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John Christopher / Riding the Jetstream : The Story of Ballooning - From Montgolfier to Breitling (Hardback)

   Ballooning can be both all-absorbing relaxation and high-tech sport. This text tells its amazing story from the Montgolfier brothers to today's riders of the jetstream - the narrow band of fast winds high in the Earth's atmosphere...

Michael Cox / Why Headless Chickens Run and Other Bonkers ThingsYou Need to Know (Hardback)

 This is a brand new series from the home of humour for children! Bonkers Books: "Bonkers!" is packed full of the most hilarious, laugh-out-loud facts in the worlds of history, science, natural history and just about everything...

Rupert Fawcett / Off the Leash: The Secret Life of Dogs (Hardback)

 Launched just over a year ago on Facebook, 'Off The Leash' has developed a regular daily following of half a million dog lovers from around the world. Now the best of Rupert Fawcett's brilliantly observed, touchingly true cartoons come together in...

Matt Brown / Everything You Know About Planet Earth is Wrong (Hardback)

   A fascinating and humorous read that debunks the surprising myths about the world we always believed. The latest addition to the popular Everything You Know series, this book will blow apart your beliefs in the world's physical and social...

Olga Grushin / The Dream Life of Sukhanov (Hardback)

 A brilliantly crafted novel about one man's betrayal of his talent, his friends, and his principles-a work of demon energy, startling imagery, and utter originality.At fifty-six, Anatoly Sukhanov has everything a man could want. Nearly twenty-five...

Colin Murray / A Random History of Football (Hardback)

 Nowadays a top Premiership football club can spend 50 million on a Portuguese pin-up or a legendary Italian goalkeeper, but you cannot take into account the effects of a dodgy takeaway meal, a dropped bottle of aftershave on a goalkeeper's toe, or...

Carol Thatcher / A Swim-on Part in the Goldfish Bowl : A Memoir (Hardback)

 Carol Thatcher has one of the most famous surnames in the world. But whatever anyone might feel about her august mother, SHE is one of the best-loved people in the country. Official. When she won ITV's I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here..! it was...

Sally Nicholls / The Silent Stars Go By (Hardback)

 Bittersweet perfection' Guardian, Best Books of the Year'An engulfing historical novel' The Times, Best Books of the Year'A festive classic in the making' Observer, Best Books of the YearNominated for the Carnegie MedalThree years ago, Margot's...

Douglas Hurd / The Shape of Ice (Hardback)

   Prime Minister Simon Russell's personal alarm clock is ticking away. Beyond No 10, prison riots, bombs in Ireland, corporate blackmail in China and civil unrest in Russia jostle for his attention. As the pressure builds, his judgement and...

Adriana Trigiani / The Wisdom of My Grandmothers : Lessons to live by, from one generation of remarkable women to the next (Hardback)

 Adriana Trigiani's two remarkable grandmothers, Lucia and Viola, lived through the 20th century from beginning to end as working women who juggled careers and motherhood. From the factory line to the family table, the two of them - the very...

Michael Foot / Dr. Strangelove, I Presume (Hardback)

 The Cold War may have ended, but the arms race has not. In May 1998, India resumed the underground testing of nuclear weapons. Pakistan responded with tests of its own - and all of a sudden the arms race was on again. Not that it ever stopped:...

Caroline Pignat / Shooter (Hardback)

 The Breakfast Club"meets"We Need to Talk About Kevin" A lockdown catches five grade 12 students by surprise and throws them together in the only unlocked room on that empty third floor wing: the boys' washroom. They sit in silence, judging each...

Stephen Clarke / Talk to the Snail (Hardback)

 Have you ever walked into a half-empty restaurant in France, only to be told that it's complete? Attempted to say "merci beaucoup" and accidentally complimented someone on their cute backside? Been taken to what you've been assured is the perfect...

Gwyneth Jones / Bold As Love (Hardback)

 Imagine John Lennon met Mick Jagger around 1968, really hit it off, went through the collapse of modern civilisation together, and changed from rockstars into genuine heroes. And came out on the other side ruling England. And imagine they were both...

Bharat Anand / (Hardback)

 "My favorite book of the year."--Doug McMillon, CEO, Wal-Mart Stores Harvard Business School Professor of Strategy Bharat Anand presents an incisive new approach to digital transformation that favors fostering connectivity over focusing...

Paul McDermott / Pilgrims : Two Unlikely Friends Unravel the Mystery of Life (Hardback)

   "What follows is the true story of an extraordinary ordinary woman. Although it is her story, in the end it will also be yours..." It was autumn when Paul McDermott stood at the doorway to a characterless house that would exert a pull on...

Luanne Rice / The Letters (Hardback)

 Is there any mystery greater than those we love the most? In this remarkable collaboration, New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice and Joseph Monninger combine their unique talents to create a powerfully moving novel of an estranged husband...

