on ageing wisely, the renowned Jungian analyst Helen M. Luke reflects on the final journeys described in Homer's Odyssey, Shakespeare's King Lear, and T.S. Eliot's Little Gidding, as well as devoting attention to suffering. In examining some of the great masterpieces of literature produced by writers at the end of their lives, she elucidates the difference between growing old and disintegrating, encouraging the reader to grow emotionally and mentally during the final stage of life. (£12.99)

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers - Barbara Ehrenreich; Deirdre English

The classic work of the corruption of the medical establishment, first published 1973. (£6.99)

The Witches' Almanac, Issue 30: Spring 2011- 2012, Stones and the Powers of Earth

Llewellyn's 2011 Witches' Spell-a-Day Almanac: Holidays and Lore Spells and Recipes Rituals and Meditations

The 12 Chinese Animals: Create Harmony in Your Daily Life Through Ancient Chinese Wisdom - Zhongxian Wu (£12.99)

How Music Works: A Listener's Guide to Harmony, Keys, Broken Chords, Perfect Pitch and the Secrets of a Good Tune - John Powell
What is the difference between a musical note and any other sort of sound? What is harmony, and why does it sound good? Why is it easy to tell the difference between a flute and a clarinet even if they are playing exactly the same note? Why do ten violins sound only twice as loud as one? What is perfect pitch, and do I have it? (£12.99)

Stargazers' Almanac 2011: Monthly Guide to the Stars and Planets - Bob Mizon (£14.99)

In this addition to the splendid Collins New Naturalist series, leading climatologist John Kington offers a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the diverse climate of the British Isles. (£25.00)

Attractively-presented collection of fun, informative and fact-filled trivia miscellany of the sun, the moon, the ocean, the atmosphere and anything else that plays such an important part in Planet Earth's weather management (£9.99)

The Lost Art of Walking - Geoff Nicholson
"The Lost Art of Walking: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Literature of Pedestrianism" (£12.00)

Yorkshire Dales Trigpointing Walks: Hill Walking with a Point to It! - Keith Stevens (£9.99)

Seamus Heaney's new collection elicits continuities and solidarities, between husband and wife, child and parent, then and now, inside an intently remembered present - the stepping stones of the day, the weight and heft of what is passed from hand to hand, lifted and lowered. (£12.99)

Best Poems on the Underground - ed. Gerard Benson; Judith Chernaik; Cicely Herbert

The now familiar poem posters first appeared in London's tube and underground trains in 1986. This latest anthology brings together the best of all of them in a single volume. (£8.99)

Whether writing of longing or adultery, romance or seduction, Carol Ann Duffy captures the truth of what it means to love, to be in love, and to be loved in return - and, sometimes, of what it means when love ends. (£8.99)

As with her later collections, "The Other Country" takes its readers on a journey that is both familiar yet surreal. Escorting us to 'the other country' - that is, those places that we otherwise visit only in our memories or our minds - it blurs the lines between fantasy and reality, and as such, can be both playful and provocative. (£8.99)

A Little, Aloud: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry for Reading Aloud to Someone You Care for - ed. Angela Macmillan (£9.99)

This groundbreaking anthology of ten new poets truly reflects the multicultural make-up of contemporary Britain. Ten's new poets are: Mir Mahfuz Ali, Rowyda Amin, Malika Booker, Roger Robinson, Karen McCarthy, Nick Makoha, Denise Saul, Seni Seneviratne, Shazea Quraishi and Janet Kofi Tsekpo. (£8.95)

Favourite Poems for Children - read by: Anton Lesser; Roy McMillan; Rachel Bavidge (Naxos)

This anthology brings together a selection of best-loved children's poems. All of the old favourites are presented including Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat and Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. These classic poems combine catchy, memorable rhymes with vivid word pictures to offer an imaginative feast for children. (£8.99)

What has really changed since Bush left the White House? Very little, argues Tariq Ali, apart from the mood music. The hopes aroused during Obama's election campaign have rapidly receded - the honeymoon has been short. (£7.99)

This anthology, global in scope, presents the voices of dissent through the ages, from primitive communism in Ancient Greece and Persia, and the Hundred Schools of Thought in Ancient China, via the dissident poets and philosophers of Islam and Judaism, to Galileo, Spinoza, and Giordano Bruno in the Middle Ages, through to the Dutch and English revolutions in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the activists and theorists of the French, American, Haitian, Russian, and Chinese revolutions. (£12.99)

Small Acts of Resistance: How Courage, Tenacity, and a Bit of Ingenuity Can Change the World - Steve Crawshaw; John Jackson

With its gutsy, creative and rousing tales of ordinary people creating extraordinary change, "Small Acts of Resistance" proves that it is possible - armed with a little ingenuity and a lot of passion - to bring down dictators, change unfair laws, fight injustice and raise one's voice in freedom by defying those who would deny it. (£9.99)

Maze Puzzles: Over 100 Amazing and Perplexing Mazes - Dave Phillips (£6.99)

This is a powerful argument that religious and theological issues should have no place in issues of public morality, covering issues relating to euthanasia, assisted suicide, and abortion. (£16.99)

We Need to Talk About Kelvin: What Everyday Things Tell Us About the Universe - Marcus Chown

Look around you. The reflection of your face in a window tells you that the universe is orchestrated by chance. The iron in a spot of blood on your finger tells you that somewhere out in space there is a furnace at a temperature of 4.5 billion degrees. Marcus Chown takes familiar features of the world we know and shows how they can be used to explain profound truths about the ultimate nature of reality. (£8.99)

The Planet in a Pebble: A Journey into Earth's Deep History - Jan Zalasiewicz

This is a narrative of the Earth's long and dramatic history, as gleaned from a single pebble. The pebble-particles form amid unimaginable violence in distal realms of the Universe, in the Big Bang and in supernova explosions. Many events in the Earth's ancient past can be deciphered: volcanic eruptions; the lives and deaths of extinct animals and plants; the alien nature of long-vanished oceans; and transformations deep underground, including the creations of fool's gold and of oil. (£16.99)

Day-to-day life is full of scenarios where your skill with numbers is tested. Includes How to Check a Till Receipt Quickly; Long division; Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100 or 1,000; Money and Percentages; Converting metres, Litres and Grams; and, Angles, Triangles and Trig. (£9.99)

Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences - John Allen Paulos
Reissue of this classic friend to those who are stumped by simple maths. (£9.99)

Why do text messages cost money while e-mails are free? How does Apple persuade people to pay for music instead of downloading it for nothing? This book reveals how we perceive value and why businesses set the prices we pay. (£12.99)

The life and people of a European village in decline, and how it must adapt in the modern world. (£8.99)

Shadows on the Water: The Haunted Canals and Waterways of Britain - Allan Scott-Davies

This fascinating volume takes a look at some of the strange and unexplained hauntings reported across Britain's canal and waterways network: echoes in dark tunnels; stone steps stained red with blood spilled long ago; ghostly footsteps accompanying barges beneath a bridge. (£12.99)

Reveals another side to the newest country in the world: sweet, hospitable families, strong tastes, a farmer prime minister and lush landscapes, as a British woman sets up as a beekeeper in Kosovo. (£9.99)

New Rough Guides to Languedoc & Roussillon and New Zealand and Thomas Cook Guides to Glasgow and Dublin.

The Princess Who Had No Kingdom - Ursula Jones and Sarah Gibb
Once there was a princess who had no kingdom. All she had was a pony and cart, and a red umbrella to keep her dry from the rain. What she lacked in wordly possessions though, she made up for in kindness, cleverness and beauty - qualities that made all the rich princes with kingdoms to spare want to marry her. Ages: 3-6yrs (£5.99)

Tabby McTat is purr-fectly happy, singing along all day with Fred the busker. But when Fred gives chase to a thief, the two are separated. Will they ever find each other again? (£6.99)

The Rainbow Fish Deep Sea Adventure: Sticker and Colouring Storybook - Marcus Pfister (£5.99)

Another beautifully produced and illustrated story collection from Usborne. This includes among others, "Sleeping Beauty", "Rumpelstiltskin", "The Goose Girl", "The Bear and the Wren", "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" and "Snow White and Rose Red". It also includes a short biography of the brothers themselves. 5-9yrs. (£12.99)

From Jane Nissen Books, a reissue of the classic tale. When Samantha is is packed off to stay with her snooty Aunt Daisy, she discovers a small furry blue-eyed creature, thought to be extinct. (£7.99)

It's the fourth Skulduggery Pleasant adventure! only Skulduggery Pleasant himself is lost on the other side of a portal, with only some evil gods for company. Can he possible survive? (Yes, all right, he's already dead. But still.) Skulduggery Pleasant is gone, sucked into a parallel dimension overrun by the Faceless Ones. Ages 8 -12yrs+ (£6.99)

Ansel's new master slays dragons for a living. He says he's hunted the monstrous worms all over Christendom and has the scars to prove it. But is Brock just a clever trickster in shining armour? (£5.99)

Another wonderful classic from Jane Nissen Books. 10-year-old Philip’s life is thrown upsidedown when his sister marries - he has a new home and a new stepsister and doesn’t like either. To escape his unhappiness he builds an amazing bric-a-brac city, which comes to life and sucks him in, to all sorts of exciting adventures. Weird and memorable. (£7.99)

Carnegie-shortlisted story of a young actor who wakes up in Shakespearean times. (£6.99)

It is Midwinter's Eve, the night before Will's eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. The second gripping book in the classic The Dark Is Rising sequence. (£6.99)

An eagerly awaited new Discworld adventure in the Tiffany Aching series for children and young adults. Featuring a cast of favourite Discworld characters, and there's a magic book or two, a twist through time, a Cunning Man - and a Giant Man of chalk. Ages: 12+ (£18.99)

A day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a purchase she hadn't bargained for. The fourth novel featuring Jackson Brodie. (£16.99 at The Book Case)

From the author of "The Testament of Gideon Mack". Michael Pendreich is curating an exhibition of photographs by his late, celebrated father Angus for the National Gallery of Photography in Edinburgh. A searching journey into the heart of a country of high hopes and unfulfilled dreams, private compromises and hidden agendas. (£16.99 at The Book Case)

The sun brightens in the east, reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean. The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them. the air smells faintly of burning. The waterless flood - a manmade plague - has ended the world. But two young women have survived. (£7.99)

Profound and intimate observations of men and women whose lives ache with possibility; perfectly ordinary people - whose marriages founder; who sit on their own in a cinema watching a film with no soundtrack; and, who risk sex in a hotel with an anonymous stranger. (£7.99)

The Lost Art of Gratitude: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel - Alexander McCall Smith

Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher and amateur solver of other people's problems, meets an old foe, Minty Auchterlonie, at a birthday party attended by their young children. (£7.99)

A year in the life of Liam Pennywell, a man in his sixty-first year. A classical pedant, he's just been 'let go' from his schoolteaching job and downsizes to a tiny out-of-town apartment, where he goes to bed early and alone on his first night. An unpleasant event occurs, though, to jolt him out of his certainty. (£7.99)

When Kolya moves into a new flat in Kiev, he finds a book hidden within a volume of War and Peace and a bizarre journey begins, leading to meetings with a host of unlikely characters. (£8.99)

Walking through the woods one warm September day, Reinhardt and Kristine Ris pass a man who is in a state of agitation. Unusually in a small town, he does not return Kristine's smile and drives off in a hurry. Near the end of their walk they make a terrible discovery: lying in a cluster of trees is the lifeless body of a young boy. (£6.99)

Hilarious, shocking and entertaining stories from the author of "Trainspotting". (£8.99)

On the eve of her wedding anniversary, Mary Gooch is waiting for her husband to come home, listening for his car along the dark, icy roads. She finally sets out across a continent to look for him, but eventually travels towards the self she has buried for too long. (£7.99)

Surrounded by forest and reached only by treacherous road, the sleepy South American town of Valle de la Virgen is almost unknown to the outside world. After a silent stranger rolls in on the back of a pick-up truck, nothing is the same again. (£7.99)

Adrian Mole is 39 and a quarter. Unable to afford the mortgage on his riverside apartment, he has been forced to move into a semi-detached converted pigsty next door to his parents, George and Pauline. His ravishing wife Daisy loathes the countryside, longs for Dean Street and has yet to buy a pair of Wellingtons. (£7.99)

Sophie and Andrew are looking for relief from the daily grind - if not each other - so when a friend puts them in touch with William and Beth, newlyweds looking to swap houses for the summer, it seems a solution of sorts. The two marriages - one crushed by the weight of years, one shiny and new - slide into reverse. (£6.99)

Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint and there became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters. (£9.99)

The first novel by the author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, about a character who has lived without ageing since the end of the 18th century. (£7.99)

Bonbon Palace was once a stately apartment block in Istanbul. Now it’s the sadly dilapidated home of 10 wildly different individuals and their families. (£8.99)

'I didn't say anything. I didn't return his smiles. I looked at him in the wide mirror in front of where I was sitting. He grew uncomfortable and avoided my eyes. I hate those who think fat people are stupid'. (£8.99)

The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is vast, desolate, hopeless, where children endure brutal cruelty and violence in the name of the One True Faith. Lost in the Sanctuary's huge maze of corridors is a boy. (£6.99)

Aden, Yemen, 1935; a city vibrant, alive, and full of hidden dangers. And home to Jama, a ten year-old boy. But then his mother dies unexpectedly and he finds himself alone in the world. Jama is forced home to his native Somalia, the land of his nomadic ancestors. (£7.99)

Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. Problem is, no one can prove it. (£7.99)

Wexford had almost made up his mind that he would never again set eyes on Eric Targo's short, muscular figure. And yet there he was, back in Kingsmarkham, still with that cocky, strutting walk. Years earlier, when Wexford was a young police officer, a woman called Elsie Carroll had been found strangled in her bedroom. (£7.99)

TV producer Fliss Benson receives an anonymous card at work. The card has sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four -- numbers that mean nothing to her. On the same day, Fliss finds out she's going to be working on a documentary about miscarriages of justice involving cot-death mothers wrongly accused of murder. (£7.99)

In 1960s Santa Teresa, California, a child is kidnapped and never returned ...When the case is reopened after twenty years, a man - Michael Sutton - contacts private detective Kinsey Millhone for help. He claims to have recalled a strange and disturbing memory which just might provide the key to the mystery. (£6.99)

When the watchman at the Gold Rush Museum in Trouble, California is murdered, Monk and his assistant are sent to investigate. (£6.99)

Reissues in hardback with striking new covers, coloured endpapers and marker ribbon from White’s Books, £6.99 each: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson, intro. Ian Rankin
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte, intro. Jacqueline Wilson
Includes a selection of the sensational reviews on Jane Eyre's original publication.
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte, intro. Victoria Hislop

Reissue of this classic tale of loyalty and courage in the 11th century. (£6.99)

Surely the finest series historical short stories in literature, mingling comedy and tragedy, pathos and irony, or, in Napoleon's phrase, the sublime and the ridiculous. (£8.99)

Escaping South Africa and his troubled past, Makehaya crosses the border to Botswana, in the hope of leading a peaceful, purposeful lifeand meets Gilbert, a charismatic Englishman who is trying to modernise farming methods to benefit the community. In Maru:, an English-educated orphan from a despised tribe, accepts her first teaching post in a remote village. (£8.99)

Soon after moving to the secluded Norfolk village of Munding, Alex Darken has a disturbing encounter with the ageing poet Edward Nesbit and his young lover Laura. They are obsessively researching the lives of Sir Henry Agnew and his daughter Louisa who lived in Munding in the nineteenth century and were deeply engaged in alchemical practices. (£7.99)

This month Penguin are publishing a range of concise classic non-fiction texts in their Great Ideas series, £4.99 each. They’re all listed together at the end.

Mug hugs make fabulous gifts and are an ideal way to use up odds and ends of yarn. Best of all, readers will never need to suffer cold coffee or tepid tea again. (£9.99)

This concise, well-researched biography recounts the facts of Plath’s troubled life based on the latest updated research. Biographer Connie Ann Kirk has consulted the Plath archives at Smith College and the University of Indiana Bloomington, as well as Plath's unabridged journals published in 2000. She has also interviewed a Plath contemporary who knew her. (£14.99)

With her inimitable wit and outspoken views, Clarissa Dickson Wright opens her diary and takes us on a journey around Britain with this unrivalled collection of stories and anecdotes from her ever-eventful life. (£7.99)

Explores the media's portrayal of state violence, a process integral to the way in which the West wages modern war, which has saturated our understanding of human life, and has led to the exploitation and abandonment of whole people. In the twisted logic that rationalizes their deaths, the loss of such populations is deemed necessary to protect the lives of the living. (£9.99)

The Atlas of Human Migration: Global Patterns of People on the Move (Earthscan)

Migration has provided millions with an escape route from poverty or oppression, ensuring the survival, even prosperity, of individuals and their families. This new atlas maps contemporary migration against its crucial economic, social, cultural and demographic contexts. Issues covered include: refugees and asylum seekers; diasporas; remittances; the 'brain drain'; trafficking; student; and retirement and return migration. (£12.99)

Raising My Voice: The Extraordinary Story of the Afghan Woman Who Dares to Speak Out - Malalai Joya

Malalai Joya is the youngest and most famous female MP in Afghanistan, whose bravery and vision have won her an international following. In this gripping account, she reveals the truth about life in a country embroiled in war - especially for the women - and speaks candidly about the future of Afghanistan, a future that has implications for us all. (£7.99)

Saudi Arabia is a country defined by paradox: it sits atop some of the richest oil deposits in the world, and yet the country's roiling disaffection produced sixteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. It is a modern state, driven by contemporary technology, and yet its powerful religious establishment would have its customs and practices rolled back to match those of the Prophet Muhammed over a thousand years ago. The complex story of what's been happening within Saudi Arabia - while the West wasn't looking (£8.99)

I am the Market: How to Smuggle Cocaine by the Ton and Live Happily - Luca Rastello, trans. Jonathan Hunt

A bestseller in Italy, this is the first-hand guide to living well on the wrong side of the law. Luca Rastello gets the story of the market straight from a convicted smuggler: the true, unbelievable story of an illegal trade that supports economies and destroys lives, and the war on drugs that makes it all possible. (£10.99)

Advice on behaviour management that is easily accessible and equally easy to apply. (£16.99)

175 Slow Cooker Vegetarian Recipes: Delicious One-pot, No-fuss Recipes for Soups, Appetizers, Main Dishes, Side Dishes, Desserts, Cakes, Preserves and Drinks, with 150 Photographs - Catherine Atkinson; Jenni Fleetwood (£9.99)

The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games - Graham Burgess; John Nunn; John Emms (£9.99)

Gardening and Planting by the Moon 2011: Higher Yields in Vegetables and Flowers - Nick Kollerstrom (£8.99)

Memories of a Lost World: Travels Through the Magic Lantern - Charlotte Fiell

From the bustling streets of Victorian London and the ruins of ancient Egypt to the temples of Japan and the tribesmen of New Guinea, this publication explores the world through a captivating collection of over 800 magic lantern slide images. (£24.95)

The comprehensive guide to markets in all areas of children's media, completely revised and updated, now in its 7th edition. (£14.99)

From 'shotclog' a Yorkshire term for a companion only tolerated because he is paying for the drinks to Albanian having 29 words to describe different kinds of eyebrows, the languages of the world are full of amazing, amusing and illuminating words and expressions that will improve absolutely everybody's quality of life. This bumper volume gathers "The Wonder of Whiffling", "The Meaning of Tingo" and "Toujours Tingo" into one highly entertaining, keenly priced compendium. (£12.99)

Grammar-land: Grammar in Fun for the Children of Schoolroom-shire: A Facsimile - M. L. Nesbitt

This book was first published in the 1870s to teach children (and adults in need of a refresher) the basic rules of English grammar through its allegorical story set in the fictional world of Grammar-land. (£9.95)

The New Crystal Bible: 500 Crystals to Heal Your Body, Mind and Spirit - Cassandra Eason

"The New Crystal Bible" is the definitive reference guide to using 500 crystals to heal your body, mind and spirit. (£12.99)

The Witch's Almanac 2011: Practical Magic and Spells for Every Season - Marie Bruce (£9.99)

"The Prophet" is known and loved by readers all over the world. It is a wise and warm testimony to life, whose wisdom speaks to us all. This beautiful edition of Kahlil Gibran's timeless classic is illustrated with the author's own mystical drawings. (£9.99)

British Goblins - Wirt Sikes
First published in 1880, a classic study of mythology - ghosts, fairies, dragons, superstitions and folklore from Welsh traditions. (£9.99)

Mazes and Labyrinths - William Henry Mathews
First published in 1922. (£7.99)

