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Nathalia Guitry is an enigma that psychotherapist Doctor Faber can't solve. A photographer who can't take photographs since witnessing a murder, she is self-assured, self-aware, and seemingly impervious to his...

In 1760, Guillaume le Gentil, astronomer to King Louis XV, sets sail for India. He hopes to record the transit of Venus, but rough seas - and war with the...

Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. Once...

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Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. Once...

From the bestselling author of The Red Notebook When the manuscript of a debut crime novel arrives at a Parisian publishing house, everyone in the readers' room is convinced it's...

When Hubert Larnaudie invites the fellow residents of his Parisian apartment building to drink a bottle of 1954 Beaujolais, he has no idea of its special properties. The next morning,...

How can you mend a broken heart? Do you write a letter to the woman who left you - and post it to an imaginary address? Buy a new watch,...

Bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street, and feels compelled to return it to its owner. The bag contains no money, phone or contact information....

How far would you go to enjoy a cigarette? When headhunter Fabrice Valantine faces a smoking ban at work, he decides to undertake a course of hypnotherapy to rid himself...

While wandering through a Paris auction house, avid collector Pierre-Francois Chaumont is stunned to discover the eighteenth-century portrait of an unknown man who looks just like him. Much to his...

Discontented middle-aged doctor Alain Massoulier has received a life-changing letter - thirty-three years too late. Lost in the Paris postal system for decades, it offers a recording contract to Alain's...

Discontented middle-aged doctor Alain Massoulier has received a life-changing letter - thirty-three years too late. Lost in the Paris postal system for decades, it offers a recording contract to Alain's...

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A major new biography of Antoine Barnave-the politician and writer who advocated for a constitutional monarchy in revolutionary France Antoine Barnave was one of the most influential statesmen in the...

Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the vast, sun-scorched deserts of Central Asia, a vanished city holds the secrets of an entire civilisation...

'Fresh, charming and wonderfully escapist' BETH O'LEARY, author of The Flatshare 'A wonderfully engaging tale of love and self-discovery' MIKE GAYLE, author of Half a World Away Could one split...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the first French gunboats that shelled Da Nang in 1847 to the grinding quagmire of American military...

From lifestyle and fashion icon Lauren Conrad-#1 New York Times bestselling author of Lauren Conrad Celebrate and Lauren Conrad Style -comes a must-read guide how to feel and look your...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedWhen the fate of Olympus hangs in the balance, the last hero anyone expected to answer the call is a girl named Peregrine...

Laurence Olivier portrayed characters that were as diverse as they were memorable. From Hamlet to Heathcliff, from a Nazi dentist in 'Marathon Man' to a cunning mystery writer in 'Sleuth'...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: some moisture damage to book block; In the raw, restless years of the Victorian Gold Rush, one Englishman ventured to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn a twentieth century defined by political upheaval and ideological warfare, few lives stand as a more extraordinary testament to...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerBehind the solemn grandeur of courtroom ceremony lies a rich, centuries-old tradition that binds the British...

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass , launches a new trilogy of magic and mayhem with this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artefacts and ancient...

Fantasy & SF Bargain Book Box A signed copy of Rebecca Zahabi’s Collarbound, with the sequel alongside it. The rest spans the full width of the genre. Samantha Shannon returning...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of faith, politics, and literary genius stands François Mauriac — Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Catholic moralist, and one of the most towering...

Batman & Robin,, fish & chips, gin & tonic . . . Fry & Laurie - some pairings become iconic . . . 'One of the best sketch shows ....

The eighth book in the New York Times bestselling Emmie & Friends series, told from the alternating POVs of popular Anthony and timid Leah as they grapple with a bullying...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the professional kitchen, the larder chef reigns supreme over cold preparations, charcuterie, and the art of presentation — and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark gathering of voices from the Australian poetic landscape, Consolidation: The Second Paperback Poets Anthology...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerSet against the turbulent backdrop of 17th-century Scotland, Adam Hepburn's Vow: A Tale of Kirk and Covenant chronicles the life of a...

'Charming and clever ... a must read' EVIE WOODS The Midnight Library meets Ashley Poston, in an emotional, heartwarming debut romantic novel, where an engaged couple stumble upon a magical...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedWarm, sun-drenched, and brimming with the spirit of the Australian landscape, Knee Deep in Sunshine by Charles Madox-Brown is an...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFirst published in 1948, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks by David A. Embury is widely regarded as...

Colin McDowell looks at the exclusive world of the bespoke shoemaker, charts the rise of quality mass manufacture and highlights the world of the great designers, such as Perugia and...

When Chris McDougall stumbled across the story of Churchill's 'dirty tricksters', a motley crew of English poets and academics who helped resist the Nazi invasion of Crete, he knew he...

Your name is Daley Amory. Your parents are divorced. Your mother is building a new life; your father seeking solace in the drinks cabinet. At 18-years-old you finally escape his...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the twelfth century, a Jewish merchant from the town of Tudela in northern Spain embarked on one of the most extraordinary journeys of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBehind the polished doors of Whitehall lies a battlefield of euphemism, evasion, and exquisite bureaucratic sabotage — and The Complete...