Our Favourite Books
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The Old Ways : A Journey on Foot
A Sunday Times bestseller and Samuel Johnson Prize nominee, 'The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot' is a masterful exploration of Britain's ancient pathways by the acclaimed author of 'Underland', 'Landmarks', and 'The Lost Words'. Robert Macfarlane, renowned for his eloquent observations of nature,...- £12.99 GBP
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A Home for All Seasons
Charming - a love-letter to home, history, and nature.'LEAH BROAD, Author of Quartet'A tender and illuminating history of an overlooked world.'HORATIO CLARE'Truly a revelation on every page.'PETROC TRELAWNY'A richly textured book, replete with illuminating discoveries and observations.' COUNTRY LIFE'A wide-ranging meditation on place and...- £10.99 GBP
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A Sting in the Tale : My Adventures with Bumblebees
**SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**One man's quest to save the bumblebee... Dave Goulson has always been obsessed with wildlife, from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets and dabbling in experimental taxidermy to his groundbreaking research into the mysterious ways of the bumblebee and his mission to...- £10.99 GBP
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A Month in the Country
Hailed as 'one of the best books' by Richard Osman and lauded for its 'tender and elegant' prose by the Guardian, J L Carr's 'A Month in the Country' stands as a singular masterpiece in modern English literature. This poignant tale follows Tom Birkin,...- £9.99 GBP
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A Time of Gifts : A John Murray Journey
INTRODUCED BY JAN MORRIS'[This] gloriously ornate account of that epic journey is a classic' ROBERT MACFARLANE'The feeling of being lost in time and geography with months and years hazily sparkling ahead is a prospect of inconjecturable magic.' In 1933, aged eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor...- £12.99 GBP
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A Moveable Feast
Hemingway's captivating memoir of living in Paris during the twenties. 'If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast'Hemingway's...- £9.99 GBP
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A Treasury of British Folklore : Maypoles, Mandrakes and Mistletoe
An entertaining and engrossing collection of British customs, superstitions and legends from past and present. Did you know, in Cumbria it was believed a person lying on a pillow stuffed with pigeon's feathers could not die? Or that green is an unlucky colour for...- £12.99 GBP
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Beth Chatto's Garden Notebook
I return to Beth Chatto's books constantly. For those who are new to her work, you are entering into a life-long relationship with a wise friend and gardener' Monty Don'Compulsively readable. Once you have it, don't let anyone else borrow it' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHSharing the...- £10.99 GBP
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Breadsong : How Baking Changed Our Lives
*WINNER* - FORTNUM & MASON DEBUT FOOD BOOK AWARD 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDR� SIMON BEST COOKBOOK AWARD 2023_______________THE TIMES - BEST FOOD BOOKS of 2022THE WEEK - BEST FOOD BOOKS OF 2022DELICIOUS MAGAZINE - BEST COOK BOOKS OF 2022'If you had told me at...- £20.00 GBP
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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee : An Indian History of the American West
The American West, 1860-1890: years of broken promises, disillusionment, war and massacre. Beginning with the Long Walk of the Navajos and ending with the massacre of Sioux at Wounded Knee, this extraordinary book tells how the American Indians lost their land, lives and liberty...- £10.99 GBP
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Climate Capitalism : Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions / "An important read for anyone in need of optimism" Bill Gates
A THE TIMES BEST SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR'INCREDIBLE STORIES OF CLIMATE INNOVATIONS WE DON'T HEAR ENOUGH ABOUT' BILL GATES'DAZZLING AND DEEPLY REPORTED' DAVID WALLACE-WELLS'HIGHLY READABLE . . . ENGAGING STORIES OF PEOPLE BEHIND SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVANCES IN RECENT...- £20.00 GBP
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Elderflora : A Modern History of Ancient Trees
Winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History`A masterful blend of natural and human history . . . Farmer's Elderflora aren't just amazing old organisms, but a backdrop against which human drama, hubris and decency play out.' - New Scientist`Fascinating' - The ObserverCombining...- £10.99 GBP
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Elixir : A Voyage into Alchemy
Set in the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe and a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Elixir is an unforgettable exploration of the deep connections between people, plants and place. Pre-order Kapka Kassabova's new book, Anima: A...- £10.99 GBP
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Femina : A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE'Revelatory' GUARDIAN'A firecracker somehow captured between two covers' LUCY WORSLEYAn instant bestseller and one of the most celebrated history books of the year, Femina reveals the power and influence of medieval women who have been...- £12.99 GBP
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Fabric : The Hidden History of the Material World
Subtle, compendious and rich' - James McConnachie, The Sunday Times'Dazzling ... Finlay's adventures, vividly recounted, make enthralling reading ... This book is equally an inspiration and an education' - Bel Mooney, Daily Mail'A gorgeous adventure through the history of cloth' - StylistThe Sunday Times...- £12.99 GBP
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Hollow Places : An Unusual History of Land and Legend
`Impossible to summarise and delightfully absorbing, Hadley's book is comfortably the most unexpected history book of the year'�Sunday Times A luminous journey through a thousand years of folklore and English history. Once upon a time in a Hertfordshire field, an ancient yew tree hid...- £12.99 GBP
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Hamnet : WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 - THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER
Crowned victor of the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction and reigning supreme as the No. 1 bestseller of 2021, this literary gem has been hailed as "richly sensuous... something special" by The Sunday Times and "a thing of shimmering wonder" by David Mitchell. At...- £9.99 GBP