The Green Roads of England - Robert Hippisley Cox
Published in 1914 - discovering England’s ancient trackways (£7.99)

Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of Britain and Europe - Peter Jordan (£8.99)

Landscapes and Geomorphology (A Very Short Introduction) - Andrew Goudie; Heather A. Viles

What were the landscapes of the past like? What will landscapes look like in the future? Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have developed, what goes on in them, and how they react to changing climates, tectonics and human activities. (£7.99)

Ron Fawcett is a natural-born climber. In 1969, while still at school in his native Yorkshire, he tied into a climbing rope for the first time and was instantly hooked. From that moment on, it seemed nothing else in his life mattered nearly as much as his next vertical fix. (£20.00)

We once had to abandon the idea of earth being at the centre of the universe. Now, we need to confront an even more profound possibility: the universe itself might just be one universe among many. (£9.99)

When Money Dies: The Nightmare of the Weimar Hyper-inflation - Adam Fergusson

Asks worryingly relevant questions such as how does a society and its citizens react to the destruction of its money (£12.99)

Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World - Barbara Ehrenreich

Psychogeography assesses the emotional and behavioural impact of urban space and the relationship between a city and its inhabitants. It provides us with new ways of apprehending our surroundings, transforming the familiar streets of our everyday experience into something new and unexpected. This guide conducts the reader through this process, offering both an explanation and definition of the terms involved, an analysis of the key figures and their work as well as practical information on Psychogeographical groups and organisations. (£7.99)

Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World - Christian Wolmar

The birth of the railways and their rapid spread across the world triggered economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale. From Panama to the Punjab, Tasmania to Turin, this book describes the vision and determination of the pioneers who developed railways that would link cities that had hitherto been isolated, and would one day span continents. (£9.99)

Fred Dibnah's extraordinary journey round Britain on a traction engine, in search of the engineering and mechanical skills of the past... (£18.99)

Flying Scotsman: The Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Famous Locomotive - Andrew Roden (£8.99)

The Shell Country Alphabet: The Classic Guide to the British Countryside - Geoffrey Grigson

1960s Geoffrey Grigson, a poet and author, travelled around Britain writing the story of the secret landscape all around us. This book is the result. From weathercocks to rainbows, place names and poets to mazes, dene-holes, crypts and sham ruins, via avenues, Roman roads, dewponds and village greens, The Shell Country Alphabet will help you look beyond the familiar sights of our landscape and discover the hidden, magical world that remains, just off the motorway. (£9.99)

Day Walks in the Yorkshire Dales: 20 Circular Routes in the Central Pennines - Bernard Newman

20 circular routes in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, between 6 and 11 miles (10km and 17km) in length, suitable for hill walkers of all abilities. (£12.95)

Mountain Bike Guide - South Pennines of West Yorkshire and Lancashire - Stephen Hall

Introduces you to the wilderness and urban trail networks of Kirklees & Calderdale, Airedale & Wharfedale and Lancashire with 26 meticulously researched and legal routes, most with short, medium and long modular options. Photos show what you can expect to see on route. Ordnance Survey mapping, gradient profiles, clear route descriptions and informative text. (£16.50)

Ireland: Car Tours and Walks (Landscapes series) - Peter Singer (4e) (£12.99)

Scottish Highlands and the Isle of Skye: Car Tours and Walks (Landscapes series) - Stephen Whitehorne (3 e) (£12.99)

PENGUIN GREAT IDEAS SERIES, £4.99 each: throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Charles Dickens describes in "Night Walks" his time as an insomniac, when he decided to cure himself by walking through London in the small hours, and discovered homelessness, drunkenness, and vice on the streets. This collection of essays shows Dickens as one of the greatest visionaries of the city in all its variety and cruelty.

Charles Darwin transformed our understanding of the world with the idea of natural selection, challenging the notion that species are fixed and unchanging. These writings from "On the Origin of Species" explain how different life forms appear all over the globe, evolve over millions of years, become extinct and are supplanted.

Widely regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy, Descartes sought to look beyond established ideas and create a thought system based on reason. In this profound work he meditates on doubt, the human soul, God, truth and the nature of existence itself.

Tagore was a fierce opponent of British rule in India. In this work he discusses the resurgence of the East and the challenge it poses to Western supremacy, calling for a future beyond nationalism, based instead on cooperation and racial tolerance.

Beautifully written yet highly controversial, "An Image of Africa" asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness" only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. Also included is "The Trouble with Nigeria", Achebe's outpouring of his frustrations with his country.

In this personal and practical guide to moral self-improvement and living a good life, the second-century philosopher Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, stubbornness and fear, family, friendship and love, and leaves an intriguing document of daily life in the classical world.

Machiavelli is one of the most famous strategists of all time. In this collection, he discusses the dangers of conspiracies, and the component parts of an army, vital for gaining and holding power in his day. He also gives advice on tactics and discipline, and explains why promises made under force ought not to be kept.

In one of the most influential philosophical works ever writer, John Stuart Mill explores the risks and responsibilities of liberty. Examining the tyranny that can come both from government and from the herd-like opinion of the majority, Mill proposes a freedom to think, unite, and pursue our pleasures as the most important freedoms, as long as we cause no harm to others.

Describing the silliness and 'feminine fatuity' of many popular books by lady novelists, George Eliot perfectly skewers the formulaic yet bestselling works that dominated her time, with their lovably flawed heroines. She also examines the great women writers of France and their enrichment of the culture, and the varying qualities of literary translations.

Describing bizarrely popular Victorian street slang, the madness of crowds, stock market mania (from the South Sea Bubble to Tulip fever), popular fashions, fads, crazes, schemes and scams, this brilliantly entertaining and ever-more relevant study of human folly shows that we are always susceptible to hysteria and bamboozlement.

In this collection of eight witty and sharply written essays, Orwell looks at, among others, the joys of spring (even in London), the picture of humanity painted by Gulliver and his travels, and the strange benefit of the doubt that the public permit Salvador Dali. Also included here are a mouth-watering essay on the delights of English Cooking and a shocking account of killing an elephant in Burma.

Poet, aesthete and hedonist, Baudelaire was also one of the most groundbreaking art critics of his time. Here he explores beauty, fashion, dandyism, the purpose of art and the role of the artist, and describes the painter who, for him, expresses most fully the drama of modern life.

Pioneering art historian Jacob Burckhardt saw the Italian Renaissance as no less than the beginning of the modern world. In this hugely influential work, he argues that the Renaissance's creativity, competitiveness, dynasties, great city-states and even its vicious rulers sowed the seeds of a new era.

This is Freud's groundbreaking study of a wealthy young Russian man, subject to psychotic episodes and neuroses. Through the patient's dream of childhood wolves, Freud was able to determine his real problem - that of infantile neurosis brought about by a sexual complex and an Oedipal fixation

Vladimir Lenin created this hugely significant Marxist text to explain fully the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and colonialism. He prophesied that those third world countries used merely as capitalist labour would have no choice but to join the Communist revolution in Russia.

In this collection of wise, witty and fascinating essays, Borges discusses the existence (or non-existence) of Hell, the flaws in English literary detectives, the philosophy of contradictions, and the many translators of "1001 Nights". Varied and enthralling, these pieces examine the very nature of our lives, from cinema and books to history and religion.

A hairy mammoth takes a cheeky little baby on a thrilling ride through a moonlit landscape populated by a sabre-toothed tiger, a leaping hare, a laughing hyena and even, just maybe, by a big brown bear ...But where are they going? And what has it to do with the baby's scribblings on the cave wall? A much anticipated collaboration between two of the biggest names in childrens books. Age: 2 - 5yrs. (£6.99)

The Famous Five are on the trail - looking for clues! Reissues of all the famous five stories including Smugglers Top, Treasure Island and Off in a Caravan. Age: 7-10yrs. (£4.99)

Molly Moon is unstoppable! She's a master hypnotist, a time-traveller and a mind-reader, and in this sizzling new story she harnesses a new power - morphing. Soon she and her twin brother Micky are swapping bodies with ladybirds, dogs, rats, even the Queen of England herself! But they can't continue for ever ...and unless they can get their hands on 'The Advanced Arts' hypnotism book, they will never get back to their own bodies. Ages: 8-12 (£9.99)

Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2029.All three have been given a second chance to work for an agency that no-one knows exists to prevent time travel destroying history . But when Maddy mistakenly opens a time window where and when she shouldn't have, Liam is marooned sixty-five million years ago in the hunting ground of a deadly - and until now - undiscovered species of predator. Ages: 10+ ( £6.99)

Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex - Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl's criminal ways have finally got the better of him ... Young Artemis has frequently used high-tech fairy magic to mastermind the most devious criminal activity of the new century. Now, at a conference in Iceland, Artemis has gathered the fairies to present his latest idea to save the world from global warming. But Artemis is behaving strangely - he seems different. Fairy ally Captain Holly Short doesn't know what to do. Ages 8 -12+yrs (£12.99)

The enchanting latest instalment from 44 Scotland Street. Will Bertie ever get away from his overbearing mother - and will Angus Lordie and Cyril make it to Tuscany? The latest nstalment from Scotland Street (£14.99 at The Book Case)

This newly translated collection of stories brilliantly evokes the shifting scenes and restlessness of summer. A professor arrives in a beautiful Spanish village only to find that her host has left and she must cope with fractious neighbours alone; a holiday on a Finnish Island is thrown into disarray when a disconcerting young boy arrives; an artist returns to an old flat to discover that her life has been eerily usurped. (£7.99)

Another original and moving novel from the author of "The Time Travellers' Wife". Julia and Valentina Poole are normal American teenagers. But everything changes when they receive notice that an aunt whom they didn't know existed has died and left them her flat in an apartment block overlooking Highgate Cemetery in London. (£7.99)

For amiable City trader Jimmy Corby money was the new Rock n' Roll. His whole life was a party, adrenalin charged and cocaine fuelled. And when the global financial crisis hit, Jimmy discovers that anyone can handle success. It's how you handle failure that really matters. (£7.99)

Constructed in four interlocking parts, "Invisible" opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old poet and student Adam Walker meets enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and seductive girlfriend Margot. Before long, Walker finds himself caught in a perverse triangle that leads to a sudden, shocking act of violence that will alter the course of his life. (£7.99)

From the author of The Last Family in England, a funny novel about coming to terms with growing older, told through the story of a family of abstaining vampires. (£10.00)

Jeff Atman, a journalist, is in Venice to cover the opening of the Venice Art Biennale. He's expecting to see a load of art, go to a lot of parties and drink too many bellinis. He's not expecting to meet the spellbinding Laura. (£7.99)

Old Aliide Truu lives alone in a cottage in the woods, pestered by flies she wishes would leave her in peace. Her isolation is interrupted when she spies a young woman under a tree in her garden, bruised, dirty and shoeless. A haunting portrait of two generations of Estonian women struggling against the past and the cruel realities of a new Europe at the end of the twentieth century. Has won loads of literary awards in Finland (£12.99)

A world of infinite parallel worlds, hanging suspended between triumph and catastrophe, the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse. Presiding over this world is the Concern. (£7.99)

It's New York, August 1974: a man is walking in the sky. Between the newly built Twin Towers, the man twirls through the air. Far below, the lives of complete strangers spin towards each other. In the shadow of one reckless and beautiful act, their disparate lives will collide, and be transformed for ever. (£7.99)

The good folk of Wobegon head to Italy - love, laughter and chaos ensue... (£7.99)

About a woman bogged down by family responsibilities who secretly wins £30,000 on the horses. (£7.99)

'FOR SALE: a rare opportunity to purchase a beach hut on the spectacular Everdene Sands.' Jane Milton doesn't want to sell her beloved beach hut, which has been the heart of so many family holidays and holds so many happy memories. But when her husband dies, leaving her with an overwhelming string of debts, she has no choice but to sell. (£6.99)

One woman's journey from the 1930s to the 1990s. Sybil Ross has been brought up by her Jewish furrier father and style-obsessed mother as an empty-headed fashion plate. But on the worst night of Liverpool's blitz she uncovers a secret that leaves her disorientated. (£8.99)

Following a horrific tragedy that leaves her once perfect family devastated, Katherine Patterson moves to a new city, starts at a new school, and looks forward to a new life of quiet anonymity. But when Katherine meets the gregarious and beautiful Alice Parrie her resolution to live a solitary life becomes difficult. (£7.99)

Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy. (£7.99)

A new series. Mason 'Mace' Perry was a maverick cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything - her career, her liberty - and spent two years in prison. Now back on the outside, Mace is trying to rebuild her life and track down the people who set her up. (£6.99)

Agatha Raisin's detective agency has become so successful that she decides to take time off for rest and relaxation. But several of the offerings in the jam-tasting booth of the church fete in a nearby village turn out to be poisoned. .. (£6.99)

Written in 1834, the last and most psychologically powerful novel by Jane Austen’s leading rival. Newly orphaned Helen Stanley is urged to share the home of her childhood friend Lady Cecilia. This charming socialite, however, is withholding secrets. (£8.99)

Reissues of Christopher Isherwood novels depicting life in early 1930s Berlin:

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris: The Adventures of Mrs Harris: AND Mrs Harris Goes to New York - Paul Gallico

Mrs Harris is a salt-of-the-earth London charlady who cheerfully cleans the houses of the rich. One day, when tidying Lady Dant's wardrobe, she comes across the most beautiful thing she has ever seen in her life - a Dior dress. (£7.99)

Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen. (£11.99)

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet: The Further Adventures of a 1930s Vet - James Herriot

When taking a cow's temperature the old-fashioned way, never let go of the thermometer ... Now firmly ensconced in the sleepy Yorkshire village, recently qualified vet James Herriot has acclimatised to life with his unpredictable colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon. But veterinary practice in the 1930s was never going to be easy. (£6.99)

From the first moon landing in 1969 to Aldrin’s battled with his own desolation in the form of depression and alcoholism. (£8.99)

Picking up from where "The Sound of Laughter" left off, and charts the hilarious journey his career took as he developed and honed his comedy skills by taking to the road and trying out his stand up material in pubs and clubs across the country. (£7.99)

In this candid and funny account of her escape from English boys and her love affair with a Frenchman, Lucy Wadham describes the mutual bafflement and fascination that characterised both their subsequent marriage and her unfolding relationship with France. (£8.99)

Thank You for the Days: A Boy's Own Adventures in Radio and Beyond - Mark Radcliffe

A cracking read and a potted history of both one man's life and his love affair with music. (£7.99)

A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Riddle of Alzheimer's. The book charts the author’s experience of taking care of her mother-in-law in the middle stages of Alzheimer’s. Winner of 2009 Wellcome Prize (£8.99)

The sensational human story of the hunt for oil, and the politics, power and personalities involved. Exploiting unprecedented close access to the lives of traders in New York, oil-oligarchs in Moscow, corporate chieftains in Dallas and London and wily politicians floating in jets across the globe, Tom Bower asks why, if there is plentiful oil in the earth, does mankind face a dire shortage threatening our lives? Self-interest is propelling the squeeze and there seems to be no salvation. (£9.99)

Blood, Sweat and Steel: Frontline Accounts from the Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq, 1990-2010 - Peter Darman

The personal accounts of servicemen and women who have participated in these three conflicts over the past ten years. (£9.99)

Communities, Councils and a Low Carbon Future: What We Can Do If the Governments Won't - Alexis Rowell

From Transition Books, current examples of best eco practice from local authorities across the UK and elsewhere, as well as a look at the background to unsuccessful projects. (£12.95)

Mum's favourite: cook up over 200 delicious recipes, from healthy breakfasts and tempting food for fussy eaters, to lunchbox ideas and meals for the whole family to share. (£14.99)

More than 70 classic step-by-step dishes from all around Britain, beautifully illustrated with over 250 photographs. (£4.99)

After "Guardian" columnist Madeleine Bunting’s deeply conservative father’s death, in an attempt to understand him better, she began to explore his passionate, lifelong attachment to a small plot of land in North Yorkshire, and uncovered traces of its Neolithic inhabitants and of the Cistercian monks. The result sheds a fascinating light on what a contested, layered place England is, and on what belonging to a place might mean to all of us. (£8.99)

A highly personal and entertaining exploration of the twentieth century's most colourful decade. Jenny Diski considers what she and her generation were really up to. Was it rude to refuse to have sex with someone? Did they take drugs to get by, or to see the world differently? How responsible were they for the self-interest and greed of the Eighties? (£7.99)

Curing Hiccups with Small Fires: A Miscellany of Great British Eccentrics - Karl Shaw

An 18th-century French scholar attributed the British talent for eccentricity to a 'mixture of fogs, beef and beer...aggravated by the tedium of the English Sunday'. Whatever the reason, the British Isles do seem to have thrown up more than their fair share of magnificent oddballs, the finest of which are profiled in this fast, funny celebration of over 200 aristocrats, inventors, artists and the just plain weird. (£7.99)

Early one autumn afternoon in pursuit of an elusive book on her shelves, Susan Hill encountered dozens of others that she had never read, or forgotten she owned, or wanted to read for a second time. The discovery inspired her to embark on a year-long voyage through her books, forsaking new purchases in order to get to know her own collection again. (£8.99)

School maths is not the interesting part. The real fun is elsewhere. Like a magpie, Ian Stewart has collected the most enlightening, entertaining and vexing 'curiosities' of maths over the years. (£8.99)

A delightful new collection of real-life angel encounters; fascinating and comforting, showing you that there is always an angel by your side. (£7.99)

This fascinating book explains how our prayers, goodwill and positive words heal us humans - as well as viruses and the universe as a whole - through water. (£6.99)

Sew Your Own: Man Finds Happiness and Meaning of Life: Making Clothes - John-Paul Flintoff

John-Paul Flintoff embarks on a spiritual pilgrimage by outsourcing his life to Bangalore, then hooks up with Mormons and Buddhists (well, Richard Gere), on a quest for truth and fulfilment. His journey is like a twenty-first century Candide, learning that life's satisfactions, and some kind of response to the concerns of economic meltdown and climate change, lie in learning how to make things for oneself, and mending things that fall apart. (£7.99)

No. 10 in the "Know Your" series honours a species which has done so much to help humans over the course of our development, the donkey, including well known breeds as well as some which are under threat. Jack gives fascinating information about each breed's history, appearance and personality as well as a photograph of the animal in all its glory. (£4.99)

From small independent publishers Little Toller, reissues of classic nature books, £10.00 each:

A stunning celebration of one of earth's great wildernesses. Ray Mears journeys on foot, by canoe and by snowshoe through mountains, forests, tundra and ice in a land where roads are still scarce. Ray explains the unique survival techniques of the Native Canadians and the Inuit, as well as how the prospectors in the gold rush used bushcraft skills to survive in this inhospitable but awesome landscape. (£8.99)

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ill: Gustave Dore (£12.99)

There aren’t many poets we would stock in a £25 hardback, but the late U. A. Fanthorpe is one of them. This is her own selection from over 25 years of distinctive and accessible writing, together with a substantial section of unpublished poems. (£25)

In "Of Mutability", Shapcott is found writing at her most memorable and bold. In a series of poems that explore the nature of change - in the body and the natural world, and in the shifting relationships between people - these poems look freshly but squarely at mortality. (£12.99)

There is widespread confusion about the nature of religious truth. Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, Karen Armstrong shows that meaning of words such as 'belief', 'faith', and 'mystery' has been entirely altered, so that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about God - and, indeed, reason itself - in a way that our ancestors would have found astonishing. (£8.99)

This handsome desk diary featuring the illustrations of A. Wainwright is bound with real cloth and has gold blocking on the cover and spine. Illustrated throughout with Alfred Wainwright's sketches of the Lakes, it has a week to a view and features all the national and religious holidays. (£12.99)

A Wainwright Pocket Diary 2011, illustrated by Alfred Wainwright (£6.99)

Get to know: Louise Bourgeois, Georges Braque, Paul Klee, Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, René Magritte, Kazimir Malevich, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Kurt Schwitters, Varvara Stepanova and many others through remarkable photographs and revealing texts. (£14.95)

Mini: The True and Secret History of the Making of a Motor Car - Simon Garfield

In May 1959, the first Mini was produced on an assembly line at Cowley, near Oxford. The designers, draftsmen, engineers and production-line workers would clash frequently over an uncomfortable and unsafe prototype, and the public had to be convinced to buy a car that let in two inches of water when it rained. But somehow the Mini became an icon. (£9.99)

A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road - Christopher Aslan Alexander

A beautiful and moving account of seven years living in the remote Uzbek desert. Alexander discovered a world torn between Marx and Mohammed - a place where veils and vodka, pork and polygamy freely mingle - against a backdrop of forgotten carpet designs, crumbling but magnificent Islamic architecture and scenes drawn straight from "The Arabian Nights". (£8.99)

