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The Underground Railroad | "Like millions of my race, my mother and father were born slaves, but were not contented to live and die so." First published in 1872, William Still's collection of accounts...

Nail Art | This is a lavishly illustrated, full-color exploration of nail art in all its weird and wonderful variations. It highlights the talents, tools, and creativity behind this expressionistic ar...

The Art of Sketching. A Step by Step Guide | Sketching is a wonderful pastime and a great way to build up your drawing skills. You can use it to record your experiences and subjects that interest you,...

The Little Book of Quitting Smoking | Allen Carr's international bestseller, The Easy Way to Stop Smoking, has sold more than eleven million copies worldwide and helped to turn countless smokers into ...

On Liberty | In this, his most influential work, the great political and social thinker John Stuart Mill examines the relationship of the individual and the state, the ethics of utilitarianism and the...

Persuasion | 'l am half agony, half hope.' Anne Elliot lost the love of her life eight years earlier and the sorrow lingers on. Yet the dashing Captain Wentworth did not desert her; it was Anne who re...

The Turing Tests Expert Brain Training Puzzles | Follow in the footsteps of famous World War II codebreaker Alan Turing who used impeccable logic to decipher the military codes used by Germany and its...

Inspirational Wordsearch | There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart - Jane Austen. This book combines beautiful, inspiring quotes and thoughts with the ever-popular form of puzzles wordsearch. I...

Oliver Twist | "Please, sir, I want some more." Oliver Twist sent out shock waves when it appeared in 1838. With a half-starved orphan for a hero, it was Dickens' first attempt to rouse the public con...

1001 Ways to Friendship | The 1001 Ways To series addresses themes of major concern for the vast majority of people. Who doesn't want to be happy, wise, successful, confident, enlightened, patient, tr...

The Turing Tests Expert Code Breakers | This collection of over 130 puzzles are divided into three levels of increasing difficulty, the final of which is intended for the true expert. These include: -...

Best Loved Poems | 'Poetry is the blossom and the fragrancy of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language.' - Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This glorious celebration of classic...

The Story of Art | From the glories of the High Renaissance in Italy to the emotional visions of the Romantics, and from the groundbreaking techniques of the Impressionists to the radical canvases of ...

Think Like a Scientist. Explore the Extraordinary Natural Laws of the Universe | From the serious and practical to the quirky and bizarre, Think Like a Scientist answers these questions in an easy-to-...

World War I Poetry | The horrors of the First World War brought released a great outburst of emotional poetry from the soldiers who fought in it. Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke are ...

World Mythology. From Indigenous Tales to Classical Legends | 'Mythology gives us a direct connection with our human lineage, taking us out of the bubble of our modern worlds and into a narrative wher...

Cheating the Ferryman. The Revolutionary Science of Life After Death | What happens when we die? This is the ultimate question which has plagued humankind from the moment we became self-aware. We have...

The British at Home | Teasmades and TV dinners, queuing and commuting, strikes and street parties, lino and lawnmowers - the last century was a fertile time in the development of the British way of li...

Bletchley Park Number & Math Puzzles | This book forms part of a series of puzzle books produced by the Bletchley Park Trust. Follow in the footsteps of the Codebreakers and establish whether you have...

Great Breakthroughs In Mathematics | From early humans carving notches in bones to the discovery of quantum mechanics, mathematics has certainly come a long way. Fully illustrated and augmented with h...

Pub Quiz. Over 4000 Questions | Over 4000 questions, together with a 'how to run a pub quiz' introduction, provide you with everything to host the best quiz night ever! The questions cover a wide rang...

Brain Twisters. Smart Puzzles | This awesome collection includes more than 100 Super-Smart logic puzzles, so whether you're a puzzle legend or a first-timer, you'll find plenty here to love. Tackle th...

Poems of Life and Death | A collection of poetic reflections on life and death. Ranging from musings on youth and age, and elegies on bereavement and grief to meditations on the nature of mortality, t...

Northanger Abbey | Northanger Abbey is the light-hearted account of a young girl's first excursion into fashionable society. Catherine Morland is taken to Bath where, among a crowd of new acquaintance...

Large Print Crosswords. Easy to Read Puzzles | This fantastic collection of crossword puzzles is presented in an easy-to-read large-print type so that you can boost your general knowledge and test you...

Moby Dick | Inspired by real-life events, this epic tale features a young sailor, Ishmael, who yearns for adventure aboard a whaling ship. In Nantucket, he signs up for a voyage aboard the Pequod, bou...

Tao Te Ching | Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery we would sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see. Under these two aspects, it is ...

The Time Machine & Other Stories | So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pursuing pleasure and comfort and beauty, and below ground the Have-nots, the Workers getting continually adapt...

Classic Tales of Detection & Adventure | Containing one of the best known and best loved detective novels of all time - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - this entertaining collection of Poe's work shows...

Wordsearch. With over 200 Puzzles | This wonderful collection of wordsearches is packed with more than 200 puzzles, making it a great treat for all fans of the popular word-finding challenge. - Expand...

100 Great Scientists who Changed the World | 'If I saw further than others,' said Sir Isaac Newton, 'it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.' 100 Great Scientists who Changed the Worl...

