Click on a category:
Books are listed by category, e.g., History or Sport. Click on to the category you're interested in, and a list of books will be displayed.
Get more details:
If you want to know more about any particular book, simply click onto its title. Full details will then be displayed, often with an accompanying illustration.
Search for a book:
You can search our database for books by author or by title. Enter the author's name (or book title) into the box provided and click 'Go'. With any luck, a list of books which match the criteria supplied will be displayed.
N.B.: This internal search engine searches only our own online catalogue. While this catalogue contains many thousands of books, it does not begin to cover our complete stock (over 350,000 titles). If your search produces no matches, move on to Booksearch.
Advanced search techniques:
To increase your chances of finding a book, you can enter partial words and/or use wildcard characters. For example, if you wanted to find books by the poet, Robert Burns, entering rob* burns would bring up books listed under both his name (Robert) and nickname (Robbie). If you entered just rob*, the search engine would find books not only by the poet but by Robert Stephenson (the engineer) and Robert Stevenson (the writer) and Robert Mitchum and probably a lot of other Roberts as well!
As the search engine also matches against book titles and descriptive text, it would also come up with books like 'Robot Wars' and books with 'robbers' in the description.
Buy the book:
If you want to buy a book, click the 'Yes' option and it will be added to your shopping basket. If you don't want to buy a book, click the 'No' option and you will be returned to the Online Catalogue.
And if you change your mind? No problem. As your shopping basket will be displayed, you can add or subtract books at will as you browse the catalogue.
When you're finished and want to pay for the books (please!), click 'Pay now' to proceed to the checkout. N.B.: Once you are in the checkout, DO NOT use the 'Back' button on your computer - it will distort the order. If you think you have made a mistake, send us a separate email to explain and we will sort it out.
Payment methods:
You can pay by credit card, PayPal or cheque. Your credit card details are automatically sent to us in encrypted format to make the transaction secure. And if any book turns out to be not as described, we operate a 'No quibble' return policy.
Queries:
If you have any questions, please send us an email, and we will get back to you as soon as we can.