Gift books

Its hard to imagine a world without numbers in this day and age, when our whole life is centered around commerce and money, and it is the only language that is the same the world over.

Most of us suffer from the odd gap in our knowledge.

The Weather Book is a delightful miscellany of everything remotely meteorological.

Cats Miscellany is the definitive book on cats: covering everything from mythical legends to more practical advice on handling and training, as well as biological and physiological information, this compendium delivers a treat for cat lovers everywhere.

Cricket is undoubtedly the elegant game, occupying a long-established and distinguished position in the annals of sporting history.

But Im too young to be a granny!

There is so much to know about the ever changing natural world, but its impossible to remember everything we have ever learnt about the range of subjects encompassed by the term nature.

For the mum who embraces motherhood and all that it entails, The Mums Book is a humorous handbook on the ups and downs of being a mother.

Have you ever wondered how youd survive without a man to attend to the odd jobs around the house?

With the recent scrapping of GCSEs fresh in everyones minds, The O Level Book is the perfect book to settle that age-old argument between the generations: were the exams of yesteryear really harder than anything children have to face today in the age of calculators and spell checkers?

Whats in a name?

Have you ever wondered how youd survive without your wife or girlfriend (or mum!

This is the book no self-respecting father should be without.

Freudian Slips presents the essential facts and findings of the fascinating subject of psychology in an accessible and enjoyable way, leaving no slip or phallic symbol unexamined.

Dogs Miscellany features a unique and elegant collection of fascinating facts, trivia, anecdotes and legends about dogs throughout the ages.