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Waking Lions

Waking Lions

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Dr Eitan Green is a good man. He saves lives. Then, speeding along a deserted moonlit road in his SUV after an exhausting hospital shift, he hits someone. Seeing that...
The Future Won't Be Long

The Future Won't Be Long

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It's the tail-end of 1986 and Baby is the freshest-faced, starriest-eyed young homo in all of New York City, straight off the bus from closeted backwoods Wisconsin. Adeline is his...
Motherland

Motherland

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In the summer of 1942, Kitty is an ambulance driver stationed in Sussex. She meets Ed, a Royal Marine commando, and Larry, a liaison officer under the command of Mountbatten....
Ostrich

Ostrich

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Alex's parents know something he doesn't. They know what's happening inside his head. Alex is more interested in what's happening outside it. He has homework to do and a marriage...
Brenton Brown

Brenton Brown

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"A rich layering of motive and emotion . . . robust dialogue, streetwise humour and muscular, mischievous vernaculour" Independent Set on the streets of Brixton, south London, BRENTON BROWN is...
The Map of Salt and Stars

The Map of Salt and Stars

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'Full of tension and love and danger. This is a beautifully told, magical novel about journeys and finding your way home.' STYLIST Nour has lost her father. She has also...
The Prospect: The fresh and exciting new crime series from the

The Prospect: The fresh and exciting new crime series from the

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When you dig, will you strike gold ... or unearth dangerous secrets? An exciting new series from the queen of rural crime. No matter how much or how little you...
The Constant Rabbit: The Sunday Times bestseller

The Constant Rabbit: The Sunday Times bestseller

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR ' The Constant Rabbit is Jasper Fforde's most chilling and realistic book yet ' Guardian ' You won't read anything quite like this in 2020...
Crook Manifesto: 'Fast, fun, ribald' Sunday Times (The Harlem Trilogy

Crook Manifesto: 'Fast, fun, ribald' Sunday Times (The Harlem Trilogy

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ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE SUMMER BY OPRAH DAILY, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, TIME, NPR, LOS ANGELES TIMES, ESSENCE AND MORE 'Whether in high literary form...
The Woman Who Climbed Trees: A Novel

The Woman Who Climbed Trees: A Novel

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"A stunning chronicle of an Indian woman's coming-of-age... This is electrifying."- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Is this a ghost story" Meena asked the barber's wife who told the tale....
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

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'Clever and astute ... a cracking read' The Belfast Telegraph 'One by one, residents read the books and find their lives changed in unexpected ways' Hello Magazine * * *...
Hagstone

Hagstone

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THE INSTANT TOP 5 IRISH BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN McGAHERN BOOK PRIZE 2025 'Wild, singular...gripped me from the start' DOUGLAS STUART ' Passionate, wild, hugely atmospheric' DAVID NICHOLLS 'Intelligent,...
Wednesday's Child

Wednesday's Child

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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2024 'Any book by Yiyun Li is a cause for celebration' SIGRID NUNEZ 'One of our finest living authors' NEW YORK TIMES 'Bruising,...
What A Way To Go

What A Way To Go

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THE MILLION COPY #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY IS BACK WITH THE NEW BOOK OF THE MOMENT Delicious' JOJO MOYES 'Super-sharp, lethally witty' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Wonderfully...
Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose And Diary Excerpts

Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose And Diary Excerpts

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Author: Sylvia PlathBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection, Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams, uncovers the multifaceted...
Lost And Never Found (SIGNED)

Lost And Never Found (SIGNED)

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Author: Simon MasonBinding: HardbackPublished: riverrun, 2024Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedA gripping narrative, Lost And Never Found: Until The Past Catches Up presents a suspenseful thriller where buried secrets...
Empire Of The Damned (SIGNED)

Empire Of The Damned (SIGNED)

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Author: Jay KristoffBinding: PaperbackPublished: Harper Voyager, UK, 2024Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis epic dark fantasy saga, Empire Of The Damned, chronicles...
And The Deep Blue Sea; The Alpha List; Cage until Tame

And The Deep Blue Sea; The Alpha List; Cage until Tame

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Author: Charles Williams; James Anderson; Laurence HendersonBinding: HardbackPublished: ODHAMS BOOKSCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsUnknown
Sealskin

Sealskin

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What happens when magic collides with reality? Donald is a young fisherman, eking out a lonely living on the west coast of Scotland. One night he witnesses something miraculous ......
Like a Fading Shadow

Like a Fading Shadow

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Short-listed for The Man Booker International Prize 2018 On April 4th 1968, Martin Luther King was murdered by a man named James Earl Ray. Before Ray's capture and sentencing to...
The Things We Never Said

The Things We Never Said

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In 1964 Maggie wakes to find herself in a psychiatric ward, not knowing who she is or why she has been committed. She slowly begins to have memories of a...
The Outlaw Album

