Search Results for: “Pu Songling”

Long considered a masterpiece of the eerie and fantastic, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of supernatural-themed tales compiled from ancient Chinese folk stories by Songling Pu...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the remote county of T'an-ch'eng in seventeenth-century China, a peasant woman named Wang vanishes into the night,...

Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Xing Li is what some Chinese people call a banana - yellow on the outside and white on the inside. Although born...

From 1625 to 1627 scholar-officials belonging to a militant Confucianist group known as the ""Donglin Faction"" suffered one of the most gruesome political repressions in China's history. Many were purged...

6,750 words in a handy pocket size With over 6,750 fully illustrated words and phrases in Mandarin Chinese and English, along with a free bilingual audio app, DK's Mandarin Chinese-English...

* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD...

* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the grey, cigarette-smoke-filled purgatory of wartime Chicago, a young man named Joseph waits — suspended between the...

'For various reasons, this story cannot be proven. But that does not matter to me because in my Aboriginal way of being and knowing, stories like my uncle's do not...

'Extraordinary - a remarkable and satisfying book' Observer Bruce Chatwin provides a fascinating background to indigenous Australian life. The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, tracks connecting communities...

'The book of the summer' The Times 'A sharp, smart, witty modern love story. I loved it' David Nicholls 'Likely to fill the Sally-Rooney-shaped hole in many readers' lives' Irish...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedCondition remarks: unclipped dj. What if the entire Australian continent were criss-crossed by an invisible web of music, ancient paths sung into...

Introducing the explosive first book in the Torch Trilogy - the hottest release of the decade! *LONGLISTED BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2025* *NOMINATED CARNEGIE MEDAL 2025* 'Hard-hitting, imaginative, wide-ranging.' GUARDIAN 'A...

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. A description of our secondhand...

6,750 words in a handy pocket size With over 6,750 fully illustrated words and phrases in Japanese and English, along with a free bilingual audio app, DK's Japanese-English Bilingual Visual...

Visitors to the Red Centre come looking for the real Australia, but find a place both beautiful and disturbing. There is wilderness, desire and an Aboriginal philosophy of home. But...

Author: Bruce ChatwinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine has minor sun-fading and minor peels to corners.Bruce Chatwin's collected works, In...

An anthology of some of the greatest poetry in the English language Poetry and music have been associated with each other from the very beginning. The Penguin Book of English...

Author: C. J. Tudor Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 The spine-tingling and absorbing new thriller from Britain's Queen of Creepy Driving home one night, Gabe sees the face of...

A stunning new edition of the third novel in the bestselling Bone Season series with gorgeous new cover artwork and updated text, by the bestselling author of The Priory of...

Read all of the Hunger Games series? Now read this! BOOK TWO IN GLOBAL PHENOMENON, THE TORCH TRILOGY. LOVE, POWER, REBELLION... Her songlight felt like it was burning through me,...

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. A description of our secondhand...

Read all of the Hunger Games series? Now read this! BOOK TWO IN GLOBAL PHENOMENON, THE TORCH TRILOGY. LOVE, POWER, REBELLION... Her songlight felt like it was burning through me,...

'A relentlessly gripping, glorious epic fantasy - the exhilarating must-read fantasy debut of 2025' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne A SONG OF REBELLION. A SONG OF WAR. A...

Millions have sat under the "big top," watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men whose creativity, ingenuity, and determination created...

Savor a rhyming celebration of one of the world's most universal foods, now available in bilingual Spanish and English! Readers follow ten diverse families as they cook dumplings inside their...

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. A description of our secondhand...

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. A description of our secondhand...

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. A description of our secondhand...

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. A description of our secondhand...

Peekaboo, I see you! Get ready to dance, build, splash and laugh together with Baby Play. This bilingual Portuguese and English sequel to the bestseller Baby Talk has been especially...

'If you're heading to a British seaside town this summer, the book you should take with you is Birding by Rose Ruane . . . Ruane is a marvellous writer...

Children aren't always so innocent in this Stephen King-style thriller, backed by MJ's biggest marketing campaign for a debut this year None of us ever agreed on the exact beginning....

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE THE THIRD NOVEL IN 'ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED LITERARY SERIES IN RECENT TIMES' ( SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ) 'An enormously important piece of literature' Guardian...

Author: Ian Rankin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Retirement doesn't suit John Rebus. He wasn't made for hobbies, holidays or home improvements. Being a cop is in his blood....

Set in a post-apocalyptic future, Songlight is an extraordinary debut from a renowned screenwriter. A cinematic masterpiece in storytelling, the explosive first book in the Torch trilogy is the hottest...

Some cases never leave you. For John Rebus, forty years may have passed, but the death of beautiful, promiscuous Maria Turquand still preys on his mind. Murdered in her hotel...

Set in a post-apocalyptic future, Songlight is an extraordinary debut from a renowned screenwriter. A cinematic masterpiece in storytelling, the explosive first book in the Torch trilogy is the hottest...

There's the world you can see. And then there's the one you can't. Welcome to The Morningside. When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City,...

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. A description of our secondhand...

A stunning new edition of the third novel in the bestselling Bone Season series with gorgeous new cover artwork and updated text, by the bestselling author of The Priory of...

Author: Ian Rankin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 From the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin, comes one of the must-read books of the year: A SONG FOR THE...