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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER UNLEARN 'Refreshing' Gary John Bishop, author of Unfu*k Yourself 'The straight-talking best friend everyone needs' Lilly Singh, author of How to Be a...

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'his voice attains a kind of living flexibility that seems both spontaneous and controlled' Daily Telegraph The centenary of Patrick Kavanagh's birth in 2004 provides the ideal opportunity to reappraise...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the towering intellect of eighteenth-century English literature comes The Complete English Poems, a definitive collection...

Author: B.H. HumbleBinding: HardbackPublished: Eneas Mackay Stirling., 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanning and foxing to page edges, some tears...

A wildly hilarious and irreverent novel about a rich octogenarian and the young ballerino he covets- Edmund White at his funniest and most unrestrained. Aldwych West, an eighty-year-old modern-day aristocrat...

Author: Kate HumbleBinding: HardbackPublished: Gaia, 2022, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedFuss-free dishes full of nature's freshest flavours.

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller Selected poems from bestselling author and Instagram poet, Jessica Urlichs. 'These words awaken the magic of life by celebrating the ordinary.' - Giovanna Fletcher Motherhood...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, clean with minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. A richly detailed literary biography, A Right to...

A wonderful edition of Herbert's poetry, edited by his acclaimed biographer John Drury, and including elegant new translations of his Latin verse by Victoria Moul George Herbert wrote, but never...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the shadow of Soviet-era Moscow, where the forgotten dead are tended by the overlooked living, The Humble Cemetery presents a stark and unflinching...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few poets have burned as brightly — or as...

Author: William ColeBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe Fireside Book Of Humorous Poetry presents a delightful...

All great cities inspire great literature but no other city has so consistently stimulated the literary imagination as London. Over the centuries writer, poets, historians, artists, and simple observers have...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when civilisation's most cherished myths are stripped away and a man is left alone with the...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Laughter is the great equaliser, and The Fireside Book...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis comprehensive poetry collection gathers the full breadth of Robert Louis Stevenson's verse across six distinct works —...

Author: Dorothy L. SayersBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Torn dj.This collection presents posthumous essays by Dorothy L. Sayers. The essays delve into...

Author: National Gallery of Australia Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 264 Cressida Campbell celebrates the career of an exceptional Australian colourist who has worked between painting and printmaking for over...

Author: Ken GowerBinding: SoftbackPublished: McPherson's Printing, 2020Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis book contains poetic verses from the author. The verses reflect on themes of aging, identity,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew directors have left as indelible a mark on the cinematic landscape as John Ford — the gruff, visionary genius who gave the world...

"My book does not pretend to scholarship, only to a desire to help the average reader who sees all his works available in paperback and is scared more of their...

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'One hardly knows where to begin in praising Zweig's work' - Ali Smith 'The Updike of his day... Zweig is a lucid writer, and Bell renders his prose flawlessly' -...

How can a man who achieved so much be so little remembered? Explorer, pioneer aviator, war photographer, naturalist, meteorologist, author, student of the paranormal, and secret agent; loyal lieutenant to...