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Costello Jane / Bridesmaids

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHORIt's a happy day for everyone except the bridesmaid ...With less than an hour to go before her best friend, Grace, is to walk down the aisle, Evie is attempting to fulfil her most...

James Reston Jr. / Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition and the Defeat of the Moors

Brings the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition into focus while also capturing the excitement of exploration and the promise of a brighter, more modern future.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown...

Guy Browning / How to Be Normal: A Guide for the Perplexed

From the author of Never Hit a Jellyfish With a Spade comes a new volume of answers to life's most troublesome questionsNormal people are extremely unusual. Think of all the people you know and ask yourself how many are normal. None of them! In fact...

George Lamming / In the Castle of My Skin

A classic first novel about growing up in colonial Barbados. In the Castle of my Skin is a brilliant, sensitive record of the evolving consciousness of a poor village boy, at a time of rapid social change.     All of our books are second hand,...

Sebastian Rook / Vampire Dusk : Paris

Jack wants to believe that the vampires are gone, banished for a thousand years by a ritual that sent their leader to the depths of Hell. But he isn't sure. The voice of the vampire god still echoes in his mind, promising to return. Jack's friends Ben...

Maxine Hong Kingston / The Woman Warrior

With an introduction by Xiaolu Guo A classic memoir set during the Chinese revolution of the 1940s and inspired by folklore, providing a unique insight into the life of an immigrant in America. ''When we Chinese girls listened to the adults...

William Shakespeare / Macbeth - New Swan Shakespeare

Promised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by three sinister witches, Macbeth murders the king to ensure his ambitions come true. But he soon learns the meaning of terror - killing once, he must kill again and again, and the dead return to haunt him...

Paul Jennings / The Local: A History of the English Pub

The pub has been at the heart of English life for generations. But how has this unique institution developed over the centuries? Paul Jennings traces the history of the English pub, looking at how it evolved from the coaching inn and the humble alehouse,...

Marc Abrahams / This is Improbable Too - Synchronized Cows, Speedy Brain Extractors and More WTF Research

The mind behind the infamous Ig Nobel Prizes presents an addictive collection of improbable research all about us – and you.Marc Abrahams collects the odd, the imaginative and the brilliantly improbable. Here he turns to research on the ins and...

Kevin Ashton / How To Fly A Horse - The Secret History of Creation, Inventory and Discovery

In the vein of Susan Cain's Quiet and Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath, How to Fly a Horse is a smart, empowering book that dispels the myths around genius and creativity.There is a myth about how something new comes to be;...

Hunter Davies / A Life In The Day

Hunter Davies’ childhood lived amongst the post-war dirt and grime of Carlisle was immediately hailed as a classic memoir from one of Britain’s foremost columnists of the past half century. The Co-op’s Got Bananas! left our protagonist...

Vikas Shah / Thought Economics: Conversations with the Remarkable People Shaping Our Century

Since 2007, entrepreneur and philanthropist Vikas Shah MBE has been on a mission to interview the people shaping our century. Including conversations with world leaders, Nobel prizewinners, business leaders, artists and Olympians, he quizzes the minds...

John Micklethwait / God Is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith Is Changing the World

As the world becomes more modern, it is not becoming more secular. Instead, on the street and in the corridors of power, religion is surging. As "God is Back" shows, for better or for worse, faith is on the increase - fuelled by an American-style model...

Joseph Piercy / The Story of English: How an Obscure Dialect Became the World's Most-Spoken Language

Illustrating the compelling history of how the relatively obscure dialects spoken by tribes from what are now Denmark, the Low Countries, and northern Germany became the most widely spoken language in the world, this book also explores how that...

Anna Bell / It Started With A Tweet

Could YOU survive a digital detox?Daisy Hobson lives her whole life online. But when her social media obsession causes her to make a catastrophic mistake at work, Daisy finds her life going into free-fall . . .Her sister Rosie thinks she has the answer...

Dee Wyatt / A Price To Pay

Ann Thornton was thrilled to be offered the post of researcher on the popular TV series 'Yarwood Mill', but very soon she sensed that something was wrong...Who or what made her feel so uneasy? Was it James Yarwood himself? Or his brother, Steven, a...

Susan Moody / Takeout Double

While attending a Winter Bridge Weekend at a country hotel, former biology professor and professional bridge instructor Cassie Swann discovers the bodies of three of her students and steps in to investigate...     All of our books are second...

