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Mary Gentle is one of Britain's most outstanding writers of imaginative fiction, able to move seamlessly from science fiction to fantasy within the same story. Following on from the success...

The book titled The Architecture of Desire by the author Mary Gentle. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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...

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...

Author: Mary BowringBinding: HardbackPublished: W.H. Allen, A Howard & Wyndham Company, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA captivating collection of poetry, Animals Before Breakfast presents a unique lens...

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...

Author: Mary HayBinding: HardbackPublished: Her Majesty's Stationery Office., 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.I Saw A Ship A'sailing by...

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...

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...

Author: Mary Baylis-WhiteBinding: HardbackPublished: Margaret Hamilton, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSally and Rebecca presents a poignant narrative in the genre of children’s fiction, addressing themes of friendship,...

Mary Meigs is one of the eight women who portray themselves in the film The Company of Strangers , a "semi-documentary" National Film Board production, released in 1990 to overwhelming...

Fever casts a brilliant light over the life of a figure once described as 'the most dangerous woman in America'. Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant in turn-of-the-century New York, is...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A luxury spa nestled along the California...

From the bestselling author of Songs in Ordinary Time, Mary McGarry Morris's fourth novel is a gripping, passionate story of one woman's battle with the secrets surrounding her family. A...

'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...

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...

Author: Manning ColesBinding: HardbackPublished: HODDER & STOUGHTON, 1954Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: cloth cover worn, rubbing on edges; mildew...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat if the timeless wisdom of two of history's most beloved Christian mystics could be savoured, one cup...

First time in Penguin Classics for the remarkable autobiography of 'the black Florence Nightingale' Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's...

Author: Mary JohnstonBinding: HardbackPublished: CONSTABLE AND CO. LTD., 1911Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded spine. Worn boards....

The remarkable story of Margaret Paston, whose letters form the most extensive collection of personal writings by a medieval English woman. Drawing on what is the largest archive of medieval...

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Author: Mary Higgins ClarkBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Page edges yellowedMary Higgins Clark's Weep No More, My Lady plunges readers into a gripping...

Author: Mary E. GillhamBinding: HardbackPublished: Cowbridge: D Brown and sons, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis compelling natural history account, Swansea Bay's Green Mantle: Wildlife On An...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the quiet, genteel village of Cranford, where the elegant economy of its predominantly female inhabitants reigns...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodHistory has never felt so immediate as it does in Peeps Into the Past, a richly illustrated journey through the defining moments...

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...

A gripping and gruesome retelling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein brought to life for a new generation of readers by Carnegie Medal winning author Tanya Landman. A thrilling gothic tale of...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in detective fiction are as deceptively sharp as Miss Jane Marple — Agatha Christie's seemingly gentle spinster from the village...

'A brilliant book...that explores the brutal legacy of addiction and the consequences of a deep grief left to stagnate' SARA COX'A work of gilded melancholy that is going to take...

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: 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...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markings'Ookanoo Kangaroo' presents a delightful tale for young readers, chronicling the charming adventures of its titular marsupial. This...

A gripping and gruesome retelling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein brought to life for a new generation of readers by Carnegie Medal winning author Tanya Landman. A thrilling gothic tale of...

The book titled A Little Gentle Sleuthing by the author Betty Rowlands. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'Deeply moving but also uplifting' Anne Youngson, author of Meet Me at the Museum For four years, Iris Massey worked side by side with PR maven Smith Simonyi, helping clients...

The book titled Priority Care by the author Mary Hawkins. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In the heat of the summer of 1939, five young cousins gathered together for their annual holiday in Cornwall with their aunt. It was to be their last summer of...

Author: Maurice Leblanc Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The inspiration for the new Netflix series, Lupin, starring Omar Sy. The inspiration for the new Netflix series,Lupin, starring...

An inspiring and approachable tip-filled guide to changing your habits, living more sustainably, and taking action, by Greenpeace ambassador Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter movies)Go Gently is...

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The latest serial-killer-thriller masterpiece from America's dark mistress of crime First you beg. Then you die . . . No Pity Each skeleton is flawless - gleaming white and perfectly...