Talk to the Hand
A battle-cry for civilised behaviour from the author of the multi-million selling Eats, Shoots and Leaves.
Family and health
Blaikie’s Guide to Modern Manners
A witty yet practical short guide to modern manners that, like Lynne Truss, takes a subject often treated in a stuffy, high-handed way and deals with it lightly and humorously.
Bad Food Britain: How A Nation Ruined Its Appetite
Award-winning investigative food journalist, Joanne Blythman turns her attention to the current hot topic – the state of British food.
It Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks: A memoir of a mother and daughter
A funny and moving memoir about a daughter’s turbulent relationship with her mother – and how a child of one’s own can turn everything upside down.
Backwards in High Heels: The Impossible Art of Being Female
The world is a fraught place for the contemporary female.
Making the Cat Laugh
One woman’s journal of single life on the margins.
A brilliant collection of Lynne Truss’ journalism – recording the life of a metropolitan refugee from coupledom. The alternative ‘Bridget Jones’.
Ting Tang Tommy
Good games are like good jokes. They get remembered and passed on from person to person. But sometimes they get forgotten. Ting Tang Tommy! is about remembering the best games we’ve ever known.
What on Earth is Going On?: A Crash Course in Current Affairs: Unabridged edition
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” Gertrude Stein
What on Earth is Going On?: A Crash Course in Current Affairs
“Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock”. Ben Hecht
The Year of Magical Thinking: Fourth Estate 25th Anniversary edition
‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ is one of five classic Fourth Estate books to be released as numbered, collectable editions to mark the 25th anniversary. The books will be beautifully produced hardbacks, limited to 2000 copies each, with jackets designed by some of the finest artists at work today.
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly: Fourth Estate 25th Anniversary edition
‘The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly’ is one of five classic Fourth Estate books to be released as numbered, collectable editions to mark the 25th anniversary. The books will be beautifully produced hardbacks, limited to 2000 copies each, with jackets designed by some of the finest artists at work today.
The Vicar’s Wife’s Cook Book
An exciting new cookery book from a first-time author and hard-working mother of two.
The Year of Magical Thinking
From one of America’s iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life – in good times and bad – that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion.
Bread Matters: Why and How to Make Your Own
Andrew Whitley, organic baker and founder of The Village Bakery, reveals the deplorable state into which mass produced bread has fallen, and the secrets behind making good, nutritious bread at home.
Sex, Drugs and Chocolate: The Science of Pleasure
Is pleasure selfish and are we selfish to pursue it, scientifically speaking?