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June Non-Fiction Book of the Month Why the Germans Do it Better by John Kampfner June Non-Fiction Book of the Month Why the Germans Do it Better by John Kampfner

Non-Fiction Books

Be it biography, history, nature writing or any other form of true story, non-fiction writing is often loaded with just as much suspense and character as the most exciting novel. Immerse yourself in candid and revealing memoirs, enlightening accounts of the past or passionately argued political texts. Here are the non-fiction books that you really must read.

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Our Best Non-Fiction Books

Why the Germans Do it Better
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Why the Germans Do it Better
John Kampfner
£9.99   £8.49
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The Wild Silence
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The Wild Silence
Raynor Winn
£9.99   £8.49
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Pandora's Jar
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Pandora's Jar
Natalie Haynes
£9.99   £8.49
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Humankind
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Humankind
Rutger Bregman
£9.99   £8.49
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Joe's Family Food
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Joe's Family Food
Joe Wicks
£20.00   £10.00
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Fake Law
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Fake Law
The Secret Barrister
£9.99   £8.49
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Agent Sonya
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Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre
£8.99   £7.49
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Tornado
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Tornado
John Nichol
£20.00   £16.99
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BBC Proms 2021
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BBC Proms 2021
£8.00
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How to Make the World Add Up
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How to Make the World Add Up
Tim Harford
£9.99   £8.49
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The Power of Geography
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The Power of Geography
Tim Marshall
£16.99   £14.99
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The Ratline
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The Ratline
Philippe Sands
£9.99   £8.49
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The White Ship
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The White Ship
Charles Spencer
£9.99   £8.49
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The Salt Path
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The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
£9.99   £7.99
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Seven Ways to Change the World
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Seven Ways to Change the World
Gordon Brown
£25.00
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One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time
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One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time
Craig Brown
£9.99   £8.49
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Putin's People
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Putin's People
Catherine Belton
£9.99   £8.49
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Our Best New Non-Fiction Hardbacks

In the Wars
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In the Wars
Dr Waheed Arian
£20.00   £17.99
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Operation Pedestal
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Operation Pedestal
Max Hastings
£25.00   £21.99
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Making It
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Making It
Jay Blades
£16.99
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Ancestors
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Ancestors
Alice Roberts
£20.00   £17.99
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You Will Get Through This Night
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You Will Get Through This Night
Daniel Howell
£14.99   £12.99
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Tom Kerridge's Outdoor Cooking
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Tom Kerridge's Outdoor Cooking
Tom Kerridge
£22.00   £18.99
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The Devil You Know
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The Devil You Know
Gwen Adshead
£16.99   £14.99
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SAS Great Escapes
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SAS Great Escapes
Damien Lewis
£20.00   £17.99
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Unwell Women
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Unwell Women
Elinor Cleghorn
£16.99   £14.99
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All In It Together
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All In It Together
Alwyn Turner
£20.00   £17.99
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An Extra Pair of Hands
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An Extra Pair of Hands
Kate Mosse
£12.99
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Omelette
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Omelette
Jessie Ware
£12.99
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Barbarossa Through German Eyes
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Barbarossa Through German Eyes
Jonathan Trigg
£20.00
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Tapestries of Life
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Tapestries of Life
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
£14.99   £12.99
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Among the Mosques
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Among the Mosques
Ed Husain
£18.99   £16.99
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France: A Short History
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France: A Short History
Jeremy Black
£16.99   £14.99
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The Queen
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The Queen
Matthew Dennison
£25.00   £21.99
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William Blake vs the World
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William Blake vs the World
John Higgs
£20.00   £17.99
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Our Best New Non-Fiction Paperbacks

The Shortest History of England
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The Shortest History of England
James Hawes
£8.99   £7.49
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Behind the Enigma
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Behind the Enigma
John Ferris
£12.99   £10.99
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Just Ignore Him
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Just Ignore Him
Alan Davies
£9.99   £8.49
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Hungry
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Hungry
Grace Dent
£9.99   £8.49
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Zero Negativity
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Zero Negativity
Ant Middleton
£8.99   £7.49
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Who am I, again?
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Who am I, again?
Lenny Henry
£9.99   £8.49
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Broken Greek
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Broken Greek
Pete Paphides
£9.99   £8.49
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Black and British
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Black and British
David Olusoga
£12.99   £10.99
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Olive, Mabel & Me
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Olive, Mabel & Me
Andrew Cotter
£9.99   £8.49
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My Life in Red and White
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My Life in Red and White
Arsene Wenger
£8.99   £7.49
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Sicily '43
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Sicily '43
James Holland
£9.99   £8.49
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Hidden Hand
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Hidden Hand
Clive Hamilton
£10.99   £8.99
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Limitless: The Autobiography
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Limitless: The Autobiography
Tim Peake
£8.99   £7.49
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Boris Johnson
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Boris Johnson
Tom Bower
£10.99   £9.99
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The Secret Life of the Savoy
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The Secret Life of the Savoy
Olivia Williams
£9.99   £8.49
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Clothes... and other things that matter
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Clothes... and other things that matter
Alexandra Shulman
£9.99   £8.49
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Memorial Drive
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Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey
£9.99   £8.49
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Palace of Palms
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Palace of Palms
Kate Teltscher
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback

