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Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced...

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 George Orr is in most respects a mild and unremarkable man who finds the world a less than pleasant...

The Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous communication. It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the...

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The first in one of the greatest fantasy sequences of our time.The first book of Earthsea is a tale...

The first in one of the greatest fantasy sequences of our time. The first book of Earthsea is a tale of wizards, dragons and terrifying shadows. The island of Gont...

Edition: bceCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat if your dreams could rewrite reality — not metaphorically, but literally, irrevocably, and without your consent? The Lathe of Heaven follows George...

'Like Spartan Helen, I caused a war. She caused hers by letting men who wanted her take her. I caused mine because I wouldn't be given, wouldn't be taken, but...

Of science fiction and fantasy, guest editor Nnedi Okorafor writes, "There are times when it feels like a box, but within it, technically, you can expect anything." The twenty stories...

From the celebrated Ursula K. Le Guin, "a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller" ( Boston Globe ), the revised and updated edition of her classic guide...

Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are doors to new worlds. Alix Watson knows one thing: unlike people, books...

Author: Sequoia Nagamatsu Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022 FINALIST FOR THE BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE 2022 FINALIST FOR THE URSULA...

The book titled Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places by the author Ursula K. Le Guin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us...

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN FLORIO PRIZE 2024The 100,000 copy Italian bestseller for fans of Rachel Cusk and Deborah Levy'Deliciously enjoyable' Katherine Heiny'I adored it'...

A new look for the landmark thirtieth instalment of the global bestselling Commissario Brunetti series Chosen as Star Pick in the Sunday Times Crime Club Chosen as a 'Best New...

Hugo's Gothic tale of Quasimodo In the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame lives Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is pitied only by Esmerelda, a...

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The original mindfulness book, in a landmark new translation by the award-winning translator of the I Ching and The Art of War A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and...

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Once upon a time a baby princess was born. The kingdom's fairies blessed her with happiness, luck, cleverness, kindness and beauty . . . but one wicked fairy was angry...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'When I decide to escape I shall want nobody's assistance.' In this thrilling collection, we meet Ars ne Lupin, a brilliant,...

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**WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL****SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD**** SHORTLISTED FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE****SHORTLISTED FOR THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL**'An...

'Like Ursula K. Le Guin rewriting The Lord of the Flies for the quantum age' NPR 'Cixin Liu is the author of your next favourite sci-fi novel' WIRED Eight years...

A remarkably powerful yet simple tale of the struggle and triumph of innocence reviled, which Balzac considered his 'remarkable tour de force' In 1842, eight years before his death, Balzac...

Author: Justin Robertson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A writer of fierce and vivid imagination. The Tangle, like Holdstock's classic Mythago Wood and Catlin's The Voorh, taps the deep...

Author: Patrick O'Brian Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 Can Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew defy the odds, and outmanoeuvre the French, to take two small but...

This funny, empowering graphic novel from rising star Ursula Murray Husted is a gorgeously illustrated glimpse into the forgotten history of Renaissance Italy, following an ambitious young girl's quest to...

A major celebration of the French short story, spanning three centuries The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat separates the truly great science fiction novels from the merely imaginative? David Pringle answers that question with authoritative precision in Science Fiction: The...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Ursule Mirouët is a richly crafted work of classic French fiction by...

'Wonderful.' - Margaret Atwood 'Genius.' - Patricia Lockwood 'Remarkable.' - Joseph Heller 'Perfect.' - Max Porter 'Immensely skillful' - Ursula K. Le Guin 'Tender, erotic, singular.' - Carmen Maria Machado...

Edition: Second ImpressionCondition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, slightly yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, pages secure. Very good copy. A work...

Author: Jessie Burton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club selection. Suspensefully sweeping from London in the sixties to...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024'This complex, engaging novel takes an unusual approach to the classic trope of aliens in our midst, with a warmth and intelligence reminiscent...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024'This complex, engaging novel takes an unusual approach to the classic trope of aliens in our midst, with a warmth and intelligence reminiscent...

Author: Ursula Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Once upon a time a baby princess was born. The kingdom's fairies blessed her with happiness, luck, cleverness, kindness and beauty...

Author: Ursula Burns Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The first Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company looks back at her life and her career at Xerox, sharing...

Salt Dancers is at once a brilliant portrait of an American family, a story of the secrets families guard, and a moving account of one woman's journey back to a...

The classic Russian dystopia that inspired Nineteen Eighty-Four and influenced writers from Nabokov to Rand to Vonnegut. In a glass city composed of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the...

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How do you deal with the end of a marriage when you are the partner who is left in the lurch? This is what happens to Ursula but, beyond the...

James Tiptree, Jr, burst onto the science fiction scene in the late 1960s with a series of hard-edged, provocative stories. He redefined the genre with such classics as Houston, Houston,...