Second-hand Books

Gandhi once said, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way that its animals are treated." How people regard older animals is especially...

Whether negotiating the mind-games of border security services or performing ablutions in a London bathroom, Mohammad Chowdhury's life travelling the world brings daily challenges. Border Crossings is a thrilling ride...

Bernie Little and his canine companion, Chet, are private investigators. Both have had some setbacks in life - Bernie in combat, Chet in K-9 dog-training school - but together they...

'Confronting the inevitable desiccation of her ageing body, a woman reflects on her life as an erotic adventurer, and through these vivid stories of the flesh, a mind and a...

One of the great untold love stories - how the Grimm brothers discovered their famous fairy tales - filled with drama and passion, and taking place during the Napoleonic Wars....

100 Aussie Things We Know and Love puts the Australian way of life under a forensic lens, vigorously examining the socio-political underpinnings of the Australian character. Nah, just kidding! We'll...

One of the drawbacks of writing funny, irreverent and - worse yet - honest travel books is that you can't stop your parents from reading them. Because once they have...

Sometimes we know we shouldn't and that's exactly why we do. Rosie Moon is restless. She wants to do something, be someone be someone else. Asher is the new boy...

Have you reached a point where you feel the need to take stock of your life? Do you want simply to regain some perspective, or are you seeking a path...

In this book we offer a broad range of tasty delights, designed for ease of preparation and positive results, to give you the satisfaction that a home-baked cake or pastry...

From sonar to snowshoes, this rhyming, lift-the-flap picture book of riddles introduces children to biomimicry. Endnotes reinforce learning. This rhyming, lift-the-flap picture book of riddles introduces children to biomimicry in...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of You Are Mighty, a real-life derring-do woman, a collection of exhilarating stories, activities, and tips to inspire girls to pursue a life...

In a word-drunk romp through an alternate, pre-apocalyptic United States, Ana Simo's fiction debut, Heartland , is the uproarious story of a thwarted writer's elaborate revenge on the woman who...

In this follow up to her award-winning Ancient Grains for Modern Meals, Maria Speck shares classic, comforting recipes that make cooking with ancient grains faster, more intuitive, and easier than...

Tallamy lays out all you need to know to participate in one of the great conservation projects of our time. Read it and get started! Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author...

The Everything Interview Book has all the ammunition job hunters need to survive the interview process and win over employers. The book is perfect for any job hunter - from...

A leading quantum physicist compares spiritual traditions -- including yoga and the Tibetan Book of the Dead -- the very latest scientific observations, and individual experiences to find out what...

Across the UK, into Europe and further afield, these are the training rides, races and journeys closest to his heart. From one-day classics in the Peak District and Snowdonia to...

How Many Lies Can She Get Away With? A gripping domestic thriller of secrets, lies, extramarital affairs and murder. "A wonderful storyteller" Chris Whitaker Is it worse to lie to...

Primetime cookery tie-in from one of our most popular and trusted TV cookery icons, following recent ITV travel cookery successes, Gino's Italian Escape (117k TCM) and James Martin's French Adventure...

A cultural and business history of the UFC, tracing the unlikely rise of mixed martial arts from what was derided in the '90s as 'human cockfighting' - more violence than...

r.h. Sin's This Day Is Dark is a blistering case study of when red flags are mistaken for passion and love falls in the hands of the wrong people, as...

Samantha King Holmes brings forth a raw, original perspective. A collection of poetry that breathes hope into the idea of love while mourning the human condition of seeking out connections,...

Pop-culture phenomenon, social rights advocate, and the most prominent LGBTQ+ voice on YouTube, Tyler Oakley brings you Binge , his New York Times bestselling collection of witty, personal, and hilarious...

The Nest meets Curtis Sittenfeld in this captivating novel about a priceless inheritance that leads one family on a life-altering pursuit of the truth. The Millers are far from perfect....

The world is full of women we don t know whose stories have been overlooked or airbrushed from history. Often faced with limited life choices, this book proudly showcases those...

Set in the blistering heat of Singapore, THE MAID'S ROOM follows the lives of two Filipina maids - sisters Dolly and Tala who are working hard to send money back...

A Saturday in May. Paris. It's the eve of the French presidential elections - 'The Election of the Century' say the newspaper headlines - and Chaouch, the nation's first Arab...

' The World at My Feet brought me to tears. What a beautifully written and incredibly moving novel' Beth O'Leary, author of The Flatshare and The Switch 'A bittersweet, beautifully...

'I wouldn't scream if I were you. Unless you want the whole world to learn about your husband and his mistress.' Agatha Christie, in London to visit her literary agent,...

John Greenmeets 500 Days of SummermeetsNick Hornby. Darren hasn't had an easy year. His parents divorced, his brother left for college, and his best friend moved state. Also, he still...

Alex Caine, a fighter by trade, is drawn into a world he never knew existed - a world he wishes he'd never found. Alex Caine is a martial artist fighting...

One twin is imprisoned for a terrible crime. The other will do anything to set her free. One night Tila stumbles home, terrified and covered in blood. She's arrested for...

When the National Animal Choir performs the latest song by renowned composer and conductor Mr. Herbert Timberteeth, nothing goes exactly as planned. Mr. Timberteeth has some preconceived notions of what...

When private investigator Izzy Spellman is arrested for the fourth time in three months, she writes it off as an occupational hazard. She's been keeping surveillance on her new next-door...

Izzy Spellman is 28, single and works for Spellman Investigations, a family-run private detective agency. She might have a chequered past littered with romantic mistakes - but at least she's...

The destructive hydrogues continue their war against humans and the fiery entities, the faeros - a struggle that kills planets and extinguishes whole stars. Newly crowned Mage-Imperator Jora'h, the leader...

THE AGE-DEFYING DIET provides a revolutionary solution to unwanted weight increase in your 40s and 50s. NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author, Dr Caroline Apovian, has developed a ground-breaking programme that...

Detective Superintendent Jimmy Suttle has finally tired of the relentless struggle against the rising tide of urban crime in Portsmouth. Surely a job in Major Crimes in the West Country...