New Hardback Books

Astrid Lindgren / Pippi Longstocking's After-Christmas Party (Hardback)

Pippi Långstrump Pippi Longstocking's After-Christmas Party Astrid Lindgren     Pippi Longstocking's after-Christmas party includes such activities as undecorating the Christmas tree, opening presents, and sledding...

Kate Greenaway / Kate Greenaway - Book of Games (Hardback)

    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 damage it, so we refrain...

Heather Eyles/ Stinky Cynthia (Hardback)

Cynthia is a rat, and so dirty and smelly that even the other rats avoid her. Then one day a heavy storm breaks, and water pours down the drain in a torrent. Cynthia is washed away, and when she emerges at the other end of the drain she realizes that...

Paula Danziger / Forever Amber Brown (Hardback)

Amber Brown #5 Forever Amber Brown Paula Danziger, Tony Ross (Illustrator)     Just when Amber Brown thinks everything is settling down, life changes again. She's finally used to fourth grade, her new best friend...

Ursel Scheffler / The Spy in the Attic (Hardback)

  The Spy in the Attic Ursel Scheffler, Marianne Martens (Translation)     After he sees some unusual late-night deliveries, Martin's active imagination has him and his friends convinced that the man who has...

Lawrence Anholt / Cinderboy (Seriously Silly Stories) (Hardback)

Cinderboy (Seriously Silly Stories) Lawrence Anholt, Arthur Robbins     Cinderboy is crazy about football, especiall y his favourite team, Royal Palace United. But when his mean stepdad takes his two brothers to watch Royal...

Alan Durant / Happy Birthday, Spider McDrew (Hardback)

A second title about this lovable character who never quite manages to keep up with his classmates. Schools stories with the essential feel-good factor.   Paperback First published January 1, 1997   This book is second hand, and...

Pam Ayres / The Nubbler (Hardback)

Home life is a nightmare for ten year-old Rufus as his parents grow further and further apart. The Nubbler comes to the rescue, taking Rufus on strange, wonderful journeys into the future, and teaching him small ways in which he can take charge of...

Anne Rooke / When Robert Went to Play Group (Hardback)

    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 damage it, so we refrain...

Joseph McBride / Frank Capra (Hardback)

Describes Capra's immigrant origins, his rise to fame during Hollywood's golden era, his working relationships with screen legends, and his role during the postwar blacklist period   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Terence Blacker / Supermodel (Hardback)

Ms Wiz #11 Supermodel Terence Blacker     When fashion designer Yves de Chiqueville comes to town, the children of St Barnabas are captured by fashion fever. There's also a new supermodel on the scene—Didi Wisteria,...

Philip Ridley / Dakota of the White Flats (Hardback)

Dakota Pink is determined to rescue the diamond-studded turtle stolen from the white Flats where she lives with her friend Treacle. It has been sold to best-selling author, Lassiter Peach, who lives in fear of gems and hates children. Fearless, Dakota...

Michael Morpurgo / The Wreck of the Zanzibar (Hardback)

  In 1907, fourteen-year-old Laura, living with her family on one of the stormy Isles of Scilly, records in her diary how her dream of participating in a shipwreck rescue is finally realized. This book is second hand, and while you may not get the...

Paula Danziger / You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox Amber Brown (Hardback)

  Amber Brown #2 You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox Amber Brown Paula Danziger     At the end of third grade, Amber is excited about her trip with her aunt to London and Paris, where she will see her father again, but her...

Lynne Reid Banks / Angela and Diabola (Hardback)

Angela and Diabola are twins, but from the moment they enter the world - one with a smile and the other with a vengance - they have nothing in common. Angela is the perfect daughter while Diabola wreaks havoc. Yet even in their world of extremes, a...

Alexander McCall Smith / Billy Rubbish (Hardback)

When his town wins the award for the messiest town of all, Billy decides he must do something, especially as nobody else seems bothered. Together with his sister Nicola, they run the Amazing Rubbish Bin competition. The most extraordinary event of...

