May Day Specials - May 2025

My Cool Houseboat features boats of all shapes and sizes restyled and refurbished for modern life; from canal boats and riverboats to barges and cruisers moored in marinas from Europe, North America and Australia.

Author: Jane Field-Lewis

Publisher: Pavilion

Hardback. 160pp. 23cm by 19.5cm.

ISBN: 9781909108868

Original Price: £14.99

Be inspired to create your own affordable, super-stylish kitchen, which will become the heart of your home.

Author: Jane Field-Lewis

Publisher: Pavilion

Hardback. 160pp. 23cm by 19.5cm.

ISBN: 9781909108790

Original Price: £14.99

This beautifully packaged book celebrates the humble and not so humble shed – from artists' studios to beach huts, My Cool Shed outlines the diverse ways of these small spaces and the unique ways in which owners are styling them make this title a delight for anyone interested in design.

Author: Jane Field-Lewis

Publisher: Pavilion

Paperback. 160pp. 20cm by 17cm.

ISBN: 9781911624172

Weight: 410g

Original Price: £9.99

Beloved for centuries as ramshackle palaces of backyard escape and fun, the modern-day treehouse has evolved from more traditional structures, in the process morphing and expanding its agenda to capture the heart and soul of a new breed of acolytes.

Author: Jane Field-Lewis

Publisher: Pavilion

Hardback. 160pp. 23cm by 19.5cm.

ISBN: 9781910496183

Weight: 709g

Original Price: £14.99

Houseplant heroes and terrific terrariums in small spaces.

Author: Lia Leendertz, Mark Diacono

Publisher: Pavilion

Hardback. 160pp. 23cm by 19.5cm.

ISBN: 9781910904992

Original Price: £14.99

An astronomers guide to the night sky and the universe.

Author: Nigel Henbest

Publisher: Cassell

Hardback. 240pp. 13cm by 20cm.

ISBN: 9781788404532

Weight: 296g

Original Price: £12.99

A fascinating tour of the weird, wonderful, murderous and marvellous.

Author: Paul Donnelley

Publisher: Mardle Books

Hardback. 308pp. 13cm by 20cm.

ISBN: 9781914451072

Weight: 434g

Original Price: £12.99

Three men behaving very badly - Behind The Scenes of Their Rock and Roll World Tour.

Author: Phillipa Sage

Publisher: Ad Lib Publishers

Paperback. 272pp. 13cm by 19.5cm.

ISBN: 9781913543723

Weight: 250g

Original Price: £8.99

Including Pillar to Post, Homes Sweet Homes and Drayneflete Revealed. This beautiful boxed-set contains three long out-of-print and influential books by the great British humourist, Sir Osbert Lancaster (1908-1986).

Author: Osbert Lancaster

Publisher: Pimpernel Press

Hardback. 304pp. 18cm by 23cm by 4.5cm.

ISBN: 9781910258378

Weight: 1.34kg

Original Price: £40.00

50 places that changes British politics. ‘’.... brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts – moreish and fabulously salty’ JOE LYCETT.

Author: Matt Chorley, Martin Morland (illustrator)

Publisher: William Collins

Hardback. 304pp. 16cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9780008622060

Original Price: £25.00

Joseph Banks and his collectors - an adventurous history of Botany.

Author: Jordan Goodman

Publisher: William Collins Books

Hardback. 520pp. 15.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9780007578832

Weight: 863g

Original Price: £25.00

This book provides a comprehensive and detailed account of these freshwater habitats.

Author: Jeremy Biggs, Penny Williams

Publisher: Collins

Hardback. 624pp. 15.5cm by 22cm.

ISBN: 9780002200851

Weight: 1.5kg

Original Price: £65.00