The Handshake: A Gripping History by Ella Al-Shamahi

 The Handshake: 

A Gripping History 

by Ella Al-Shamahi 

Friends do it, strangers do it and so do chimpanzees - and it's not just deeply embedded in our history and culture, it may even be written in our DNA. The humble handshake, it turns out, has a rich and surprising history.

So let's join palaeoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi as she embarks on a funny and fascinating voyage of discovery - from the handshake's origins (at least seven million years ago) all the way to its sudden disappearance in March 2020. 

Drawing on new research, anthropological insights and first-hand experience, she'll reveal how this most friendly of gestures has played a role in everything from meetings with uncontacted tribes to political assassinations - and what it tells us about the enduring power of human contact.

Because the story of the handshake ... is far from over.

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Seminars and Shenanigans by Kathryn Brown

Seminars and Shenanigans 

by Kathryn Brown 

Four years ago, loveable bachelor, Gary Stringer, moved on with his life and became a husband then a father, realising his decision to be a changed man with responsibilities would mean an end to him racking up the notches on his bedpost.

Becoming a first-time dad gives Gary a new perspective, but he doesn’t factor in a diminishing sex life and being forced from the marital bed in favour of a little person. 

With a demanding wife and family to take care of and the potential to further his career, his irritation at having to make a decision about where his priorities lie leaves him less than enamoured when his wife is especially unsupportive towards the choice he makes.

Will Gary’s friends, Alfie and Jez, help him to make some difficult decisions, or will they tempt him back to being one of the lads again?

The much awaited sequel to Bedknobs and Bachelors!

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Seminars and Shenanigans

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Drinking Custard: The Diary of a Confused Mum by Lucy Beaumont

 Drinking Custard: 

The Diary of a Confused Mum 

by Lucy Beaumont 

From TV's award-winning comedy mum, Lucy Beaumont, comes her hilarious debut on the trials and tribulations of motherhood.

Known for her sharp, witty and surreal view on everyday life, Lucy shares the unpredictable craziness of being a mum in this brilliant and laugh-out-loud 'mumoir'. 

Mum's everywhere will recognise the madness of it all. Like when Lucy was hospitalised with indigestion in her third trimester (blame the burrito), or when she was *this close* to slapping her hypo-birthing instructor. Or the efforts she made to infiltrate the local mums social groups and when she embarrassingly forgot her own new-born baby's name!

Heart-warming and laugh-out-loud funny, Drinking Custard also captures Lucy's marriage to comedian Jon Richardson, as they navigate Lucy's raging pregnancy hormones and balk at pram prices together.

Get ready to make room on mum's bookshelf for Drinking Custard to sit alongside other mum classics such as Why Mummy Drinks, Hurrah For Gin! and The Unmumsy Mum.

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Edward Eternal by J.S. Frankel

 Edward Eternal 

by J.S. Frankel 

For Edward T. Scupper, life has been one long, lonely road. Born in the mid-eighteen-hundreds, for reasons unknown, he stops aging at eighteen. At first, it’s exciting to live through the various decades while others succumb to time, but after a number of years, he finds that immortality is boring.

Science proves to be the answer, or so he thinks. Edward—Ed—journeys from one city to another in the US in order to find an answer to his predicament. He doesn’t wish for death. He only wishes to have a normal lifespan, like everyone else.

After numerous searches, he winds up in Portland, Oregon, where he meets Doctor Farhan, a molecular biologist and geneticist who is working on using gene therapy to improve or cure various ailments, including blindness in his daughter, Diana.

Ed tells Farhan of his desire to achieve mortality. Farhan promises to help him in return for the scientific knowledge, and a bargain of sorts is achieved.

Initially, Ed and Diana don’t get along. However, over time, they find themselves drawn to each other, as each of them seeks a cure for their problem, and only Doctor Farhan can provide it.

Before long, though, the young couple finds themselves under attack, Doctor Farhan is killed, and the two teens are pursued by hitmen sent by Fester Norton, an elderly tycoon who wants what Ed has got—the secret of immortality—and will stop at nothing to get it!

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Pre Order Grandad Brian & His Stories - The One Winged Fairy

The One Winged Fairy

Grandad Brian embarks on an adventure with his new little friend. 

Helping the little fairy repair her broken wing and return home.

At the end of last year we lost my healthy Grandad who was full of life to Covid-19. He was the best of us and I can't describe the loss and hole he has left in the family. Combined we’ve lost a Husband, Father, Grandfather & Great Grandad but together we all lost a friend. His spirit and energy for life was infectious, nobody had a bad word to say about him because he lived with such kindness and openness, he would literally talk to anyone. It's been especially difficult being apart from family and not able to see them.

 I dealt with the grief in my own way and got creative, as I wanted to share with the world the amazing person he was and all he taught me. So I wrote a children's book to honour him and try to capture the warmth and kindness of his character.

I'm proud to share with you all that the book is now available for Pre-Order and the money will be used to print the books.

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