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* A painfully honest, wry and funny novel of a woman facing her moment of truth, told with the humour, lightness of touch and realism that could only come from...

A chilling, haunting ghost story set in the modern day which delves into the real-life legend of a 19th-century sea witch... Relocated to a coastal town, widowed teacher Sarah Grey...

Stepping away from conventional analyses of materials or style and into the previously unexplored world of the house owner, this book takes a fresh look at both the social, as...

Introduced by Fiona McGregor Sharply observed, bitter and humorous, The Long Prospect is a story of life in an Australian industrial town. Growing up neglected in a seedy boarding house,...

Author: E. Graeme RobertsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Georgian House, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Number 583 of 1000 copies. This two volume limited edition presents E. Graeme Robertson and...

Transform your home with the power of a white and neutral palette. 'A capsule of calm, this ode to pale interiors by The White Company's founder Chrissie Rucker is testament...

The funniest, wildest and most original debut novel of 2024 'Uproarious, generous and witty' New York Times'What a debut' Stephen Fry'A wild and funny ride through modern life' Financial Times'Gobby,...

A remarkable collection of dark, funny and haunting short stories from the inimitable author of 'The Lottery' An anxious devil, a malicious old woman and a mid-century Jack the Ripper;...

Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and...

Author: Frank JacksonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Zwemmer., 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis insightful biography, Architects In...

'A thrilling Australian debut, full of heart and crackling with tension.' Jane Harper After years away from his home town of Melbourne, Luke Harris is back on track. All he...

Author: Joseph Fields And Jerome ChodorovBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House, 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn, discoloured and water marked DJ...

It's a baking hot British summer, and the sleepy town of Market Foxleigh is staging a crime writing festival... with the three Dahlias as guests of honour.After all, not only...

'Through a dewy sheen of teen nostalgia, Reece deftly explores the weight of political events on individual lives. Her supple, visceral prose evokes North Wales in all its complexity, beautifully...

From the international bestselling author of The Phone Box at the Edge of the World: a powerful, moving novel of grief, hope, friendship and love based around a real archive...

Author: Patrick AbercrombieBinding: HardbackPublished: HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, 1945Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Grey boards good with small stains. Chipped...

The first novel by the great American novelist, now the subject of a major new film starring Jude Law Eugene Gant, born in 1900 to hard-drinking stone-cutter Oliver and entrepreneurial...

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A slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance, by a favourite Australian author. Local vet Jana Malinski runs a wombat sanctuary with her sister on their family's serene property by the Murray River. But...

Author: J. S. GawlerBinding: HardbackPublished: Lothian Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA single roof becomes the anchor for a life...

'A work of art' - The New York Times At the Diamond County Home for the Aged, the inmates prepare for the annual ritual of the Poorhouse Fair, a summer...

Author: Regina BlackFormat: Hardback, 158mm x 234mm, 500g, 320 pagesPublished: Little, Brown & Company, United States, 2024A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023 (Romance)"Love would be so much easier if...

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  Cabs are resting in a line. Wake up, Taxi. Rise and shine!It's the day in the life of a busy taxi cab! There are plenty of passengers to pick...

The highly anticipated debut from one of today's most influential tastemakers in contemporary interior design, published on the occasion of her studio's tenth anniversary. Growing up, interior designer Sophie Ashby...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageNestled in the cobblestoned heart of nineteenth-century Prague, Malá Strana Stories is a masterwork of Czech literature that...

'Compelling and explosive: you won't be able to put this book down.' Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Town 'Prepare to be terrified! A real rollercoaster of a debut.' Nicci French,...

** A TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD **'Nattrass's best yet' - S.G. MACLEAN'Wonderfully evocative' - DAILY TELEGRAPH'Authentic and relentlessly pageturning' -...

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This is an archaeological report on the Roman town of Cosa. It covers a group of recently excavated houses between the forum and the Florentine gate, tracing the development of...

Author: Donald HaringtonBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz, 1971, First UK Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsLightning Bug is a novel that explores the complexities of life in a...

Author: Philip's MapsFormat: Spiral bound, 190mm x 266mm, 620g, 296 pagesPublished: Octopus Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2022Who hasn't explored and enjoyed their surrounding area recently and come to appreciate what...

A missing woman . . . a townful of suspects. The haunting debut crime novel that transports the reader back to the 1980s and a small rural town in New...

** A TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD **'Nattrass's best yet' - S.G. MACLEAN'Wonderfully evocative' - DAILY TELEGRAPH'Authentic and relentlessly pageturning' -...

The neighborhoods of New Orleans have given rise to an extraordinary outpouring of important writing. Over the last century and a half or so, these stories and songs have given...

Larry McMurtry's hilarious and touching novel, in Penguin Modern Classics for the very first time Sam the Lion runs the pool-hall, the picture house and the all-night cafe. Coach Popper...

Author: edited by W.J. Turner with an introduction by Edmund BlundenBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, London, 1945Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: dust...

Author: Leonora NattrassFormat: Hardback, 162mm x 236mm, 620g, 320 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023'A wonderful and compelling murder mystery' - LOUISE FEIN'A brilliantly entertaining historical crime' - PHILIPPA...

Great Britain underwent a massive rebuilding effort in the aftermath of World War II, with a wealth of new construction that reached virtually all parts of the country and ranged...

Author: Mocculere Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Woodpeckers are known for making perfectly O-shaped holes to build their nests in. All, except one woodpecker - Picopaco. Unlike all the...

The funniest, wildest and most original debut novel of 2024 'Uproarious, generous and witty' New York Times'What a debut' Stephen Fry'A wild and funny ride through modern life' Financial Times'Gobby,...

2021 GardenComm Media Awards Gold Medal Winner, Publishing categoryElegant and magnificent, conservatories reveal fascinating social, cultural, botanical, and engineering advances as they have evolved across history. First appearing in the...