Second-hand Books

A name is for life! It may be sad, but it is certainly true that you don't meet too many high-flying, successful guys called Wayne or Elvis. What you hope...

The mind-boggling, sock-popping, rib-tickling phenomenon that is QI have outdone themselves with this especially huge collection of facts, including: Humans glow in the dark. 'Clinomania' is the overwhelming desire to...

A heartbreaking novel, inspired by a true story, about a Somali girl who is willing to sacrifice everything to fulfill her dream of becoming a champion runner. Little Warrior is...

Yolanda is conflicted. Her sister Elf has battled depression for her whole adult life, and is in a psychiatric ward under permanent observation after attempting suicide - again. Yolanda has...

Kate Moore is an expat mum, newly transplanted from Washington D.C. In the cobblestoned streets of Luxembourg, her days are filled with play dates and coffee mornings, her weekends spent...

When a set of dog tags, supposedly belonging to a seaman missing since the early 1950s, is washed up on a beach in modern day Co. Antrim, Jack Valentine 'deadbeat...

On 25 October 1946, in a crowded room in Cambridge, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper came face to face for the first and only time. The encounter lasted only ten...

'Stuff happens . . . And it's untidy, and freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.'The famous response of Donald...

Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time of insecurity and unrest. Rivals threatened her reign; England was a Protestant island, isolated in a sea of Catholic countries. Spain...

Lake Wobegon Days is the marvellous chronicle of an imaginary place named after an Indian word meaning 'Here we are!' or 'We sat all day in the rain waiting for...

Going to see a 'Shakespeare' and want a quick run-down on the plot? Studying Shakespeare and want to know who's who? Teaching the 'Henrys' and need a handy guide to...

Since the early 1980s David Burton, a cookery writer, has written a fortnightly food column for two major metropolitan daily newspapers in New Zealand. These articles - short essays and...

Bernard Ingham was Margaret Thatcher's Press Secretary from 1979 to 1990. Blunt, tough and widely feared, he was once called the most powerful man in Britain. Robert Harris, "Sunday Times"...

This expose of the wine industry aims to provide wine drinkers with a guideline to getting the best value for money. Specific wines are highlighted to illustrate both the best...

Ronnie Barker is one of the best-loved and most celebrated entertainers in British television history. As well as starring in the ever popular and critically acclaimed sitcoms Porridge and Open...

Do you know how many bull hides it takes to furnish the interior of a Rolls Royce Phantom? Or which countries besides Britain drive on the left? Have you ever...

"What the Industrial Revolution Did For Us" is a journey back in time, giving the reader an insight into how British life was transformed between 1750 and 1830, and how...

Tying in with a BBC2 series, this book comprises accounts of six international train adventures undertaken by well-known personalities. Chat-show host Clive Anderson travels from Hong Kong to Mongolia; ballerina...

Just after lunch on a Tuesday in April, nine feet under water, police diver Flea Marley closes her gloved fingers around a human hand. The fact that there's no body...

Iraqi woman's true story of life inside Saddam Hussein's torture prisons, by the bestselling author of PRINCESS Mayada was born into a powerful Iraqi family. One grandfather fought alongside Lawrence...

For years, yoga has been prized for its benefits to the body, providing healing, rejuvenation, overall toning and solutions to a host of other physical problems. Recently, however, author Bija...

The #1 "New York Times" Bestseller On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and...

Through the eyes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, this work sketches the story of South Africa from 1976 when apartheid opression was at its peak, to the birth of democracy in...

For eight-year-old Rufus, life has become complicated. His mother and father, Josie and Tom, have divorced amicably enough, and are set to pursue their separate paths. But other people have...

The impressively versatile Joanne Harris in her psychological thriller mode, at her darkest and most unsettling. The impressively versatile Joanne Harris in her psychological thriller mode, at her darkest and...

An early bestseller from the author of the fabulous Shopaholic series At eighteen, Milly was up for anything. So when a friend asked her to marry him just so that...

Out of the ashes of doomed ad agency Miller Shanks has risen Meerkat 360, a very 21st century workplace. Staff include David Crutton, an MD with the worst email signature...

A classic story of a bitter struggle against hardship by the 100-million copy bestselling Catherine Cookson - the queen of saga - reissued in a fresh, gorgeous new package for...

In the vein of Netflix hit Narcos, and soon to be a film starring Bryan Cranston, this is the true story of US Drugs Enforcement Agent Robert Mazur's dramatic undercover...

A nutrition-based performance guide by World Number One tennis star, Novak Djokovic. 'A remarkable book' The Independent '... a revelatory read.' The Guardian What readers are saying- ***** 'A lot...

A riveting bestseller from one of the UK's biggest thriller writers. Recovering from the tragic death of his wife, Tony Sheridan goes to stay with his sister-in-law, Lucy, and her...

The new Nick Stone thriller is classic McNab - authentic, pulse-pounding and utterly compelling Nick Stone has always kept his job as ex-SAS trouble shooter at arms' length from his...

As an only child, Annabella LaGrange lived a privileged, secluded existence, and had come to accept that her wealthy parents lived at opposite ends of their magnificent country estate and...

Nick Stone s future has never looked as bleak. The only person he s ever loved is dead. he only people who might give him a reason not to join...

A powerful story about a mother's courage in the face of overwhelming odds. A powerful story about a mother's courage in the face of overwhelming odds. Fernanda Barnes's life was...

An uplifting novel about finding the courage to let someone you love fly free. It is Christmas, 1940, and Kate is making her debut in New York society. Joe, the...

The hilarious and poignant new novel from one of Britain's most entertaining and provocative writers. Sam and Lucy seem like the perfect couple. Successful, happy and in love. But life...

Written in 1997 when this remarkable author was nearing the end of her life. The woman who presented herself at the offices of the respectable firm of London solicitors was,...