More Rules For Life
Kitty FlanaganRRP: £8.99
More Rules for Life is the latest collection from comedian and rule-maker Kitty Flanagan. Following the success of her bestseller, 488 Rules for Life, Kitty realised there was still a lot of work to b …
Genre: Reference, Humour & Gift
Why We Sing
Julia HollanderFrom lullabies to songs for the dying, this is a fascinating exploration of singing in all its varied forms, from the personal perspective of a music therapist, teacher and performer.In interrogating …
The Funny Stuff
P. J. O'Rourke‘P. J. O’Rourke was the funniest writer of his generation, one of the smartest and one of the most prolific. Now that he belongs to the ages, P.J. takes his rightful place along with Oscar Wilde, Mark …
Anatomy of 55 More Songs
Marc MyersSongs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more – iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also alter the direction of music. In this follow-u …
How to Fake Being Tidy
Fenella SouterRRP: £16.99
My mother wasn’t much of a housekeeper. She wasn’t much of a cook either, although she tried. She longed to live a more unconventional life. Admirably high-minded, but it meant I never learnt to fold …
Rock Concert
Marc MyersRRP: £10.99
Decades after the rise of rock music in the 1950s, the rock concert retains its allure and its power as a unifying experience – and as an influential multi-billion-dollar industry. In Rock Concert, ac …
The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else
William HartstonMost encyclopaedias are boring. They are so packed with worthy but dull facts that a great deal of weird and wonderful material is squeezed out. The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else takes the opposite …
The Quotable P. J. O'Rourke
P. J. O'RourkeFreeman's Animals
John FreemanRRP: £12.99
Over a century ago, Rilke went to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where he watched a pair of flamingos. A flock of other birds screeched by, and, as he describes in a poem, the great red-pink birds s …
Histories of the Unexpected
Sam WillisRRP: £10.99
‘History as you’ve never seen it before.’ Dan Snow’A wonderful, eclectic and entertaining history of everything, full of fascinating, surprising stories.’ Suzannah LipscombDid you know that the histor …
King of the Blues
Daniel de ViséRRP: £12.99
‘Without a doubt the most important artist the blues has ever produced’ Eric Clapton’No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues’ President Barack Obama’One part of me says, “Yes, of course I ca …
Bad Boy Boogie
Jeff ApterRRP: £16.99
Bon Scott was once asked if he was AC or DC. ‘Neither,’ he grinned, ‘I’m the lightning flash in the middle.’ And that’s how he lived his life.No one had the same skill with lyrics as Bon, who called h …
The Importance of Being Interested
Robin InceRRP: £9.99
‘A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.’ Carlo RovelliComedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, …
On Animals
Susan OrleanRRP: £9.99
‘Every essay in this book is magnificent… Mesmerizing.’ New York Times’How we interact with animals has preoccupied philosophers, poets, and naturalists for ages,’ writes Susan Orlean. Since the age …
No One Listens to Your Dad's Show
Christian O'ConnellRRP: £9.99
‘Christian has achieved something very beautiful and funny with this book, weaving ordinary life and every day sadness into something hopeful and profound. I loved it.’ Russell BrandAs a radio DJ in L …
Doc
Jon BradshawRRP: £14.99
Often compared to David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Doc Neeson was hailed as a ‘messianic rock god’.He was thumping, pumping, sweaty hard rock. He commanded the stage. He was unstoppable. He was terrifying …
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