Fiction

Donald Sturrock / Love from Boy (Hardback)

'Dear Mama, I am having a lovely time here. We play football every day here. The beds have no springs...'So begins the first letter that nine-year-old Roals Dahl penned to his mother, Sofie Magdalene, under the watchful eye of his boarding -school...

Bo Burnham / Egghead (Hardback)

Bo Burnham was a teenager living in his parents' attic in Massachusetts when he started posting funny songs to YouTube that immediately turned heads with their wise satire that belied his very young age. He quickly struck a chord. Over 16 million...

Jacques Pépin / The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen (Hardback)

In this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called "the best chef in America" tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Awardwinning superstar who taught millions of Americans how to...

John Lewis-Stempel / Fatherhood : An Anthology (Hardback)

A celebration of the joys of fatherhood and an exploration of the responsibilites and vunerabilites that go with it. The book explores the relationship between father abd child, from 2000BC to AD 2000 using sources from fiction to personal letters...

David Baldacci / Stone Cold (Hardback)

The Camel Club #3   The #1 bestselling author of "The Camel Club" and "The Collectors" returns with "Stone Cold," number 3 in the series. It's an unforgettable novel of revenge, conspiracy, and murder that brings the band of unlikely heroes...

Nell Leyshon / Devotion (Hardback)

YOU THINK YOU HAVE EVERYTHING. A HAPPY MARRIAGE. CHILDREN YOU LOVE. A JOB YOU ENJOY. A HOUSE YOU'VE MADE INTO A HOME. THEN, ALMOST IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, YOU LOSE IT. ALL.When Rachel decides things aren't working and asks Andrew to move out, she thinks...

Joshua Eliot / Thailand Handbook (Hardback)

Get off the usual routes with the help of this travel handbook. Joshua Eliot, a regular visitor to Thailand, also includes useful words and phrases. 140 maps.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Mark Whitaker / Running for Their Lives (Hardback)

In 1928 two extraordinary Englishmen competed in an unprecedented event - a transcontinental road race across America that required them to run an average of 40 miles for 80 consecutive days.Despite being separated by class, education and age, Peter...

Darold A. Treffert / Extraordinary People (Hardback)

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Posy Lovell / The Kew Gardens Girls (Hardback)

It's 1916 and England is at war. Desperate to help in whatever way they can, Ivy and Louisa enlist as gardeners at Kew, taking on the jobs of the men who have gone to fight. Under their care, the Gardens begin to flourish - but Ivy and Louisa aren't...

John Bird / Some Luck (Hardback)

John Bird has changed the lives of countless people, but first of all he had to change his own. Here he turns his attention to his own past and traces his life from the slums of Notting Hill, through crime, vagrancy and homelessness, to redemption...

Jeff Noon / Vurt (Hardback)

A brilliantly innovative and highly entertaining novel from a literary pioneer.Take a trip in a stranger’s head. Travel rain-shot streets with a gang of hip malcontents, hooked on the most powerful drug you can imagine. Yet Vurt feathers are not...

William Horwood / Harvest (Hardback)

Hyddenworld #3   ONLY SACRIFICE CAN SET THEM FREEIt is August, time of the first harvest, traditional time of plenty. But at the farthest reaches of the Hyddenworld, in sea-bound Englalond, disaster looms. A blight in the land is growing,...

Emily Herbert / Gok Wan: The Biography (Hardback)

Leading British fashion consultant, author, and television host Gok Wan, born in Leicester in 1974 to an English mother and a Chinese father, went from an overweight teenager to a slimmed down leader in the world of fashion—he...

Jane Yang / The Lotus Shoes (Hardback)

THE CAPTIVATING, HEART-RENDING STORY OF TWO WOMEN IN 1800S CHINALove and loss. Sisterhood and betrayal. Little Flower and Linjing's fates are bound together.As a child, Little Flower is sold to Linjing's wealthy family to become a muizai. In a fit...

Andrew Davies / Gnomes of the Silver Screen (Hardback)

Have you ever been terrified by a scary horror film Laughed yourself silly at an amusing romantic comedy Now imagine those familiar scenes starring everyone's favourite garden sprite - gnomes! Packed with famous cinematic scenes recreated by garden...

Maria Shriver / Ten Things I Wish I'd Known--Before I Went Out Into the Real World (Hardback)

“I wrote this book so that you might be spared. Not from having to learn the lessons I had to learn. No one can spare you that, because learning is experiential, and you have to do it yourself. As a wise person once told me: If I could spare you...

