Non-Fiction Books

This is the book for life's twists and turns, when being human starts to get complicated. A must-have companion to Dr Julie's international bestseller Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?, which taught us the skills to strengthen our future mental health, Open When... is the book to turn to when you find yourself in the eye of the storm. Within this book are a series of Open When style letters from Dr Julie to help navigate the moments of overwhelm, confusion or self-doubt that we all face when life gets messy. Offering calm, clarity and a laser focus on the best way forward, each personal letter is followed by real-time tools that will help you re-frame the situation and decide on your next move. Every chapter covers a new scenario; universal problems that each of us will likely face at some point. So, whether you are experiencing stress, pressure to perform, dealing with difficult people, trying to fit in, making big decisions, arguments with your partner, or big emotions are that causing anxiety, Open When... brings the words you need to hear to get back on the front foot, feeling ready to take on everything life throws your way. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241663936 • Author: Julie Smith • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 22.1 x 14.2 x 3.7 cm

It is never too late to build the life you’re seeking. Part-memoir, part-inspirational manual for better living, Simply More by Cynthia Erivo is for anyone seeking greater harmony and fulfilment in their lives. Cynthia Erivo learned the music to Wicked a decade before she needed it, not knowing that those same lyrics would change her life. Ten years later, she performed those songs on a world stage, showing us that there is always time to keep discovering ourselves, and that the journey of becoming is not a finite one. In Simply More, through a series of powerful, personal vignettes, Cynthia reflects on the ways that she has grown as an actor and a person, shares the lessons she’s learned over years of performing, and reminds us how we are capable of so much more than we think. In this profoundly honest and moving memoir, Cynthia draws from her experiences running marathons, both real and metaphorical, on stage and on screen, to show how each challenge can help us. Through personal anecdotes, lessons and advice, she urges readers to lean into the wisdom of their bodies and to understand and strive for a physical and mental balance. Because when we chase our deepest desires, each small step leads us closer to where we want to go. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035086016 • Author: Cynthia Erivo • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Hardback • Pages: 208

Dive into a pool of more than 160 wonderful word-searches and attempt to complete the whole book! Give your brain a real test with four different levels of difficulty to work through and time yourself to try beat your best. It is time to put your brains into gear and explore the world of word search! Lets get word-y! Product Information:• ISBN: 9781780556192• Author: Dr Gareth Moore• Publisher: Buster Books• Format: Paperback• Pages: 200• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 1cm

Get cosy and unwind this festive season with this wonderful wordsearch book. With sprayed edges to match the navy blue cover, this is the perfect gift for all puzzlers. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398857056 • Author: Arcturus Publishing Ltd • Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback

SPIDER-MAN IS BACK! An action-packed Spider-Man search-and-find book featuring Peter Parker, Miles Morales, Spider-Ham, Ghost-Spider, Peni Parker, Silk, Arañaand Spider-Man Noir! Suspicious portals have opened up across the Spider-Verse, throwing the different Spider-Heroes together. Can Spider-Man and his variants Miles Morales, Spider-Ham, Ghost-Spider, Peni Parker, Silk, Araña and Spider-Man Noir discover what - or who - is behind this multi-verse chaos? Search for the Spider-Heroes among the crowds, and solve the mystery before the entire Spider-Verse falls into chaos! Fans will love searching for heroes and villains as they spot lots of hidden details along the way. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781800786769 • Author: Nate Rae • Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 240 • Dimensions: 30. 21.5 x 0.3cm

Unleash your inner number ninja as you take on these stretching sudoku puzzles. Ranging from easy to hard, this fantastic collection of sudoku grids will hone your mental agility. The ultimate puzzle collection to challenge your mind. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781838521424 • Author: Igloo Books • Publisher: Igloo Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 288 • Dimensions: 20 x 16 x 2cm

Why are Scotland Yard murder detectives considered among the finest in the world? And why is so little known about how they truly work? Take a look at what lies behind that success with someone who knows. DI Steven Keogh spent over half of his 30-year police career as a Scotland Yard detective, helping to hunt down terrorists and some of the worst murderers in London. Step inside the mind of an investigator in a never-before-seen look into what it takes to catch killers and bring them to justice. In a journey from crime scene to trial, you will witness the emotional highs and lows of cracking real-life murder cases and discover why people kill, while debunking the myths that surround this detective work. Are you ready to challenge everything you thought you knew about the world of murder investigations? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781789466423 • Author: Steven Keogh • Publisher: John Blake • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2cm

