Practical advice: Life hacks / handy tips

Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of How to Fail and Magpie

‘Elizabeth Day has revolutionised the way we see failure’ Stylist

‘A beautiful timely and humane book’ Alain de Botton

I Wish I Knew This Earlier: Lessons on Love: Signed edition

**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**

We’ve all been on promising dates that left us feeling worse in the long run, suffered from breakups we might have mishandled, or stayed in relationships which should have worked but didn’t. So what are we missing?

How to Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong

*** Elizabeth Day’s new novel, One of Us, is available to pre-order now from Amazon. Out 25th September 2025. ***

Inspired by her hugely popular podcast, How To Fail is Elizabeth Day’s brilliantly funny, painfully honest and insightful celebration of things going wrong.

How to Live Like Your Cat

A fun present for cat lovers everywhere: a light-hearted self-help guide to help you live more like your cat

How to Live Like Your Cat

A fun present for cat lovers everywhere: a light-hearted self-help guide to help you live more like your cat

Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned”

For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms Lena Dunham – the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO’s ‘Girls’ – as one of the brightest and most original writers working today.

This Is Not a Diet Book: A User’s Guide to Eating Well

‘This book can’t give you a six-pack in seven days or the skin of a supermodel. But I can promise that if you make even a few of these adjustments, your eating life will alter for the better in ways that you can sustain.’

How to Be a Husband

The much-loved Guardian columnist asks what it takes to make a husband, and looks to his own married life to provide the answer.*

*Anything resembling advice should be taken at reader’s own risk.

Appetite

Nigel Slater’s inspirational guide to home cooking.

‘I want you to take in the spirit of the recipes and to deviate according to your ingredients and your feelings. I urge you to break the rules. I want you to follow your appetite.’

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