Second-hand Books

We were trying to create more than a show. We were trying to create an event, and that event was a moment for the whole family, to sit and relax...

Charisma. Power. Sex appeal. Wealth. What does the sound of your name say about you? How do these syllables affect not only your self-image but, even more importantly, the expectations...

Winner of the Wolfson History Prize 2010 and the 2010 National Jewish Book Award for Biography At the end of September 1894 a charlady stole an undated and unsigned letter...

Explore the incredible life of Novak Djokovic - from his boyhood in war-torn Serbia to his reign as the world's #1 male tennis player - in this stunningly illustrated biography....

Young brunette women are being attacked in the city of London. 16-year-old, Irish-born Niamh has just arrived for the summer, and quickly discovers that the girls being attacked look frighteningly...

As Michael Fradette and Steve Michaud remind us in "The Power of Corporate Kinetics," you can't predict the future, but you can be ready for whatever it may bring. Enter...

For the first time, read all four Alice stories in one beautiful hardback edition. It's 1918 and Alice's deepest wish is to be a professional ballerina. But as World War...

Dogs on Doorsteps began as a personal project launched during the 2020 lockdown period in March. Suzanne photographed neighbourhood dogs in order to retain a connection to the community and...

From the notorious Louisa Collins in 1880s NSW, who murdered two husbands with rat poison, to a blazing shoot-out featuring prominent underworld figure Antonio Martini at Taronga Zoo in the...

In this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called "the best chef in America" tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old...

This fully authorized guide is the perfect introduction to New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. With lavish full-bleed production stills and biographies of the stars and the...

When Joe, Beth and Frannie move to the country, they discover they are living next door to an Enchanted Wood, where the magical Faraway Tree grows. Join the children on...

The world's most successful hypnotist helps you overcome the worst emotional trauma Almost everyone, at one time or another, is affected by a broken heart. But how can we cope...

By the acclaimed author of plays including "Breaking the Code" and "As You Desire Me."

'Magnificent.' Richard Osman 'Razor-sharp.' Erin Kelly How far would you go for a friend? Edward is living in a world he can't afford and to which he doesn't belong. To...

This study of war skillfully clarifies the complexities of four major World War II military campaigns: El Alamein, Monte Cassino (Italy), Operation Market Garden (of which Arnhem formed a crucial...

Can anything come between the love of a father and his daughter? The Sunday Times Bestseller When Swiss-born Hugues Martin sees a small, run-down hotel in New York for the...

A loving testament to the fact that blood isn't always what bonds us.'-Mia Freedman These days, families come in all shapes and sizes. They move from one state to create...

A finely honed abridgement of Emerson's principal essays with an introduction that clarifies the essence of Emerson's ideas and establishes their relevance to our own troubled era. This is the...

By night, Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847 1912) navigated the flourishing world of Victorian theater, yet, in the shadows, he was the brilliant mind behind the chilling vampire masterpiece Dracula, a...

A detailed guide to the art and science of designing, building and maintaining an outdoor lighting system. The book describes how to plan, design and build a project, reviews all...

"Rosemary's baby has grown up and is running Hollywood. One of America's greatest industries has become one of the most destructive. Entertainment titans like Walt Disney, Morrie Ryskind, and Frank...

An exclusive look at one of the world's most successful and controversial companies, and the mysterious family behind it. BMW is arguably the most admired carmaker in the world. It's...

"An astonishingly detailed account of the Geodesic Mission.... Gripping, authoritative, and fair."-Washington Post

Dinesh D'Souza rose to national prominence as one of the founders of the Dartmouth Review, a leading voice in the rebirth of conservative politics on college campuses in the 1980s.He...

Middle children are underachievers, overshadowed and overlooked, right? Wrong. Combining research in evolutionary biology, psychology and sociology with real-life stories, psychologist Catherine Salmon, Ph.D., and journalist Katrin Schumann reveal what...

Jenny Blake has a theory about life: big decisions often don't amount to much, but little decisions sometimes transform everything. Her theory proves true the summer of 1955, when 14-year-old...

The Lost Fleet: Relentless found its way onto the New York Times bestseller list... Now Victorious leads the charge again-and "Black Jack" Geary is in command... As war continues to...

Gay parenting is a productive and positive decision, but author and lesbian mother Arlene Lev admits it isn't always an easy one. With practical wisdom and advice, and personal real-life...

Eighteen years ago, young Tess McPhail left tiny Wintergreen, Missouri, for Nashville and never looked back. Now one of country music's brightest lights, "Mac" McPhail is a millionairess many times...

Provides detailed maps and charts and information about stars, nebulae, galaxies, the planets, comets, asteroids, and meteors.

Written in the decade before Freud's death, Civilization and Its Discontents may be his most famous and most brilliant work. It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Originally...

Calibrating the Cosmos describes hard science, but is gently written. It explains in clear, non-mathematical language the measurements and the interpretation of the resulting data that have led to the...

Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused...

Since September 11, 2001, the Bush administration has relentlessly invoked the word "freedom." The United States can strike preemptively because "freedom is on the march." Social security should be privatized...

Sasha Riggs is a reclusive artist, haunted by vivid dreams that she turns into extraordinary paintings. Desperate to understand her visions, she finds herself drawn to the Greek island of...

Sophie and Katy shouldn't be friends: witches and witch-hunters just aren't meant to get along! Now that their friendship is out in the open, both girls are in danger. But...

From the bestselling author of I Feel Bad About My Neck : two classic collections of uproarious essays tackling everything from feminism to the media, from politics to beauty products,...