Health/Lifestyle

Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is 'The Hidden Half' - those random, unknowable variables (read more)

Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is 'The Hidden Half' - those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world. We humans are very clever creatures - but we're idiots about how clever we really are. In this entertaining and ingenious book, Blastland reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose sight of how unexplainable it often is. (hide)

Home for the Soul is about creating a considerate and sustainable home that also sparks happiness and reflects the spirits, passions (read more)

Home for the Soul is about creating a considerate and sustainable home that also sparks happiness and reflects the spirits, passions and tastes of its inhabitants. A shift in awareness means that we are increasingly thoughtful about the materials we use, the scarcity of the earth's resources and how to lighten our footprint on the planet. In Home for the Soul, Sara Bird and Dan Duchars show how to create a beautiful home that suits its inhabitants while causing minimum damage to our increasingly fragile environment including using non toxic, vegan paints and fabrics.

Published:8 Sep 2020
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Stocked 11 June - 30 Attractive Projects You'll Actually Want to Make Everyone is capable of making useful things and beautifully (read more)

Stocked 11 June - 30 Attractive Projects You'll Actually Want to Make Everyone is capable of making useful things and beautifully made modern furniture shouldn't cost thousands of dollars. In HomeMade Modern you'll learn to make the furniture you want at a fraction of the price of store-bought furniture. Not only will you save tons of money, but you'll also make environmentally sustainable furniture for the home and outdoors that is solidly built using real materials like metal, wood, and concrete, and other recycled ready-mades.

The projects in this book don't require any special skills, prior experience, or even a garage full of tools. This book will walk you step-by-step through the process of making furniture, from where to buy the materials (or where to scavenge!) to how to make the most of the tools you own. All you need is a sense of adventure to make furniture that looks amazing and that you can actually afford. (hide)

Whilst making your own wedding cake can seem daunting, it's actually easy when you've been shown the right materials and techniques. (read more)

Whilst making your own wedding cake can seem daunting, it's actually easy when you've been shown the right materials and techniques. In this gorgeous and essential book, Natasha Collins (the owner of the homemade wedding cake business Nevie-Pie Cakes in Hertfordshire) reveals how a complete novice can create something stunning and inspirational for an unforgettable day.With projects split into chapters entitled Romantic beginnings, Putting on the glitz, Laughing all the way to the alter, Home(spun) is where the heart is and Magic in the air, Natasha's recipes cater for all types of personalities and preferences. There's a Nuts About You Hazelnut and Chocolate Cake for the romantic traditionalists; a Going for Gold Chocolate Orange Cake for those after something a bit more Hollywood; a Key Largo Coconut & Lime Cake for the couple who don't take themselves seriously; Love-in-a-box Short Bread, Iced Gems & Melting Moments for the couple after a more homely feel; and a Lulled in These Flowers Elderflower & Gooseberry Cake for the non-traditionalists.

Each recipe is accompanied with stunning photography and an entertaining and instructional narrative, which guides you through the whole process of choosing a design, baking the cake, embellishing it, transporting it, presenting it and serving it so the experience is as stress-free as possible. Each project also includes a timetable indicating how long each part of the process will take as well as whether it's easy, medium or hard, and gives a schedule for when the cake should best be decorated and set up in relation to when it is going to be eaten.Packed full of gorgeous wedding cakes and vital advice, The Homemade Wedding Cake is the must-have cake baking and decorating manual for anybody looking to design and create something memorable for a very special day. (hide)

SUNDAY TIMES FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. 'Middle Eastern Cooking at its most inspiring. Brilliantly useful and exquisitely designed.' (read more)

SUNDAY TIMES FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014. 'Middle Eastern Cooking at its most inspiring. Brilliantly useful and exquisitely designed.' BBC Good Food Magazine Best Newcomer in the Observer Food Monthly Awards 2013.

This is our food, this is our restaurant - fresh fruit and vegetables, wild honey, big bunches of herbs, crunchy salads, smoky lamb, bread straight from the oven, old-fashioned stews, Middle Eastern traditions, falafel, dips, and plenty of tahini on everything. Squeeze in, grab a chair, ignore or enjoy the noise, the buzz, and tuck in. Leave room for dessert - cheesecake, a marzipan cookie with a Turkish coffee.

