How do you find a book when you can't recall the title...or the author? This homage to a bibliophile's dilemma is inspired by this torturous predicament. Artist Marina Luz creates paintings of books based on the descriptions we use when we can't remember their titles like 'Cat, possibly named Henry.' 'It was a dream, girl, horse, lightning, paranormal romance, a witch who owns a candle shop, man dies in embrace of hated woman, magic alleyway to prostitutionland, insane husband burns down house, polar bear wearing pants possibly named Victor or Vincent.' I think you get the picture! A unique appreciation of book love and the bizarre ways that books leave impressions on our souls. Marina Luz is an Emmy-Award-winning illustrator whose work has appeared in the New York Times and here she created some very clever book 'covers' for misremembered books. One beautiful artwork in colour per page, 96pp, 20.7 x 15.9cm.

Literary friends and foes prove that the pen is truly mightier than the sword. The world's most respected writers reveal their acerbic side of beloved authors who can become brutal critics when writing about their fellow wordsmiths. Curated from letters, essays and reviews, this sometimes stinging, sometimes good natured and always delightful collection will ignite the armchair critic in us all. Edna St Vincent Millay on e.e. cummings: 'Some of the most pompous nonsense I ever let slip to the floor with a wide yawn.' Virginia Woolf on James Joyce: 'A queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples.' Evelyn Waugh: 'I am reading Proust for the first time. Very poor stuff. I think he was mentally defective.' And Charlotte Brontë on Jane Austen's Emma: 'She ruffles her reader by nothing vehement, disturbs by nothing profound.' Page after page of amusement ending with the quite brilliant Lord Byron on William Wordsworth: 'Turdsworth'. One quote per page, nicely typeset. 144pp.

Go Fish is a super fun game for ages four to adult and 2-6 players which doesn't take long to learn. Focus on getting four-of -a-kind matches so you can be the first one to lay down all your cards. Spread the cards out face down in the middle of the table to create the fishing pond and make sure all of them stay down so that no one can peek! Start your turn by asking one player if they have a specific card. In a lovely metal tin with Go Fetch printed on it with a rather special pack of pups - Duchess the bulldog, Comet the collie, Saltine the black labrador and Sneakers which could be a whippet but looks more like a kangaroo! Beautiful artwork, this will be a family favourite.

The one and only A-Z Fart Dictionary is a hilarious, illustrated collection of fart definitions whether it's politics, poetry, karaoke, Mardi Gras, Food Network, Jane Austen, love, war, ghosts, family, sports, fashion, Shakespeare, or vegetables, there's a fart in this book for everyone. Examples include "apple fart: a fart that keeps the doctor away," "boomerang fart: a fart which has somehow returned to haunt you," and many, many more. So, readers, the next time you fart, or bear witness to one, take note of your surroundings, purpose, or social inconvenience. Label it, as in this unique volume. Featuring whimsical artwork and all wrapped up in a classy little package, a perfect gag gift and certain to be a hit with anyone who has ever laughed at the sound of breaking wind. 13 x 15.5cm, 160 pages.

Just the word makes you smile, let alone the shape, the look or if you're lucky the feel of them! Here line art boobs are sweaty, veiny, freckly, tiny-nippled, close set, teardrop, bell shape, round, relaxed, athletic, peachy, long, wide, enormous, medium sized, little sized, to reconstructed, hairy, double-mastectomy, half fed and squirty boobs, pregnant boobs and tan lined boobs. Pictured in fun, focussed cartoons in different shades, this is a real ice breaker of a book which ends on a more serious notes of how to check your breasts. 'This book is a call to celebrate the story our boobs have to tell and come to love what's on our chests.' Colour illus.
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After 20 years running The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland, Shaun Bythell's life is spent roaming the bookshelves picking online orders, poetry nights by the log fire, and frequent drop-ins from friends and former colleagues with the latest gossip from the small town. Mostly. Apart from the familiar stream of antiquarian porn-hunters, die-hard trainspotters, and toddlers just looking for a nice cosy corner in which to urinate, Shaun must contend with Granny's antics, the frantic rush to organise the Wigtown Book Festival, and the town's only pub changing hands. To say nothing of Sandy the Tattooed Pagan. Customers come and go, whether they've paid or not, but there's never a quiet moment and Wigtown's Pepys gives us the lowdown, a perfect read for every bibliophile. The daily diary records online orders, books found, till total and number of customers per day. Crammed with literary nuggets and musings, for example on Walton's The Compleat Angler with its one page printed upside down so two singers can face each other while singing together! Shaun could find a copy online from a New York dealer at a price of £47,221.25. 377pp.

The popular American humorist on his move to Paris was inspired to write some hilarious pieces about his attempt to learn French. His family is another inspiration. Anyone who has heard him speaking live or on the radio may recall his attempts to learn French from a sadistic teacher who declared that 'every day spent with you is like having a caesarean section'. 'You Can't Kill the Rooster' is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. No one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers of food, and cashiers with six-inch fingernails. Wonderfully astute observations, thoughtful honest and humorous writing such as 'Knuckle of flash-seared crappie served with a collar of chided ginger' and some pretty rude toilet humour. 272pp, paperback.

Would you rather be a tennis ball or tennis racket? Would you rather be married to King Henry VIII (in spite of his flatulence) or be in the Charge of the Light Brigade? Would you rather have a Swiss Army hand or an Inspector Gadget helicopter blade that emerged from your head? Would you rather die on your feet, live on your knees or slide down a bank of snow on your bottom? Hundreds of family-friendly fun conundrums and questions including an adult section with slightly older nostalgic references to films, music, TV, politics or older gadgets: 'Would you rather own a Bunsen burner or an overhead projector?' Of course the kids would scratch their heads not knowing what they were! A totally bonkers gift with lined pages at the end for your own notes and daft thoughts. 204pp.

Interrupting video calls, stepping on computer keyboards for a snuggle and a rub, knocking things off the table, spilling your coffee, leaving cat hair everywhere. If you've ever tried to work from home with a cat, this may sound all too familiar. They are the cutest co-workers and we wouldn't have it any other way. Despite all the struggles, cats like Peanut in the book are always by our side when we need them, even on the hardest and loneliest workdays, hogging your chair, disrupting your yoga routine, or clamouring onto the hot stove. Heidi Moreno's tabby has a lot of personality and cattitude and her artworks are very appealing in this thoughtful, fun book. 72pp, colour cartoons.