Oliver Herford / Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten (Hardback)

A humorous illustrated parody of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat follows a mischievous Persian kitten on a series of escapades.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Julia Barnes / George Curtis: Training Greyhounds (Hardback)

George Training Greyhounds is the most significant book published for greyhound racing enthusiasts for several decades. It provides a fascinating insight into the unparalleled success of a man who rose from the slums of pre-war Portsmouth to the...

Donald E. Westlake / Watch Your Back! (Hardback)

After a year on the lam, the return of bumbling thief Dortmunder is a cause celebre. The author's most recent Dortmunder caper. "The Road to Ruin," and the short story collection, "Thieves' Dozen," received rave reviews in the "New York Times Book...

Reader's Digest Association / Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things (Hardback)

Discover the amazing hidden uses for 200 common items that you probably take for granted. Take hair conditioner. It is not only good for your hair, but you can also use it to protect your shoes in bad weather, take off make-up and prevent rust on...

Ruth Rendell / Inspector Wexford (Hardback)

Inspector Wexford: The Speaker of Mandarin/An Unkindness of Ravens/The Veiled One       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same...

Rik Coolsaet / Jihadi Terrorism and the Radicalisation Challenge in Europe (Hardback)

Often dubbed as a 'global threat', most observers analyze the terrorist threat as a patchwork of self-radicalising local groups with international contacts but without a centralengine and any central organizational design. Jihadi terrorism is...

Barbara Nadel / Forfeit (Hardback)

Inspector Ikmen #23   GREED, LUST AND BETRAYAL LEAD TO MURDER i n Barbara Nadel's twenty-third Ikmen mystery, as Ikmen and Süleyman work to uncover a tragic tale of dark secrets and double lives...In the early hours of the morning, Turkish...

RAMACHANDRAN V. S. / The Tell-Tale Brain (Hardback)

V. S. Ramachandran is at the forefront of his field-so much so that Richard Dawkins dubbed him the "Marco Polo of neuroscience." Now, in a major new work, Ramachandran sets his sights on the mystery of human uniqueness. Taking us to the frontiers of...

Hervé This / Molecular Gastronomy (Hardback)

Hervé This (pronounced "Teess") is an internationally renowned chemist, a popular French television personality, a bestselling cookbook author, a longtime collaborator with the famed French chef Pierre Gagnaire, and the only person to hold a...

Slavoj Žižek / Iraq: The Borrowed Kettle (Hardback)

In order to render the strange logic of dreams, Freud quoted the old joke about the borrowed kettle: (1) I never borrowed a kettle from you, (2) I returned it to you unbroken, (3) the kettle was already broken when I got it from you. Such an enumeration...

Laurie J. Cameron / The Mindful Day (Hardback)

Combining contemplative traditions, modern neuroscience, and psychology, this engaging, relatable book is the ultimate how-to guide for overscheduled adults looking to bring peace and focus to their daily lives at home, in the workplace, and beyond.At...

Rachael Matthews / The Mindfulness in Knitting: Meditations on Craft and Calm (Hardback)

Everyone can pick up a pair of needles and a ball of yarn. And everyone can be mindful. The Mindfulness in Knitting casts fresh light on this famously calming craft, and reveals how the simple repetition of plain and purl can in itself nurture...

Alexander McCall Smith / The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine (Hardback)

Mma Ramotswe is not one to sit about. Her busy life gives her little time for relaxation (apart from the drinking of tea, of course, which is another matter altogether). Nonetheless, she is persuaded to take a holiday from the No.1 Ladies' Detective...

Sandi Toksvig / Whistling for the Elephants (Hardback)

Ten-year-old Dorothy wants to find her place in the world. The Chinese, she knows, had a strict order for everything, particularly the animal world. As she gets to know the eccentric women who live at the zoo, Dorothy discovers she can aspire to...

Pen Vogler / Stuffed (Hardback)

In times of plenty, we stuff ourselves. When the food runs out, we're stuffed too. How have people in the British Isles shared the riches from our fields, dairies, kitchens and seas, as well as those from around the world? And when the cupboard is bare,...

