A replica of a board game from the Second World War period with a distinct Snakes and Ladders flavour, dodge the enemy shells and be the first to reach the target. For two to four players aged three to adult, open the box set which contains one dice, one fold out board and four primary coloured press-out card tokens of a bomber airplane. Two, three or four players each select a bomber, throws the dice and moves on accordingly. If the bomber arrives on the searchlight, it rises to the top of the beam and then continues as before. If the bomber arrives on a fighter plane or a shell-burst, it goes down as shown by the streaks of fire. The first player to reach the TARGET (a factory exploding in flames) wins the game. Board measures approximately 14" square, colour, and in box for safekeeping with nostalgic image of two children playing the game and a British bomber during a night raid.

'An Interactive Journey Into Your Subconscious' is the sub-title to this 150 plus symbols all illustrated and fully explained to unlock the mysteries of our dreams. What does it mean to dream about a doll? Perhaps your inner child needs to come out to play. What if you find yourself flying high above the earth? It's your sleeping mind urging your waking mind to look to the future and think about your deepest aspirations. Dreams speak to us. They are messages from our subconscious minds, communicating both abstractly and metaphorically. They are keys that can unlock mysteries to our waking brains and the better we can recall our dreams, the easier we can connect with the world around us in a more intuitive and creative level. The book covers the magic, philosophy, science, curation, variety, symbols and themes of dreams in a super A-Z of aliens, apocalypse, apples through hats, house to weddings and werewolves, windows and zombies wandering aimlessly with dead eyes, emotionally unavailable and craving human flesh. They are symbolic of our worst fears, so look at what is causing you stress and worry and think about how you can face it with energy and intention. Colour illus, 164pp, softback.

A New York Times bestseller, we couldn't resist this very cheeky little green man to bring to a British audience. The night is dark, the streets are quiet, St Patrick's Day is near. I tap my hammer so you'll know the Leprechaun is here! I'll pull all your laces, put glitter in your hair. And when you walk around, you'll see my GOLD coins everywhere. You'll never catch me in your trap, but, yes, I'll make a scene! I'll turn your whole place upside down. Your toilet will be green! Setting traps around your house, the very naughty Leprechaun is only seen by his green hat as he does his fancy pantsy dancy twinkle toes escapes, causing havoc around the house. Without a four-leaf clover you don't stand a chance. Better luck next year! Ages four and up with bold colourful illustrations by Andy Elkerton. Colour board book.

First published in 1898, this was translated from a 13th century manuscript written in Old French, but the original author is unknown. This is the story of Sir Perceval and the Holy 'Graal', the stirring story of a quest with all the important Arthurian characters - Queen Guinevere, Lancelot, Gawain, and of course, King Arthur himself, as well as plenty of castles, fights, swords and knights. 'Thereon, lo you, two damsels that issue forth of a chapel, whereof the one holdeth in her hands the most Holy Graal, and the other the Lance hereof the point bleedeth thereinto. And the one goeth beside the other in the midst of the hall where the knights and Messire Gawain sat at meat, and so sweet a smell and so holy came to them that they forgot to eat.' The translator stated in 1898 'They will find here printed in English for the first time what I take to be in all good faith the original story of Sir Perceval and the Holy Graal, whole and incorrupt as it left the hands of its first author.' 298pp paperback.

'The Life and Death of Count Cagliostro and His Egyptian Rite' is the sub-title of this first English translation of the Egyptian Rite ever published. It tells the extraordinary story of a cult figure of European society in the tumultuous years leading up to the French Revolution. An alchemist, healer and Freemason, Count Alessandro Cagliostro inspired devotion and ridicule as well as novels by Alexander Dumas, a drama by Goethe, and Mozart's opera 'The Magic Flute'. Cagliostro's sincere belief in magical powers including immortality, conferred by his Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry, won him fame but made him dangerous enemies too. His celebrated travels through the Middle East and the capitals of Europe ended abruptly in Rome in 1789 where he was arrested by Inquisition and condemned to death for heresy. The authors examine the case made against him, that he was an impostor as well as a heretic, and find that the Roman Church and history itself have done Cagliostro a terrible injustice. They draw on new documentary evidence to prove him a genuine visionary and a true champion of Freemasonry, and his teachings have much to reveal to us today not just of the secrets of Freemasonry, but of the mysterious hostility the movement continues to attract. Cagliostro is remembered for his alchemical operations and there is an account of how on the 7th June 1780 he transmuted base metal into silver during a visit to a Masonic Lodge in Warsaw - see page 46. With 16 pages of photos, many in colour, there are 36 plates in total plus 11 illustrations including the magical consecration of a sword from the Key of Solomon, Vitruvian Man by da Vinci, the Alphabet of the Magi, and Cagliostro's Magical Seals. 317pp in large softback by the famous occult publisher Watkins.

