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The popular party game we all know and love is just about to get a lot more interesting!

Strictly for over 18s, Adult Charades is bulging with hilarious ideas for TV shows, films, books, songs and much, much more, for you and your friends to act out in all their glorious detail.

With content including ‘Die Hard’ and a ‘Slow Comfortable Screw’ cocktail, you’re certain to be in stitches with this compendium of saucy and innuendo-laden suggestions!

Say yes to new adventures! This beautiful book is brimming with tips, recipes, activities and more to help you plan your perfect trip and discover the joys of camping in the great outdoors.

Camping is one of life’s purest pleasures. It’s a way to escape the frantic pace of the everyday, to get back to nature and to discover new experiences – and nothing comes close to the joy of sleeping under the stars.

Packed with ideas for first-time campers and seasoned experts alike, this book is sure to inspire your next trip and help you create memories to last a lifetime. Within these pages you will find:
– Handy camping hacks
– Delicious recipes
– Foraging tips
– Bushcraft basics
– Wild camping advice
– Inspiration for your travel bucket-list

… And much more! Whether you’re seeking a relaxing natural getaway or an intrepid wilderness adventure, the great outdoors is waiting for you. So, pack your bag, pick up your tent and go camping!

Joy is all around us. It’s in the first sip of a cup of tea, the beauty of a sunrise, or the simple pleasure of a deep breath, and it’s easy to find when you know where to look. All you need is five minutes.

This book includes over 60 prompts and ideas to help you to find joy every single day. Taking you through your morning, your afternoon and your evening, these tips will help you to elevate your mood and liven up your routine – and each one takes no longer than five minutes.

Tips include:

– Setting an intention for your day
– Performing a small act of kindness
– Eating outdoors in the fresh air
– Trying a grounding ritual
Even the smallest moment of positivity can transform your outlook, so whether you follow one tip or many, you’re sure to lift your spirits and find a small oasis of happiness every day.

A practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide to help you understand and overcome depression, filled with helpful tips and actionable advice

Feeling overwhelmed? This little book is here to help.

How to Understand and Deal with Depression is a friendly, accessible guide with all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles, and to take practical steps to reduce or manage the burden. By learning the science behind depression and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you’ll start to dismantle its hold on you. And with practical ways to manage the condition – including physical, medical and therapeutic perspectives – this book will help you work out the best ways you can support your mental health and improve your overall well-being.

By the end of this book, you will:
– Understand the science behind depression, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggers
– Be armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate the symptoms of depression, from breathing exercises and healthy lifestyle choices to problem-solving techniques and coping mechanisms
– Have a host of holistic remedies up your sleeve for when depression strikes, such as mindfulness, visualization and breathwork
– Know about the medical treatments and therapies available, and know how and when to seek professional help or support

With the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage depression so that you can get back to feeling like you again.

A practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide to help you understand and overcome stress, filled with helpful tips and actionable advice

Feeling overwhelmed? This little book is here to help.

How to Understand and Deal with Stress is a friendly, accessible guide with all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles, and to take practical steps to reduce or manage the burden. By learning the science behind stress and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you’ll start to dismantle its hold on you. And with practical ways to manage the condition – including physical, medical and therapeutic perspectives – this book will help you work out the best ways you can support your mental health and improve your overall well-being.

By the end of this book, you will:
– Understand the science behind stress, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggers
– Be armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate stress, from breathing exercises and healthy lifestyle choices to problem-solving techniques and coping mechanisms
– Have a host of holistic remedies up your sleeve for when stress strikes, such as mindfulness, visualization and breathwork
– Know about the medical treatments and therapies available, and know how and when to seek professional help or support

With the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage stress so that you can get back to feeling like you again.

A practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide to help you understand and overcome anxiety, filled with helpful tips and actionable advice

Feeling overwhelmed? This little book is here to help.

How to Understand and Deal with Anxiety is a friendly, accessible guide with all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles, and to take practical steps to reduce or manage the burden. By learning the science behind anxiety and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you’ll start to dismantle its hold on you. And with practical ways to manage the condition – including physical, medical and therapeutic perspectives – this book will help you work out the best ways you can support your mental health and improve your overall well-being.

