Emmas At Oxford - Boutique Independent Bookshop in Canterbury

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Book cover for 'Group Chat' by Zoë Foster Blake, featuring a pale yellow background with the word 'GROUP' in large red letters, 'CHAT' in light purple repeating text, and small illustrations of a cocktail, olives, and a striped umbrella.

Group Chat - Zoe Foster Blake

Book cover for 'When Sullivan Met Lola' by Monica McKineray, featuring a light blue bokeh sky background, blurred beach huts in warm colors along the bottom, and the author's name in large dark blue text.

When Sullivan Met Lola - Monica McInerney

Book cover for 'The Star Path' by Witl Ihimaera Smiler, featuring a stylized teal and cream illustration with curtains, a central figure in a circular medallion, whale tails at the bottom, and decorative border motifs.

The Star Path: A Return to the Realm of The Whale Rider - Witi Ihimaera Smiler

Book cover for 'The Cruise' by Naima Brown, featuring a bright blue swimming pool background with large white title text and a red life preserver at the bottom.

The Cruise - Naima Brown

Book cover for 'Welcome to the Kokoro Cat Clinic' by Syou Ishida, featuring a peach background with large green title text, a green stethoscope, several illustrated cats, and a black cat at the bottom right.

Welcome to the Kokoro Cat Clinic - Syou Ishida

9780733652899 Tell Me Something True Michael Robotham

Tell Me Something True - Michael Robotham PRE-ORDER

King’s Ransom: Detective Sam Speedman book 2 - Matthew Reilly PRE-ORDER

Inter Alia - Suzie Miller PRE-ORDER

Book cover of 'The Dying Light' by Ann Cleeves with a sunset scene and silhouette of two people on a beach.

The Dying Light: Two Rivers Book 4 - Ann Cleeves PRE-ORDER

Book cover for 'Something He Did' by SK Lynch, featuring a dark underground parking structure scene with a silhouetted figure walking under large yellow title text and white author text.

Something He Did - SK Lynch PRE-ORDER

Jigsaws - Adults

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Front cover of 'The World of Little Women' jigsaw puzzle by Harriet Lee-Merrion, featuring a colorful illustrated scene of historic London houses, people, streets, and vehicles with a white title box in the center and a pink '1000 PIECES' badge in the top right.

The World of Little Women - Laurence King 1,000pc PRE-ORDER

The book 'The Careless Pet' by Caroline Bonne Müller, featuring a colorful illustration of a black cat sitting on a red floral chair in front of a city skyline. The book is shown at a three-quarter angle against a plain white background.

Pomegranate - Black Cat In New York Window 1000 Pce Puzzle

Colorful box of 'Romeo and Juliet' themed product on a white background

The World of Romeo and Juliet - Laurence King 1,000pc

Puzzle box with colorful illustrations of cars, trucks, and other vehicles on a blue background

Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go: 1000-Piece Puzzle - Richard Scarry

Front cover of 'The Literary Detectives' Murder Club' jigsaw puzzle by Thomas Hughes, showing a detailed illustrated cutaway house with colorful interior rooms, vintage cars, and a warm sunset sky. Text on the cover includes 'A Whodunnit Jigsaw Puzzle' and a '1000 piece' badge.

The Literary Detectives' Murder Club 1,000pc Jigsaw

Jigsaw puzzle packaging with lemon design and 'Fruit Market' text

WerkShoppe - Fruit Market Lemons 500 Pc Puzzle

Cover of 'The World of Witches' jigsaw with colorful illustration of witches and village.

The World of Witches: A Cultural History of Witchcraft - Laurence King 1,000pc

eeBoo - Country Fair 1000pc Jigsaw Puzzle

A 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle box featuring a colorful, busy illustration of a tree with birds, flowers, and butterflies. The box is shown at a three-quarter angle on a plain white background.

eeBoo - French Medieval Songbirds 1000pc Jigsaw Puzzle

eeBoo - Books & Tea by the Sea 1000pc Jigsaw Puzzle

Cooking, food & drinks

More books on cooking, baking, bbqing, food, wine, spirits and non-alcholic beverages ›

Dish - Chook Book - Sarah Tuck

Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Favourites: Cook and Craft Your Own Festive Magic - Better Homes & Gardens

Book cover for 'Weeknights with Alice' by Alice Zaslavsky, featuring a smiling woman in a pink top holding a tray of food in a kitchen setting, with large white title text and a yellow-to-pink gradient border.

Weeknights with Alice: Smart, speedy dinners, starting with the veg - Alice Zaslavsky

Prime Cuts: The complete guide to choosing, understanding and cooking meat - Jess Pryles

Book cover of 'Meals You Can't Mess Up' with colorful text and a fork on a yellow background.

