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And yet when independence came on the stroke of midnight of August 14, 1947, events unfolded with a violence that shocked the world: entire trainloads of Muslim and Hindu refugees...

MotherKind explores the spiritual education at the heart of the most fundamental transition: the child who grows to nurture his or her parent. Kate, whose care for her terminally ill...

Charles Dickens, famous for the indelible child characters he created - from Little Nell to Oliver Twist and David Copperfield - was also the father of ten children (and a...

'Stunning language, raw emotion and profound wisdom' Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You 'Solomon's strong prose and fleet pacing consistently provide the essential pleasures of a good...

This is the story of a group of friends, on the cusp of adulthood, exploring life, seeking authenticity and establishing their own queer identities. It's a beautiful novella, intriguing not...

Everything in Echo's life changed in a blinding flash when she learned the startling truth: she is the firebird, the creature of light that is said to bring peace. The...

Victory seems assured as the United States of America drive deep into Confederate States territory, uncovering shocking death camps as they go. But both sides in this war have been...

This critical biography analyzes Tennyson's poetic development and his place in literature. It describes his influences, both classical and personal, and illuminates his working methods, for example: a constant revision...

Laurence Kotlikoff, one of our nation's premier personal finance experts and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security, harnesses...

Brooklyn is one of the top trendsetting places today anywhere. Its neighbourhoods, artists, writers, restaurants, and, yes, drinking establishments set the pace for the rest of the nation. THE BROOKLYN...

The book titled Blue and White China by the author Unknown. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information.

Finally, the book that your coffee table has been waiting for: the once-in-a-lifetime (so far) collection of the greatest covers from the Onion's Sunday Magazine. Carefully selected by a team...

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing eleven workers and creating the largest oil spill in the history of U.S. offshore drilling, a spill that has...

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Some call the prize ring a nursery for vice ...Born into a brothel, Ruth's future looks bleak until she catches the eye of Mr Dryer. A rich Bristol merchant and...

Fish, Blood and Bone is Leslie Forbes' brilliant second novel. When Claire Fleetwood, a young American forensic photographer, inherits a large house and garden in London's East End from relatives...

Some parents make it look so easy. They are eternally calm, have great relationships with their kids, and seem to have parenting down to a fine art. But is this...

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John Pilger has been in the rare position of having witnessed many of the major world upheavals of the past twenty years. More important, he has demonstrated his skill at...

It is the twenty-first century and a young girl travels into a virtual maze; the Prime Minister of Australia is blackmailed by her daughter; a mysterious old women befriends a...

A partially autobiographical novel telling the story of Jean, a lovely and likeable young Sydney woman with literary aspirations. When it was published in 1896, rumours began about the novel...

Combining both accessibility and authority, The Insect That Stole Butter? describes the origins and development of over 3,000 words and phrases in the English language. The book draws on Oxford's...

Making Rural Australia challenges two common by contradictory views of Australian history. One is the 'fatal shore': Australia was a place of horrible destitution and those miserable beginnings set the...

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient), directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters) Drawing from decades of work, travel, and research in Russia,...

Jamie's first book - a Number One international bestseller reissued with a stunning new cover design Britain's most exciting young chef, Jamie Oliver combines bold flavours and fresh ingredients within...

'By far the most humane and imaginatively sympathetic account yet for the general reader' Amanda Craig, New Statesman Charles Dickens was a phenomenon- a demonically hardworking journalist, the father of...

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'Patricia Highsmith is unrivalled' - Daily Telegraph The Buckmaster Gallery is staging another Derwatt exhibition, but now an American collector claims that the expensive masterpiece he bought three years ago...

John Julius Norwich, in this latest of the "Travellers' Companion" series, has produced an anthology from the writings of James, Disraeli, Mark Twain and John Evelyn, among many others. This...

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Shortly before his death in 1978, Paul Scott won the Booker Prize for Fiction. In this biography, the author explores Scott's family background in North London, his war years in...

In the riveting sequel to Ivory and Bone -the YA fantasy novel that New York Times bestselling author Amie Kaufman described as having a "richly crafted world of life-and-death stakes"-the...

In The Great Pursuit , the dramatic sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Great Hunt, Wendy Higgins delivers another thrilling fantasy filled with dangerous enemies, political intrigue, searing...

"Complex and nervy, Shriver's clever meditation will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered how things might have turned out had they followed, or ignored, a life-changing impulse." -- People (Critic's...

One of the most prolific letter writers of this century, Tolkien wrote to his publishers, to members of his family, to friends and to fans of his books, a mass...

Author: George Hogarth, Esq.Binding: HardbackPublished: James S. Virtue, 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Rebound copy. Brittle pages. Vol I - some...

Author: Nicholas MonsarratBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis nautical duology presents a sweeping work of historical fiction, charting the life of Matthew Lawe as he...

Author: Brendan CassidyBinding: HardbackPublished: HARVEY MILLER PUBLISHERS, 2011Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly biography The Life & Letters Of Gavin Hamilton: Artist & Art Dealer In Eighteenth-Century...

Author: Edward Pelham BrentonBinding: HardbackPublished: HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, 1837Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Rebound - Rare -...

Author: -Binding: HardbackPublished: The Amalgamated Press Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Rebound copy. This lavish volume presents a comprehensive survey of...