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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew events in modern history have so profoundly reshaped the world as the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and in The Legacy of the Bolshevik Revolution,...

'Thrilling, propulsive and terrifying' Simon Sebag Montefiore THE SECOND NOVEL FROM FORMER CIA OFFICER AND THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ***THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR***DAMASCUS STATION ('One of the best...

THE THIRD NOVEL FROM FORMER CIA OFFICER AND THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DAMASCUS STATION ( THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR) AND MOSCOW X ( SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE...

Roald Dahl takes on Lust . . . Two husbands secretly agree to a night of passion - with each other's wives, a slighted old man takes an elaborate and...

Shortlisted for The Australian Vogel's Literary Award, Locust Summer celebrates the wide-open beauty of Australia's regions while exploring the heartbreaks that come from living on the land. On the cusp...

A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them Inspired by Jules...

A major new translation of Goethe's Faust, Part Two - one of the greatest dramatic-poetic works in all of German literature - by award-winning poet and translator David Constantine In...

David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his...

A major new translation by award-winning poet and translator David Constantine that captures the lyrical liveliness of Goethe's original. Goethe's Faust reworks the late-medieval myth of Dr Faust, a brilliant...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodSome gaffes are too good to forget — and I Could Have Kicked Myself is a glorious monument to the most spectacular blunders, miscalculations, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat happens when the brooding genius of Russian literature meets the compassionate social critic of Victorian England? Dostoevsky and Dickens: A Study of Literary...

David Attenborough's Life Trilogy is a complete introduction to the animals and plants found on Earth. The three books - published to accompany the classic BBC TV series - are...

This groundbreaking bestseller describes a simple and effective way to let go of challenges from world-renowned author, psychiatrist, clinician, spiritual teacher, and researcher of consciousness, David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D....

An anthology of the great and influential Pre-Raphaelite texts, selected and introduced by Dinah Roe The Pre-Raphaelite Movement began in 1848, and experienced its heyday in the 1860s and 1870s....

Based on explosive new evidence, bestselling author David Talbot tells America's greatest untold story: the United States' rise to world dominance under the guile of Allen Welsh Dulles, the longest-serving...

'One of the greatest writers of the first half of the tormented 20th century' - Simon Schama 'An almost perfect book' Rolling Stone At the close of the Great War,...

One of the most important and complex characters in the Bible, King David has been the subject of innumerable portraits, both artistic and literary. Michaelangelo's magnificent sculpture of him is...

Kate Webster is a lovable larrikin who likes to play hard now and worry about the consequences later. At nineteen, she can't help mucking up the opportunities life gives her....

Malouf's fable engraves the epic themes of the Trojan war onto a perfect miniature. 'Australia's finest writer' Miriam Cosic, The Australian '... profound ... subtle and extremely moving.' Daniel Mendelsohn,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of the Victorian art world burned a singular, restless genius — Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet,...

Author: Henry David Thoreau Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 It recounts the author's experiences living in a small house in the woods around Walden Pond near Concord...

David Malouf's first novel recreates the war-conscious forties, the pubs and brothels of the fifties, and the years away treading water overseas. 'Despite Johnno's assertion that Brisbane was absolutely the...

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Author: David Foster Wallace Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A collection of insightful and uproariously funny non-fiction by the bestselling author of INFINITE JEST - one of the most...

From the Sunday Times-Bestselling author of The Seventh Floor 'A great spy writer' Tim Shipman Kamran Esfahani, a Persian Jewish dentist from Stockholm, dreams of starting afresh in California. To...

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A seriously FUNNY, seriously CLEVER history of our early kings and queens by one of our favourite comedians and cultural commentators. This will be the most refreshing, entertaining history of...

'Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show' Dickens's epic, exuberant...

Author: Christina G. Rossetti Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The poems selected in this volume display the extraordinary talent of Christina Rossetti, showing her to be one...

Mamet's criticism of American society, theatrical inventiveness, images of alienation and betrayal, sensitivity to language, and continuing productivity make him one of today's leading playwrights. This critical collection of eight...

Huge swathes of people spend their days performing tasks they secretly believe are not really necessary. This book shows why, and what we can do about it Back in 1930,...

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Scientists' understanding of two central problems in neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy has been greatly influenced by the work of David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel: (1) What is it to see?...

Duke's One-Night Heir - Sarah Rodi A secret son... demands a wedding! About to inherit a dukedom, Edward Harrington's search for a suitable bride ends abruptly when a baby is...

Author: David Sedaris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Anyone that has read NAKED and BARREL FEVER, or heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you...

The No. 1 New York Times bestseller on the secret to leading a good life We live in a Big Me culture- universities and businesses alike reward goal-oriented superstars and...

Author: David Foster Wallace Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 1104 Somewhere in the not-so-distant future the residents of Ennet House, a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, slight tanning visible on page edges. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Firm and intact. A cornerstone text in...

One of the best-loved adventure stories ever written, Treas ure Island's timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps, mutiny and derring-do has appealed to generations of readers ever since Robert...

A titanic history of the three great oceans - the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indian - and of mankind's relationship with the sea from the first voyagers to the...

David Foster is a big man with a big heart. He'd have to be, too, because he's won more woodchopping world championships than any man alive and he does more...