Let Me Off at the Top! - My Classy Life and Other Musings (Burgundy Ron)(Paperback / softback)

Let Me Off at the Top! - My Classy Life and Other Musings (Burgundy Ron)(Paperback / softback)

Along the way, he's hobnobbed with people you wish you knew and some you honestly wish you didn't- celebrities, presidents, presidents' wives, celebrities' wives, dogs and, of course, Veronica Corningstone, the love of his

Blowing the Bloody Doors Off - And Other Lessons in Life (Caine Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Hollywood legend and British national treasure Michael Caine shares the wisdom, stories, insight and skills that life has taught him in his remarkable career - and now his 85th

Should I Wear Floral? - And other poems on Life, Love & Leaving (Castle Di)(Paperback / softback)

Should I Wear Floral and other Poems ... takes a humorous peek at on Life, Love and Leaving during many changes in society over the last twenty-five years, while also celebrating landmark events in

Tale of the Unknown Island (Saramago Jose)(Paperback / softback)

'A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other doors, but this was the door for petitions. Since the king spent all his time sitting by the door for favours (favours being offered to the king, you understand), whenever he heard someone knocking on

Games At Twilight (Desai Anita)(Paperback / softback)

Set in contemporary Bombay and other cities, these stories reflect the kaleidoscope of urban life - evoking the colour, sounds and white-hot heat of the

Heart - Wisdom Awakening (Svendsen Nanna Aida)(Paperback / softback)

HEART: Musings and messages for, and from, the heart at a time when consciousness is being called to evolve. HEART: A wanting to offer empathy and mirroring to a heart feeling wounded, grieving or lost. As well as to a heart feeling blessed by beauty, inspiration, and

Rocket Men (Haslam Ron)(Paperback / softback)

'Rocket' Ron Haslam started racing on the professional circuit in 1972 at the age of 15 and developed into one of the finest, and fastest, racers the UK has ever seen. His son, Leon, the 'Pocket Rocket', followed in his father's extremely speedy footsteps. This title presents the story of a father

Uses of Literacy - Aspects of Working-Class Life (Hoggart Richard)(Paperback / softback)

When a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values? Are the skills that education and literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? Do the media coerce us into a world of the superficial and the material - or can they be a force for good? This book asks these

Tuning Up at Dawn - A Memoir of Music and Majorca (Graves Tomas)(Paperback / softback)

A loving portrait of the other Majorca, and of a blissful life there revolving around the magic of music - a book to savour, perfect for escaping those crowded

Life Class (Barker Pat)(Paperback / softback)

Spring, 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks' studio for his life-drawing class. When war breaks out and the army won't take Paul, he enlists in the Belgian Red Cross. Amidst the devastation in Ypres, Paul comes to see the world anew - but have his experiences changed

Shut up Legs! - My Wild Ride On and Off the Bike (Voigt Jens)(Paperback / softback)

despite arguably spending more time at the front of the Tour de France than any other rider he has only worn the yellow jersey twice as his efforts have always been in the service of others. Jens embodies the best of cycling's qualities - loyalty to his team, sacrifice, and devotion to the

Life of the Party - If A Girl Screams, and Other Poems (Gatwood Olivia)(Paperback / softback)

Meg and Mog (Nicoll Helen)(Paperback / softback)

Meg the witch and Mog her cat go off to a wild Hallowe'en party with all the other witches. The spell they cast goes off with a

Chimpanzee & Me (Garrod Professor Ben)(Paperback / softback)

This is a unique look at conservation of the species and Ben's life-long love of chimps, illustrated with full colour

Good, The Bad and The Furry - Life with the World's Most Melancholy Cat and Other Whiskery Friends (Cox Tom)(Paperback / softback)

The Sunday Times Bestseller: A heartwarming memoir about a man at the mercy of his unpredictable, demanding and endlessly lovable

Nobody Likes You, Greta Grump (Malkasian Cathy)(Paperback)

Greta is a handful. She rips the heads off her dolls, lashes out at the other kids at her school, and tries her weary parents' patience. But with the help of a dapper tortoise named NoBody, Greta softens her grumpy ways. Having learned her lesson, Greta must now team up with her new friend Gabby

Look at Me Now (George Maya)(Paperback / softback)

Funny, feisty and fiftysomething, Lizzie Moffitt rails and prevails against life as a recently retired divorcee wrestling with the invisibility of middle age. In diary form, the writer has us rooting for Lizzie throughout the ups and downs of her eventful year. Set in vibrant Newcastle upon Tyne,

You Belong To Me - Have you ever felt watched? (Hayes Samantha)(Paperback / softback)

Fleeing the terrors of her former life, Isabel has left England, and at last is beginning to feel safe. Then a letter shatters her world, and she returns home determined not to let fear rule her life any more. But she's unable to shake off the feeling that someone who knows her better than she

Sense Of Being Stared At - And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind (Sheldrake Rupert)(Paperback / softback)

Looking for the Durrells: A Heartwarming, Feel-Good and Uplifting Novel Bringing the Durrells Back to Life (Hewitt Melanie)(Paperback)

Fiancs, friends, and other animals. . .After a year that sees a broken-off engagement and the death of her beloved father, Penny is desperate to get away.Fulfilling a childhood dream, she sets off on a month-long pilgrimage to Corfu--an island idyll she knows only through the pages of Gerald

Music at Midnight - The Life and Poetry of George Herbert (Drury John)(Paperback / softback)

Integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English Language. This book sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame

Wigglesbottom Primary: The Toilet Ghost (Butchart Pamela)(Paperback / softback)

Life at Wigglesbottom Primary is often lived on the edge. A class talent show becomes a thing of great mystery and intrigue when it turns out that Jacob Barry's stinky shoe can PREDICT THE FUTURE! Or filled with peril when the boys' toilets become HAUNTED! And then there's the CURSE that lives in

Never Let Me Go - With GCSE and A Level study guide (Ishiguro Kazuo)(Paperback / softback)

Designed to meet the requirements for students at GCSE and A level, this volume is intended equally for those studying independently, with a personal tutor, or in class. It covers the context of the novel and its author; detailed examination of themes, characters and structure; a close look the

Class 142 - The Bus That Became a Train (Hilbert Martyn)(Paperback / softback)

The British Rail Class 142 Pacer was a marriage of bus and rail technology introduced at a time when a cost effective train was required for the network. In the mid-1980s the 96 trains presented a fresh image in a period when the UK railway system was in need of investment. The fleet has lasted