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Novel from Jane Johnson about a contemporary woman who's given an old book on embroidery which turns out to hold the diary of a 17th century Cornish girl who is...

Kate Fordham fled to Spain to start a new life. Amid the sunlit streets of Granada and the earthly paradise of the Alhambra's gardens, towers and courtyards, she's left her...

Author: Joanna Johnson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A husband's redemption...a second chance at love? Nathaniel Honeywell returns from being presumed dead expecting to be welcomed home with open...

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A beautiful healer must brave an island where women are forbidden, in order to restore a wounded soldier's voice and powers. 'Johnson's writing is fabulously fresh, thoroughly romantic, and wildly...

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words,...

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A gorgeous read full of love, life and laughter from the Sunday Times bestselling author 'The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and...

In innumerable ways, we still live in LBJ's America. More than half a century after his death, Lyndon Baines Johnson continues to exert profound influence on American life. This collection...

A charming and illustrated gift book profiling 50 famous women in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM). NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER .This "wittily illustrated and accessible volume" (The Wall Street...

The book titled The Australian Garden by the author Jane Edmanson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A landmark in Boswell and Johnson studies In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a...

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'Good writers offer advice. Great writers offer condolences'If you want to be a writer, then you'd better be ready to hurl yourself at the door. That's the message from Stephen...

Winner of the 2014 National Biography Award 'An engrossing biography of a fascinating and fearless modern woman.' - Professor Marilyn Lake, La Trobe University In a period when most ladies...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Behind the towering literary legend of Dr....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of eighteenth-century English letters stands Samuel Johnson — poet, moralist, and arguably the...

London is special. For centuries, it has been amongst the greatest cities of the world. But a city is nothing without its people. This sparkling new history of London, told...

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Author: Karen Brooks Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 From the author of The Good Wife of Bath comes this brilliant recreation of the vibrant, optimistic but politically treacherous world...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Set in colonial Nigeria during the 1930s, Mister Johnson chronicles the tragic...

Edition: Dent's Double Volume EditionCondition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed/tanning visible. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A cornerstone of English literature...

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Author: Nadine DorriesFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 390g, 352 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023'A riveting read that skips along at pace. Illuminating and concerning, it lifts the lid on...

Mies van der Rohe's 1941-45 Farnsworth House & Garden and Philip Johnson's 1947 Glass House in New Caanan, CT are two haikus of glass and concrete that rewrote the history...

Author: Zoe Somerville Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The haunting second novel from the author of The Night of the Flood. Two women, separated by decades, are drawn together...

In May 1930, Amy Johnson, a typist from Hull, took off from Croydon Airport with a thermos flask and a packet of sandwiches to try to beat the world solo...

100% UNOFFICIAL The newly discovered diary of Boris Alexander de Pfeffel Johnson, aged 13 , provides a fascinating and glimpse into Johnson's innermost thoughts and feelings and will reveal a...

In 1947 and 1948, Van Johnson was MGM's top male box office draw. "On screen he was the Pied Piper; Elizabeth Taylor's lover, he was a war pilot with Spencer...

In a powerful work of memoir, history and biography, Jane Messer retraces the tragic and hopeful steps of her Jewish German grandmother, Bella. From pre-war Berlin to Tel Aviv to...

Despite having once been sacked from the shadow front bench, Boris Johnson is still widely seen as one of the stars of the Conservative Party. His distinctive appearance ('Like a...

The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, from the author of Michael Jordan: the Life. Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and also controversial, athletes...

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A spine-tingling collection of spooky stories to curl up with on winter nights - perfect for fans of The Haunting Season , The Winter Spirits and M. R. James. This...

Author: Hugh Johnson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 252 In this unique approach to understanding wine, Hugh Johnson, the world's best-loved wine author, weaves the story of his own epic...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Samuel Johnson — lexicographer, moralist, and the most formidable...

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By the early eighteenth century, France and Italy had impressive lexicons, but there was no authoritative dictionary of English. Sensing the deficit, and impelled by a mixture of national pride...

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*The memoirs of Boris Johnson, complete and unabridged, including all the great material he had to take out for being either too incendiary or too obviously made up*Ghostwritten by Lucien...