Dick King-Smith / Sophie hits six (Hardback)

Sophie #3 Small but very determined, Sophie loves animals and is going to be a farmer when she grows up. She has herds of insects and acquires a snail, a rabbit, a cat, and a dog. Sophie's cat, Tom, has surprised them all by producing four...

Enid Blyton / Secret Seven Mystery (Hardback)

The Secret Seven #9   A girl has mysteriously run away from home and her parents are frantic with worry. Can the Secret Seven follow the clues and catch up with the girl, or will Susie, Jack's troublesome little sister, get in the...

Jeremy Strong / Giant Jim & the Hurricane (Hardback)

When Giant Jim comes to town, the townspeople are terrified they'll be eaten or squashed. But they needn't have worried, because Jim is a good giant, who only eats omelettes, likes music and wants somewhere to live.   This book is second hand, and...

Margaret Ryan / The Littlest Dragon Gets the Giggles (Hardback)

The second book about the Littlest Dragon who has the biggest and best ideas. Familiar family stories for beginner readers. Two more stories about the Littlest Dragon who is the tenth child in the Dragon family. With nine older brothers, No 10 has to...

Kaye Umansky / The Jealous Giant (Hardback)

In this follow-up to "The Romantic Giant", Waldo's friendship with Hetty isn't running smoothly - she seems to be spending a lot of time with her wrestling trainer. Waldo sets out to impress her with his cooking, and although it doesn't go too well,...

Martin Waddell / The Adventures of Pete and Mary Kate (Hardback)

One week, Pete has to go to his gran's flat every day. He likes his gran and her stories, but there's no one to play with and Pete soon gets bored. But when Pete plays with Gran's doll, Mary Kate they share lots of adventures together...

Dick King-Smith / The terrible Trins (Hardback)

On her birthday, Mrs. Gray the mouse loses her husband, devoured by a cat. Of the deceased, she only has triplets left to whom she has just given birth: Thomas, Richard and Henri. Mrs. Gray, widowed for the third time, vows never to remarry and to train...

Barbara Ireson / Telling Tales (Hardback)

Chalk, custard, smelly corridors, bullies and goody-goodies - all the joys and trials of school life are on parade in this top-of-the-class anthology of stories by some of our best writers, including Barbara Sleigh, Andrew Matthews and Paul Jennings. All...

Robert Swindells / The Very Special Baby (Hardback)

A camel born with three humps helps three wise men carry gifts to a newborn king.   48 pages, Hardcover   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be...

Margaret Mahy / The horribly haunted school (Hardback)

Allergic to ghosts who always make him sneeze, Monty knows as soon as he sets foot in the Brinsley Codd School for Sensible Thought that it is haunted but he can't seem to convince his teacher, the awful Mr. Sogbucket, or the school's principal...

Humphrey Carpenter / The Puffin Book of Classic Children's Stories (Hardback)

This anthology introduces children to the children's classics from "Anne of Green Gables" to a "Christmas Carol", offering them an opportunity to use the extracts as a guide to which classics they would enjoy. The book is organised thematically with...

Marco Iansiti / Competing in the Age of AI (Hardback)

Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World Marco Iansiti, Karim R. Lakhani     "a provocative new book" -- The New York Times AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining...

Simon Garfield / All the Knowledge in the World (Hardback)

The encyclopaedia once shaped our understanding of the world.Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, a good set conveyed a sense of absolute wisdom on its reader. Contributions from Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Orville...

Taylor R. Marshall / Infiltration (Hardback)

It took nearly two millennia for the enemies of the Catholic Church to realize they could not successfully attack the Church from the outside. Indeed, countless nemeses from Nero to Napoleon succeeded only in creating sympathy and martyrs for our...

19Linda / Fit (Hardback)

Smash your goals and stay strong for life 'Paul Olima is undoubtedly my favourite discovery on social media. Paul’s incredible attitude, ethos and positivity is reflected in all lines of his work.' James Smith'When it comes to hitting goals...