Coming Soon - Our Best Non-Fiction to Pre-Order

The Comfort Book
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The Comfort Book
Matt Haig
£16.99
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Living the Chateau Dream
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Living the Chateau Dream
Angel Strawbridge
£20.00
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Burning Questions
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Burning Questions
Margaret Atwood
£20.00
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
Ai Weiwei
£25.00
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And Away
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And Away
Bob Mortimer
£20.00
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This Much Is True
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This Much Is True
Miriam Margolyes
£20.00
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My Lifey
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My Lifey
Paddy McGuinness
£20.00
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A Cook's Book
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A Cook's Book
Nigel Slater
£30.00
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Oh Yes, Oh Yes
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Oh Yes, Oh Yes
Carl Cox
£20.00
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Blueprint
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Blueprint
Ross Edgley
£20.00
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Lawrence (Drag) Queen of Scots
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Lawrence (Drag) Queen of Scots
Lawrence Chaney
£16.99
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Powers and Thrones
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Powers and Thrones
Dan Jones
£25.00   £21.99
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Too Many Reasons to Live
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Too Many Reasons to Live
Rob Burrow
£20.00   £17.99
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How to Survive Family Holidays
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How to Survive Family Holidays
Jack Whitehall
£18.99
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A Drag Queen's Guide to Life
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A Drag Queen's Guide to Life
Bimini Bon Boulash
£16.99
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The Audacity
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The Audacity
Katherine Ryan
£20.00
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Reflections
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Reflections
Holly Willoughby
£20.00
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The First 21
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The First 21
Nikki Sixx
£20.00   £17.99
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Get Outdoors! - The World is Waiting for You

Take the Slow Road: Scotland
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Take the Slow Road: Scotland
Martin Dorey
£20.00
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The Secret World of Weather
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The Secret World of Weather
Tristan Gooley
£20.00   £17.99
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Rewild Yourself
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Rewild Yourself
Simon Barnes
£8.99
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Take the Slow Road: England and Wales
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Take the Slow Road: England and Wales
Martin Dorey
£20.00
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The Wild Isles
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The Wild Isles
Patrick Barkham
£25.00   £21.99
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The Wild Places
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The Wild Places
Robert Macfarlane
£9.99
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Birdsong in a Time of Silence
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Birdsong in a Time of Silence
Steven Lovatt
£12.99
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British Wildlife
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British Wildlife
Paul Sterry
£16.99
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Forage
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Forage
Liz Knight
£19.99
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Wild Camping
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Wild Camping
Stephen Neale
£16.99
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Wild Swimming Hidden Beaches
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Wild Swimming Hidden Beaches
Daniel Start
£16.99
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Back to Nature
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Back to Nature
Chris Packham
£20.00
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RSPB Garden Birds
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RSPB Garden Birds
Marianne Taylor
£25.00
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Rootbound
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Rootbound
Alice Vincent
£9.99
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Max's Picnic Book
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Max's Picnic Book
Max Halley
£16.99   £14.99
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Under the Open Skies
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Under the Open Skies
Markus Torgeby
£20.00
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Rewild Your Life
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Rewild Your Life
Sarah Stirling
£12.99
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Our Best Children's Nature Books

Wild Child
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Wild Child
Dara McAnulty
£14.99
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My Big Book of Outdoors
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My Big Book of Outdoors
Tim Hopgood
£16.00
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KEW: Grow, Forage and Make
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KEW: Grow, Forage and Make
Alys Fowler
£9.99
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The Book of Tiny Creatures
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The Book of Tiny Creatures
Nathalie Tordjman
£13.99
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Slow Down... Discover Nature in the Park
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Slow Down... Discover Nature in the Park
Freya Hartas
£6.99
Board book
A Friend to Nature
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A Friend to Nature
Laura Knowles
£12.99
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The Secret Life of Bees
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The Secret Life of Bees
Moira Butterfield
£12.99
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What's The Weather?
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What's The Weather?
Fraser Ralston
£9.99
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Bugs Magic Painting Book
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Bugs Magic Painting Book
Abigail Wheatley
£5.99
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David Attenborough
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David Attenborough
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
£9.99   £7.99
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Bug Hunter
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Bug Hunter
DK
£9.99
Mixed media product
Outdoor Adventure Handbook
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Outdoor Adventure Handbook
Emily Hibbs
£7.99
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RSPB First Book Of Birds
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RSPB First Book Of Birds
Anita Ganeri
£6.99
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RSPB Birds
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RSPB Birds
Miranda Krestovnikoff
£12.99
Hardback
RSPB First Book Of Minibeasts
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RSPB First Book Of Minibeasts
Anita Ganeri
£5.99
Paperback

