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Jess and her friend Sophie decide to investigate the old house called Featherbys. Once they meet the elderly residents, they become fascinated by the old house's history and determined to...

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...

One of the best known horror stories ever. Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist, has a great ambition: to create intelligent life. But when his creature first stirs, he realizes he...

Puffin Clothbound Classics - stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world Victor Frankenstein has made a terrible mistake. In his desperate pursuit to create life,...

'A well-written and fascinating narrative about love and loss, courage and betrayal, the past and secrets, art and reproductions' Reader review, 'This is certainly a wow of a read ....

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...

Marie-Ange Hawkins has the kind of childhood that most people dream of, freedom, love, and security in a beautiful old French chateau. But a tragic accident marks the end of...

A terrifying vision of scientific progress without moral limits, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein leads the reader on an unsettling journey from the sublime beauty of the Swiss alps to the desolate...

The book titled Alone of All Her Sex: Cult of the Virgin Mary by the author Marina Warner. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

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...

A stunning new clothbound edition of Mary Shelley's infamous work of horror fiction Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being,...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 'Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face,...

Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the quiet village of Bethany emerges one of the New Testament's most compelling yet overlooked figures —...

'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...

Mary Shelley's landmark novel that invented the human extinction genre and initiated climate fiction, imagining a world where newly-forged communities and reverence for nature rises from the ashes of a...

Love and peril collide when the aristocratic Gwendolyn Lanscarr takes on the dangerously alluring Beckett Steele in the third book in New York Times bestselling author Cathy Maxwell's enthralling Gambler's...

Author: WILDE,, W. H and T. Inglis Moore. (eds.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ - Faded with small tear. This collection...

The book titled The Torch is Lit: a Life of Harold George Steele by the author David Morgan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

A witty, informative narrative of one of history's most fascinating, enigmatic monarchs. Mary Queen of Scots is perhaps one of the most controversial and divisive monarchs in regal history. Her...

Author: Mary TrevelyanFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 266g, 320 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2023'Completely fascinating, revelatory . . . A classic of its kind.' - WILLIAM BOYD'Compelling ....

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She stood on the edge of the grass. She hovered between worlds, deciphering the ground, tracing in mid-air the hall, the dining-room, the stairs. She was despairingly close to home...

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...

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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...

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...

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Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the...

'A stunner ... If you haven't got this book in your house, I don't know why' Chris Evans 'A startling wake-up call . . . Writing with the vim of...

Penguin Classics relaunch Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making...

Since it was first published in 1818, Mary Shelley's seminal novel has generated countless print, stage and screen adaptations, but none has ever matched the power and philosophical resonance of...

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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Frankenstein , the frightening classic tale, is now available in an affordable softcover edition, featuring striking hand-painted cover art from Laci Fowler and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal...

"Remarkably, a nineteen-year-old, writing her first novel, penned a tale that combines tragedy, morality, social commentary, and a thoughtful examination of the very nature of knowledge ," writes best-selling author...

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Author: Barry WynneBinding: HardbackPublished: ARTHUR BARKER LIMITED, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, No Drums... No Trumpets: The Story Of Mary Lindell, chronicles the extraordinary life of...

In Captive Queen: The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen of Scots , Jade Scott, a historian and expert on Mary's correspondence, draws on hundreds of her encrypted letters to paint...