Meals You Can't Mess Up 100+ Actually Easy Recipes for Big Flavor with Little Effort - Shay Spence

No-Nonsense Nutrition: Science-based Principles and Easy Recipes to Reset Appetite, Boost Energy, Feel Amazing and Transform Your Health - Dominique Ludwig PRE-ORDER

Book cover of '20 Minute Meals' by Jamie Oliver with a red background and yellow text.

20 Minute Meals: Real Fast Food - Jamie Oliver

Book cover for 'The Cheese Lover's Guide' by Jenny Linford, featuring a light green background with stylized illustrations of cheese in orange, yellow, and white, plus dark brown text.

The Cheese Lover's Guide: A Flavour-focused Approach to the World of Cheese - Jenny Linford

Book cover of 'OSOZAI' with a white illustration of a pot on a blue background

Osozai: Everyday Japanese home cooking - Meg Tanaka

Book cover of 'The Kiwi Sizzler Smoking Book' with a smoking salmon on a wooden board.

Kiwi Sizzler Smoking Book: A How-to Guide to Smoking Food - Chris Fortune

General Interest

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Book cover for 'Nothing But the Truth' by Stuart Grieve KC, featuring a smiling man in a gray suit and white shirt against a softly blurred indoor background.

Nothing But the Truth - Stuart Grieve KC

Album cover with 'Split Enz' design on a black background

Split Enz: An adventure in music and design - Noel Crombie and Michael Dwyer

Book cover for 'The Most Interesting People You've Never Heard Of' by Riley Knight, featuring a cream background with large red and black title text and three black-and-white bust illustrations.

The Most Interesting People You've Never Heard Of - Riley Knight

Book cover of 'All Roads Lead to Rome' by Rhiannon Garth Jones with a mosaic-style background.

All Roads Lead to Rome: Why we think of the Roman Empire daily - Rhiannon Garth Jones

A History of the Unexplained - DK

Book cover for 'Dirty Work' by Nicky Hager, featuring a textured, peeling plaster background in beige, brown, and gray tones with bold white and black text.

Dirty Work: The Taxpayers' Union and New Zealand's Hard Right - Nicky Hager

Book cover of 'Making Rumours' featuring a black and white photo of a man and woman, with text about Fleetwood Mac's album.

Making Rumours: The Inside Story of how Fleetwood Mac Made a Masterpiece - Ken Caillat, Steve Stiefel

Fiordland Mountain Journeys - Grant Dixon & Ian Brown

Book cover of 'All the Wrong Moves' by Anthony Scaramucci, featuring a white background with bold black title text, red subtitle text, and a central collage of a man's face with an American flag motif.

All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions and Years of Sh*tshow Politics Led to Trump – and How We Find a Way Out - Anthony Scaramucci

Book cover for 'Tools: A Visual History' by Dominic China, featuring vintage hand-drawn illustrations of various hand tools including a hammer, pliers, scissors, and a plane on an off-white background.

Tools A Visual History: The Hardware that Built, Measured and Repaired the World - Dominic Chinea

Biography, Autobiography, Memoir

More autobiographies, biographies & memoirs ›

Nothing But the Truth - Stuart Grieve KC

Book cover of 'Three Brothers in a Boat' by The Maclean Brothers with a boat on the ocean.

Three Brothers in a Boat: A True Story of Adventure and Purpose Rowing the Pacific - Ewan Maclean, Lachlan Maclean and Jamie Maclean

Split Enz: An adventure in music and design - Noel Crombie and Michael Dwyer

The Farm: A Timeless Story of Life on the Land - Bruce Ansley

Making Rumours: The Inside Story of how Fleetwood Mac Made a Masterpiece - Ken Caillat, Steve Stiefel

Book cover for 'How to be Hopeful' by Caitlin Moran, featuring a colorful painted landscape with a rainbow, a unicorn, a woman reading, and a dog, with large pink title text.

How to Be Hopeful: My year of living joyfully - Caitlin Moran

Book cover of 'That Woman' by Silvia Cartwright featuring a woman in formal attire.

That Woman - Dame Silvia Cartwright

Book cover for 'Miriam's Full English: A Grand Tour of All Our Best Bits' featuring a portrait of Miriam Rose on a bright teal background with bold yellow title text.

Miriam's Full English: A Grand Tour of All Our Best Bits - Miriam Margolyes

Ringside : A Political Memoir - Mike Munro

Book cover of 'Green Sea: Lost in the New Zealand Bush' by John Summers with a forest background.

Green Sea : Lost In The New Zealand Bush - John Summers

Books for Young Readers

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Book cover for 'Game of Pets' by Aaron Blabey, featuring a cartoon girl with blonde hair and large eyes against a dark blue background with many small pets, plus a neon purple badge reading 'Book 1: The Boy Who Knew Too Much'.

Game of Pets: The Boy Who Knew Too Much - Aaron Blabey PRE-ORDER

Book cover for 'Young Sherlock: Death Cloud' by Andrew Lane, featuring a stylized neon illustration of a young man in a cap, two children running toward a house, and the title in large white letters with a green outline.

