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One Long and Beautiful Summer - Dun-can HamiltonOne Long and Beautiful Summer forms a companion volume to Hamilton’s 2009 classic, A Last English Summer. It is sports writing at its most accomplished and evocative, confirming his reputation as the finest contemporary chronicler of the game. I’m not sure he could write a dull sentence if he tried’ Spectator One of Duncan Ham-ilton’s favourite writers on cricket, Edmund Blunden, wrote how he felt going to watch a game: ‘You arrive early, earlier even than you meant ..RRP £16.99 Our price £13.99 Due 2 July

A Claxton Diary - Mark CockerAs part of his daily writerly routine, the author and naturalist Mark Cocker has taken a two-mile walk down to the river from his cottage on the edge of the Norfolk Broads National Park. Over the course of those 10,000 daily paces he has learnt the art of patience to observe a butterfly, a bird, flower, bee, deer, otter or fly and to take pleasure in all the other inhabitants of his parish, no matter how seemingly insignif-icant. In turn these encounters have then been converted into literary epiphanies that are now a widely celebrated part of his work.

£9.99 Due 16 July

123 Seriously Smart Things You Need to Know About the Climate - Mathilda MastersDid you know that: * Deserts provide food for fish? * 70% of all birds on the planet are chick-ens? * Climate change was the reason why humans began to talk? * Cows emit harmful methane when they burp or fart? Filled to the brim with 123 astonishing facts about the environment and climate, this accessible book explores the history of climate change and offers suggestions on how we can keep our planet liveable.

RRP £12.95 Our price £10.95 Due 16 July

Great Cities Through Travellers’ Eyes - Peter Furtado (Ed)The thirty-eight cities covered in this entertain-ing anthology of travellers’ tales are spread over six continents, ranging from Beijing to Berlin, Cairo to Chicago, Lhasa to London, St Petersburg to Sydney and Rio to Rome. This volume features commentators across the millennia, including the great travellers of ancient times, such as Strabo and Pausanias; those who undertook extensive journeys in the medieval world, not least Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta; courageous women such as Isabella Bird and Freya Stark; and enterprising writ-ers and journalists. £12.99 due 16 July

The Museum of Whales You WIll never See - Kendra GreeneWelcome to Iceland, a very small nation with a very large number (two hundred and sixty five) of (mostly) very small museums. Founded in the backyards of houses, begun as jokes or bets or memorials to lost friends, these museums tell the story of an enchanted island where bridges arrived only at the beginning of the 20th century, and waterproof shoes only with the second world war. A nation formerly dirt poor, then staggeringly rich, and now building its way to affluence once again.marriage pushed to the brink by grief.RRP £14.99 Our price£12.99 Due 2 Jul

The Body: A Guide for Occupants - Bill Bryson Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up. A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this new book is an instant classic. It will have you marvel-ling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again. £9.99 due 21 July

The Secret GP - What really goes inside your doctor’s surgeryIf you thought you knew about the life of a GP, think again. Let me take you on an unbeliev-able journey to the truth, through spilt urine bottles, the patients who should have been in hospital months ago, existential crises, utterly unexplainable health problems and awkward silences. This is a job that requires you to be a detective, relationship counsellor, social worker, friend, sex therapist, parent-figure and sometimes, just sometimes, a doctor.

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Fat Cow, Fat Chance - Jenni MurrayInterwoven with the science, social history and psychology of weight management, Fat Cow, Fat Chance is a refreshingly honest account of what it’s like to be fat when society dictates that skinny is the norm. It asks why we overeat and why, when the weight is finally lost through dieting, do we sim-ply pile the pounds back on again? How do we help young people become comfortable with the way they look? What are the consequences of the obe-sity epidemic for an already overstretched NHS? And, whilst fat shaming is so often called out, why is it that shouting ‘fat cow’ at a woman in the street hasn’t been included in the list of hate crimes? Hb £16.99 Our price £13.99 2 July

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Beethoven - a Life in Nine Pieces - Laura Tunbridge2020 marks 250 years since Beetho-ven’s birthLudwig van Beethoven: to some, simply the greatest ever compos-er of Western classical music. Yet his life remains shrouded in myths, and the image persists of him as an eccentric genius shaking his fist at heaven. Each chapter focuses on a period of his life, a piece of music and a revealing theme, from family to friends, from heroism to liberty.

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Italian Life - Tim ParksHow does Italy really work? The best-selling writer on Italian culture sets out to answer the big questionThere is no world for whistle-blower in Italian, though you can absolutely chiudere un’occhio (turn a blind eye). In all areas of public life - community, education, employment - your connections are everything. From the bestselling author of Italian Neighbours, An Italian Education and Italian Ways, Italian Life is a particular reckoning with a beloved adopted country.

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Once Upon a Time in Iraq - James Bluemel Dr Renad MansourIn war, there is no easy victory. When troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime, most people expected an easy victory. Instead, the gamble we took was a grave mistake, and its ramifications continue to reverber-ate through the lives of millions, in Iraq and the West. Accompanying a major BBC series, James Bluemel’s book is an essential account of a conflict that con-tinues to shape our world, and a startling reminder of the consequences of our past decisions.Hb £20 Our price £16 due 16 July

One Pot Vegan - Roxy Pope & Ben Pook

One Pot Vegan is the perfect staple cook-book for vegans, vegetarians, flexitarians, or anyone who simply wants more plants on their plate. Packed with inspiration for pastas, curries, salads, stir-fries, noodles and even puddings, every recipe uses simple supermarket ingredients - for max-imum flavour with minimum fuss.

