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An audacious and highly literary post-apocalyptic novel from the international bestselling author of I'm Not Scared. It is some years since a virus killed all the adults. Now Sicily lies...

'A brilliantly conceived and audacious novel from one of our most consistently intelligent and beguiling writers' William Boyd'Surefooted and emotionally generous ... A serious achievement' Guardian 'Masterful' Telegraph 'A revelation'...

Author: Anne BaxterBinding: HardbackPublished: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling memoir chronicles the extraordinary life of a Hollywood...

In Leisl Adams's fun debut graphic novel, Batter Royale , a talented young chef is selected to participate in a baking reality show and finds herself mixed up in spicy...

This book examines the oevre of Anna Maria Ortese (1914-1998) from her first literary writings in the Thirties to her great novels in the Nineties. The analysis focusses on two...

Of course, of everybody of whom this particular hero was suspicious, he was most suspicious of femme fatale, of this woman he was in love with. Even before he discovered...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSix women, six lives, six moments of quiet revelation — H.E. Bates's A Party for the Girls presents...

Kochin is a Heartsooth - a rare being with the ability to heal any wound. Any wound, that is, except death. Gradually he realises the answer to his desperate quest...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThere are holidays, and then there are the Larkins — and when Pop, Ma, and their wonderfully chaotic...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFew art books dare to gather five of the most towering figures in Western painting under a single, authoritative volume — Great Masters of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the glittering yet corrupt underbelly of Second Empire Paris, a city intoxicated by wealth, spectacle, and moral...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedLong before she became one of Britain's most beloved comic actresses, Joanna Page was just a girl from Swansea with big dreams and an...

The internet is no longer new, it is part of our everyday lives, and as a commonplace, we rarely take time to contemplate what we have made together. In these...

Author: Richard HoughBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped, previous owner bookplate insideThis compelling biography, Edwina: Countess Mountbatten Of...

THE UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING PHENOMENON SUCH A FUN AGE 'I couldn't put it down, and I didn't want to either' EMILY HENRY 'The drama is...

** The Times instant Top Ten bestseller** **Named a book to look out for in 2024 by the Sunday Times , Guardian and BBC** **A small hardback edition featuring an...

'A Tolkienesque journey through a gorgeous, shimmering world ... Venetia Constantine is a bright new star' - Samantha Shannon, bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree *** Leilani...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat begins as a celebration of love quickly curdles into something far more unsettling in Alberto...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodWhat happens when the passion of Italian opera meets the soul of Italian cuisine? Allegro Al Dente: Pasta & Opera is a gloriously indulgent celebration of...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the twilight of his turbulent life, Lord Byron — poet, exile, and legend — fell into a love affair so consuming...

A searing, inventive memoir that interrogates misogyny, heroism and women's power in an often-unsafe world through the lens of Vicky's Foster's own traumatic background. How do you get close to...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the glittering yet morally ambiguous world of 1930s New York, BUtterfield 8 chronicles the turbulent life of...

The classic bestseller from the star of Parts Unknown and No Reservations : 25th Anniversary edition, with a new introduction by Irvine Welsh. BEFORE THERE WAS THE BEAR , THERE...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Some general wear on binding but otherwise good copy.What does it mean for a woman writer to find herself — truly find herself...

Welcome to Alkhalend, Jewel of the Waters, capital of Usmai, greatest of the Successor States, inheritor to the necromantic dominion that was the Moeribandi Empire and tomorrow's frontline in the...

The candid, laugh-out-loud guide on self-love and learning to choose yourself from a self-proclaimed oversharer - perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love. Milly Goldsmith is...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew artists captured the ineffable beauty of leisure and longing quite like Jean-Antoine Watteau, the French Rococo master whose shimmering canvases defined an era...

The narrative of Tumult! The Incredible Life and Music of Tina Turner is an extended exploration of the magical transformation of shy country girl Anna Mae Bullock into the boisterous...

' I have goosebumps just talking about this story ' REESE WITHERSPOON 'Smart, funny - and furious' MARIE CLAIRE ' Genre-busting ... A c lear-eyed deconstruction of skewed value systems'...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew works of cultural anthropology have proven as enduring or as controversial as The Chrysanthemum and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew voices in twentieth-century British theatre crackle with as much wit, sophistication, and emotional precision as that of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the tradition of oral history and community documentation, A Community Portrait: Lifetimes in the City of Whittlesea...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedFew intellectuals have navigated the ideological battlegrounds of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with as much candour and conviction as Robert Manne, and this...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat holds a society together when its members share no common creed, ethnicity, or ideology? Chie Nakane's landmark...

Drawing on unpublished first-hand accounts, this is a gripping history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies in one of the bloodiest battles of the Burma Campaign....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew names in the history of the automobile carry the mythological weight of Bugatti — a marque so revered that separating legend from mechanical...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA landmark reference in art education, Anatomy for the Artist by Jenő Barcsay stands as one of the...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD 2025 'Strikingly accomplished . . . utterly compelling.' SUNDAY TIMES 'A masterpiece of biography.' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A total joy to read.'...

_______________ THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR 'Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public life is at odds with how they...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the catastrophic dawn raid on Pearl Harbor to the atomic crescendo over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Decisive Battles of the Pacific War chronicles the...

*2026 LOCUS FINALIST FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST SERIES* City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring 'Perfection' and 'Correctness' to an imperfect...