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"Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction"-The Atlantic Monthly The O. Henry Prize Stories 1990 gathers 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected...

Wiliam Boyd, winner of the Whitbread and Somerset Maugham Awards, introduces unlikely heroes desperate to redeem their unsatisfying lives. From California poolsides to the battlegrounds of Vietnam, here is a...

Kermit Lynch's recounting of his experiences on the wine route and in the wine cellars of France takes the reader through the Loire, Bordeaux, the Languedoc, Provence, Northern and Southern...

From the author of the genre-breaking international TikTok sensation Butcher & Blackbird comes the second book in the Ruinous Love Trilogy - a hate-to-love dark romantic comedy packed with danger,...

Cold. Ruthless. Deadly. The myth of Lady Macbeth looms large. But behind the villainous portrait stands a real woman. This is her story . . . Scotland, 1020 AD -...

Beryl Bainbridge gets better and better...she has succeeded with a daring leap of emphatic imagination in penetrating the minds of Captain Scott and the four men he led to their...

The book titled Hawksmoor by the author Peter Ackroyd. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

***A New York Times bestseller*** 'A rousing tale of derring-do' The Times Book of the Week 'A cracking story about an extraordinarily brave woman' Telegraph Best Holiday Beach Reads 'As...

Linda Smith was the brilliant mainstay of Radio 4's The News Quiz , Just a Minute , and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue for many years. She was just...

1513, King James IV lies dead on Flodden's field, his young heir entrusted to two loyal lairds. There are many who seek to supplant or control the boy-king, and as...

The book titled Rome '44 by the author Raleigh Trevelyan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The first history of modern Russia from 1991 to the present day by one of the leading historians of the 20th century USSR and Russia. In 1991, in a huge...

The book titled Adieu Volodia by the author Simone Signoret. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Immortals 1, 2 & 3 Boxset by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'Serious, moving and often very funny indeed' Observer Prentis, senior clerk in the 'dead crimes' department of police archives, is becoming more and more confused. Alienated from his wife and...

In the sweet shop Willy Chapman was free, absolved from all responsibility, and he ran his sweet shop like his life - quietly, steadfastly, devotedly. It was a bargain struck...

From the Booker Prize-winning author of Last Orders, Waterland and England. As a novelist, Graham Swift delights in the possibilities of the human voice, imagining his way into the minds...

"Toibin is a writer of extraordinary emotional clarity... These are beautiful stories, beautifully crafted" (Literary Review) Mothers and Sons is a sensitive and beautifully written meditation on the dramas surrounding...

Johannes Kepler, born in 1571 in south Germany, was one of the world's greatest mathematicians and astronomers. The author of this book uses this history as a background to his...

John Banville's black comedy of life in a disaster-ridden house on a large Irish estate.

John Banville's stunning powers of mimicry are brilliantly on display in this engrossing novel, the darkly compelling confession of an improbable murderer.Freddie Montgomery is a highly cultured man, a husband...

Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Questura is shocked to hear that his friend Brett Lynch, lover of La Scala diva Flavia Petrelli, has been savagely beaten. Then a man's...

Set in Venice, and featuring the charismatic Commissario Guido Brunetti, this is the fourth novel in Donna Leon's critically acclaimed series.

It was the week before Thanksgiving when Kinsey Millhone first heard the sad story of the late Johnny Lee, the World War II fighter pilot of whom, rather mysteriously, the...

'My name is Kinsey Millhone. I'm a private investigator, licensed by the state of California. I'm thirty-two years old, twice divorced, no kids. The day before yesterday I killed someone...

The book titled A Taste of India by the author Madhur Jaffrey. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Vatican by the author Malachi Martin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Life in World War II by the author Philip B. Kunhardt. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Since its invention in 1903, the airplane has become the dominant mode of transport, travel, and combat. It has brought the entire planet closer together and changed almost every aspect...

From bestselling author Michael Palin comes this remarkable travelogue and insightful biography of Hemingway -- a companion to the four-part PBS series of the same title. Long fascinated by Hemingway's...

Provides information on the history, doctrines, and practices of Pentacostalism and related movements.

In this perfect companion to London: The Biography , Peter Ackroyd once again delves into the hidden byways of history, describing the river's endless allure in a journey overflowing with...

In Kashmir, a small expatriate community seek shelter from the fighting in a Catholic mission. But the tribesmen who sweep down from the hills are bent on rape and massacre....

Abandoned by the retreating Spanish Army during the Peninsular war, the gun was an eighteen pounder bronze cannon, thirteen feet long, a foot in diameter at the muzzle, and weighing...

In the summer of 1940, all Britain was convinced that the Germans would invade. The Germans had, in five weeks, crushed France and taken Belgium. Now they stood on the...

The book titled Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by the author Ebenezer Cobham Brewer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A pioneering exploration of the differences between the brain's right and left hemispheres and their effects on society, history, and culture-"one of the few contemporary works deserving classic status" (Nicholas...

HIGHGROVE: A GARDEN CELEBRATED is a commemoration of the beautiful, mature gardens planned and planted by The Prince of Wales over thirty years ago. The gardens at Highgrove evoke intense...

From the heart of the West Country to the remote highlands of Scotland, the landscape of Britain is dotted with extraordinary sights, scapes and structures - treasure-filled Neolithic burial chambers,...

The giant airship "Hindenburg" crashing to the ground in flames remains one of the most instantly recognizable photographs this century. Truly a flying luxury liner, the "Hindenburg" was the largest...

The book titled Mary Stuart's Scotland by the author David Steel. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

If you want to enhance your brain performance regular mental exercises, including crosswords and Sudoku (even brain training computer games), can help to improve memory, fine motor skills, logic and...

A reissue of Boyd's wonderful collection of short stories Sixteen brilliant short stories from one of today's most original storytellers. Wide-ranging in style and subject matter, the collection moves from...

Coming in 2022 from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How to Avoid a Climate Disaster Before Bill Gates became an expert on climate science, he was known as one...

Inspirational travel book covering the world's most incredible hiking trails, from straightforward day walks to epic cross-country treks It's hard to beat the satisfaction of travelling on foot - settling...

The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this diverse and compelling country. Marvel at Granada's...

The book titled The Working Horse by the author Geoffrey Patterson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.