December 2024

Niklas Natt och Dag / The Wolf and the Watchman (Hardback)

It is 1793. Four years after the storming of the Bastille in France and more than a year after the death of King Gustav III of Sweden, paranoia and whispered conspiracies are Stockholm’s daily bread. A promise of violence crackles in the air as...

Rebecca Stott / In the Days of Rain (Hardback)

In the vein of Bad Blood and Why be Happy when you can be Normal?: an enthralling, at times shocking, and deeply personal family memoir of growing up in, and breaking away from, a fundamentalist Christian cult.‘At university when I made new...

Michael Wright / C'est La Folie (Hardback)

In 2004, Michael Wright turned his back on Blighty to begin a new life as the owner of a delapidated 15th century farmhouse called ‘La Folie.’ This is a comic memoir about a clinically social bloke rejecting the world of parties and...

Helen Humphreys / The Reinvention of Love (Hardback)

This title is based on the true story of Charles Sainte-Beuve, his lover Adele and her husband, Victor Hugo. When Charles Saint-Beuve, a French literary journalist met Victor Hugo, an ambitious young writer who intended to become famous, he was swept...

Susannah Corbett / Harry H. Corbett: The Front Legs of the Cow (Hardback)

Harry H. Corbett rose from the slums of Manchester to become one of the best-known television stars of the 20th century. Having left home as a 17-year-old Royal Marine during the Second World War, he fought in the North Atlantic and the jungles of...

David Buckley / Strange Fascination: David Bowie - The Definitive Biography (Hardback)

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Gilly Macmillan / The Long Weekend (Hardback)

By the time you read this, I'll have killed one of your husbands.In an isolated retreat, deep in the Northumbria moors, three women arrive for a weekend getaway.Their husbands will be joining them in the morning. Or so they think.But when they get to...

Emer McLysaght, Sarah Breen / Oh My God What a Complete Aisling (Hardback)

Everyone knows an Aisling:Loves going Out Out, but secretly scared of liquid eyeliner.Happy to drink the bar dry, but will bring her own coaster if necessary.Would rather die than miss a cooked hotel breakfast, but can calculate the Points in a Snickers...

Claude Steiner, Paul Perry / Achieving Emotional Literacy (Hardback)

Emotional literacy is the ability to understand one's own feelings and to empathize with others in a way that enhances living. In this work Steiner shows how emotional intelligence can be developed by following his three stage training programme...

Peter Kemp / The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations (Hardback)

Here is a delightful and instructive compendium of the most memorable utterances of the world's most quotable writers. The Oxford Book of Literary Quotations covers all aspects of the literary life, from careful assessments of the relative value of...

Alec Baldwin, Kurt Andersen / You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (Hardback)

Political satire as deeper truth: Donald Trump's presidential memoir, as recorded by two world-renowned Trump scholars, and experts on greatness generally"I have the best words, beautiful words, as everybody has been talking and talking about for a long...

Diane Schoemperlen / In the Language of Love: A Novel in 100 Chapters (Hardback)

In this astonishingly inventive novel, Diane Schoemperlen uses the 100 stimulus words from the Standard Word Association Test as a narrative framework for exploring her heroine's growing understanding of the meaning of love. A tour de force of wit...

Donald J. Savoie / "Thanks for the Business": K.C. Irving, Arthur Irving, and the Story of Irving Oil (Hardback)

Are entrepreneurs born or are they made? "Thanks for the Business" seeks to address this age-old question through the compelling stories of Maritime business tycoons Arthur Irving and K. C. Irving, and the story of Irving Oil. As one keen...

Theodore B. Kinni, Al Ries / Future Focus: How 21 Companies are Capturing 21st Century Success (Hardback)

Theodore B. Kinni Editor of The Business Reader Review, a free electronic newsletter of capsule reviews of new business books. Al Ries Voted one of the top 100 most influential public relations people in the 20th century by PR Week. Savvy business...

Vikram Sampath / My Name is Gauhar Jaan!: The Life and Times of a Musician (Hardback)

My Name is Gauhar Jaan! : The Life and Times of a Musician tries to demystify the myth and mystery around one of the most enigmatic legends in Indian music history Gauhar Jaan. Vikram Sampath, in this remarkable book, brings forth little known...

Carole Jahme / Beauty and the Beasts: Woman, Ape and Evolution (Hardback)

What motivates them? What drives perfectly sane middle-class women away from husbands and home and a nice steady career job to study unruly primates in damp, dangerous, uncomfortable, unforgiving environments?When Louis Leakey first sent Jane Goodall out...

E. Mavis Hetherington, John Kelly / For Better or for Worse: Divorce Reconsidered (Hardback)

A groundbreaking study of the psychological and social effects of divorce, drawn from close to three decades of research, explores and discusses a wealth of relevant issues such as how women and girls experience divorce differently than men and boys,...

