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'Reading The Hearing Trumpet liberates us from the miserable reality of our days' Luis Bunuel The Hearing Trumpet is the story of 92-year-old Marian Leatherby, who is given the gift...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed - tanning noted. Markings: none. Binding condition: Good. At the heart of one of the twentieth century's...

Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot For fans of The Age of Light and Z comes a "beguiling novel of artistic ambition, perseverance, and friendship" (Katy Hays,...

** A TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD **'Nattrass's best yet' - S.G. MACLEAN'Wonderfully evocative' - DAILY TELEGRAPH'Authentic and relentlessly pageturning' -...

* A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * * A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION PICK OF THE MONTH * 'A splendid romp from a wonderfully clever historical novelist'...

** A TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD **'Nattrass's best yet' - S.G. MACLEAN'Wonderfully evocative' - DAILY TELEGRAPH'Authentic and relentlessly pageturning' -...

'A wonderful and compelling murder mystery' - LOUISE FEIN 'A brilliantly entertaining historical crime' - PHILIPPA EAST 'An elegant, richly detailed, historical joy' - KATE GRIFFIN 1796. A rigged election....

Tristan Wemyss, Earl of Trentham, never expected he'd need to wed within a year or forfeit his inheritance. But he is not one to bow to the matchmaking mamas of...

'Memorable and utterly engaging' - S.G. MACLEAN'Nattrass is a master storyteller' - JANICE HALLETT'One of my favourite historical fiction authors' - PHILIPPA EASTLondon, 1774. The opening of a royal tomb...

An elegant consideration of the Surrealist movement as a global phenomenon and why it continues to resonate Why does Surrealism continue to fascinate us a century after Andre Breton's Manifesto...

Author: Phaidon Editors Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 The essential survey showcasing the work of more than 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Latin America Latin...

Author: Leonora NattrassFormat: Hardback, 162mm x 236mm, 620g, 320 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023'A wonderful and compelling murder mystery' - LOUISE FEIN'A brilliantly entertaining historical crime' - PHILIPPA...

YOUNG BLOODS is the first gripping novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Wellington and Napoleon quartet. Perfect for fans of Robert Harris.Arthur Wesley (the future Duke of Wellington) was born and...

The classic story of the Christmas transformation of Scrooge that has remained in the public imagination for well over a century, now available in an accessible format for all readers....

Author: Dora BarfordBinding: HardbackPublished: HODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED, 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerMr. Corrington: A Romance Of The...

Samara is one of the Knowing, and the Knowing do not forget. Hidden deep in the comfort and splendour of her underground city, a refuge from the menace of a...

Featuring a brand new introduction from bestselling author, Carmel Harrington, talking about what Jackie and her books mean to her! 'Lessons galore on every page... about feminism, equality, tolerance and...

'Impressively original and ingenious . . . Brings the talented women of the Restoration Court gracefully to life' OPHELIA FIELD, author of The Favourite A spellbinding work of history that...

'Stella Rimington was the first female director general of Britain's MI5 and brings true authenticity to her tale of intellectual thievery' Irish Independent A historic institution is hiding a very...

From Jamaica to Charleston, Sierra Leone to Bombay, China to Australia, back to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, this is the story of the heiresses. Their assets, the product of...

'Stella Rimington was the first female director general of Britain's MI5 and brings true authenticity to her tale of intellectual thievery' Irish Independent A historic institution is hiding a very...

**SUGAR AND SPICE BOOKSHOP BAKERY, the new small-town cosy romance from Jennifer Page, coming this autumn** *** 'An absolute delight from the very first page to the delicious end!' Faith...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ILP JOHN CREASEY FIRST NOVEL DAGGER AWARD 'I'll be following Bailey Seybolt the way I follow Tana French' Kate Brody 'Twisty and compelling' Tracy Sierra Everyone...

21st March 1945. 1530 hours. Bursting through a hazy sky, dozens of Allied fighters and bombers sweep over German-occupied Venice. Their mission - destroy Germany's strategic outposts nestled along the...

***A Financial Times, TLS, Economist and New Statesman Book of the Year 2024*** Can you remember the first time you fell in love with a book? The stories we read...

'I so enjoyed Storybook Ending . It's the perfect balance of cosiness and originality - warm, comforting, with a hilarious mix-up at its heart that I couldn't wait to see...

Perfect to curl up with this Christmas, The Proposal by Tasmina Perry is a spellbinding tale of second chances that looks back to the year of the last debutantes. With...

From leading Early Years expert Penny Tassoni MBE, Time To... picture books use simple words and colourful illustrations to help young children understand all-important everyday skills. Featuring practical advice and...

An estate on the line. A marriage of convenience. A bride with a hidden past... Read the spellbinding new Regency novel from multi-award-winning author Sally Gardner. AN ESTATE ON THE...

An estate on the line. A marriage of convenience. A bride with a hidden past... Read the spellbinding new Regency novel from multi-award-winning author Sally Gardner. AN ESTATE ON THE...

From New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree - the soaring fifth novel in the bestselling Bone Season series. 'A fabulous, epic fantasy thriller ......

Rory Gallagher, Steve Marriott, Rick Derringer and Robin Trower are guitar legends. The glue behind legendary barn-busting, hard-touring outfits like Taste, The Small Faces, Procol Harum and Humble Pie, and...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MUDLARKING 'An absolute treasure trove of sound advice and historical detail' Katherine May 'A delightful and a profound meditation on the variety of...

Secrets. Glamour. Lies. Your new favourite twisty thriller was written by INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Rebecca Heath 'Pitch perfect!' Jo Furniss, author of All the Little Children A REMOTE ISLAND It's been...

Celebrate all things Ravenclaw with this glorious collection of beautifully crafted House Editions in hardback. The sumptuously foiled presentation case emblazoned with the Ravenclaw eagle contains all seven novels from...

Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award Longlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 'Imagined with an impressively detailed three-dimensional solidity' Sunday Times 'I loved it ... You could...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller The UK's bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V , who survived rebellion, a near-fatal arrow wound and a...

* Low-impact, time-efficient exercises that relieve stress, restore physical health, and rebalance the mind. * Provides step-by-step instructions, with accompanying photos, for dozens of exercises specifically designed for women. *...

PERFECT FOR FANS OF HEATED RIVALRY AND HANNAH GRACE! Featuring 46 sports romance scenes, unwind by colouring your way through match day meet-cutes and playful rivalries. Step into a world...

Jim Kay's dazzling depiction of J.K. Rowling's wizarding world has won legions of fans since the Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published in hardback in...

THE SEVEN LEVELS OF HELL EXIST IN A SECRET UNDERGROUND BASE! The rumors have circulated for decades...the United States government entered into a secret treaty with extraterrestrial races in exchange...

This is a book about our concepts of literacy and its uses. It's a book about adult education in its broadest sense - about training opportunities for employment, about women's...