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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodOn October 14, 1947, a young West Virginia farm boy strapped himself into an experimental rocket plane and shattered the sound barrier, forever changing the...

Secondhand Skulduggery Pleasant Chapter Book (Age 10-14) Bargain Book Box SP4266 Fifteen Derek Landy paperbacks: Skulduggery Pleasant books 1 to 11 in an unbroken run, three later volumes, and the...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; creased cover; internally sound; clean and bright copy; For collectors and military historians alike, A...

Every cyclist wants to get faster. Whether they're a weekend warrior, a crit specialist, or a charity cruiser, speed is the X factor that lets a rider ride strong, feel...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTwo of the most beloved figures in American literature come alive in this essential volume, uniting...

p>Political murder through the ages./p>p>From the author of Death Row, this book details facts and circumstances on Assassinations. It details the power of politics that lie behind both the famous...

'Engaging, honest and funny...Stacey could write about Farrow & Ball paint drying - not to mention the breakdown of a marriage and a lifetime's dreams - and make it funny....

Confluence - a long, narrow, artificial world, half fertile river valley, half crater-strewn desert. A world beyond the end of human history, served by countless machines, inhabited by ten thousand...

Richard Lowry explores the real importance of the Clinton years--the Clinton administration appeasing and ignoring the ever-growing threats to American security from hostile regimes and parties, rogue states, and global...

Sloane Tanen's irresistible chickens are back. Join these fluffy, yellow, surprisingly human chick - who made their first appearance in Tanen's hit, Bitter with Baggage Seeks Same - as they...

In Fakes, Forgers and Phoneys, Magnus Magnusson masterfully explores the shadowy world of deception and counterfeiting. Among the 16 case studies in this intriguing anthology, the author reveals- * how...

'There was none like her before and there's been none like her since - she was unique.' Dawn French Victoria Wood was one of the true comedy greats of her...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR... 'The novel virtually defines a new genre: literary creepy ' JEFFERY DEAVER 'Paver is the mistress of suspense' GUARDIAN 'An atmospheric ghost story' INDEPENDENT...

Malcolm McLaren, Interviewed at The Eagle Gallery, London 1996 , prints for the first time a 1996 interview with the artist and pop impresario Malcolm McLaren. He reflects on punk...

"An eerie silence quickly enveloped the Cohen family wagon. That last turn had been a grave mistake. They were no longer en route to California but heading south, deep into...

Almost twenty five years after the infamous art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum-still the largest unsolved art theft in history-one of the stolen Degas paintings is delivered to...

'This is the best book I've read this year, hands down ' Conn Iggulden As Hun hordes and Germanic tribes maraud through Imperial lands, two legendary men - Attila the...

Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found is one of the most urgent and controversial issues in the art world today, and it has pitted...

The first book in a fantastically funny new history series from best-selling author and chart-topping podcaster Greg Jenner! Think history is just a boring list of facts and dates? Think...

Prime Minister of the UK from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955, Winston Churchill will always be remembered for his leadership during the Second World War. His...

'Tony is the real deal.' Andy McNab Sierra Leone, 2000. While on patrol as part of a peacekeeping mission, eleven British soldiers are kidnapped. The captors are a dangerous rebel...

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...

Language is a wild animal: rough, ambiguous, inconsistent in countless ways. But that just makes it all the more tempting to tame it. Many have tried, from sticklers for supposedly...

An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century, T he History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks details the events, personalities,...

The fifth title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series! James and his fellow cherubs infiltrate an Australian cult, in the most exciting CHERUB story yet. CHERUB exists for the...

With warmth, a popular radio and podcast host shares her love of language, weaving together linguistic history, regional phrases, the hidden poetry in etymologies, new words, and stories from her...

One of our leading historians describes how Georgian London was shaped by the sex industry Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a...

'Captivating' Heather Morris 'Beautiful' Andrew Miller 'Hugely poignant ' Independent 'Moving' Sunday Times Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize * Winner of the Bath Novel Award * Winner of the...

No statesman shaped the twentieth century more than Winston Churchill. To know the full Churchill is to understand the combination of boldness and caution, of assertiveness and humility, that defines...

'A gothic masterpiece and a devastating exploration of humanity's capacity for evil' Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters ' The Black Hunger is a phenomenal book full of rich...