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Affluenza
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How to Develop Emotional Health
How to Create Emotional Health is a guide to leading a more enjoyable and fulfilling life. Rather than seeking to be happy, Oliver James encourages the idea of wellbeing -...
They F*** You Up: How to Survive Family Life
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Not In Your Genes: The real reasons children are like their parents
A controversial and groundbreaking take on the nature-nuture debate Professor Robert Plomin, the world's leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology-...
Not In Your Genes: The real reasons children are like their parents
A controversial and groundbreaking take on the nature-nuture debate Professor Robert Plomin, the world's leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology-...
The Bostonians
A provocative and astute portrayal of a world caught by the lure of progress Published in 1886, The Bostonians begins with the arrival in Boston of Basil Ransom, a young...
The Bostonians
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark of American realist fiction, The Bostonians is a sharp and...
LONDON: The Information Capital: 100 maps and graphics that will
Which borough of London is the happiest? Where are the city's tweeting hot spots? How many animals does the fire brigade save each year? Which London residents have left their...
Following in the Footsteps of Oliver Cromwell: A Historical Guide to
Oliver Cromwell is one of the most important figures in British History. He was both soldier and politician and the only non-Royal ruler of Britain in a thousand years. His...
The Bostonians
This brilliant satire of the women's rights movement in America is the story of the ravishing inspirational speaker Verena Tarrant and the bitter struggle between two distant cousins who seek...
The Life of Samuel Johnson
A landmark in Boswell and Johnson studies In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a...
Unreliable Memoirs
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The Portrait of a Lady
A new edition of Henry James's great masterpiece about a spirited young American in Europe, edited by Philip Horne When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe...
The Bostonians
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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Jacket in good condition — Everyman's Library cloth binding in good condition with red spine. Page Condition: Good, pages appear clean and bright. Markings:...
North Face of Soho: Unreliable Memoirs Volume IV
After "Unreliable Memoirs", "Falling Towards England" and "May Week Was in June" comes the next instalment in the ongoing saga that is Clive James's life. His fourth - and eagerly...
Caller Unknown: 'Oliver Johnson is a sparkling new talent - and a name
The epic and compulsive debut thriller for fans of The Institute, The Night Agent and I am Pilgrim. Trust no-one, believe your instincts and run... When the phone rings, the...
The Meaning of Life: Letters from Extraordinary People and their
James Bailey was unemployed, heartbroken, and questioning his purpose on the planet. In desperate search of an answer, he decided to write to luminaries from all fields and ask one...
The Portrait of a Lady
The new paperback series- Penguin English Library 'She knew of no wrong that he had done; he was not violent, he was not cruel; she simply believed that he hated...
The Meaning of Life: Letters from Extraordinary People and their
James Bailey was unemployed, heartbroken, and questioning his purpose on the planet. In desperate search of an answer, he decided to write to luminaries from all fields and ask one...
The Turn of the Screw
Contexts includes twenty-six selections, from James's letters, notebooks, and other writings during the period 1863-1908, centering on the ghost story, the supernatural and, in particular, "my little book," The Turn...
Oliver Twist & Me: The True Story of Charles Dickens's best-loved
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZE** "Idiosyncratic and entertaining," Sunday Times "A fascinating family and social history," Catherine Taylor, author of The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time...
The Outcry
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Visions Before Midnight
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Author: Clive JamesBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton , 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsVisions Before Midnight presents a collection of incisive and often humorous essays on television...
The Metropolitan Critic
The Metropolitan Critic was Clive James's first book. Originally published in 1974, by Faber, it is a collection of thirty-seven pieces from his initial period as a literary journalist. He...
The Europeans
Part of a series of new editions of Henry James's most famous novels and short stories one of a series of new editions of Henry James's most famous short stories...
As I Was Going Down Sackville Street
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageDublin in the 1920s was a city of contradictions — scarred by revolution, yet alive with wit, poetry,...
Oliver Twist
Penguin Classics relaunch. The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was...
Churchill and Empire: A Portrait of an Imperialist
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One of our finest narrative historians, Lawrence James has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, one focusing solely on his relationship with the British Empire. As a young...
North Face of Soho: More Unreliable Memoirs
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The Metropolitan Critic
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis collection of incisive essays, The Metropolitan Critic, presents Clive James's sharp and often humorous observations on the...
The Crystal Bucket
'His contribution to the art and enjoyment of TV criticism over the past ten years has been immense. His work is deeply perceptive, often outrageously funny and always compulsively readable'...
First Reactions: Critical Essays 1968-1979
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Clive James — poet, critic, broadcaster, and...
Oliver Twist & Me: The True Story of Charles Dickens's best-loved
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZE** "Idiosyncratic and entertaining," Sunday Times "A fascinating family and social history," Catherine Taylor, author of The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time...
Henry Sidgwick: Science And Faith In Victorian England
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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA work of intellectual history and philosophical biography, this study chronicles the life and thought of Henry Sidgwick,...
As You Do: Adventures With Evel, Oliver, and The Vice-President Of Botswana
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The Awkward Age
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A masterwork of social observation and psychological nuance, The Awkward Age chronicles...
Latest Readings
An esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending death In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Deciding that "if you...
It's The Little Things
Dan and Sally Oliver and their friend Chloe Hennessey are lucky to be alive. Three years on, after surviving one of the world's biggest natural disasters - the Boxing Day...
Sweet Seasons: Wholesome Treats For Every Occasion
After the success of All Day Baking: Savoury, Not Sweet (as featured on Jamie Oliver's Cookbook Club), Michael and Pippa James return with Sweet Seasons , in this cookbook featuring...
History of Britain (Vol 2): The British Wars 1603-1776
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Henry James: A Biography
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Condition remarks: Overall Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded with minor soiling; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Appears intact. No stickers or labels visible. This four-volume literary biography...
Latest Readings
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