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Author: Peter TonkinBinding: HardbackPublished: HODDER AND STOUGHTON, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Journal Of Edwin Underhill chronicles a compelling narrative, unfolding through the intimate entries of its...

"This is a brilliant and extremely useful guide, approachable on every level. Boyd Tonkin opens up infinite worlds of the imagination." - Ian McEwan Following the great success of Robert...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Pete Townshend Format: Hardback...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew figures in mid-twentieth-century Britain captured the public imagination quite like Group Captain Peter Townsend — war hero, RAF ace,...

An innovative and intriguing look at the foundations of Western civilization from two leading historians; the first volume in the Penguin History of Europe The influence of ancient Greece and...

A riveting, panoramic look at "homegrown" Islamist terrorism from 9/11 to the present Since 9/11, more than three hundred Americans--born and raised in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and elsewhere--have been...

Author: Duff Hart-DavisBinding: HardbackPublished: London: Jonathan Cape, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Maroon boards in good condition. Faded Dj with some shelf wear. Light...

An in-depth look at the ambitious career and sudden disgrace of the former New York governor With a combination of talent, hard work, connections, and family wealth, Eliot Spitzer built...

Author: Duff Hart-DavisBinding: HardbackPublished: London: Jonathan Cape, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis biography delves into the life of Peter Fleming, a multifaceted individual known for his...

Author: Beatrix Potter Format: Kit Number of Pages: 24 0

The book titled Tomb of the Golden Bird by the author Elizabeth Peters. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

"Delightful....[An] engrossing plot and writing of the highest caliber."-- Washington Times A globe-trotting archeologist with more grit, wit, and fortitude than Indian Jones himself, the intrepid Amelia Peabody confronts danger...

One morning in 1994, two men in a stolen car skid to a halt in front of Norway s National Gallery. Minutes later, they roar off with Edvard Munch's iconic,...

Secondhand Ed McBain 87th Precinct Bargain Book Box SP4090 Fifteen Ed McBain, fourteen of them 87th Precinct, most in the gold-banded Pan editions: Fuzz, Axe, Bread, Ghosts, Tricks, Vespers, Widows,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: dj repaired with tapeStep into the breathtaking world of Tolkien's most beloved landscapes through the eyes of one of its...

The definitive story of the greatest art theft in history.In a secret meeting in 1981, a low-level Boston thief gave career gangster Ralph Rossetti the tip of a lifetime: the...

Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the story of Charles Howard 'Dick' Ellis. The longest-serving spy for the British Secret...

Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the story of Charles Howard 'Dick' Ellis. The longest-serving spy for the British Secret...

For the first time, the whole uncensored story of one of the financial world's most flamboyant characters. In some ways, Rene Rivkin's story was the classic tale of an immigrant...

The bestselling "Penguin Companion to European Union" explains the ideas, institutions, personalities and policies that have shaped politics at European level since the Second World War. Its interlocking A to...

'Lets us see how power really worked, in public and private ... Stothard tells this story superbly' Dominic Sandbrook, SUNDAY TIMES 14 CE: The first Roman emperor is dead. A...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor every horse owner, trainer, or equine enthusiast who has ever needed a reliable, authoritative reference at their fingertips, The Horse's Health From...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTwo of the most beloved figures in American literature come alive in this essential volume, uniting...

A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug 'Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest ' SARAH MILLICAN 'Hollie McNish's words always sweep...

THE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE COMPANION is a unique guide to Sookie Stackhouse and her dark fantasy southern-Gothic world, as well as an in-depth look at the award-winning HBO series TRUE BLOOD....

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the pen of the undisputed Queen of Crime comes Postern of Fate, a gripping mystery that draws its elderly protagonists — the irrepressible...

In 1922, the British archaeologist Howard Carter opened King Tutankhamuns tomb, illuminating the glories of an ancient civilization. And while the world celebrated the extraordinary revelation that gave Carter international...

'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...

In 2007 Luke Harding arrived in Moscow to take up a new job as a correspondent for the British newspaper the Guardian. Within months, mysterious agents from Russia's Federal Security...

THE DEBUT ADULT NOVEL FROM THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE KISSING BOOTH , A MAJOR NETFLIX HIT Five couples. One week. A love story like no other . ....

*This special edition hardback contains a bonus short story* 'Murdered people don't kill themselves . . .' A quiet night on a country road. The stillness shattered by a car...

The inside story of how the credit crunch unfolded by the first journalist to predict it. Falling house prices. Rising energy and food prices. Job losses. Paralysis over whether interest...

' Brillian t, wise, humane, scientific, and kind. Beliefism is exactly what the doctor ordered - and it could change the world' Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard...

Robert A. M. Stern is dedicated to the synthesis of tradition and innovation. In more than thirty-five years of practice, he has produced a wide range of building types with...

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...

Tony has settled into his new school, but things never stay the same for long - Tony's mum announces that he is going to have a new little brother or...

In the not too distant future the European Union enacts its most far reaching human rights legislation ever. The incompetent have been persecuted for too long. After all, it's not...

Angela Throgmorton decides it is high time that Old Tom helped around the house. But Old Tom has other ideas.... Who is that mysterious figure disappearing into the night? Join...

We cannot live without water. But with 7.5 billion people competing for this single unevenly-distributed resource, the planet is drying up. In When the Rivers Run Dry , Fred Pearce...

By a detailed investigation of dreams Freud discovered a way of exploring the unconscious, recognized that dreams, like neurotic symptoms, are products of a conflict and compromise between conscious and...