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Author: Vivian EllisBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Muller, London, 1965Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis engaging guide instructs gentlemen on the finer points of...

A jaw-dropping, heart-pounding fantasy romance set against a once-in-a-generation duel to the death between witches and dragon riders for the source of all magic. It's witches versus dragons... CHOOSE A...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsAn Island South explores the unique landscapes and cultures of the islands in the southern Pacific. Vivian Smith's lyrical prose...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account chronicles the intricate lives of the Vivians, a prominent family rooted...

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"Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class." So begins Vivian Gornick's exploration of how the world...

Million-copy bestselling author Kate Ellis returns with the brand new mystery in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series. When a body is discovered in a picturesque South Devon village, DI...

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'Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol's piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact.' - Nick Cave On Thursday 1 July, 1999, Dr Nina...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsAn evocative exploration of the interplay between art, nature, and the creative obsession of Claude Monet. In Monet's Water Lilies: The...

THE TIMES BESTSELLERFEATURING AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK CAVE'Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol's piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact.' - NICK CAVE'In...

Author: Vivian SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection, Letters Of Vance And Nettie...

This is part of an eight-volume series providing short biographies of men and women from Roman to Victorian times. Each entry places the subject in the context of their age...

A beautifully plotted spooky mystery, packed with surprises' Reader review ***** 'An author who never disappoints ' Reader review ***** Detective Inspector Joe Plantagenet returns in the gripping crime series...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed biographical work, Phyllis Grosskurth's study chronicles the life of Havelock Ellis, the pioneering Victorian-era sexologist, essayist, and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA richly detailed biographical work, Phyllis Grosskurth's study chronicles the life of Havelock Ellis,...

Author: Edith PargeterBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1951Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Book in excellent condition with minimal foxing. DJ unclipped and in very good conditions with a slight amount...

Out of this emotional turbulence came the poem "The Waste Land". Carole Seymour-Jones seeks to show that the poem cannot be understood without reference to the marriage. Based on papers...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of biographical scholarship, Phyllis Grosskurth's authoritative study chronicles the life of Havelock Ellis,...

Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the story of Charles Howard 'Dick' Ellis. The longest-serving spy for the British Secret...

Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the story of Charles Howard 'Dick' Ellis. The longest-serving spy for the British Secret...

Venice has been Lydia's home for many years, a place where she has found peace and fulfilment. Then one day she glimpses a young man's face in the crowd that...

MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JOANNE HARRIS SENSATIONALLY RETURNS TO THE WORLD OF CHOCOLAT ! 'Sensuous and thought-provoking, subtle and brilliant' Daily Telegraph on Chocolat Secrets. Chocolate. A touch of magic... On...

Along the border of gentrifying Los Angeles, a teenage girl is found dead at a construction site. Homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton's partner assumes it's a suicide. Lou isn't buying...

Silas Grange is a handsome young doctor who prides himself on keeping his appetites under perfect control. But when Grange is summoned by a mysterious, voluptuous widow named Celia Quill,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew royal partnerships have captured the world's imagination quite like that of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert — a union of intellect, devotion, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageStep into the enchanting world of an Edwardian naturalist whose meticulous observations of the English countryside have captivated...

'This is one of the most touching, gripping and inspiring books that I have ever read. Hislop seamlessly weaves an accurate history of a Greek island with a forbidden love...

'Bruce is doing for Cambridge what Colin Dexter did for Oxford with Inspector Morse' Daily Mail Kaye Whiting went to buy a birthday present and didn't come back. She isn't...

Meet the Lakefront Billionaires . . . Get ready for another addictive romance from Sunday Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation, Lauren Asher Rafael Ellie Sinclair is a hopeless romantic...

In August 1780 Sir Theodosius Boughton, a dissolute Old Etonian twenty-year-old and heir to a Warwickshire fortune, died in painful convulsions after taking his medicine. The following year after an...

'Witty, bittersweet, surprising, and compellingly readable' Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review 'A completely original and bewitching adventure' A. D. Rhine, author of Daughters of Bronze and Horses of Fire 'A dazzling...

Elephants are as unique as people. They can be clever and curious or headstrong and impulsive, shy or sociable. Learn to know them as individuals as well as a species...

'Utterly charming ... Bordas is an invaluable new voice' George Saunders 'A disquisition into the nature of comedy and creativity. Like the best comedians ... Bordas is alert to the...

At a meatpacking facility in Missouri, Dee-Dee and her coworkers kill and butcher 40,000 chickens in a single shift. The work is repetitive and brutal, with each stab and cut...

'Master of the jaw-dropping twist' S MAGAZINE 'Dark, gritty and on trend. A brilliant read' SUN 'An edge-of-your-seat thriller that'll keep you guessing right until the end, get this to...

WHO WILL BE MADE TO PAY FOR THEIR CRIMES? 'Surpassed all my expectations' 'Fast, furious and full of emotion' 'Pulsating, riveting and addictive' 'Uncompromising, vivid, family-based drama' Readers are loving...

'A cross between H is for Hawk and Wild , this beautifully written tale follows Fowler's travels through Eastern Europe after her fiance was killed by a jellyfish' Stylist 'A...

There's the world you can see. And then there's the one you can't. Welcome to The Morningside. The Morningside was once the jewel of Island City. But now the luxury...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2016 "As compelling and entertaining as a detective novel" ( The Economist ), the incredible true story--part...

Go behind the scenes of Phyllida Barlow's extraordinary work in this essential guide to her practice, one of the two inaugural volumes in a new series from Hauser & Wirth...

The chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders trial gives his account of the case after more than four decades of silence The chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders...