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A beautiful, heartfelt collection of wise words and powerful affirmations of love – the perfect gift to show you care, whatever the occasion

Love conquers all

Does your love for your partner leave you speechless? Luckily, all the romantic things you could ever hope to express to your special someone have already been said – and by folks much wiser and more eloquent than us love-struck mortals. So let this collection of tender, starry-eyed and passionate quotes do the talking, and show how much your beloved means to you. It’s a beautifully eloquent expression of love and desire, and the perfect gift for the one who has captured your heart.

This charming book brings together loving words from great romantics through the ages – from Rumi to Zelda Fitzgerald and from Pablo Neruda to Taylor Swift – and sweet reminders of the power of love, such as:
– A true love story never ends
– You feel like coming home
– Love will lead the way
– When I met you, I found me
– You complete me

Discover the wonders of Wicca and learn how to harness your inner power with this beginner’s guide to white witchcraft

Find your magick

From the history of Wicca to the basics of spell work, this pocket-sized book is the perfect introduction to magick and white witchcraft. Find out how to tap into the infinite power of the natural world by uncovering the unique properties of natural ingredients – from herbs, flowers and seeds to incense and crystals. Study the extraordinary history of witches and Wicca, and discover how present-day witches combine modern technology and traditional methods to help manifest their desires. Master the rudiments of white magick with enchantments and rituals for every occasion.

Whether you’re a budding witch or simply want to learn more about the world of spells and sorcery, this book includes everything you need to understand and start practising this remarkable craft.

Enrich your life with the power of magick and learn how to:

– Uncover and embrace your inner witch
– Connect with the rich history of witchcraft
– Start developing your Wiccan abilities and sustain your craft
– Work in alignment with the earth’s natural rhythms to get the most out of your practice
– Create spells, potions and rituals for promoting love, happiness and success

There is a crystal for every occasion

Crystals have a mystical, eternal quality and have long been treasured for their beauty. For thousands of years, they have been prized for their physical and spiritual healing properties. In almost every culture and civilization around the world, crystals of all shapes, colours and sizes have been used in religious rituals, as ornamentation or as talismans of good fortune. Small wonder then that today many of us seem so drawn to these precious and mysterious stones; our fascination with crystals is part of a vast and extensive legacy.

All natural crystals vibrate with energy, and when these vibrations are used for healing, they have the effect of balancing the energies in the body, allowing for physical, mental or emotional healing. The right crystal can help to bring balance, calm and positivity into your life.

This guide introduces over 40 essential crystals and their unique properties, from the love- and harmony-infused rose quartz to memory-boosting amber. Discover:

– how crystals work
– how to select and maintain your crystals
– how to make use of their power in everyday life
– basic techniques for crystal meditation
– how to balance your chakras using crystals
– a guide to birthstones

… and other simple ways to bring harmony to mind, body and spirit using these natural treasures.

Make everyday moments delightfully dazzling and appreciate simple pleasures with this uplifting guide to romanticizing your life

Sometimes the most magical things in life are the simplest: a good book, the soft pitter-patter of rain, the feel of grass beneath bare feet. If we could fill our lives with these small pleasures and find ways to make even the most mundane activities feel special and exciting, just think how lovely our worlds could be.

Learn how to elevate your everyday with this stunning guide to finding joy in everything you do. “Romanticizing your life” doesn’t mean living a flashy lifestyle or spending like a superstar; it simply means taking small steps to make even the most ordinary day feel extraordinary.

This book is filled with fun and easy ideas to add sparkle to your daily routine, including:

– Wearing your most fabulous outfit to make a normal day seem like a special occasion
– Jazzing up your favourite morning beverage to start your day with a touch of luxury
– Curating a mood-boosting playlist to dance to while preparing dinner

And much more! With the help of this book, you’ll soon be on the path to a life that’s filled with gratitude, self-kindness, and simple, magical moments.

A life-saving illustrated guide to making student life easier, more productive and more fun. With shortcuts to academic success, tips for making the most of the student experience and – most importantly – hangover hacks to make things better the next day.

