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Osbert Sitwell, with his siblings Edith and Sacheverell, was at the heart of every literary fracas from 1918 to until well after 1945. He was a close friend and sometime...

A journey along the Great Wall in the past and present, this landmark volume presents an extraordinary portrait of the world's most famous man-made structure. Author/photographer William Lindesay spent three...

The book titled Gorbachev: Heretic in the Kremlin by the author Dusko Doder. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A heart-wrenching novel that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people: Ingrid Bergman and Robert Capa June, 1945. In newly liberated Paris, battle-ravaged photographer Robert Capa is drowning his...

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

The book titled Taking Shelter by the author Jessica Anderson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Doctor Who Screenwriter Ben Aaronovitch's superbly entertaining supernatural crime series has, with its witty one-liners and wonderfully erudite take on London, won a legion of fans in double quick time....

Over a thousand brilliantly researched and constantly surprising facts curated by the QI team Orchids can get jetlag Lizards can't walk and breathe at the same time There are 177,147...

Drowning in the freezing North Atlantic, Christopher Hadley Martin, temporary lieutenant, happens upon a grotesque rock, an island that appears only on weather charts. To drink there is a pool...

In his first ever publication, Ricky Gervais introduces the ridiculous world of Flanimals. If you've ever wondered how The Plamglotis gets from A to B, or what Munty Flumple really,...

Since 1948, the USSR had dominated the World Chess Championships - evidence, Moscow claimed, of the superiority of the Soviet system. But then came Bobby Fischer.A dysfunctional genius, Fischer was...

The book titled Place of Birth by the author Beverley Farmer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Almost 400 years after his death, William Shakespeare is still acclaimed as the world's greatest writer, and yet the man himself remains shrouded in mystery. In this absorbing historical detective...

The story of D-Day, the turning point in World War 2, has been well documented. But this lavishly illustrated book and accompanying epic TV drama will turn all preconceptions of...

The sequel to Jigsaw. The world of Frank Pagan, Special Branch's counter-terrorist agent, is being violated. He is being observed and recorded. Pagan is on the trail of Carlotta, a...

Even the approach to Christmas, 1913, fails to excite restless Agnes Conway, the twenty-two-year-old manager of her feckless father's adjoining sweet and tobacconist shops. There are dark secrets in Arthur...

These 60 complete games, annotated throughout, emphasize the Cuban master's elegant, classic, accurate, lethal endgame play against Alekhine, Lasker, Marshall, Nimzowitsch, Reti, the best. Here are real games from match...

The landmark bestselling guide----now updated with the latest essential information The third edition of this critically acclaimed guide leads you through the realities of caring for a loved one struggling...

The standard in the field, updated and revised for today's complex mechatronic systems More than ever before, engineers are responsible for the total system design of the products they create....

Understand the next level of marketing The new model for marketing- Marketing 3.0 -treats customers not as mere consumers but as the complex, multi-dimensional human beings that they are. Customers,...

**DRAFT blurb only** f all games of strategy, chess is the queen. Not even bridge has quite the kudos attached to chess; it is no coincidence that one of the...

The book titled Mary Queen of Scots by the author Antonia Fraser. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Current news articles and science books give one the distinct impression that the great questions of science have been answered, and we have reached the "end of science": the great...

Beryl Bainbridge gets better and better...she has succeeded with a daring leap of emphatic imagination in penetrating the minds of Captain Scott and the four men he led to their...

Linda Smith was the brilliant mainstay of Radio 4's The News Quiz , Just a Minute , and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue for many years. She was just...

1513, King James IV lies dead on Flodden's field, his young heir entrusted to two loyal lairds. There are many who seek to supplant or control the boy-king, and as...

The book titled Rome '44 by the author Raleigh Trevelyan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The first history of modern Russia from 1991 to the present day by one of the leading historians of the 20th century USSR and Russia. In 1991, in a huge...

The book titled Adieu Volodia by the author Simone Signoret. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In the sweet shop Willy Chapman was free, absolved from all responsibility, and he ran his sweet shop like his life - quietly, steadfastly, devotedly. It was a bargain struck...

John Banville's black comedy of life in a disaster-ridden house on a large Irish estate.

The book titled Life in World War II by the author Philip B. Kunhardt. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Since its invention in 1903, the airplane has become the dominant mode of transport, travel, and combat. It has brought the entire planet closer together and changed almost every aspect...

From bestselling author Michael Palin comes this remarkable travelogue and insightful biography of Hemingway -- a companion to the four-part PBS series of the same title. Long fascinated by Hemingway's...

In Kashmir, a small expatriate community seek shelter from the fighting in a Catholic mission. But the tribesmen who sweep down from the hills are bent on rape and massacre....

In the summer of 1940, all Britain was convinced that the Germans would invade. The Germans had, in five weeks, crushed France and taken Belgium. Now they stood on the...

The book titled Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by the author Ebenezer Cobham Brewer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

If you want to enhance your brain performance regular mental exercises, including crosswords and Sudoku (even brain training computer games), can help to improve memory, fine motor skills, logic and...

A reissue of Boyd's wonderful collection of short stories Sixteen brilliant short stories from one of today's most original storytellers. Wide-ranging in style and subject matter, the collection moves from...

Coming in 2022 from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How to Avoid a Climate Disaster Before Bill Gates became an expert on climate science, he was known as one...

Inspirational travel book covering the world's most incredible hiking trails, from straightforward day walks to epic cross-country treks It's hard to beat the satisfaction of travelling on foot - settling...

The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this diverse and compelling country. Marvel at Granada's...

Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered public figures, a man synonymous with the long, bitter struggle to rid South Africa of an apartheid regime and replace it...

Using the media's coverage of the death of Princess Diana as a departing point, Wheeler Dixon presents a sharply critical assessment of the current state of movies--from the cult of...