Fifty-something and tired of arguing with John Humphrys over the day's headlines, journalists Geoff Stayton and David Treanor found themselves eagerly volunteering for redundancy, decided to buy a van and drive off to Mongolia. (£7.99)

As staff travel writer on "The Times" since 1997, Tom Chesshyre wondered: what is left to be discovered? He visited secret spots of Unsung Britain in search of the least likely holiday destinations, peels back the skin of the unfashionable underbelly of Britain, and embraces it all with the spirit of discovery. (£7.99)

The Gringo Trail: A Darkly Comic Road-trip Through South America - Mark Mann

'...there I was in the middle of Bogota, coked up to my eyeballs, in a hallway holding two machetes, while some drunk Colombians argued about whether or not to blow up a bar with a live hand grenade...' (£7.99)

Sympathetic, lyrical and sharply witty with descriptions of landscapes and birds. (£9.99)

This is a comic canine conundrum from Australia's leading picture book maker. Brought home from the rescue centre, Dave is small and sparky and gets all excited. To Kate he's everything a pup should be. The trouble is, he sometimes gets too excited. He jumps uninvited onto guests' laps, runs down the middle of flowerbeds and chews holes in the tights of Kate's schoolfriends. 'We need help!' Mum decides. Ages: 0-5yrs (£5.99)

Harry is in trouble. He's burned down the family kitchen so now has to spend a week of his summer hols with his uncle Tristram - who's heading off to stay with a new girlfriend - Morning Glory - on a tiny British island. Harry doesn't expect it to be a lot of fun - with just a wacky competition at the end of the week to look forward to. Ages 8 -12yrs (£5.99)

Artemis Fowl's criminal ways have finally got the better of him ...Young Artemis has frequently used high-tech fairy magic to mastermind the most devious criminal activity of the new century. Now, at a conference in Iceland, Artemis has gathered the fairies to present his latest idea to save the world from global warming. But Artemis is behaving strangely - he seems different. Fairy ally Captain Holly Short doesn't know what to do. Ages 8 -12yrs+ (£12.99)

Historical escapist romance for teenagers, set in the Tudor period. Authentic detail is threaded through a carefully crafted tale of romance, deception and destiny. The potentially star-crossed pair are Lady Eleanor, possessor of a worthless title and a feisty spirit, and the handsome William who has inherited his father's title and his financial ruin. Ages: 12+ (£6.99)

Fate takes many forms. When a letter from an elderly taxidermist drops onto Henry's doormat it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled closer to the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey and the epic journey they undertake together. (£13.99 at The Book Case)

Born in the US and reared in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd is a liability to his social- climbing flapper mother, Salome. Making himself useful in the household of the famed Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and exiled Bolshevik leader Lev Trotsky, young Shepherd inadvertently casts his lot with art and revolution. (£7.99)

Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. And now the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. (£7.99)

One May evening in London, as a result of a chance encounter and a split-second decision, the young climatologist Adam Kindred loses everything - home, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, money - never to get them back. With the police and a hit man in merciless pursuit, Adam has no choice but to go underground, joining the ranks of the disappeared, struggling to understand how his life has unravelled so spectacularly. (£7.99)

Laura is content enough with her marriage, two children and part-time job. That is, until a lover from her past comes back into her life. Suddenly passion and excitement are rekindled, and she realises how stagnant her life has become. But how much happiness has she a right to expect? (£7.99)

The streets of modern-day London are hectic, multicultural, and difficult to read if you are a white-collar, middle-aged man. Keith is a social worker who, following a brief affair with a colleague, finds himself living alone in a flat a few streets away from his wife, Annabelle, and his teenage son. (£8.99)

In sleepy mid-Wales the inhabitants of the Nant Valley are reeling from a double-death in a ditch and a shock act of vandalism that threatens to put the tiny town of Abernant on the map. When a lovelorn hill-sheep farmer is revealed as the vandalism culprit, and jailed for molesting a statue, the race for his land is on. (£8.99)

Welcome to the Shahjahan, one of Calcutta's oldest and most venerable hotels where the new receptionist regales his audience with stories of the people who spend their days and nights within the Shahjahan's grand facade: a glittering vision of a lost metropolis, and a homage to an old Bengal of myth and memory. (£7.99)

Poignant, ironic, often humorous stories - unforgettable slices of life. (£7.99)

A woman is found in a Los Angeles graveyard, unable to remember anything about herself or her life. No one is more surprised than she when, days later, her husband comes to the police station to take her home - and turns out to be Hollywood's leading superstar, Alex Rivers. (£7.99)

Bunny Munro sells beauty products and the dream of hope to the lonely housewives of the south coast of England. Set adrift by his wife's suicide and struggling to keep a grip on reality, Bunny does the only thing he can think of: he hits the road, with his nine-year-old son in tow. (£7.99)

A jilted lover skirts the edges of time and place as she walks the streets of London at night; a woman returns to the scene of her honeymoon without her husband; a bereft daughter traces her relationship with her mother as she slowly packs up a house in the aftermath of death. (£12.99)

The testimony of an anonymous monk, it describes his time as a boy in the greenwood with a half-crazed bandit called Robert Hodd - who, following the thirteenth-century principles of the 'heresy of the Free Spirit', believes himself above God and beyond sin. Hodd and his crimes would have been forgotten without the boy's minstrel skills. (£8.99)

From the authors’ collective Wu Ming a genre-breaking reimagining of the American Civil War. 1775 The conflict between the British Empire and the American colonies erupts in all-out war. A bloody historical epic of exodus and return, torn loyalties and desperate battles, Manituana spans the Atlantic, from the forests of Americas northeast to the underworld of eighteenth-century London. (£8.99)

Out on the far northern border of a failed state, Makepeace patrols the ruins of a dying city and tries to keep its unruly inhabitants in check. Into this cold, isolated world comes evidence that life is flourishing elsewhere - a refugee from the vast emptiness of forest, whose existence inspires Makepeace to take to the road to reconnect with human society. (£7.99)

The narrator has left his Middle-Eastern home and settled in a chilly, western city. He lives as an exile, untrusted, unwanted, foreign. But he brings with him secrets - of a family tragedy that he failed to prevent and a childhood overshadowed by war. And as he wanders snowy streets, falling in love with fellow exile Shoreh, he realizes that to find a place in this alien world it is necessary to become someone else. (£8.99)

Montalbano quickly slammed the trunk shut and sat down on top of it. When the beam from Livia's torch shone on his face, he automatically smiled. 'What's in the trunk?' Livia asked. 'Nothing. It's empty.' How could he possibly have told her there was a corpse inside? (£7.99)

Maggie O'Dell is back in an explosive new thriller. Silence. Smoke. Then the screaming begins. As suicide bombers strike at the heart of America, FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell faces the toughest, deadliest case of her career. (£7.99)

A collection to remedy life's stresses and strains, from the greatest of classic and contemporary authors. (£12.99)

Classic novel first published 1911, reflecting her adventures as an itinerant cafe dancer as well as her struggles balancing respectability and artistic freedom (£7.99)

A delightful collection of episodic stories of Dr Finlay and his life in the fictional Scottish village of Tannochbrae during the inter-war years and based on A.J. Cronin's own experiences as a doctor. (And now try and get the theme tune out of your head if you’re over a certain age.)(£7.99)

From some of the biggest names in Regency historical romance, this title includes 25 wickedly witty, lusciously romantic and sublimely sensual short stories - an unbeatable collection of noble rogues and rotters, risque ladies, illicit lovers - and certain scandal! (£7.99)

A tale of two extraordinary heroines - Christina Goering, a wealthy spinster in pursuit of sainthood, and Frieda Copperfield, who finds a home from home in a Panama brothel. And a book whose lesbian themes were startling on its original publication in 1943. (£7.99)

50th anniversary edition of the bestselling, Pulitzer prize-winning classic. 'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird'. A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. (£6.99)

Escapee from suburbia, overweight, oversexed ...Morgan Leafy isn't overburdened with worldly success. Actually, he is refreshingly free from it. But then, as a representative of Her Britannic Majesty in tropical Kinjanja, it was not very constructive of him to get involved in wholesale bribery. (£8.99)

Los Angeles 1936. Kay Fischer, a young, ambitious architect, is shadowed by Salvador Carriscant, an enigmatic stranger claiming to be her father. (£8.99)

Dalgleish: When a young girl is found murdered in a field, the scientific examination of the exhibits is just a routine job for the staff of Hoggatt's forensic science laboratory. But nothing could have prepared them for the brutal death of one of their own.

Stand-alone: Philippa Palfrey, adopted as a child, believes herself to be the motherless, illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic father. At eighteen she exercises her right to find out the truth.

Meet Cordelia Gray: twenty-two, tough, intelligent and now sole inheritor of the Pryde Detective Agency. Her first assignment finds her hired by Sir Ronald Callender to investigate the death of his son Mark, a young Cambridge student found hanged in mysterious circumstances.

Cordelia Gray: Hired to protect a beautiful but neurotic actress, Cordelia Gray soon becomes embroiled in a case as dangerous to her own life as it is mysterious.

Frankenstein: Color Your Own Graphic Novel - Mary Shelley, ill. John Green (£4.99)

Fresh out of Veterinary College, and shoulder-deep in an uncooperative cow, James Herriot's first job is not panning out exactly as expected ...To a Glaswegian like James, 1930s Yorkshire appears to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But even life in the sleepy village of Darrowby has its challenges. (£6.99)

In 1949, after years of nomadic existence, nine-year-old Aeronwy Thomas and her family arrived at the Boat House in Laugharne, a small village on the Welsh coast. Here her father, the poet Dylan Thomas and mother, Caitlin, hoped to find peace, a place to settle and work. (£7.99)

The story of an ordinary boy growing up in Belfast after the war; an ordinary boy who would go on to become world-famous as a hostage in Beirut. (£7.99)

Best known today for his authority on economic matters, Vince recalls a life of wide variety and great interest - and ballroom dancing - with self-deprecating humour and insight. (£8.99)

In the follow up to his bestselling memoir, Blood & Sand, the BBC Security Correspondent recalls his extraordinary travels before and after the near-fatal attempt on his life. (£7.99)

When prize-winning author Rachel Cusk decides to travel to Italy for a summer with her husband and two young children she has no idea of the trials and wonders that lie in store. (£8.99)

In this revelatory and redemptive book, with characteristic generosity and humour, Jackie Kay tells the most inspirational of stories: her own. 'I was adopted by warm-spirited Scottish communists. When people ask me if I've ever found my 'real' Mum and Dad, it is them I think of.’ (£14.99 at The Book Case)

Hello Everybody!: One Journalist's Search for Truth in the Middle East - Joris Luyendijk
Joris Luyendijk tells the story of his five years as a reporter in the Middle East. Young and inexperienced but fluent in Arabic, he speaks to stone throwers and soldiers, taxi drivers and professors, victims and aggressors chronicling first-hand experiences of dictatorship, occupation and war. But the more he witnesses, the less he understands and he becomes increasingly aware of the yawning gap between what he sees on the ground and what is later reported in the media. (£8.99)

150 sunny and spicy recipes including tapas, soups, salads and barbecues. (£16.99)

Brings together an exciting collection of delicious yet simple recipes, all requiring only four ingredients. (£7.99)

Argues that it was cooking that caused the extraordinary transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. The habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labour. (£8.99)

Hops and Glory: One Man's Search for the Beer That Built the British Empire - Pete Brown

The original India Pale Ale was pure gold in a glass. For the first time in 140 years, a keg of Burton IPA has been brewed with the original recipe for a voyage to India by canal and tall ship, around the Cape of Good Hope; and the man carrying it is the award-winning Pete Brown.(£8.99)

The Dig for Victory wartime campaign spurred Britain's population on to an enthusiastic and nationwide drive to grow our own food and this 1940 book was the classic of the period. Many families have once more signed up for the practical benefits and sense of spiritual wellbeing which comes from growing one's own vegetables and flowers in an urban allotment. (£9.99)

The Industrial Revolution: Britain, 1770-1810 - Jonathan Downs (Shire) (£8.99)

In this bold and ambitious new book, Shlomo Sand shows that the Israeli national myth has its origins in the nineteenth century, rather than in biblical times when Jewish historians, like scholars in many other cultures, reconstituted an imagined people in order to model a future nation. (£9.99)

Dreamers of a New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century - Sheila Rowbotham

From the 1880s to the 1920s, a profound social awakening among women extended the possibilities of change far beyond the struggle for the vote. Drawing on a wealth of research, Sheila Rowbotham has written a groundbreaking new history that shows how women created much of the fabric of modern life. (£17.99)

In this super fun book, Todd Davis, star of HGTV's "Design Star", offers up 25 awesome projects for dads to build with their kids. Skate ramps, zip lines, go-carts, and more! (£16.99)

Home is the Halifax: An Extraordinary Account of Re-building a Classic WWII Bomber and Creating the Yorkshire Air Museum to House it - Ian Robinson (£20.00)

Do You Think You're Clever?: The Oxbridge Questions - John Farndon; Libby Purves

Why can't you light a candle in a spaceship? What books are bad for you? Is nature natural? Every year the Oxford and Cambridge's learned professors pose such curious conundrums to potential students to separate the wheat from the chaff, and the clever from both of them. Imbibe slowly and give your neural networks the workout they crave. (£8.99)

From Thomas Hardy's football report to Dan Brown's visit to the cash dispenser, the work of the great and the not-so-great is here sent up with little hope of coming down. (£6.99)

When I Were A Lad...: Snapshots from a Time That Health and Safety Forgot - Andrew Davies

Ah, the past. A time when children could play in the snow without a helmet, crampons and a risk assessment report. 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. (£9.99)

The Arvon Book of Life Writing: Writing Biography, Autobiography and Memoir - Sally Cline; Carole Angier (£14.99)

Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory - Peter Barry (£9.99)

How did George Eliot's love life affect her prose? Why did Kafka write at three in the morning? In what ways is Barack Obama like Eliza Doolittle? Can you be over-dressed for the Oscars? (£9.99)

Tackles our child-centric culture where children have become the yardstick of everything we do: safe driving, education, taking of responsibility (none), sentimentality (everywhere). (£12.99)

10,000 Baby Names: How to Choose the Best Name for Your Baby - Eleanor Turner (£5.99)

A Safe Journey Home: A Simple Guide To Achieving A Peaceful Death - Felicity Warner

This guide will tell you all you need to know to help a loved one or friend to die gently and with dignity once medicine has reached its limits. You can honour their experience and nurture it, by giving them all your attention, kindness and love. (£8.99)

All the many aspects of working with angels in one practical and inspirational volume based around the angelic year, including a CD containing angelic meditations to aid life balance and inner peace. (£7.99)

A facsimile of the original 1923 edition with illustrations by Hilda Miller. (The original was recently going for £93) (£14.99)

Everything You Wanted to Know About Lacan But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock - Slavoj Zizek

Hitchcock gets onto the analyst's couch in this extraordinary volume of case studies. The contributors bring to bear an unrivalled enthusiasm and theoretical sweep on the entire Hitchcock oeuvre, from "Rear Window" to "Psycho", which is shown to be an exemplary source of postmodern defamiliarization. (£16.99)

Following in the footsteps and hoofprints of Beautiful Sheep and Beautiful Pigs, this awe-inspiring collection features commissioned photographic portraits of the best in bovine beauties. (£12.99)

Waves don't just appear on the ocean, they are everywhere around us, and our lives depend on them. Waves are the transport systems of our bodies and everything we see and hear reaches us via light and sound waves. This fascinating, funny book may not teach you how to ride the waves, but it will show you how to tune into the shapes, colours and forms of life's many undulations. (£14.99)

The Lie of the Land: An Under-the-field Guide to the British Landscape - Ian Vince

From the red desert sands beneath Devon to Scottish rocks that are as old as the Moon, Ian Vince takes us on a time-travelling journey into Britain's distant past. (£14.99)

Explains the principles of geology, geography and geomorphology, and shows how a basic understanding of geological timescales, plate tectonics and landforms can help you 'read' the great outdoors. (£9.99)

Richard Shelton combines personal memoir and science to reveal the riverine and marine worlds from the salmon's point of view. He explores the salmon's life cycle and places the fish in its evolutionary context - one that is much closer to man's than we might imagine. (£9.99)

Grey Skies, Green Waves: A Surfer's Journey Around UK and Ireland - Tom Anderson (£7.99)

Andrew Marvell was born in Yorkshire in 1624, became the unofficial laureate to Cromwell and in 1657 took over from Milton as the Latin Secretary to the Council of State. (£5.99)

Robert Herrick was born in London, in 1591, the seventh child of a prosperous goldsmith, became a Cavalier poet, was ordained in 1623 and appointed by Charles I to the living of Dean Prior in Devon, where he lived in the reluctant seclusion of country life and wrote some of his best work. (£5.99)

Sir Walter Ralegh, poet, scholar, soldier and explorer, travel-writer, historian and favorite courtier of Queen Elizabeth-I, was born in Devon around 1552, knighted in 1584, imprisoned twice in the Tower of London, where he wrote his "History of the World", and executed in 1618. (£5.99)

Painter, poet and engraver William Blake was born in London in 1757. "Poetical Sketches", his first volume of poetry, was published in 1783 and was followed by "Songs of Innocence (1789)", "The Book of Thel (1789)", "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-93)", "Songs of Experience (1794)" and "Jerusalem (1804-20)". (£5.99)

As author of "Walden and Civil Disobedience", Thoreau the writer of prose is world- renowned, while Thoreau the poet has been all but forgotten. Collected here is all of the original verse by Thoreau. The glowing lines and the quiet, the prosaic and the Transcendental - all are here. (£10.50)

' In the 'rubaiyat' (short epigrammatic poems) of the medieval Persian poet, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald saw an unflinching challenge to the illusions and consolations of mankind in every age. (£7.99)

Radio 4 archive programmes "With Great Pleasure" and "Fond and Familiar" in which Judi Dench, with Michael Williams, John Moffatt and Alec McCowen, read a cornucopia of poetry and prose by Coleridge, Dylan Thomas, DH Lawrence, Sylvia Plath, WH Auden, Roger McGough, Charlotte Mitchell and Shakespeare. (£12.99)

Every generation has to fight the same battles as their ancestors had to fight, again and again, for there is no final victory and no final defeat. Two flames have burned from the beginning of time - the flame of anger against injustice and the flame of hope. If this book serves its purpose it will fan both flames. (£8.99)

Who’s in Charge - Andrew Marr
Meet the people who really run the world and learn the low down about people, politics, power and expense scandals! How are governments elected, why are different countries ruled in different ways and where does all that tax money actually go? Aimed at children. (£10.99)

Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day. (£8.99)

Green men are figures or heads that were carved in churches, abbeys and cathedrals from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. The earliest architectural green men are found in the churches of the wealthy and influential, such as Henry I's private chapel in Derbyshire but they were still produced in lesser numbers into the nineteenth century. (£5.99)

What About Darwin?: All Species of Opinion from Scientists, Sages, Friends, and Enemies Who Met, Read, and Discussed the Naturalist Who Changed the World - Thomas F. Glick (£15.50)

Never Pure: Historical Studies of Science as If it Was Produced by People with Bodies, Situated in Time, Space, Culture, and Society, and Struggling for Credibility and Authority - Steven Shapin (£15.50)

Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance - Steven D. Levitt; Stephen J. Dubner (£9.99)

From the 1930s to the 1960s, millions of British people chose to spend their annual summer break at a holiday camp, taking advantage of the all-in package that included accommodation, food, and plentiful entertainment. (£5.99)

Abysmal weather, slag heaps, funny accents; the bleak uplands of a landscape carved out of millstone grit; townscapes of abandoned mills and shipyards and the detritus of an industrial revolution well past its sell-by date? Martin Wainwright uncovers how many of the old cliches arose, and goes on to paint a picture of the north as it is today. (£8.99)

A Pennine Journey: From Settle to Hadrian's Wall in Wainwright's Footsteps - ed. David Pitt

This illustrated guide, written by members of the Wainwright Society, is a recreation of Wainwright’s walk through the Pennines in 1938, adapted for today's roads and rights-of-way, taking a route that Wainwright might have chosen if he was planning it today. (£13.99)

A Coast to Coast Walk: From St Bees Head to Robin Hood's Bay - Alfred Wainwright, ed. Chris Jesty

This is the first fully revised and updated edition of A. Wainwright's pocket-sized guide to the Coast to Coast Walk which he devised in the early 1970s. (£13.99)

A new range of practical little walk guides endorsed by the Ramblers. All the walks are 5 miles or under in length and can easily be completed in less that 3 hours. 20 walks are included and use clear maps to show the route plus easy to follow walk descriptions. (£5.99)