Death Cloud: Young Sherlock Holmes 1 - Andrew Lane

Book cover of 'Young Sherlock' by Red Leech with a silhouette of a city and train.

Red Leech: Young Sherlock Holmes 2 - Andrew Lane

Book cover of 'Young Sherlock: Black Ice' with a stylized illustration of a character against a purple background.

Black Ice: Young Sherlock Holmes 3 - Andrew Lane

Book cover of 'The City of Lost Cats' with a colorful illustration of cats and a building.

The City of Lost Cats - Tanya Lloyd Kyi

The Big Book of Kiwi Nursery Rhymes - Kimberly Andrews PRE-ORDER

Book cover of 'Violet and the Velvets: The Case of the Tall Stranger' with a character holding a guitar case on a red background.

The Case of the Tall Stranger: Violet and the Velvets 4 - Rachael King

Book cover of 'Claris: The Chicest Mouse in Paris' with a stylized mouse character in an elegant outfit.

Claris: Return to the Ritz - Megan Hess PRE-ORDER

Book cover of 'Robots Stole My Mum!' with a robot and children on a green background

Robots Stole My Mum! - Alex Kirk

Book cover of 'Gruffalo Granny' featuring the Gruffalo characters in a forest setting.

Gruffalo Granny - Julia Donaldson PRE-ORDER

Children's Picture Books

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Book cover of 'Millie from Milford' with a seal on rocks by a lake and mountains.

Millie from Milford - Ruth Shaw, illustrated by Deborah Hinde

A children's book titled "The Story Orchestra: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" shown at an angle on a white background. The cover is highly detailed with many colorful illustrations including Alice, the rabbit, a mushroom, a tiger, and musical notes, plus a round "Press the Play" button graphic.

The Story Orchestra: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Jessica Courtney-Tickle

Children's book cover titled "Letters to a Giant" by Patricia Forde and Sarah Warburton, published by Bloomsbury. The cover features a bright yellow background with an illustrated giant's hand and legs holding a large letter, a young girl with curly red hair, and small black birds.

Letters to a Giant - Patricia Forde

Book cover of 'Bear's Nap' with a bear illustration and yellow bird on a blue background

Bear’s Nap - Emily Gravett

Book cover for 'Once Upon a Harbour' by Fiona Farrell and David Elliot, featuring an illustration of a small island village with a house on a cliff, surrounded by water and flying seagulls.

Once Upon a Harbour - Fiona Farrell, illustrated by David Elliot

Book cover of 'Oops!' with a character in a yellow coat and plaid scarf.

OOPS! A laugh-out-loud picture book about manners for age 3+ - Simon Philip

Children's book cover for 'The Little Kiwi Builder' by Tim Saunders & Minky Stapleton, featuring large red title text on a bright yellow background with cartoon kiwi animals performing construction tasks.

The Little Kiwi Builder - Tim Saunders

Front cover of the 'Animalia: Grizzly Base' 40th anniversary edition, featuring a central illustration of a grizzly bear in a forest with a border collage of various animal illustrations.

Animalia 40th Anniversary Edition - Graeme Base

Children's book cover titled "What Did the Skink Think?" with large purple text on a white background, an illustration of a skink across the lower half, a bird at the top, and author/illustrator credits at the bottom.

What Did the Skink Think? - Kate Preece

Book cover for 'Kiwi Rocket Man' by William Pickering, featuring a rocket launching from flames in outer space with a kiwi fruit and a planet in the background.

William Pickering: Kiwi Rocket Man - Maria Gill

Young Adult/Teen

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Death Cloud: Young Sherlock Holmes 1 - Andrew Lane

Red Leech: Young Sherlock Holmes 2 - Andrew Lane

Black Ice: Young Sherlock Holmes 3 - Andrew Lane

Book cover for '72 Hours of You' by Darianne Schramm, featuring a romantic city scene with a couple embracing under pink neon lights and blurred street lights.

72 Hours Of You - Darianne Schramm

Book cover of 'A Flame in the Dark' featuring a woman holding a flame with a bicycle in the background.

A Flame In The Dark - Maria Gill

Book cover for 'Five Voices' by Tamara Moss, featuring a black background with large white brushstroke title text, red and white subtitle text, red-and-white checkered floor, and illustrated microphones and blood splatters.

Five Voices - Tamara Moss

Book cover for 'The Sign of the Raven' by Pippa Dunn, featuring a dark illustrated raven, large gold title text, a blue night sky, London landmarks, and a small figure standing in the foreground.

The Sign of the Raven - Pippa Dunn

Book cover of 'We Did It Anyway' with silhouettes against a starry night sky.

We Did It Anyway - Carla Salmon

Thornbird - E Kennedy

Book cover of 'The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue' with a stylized illustration of a woman and ocean elements.

The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue - Zoulfa Katouh