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Five years after witnessing murder on the Aegean island of Paros, Alistair Haston receives a call from Greece, from a man claiming to be his son's grandfather, but Alistair has...

Author: Kenneth Young (editor)Binding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ spine faded. Minor scratches to back...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few figures in twentieth-century British history lived...

Author: Peter Ames CarlinFormat: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 496  Peter Ames Carlin’s New York Times bestselling biography of one America’s greatest musicians is the first in twenty-five years to be written with the...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFour masterworks of pulse-pounding suspense are gathered in this complete and unabridged omnibus edition from one of the twentieth century's most celebrated architects of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodRising from the windswept plains and misty highlands of prehistoric Europe, the great standing stones of the ancient world have captivated and confounded scholars...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedLife on the remote Scottish island of the Hebrides is not for the faint-hearted, and Lillian Beckwith's The Sea for Breakfast captures...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the rolling hills and windswept moors of Britain lie secrets that have endured for millennia...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: pages can have notes and/or underlining in grey lead; In the shadowy nexus where political power and public money collide,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the twilight years of steam-powered rail, photographer and railway enthusiast Shane McCarthy undertook a remarkable visual journey across Australia and New Zealand, capturing the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Tanned edges , minor foxing, rubbed edges.Few figures in the history of social thought have cast as long a shadow...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the aftermath of unimaginable loss, one woman's journey toward healing becomes a testament...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the wind-scoured tip of South America, where the land dissolves into myth and the horizon stretches into...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSet against the gritty, coal-dusted landscape of Nottinghamshire at the turn of the twentieth century, Sons...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of empire and identity, Separate and Unequal: India and the Indians in the British Commonwealth 1920-1950 presents a meticulously...

WINNER OF THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD AND THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND THE WOMEN'S PRIZEThe moving, powerful and urgent English-language debut from one of the brightest...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodA raw and unflinching portrait of suburban Sydney life, You Can't Come Back by Bruce Beaver chronicles the turbulent journey of a young man...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of history and legend stands one of Britain's most enduring mysteries — the question of...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Some moisture damageCondition remarks: worn and discoloured boards; frayed and rubbed edges; binding fragile; some moisture damage on the prelims; no loose pages; Few thinkers have...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the pen of one of history's most formidable statesmen comes a monumental chronicle of civilisation — A History of...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageNavigating the labyrinthine world of government bureaucracy demands a guide who understands its unique terrain,...

Dr. Steven R. Gundry, the New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking Plant Paradox series, shares compelling evidence that our gut microbiome is driving our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BILLY BRAGG Over the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theatre of the Third Reich....

An award-winning journalist investigates Amazon's impact on the wealth and poverty of towns and cities across the United States. An award-winning journalist investigates Amazon's impact on the wealth and poverty...

The Nommo Award Winner. The Nebula Award Finalist. The World Fantasy Award Finalist. The British Science Fiction Award Nominee. A contemporary fantasy filled with the mythos of Nigeria. Shigidi is...

'The perfect mix of funny, foul and fearful' Metro 'Brilliantly imagined ... laugh-out-loud funny' Sunday Express The second book in the bestselling, gorgeously gothic and wickedly funny Amelia Fang series...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 'Of all the books that I read this summer I think this was my absolute favourite . It really blew me away'...

Thirty years from now and the effects of climate change are overwhelming the planet - but so are the global efforts to combat it. For young Americans a generation from...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the annals of agricultural and imperial history, few stories are as remarkable as the clandestine transfer of Spain's prized Merino sheep...

Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer for visitors, curious readers and hispanophiles. 'Tremlett is...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingInto the smoke and carnage of the Crimean War rides Harry Flashman — coward, scoundrel, and accidental hero — swept up in...

'Witty, funny, warm and wise' Marian Keyes Is it a break? Or is it a blip? 'You've just had a holiday,' I pointed out, trying not to yawn. 'Wasn't that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedFew names in the literary canon carry the weight of Sherlock Holmes — the razor-sharp, pipe-smoking detective of 221B Baker Street whose...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the vast, lonely marshes of the Essex coast, a reclusive, hunchbacked painter named Philip Rhayader finds an...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerWhat happens when two irreverent wits are let loose among the greatest masterpieces of Western art? Captions Courageous, or Comments...

From the National Book Award-winning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic , comes a novella and three stories of immediate power and grace 'A superbly...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; stained book blockFrom the fog-shrouded courts of Anglo-Saxon England to the gilded splendour of the modern monarchy,...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the Roman invasion to the modern age, The History Today Companion to British History stands as an authoritative and comprehensive reference work...

Celebrating 100 years since the birth of Michael Bond, one of the most beloved authors of all time. Enjoy the classic story of the bear from Darkest Peru who stowed...