The art of caring for the things you love ...Caring for the items you love around the home is easier - and more rewarding - than you think. In his first book, The Repair Shop's resident woodworking expert Will Kirk takes you on a tour of the basics of wood care and restoration, from first steps and quick fixes around the home to getting stuck into larger projects over a weekend.Whether you are fixing something you have had for years or upcycling so...

A gripping gangland thriller from BESTSELLER Gillian Godden. The Lambrianus are back and this could be their final showdown...Every crown is paid for in blood... It’s the final showdown for the Lambrianu family, but will bad boy Adam reclaim his birthright or will the family face their downfall once and for all?Once dismissed as the family’s spoiled playboy, Adam Lambrianu is done being underestimated. He’s ready to prove he’s no pretender....

Newly reissued for the modern listener, Martin Amis’s Success is “a terrifying, painfully funny, Swiftian exercise in moral disgust” (The Observer).Foster brothers Terence Service and Gregory Riding could not be more different from one another—Terry “a quivering condom of neurosis and ineptitude” and Greg a “bundle of contempt, vanity and stock-response.”After the shocking killing of Terry’s child sister, he is taken in by the aristocratic...

Benji McLaughlin is a visionary. He believes in things other people think are impossible, like that he and his brother Stanley will be happy living with their uncle, and that the Loch Lochy Monster is real, and that his parents will come home safely one day. So when he finds out that Uncle Hamish’s holiday business is struggling, Benji’s not worried. He has a visionary plan. Together with his new friends, Murdy and Mr Dog, he sets off to prove that the Loch Lochy Monster exists, and bring ...

Rosamunde Pilcher's beloved saga of one family's passions and heartbreaks – plus an interview with the author‘A deeply satisfying story written with love and confidence’ Maeve BinchyRecovering from a heart attack, Penelope Keeling discharges herself from hospital and returns to her cosy Cotswolds cottage. Fiercely self-sufficient, she values her independence above everything – but fears that others wish to take it from her…...

From the internationally bestselling author of Any Trope but You comes an enemies-to-lovers rom-com about a hopeless romantic wedding planner and the cynical divorce lawyer forced to help her plan her ex’s wedding.Gracie Holland can plan the perfect Happily Ever After—unless it’s her own. After a soul-flattening breakup, she’s rebuilt her life planning weddings at Larkwood—an ivy-covered Rhode Island estate where she lives in the staff cottage (and only oc...

When Will wakes up after a car accident, he’s lost three years of memory. All he wants is his girlfriend and childhood sweetheart, Gem, beside him. Instead, nothing is as he remembers. Gem has finally moved on from hers and Will’s break-up. With a new life and boyfriend, the last thing she expects is a call to say Will needs her – the man who nearly destroyed her. As Will recovers, he is determined to prove to Gem that he is the man he once was. But by unlocking the secrets of his past, wi...

In "A Breath of Prairie and Other Stories," Will Lillibridge presents a poignant collection that encapsulates the essence of life on the American plains. Each story weaves together vivid imagery and lyrical prose that evoke the vastness and beauty of the prairie landscape, exploring themes of nature, solitude, and the human condition. Lillibridge employs a rich narrative style that intersperses introspection with a deep appreciation for the external world, set against the backdrop of rural...

The Fable of the Bees a satirical poem, prose discussion, three essays and sixdialogues completed in 1729 exposes human vices but defends them as anecessity within a wealthy society. Mandeville’s bees thrive until they start livingby honesty and virtue… then they are impoverished. Mandeville did not playby the rules: he satirised the sins of society but also ridiculed the widespreadhypocrisy of deploring these sins whilst reaping their benefits. He and his workwere attacked for the rest of...

'A perfect romance' HEIDI SWAIN'Miranda Dickinson is my go-to author for heart-warming, uplifting romance' ANNIE LYONSPerfect for fans of Jill Mansell and Beth Moran!***Two lonely people. One song to change their lives…Merryn Rowe adores her life in St Ives. The café she owns and the community she serves are her much-needed second chance after a heart-breaking divorce. But a...

Sponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation to the Denver Museum of Natural History. Ever wondered what the ground below you was like millions of years ago? Merging paleontology, geology, and artistry, Ancient Wyoming illustrates scenes from the distant past and provides fascinating details on the flora and fauna of the past 300 million years. The book provides a unique look at Wyoming, both as it is today and as it was throughout ancient history—at times a vast ocea...

The latest book based on the BBC's BAFTA Award winning show, The Repair Shop: World War II marks the 80th anniversary of the international ending of World War II by sharing objects from the era and the stories behind them.Chapters include Secrets and Spies; The Home Front; Children and the War; War in the Skies and Seas; The War Abroad; and Homecoming & Remembrance.