Second-hand Books

Welcome to the revised edition of Dale Campisi's stylish guidebook, Melbourne Precincts ! Featuring 20 precincts across the city, this book is diverse but it does not seek to be...

p>Latest in the fabulous 500 series. Cakes, sweets, and desserts for all occasions. Chocolate heaven!!/p>p>With 500 mouthwatering chocolate delights, this book is packed with ideas for every kind of snack,...

In this stylish neo-noir set in the mountainous Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, hard-bitten inspector Akyl Borubaev mourns the recent death of his beloved wife--the only humanizing force in his...

The name Thomas Edison is synonymous with inventions that changed our world: the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph and the motion picture camera. But Edison's genius extended beyond inventions, patents...

As children, Celia and Djuna reigned mercilessly over their schoolgirl followers. One afternoon, they decided to walk home along a forbidden road. Djuna disappeared, and for twenty years Celia has...

It is Paris, 1939. Twenty-eight year old Eva Delectorskaya is at the funeral of her beloved younger brother. Standing among her family and friends she notices a stranger. Lucas Romer...

Cinderella is a great story, but after the last page is turned, little girls can't look forward to the tale coming true when they grow up. It's just "for pretend."...

How to Be Good is a story for our times -- a humorous but uncompromising look at what it takes, in this day and age, to have the courage of...

Bruce Manning Metzger's memoirs trace his life from his childhood in the Pennsylvania Dutch country and his student years at Princeton through his distinguished career of teaching, writing, lecturing, and...

To the fans who adore him, Julio Iglesias is the ultimate Conquistador. A conqueror who knows no frontiers, he has captured the hearts and minds of audiences all over the...

For over a century the Great Lakes have been the target of controversial diversion schemes to sell, send, or ship water to thirsty communities, sometimes far from the source. In...

The bewitching retellings of these enchanting tales -- Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast -- will whisk children away to imaginary lands where all is not...

Simple Acts to Save Our Planet shows you how to be more active in saving our planet every day by performing some "Simple Acts of Kindness"-for the Earth. Treat the...

'This brilliant debut novel by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan is cause for celebration.' LORRIE MOORE Written in startlingly beautiful prose, HARMLESS LIKE YOU is set across New York, Berlin and Connecticut,...

Cats are the worst! They leave fur on all your clothing! This coat is dry clean ONLY! Humans are the worst! They leave greasy finger prints on your fur! This...

From internationally popular design blogger SF Girl By Bay comes the ultimate love letter to San Francisco. This gorgeously photographed lifestyle guide gives readers an insider's tour of the City...

This Hemingway memoir completes A.E. Hotchner's international blockbuster Papa Hemingway, originally published fifty years ago. Hemingway in Love includes material previously withheld from publication, illustrated by photographs drawn from Hotchner's...

"Fear is the path to the dark side." Listen to Yoda . More than just a book, Star Wars Beware the Sith is a vital guide that no budding Star...

Discover everything you need to know about the Battle for the Galaxy. Don't just read about the Star Wars universe, become a part of the action yourself with this new...

A beautiful-designed celebratory gift book, The Daily Telegraph Anniversary Crossword Book is a unique collector's edition. Since the first ever cryptic crossword was published on 30 July 1925, this diurnal...

From a wonderful new voice in fiction comes a touching love story wrapped in a sparkling comedy. With enormous wit and an insider's eye, this debut capture the nuances of...

From acclaimed literary talent and New York Times bestselling author Kathryn Harrison comes a collection of provocative and illuminating essays. In True Crimes, conventional ideas of love, loss, forgiveness, and...

The definitive list of breed books, written by internationally-famed experts for serious dog people. Although most of the authors are British, the list has true trans-Atlantic appeal, and several titles...

Provides recipes for skin, body, face, and hair products which use natural ingredients, including bok choy facial toner and honey-banana milk bath.

As a poet and novelist in nineteenth-century Scotland, George MacDonald became an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer whose work has inspired such prominent writers and artists as C. S. Lewis...

A second revised edition for investors, stock brokers and money managers providing information to identify and overcome their resistance to selling stocks, how to earn maximum profit through strategic selling...

The rags-to-riches story of Coco Chanel plays out in a wonderful picture-book biography as full of style and spirit as its heroine. Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was always different. And she...

In 1940 John Martin was appointed Private Secretary to Winston Churchill. He remained at Churchill's side throughout the war and was promoted, in May 1941, to Principal Private Secretary. During...

All the significant stories of the Old and New Testaments from Genesis to the book of Acts are retold in clear, simple language which children understand. The stories may be...

Stuff. It's everywhere. In your bedroom, in the kitchen, in the lounge room, everywhere is full of stuff. I'm talking about the ordinary stuff like chairs and carpet and dishwashing...

These days we feel almost as young at fifty as we did at thirty - give or take the odd twinge. However, we are also becoming increasingly aware that the...

An introduction to world history since 1945, this traces the major national and international developments of the period. It is intended for students from the Sixth Form up and for...

Anna Funder, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize and author of Stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the...

A collection of Bogarde's writings from the last eight years, with pieces on fellow actors and directors, reminiscences of the French Riviera, a satirical piece on London dinner parties, reviews...

From the author of "Much Depends on Dinner" and "The Rituals of Dinner" comes a collection of essays in which Visser, a self-described "anthropologist of everyday life", analyzes the patterns...

In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Metis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance...

Uranium is a common element in the Earth's crust and the only naturally occuring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet. After WWII, it reshaped the...

In the Village of Basketeers, the soil is too rocky for farming and the sea too rough for fishing.Luckily, the grasses and reeds that grow nearby are ideal for making...

Wake up to the Joy of You is the simple way to find grace and meaning in your life. Inspirational motivational speaker and blogger, Agapi Stassinopoulos offers 52 weeks of...