By the end of this book, you will:
– Understand the science behind anxiety, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggers
– Be armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate anxiety, from breathing exercises and healthy lifestyle choices to problem-solving techniques and coping mechanisms
– Have a host of holistic remedies up your sleeve for when anxiety strikes, such as mindfulness, visualization and breathwork
– Know about the medical treatments and therapies available, and know how and when to seek professional help or support

With the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage anxiety so that you can get back to feeling like you again.

Begin your healing journey with this step-by-step workbook to help you understand and deal with trauma

Trauma may seem like a daunting word, but it can cover many distressing events – from negative childhood experiences to the ordeal of living through a pandemic. It is often at the source of our fears and anxieties, and it can affect the way we live our lives.

The Healing Workbook contains practical advice, effective tips and guided exercises based on trusted cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to help you begin the process of recovery. Within these pages you will find support and encouragement as you begin to come to terms with the past and find your way back to yourself, your values and a life where you can flourish and thrive.

Use the workbook either on its own or alongside therapy to help you work through your trauma and find a sense of peace and healing.

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 towards understanding your trauma, 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

Take control of your social 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 social anxiety starts to affect your day-to-day life, it’s time to take action. The Social Anxiety Workbook contains practical advice and guided exercises to enable you to identify the source of your struggles and understand the effect social anxiety has on your mind and body.

Based on trusted techniques and mindfulness exercises, this friendly guide will provide you with the tools you need to approach every social situation with confidence and help you take the steps towards managing your social anxiety.

Inside this 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 feelings of social 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

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.

From bathing rituals and sleep yoga to solitude and mental relaxation, discover the restorative power of rest and sleep with this beautiful little book

When was the last time you truly felt well-rested? Perhaps it’s hard even to remember. With so many demands on our energy, modern life can make it challenging to devote enough time to resting. However, it can be just as important as diet and exercise to our overall sense of well-being.

This little book will help you find ways to bring more rest into your life. It’s filled with practical tips and simple ideas, including:
– Different kinds of rest, and which kind your body may need
– Techniques to allow your mind and body to take a break
– Sleep self-care to help you fall asleep and sleep well
When you know how to get the most from your down-time, you can step back into your day-to-day life feeling revitalized, refreshed and reconnected to the best version of you.

From big ones to small ones and even ones that block out the sun; the bum is back! This cheeky little guide on the world’s most popular body part is bouncing with fun, facts and quotes to help you celebrate the JUNK IN YOUR TRUNK. 

Finally, you’re a proper grown-up! But between the paunch and the mortgage, you’re starting to wonder if this is what you really want. You need midlife crisis survival skills:
– Stop calling it a midlife crisis and start calling it Teenagehood part 2.
– Do go to the gym occasionally. Don’t train to join the Olympic weightlifting team.

This mischievous little book will help you enjoy your second youth with tongue-in-cheek advice and cheeky illustrations.

Are you game?

Whether you’re at a house party, on a night out with friends or at home with a partner – it’s always the right time for a cheeky dare. Just detach one of these cards and let the fun and games begin.

‘What channel is Netflix on?’

Modern technology can be daunting, especially if you’re a silver surfer. How are you supposed to remember your wifi password when you can’t even remember where you left your glasses? Whether you’re struggling with social media or wrestling with your word processor, you’ll find plenty to laugh about in the browser blunders and phone fails of Instagran.

Life sucks. It’s a fact we all have to face up to now and then, and the best medicine is often a healthy dose of rage and profanity. Let off some steam with this cantankerous collection of wrathful words and grouchy grumblings.

Ever wondered how many rude words existed to describe the unmentionable?
Tarnish your tongue with this colloquial collection of obscenities and filthy four-letter words from the crudest crevices of the English language.

When you have endless exams to prepare for, the assignment you wrote has genuinely been eaten by the dog and you’re forced to wear the lost-property PE kit because yours is in the wash, life can become a little overwhelming. For all the times you’re on the brink of a classroom catastrophe, grab this collection of the internet’s funniest school memes and laugh away your worries.
Let the procrastination commence!
 

