Kay Peddle Kay Peddle

Grandparenting

In this warm, wise guide to being a modern grandparent, leading psychologist Terri Apter builds on cutting edge research as well as her own experience as a grandparent. Drawing on case studies from across the world, Apter examines the crucial and changing role that grandparents play in our society, from those grandparents who find themselves caring for a grandchild, to how to support a grandchild through their parents’ divorce. This innovative book is for grandparents and for their adult children as they reimagine their relationships with each other, and become the best parents - and grandparents - that they can be.

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Lucy Parissi Lucy Parissi

Easy Air Fryer Bakes

IT'S TIME TO GET SWEET WITH YOUR AIR FRYER


Discover there’s to more your air fryer than savoury time savers, with dozens of delicious, tasty treats

With over 80 delicious recipes, Lucy Parissi, food blogger and baking expert will show you how to harness the power of baking in the air fryer and achieve anything from pavlovas and celebration cakes to decadent desserts, savoury bakes and even bread.

Recipes include:

- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Cinnamon Apple Muffin
- Chocolate Berry Gateaux
- Macarons
- Hot Cross Bun Loaf
- Victoria Sponge
- Sticky Toffee Pudding

And so many more!

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Helen Graves Helen Graves

BBQ Days, BBQ Nights

Make impressive entertaining look and feel effortless with these knock-out barbecue recipes.

This is the ultimate go-to guide for entertaining – you'll find 20 menus, each featuring a drink, nibbles, a dip, the platter, a side, some extra carbs and a dessert. All customisable, all incredibly delicious.

With recipe chapters divided by season, you'll find go-to grilling ideas and menu suggestions for every occasion, whatever the weather. Honeydew and Jalapeño Sours, Charred Tomato 7-layer Dip, Sticky Agrodolce Sausages, Curried Brown Butter Potato Salad, Grilled and Chilled Peppers with Harissa, Pineapple and Lime, and Tequila Macerated Strawberries are just a handful of the dishes you'll find in this selection of showstoppers.

Fire up your barbecue, fill your glass and invite your friends – grilling has never been so stylish.

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Kay Peddle Kay Peddle

Mining Men

By situating the miners’ strike of 1984–85 in a longer history of the coalfields, we can understand why miners and their families fought so hard against pit closures, and what happened after the pit wheels stopped turning. Vivid, evocative and richly alive with minute detail, Mining Men explores what the mining industry once meant to its workers and their communities, and what Britain lost when it was gone.

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Dr Joe Mulhall Dr Joe Mulhall

Rebel Sounds

‘Empathy is the currency of all music and Joe Mulhall does a great job of explaining how that quality has been used to generate solidarity for the struggle and sympathy for those who suffer injustice’ Billy Bragg

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Mark Illis Mark Illis

Poor Artists

Why make art? Faced with a capitalist system that has turned art into artwork and creative expression into cut-throat competition, why do so many artists try anyway?

In this eye-opening journey through the bizarre world of contemporary art, criticism duo The White Pube tell the story of art like never before.

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Mark Illis Mark Illis

How Tortoise Tricked the Birds

A humorous and lively African folktale, specially adapted for children just beginning to read. With colour illustrations on every page, this is another addition to Usborne's hugely popular First Reading series. Find out what happens when trickster Tortoise joins the birds at the Great Feast in the sky, and then gobbles ALL of the food. Perhaps it's time for Tortoise to be tricked too?

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Mark Illis Mark Illis

Tortoise and the Tug-of-War

A funny re-telling of a West African folktale, in which trickster Tortoise challenges Hippo and Elephant to a
tug-of- war. Brains beat brawn in an enchanting tale with a happy ending.

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Mark Illis Mark Illis

Kin: Caribbean Recipes for the Modern Kitchen

Crackling with energy and heart, Kin is a love letter to Marie's Caribbean identity, a journey through the region's myriad food cultures and a tribute to this most resourceful, resilient and joyous of cuisines. Here, Caribbean food emerges as one of the first truly global cuisines, borne out of the violent convergence of African, American, European and South Asian cultures in the long, troubling history of empire and emancipation, its legacy preserved − and, ultimately, transformed − by the kinship of those who share food.

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Mark Illis Mark Illis

In Memory of Us

In Memory of Us is a profound evocation of memory, and the strategies employed for illusion and survival in the wake of racism. It offers an often-overlooked insight into life as a Black Briton after the Windrush generation.

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Mark Illis Mark Illis

A Necessary Kindness

Urgent, illuminating and deeply human, A Necessary Kindness reveals the misunderstood world of abortion clinics, and deals with a complex issue - around which there is still too much taboo and too little understanding - with gentle compassion and bold conviction.

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Mark Illis Mark Illis

Running Away for Beginners

A funny, heartfelt journey of a book, with vivid friendship dynamicsand an unforgettable protagonist and narrator facing devastating news.

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Cecily Blench Cecily Blench

Flowers From the Void

In this scintillating debut collection Gianni Washington explores the limit of intimacy and empathy with the vivid intensity of your worst nightmare.

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Cecily Blench Cecily Blench

Secrets of Malta

Malta, 1943. The war in the air above Malta is over, but the battle for Europe is about to begin.
Margarita, a young singer in a Valletta nightclub, has seen her former lover Henry Dunn only once since breaking off their affair. His wife Vera, an enigmatic archaeologist, arrives at the club to tell her that Henry has disappeared, presumed dead. While investigating, Margarita stumbles upon the hunt for a notorious and dangerous spy: Nero.

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Richard Smyth Richard Smyth

Notes on Her Colour

Florida kitsch swirls together with magical realism in this glittering debut novel about a young Black and Indigenous woman who learns to change the colour of her skin.

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Richard Smyth Richard Smyth

The Gosling Girl

The Gosling Girl is a moving, powerful account of systemic, institutional and internalised racism, and of how the marginalised fight back.

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Richard Smyth Richard Smyth

The Fat Lady Sings

A groundbreaking novel exploring the intersection between race, class and mental health in the UK.

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