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Hobbes's System Of Ideas
$40.00 AUD
Author: J. W. N. WatkinsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hutchinson University Library, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Faded spine. Light foxing on...
A Celtic Childhood
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Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes: The Secrets of Bletchley Park
$60.00 AUD
A compelling first-hand account of Britain's battle to crack the German codes Clearly demonstrates the methods used for cracking codes The first memoir detailing life at Bletchley Park's German Air...
The Naturalist's Bedside Book
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Edition: First editionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Foxing on block - does not extend internally. A beloved classic of British nature writing, The...
The God Machine
$50.00 AUD
Author: William Jon WatkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Union - BCE., 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWilliam Jon Watkins's "The God Machine" is a science fiction...
Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs
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The Eight Reindeer of the Apocalypse: A J. W. Wells Novel
Author: Tom Holt Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Welcome to Dawson, Ahriman & Dawson!* The team of commercial sorcerers at Dawson, Ahriman & Dawson can help with any metaphysical...
All the Colours of the Dark: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller - 'a
AN EPIC LOVE STORY, A SOARING THRILLER, AND A SWEEPING COMING-OF-AGE TALE: A READING EXPERIENCE UNLIKE ANY OTHER... A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK - and selected for...
J
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Finalist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize J is a snarling, effervescent, and ambitious philosophical work of fiction that poses unsettling questions about our sense of history, and our self-satisfied...
In the Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and the Mystery of King
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In 1922, the British archaeologist Howard Carter opened King Tutankhamuns tomb, illuminating the glories of an ancient civilization. And while the world celebrated the extraordinary revelation that gave Carter international...
The Stealers' War
Weyland has been at war. Invaded by a technologically advanced enemy, the cities sacked, and what fragile peace remained torn apart by a civil war. All anyone should want is...
Animal Kingdom
To survive J must learn how the game is played and choose his place in the animal kingdom. Armed robber Pope Cody is on the run from a gang of...
The Hymn to Dionysus: The ultimate romantasy retelling of war, myth
'Witty, bittersweet, surprising, and compellingly readable' Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review 'A completely original and bewitching adventure' A. D. Rhine, author of Daughters of Bronze and Horses of Fire 'A dazzling...
Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars
Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford looked like an Arcadia - a dreamworld - from which pain...
Civil War, The
"Nothing in our time makes the Civil War as alive as the writings of Bruce Catton." - Baltimore Sun Infinitely readable and absorbing, Pulitzer Prize-winner Bruce Catton's The Civil War...
Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars
Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford looked like an Arcadia - a dream world - from which...
Outside the Asylum: A Memoir of War, Disaster and Humanitarian
What happens if the psychiatric hospital in which you have lived for ten years is bombed and all the staff run away? What is it like to be a twelve-year-old...
Insidious Intent: (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, Book 10)
*This special edition hardback contains a bonus short story* 'Murdered people don't kill themselves . . .' A quiet night on a country road. The stillness shattered by a car...
Rinsing Mukami's Soul
Njambi McGrath, award winning author of Through the Leopard's Gaze, delivers this stunning debut novel examining the validity of fury as response when a young Kenyan girl's mistakes in first...
The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the
One of our leading historians describes how Georgian London was shaped by the sex industry Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a...
The Whale Who Wanted More
A stunning undersea tale of friendship, community and discovery from the bestselling creators of The Lion Inside . Under glittering waves of a vast ocean blue, a beautiful world is...
The Fortune Tellers' Daughters: the heart-warming and nostalgic WWII
THE BRAND-NEW WARTIME SAGA BY MAGGIE MASON - PERFECT FOR READERS OF VAL WOOD, KITTY NEALE AND ROSIE GOODWIN 'Reading a Maggie Mason book is like having a warm hug'...
Wish I Was Here: 'The best writer you've never heard of' - Sunday
'Wish I Was Here is a masterpiece' Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk 'It will surprise you, sometimes astound you, and leave you profoundly changed' Jonathan Coe, author...
The Rest is Death: A TWIST-LADEN INSPECTOR McLEAN THRILLER FROM THE
A macabre ancient artefact. An innovative bio tech company connected to the highest levels of government. And the trail of bloodshed in its wake. 'Finally got my Tony McLean fix'...
Ragdoll: The thrilling Sunday Times bestseller everyone is talking
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Superb thriller writing.' Peter Robinson 'A brilliant, breathless thriller' M.J. Arlidge 'A high concept solution to a mystery' Sophie Hannah A body is...
The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise
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During the 1980s, Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert was the Billionaire Junk Bond King. He invented such things as "the highly confident letter" (I'm highly confident that I can...
Kings of America
Danny McCabe is on the run. He committed a terrible crime. And he'd do it again. A promising boxer back in his native Ireland, he had to start over with...
Motherwell: The moving memoir of growing up in 60s and 70s working
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 'A fitting legacy left by a blazing talent' Observer 'A masterpiece' Andrew...
Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung: A Companion
Translating the text of Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung is a monumental task that few have successfully undertaken. Here, however, Stewart Spencer has achieved a meticulous version which is...
Churchill's Trial: Winston Churchill and the Salvation of Free
No statesman shaped the twentieth century more than Winston Churchill. To know the full Churchill is to understand the combination of boldness and caution, of assertiveness and humility, that defines...
Midnight in Peking
As 1936 gave way to 1937, the people of Peking waited nervously for the axe to fall. The encirclement by the Japanese army was tightening daily and troop skirmishes were...
The Great Wall
The Great Wall is the most famous of China s monuments. Everyone has seen pictures of the line of stone snaking over mountains. Millions every year take the five mile...
Rivkin Unauthorised The Rise and Spectacular Fall of an Unorthodox
For the first time, the whole uncensored story of one of the financial world's most flamboyant characters. In some ways, Rene Rivkin's story was the classic tale of an immigrant...
Travelling with Ghosts: An intimate and inspiring journey
'A cross between H is for Hawk and Wild , this beautifully written tale follows Fowler's travels through Eastern Europe after her fiance was killed by a jellyfish' Stylist 'A...
I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: the whip-smart domestic comedy you won't
'IT'LL EASILY BE ONE OF MY BOOKS OF THE YEAR' Hannah Beckerman 'Just read it. You'll see' The Times 'Funny, tender and sad' Sunday Express 'If you liked Meg Mason's...
The Game of Hearts: True Stories of Regency Romance
'Endlessly captivating ' - Tracy Borman ' Tantalising ' - Gill Hornby ' More scandal than Bridgerton 's Lady Whistledown ' - Helena Kelly The carriages have rolled back into...
Great Kingdoms of Africa
An essential overview of great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, written by world-leading experts. From the ancient Nile Valley to the savannas of medieval West Africa, the highlands...
The Making of Home: The 500-year story of how our houses became homes
The idea that 'home' is a special place, a separate place, a place where we can be our true selves, is so obvious to us today that we barely pause...
Kings of the Grail: Tracing the Historic Journey of the Holy Grail
An extraordinary investigation, beginning with ancient parchments in Egypt and ending in Spain, casts an entirely new light on the fascinating mystery of the Holy Grail. Recently discovered parchments in...
Faking It: dive into the ultimate fake dating rom-com from the author
The dazzling romance from the writer of YA sensation THE KISSING BOOTH. A heart-warming and hilarious modern love story, perfect for fans of THE SPANISH LOVE DECEPTION and THE LOVE...
Taking Command
General Sir David Richards is one of the best known British generals of modern times. In 2013 he retired after over forty years of service in the British Army and...