Sarah Young / Jesus Calling (Hardback)

 Experience a deeper relationship with Jesus as you savor the presence of the One who understands you perfectly and loves you forever. With Scripture and personal reflections, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Young brings Jesus' message of...

Eric Sykes / If I Don't Write It Nobody Else Will (Hardback)

 The long awaited story of one of Britain's greatest comic legends. 'Some people walk on stage and the audience warms to them. You can't explain it, and you shouldn't try. It's an arrogant assumption to say you 'decide' to become a comedian. The...

Charles Frazier / Thirteen Moons (Hardback)

 At the age of twelve, under the Wind Moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power...

Suzanne Duckett / Bathe : The Art of Finding Rest, Relaxation and Rejuvenation in a Busy World (Hardback)

 'I'll cherish my baths even more now!' Melissa Hemsley'A timely reminder of the meditative ritual of bathing' Laura BaileyBatheverb \'bat?h\: to take a bath: to become immersed or absorbedBathe explores the many types of baths and bathing from...

Lynn Abbey / Thieves' World: Turning Points (Hardback)

 New Stories by Raymond E. Feist, Dennis L. McKiernan, and othersEmpires rise and fall, but Sanctuary lives on!Sanctuary, a lawless city governed by evil forces, powerful magic, and political intrigue.The Age of the Rankin reign of Kadakithis, the...

Bobby Duffy / The Perils of Perception : Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything (Hardback)

 New Statesman's Best Books of 2018'Mandatory reading' Steven PinkerDo you eat too much sugar? What proportion of your country are immigrants? What does it cost to raise a child? How much tax do the rich pay? Are we more ignorant than we used to...

Walter Dean Myers / Kick (Hardback)

 For the very first time in his decades-long career writing for teens, acclaimed and beloved author Walter Dean Myers writes with a teen, Ross Workman.Kevin Johnson is thirteen years old. And heading for juvie. He's a good kid, a great friend, and a...

Sam Sykes / Black Halo (Hardback)

 Lenk and his band of fellow mismatched and grumpy adventurers are shipwrecked on an island. An island that is a graveyard for demons and dragonmen alike. An island inhabited by lizard men. An island of secrets that is about to become a battleground...

Allan Jenkins / Plot 29 : A Memoir: Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford and Wellcome Book Prize (Hardback)

 When I am disturbed, even angry, gardening has been a therapy. When I don't want to talk I turn to Plot 29, or to a wilder piece of land by a northern sea. There, among seeds and trees, my breathing slows; my heart rate too. My anxieties slip away...

Sheri Joseph / Where You Can Find Me (Hardback)

 A week after his eleventh birthday, Caleb Vincent vanishes with hardly a trace. After a three-year search, he is found living a seemingly normal life under a new name with a man he calls his father. While outwardly stunned with joy at his safe...

Ross Raisin / A Natural (Hardback)

 Tom has always known exactly the person he is going to be. A successful footballer. A man others look up to. Now, though, the bright future he imagined for himself is threatened.The Premier League academy of his boyhood has let him go. At nineteen,...

Jean-Francois Rischard / High Noon : 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them (Hardback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Greg Tate / Midnight Lightning : Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience (Hardback)

 Jimi Hendrix's social meaning, his sexual mystery, and his scientific explorations in the field of sound are addressed here from a black perspective. This unique introduction to a man who, despite his popular appeal, has never made it into the...

Sarah Cooper / How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings : Non-threatening Leadership Strategies for Women (Hardback)

 The unspoken rules for how women should behave in the workplace are as numerous as they are confusing. Let viral tik-tok and Netflix star Sarah Cooper be your guide!Ask for a pay rise? Pushy.Take credit for an idea? Arrogant.Admit a mistake? Weak...

Peter Baxter / Inside the Box : My Life with Test Match Special (Hardback)

 A celebration of three decades of cricket and a unique insight into the world of radio and broadcasting.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very...

David Almond / The Fire Eaters (Hardback)

 There he was, below the bridge, half-naked, eyes blazing. He had a pair of burning torches. He ran them back and forth across his skin. He sipped from a bottle, breathed across a torch, and fire and fumes leapt from his lips. The air was filled...

Conor Gallagher / If Aristotle's Kid Had an iPod : Ancient Wisdom for Modern Parents (Hardback)

 You've never seen Aristotle like this! In " If Aristotle's Kid Had an iPod: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Parents, " Conor Gallagher dusts off Aristotle's "Ethics" and reveals a vibrant, illuminating philosophy no less powerful and profound than when...

E.D. Baker / The Perfect Match (Hardback)

 Former tooth-fairy-in-training, Cory Feathering, is coming into her skills as a matchmaker more and more each day. But as she hones her skills, she's still doing odd jobs around town in order to help people who need it. One day as she's...

