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ZIP Reads / Summary & Analysis of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World-and Why Things Are Better Than You Think | A Guide to the Book by Hans Rosling

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YOUCAT Foundation / DOCAT: What to do

DOCAT is the latest title in the international best-selling YOUCAT series for young people. With its focus on the social teaching of the Catholic Church, DOCAT shows young people how to work towards...

Ben Stevens / A Gaijin's Guide to Japan: An alternative look at Japanese life, history and culture

In this alternative look at Japanese life, history and culture, Ben Stevens looks at the good, the bad and the plain weird from a Westerner's viewpoint. His book is an A-Z that covers all aspects of...

Alice Walker / Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful

However much we like Alice Walker's fictional characters, it's still a treat when she speaks in her own voice, whether in essays or poems. The poems in this work show the impressive range that voice...

Glenn Adamson / Fewer, Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects

Things matter. So why are we losing touch with them?From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York comes a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object...

Stephen Bungay / Alamein

For Great Britain, there were two pivotal battles in the Second World War. One was the Battle of Britain. The other was El Alamein. There, in October 1942, in a remote part of the desert between...

Felice Picano / Like People in History

Flamboyant, mercurial Alistair Dodge and steadfast, cautious Roger Sansarc are second cousins who are both gay and whose lifelong friendship begins when they first meet as nine-year-old boys in 1954...

Sally Morgan / Want to Read Shop this series Rate this book My Best Friend The Evacuee

Join two best friends as history is made in 1941. Teddy and Harriet have been joined at the hip for as long as they can remember - but then the WAR started. Teddy is EVACUATED all the way across the...

Peter Lantos / The Boy Who Didn't Want to Die

“Deeply moving” - Booktrust“A gripping story of love, courage and triumph over evil” - The Bookseller“Can, and should, be read by an audience of any age.” - Jewish NewsA story of survival, of love...

Rupert Sheldrake / Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home & Other Unexplained Powers of Animals

Many people who have ever owned a pet will swear that their dog or cat or other animal has exhibited some kind of behavior they just can't explain. How does a dog know when its owner is returning...

Duncan Clark / The Rough Guide to Ethical Shopping

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO ETHICAL SHOPPING   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...

Ian Parker / Radical Psychoanalysis and Anti-Capitalist Action

Politicians of all stripes now talk about 'mental health'. They tell us how they have suffered, and promise more resources to put things right. At the same time, welfare services are being cut,...

Christopher Fowler / Seventy-Seven Clocks

The odd couple of detection — the brilliant but cranky detectives of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit — return in a tense, atmospheric new thriller that keeps you guessing until the final page. This...

Successories / The Essence of Attitude: Quotations for Igniting Positive Attitudes

A positive attitude is healthy for us. It removes the rust from our minds, lubricates the soul, and fires up our enthusiam for life. In this modern world, we are surrounded by negative thoughts and...

Jonathan Green / Unnatural History

In the closing years of the 20th century the British Empire's rule is still going strong. Queen Victoria is about to celebrate her 160th birthday, kept alive by advanced steam technology. London is a...

Olivia Blacke / Vinyl Resting Place

First in a new series by Olivia Blacke, Vinyl Resting Place follows three sisters who discover that opening a family business can be murder.When Juni Jessup and her sisters Tansy and Maggie put all...

Adam Macqueen / The Inalienable Right: A Tommy Wildblood Novel

  In the age of AIDS and Section 28: a secret that could change political historyIt is 1987, and Tommy Wildeblood has put his days as a Piccadilly Circus rent boy long behind him. Slightly to his own...

Rhodri Marsden / FWD This Link

From skate-boarding dogs to Arnold Schwarzenegger photoshopped into a swimsuit and sat on George Bush’s lap >>FWD This Link brings together the biggest distractions of the past decade into an...

HALL TARQUIN / The Case of the Love Commandos

The wonderful fourth outing for delhi detective vish puri ('the indian hercule poirot' financial times). When india’s love commandos rescue a young woman from a high-caste family who has been...

Teffi / Subtly Worded

A selection of the finest stories by this female ChekhovTeffi's genius with the short form made her a literary star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike...

Maria Coffey / Three Moons in Vietnam: A Haphazard Journey by Boat and Bicycle

This is the story of the author and her husband's journey around the real Vietnam by leaky fishing boat, sampan and coracle, rickety bicycle and battered bus, a journey that took three full moons. It...

Ronan Hession / Panenka

His name was Joseph, but for years they had called him Panenka, a name that was his sadness and his story. Panenka has spent 25 years living with the disastrous mistakes of his past, which have made...

Marc Sautet / Nietzsche para principiantes

Si Marx sostenia que el futuro estaba en las masas, Nietzsche puso esa afirmacion cabeza abajo: aseveraba que el futuro se concentraba en los grandes hombres. A su juicio, el Superhombre era la...

Richard Holloway / Doubts and Loves

In this passionate and heartfelt book Richard Holloway interrogates the traditional ways of understanding the Bible. He liberates the power of the great Christian stories from their sometimes...