Welcome to the world of being a student! Where gaining knowledge is top priority and partying follows closely behind. The majority of your time in higher education will be spent moaning about lectures, then about exams and assignments, and then about how broke you are every month. Luckily this fully illustrated manual is here to solve your everyday dilemmas, with low-budget tips and tricks on all aspects of student living, including:

– Ways to make your student loan stretch further
– Tips to help you get out of bed in time for class
– Study, exam and revision hacks, including how to listen to your lectures in half the time
– How to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew – and how to get wine stains out of the carpet
– A trick for changing those pesky duvet covers
– How to store your beer bottles in the fridge without them toppling over
– Drawer and wardrobe space maximizers
– Party hacks
– Food and drink hacks to use up leftovers and make the most of whatever’s hiding in your fridge
Whether you’re a fresh-faced fresher or a seasoned student searching for shortcuts, this trusty guide will be your go-to for all occasions, helping to make your student years gloriously hassle-free.

Number of players: 2+
Ages: 12+
Includes: 150 trivia cards, plus one How to Play card
Assembly required? No
Batteries required? No

– In the 1975 blockbuster film Jaws, who said “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”?
– How long did the Hundred Years’ War between England and France last?
– Which fishy hair style was big in the 1970s?

This trivia game, perfect for giving to a friend or family member on their sixtieth birthday, is packed with questions ranging from the totally random to things that happened in their formative years. It will bring extra fun to the birthday celebrations as you take a trip down memory lane together.

Number of players: 2+
Ages: 12+
Includes: 150 trivia cards, plus one How to Play card
Assembly required? No
Batteries required? No

– Most of the clocks in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction are stuck at 4:20. True or False?
– How long is Ninety Mile Beach on New Zealand’s North Island?
– Which Canadian superstar, singing in French and representing Switzerland, won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988?

This trivia game, perfect for giving to a friend or family member on their fiftieth birthday, is packed with questions ranging from the totally random to things that happened in their formative years. It will bring extra fun to the birthday celebrations as you take a trip down memory lane together.

Number of players: 2+
Ages: 12+
Includes: 150 trivia cards, plus one How to Play card
Assembly required? No
Batteries required? No
The French word for pie chart is Camembert. True or false?
Which tennis players competed in the Battle of the Sexes in September 1973?
What colour are aircraft black boxes?
This trivia game, perfect for giving to a friend or family member on their seventieth birthday, is packed with questions ranging from the totally random to things that happened in their formative years. It will bring extra fun to the birthday celebrations as you take a trip down memory lane together.

Need to pimp a stag do? These ludicrous yet creative dares will switch things up and give you something fun to do – apart from getting very drunk, obviously.
Read the last text message you received, out loud, in the style of a town crier. For the next 30 minutes, drink everything from a shoe. And when drinking from your shoe, you are only to be referred to as ‘Lord Biblington’, so get into character. Stag parties will never be the same. Play the game, if you dare…

There’s a lot to think about between the moment you say ‘Yes!’ and the moment you say ‘I do’. With advice on everything from picking the ideal venue to creative ideas for your wedding cake, this little book is the perfect companion to planning the wedding of your dreams.

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

Top Tips for Grooms presents ingenious ideas for the any groom-to-be, covering the ever-so-stressful months preceding the wedding – including surviving your stag party and choosing your outfit – to the big day itself.

It’s time to celebrate the end of an era – and the start of a whole new one!

Ah, retirement – from here on out it’s all lazy lie-ins, pleasant afternoons in the garden (or the garden centre), long lunches with friends and evenings spent in a comfy chair in front of the fire, right?

Wrong! Welcome to a world where you’re halfway to the office before you realize you don’t work there any more, you somehow seem to have even less free time than before to do all the things you need to do, and suddenly daytime TV seems a whole lot more appealing than it ever used to…

This indispensable handbook, packed with amusing illustrations, is here to guide you through the pleasures and pitfalls of being retired. Most importantly, though, it’ll teach you how to how to make sure you always get a decent afternoon nap.

This book is perfect gift for retirees, offering tongue-in-cheek advice on how to make the most of their new-found freedom.

Freedom at last! But there’s an awfully long time between cornflakes and cocoa, and a limit to how many sudokus you can do. You need survival skills:
FINANCIAL WIZARDRY: how to get three cups of tea out of one bag.
SPARKLING CONVERSATION: 300 different ways to discuss the weather.
This mischievous little book will help you enjoy your golden years with tongue-in-cheek advice and cheeky illustrations. 