The Outlaw Album

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Daniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh, even criminal, behaviour in his wrenching first collection of short fiction. Desperation - both material and psychological - motivates his...
Gang of Four

Gang of Four

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She had a husband, children and grandchildren who loved her, a beautiful home, enough money. What sort of person was she to feel so overwhelmed with gloom and resentment on...
Windfall

Windfall

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Cassia Fallon has been married to her doctor husband for seven years when her godmother leaves her a vast fortune beyond her wildest dreams. She's determined to be sensible, to...
Listening In: Gripping short stories about women based on Jenny

Listening In: Gripping short stories about women based on Jenny

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In this addictive short story collection, twenty-four very different women reach a pivotal moment in their lives. A widow is liberated by a new job, but keeps it secret from...
Flood of Fire: Ibis Trilogy Book 3

Flood of Fire: Ibis Trilogy Book 3

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The thrilling climax to the IBIS trilogy that began with the phenomenal Booker-shortlisted SEA OF POPPIES. It is 1839 and tension has been rapidly mounting between China and British India...
Family Ties

Family Ties

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Annie Ferguson was one of Manhattan's brightest young architects. But overnight she became mother to her sister's three orphaned children. It wasn't the life she'd planned, but one that rewarded...
Rogue

Rogue

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For Maxine Williams, being married to Blake had been an amazing adventure. Brilliant, charismatic, and wholly unpredictable, Blake Williams made millions and grabbed headlines as a dot-com entrepreneur. His only...
Espedair Street

Espedair Street

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Daniel Weir used to be a famous - not to say infamous - rock star. Maybe still is. At thirty-one he has been both a brilliant failure and a dull...
The Every: The electrifying follow up to Sunday Times bestseller The

The Every: The electrifying follow up to Sunday Times bestseller The

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The electrifying follow-up to Dave Eggers' New York Times Bestseller The Circle When the world's largest search engine / social media company merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it...
The Chosen

The Chosen

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Out of a Baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish Boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic sect that keeps him bound in centuries of...
Babysitter

Babysitter

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'A page-turner ... nothing less than magical' Observer 'An extraordinary slice of suburban noir' Daily Mail From one of America's most renowned storytellers comes a novel about love and deceit,...
Masala and Murder

Masala and Murder

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Times are tough for Samson Ryder, a Melbourne-based, Anglo-Indian private investigator who likes his facts cold and his curries hot. A secret guilt over the death of his sister has...
Radio Sunrise

Radio Sunrise

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Winner of the McKitterick Prize 2018. "Never cover an assignment without collecting a brown envelope," Boniface had said. "It is a real life saver for all journalists in this country."...
Sailing through the Amber

Sailing through the Amber

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The book titled Sailing through the Amber by the author Susan Hancock. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Swim Club

The Swim Club

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Sometimes friendship is the only thing that keeps you afloat ... Sometimes friendship is the only thing that keeps you afloat ... When Karen's husband drowns off the postcard-perfect Queensland...
The Singapore Grip: NOW A MAJOR ITV DRAMA

The Singapore Grip: NOW A MAJOR ITV DRAMA

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Singapore just before the Japanese invasion in the Second World War: the Blackett family's prosperous world of tennis parties, cocktails and deferential servants seems unchanging. But it is poised on...
Autobiopsy

Autobiopsy

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The book titled Autobiopsy by the author Bernice Rubens. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Sowing Secrets

Sowing Secrets

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Watch out for temptation in the Garden of Eden... Fran March's life in the idyllic village of St Ceridwen's Well is coming up roses. Almost. If only daughter Rosie -...
The Shoemaker's Wife

The Shoemaker's Wife

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Nestled high in the Italian Alps lies Vilminore, home to Ciro, a strapping mountain boy. Close by lives Enza, a practical girl who longs only for a happy life for...
Sleeping With Mozart

Sleeping With Mozart

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This is a novel about a charming, funny and - undeniably - slightly eccentric young woman s attempts to get over a broken heart. She is trying hard to be...
Barcelona

Barcelona

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In Barcelona, we meet a cast of characters who live turbulent inner lives. In a Spanish hotel room a marriage unravels as a young wife is haunted by a past...
The Theatre of Glass and Shadows: the immersive novel about power and

The Theatre of Glass and Shadows: the immersive novel about power and

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'Marvellous' Bridget Collins, The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding Sometimes the greatest spectacle hides the darkest secrets . . . In an alternate London, the city's Theatre District...
The Judge's Wife

The Judge's Wife

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When Emma returns to Dublin to put her estranged father's affairs in order, she begins to piece together the story of his life and that of Grace, the mother she...
A Suitable Boy: THE CLASSIC BESTSELLER AND MAJOR BBC DRAMA

A Suitable Boy: THE CLASSIC BESTSELLER AND MAJOR BBC DRAMA

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Vikram Seth's novel is at its core a love story, the tale of Lata - and her mother's attempts to find her a suitable husband, through love or through exacting...