Let us look after you - welcome to Honey & Co. (hide)

HORMONAL explores everything from contraception to PMS, in relation to anxiety, depression and taboos about hysteria and the 'hormonal' (read more)

HORMONAL explores everything from contraception to PMS, in relation to anxiety, depression and taboos about hysteria and the 'hormonal' woman. It is a compelling portrait of the modern landscape of women and health, showing us how to navigate stigma and misinformation. Combining her own experiences with extensive research and expert contributions, Eleanor Morgan explores the relationship between the female body, the female mind and the ways in which women's bodies are being medicalised. (hide)

A stunning celebration of the equine world, The Horse Encyclopedia is a fully illustrated look at all the major horse and pony breeds (read more)

A stunning celebration of the equine world, The Horse Encyclopedia is a fully illustrated look at all the major horse and pony breeds and types, from the ponies of Dartmoor to the American mustang. Packed with gorgeous photographs of horse breeds from around the world, The Horse Encyclopedia is the definitive guide to the evolution, anatomy, and origins of each horse breed and its place in history, art, and culture. The Horse Encyclopedia also documents famous individual horses, as well as iconic owners, riders, and breeders, paying homage to equestrian history.

This dazzling volume also includes expert advice on horse care, feeding and grooming, and horse health to offer a truly comprehensive equine guide and a wonderful gift for all horse riders, students, and enthusiasts.

Published on 01/11/2016 (hide)

Modern life is full of choices. We're told that happiness lies within and we can be whoever we want to be. But with endless possibility (read more)

Modern life is full of choices. We're told that happiness lies within and we can be whoever we want to be.

But with endless possibility comes a feeling of restlessness; like we're somehow failing to live our best life. What does doing it right even look like? And why do so many women feel like they're getting it wrong?From faster-than-fast fashion to millennial burnout, the explosion of wellness to the rise of cancel culture, Pandora Sykes interrogates the stories we've been sold and the ones we tell ourselves. Wide-ranging, thoughtful and witty, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right? explores the anxieties and myths that consume our lives and the tools we use to muddle through. (hide)

Published on 01/09/2015: If you've ever gestured wildly with your hands in order to coax a word from your memory, or if you've sat (read more)

Published on 01/09/2015: If you've ever gestured wildly with your hands in order to coax a word from your memory, or if you've sat up straighter in a meeting to feel more confident and alert, then you already know some of the ways the body can make an impact on the mind. But what if that's just the tip of the iceberg? Recent research shows that the extent to which the body affects the brain is greater than we'd ever imagined. Now How the Body Knows Its Mind reveals extraordinary ways you can use your body to improve your mind and performance in all areas of life.

We often think of the brain as the master control centre - interpreting experiences, deciding what to do, and pulling the levers of the body. Sian Beilock, a leading expert on the brain science behind human performance and professor in the psychology department at the University of Chicago, turns our understanding of the mind upside down in How the Body Knows Its Mind. Your brain doesn't make that much of a distinction between what happens in your body and what happens in your mind. (hide)

A life-affirming book about the British countryside, the cycle of nature, solitude and contentment, through the prism of a brilliant (read more)

A life-affirming book about the British countryside, the cycle of nature, solitude and contentment, through the prism of a brilliant new nature writer's experience working as a traditional mole-catcher, and why he gave it up. I have been catching moles in gardens and farms for years and I have decided that I am not going to do it any more. Molecatching is a traditional skill that has given me a good life but I am old now and tired of hunting and it has taught me what I needed to learn.

Although common, moles are mysterious: their habits are inscrutable, they are anatomically bizarre, and they live completely alone. Marc Hamer has come closer to them than most, both through his long working life out in the Welsh countryside, and his experiences of rural homelessness as a boy, sleeping in hedgerows. Over the years, Marc has learned a great deal about these small, velvet creatures who live in the dark beneath us, and the myths that surround them, and his work has also led him to a wise and uplifting acceptance of the inevitable changes that we all face. (hide)