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Author: Maria LandonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Harper Element, 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageJames Hadley Chase's Daddy's Little Earner plunges readers into a dark...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the tumultuous life of opera icon Maria Callas, moving beyond her celebrated stage presence to...

Author: Lucasta Miller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 A lost nineteenth-century literary life, brilliantly rediscovered--Letitia Elizabeth Landon, hailed as the female Byron; she changed English poetry; her novels, short...

Author: T.A. Willberg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The second installment in the Marion Lane mysteries series. The envelope was tied with three delicate silk ribbons: "One of the...

Author: Edita Katona With Patrick MacnaghtenBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins & Harvill Press, London, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis gripping historical narrative chronicles the extraordinary life of...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsMarianne is a captivating historical novel set in the backdrop of the 17th century, weaving a tale of love...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsMarianne and the Privateer is a historical romance that follows the adventures of Marianne, filled with twists and turns...

Fresh out of school, young Mariah faces a new chapter of his life living in the Prince Regent hotel built into the rockface of a cliffside. His job is to...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsMarianne and the Rebels is a historical novel that intertwines romance and adventure during a tumultuous period. Translated by...

In April 1871, a constable walking a beat near Greenwich found a girl dying in the mud - her face cruelly slashed and her brains protruding from her skull. The...

This book is based on award-winning research that analyzes transcripts of intrafamilial child sexual abuse trials. Building on the contemporary focus of legal trials as hegemonic sites of storytelling from...

'Engaging, honest and funny...Stacey could write about Farrow & Ball paint drying - not to mention the breakdown of a marriage and a lifetime's dreams - and make it funny....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn an age when women were expected to remain close to home, Marianne North seized the world with both hands — travelling alone across continents...

In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines . . . In an old house in Paris that was...

Read the true story that inspired the major new film, The Iron Lady. John Campbell's magisterial biography is the political biography of Margaret Thatcher. 'An enormously useful achievement...every twist and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew royal partnerships have captured the world's imagination quite like that of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert — a union of intellect, devotion, and...

Language is a wild animal: rough, ambiguous, inconsistent in countless ways. But that just makes it all the more tempting to tame it. Many have tried, from sticklers for supposedly...

With warmth, a popular radio and podcast host shares her love of language, weaving together linguistic history, regional phrases, the hidden poetry in etymologies, new words, and stories from her...

'Animal lovers will delight' Ann Granger ' A real treat . . . I loved it. Cats, dogs, murder and a credible and relatable heroine' Barbara Nadel 'This debut promises...

'A truly funny and wonderfully heartfelt comedy of errors with a plucky, lovable heroine . . . Danica Nava is a fresh, exciting new voice in the world of romantic...

In August 1780 Sir Theodosius Boughton, a dissolute Old Etonian twenty-year-old and heir to a Warwickshire fortune, died in painful convulsions after taking his medicine. The following year after an...

'This is one of the most touching, gripping and inspiring books that I have ever read. Hislop seamlessly weaves an accurate history of a Greek island with a forbidden love...

Harness the power of the elements with the Moonlight Riders! An exciting series for young readers from bestselling author Linda Chapman, author of MY SECRET UNICORN and UNICORN ACADEMY. Could...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodCondition remarks: Damaged and worn slipcase, repaired with tapes. Few cartographic achievements rival the magnificence of Joan Blaeu's monumental Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Sive Atlas...

A giddyingly magical fable of the power of unshackled desire, set in a North Sea fishing community. Maren abstains from salt, meat and sex on Saturdays. On the other days...

'One of our finest writers.' Neil Gaiman 'One of the most shamefully under-read great British authors of the past100 years.' Sarah Waters 'Diminutive masterpieces ... Hand yourself over to be...

Along the border of gentrifying Los Angeles, a teenage girl is found dead at a construction site. Homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton's partner assumes it's a suicide. Lou isn't buying...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA life of faith, sacrifice, and extraordinary purpose unfolds in Nun the Less, the candid and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerChristopher Marlowe — playwright, poet, spy, and Shakespeare's greatest contemporary — stands as one of the most electrifying figures of...

Penina has grown up believing the Orthodox Jewish teaching that there is one soulmate out there for everyone. But now she's twenty-nine and single, she's staring to wonder if she's...

A practical guide on using the ancient healing system of reflexology to relieve existing health conditions and detect future ailments. Sonia Jones introduces the history and basics of this form...

She was every student's fantasy and he was the teacher's pet. She was older, beautiful and experienced. It was the brush of her hand passing back homework. That special glance....

"Enchanting, breathtaking and beautiful... If you need me, I'll be in Storyland" - Ben Miller DREAM OF THE HEROES AND MONSTERS RIGHT ON YOUR DOORSTEP. THIS IS WHERE WE BEGAN....

A vital and searching exploration of sadness and depression in the age of anti-depressants and quick-fix solutions What happens when we lose someone we love? A death, a separation or...

A beautifully plotted spooky mystery, packed with surprises' Reader review ***** 'An author who never disappoints ' Reader review ***** Detective Inspector Joe Plantagenet returns in the gripping crime series...

PRE-ORDER THE MUST-HAVE GUIDE FROM TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM SENSATION, ANDREA CHEONG! Have you ever opened your wardrobe, filled with clothes, and felt you had nothing to wear? Have you ever...

What happens if the psychiatric hospital in which you have lived for ten years is bombed and all the staff run away? What is it like to be a twelve-year-old...

In Uttar Pradesh-known as the "badlands" of India-a woman's life is not entirely her own. This is one explanation for how Sheelu, a seventeen-year-old girl, ended up in jail after...

'The perfect antidote to our modern mental health epidemic' PROFESSOR TIM SPECTOR 'Wallace has a deep understanding of what matters most to us - and her book shows us how...

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...

WINNER OF THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARD, WORK & LIFE 2025 'A manifesto for working women' THE SUNDAY TIMES STYLE 'A new practical guide and empowering manifesto for those ready to...