Julia Fitzgerald / Taboo

Mishaal was half English but born in an Arabian brothel. Trained for only one purpose--to please men--she had only one dream: to escape the degradation of the life that was her birthright and dance--as an artist. Sizzling romance from the author of Royal...

Noah Gordon / Choices

With Choices, Noah Gordon brings to a close his great trilogy spanning the generations of the Cole medical dynasty. Beginning with the legendary 11th–century doctor Robert J. Cole, each eldest son has borne the same name and middle...

Carol Jones / The Concubine's Child

In 1930s Malaysia, sixteen-year-old Yu Lan is in love with her best friend, Ming, whose father owns one of the busiest kopi shops in Petaling Street. But Ming's family don't see the apothecary's daughter as a suitable wife – for Yu Lan's father,...

Megan McKenna / We Live Inside a Story

Unpeel the layers of your spiritual life… In the realm of the Spirit, and when dealing with our own souls and the souls of others, we are often at a loss for words. We have a sense, maybe even an image, of what we want to share, ask or...

Lynsay Sands / One Lucky Vampire

Luck be a vampire tonight...When Nicole Phillips agreed to hire a housekeeper, she pictured someone a little frumpy and almost certainly female. Instead, she gets gorgeous, unmistakably male Jake Colson. The man is proving indispensable in the...

Jenny Tyler / Brainbusters

Offers a variety of puzzles for children, from number crunchers and word puzzles to mazes and maps     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...

Oonagh Armstrong / Will You Marry Me?: Everything You Need to Know About Marriage Before You Take the Plunge

Millions of people rush into marriage without considering the full implications - and the divorce statistics show that more than half of all marriages now fail. This book explains what the most common reasons for marital breakdown are and shows how to...

Good Homes Magazine: 101 Kitchens: Stylish Room Solutions

Packed with hints and advice, this is the ultimate resource for any do-it-yourself designer looking to decorate a living room. A range of design styles are covered, including contemporary, traditional, New England, budget, country home, and retro. More...

Jennifer Anne Grosser / Trees in the Pavement

They were cutting the branches off the trees again.When Zari first arrived in East London, she had wondered about the trees. She had never seen any fields and farms in London, like there were at home in Kosovo. But there were more trees. Or at least you...

Irfan Master / A Beautiful Lie

An extraordinarily rich debut novel, set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition. Although the backdrop is this key event in Indian history, the novel is even more far-reaching, touching on the importance of tolerance, love and family. The main...

Mary Kay Zuravleff / The Frequency of Souls

A tale of electricity, relationships, love, and life after death. George Mahoney is a refrigerator designer with more than a passing interest in dinosaurs. Niagara Spense, his new colleague, is passionately seeking electrical evidence - via an old...

Gayle Forman / Leave Me

International bestselling author Gayle Forman's trademark humor and insight abound in this masterful adult debut, showing us that sometimes you have to leave home in order to find it again.For every woman who has ever fantasized about driving past her...

Christopher Pike / Chain Letter: Two Books in One

He knows their secret and he wants to play...Chain Letter - When Alison and her friends start receiving chain letters demanding dangerous and impossible deeds from them, they figure it is just a sick joke. Until one by one they start to go missing .....

Venetia Thompson / Gross Misconduct: My Year of Excess in the City

Gross Misconduct - My Year of Excess in the City [Paperback]      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...

Marilyn Kaye / Gifted - Better Late Than Never

Teenage goth Jenna Kelly can read anyone's mind without even trying. When her alcoholic mother has to go into hospital, a stranger turns up who says he's her long-lost dad, and promises her a better future. While Jenna is happy to discover what it's like...

Philip Reeve / Larklight

Arthur (Art) Mumby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in the huge and rambling house, Larklight, travelling through space on a remote orbit far beyond the Moon. One ordinary sort of morning they receive a correspondence informing...

S.L. Powell / Fifty Fifty

Gil is on a collision course with his scientist father, and when he meets Jude, a passionate animal rights activist, things soon reach crisis point.As Jude's plans become clear, Gil is faced with a devastating dilemma that goes right to the heart of his...

Jody Shields / The Crimson Portrait

The magnificent new historical novel by the author of the bestselling The Fig Eater - a haunting love story that makes unforgettably real the ravages of war.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown...

