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I Saw the Dog
Alexandra Aikhenvald
A leading expert draws on a lifetime of fieldwork to reveal the mysteries and magic of language
I Like You
Sandol Stoddard Warburg
A tiny book with a big heart – a favourite gift for weddings, best friends and Valentines
Drawing on the Dominant Eye
Betty Edwards
The long-awaited follow-up to the bestseller Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain – with new insights about creativity and our unique way of seeing…
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
Shaun Bythell
Shaun Bythell, Scotland's grumpiest bookseller, is back, with seven witty and affectionate portraits of bookshop regulars
Unconventional Wisdom
Tom Standage
Another bestselling collection of astonishing explainers from The Economist
This Book Will Make You Kinder
Henry James Garrett
A sweetly illustrated examination of what makes us kind
A Dictionary of Omens and Superstitions
Philippa Waring
A beautifully-packaged, fun A to Z of good omens, inauspicious signs, their origins and meanings
Pocket World in Figures 2021
The new edition of this annual bestseller, packed with amazing data about the world in 2021
The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard
Ollivier Pourriol
The answer to overwork and burnout, the route to fulfilment and success: letting go
Weep Not for Me
Constance Jenkins
A beautiful poem to help comfort those who have experienced the loss of a beloved pet
Create Your Own Midlife Crisis
Marie Phillips
We all ask ourselves 'how did I get here?' So try running away or sexting without ruining your life, and create your own midlife crisis with…
Uncommon Knowledge
Tom Standage
Following up 2016's hit Go Figure and 2018's Sunday Times bestseller Seriously Curious, another collection of astonishing bite-sized explain…
Bedtime Stories for Worried Liberals
Stuart Heritage
Funny and soothing: let Stuart Heritage tuck you in and read you a story about how everything is fine again.
Confessions of a Bookseller
Shaun Bythell
More from everyone's favourite misanthropic antiquarian bookseller
Babel
Gaston Dorren
A quirky language-lovers tour of the twenty most-spoken languages in the world – what puts them a cut above the other six thousand?
Dramatic Exchanges
Daniel Rosenthal
A unique collection of correspondence between the most celebrated actors, directors and playwrights of the past 50 years – now in paperback
Seriously Curious
Tom Standage
Following up 2016's hit Go Figure, another collection of astonishing bite-sized explainers from the Economist