Continuing the popular Overworked & Underpuzzled series, Calming Crosswords contains more than 100 crossword puzzles certain to stretch the brainpower of every puzzle-lover.  The crosswords have been designed to give your vocabulary and lateral thinking skills a good work-out, but not to be unachievable for the average crossword-puzzler. This is the ultimate challenge for anyone who works too hard and deserves to let their brain relax into a calming crossword collection. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781787393820 • Author: Tim Dedopulos • Publisher: Welbeck Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 224 • Dimensions: 19.9 x 12.9 x 1.1 cm

A colouring book designed to help you relax and unwind. Use your imagination to create vibrant patterns and let your subconscious take over, leading you on a relaxing journey to your inner safe place.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781803689166 • Author:  Igloo Books • Publisher:  Igloo Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  48 • Dimensions:  25 x 25 x 0.7 cm

In the darkest moment of history, one child found the courage and strength to survive the unimaginable. This is Henry's true story. One hot, humid day in July, 1944, the Gestapo abducted fifteen-year-old Henry and his mother, forcing them onto cramped cattle cars in the Lódz Polish Ghetto. Like so many Jews before them, they had been selected to disappear - they were being sent to Auschwitz. Exhausted after hours of traveling, they finally emerged from the stifling, filth-ridden cattle car. Already devastated at having lost his father to starvation, Henry clutched his mother's frail hand, knowing she was all he had left in the world, and that he was the only one left to protect her. In a flash, he felt them being brutally torn apart. Crying out for her, his heart shuddered as he watched her disappear into a sea of other women. Henry knew that was the last time he would ever see her, and he felt like he had failed her. He was now completely alone in the world. Starving, and close to giving up all hope, Henry volunteered to work in the stables, responsible for breeding horses for the war effort. As he watched other prisoners leave and never return, Henry quickly realised these horses were his only lifeline - because every morning he was sent to the stables, was one more morning he escaped the gas chambers. Before long, caring for the horses became a passion, and their comfort and strength gave Henry a glimmer of life and hope in an ocean of death. Although with every second that passed, Henry knew if he became too weak or made one mistake, he would be mercilessly replaced... This is the heart-wrenching and inspirational true account of a courageous little German boy who, against all odds, after losing almost everything a human being can lose, survived to tell his story.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781804190869 • Author: Henry Oster and Dexter Ford  • Publisher: Thread • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  256 • Dimensions:  12.8 x 2.6 x 19.6 cm

Few figures in British history have been so deeply and so consequentially involved with the British royal family as Winston Spencer Churchill. While numerous men of stature have advised kings and queens during their reigns, Churchill is unique in his role: helping to shape not only a single reign, but an entire royal dynasty. However, it was by no means a seamless relationship. At times, the royal family treated him with suspicion and contempt; at others, their relations were avuncular, competitive and cheering. Yet whether he was playing the role of antagonist to the royal family or that of trusted confidante, Churchill’s influence was central to the twentieth-century history of the British monarchy. The attitudes of the royal family towards him, whether warm or icy, were also crucial in creating the legend of Winston Churchill. The House of Windsor helped shape his career and his legacy: from his young days receiving paternal advice from Edward VII; his middle years of diehard loyalty to King Edward VIII during the abdication crisis; his initially grudging but ultimately fruitful partnership with George VI during World War II; to his enduring fondness for young Elizabeth II, the last sovereign he served. While there have been many biographies of Winston Churchill, and many volumes on members of the royal family, none of these has yet charted the relationship between Churchill and the royal family itself, even though these partnerships shaped and defined the House of Windsor and modern Britain. The history of the monarchy in the twentieth century cannot be fully understood without reference to Winston Churchill, and Churchill’s life and legacy cannot be adequately appreciated without accounting for his relationship with the royal family. Having unearthed much under-appreciated material relating to Churchill held in the Churchill Archives at Cambridge University – including diary entries, postcards, and letters to and from kings, queens and princes – Andrew Morton presents a meticulously researched dual biography of Winston Churchill and the House of Windsor. It is a drama of the first order. At times thrilling and always compelling: this is the saga of a man, a family, a beloved institution, and a regal dynasty. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781789297041 • Author: Andrew Morton • Publisher: Michael O'Mara • Format: Hardback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.3 x 3.35 cm

Boost your brain power with over 100 puzzles to solve! Sharpen your focus, relax, and enjoy solving a range of wordsearches. The perfect gift for puzzle enthusiasts! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835444009 • Author: Igloo Books Ltd • Publisher: Igloo Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 120