Jan Scott / Overcoming Mood Swings

This self-help manual for those who have experienced mood swings gives details on tried and tested techniques that will help people identify and manage their moods more effectively. Background information on depression and mania is also provided...

Livvy West / The Blazing Glen

When Janet and her grandmother. Mary, are evicted and then Mary dies, Alastair protects Janet on the journey to Glasgove, Murdo helps her get a job, but his constant urgings that they marry begin to irk Janet, as do Alastair's repeated offers to look...

Suzanne Bugler / The Safest Place

How cosy I made it sound. How easy. Sam and Ella both looked at me for a moment, their faces a mixture of apprehension and wistfulness. I smiled back at them indulgently, feeling so pleased with myself. Now, I look back and I want to grab my old self by...

Edward Marston / Fugitive from the Grave

1817. Clemency van Emden receives an anonymous terse message informing her that her estranged father is dead and buried. A chance encounter on a busy London street leads her to twin detectives Peter and Paul Skillen, who agree to help her unravel the...

Michael Rips / Pasquale's Nose: Idle Days in an Italian Town

Everywhere hailed for its quirkiness, its hilarity, its charm, Pasquale's Nose tells the story of a New York City lawyer who runs away to a small Etruscan village with his wife and new baby, and discovers a community of true eccentrics -- warring bean...

Joan Silber / Improvement

Improvement is a major work of literature.' - Nick Hornby, The BelieverReyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet as she visits him throughout his three-month stint in prison, their bond grows tighter. Kiki, now settled in New York after a...

Nick Foster / Murder at Roaringwater - The Inside story of the death of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier

Murder At Roaringwater is a fascinating read and, for me, the definitive account of this case.” – Daily Mail“A shocking true tale… a well-written book” – RTÉ Murder at Roaringwater is the inside story of the...

Robyn Flipse , Jacqueline Shannon / The Wedding Dress Diet

Every bride wants to look perfect on her wedding day. It's the one day you're guaranteed to be the centre of attention. This title features a safe and sane diet and exercise plan that offers advice and suggestions to help brides look and feel fantastic...

James Gustave Speth / Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment

Why we are failing to protect the global environment. What we can—and must—do to succeed.This book will change the way we understand the future of our planet. It is both alarming and hopeful. James Gustave Speth, renowned as a visionary...

Helga Jensen / My heart is in Venice

Venice was where it all began…Libby and Will spent a glorious honeymoon in this magical city. They didn’t have much money, but they had a whole lot of love and a bright future ahead of them.And Venice was where it all went wrong…Two...

Max Davidson / Fields of Courage: The Bravest Chapters in Sport

From Jackie Robinson to Billie Jean King, a cavalcade of sports heroism celebrating virtues that transcend winning and losing  Explaining why athletics, at their best, can be so inspirational, this is a history of sports...

Anne Booth / Across the divide

Olivia lives with her mum and grandparents. She has a relatively normal modern family. The opening of a new Army cadets unit causes turmoil both at home and at school.She wants to join, a decision her ex-army grandfather supports, but her pacifist mother...

Eric Newby / A Book of Travellers' Tales

A 'marvelously entertaining' anthology of writings - a veritable Who's Who of travelers from 430 BC to the 1980s. Witty, funny, eccentric, unexpected, this book will not disappoint.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not...

Mike Ashley / The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy

A compendium of comic fantasy writing. Most of the stories are modern, with many especially written for this collection. The book also includes classic reprints and rare gems from comic fantasy's roots in past years.     All of our books are...

Sean Young / Stick With It - The Science of Lasting Behaviour

Learn how to make real, lasting changes in your lifeWe all have bad habits - whether it's a weakness for junk food, a smartphone addiction or a lack of exercise. But change is hard. Forty percent of dieters quit within a week. Eighty percent of New...

Dick Strawbridge , Angel Strawbridge / A Year at the Chateau

Like many couples, Dick and Angel had long dreamed of living in France, but where others might settle for a modest bolthole in the French countryside, the Strawbridges fell in love with a 19th-century fairytale château, complete with 45 rooms,...

Tanya Crouch & Kevin Crouch / The Gospel According to Elvis

Organized into 6 thematic sections – Life, Love, Success, Family, Work and Friendship – The Gospel According To Elvis is a reflection on Presley’s life and a model for success. Includes a complete discography. Quotes “I figure...