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Go beyond the music with the most comprehensive exploration of the life and career of international megastar Taylor Swift The Taylor Book is the ultimate guide to a generation-defining pop sensation, packed with stunning images and all the context you need to fully immerse yourself in the Swiftiverse. From her humble beginnings as a teen country artist to her record-obliterating Eras tour, Taylor Swift is a supernova that shows no sign of burning out. The Taylor Book explores the life of an icon, including: •    Expert analysis of every album and Taylor’s Version, including The Tortured Poets Department •    In-depth exploration of Taylor’s most beloved songs and music videos •    Breakdowns of Taylor’s notorious Easter Eggs, helping fans explain the secret messaging she slips into every album •    Exploration of the songwriting process and genre experimentation •    Iconic fashion moments from each era •    Exquisite images spanning Taylor’s entire career •    A look at Taylor’s work beyond the music, from her acting credits and fandom to her relationships and politics •    And much more! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241700761 • Author: Malcolm Mackenzie • Publisher: Penguin DK (Dorling Kindersley) • Format: Hardback • Pages: 224

The world’s bestselling Grand Prix handbook is back for the new season. This is the definitive guide to Formula 1 in 2025. A complete examination of all the teams racing this season, every driver and all the tracks featured in the packed Grand Prix calendar. Also including a full review of the 2024 season and a breakdown of the new rules and regulations for 2025, this indispensable guidebook features a full breakdown of last season’s drivers’ and constructors’ world championship results – as well as a fill-in chart for 2025, so each book becomes your own personalised guide to the year’s action. Written by bestselling F1 author Bruce Jones and containing dozens of breathtaking photographs and detailed circuit illustrations plus a statistics section highlighting the major records in F1 history, this is the only guide you’ll need for the racing action ahead. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035418756 • Author: Bruce Jones • Publisher: Hodder Headline • Format: Paperback • Pages: 128 • Dimensions: 24.41 x 18.8 x 1.2 cm

Make family life even more fun and easier for everyone with these creative hacks that save you time and money! Time is so precious when you’re a mum. It’s something you can’t buy and it’s something there never seems to be enough of. We can feel like we are failing if we can’t do it all. What I’m sharing in my first book are ways that have helped me to navigate motherhood; saved me money, my sanity and, most importantly, my time. Which means less time spent stressing on things like the school run, long car journeys, holidays or mid-week meals and more time spent having fun as a family. My hacks probably began in my own childhood and I love sharing them now, like recipes being passed to the next generation. So here are 150 ways that I hope make your life easier, giving you more time to make wonderful memories with your own family. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781408733769 • Author: Casey Major-Bunce • Publisher: Little Brown • Format: Paperback • Pages: 192 • Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.8 x 1.2 cm

This book is filled with awesome ideas to entertain the kids on a rainy day! ‘I’m bored’ must be the most frightening words in a child’s vocabulary, and how to keep kids entertained is something that keeps many of us awake at night. 101 Things to do on a Rainy Day is a brilliant collection of creative (and occasionally crazy) games, activities and projects to do when you’re stuck indoors – without having to go anywhere near a TV or computer screen! Why not grow a windowsill herb garden, make your own jigsaw, or learn to play the glasses? Get crafty with decoupage and salt dough, or play detective by dusting for fingerprints. Exciting makes include terrariums and kaleidoscopes, whilst wacky games cover everything from Balloon Stomp to Sticky Note Scramble. All 101 ideas only require materials that you’ll already have around the house. With a wealth of ingenious and fun suggestions to keep you amused, you might not even notice that the rain has stopped. The activities are written with children aged 5+ years in mind but it’s your call as to how much help, support and age-appropriate supervision they might need … make whatever adjustments are necessary. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804192955 • Author: Dawn Isaac • Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 224

Test your wits with the ultimate game of cunning, logic and intuition It's time to start your adventure. Get them before they get you Put your sleuthing skills to the test in a world of deception, betrayal, and strategy. Placed in a castle in the Scottish Highlands, you must figure out if your fellow players are Faithful or a Traitor. Can you trust Jorge, the dentist with an encyclopaedic memory and tendency to smile at everyone? Or Nina, the retiree who acts like the group's matriarch but has a knowing glint in her eyes..? Beware, for in this treacherous game, trust is a luxury you cannot afford. In the official book of the BAFTA-winning phenomenon, The Traitors: The Interactive Game Book, the decisions you make will decide what happens next. Take this thrilling journey on your own or with others, pooling your wisdom to make the right choices. With over 20 standalone games to play in a group - all with cunning Traitors twists - this is the perfect gift, guaranteed to unleash hours of mischief and fun. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529975932 • Author: Alan Connor • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 22.3 x 14.3 x 3.2 cm

The best-selling collection of football facts, stats and stories is back for another fantastic new edition! World Football Records 2026 offers lively, fun and fascinating facts and stats from the world of international football. Focusing on all the major world and continental tournaments, national team records, exceptional matches and the stars who made it all possible, this exhaustively researched annual tells the stories of these key moments and the players and teams behind them. This new edition includes updated stats and facts for all recent major tournaments, awards and international teams. You’ll also find the latest record-breaking achievements of more than 35 featured nations from around the world, including a sidebar with key stats, as well as updates and records for all the other FIFA members. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035427642 • Author: Keir Radnedge • Publisher: Hodder Headline • Format: Hardback • Pages: 224 • Dimensions: 27.2 x 20.8 x 2 cm