Five strips on a sturdy spiral binding can be flipped to any page and to create any number of weirdly wacky spells. Show of hands and sand of witch, transform your dad into a rubber-limbed sprout mender or flan handler, or dog wobbler or dung monkey or gutter muffin... Spine of book and oil of baby, magic your Gran into a fungus-loving ferret wrestler. Hours and hours of fun as you cast spells on your worst enemy, enchant them, hex your household, transform your friends with this wickedly wonderful book of over 60 million combinations of the silliest spells ever. Let the magic begin! "For ages 4 to 104" it says on the back cover.

It was in 1989 that Sachin Tendulkar first appeared in Wisden, the book's 126th edition. From the time he scored his first Test century at the age of 17 at Old Trafford, through to his final innings at the Wankhede in his home city of Mumbai, Tendulkar built a connection with fans that has never been matched. This marvellous anthology gives readers the chance to step back and relive a career that provided joy to millions in a comprehensive collection of the best writing on Tendulkar from all Wisden publications featuring tributes, career highlights, his ten best innings, notable scorecards, interviews and pieces from his peers, including Rahul Dravid and Allan Donald. 'At Perth, aged 18, he was so courageous and skilful while taking on a bullying five-man pace attack in a sparkling century that Richie Benaud lamented there weren't at least a hundred thousand at the stadium. At Cape Town in 1996, his 169 made a dire situation and a dark series worth the pain. At Chennai in 1998, his assault on Shane Warne elevated a cricket battle to something higher, as those present will doubtless tell their grandchildren. He could make life worth living.' Chapters cover the World Cups 1992-2011 and the Captaincy Conundrum. 248pp, 16 pages of colour photos, plenty of stats.

1922. Empires fell. The Ottoman Empire collapsed after more than six centuries. The British Empire had reached its zenith, but its heyday was over. The Irish Free State was declared, and demands for independence in India grew. New nations and new politics came into existence. The Soviet Union was officially created, and Mussolini's Italy became the first Fascist state. In the USA, Prohibition was at its height. The Hollywood film industry, although rocked by a series of scandals, continued to grow. A new mass medium - radio - was making its presence felt and the BBC was founded. In literature it was the year of peak modernism. Both T. S. Eliot's The Wasteland and James Joyce's Ulysses were first published in full. In society, already changed by the trauma of war and pandemic, the morals of the past seemed increasingly outmoded; new ways of behaving were making their appearance and the Roaring Twenties had begun to roar and the Jazz Age had arrived. In a sequence of vividly written sketches, Nick Rennison conjures up all the drama and diversity of this extraordinary year juxtaposing quirky unexpected items with political events in this enjoyable slice of popular history assembled in a month-by-month almanac including most notable moments from science, politics, art and culture. Short chapters include Einstein's Nobel Prize, The Swatow Typhoon, and New Uses for the Aeroplane like failing to fly around the world. 256pp, paperback.

Science, technology and Western liberal democracy have all had a dramatic impact on our quality of life. The book is peppered with delightful nuggets on this engaging and expansive tour of our modern-day therapeutic landscape. It teaches us what the great psychologists have learned about surviving discontent in an Age of Anxiety. Compared to previous generations we have unprecedented access to information, increased personal freedom, and more material comforts and more possessions. Yet, even before the shock of Covid-19, more people than ever were reported being depressed, anxious or unfulfilled. As our material circumstances become easier, life seems to get harder. Why should this be? For over a hundred years, psychotherapists have been developing and refining models of the human mind. Psychology can offer original perspectives on the big human questions usually entrusted to philosophers and representatives of faith - Who am I? Why am I here? How should I live? This compelling and important book provides the principal contributions of the outstanding figures associated with psychology, from Freud to Ellis, Jung to Laing, Adler to Hayes. Viewed as a single, cohesive intellectual tradition, Frank Tallis argues that psychotherapeutic thinking is an immensely valuable and under-exploited resource. 343pp, paperback with illus.

The symbolism of the English Channel goes way beyond a simple role as a conduit for shipping, trawling and the odd lard-and-lanolin-slathered maniac in goggles and swimming trunks plunging in and making for the other side. It has made us believe we are more separate than we are thanks to 'that strip of sea which severs merry England from the tardy realms of Europe - as the Church and State Review put it in 1863.' A bulwark of invasion, a conduit for exchange and a challenge to be conquered, the Channel has always been many things to many people. Today it's the busiest shipping lane in the world and hosts more than 30 million passenger crossings every year, but this slither of choppy brine, just 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, represents much more than a conductor of goods and people. Charlie Connelly collects its stories and brings them to life from tailing Oscar Wilde's shadow through the dark streets of Dieppe, to unearthing Britain's first beauty pageant at the end of Folkestone Pier, won by a chap called Wally! We uncover the fate of the first successful Channel swimmer, learn that Louis Blériot was actually a terrible pilot and discover how, if a man with a buttered head and pigs' bladders attached to his trousers hadn't fought off an attack by dogfish, we might never have had a Channel Tunnel. Here is a cast of extraordinary characters - cheats, dreamers, charlatans, geniuses, visionaries, eccentrics and at least one pair of naked, cuddling balloonists - whose stories are all united by the English Channel to ensure the sea that makes us an island will never be the same again. 297pp.