Signed & Special Editions

Seven Ways to Change the World
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Seven Ways to Change the World
Gordon Brown
£25.00
Hardback
Go Big
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Go Big
Ed Miliband
£18.99   £16.99
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The Comfort Book
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The Comfort Book
Matt Haig
£16.99
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Helgoland
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Helgoland
Carlo Rovelli
£20.00   £17.99
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The Bomber Mafia
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The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell
£20.00   £16.99
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New Yorkers
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New Yorkers
Craig Taylor
£25.00
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Everybody
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Everybody
Olivia Laing
£20.00   £17.99
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I Belong Here
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I Belong Here
Anita Sethi
£16.99
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Speak Your Truth
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Speak Your Truth
Fearne Cotton
£16.99
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No Such Thing as Normal
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No Such Thing as Normal
Bryony Gordon
£14.99
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Redhanded
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Redhanded
Suruthi Bala
£16.99
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Nina Simone's Gum
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Nina Simone's Gum
Warren Ellis
£20.00
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
Ai Weiwei
£25.00
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Homo Irrealis
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Homo Irrealis
Andre Aciman
£12.99
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And Away
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And Away
Bob Mortimer
£20.00
Hardback
My Rock 'n' Roll Friend
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My Rock 'n' Roll Friend
Tracey Thorn
£16.99
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A Cook's Book
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A Cook's Book
Nigel Slater
£30.00
Hardback
Watching Neighbours Twice a Day...
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Watching Neighbours Twice a Day...
Josh Widdicombe
£20.00   £17.99
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Great Books You Must Read

Our selection of classic paperbacks

The Salt Path
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The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
£9.99   £7.99
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Motherwell
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Motherwell
Deborah Orr
£9.99   £7.99
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Prisoners of Geography
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Prisoners of Geography
Tim Marshall
£9.99   £8.49
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge
£9.99   £7.99
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Sapiens
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Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
£10.99   £8.99
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Invisible Women
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Invisible Women
Caroline Criado-Perez
£9.99   £7.99
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The Power of Now
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The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle
£10.99
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
£12.99   £10.99
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Lady in Waiting
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Lady in Waiting
Anne Glenconner
£9.99
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Factfulness
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Factfulness
Hans Rosling
£9.99   £8.99
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Shoe Dog
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Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
£9.99
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Man's Search For Meaning
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Man's Search For Meaning
Viktor E Frankl
£9.99
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The Five
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The Five
Hallie Rubenhold
£9.99   £7.99
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Utopia for Realists
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Utopia for Realists
Rutger Bregman
£9.99
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The Silk Roads
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The Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan
£14.99   £9.99
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Notes From A Small Island
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Notes From A Small Island
Bill Bryson
£9.99   £8.99
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Difficult Women
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Difficult Women
Helen Lewis
£8.99   £7.49
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Black and British
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Black and British
David Olusoga
£12.99
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Luxury Editions & Gift Books

Island Dreams
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Island Dreams
Gavin Francis
£20.00   £17.99
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The Flavour Thesaurus
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The Flavour Thesaurus
Niki Segnit
£20.00
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Murder Maps
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Murder Maps
Drew Gray
£25.00
Hardback
The Collins Garden Birdwatcher's Bible
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The Collins Garden Birdwatcher's Bible
Paul Sterry
£30.00
Hardback
A History of the Universe in 21 Stars
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A History of the Universe in 21 Stars
Giles Sparrow
£12.99
Hardback
A Perfect Planet
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A Perfect Planet
Huw Cordey
£25.00   £20.00
Hardback
Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition
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Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition
Joshua Foer
£30.00
Hardback
STRATA
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STRATA
Robert Macfarlane
£50.00   £45.00
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Royal Gardens of the World
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Royal Gardens of the World
Mark Lane
£35.00
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The Story of Scottish Art
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The Story of Scottish Art
Lachlan Goudie
£30.00
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365
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365
John Brewin
£25.00
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Smoke and Mirrors
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Smoke and Mirrors
Hoxton Mini Press
£25.00
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Radical Architecture of the Future
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Radical Architecture of the Future
Beatrice Galilee
£39.95
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Vitamin D3: Today's Best in Contemporary Drawing
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Vitamin D3: Today's Best in Contemporary Drawing
Phaidon Editors
£49.95   £44.95
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Anatomica
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Anatomica
Joanna Ebenstein
£25.00
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Out of Many, One: Deluxe Signed Edition
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Out of Many, One: Deluxe Signed Edition
George W. Bush
£190.00
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Royal Albert Hall
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Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
£35.00
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Scarves
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Scarves
Nicky Albrechtsen
£30.00
Hardback
The Waterstones Round Up: June's Best Books

The Waterstones Round Up: June's Best Books

As we skip nimbly into summer, here is our selection of the best books to read in the sunshine this June.

Jack Guinness on The Queer Bible

Jack Guinness on The Queer Bible

Jack Guinness discusses the inspiration behind his groundbreaking LGBTQIA website and book The Queer Bible.

John Kampfner on Why (and How) the Germans Do It Better

John Kampfner on Why (and How) the Germans Do It Better

John Kampfner, author of Why the Germans Do It Better, our Non-Fiction Book of the Month for June, on why the British still bridle at German success.

'Nature Is All We Have, And All We Are': Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson on Tapestries of Life

'Nature Is All We Have, And All We Are': Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson on Tapestries of Life

The author of the acclaimed Extraordinary Insects discusses her new book Tapestries of Life.