Second edition of this new book from a well-known locally-based author and journalist. (£6.95)

Packed with over 300 inspiring attractions, this book shows you how to get the most out of your free time - without spending a penny. (£12.99)

The Night Iceberg - Rachel Ward
Tofta doesn't want to share everything with her new baby brother. So when an iceberg drifts past her window one night, she decide that it's her iceberg and she's not going to share it with anyone. But shes reconed without he penguins.... Age: 2 - 5yrs. (£6.99)

Milly Molly Mandy - Joyce Lankester Brisley
Reissues of the original series, complete and unabridged, perfect for reading aloud and sharing, with the original illustrations by the author. Age: 5-9yrs. (£4.99)

The Museum Book - Jan Mark and Richard Holland
Fascinating and thought-provoking book which explores museums, from their history and remarkable collections to the meaning of the word itself. Muses on the Muses and the word museum, on why and how people collect things, on different kinds of museums, their contribution to science and on the notion of classification. It is illustrated with remarkable collage-style art. Ages: 10+. (£6.99)

Young Sherlock Holmes - Andrew Lane
This is the first children's book authorized by the Conan Doyle Estate; the author is a lifelong Holmes fan and is determined to create an authentic teenage Holmes. This opening novel is set in 1868; Holmes is 14, and at boarding school. He is sent to stay with an eccentric aunt and uncle in Hampshire one summer; there he will uncover his first murder, a kidnap, corruption and a brilliantly sinister villain. Ages: 12+. ( £6.99)

The Dog Who Came in from the Cold (Corduroy Mansions) - Alexander McCall Smith

Second in the series about Corduroy Mansions, which is inhabited by a glorious assortment of characters including Oedipus Snark, the first every nasty Lib Dem MP, who is so detestable his own mother, Berthea, is writing an unauthorised biography about him; and one small vegetarian dog, Freddie de la Hay, who has the ability to fasten his own seatbelt. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

Set over a long weekend in East Anglia, Blake Morrison's new novel is the chilling story of a rivalrous friendship - as told with deceptive casualness by the narrator, Ian. It opens with a surprise phone call from an old university friend, inviting Ian and his wife, Em, for a few days by the sea. Their hosts, Ollie and Daisy, are a golden couple, and the scene is set for sunlit relaxation. But dangerous tensions quickly emerge. (£10.99 at The Book Case)

Set in 1799 Japan - an artificial walled island, Dejima, connected to the mainland port of Nagasaki and manned by a handful of European traders. For one Dutch clerk, Jacob de Zoet, a dark adventure of duplicity, love, guilt, faith and murder is about to begin -- and all the while, unbeknownst to him and his feuding compatriots, the axis of global power is turning... (£16.99 at The Book Case)

A new novel from bestselling Todmorden author Linda Green. Remember when life revolved around what top to wear? This is a hilarious, romantic and touching journey back to your teenage years... When Claire discovers the 'dream list' she wrote as a teenager, she realises how far removed her life is from the one she'd imagined. Divorced, stuck in a dead-end job and dating an ambulance-chasing personal injury lawyer, she decides it's time to put her life back on track. (£6.99)

Max Carver's father - a watchmaker and inventor - decides to move his family to a small town on the coast, to an old house that once belonged to a prestigious surgeon, Dr Richard Fleischmann. But the house holds many secrets and stories of its own. Behind it is an overgrown garden full of statues surrounded by a metal fence topped with a six-pointed star. (£9.99)

Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. (£7.99)

Allersmead is a big shabby Victorian suburban house. The perfect place to grow up for elegant Sandra, difficult Gina, destructive Paul, considerate Katie, clever Roger and flighty Clare. But was it? (£8.99)

A global mix of people from different spheres in 1995 - but everybody is linked by their past. A sequence of personal stories, it comes together like a dance; a masquerade in which things are not always what they seem. (£11.99)

Margaret and Patrick, married just a few months, set off on a great adventure - a year living in Kenya. While Patrick practices medicine, Margaret works as a photojournalist, capturing a dizzying and sometimes dangerous city on film. When a British couple invites the newlyweds on a climbing expedition to the summit of Mount Kenya, they eagerly agree. (£6.99)

Welcome to Corduroy Mansions in Pimlico: a temple of Arts and Crafts architecture, with comforting, weathered brickwork and frankly frivolous dormer windows, it is home to a delightfully eccentric cast of Londoners. (£7.99)

From the author of "Fugitive Pieces". Egypt, 1964. The great temple at Abu Simbel must be dismantled and resurrected high above the rising waters of the Aswan Dam. This daunting task is overseen by Avery, a young engineer who, at the same time, is carefully building a life with his new wife, Jean. (£7.99)

Booker shortlisted - after a lifetime's struggle with alcohol, critical neglect and depression, in 1840 the nature poet John Clare is incarcerated. The asylum, in London's Epping Forest, is run on the reformist principles of occupational therapy. At the same time, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and became entangled in the life of the asylum. This historically accurate, intensely lyrical novel, describes the asylum's closed world and Nature's paradise outside the walls. (£7.99)

Atlit is a holding camp for "illegal" immigrants in Israel in 1945. There, about 270 men and women await their future and try to recover from their past. Diamant tells the stories of the women gathered in this place. (£7.99)

With America quietly gearing up for war in the Middle East, twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, a 'half-Jewish' farmer's daughter from the plains of the Midwest, has come to university - escaping her provincial home to encounter the complex world of culture and politics. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who seem at once mysterious and glamorous, Tassie is drawn into the life of their newly-adopted child and increasingly complicated household. (£7.99)

An old woman is awoken in the dead of night by knocks at her front door. She opens it to find her daughter, Doruntine, standing there alone in the darkness. She has been brought home from a distant land by a mysterious rider she claims is her brother Konstandin. But unbeknownst to her, Konstandin has been dead for years. (£8.99)

Gwenni Morgan is not like any other girl in this small Welsh town. Inquisitive, bookish and full of spirit, she can fly in her sleep and loves playing detective. So when a neighbour mysteriously vanishes, and no one seems to be asking the right questions, Gwenni decides to conduct her own investigation. . (£7.99)

It's Italy, near Cassino. The terrible winter of 1944. A dismal icy rain falls, unabated, for days. Three American soldiers set out on the gruelling ascent of a perilous Italian mountainside in the murky closing days of the Second World War. (£7.99)

Football fuels local tensions in a bleak but rewarding novel involving the BNP. (£7.99)

Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver...There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared. (£7.99)

From the author of "An Instance of the Fingerpost", the story of John Stone, wealthy financier and armaments manufacturer and a quest to discover how and why John Stone dies, falling out of a window at his London home. (£7.99)

It is 1913 and ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories. One of his clients, German industrialist Count Otto von Meerbach, has a company which builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser's burgeoning army. (£7.99)

Hot young British film star Amanda Delany had the world at her feet. She'd had a string of affairs with famous actors, making perfect fodder for the tabloids. Then came a commission to write a tell-all memoir. When Amanda is found brutally murdered, DCI James Langton's enquiry discovers the sad truth behind her successful facade. (£7.99)

A wretched outcast young man tells the story of his upbringing by a heretical Calvinist minister who leads him to believe that he is one of the elect, predestined for salvation and thus above the moral law. Falling under the spell of a mysterious stranger who bears an uncanny likeness to himself, he embarks on a career as a serial murderer. Hogg's sardonic and terrifying novel, too perverse for nineteenth-century taste, is now recognized as one of the masterpieces of Romantic fiction. (£7.99)

Reprint of the 1826 apocalyptic tale offering quasi-biographical portraits of Byron and Shelley. (£9.99)

' "Here I am!" Flora called to Richard as she went downstairs. For a second, Meg felt disloyalty. It occurred to her of a sudden that Flora was always saying that, and that it was in the tone of one giving a lovely present. She was bestowing herself.' The soul of kindness is what Flora believes herself to be. (£8.99)

An isolated, decaying inn situated within the wilderness of Bodmin Moor is the evocative setting for du Maurier's heart-thudding adventure story. (£16.99)

Duncan grew up with the seals, slept nights stranded by the tide in their colonies, heard countless stories from crofters, fishermen and travellers alike about the strange people who were related to the seal; the silkie stories magically link the two worlds, animal and human, sea and land. This new and expanded edition contains twenty-four stories, including thirteen that are previously unpublished. (£8.99)

On a planet whose very nature is a mystery a massive decrepit city is pulled along a massive railway track, laying the line down before it as it progresses into the wilderness. The ending of the novel provides one of the most profound twists in SF. (£7.99)

Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. They disport themselves among galaxies, experience the solidification of planets, move from aquatic to terrestrial existence, play games with hydrogen atoms - and have time for a love life. (£9.99)

Penguin is reissuing a number of books from its Central European Classics series:

Karel Capek's darkly humorous allegory of early twentieth-century Czech politics. Captain van Toch discovers a colony of newts in Sumatra which can not only be taught to trade and use tools, but also to speak. As the rest of the world learns of the creatures and their wonderful capabilities, it is clear that this new species is ripe for exploitation. (£9.99)

Ota Pavel's magical memoir of his childhood in Czechoslovakia. Fishing with his father and his Uncle Prosek - the two finest fishermen in the world - he takes a peaceful pleasure from the rivers and ponds of his country. But when the Nazis invade, his father and two older brothers are sent to concentration camps and Pavel must steal their confiscated fish back from under the noses of the SS to feed his family. (£9.99)

A magical collection of ten short stories, creating a world where editors shoot themselves after a hard day's brunching, men attend duels incognito and lovers fall out over salad dressing. (£9.99)

Josef Skvorecky's blackly comic tale of post-war politics that was immediately banned on publication. In 1945, in Kostelec, Danny is playing saxophone for the best jazz band in Czechoslovakia. Their trumpeter has just got out of a concentration camp, their bass player is only allowed in the band since he owns the bass, and the love of Danny's life is in love with somebody else. (£9.99)

Czeslaw Milosz's moving and diverse collection of essays. Among them, he covers his passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped out by the violence of the twentieth century, and his happy childhood. (£9.99)

Hogarth to Turner: British Painting (National Gallery) - Louise Govier (£9.99)

A colouring book for grown-ups - 100 black and white line drawings of popular sneaker designs, shown in side view, to colour, alter or customize. The models featured are 100 of the most popular designs from 1916 to the present day. The drawings are printed on high-quality drawing paper and the pages are perforated so that a drawing can be removed once completed. (£12.95)

The real Beatrix Potter, based on interviews with those who knew her. Spread over the 40 years that the author edited "Cumbria Magazine", these interviews recall memories stretching back to the time when Beatrix bought the now famous Hill Top farm at Sawrey in the heart of Lakeland, with many archive and present-day photographs. (£15.00)

Arthur Ransome was, from 1930 to the early 1960s, what J.K. Rowling is today: author of a series of children's books which shaped the imagination of a generation. Yet before that, he was famous for different reasons. Between 1917 and 1924, as Russian correspondent for the "Daily News" and "Manchester Guardian", he was involved with the Bolshevik regime, with unique access to the revolutionary leaders. (£10.00)

Mad Dogs and Englishmen: An Expedition Round My Family - Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Discover Sir Ranulph Twistelton-Wykham-Fiennes's personal expedition to trace his extraordinary family through history. From Charlemagne -- himself a direct ancestor of the author -- to the count who very nearly persuaded William the Conqueror to retreat at Hastings, many members of this unique clan have lived close to the nerve centre of the ruler of their day. (£8.99)

A poignant family memoir offering a portrait of his parents' marriage and recalling his Leeds childhood, Christmases with Grandma Peel, and the lives, loves and deaths of his unforgettable aunties Kathleen and Myra. (£7.99)

The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars - Patrick Hennessey

Patrick Hennessey is a graduate in his 20s. He reads Graham Greene, listens to early-90s house on his iPod and watches Vietnam movies. He has also, as an officer in the Grenadier Guards, fought in some of the most violent combat the British army has seen in a generation. (£9.99)

Israel's 2009 invasion of Gaza was a vicious act of aggression that left well over one thousand Palestinians dead and devastated the infrastructure of an already impoverished enclave. In this searching examination of Israel's policies, award-winning journalist Gideon Levy shows how the ground was prepared for the assault and documents its continuing effects. (£8.99)

The story of the man who brought liberal change to China and who, at the height of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, tried to stop the massacre and was dethroned for his efforts. (£8.99)

Yemen is the dark horse of the Middle East. Every so often it enters the headlines for one alarming reason or another - links with al-Qaeda, kidnapped Westerners, explosive population growth - then sinks into obscurity again. We ignore Yemen at our peril. The poorest state in the Arab world, it is still dominated by its tribal makeup and has become a perfect breeding ground for insurgent and terrorist movements. (£20.00)

The first book to work out the carbon footprint of (nearly) everything, from a cup of tea and a bottle of wine through to skiing holidays and volcano eruptions. We always hear the same old green advice...fly less, turn the thermostat down, drive a hybrid car. But this book is packed full of surprises - a plastic bag has the smallest footprint of any item listed, while a block of cheese is fairly bad news for the climate. (£8.99)

Takes you through the process of settinmg up a sophisticated system capable of handling all your gardening waste. (£9.99)

Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe - Philip Jenkins

Tells the fascinating, violent story of the Church's fifth century battles over 'right belief' that had a far greater impact on the future of Christianity and the world than the much-touted Council of Nicea convened by Constantine a century before. (£12.99)

It struck Bill Bryson one day that we devote a lot more time to the Wars of the Roses or the Normandy Landings than considering what most of history really consists of: centuries upon centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - eating, sleeping, having sex, endeavouring to be amused. This is an inwards look at all human life through a domestic telescope. (£20.00)

Elizabeth I was born into a world of women. Most historians and biographers have focused on her relationships with men. She has been portrayed as a 'man's woman' who loved to flirt with the many ambitious young men who frequented her court. Yet it is the women in her life who provide the most fascinating insight into the character of this remarkable monarch. (£9.99)

The New World from the viewpoint of those who decided not to stay. More than a third of the ministers who had stirred up emigration from England deserted their flocks to return home. The colonists' stories challenge our perceptions of early settlement and the religious ideal of New England as a 'City on a Hill'. (£14.99)

Fred takes us to some of the country's most famous castles, cathedrals, abbeys, great houses and bridges, and gives precise explanations of how they were constructed at a time when technology was limited and there were no power tools, no concrete, no steel, no engines and no heavy machinery. (£14.99)

Foundries and Rolling Mills: Memories of Industrial Britain - Fred Dibnah; David Hall

Bringing to life landmark events from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century in his typically engaging and anecdotal style, Fred introduces the great inventors from the age of steam, describes the day-to-day operation of railways, mills, forges and factories, and paints a vivid picture of what life was like for the mill-hands, colliers and engineers who laboured in industrial Britain - the workshop of the world. (£14.99)

Life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace. The two wars were the worst we had ever known and the episodes of peace among the most turbulent and surprising. (£8.99)

The Morbid Age: Britain and the Crisis of Civilisation, 1919 - 1939 - Richard Overy

This book opens a window on to this creative but golden age of the public intellectual and scientist: Arnold Toynbee, Aldous and Julian Huxley, H. G. Wells, Marie Stopes and a host of others. Yet a striking characteristic of so many of the ideas that emerged from this new age was the fear that the West was facing a possibly terminal crisis of civilization. (£12.99)

A rich, unsentimental picture of everyday life in the 1950s, with well-known figures such as Doris Lessing (joining and later leaving the Communist Party), John Arlott (sticking up on Any Questions? for the rights of homosexuals) and Tiger's Roy of the Rovers (making his goal-scoring debut for Melchester) and everything that gave Britain in the 1950s its distinctive flavour: Butlin's holiday camps, Kenwood food mixers, "Hancock's Half-Hour", Ekco television sets, Davy Crockett, skiffle and teddy boys. (£10.99)

Charming, eccentric, endlessly inventive, Heath Robinson's unforgettable drawings in this collection perfectly capture the peculiar character of the great British nation at leisure. (£12.99)

Reissue of this 1990s Farming Press - the joys and pitfalls of the rural idyll. (£9.99)

A painfully funny reminder of just what it was like to spend your summer holidays cold, damp but with sand between your toes. (£7.99)

The Top Gear way of doing things is to do it the wrong way, but faster with more shouting - this handbook can be applied to pretty much every situation you’re likely to encounter! (£9.99)

You don't just wake up jaundiced and bitter; it's taken Jack years of dedication and commitment to brew his unique cocktail of disillusionment and bile. What turned this once optimistic young man into a grumpy middle-aged git? (£7.99)

Jump in and buckle-up. P.J. O'Rourke delivers his rapid-fire wit from the driver's seat of Buicks, Land Rovers, Harley-Davidsons and at least one Soviet army surplus truck. (£8.99)

And Another Thing ...: Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three - Eoin Colfer (£7.99)

The Writer's Handbook 2011: The Complete Guide for All Writers, Publishers, Editors, Agents and Broadcasters - ed. Barry Turner (£14.99)

Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life: Strategies for Co-operation - Len Fisher

Game Theory is the study of co-operation and the underlying strategies that shape human behavior. This book unearths the wide-ranging applications for this science, and the ways we can use its discoveries to find effective means to co-operate in daily life. (£8.99)

Why do we lie? Because we are frightened of being humiliated, being treated like an object, being rejected, losing control of things, and, most of all, we are frightened of uncertainty. Often we get our lies in before any of these things can happen. We lie to maintain our vanity. We lie when we call our fantasies the truth. (£12.99)

Good Sleep Guide for You and Your Baby: Step by Step Guide to Good Sleep for Babies - Angela Henderson

A step by step guide which offers techniques to improve your baby's sleep. It contains medically-approved methods, tips, and practical suggestions to cure sleep problems in babies 6 months and over. (£7.99)

Archangel Raphael is the angel most closely associated with healing, known throughout the world for his miraculous powers and ability to help those in need. Whether you wish to protect and heal yourself, your family, your clients or your friends, Raphael will always be close by once you seek him out using Doreen Virtue's exceptional guidance. (£12.99)

Sheep: The Remarkable Story of the Humble Animal That Built the Modern World - Alan Butler

What was the most important step in civilization? Alan Butler's answer is that it was when we began capturing wild sheep, domesticating and breeding them. Sheep were the mainstay of ancient cultures, by far the most important of the domesticated animals. (£9.99)

This is a beautifully illustrated, but rugged and durable, pocket reference guide to clouds and cloud formations, helping you to identify every cloud type and understand its implications for the weather. (£6.99)

Living Wild: The Ultimate Guide to Scouting and Fieldcraft - Bear Grylls (£14.99)

Walter Bonatti's classic writings detailing his exploits on numerous expeditions to different mountains of the world, as well as the real story behind the controversy over the events on K2 that changed his life. Bonatti is one of the greatest mountaineers of all time, and these awe-inspiring writings capture the adventure, audacity and magnitude of his craft. (£12.99)

German philosophy remains the core of modern philosophy. Without Kant, Frege, Wittgenstein, and Husserl there would be no Anglo-American 'analytical' style of philosophy. Moreover, without Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, the 'Continental Philosophy' of Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Badiou, and Zizek, which has had major effects on humanities subjects in recent years, is incomprehensible. (£7.99)

'My philosophy is like Thebes with a hundred gates: one can enter from all sides and through each gate arrive at the direct path to the centre' Schopenhauer's two essays 'On the Freedom of the Will' and 'On the Basis of Morals' form his complete system of ethics. (£9.99)

For many enlightened, liberal-minded thinkers today, and for most on the political left, evil is an outmoded concept. In this witty, accessible study, the prominent Marxist thinker Terry Eagleton launches a surprising defence of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological, and psychoanalytic sources to suggest that evil, no mere medieval artefact, is a real phenomenon with palpable force in our contemporary world. (£18.99)

Simon Armitage's new collection is by turns a voice and a chorus: a hyper-vivid array of dramatic monologues, allegories, parables and tall tales. Here comes everybody. (£12.99)

Fifty of his most essential poems in dynamic new translations, the result of an unprecedented collaboration between a team of poets, translators and leading Neruda scholars who came together to revisit or completely retranslate the poems. Bilingual, with some previously untranslated works. (£9.95)

After the appearance of Fleur Adcock's Poems 1960-2000 she wrote no more poems for several years. This cessation coincided with - but was not entirely caused by - her giving up smoking. When poetry returned to her in 2003 it tended towards a sparer, more concentrated style. (£7.95)

Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been: New and Selected Poems - Chase Twichell

Chase Twichell's poetry is marked by a strong identification with the natural world, one that exceeds any with other human beings. There's a dissociation born of a rough childhood, which only the later poems address head-on, though many earlier ones circle around it. A distinctive voice in American poetry. (£9.95)

Beautifully illustrated, split into thematic sections covering prayers for thanks and praise, healing, forgiveness, peace, guidance and strength, (£8.99)

Tides and Seasons: Modern Prayers in the Celtic Tradition - David Adam (£7.99)

Tarif Khalidi’s new and acclaimed translation. Through its pages, a fascinating picture emerges of life in seventh-century Arabia, and from it we can learn much about how people felt about their relationship with God and their belief in the afterlife, as well as attitudes to loyalty, friendship, race, forgiveness and the natural world. (£14.99)

A dazzling exploration of the universe and our relationship to it, telling the story of how something evolved from nothing, and how something became everything. It is the story of science: the greatest story ever told. (£8.99)

Malcolm Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising new ways of looking at them, and the world around us. Are smart people overrated? What can pit bulls teach us about crime? Why are problems like homelessness easier to solve than to manage? How do we hire when we can't tell who's right for the job? (£9.99)

This hardback desk diary is illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick's beautiful sketches of the Hebrides throughout the seasons, collected over the past forty years. (£12.99)

Highly acclaimed history of roads and what they have meant to the people who have driven them.. One of Britain's favourite cultural historians uses a unique blend of travel writing, anthropology, history and social observation, to explore how Britain's roads have their roots in unexpected places, from Napoleon's role in the numbering system to the surprising origin of sat-nav. (£8.99)

If you're wondering what Chris Stewart did before he and Ana moved to their Spanish farm, here's one of the answers. He took to the sea, landing a job as skipper for the summer, sailing around the Greek islands. It was his dream job - and there was just one tiny problem. He hadn't ever sailed before and had not the foggiest how to start. (£7.99)

Mount Ararat in Turkey, where Noah's Ark ran aground, stands astride the fault-line between religion and science, a geographical, political and cultural crossroads, bound up with the centuries-old history of warfare between different cultures in this region. This is dazzling, highly personal book about science, religion and all that lies between. (£8.99)

The stark, vast beauty of the remote Arctic Europe landscape has been the focus of human exploration for thousands of years. In this striking blend of travel writing, history and mythology, Gavin Francis offers a unique portrait of the northern fringes of Europe. (£9.99)

Smashing through the Arctic Ocean with the crew of a Russian icebreaker, herding reindeer across the tundra with Lapps and shadowing the Trans-Alaskan pipeline with truckers, Sara Wheeler discovers a complex and ambiguous land belonging both to ancient myth and modern controversy. (£8.99)

Go Slow: North Yorkshire: Moors, Dales, Coast - Local, Characterful Guides to Britain's Special Places - Mike Bagshaw (£14.99)

Lonely Planet have jazzed up their country guides with more colour illustrations, colour-coded chapters and thumb tabs. We’re just sticking a toe in the water ... with Discover France and Discover Ireland. There’s a new edition of the old-style Lonely Planet Guide to Iceland

New Cook’s Guides to Paris, Dublin, Bruges, Valencia and Naples & the Amalfi Coast.

