School & Education

A mind-bending, brain-expanding cornucopia of facts for curious minds from the bestselling author of Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? and Does Anything Eat Wasps?Own the room with this hilarious collection of fact-tastic myth-busters and jaw-dropping...

Tips and ideas to help you survive your uni years, from freshers week to final exams You've been waiting for the time you head off to university since you started school and now that you've got the grades (well done!), and a place on your chosen...

"Funny, page-turning and addictive... just like Malory Towers for grown-ups" - Sophie Kinsella ____________Maggie loves teaching English at beautiful Downey House but she is less keen on planning her wedding to dependable Stan. Instead, she's working on...

We've all been there: a new school year starts and there's 8 months till your exams - that's plenty of time, right? Then there's 6 months, 3 months, 1 month and oh, now there's 2 weeks left and you haven't started studying...What happens next is a...

The very possibly hopefully billion-copy-selling parody of the million-copy bestseller, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - for our times and for parents everywhere'It's alright,' said the Penguin, in exactly the sort of way that Penguins don't...

'Brilliant, hilarious... My book of the year' INDIA KNIGHT'A wonderful book' CRAIG BROWN, Mail on Sunday'Funny, bloodcurdling and moving' Daily MailThe cruel teachers. The pashes on other girls. The gossip. The giggles. The awful food. The homesickness...

Let the Sunday Times bestselling authors and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast) lead you through the school year... Does the phrase 'back to school' fill you with dread? Or does it bring delight ... until you see the size of your September...

Set in Derry, Northern Ireland in the 1990s, Derry Girls is a candid, one-of-a-kind comedy about what it's like to be a teenage girl living amongst conflict.It's a time of armed police in armoured Land Rovers and British Army check points. But it's also...

'A frank, funny and long overdue ode to teachers and teaching' ADAM KAYThe malodorous horrors of Sports Day. Bracing yourself for Parents' Evening. Refereeing teenage relationship dramas...From the age of eight, Ryan Wilson dreamed of being a teacher...

'This book couldn't be more needed right now!' Nigella Lawson'Ruby has a uniquely vibrant and clever way of thinking' Elizabeth Day 'The antidote to all Covid angst' Kathy Lette___________________________Bestselling author and comedian, Ruby Wax, uses...

'The funniest man in Britain has written a wonderful novel. Rejoice!' - Richard Osman'Very funny set pieces and one-liners' - Daily MailClive Hapgood is feeling stuck. The private school he teaches at is consuming his life, no thanks to wretched...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609806101Author Kurt VonnegutFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.

'Funny, page-turning and addictive . . . just like Malory Towers for grown-ups'Sophie KinsellaClass is the first novel in Jenny Colgan's beloved Maggie Adair series.**************Maggie went to the window and opened it wide, inhaling the lovely, ozoney...

School is 'wet and weedy', according to Nigel Molesworth, the 'goriller of 3B', 'curse of St Custard's' and superb chronicler of fifties English life. Nothing escapes his disaffected eye and he has little time for such things as botany walks and cissy...

'Most books on persuasion teach the few how to sway the many. With wit and vim, Guy has given us something else: an X-ray into the tactics of those trying to change our minds and behaviour.' - Stephen Krupin, former speechwriter for Barack Obama When...

The PERFECT GIFT for the ones who are yet to know the meaning of the words 'hard work' . . . in other words the back-to-schoolers and the university goers. __________________________________This is a student.He is leaving home for the first time.By the...

A satirical, tragicomic story about a man on the edge from actor and comedian Miles Jupp. For readers of Jonathan Coe, Mark Watson, Michael Frayn and David Nicholls.Clive Hapgood is feeling stuck. The private school he teaches at is consuming his life,...

'A gripping call to action-and a daring triumph of a novel' ADORAH NWORAH 'Masterfully portrays the splintering of the mind in its most striking, unfiltered form' AIWANOSE ODAFEN ...

THE PERFECT GIFT for anyone who not only loves watching their favourite TV series over and over, but also enjoys reading online forums about their favourite TV series over and over.__________________________________'This is a nerd.He has a PhD and works...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088216927Author Woody ForestFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 132g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802278613Author J R BatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Publishing Push LTDPublisher Publishing Push LTDWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

'Funny and frank' DAWN O'PORTER'Truly brilliant' EMMA GANNONTwo mothers. Two daughters. One school place.Imogen and Lily are old friends - they've shared hangovers, unsuitable boyfriends and wild nights out together. But now they're mums, and their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645560152Author Amy SprinksFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Unconventional PublishingPublisher Unconventional PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915833136Author Ferne BoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint BembertonPublisher BembertonWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692697955Author Jane MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Truth Be Told PublishingPublisher Truth Be Told PublishingWeight(grams)...

Spooky school is open, welcome everyone! Here you'll learn to scare and creep while having lots of fun. Welcome to Spooky School! It's the scariest school around, where all the creepiest creatures come to dust off their skills and become the best...

The life of a scholar is stressful. The best way to muddle through is with a stiff drink.Balancing teaching, research, and service more than merits a cocktail at the end of a long day. So, sit back, relax, and infuse some intoxicating humor into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525655015Author Carl HiaasenFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 183mm * 132mm *...

The latest in this NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING series Look out, Big Nate fans, it's Payback Time! In this newest Big Nate collection, everyone's favorite sixth-grade renaissance man is up to his usual schemes and misadventures - developing a strange...

A charming gift book of pleas, put downs, misplaced career guidance and character assessments collected from the school reports and memoirs of celebrities and ordinary people from across the UK and Ireland. Featuring household names such as Benedict...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855683471Author Gervase PhinnFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Dalesman Publishing Co LtdPublisher Dalesman Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)...

After Billy Brute burns down his old school - and gets away with it - his parents have to find him a new one. St Lemons say they'll take him, but little does Billy know that St Lemons have a secret weapon: Enter Miss Wanda . . .Her glasses are...

Mary Poppins is a story of taking practical steps towards happiness. It's looking at the bright side of life. It's setting boundaries, deciding what you want and making it happen. That's the path to being Practically Perfect For...

What do you get when you cross imaginative and loveable characters, enchanting and inspiring illustrations and a giggle-inducing story? Pugtato, a simple, good spud and a hilarious mashup of pet and vegetable characters by the inimitable illustrator...

Math is universal, but it's also the least understood and most undervalued subject taught in school. Is This Math?: Number Problems for Word People seeks to offer readers an opportunity to experience math like never before. You must use the Pythagorean...

Adam Lorenzo owned a college bar while attending college at Syracuse University. No joke. Working and laughing with people from all over the world, he learned invaluable life lessons in that cathedral of knowledge known as a . . . college bar! Adam...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544272996Author Randall MunroeFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Dey Street BooksPublisher Dey Street BooksWeight(grams) 925gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Blending inspiration, motivation, and humor, longtime teacher Jennifer Larson draws on her years of experience and takes a loving and a lighthearted look at the challenges of working in a school-a perfect teacher appreciation gift for any educator...

Primary school, that special place where little kids turn into big kids, where letters turn into words, numbers turn into more confusing numbers and lunchboxes turn into bacterial breeding grounds. Where teachers rule (mostly) and parents realise primary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385677479Author Gerry DeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...