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The Beauty of Everyday Things - Soetsu Yanagi The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things...
24/06/2026

The Beauty of Everyday Things - Soetsu Yanagi

The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with care and built to last, treated with respect and even affection. They should be natural and simple, sturdy and safe - the aesthetic result of wholeheartedly fulfilling utilitarian needs. They should, in short, be things of beauty.

In an age of feeble and ugly machine-made things, these essays call for us to deepen and transform our relationship with the objects that surround us. Inspired by the work of the simple, humble craftsmen Yanagi encountered during his lifelong travels through Japan and Korea, they are an earnest defence of modest, honest, handcrafted things - from traditional teacups to jars to cloth and paper. Objects like these exemplify the enduring appeal of simplicity and function: the beauty of everyday things.

NGN 17,500

Physics and Philosophy - Werner Heisenberg Nobel Prize winner Werner Heisenberg’s classic account explains the central i...
24/06/2026

Physics and Philosophy - Werner Heisenberg

Nobel Prize winner Werner Heisenberg’s classic account explains the central ideas of the quantum revolution, and his celebrated Uncertainty Principle. Heisenberg reveals how words and concepts familiar in daily life can lose their meaning in the world of relativity and quantum physics.This in turn has profound philosophical implications for the nature of reality.

NGN 20,000

Lessons - Ian McEwanThe story of a life. The story of the year.‘Lessons shows [McEwan] at the very peak of his powers. H...
24/06/2026

Lessons - Ian McEwan

The story of a life. The story of the year.

‘Lessons shows [McEwan] at the very peak of his powers. He has written his masterpiece’ Daily Telegraph

When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended; young Roland Baines’s life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade.

Twenty-five years later Roland’s wife mysteriously vanishes, and he is left alone in 1980s London with their baby son. Her disappearance sparks of journey of discovery that will continue for decades, as Roland confronts the reality of his rootless existence and attempts to embrace the uncertainty - and freedom - of his future.

NGN 18,000

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read - Philippa PerryHow can we have better relationships?In this Sunday Times bestse...
23/06/2026

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read - Philippa Perry

How can we have better relationships?

In this Sunday Times bestseller, leading psychotherapist Philippa Perry reveals the vital do’s and don’ts of relationships. This is a book for us all. Whether you are interested in understanding how your upbringing has shaped you, looking to handle your child’s feelings or wishing to support your partner, you will find indispensable information and realistic tips in these pages. Philippa Perry’s sane, sage and judgement-free advice is an essential resource on how to have the best possible relationships with the people who matter to you most.

Featuring exclusive new chapter on sibling relationships.

NGN 15,000

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee‘Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill ...
23/06/2026

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

‘Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird.’

Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this classic novel - a black man charged with attacking a white girl. Through the eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Lee explores the issues of race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s with compassion and humour. She also creates one of the great heroes of literature in their father, whose lone struggle for justice pricks the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice and hypocrisy.

This edition of one of the world’s best-loved books features the original text.

NGN 12,000

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak‘Life affirming, triumphant and tragic . . . masterfully told. . . but also a wonderful pag...
23/06/2026

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

‘Life affirming, triumphant and tragic . . . masterfully told. . . but also a wonderful page-turner’ Guardian
‘Brilliant and hugely ambitious’ New York Times
‘Extraordinary’ Telegraph
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HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

1939. N**i Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH

NGN 14,000

How Democracies Die - Steven Levitsky & Daniel ZiblattHow does a democracy die?What can we do to save our own?What lesso...
23/06/2026

How Democracies Die - Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt

How does a democracy die?
What can we do to save our own?
What lessons does history teach us?

In the 21st century democracy is threatened like never before.

Drawing insightful lessons from across history - from Pinochet’s murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan’s quiet dismantling in Turkey - Levitsky and Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how leaders like Trump subvert them today and what each of us can do to protect our democratic rights.

‘This book looks to history to provide a guide for defending democratic norms when they are under threat, and finds that it is possible to fight back.’ David Runciman

‘A useful primer on the importance of norms, institutional restraints and civic participation in maintaining a democracy - and how quickly those things can erode when we’re not paying attention’ President Barack Obama

‘A must-read’ Andrew Marr, Sunday Times

‘The greatest of the many merits of Levitsky and Ziblatt’s How Democracies Die is their rejection of western exceptionalism. They tell inspiring stories I had not heard before’ Nick Cohen, Observer

‘Provocative, timely. One of my favourite reads this year’ Elif Shafak

‘Anyone who is concerned about the future of democracy should read this brisk, accessible book. Anyone who is not concerned should definitely read it’ Daron Acemoglu, co-author of Why Nations Fail

NGN 16,000

The Dawn Of Everything: A New History of Humanity - David Graeber and David WengrowFor generations, our remote ancestors...
23/06/2026

The Dawn Of Everything: A New History of Humanity - David Graeber and David Wengrow

For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a reaction to indigenous critiques of European society, and why they are wrong. In doing so, they overturn our view of human history, including the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery and civilization itself.

Drawing on path-breaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we begin to see what’s really there. If humans did not spend 95 per cent of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing all that time? If agriculture, and cities, did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organization did they lead to? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful possibilities than we tend to assume.

The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision and faith in the power of direct action.

‘This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast’ Nassim Nicholas Taleb

NGN 19,000

The Godfather - Mario PuzoThe classic novel that inspired ‘the greatest crime film of all time’Tyrant, blackmailer, rack...
21/06/2026

The Godfather - Mario Puzo

The classic novel that inspired ‘the greatest crime film of all time’

Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather.

But no man can stay on top forever, not when he has enemies on both sides of the law. As the ageing Vito Corleone nears the end of a long life of crime, his sons must step up to manage the family business. Sonny Corleone is an old hand, while World War II veteran Michael Corleone is unused to the world of crime and reluctant to plunge into the business.

Both the police and ruthless rival crime lords scent blood in the water. If the Corleone family is to survive, it needs a ruthless new don. But the price of success in a violent life may be too high to bear...
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A modern masterpiece, The Godfather is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. Still shocking long after its initial publication, this compelling tale of blackmail, murder and family values is a true classic.

NGN 15,000

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