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In this delightful and candid memoir, Alvin Kernan recalls his life as a student, professor, provost, and dean during a distinguished career in some of higher education's most hallowed halls....

Literature has passed through a crisis of confidence in recent decades-a radical questioning of its traditional values and its importance to humanity. In this witty and eloquent book, a distinguished...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedIn the turbulent literary world of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, satire was not a gentle art — it was a...

Lead economic correspondent for the Washington Post, Neil Irwin, offers rare insights into the shadowy and unknown world of the four most influential bankers on the planet: Ben Bernanke of...

Lead economic correspondent for the Washington Post, Neil Irwin, offers rare insights into the shadowy and unknown world of the four most influential bankers on the planet: Ben Bernanke of...

An albino girl wanders the sun-scorched back roads of a south Georgia summer, following the bidding of an angel or perhaps only voices in her head, searching out and slaying...

Praise for Raisins and Almonds... "A great period piece that brings to life the Jewish culture in Australia in the late 1920s." -Midwest Book Review Phryne Fisher loves dancing, especially...

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The No1 Sunday Times Bestseller A Waterstones Best Politics Book 2024 A Mail on Sunday 'Best Holiday Read 2024' 'A searing expose' Glamour 'A timely reminder of the dangers posed...

Author: Delores Fossen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: Safety Breach - Delores Fossen Can a Texas lawman capture an escaped serial killer after a witness's location is breached?...

Praise for Murder on the Ballarat Train "Phryne Fisher brings her usual insight, pluck and style to...Murder on the Ballarat Train. Greenwood effortlessly matches her irresistible heroine with a compelling...

How will a group of teenagers react when they are offered GBP1,000 to give up their mobile phone? Acclaimed author Keren David spins a thought-provoking story of perspective and influence....

The hugely anticipated first book from the TED Talks star and advertising legend 'A breakthrough book. Wonderfully applicable to everything in life, and funny as hell.' Nassim Nicholas Taleb To...

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It's the perfect solution for the...

Becoming a young Wall Street banker is like pledging the world's most lucrative and soul-crushing fraternity. Every year, thousands of eager college graduates are hired by the world's financial giants,...

To the accompaniment of heavenly choirs singing, the fearless Miss Phryne Fisher returns in her 20th adventure with musical score in hand. An orchestral conductor has been found dead and...

Kennedy's off-the-wall memoir reliving the pop music and the madness as an MTV VJ in the 1990s "I am Kennedy from MTV, and no matter where I go someone has...

'Intense, complex and unforgettable' James Patterson 'Fast and furious' Sun 'High-wire suspense that keeps you riveted' Lisa Gardner The addictive new thriller in the San Diego Case Files series, from...

A straightforward and accessible study of personal development and human consciousness, as seen through the lens of Eastern and Western therapeutic traditions In No Boundary, Ken Wilber masterfully bridges Eastern...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An NPR Best Book of the Year - A Business Insider Top 20 Business Book of the Year - An Inc. Best Book of the...

The book titled Megatrends 2000 by the author John Naisbitt. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

If you have ever wondered why SUVs replaced minivans, how one rap song turned the cognac industry upside down, or what gives Levi's jeans their iconic allure, look no further--in...

Wisden India Almanack , now in it's sixth edition pays homage to India's women cricketers, who over the past couple of years have been among the most talked-about, the most...

*The #1 Irish bestseller*The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author 'The most dangerously addictive series in...

Mountains Beyond Mountains meets Tattoos On the Heart in this unforgettable, powerful, and stunningly-told memoir of a struggling veterinarian saving animals and humans on the streets of California - and...

From humble beginnings in a dirt-poor mining town in Northern Canada, Shania Twain has become one of the most successful female solo artists of all time. At the age of...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE WINNER National Book Critic's Circle Award Finalist A New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year The Boston Globe, The Christian...

First published in 1957, this novel consists almosts entirely of dialogue. The central figure, Miles Mowbray, is one of Compton-Burnett's most successful characters.

From the no.1 bestseller Val McDermid: When union leader Tom Jack falls to his death after a spectacularly public row with Lindsay, the only way to prove her innocence is...

This text challenges existing theories of the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls and offers the author's theory with wide-ranging implications. The story behind the Dead Sea Scrolls has been...

This is an all-new collection from cult artist David Shrigley!

"This book is hilarious and that bitch made me laugh out loud."-Chelsea Handler A chaotically joyous collection of essays from one of the original influencers and the internet's sweetheart, Bretman...

A woman burdened by war...A doctor torn between passion and duty...A sweeping tale of love in the face of dishonor from the incomparable storyteller--Kathleen Woodiwiss. Alaina MacGaren is forced to...

Former Wall Street Journal technology reporter Yukari Iwatani Kane delves deep inside Apple in the two years since Steve Jobs's death, revealing the tensions and challenges CEO Tim Cook and...

The book titled Reflections of a Warrior by the author Franklin D. Miller. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Chalker Jack : Burma Railway Artist: The War Drawings of Jack Chalker by the author Jack Chalker. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

Amillennialism, dispensational premillennialism, historic premillennialism, postmillennialism, preterism. These are difficult words to pronounce and even harder concepts to understand. A Case for Amillennialism presents an accessible look at the crucial...

Wall Street scandals. Fights over taxes. Racial resentments. A Lakers-Celtics championship. "The Karate Kid" topping the box-office charts. Bon Jovi touring the country. These words could describe our current moment...

Greenville County, South Carolina, a wild, lush place, is home to the Boatwright family--rough-hewn men who drink hard and shoot up each other's trucks, and indomitable women who marry young...

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A Sunday Times Bestseller Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a matchless writer, debater and humanist. Throughout his life he shone the light of reason and truth into the eyes of charlatans...