Cecil Cameron / An Italian Scandal (Hardback)

A captivating story of romance, passion and adventure set in nineteenth century London and Italy. London 1859. Carina Temple has put away the stifling black crepe demanded by the death of her father – but with it she has also cast aside...

Stephen J. Dubner / Turbulent Souls (Hardback)

Two years ago, Stephen J. Dubner wrote a cover story for the New York Times Magazine called "Choosing My Religion." It became one of the most widely discussed articles in the magazine's history. Turbulent Souls, the book that grew out of that...

Sue Jenner / The Parent-child Game (Hardback)

This is a unique parenting book written from the perspective of a therapist who is also a mother and grandmother, using the basic tenets of the Parent/Child Game. Sue Jenner has had twenty-five years of remarkable success working with difficult and...

Ken Auletta / Three Blind Mice (Hardback)

What happened to network television in the 1980s? How did CBS, NBC, and ABC lose a third of their audience and more than half of their annual profits?Ken Auletta, author of Greed and Glory on Wall Street, tells the gripping story of the decline of the...

Seth Roberts / The Shangri-la Diet (Hardback)

Seth Roberts describes a diet that works well and takes the least amount of effort without deprivation. Based on the principle that you have a weight set-point, which you eat to until you no longer feel hungry, Seth recommends that you have a...

A.N. Wilson / The Mystery of Charles Dickens (Hardback)

A lively and insightful biographical celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his death.Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of...

D.K. Publishing / DK Reader Star Wars The Last Jedi (Hardback)

Follow the exciting adventures of Rey, Finn and Rose in the highly anticipated new film, Star The Last Jedi ! This 48-page book is aimed at helping young readers develop their reading skills, and will introduce them to brand new heroes, villains,...

Lucas Bridges / Uttermost Part of the Earth (Hardback)

Rapturous praise met the publication of Lucas Bridges' marvelous chronicle of Tierra del Fuego when it first came out in 1947, and that praise has hardly abated these past sixty years, nor has a book been written which supplants Uttermost Part of...

Brian M. Fagan / Grahame Clark (Hardback)

The British archaeologist Grahame Clark was a seminal figure in European and world archaeology for more than half of the twentieth century, but, at the same time, one whose reputation has been outshone by other, more visible luminaries. His works...

Peter Strzok / Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump (Hardback)

The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on decades of experience hunting foreign agents in the United States to lay bare the threat posed by President Trump.When he opened the FBI investigation into Russia’s election interference,...

Dick Francis / 10-lb. Penalty (Hardback)

Entering the political arena as the trusted confidant of his politician father, ex-jockey Benedict Juliard finds himself the target of a vicious attack by his father's dangerous enemies, an assault that could not only destroy his own reputation but that...

Wayne W. Dyer / A New Way of Thinking, A New Way of Being (Hardback)

This beautiful book offers you an opportunity to internalize and directly experience the great wisdom of the Tao Te Ching, a collection of 81 verses authored by Chinese prophet Lao-tzu 25 centuries ago.The words Tao Te Ching translate to...

Derek W. Yalden / The History of British Mammals (Hardback)

As the ice retreated from Britain 15,000 years ago, a host of large mammals including Reindeer, Wild Horse, Woolly Mammoth, Moose, Wolf, Brown Bear, Lynx and Wolverine established themselves in Britain. Now we have a fauna which is dominated by domestic...

Amy Sedaris / I Like You (Hardback)

Cookbook using comedy       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a second hand...

Sheila Lavery / Aromatherapy (Hardback)

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Dr. Seuss / Hop on Pop-Up! (Hardback)

Suess creatures dance to his rhymes, Pup Cup Up. Rearrange to play.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title...

Richard Bradley / The Passage of Arms (Hardback)

The Passage of Arms: An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the...

Christopher Jamison / Finding Sanctuary (Hardback)

In Finding Sanctuary Abbot Christopher Jamison, host of the BBC television series The Monastery, suggests the teachings of St. Benedict are a tool for everyday life 'for those who are religious and for those simply searching for spiritual...

Priya Hemenway / The Little Book of Eastern Wisdom (Hardback)

About the she has traveled & lived in india for more than twenty years & studied religious practices worldwide. She lives in northern california.       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Magnus Andersson / Stone Age Scania (Hardback)

Few national bodies carrying out archaeology ever attempt to synthesise their work which is a shame if this book is in any way typical of this type of approach. Published by the Excavations Department at the Swedish National Heritage Board, this book...