Correlli Barnett / The Verdict of Peace : Britain Between Her Yesterday and the Future

Correlli Barnett brings to a majestic finale his acclaimed Pride and Fall quartet, tracing Britains decline from world power. He argues that between the Korean conflict in 1950 and the Suez debacle...

Chris Grabenstein / Dog Squad

ntroducing DOG SQUAD, the crime-fighting, tail-wagging, hilarious new series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and coauthor of Max Einstein!When...

Adrian Selby / Snakewood

This debut epic fantasy from a British writer of incredible talent tells the tale of the Twenty, a band of mercenaries hunted by an unknown killer. Filled with unique voices and incredible...

Sara Davies / Broken

Sara Davies' story is one of abuse, neglect, betrayal, and, ultimately, survival. When she was just 5 years old, her violent father began to sexually abuse her. She suffered in silence for many...

Brian Morton / Starting Out in the Evening

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Rhian Tracey / When Isla Meets Luke Meets Isla

Isla moves down with her parents from Scotland to England and instantly feels herself in an alien land. But then she meets Luke and slowly their friendship blossoms into love.   This book is second...

Marcus Sedgwick / Monster Mountains

Saving the world isn't going very well for Elf Girl and Raven Boy. They've left Fright Forest and crossed a huge plain to the worryingly named Monster Mountains, where they find a sign telling them...

David Almond / War is Over

From the bestselling, award-winning author of SKELLIG comes a vivid and moving story, beautifully illustrated, which commemorates the hundred-year anniversary of the end of the First World War. "I am...

L.P. Hartley / Simonetta Perkins

Considered by Hartley to be the most accomplished of his works, Simonetta Perkins is a brilliantly observed tale of desire and guilt. Set against a glorious Venetian backdrop, it explores the nature...

Clare Empson / Him

'You're stuck there, aren't you? Right at the end. And I wonder if it might help to go back to the beginning, to put everything in some kind of order.'Catherine has witnessed something so traumatic...

Miguel Ruiz / The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

In The Four Agreements , bestselling author don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four...

Sherman Alexie / Reservation Blues

Only Big Mom can help when you've made a deal with the Devil. Robert Johnson, legendary blues man, arrives at the Spokane Reservation looking for relief. Thomas Builds-the-Fire shows him the way and...

Andrew Gordon / The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command

When hundreds of warships belonging to the two most powerful fleets in the world clashed off the coast of Denmark in 1916, the encounter had the potential to reshape the political map forever...

Jean Hood / Submarine: An Anthology of First-Hand Accounts of the War Under the Sea, 1939-1945

This outstanding anthology is a testament to the courage, tenacity, initiative and humour of the many thousands of Second World War submariners who served their countries, often in the most difficult...

Arena & Kettle / Paper Round

    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...

John Ramsden / Don't Mention The War

The Times decided in 1891 that "Germany does not excite in any class among us the slightest feeling of distrust or antipathy"—the zenith of a century in which Britons admired German culture and...

Kingsley Amis / The Green Man

Maurice Allington has reached middle age and is haunted by death. As he says, “I honestly can’t see why everybody who isn’t a child, everybody who’s theoretically old enough to have understood what...

Elizabeth Taylor / Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Librarian Note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found hereOn a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs. Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining...

Beth Blair / Break Into Travel Writing: A Teach Yourself Creative Writing Guide

By plane, train, or automobile, you can turn your journeys into paychecksGetting paid to go on holiday may sound like a great lifestyle, but there's a lot of hard graft involved--particularly,...

Wanderlust Publications / How to travel guilt free: essential tips for ethical travellers

How to travel guilt free is the Wanderlust magazine guide to eco-friendly travel. Whether you’re enjoying a staycation or heading off on a round-the-world trip, Wanderlust’s expert travel writers...

Helen Cresswell / Ordinary Jack

First in the super-funny classic series starring the TOTALLY unforgettable Bagthorpe family – from best-loved author Helen Cresswell.Jack’s fed up of living in the shadow of his brilliant siblings...

Claire Daverley / Talking at Night

Will and Rosie meet as teenagers.They’re opposites in every way. She overthinks everything; he is her twin brother’s wild and unpredictable friend. But over secret walks home and late-night phone...

George Packer / Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century

A GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARFrom one of America’s greatest non-fiction writers, an epic saga of the rise and fall of American power, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, told...

Mark Whitehead / Jack the Ripper

Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about...

Blessed Sister Faustina / Handbook of Devotion to the Divine Mercy

No. 1 new bestseller in Ireland and many other countries around the world. This is the fastest selling Prayer book in print. If you give this book to someone it can change their whole life.   This...

Anthony Clayton / The British Officer: Leading the Army from 1660 to the present

An Army officer must lead men into frightening and dangerous situations and sometimes make them do things that they never thought they could do. This book recounts how British officers have led their...

John David Anderson / The Dungeoneers

An action-packed, funny, and unexpected middle grade fantasy-adventure from the acclaimed author of Sidekicked . The world is not a fair place, and Colm Candorly knows it. While his parents and eight...

Sian Rees / The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an 18th-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts

A seafaring story with a twist -- the incredible voyage of a shipload of "disorderly girls" and the men who transported them, fell for them, and sold them.This riveting work of rediscovered history...