In a silent valley in the Cevennes stands an isolated stone farmhouse, the Mas Lunel. Its owner is Aramon Lunel, an alcoholic so haunted by his violent past that he's incapable of all meaningful action, letting his hunting dogs starve and his land go to ruin. His sister, Audrun dreams of exacting retribution for the unspoken betrayals that have blighted her life. (£15.99 at The Book Case)

Part novel, part history, part fairytale, The Good Man Jesus offers a radical new take on the myths and the mysteries of the Gospels, and the genesis of church that has so shaped the course of the last two millennia. (£14.99)

From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, Isabel Allende's latest novel tells the story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

No. 5 in the Simon Serailler crime series. Serrailler is on a sabbatical on a far flung Scottish island when he is called back to Lafferton by the Chief Constable. Two local prostitutes have gone missing and are subsequently found strangled. (£10.99 at The Book Case)

In this startling book, David Eagleman shows us forty possibilities of life beyond death. With wit and humanity, he asks the key questions about existence, hope, technology and love. These short stories are full of big ideas and bold imagination. (£7.99)

Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. Concludes the immensely successful trilogy. (£7.99)

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun - J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien

Now in paperback, the first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrun, and the Fall of the Nibelungs. (£7.99)

Philippa Gregory brings the tumult and intrigue of The Wars of the Roses to vivid life through the women of the House of Lancaster and the House of York, beginning with the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen. (£7.99)

In an abandoned mansion in Barcelona, a young man makes his living by writing sensationalist novels. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books, and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city's underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem. (£7.99)

Nestling on India's southern coast lies the town of Kittur. Ranging through the city's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and its outer limits, through the myriad and distinctive voices of its inhabitants, Aravind Adiga brings an entire world vividly and unforgettably to life. Author won the 2008 Man Booker Prize. (£7.99)

Since leaving his job to look after his eight-year-old daughter, Thomas Bradshaw has found the structure of his daily piano practice and the study of musical form brings a nourishment to these difficult middle years. His pursuit of a more artistic way of life shocks and irritates his parents and his in-laws. (£7.99)

In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye! From the moment she's struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is marked for greatness. When she uncovers unknown dinosaur fossils in the cliffs near her home, she sets the scientific world alight, challenging ideas about the world's creation and stimulating debate over our origins. (£7.99)

It is 1942 and the war is not going well. As part of the war effort the Ashworth Grammar School for Girls signs up for the Merchant Navy's Ship Adoption Scheme. (£7.99)

David Cross is surrounded by secrets. When his wife Nancy was alive he kept secrets from her and now that she is dead, he must hide his new happiness from his children, Lucy and Ed. But they too have their troubles. (£7.99)

Above St Paul's Chapel in Damascus, a body hangs in a basket over the city wall. The corpse is Major Mahdi Said, a high-ranking Muslim officer,and the secret service is soon involved. But Detective Barudi is determined to solve the mystery and begins to unravel a clan war which has dominated the lives of three generations. (£9.99)

The story of a wartime lesbian relationship that develops between a young mother and her GP (£7.99)

Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. (£7.99)

Described by the "New York Times" as both beautifully written and devastating, this is a startling, hard-edged dissection of slavery - a tour de force of voice and storytelling. At the heart of the novel is the extraordinary character Lilith, a spirited slave girl struggling to transcend the violence into which she is born. (£8.99)

Stone in a Landslide - Maria Barbal, ed. Paul Mitchell, trans. Laura McGloughlin

This Catalan modern classic, first published in 1985, is now in its 50th edition. In the early 20th century, 13-year-old Conxa has to leave her home village in the Pyrenees to work for her childless aunt. After years of hard work, she finds love with Jaume - a love that will be thwarted by the Spanish Civil War. (£8.99)

An intelligent but disturbed young man is struggling to find his place in the world. He ventures out on his own and as he begins to find happiness commits an act of violence that sends his life horribly and irreversibly out of control. But should a person's life be judged by a single bad act? (£7.99)

One night, in a private boarding house in Scarborough, a railwayman vanishes, leaving his belongings behind...It is the eve of the Great War, and Jim Stringer, railway detective, is uneasy about his next assignment. (£7.99)

If I die before I wake ... A grisly murder is committed at a health resort situated in a recently renovated farmhouse, which turns out to be notorious for being haunted. Attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir is called upon by the owner of the resort -- the prime suspect in the case -- to represent him. (£7.99)

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad, read by: David Horovitch (Naxos, 4 Audio CDs)(£16.99)

The story of Billy Fisher, a Yorkshire teenager unable to stop lying - especially to his three girlfriends. Trapped by his boring job and working-class parents, Billy finds that his only happiness lies in grand plans for his future and fantastical day-dreams of the fictional country Ambrosia.

A brilliant comic satire of academia, religion and human entanglements. It tells the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted - not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the 1960s, he and his wife must rely on 'Vatican roulette' to avoid a fourth child.

The story of fifteen-year-old Alex - whose chief preoccupations are Beethoven's Ninth and ultra-violence - as he and his droogs rampage though a dystopian future seeking thrills, until they come under the control of the state's sinister apparatus.

Billy Casper is beaten by his drunken brother, ignored by his mother and failing at school. He seems destined for a hard, miserable life down the pits, but for a brief time, he finds one pleasure in life: a wild kestrel that he has raised and tamed himself.

Set in a London not yet quite swinging, where sexual liberation is still on its way, this prize-winning novel follows the progress of Rosamund Stacey, who becomes pregnant as a result of a one night stand, and must adapt to life as a single mother - finding herself transformed in the process.

Telling the story of two boys forced to live together by their widowed parents, it is a chilling portrayal of childhood cruelty and persecution, of parental blindness and of our own ambivalence to what are supposed to be the happiest days of our lives.

Tom Birkin, a damaged survivor of World War One, is spending the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting in the village church of Oxgodby. Joined by another veteran, employed to look for a grave outside the churchyard, he uncovers old secrets that bear on his experiences of conflict.

A convenient and accessible guide to the city's piazzas, palazzos, basilicas, and other architectural points of interest, as well as pertinent historical details regarding Venice's unique urban environment. Clearly laid out and fully illustrated in colour, this handbook is designed around a series of expertly planned walking tours that encompass not only the city's most admired architectural sites but also its lesser-known gems. (£14.99)

Northern Knits: Designs Inspired by the Knitting Traditions of Scandinavia, Iceland, and the Shetland Isles - Lucinda Guy (£17.99)

Get Spun: The Step-by-step Guide to Spinning Art Yarns - Symeon North (£16.99)

When Sofia Behrs married Count Leo Tolstoy, husband and wife regularly exchanged diaries covering the years from 1862 to 1910. Sofia's life was not an easy one: she idealized her husband, but was tormented by him. In the background of her life was one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history: the transition from old feudal Russia to the three revolutions and three major international wars. (£9.99)

Dame Vera Lynn is still heavily involved with veteran and other charities, and this is the vivid story of her life and her war - from bombs and rations to dance halls and the searing heat of her appearances abroad. Epitomising British fortitude and hope, Dame Vera gives a vivid portrait of Britain at war, and a unique story of one woman who came to symbolize a nation. (£7.99)

An eccentric Iranian family on the run from the Ayatollah's henchmen get used to English life in the 1980s. Shappi Khorsandi made a very popular appearance at last year’s Hebden Bridge Festival. (£7.99)

Hannah Shah is an Imam's daughter. She lived the life of a Muslim but, for many years, her father abused her in the cellar of their home. At 16 she discovered a plan to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage, and she ran away. (£6.99)

Policing rural Yorkshire is a far cry from Mike's old job hunting down drug gangs and knife crime in Central London. Settled back in his native Yorkshire, the former Metropolitan Policeman finds that life as a rural beat bobby is no picnic. (£7.99)

Liberty in the Age of Terror: A Defence of Civil Society and Enlightenment Values - A.C. Grayling

Our societies are under attack not only from the threat of terrorism, but also from our governments' attempts to fight that threat by reducing freedom in our own societies. (£7.99)

Islam as a religion is central to the lives of over a billion people, but its outer expression as a distinctive civilization has been undergoing a monumental crisis. Buffeted by powerful adverse currents, Islamic civilization today is a shadow of its former self. (£12.99)

Taliban: The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond - Ahmed Rashid

A revised edition of the best-selling account of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement. "The bewildering complexity of Afghan politics and the deadly overspill of chaos, narcotics and sectarian violence into the surrounding region becomes clear" - Sunday Times (£9.99)

In less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global centre for business, tourism, and luxury living. It is a fascinating case study in light-speed urban development, hyperconsumerism, massive immigration, and vertiginous inequality. (£14.99)

Shades of Green: A (mostly) Practical A-Z for the Reluctant Environmentalist - Paul Waddington

From the Eden Project an easy-to-use, A-Z guide which sets out your choices on a scale from 'completely green' to 'not even a little bit green'. (£7.99)

Ecological Intelligence: The Coming Age of Radical Transparency - Daniel Goleman

Although we all want to help the environment, our knowledge of what are 'green' choices is often so limited that we can do more harm than good. But now a new phenomenon, 'radical transparency', the availability of complete information about all aspects of a product's history, is about to transform the power of consumers and the fate of business. (£9.99)

This cookbook will celebrate the vibrant food of six very different countries. (£26.00)

Great Rulers of Ancient Rome - Hugh Griffith, read by Benjamin Soames (Naxos, 2 CDs)

A notably autocratic regime, the succession of colourful personalities that headed one of the world's most powerful empires makes for riveting listening. Classics scholar and writer Hugh Griffith introduces the rulers and the principal events associated with them in Naxos AudioBooks' "Junior Classics" series. 7-10 (£10.99)

An exploration of the parts of history that have been sidelined, lost or overlooked, covering everything from ancient Rome to the 20th century. (£12.95)

Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education - Jane Robinson

In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. Despite the prejudice and the terrible sacrifices they faced, women from all backgrounds persevered and paved the way for the generations who have followed them since. (£9.99)

Women in the First World War - Neil R. Storey; Molly Housego (Shire) (£5.99)

Two nights after the battle of El Alamein, a young British officer, Monty’s stepson, was captured by the Nazis. Miraculously he escaped and arrived bak at army HQ having travelled through 500 miles of German occupied territory. (£9.99)

An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain: or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes as Always - John O'Farrell

Brings his hugely popular account of the previous 2000 years bang up to date. (£7.99)

At 600+ pages, the biggest collection of cartoons ever published from the famous humour magazine, and is packed with superb jokes and beautiful artwork by some of the world's finest artists of the past two centuries. (£24.95)

An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, and a cult favourite since its publication in 1956. (£8.99)

Celebrates the power of ideas: thought can, and does, change the world. And, in turn, ideas evolve. Fundamentalism, environmentalism and bioethics are defining our future just as Marxism, feminism or existentialism have influenced our present. (£9.99)

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-deficit Disorder - Richard Louv

Shows how our children have become increasingly alienated and distant from nature, why this matters, and what we can do to make a difference. (£8.99)

Argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. 'We come into the world intent on finding narrative in everything', writes Manguel, 'landscape, the skies, the faces of others, the images and words that our species create'. (£18.00)

Now in its second edition, this landmark book provides an intellectual history of the British working classes from the preindustrial era to the twentieth century. Jonathan Rose discovers which books people read, how they educated themselves, and what they knew. (£12.99)

Until very recently books were luxury items. Those who could not afford to buy had to borrow, share, obtain secondhand, inherit, or listen to others reading. This book examines how people acquired and read books from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the personal relationships between readers and the volumes they owned. (£12.99)

Aldous Huxley: The Spoken Word
This new CD from British Library Publishing contains recordings from the BBC archives spanning nearly thirty years. On it, the author discusses many diverse topics, including the causes of war and the effects of drug-taking on the writing process, and talks about his novels Brave New World and Island. (£9.99)

The Four Gospels - Pre-amble by: A.N. Wilson; Nick Cave; Richard Holloway; Blake Morrison

In 1998 Canongate invited the finest modern writers, thinkers and public figures to introduce individual books from the Bible as works of literature rather than doctrine. (£7.99)

From the classic Greek origins of the world map, through the elaborately decorated manuscript maps and printed maps of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries which are works of art in themselves, to modern scientific maps showing the ocean floor, Peter Whitfield examines the history of world mapmaking through 70 outstanding individual examples. (£18.95)

Map Addict: A Tale of Obsession, Fudge and the Ordnance Survey - Mike Parker

On an average day, we will consult some form of map approximately a dozen times, often without even noticing. At a stroke, they convey precise information about topography, layout, history, politics and power. They are the unsung heroes of life: Map Addict sings their song. (£7.99)

The Selfish Society: How We All Forgot to Love One Another and Made Money Instead - Sue Gerhardt

Reveals the vital importance of understanding our early emotional lives, arguing that by focusing on the attention we give to our young children we can create a better society. (£12.99)

Tackles the fundamental everyday concerns that can undermine true joy and fulfilment. (£8.99)

The Good Retreat Guide: Over 500 Places to Find Peace and Spiritual Renewal in Britain, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Other European Countries, Asia and Africa - Stafford Whitaker, 6 r.e. (£12.99)

What is it like to be a fly on a psychotherapist's wall? This case study in the form of a graphic novel vividly explores a year's therapy sessions as a search for understanding and truth. Told in a witty and thought-provoking manner, each engagingly illustrated scene is accompanied by deft commentary. (£12.99)

From "Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer" to "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" and "Shine Jesus Shine", each hymn is accompanied by the history of its words and music. (£6.99)

The remarkable story of the first photographs of Earth from space and the totally unexpected impact of those images. The Apollo 'Earthrise' and 'Blue Marble' photographs were beamed across the world some forty years ago and transformed thinking about the Earth and its environment in a way that echoed throughout religion, culture, and science. (£9.99)

The Making of the British Landscape: How We Have Transformed the Land, from Prehistory to Today - Francis Pryor

This is the changing story of Britain as it has been preserved in our fields, roads, buildings, towns and villages, mountains, forests and islands. (£30.00)

Combining history, natural history, folklore, food, and armchair travel, The Field Guide to Fields is a celebration of these rural treasures, painting a vivid picture of their unique histories and many facets. (£15.99)

Sylvia Plath: The Spoken Word
This new CD from British Library Publishing brings together BBC recordings from the British Library Sound Archive, and includes Plath discussing and reading from her work. A particular highlight is a 1961 recording of a BBC programme Plath recorded with her husband, Ted Hughes, where they talk about their marriage and what it means to live with your muse. Many of these recordings are published here for the first time. (£9.99)

A ground-breaking variety of lyrics, love poems and elegies, in which private domains of feeling infer other lives and a shared humanity - exploring how people cope with threats to and in the world around them, as soldiers, lovers, artists, writers and citizens. (£9.99)

The Testament of Cresseid and Seven Fables - Robert Henryson, trans. Seamus Heaney

The narrative "Testament of Cresseid", set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, by the greatest of the late medieval Scottish makars has been translated by Seamus Heaney into a confident and yet faithful modern English idiom which honours the poem's unique blend of detachment and compassion. (£9.99)

At the end of the English Civil War, Gerrard Winstanley and his comrades, the Diggers, went to farm the common land and to distribute the food free amongst themselves. Winstanley's extraordinary writings from this period have remained a huge influence for many on the Left and are cited as some of the earliest examples of communist thought. (£8.99)

The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx; Friedrich Engels, intro. by David Aaronovitch (£3.99)

A Very British Revolution: The Expenses Scandal and How to Save Our Democracy - Martin Bell

The revelations over MPs' expenses that began in May 2009 ranged from petty thieving to outright fraud and sparked a crisis in confidence unprecedented in modern times. Martin Bell explains how the expenses crisis arose and lays out his prescription for healing the deep wounds inflicted by the scandal. (£8.99)

Richard Dawkins takes on creationists, including followers of 'Intelligent Design' and all those who question the fact of evolution through natural selection and sifts through fascinating layers of scientific facts and disciplines to build a cast-iron case. (£8.99)

Cells are the basis of all life in the universe. Our bodies are made up of billions of them: an incredibly complex society that governs everything, from movement to memory and imagination. When we age, it is because our cells slow down; when we get ill, it is because our cells mutate or stop working. (£8.99)

The complete, official guide to the northern section of the Way, following the Countryside Agency's acorn waymarks from Bowes across the rugged Durham moors, past Hadrian's Wall to Kirk Yetholm, a distance of 129 miles, for the long distance walker or the weekend stroller. (£12.99)

The Coast to Coast Walk is unique in that it was the invention of one man, the legendary Alfred Wainwright, and enjoys no official status. Nevertheless, it traverses some of the finest walking territory in the country. Martin Wainwright (no relation) is Northern Editor of the Guardian. (£12.99)

From Punk Publishing Ltd, the best 75 campsites, under one acre in size. (£9.99)

New Lonely Planet Guide to Hiking in Ireland. Hiking in Spain and Hiking in Italy are also available, and a new Rough Guide to Portugal.

