Guinness World Records 2025 by Guinness World Records
Category: Non Fiction
Join us in celebrating the platinum anniversary of the world's biggest-selling annual book! To mark GWR's 70th birthday, we're throwing a party, starting off with a feast of retro features in the opening chapter that look back over our last seven decades. Of course, we're also highlighting the very bes ...Show more
The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments by Adrian Bliss
Category: New Arrivals
History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full story, sometimes you have to ask the side characters. The lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Henry VIII and Queen Victoria fill bookshelves and fascinate scholars all over the world. But little attention is given to the ferret who posed for the renaissance ma ...Show more
Cunning Folk - Life in the Era of Practical Magic by Tabitha Stanmore
Category: Other
A vibrant look at an unsettled and strangely familiar time that overturns our assumptions about the history of magic. Imagine: it's the year 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing a trial. Maybe you're looking for ...Show more
The Land of Lost Things (#1 Adventures Unlimited) by Andy Griffiths
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Adventures Unlimited Ser.
The funniest, most thrills and spills new adventure series from legendary Andy Griffiths, the author of the bestselling, sales-smashing Treehouse series. Remember the time we flew to the moon without a rocket? And the time we went to the bottom of the ocean and fought a high-voltage octopus? And how abo ...Show more
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
Category: Poppies Hot Picks This Month
The revelatory Pulitzer Prize finalist for General Nonfiction, New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year Award.An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo's cobalt mining operation--and the moral ...Show more
Enchanted Creatures: Our Monsters and Their Meanings by Natalie Lawrence
Category: Mythology
The hydra rears its many heads in a flurry of teeth and poisonous fumes. The cyborg lays waste to humanity with a ruthless, expressionless stare.From ancient mythology to modern science fiction, we have had to confront the monsters that lurk in the depths of our collective imagination. They embody our a ...Show more
Goddess with a Thousand Faces by Jasmine Elmer
Category: Mythology
Steeped in ancient magic, dark divinity and wild ways, Goddess with a Thousand Faces takes you on a historical journey like no other...Blending mythological retellings with historical research, Goddess with a Thousand Faces traverses the world and transports through time to bring ten formidable and insp ...Show more
Counter-Intelligence: What the Secret World Can Teach Us About Performance and Creativity by Robert Hannigan
Category: Other
From the codebreakers and problem solvers, to the engineers, mathematicians and other problem-solvers – what the secret world can teach us about performance and creativity How do you hire smart people who can work together to prevent terrorist attacks and decode encrypted technology? How do you come up ...Show more
Supernatural Creatures: Mythical and Sacred Creatures from Around the World by DK
Category: Non Fiction
Meet the magical, mystical, and miraculous! This exceptional visual guide is not for the fainthearted, bringing you up against fire-breathing dragons, shapeshifting beasts, and much, much more... How do you create a chimera? Can you spot a kappa from a kraken? Why do banshees scream at night? And where ...Show more
A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural by DK
Category: Non Fiction
Discover the spine-chilling history of ghosts and the supernatural across the world in this stunningly illustrated guide. A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural charts the extraordinary narrative of one of the most fascinating and controversial subjects in the world, covering everything from ...Show more
The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity by Timothy Winegard
Category: Other
From New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito, the incredible story of how the horse shaped human history. The Horse is an epic history that begins more than 5500 years ago on the windswept grasslands of the Eurasian Steppe when the first horse was tamed and an unbreakable bond with humans was ...Show more