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Operation Shylock: A Confession
WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF A LOOK-ALIKE STRANGER STOLE YOUR NAME, USURPED YOUR BIOGRAPHY, AND WENT ABOUT THE WORLD PRETENDING TO BE YOU? In Philip Roth's extraordinary new book,...
The Place at the Coast
An Australian novel about a plain-speaking and impassioned young heroine Ellie McAdam. A "greenie" before her time. An Australian dreamtime of long summer holidays in shacks at the coast, at...
The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction
Frank Kermode is one of our most distinguished critics of English literature. Here, he contributes a new epilogue to his collection of classic lectures on the relationship of fiction to...
Sayings of the Buddha: New translations from the Pali Nikayas
'As if someone were to hold up a lamp in the dark so that those with eyes could see - in exactly the same way Gotama has made the truth...
The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories: v.1
Ghost stories around the campfire or under the covers are a favorite pastime of children all over the world. Dennis Pepper has collected classic and contemporary legends, folktales, short stories,...
A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada
In this startlingly original vision of Canada, thinker John Ralston Saul unveils 3 founding myths. Saul argues that the famous 'peace, order, and good government' that supposedly defines Canada is...
Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled
The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it, by the author of Conquering Gotham and Urban Forests In this first general history of the...
The Sooterkin
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The action in Tom Gilling's wickedly funny, magical novel, The Sooterkin, revolves around the bizarre birth of a child who appears to be more seal than human. As the extraordinary...
They Had a Dream: The Civil Rights Struggle from Frederick Douglass to
Traces the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans- Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King,...
How Poetry Works: The Elements of English Poetry
The book titled How Poetry Works: The Elements of English Poetry by the author Philip Davies Roberts. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
Miracle of the Waters And Other Stories
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The book titled Miracle of the Waters And Other Stories by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Death of Bees
WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH BOOK PRIZE 2013 An enchanting and grimly comic tale about love, loss, family and unlikely friendships WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH BOOK PRIZE 2013 Today is Christmas...
The Solid Mandala
This is the story of two people living one life. Arthur and Waldo Brown were born twins and destined never to to grow away from each other. They spent their...
Bearded Tit
Bearded Tit is Rory McGrath's story of life among birds. From a Cornish boyhood wandering gorse-tipped cliffs listening to the song of the yellowhammer with his imaginary girlfriend, or drawing...
3:59.4
The years 1953-54 were marked by the conquests of two unattainable peaks - Mount Everest and the Four Minute Mile. But the dream of setting a new track record for...
Out Of The Storm
On Halloween 1517, when Martin Luther nailed to the door of Wittenberg s Castle Church his 95 Theses in protest at papal indulgences he also nailed , in another sense,...
Jack's Life: Biography of Jack Nicholson
The book titled Jack's Life: Biography of Jack Nicholson by the author Patrick McGilligan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture &
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An authoritative history of the groundbreaking syndicated television show that has become an icon of American pop culture, from acclaimed author and filmmaker Nelson George, "the most accomplished black music...
Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story
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In a riveting and candid autobiography, music legend Brian Wilson reveals the truth about his meteoric rise to superstardom, his total breakdown, and his long, miraculous struggle back to the...
Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr Dean Ornish's Life Choice Program for Losing
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When Dr Dean Ornish developed a low-fat way of eating as part of his system to treat heart disease, he and his patients discovered that not only did the programme...
John Wayne: American
Born in Iowa, John Wayne went to Hollywood because it was the one place where his lack of wealth and connections could not hurt him. He became the star of...
The Angel Deception (Joe Mason, Book 6)
The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake series Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a mission to stop a ruthless satanic group...
Diana In Love (Dirty Diana, Book 2)
The second novel in the Dirty Diana trilogy - a story of desire within marriage from the stars of the hit feminist erotic podcast Dirty Diana ... Diana has her...
Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon
The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen presence, Elizabeth Taylor was the twentieth century's most famous film...
