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Author: Lemn Sissay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Breaking the silence Lemn Sissay is back with a sensational new book. Listener overflows with love poems, inner-city soap operas, reflections...

Author: Lemn Sissay Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 How does a government steal a child and then imprison him? How does it keep it a secret? This...

Lemn Sissay brings together a stunning new collection, Morning Breaks in the Elevator . In Sissay's work, we witness declamation being honed and brought to fine art, establishing his reputation...

Winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Poetry First published in 1998, The Fire People celebrated the rising stars of the time, many of whom have since...

In this blistering anthology, poet, editor and DJ Kayo Chingonyi brings together a selection of exceptional Black British poets. This is his dream mixtape featuring a cross-generational span of current...

'Lucid, clear, visionary' - Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps The Score 'An important book' Bruce Perry, author of What Happened to You? 'Buy this book' -...

Author: Polly Curtis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing 'Brilliant . . . I love this book' LEMN SISSAY 'A must-read book'...

Author: Shobna Gulati Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Afterword by Alzheimer's Research UK. 'Shobna Gulati is the Northern heroine of a nation' - Lemn Sissay 'Lucid and probing' -...

A seasonal touchstone packed full of quotes, book lists, recipes, poems and observations on the natural world to keep close at hand and to accompany you through the year. Commonplace...

'Like Pam Ayres on acid' LEMN SISSAY 'Energising, fearless and joyful' SARA PASCOE 'Hollie has such a wonderful voice. Warm, relatable, smart and funny' SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR 'Funny, so smart and...

Author: Jacob Dunne Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'Engaging... Dunne argues cogently, coherently and from experience that to have choices in life you also have to have chances.' The...

Author: Debora Harding Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 'Extraordinary' - Kate Mosse 'Electric' - Lemn Sissay 'Searing' - Julia Samuel One Omaha winter day in 1978, when...

This joy-filled collection of contributions from 52 cultural luminaries from around the world. Discover the joy of chess with Grandmaster Maurice Ashley, then learn the moves of the game. Find...

Celebrate animals with this daily anthology of poetry with one entry for every day of the year. From well-known classics to modern fresh takes, An Animal Poem for Every Day...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Minor markings to back of cover, tanned edges.What happens when one of the twentieth century's greatest literary minds turns his...

Author: Elizabeth Day Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 From the Sunday Times bestselling author of How to Fail 'Elizabeth Day has revolutionised the way we see failure' Stylist 'A...

"One of the big memoirs of the summer" i news"A potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter, Wheatle's compassion shines through the pain" Observer"Alex is a truly...

"One of the big memoirs of the summer" i news"A potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter, Wheatle's compassion shines through the pain" Observer"Alex is a truly...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodAt the heart of Jewish daily worship stands a prayerbook of extraordinary depth and precision — the Siddur...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most formidable intellects of the twentieth century, Erwin Panofsky permanently transformed...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingSet against the turbulent backdrop of Saxon England, Gytha's Message chronicles the journey of a young messenger caught in the crosscurrents of loyalty, faith,...

For many years an atheist, C. S. Lewis vividly describes the spiritual quest that convinced him of the truth and reality of Christianity, in his famous autobiography. "In the Trinity...

Author: Keiran Goddard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 'A universal love story' Guardian 'Beautiful and very funny' Brett Anderson 'This book glows in the heart of the reader' Max...

ARE YOU GOING TO COPE, QUIT, OR COME ALIVE IN A BRAND-NEW WAY The whirlwind of chaos and confusion barreling toward you has likely caught you completely off guard. Maybe...

Harbet had a hat. His Nana had knitted it for him when he was little. Harbet likes his comfy knitted hat, but the others keep jeering at him - OLD...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it truly mean to love another person — and can philosophy answer what the heart...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingOne of the most charming epistolary novels of the early twentieth century, Daddy-Long-Legs chronicles the remarkable journey of Jerusha Judy Abbott, a witty and...

The ultimate guide to survival, this edition now includes the most essential urban survival tips for today, supplementing the fully updated original, bestselling handbook. The original and best survival guide...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the sun-scorched plains of colonial Australia to the fog-shrouded racetracks of England, the verse...

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass , launches a new trilogy of magic and mayhem with this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artefacts and ancient...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat does it mean to be a self — to possess a mind, a soul, an identity — when the very organ that generates...

Edition: 1st us ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionIn the misty hollows of rural Virginia in 1897, a shadowy figure with matrimonial ambitions beyond all social...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the sun-dappled mountains of the Blue Mountains of New South Wales at the turn of the twentieth century, a poor and plain spinster...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the rain-lashed wilds of the west of Ireland, Detective Sergeant Cormac Reilly finds himself drawn...

As the greatest of popular singers enters hi s ninth decade, this book celebrates his contribution to the arts. Illustrated with more than 100 photographs and introd uced by U2''s...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodAt the intersection of clarity and rigour stands Deductive Forms: An Elementary Logic, a foundational text that instructs students...

Edition: new ed., resetCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerSet against the rugged Queensland coastline in the early twentieth century, The Passage is a...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; creased cover and spine; stamp on title page, otherwise internally sound.One of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew texts in the history of Western civilization...

The catalyst for writing a book about estate planning was a bulletin from Finder claiming that 12 million Australians did not have a will and 60% have never given a...

Digging for the truth can be fatal... 20 years ago, Britain was rocked by the strange disappearance of Claude Gilbert, after the beaten corpse of his wife was discovered hidden...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedFew figures in British television and crime fiction have wielded a pen as sharp or a vision as unflinching as Lynda La Plante, and...