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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the heart of the radical Enlightenment stood William Godwin — philosopher, novelist, and anarchist thinker whose audacious ideas electrified late eighteenth-century Britain and whose...

Author: Joseph O'NeillFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 216mm, 280g, 304 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024'A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted' MARCUS DU SAUTOY'Enthralling ... not to be missed' GUARDIAN'A meticulously constructed...

'A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted ' MARCUS DU SAUTOY 'Enthralling ... not to be missed' GUARDIAN 'A meticulously constructed marvel ' WASHINGTON POST 'I wish there were more books like...

'A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted ' MARCUS DU SAUTOY 'Enthralling ... not to be missed' GUARDIAN 'A meticulously constructed marvel ' WASHINGTON POST 'I wish there were more books like...

Author: Joseph O'NeillFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 216mm, 280g, 304 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024'A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted' MARCUS DU SAUTOY'Enthralling ... not to be missed' GUARDIAN'A meticulously constructed...

In these two closely linked works - a travel book and a biography of its author - we witness a moving encounter between two of the most daring and original...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the shadowy corridors of late eighteenth-century England, a young man's insatiable curiosity destroys his world — this is the gripping premise of William...

In this classic work, the author of 'Footsteps' collects the biographical stories that have captured his fancy in the course of researching his books on the romantic poets, creating a...

Mary Shelley's landmark novel that invented the human extinction genre and initiated climate fiction, imagining a world where newly-forged communities and reverence for nature rises from the ashes of a...

'Masterful' DAVE EGGERS 'Unforgettable' MAGGIE SMITH 'Profound' CLAIRE MESSUD 'Will leave you breathless' AMINATTA FORMA When she turned ninety, my mother sprang a final surprise on us. She started speaking...

Peter's mother is dying. Born in England and having spent most of her adult life as a doctor in Zimbabwe, she now lies on a hospital bed in the partitioned...

Peter's mother is dying. Born in England and having spent most of her adult life as a doctor in Zimbabwe, she now lies on a hospital bed in the partitioned...

A terrifying vision of scientific progress without moral limits, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein leads the reader on an unsettling journey from the sublime beauty of the Swiss alps to the desolate...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA stunning fusion of literary essay and photographic art, Islands presents John Fowles's meditative and deeply personal reflections on the...

For the bicentennial of its first publication, Mary Shelley's original 1818 text, introduced by National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon. Mary Shelley's classic novel, presented in its original 1818...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 'Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face,...

Gulliver sees life from many different perspectives during the course of his exciting voyages around the world. In Lilliput he is a giant among a race of little people only...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the superhero dominated the funny pages, Frank Godwin's Connie arrived in 1929 as a groundbreaking daily...

Jane Clifford is in her early thirties, smart, attractive, and seemingly kitted out for life with a Ph.D., a job as a popular teacher at a midwestern college, and an...

Condition remarks:Book: Acceptable , ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: FEP missing Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsA landmark work in Quaternary science and paleoecology, The Archives of the Peat Bogs presents Sir...

From the author of Frankenstein comes this apocalyptic tale of a world devastated by plague. Mary Shelley's 1826 roman a clef takes place in the late 21st century, as England's...

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A key work of proto-feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft's readable and impassioned argument is as relevant today as it was 200 years ago. A key work of proto-feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft's readable and...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew stretches of sea have claimed as many ships — and as many lives — as the treacherous Goodwin Sands, a ten-mile...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical narrative, Godiva, chronicles the legendary life of the Anglo-Saxon noblewoman whose...

Author: William GauntBinding: HardbackPublished: W. H. Allen, 1935Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: general wear to cover; significant tanning to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerPublished in 1792, Anna St. Ives stands as one of the most radical novels of the English Jacobin literary movement,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. In an era of unprecedented upheaval, William...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis monumental biography, The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill 1874 Visions Of Glory 1932, chronicles the formative years...