Tony Visconti: The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy
A name synonymous with ground-breaking music, Tony Visconti has worked with the most dynamic and influential names in pop, from T.Rex and Iggy Pop to David Bowie and U2. This...
Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing: The Definitive Biography of
Frank and revealing, this fully authorised biography by Tommy's friend and colleague, acclaimed TV producer, John Fisher, is the first ever intimate portrait of Britain's best-loved, but little known, entertainer....
Shop Horror: The Best of the Worst in British Shop Names
An hilarious and beautifully designed book that is a natural successor to the cult of Boring Postcards, Crap Towns and Bad Hair. There comes a point when things get so...
Heartsongs: Inspirational Poems That Celebrate Life
Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek, known to his friends as "Mattie", began writing poetry and short stories at the age of three. Some of his poetry explores the uncensored reality of...
Billy Connolly
Whatever your opinion of Billy Connolly, his life has been an epic tale of controversy and hilarity, tragedy and comedy. From his working class roots in Glasgow he has worked...
Hatfield Peverel in Old Picture Postcards: v. 2
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The book titled Hatfield Peverel in Old Picture Postcards: v. 2 by the author Joyce P. Fitch. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
The Raven's Eye Runaways
WINNER: 2025 NZSA Best First Book Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults SHORTLISTED: 2025 Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction, New Zealand Book Awards for Children...
Locust Summer
Shortlisted for The Australian Vogel's Literary Award, Locust Summer celebrates the wide-open beauty of Australia's regions while exploring the heartbreaks that come from living on the land. On the cusp...
A Week in the Life of Cassandra Aberline
A tender, thoughtful story about a woman's journey back to her home town - and the painful moment that changed her life forever. After forty-five years in Sydney, Cassandra Aberline...
The Coves
A historical fiction novel set amongst the turmoil, loyalty and violent betrayal of the gold rush era. San Francisco, 1849- a place gripped by gold fever, swarming with desperate men...
Wedding Bush Road
When Daniel, a young Australian lawyer based in Los Angeles, is called back to his family's farm, he has to contend not only with a philandering father and a sick...
Carrots and Jaffas A Novel
Carrots and Jaffas tells the story of two red-headed identical twins whose oneness is ruptured when one of them is kidnapped. Their startling intimacy is both a strengthand a fault...
Madame Bovary's Haberdashery
Zac, a translator of Flaubert, can't believe his luck. He ends up sleeping with Odette, a beautiful but capricious ceramic artist, and her best friend, Cicely, a talented knitter and...
Red Dirt Talking
It's build-up time in the north-western town of Ransom, just before the big wet, when people go off the rails. In the midst of a bitter custody battle, an eight...
Spiel
Berlin, New Years Eve. A young architect abandons the apocalyptic heat of a Melbourne summer for the streets his grandfather once walked. Barely off the train, a blind woman invites...
What Came Between
One street. Three couples. A world of possibilities. In 1989 the Newcastle earthquake opens up faultlines in the relationships of three couples who reside in adjoining terraces, changing their lives...
Mafia: The Necessary Reference to Organized Crime
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'Mafia' is more than just a history of organised crime. It's a vivid narrative into the way the Mafia was shaped by society and how, in turn, it has reshaped...
Paydirt
When Kate, a white Australian foster mother, takes her 18-year old Torres Strait Islander foster son back to Brisbane to meet his sick birth mother, Kate's own mother has a...
WHEN I WERE A MEERKAT
When I Were A Meerkat is an extension of When I Were A Lad. Already it has generated spin-offs: When I Were A School Lad and When I Were A...
Football: Those Were the Days
An amusing step back in time to when football was a much simpler game In the good old days of association football there was no such thing as WAGs, the...
When I Were A Nipper...
The follow-up title to the soar-away success of WHEN I WERE A LAD (sales approaching 100,000 internationally) and WHEN I WERE A SCHOOL LAD..., WHEN I WERE A NIPPER... comes...
When I Were a School Lad...
A glorious romp though some of the most reckless photos from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s! Ah, the past. A time when children could roll in the street, when...