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 …
Genre: Reference, Humour & Gift
Anatomy of 55 Hit Songs
Marc MyersRRP: £10.99
Songs 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 …
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 …
The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else
William HartstonA delightful and witty treasure trove of utterly useless information by the author of The Things That Nobody Knows.Most encyclopaedias are boring. They are so packed with worthy but dull facts that a …
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 …
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: £12.99
***A Waterstones Best Paperback of 2022 pick***Perfect for fans of Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage and Professor Brian Cox.’A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.’ Professor Carlo RovelliC …
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 …
Ten Steps to Nanette
Hannah GadsbyRRP: £10.99
‘There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.’ Hannah Gadsby, NanetteMulti-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with their show Nanette, even as they declared that t …
Nellie
Robert WainwrightRRP: £10.99
‘In this highly readable biography of Nellie Melba…Robert Wainwright tells the story of the girl with the incredible voice who, by sheer force of her personality and power of her decibels, took the …
The Beauty of Living Twice
Sharon StoneRRP: £12.99
THE TIMES #1 BESTSELLERTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Vogue’s Best Books to Read in 2021One of O Magazine’s 55 Most Anticipated Books of 2021One of Marie Claire’s 25 Best 2021 Memoirs to …
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 …
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 …
Freeman's Change
John FreemanRRP: £12.99
The Covid-19 pandemic forced many of us to reimagine our homes, work, relationships and adapt to a new way of life – one with far fewer possibilities for interaction. And yet, in this period of intens …
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