Second-hand Books

Fancy Pantry, which the "New York Times" called "an investment in good taste," brought completely up-to-date for contemporary tastes and cooking styles. Filled with over 300 delectable edibles that are...

Some of the most awe-inspiring ships on today's seas are the massive cargo ships that transport immense loads from continent to continent. From container ships to oil tankers, Super Cargo...

The Moghul emperors are still bloodthirsty and entirely ruthless; they control a quarter of the world's population and have wealth beyond imagining. But this is the final flowering of a...

Pre-war debutantes were members of the most protected, not to say isolated, stratum of 20th-century society: the young (17-20) unmarried daughters of the British upper classes. For most of them,...

Imagine a banana. What colour is it? Yellow, of course. Now try to form a picture of one that doesn't exist, that can't exist: a blue banana with red spots....

The possibility of global climatic change as a result of increasing numbers of people requiring higher stands of living has spawned an international controversy over the appropriateness of controls on...

Dieting Makes You Fat is the explosive, authoritative answer to the multibillion-dollar dieting industry. The dieting industry is booming. So is obesity, in children as well as adults. Obesity causes...

'This isn't some kind of 'dear John' letter. I'm coming back again' But Amy Sinclair didn't come back. That note on the kitchen table was the last that her boyfriend,...

With bird flu a very present threat, this is a timely and important look at the impact of quiet killers through the ages. In 1658 Oliver Cromwell, having brought a...

ALICE IN THE LOOKING GLASS is a moving memoir written by a mother and her anorexic daughter, Alice. In the first part of the book Jo Kingsley writes with raw...

Dr. Kevin Warwick warns us that robots and machine intelligence pose an enormous threat to mankind. He is deeply critical of techniques used to measure human intelligence, in particular IQ...

Through stories and examples of successes and failures, this book offers advice on the best ways to find and approach a potential employer, using techniques that can be applied to...

With a business to run, a son to raise and a complicated personal life, renegade lawyer Nina Reilly is used to having as much drama in her own home as...

Lucius Falerius is dead, and Rome in its entirety mourns the passing of its most powerful senator. It falls to his young son Marcellus to carry out his father's legacy...

Growing up in a family that valued the art of storytelling and the power of oral history, Thomas Steinbeck now follows in his father's footsteps with a brilliant story collection...

Love Junkie is the story of Rachel Resnick's dangerous addiction to sex and love. An addiction that has cost her in horrible ways throughout the course of her life -...

Who is mad? Who is sane? Who decides? Welcome to the Dorothy Fish, a hospital in North London. N has been a patient for thirteen years. Day after day she...

Lack of knowledge about cancer can cause fear and confusion for the patient. This can be lessened with accurate and up-to-date information about what the disease is and how it...

This third title in Usborne''s new award winn ing range of dictionaries contains 11,000 definitions in cle ar and child friendly language and over 250 colour illustrat ions. Topics covered...

This book examines the approaches to the study of culture and the experience of modernity which were developed by three of the most original German thinkers of the early 20th...

Frank Stella (*1936) situates his oeuvre not only in the present. Abstraction or representation, simulacrum, sign, and ornament, as well as questions of surface and space have fascinated him anew...

Allegra explores the significance of the color of the food we eat and, interestingly, how it is connected to the season we eat it in. With mouth-watering recipes, this is...

Fashion has always sought to celebrate nature - from sumptuous silks and floral patterns, to the spectacular creations of designers such as Stella McCartney and Christopher Raeburn, it is a...

An original interpretation of the timelessly fascinating vampire myth, and a story of father and son, by award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick. Winner of the Booktrust Teenage Prize and shortlisted for...

Artificial Intelligence will create gigantic benefits for humankind but will become more powerful than many governments, with purposes and plans of its own, and the ability to alter the very...

While Stella Miles Franklin took on the world, her beloved sister Linda led a short, domestic life as a wife, mother and sister. In a remarkable, genre-bending debut novel Amy...

'A huge, fizzing omnium-gatherum of a book . . . marvellous' Daily Telegraph 'Witty, wise and elegant . . . a classic of history itself' The Spectator 'Grave and witty,...

The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, from the author of Michael Jordan: the Life . Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and also controversial,...

Harry Bosch works cold cases, helping out the under-funded San Fernando police department. When a double murder at a local pharmacy is called in, Bosch is the most seasoned detective...

Journey back in time to explore one the most fascinating and influential periods of ancient history. In this concise and incredibly readable short history, Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts journeys from...

A warm, colourful and heartfelt tribute to Barbara Windsor's rich, varied and remarkable life from the man who knew her best. 'I'm so glad you had the life you did,...

'A major talent' Irvine Welsh 'Remarkable, beautiful, magic. Like Ulysses for those who can't cope with reading Ulysses' Paolo Hewitt 'We're all in the gutter but some of us are...

Spring 1940. With Britons facing what has become known as the Bore War - nothing much seems to have happened yet - Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance...

The Momo Cookbook provides an exciting opportunity to experiment with the spices and subtle flavours of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, but the rich location photography and detailed desciptions of life...

How can a woman cope...survive...and even thrive again after divorce? There are no easy answers. Kari West and Noelle Quinn offer their experience and companionship to the reader along a...

Century, brevet, cross-state, and ultra distance, there is only one book that covers them all. "Distance Cycling" is a comprehensive guide for planning, training and competing in long-distance events. These...

Infinitely practical and packed with powerful insights, Bike Racing 101 is the single best resource for cycling enthusiasts who are ready to move from the sidelines to cycling competition. From...

This fast-facts reference offers an engaging, easy-to-understand introduction to the tools and how-to's of digital scanning and photography. Home users learn the basics for using the latest digital imaging technologies...

Andrew Morton, well-connected British royal biographer and the author of Diana: Her True Story, is writing a new book about Diana's son Prince William and his soon-to-be wife, Kate Middleton....

Lily and Monty s new baby is a gorgeous bunny, but she just won t sleep at night. Grandma, Tortoise, Possum, Butterfly and Bat are full of helpful advice, but...

In this exquisite collection of essays and photographs, women writers pay tribute to some of the most influential women of our time. Spanning our century and culture, these intimate portraits...