Adults & General Classification
Woodlanders
JOD 3.00
With an Introduction and Notes by Phillip Mallett, Senior Lecturer in English, University of St Andrews. Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterborne. Her alternative choice proves disastrous, and in a ..
Work
JOD 14.50
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzman Work defines who we are. It determines our status, and dictates how, where, and with whom we spend most of our time. It mediates our self-worth and molds our values. But are we hard-wired to wo..
Work and Days
JOD 13.20
JOD 22.00
Greece and Rome could well be called the “Mothers of Invention” when it comes to business and strategy. Ancient Greeks and Romans were as industrious in business as they were in warfare, construction, science, oratory, technology, philosophy, literature, and art. They created sophisticated systems f..
Work Won't Love You Back
JOD 23.50
A deeply-reported examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives. You're told that if you "do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." Whether it's working for "..
Working Hard, Hardly Working
JOD 19.00
We all know the pressure of feeling like we should be grinding 24/7 while simultaneously being told that we should 'just relax' and take care of ourselves, like we somehow have to decide between success and sanity. But in today's complex working world, where every hobby can be a hustle and social me..
World Without End
JOD 14.50
In 1989, Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries ..
World: A Family History
JOD 19.00
From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family. We begin with the footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago. From here, Montefiore takes u..
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard For Otaku 1
JOD 13.00
The awkward, romantic comedy manga about geeks in love that inspired the new anime! Can a professional man who's secretly a hardcore gamer and a woman who's secretly a fujoshi date without their hobbies getting in the way, or revealing each other's secrets? Extra-long book includes 2 Japanese volum..
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard For Otaku 2
JOD 13.00
Frustrated at the slow pace of their relationship, Hirotaka asks Narumi on a real date, with one critical stipulation: They can’t show their otaku sides at all! Can the two find something to bond over in the absence of games, manga, and anime? Meanwhile, Hanako and Taro revisit the origins of their ..
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku 5
JOD 13.00
A tall, quiet gamer boy and a geeky girl whose life revolves around yaoi manga are old friends, but when they start working in the same office, they decide to date. It's a relationship of convenience at first, but could it become something more? This manga comedy is now a hit streaming anime! Extra..
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku 6
JOD 10.50
THE TRUE END, OR JUST THE BEGINNING? Narumi slips up in front of her work friends, and the anxiety of outing herself as an otaku forces her to retreat inward. While Hirotaka is quick to console her, a difference in opinion devolves into an argument. Will the couple learn to grow past this obstacle?..
Wounded Tigris
JOD 14.50
The River Tigris Is In Danger. It Has Been The Lifeblood Of Ancient Mesopotamia And Modern Iraq, But Geopolitics And Climate Change Have Left The Birthplace Of Civilisation At Risk Of Becoming Uninhabitable. In 2021, Adventurer Leon Mccarron Travelled By Boat Along The Full Length Of The River, In S..