At the age of sixty-nine, Ozzy Osbourne was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world. Then: disaster. In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalised with a finger infection to having to abandon his tour – and all public life – as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down. Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Ozzy’s descent into hell. Along the way are reflections on an extraordinary life and career, including his marriage to wife Sharon, and what it took for him to return to the stage for the triumphant Back to the Beginning concert, streamed around the world, where Ozzy reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the final time. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781408724057 • Author: Ozzy Osbourne • Publisher: Little Brown • Format: Hardback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.2 x 3.6 cm

This fantastic collection of F1 facts, stats and stories is back for a great new edition! World Formula One Records 2026 offers lively, fun and fascinating facts, stats, stories and trivia from the high-octane world of F1. Featuring the best teams, star drivers and most famous circuits, the book also has all-time records, from 1950 onwards. This new edition has the low-down on teams such as Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull; drivers such as Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Ayrton Senna; and tracks like Silverstone, Monaco and Suzuka; plus all-time wins, points, titles, pole positions and much, much more. This wonderful annual brings the most exciting sport on the planet to life! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035424726 • Author: Bruce Jones • Publisher: Hodder Headline • Format: Hardback • Pages: 192 • Dimensions: 27.2 x 20.8 x 1.8 cm

The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men! Hello, we're the Map Men, and in the following pages we've selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries old and some are so recent they're being published today (or yesterday, if you’re reading this tomorrow). They include world maps, colonial maps, corporate maps, Soviet maps, pioneer maps, news maps and maps whose intended use was hijacked for a French surrealist political movement in the 1950s.  Whether you’re an avid map junkie or simply ‘map-curious’, you will uncover a unique tale of adventure, error and unexpected humour in each chapter, as we attempt to answer the question: ‘What on earth happened here?’ So, ditch the compass (or disable location services) and set out on a journey with us, the Map Men, into a world of cartographic chaos and mappy mishaps. Because the worst maps are the best maps. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008710279 • Author: Map Men • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 24 x 15.9 cm

After three years, Jeremy Clarkson has discovered the golden rule of farming: whatever you hope will happen, won't. Enthusiastic schemes to diversify face defeat at the hands of the Council Planning department, or derision from Kaleb. Jeremy's plans for a business empire founded on rewilding and nettle soup are doubted by Lisa. And the stifling thickets of red tape keep only one person smiling – Cheerful Charlie, who charges by the hour. But the animals couldn’t be happier. A rented bull called Break-Heart Maestro is delighting the cows. The pigs are bringing home the bacon. And the goats are . . . most probably psychopaths. Yet on the good days it hard not to be optimistic. Where else do you get to harvest blackberries with a vacuum cleaner? Maybe it’s not just Break-heart Maestro who gets a happy ending? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241786987 • Author: Jeremy Clarkson • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 192 • Dimensions: 23.8 x 16 x 2.8 cm

Welcome to Staying Relevant, a book written by two best friends . . . contains swearing, adult themes and outrageous stories from life in the spotlight. If you think you know us already, you're wrong. You're gonna find out a hell of a lot about us. Probably more than you ever needed or wanted to know, to be honest. This book isn't about the glossy, filtered version of us that people normally see. It's about the real Sam and Pete, the ones behind the nonsense. Now grab a bevvy, get comfy and enjoy the journey with us - through the best bits, the worst bits, and all the absolute bottom-of-the-barrel moments in between, on our quest to stay relevant. In their first book together, Sam and Pete lay out what it truly takes to stay in the spotlight. A celebration of their unlikely friendship, the book features brand new, insane stories from their lives, including: behind the scenes, never-before-told tales from the jungle and the ballroom, hosting the NTAs red carpet, their journey creating the podcast, and plenty more. Expect swearing, heaps of positivity from Sam and, of course, zero sarcasm from Pete. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781408734742 • Author: Sam Thompson & Pete Wicks • Publisher: Little Brown • Format: Hardback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 24 x 15.8 x 3.6 cm

Dust off your dancing shoes, Strictly is back! Featuring exclusive interviews with all the celebrities, judges, presenters and professional dancers, as well as behind-the-scenes features to give you a glimpse into the glitz and glamour, the 2026 Annual is your perfect partner for all things Strictly. Get the scoop on what the professionals get up to when they’re not on the dance floor, hear from last year's winner Chris McCausland, and feast your eyes on the set's dramatic revamps. It's that time of year again, so Keep Dancing! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781785949685 • Author: Alison Maloney • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 128 • Dimensions: 28.7 x 21.6 x 1.2 cm