The Great Book of Wordsearch | This wonderful collection of wordsearches is packed with more than 500 puzzles, making it the ultimate treat for all fans of the popular word-finding challenge. - Expand...

The Way of the Samurai | "Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than its emblem, the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbariu...

Three Men in a Boat | 'One might have imagined that the British Empire was in danger. The Standard spoke of me as a menace to English letters; and the Morning Post as an example of the sad results to ...

Persuasion | Anne Elliot lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of new fortunes and alliances. A woman of no importance, she manoeuvres in her restricted c...

Irish Fairy & Folk Tales | Immerse yourself in a world of fairy queens and Celtic warriors in this remarkable collection of Irish folk tales. Set in Medieval Ireland, this collection of 10 stories wer...

The Heart of Darkness | 'The horror! The horror!' Seaman Charlie Marlowe lakes a decaying steamboat on a perilous voyage to the heart of Africa. His mission is to relieve an ivory agent named Kurtz, t...

The Alan Turing Cryptic Codebreaking Puzzle Book | Published in association with The Turing Trust, this incredible collection of codebreakers allows you to test your own skills - if you can solve ever...

Keep the Aspidistra Flying | Gordon Comstock is a man in thrall to his principles. He believes that money lies at the heart of all society's evils, so he decides to trade in his well-paid job at an ad...

What Katy Did | Twelve-year old Katy Carr is full of dreams of important things she will do one day. But then an awful accident happens, and Katy must remember her hopes for the future, even when ever...

Born in the 70s | Take a stroll down Memory Lane with this wonderful collection of photographs of Britain in the 1970s, a fast-changing decade which saw a steady rise in living standards, the introduc...

Sherlock Holmes Case-Book of Curious Puzzles | My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own pro...

The Prophet | 'The whole Prophet is saying one thing: "You are far greater than you know, and all is well. Kahlil Gibran, on The Prophet Kahlil Gibran's work The Prophet is a beautiful testimony to li...

Great Expectations | Great Expectations (1861) is a favourite among many Dickens readers. In addition to its endearing hero, Pip - a blacksmith's boy, desperate to escape his humble background - the s...

Technology Is Awesome! | Did you know that one of the first computers used water to solve equations? Or that the International Space Station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes? This book is packed with...

Cat Lover's Wordsearch. More than 100 Themed Puzzles about our Feline Friends | "When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction." - Mark Twain The cat lover is in hig...

The Classic F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection | A collection of five quality paperback editions in a delightful boxed set, including all the major works of literary master, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgeral...

Super Stars! Spelling Activity Book | Super Stars! Spelling Activity Book is an educational activity book that aims to make spelling enjoyable for young children by using colourful activities and exer...

Classic Detection and Adventure Stories | Originally published in Graham's Magazine in 1841, The Murders in the Rue Morgue is considered to be the first classic tale of detection that gave birth to th...

Silas Marner | Silas Marner (1861) is Eliot's classic tale of an outsider. A weaver who comes to live and work alone in the Midlands village of Raveloe, Silas Marner's sole pleasure is to count his gr...

Memory Boosting Puzzles | Do you want to Learn to use your memory more efficiently? This book offers a wide variety of picture, word, and number challenges designed to help you do just that, along wit...

Far from the Madding Crowd | Into the sleepy village of Weatherbury arrives one day Bathsheba Everdene, come to take charge of her late uncle's thriving farm. Strong willed and beautiful, her presence...

The Republic | 'Wealth and poverty; the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.' Plato's The Republic forms the foundation of most...

When We Were Young. The 1950s | After the hardships of World War II, the 1950s were the perfect opportunity to resume normal boring everyday life. Lots of new things came in: TV in people's homes, And...

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson appear in a second series of twelve intriguing cases. They include The Adventure of Silver Blaze, with the famous 'curious incident of th...

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Emotional Eating. Set yourself free from binge-eating | Do you eat when you're not hungry? Or when you're angry and upset? Do you eat to control your feelings? Allen Carr...

A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four | This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the...

Optical Puzzles. Over 200 Captivating Puzzles to Test Your Eyes and Brain Power | The fascinating optical puzzles in this book will challenge your eyes and imagination! From illusions that appear to s...

Twelve Years a Slave | Solomon Northup's memoir recalls how he was kidnapped in Washington DC in 1841 and sold into slavery, describing the brutalities and injustices he endured before he finally esca...

Love Poems | Featuring the greatest love poems of all time, this collection brings together poets as diverse as William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Christina Rossetti and Walt Whitman. As each brings the...

Wonderful Wordsearch. With Over 200 Puzzles | Put your observational skills to the test with this fantastic collection of more than 200 puzzles on a wide range of fascinating subjects. Enjoy finding t...

The Cherry Orchard | The tide of change is coming. Madam Ranyevskaya's liberal world of privilege and pleasure is beginning to show cracks, but she and her family live on in denial. Lopakhin wants to ...

The Scarlet Letter | The elderly husband of Hester Prynne returns unexpectedly to their New England village to find his wife nursing an illegitimate baby and wearing a scarlet letter 'A' - for Adulter...

Down and Out in Paris and London | ' The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new...