Second-hand Books

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 'A meditation on sense-making when there's no sense to be made, on letting go when we can't hold on, and on being unafraid even when...

A collection of forty tales, including "Thumbelina," "The Princess and the Pea," and "The Ugly Duckling," as well as such less well-known works as "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep,"...

Describing 900 genera and over 8000 plants, this A-Z gardening encyclopaedia also introduces a way of identifying plants from their appearance alone. Hundreds of synonyms and common names are cross-referenced,...

From prehistoric times to the 21st century, the compelling story of world history may both surprise and inspire This lavishly illustrated visual encyclopedia tells the story of our world in...

Comprehensive photographic guide to the animal kingdom receives update Now in a new edition, this landmark photographic encyclopedia of the animal kingdom is revised with new species, images, and the...

This is the all-encompassing illustrated guide to your pregnancy journey Presenting the most up to date information for every day of your pregnancy - from conception to the first two...

75 recipes for cakes, bakes, desserts and treats - an unashamed celebration of sugar Welcome to the wonderful world of Finch Bakery! Lauren and Rachel Finch, founders of Finch Bakery,...

War, secrets and an unbearable choice- your sister or your lover? 1952, French Indochina. Since her mother's death, eighteen-year-old half-French, half-Vietnamese Nicole has been living in the shadow of her...

Take your passion and make it happen with The Idea In You by Martin Amor and Alex Pellew Do you have an idea in you? A hobby, a project, a...

The littlest bear loves to play and explore in the snow - but he wishes he had a friend to play with. His mother warns him to stay close so...

While working on his book The Life of Arthur Ransome, Hugh Brogan chanced upon the unfinished scrip of a thirteenth 'Swallows and Amazons' story in Ransome's desk in the Abbot...

Stanley is a dog, but he's also a scaredy-cat ... Stanley is scared of everything - big dogs, little dogs, cars, water, butterflies, even cats! His owner wishes Stanley was...

Lupus, a disease of the immune system, can be quite deadly, claiming the lives of thousands of patients yearly. Dr. Daniel J. Wallace is one of the world's leading authorities...

For more than 2000 years the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome have captivated our collective imagination and provided inspiration for every age. This text provides an up-to-date and authoritative...

Deacon here examines the complex relationships between state, gender and class during a central period of Australia's history. The book focuses on the emergence of a new middle class centrally...

The Executive Brain is the first popular but rigorous book to explore the most 'human' region of the brain, the frontal lobes. Writing in a lively and accessible style, the...

What is meant by 'Christian' verse? What must there be in a passage of verse thst gives us the right to call it 'Christian'? These are the questions discussed in...

Kingsley Amis's main objective in compiling The New Oxford Book of Light Verse was to raise a good-natured smile. This anthology of more than 250 poems by some 80 poets...

No previous anthology has succeeded in illustrating so thoroughly the kinds of verse actually written in the eighteenth century. The familiar tradition is fully represented by selections from such poets...

This varied collection of satirical verse contains 232 selections by writers from John Skelton and John Donne to Louis MacNeice and Clive James. Grigson--a well-known poet and critic--has chosen verse...

A literary anthology celebrating every variety of animal life from microbe to mouse, eagle to elephant, in verse and prose from ancient times to the present, including imaginary monsters and...

Regarded as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. Regarded as little more than...

In America at the turn of the twentieth century, when society abounds with movers and shakers such as Houdini, J.P Morgan, Henry Ford and Emma Goldman, and the sultry rhythms...

In the deceptively quiet Waikato of the 1930s and 1940s, a number of lives connect in a complex web of family ties, desire and violence. The events of this story...

Scarcely out of print since the early 1870s, For the Term of His Natural Life has provided successive generations with a vivid account of a brutal phase of colonial life....

From the #1 New York Times -bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and A Gentleman in Moscow , a "sharply stylish" ( Boston Globe ) book about a young woman...

Contains more than 20 full colour photographs, along with a carefully chosen collection of beautiful words about friends and friendship. The selection includes quotes, proverbs, nursery rhymes, and extracts from...

An excitingly revisionist history of bibliophilia, from the celebrated author of This is Shakespeare 'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I...

A fresh, illuminating narrative exploration of one of the most contradictory and dynamic countries on earth One of this century's greatest surprises has been the economic and social revolution in...

Roald Dahl's Going Solo is the marvellous account of his life as a young man. He describes getting his first job in Africa and his wartime exploits as an RAF...

The final instalment in Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy 1918, the closing months of the war. Army psychiatrist William Rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his...

"The Prince" shocked Europe on publication with its ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abdonment of conventional morality. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) came to be regarded by some as...

Since the Prototype Imprint Model (PIM) crashed in the desert, Jansi is the first cognisant life-form to have crossed its path. A shuttle arrives from Rodan to retrieve PIM, threatening...

Up-to-date and comprehensive, this book contains everything you've ever wanted to know about vitamins, health aides, therapies and supplements to live healthier, better and longer. This latest edition has seen...

For fans of ONE DAY, THE MARRIAGE PLOT and THEN WE CAME TO THE END, a comedy of manners for the quarter-life crisis generation. 'Glitters with wit and wisdom' Guardian...

From the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time comes a novel about families and secrets - now re-jacketed with a stunning new cover look From...

Funny and honest, this is the story of how an ordinary, curvy woman ended up running five marathons. _____________________________ 'If you've ever wept, "Why Do I Want To Run?", your...

AN AMERICAN CLASSIC FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING MASTER THRILLER WRITER. _______________________________________ An innocent man is days from execution. Only a guilty man can save him. Travis Boyette is a murderer....

She's building the life of her dreams, will she find room for love? Our gorgeous new cover look for the wonderfully romantic novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling...

Love can grow on you, or can it? A wonderfully romantic novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Recipe for Love, A French Affair and The Perfect...