Second-hand Books

Exploring how, over the last ten years, the world of wine has been transformed by the rise of New World wines - from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and North...

Bringing together the best of contemporary design for the home, this is a comprehensive round-up of 1000 striking and innovative objects produced in the last five years. Includes furniture, storage,...

They're the ultimate in core training, the key to increased muscle isolation, improved balance, greater dexterity, and enhanced strength. Swiss balls--colorful balls that come in various sizes to suit different...

One of a series of hardback, colour illustrated books on great artists of the world, illustrating their major works.

Did you know that the best way to manage diabetes is to lose weight? Antony Worrall Thompson and dietitian Azmina Govindji have worked together to bring you an easy-to-follow diet...

M.M.Kaye, author of "The Far Pavilions", demonstrates in her foreword that Rudyard Kipling could seek no more convinced and sympathetic an advocate than herself. She introduces us to Kipling's India...

Just across the Channel lies a different world, the north coast of France, celebrated by generations of painters and writers, from Eugene Boudin to Marcel Proust. It is a world...

This book is a collection of 25 pictures for you to stitch. It contains detailed charts and photographs to make working each piece simple. It also explains all the terms...

This is an examination into the language of dreams by dream analyst Nerys Dee. The book examines the mechanics of dreaming and the techniques that can be used to gain...

Since the early 1980s, photographer Brian Wolff has travelled the world capturing images of life in the US Navy and Marine Corps. Author John Alexander has 22 years of service...

Whomever Mario Testino photographs, however he photographs them, whatever part of them he photographs, they embody the spirit of their moment. His sense of fashion, which has made him the...

In this book, the author, himself a cricketer, presents his selection of 50 of the best innings ever played. He draws on his own reminiscences and contemporary reports and highlights...

Steve had suffered under the brutal regime of his Japanese guards. He and his classmates at Chefoo school in China - for the most part the children of missionaries -...

If you find it hard to sleep, are anxious about tomorrow, are paralysed by fear of failure, then you are not alone. Anxiety disorders are the main mental health problem...

This work provides a practical understanding of the skills required to become a high-performance internal consultant, whatever ones own area of expertise.

Based on official U.S. Navy and Marine Corps sources, as well as British Admiralty and Japanese records, a dramatic narrative unfolds, reflecting the hard-fought carrier actions, air strikes, kamikaze assaults,...

This is an illustrated account of these remarkable vessels which played a crucial role in the Allied offensives of the 1939-45 war. The American-built landing ship was a vessel of...

This guide is by the creators of "The Art of Makeup". It reveals the personalities and artistic ideas of star hairdressers. These profiles include Christiaan, Yves Durif, Julien D'Ys and...

Every home has its own individual character and this individuality can be further enhanced by the choice of interior decorations and the style of the furnishings. Curtains are fundamental for...

One of the greatest horror stories of all time, "The Phantom of the Opera" makes compulsive reading. It abounds with wonderful descriptions, extraordinary events, tragedy, horror, pathos, humour and a...

Trollope's sextet of Barchester novels concludes with The Last Chronicle of Barchester, where the reader encounters again some of the best-loved characters from the earlier books. Crawley and his terrible...

Primarily a love story this fifth saga of Trollope's Barsetshire series, mixes requited love with unrequited love, disgrace, scandal and near-disgrace. The novel revolves around the love felt for Lily...

'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz' is an ominous fable about the pursuit of great wealth. Readers will be transported to a fabulous fantasy land of such opulence that...

None of the great Victorian novels is more vivid and readable than 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'. Set in the heart of Hardy's Wessex, the 'partly real, partly dream country' he...

In the second of the Barsetshire novels, we are introduced to the ineffectual new Bishop of Barchester and his wife. Through Trollope's gift of portraying the labyrinth of the human...

The world of cats - their instincts, tastes, perceptions, abilities and relationships - is explained by a leading authority on pet behaviour. The development from kitten to cat, interaction between...

The canary's death in a coalpit alerted miners to odourless, poisonous gases but does the decrease in songbirds in the northern hemisphere foreshadow an ecological collapse? In this book paleontologist...

Mariano Fortuny was a visionary designer and artist - best known today for his rich, innovative textiles and opulent dress designs, he was also an accomplished painter, etcher and photographer,...

Taking politics into their own hands a group of highly-trained killers embark on a mission of shattering brutality. It is time the people made the politicians pay for their unfulfilled...

In this easy-to-follow book, Dr Keith Souter explains the various types and the many possible causes of back pain and offers practical and holistic advice to help you to deal...

One in 20 adults in the UK will suffer from anxiety at some point in their lives. Are you one of them? Learn how to replace negative thoughts and behaviour...

Inspired to paint or enthralled by the world of portraiture? A Little Book of Portraits: Beyond the Canvas accompanies the celebrated Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year series and...

It's 1954 and Bernie has tired of his increasingly dangerous work spying on Meyer Lansky for Cuban Intelligence. He secretly buys a boat and sails to Florida, where he's arrested,...

Natalia is to be married to a German sailor much older than herself, but two days before the wedding she meets Diego, a mysterious young dancer, and they fall immediately...

'As chilling as an Icelandic winter' S. J. Bolton 'Superior crime fiction set in Iceland' The Times The discovery of a corpse washed up on a beach in an Icelandic...

In 1774, Josiah Wedgwood, master craftsman possessed with a burning scientific vision, embarks upon the thousand piece Frog Service for Catherine the Great. Josiah's nephew Tom journeys to America to...