An intriguing journey through Britain's largest county, uncovering the hidden places, legends, secrets and fascinating characters of this unique and compelling piece of England. (£7.99)

Travels on the Dance Floor: One Man's Journey to the Heart of Salsa - Grevel Lindop

When poet and biographer Grevel Lindop takes up salsa dancing in rainy Manchester, all he has are size 12 feet and excruciating adolescent memories of ballroom dancing lessons. But salsa has a way of getting into your blood and Lindop decides on a solo adventure to find the geographical and cultural roots of salsa. (£7.99)

The iconic broadcasting legend dusts down his suitcase for a final journey around the globe, revisiting locations of significance to his life and career. (£8.99)

In punts, canoes and rowing boats, Griff Rhys Jones takes us on a tour of Britain's beautiful and extraordinary rivers. (£8.99)

Spud, a young mother recovering from cancer treatment, who wants to share with her motley family - a baby, a smelly dog and a carthorse - the joys of following old drovers' trails around the Cairngorm Mountains...and Rob, who abandons his stethoscope for an OS map to accompany her. (£7.99)

Reissue of the travel classic. In 1933, eccentric Etonian Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus. (£8.99)

Reissue of the travel classic. A gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. One of the youngest members of Scott's team, Apsley Cherry-Garrard was later part of the rescue party that found the frozen bodies of Scott and the three men who had accompanied him on the final push to the Pole. (£9.99)

A guide containing what you need to know about assembling and operating your companion. It covers topics ranging from 'monster identification' to 'cleaning and care' and the 'do's and don'ts'. Great fun. Ages: 3+. (£5.99)

Alfie the deerhound is a large grey puppy. He loves his boy Charlie and he's very good at digging holes. But poor Alfie has got lost and he's scared of thunderstorms and being hungry. Meanwhile, Charlie doesn't know what to do - Can Alfie ever find his way back to Charlie? 5-9yrs. (£5.99)

Paperback edition of the finale of the acclaimed Wolf Brother series. As winter approaches and Souls' Night draws near, the Eagle Owl Mage holds the clans in the grip of terror. To fulfill his destiny, Torak must seek his lair in the Mountain of Ghosts. Ages: 10+ (£6.99)

Second in the science-fiction trilogy. Lia has accepted her new reality as life as a machine, but when a voice from her past calls out for revenge, how far is she willing to go to protect her freedom? Ages: 12+ (£6.99)

Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions and half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. (£16.99 at The Book Case)

Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are called to a safari lodge in Botswana's Okavango Delta to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest. Precious appreciates the beauty of her homeland, a paradise of teeming wildlife, majestic grasslands and sparkling water. However, it is also home to rival safari operators, fearsome crocodiles and disgruntled hippopotamuses. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

Lou Bertignac has an IQ of 160 and a good friend in class rebel Lucas. At home her father puts a brave face on things but cries in secret in the bathroom, while her mother rarely speaks and hardly ever leaves the house. To escape this desolate world, Lou goes often to Gare d'Austerlitz to see the big emotions in the smiles and tears of arrival and departure. But there she also sees the homeless, meets a girl called No. (£9.99)

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009. 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' (£8.99)

It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time. Winner of Costa Novel Award 2009. (£7.99)

In a sublime story cycle, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the Malvern Hills, a London flat to the 'hush-hush floor' of an exclusive Hollywood hotel, the characters we encounter range from young dreamers to cafe musicians to faded stars, all of them at some moment of reckoning. (£7.99)

In the middle of the 18th century, a ship docks at Bristol with an extraordinary cargo: two young elephants. Bought by a wealthy landowner, they are taken to his estate in the English countryside. A stable boy, Tom Page, is given the task of caring for them. Costa short-listed. (£7.99)

'Like Spartan Helen, I caused a war. She caused hers by letting men who wanted her take her. I caused mine because I wouldn't be given, wouldn't be taken, but chose my man and my fate. The man was famous, the fate obscure; not a bad balance.' (£7.99)

2064 - Securely fenced off from the rest of the world, life in Euroasia, except for a handful of suicide bombings and border disputes, is constantly improving. On the other side of the fence, countries are being exploited and wracked by regression, dictatorship, and religious fanaticism. People live in poverty and misery. Max Schwartzwald is the owner of Chez Max, a smart Parisian restaurant.(£7.99)

Old Adam Godley's time on earth is drawing to an end, and as his wife and children gather at the family home, little do they realize that they are not the only ones who have come to observe the spectacle. The mischievous Greek gods, too, have come. (£7.99)

Violet Hetherington has taken the rash step of joining a transatlantic cruise ship to New York to visit Edwin, an old friend. As she makes the six day crossing, she relives the traumatic events that led to her losing Edwin's friendship, and abandoning her career as a poet, for the safety of marriage and domesticity. (£6.99)

A single mother takes her two sons on a trip to the seaside. They stay in a hotel, drink hot chocolate and go to the funfair. She wants to protect them from a cold and uncomprehending world. She knows that it will be the last trip for her boys. (£8.99)

It's 2013 and eighty-year-old Frances is listening to the debt collectors pounding on the front door. While she waits for the bailiffs to give up and leave, Frances writes. The problem is that fact and fiction are blurring in Frances' mind. (£7.99)

A prime number is inherently a solitary thing: it can only be divided by itself, or by one; it never truly fits with another. Alice and Mattia also move on their own axes, alone with their personal tragedies. Two irreversible episodes mark their lives for ever, and as they grow into adulthood their destinies seem irrevocably intertwined. (£7.99)

Nanase cannot remember when she first realized she could read people's minds, but not once during her eighteen years has she ever thought that it was a particularly unusual ability. Yet, when she gets a job as a live-in maid, she is inevitably drawn into the lives, thoughts and desires of her employers. (£7.99)

A mysterious metamorphosis has taken hold of Ida MacLaird - she is slowly turning into glass. Fragile and determined to find a cure, she returns to the strange, enchanted island where she believes the transformation began. Longlisted Guardian First Book Award 2009 (£7.99)

A petty thief is bested by a widow and her card-playing friends; a farmer must cope with raising his baby granddaughter; a train engineer inadvertently causes a major disaster and finds himself amidst a media frenzy; a young man falls in love with a voice on the radio; and a camera repairman discovers a woman's family history in a roll of undeveloped film. (£8.99)

There is no right way to deal with the loss of a beloved son. Marion and Tom are doing their dignified best, but their own relationship is taking a battering. So when a fierce, strange woman turns up and demands to see the dead boy, Marion is almost glad of the distraction. (£7.99)

Sequel to My Cleaner. Mary Tendo’s son Jamil is missing, suspected involved with Islamists. White author Vanessa Henman is travelling to Uganda for an African writers' conference - and Mary wants Vanessa’s ex-husband Trevor to help build a new well for her village. Vanessa sets off alone on safari to distant Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to see the mountain gorillas but quarrels with her driver and a bloody war closes in on Bwindi from Congo. (£7.99)

Kingsley is fresh out of university, eager to find an engineering job so he can support his family and marry the girl of his dreams. But times are hard in Nigeria and jobs are not easy to come by. (£7.99)

Born of a forbidden, mixed-blood litter and an outcast after her mother is exiled, spirited young she-wolf Kaala is grudgingly permitted to join the Swift River wolf pack where she must fight to prove herself and survive against the odds. But when Kaala rescues a human child from drowning, she breaks the first and oldest tenet of the promise of the wolves -- never consort with humans. First of a trilogy. (£6.99)

When Dorrit Wegner turned fifty, the government transferred her to a state-of-the-art facility where she can live out her days in comfort. Her apartment is furnished to her tastes, her meals expertly served, and all at the very reasonable non-negotiable price of one cardiopulmonary system. (£7.99)

At the heart of Ryhope Wood, Steven and the mythago Guiwenneth live in the ruins of a Roman villa close to a haunted fortress from the Iron Age, from which Guiwenneth's myth arose. She is comfortable here, almost tied to the place, and Steven has long since abandoned all thought of returning to his own world. The first ever direct sequel to the award-winning classic Mythago Wood, but a stand-alone story in its own right. (£8.99)

Raped then murdered in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong in 1942, Lin Shui's 'Hungry Ghost' clings tenaciously to life. Holing up in a hospital morgue, which is destined to become a school, just in time she finds a host off whom to feed. It is twelve-year-old Alice Safford, the deeply-troubled daughter of a leading figure in government. (£7.99)

The terrifying new psychological thriller featuring Tony Hill, criminal profiler and hero of TV's Wire in the Blood. The race is on to uncover the identity of a murderer with nothing to lose -- and everything to kill for. Lots of Val McDermid reissues too. (£7.99)

At a dinner party given by his parents-in-law, Commissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a prosperous Venetian businessman. A few days later, Brunetti is visited by Carabinieri Maggior Filippo Guarino who is investigating into Mafia takeovers of businesses in the region. (£7.99)

Ellie Faulkner's world has been destroyed. Her husband Greg died in a car crash - and he wasn't alone. In the passenger seat was the body of Milena Livingstone - a woman Ellie's never heard of. (£6.99)

A nine-year-old boy is found murdered at the bottom of a well near a popular beach resort in southern Italy. In what looks like a hopeless case for Guido Guerrieri, counsel for the defence, a Senegalese peddler is accused of the crime. (£7.99)

Cristiano is thirteen. Home life is far from perfect. When his father and two friends come up with a plan to rob a bank, Cristiano sees the chance of a better life. As a tremendous storm brews that night, Cristiano will have to put childhood behind him once and for all, and the perfect crime will have shocking consequences. (£7.99)

A compilation of short stories about working life - what is life really like at work today? Produced as part of the 2010 Quick Reads Series. (£1.99)

Afghanistan, 2009. A Rifle section is halfway through their six-month tour of duty in Helmand Province. A Quick Read. (£1.99)

From the late eighteenth century (the Marquis de Sade) to the late twentieth, including the masters of the nineteenth century, from Stendhal and Balzac to Maupassant, and reaches to Quebec, Africa, and the French Caribbean in the twentieth century. (£9.99)

This varied anthology traces the development of the Irish short story from the early folk-tales of the oral tradition through Oliver Goldsmith, Maria Edgeworth, James Joyce, and Liam O'Flaherty, and on to the rising stars of the modern generation, such as Bernard Mac Laverty and Desmond Hogan. (£9.99)

A collection of forty-one stories written in the English language displaying the wealth and variety of an art that spans some 200 years. (£9.99)

This collection of short stories, including many new translations, is the first to span the whole of Japan's modern era from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. (£9.99)

Moist von Lipwig is a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. The 33rd Discworld novel. (£7.99)

Nancy Mitford
Wigs on the Green - Nancy Mitford
One of Nancy Mitford's earliest novels, this book has been out of print for nearly seventy-five years. Nancy's sisters Unity and Diana were furious with her for making fun of Diana's husband, Oswald Mosley, and his politics, and the book caused a rift between them all that endured for years. Nancy Mitford skewers her family and their beliefs with her customary jewelled barbs, but there is froth, comedy and heart here too. (£8.99)
The Pursuit of Love (£8.99)
Love in a Cold Climate (£8.99)

Matthew's parents are worried. At eleven, he's much too old to have an imaginary friend, yet they find him talking to and arguing with a presence that even he admits is not physically there. This presence - Chocky - causes Matthew to ask difficult questions and say startling things: he speaks of complex mathematics and mocks human progress. (£8.99)

Hilary Mantel
Beyond Black (£7.99)
A Change of Climate (£7.99)
An Experiment in Love (£7.99)
Fludd (£7.99)

Val McDermid, £7.99 each:
The Distant Echo
The Grave Tattoo
Killing the Shadows
The Last Temptation
The Mermaids Singing
A Place of Execution
The Torment of Others

'Even the white lilac has a shadow' - Hungarian Proverb. Hassan Massoudy's elegant calligraphy depicts the four seasons of the garden. From the icy palettes of winter, to delicate spring growth; from the dazzling sunshine and blooms of summer through the fading hues of autumn, he captures in calligraphy what countless poets have wrought with words. (£16.99)

This is a major new exploration of traditional British craftsmanship, accompanying the prime time BBC TV series presented by Monty Don. It celebrates all aspects of rural crafts including woodcraft, thatching, weaving, stone masonry, metalwork and glass making. (£20.00)

Shows the different aspects of contemporary knitting practice, introducing it as mainstream craft and artform. (£24.95)

Takes the reader on a visual journey across Europe with a focus on its fastest-growing ethnic minority: the Roma. A partnership called EU-ROMA was formed by a group of architects, designers and artists wishing to raise awareness of the diversity and richness of the Roma people and this book shows us the projects conducted together with the gypsy communities in Romania, Greece, Italy and the UK. (£24.95)

Easy Knit Squares: 20 Unique Designs Create a Beautiful Sampler Afghan - Lisa Carnahan (£6.99)

Perfect projects for using up small stashes of yarn, these cater for every table setting, from rustic or contemporary to novelty and chic. (£9.99)

The remarkable story of a woman who was a princess one moment, and a disinherited bastard the next. It tells of her Spanish heritage and the unbreakable bond between Mary and her mother, Katherine of Aragon; of her childhood, adolescence, rivalry with her sister Elizabeth and finally her womanhood. (£7.99)

The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws - Margaret Drabble

Margaret Drabble weaves her own story into a history of games, in particular jigsaws, which have offered her and many others relief from melancholy and depression. (£9.99)

William Fiennes' childhood was one of imagination and curiosity, bounded only by the horizon he saw from the roof-tiles of his ancient family home. His older brother Richard, known for his towering presence, his inventiveness, his great passion for Leeds United, and his suffering due to severe epilepsy, was an adored and charismatic figure in his life. (£8.99)

This book is a snapshot of growing up in Yorkshire in the 1950s - reminisce with Gervase, and share in his personal journey - of school days and holidays as well as his tentative steps into the adult world. (£18.99)

The deliciously gossipy memoir of life on the supermarket conveyor belt where each one of us has unwittingly had a walk-on part. Reading her story will change the way you shop forever. (£7.99)

When you dial 999 for an ambulance, Suzi's could be the voice you hear on the other end of the phone. Working in one of the country's busiest control rooms, it is her job to stay on the phone until the ambulance arrives, and to give instructions that could save your life. (£7.99)

Picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting the author’s relentless ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders. (£8.99)

A series of letters between two women, Daniela and Shireen. They live less than 100km apart, but could never visit one another at home - so instead they write letters. In these letters they discuss family, childcare, recipes, the local beaches … war and ethnic hatred. Daniela is Israeli and Shireen Palestinian. (£8.99)

When William Kamkwamba was 14, his parents told him that he must leave school and work on the family farm as they could no longer afford his tuition fees. Borrowing books from the library to continue his education, he picked up a book about energy, with a picture of a wind turbine on the front cover, and decided to build his own windmill from bits of scrap metal, old bicycle parts and wood from the blue gum tree. This windmill has changed the world in which William and his family live and now powers the lightbulbs and radio for his compound. (£6.99)

Good Things in England: A Practical Cookery Book for Everyday Use - Florence White
A collection of 853 recipes, some dating back to the 14th century, recapturing the charm of simple practical and convenient cooking. (£9.00)

The Good Food Producers Guide: Over 1000 of the Best Food Producers in the UK - Rose Prince (£14.99)

The Accidental Vegetarian: Delicious Food without Meat - Simon Rimmer (£9.99)

Supermarket Vegan: 225 Meat-Free, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free Recipes for Real People in the Real World - Donna Klein (£13.99)

School gardens have surged in popularity over the last couple of years but this book is also squarely aimed at the parent who wants to get more involved in their children's school. (£7.99)

Journeys from the beginning of Rome to the Arthurian myths to show what Britain was like under the Celts. (£8.99)

A Radical History of Britain: Visionaries, Rebels and Revolutionaries - the Men and Women who fought for our Freedoms - Edward Vallance

From medieval Runnymede to twentieth-century Jarrow, from King Alfred to George Orwell by way of John Lilburne and Mary Wollstonecraft, a rich and colourful thread of radicalism runs through a thousand years of British history. (£12.99)

The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization - Jonathan Lyons

Arab culture was thriving, and had become a powerhouse of intellectual exploration and discussion when Western Europe was backward and benighted. Jonathan Lyons restores credit to the Arab thinkers of the past, explores the extent of their learning and describes the intrepid adventures of those who went in search of it and, in doing so, laid the foundations of what we now call the Renaissance. (£8.99)

More than four hundred years ago, seven people - five of them women - were beheaded in the Tower of London. Three had been queens of England. The others were found guilty of treason. Produced as part of the 2010 Quick Reads Series. (£1.99)

Growing Up in England: The Experience of Childhood 1600-1914 - Anthony Fletcher

A fresh view of the upbringing of English children in upper and professional class families over three centuries. Boys were trained for the world, girls for society and marriage. Rare teenage diaries surviving from the Georgian and Victorian periods show teenagers speaking for themselves about education; relationships with parents, siblings and friends; and, their social, class and gender identity. (£14.99)

The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. Rumours of their orgies, recruitment of prostitutes, extensive libraries of erotica, extreme rituals, and initiation ceremonies circulated widely at the time, only to become more sensational as generations passed. This thoroughly researched book sets aside the exaggerated gossip about the secret Hell-Fire Clubs and brings to light the first accurate portrait of their membership. (£12.99)

How to fly the legendary fighter plane in combat using the manuals and instructions supplied by the RAF during the Second World War. Other sections include aircraft recognition, how to act as an RAF officer, bailing out etc. (£9.99)

Never Push When it Says Pull: Small Rules for Little Problems - Guy Browning

Wouldn't it be great to have clear, precise instructions for all those things you normally mess up? Here are the essential rules for handling life's unavoidable little problems - what to do with your arm when you've failed to hail a taxi; how to share a romantic bath while avoiding the taps and how to give clear directions to a place you've never heard of. (£7.99)

How to Predict the Weather with a Cup of Coffee: and Other Techniques for Surviving the 9-5 Jungle - Matthew Cole

Dust off your native survival instincts and update them for the modern world -- whether it's negotiating the car park at Ikea, anti-interrogation techniques at customer service desks, or navigating by electricity pylon. A smart, spoof survival guide -- to the 9-5. (£10.99)

Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate - Terry Eagleton

Eagleton offers his own vibrant account of religion and politics in a book that ranges from the Holy Spirit to the recent history of the Middle East, from Thomas Aquinas to the Twin Towers. (£10.99)

Do They Think You're Stupid?: 100 Ways of Spotting Spin and Nonsense Form the Media, Celebrities and Politicians - Julian Baggini

Don't know a post-hoc fallacy when you hear one? This companion volume to "The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten" provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy with the focus is on the bad argumentative moves people use all the time, in politics, the media and everyday life. (£8.99)

And reissues of, by Julian Baggini, £8.99 each:
The Pig That Wants to be Eaten: And Ninety-Nine Other Thought Experiments
Should You Judge The Book by Its Cover?: 100 Fresh Takes on Familiar Sayings and Quotations

With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why the story of language deserves retelling. Yale University Press. (£14.99)

A collection of essays on books and why they matter, by a Pulitzer-award winning writer - a series of linked essays in praise of reading and writing, with subjects running from ghost stories to comic books, Sherlock Holmes to Cormac McCarthy. (£8.99)

How to Get Things Really Flat: A Man's Guide to Ironing, Dusting and Other Household Arts - Andrew Martin (£7.99)

A labyrinth is a pattern consisting of a single circuitous path that winds into the centre, with no possibility of getting lost, as in a maze, and no dead ends. It is one of the most ancient tools for spiritual growth and development, dating back to medieval Christianity, and is currently enjoying a popular revival. This book provides a complete guide for beginner and seasoned labyrinth explorer alike. The author is creating a UK 'labyrinth centre' at Oxford for pilgrims and for training labyrinth facilitators. (£8.99)

When Panic Attacks: A New Drug-free Therapy to Beat Chronic Shyness, Anxiety and Phobias - David D. Burns

"When Panic Attacks" will give you the ammunition to quickly defeat any kind of anxiety, including chronic worrying, shyness, public speaking anxiety, test anxiety and phobias without lengthy therapy or prescription drugs. (£12.99)

Sleep has its own unexpected and rich story - ranging across science, history, literature and philosophy. It's been a cultural battleground between those who see sleep as a gift from nature and those who have seen it as an idle waste of time. (£7.99)

While speaking at a memorial event for her father, Siri Hustvedt suffered a violent seizure from the neck down. She managed to finish her talk and the paroxysms stopped, but not for good. Again and again she found herself a victim of the shudders. What had happened? (£12.99)

Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is - or do they? Taking a historical perspective from the ancient world to contemporary paganism, Gaskill reveals how witchcraft has meant different things to different people and that in every age it has raised questions about the distinction between fantasy and reality, faith and proof. (£7.99)

What are angels? Where were they first encountered? Can we distinguish angels from gods, faeries, ghosts, and aliens? And why do they remain so popular? (£10.99)

The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature - Daniel J. Levitin

In a blend of art and science, this book describes how music played a pivotal role in the creation of human culture and society. Dividing the sum total of human musical achievement, from Beethoven to The Beatles, into just six fundamental forms, Levitin illuminates how music has been instrumental in the evolution of language, thought and culture. (£8.99)

How to Plant a Tree: A Simple Celebration of Trees and Tree-planting Ceremonies - Daniel Butler

This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the simple act of planting a tree. It not only explains how to plant and care for a tree, but also explores the symbolism of trees alongside a miscellany of facts about the world's favourite species. By examining global traditions and ancient rituals, it shows how a variety of suitable species can be used for commemorative tree-planting celebrations. (£7.99)

