Non-Secondhand Books

Author: Stanley Johnson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Stanley Johnson: one-time spy, politician, animal rights crusader - and irresistibly brilliant raconteur. From his career as a Member of the...

Author: Alison Bruce Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Bruce is doing for Cambridge what Colin Dexter did for Oxford with Inspector Morse' Daily Mail All it took was one...

Author: David Miller Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 August 1924. John Conrad arrives at his parents' home on the outskirts of Canterbury, where family and friends are assembling for...

Author: Benjamin Hale (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 Bruno Littlemore; linguist, artist, philosopher. A life defined by a soaring mind, yet bound by a restrictive body. Born in...

Author: Pascal Mercier Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 It all starts with the death of Martijn van Vliet's wife. His grief-stricken young daughter, Lea, cuts herself off from the...

Author: Matt Hilton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Ex-con Nicolas returns home to reconcile with his mother. But he isn't prepared to discover he has a younger sister, whom...

Author: Catherine Hall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 By the time the summer holidays begin, Spencer Little is keen to put the events of the past term at Cambridge...

Author: Julie Johnstone Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Sally, who married young to escape her appalling childhood, is often left to bitterly reflect on the hand she has been...

Author: Harry Morris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 The hilarious adventures of Harry the Polis, as recalled by ex-polis Harry Morris, the self-appointed Chief Constable of funny stories, continue...

Author: Katharine Grant Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Motherless Alathea Sawneyford, her charms grown disturbing as she rebels against her father, has made the city's streets her own, while...

Author: Paul Broks Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Into the Silent Land marks the debut of an astonishing new voice. Paul Broks draws on his many years as a...

Author: Caroline Lawrence Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Caroline says, "Originally I planned to write eighteen Roman Mysteries, but because my books take place around real historical events, I...

Author: Lemn Sissay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 Lemn Sissay's poems are laid into the streets of downtown Manchester, feature on the side of a public house in the...

Author: Lucy Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Imagine standing over a bomb - you need to make a choice. Remember, your life depends on it. In this extraordinary...

Author: Freya Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Freya Lewis is extraordinary' Katie Piper 'A love letter to the NHS' Lorraine Kelly 'An unflinching story of grief, survival and...

Author: Paul Collicutt Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 48 It's midnight in Robot City and all is not well. As the crew of the Red Star Rig send out a...

Author: Minette Walters Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Historical fiction at its finest' - Belfast Telegraph Dorset, 1642. When bloody civil war breaks out between the King and Parliament,...

Author: Shane Ross Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Cabinet minister Shane Ross reveals the bitter internal battles fought with the old Blueshirts the crises when the coalition came close...

Author: Charles Johnson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Martin Luther King Jr is a political visionary, human rights activist, preacher, scholar and martyr. Chaym Smith is his dark mirror,...

Author: Rebecca Miller Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 A pregnant mother of two finds herself increasingly in thrall to her help, Nat. For Joad, the discovery of a haunting...

Author: Patience Agbabi Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Fourteen-year-old Elle and her friends are going to a not-to-be-missed funfair. But a ride on the Ghost Train takes them further...

Author: Catherine Prasifka Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'Extraordinary' -Naoise Dolan 'Seriously good' - Louise Nealon Dublin student life is ending for Sophie and her friends. They've got everything...

Author: John Edgar Wideman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'This is truly inimitable storytelling' Observer '[A] master of language' New York Times A boy stands alone, unable to enter...

Richard Holloway is one of our most beloved public thinkers. Throughout his life he has turned to poets and writers to help answer the big questions, and for solace and...

Author: Alex Preston Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4The year is 1742. Goody Brown, saved from drowning and adopted when just a babe, has...

Author: Sarah Hardy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 No one survives war unscathed. But even in the darkest days, seeds of hope can grow. It is 1946 and in...

Author: Mollie Walton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Shropshire, 1874. Hettie Jones has grown up in Ironbridge. She has never known her father and, since her mother's death, has...

Welcome to The Empire theatre1922. When Jack Treadwell arrives at The Empire, in the middle of a rehearsal, he is instantly mesmerised. But amid the glitz and glamour, he soon...

Author: Jo Ann Beard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Weaving a complex tapestry drawn from interviews, anecdotes, moments from Beard's own life, and sheer imagination, these extraordinary pieces embody...

Author: Sarah Fletcher Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 88 In myth, the Pillars of Hercules near the Straits of Gibraltar mark the edge of what was then the known world,...

Author: Cecily Gayford Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 It's only the afternoon, but dusk is already falling and a log fire burning in the grate. Outside, frost coats the...

Author: Nella Larsen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Now a major Netflix film starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga and Alexander Skarsgard Childhood friends Clare and Irene are both light-skinned...

Author: Janice Hallett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 *** THE SMASH HIT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *** *** THE NEW MYSTERY PHENOMENON FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE APPEAL ***...

'Sarai Walker has done it again ... upends the Gothic ghost story with a fiery feminist zeal.' - Maria Semple, bestelling author of Where'd You Go Bernadette'A riveting, gothic page-turner'...

Author: Dan Keel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Book of the Month, Countryside magazine '[this] fascinating new book... provides a detailed insight into the snow-white species' Waterways World A...

Author: Gemma Cribb Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 200 We live in a hyper sexualised society. Porn, nudes, dates and hook-ups are easy to come by for anyone with an...

Author: Andrew Morton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Following her death in September 2022, the outpouring of affection and admiration for the Queen was as touching as it was...

Author: Dr Sarah Jane Arnold Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 When your mind just won't switch off and you're fed up of tossing and turning in your bed, pick...

Author: Tim Collins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Sometimes you press the button without thinking ... you know it's a mistake but there's no way back, you've posted something...

Author: John Kelly Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 Meet the Grumblies. All they do is ARGUE! So when a huge, hungry GOBBLESTOMP arrives in their village, which little Grumbly...

Author: Aravind Jayan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 'Truly infectious' -Guardian Appa and Amma have driven home a shiny new Honda Civic to show off to their neighbours in...

Author: Adrian Duncan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 'When I was sent by the Soviet state to London to further my studies in calculus, knowing I would never become...

Author: Gurnaik Johal Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 'A debut collection of such precocity and aplomb that it stands comparison to the likes of Junot Diaz and Bryan Washington'...

Author: Dan Malakin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Will you open The Box to save your daughter? Ed Truman's family is falling apart. His daughter Ally is being targeted...

Author: J.B. Mylet Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'Set to be one of the Scottish crime books of the year. I loved it' CHRIS BROOKMYRE 'Heart-warming, heart-breaking and utterly...

As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book of the WeekAn eye-opening account of disability, identity, and how robotics and AI are altering our understanding of what it means to be...

Author: Summersdale Publishers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 There are so many important decisions to make about how we must adapt our lifestyles to reverse climate change, but where...

Author: Summersdale Publishers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Keep track of you. A mood tracker is a handy tool to help you map your emotions over time. Whether you...