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Beginning with Alfred the Great, Cath Senker presents an accessible history of the a€?remarkably resilient institutiona€ of monarchy up to the reign of Elizabeth II. Tracing its development from the power held by early kings, through the dominance that figures such as Henry VIII exerted, to the more constitutional form of the modern era, she explains the impact that Britaina€s monarchs have had in shaping the country

Solve the botanical-themed crosswords in this delightful collection, published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew • This beautiful puzzle book is the perfect treat for crossword fans who also have a love plants and botany. It is filled with over 200 crosswords as well as beautiful and inspiring quotations dotted throughout. Each puzzle also has an extra botanical clue (or keyword) which can be solved once the puzzle is complete • This delightful collection is published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the world-famous gardens that have been collecting and conserving plants for 260 years. It will delight any plant lover and improve their knowledge of the natural world

Solve the botanical-themed wordsearches in this delightful collection, published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew • This wonderful collection is published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the world-famous gardens that have been collecting and conserving plants for 260 years. It includes over 100 wordsearch puzzles that are all themed around plants and nature. This means that puzzlers can pick up new knowledge as they go • Themes includes • Medicinal herbs • Species of cacti • Cottage garden plants • Plants and flowers in film titles • This beautifully illustrated puzzle book is the perfect treat for wordsearch fans who also have a love of all things to do with plants and botany

This delightful collection is published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the world-famous gardens that have been collecting and conserving plants for 260 years • This beautifully illustrated puzzle book is the perfect treat for sudoku fans. It includes over 200 sudoku puzzles graded from easy to expert, so puzzlers of all levels will find much to enjoy. Delightful nature quotes are scattered throughout and botanical designs ornament each page • A delightful treat for nature lovers and puzzlers alike

It's great being in your 60s. Once you're over the hill, you pick up speed. The Japanese believe that when you hit 60, you enter your second childhood. It's time to do all those things you've secretly wanted to do all your life but were afraid of trying. (Warning: it won't all be plain sailing.) This book proves age ain't nothing but a number. The perfect light-hearted present to be enjoyed by different generations • Featuring more than 120 cartoons

Tim Moore completes his epic (and ill-advised) trilogy of cycling's Grand Tours • Julian Berrendero's victory in the 1941 Vuelta a Espana was an extraordinary exercise in sporting redemption: the Spanish cyclist had just spent 18 months in Franco's concentration camps, punishment for expressing Republican sympathies during the civil war. Seventy nine years later, perennially over-ambitious cyclo-adventurer Tim Moore developed a fascination with Berrendero's story, and having borrowed an old road bike with the great man's name plastered all over it, set off to retrace the 4,409km route of his 1941 triumph - in the midst of a global pandemic • What follows is a tale of brutal heat and lonely roads, of glory, humiliation, and then a bit more humiliation

In the century since its birth, the crossword has evolved into the world's most popular intellectual pastime: a unique form of wordplay, the codes and conventions of which are open to anyone masochistic enough to get addicted. In Two Girls, One on Each Knee, Alan Connor celebrates the wit, ingenuity and frustration of setting and solving puzzles. From the beaches of D-Day to the imaginary worlds of three-dimensional crosswords, to the British school teachers and journalists who turned the form into the fiendish sport it is today, encompassing the most challenging clues, particular tricks, the world's greatest setters and famous solvers, PG Wodehouse and the torturers of the Spanish Inquisition, this is an ingenious book for lovers of this very particular form of wordplay

Long before his rise to cult fandom on University Challenge, Bobby Seagull was obsessed with numbers. They were the keys that unlocked the randomness of football results, the beauty of art and the best way to get things done • In his absorbing book, Bobby tells the story of his life through numbers and shows the incredible ways maths can make sense of the world around us. From magic shows to rap lyrics, from hobbies to outer space, from fitness to food – Bobby’s infectious enthusiasm for numbers will change how you think about almost everything • Told through fascinating stories and insights from Bobby’s life, and with head-scratching puzzles in every chapter, you’ll never look at numbers the same way again

Did you know more people have cell phones than toothbrushes? That Google answers about a billion questions a day? Or that Alexander Graham Bell wanted the standard telephone greeting to be "Ahoy"? Discover these incredible facts and more in the next Fact Attack book, all about inventions and technology. Fact Attack is an exploration of the most amazing and awe-inspiring facts about technology and inventions throughout history. Heavily designed with different approaches on each page, the style is dynamic, fresh, and in your face. Whether you flip to a page to learn a digestible fact or read it from beginning to end, this is a book a reader will return to time and again • This fast fact series is catnip for budding brainiacs who can read it straight through or flip from nugget to nugget

The Battle of the Bulge was the largest land engagement of World War II. The German counter-attack, spearheaded by three Panzer armies, found the Allies unprepared and ill-equipped. As the fighting raged across the frosty forests of the Ardennes, it was left to a few untested US Infantry divisions to hold the Allied lines. Written by one of the world's leading experts on the subject, this account provides an essential introduction to the events of winter 1944-5 and to the many soldiers who risked their lives in defence of freedom • Drawing on personal interviews, extensive research, and an unparalleled knowledge of the region, Martin King explores one of the most important battles of World War II

"The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!" • When The Communist Manifesto was published in 1848 by two little-known German philosophers, no one could have expected the explosive effect it would have on world history. In it, Marx and Engels condemned the bourgeoisie's exploitation of the working class and predicted a revolution that would abolish private property, overthrow the bourgeoisie, and end with the collapse of capitalism • This edition is the first English translation of The Communist Manifesto overseen by Friedrich Engels himself

The fox family are back to explore the Museum of Slimy Things! • Following a successful adventure through the Museum of Dead Things, the foxes have returned to explore the world of slime. Curated by the slipperiest experts, this special museum introduces slime found all over the natural world, from the creatures in the depths of the ocean to the slime hiding inside the human body • Learn about the science of slime, meet the gelatinous hagfish and romp through the museum's swamp in this fully illustrated, non-fiction adventure