Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, 75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition by Edith Hamilton
Category: Mythology
Dive into the timeless tales of gods and heroes in this bestselling A-to-Z encyclopedia detailing classic myths and legends-perfect for curious readers and academics alike.Edith Hamilton's mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman and Norse myths th ...Show more
Clear by Carys Davies
Category: Other
A wondrous tale of bonds forged when two men are pitted against each other on a remote island during the Highland Clearances, from the prize-winning author of West. 1843. On a remote Scottish island, Ivar, the sole occupant, leads a life of quiet isolation until the day he finds a man unconscious on th ...Show more
Visual Thinking by Temple Grandin
Category: Other
'Grandin has helped us understand autism not just as a phenomenon, but as a different but coherent mode of existence that otherwise confounds us' The New York TimesDo you think in pictures, patterns or words?In a world engineered for the verbal thinker, those of us who with a visual brain can often be o ...Show more
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
Adventures Unlimited: The Land of Lost Things 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