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On This Holy Island : A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain -- A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER TRAVEL BOOK OF 2024
*** A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER TRAVEL BOOK OF 2024 ***"Excellent.immensely well-researched and playful. Smith has written something special." -- Patrick Galbraith, The Times"Imaginative and engaging" -- Country LifeAcclaimed travel writer Oliver Smith sets out to radically reframe our idea of `pilgrimage' in Britain...- £20.00 GBP
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Nomad Century : How to Survive the Climate Upheaval
Highly Commended for the Wainwright Prize 2023, and shortlisted for the Z�calo Book Prize and the Christopher Moore Prize For Human Rights Writing 'Gaia Vince's new book should be read not just by every politician, but by every person on the planet' ObserverAn urgent...- £10.99 GBP
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Split Tooth
Shortlisted for the 2023-2024 Gordon Burn Prize and the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and crowned victor of the 2019 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose in English, this extraordinary debut novel blurs the lines between fact and fiction, reality and myth. Set in the...- £14.99 GBP
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Soundings : Journeying North in the Company of Whales - the award-winning memoir
Beautiful . . . Justifies its place alongside nature writing classics such as H is for Hawk' NEW STATESMAN'Wonderful ... both frank and fearless' TELEGRAPH BEST TRAVEL BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Fascinating' GUARDIAN TOP TEN NATURE MEMOIRSFrom Mexico to the Arctic ice, grey whale mothers...- £10.99 GBP
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Rebel Folklore : Empowering Tales of Spirits, Witches and Other Misfits from Anansi to Baba Yaga
Rebel Folklore gathers 50 of the darkest and most complicated folktale characters from around the world, showing readers why we should care about the rebels and misfits of ancient stories. Folktales were humble stories, passed down generations by those on the fringes of society:...- £19.99 GBP
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Storyland : Children's Edition - discover the magical myths and lost legends of Britain
Enchanting, breathtaking and beautiful... If you need me, I'll be in Storyland - Ben Miller IMMERSE YOURSELF IN MIST AND MAGIC AND DISCOVER HEROES AND MONSTERS RIGHT ON YOUR DOORSTEP . . . You will have heard of Thor, Medusa and Hercules. But what...- £14.99 GBP
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Steeple Chasing : Around Britain by Church
The Sunday Times paperback bestseller and Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month*Featuring a brand new chapter!*'Never have the joys of exploring the churches and cathedrals of this country been so vividly conveyed as they are in this engaging and elegiac book.' - New Statesman...- £10.99 GBP
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Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Expressive, bold and quite beautiful' The Lady'[a] delight of a book' Antonia Senior,...- £12.99 GBP
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The Blazing World : A New History of Revolutionary England
This is a wonderful book, exhaustively researched, vigorously argued and teeming with the furious joy of seventeenth-century life' THE TIMES'A brilliant, bloody account of England's most dramatic century . . . Thrilling' TELEGRAPH`The most entertaining general history of seventeenth-century England I have read' TOM...- £12.99 GBP
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The Anglo-Saxons : A History of the Beginnings of England
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'[A] clever, lively ... splendid new book'DAN JONES, SUNDAY TIMES'A big gold bar of delight'SPECTATORSixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea,...- £12.99 GBP
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The Anarchy : The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK...- £12.99 GBP
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The Anthology of Scottish Folk Tales
This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Scotland in one special volume. Drawn from The History Press' popular Folk Tales series, herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented storytellers. From the Spaeman's peculiar advice and a...- £12.99 GBP
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The Book of Trespass : Crossing the Lines that Divide Us
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 2022`Brilliant, passionate and political . . . The Book of Trespass will make you see landscapes differently' Robert Macfarlane'A remarkable and truly radical work, loaded...- £9.99 GBP
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The Children of Ash and Elm : A History of the Vikings
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom HollandThe 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and to end...- £16.99 GBP
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The Earth Transformed : An Untold History
THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIAL TIMESA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms...- £12.99 GBP
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The End We Start From
Now a major film starring Killing Eve's Jodie Comer. As flood waters close over London, a woman gives birth to a child. Heartfelt and urgently original, The End We Start From is the compulsive debut novel from Megan Hunter. 'Beautifully spare and haunting' -...- £9.99 GBP
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The Forager's Calendar : A Seasonal Guide to Nature's Wild Harvests
He writes so engagingly that it's hard to imagine that actual foraging can be more attractive than reading his accounts of it. ...[This book] is a treasure. It is beautifully produced, designed and illustrated.' - John Carey, The Sunday TimesWINNER OF THE GUILD OF...- £14.99 GBP
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The English Patient : Winner of the Golden Man Booker Prize
Crowned with the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018, this 'magnificent' (Sunday Times) novel has been hailed as 'the best piece of fiction I've read in years' (Independent on Sunday). As the final act of the Second World War draws to a close, we...- £9.99 GBP
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The Island of Missing Trees
Honoured with a place on the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022 shortlist and celebrated as a Sunday Times top ten bestseller, this captivating tale has also captured the heart of Reese Witherspoon's Book Club. Set against the tumultuous backdrop of 1974 Cyprus, two star-crossed...- £9.99 GBP
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