Emmas At Oxford - Boutique Independent Bookshop in Canterbury

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Book cover for 'Tell Me Something True' by Michael Robotham, featuring a dramatic outdoor scene of two boys jumping into a river, with large title text and author name over a moody sky.

Tell Me Something True - Michael Robotham

Book cover for 'The French Illusion' by John Grisham, featuring a Paris cityscape at sunset with the Arc de Triomphe in the foreground and the Eiffel Tower in the distance. Large gold and white title text overlays the scene.

The French Illusion - John Grisham

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

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

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 ›

The Steps - Sylvester Stallone

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

Books for Young Readers

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Wāhine: A Collection of Māori Pūrākau - Isobel Joy Te Aho-White

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

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