The Best Travel Writing

'A terrific book. No one put their body on the line quite like Sam Warburton.' Brian O'Driscoll 'It was an absolute privilege to play against Sam. An inspiring leader with...

Ambitious, exotic, and a classic book club read, 'The Piano Teacher' is a combination of 'Tenko' meets 'The Remains of the Day'. Sometimes the end of a love affair is...

Includes tried and tested strategies from a working mom of sixFeatures strategies for busy moms to thrive, instead of surviveHelps women feel more confident and clear about their life direction...

Matt's got a new magic kit and he's driving Lizzie crazy with his stupid tricks! In fact, he's driving Lizzie crazy with everything he does. Why won't he stay out...

Sequel to the highly-acclaimed Troll Fell, this is just as exciting, dramatic and atmospheric. But watch out! You never know what sneaky creatures are lurking in the shadows of Troll...

This text presents an easy-to-follow programme for any woman who does not feel her best and does not know why. Do you eat too much? Have difficulty concentrating? Trouble sleeping?...

Casual and conversational, "Hidden Treasures" will lead you to a higher awareness of the laws connected to the blessing of temporal abundance. The ideas will astonish you; and you'll feel...

This is a tale of how eight-year-old Bella's mistake is still haunting her three years later. With realism the story tells of Bella's compulsion to steal her English grandfather's leather...

Don Juan, Imaginary Invalid, Impromptu at Versailles, Misanthrope, Miser, Ridiculous Precieuses, Scanarelle, School for Wives, and Tartuffe.

Williamson turns his penetrating eye and sharply focused wit to issues of political correctness and sexual harassment. A serious comedy, Brilliant Lies is a stimulating contribution to the continuing debate...

Author: Leonard ClarkBinding: HardbackPublished: Allan Wingate, London, 1948Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsThe Mirror presents a compelling collection of poetic works. Leonard Clark's verses offer readers...

Author: Jessica AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Viking Press, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsWhen Sylvia Foley returns to Australia after twenty years, she finds her father, Jack Cornock,...

Author: Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, Australia, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe cover art depicts a solitary figure seated by a glowing campfire amidst a...

Author: Allan WynnBinding: HardbackPublished: The Hawthorn Press, 1974Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe author is a medical graduate of Melbourne University. He served 2 year in the...

Author: V. S. NaipaulBinding: HardbackPublished: Andre Deutsch, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRalph Singh, a former politician from a fictional Caribbean island, recounts his life story from...

Author: Sebastian SnowBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Book Club , 1954Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsSebastian Snow, (1929-2001), was an eccentric English adventurer and traveller who became the first...

Author: Garson KaninBinding: HardbackPublished: Granada, 1974Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a narrative centered around human relationships and emotional depth. The cover art, featuring delicate...

This text by Jungian analyst Wieland-Burston explores the powerful contradictory facets of our need and fear of solitude. Solitude can be a nourishment, and a hunger - we need it,...

This gritty, sweeping novel follows a burgeoning political activist in the early twentieth century: a "precious, priceless book" (Alice Walker). "We owe our world to women like Agnes Smedley, who...

After being dumped, it's the authors decision to go ahead with the prepaid honeymoon trip, taking his younger brother that changes his life and their luck forever. They hit the...

Imagine Aunt Bee from The Andy Griffith Show with a lot more backbone and confidence," wrote Publishers Weekly about Miss Julia, Ann Ross's endearing Dixie doyenne of decorum. Don't miss...

From Beijing to Boston, cities are deploying smart technology-sensors embedded in streets and subways, Wi-Fi broadcast airports and green spaces-to address the basic challenges faced by massive, interconnected metropolitan centers....

Alphabetical thesaurus for secondary school students which covers synonyms and antonyms and clarifies context where necessary. Includes an appendix of collective nouns. Designed to be included in students' ringbinders.

Asa Briggs, one of Britain's foremost historians and the author of a widely acclaimed four-volume history of British broadcasting, here provides a concise account of the BBC's first fifty years...

Fima lives in Jerusalem, but feels that he is in Jerusalem by mistake, that he ought to be somewhere else. In the course of his life he has had several...

A parole officer in her first month on the job. A convicted murderer. What could go wrong? When she starts her new job as a parole officer, Krissie is happy...

The breath-taking story of a mother's love and a son's gift... Johnny Peterson could light up a room with a word or a smile. He had a future filled with...

There's a new kitten in the house, and Noodles is afraid she's going to get all of the attention. He doesn't think the family needs a new pet--especially one who...

Molly the Maid is used to being invisible. But it's time for her to shine in a brand new mystery... *THE SPARKLING NEW MYSTERY FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF...

Author: Tobias SmollettBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1961Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA young man faces numerous challenges and adventures as he navigates the complexities of 18th-century...

Author: John Dunmore LangBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts the author's experiences and observations in both religious and political spheres within Australia,...

Howard (Call me 'Walt') Johnson returns to New England after more than a decade in the Mideastern wilderness in one last almighty attempt to untangle his twisted family tree. He's...

First published in 1935, this guide to good behavior is actually a subversively witty satire of etiquette and dating handbooks, now in a gift format edition With advice as useful...

If the end of exoticism is one of the characteristics of our time, and if classical anthropology based its study of alterity on this exotic distance from the other, is...

Alexei Berg's father is a well-known dramatist and his mother an opera singer, but in late 1930s Russia both parents suffer constant suspicion and harrassment under Stalin's reign of terror....

Did you know that giraffes produce sounds that are far too low for humans to hear? Or that some tiny mosquitoes have no less than 47 teeth? In this new,...