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Lewen Weldon was mapping the eastern desert of Egypt when World War I broke out. A fluent Arabic speaker, he was recruited to run a network of spies and confidential...

'Here's the history that really matters' Financial TimesThe UK is, at the same time, both one of the world's most successful economies and one of Europe's laggards. The country contains...

The book titled Weather by the author Owen Weldon. Please contact us for more information about this title.

An absorbing, inventive novel of love, death and aristocracy in inter-war London. A novel of love, death and aristocracy in twenties London. Consider Vivien in November 1922. She is twenty-four,...

The book titled The Shrapnel Academy by the author Fay Weldon. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsOnionhead chronicles the tumultuous coming-of-age of a young man navigating the U.S. Coast Guard during the throes of World War...

The book titled New World and Pacific Civilisations: Culture of America, Asia and the by the author Weldon Owen. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

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Brilliant stories from the hyper-real world of Weldonia. Brilliant stories from the hyper-real world of Weldonia, where self-deception rules; where a bully can believe he's a victim; a blackmailer see...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when the comfortable veneer of suburban life is stripped away with brutal swiftness? The Heart of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: dj and fep clipped; What begins as a seemingly ordinary evening quickly spirals into a darkly comic dissection...

Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: title page missing; From one of Britain's most sharp-tongued and perceptive literary voices comes Watching Me...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when a celebrated modern novelist writes a series of letters to her reluctant niece, urging her...

Longing to abandon their duties as the ninth generation of tenders who weed Lorne Field, Jack and Lydia Durkin wait for their son to grow up and assume their responsibilities,...

'pulls no punches' The Sun 'full of eventful tales from the past' Daily Mail 'punchy, earthy ... entertaining stories that capture football in an era long before sanitised PR and...

Learn how to truly trust your gut. As well as digesting your food, your gut plays a vital role in your health and happiness. Not only does it contain over...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionIn the sun-scorched outback of New South Wales, a modest stretch of railway track became the financial lifeline of one of...

In this rallying cry for a phlegmatic and fun brand of masculinity, Sam Delaney makes the case for a happier way of living. He proves you don't have to be...

A new edition of Sue Tilley's classic biography of the man described by Boy George as 'modern art on legs', updated to include never-before-seen photographs and a new chapter reflecting...

"Nothing or no one will make me wear pink!" declares Plunkett the pig. But could there be one shade of pink that is perfect - for a boy or girl...

Sometimes your destination is not where you arrive... A gorgeously thoughtful novel by the co-author with John Green of 'Will Grayson, Will Grayson' Danny isn't used to having something in...

This is the extraordinary story of David White, a Manchester City legend whose life was torn apart by abuse he suffered at the hands of one of his coaches. David...

Lebanese Home Cooking is the definitive guide to traditional home cooking from Lebanon. With more than 500 recipes for meze, soups, fish, meat and vegetables, desserts, cakes, cookies, preserves and...

It is December AD 79. In the Roman port of Ostia braziers are lit, hot spiced wine is brewed and soft fur covers are brought out from cedarwood storage chests....

Since the Victorian era, London's Underground has had played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners. In The Subterranean Railway, Christian Wolmar celebrates the vision and...

A breathtaking fantasy world from the award-winning author of The Last Wild . In this spellbinding follow-up to Midnight Treasure , adventure with Tibor and Roza into an empire of...

A WATERSTONES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR AT THE 2026 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 'EVOCATIVE' The Guardian 'COMPELLING AND BRILLIANTLY CANDID' Daily Mail 'A...

One of Fortune 's 'Best Books of 2021' When Ralph Waldo Emerson published his seminal essay on self-reliance in 1841, the United States was still reeling from the effects of...

It's a dog's life! An adorable book of letters from Bobs the dog, by much-loved author Enid Blyton. The perfect gift for animal-lovers of all ages. "Bones and biscuits! If...

A Sunday Times Bestseller A thought-provoking work by a singular voice, this short, sharp essay invites us to critically reconsider power, ideology and the boundaries of free speech. Invisible, invasive...

Since the 1940s Americans and Britons have come to enjoy an era of rising material abundance. Yet this has been accompanied by a range of social and personal disorders, including...

By the beginning of this century it was already commonplace to speak of the U. S. as a hyperpower, to talk of its military, political, and economic clout as unprecedented...

Home is where the heart is. But home is also the most common site for murder. The grimly fascinating new book from the UK's leading criminologist David Wilson uncovers the...

Have you ever wondered what happened to the Five Children and It characters when the First World War began? Cyril is off to fight, Anthea is at art college, Robert...

Ambition-the want, the hunger, the need to achieve-is woven into America's fabric from the first colonization to capitalism. From our first gold star assignment to acceptance at the "right" college...