Lauren St. John / Shark: The Biography of Greg Norman (Hardback)

Greg Norman is golf's most complex and controversial celebrity and perhaps its most gifted and charismatic player. Winner of more than 70 tournaments, including the 1986 and 1993 British Opens, he has reigned as the world's number-one-ranked golfer...

Louise Pentland / Time After Time (Hardback)

Tabitha is stuck. She still lives in the small town she grew up in...the town she's barely ever left.So, when her dad drops a bombshell over their weekly Sunday dinner, Tabitha takes a look at her own life. She lives firmly in her comfort zone and...

Joshua Wolrich / Food Isn’t Medicine: Challenge Nutrib*llocks & Escape the Diet Trap (Hardback)

Losing weight is not your life's purpose.Do carbs make you fat?Could the keto diet cure mental health disorders?Are eggs as bad for you as smoking?No, no and absolutely not. It's all what Dr Joshua Wolrich defines as 'nutribollocks' and he is...

Alicia Appleman-Jurman / Alicia (Hardback)

At the age of nine, Alicia saw her family, her community and all she had known, wiped out as the Germans invaded her country. During her long trek across Europe in search of safety, although she was only a child, she came to the aid of fellow Jews...

Jeremy Clarkson / As I Was Saying . . .: The World According to Clarkson Volume 6 (Hardback)

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Andre Hanscombe / The Last Thursday in July (Hardback)

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David Wishart / Whisky Classified: Choosing Single Malts by Flavour (Hardback)

Cutting through the confusing jargon often used to describe single malts, this book, now fully updated, replaces it with an objective and easily applied guide to taste using a new flavor profile Rigorously researched with the cooperation...

Emma Brockes / An Excellent Choice (Hardback)

I mumble 'I need to order some sperm'. The receptionist puts me through to a technician to see if what I want is available. 'Number?' says the man. I give him the reference for my sperm donor. There is a clacking of keys, followed by a short pause...

Hasso Von Bredow, Catherine von Bredow / In the Blink of an Eye (Hardback)

On May 1, 2000, Hasso von Bredow's life was forever changed. The young, active father of three suffered a massive stroke at the base of his brainstem, leaving him completely paralyzed and unable to speak. With his mind as cognitive and as...

Judith Holder / Grumpy Old Women: The Official Handbook: (Hardback)

Body image, visitors, children, animals, shopping, careers, parties, holidays—and yes, grumpy old men themselves—are all very much on the list of what today's mature woman finds a source of concern. From the series producer and stand-up...

Ursula Doyle / Love Letters of Great Women (Hardback)

From the private papers of Anne Boleyn and Emily Dickinson to those of Empress Josephine and Queen Victoria, Love Letters of Great Women is an anthology of some of the most romantic letters in history. As a companion to Love Letters of Great Men ,...

Tom Angleberger / Darth Paper Strikes Back (Hardback)

NOT SUCH A LONG TIME AGO, IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL NOT SO FAR, FAR AWAY...Something amazing happened. A weird kid named Dwight made an origami finger puppet of Yoda. (That wasn't the amazing thing--just typical Dwight weirdness.) the amazing thing was that...

Anthony Horowitz / Bloody Horowitz (Hardback)

What's this? A famous children's author stalked and killed? A prominent publisher murdered by an egomaniacal author for being asked to make cuts? A reality TV show pitting teens against grown-ups- with only one survivor? From whose twisted mind can such...

W.d. Cohan / House of Cards: How Wall Street's Gamblers Broke Capitalism: The Fall of Bear Stearns and the Collapse of the Global Market (Hardback)

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Virginia Ironside / No! I Dont Need Reading Glasses! (Hardback)

Marie may be ‘getting on a bit’ but it’s certainly not getting her down.Her family around her and a man who loves her means that life is good – but nothing stays the same for long.Marie’s golden years are filled with as much...

ann-ming / For the Love of Julie: A Nightmare Come True, a Mother's Courage, a Desperate Fight for Justice (Hardback)

In this incredible and moving memoir, a mother tells of her fight for justice to convict her daughter's murderer for a crime that he thought could never be punished. When her 22-year-old daughter, Julie, went missing in the night, Ann Ming was...

Gregg Braden / The Wisdom Codes: Ancient Words to Rewire Our Brains and Heal Our Hearts (Hardback)

The cutting edge of neurolinguistics meets the spiritual wisdom of the ages in a handbook of key words that literally rewire our brains.New discoveries in biology and the neurosciences are revealing how the structure of language-the words we think and...

Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila S. Blair / Islam - Empire of Faith: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power (Hardback)

Islam, followed by more than a billion people worldwide, is the world's fastest-growing religion and will soon be the world's largest. 'Islam-Empire of Faith' explores the first millennium of Islamic culture, from the revelation to Muhammad to the great...

