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David Crystal / How Language Works (Hardback)

How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die David Crystal     In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every...

J.M. Cohen (Editor) / The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations (Hardback)

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Andrew Roberts / Masters and Commanders(Hardback)

Masters and Commanders: How Churchill, Roosevelt, Alanbrooke and Marshall Won the War in the West, 1941-45 Andrew Roberts     Andrew Roberts' Masters and Commanders: How Churchill Roosevelt, Alanbrooke and Marshall Won the...

William Taubman / Krushchev (Hardback)

The definitive biography of the mercurial Soviet leader who succeeded and denounced Stalin. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the most complex and important political figures of the twentieth century. Ruler of the Soviet Union during the first decade...

Karen Rose / Knife in the Back (Hardback)

Romantic Suspense #32 Knife in the Back Karen Rose     Officer Naomi Cranston was framed for stealing cocaine from the evidence locker and coerced—through threats to her young son—into not fighting the charges...

John Lewis Gaddis / The Cold War (Hardback)

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Roderick Hunt / Ice City (Hardback)

Biff, Chip and Kipper storybooks Ice City Roderick Hunt, Annemarie Young, Kate Ruttle, Alex Brychta (Illustrator)    This series contains enjoyable and entertaining stories which enable children to practise...

Ronald H. Spector/ Eagle Against the Sun (Hardback)

Macmillan Wars of the United States Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan Ronald H. Spector     “The best book by far on the Pacific War” ( The New York Times Book Review ), this classic one-volume...

Jane Matthews / Skomer Island Compact Edition(Hardback)

Skomer is one of Wales's great islands, a National Nature Reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a world-renowned bird paradise, and home to the world’s largest colony of Manx Shearwaters. In this superb natural history book, Jane...

Mo O'Hara / Live and Let Swim (Hardback)

My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish #5 Live and Let Swim Mo O'Hara, Marek Jagucki (Illustrations)     Six Really Important Tips for Fish-Sitting a Zombie Goldfish:1. Keep Fang away from Frankie2. Zombie goldfish only eat...

J.T. LeRoy / Harold's End (Hardback)

Harold's End J.T. LeRoy, Cherry Hood (Illustrator)     The international best selling author of Sarah and The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things presents his new and tremendously moving novella, Harold's End. A San...

Andrew Clements / No Talking (Hardback)

No Talking Andrew Clements, Mark Elliott (Illustrator)     "You have the right to remain silent." However...The fifth-grade girls and the fifth-grade boys at Laketon Elementary don't get along very well. But the real...

A.F. Harrold / The Afterwards (Hardback)

The Afterwards A.F. Harrold, Emily Gravett (Illustrator)     Fact- Ember and Ness are best friends.There 's nothing more to say about it. It is what it is. It is what will always be. Ember and Ness.Then Ness dies. It is...

Joanna Gray/ The Little Book of Christmas (Hardback)

"Christmas isn't just a day, it's a frame of mind." – Valentine DaviesThe Little Book of Christmas celebrates all things festive, from jolly traditions around the world, to merry musings from Christmas enthusiasts and inspirational tips on...

Scott Turow/ Presumed Innocent (Hardback)

Kindle County Legal Thriller #1 Presumed Innocent Scott Turow     In Presumed Innocent, Rusty Sabich, family man and the number-two prosecutor of Kindle County, is handed an explosive case -- the brutal murder of a woman who...

Dantiel W. Moniz / Milk Blood Heat (Hardback)

Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida, each story in Milk Blood Heat delves into the ordinary worlds of young girls, women, and men who find themselves confronted by extraordinary moments of violent personal reckoning. These intimate portraits...

Colson Whitehead / The Nickel Boys (Hardback)

This follow-up to The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing...

Lawrence Wright / God Save Texas (Hardback)

A Journey into the Future of America God Save Texas is a journey through the most controversial state in America. It is a Republican state in the heart of Trumpland that hasn't elected a Democrat to a statewide office in more than twenty...