Fiona Field / Civvy Street (Hardback)

 Susie Collins's world has fallen apart.Her husband, Mike, has been made redundant from the army. But worse is to come when Susie learns that the family finances are much rockier than she realised. Their rebellious twin daughters can't stay at their...

Burt Reynolds / Burt Reynolds - But Enough About Me (Hardback)

 Recalling his life and career spanning over 50 glorious years, the legendary actor gives special attention to the two great loves of his life, Dinah Shore and Sally Field, his son, Quinton, as well as to the countless people who got in his way on...

Mowll Joshua / Operation Typhoon Shore (Hardback)

 Celebes Sea, May 1920: Battered by a typhoon, the Expedient is shipwrecked on a volcanic island. No radio, no rescue, no escape. Doug and Becca MacKenzie's search for their missing parents must wait; but what part did the mysterious Guild play in...

Stephen Axelsen / A Very Messy Inspection : Piccolo and Annabelle (Hardback)

 Young Piccolo Grande lives all alone in his big family house. With his parents missing in the Tropics, he has only the fish to talk to ...until a small, breathless lady with wild red hair suddenly swoops down from the sky, come to look after him...

James Ellroy / Destination : Morgue (Hardback)

 James Ellroy is acknowledged as one of America's greatest living writers. As well as his critically acclaimed novels, he is a regular contributor to GQ magazine in the States. This collection will contain sixteen of these pieces, both...

Jami Attenberg / All This Could Be Yours (Hardback)

 Victor Tuchman - a power-hungry real estate developer and an all-round bad man - is finally on his deathbed. His daughter Alex feels she can finally unearth the secrets of who he really was and what he did over the course of his life. She travels...

Alan Farnham / Forbes Greatest Success Stories : Tales of Business Victory Wrested from Defeat (Hardback)

   Success is even sweeter the second time around In this inspiring book you will meet twelve extraordinary people from a software tycoon to the founder of a toy empire who soared to the top of the business world only to plummet like Icarus...

Ann Cuthbertson / The Charmers and Rogues : From the Daily Telegraph (Hardback)

 This first collection of Pet Tales, compiled by Life editor Anne Cuthbertson, features a talking dog and a surfboarding cat, a chicken that thinks it's human, a foul-tempered duck called Mussolini, a bear called Tina, and an escaped cornsnake who...

Nell Peters / Nell's Story : A Woman from Eagle River (Hardback)

 The year was 1951, and Nell Peters, just out of high school in the north woods of Wisconsin, was about to join the army. Feeling woefully unworldly, she asked the undertaker's grandson to initiate her into sex before she ventured off. She wasn't in...

David Rosenfelt / Dog Tags (Hardback)

 A German Shepherd police dog becomes implicated in a murder and if his owner - an Iraq war vet and former cop-turned-thief - is convicted, the dog could be put down. Few rival Andy Carpenter's affection for dogs, and he decides to represent the...

Michael Calvin / State of Play : Under the Skin of the Modern Game (Hardback)

 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDAward-winning author of The Nowhere Men, Living on the Volcano and No Hunger in Paradise returns with his magnum opus on the state of modern footballFirst he revealed the...

Elizabeth Wetmore / Valentine (Hardback)

 A top ten New York Times bestseller. With the haunting emotional power of American Dirt and the atmospheric suspense of Where the Crawdads Sing: a compulsive debut novel that explores the aftershock of a brutal crime on the women of a small Texas...

K.M. Grant / White Heat : Book 2 (Hardback)

 Will Raimon's and Yolanda's love survive the ravages of a siege, her enforced betrothal to Raimon's enemy, and the growing divisions within their beloved Occitan? Raimon has escaped the pyre and carried the Blue Flame, the true spirit of the...

Lee Faber / I Love You Granny (Hardback)

 Everyone loves their granny and what better way to show it than giving them this beautiful gift book to treasure for a lifetime. I Love You Granny is full of fun, ideas and sound advice for your dear granny to enjoy. Including: Ideas for...

Luca Caioli / Roberto Mancini : A Footballing Life: The Full Story (Hardback)

 When Manchester City's owners appointed Roberto Mancini in late 2009, the message was clear: this was the man who would overtake the Blues' illustrious neighbours and restore the club to the pinnacle of English football.The former Italy playmaker...

Paul Slansky / My Bad : 25 Years of Public Apologies and the Appalling Behavior That Inspired Them (Hardback)

 A collection of famous and infamous apologies - from Janet Jackson to Jesse Jackson, Jarry Falwell to Jerry Lewis - that proves anyone is capable of screwing up, big time.Whether it's in the field of politics, sports, entertainment, business or...

Ana Sampson / Poems to Learn by Heart (Hardback)

 Paths of glory', 'Theirs not to reason why', 'When you are old and grey and full of sleep', 'A handful of dust', 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day'.These and many others are famous lines of poetry that often occur in everyday speech. But do...