The collective consciousness in the modern dating culture is that it is hard. Singles who hold themselves back from dating are often plagued with self-sabotaging behaviors driven by fear of rejection, awkward encounters, or heartbreak. The good news is that we can all learn to be great daters who embrace the natural chemistry that comes with meeting new people. In a practical dating guide, seasoned matchmaker and date coach Jolene Beaton shares a step-by-step approach on how to identify be...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 AND THE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2021A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'The best history of Greece around... Beautifully written and packed with insights about the culture and the people. I will be dipping into this book for the rest of my life' Victoria HislopWe think we know ancient Greece, the civilisation that shares the same name and gave us just about everything th...

A new history of the idea of Europe from Ancient Greece to the present*'*A magisterial history, written with great panache, that is both enlightening and deeply readable. A true tour de force - Peter FrankopanWhat do we talk about when we talk about Europe? Is it defined by geography? Or is it politics, or shared culture? In Europe, award-winning historian Roderick Beaton tells the story of Europe as never before - as the history of an ide...

A laugh-out-loud, wonderfully absurd graphic novel about an indoor cat named Meatball who escapes outside to be a wild cat, where he poops wherever he wants, hunts for his meals (badly), and learns the true meaning of home, by bestselling comics creator Kate Beaton.Meatball lives a tough life. Each day, his family’s three children love him, cherish him, and give him cuddles. It’s agony. But there is one thing he looks forward to: mealtime, also known as Nummy Num T...

Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beaton, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches, fiddles, and Gaelic folk songs. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta’s oil rush—part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can’t find it in th...

'Monumental . . . A wonderful book.' Peter Frankopan'Magisterial . . . remarkable.' Guardian'Erudite and highly readable . . . An authoritative guide to the countless ways in which Greek words and ideas have shaped the modern world.' Financial TimesThe Greeks is a story which takes us from the archaeological treasures of the Bronze Age Aegean and myths of gods and heroes, to the politics of the European Union today. It is a story o...

A deeply moving picture book about a young mother and her family who find strength, resilience, and even joy in the face of sorrow, from bestselling author Kate Beaton and renowned artist Sydney SmithRebecca lives in a bright and bustling home with her family on an island, where their days are full of work and also stories and laughter.Then, one wintry day, her husband disappears into the icy sea.Sorrow follows Rebecca home, haunting empty chairs an...

***WINNER OF THE EISNER AWARDS FOR BEST MEMOIR AND BEST WRITER/ARTIST*'A vast and complex tapestry that captures the humanity of people... it shimmers with grace'ALISON BECHDEL, author of FUN HOME**Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons, a tight-knit seaside community. After university, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush, part ...

'What an absolute book this is!' - Dawn French**'**This book is the perfect guide to show you how to live life to the max' - Fearne Cotton'Do I want a Cally Beaton rebrand? Hell yeah.' - Sally Phillips'This is the best writing by Mrs Beaton since that cookbook' - Sandi ToksvigPart memoir, part stereotype-defying manifesto, Namaste Motherf*ckers is a funny, empowerin...

Seventeen-year-old Rae Taylor has spent her life chasing big waves, and she's closer than ever to earning her place on the world tour, but when an ancient artefact stirs after centuries of silence, the truth shatters her carefully built world and everything she thought she knew about herself.Rae is pulled into a realm she once thought existed only in her grandmother's stories, a world held together by fear and failing magic. Among the few still willing to stand against it is a warr...

Emily Goes to ExeterA dead employer's legacy of five thousand pounds allows spinster Hannah Pym to resign from housekeeping and find adventure travelling the English countryside by stagecoach. She soon meets Miss Emily Freemantle, a spoilt violet-eyed beauty fleeing an arranged marriage to a rake she has never met.What the girl's darkly handsome betrothed boards their stage, Miss Pym is certain Emily was rash to bolt from this aristocratic catch! And so as so...

'What an absolute book this is!' - Dawn French**'**This book is the perfect guide to show you how to live life to the max' - Fearne Cotton'Do I want a Cally Beaton rebrand? Hell yeah.' - Sally Phillips'This is the best writing by Mrs Beaton since that cookbook' - Sandi ToksvigPart memoir, part stereotype-defying manifesto, Namaste Motherf*ckers is a funny, empowerin...