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You don’t need a huge space to have a beautiful garden! This book is the perfect beginner’s guide to micro-gardening, featuring tips on how to start, what to choose and how to grow over 20 types of indoor and outdoor plants.

Have you ever been curious about gardening, but lacked an outdoor space? Or are you a pro gardener looking for your next creative horticultural challenge? Then this book is for you!

Whether you want to attract local pollinators, grow a handy collection of herbs for your kitchen, create a relaxing indoor oasis, or enjoy the simple pleasure of watching something grow, My Tiny Window Garden is bursting with tips and ideas to help you get started. You will find:

The basics of micro-gardening
– Troubleshooting tips
– Plant profiles to help you choose what to grow
– Craft ideas to help you style your plants

Perfect for both budding gardeners and seasoned experts looking for seeds of inspiration, this book will hone your green fingers and help you cultivate your very own tiny window garden.

This book celebrates oceans, coasts and shorelines the world over. Bringing together incredible stories and legends of the sea, delicious recipes and activities inspired by the coast, and fascinating trivia on everything from marine exploration to the turning tides, it will captivate anyone who is enthralled by the wonder of the sea.

Find inner confidence with this step-by-step workbook to help you build your self-esteem

Healthy self-esteem is key to having a good sense of well-being – it allows us to move through life with confidence, joy and resilience, to seek out new opportunities and to be kind to ourselves.

It can often be challenging to feel good about who we are. However, The Self-Esteem Workbook contains practical advice, effective tips and guided exercises based on trusted cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to help you build your self-esteem.

Use the workbook either on its own or alongside therapy to help you grow your confidence and achieve long-term self-belief.

Inside the book, you will find:
– A relaxed and supportive approach, allowing you to calmly complete the exercises at your own pace
– A hands-on attitude to boosting self-esteem, offering a wealth of tips and advice for working through your worries
– Clear and actionable advice on making lifestyle changes to support and improve your mental well-being
– Exercises grounded in research-supported CBT techniques

The Responsible Traveller is your ticket to sustainable and ethical travel. This pocket-sized book provides the knowledge and tools that can help you to explore the world with a lighter footprint.

Whether you travel out of curiosity, to find respite, to remind yourself of how vast and wonderful our planet is, or in search of life-shaping adventures, having the freedom to explore can be exhilarating and hugely rewarding. However we owe it to the people, cultures, ecosystems and wildlife that we encounter along the way to travel with respect; to preserve our beautiful world for generations to come.

The Responsible Traveller will show you how to make actionable changes that result in more thoughtful and adventurous travels, while also doing our very best for Planet Earth. Through case studies and storytelling, you’ll learn about the environmental and social effects of tourism and gain a deeper understanding of cultural sensitivity. And through simple, achievable tips and practical lifestyle changes, you’ll discover how you can make an almighty difference in reducing your impact. Empowered with this information, perhaps your next adventure will be inspired by consideration, understanding and compassion.

A pocket-sized guide to all things vegan grub, this little book is the perfect gift for students who hunger for easy, affordable and feel-good food

The student lifestyle doesn’t always lend itself to extravagant cooking – most of the time you might get by with toast – but this book is for those that crave a little creativity, sustainability and flavour in the kitchen.

Vegan student food always packs a plant-based punch, promising tasty ingredients, high nutritional value and ethical peace of mind. Featuring an array of budget-friendly, flavourful and easy-to-make meals, this guide gives you the vegan recipes you need to spice up your student suppers.

From comfort food to gourmet dishes, study snacks to batch bakes and delicious drinks, the recipes, tips and trivia inside this book will put the variety in your vegan diet.

Whether you’re already a meat-free chef, a vegan cooking newcomer or an omnivore looking to explore plant-based food in your student kitchen, this book will provide you with the tools to ensure great taste every mealtime.

We live such busy lives, rushing from one thing to the next, that we barely give ourselves time to catch our breath. But what would happen if we aimed for less?

Every area of our lives can benefit from streamlining; when you cut out the things you don’t need, you leave room for the positive things that you want to focus on. By learning to prioritize and pare things down, you’ll feel the benefits across all areas of your life – above all, you’ll feel less stressed and more fulfilled. And it’s easy to do, too, if you take it one step at a time. This book shows you how to do just that, empowering you to tune in to the power of less.

Filled with practical tips and ideas, this little book will guide you to a simpler way of life. The topics covered include how to:

– Stress less
– Reduce screen time
– Minimize clutter
– Shop sustainably
– Make the most of your “me time”
By choosing a lifestyle that is less busy, less cluttered and less stressful, you will instantly feel healthier and happier.

Take control of your anxiety with this step-by-step workbook to help you identify and overcome your worries

Life has plenty of challenges, and it’s normal to feel anxious from time to time. But when worry starts to affect your health and happiness, it’s time to take action. The Anxiety Workbook contains practical advice, effective tips and guided exercises to enable you to recognize and process your anxiety. Based on trusted techniques and mindfulness exercises, this guide will allow you to better understand your anxiety and provide the tools you need to work through it.

Either use the workbook on its own or alongside therapy to help you break away from negative thought patterns and achieve long-term calm and peace of mind.

Inside the book, you will find:

– A relaxed and supportive approach, which allows you to calmly complete the exercises at your own pace
– A hands-on attitude to relieving anxiety, offering a wealth of tips and advice for working through your worries
– Clear and actionable advice on making lifestyle changes to support and improve your mental well-being
– Exercises grounded in research-supported CBT techniques

Whether you’re looking for a one-stop shop to track and improve your general well-being, or you want to focus on a specific area of your health, this journal is the perfect place to start.

