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This is the beautiful, true story of a tragic love affair. When Arthur Hart-Synnot, a disciplined, conservative British army officer met Masa Suzuki, a bright, beautiful Japanese girl, whilst on...

Nora and Theresa Flynn are twenty-one and seventeen when they leave their small village in Ireland and journey to America. Nora is the responsible sister; she's shy and serious and...

1570 in the Italian city of Ferrara. Sixteen-year-old Serafina is fipped by her family from an illicit love affair and forced into the convent of Santa Caterina, renowned for its...

Set against the convulsive backdrop of war and a country's death throes, explores themes of loss, guilt and redemption in an Africa that is at once grotesque, poignant and beautiful;...

This guide covers the main schools of thought from the Ancient Chinese philosophies of Confucius and Lao Tzu, Ancient wisdom from Aristotle, Plato, Zeno and Pythagoras through to those most...

This remarkable book presents enthralling accounts of 1001 life-changing events that have taken place around the world since the Big Bang. From the foundation of Rome on 21 April 753bce...

Whisky is widely considered the finest spirit in the world and its history has evolved against a fascinating backdrop. This is the story of a traditional spirit with an intriguing...

An unusual story of East meets West, Conan Doyle's The Tragedy of the Korosko, describes mayhem and madness in the Arabian desert. When a select party of American and English...

Oscar Wilde's moving story of the relationship between a magnificent statue and a little swallow is brought to life by Jane Ray's stunning artwork. Perched on high, the prince's statue...

Jiggy is given a pen - one of those with a scantily-clad female in it who loses her clothes when the pen is tipped. Trouble is, when Jiggy uses the...

Millions do it every day, and everyone has a favourite. Most remember their first time. You can do it in bed, standing up, or on a train. You can do...

'What I so like about Perfume River is its plainly-put elegance. Enough time has passed since Vietnam that its grave human lessons and heartbreaks can be-with a measure of genius-almost...

Joss le Guern is a town crier in Paris's 14th arrondissement. He calls out the local news three times a day to all who will listen. Over the course of...

For hundreds of years, artists have studied the underlying structure of the human body in order to draw or paint figures accurately. The book gives a grounding in anatomy, covering...

A grisly and gruesome guide to history's most shocking and macabre moments... Horrible, spine-chilling and deeply fascinating, this book details the vile history of bloodthirsty kings and queens, savage battles,...

Are We Live? is a book about all the things that can and have gone wrong in a broadcasting studio. And, boy, has a lot of stuff gone wrong! Whether...

The Bond movies remain the longest continually running film series in movie history, and 2012 marks its fiftieth anniversary. While there have been many actors that have taken on the...

Found in Translation is an English-language guide with a difference. Compiled by Tomas Santos - a well-meaning but incompetent foreigner of indeterminate nationality - it contains a wealth of priceless...

The sequel to "Blue Bottle Mystery", this is a science-fiction novel for children, with a difference. Ben is learning to cope with his newly diagnosed Asperger Syndrome, but when an...

The book titled Everyday Life in the Ancient World: The Illustrated History by the author Haywood. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Late one night, an old lady in a pointed hat climbs through the window into Nicholas's bedroom. She brandishes her broom, fires out some words, and then leaves as abruptly...

Minty is delighted - she has found her very own talking toy bear called Tink! But Tink is to be a present for her baby brother, so she must think...

This volume opens in June 1945. The immediate postwar period produces many shocks and revelations - some people have behaved better than Klemperer had believed, others much worse. His sharp...

The battle began at about eleven-thirty on a Sunday morning in June 1815. By nine o'clock that night, forty thousand men lay dead or wounded among the Belgian cornfields, and...

On the eve of her hanging, Ruth Ellis wrote to a friend: 'I must close now but remember I am quite happy with the verdict, but not the way the...

Throughout the length and breadth of Britain, ancient tribes, druids, Celtic saints, medieval knights, and eighteenth-century landowners have bequeathed future generations a wealth of extraordinary sights, structures, and landmarks. Homer...

The book titled My Crystal Journal: A Personal Guide to Crystal Healing by the author Judy Hall. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The year is 2041 and Shaun Mason is having a bad day. Everyone he knows is dead or in hiding. The world is doing its best to end itself for...

The doughnut is a thing of beauty. A circle of fried doughy perfection. A source of comfort in trying times, perhaps. For Theo Bernstein, however, it is far, far more....

Now in B format. The second volume of master storyteller Tad Williams' long-awaited return to epic fantasy. Darkness has fallen on the lands of the sun as an army of...

Mister Meddle is a pisie who is always willing to help out and do good deeds, but he never quite gets it right. He doesn't wait to be asked for...

This work, with its child appropriate uncomplicated text and motivating illustrations, was written for a child's hand. By inviting the child to complete individual tasks, to solve puzzles, to answer...

This volume tells the story of Christianity through the individual men and women who shaped it. It is a story of colossal undertakings and spectacular successes as well as ferocious...

"If there are thriller writers better than this, I'd like to know who they are. John Altman is a major new talent on the scene" JACK HIGGINS A female Nazi...

The book William Hague was mad to ignore. Completely updated, acclaimed biography of the extraordinary life of Jeffrey Archer - politician, fundraiser and storyteller. Mary Archer calls it his "gift...

From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall , Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light a savagely funny tale that revisits the characters from the...

From the bestselling author of Songs in Ordinary Time, Mary McGarry Morris's fourth novel is a gripping, passionate story of one woman's battle with the secrets surrounding her family. A...

The book titled The Book of Lydford: An Ancient Saxon Borough by the author Lydford Village History Project. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Secret societies, orders and cults are not modern phenomena. Throughout history people have formed clandestine societies, often because of dissenting religious views. This book looks at some of the more...

Editor's Choice - The Bookseller "...the latest addition to the genre is the most stylish yet, comprising images from 1950s Vogue....Even in monochrome the Vogue Colouring Book is a masterful...

What connects Marilyn Monroe, Disneyworld, The Satanic verses and cyber space? Answer: Postmodernism. But what exactly is this phenomenon? This graphic guide clearly explains this maddeningly enigmatic concept that has...

The book titled The Third Reich Day by Day by the author Peter Darman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Full of heart, drama and beauty, this sweeping fantasy inspired by ancient folklore will draw you into a secret world within Britain's waterways. 'This book is a gift of rare...

When the ghosts of two young children start to haunt a local school, trainee ghost hunters Eve, Clovis and Tom are invited to help investigate the case. But before long...

Discover every corner of Venice in this remarkable collection of spectacular colour photography that showcases Venice's magical beauty and hidden gems, from the Piazzo San Marco to the island of...

Following the death of her best friend, Erin has to get out of London. Returning home to Belfast, an au pair job provides a partial refuge from her grief and...

The town was once a hub of industry. A place where men toiled underground in darkness, picking and shovelling in the dust and the sleck. It was dangerous and back-breaking...