Second-hand Books

The Body Snatchers, written in an engaging and witty style, looks at the rampant conditioning of women and girls by those pushing starvation imagery. there is hardly a woman alive...

'This afternoon while looking for my watchI found a love letter from your mistress.In 1947 while searching for his lost goata Bedouin boy found the Dead Sea Scrolls.'The poems in...

Twelve-year-old Tod's mystical links with a spirit, half man and half fox, and with the natural world surrounding his grandmother's house in the Australian countryside challenge his attempt to adjust...

'Can you put out a press release to catch this evening's news?' 'We need to put together a brochure ready to mail next month.' 'Can you put an ad in...

A riveting and suspenseful debut in the best-selling tradition of Scott Turow and Richard North Patterson. Defense attorney Joseph Antonelli is a stranger to defeat. Inside the courtroom and out,...

All internationally renowned 'lady showbiz detective' Stella Pentangeli wants, is to solve a simple literary riddle: did William Shakespeare belong to a blood-thirsty 17th century cult which resurrected dead people?...

The Ultimate Rose Book describes how to grow and care for roses as well as showing how to decorate with them. With more than 900 colour images the book also...

Shows how rewarding our green inheritance is - before it is too late and we destroy our life-support system Highlights a deepening concern about the destruction that threatens our plant...

This book covers the most prominent human, animal and supernatural figures of Chinese legend, folklore and religious belief. The entries range from the mythical, such as Pan Ku (creator of...

'Far from the Madding Crowd' is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy's Wessex novels. It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit...

365 prompts for noticing nature every day of the year Arranged in day-by-day format, this beautiful gift book is a celebration of the nature you can find in your city...

Your essential guide to Pawnee, the charming, colourful, spit-in-your-eye fantastic and totally raccoon-ridden home of Leslie Knope and her Parks Department, as featured in the hit TV series Parks and...

The UK is gripped by the threat of gang violence - the media is building on that hysteria, convincing us that knife crime is rife and the streets are flooded...

Autumn 1940. The Nazis seal 400,000 Jews inside a small area of the Polish capital, creating an urban island cut off from the outside world. Erik Cohen, an elderly psychiatrist,...

When Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her sour-tempered aunt after her father's death, things seem bad enough, but then a dreadful accident ensues. However, Pollyanna's sunny nature and good...

This endearing edition proudly includes the original telling of the beloved tale, 'The Velveteen Rabbit' by Margery Williams. Together, we travel alongside the Velveteen Rabbit on his magical journey towards...

'I'm not here to change your mind about Dusty Springfield or Shostakovich or Tupac Shakur or synthpop. I'm here to change your mind about your mind.' There are countless books...

How do emotions affect your basic decision making? Why do certain smells prompt long-forgotten memories, and what makes us suddenly self-conscious? How does the biological organ, the brain, give rise...

A family in England is massacred, the father left holding the shotgun. PC Lucy Davies is convinced he's innocent. A sleeper agent in Moscow requests an urgent meeting with Dan...

The Birds and the Bees series from Vintage Classics - beautiful editions of the finest British nature writing Bee Journal is a poem-journal of beekeeping that chronicles the life of...

On the eve of the Second World War a public attorney, devastated because his Jewish lover has fled without him, runs over a young girl. He is torn by grief...

It's the Scare School pet show, and every mob who's any mob is entering. Every mob except Zombie. He doesn't have a pet. But then Zombie finds a stray Pig...

With the riverboat trade along the Darling River slowly dying, a once-prosperous pastoralist family fights to survive - and discovers there is a cost to love . . . 'Unputdownable...

Jane had always lived in somebody's shadow. Escaping a childhood of abuse by marrying oceanographer Oliver Jones, she finds herself taking second place to his increasingly successful career. However, when...

The US Masters: the most famous tournament of all. A global TV audience of 150 million, a string of legendary winners . and a curse for Australian golfers. From Jim...

Poppy Abbott seems to have it all. Bright, successful and attractive, she lives in a beautiful apartment with sweeping views of Sydney. However, since the recent death of her beloved...

'He transforms the smallest everyday item, a winter coat or holiday gravy, into talismans of redemption and loss, with simple, unadorned language.' - Daren Wang, Paste Magazine 'Kelly remains one...

Air Kiss and Tell: Memoirs of a blow-up doll is a book that shows us that things that are sparkly, glamorous and smooth on the outside can often be a...

"For fans of Stephen King and John Connolly, The Homecoming is a darkly menacing horror thriller, and Book 2 in the Niceville trilogy. Somewhere in the American South, there is...

Dealing with the nature of reality and dreams, of love, identity, despair and salvation, this is a truly brilliant and startlingly original novel. Dealing with the nature of reality and...

Your mealtimes will be more enjoyable and stress-free, now that you

An intimate portrait of tragedy, hope and humour in a war zone. An intimate portrait of tragedy, hope and humour in a war zone. Working as a journalist at the...

A breathtaking adventure across six continents that reveals the intricate cultures of native societies and their strategies of coping with climate change. You can't turn on the news today without...

Lulu can't sing. Since the traumatic birth of her daughter, the internationally renowned soprano hasn't dared utter a note. She's afraid that her body is too fragile and that she...

Get set for five lighthearted adventures in romance from three leading authors. Lois rebounds into the arms of a clown. Shy Tabby takes a ventriloquism class. Distrustful Shannon has a...

If you're a good parent, you probably drive yourself batshit with worry. This book is for you. Addressing concerns from "my baby won't poop" to "my boy likes girl toys"...

Lauren Holbrook has found her life's calling: matchmaking for the romantically challenged. And with the eclectic cast of characters in her world, there's tons of potential to play "connect the...

"This is the marriage book we've been waiting for!" -Brene Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, bestselling author ofDaring Greatly Coupling up is complicated-Dr. Harriet Lerner's marriage rules are not. This marriage book...

With his research showing strong evidence of a "happiness set-point", which suggests that a large part of a person's capacity for joy is determined by genetics, Dr. David Lykken has...

Chuck Colson Speaks assembles twelve of Mr. Colson's most important speeches delivered in recent years. Covering a wide range of issues such as morality, ethics, leadership, personal holiness, and social...

The exercises in this book get you actively involved in facing the changes in your life. You learn how to be proactive and how to approach situations rationally.

Full of humor and wit, this book was offered in 1827 in order that servants be given a handbook by which they might more efficiently perform the duties for which...

December 1979, Annie was three months pregnant with her second child and in excruciating pain. She couldn't walk, couldn't stand, couldn't sleep. In just a year, Annie had gone from...

The Engimatic Greek - Catherine George Getting an interview with media-hating billionaire Alexei Drakos was never going to be easy, but Eleanor Markham is nothing if not resourceful! If she...

Ferdinand Mount's Making Nice takes place in the murky world of London PR firms, the back rooms of Westminster and on the campaign trail in America and Africa. Our protagonist...