Martin Evans / Algeria (Hardback)

Invaded in 1830, populated by one million settlers who co-existed uneasily with nine million Arabs and Berbers, Algeria was different from other French colonies because it was administered as an integral part of France, in theory no different from...

Barbara Leaming / Jack Kennedy (Hardback)

Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman Barbara Leaming, Barbara M. Bachman (Designed by)     The enthralling, previously untold story of the friendships and forces that shaped the Kennedy presidency.In the summer of...

Karin Slaughter / This is Why We Lied (Hardback)

Will Trent #12 Everyone here is a liar, but only one of us is a killer… Welcome to the McAlpine Lodge: a remote mountain getaway, it’s the height of escapist luxury living. Except that everyone here is lying. Lying about their...

Mark Urban /Generals: Ten British Commanders Who Shaped the World (Hardback)

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Very Good, In very good condition. Minimal shelf wear to the dust jacket. A lovely copy. ten British commanders who shaped the world. xiii, 336 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports., maps...

Sheridan Morley / John Gielgud: The Authorized Biography (Hardback)

Drawn from letters, diaries, personal files, and interviews, a fascinating glimpse into the life of the late actor, who was one of the best Shakespearean actors ever and a vital part of the golden age of theater in England, details his childhood, his...

Sheila Ostrander / Super Learning 2000 (Hardback)

  Whether you want to learn a foreign language, improve your tennis game, ace a test, or learn anything two-to-five times faster, the fun and innovative method of superlearning is designed to unlock your limitless potential. This revolutionary...

Joy Carroll / Beneath the Cassock (Hardback)

The Real-Life Vicar of Dibley Joy Carroll     Dawn French's Vicar of Dibley is one of Britain's best-loved sitcom characters. This is the story of the woman who inspired her. From a rebellious punk phase to her unexpected calling...

Beverley Parkin / Flowers of the Wayside (Hardback)

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Lesley Anne Ivory / Christmas Cats (Hardback)

Lesley Anne Ivory's playful cat paintings really hail in the yuletide joy! Watch her cats play under the dressed tree, amidst the tinsel and wreaths, and on the snowy window panes of Christmas. Includes 17 full-color paintings with decorative borders...

Sarah Miles / A Right Royal Bastard (Hardback)

Sarah Miles was illegitimate, and of distant royal descent. Her childhood wasn't easy - dyslexic with a severe stammer, rebellion was her means of expression, animals and trees her friends. Expelled from Roedean and Crofton Grange, her mother...

Will Swift / The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm (Hardback)

This title offers a fascinating look at the Kennedy clan in heady pre-war Britain and the intricate relationships between the US ambassador, Jack Kennedy, Chamberlain, Churchill and Roosevelt. It includes compelling stories of the glitterati of the...

Brett King / Bank 4.0 (Hardback)

Banking everywhere, never at a bank In the final book in the digital 'BANK'; series, Brett King tackles the topic of whether banks have a future at all in the emerging, technology embedded world of the 21st century. In 30-50 years when cash is...

Michael Crichton / Eruption (Hardback)

Eruption   Michael Crichton, James Patterson     The biggest thriller of the year: A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the US military is far more...

Lynsey Crombie / How To Clean Your House at Christmas (Hardback)

‘A cracker of a book packed with tips – you’ll feel instantly organised.’ Aggie MacKenzieRevised edition of How to Clean Your House, updated with a new Christmas section.Do you find household chores getting on top of...

Andrew Lack / Redbreast (Hardback)

The Robin in Life and Literature   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 book may...

Carsten Peter Thiede / Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Origins of Christianity(Hardback)

In this new book, controversial author and scholar Carsten Thiede turns his attention to perhaps the most enigmatic ancient documents ever found in the Bible the Dead Sea Scrolls. Unravelling the complex history of the Scrolls since their discovery...

Christopher Lee / This Sceptred Isle: Twentieth Century (Hardback)

This Sceptred Isle #11-15 This Sceptred Isle: Twentieth Century: From the Death of Queen Victoria to the Dawn of a New Millennium Christopher Lee     Christopher Lee’s seminal history series, which accompanied the...

