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English Pleasure Gardens: Book by Rose Standish Nichols – Paperback
£6.99
English Pleasure Gardens: Book by Rose Standish Nichols is a classic horticultural and garden history book that explores the design, layout, and atmosphere of traditional English pleasure gardens.

Rose Standish Nichols describes notable gardens and landscaping styles, focusing on how they were designed for enjoyment, beauty, and social life rather than practical cultivation. The book combines travel writing, historical observation, and architectural commentary, making it both a cultural study and a visual guide to historic garden aesthetics.

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Flower, Leaf, & Sap Wines: Book by T. Edwin Belt – Paperback Book
£4.99
Flower, Leaf, & Sap Wines: Book by T. Edwin Belt is a vintage instructional book that focuses on making wines from natural ingredients such as flowers, leaves, and tree sap. It belongs to a niche category of traditional home wine-making guides and is often found as an older or out-of-print paperback.

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The Scarecrow: Book by Michael Connolly
£4.99
The Scarecrow is a crime thriller featuring journalist Jack McEvoy, who is targeted after investigating a complex murder case involving a young suspect and possible media manipulation. As McEvoy teams up with an FBI analyst to uncover the truth, the investigation reveals a wider network of cybercrime and deadly deception. The novel combines investigative journalism with fast-paced suspense and technological intrigue.

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Understanding Veritatis Splendor: With Comment and Analysis Edited by John Wilkins
£4.99
Understanding Veritatis Splendor: With Comment and Analysis is a theological study guide to Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Veritatis Splendor. It provides commentary and analysis of the encyclical’s teachings on moral theology, focusing on concepts such as human freedom, conscience, moral truth, and the nature of ethical decision-making in Christian life. The book is intended to help readers, especially students and scholars of theology, better understand the philosophical and doctrinal arguments presented in the original document.

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Age and Guile: Book by P. J. O’Rourke
£4.99
Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut is a humorous collection of essays in which P. J. O’Rourke reflects on politics, culture, travel, and ageing with his characteristic sharp wit and satire. Blending personal anecdotes with social commentary, the book skewers both liberal and conservative viewpoints while exploring how experience and cynicism often replace youthful idealism.

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Wrath of The Lion: Book by Jack Higgins
£2.99
Wrath of the Lion is a spy thriller about a daring terrorist plot and the intelligence agents working to stop it. Set against a backdrop of international intrigue, the story follows covert operatives as they uncover and confront a dangerous organisation, blending action, suspense, and Higgins’ trademark fast-paced storytelling.

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Modern Art: A Crash Course by Cory Bell
£4.99
Modern Art: A Crash Course by Cory Bell offers an accessible introduction to the major developments in modern art. Covering key figures, artistic movements and terminology, the book includes a useful glossary and timeline to help readers understand the subject in context. At 144 pages and in good used condition, it is an ideal introduction for anyone wanting to make better sense of modern art.

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A Working Life: Book by Polly Toynbee
£7.99
A Working Life: Book by Polly Toynbee is a non-fiction book in which journalist Polly Toynbee goes undercover in a series of low-paid, often insecure jobs across Britain. She documents her experiences working in places like care homes, call centres, and catering to explore what life is really like for people on the minimum wage.

The book combines personal experience with social commentary, highlighting issues such as poverty, job insecurity, and the realities of the welfare state.

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Out of the Shadows: Book by Susan Lewis
£3.99
Out of the Shadows is an emotional contemporary suspense novel about Susannah Cates, a woman struggling to rebuild her life after her husband’s imprisonment leaves her facing financial hardship and uncertainty. As her teenage daughter and close friend try to help her find a way out of her troubles, their actions unintentionally set off a chain of events that leads to escalating emotional consequences and hidden danger.

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The Wind in the Willows: Book by Kenneth Grahame: Illustrated by E. H. Shepard
£3.99
The Wind in the Willows is a classic children’s novel about the adventures of Mole, Rat, Badger, and the impulsive Toad as they live along a peaceful riverbank. The story follows their friendship and Toad’s frequent misadventures, especially his obsession with fast cars and reckless behaviour, which repeatedly lands him in trouble.

The book is known for its rich descriptions of nature, themes of friendship, loyalty, and home, and its blend of gentle humour with deeper reflections on life. The illustrations by E. H. Shepard are widely admired and help define many popular editions of the story.

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