Hb £16.99 Our price price £13.99 23 July

Life: A User’s Manual - Julian Baggi-ni & Antonio MacaroIn this insightful, engaging book, renowned existential psychotherapist and philosophi-cal counsellor Antonia Macaro and bestsell-ing philosopher Julian Baggini cover topics such as bereavement, luck, free will and relationships, and guide us through what the greatest thinkers to ever walk the earth have to say on these subjects, from the Stoics to Sartre. Discover advice from the world’s greatest thinkers on questions like:Is there a right way to grieve?What is free will?How can we learn from past mistakes?-Do we make our own luck?Hb £20 Our price: £16 Due 30 July

Mis Benson’s Beetle - Rachel JoyceIt is 1950. In a devastating moment of clarity, Margery Benson abandons her dead-end job and advertises for an assis-tant to accompany her on an expedition. She is going to travel to the other side of the world to search for a beetle that may or may not exist. Enid Pretty, in her unlikely pink travel suit, is not the compan-ion Margery had in mind. And yet together they will be drawn into an adventure that will exceed every expectation.£16.99 Our price £13.99Due 23 July

A Thousand Ships - Natalie HaynesPowerfully told from an all-female per-spective, in A Thousand Ships Natalie Haynes puts the women, girls and god-desses at the centre of the story. ‘With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce femi-nism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War’ - Madeline Miller, author of Circe’A gripping feminist masterpiece’ Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist

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Who Cares Wins - Lily ColeLily Cole has met with some of the millions of people around the world who are working on solutions to our biggest challenges and are committed to creating a more sustainable and peaceful future for humanity. Exploring issues from fast fashion to fast food and renewable energy to gender equality, and embracing de-bate, the book features interviews with diverse voices from entrepreneurs Stella McCartney and Elon Musk, to activists Extinction Rebellion co-founder Dr Gail Bradbrook and Farhana Yamin, to offer a beacon of possibility in chal-lenging times. Who Cares Wins is a rousing call to action Hb £20 Our price: £16 Due 30 July

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Pull of the Stars - Emma DonoghueFrom the international bestselling author of Room. In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with an unfamiliar Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia’s regimented world step two outsiders: Doctor Kathleen Lynn, on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney.

RRP £16.99 Our price: £13.99 Due 23 July

Second Sleep - Robert HarrisDusk is gathering as a young priest, Chris-topher Fairfax, rides across a silent land. It’s a crime to be out after dark, and Fairfax knows he must arrive at his destination - a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor - before night falls and curfew is imposed. He’s lost and he’s becoming anxious as he slowly picks his way across a countryside strewn with the ancient artefacts of a civili-sation that seems to have ended in cata-clysm. What Fairfax cannot know is that, in the days and weeks to come, everything he believes in will be tested to destruction, as he uncovers a secret that is as dangerous as it is terrifying ...Pb £8.99Murder in Chianti - Camilla Trinch-ieriMourning the loss of his late wife, Rita, former detective Nico Doyle moves to her hometown of Gravigna in the wine region of Chianti. He isn’t sure if it’s peace he’s seeking, but that certainly isn’t what he finds: early one morning he hears a gunshot near his cabin and walks outside to the sight of a flashily dressed man with his face blown off. Salvatore Perillo, the local inspector, enlists Nico’s help with the murder case.

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Great Godden - Meg RosoffThis is the story of one family, one dreamy summer - the summer when everything changes. In a holiday house by the sea, in a big, messy family, one teenager watches as brothers and sisters, parents and older cousins fill hot days with wine and games and planning a wedding. Enter the Goddens - irresistible, charming, languidly sexy Kit and surly, silent Hugo. Suddenly there’s a serpent in this paradise - and the consequences will be devastatingHb £12.99 Our price price £10.99 Due 9 July

Rodham - Curtis SittenfieldSmart, diligent, and a bit plain, that’s the gen-eral consensus. Then Hillary goes to college, and her star rises. At Yale Law School, she continues to be a leader- and catches the eye of driven, handsome and charismatic Bill. But when he asks her to marry him, Hillary gives him a firm No. How might things have turned out for them, for America, for the world itself, if Hillary Rodham had really turned down Bill Clinton?With her sharp but always compas-sionate eye, Sittenfeld explores the loneliness, moral ambivalence and iron determination that characterise the quest for high office, as well as the painful compromises demanded of female ambition in a world ruled by men. Hb £16.99 Our price £13.99 Due 9 July

Greek Myths - Jean MenziesThis collection contains more than 30 en-thralling new retellings of favourite myths as well as some you might not have heard before!Including Theseus and the Mino-taur, The Twelve Labours of Herakles, and the escapades of Jason and the Argo-nauts, each myth is told in engaging mod-ern language, which is easy for children to understand yet still retains the humour and intrigue of the original tales. Stunning illustrations by multi-award winning artist Katie Ponder breathe new life into each classic story.£16.99 Our price £13.99Due 16 July

Oxford Primary DictionaryWith a clear, colour layout and quirky bird characters to make it fun to use, this is a dictionary with a difference. The book divides into sections - the first provides explanations for all the grammar terms required for the primary curriculum, the second, punctuation marks and when to use them, and the third section provides spelling rules, tips and examples. New for this edition is a fourth section on how to discover different words and to grow your vocabulary.Pb £10.99 Our price £9.99 Due 16 July

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The Wild Way Home - Sophie KirtleyWhen Charlie’s longed-for brother is born with a serious heart condition, Charlie’s world is turned upside down. Upset and afraid, Charlie flees the hospital and makes for the ancient forest on the edge of town. There Charlie finds a boy floating face-down in the stream, injured, but alive. But when Charlie sets off back to the hospital to fetch help, it seems the forest has changed. It’s become a place as strange and wild as the boy dressed in deerskins. For Char-lie has unwittingly fled into the Stone Age, with no way to help the boy or return to the present day. Or is there?Pb £6.99 Due 1 July 2020