Second-hand Books

Dickens' experimental and thrilling short stories This witty and amusing collection of short pieces shows Dickens liberated from the more formal and sustained demands of the novel and experimenting with...

The book titled The Genius by the author Gordon Jarvie. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled They Used to Call ME Snow White-- but I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use by the author Regina Barreca. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

This is a collection of the author's choice of his own best travel writing, harvested from half a dozen books. He has chosen his favourite people, his most vivid journeys,...

1916. The Somme. With over a million casualties, it was the most brutal battle fo the First World War. It is a clash that even now, over 90 years later,...

Alison Weir was already one of Britain s most popular historians when she wrote her first novel, Innocent Traitor, which stormed the Sunday Times bestseller list to a chorus of...

Five hundred years after Martin Luther and his Ninety-Five Theses ushered in the Reformation, bestselling author and controversial bishop and teacher John Shelby Spong delivers twelve forward-thinking theses to spark...

Ben Thompson-author of Badass , creator of the epic website badassoftheweek.com, and the Internet's foremost expert on badassitude-is back to enthrall lovers of skull-smashing, bone-crushing bad behavior with his latest...

"Smart, bright, well-written....A book about cats as good as this one is rare." - Smithsonian "May be the most elegantly written, witty, perceptive statement about felines ever published." - Philadelphia...

The clash of ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in this cool, urban 21st century faery tale. Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries. Aislinn has always seen faeries....

'Atmospheric and intoxicating' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS 'A joyous, lyrical read ' YOMI ADEGOKE 'Hypnotic and freewheeling' GUARDIAN A Guardian Book of the Year Caleb Femi returns with a landmark, life-affirming new...

The new sun-drenched summer read from the bestselling author and TV presenter 'Soak up the glamour' PRIMA You're invited to the most glamorous wedding of the year... The guests are...

'A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ... Compelling' Daily Mail 'An unmissable read' Sunday Times Soldiers is a very personal...

Four women seek the ultimate revenge against the men who betrayed them. A gritty drama from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Nobody's Girl. SWINDLED... Val Thorn, Paula Richardson, Cheryl...

`Grabbed me and refused to let go' George R.R. Martin SOMETIMES A GIRL IS TOUCHED BY MOTHER WAR Thorn lives to fight. But she has been named murderer by the...

London is special. For centuries, it has been amongst the greatest cities of the world. But a city is nothing without its people. This sparkling new history of London, told...

A glass of wine at dinner and a flatter stomach in 14 days? Yes girls, it can be done! The Viva Mayr Diet is the savvy diet for people in...

From the author of `Britain BC', `Britain AD' and `Britain in the Middle Ages' comes the fourth and final part in a critically acclaimed series on Britain's hidden past It...

A thrilling account of treachery, loyalty and martyrdom in Elizabethan England from an exceptional new writer. As darkness fell on the evening of Friday, 28 October 1588, just weeks after...

The dramatic story of the men who fought a new and terrifying kind of war amidst the carnage of the trenches in World War One: the British pioneer volunteers who...

Ring, ring. You're dead. We were all there in that city that draws its paycheck from the manufacture of ghosts, itself made of ghosts: Los Angeles. We were there when...

Moo moo! Hoo hoo! Cock-a-doodle-doo! Oh, the wonderful sounds Mr. Brown can do. Now see if you can do them too! This fabulous book is ideal for teaching young children...

After the moon, mars... What if John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt and developed the space programme?

Ex-MI6 spy Alan Stewart is coerced by his former masters to undertake a very simple mission - to deliver a small parcel to a man in Iceland. But he has...

This was wild adventure, but it was also a journey with a practical purpose. Powell furthered the cause of modern science, seeing the Grand Canyon as a geological textbook which...

The book titled To Play the King (House of Cards Trilogy, Book 2) by the author Michael Dobbs. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Amsterdam's eastern docks area, Oostelijk Havengebied, occupies a cluster of artificial peninsulas laid out at the turn of the last century. When it fell into disuse in the 1970s, the...

Fur die Entwicklung von "Landschaft" als Konzept hat keine Stadt eine groessere Rolle gespielt als Venedig. Wo das Land und die Garten einer heute in ihrer OEkologie gefahrdeten Lagune abgewonnen...

From the author of The Girls at 17 Swann Street comes a "masterful story of tragedy and redemption" (Hala Alyan, author of Salt Houses ) "written in soul-searing prose" (...

While governments are authorized to invoke eminent domain - the power to take property by force - only when the property is to be employed for public uses, such as...

What little we know of the life of William Shakespeare is at odds with what would be expected of the greatest humanitarian writer of the Renaissance. Is Shakespeare a pseudonym?...

A must-read guide full of warm and practical information. Are you ready for a second child? Have you thought about what it involves? Is your first child prepared for a...

"The Song of Solomon" (also known as the "Song of Songs") features beautiful verses of love that offer an allegory of the relationship between God and the Children of Israel...

The fabled city on the banks of the River Nile, once home to pharaohs and emperors, now forms a focal point of the Islamic faith and of the Arab world....

The first guidebook to take the reader around this magical city using the great works of art that mark the golden age of 17th century Amsterdam, the city of Rembrandt...

Creed's Honour Conner Creed knows exactly who he is: a hard-working rancher carrying on his uncle's legacy in Lonesome Bend, Colorado. Maybe a small-town cowboy's life isn't his dream, but...

Undercover Mountain Pursuit - Sharon Dunn An undercover assignment turns into a perilous mountain escape. After witnessing a shooting in a remote mountain location, high-risk photographer Willow Farris races to...

Abduction In The Dark - Jenna Night Her sanctuary is breached... and a child's life is at stake. When kidnappers attempt to abduct her nephew, Tanya Rivera will do anything...

Read 'Table of Everything' and take a uniquely funny, crooked, questioning path through life. 'You know, sometimes, things happen that promise to make life breezy and blue, but turn out...

The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne, 1918-1919. As the horrors of the First World War are drawing to a close, a danger has arisen that will kill more people around...

One cat s guide to self-discovery (without ever leaving home). Why go all the way to India when the truth of the universe lies within? Savvy and spoiled, Blossom has...

Delft, Netherlands, based architectural firm Mecanoo has produced many outstanding projects during its 20 years of existence.According to principal architect Francine Houben, 'Architecture is a combination of various elements, like...

Shortlisted, Ethel Turner Prize, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards 1996 'I caught a glimpse of her eyes - dark, like bitter chocolate - and the last few lashes of...

Ariel Windwood is used to meeting peculiar people at the breakfast table. Her mother, Concetta, is a writer whose characters hang around the house until their story is finished. Then...

Design Directory takes a fresh new look at design concepts originating in a specific country, encompassing everything from shoe designers to hi-fi systems, from cutlery to cameras, from lights to...