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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew cities have been written about with the passion and intimacy that Manuel Vázquez Montalbán brings to his beloved Barcelona in Barcelonas — a...

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When Pepe Carvalho's uncle asks him to find his son, Raul, in Buenos Alres, Pepe is reluctant. All he knows about Argentina is 'tango, Maradona, and the disappeared' and he...

'Because you use your centre forward to make yourselves feel like gods who can manage victories and defeats, from the comfortable throne of minor Caesars: the centre forward will be...

"Like Don DeLillo's JFK-themed Libra , the novel is an intoxicating blend of fact and fiction" Glasgow Herald "A masterful writer" Nicole Krauss "A highly sophisticated, fast-moving political thriller set...

"One of the great novels to have been written in our language" MARIO VARGAS LLOSA "Beautifully written and gripping" Guardian He thought that memories were invisible like light, and just...

A sweeping historical epic by an author whose novels have sold over 6 million copies worldwide. 1861. A ruined silver-mine owner sets sail from Mexico City to seek his fortune...

The Son of the Demon Rises-Superman's Rage Unleashed Absolute Superman Vol. 2: Son of the Demon continues Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval's bold reimagining of the Man of Steel in...

The Son of the Demon Rises-Superman's Rage Unleashed Absolute Superman Vol. 2: Son of the Demon continues Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval's bold reimagining of the Man of Steel in...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Minor chipsto edge of DJ, some minor discolouration to spine. In the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of the swastika, a cadre of brilliantly ruthless military minds waged a war that reshaped...

Kochin is a Heartsooth - a rare being with the ability to heal any wound. Any wound, that is, except death. Gradually he realises the answer to his desperate quest...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most audacious and brilliantly satirical works ever written, Candide and Other Romances follows the relentlessly...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the glittering heart of the Abbasid Caliphate, two extraordinary women wielded power that defied the constraints of...

"This is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me." With these words, Elena Ferrante, the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, bid farewell to her...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to be human in a universe billions of years in the making? Pierre Teilhard...

The Great Wall of China - stretching from the arid rises of Gansu province to the cold waters of the Bohai Sea - remains an enduring symbol of Chinese might....

*A 2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Telegraph , Financial Times , i Paper * 'Making Francisco Franco's long life and 36 years of dictatorship enjoyable reading is a daunting...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of colonial ambition and modern urban sprawl, Melbourne stands as one of Australia's most dynamic...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to construct a living theology in a world desperately in need of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn 1963, a landmark government report reshaped the future of...

' Humble and very funny ' - Ned Boulting ' Essential reading for any Etape rider ' - Daniel Friebe, co-host of The Cyclist Podcast An Everyman dropped into the...

Revolution is a detailed exploration into the era of Prince's most prolific and groundbreaking music made with considerable inspiration and performed by a unique cadre of musicians he gathered and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat if the jagged coastline of Britain, the turbulent flow of a river, and the branching of a tree all obeyed the same hidden...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedLong before the world fell in love with Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery was quietly chronicling her own extraordinary inner...

' I have goosebumps just talking about this story ' REESE WITHERSPOON 'Smart, funny - and furious' MARIE CLAIRE ' Genre-busting ... A c lear-eyed deconstruction of skewed value systems'...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFrom the gilded solemnity of Byzantine icons to the luminous humanism of the early Renaissance, Italian Painting: From the Byzantine Masters to the Renaissance...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSet against the sweeping grandeur of seventeenth-century Europe and the high seas, Angelique in Love is the fifth...

'This compilation shows he was so much more than the sum of his television work' Spectator THE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY , STARRING DOMINIC SESSA & EMILIA...

Nicholas Tochka analyzes the role of rock music in the life of Charles Manson, the Family, and the August 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings, which also gives larger insight into Sixties counterculture....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFor decades, the voice of Nanushka has offered readers a gentle yet profound refuge — a space where everyday emotion is rendered into something timeless. Nan...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew novels have ignited as much controversy, desire, and debate as Emmanuelle — a work that arrived like...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the misty hillforts of Iron Age Europe to the sacred groves of the Druid priests, The Celts transports readers into the vibrant, warrior...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the renaissance of Western art, Chinese painters of the Han and T'ang dynasties were producing breathtaking...

By the end of the first week of November 1942, the German Sixth Army held about 90 per cent of Stalingrad. Yet the Soviets stubbornly held on to the remaining...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFew names in Western art carry the sheer luminous power of Claude Monet, the father of French Impressionism whose canvases transformed the act...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of poetry and criticism stands W.B. Yeats — a poet so singular, so...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in English literary history loom as large or as vividly as Samuel Johnson — and John Wain's acclaimed biography captures the full measure...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before emojis and digital shorthand, human beings were already fluent in the world's most ancient language —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew rivers in England carry as much history, poetry, and quiet drama as the Avon, and Robert C. Lamb's From the Banks of the Avon:...

This book provides a fascinating exploration of the Japanese conquest of Burma, as the Allied forces were forced back in disarray to India and China. The Japanese invasion of Burma...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew literary characters have provoked as much controversy, fascination, and cultural debate as Emmanuelle — and The Further...