The history, personalities, egg laying and flying abilities of a huge range of chicken breeds. (£4.99)

Horse Manual: The Complete Guide to Owning a Horse or Pony - Carolyn Henderson (£19.99)

'His name was Buster Fleabags. He was my dog, and I was his human'. Of all the animals who have played such an important part of Rolf Harris' life, he loved Buster Fleabags most. A Quick Read. (£1.99)

A Single Swallow: Following an Epic Journey from South Africa to South Wales - Horatio Clare

From the slums of Cape Town to the palaces of Algiers, across two continents and fourteen countries - this epic journey is nothing to swallows, they do it twice a year. But for Horatio Clare, writer and birdwatcher, it is the expedition of a lifetime. (£8.99)

Plan Bee: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Hardest Working Creatures on the Planet - Susan Brackney

Overtaxed and under-recognised, the humble bee finally gets her due in this engaging, fascinating and expertly-written guided tour of the world of bees. (£8.99)

Since pterodactyls flew, twice-yearly odysseys have been the lot of migrant birds. For us, for millennia, the Great Arrival has been celebrated. Yet, migrant birds are finding it increasingly hard to make the perilous journeys across the African desert. (£7.99)

Many songbirds, such as the Skylark, Icterine Warbler and Grey Fantail produce songs that astound us with their complexity and speed of delivery. Though these songs never fail to impress, it is almost impossible for the human ear to distinguish the wealth of hidden notes and surprising melodies that make up these remarkable compositions. On this disc original recordings are played alongside digitally mastered versions where the natural speed has been specifically altered to reveal the subtle intricacy of each song in its full splendour. (£9.99)

A collection of Richard Mabey’s favourite pieces for Wildlife Magazine, presenting a fascinating and inspiring view of the changing natural landscape in which we live. (£12.99)

The Snow Geese - William Fiennes
William Fiennes decided to follow the snow geese on their northward migration from Mexico to the Canadian Arctic and write about his travels. This book is a blend of autiobiography and reportage, and also a reflection on the nature of homecoming. Reissue. (£8.99)

The author’s account of twelve months eating only food shot, caught or foraged from the fields, hedges, and brooks of his forty-acre farm. Nothing from a shop and nothing raised from agriculture. Could it even be done? We witness the season-by-season drama as the author survives on Nature's larder, trains Edith, a reluctant gundog, and conjures new recipes. (£7.99)

SAS Survival Guide: How to Survive in the Wild, on Land or Sea - John 'Lofty' Wiseman (£5.99)

Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes - Maurice Isserman; Stewart Weaver

The first comprehensive history of Himalayan mountaineering in fifty years with detailed, original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s. (£14.99)

This sparkling 1985 BBC radio production of William Wycherley's bawdy restoration comedy stars Maggie Smith as Mrs Pinchwife, with a supporting cast including Jonathan Pryce, John Duttine, John Moffatt, Harriet Walter and Michael Aldridge. BBC Classic Radio Theatre. (£12.99)

This 1994 production of Oscar Wilde's famous play features Martin Clunes as Algernon, Michael Hordern as Lane, Michael Sheen as Jack, Judi Dench as Lady Bracknell, Samantha Bond as Gwendolen, Miriam Margolyes as Miss Prism, and Amanda Root as Cecily. (And it’s very very good: I’ve heard it!) BBC Classic Radio Theatre. (£12.99)

Noel Coward's "Private Lives" was written in 1930 and focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in the same hotel. This superb production from 1975 stars Paul Schofield and Patricia Routledge as Eliot and Amanda, with Miriam Margolyes, John Rye and Carole Boyd in support. BBC Classic Radio Theatre. (£12.99)

Follows the ups and downs of one family between the years 1919 and 1938, and offers a fascinating perspective on the progress oftime. This 1994 production features Marcia Warren, Stella Gonet, Belinda Sinclair, Amanda Redman, Toby Stephens and others. BBC Classic Radio Theatre. (£12.99)

Alan Ayckbourn's "The Norman Conquests" was written in 1973 and has been a mainstay of British theatre ever since. Each of the plays depicts the same six characters over the same weekend in a different part of a house. BBC Classic Radio Theatre. (£12.99)

Classic FM Favourite Poems: 100 Poems for Every Occasion, Chosen by Classic FM Listeners (£8.99)

Greatest Love Poems: A Comprehensive Anthology of the World's Finest Romantic Verse - Madeleine Edgar (£4.99)

No Turning Back: The Peacetime Revolutions of Post-war Britain - Paul Addison

Paul Addison charts the vastly changing character of British society since the end of the Second World War. The welfare state would have seemed extraordinary to our forebears as would the 'permissive society', the revolutionised employment and career chances of women, the multiracial society, the free market system, heavily dependent on finance, services, and housing, and the growth of predominantly middle class society. (£18.99)

From Transition Books, Local Money draws on the considerable track record of experimentation with local money around the world and gives ideas to those in the Transition movement and beyond about what has been tried, what works, and what to avoid. (£12.95)

If you've ever wondered why so many of today's children are unhappy, spoilt, stressed and selfish - mini-adults, really - then the answers and the remedy are to be found here. Tom Hodgkinson wants us to leave our kids be, to give them the space and time to grow into self-reliant, confident, inquisitive, happy and free people. (£8.99)

Explores our love-hate relationship with our jobs and poses and answers little and big questions, from what should I do with my life? to what will I have achieved when I retire? (£10.99)

The Pennine Way was the first long-distance path to be created in Britain, back in 1965. It has always been a popular trail, rightly regarded as a challenge, running higher and wilder than any other National Trail. This title presents a detailed description of the official route, with variants and is illustrated with photographs throughout the seasons and OS map extracts with full information about accommodation, public transport and other facilities available en route. (£12.95)

Lakeland Easiest Walks: Suitable for Wheelchairs, Pushchairs and People with Limited Mobility - Doug Ratcliffe; Margaret Ratcliffe (£7.99)

From the Great Glen Way to the Coast to Coast Path, there is no better way to discover the spectacular diversity of northern Britain’s landscape than on foot. Whether you enjoy exploring green and gently rolling dales or tackling rugged mountain paths, there are walks here to keep you rambling all year round. New chapter on the Pennine Bridleway. (£8.99)

Everyone talks about 'Middle England'. Sometimes they mean something bad, like a lynch mob of Daily Mail readers, and sometimes they mean something good, like a pint of ale in a sleepy Cotswold village in summer twilight. But just where and what is Middle England? (£7.99)

A blend of natural science, myth, folklore and the history of travel to introduce you to the rare and ancient art of finding your way using nature's own sign-posts, from the feel of a rock to the length of a shadow. (£14.99)

Eliza Fay was a contemporary of Jane Austen, but her adventures are worthy of a Daniel Defoe heroine. Her letters recounting her 1779 voyage from England to India - unfiltered, forthright, and often hilarious - bring the perils and excitements of an earlier age to life (£9.99)

All Gone to Look for America - Peter Millar
Millar sets about rediscovering the US by following the last traces of the railroad. On a network ravaged and reduced, he manages to cross the continent two and a half times, talking to people, taking in their stories, and challenging preconceptions. (£11.99)

The man behind the popular www.seat61.com website with advice on worldwide train travel. (£12.99)

Begins with a three-generational family holiday in Cuba. Led by their redoubtable hard-walking grandmother, the trio of young girls and their mother soon find themselves camping out on empty beaches beneath the stars with only crabs and mosquitoes for company. Dervla Murphy returns again and again to explore the island, investigating the experience of modern Cuba with her particular, candid curiosity. (£12.99)

The Best of Wainwright - Alfred Wainwright, ed. Hunter Davies; Chris Jesty, 2 r.e. (£13.99)

The ultimate in travel writing, these are the words of those who changed the world through their pioneering search for new lands, new peoples, and new experiences. (£9.99)

A witty farmyard thriller from the author of The Gruffalo. With all the noise of the farmyard, no one notices when Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len hatch a plan to steal the prize cow. It's up to the quietest animal to save the day! With a glittery ladybird on every page, and rhyming text. Ages: 3+. (£5.99)

Original and funny tale of 5 rare breed sheep, who leave their cosy English farm to save the sheep god Lord Aries, and catch a couple of criminals on the way. 4-7yrs. (£5.99)

Poor Percy. Most people get presents on their 16th birthday. He gets a prophecy that could save or destroy the world. This fifth Percy Jackson adventure is now published in paperback to coinside with the big screen adaptation of the first in the series. Ages 8 -12yrs+ (£5.99)

In this seventh and last book of THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM, the mysteries of the House, the Architect, the Trustees, the Keys and the Will are revealed, and the fate of Arthur, our Earth, and the entire Universe is finally decided. Ages 8 -12yrs+ (£5.99)

Historical fiction set at the beginning of the 20th century. The five Taylor sisters of Spirit Vale are ready to spread their wings. Growing apart, the two girls are reunited as they take an amazing trip on a ship - the Titanic. Ages: 11+ (£6.99)

The story of July, born on a Jamaican sugarcane plantation in the nineteenth century. From the author of "Small Island". (£16.99 at The Book Case)

The death of the contemporary forms of social order in the 1960s ought to gladden rather than trouble the soul. Yet what is frightening is that what the departing world leaves behind it is not an heir but a pregnant widow. A tragicomedy of manners. (£16.99 at The Book Case)

A chilling ghost story set in a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire. A doctor is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall, home to the Ayres family for over two centuries. Already out. (£7.99)

Georgie Sinclair's life is coming unstuck. Her husband's left her. Her son's obsessed with the End of the World. And now her elderly neighbour Mrs Shapiro has decided they are related. Or so the hospital informs her when Mrs Shapiro has an accident and names Georgie next of kin. (£7.99)

Even Mma Ramotswe and her assistant Mma Makutsi agree that there are things that men know and ladies do not, and vice versa. One thing lady detectives know very little about is football. Mma Ramotswe ventures into new territory, drinks tea in unfamiliar kitchens and learns to trust in the observational powers of small boys. (£7.99)

Set during the Cannes International Film Festival. The wife of a wealthy Russian businessman left him two years ago and he is insanely jealous, especially as she is now remarried to a famous fashion designer. (£7.99)

In 1788 Daniel Rooke sets out on a journey that will change the course of his life. As a lieutenant in the First Fleet, he lands on the wild and unknown shores of New South Wales. There he sets up an observatory to chart the stars. (£7.99)

Not a Wallender novel - a gripping psychological thriller set in 1914. Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer on board the destroyer Svea, is charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. On a barren skerry a chance meeting with an almost feral young woman haunts him after his return home. (£7.99)

Italy in the early 1960s: a dying painter begins his last life painting, using the same objects he has painted obsessively for his entire career - a small group of bottles. In Cumbria 30 years later, a landscape artist - and admirer of the Italian recluse - finds himself trapped in the extreme terrain that has made him famous. Man Booker 2009 (£7.99)

From the author of 'The Yacoubian Building' a novella and collection of short stories dissecting modern Egyptian society. (£7.99)

During the German advance through Belgium into France in 1940, Captain de Reixach is shot dead by a sniper. Three witnesses, involved with him during his lifetime in different capacities - a distant relative, an orderly and a jockey who had an affair with his wife - remember him and help the reader piece together the realities behind the man and his death. (£7.99)

A fictional exploration of the years the poet spent in Ireland. A homosexual, he was compelled to hide his sexuality from his fellow Jesuits, leading to personal torments, ecstasies, fears and loves. (£10.99)

John Stack finds solace in long alcohol-fuelled walks through the Gloucestershire countryside. His wife has left and his only glimmer of hope comes from his weekly visits from his daughter until a chance encounter with a mysterious widow. (£8.99)

The Whitney women of Salem, Massachusetts are renowned for reading the future in the patterns of lace. But the future doesn't always bring good news.(£7.99)

Meet Tony Hill's most twisted adversary - a killer with a shopping list of victims, a killer unmoved by youth and innocence, a killer driven by the most perverted of desires. (£6.99)

An island shrouded in mist and a community with secrets buried in the past ...When a young archaeologist studying on a site at Whalsay discovers a set of human remains, the island settlers are intrigued. Then an elderly woman is shot in a tragic accident in the middle of the night. Shetland detective Jimmy Perez is called in by her grandson.(£7.99)

The Soviet Union 1956: after Stalin's death, a violent regime is beginning to fracture. Stalin's successor Khrushchev pledges reform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget the past. Leo Demidov, former MGB officer, is facing his own turmoil. (£7.99)

In a city like New York, a series of identical women are found dead. Magazine photographer Johnny Farthing is chilled to discover that his fiancee looks identical to the victims too - and then she disappears. He finds himself at the heart of a sinister plot that uses cloning to revive the Nazi vision of a world-powerful master race ... Not up to his SF books apparently but a reasonably good thriller. (£8.99)

It is the summer of 1982 and Beirut is under siege. Eighteen-year-old Ivan's parents have just been evacuated from the city with other cadres of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Ivan stays on, interpreting for international medical volunteers in Sabra refugee camp by day, getting stoned with them at night, and working undercover for the PLO. (£10.99)

London in the aftermath of WW2 is a beaten down, hungry place, so it's no wonder that Regine Milner's Sunday house parties in her Hampstead home are so popular. (£7.99)

A mysterious death in the world-famous library brings the Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco, into immediate conflict with the darker side of academic life. (£7.99)

Born in Newgate Prison, twelve years a prostitute, five times a wife (once to her own brother), twelve years a thief and eight years a transported felon in Her Majesty's colony of Virginia. Daniel Defoe's rollicking tale presents life in the prisons, alleyways and underworlds of eighteenth-century London, and gives us Moll - scandalous, unscrupulous and utterly irresistible. (£5.99)

Growing up in Yorkshire, the daughter of a deceased clergyman, Maggie Browne is encouraged to devote herself to her brother, Edward, upon whom their widowed mother dotes. This novella depicts the struggle of a strong-minded Victorian woman, torn between her dreams and her duty towards her family. (£7.99)

Thriller published in 1889 about a retired General haunted by his past deeds in the Hindu Kush. (£5.99)

The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: from Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce - ed. Michael Newton (£10.99)

The story of the irrepressible Mowgli, who is rescued as a baby from the jaws of the evil tiger, Shere Khan. Raised by wolves and guided by Baloo the bear, Mowgli and his animal friends embark on a series of hair-raising adventures through the jungles of India. ‘If you want to look at the India of Kipling's time, there is no writer who will give it to you better' Salman Rushdie (£8.99)

Kim is an orphan who earns his living begging on the streets of Lahore. One day he befriends an aged Tibetan Lama and an adventure begins that will take the unlikely pair to the Himalayas on a thrilling journey of espionage and enlightenment. 'Rudyard Kipling's masterpiece’ - Geoffrey Moorhouse. Published 1901. (£6.99)

Its Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. At the house on 55 Jablonski Strasse, its various occupants try to live under Nazi rule in their different ways: the bullying Hitler loyalists the Persickes, the retired judge Fromm and the unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel. (£9.99)

Four nuns and a fifth woman, a visitor to Africa, are killed in a savage night-time attack. Inspector Kurt Wallander is home from an idyllic holiday in Rome. But when he investigates the disappearance of an elderly birdwatcher, he discovers a gruesome and meticulously planned murder. Sixth in the Wallender series. (£7.99)

After killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression. He has just decided to leave the police when an old friend approaches him for help investigating his father's suspicious death. Fourth in the series. (£7.99)

How does your dog smell? Very well, as it happens! With up to 100 times as many olfactory receptors as humans, dogs use their sense of smell to 'see' and interpret their world, just as we do with our eyes. (£9.99)

Jeremy Paxman's opinionated, informed, witty and surprising exploration of Victorian society through its paintings - now in paperback (£8.99)

Photographs and patterns for 40 snappy, stylish, fabulous and fun hand-knitted hats! (£14.99)

An overview of the core textiles techniques: applique; printing onto fabric; stencilling; fabric painting; dyeing; quilting and patchwork; batik; embroidery (and machine); felt-making; weaving; silk painting; fusing and bonding fabric; and, mark-making, with unique ideas demonstrating different ways to use the technique as you are learning. (£19.99)

Wool Pets: Making 20 Figures with Wool Roving and a Barbed Needle - Laurie Sharp (£8.99)

Constable In Love: Love, Landscape, Money and the Making of a Great Painter -Martin Gayford

The marriage of John Constable and Maria Bicknell was a most unlikely prospect. Constable was a penniless painter who would not sacrifice his art for anything, while Maria's family frowned on such a penurious union. For seven long years the couple were forced to correspond and meet clandestinely. But it was during this period Constable developed as a painter. (£9.99)

Sibelius - Andrew Barnett
Informed by a wealth of information that has come to light in recent years, this engaging biography tells the complete story of the life and musical work of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). (£14.99)

Reissue of the riveting story of two families separated in culture and geography but bound together by a Russian-Scottish marriage. An account of life in Russia before, during and immediately after the Revolution, vividly and poignantly portraying a way of life that finally disappeared in violence and tragedy. (£8.99)

Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life - Timothy W. Ryback

He was, of course, a man better known for burning books than collecting them and yet by the time he died, aged 56, Adolf Hitler owned an estimated 16,000 volumes - the works of historians, philosophers, poets, playwrights and novelists. A passionate reader, his world view was largely formed by the books he read. (£9.99)

Reissue of this bestselling account of Howard Marks' life as an international drug smuggler to coincide with the film. (£7.99)

If you are unable to protect yourself from a tyrant, how can you protect your family? And how does a proud man live with that knowledge? The story of one family's struggle to survive the iniquities of Saddam Hussein's savage dictatorship. (£9.99)

Gabriel Weston worked in the big-city hospitals of the twenty-first century; a woman in a world dominated by Alpha males. Her world was one of disease, suffering and extraordinary pressure where a certain moral ambiguity and clinical detachment were necessary tools for survival. (£7.99)

It Happened to Me: Extraordinary True Tales by Ordinary People - Martyn Ford (£7.99)

This groundbreaking book, based on thirty years' research, demonstrates that more unequal societies are bad for almost everyone within them - the well-off as well as the poor. Almost every modern social and environmental problem - ill-health, lack of community life, violence, drugs, obesity, mental illness, long working hours, big prison populations - is more likely to occur in a less equal society. (£9.99)

The Storm: The World Economic Crisis and What it Means - Vince Cable (£8.99)

Saving Darfur: Everyone's Favourite African War - Rob Crilly, ed. Laura Keeling
Groundbreaking analysis of the situation in Darfur by the Times’s East Africa correspondent. Personal and highly readable. (£12.99)

Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad: The True Story of an Unlikely Friendship - Bee Rowlatt; May Witwit

A tough-talking, hard-smoking Iraqi Sunni-Shi'ite lecturer in English living in Baghdad battles through blockades to reach her class of Jane Austen-studying girls. Through an e-mail, she becomes friends with a London mum of three, busy fighting off PTA meetings and chicken pox, dealing with dead cats and generally juggling work and family while squabbling with her globe-trotting husband. (£8.99)

The Moosewood Restaurant Cooking for Health: More Than 200 New Recipes for Delicious and Nutrient-rich Dishes - Moosewood Collective

As is the Moosewood tradition, the recipes are creative, adventurous, and inspired by ethnic and global cuisine. (£16.99)

The Settler's Cookbook: Tales of Love, Migration and Food - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Through the personal story of Yasmin's family and the food and recipes they've shared together, "The Settler's Cookbook" tells the history of Indian migration to the UK via East Africa. The food she cooks now combines the traditions and tastes of her family's hybrid history. (£9.99)

Kids in the Garden: Growing Plants for Food and Fun - Elizabeth McCorquodale (£9.95)

James Wong is back with over 100 new, natural, cheap and easy remedies, showing you and those around you how to have a fantastically healthy year. (£16.99)

Vegetables: Expert Advice, Techniques and Tips for Gardeners - Good Housekeeping Institute (£5.99)

Pots and Containers: Expert Advice, Techniques and Tips for Gardeners - Good Housekeeping Institute (£5.99)

Alexander the Great precipitated immense historical change in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. But the resonance his legend achieved over the next two millennia stretched even farther - across foreign cultures, religious traditions, and distant nations. Stoneman traces Alexander's influence in ancient literature and folklore and in later literatures of east and west. (£12.99)

Biography of the famous Muslim leader, with vivid battle accounts of the Battle of Hattin and the fall of Jerusalem, and insight into the politics and warfare of the Crusades. (£12.99)

