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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - tears; clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Good. For a Bengali intellectual who had spent his entire...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew subjects in the history of human civilization are as vast, ancient, and misunderstood as Hinduism, and Nirad C. Chaudhuri's landmark study cuts through...

Author: Amit Chaudhuri Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'Supple, intricate and uncompromising, full of delicate observation andinsight, Amit Chaudhuri's Finding the Raga immerses us in the rigorousbeauty and cosmology...

Abhi, a Bengali boy, spends his school holidays at his uncle's home in Calcutta, trying to make sense of the often confusing world of adults around him. Heatwaves, thunderstorms, mealtimes,...

A Strange and Sublime Address , Amit Chaudhuri's first book, features a Bengali boy who spends his school holidays at his uncle's home in Calcutta. Heatwaves, thunderstorms, mealtimes, prayer-sessions, shopping...

Author: Amit Chaudhuri Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 In Friend of My Youth, a novelist named Amit Chaudhuri visits his childhood home of Bombay. The city, reeling from the...

Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011 Shortlisted for the...

In Friend of My Youth , a novelist named Amit Chaudhuri visits his childhood home of Bombay. The city, reeling from the impact of the 2008 terrorist attacks, weighs heavily...

A beguiling, short and yet sweeping prose-poem, Afternoon Raag is the account of a young Bengali man studying at Oxford University and caught in complicated love triangle. His loneliness and...

Dr. Steven R. Gundry, the New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking Plant Paradox series, shares compelling evidence that our gut microbiome is driving our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedIn the vast and brutal theatre of the Second World War, few accounts match the analytical precision and narrative sweep...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodIn the high-stakes world of clinical practice, getting patients to change their behaviour is one of medicine's most...

For many years an atheist, C. S. Lewis vividly describes the spiritual quest that convinced him of the truth and reality of Christianity, in his famous autobiography. "In the Trinity...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; creased cover and spine; stamp on title page, otherwise internally sound.One of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the dawn of Christianity, seven letters addressed to seven fledgling congregations in Asia Minor carried...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingFew collections have shaped the intellectual landscape of the Western world quite like Great Books...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersA cornerstone of Australasian literary...

'This book is NUTS! - in the best possible way. A relentless roller coaster ride through the heaven and hell of modern Russia' PETER POMERANZEV 'Written with all the pace...

'Chess is a staggering invention, if indeed it was invented. Maybe it just evolved. It is still evolving, now faster than ever, and Peter Doggers has traced and tracked its...

What do you do when the doctor says you could die at any moment? Well...after you've made a cup of tea, of course. Nathan James is young, successful and has...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew works in world literature have captured the human imagination as completely and enduringly as The Arabian Nights —...

When Bianca chooses death over becoming a vampire, she doesn't realise that another life lies in store... The fourth and final novel in the internationally best-selling EVERNIGHT series - a...

Erin Hunter's #1 bestselling Warriors series continues with the second book in the Changing Skies arc, as the Clans continue to navigate an ominous prophecy that foreshadows the end of...

A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Challenging, forensic, compelling' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Pure centrist erotica. A myth-busting chronicle of bad-tempered, Brexit-riven England' SUNDAY TIMES 'Wonderfully evocative. Too honest, too nuanced and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingRalph G. Martin's "Jennie: The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill" is a two-volume biography that chronicles the extraordinary life of...

With an irresistible cast of characters, an incredible high fantasy world, and a unique, dangerous magic system, THORN SEASON is an epic court romantasy - perfect YA for fans of...

Bestselling YA horror writer Cynthia Murphy crafts a spine-chilling thriller about a summer camp gone deathly wrong. When an American-style residential camp is set up in the grounds of an...

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass , launches a new trilogy of magic and mayhem with this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artefacts and ancient...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew figures in the annals of colonial administration loom as large — or remain as fascinating — as Sir...

Join the intrepid Galaxy Warriors Jet, Tip and Boo Hoo on their quest to save the universe from destructive baddies Lord and Lady Evil and Dr Y. From the authors...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Langton Quartet by Martin Boyd is a four-volume family saga of Australian literary fiction that...

From the best-selling French author of Terrine, Ripailles, Pork & Sons and Rotis, comes this idiosyncratic culinary almanac, Stephane Reynaud's 365 Good Reasons To Sit Down To Eat. The recipes,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingIn the sun-scorched grandeur of ancient Judea, a wrongfully condemned Jewish prince named Judah Ben-Hur rises from the chains of Roman slavery to seek...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sunlit theatres of ancient Athens comes the electrifying dramatic genius of Euripides, the most...

The ultimate guide to survival, this edition now includes the most essential urban survival tips for today, supplementing the fully updated original, bestselling handbook. The original and best survival guide...

From the bestselling author of This Book Kills comes a deadly new YA thriller of murder, mystery and mind-blowing twists. Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen M. McManus....

If you enjoyed A Minecraft Movie , you'll love this book! Learn how to design, build and customise 20 mini-projects in Minecraft, from firefighter planes and deep-sea submarines to hidden...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingInto the smoke and carnage of the Crimean War rides Harry Flashman — coward, scoundrel, and accidental hero — swept up in...

A stunning reimagining of Tristan and Isolde set in a dystopian world woven with magic. An incredibly addictive debut YA enemies-to-lovers romantasy. 'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough!' Alwyn...

A simple bowl of soup can be the most comforting meal. With these 60 nourishing recipes, there's something for every season and every appetite. All of them have an emphasis...

She's a down-to-earth photographer. He's a gorgeous billionaire with a complicated past. Their chance meeting could be the perfect shot at love. From RWA award-winning author Ann Penny comes an...

Join an unlikely animal trio for some irresistibly funny antics in this read-aloud gem from bestselling, award-winning and much-loved author Mem Fox and acclaimed illustrator Mark Teague. There is a...