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First time in Modern Classics Claudia Hampton, a beautiful, famous writer, lies dying in hospital. But, as the nurses tend to her with quiet condescension, she is plotting her greatest...

Now with a new chapter, On Being Ninety- a memoir of ageing, memory, and time, written by one of the twentieth century's greatest writers at the age of eighty 'The...

The book titled Cleopatra's Sister by the author Penelope Lively. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A stylish reissue of the Booker Prize-winning, Golden Booker Prize-shortlisted classic- now with a new introduction by Elif Shafak Claudia Hampton - beautiful, famous, independent, dying. But she remains defiant...

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'Story-telling is an ingrained habit; I wouldn't know what else to do. But the mythology that is intriguing today is that of imagined alternatives. Somehow, choice and contingency have landed...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Penelope Lively Format: Hardback...

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A novel of complex relations and a long hot summer, new to Penguin Modern Classics Pauline is spending the summer at World's End, a cottage somewhere in the middle of...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A sharp and quietly unsettling work of modern British fiction, Judgement Day...

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First time in Modern Classics for Penelope Lively's evocative memoir of her childhood in Egypt. This autobiography is about growing up in Egypt. It is also an investigation into childhood...

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Teresa's passionate love for Maurice fills her mother with dread. During the long hot summer, Pauline finds herself remembering the way that her possessive passion for Teresa's father eroded her...

The Booker Prize-winning author of Moon Tiger and Cleopatra's Sister now offers a poignant and bittersweet memoir of her unusual childhood, spent in England and Egypt--a thought-provoking exploration of the...

The brand new dark romance from TikTok sensation and New York Times bestselling author of Punk 57. On the other side of town are five brothers. . . Macon is...

Four friends gathered in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. Our dreams for the future, they whispered, placing tiny pieces of paper into a...

A continuous text made up of extracts from Dorothy Wordsworth's Journal and a selection of her brother's poems. Dorothy Wordsworth kept her Journal 'because I shall give William pleasure by...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA captivating biographical work, The Knox Brothers chronicles the lives of four remarkable siblings: Edmund, Wilfred, Dillwyn, and...

Author: Penelope GilliattBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsUnholy Fools: Wits, Comics, Disturbers Of The Peace: Film & Theatre presents a compelling collection...

A woman journeys into a submerged world of gods and myth to save her home in this powerful historical fantasy that shines a light on the drowned Black towns of...

The book titled The Knox Brothers by the author Penelope Fitzgerald. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Leading naturopath and herbalist Penelope Sach provides a fascinating exploration of tea, its history and its uses. She discusses some of her favourite herbs and explains how they can be...

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Acclaimed historian Alan Atkinson - author of the award-winning Elizabeth and John: The Macarthurs of Elizabeth Farm - pieces together the life of Penelope Lucas and the pivotal role she...

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Penelope Mortimer's classic novel about a woman falling apart in 1960s London, now a Radio 4 adaptation 'Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater Had a wife and couldn't keep her...' In this...

The previously uncollected occasional prose of a great English writer -- full of wit, feeling and illumination WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HERMIONE LEE 'Twice in your life you know that...

Away games, back seats, and the locker room after hours...New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas is back with this spicy new adult romance, now with bonus material. Away games,...

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From one of the best-loved contemporary novelists, previously uncollected essays on books, writers, places, and the author's own life and works . In this generous, posthumous collection of her literary...

Three of them, one of her, and a remote cabin in the woods. Let the hot, winter nights ensue in this steamy dark romance from New York Times bestselling author...

Understand and harness the principles of reiki to live a healthier, happier life In Self-healing with Reiki , Usui Reiki Master Penelope Quest explains how you can use the practice...

From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a steamy second chance romance. Amelia hasn't seen her childhood best friend Justin since she broke his heart as a teenager,...

The film tie-in edition of the international bestseller, including new interviews with Rachel Joyce and the production team. *Soon to be a major film written by Rachel Joyce, award-winning author...

Author: Penelope Douglas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'We were perfect together. Until we met.' I can't help but smile at the lyrics in her letter. She misses me....

  'A veritable treat' Daily MailThe fourth book in Julia Quinn's globally bestselling, Regency-set, Bridgerton Family series, now the inspiration for the Netflix series Bridgerton created by Shondaland. Welcome to...

Originally published in 1968, What's It Like Out? is the first of Penelope Gilliatt's celebrated short-story collections. In these blithe, glitteringly laconic tales we meet Fred and Arthur, comedians entwined...

A woman journeys into a submerged world of gods and myth to save her home in this powerful historical fantasy that shines a light on the drowned Black towns of...

Author: Julia QuinnFormat: Paperback, 137mm x 205mm, 409g, 496 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2024 New York Times BestsellerA special TV Tie-In edition to BRIDGERTON, a series created by...