Behind the Spanish Barricades - John Langdon-Davies
In May 1936, John Langdon-Davies went to Spain to report on the May Day celebrations. By the time he returned in August, civil war had broken out and many of those he saw celebrating May Day lay dead. From behind the frontline, he witnessed not just the atrocities of war but its very human face. This book presents his plea for intervention. (£8.99)

"120 of Pam Ayres' best-known poems from the seventies and eighties, including "The Battery Hen", "Please Will You Take Your Children Home Before I Do Them In?", "Sling Another Chair Leg on the Fire, Mother" and, of course, "Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth". (£7.99)

A curious funny and fascinating little book collecting information from many different sources, adding up to an illuminating snapshot of Britain and its people. (£6.99)

A diary of adventure in picturesque Sand Bay as Monty Halls follows his dream of becoming a crofter. With his gigantic (possibly insane) dog Reuben as his companion, Monty raises sheep, pigs and chickens, grows his own vegetables, explores the wildlife, meets the locals, and learns all about life on the wild west coast. (£7.99)

How to Give Up Shopping (or at Least Cut Down): The Journey Back to Conscious Spending - Neradine Tisaj (£4.99)

The Rough Guide to Weddings - Ruth Tidball; Peter Buckley; Sean Mahoney; Nadine Kavanaugh

A practical and down-to-earth guide for modern couples, providing all the advice and information you need to plan your dream day, whether that be a 'green' wedding, a Civil Partnership ceremony, an alternative bash, or a traditional church-and-champagne affair. (£9.99)

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children - Ross W. Greene (£9.99)

The Power of No: Take Back Your Life With A Two-Letter Word - Beth Wareham (£7.99)

Reissue of the classic and enthralling exploration of time and place in which Richard Fortey peels away the top layer of the land to reveal the hidden landscape - the rocks which contain the story of distant events, which dictate not only the personality of the landscape, but the nature of the soil, the plants that grow in it and the regional characteristics of the buildings. (£14.99)

The People's Manifesto by Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas toured the country to find out what people really wanted. There are some really good ideas in this thoroughly entertaining little book. (£4.99)

Drawing from two political and several literary homelands, trenchant essays on topics including the politics of India and Pakistan, censorship, the Labour Party, Palestinian identity, contemporary film and late-twentieth century race, religion and politics, and literature and fellow writers. (£8.99)

'What happens once democracy has been used up? When it has been hollowed out and emptied of meaning?' An exploration of the political picture in India today. (£9.99)

In this engaging and mind-stretching account, Vlatko Vedral considers some of the deepest questions about the Universe, considers the implications of interpreting it in terms of information; and asks where did all of the information in the Universe come from? (£16.99)

13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of Our Time - Michael Brooks

Science starts to get interesting when things don't make sense. Even today there are experimental results that the most brilliant scientists can neither explain nor dismiss. Michael Brooks meets thirteen modern-day anomalies that may become tomorrow's breakthroughs. (£8.99)

In the essays collected here William Langewiesche considers how flying has altered not only how we move about the earth, but also how we view our world and our place in it. With vivid descriptions of the aesthetics and excitement of flight, Langewiesche also writes of the risks that go with this beauty. (£10.99)

Cool Camping Scotland: A Hand-picked Selection of Exceptional Campsites and Camping Experiences - Keith Didcock; Robin McKelvie; Jenny McKelvie; Andy Stothert (£14.95)

Cool Camping Wales: A Hand-picked Selection of Exceptional Campsites and Camping Experiences - Jonathan Knight; Keith Didcock; Sophie Dawson; Sam Pow; Andy Stothert (£14.95)

The Best Bed and Breakfast 2010: England, Scotland, Wales - Darbey Welles (£10.99)

The most popular walks from the AA's newly updated walks database on individual laminated cards in a durable box. (£6.99)

New Rough Guides to Paris and Cape Town, the Winelands and the Garden Route

On his underworld odyssey from Newcastle to Brighton, from the Welsh Marches to the Suffolk coast, Smith uncovers smugglers' tunnels and drowned cities, burial mounds and underground waterfalls, and investigates the errant nuns and secret societies, the eighteenth-century rakes and troglodyte communities who have made the netherworld their home. (£10.99)

Beautiful, breathtaking and exhilarating cycle routes and scenery in the six regions of Britain. (£16.99)

The guinea pigs of Dandeville love munching the dandelion leaves, but they're all disappearing. When there's only 1 left, brave Christopher Nibble makes a stand.An eco-friendly tale to entertain the youngest readers. Ages: 2+ yrs (£5.99)

Sylvia is the only dragon in the world, and she's very lonely. But then she meets Bird, who is opposite to Sylvia in every way - can they ever be friends? Rayner is the winner of a Kate Greenaway medal. Ages: 4-7yrs. (£5.99)

When two little girls visit their grandparents, it seems like a brilliant idea to camp outside for the night. But then the dark comes and it doesn't seem such a good idea, until an unexpected visitor arrives - the King of Tiny Things. He is the shepherd of creepy crawlies, bugs and grubs and shows the girls that the night is bright with magic. Ages: 4-7yrs.

.Following an attack on her family, 15-year old Thora is enslaved by a brutish Viking chieftain. But Thora is valuable: she's a healer, a midwife and can see the future. But when she sees the death of the chieftain, and it comes true, she takes her chance to escape with another slave. Ages 11+ (£5.99)

A novel set in Istanbul between 1975 and today telling the story of Kemal, the son of one of Istanbul's richest families, and of his obsessive love for a poor and distant relation, the beautiful Fusun, who is a shop-girl in a small boutique. (£16.99 at The Book Case)

A famous writer is interviewed with her children gathered at her knee. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh they play in a story-book world - but their lives, and those of their rich cousins and their friends are already inscribed with mystery. (£7.99)

Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Costa winner 2008. (£6.99)

From the Booker-winning author, a thriller set in 1914, in which he brings to life the schemes and double-dealings of Western nations grappling for a foothold in Mesopotamia in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. (£7.99)

Paul Sturgis is retired and lives alone in South Kensington. He walks alone and dines alone, taking pleasure in small exchanges with strangers. He wonders whether at last he might be ready for companionship. (£8.99)

A black comedy about the making of a propaganda film in World War II. Adisparate group of characters, whose paths would never have crossed in peacetime, find themselves thrown together in the wilds of Norfolk to 'do their bit' on the latest propaganda film - a heart-warming tale of derring do, of two sisters who set out in a leaking old wooden boat to rescue the brave men trapped at Dunkirk. (£7.99)

While Afghan warlord Ahmed Shah Abdali plunders 18th-century Delhi, a wandering storyteller, fleeing the carnage, happens across an isolated casbah a day's ride from the city. When the beautiful and lonely lady of the manor invites him to stay and share a story, his grief at the destruction of his glorious city spills forth. The lady responds with a tale of her own, of Aresh and Barab, and a friendship that transcends death. (£8.99)

Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom - and of finding her way home again. Based on a true story, this epic novel spans three continents and six decades. Winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. (£7.99)

Because I am a Girl - Tim Butcher; Xiaolu Guo; Joanne Harris; Kathy Lette; Henning Mankell; Deborah Moggach; Marie Phillips; Irvine Welsh

Because I am a girl I am less likely to go to school. Because I am a girl I am more likely to suffer from malnutrition. Because I am a girl I am more likely to suffer violence in the home. Because I am a girl I am more likely to marry and start a family before I reach my twenties. Seven authors have visited seven different countries and spoken to young women and girls about their lives, struggles and hopes. (£8.99)

It's Silver Hill Village, 2012. On the twentieth day of the seventh moon Kwok Yun is making her way across the rice fields on her Flying Pigeon bicycle. Her world is turned upside down when she sights a UFThing - a spinning plate in the sky - and helps the Westerner in distress whom she discovers in the shadow of the alien craft. (£7.99)

A new novel from the author of "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress": ostensibly a search for an ancient text, and a love story. But beneath that is a haunting tale about language and identity, about the shifting layers of history under the confusing surface of Chinese life and politics, with a final Buddhist twist. (£7.99)

On a moonlit night in 1903, a mysterious young woman flees alone across the Canadian wilderness, one quick step ahead of her pursuers. Mary Boulton is nineteen years old, half mad, and widowed - by her own hand. (£7.99)

The first book in a brand new series by the master of epic fantasy. Ten years after the cataclysmic events of Wrath of a Mad God took place, Midkemia now faces a new danger thought buried in myth and antiquity. A lost race of elves, the taredhel or 'people of the stars', have found a way across the universe to reach Midkemia. (£7.99)

Stephanie Plum is back in town, along with her sidekick Lula, her Grandma Mazur, and an ever-widening cast of freaks, criminals, deranged felons, and lunatics looking for love. (£7.99)

Myron is summoned to Paris at the behest of an old lover, Terese. When he gets there, he discovers that her husband has been murdered and she is the main suspect. (£7.99)

Set in the fog of a northern Italian winter, The Salati Case introduces Casta, a detective with a hard-boiled exterior and a soft centre. (£6.99)

A moving examination of First World War pacifism. In 1915, Alix moves from her cousins' home in the country to a surban villa with its impervious, engrossed household. When she learns the truth about her younger brother’s death on the front line she becomes increasingly aware of the ineffective role of women in war. Angered by her own ineffectualness she finally begins her battle for peace. A Capuchin Classic. (£7.99)

These five, irreverent, satirical and imaginative stories contained in "Diaboliad" caused an uproar upon the book's first publication in 1925. (£7.99)

With the ink still wet on his diploma, the twenty-five-year-old Dr Mikhail Bulgakov was flung into the depths of rural Russia which, in 1916-17, was still largely unaffected by such novelties as the motor car, the telephone or electric light. How his alter-ego copes (or fails to cope) with the new and often appalling responsibilities of a lone doctor in a vast country practice - on the eve of Revolution - is described in Bulgakov's delightful blend of candid realism and imaginative exuberance. (£7.99)

The first in the Karla trilogy starring Simon Russell Beale as Smiley, and with a star cast including Anna Chancellor, Alex Jennings, Kenneth Cranham and Bill Paterson.(£15.65)

Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne Museum in Hampstead, and with its sinister murder room celebrating notorious crimes committed in the interwar years, when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the trustees. (£7.99)

The Dog That Saved My Life: Incredible True Stories of Canine Loyalty Beyond All Bounds - Isabel George

The Horse Boy: The True Story of a Father's Miraculous Journey to Heal His Son - Rupert Isaacson

Rupert and Kirstin Isaacson were heartbroken when they learned that their two-year-old son Rowan was autistic, and his growing isolation, his uncontrollable fits, each failed treatment, filled them with despair. Then one day Rowan escaped and ran into a field of horses. Rupert watched in horror - but saw a miracle occur. The horses responded lovingly to Rowan - and he to them. (£6.99)

Teach Yourself
Raise Happy Chickens and Other Poultry - Victoria Roberts (£9.99)
Teach Yourself Get Started in Pig Keeping - Tony York (£9.99)

A new edition of this compelling look at the essence of wood. Goldsworthy evokes ideas of growth, perpetual change and transformation through works made of leaves, branches, ice, snow, boulders and sand. (£35)

Includes letters by: Anne Boleyn; Beethoven; Edith Wharton; Mark Twain; Mary Wordsworth; Nell Gwyn; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; GK Chesterton; Queen Victoria; Napoleon Bonaparte; The Empress Josephine; Mary Wollstonecraft; Amadeus Mozart; and Katherine Mansfield. (£6.99)

From the author of "Eat, Pray, Love", what happened when the author and her lover were forced to wed or separate. A witty and intelligent contemplation of marriage that debunks myths, unthreads fears and suggests that sometimes even the most romantic of souls must trade in her amorous fantasies for the humbling responsibility of adulthood. (£12.99)

Card-playing corpses, unfaithful husbands and 'flying' ladies - life as an ambulance driver in the 1970s was certainly varied ... (£7.99)

The environmental problems we will face in the twenty-first century are even more terrifying than Lovelock previously realised. The Arctic and Antarctic ice-caps are melting very quickly, and water shortages and natural disasters are more common occurrences than at any time in recent history. The civilisations of many countries will be jeopardised and life as we know it severely disrupted. (£9.99)

The Nordic diet is all about eating locally sourced seasonal ingredients combined in a balanced diet of protein, carbohydrate and fat. The traditional diet of Northern Europe - with its emphasis on good, home-made and often home-grown, seasonal food - consists of a wide variety of grains, berries, vegetables, fish, poultry and game (but very little meat). And the Scandinavian lifestyle is also a great way to keep the body in optimum health.(£12.99)

Vegan Meals for One or Two: Your Own Personal Recipes - Nancy Berkoff (£10.99)

Echoes of the Goddess: A Quest for the Sacred Feminine in the British Landscape - Simon Brighton; Terry Welbourn

In pre-Christian Britain the Great Goddess was worshipped either as an equal to the Gods or as an individual deity. Over the past five years the authors set out to discover what happened to the Goddess after she was evicted from her elevated position by the patriarchal Judeo-Christian tradition. They present a case that suggests that even after centuries of marginalisation, the goddess has remained with us - she has just found new ways of asserting herself. (£19.99)

"The Agricola" is both a portrait of Julius Agricola - the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' father-in-law - and the first detailed account of Britain that has come down to us. The warlike German tribes are the focus of Tacitus' attention in the Germania, which often compares the behaviour of 'barbarian' peoples favourably with the decadence and corruption of Imperial Rome. (£10.99)

And Did Those Feet: Walking Through 2000 Years of British and Irish History - Charlie Connelly

As a lover of both history and the British countryside, Charlie Connelly set out on a series of walks that recreate famous historical journeys. He suffers broken toes, becomes trapped in the Scottish Parliament and encounters dead poets and a surprisingly high number of mad old women in woolly hats. (£8.99)

Introduces the story of Islamic history, the controversies surrounding its study; and the significance that it holds - for Muslims and for non-Muslims alike. Opening with a lucid overview of the rise and spread of Islam, from the seventh to twenty-first century, the book charts the evolution of what was originally a small, localised community of believers into an international religion with over a billion adherents. (£7.99)

The follow-up to the First World War memoir Somme Mud, Private Lynch's personal story of his time in the trenches of the Somme. In this new book, Will Davies meticulously follows in the footsteps of Lynch and his battalion, the 45th - from their long route marches to lice ridden billets, into the frontline, and on the last great push to final victory after August 1918. (£7.99)

The Best Bits of the Wipers Times. A collection of forgotten poetic gems and mini literary masterpieces featured in the satirical WWI trench newspaper. (£8.99)

Why is it so difficult to find the time to help others? When Seb Hunter became aware of a nagging ache in the place where his soul ought to be, he embarked on a two year odyssey of volunteering - with hilarious results. (£7.99)

Plan Now, Retire Happy: How to Secure Your Future, Whatever the Economic Climate - Alvin D. Hall (£7.99)

Laptops for the Older and Wiser: Get Up and Running on Your Laptop Computer - Bud Smith; Floyd Smith (£12.99)

A number one bestseller in France, this is an elegant and inspiring short guide to the art of meditation from a Buddhist monk. (£12.99)

The Meditation Handbook: The Practical Guide to Eastern and Western Meditation Techniques - David Fontana (£10.99)

Happily, we do not have to remain trapped by the past. His Holiness reveals how life-enhancing Buddhist practices, as relevant today as they have ever been, can help us break free from the cycles of suffering that ensnare us. (£7.99)

Reissue of this groundbreaking bestseller that redefines intelligence and success. Daniel Goleman argues that our view of human intelligence is far too narrow, and that our emotions play major role in thought, decision making and individual success. (£9.99)

100 days’ worth of puzzles,offering 5 puzzles a day to give your brain a good workout (£6.99)

Shows how meetings can be transformed to produce quick, decisive results every time. The Six Hats method is a simple technique based on the brain's different modes of thinking. The intelligence, experience and information of everyone is harnessed to reach the right conclusions quickly. One of a number of reissues of de Bono’s works. (£9.99)

Developing compassion for oneself and others can help us face up to and win through the hardship and find a sense of inner peace. However in modern societies we rarely focus on this key process and concentrate on 'doing, achieving' and having'. (£9.99)

Just Get on with It!: A Caring, Compassionate Kick Up The Ass! - Ali Campbell

Do you dither about your next move, avoid making that one change that you know would make your life so much better, or just wish you had more natural get up and go?! Now leading life coach and NLP expert Ali Campbell has drawn on his extensive experience and expertise to deliver real answers. (£8.99)

The D-Word: Talking About Dying: A Guide for Relatives, Friends and Carers - Sue Brayne (£8.99)

Happy Kids: The Secrets of Raising Well-Behaved, Contented Children - Cathy Glass

A clear and concise guide to raising confident, well-behaved and happy children. (£9.99)

Overview of the best Asian Horror titles currently available, offering a fascinating cultural background on the crucial role of the supernatural in Asian folklore, literature and theatre. (£12.99)

Poetry is the perfect medium to express affection and passion in all its forms - from the initial stirrings of romance and desire to enduring love in full bloom. This illustrated anthology contains inspiring and moving poetry on love by writers from Geoffrey Chaucer to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and from William Shakespeare to Christina Rossetti. (£9.99)

Encompasses the poet's interest in Irish folklore and national identity, his engagement with the political situation of his day and the rich symbolism that is the hallmark of his work and a reflection of his lifelong fascination with the occult. (£8.99)

Whether writing of longing or adultery, seduction or simple homely acts of love, Carol Ann Duffy brings to her readers the truth of each experience. (£12.99)

Featuring the works of William Blake, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lewis Carroll and others, this enchanting collection presents nearly 100 classic childhood poems illustrated by a master of the Art Nouveau style. (£9.99)

Chris Mullin has been a Labour MP for twenty years, and despite his refusal to toe the party line, he has held several prominent posts. Irreverent, wry and candid, Mullin's keen sense of the ridiculous allows him to give a far clearer insight into the workings of Government than other, more overtly successful politicians. (£9.99)

Afterglow of Creation: Decoding the Message from the Beginning of Time - Marcus Chown

The discovery in 1992 of 'cosmic ripples' - slight variations in the temperature of radiation left over from the Big Bang - led to sensational headlines and a scramble among scientists to claim credit. 'It's like seeing the face of God', declared one of the researchers. This new and fully revised edition goes behind the hype and the hysteria to provide a clear and lively explanation of one of the biggest discoveries in modern science.(£8.99)

Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World - Barbara Ehrenreich

Explores the tyranny of positive thinking, and offers a history of how it came to be the dominant mode in the USA. Ehrenreich conceived of the book when she became ill with breast cancer, and found herself surrounded by pink ribbons and bunny rabbits and platitudes. Rigorous, insightful, bracing and funny, this book uncovers the dark side of the 'have a nice day' nation. (£10.99)

Britain On The Couch: How Keeping Up with the Joneses Has Depressed Us Since 1950 - Oliver James

The author of "Affluenza" brings the focus back to Britain and proves that modern life makes us feel like losers, even if we are winners. (£8.99)

Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is Another Way for Africa - Dambisa Moyo

We all want to help. Over the past fifty years $1 trillion of aid has flowed from Western governments to Africa, with rock stars and actors campaigning for more. But this has not helped Africa. It has ruined it. (£9.99)

The bloodshed perpetrated in the name of religion in the world today is nowhere more obvious than in the Middle East. James Hider sees the hallucinatory effect of what he calls the 'crack cocaine of fanatical fundamentalism' all around him and as he travels around the Middle East, from Israel to Gaza, to Iraq, he takes his doubts about religious beliefs to the very heart of the world's holy wars. (£7.99)

Privacy has become one of the most hotly debated issues in recent times. Collection of data in both the public and private sector has become commonplace; routine surveillance by CCTV in public places, the monitoring of mobile telephones, the workplace, and online activity has swiftly become widespread in many societies. Different people, cultures, and nations have a wide variety of expectations about how much privacy a person is entitled to, and what counts as an invasion of privacy. (£7.99)

New Lonely Planet Guides to Ireland, Andalucia and the Italian Lakes and a new Rough Guide to Amsterdam.

In punts, canoes and rowing boats, Griff Rhys Jones takes us on a tour of Britain's beautiful and extraordinary rivers. (£8.99)

For independently-minded UK families looking to make the most of their family holiday. (£12.99)

Little Miss Muffet is bored with her tuffet, and goes in search of a new nursery rhyme to be in. Before you can say "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers," the whole book of rhymes is in chaos. Ages: 3+ yrs (£5.99)

The favourite children's comedy writer is back with the first in a new series, introducing a new character, a wild and hairy orangutan, and a new family, the death-defying Lovehearts. Ages: 6+ yrs (£4.99)

A cookbook to take adventurous cooks on a trip around the world, introducing new flavours and different cooking techniques with and fail-safe instructions, Accompanied by information on ingredients from around the globe. Ages 8+ (£12.99)

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