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A bestselling collection of short stories from the American master storyteller Mary Gaitskill, author of Bad Behavior First published in the late 1990s and a bestseller at the time, this...

'Mary Gaitskill is willing to think about the problematic with complexity and humanity, and without taking sides or engaging in all the fashionable moral hectoring that passes for serious thought...

A classic novel exploring loneliness and the nature of connection, from the bestselling author of Bad Behaviour Dorothy Never - fat - lives alone in New York, spending her days...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books A writer engulfed by a new obsession, an occasional sex-worker, a runaway, a teenager entering the workplace- these four tales of...

Anonymous people in anonymous towns; mothers screaming inside their houses, unapologetic doctors, mournful dogs, hungry girls, grandmothers on the couch tethered in a blue spell, steaks in soft sacks of...

The Best American Series(R) First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects...

When Velveteen Vargas, an eleven-year-old Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn, comes to stay with a couple in upstate New York, what begins as a two-week visit blossoms into something...

Burdened by famine, the plague, and economic hardship in the 1500s, the troubled citizens of Milan, mindful of their mortality, turned toward the veneration of the Virgin Mary and the...

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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedFrom the razor-sharp mind of Torrey Peters comes Stag Dance, a searing collection of novellas that tears through the conventions of gender,...

Edition: rev ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. A rich and vivid literary memoir, Life and the Dream...

Hey. My name is Maz! A vibrant new series from football star Mary Fowler about friendship, sport and fun. Today, Mary can't wait to get to school. She has an...

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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn 1968, the city of Newcastle upon Tyne was shaken to its core when eleven-year-old Mary Bell was convicted of the manslaughter...

Author: Mary MitchellBinding: HardbackPublished: F W Cheshire, 1963Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedUncharted Country explores aspects of life in blindness through the perspective of the author, who lost her...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: SignedA fascinating literary curiosity from the height of the British political scene, Selected Poems by Mary Wilson—wife of former Prime Minister...

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'A must for Tudor fans everywhere' Tracy Borman'Thrilling, captivating . . . unforgettable' Kate Williams'A gripping story that's underpinned by a wealth of research . . . this is Alison...

Short & Sometimes Sweet reflects a long and varied life: from childhood memories of the Second World War to the travails and pleasures of old age. Born in England in...

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Instead of the bloodthirsty bigot of Protestant mythology, Mary Tudor emerges from the pages of this deeply-researched biography as a cultured renaissance princess, a courageous survivor of the violent power...

Mary Barton(1848),subtitled 'A Tale of Manchester Life',is the first novel by Mrs Gaskell(1810-65).The entirely working-class cast of characters in this novel was then an innovation.The background story is Manchester in...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerMary, Mary plunges readers into the gritty world of the 87th Precinct, where detectives confront a baffling case involving a...

Author: Mary MacqueenBinding: PaperbackPublished: Pioneer Design Studio Melbourne, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: General wear and yellowing; signed on inside cover by previous ownerThis volume presents...

It's aliiiiiiiive! The New York Times bestselling authors of My Lady Jane present an electric, poetic, and (almost) historical tale of the one and only Mary Shelley-perfect for YA fantasy...

Author: Cecil HowardBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson of London, 1959Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Frayed, dull and faded spine. This biography...

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This biography won the James Tait Black Prize. It provides an enlightening, scholarly yet moving account of the life and death of one of the most romantic figures in British...

Edition: 3rd pr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Poor - faded and discoloured boards. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: name penned on fep....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed historical biography, Bloody Mary chronicles the turbulent life of Mary Tudor, England's first queen regnant, whose reign...