Philip Coggan / More: The 10,000-Year Rise of the World (Hardback)

'Big and timely ... Coggan's account of the rise of the world economy is accessible and mercifully free of jargon'Sunday TimesMore tracks the development of the world economy, starting with the first obsidian blades that made their way from what is...

Paul L. Marciano / Carrots and Sticks Don't Work (Hardback)

Build a Culture of Employee Engagement with the Principles of RESPECT Paul L. Marciano     Advance praise for Carrots and Sticks Don't Work : "Paul Marciano provides a wealth of prescriptive advice that absolutely makes sense. You...

Morris Bright / Mr Carry On (Hardback)

The "Carry On" films were the brainchild of Peter Rogers, one of Britain's most admired and respected film producers. This biography charts his career and his marriage to Betty Box, the country's first female producer, as well as documenting his 40-year...

Roger Pring / Pring's Photographer's Miscellany (Hardback)

Stories, Techniques, Tips & Trivia  Pring's Photographer's Miscellany is a priceless compendium of the history, techniques and trivia of photography. Meet the mad, genius, daring (and sometimes fraudulent) pioneers and practitioners of...

Anthony Aikman / TREE HOUSES (Hardback)

Treehouses have always held a special place in the British imagination. This richly illustrated and entertaining guide will enchant readers with its stories of treehouses and their builders past and present throughout the world. The most...

Thomas Keneally / FLYING HERO CLASS (Hardback)

From the award-winning author of "To Asmara" comes a riveting and richly-textured tale of magic, terrorism, the loss of dreams, and the extraordinary powers of the human spirit. After terrorists hijack his plane, a dance troupe manager is transformed...

George Weigel / WITNESS TO HOPE the biography of Pope John Paul II (Hardback)

"Fascinating...sheds light on the history of the twentieth century for everyone."--New York Times Book ReviewNow, with an updated preface, the latest edition of the definitive biography of Pope John Paul II that explores how influential he was on the...

John Williams / Red Men Reborn! (Hardback)

A Social History of Liverpool Football Club from John Houlding to Jurgen Klopp Red Men Reborn takes a unique look at the entire history and socio-cultural significance of Liverpool FC, from the club's foundation in 1892 to the present day. John...

Naomi Whittel / High Fibre Keto (Hardback)

Have you tried going keto and found that it has made you feel worse rather than better? Does keto seem to make sense in so many ways yet seem just slightly off in several key ones? What if it's not just you? What if traditional keto diet simply fails...

Martin Amis / The Second Plane: September 11, 2001-2007 (Hardback)

Martin Amis first wrote about September 11 a week later in a piece for "The Guardian" beginning, 'It was the advent of the second plane, sharking in low over the Statue of that was the defining moment.' And he has kept returning to September 11, in...

Michael Chabon / Manhood for Amateurs (Hardback)

Michael Chabon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay' and 'The Yiddish Policeman's Union', offers his first major work of nonfiction, an autobiographical narrative as inventive, beautiful and powerful as his novels...

Robin Lane Fox / Thoughtful Gardening (Hardback)

  Great Plants Great Gardens Great Gardeners   Thoughtful Gardening is based on Robin Lane Fox's own selection from his widely admired FT column, which he has rewritten and amplified with new chapters to take readers on a highly...

Aphrodite Jones / The Embrace (Hardback)

The Embrace: A True Vampire Story Aphrodite Jones     The Barnes & Noble Drinking blood and being undead has never been more hazardous — especially in the heartland of Kentucky! Just ask the young, self-proclaimed vampire and...

Carole Wilkinson / Dragon Moon (Hardback)

Dragonkeeper #3 Ping is struggling to protect the young dragon Kai from the ruthless enemies that stalk him.Then an old friend sends her a secret map that shows the way to Dragon Haven - and the Dragonkeeper sets out on the most important...

George Hart / Warfare (Hardback)

    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 damage it, so we refrain...

Darian Leader / What Is Madness? (Hardback)

Madness, in our culture, is defined by visibility. From the popular press to TV soaps and films, the depiction of madness always borders on the violent outbursts, fits, hallucinations. But what if madness is not exactly what we think it to be? What...