Prisoners of Geography QUIZ BOOK

I write to find out what I am thinking,Joan Didion ( Everyman Classic Hardback, August 2025)

£17.99

This hardcover omnibus edition of Didion's collected nonfiction contains her final four books: Blue Nights, South and West, Let Me Tell You What I Mean, and her bestselling and most famous work, The Year of Magical Thinking In her essay “Why I Write” (included in this volume), Joan Didion explained what lies behind her iconic nonfiction writing: "I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.” Across her long and prolific career, readers have been blessed time and again by her brilliance as a prose stylist and a social commentator. Form her unforgettable reckonings with grief (for her husband in The Year of Magical Thinking and for her daughter in Blue Nights), to her exploration of two iconic regions of America in South and West, through the indelible pieces of reporting collected from across her career in Let Me Tell You What I Mean, the books collected here show Didion at her best: bearing witness to our history, illuminating our culture, and shedding light on the human condition.

Golfland Ireland

£25.00

GOLFLAND IRELAND is the hardback guide to the array ofgood, great and utterly glorious courses across the island of Ireland - all ofthem. Planning a trip to Ireland or simply dreaming of one?GOLFLAND IRELAND is the essential, definitive work. Every Irish course is here.

GOLFLAND IRELAND is both practical reference book and highly desirable gift, it isstylishly laid out, showcasing fabulous photography by David Cannon, theworld's finest and most famous golf photographer. As well as the comprehensive and detailed guides to eachcourse, GOLFLAND IRELAND contains historical overviews, portraits of Ireland'skey golf figures, as well as suggested itineraries and maps. GOLFLAND IRELAND is for Ireland's own golfers as well as for thosefrom all over the world who are dreaming about or planning a trip to walk itsfamous fairways - such as Portrush, Portmarnock, Royal County Down,Ballybunion, Waterville and many more - and to discover its less-well-known,lovely and hidden outposts.

A Beautiful Pint : One Man's Search for the Perfect Pint of Guinness by Ian Ryan

£9.99

What makes a perfect pint of Guinness? What are the criteria for a great pub? And where can you find them?Ian Ryan, founder of Sh*t London Guinness and Beautiful Pints, can answer these questions and help you find a beautiful pint, wherever you are. We’ve all got a friend who claims to know where you can get the best pint of Guinness. From the pub to the pour, it’s an experience.

And if anyone knows this best, it’s London-based Corkman Ian Ryan – founder of Sh*t London Guinness and Beautiful Pints. From the all-important different elements of a Guinness pour to what to look for (and what to run a mile from) when sourcing beautiful pints, as well as a crème de la crème list of pubs around the world to visit, Ian shares his expertise from many a pint of plain sank and enjoyed. By the end of it, you’ll be able to claim that you know where to get the ultimate pint of Guinness in town.

See you at the bar sometime.

World Without End, hardback ( Oct 2024)

£25.00

Can a graphic novel save the planet? Perhaps.” – Elizabeth Kolbert. It's surprisingly readable, funny, informative and important - everyone young and old should read this! 

Is this the end of the world? Perhaps not. In this eye-opening, hopeful and hugely entertaining bestseller, a climate expert takes a leading graphic novelist on a journey to understand the profound changes that our planet is undergoing. The scientist, Jean-Marc Jancovici, walks us through just about everything: from the innermost workings of our minds to toothbrushes, office jobs, and oil; ancient history and modern geopolitics; economics and ecology; the unfolding climate crisis and its consequences for us all.

As he describes the world we live in - a world whose future is deeply uncertain - the artist, Christophe Blain, listens and draws. Coming face to face with global warming, the unlikely duo - along with Mother Nature, Pop Eye and Jiminy Cricket, among others - create a picture of what the solution to our predicament actually looks like. Yes, we have a fossil-fuel problem, but simply switching to renewable energy won’t fix it.

We can and must rethink everything: our energy supply, our economies and our whole world. They leave us with an inspiring vision of the future in which food, education, housing, transport and communities - in other words, all of us - work together and, with a few technological fixes, succeed in creating a world without end. “Masterful and unforgettable...

A testament to the power of the graphic novel" - Marjane Satrapi,