Full of senior sagacity and elderly erudition, this hilarious survival guide is on hand to show you that it really is the life in your years that counts

Now that you’re a senior, you’ll come to realize that there is nothing that can’t be fixed by a quick trip to the garden centre, that your “bad back” will reliably get you out of any tricky situation and that it’s now socially acceptable to call anyone younger than you “Dear” rather than remember their actual name. In other words, now the real fun begins!

Encouraging you to laugh, embrace life and enjoy the ride, the pearls of wisdom in this no-nonsense handbook will guide you through all the pleasures and pitfalls of your latter years.

Filled with original illustrations and tongue-in-cheek advice on how to keep those grey cells active and the cobwebs at bay, The Little Instruction Book for Seniors will make the perfect gift for retirees or a milestone birthday.

The future is ours – let’s enjoy it! This hilarious fully illustrated book will help ease you into this strange and perplexing new stage of your life.

After all those years of routine you’re suddenly free! You’re bound to be a bit nervous – it is your first time. No more being bossed about – well, apart from by your other half, of course. No more getting up at the crack of dawn to go to work – though at your age you may have to get up at the crack of dawn anyway to use the loo. No more wage slavery – er, no more wages…

But it’s going to be fine, because you can now do what you want to do – within reason, naturally. Within these pages you’ll discover:

– What your new job as “retiree” involves, the hours (all of them) and the pay (let’s face it, if anyone advertised a job with this salary, no one would take it)
– Conversations you will no longer have to have
– Things you no longer have to feel guilty about
– Pursuits for bored retirees
– Truths that will slowly dawn on you
– Ways to supplement your pension
…and all the other perks (and niggles) that come with your new position (and no, we don’t mean “horizontal on the sofa”).

This is just the beginning…

Retirement is a fresh chapter, another adventure and permission to try something new. It’s also a great time to take care of your health, your money and your everyday happiness. This is the essential guide to your new life of opportunity, relaxation and enjoyment, whether you’re in need of inspiration for holidays and hobbies or advice on staying active, mentally sharp and emotionally fulfilled. Practical, insightful and enlivening, these ideas are perfect for any newcomer to full-time freedom.

From celebrating special milestones to quick five-minute catch-ups on the phone, you can always rely on your sister to be there for you. This beautiful collection of quotations will make every sister see how much she is appreciated and loved.

From celebrating special milestones to quick five-minute catch-ups on the phone, you can always rely on your best friend to be there for you.

This beautiful collection of quotations will make every BFF see how much they are appreciated and loved.

Awesome puzzles? Check.

Epic life hacks? Check.

Legendary dad jokes? Double check!

This book is everything a dad could dream of and more! Packed even more tightly than his sock drawer, it’s bursting with games, quizzes, life hacks, jokes and useless-but-interesting facts, making it an essential companion for every dad, and the ultimate way to guarantee him hours of fun.

Timely advice for a milestone birthday

So what if you’re turning 40? After all, with age comes wisdom – and more excuses to slow down and take things easy. Hey, at least you’re not 50! Packed with celebratory quotations, this little book will help you shrug your shoulders, blow out the candles and KEEP CALM.

Timely advice for a milestone birthday

So what if you’re turning 60? After all, with age comes wisdom – and more excuses to share your valuable life lessons with literally anyone who will listen. Hey, at least you’re not 70! Packed with celebratory quotations, this little book will help you shrug your shoulders, blow out the candles and KEEP CALM.

Timely advice for a milestone birthday

So what if you’re turning 50? After all, with age comes wisdom – and more excuses to reminisce about the good old days. Hey, at least you’re not 60! Packed with celebratory quotations, this little book will help you shrug your shoulders, blow out the candles and KEEP CALM.

Timely advice for a milestone birthday

So what if you’re turning 70? After all, with age comes wisdom – and more excuses to take life at an even more leisurely pace. Hey, at least you’re not 80! Packed with celebratory quotations, this little book will help you shrug your shoulders, blow out the candles and KEEP CALM.

You did it! You graduated! All the blood, sweat and tears actually paid off!

Let this little book of inspirational quotes and motivational musings remind you of that momentous achievement, as you launch into a new chapter of your life.