Mat Fraser / HWPO: Hard Work Pays Off (Hardback)

Train with the Fittest Man on Earth - 5-time CrossFit Champion Mat Fraser.No matter your level of fitness, no matter if you've never attempted CrossFit before, this book is your total training manual.No one can say they're a better all-around athlete...

Joyce Hansen / I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly (Hardback)

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina 1865 Joyce Hansen     Sunday, August 20, 1865Dear Friend,The children were so happy to see me this morning. They ran over when I...

Lagoon Books / Five-Minute Murder Lateral Thinking Puzzles (Hardback)

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Iqbal Wahhab / Charity Sucks (Hardback)

The sanctimony of charity and its persistent failure to do good with our money is matched only by two things, the lives of the people they promised us they would improve and the inevitable truth that in the hands of business, social impacts are more...

Bill Swain/ Trees Questions and Answers (Hardback)

The author puts a lifetime of practical gardening experience at your disposal in his answers to 130 vital questions about trees.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture...

Babas / How to Train Your Human (Hardback)

Katherine Gregor (translator)   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 book may...

Jean-Christophe Grangé / Flight of the Storks (Hardback)

Every year the storks set off on their miraculous 12,000-mile migration from Northern Europe to Central Africa. Then one year, inexplicably, they do not return. At the invitation of the wealthy Swiss ornithologist Max Boehm, a young French academic,...

Dani Rodrik / The Globalization Paradox (Hardback)

The Globalization Paradox: Why Global Markets, States, and Democracy Can't Coexist Dani Rodrik     For a century, economists have driven forward the cause of globalization in financial institutions, labour markets, and trade. Yet...

Margareta Magnusson / The Swedish Art of Ageing Well (Hardback)

From New York Times bestselling author of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning— now a TV series developed by Amy Poehler and Scout Productions—a book of humorous and charming advice for embracing life and aging joyfully .In her...

Nedum Unuoha / Kicking Back (Hardback)

Nedum Onuoha first appeared for Manchester City at the age of 17, and went on to play more than 400 games in a professional career that ended in 2020 at Real Salt Lake in MLS. He was captain of the England Under 21s and QPR, where he spent more than...

Joan Buckley / Granny Knows Best (Hardback)

"Don't wear out your welcome." "Too many cooks spoil the broth." Once you become a granny, you have to learn the lingo.Straight from the mouths of grannies, this is a hilarious treasury of sensible advice, acerbic humor, and homey warmth for you to...

Gyles Brandreth / The Book of Snubs (Hardback)

A witty and wide-ranging anthology of snubs of every variety--from literature and from life--most authentic, a few apocryphal, all memorable. Included in this collection are some choice put-downs by such celebrated past masters as William Shakespeare,...

Dan Abnett / Doctor Who: The Story of Martha (Hardback)

For a year, while the Master ruled over the Earth, Martha Jones traveled the world telling people stories about the Doctor. She told people of how the Doctor has saved them before, and how he will save them again.This is her story. It tells of...

Emily Barr / The Life You Want (Hardback)

Emily Barr is on the verge of the big time - and Headline will do everything needed to get her thereEver wished you could just leave it all behind again?Emily Barr's unputdownable new novel is about a mother of two with a seemingly perfect life who's...

James Ryan / Dismantling Mr. Doyle (Hardback)

On the surface, the Doyles are the archetypal happy Irish family, loving, secureand tradtional. They all have their small rebellions, but somehow power remains in the hands of Mr Doyle, a benign patriarch controlling all their lives. But, in the...

Bich Minh Nguyen / Stealing Buddha's Dinner (Hardback)

A coming-of-age memoir by a Vietnamese American recounts her struggles for an American identity in the pre-politically correct climate of the Midwest and her passion for American food in the face of her family's Buddhist lifestyle.   This book is...

Alex Bellos / Football School Season 4 (Hardback)

Football School Season 4: Where Football Explains the World Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton, Spike Gerrell (Illustrator)     The fourth book in the bestselling series that teaches you about the world through football...