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Author: VoltaireBinding: HardbackPublished: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd; Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCandide is a satirical novella that chronicles the...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodOne of the most wickedly brilliant satires ever written, Candide chronicles the misadventures of its relentlessly optimistic young...

A major new translation of Voltaire's fast-paced, globe-trotting satire - an irresistible holiday read. Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose...

"All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds" It was the indifferent shrug and callous inertia that this "optimism" concealed which so angered Voltaire, who found...

A tender, thoughtful story about a woman's journey back to her home town - and the painful moment that changed her life forever. After forty-five years in Sydney, Cassandra Aberline...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most audacious and brilliantly satirical works ever written, Candide and Other Romances follows the relentlessly...

A major new translation of Voltaire's fast-paced, globe-trotting satire - an irresistible holiday read. Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose...

Some of the richest copper mines in the United Kingdom, a rare Cornish canal and a railway uniquely engineered to convey the minerals by gravity combine to make a fascinating...

'I loved this book so much' - Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie ' Few people can write the way Jendella does' - Kelechi Okafor, author of Edge of Here 'All...

Author: Bolu Babalola Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER As seen on BBC2 Between the Covers 'Beautifully written and full of joy. Bolu Babalola is a...

' Few people can write the way Jendella does' - Kelechi Okafor, author of Edge of Here 'All That We've Got is simply brilliant' - Dorothy Koomson, author of Every...

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Author: Bolu Babalola Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Perfection in short story form. So rarely is love expressed this richly, this vividly, or this artfully.'...

'Just be sincere, and as a man of honour, Say nothing that does not come from the heart.' The plays in this volume - Cinna , The Misanthrope , Andromache...

Author: VoltaireBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, London, 1948Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis narrative follows the journey of a naive young man as he experiences...

Consultant, raconteur, and musical performer AtKisson sees a parallel between Cassandra, the prophet of Greek mythology who was never believed, and today's environmentalists who see the world hurtling toward self-destruction....

An aspirational book showcasing luxury homes in a wide variety of timeless styles that will appeal to a broad range of readers. Arizona-based architect Mark Candelaria is recognised for his...

Lucretia and her mother have come to tiny Candle Island, Maine (Population: Summer, 986; Winter, 315) with a secret to keep ... and to escape-escape memories of the car accident...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the flickering tradition of mystical autobiography, Candlelight presents another chapter in the extraordinary spiritual odyssey of T....

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew artistic collaborations across time are as magnificent as Sandro Botticelli's visual interpretation of Dante Alighieri's eternal masterpiece, and Kenneth Clark's landmark study...

With a new introduction by Richard Mabey Flora Thompson's immortal trilogy, containing LARK RISE, OVER TO CANDLEFORD and CANDLEFORD GREEN, is a heartwarming portrayal of country life at the close...

Cinderella's Scandalous Secret - Melanie Milburne Isla McBain's affair with Rafe Angeleri was meant to be temporary, a chance to explore their passionate connection...but now she's carrying the famous hotelier's...

Author: Namtrul Jigme Phuntsok Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A true story of love, separation, and rediscovery in a time of cultural and spiritual upheaval in Tibet. In the...

This comprehensively illustrated volume tells the story of two people - Sandra Bardas (nee Smorgon) and David Bardas - who inherited from their parents a deep appreciation of the visual...

Discover John Kander and Fred Ebb, the most artistically and commercially successful musical theatre writing team since Rodgers and Hammerstein, in a brand new way. Identifying the theatrical approach that...

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A sailing ship leaves Scotland, headed for South Australia. For the passengers, the voyage offers a fresh start in a promising land. But on the way they meet sudden malice...

The masterfully told story of the unlikely men who came together to make the Berlin Airlift one of the great military and humanitarian successes of American history. On the sixtieth...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis authoritative volume, Canaletto: Paintings, Drawings And Etchings, presents a comprehensive study of the renowned Venetian master's artistic output. Gregory Martin chronicles...

'The queen of food historians' LUCY WORSLEY'Annie Gray leads the pack' JAY RAYNER A colourful history of one of our most loved and ever-changing public spacesThe modern-day cry is that...

...he is an expert at intellectual and moral triage, sorting patiently through the tangle of mixed motives that make for art, admiring the candor, admonishing the perversion.

Dealing with the nature of reality and dreams, of love, identity, despair and salvation, this is a truly brilliant and startlingly original novel. Dealing with the nature of reality and...

'Deep, emotional, and sensual storytelling' ABBY JIMENEZ ' Can't Get Enough balances brutal emotion , whip-smart humour , and delicious spice . Moving, romantic, and thrumming with life , this...

Lawrence Durrell was one of the best-selling, most celebrated English novelists of the late 20th century. The Alexandria Quartet is unquestionably his most admired work, at heart a sensuous and...

Author: Kerry Lord Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Follow-up to the eagerly awaited Alexandra's Garden Flowers. Here are 30 friendly vegetables waiting to be brought to life by hook...

Author: Jennifer EganBinding: HardbackPublished: Corsair, 2022, First Edition, First ImpressionCondition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThe Candy House is a bold, brilliant imagining of a world that is moments away, showcasing...

Author: Lynda La Plante Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Helena Lanark is an elderly woman, living in a luxurious care home. The heiress of an immense family fortune, she...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsJean Giltene's chilling novel, The Candid Killer, plunges readers into a gripping psychological...

Following on the widely-read The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues , which explored how museums are changing through conversations with today's generation of museum directors, New York-based author and...

Author: Jennifer Egan Format: Hardback - Signed first edition (UK)Number of Pages: It's 2010. Staggeringly successful and brilliant tech entrepreneur Bix Bouton is desperate for a new idea. He's forty,...

Hasbro Candy Land: Colors is the sweetest smelling way to introduce little ones to colors-from red to green and everything in between! Introduce your little sweetie to all the colors...