Divided into monthly chapters to help you stay on track 365 days of the year, My Fitness Tracker includes tips and advice on how to adopt a healthier lifestyle, along with lots of inspiration to keep you motivated. You’ll also find a variety of interactive pages where you can record your fitness journey, including:
– Your exercise goals and achievements
– How well you hydrate
– What you’re eating and where you can improve your diet
– How exercise and healthy eating affect your mood and sleeping habits
– Your alcohol intake and how you can reduce it

Simply spend five minutes a day recording your eating and exercise habits and enjoy looking back on the progress you’re making. There’s no better time to get your life on track and form a healthier relationship with fitness and food. You’ve got this!

Break away from bad habits and build healthy ones with this step-by-step workbook, which will help you make positive changes in your life

Habits are the building blocks of our days, and they have a huge impact on how we live – they affect what we do, how we feel and the paths in life that we choose to take.

The Good Habit Workbook contains practical advice, effective tips and guided exercises based on trusted cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques. It will help you to break free from negative cycles that aren’t serving you and replace them with positive, productive habits for long-term health and happiness.

Use the workbook either on its own or alongside therapy to help you develop positive habits.

Inside the book, you will find:

– Clear, actionable advice on making positive lifestyle changes to support and improve your mental well-being
– A calm, supportive approach which invites you to work through the book at your own pace
– A hands-on attitude to breaking away from negative habits Exercises grounded in research-supported CBT techniques

Eat Surf Live is a whole new approach to travel guides. With beautiful photography and wonderful design, it showcases the best of Cornwall. Travel with the authors as they visit secret spots, encounter local personalities and taste their way through this foodie Mecca. Part travel guide, part photo journal, part recipe book, Eat Surf Live is brimming with tips for a successful stay in this surfer’s paradise.

Would you like to hear my song about tortillas? Actually, it’s more of a rap.

Prepare to have your sides split and your ribs tickled in this ultimate collection of the world’s most memorable jokes! This seriously silly compendium of unforgettable one-liners, catchy quips and everything in-between is sure to have the whole family aching with laughter. Giggle fits guaranteed!

Hula your way into the kitchen and create a feast that’s hotter than the tropics

Don your flowery apron and straw skirt and get ready to cook up a tropical storm with this exotic recipe book filled with colourful surprises. Whether you want to find your wings with Flamingo Cupcakes, make Tropical Island Jelly Bites, bake Pineapple Pancakes or rustle up a Monkey Milkshake, The Tropical Cookbook is packed with recipes perfect for parties and times when you want to show your guests a slice of food paradise.

Did you know…?
– Russia sold Alaska to the US for just $7.2 million in 1867
– Alexander the Great failed to name an heir to his vast empire before he died, which subsequently led to its fall
– J. K. Rowling received several rejections from publishers before her first Harry Potter book hit the shelves

We all do stupid things in our lives, but the events in this book are next-level ridiculous! Packed with trivia and information on the world’s biggest fails in history, this book will leave you shocked and a little smug as you discover the true meaning of the word ‘cock-up’.

Ever been lost for words abroad?

When you want to get your point across abroad there’s only one way to do it: by swearing your ar*e off! Impress the world with a stream of multi-lingual profanity from this nifty pocket book.

The ancient art of doodling has been around for thousands of years. Depictions of wild beasts on cave walls, funny little carvings on age-old artefacts – we’ve been at it a while. So what better way to celebrate this time-honoured tradition than by doodling while you dump? Fill a fish tank, illustrate the alphabet, envision outer space – whatever takes your creative fancy. Sit back, relax and prepare to make your masterpiece.

‘I need to work hard on my maths so I will be god at it.’

‘My dads boss lives in a big hose.’

‘When I am older I want to learn to drive a cat.’

Children are at their funniest when they’re trying to be serious, and their earnest attempts at mastering the English language are a goldmine of unintentional humour, from the charming to the ludicrous, and from the profound to the downright X-rated. Enjoy this bumper edition of side-splitting spelling slip-ups and hilarious homework howlers.

Be bigger. Be better. Be bolder.

With a positive mood and the right attitude, nothing can hold you back. This small but stirring book is packed with energising quotes and practical tips for boosting motivation, encouraging productivity and kicking procrastination’s ass. It’s just the shot in the arm you need to MAKE SHIT HAPPEN.

Goodbye tension, hello pension

Combining retro photographs with witty captions and quotes, this little book is the perfect way to celebrate your glorious retirement.

B-Day is here! But don’t spend it stressing about the precious time that’s gone by – embrace the fact that you are becoming wiser and wiser every day (well, sort of) with this collection of humorous and uplifting quotes.

B-Day is here! But don’t spend it stressing about the precious time that’s gone by – embrace the fact that you are a fully fledged, responsible adult (well, sort of) with this collection of witty and wise quotes.

For years, Prosecco has been waiting in the wings for the right time to make its sparkling appearance – and now it’s taking the world by storm and putting the fizz into all social occasions! This book, packed with recipes, facts, trivia and tips on hosting the perfect sparkling-wine soiree, will make you even more mad about Prosecco than you already are!

Llamas: handsome, hirsute, hilarious!

This photographic and illustrated collection of llamas and alpacas will have you spitting with laughter. Get ready to llive, llaugh, llama!

‘Never have children, only grandchildren.’
Gore Vidal

When your roses have been trampled by little feet and the golf has been hijacked by children’s TV, reach for this hilarious book, crammed full of quips and quotes to remind you why being a grandad is one of the best jobs in the world.

‘The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.’
Virginia Woolf

So you’re getting on a bit, but even if your body creaks more than it used to, you’ve still got your sense of humour. This collection of witty quotations and gems of senior sagacity will keep a spring in your step and the cobwebs at bay.