Helmuth Berking / Sociology of Giving (Hardback)

We all give and receive gifts. But few of us reflect on the risks and uncertainties inherent to this form. For example, to give means to acquire power, to effect a symbolic exchange, to initiate ties and alliances, to convey social messages to others...

Clive Cussler / Dirk Pitt® #13 Shock Wave (Hardback)

A mysterious plague in the Antarctic...A diamond empire run by an evil genius...A devastating new technology that threatens to annihilate millions!Tasman Sea, 1856.A British clipper ship bound for Australia's penal colony is crushed in a raging typhoon...

Robert Littell / Legends (Hardback)

Robert Littell is today widely considered one of the true grand masters of American spy fiction, hailed for his profound grasp of the ambiguous world of international espionage, grippingly displayed in his thirteen novels. His most recent...

Graham Lord / Niv : The Authorised Biography of David Niven (Hardback)

For more than forty years, Niven portrayed on screen the impeccable values of a lost breed of English gentlemen - handsome, beautifully spoken, elegantly dressed, witty, with perfect manners and utterly charming. Niv, according to his friends, was...

Barry Johnston / The Wit of Cricket (Hardback)

You've enjoyed the CDs, now enjoy The Wit of Cricket published as a book for the first time. Now you can read not only the jokes, anecdotes and hilarious stories of cricket's all-time great personalities—Dickie Bird, Henry Blofeld, Brian...

Caleb Carr / The Angel of Darkness (Hardback)

In The Angel of Darkness, Caleb Carr brings back the vivid world of his bestselling The Alienist but with a this story is told by the former street urchin Stevie Taggert, whose rough life has given him wisdom beyond his years. Thus New York City, and the...

Larry Winget / It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success Is Your Own Damn Fault (Hardback)

The #1 bestselling author of Shut Up, Stop Whining, & Get a Life reveals the only thing you need to know to succeed in business: YOUR SUCCESS IS YOUR OWN DAMN FAULT! Some authors of business books stroke your ego by reinforcing information...

Bernie Smith / George Best: A Celebration (Hardback)

George Best was one of the greatest footballers ever to have walked the Earth - an absolute legend. His ability as an all-round player was, and still is, unsurpassed. He was highly skilled, a tough tackler and great in the air. As well as being an...

Rachel Hore / Last Letter Home (Hardback)

From the bestselling author of A Week in Paris, and the Richard & Judy Bookclub pick A Place of Secrets, comes a gripping and moving story spanning 70 years, set in Italy and in Norfolk.On holiday with friends, young...

Gabrielle Walker / Snowball Earth: The Story of the Great Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life as We Know It (Hardback)

Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet? A global adventure story and a fascinating account of scientist Paul Hoffman's quest to prove his maverick 'Snowball Earth' theory, this is science writing at its most...

John Gimlette / At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig: Travels Through Paraguay (Hardback)

A vivid journey into Paraguay -- hellish jungles, dictators, flamboyant mistresses -- yet one of the most beautiful andcaptivating countries in the world.         All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the...

Jonathan Kellerman / Crime Scene (Hardback)

Natural causes or foul play? That's the question Clay Edison must answer each time he examines a body. Figuring out motives and chasing down suspects aren't part of his beat--not until a seemingly open-and-shut case proves to be more than meets his...

Anthony Parinello / Secrets of VITO: Think and Sell Like a CEO (Hardback)

Discover the Sales Secrets of Corporate America's Top Movers and Shakers! At a time when integrity of America's corporate leaders is in question and their business practices are under intense scrutiny, bestselling author Anthony Parinello takes us...

Alan Hollinghurst / The Folding Star: A Novel (Hardback)

Edward Manners - thirty-three, disaffected, in search of a new life - has come to an ancient Flemish city to teach English. Almost at once he falls in love with one of his pupils, the seventeen-year-old Luc Altidore, recently expelled from school for...

Dan Ciampa, Michael Watkins / Right from the Start: Taking Charge in a New Leadership Role (Hardback)

According to Dan Ciampa and Michael Watkins, 64 percent of executives hired form the outside won't make it in their new jobs. While executives from within the ranks know the challenges, culture, and politics of a company, newcomers face a corporate...

Christopher Steiner / Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World (Hardback)

The rousing story of the last gasp of human agency and how today’s best and brightest minds are endeavoring to put an end to it.It used to be that to diagnose an illness, interpret legal documents, analyze foreign policy, or write a newspaper...

Kevan Reilly / Big Money, Beautiful Game: Saving Soccer From Itself (Hardback)

Drawing on two year's research and interviews with people at all levels of the game, from die-hard supporters to play-hard club directors this book, charts the development of financial football where financial firepower translates directly into...