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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...

The revolutionary account of working-class culture and ideals, reissued as a Penguin Modern Classic to mark the 50th anniversary of its publication This brilliant account of working-class society in its...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFew voices in the Victorian literary canon burn with such desperate, luminous intensity as that of Francis Thompson — a poet who transformed personal...

Author: Viola MeynellBinding: HardbackPublished: London: Hollis & Carter, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis poignant memoir, penned by a close family member, chronicles the intertwined lives...

Author: Francis ThompsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press,, 1948Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection, The Poems Of Francis Thompson, presents the profound and often mystical verse of a significant late...

Author: Ken ThompsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Profile Books, 2023Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis book explores the extraordinary splendour of Britain's most common wild plants, highlighting their key characteristics and how they...

Gentle, modest and handsome, a fine poet, proficient in nine languages, eccentric Englishman Frank Thompson made an unlikely soldier. The elder of two sons of a formidable family of writers...

Author: Ken Thompson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 It's often imagined that rarity is special. We seek out uncommon plants or birds to tick them off our lists, but...

Author: J. M. Thompson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life. "Voluntary...

It's often imagined that rarity is special. We seek out uncommon plants or birds to tick them off our lists, but most of us overlook the extraordinary splendour of the...

`One of the best books of the year' said the Guardian when Switchers was published and it received outstanding critical acclaim, followed by great sales. Kate Thompson went on to...

Author: J. M. Thompson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life. "Voluntary or involuntary"...

The book titled Into the Sun by the author Claude Thompson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'A Victorian drama of three intertwined lives set against a backcloth of the greatest empire the world has ever seen. By degrees heroic, poignant, whimsical and tragic, Brian Thompson's wonderful...

A Rolling Stone Best Music Book of 2021 "Thompson is a master showman . . . [ Beeswing is] everything you'd hope a Richard Thompson autobiography would be . ....

A sweeping, dramatic history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest critics At a time when we are faced with fundamental questions about the sustainability and morality...

This is a study of English nunneries in the years between 1100 and 1250, the heyday of monastic foundation. Based on a detailed analysis of the primary sources, it traces...

Secondhand Biography & Memoir Bargain Book Box SP4098 Twenty-two books of biography, autobiography and memoir — from Paul Hogan and Yehudi Menuhin to Vinnie Jones, Chris Patten and Hunter S....

'My name is Ronnie Thompson. Being a prison officer was something I used to be proud of. I soon realised the truth of what it s like working as a...