Second-hand Books

A tidal wave of pounding excitement from the first page to the last . . . Two and a half miles beneath the icy North Atlantic the mighty Titanic holds...

Mentoring is one of the fastest growing forms of management development and the strongest growth area in mentoring is at director level. Very little is known about the nature of...

In the small village of Hawkins Hollow, three best friends who share the same birthday sneak off into the woods for a sleepover the evening before turning 10. But a...

Catriona Summers' debut in show business came early. Her father, the leader of a travelling music hall troupe that toured small regional towns, carried her on stage when she was...

Charlize ''Charlie'' Edwards certainly knows what it takes to lead a successful and happy life. She owns a nice house in LA's trendiest neighborhood, has a group of glamorous and...

The pleasure of your company is desired for cocktails and conversation. 8pm, 4th September. Warrior's Peak. You are the Key. The lock awaits. When Malory Price is issued with the...

This text presents up-to-date research on Nostradamus in a simple and accessible way. It begins with a biography of Nostradamus' extraordinary life, including contemporary facts, and explains his special relevance...

This nostalgic book looks back to the glorious final years of Steam on the British railways in the 1950s & 1960s. Featuring 33 routes covering the entire country, this guide...

With additional references to e-mail and the Internet, you'll find it useful whether you are trying to land your first job, returning to the workplace or looking to take another...

Biddy O'Shaughnessy is left destitute in pre-war Liverpool when her widowed mother dies. At first she works as a live-in help for old Ma Kettle at the sweet-shop, but then...

Inspired by a handwritten note from his idol, Frank Lloyd Wright, MerlinRichards sets off from the Welsh valleys to the Arizona desert to launch hisarchitectural career. Now here in Wright's...

This is a sequel to "Opposite the Cross Keys", the author's memoir of her East Anglian childhood. After her father's death in 1930, the 12-year-old Sylvia, determined not to go...

Attorney Paul Madriani has reason to suspect he's representing a guilty man. Dr. David Crone, a respected medical researcher, is charged with the murder of a colleague: twenty-six-year-old Kalista Jordan,...

Maddy Kiernan knows her situation is desperate. With her parents dead, her brother Thomas is left as guardian to her and her sister Carmel, and Thomas, Maddy is all too...

Empathy is a luxury few people can afford. Malcolm, an ageing hairdresser whose love for his Alzheimers-victim lover is fading fast, is too oppressed by his domestic life to notice...

When Dylan O'Connor pulls into a motel off the Arizona interstate highway, all he wants to do is relax with his autistic brother Shep, and get a good night's sleep....

Juliet Kipper, a gifted painter, is strangled in the LA gallery where her first solo show has opened to critical acclaim, and Milo Sturgis takes on the murder investigation as...

This encyclopaedia of science contains more than 140 experiments and a complete A-to-Z dictionary explaining over 2750 scientific words. Links are given to related Web sites throughout, containing free downloadable...

Offers excellent overview of the bible with essential information in accessible style. Includes: the history of the Bible; the World of the Bible: the Making of the Bible; Through the...

Perhaps the last Washington secret is how the Federal Reserve and its enigmatic chairman, Alan Greenspan, operate. In Maestro, Bob Woodward uses his proven interviewing and research techniques to take...

At the end of World War II, the nation's railroads were eager to replace their abundance of war-weary steam locomotives with sleek new diesel engines. From Cape May to Bayonne,...

Banish presentation anxiety with tips and techniques that work. Making a powerful presentation requires more than preparing the right materials and rehearsing a speech. This book will turn any anxious...

Peace. Calm. Mindfulness. Enlightenment. These are appealing concepts, but they never seem like they're within grasp of the everyday person. With all our responsibilities in life, most of us are...

After her mother's death, Eleni tries to get away from it all in Byron Bay, hoping to deal with the loss and rebuild her confidence. On her return the family...

Paper Trails extends the series of very popular Paper...books by Richard Baines, and is aimed at Year 7 and 8 students. The book is constructed on the same lines as...

The hilarious true adventures of two young vets dealing with all creatures (and humans!) great and small in country Australia. 'This is a wonderful memoir ... the only fault I...

the new novel from the author of the acclaimed the Seduction of Silence We are sailing down the Hoogly River, inland towards Calcutta. I am a younger man, and I...

From the author of the much-loved Knowing Sophie and Dear Henry comes a story of two women, the price of friendship, and how there are no choices when it comes...

'Let me show you my scars. to know them is to know me.' So begins the candid memoir of Raelene Boyle, one of Australia's most loved national figures. the former...

This guide aims to help the reader increase both their personal success and their corporation's success. It tells the reader about the political and personal traps that they need to...

Property investment is the backbone of most personal fortunes - you only have to look through any 'rich list' to see how many people have built their fortunes through property....

Improve customer and employee loyalty with your brand stories Your brand is the stories people share about you when you're not in the room. Whether a small, one or two-person...

Your total plain-English guide to trading Forex Open 24 hours a day, 51/2 days per week, and trading nearly $4 trillion (US) per day, Forex is the biggest, fastest growing...

Great math skills are a head start to lasting success Teach Your Children Tables is the ultimate guide to improving your child's mathematical abilities. Written by a renowned education expert,...