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The tragic story of ancient Greece's last democratic leader and his doomed fight to save Athens from Macedonian domination In the spring of 340 BCE, news arrived that Philip of...

Plato is one of history's most influential thinkers, the "sublime philosopher" whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant dialogues in which he depicted his...

Author: James OrromFormat: Paperback, 210mm x 255mm, 1140g, 256 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023A comprehensive design resource that reveals how the iconic chairs of the 20th and...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024! 'Percival Everett is a giant of American letters, and James is a canon-shatteringly great book' - Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust From...

From the editor of the widely praised Landmark series comes The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander, the account from classical Greece of the conquests of the greatest military leader...

1513, King James IV lies dead on Flodden's field, his young heir entrusted to two loyal lairds. There are many who seek to supplant or control the boy-king, and as...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew names in American folklore carry as much mythic weight as Jesse James — outlaw, folk hero, and...

A BBC History magazine, Esquire, Historia magazine and Waterstones History Book of the Year 'James comes alive in full flamboyance ... Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry...

In a work of detection based on a lifetime of research, a co-author of "The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered" identifies the "missing link" between Judaism and early Christianity as James...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Appears unread. Few texts illuminate the medieval world of pilgrimage and sacred wonder as vividly as...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding condition: slightly shaky, no loose pages. Few figures in the world...

'A formidable freestyle book that isn't straight biography but a mix of history, street-level investigative reporting, hagiography, Deep South sociology, music criticism, memoir and some fiery preaching' ROLLING STONE The...

"The Song of Solomon" (also known as the "Song of Songs") features beautiful verses of love that offer an allegory of the relationship between God and the Children of Israel...

Author: Mona AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: A H & A W Reed, Wellington, New Zealand, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.In this poignant...

Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. DJ - chipped and worn....

Author: Roger S. Durham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 High Seas and Yankee Gunboats tells of the harrowing adventures of two men from Savannah, Georgia, who sought to breach...

'Searing, timely' - MEGAN ABBOTT 'A wild sharp and suspenseful ride' - ATTICA LOCKE 'An absolute tour de force' - S.A. COSBY 'Terrifying and exhilarating' - JAMES PATTERSON 'A juggernaut...

Author: Andrew LemonBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded spine of DJ.The Young Man From Home: James Balfour 1830-1913 chronicles the remarkable...

Author: Donald TrelfordBinding: HardbackPublished: The Observer / Victor Gollancz, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling non-fiction collection, Sunday Best: Selections From The Observer, With An Introduction...

NOW AN AMAZON PRIME TV SERIES STARRING CHRIS PRATT With the walls closing in, Navy SEAL sniper James Reece is on a race to dismantle a conspiracy that has forced...

Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears - general wear. Page Condition: Yellowed, price clipped FEP. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Intact. A landmark biographical study, The Furious Passage...

In this first modern history of St James's Palace, the authors shed new light on a remarkable building that, despite serving as the official residence of the British monarchy from...

Author: Storm JamesonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Virago, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some creasing on spines and corners. Storm Jameson presents a commanding literary autobiography in Journey From The North,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A (paperback). Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible. A landmark work of twentieth-century autobiography, Journey from the...

Author: Phil Rickman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 The fifteenth instalment in the Merrily Watkins series. 'Merrily Watkins is the most singular of crime fiction protagonists... As ever [Rickman]'s...

Author: Jean James Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 42 Eisner and Harvey award-winner James Jean showcases his emblematic body of work on cover images from Batgirl, Green Arrow, Batman and...

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Author: Elena Armas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Elena Armas is the undisputed queen of slow burn, steam, deliciously swoony rom-coms.' Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterfully curated anthology, The Heart of Boswell: Highlights from the Journals of James Boswell presents the most vivid and...

Author: Justin Kaplan (Selected And Edited By)Binding: HardbackPublished: W. H. Allen, 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanning and...

In the spring of 2006 when the artist Stephan Kaluza and his team started to photograph both banks of the 215-mile-long River Thames from its source in the Cotswold Hills...

Edition: 1st ed., Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards: worn with some stains; light bumping on...

'A cracking crime thriller' The SunTHERE'S BLOOD ON THE WATER. NO ONE IS SAFE...1999. A young Detective Constable Louise Mangan crosses the Thames one misty morning in pursuit of a...

Author: R E Pritchard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Captain John Smith is best remembered for his association with Pocahontas, but this was only a small part of an...

"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...

'A cracking crime thriller' The Sun THERE'S BLOOD ON THE WATER. NO ONE IS SAFE... 1999. A young Detective Constable Louise Mangan crosses the Thames one misty morning in pursuit...

'A big hit of dopamine' EMILY GIFFIN *The instant New York Times bestseller!* **** She's rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma has big dreams, though...

In 1621, fifty-seven women undertook a three-month journey to Jamestown after responding to an advert placed by the Virginia Company of London calling for maids 'young and uncorrupt' to make...

Feuding families, star-crossed lovers... let the fireworks begin! Debonair and dynamic, millionaire Judd Harrington is back at Brockett Hall. With his socialite wife and family in tow, he s returned...

The remarkable debut novel from critically acclaimed writer Huma Qureshi: an engrossing story of art and sisterhood, family, marriage and betrayal 'Poignant and impressionistic . . . highly readable and...

Author: Ian NorrieBinding: HardbackPublished: High Hill Press, Hampstead, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, Writers And Hampstead: Observations On The Place And The People, 101 Commentators...