The 2025 Private Eye Annual brings together twelve months of the most incisive, hilarious and downright cheeky content from Britain's favourite satirical magazine. Editor Ian Hislop, the longest-serving captain on Have I Got News for You, has curated the year's finest cartoons, parodies, sketches and photo-bubbles that perfectly capture the political chaos and social absurdities of 2025. This 96-page hardcover collection showcases why Private Eye remains the UK's most successful satirical publication, fearlessly poking fun at politicians, celebrities and institutions with the wit and irreverence that has made it a British institution for over sixty years. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781901784756 • Author: Ian Hislop • Publisher: Quarto Publishing UK • Format: Hardback • Pages: 96 • Dimensions: 30.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 cm

A visual and fact-filled feast for every true F1 fan. A stunning Formula One book with amazing photography showcasing 50 iconic F1 cars from 1950 to the modern day, highlighting engineering innovations, their impact on the automotive industry, historic races, drivers, pioneering engineers and teams who put them on the racing track. Maurice Hamilton covers the technical specifications of the cars and pulls out the amazing stories behind the pictures to appeal to every true Formula 1 fan and lovers of the Grand Prix and motor sport. Get the inside story on the teams, the designers, famous drivers and the memorable races they were involved in plus the amazing tracks they raced on. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008711030 • Author: Maurice Hamilton • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.9 cm

The brand new ultimate quiz book for everyone, where an 8-year-old has as much chance of winning as an 80-year-old! From the team behind the hit TV show, The 1% Club Official Quiz Book 2 is the brand new book packed full of brain teasers and quiz questions. The must-have follow-up to the first bestselling book from the show. Are you in the top 50% of the country? The top 10%? Or even the top 1%? This is your chance to find out with BRAND NEW QUESTIONS Includes cracking Christmas quizzes perfect for Christmas day fun To win, you need to be able to correctly answer a set of fifteen questions that get progressively harder with each round, starting with a question that 90% of the country can get right down to a question that only 1% of the country can answer. Who will join The 1% Club around your Christmas table this year? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780857507334 • Author: BBC Studios • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 21.5 x 15 x 2.4 cm

Dogs love a drink! When you're not looking, your four-legged friend is busy knocking them back. This book gathers the best photos of dogs getting buzzed off booze and looking pawfully pitiful the morning after. And to add to your amusement, these snaps of hedonistic and hazy hounds have been paired with hilarious captions telling us what their barking is all about. Raise a glass to these howl-raisers! Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781800070219 • Author:  Charlie Ellis • Publisher:  Summersdale • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  96 • Dimensions:  14.73 x 1.65 x 14.61 cm

There's whiskers in the whiskey! Cats love a drink! When you're not looking, your kitty is busy getting liquored up. This book gathers the best photos of cats getting buzzed off booze and looking pawfully pitiful the morning after. And to aid your appreciation, these snaps of sordid and sozzled pussycats have been paired with hilarious captions telling us what their meowing actually means. Bottoms up! Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781800070202 • Author:  Charlie Ellis • Publisher:  Summersdale • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  96 • Dimensions:  14.73 x 1.65 x 14.61 cm

Pick a side and wear your hat with pride Whether your favourite is Elphaba or Glinda, both of these iconic witches have plenty of life lessons to share. This is a book of two halves - just as there are two sides to every story - that invites you to pick a side and let your true self shine. Learn how to charm every area of your life with quotes, illustrations, self-care spells and practical tips that impart the simple philosophy of The Wicked Witch of The West or flip the book up side down to embrace the wisdom of Glinda the Good. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529975918 • Author: Penguin Books Ltd • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 128 • Dimensions: 16.9 x 11.6 x 1.5 cm

Are you the king of an undefeatable pub quiz team? Are you a serial runner-up? Or do you love nothing more than collecting a hard-earned wooden spoon and a free pint for best team name? Most importantly: do you think you know it all? This is your chance to prove it as you work your way through a range of expertly curated quizzes in Think You Know It All: Pub Quiz This book will entertain and challenge in equal measure, with a series of perfectly pitched pub quizzes, crafted by Inquizition founder Alex Douglas. Here are bags of questions to enjoy, with curveballs to tax you, test you and trip you up – no matter your level. Boasting hours of fun – and playable by yourself, or with friends, at home or in the pub – it’s time to see how much you deserve the ultimate accolades. Are you master of the music round? The sage of sport? A titan of trivia? Let's find out. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781789297515 • Author: Alex Douglas • Publisher: Michael O'Mara • Format: Paperback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.3 x 1.9 cm

What’s occurring? Welcome to a celebration of the much-loved BBC comedy show, Gavin and Stacey. In this quiz book for family and friends of all ages there are over 500 questions all about our favourite TV smash. Do you know your Nessa from your Smithy, your Barry Island from your Billericay? What about Uncle Bryn? Pam and Mick? The current state of Pete and Dawn’s marriage? And which character is obsessed with omelettes? Containing oodles of hilarious family-friendly challenges, dares, and party games – who can do the best impression of Nessa? Can you draw Bryn and Jason on their notorious fishing trip? Let the laughter begin! Test your knowledge and treat your loved ones this Christmas. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781789468663 • Author: Joe Shooman • Publisher: Bonnier Books UK Limited • Format: Hardback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.8 x 3.2 cm