Enjoy this collection of 365 wordsearch puzzles, one to complete every day of the year! The perfect gift for any puzzler. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398857179 • Author: Arcturus Publishing Ltd • Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback

100+ Sabrina Carpenter puzzles, codes and brainteasers! Short n’ Sweet on all things Sabrina Carpenter? Feel like you could answer any question on the coffee-loving pop legend? Then please please please prove yourself RIGHT with Sabrinle, the ultimate unofficial Sabrina Carpenter puzzle book. Packed with more than 100 facts to find, codes to crack and puzzles to solve, use all of your puzzling skills to prove you are a true Carpenter. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241798287 • Author: Lucy Doncaster • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 176 • Dimensions: 21.6 x 15.4 x 1.3 cm

A happy colouring book with 20 removable pictures – ready for you to add colour, shading and detail! Join these happy friends as they enjoy a day out together. Illustrated by Sam Jayne. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781917156554 • Author: Sunny Vibes • Publisher: Townhouse Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 48 • Dimensions: 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm

The hilarious, must-read memoir from everyone's favourite Celebrity Traitors Faithful - The truth about being a rugby player from the horsey's mouth. This book is not just about how a psychiatrist called Humphrey helped me get back on my horse and clippity-clop all the way to the World Cup semi-final in Japan. It's the story of how a fat kid who had to live up to the nickname Psycho grew up to play and party for over a decade with rugby's greatest pros and live weird and wonderful moments both in and out of the scrum. That's why I'm letting you read my diary on my weirdest days. You never know what you're going to get with me. From being locked in a police cell to singing Adele on Jonathan Ross (I'll let you decide which is worse), being kissed by a murderer on the number 51 bus to drug tests where clipboard-wielding men hover inches away from my naked genitalia, melting opponents in rucks, winning tackles, and generally losing blood, sweat and ears in the name of the great sport of rugby. This is how (not) to be a rugby player. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529995589 • Author: Joe Marler • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback  • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.69 x 12.7 x 2.29 cm

Test your brain with this fantastic book of 250 Sudoku puzzles! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780655243762 • Author: Lake Press Pty Ltd  • Publisher:  Lake Press Pty Ltd • Format: Paperback

The Formula One Quiz Book celebrates 75 years of the world’s greatest motor sporting series. In May 2025 it will be 75 years since cars assembled at Silverstone for Formula 1’s first official event, the Grand Prix d’Europe. Seventy-five years later, the 2025 season will be one of F1’s greatest with Lando Norris and McLaren challenging Red Bull’s domination, a resurgent Ferrari now with Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes promoting their 18-year-old superstar Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Veteran F1 photographer Peter Nygaard and journalist Ewan McKenzie have revised their top-selling quizbook which starts with 75 questions – one for every year of the championship. Over 350 photos are packed into the book with expanded questions on ‘Guess The Driver’, a round on F1’s 'Unluckiest Loser's' and that perennial favourite – 'Nicknames', e.g. Which F1 star was nicknamed ‘Britney’ (Spears), by his team-mate Mark Webber? Fully revised and update and with over 500 quiz questions (many multiple choice) make this a perfect gift for F1 fans who are new to the sport to expert enthusiasts with encyclopaedic knowledge. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836005674 • Author: Ewan McKenzie • Publisher: Quarto Publishing UK • Pages: 192

Unwind and de-stress with these easy-to-read wordsearch puzzles! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398867130 • Author: Arcturus Publishing Ltd • Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback 

Step out into the peaceful English countryside with this delightful colouring book containing 45 classic, full-colour illustrations of the natural world by Edith Holden and accompanying line drawings to colour. Edith Holden was an artist and illustrator whose beautiful watercolour artworks and nature writings were published to great acclaim as The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady in 1977. This colouring book features a range of exquisite illustrations selected from her work, capturing the natural world and the seasons in all their glory. With all kinds of plants, such as daffodils, mushrooms, bluebells, catkins and much more, colouring enthusiasts can enjoy the beauty and variety of nature as they bring these wonderful artworks to life. Every line artwork is shown opposite the full-colour original so colourists can choose to follow that faithfully or simply use it as inspiration to create a whole new colour combination if they prefer. Budding artists will be spoilt for choice. Features: • Thick, high-quality paper to prevent bleed-through. • Full-page prints of original full-colour artwork. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398862777 • Author: Edith Holden • Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 96 • Dimensions: 22.5 x 28 x 0.8 cm