‘The away team were prevented from making a final strike due to a well-timed tickle’


Laugh out loud at this selection of the funniest faux pas, silliest slips and most blatant bloopers that ever made it into print (and some that didn’t), from newspaper headlines to menus, and from small ads to social media. You’ll be checking everything you type after reading this!

‘You may not realise it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you’ – Walt Disney.
Ever had one of those days when it felt like the whole world was conspiring against you? So what if you’ve just wrapped your new car round a lamp post, emailed your personal snaps to the entire company by mistake or delivered a eulogy with your flies undone: s**t happens get over it! Here is a book packed with quotations to help you see the funny side.

If you thought there was only one type of fart, get ready to be blown away!

Like a beautiful snowflake, every fart is unique. From the ever-so-dainty Pipsqueak to the mighty window-frame-rattling Thunderclap, there’s a whole world of bottom-burps to savour in this informative and revealing dictionary, along with a plethora of butt-trumpet facts. Ranging from how to fart and get away with it to the worst places to fart, you’ll realise you didn’t know the first thing about flatulence!

The hilarious Sunday Times bestseller! Reached number 5 in the paperback non-fiction chart – sadly not number 2!

Get fit while you sh*t with this rather amusing and slightly silly parody of the HIIT workout phenomenon

This is for the multitaskers, the toilet-lovers, the bottom-tooters, the widdlers, the toilet-paper origamists – yes, I’m talking to you! You thought there would never be an exercise regime that you could enjoy in the comfort of the smallest room, but here it is: The SHIIT Workout. It even has pictures and planners to log your workouts.

Getting into shape has never been more fun, as you go through the (bowel) motions from jumping jacksies and push-outs to bottom burpees and skidders.

This is the essential guide to getting fit while you SHIIT.

Just make sure you have plenty of toilet roll handy as it’s going to get messy – you’re going to do more than sweat.

My ‘life goals before 25’ when I was 20: mortgage, become an MD or social media sensation, have good hair, have my own sustainable coffee shop, travel to 98 countries.

My life goals on the eve of my 25th birthday: afford my rent without getting overdrawn this month, get at least two likes on my Instagram post on my new shoes, remember to pluck nose hairs before work, stop mislaying my refillable coffee cup, visit my parents once a month.

Is it just me, or does everyone else have their shit together?

Believe me, you’re not alone! If you’re having sleepless nights about your latest social media post, think that you’re a bit of a loser in love, or have a job that you hate (but you need the money and there are no full-time poet positions out there), then this book is your life-jacket and comfort blanket rolled into one sweet package. Learn why you’re not the failure you think you are, and why actually you’re well on your way to being a flawed-but-brilliant grown-up, as this guide helps you navigate your way through the choppy waters of your quarter-life crisis.

This book will help you save money, buy less and do your bit for the environment – just through loving your leftovers! It’s your essential guide to shopping smarter and making meals that go the extra mile.

Trying to be more sustainable and eco-friendly in the kitchen may seem like a daunting task, but with a little bit of help and encouragement you can dramatically reduce your food waste. Not only does this help your budget, as you don’t have to buy so much food, but it can also help to save the planet – because when you’re using up your leftovers rather than throwing them away, you reduce your carbon footprint.

The Zero-Waste Kitchen includes:
– Meal-planning hacks
– Simple ways to store your food for maximum freshness
– Ideas for growing vegetables and fruit from the scraps you usually throw away
– An A-Z guide to common leftovers and how they can be used in the kitchen and beyond
– Easy-to-follow recipes for using up ingredients that tend to go to waste
And much, much more!

Are you familiar with FOMO? Do you often fall prey to the mindless scroll? Is the pressure of likes, follows and notifications getting you down? Although social media is a big part of modern life, using it can often leave us feeling drained, unfocused and unhappy – but it doesn’t have to be that way! This book has everything you need to put you back in the driving seat. With 100 practical tips, from switching off to curating positive feeds, you’ll find it easy to take the first steps towards a happier online life.

The question has been popped, the ring has been presented and the celebrations have begun! What’s next? Just the wedding.

Top Tips for Brides presents ingenious ideas for the any bride-to-be, covering the ever-so-stressful months preceding the wedding – including the hen party and choosing your attire – to the big day itself.