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Simon Blackburn / The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy

 This best-selling dictionary is written by one of the most famous philosophers of our time, and it is widely recognized as the best dictionary of its kind. Comprehensive and authoritative, it covers every aspect of philosophy from Aristotle to Zen...

Simon Carr / Sour Gripes (Hardback)

 No doubt you've heard about the man who set the cruise control on his car at 70mph, went in the back to make himself a coffee, crashed, and then sued the car manufacturers and won? This is the stuff of urban legend, but given the rise in ludicrous...

Simon Chase / Zero Footprint : The true story of a private military contractor's secret wars in the world's most dangerous places (Hardback)

 Simon Chase's life is a maze of burner phones, encrypted emails, secret meetings, and weaponry - all devoted to executing missions too sensitive for government acknowledgement. Working for shadowy British and American organisations, Chase has been...

Simon Conway-Morris / The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals

In The Crucible of Creation , paleontologist Simon Conway Morris describes the marvelous finds of the Burgess Shale--a fantastically rich deposit of bizarre and bewildering Cambrian fossils, located in Western Canada.Conway Morris is one of the few...

Simon Cooper / The Deadly Game

    Wrapped in cheery festive paper, six parcels were delivered to branches of Barclays Bank across London. But the paper hid a deadly Christmas gift. Inside each parcel was a video cassette box and inside each box lurked a booby-trapped...

Simon Cowell / I Don't Mean To Be Rude, But

   No one can deny the impact that X Factor judge Simon Cowell has made. His acerbic put-downs and witty one-liners have sparked international debate whilst at the same time earning him a legion of admirers. Cowell's own story has all the...

Simon Cox / Cracking the Da Vinci Code

     This is the first non-fiction companion to Dan Brown's mega-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code". Its simple A-Z format tells you everything you need to know about the facts behind the fiction, and reveals the latest theories about the...

Simon Cox / The Dan Brown Companion (Hardback)

 With its lavish gazetteer section and its in-depth look at some of the themes and real-life stories behind the fiction, The Dan Brown Companion gives a unique insight into the world of one of the most successful bestselling novelists of our time.A...

Simon Dring / On The Road Again: Thirty Years on the Traveller's Trail to India (Coffee Table Book)

In 1962, at the age of 16, Simon Dring was one of the first to walk what was to become the hippie trail to India. In the summer of 1994 he set off again to retrace his footsteps on an 18,000-mile overland journey across some of the most volatile regions...

Simon FitzMaurice / It's Not Yet Dark

   'If you are hungry for truth and beauty, read this book' Roisin Ingle, The Irish Times'A demonstration of a will to live that is breathtaking ... a work of documentary poetry ... an extraordinary read' The Herald'An unforgettable read about...

Simon Fitzmaurice / It's Not Yet Dark (Hardback)

 In 2008, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (mnd). He was given four years to live. In 2010, in a state of lung-function collapse, Simon knew with crystal clarity that now was not his time to die. Against all prevailing...

Simon Flynn / The Science Magpie : Fascinating facts stories poems diagrams and jokes plucked from science

 From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, The Science Magpie is a compelling collection of scientific curiosities. Expand your knowledge as you view the history of the Earth on the face of a clock, tremble at the power of...

Simon Freeman / Baghdad FC

 With the fall of Iraq in 2003, the despotic reign of Uday Hussein, Saddam's son and sports minister, came to an end. For 19 years he had arrested, tortured and murdered footballers, athletes, officials and journalists, thrashing players with cables...

Simon French / Operational Research Techniques (Large Paperback)

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Simon Garfield / On The Map

 Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories. From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Maps and beyond, Simon Garfield examines how maps...

Simon Garfield / On The Map : Why the world looks the way it does (Signed by the Author) (Hardback)

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Simon Garfield / Timekeepers : How the World Became Obsessed With Time (Hardback)

 Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to...

Simon Gray / How's That for Telling 'Em, Fat Lady? (Large Paperback)

In An Unnatural Pursuit Simon Gray wrote an hilarious account of what it's like to be tortured, paranoid and a playwright. Here, in How's That For Telling 'Em, Fat Lady? , he takes on the United States - from coast to coast. The result is the funniest...

Simon Greenwood / The Greenwood Guide to New Zealand: Hand Picked Accommodation (Large Paperback)

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Simon Henig , Lewis Baston / Politico's Guide To The 2005 UK General Election (Large Paperback)

Parties, policies, predictions and polls: everything you need to make up your mind in the 2005 general election A unique guide to the state of the parties, policies and issues in the run-up to the 2005 general election Expert predictions from political...

Simon Hix , Abdul G. Noury , Gérard Roland / Democratic Politics in the European Parliament (Large Paperback)

With the European Parliament comprising politicians from many different countries, cultures, languages, national parties and institutional backgrounds, one might expect politics in the Parliament to be highly-fragmented and unpredictable. By studying...

Simon Hix / What's Wrong with the European Union and How to Fix It (Large Paperback)

The European Union seems incapable of undertaking economic reforms and defining its place in the world. Public apathy towards the EU is also increasing, as citizens feel isolated from the institutions in Brussels and see no way to influence European...

Simon Hoggart / Life's Too Short to Drink Bad Wine (Hardback)

 In this informative and amusing book, newly revised and updated, Simon Hoggart provides a highly personal selection of 100 exciting and eclectic wines that are invariably good value (including 10 new ones). Life's Too Short to Drink Bad Wine is...

Simon Hughes / And God Created Cricket: An Irreverent History of the English Game and How Other People (like Australians) Got Annoyingly Good at it

Simon Hughes has written an entertaining and irreverent analysis of the history of cricket, taking us beyond the sporting myths of the game to some of its lesser known, more colourful stories and to the heart of what it really means to be English...

Simon Hughes / Secret Diary of a Liverpool Scout

 But few people know about the major role played behind the scenes by Geoff Twentyman, the club's chief scout from 1959 to 1984. A former Anfield player, Twentyman was recruited into the bootroom team by Shankly and went on to unearth a host of...

Simon J. Girling / The Pet Owner's Guide to the Tortoise (Hardback)

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Simon Kuper / Ajax, The Dutch, The War

  In FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY Simon Kuper crossed the globe in search of the links between football, politics and culture. In AJAX, THE DUTCH, THE WAR he skilfully pieces together an alternative account of World War II. He looks at the lives of...

Simon Kuper / Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK (Hardback)

 Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel Hannan, Jacob Rees-Mogg: Oxford has produced most of the prominent Conservative politicians of our time. The university newspapers of thirty years ago...

Simon Mayo & Mark Kermode / The Movie Doctors

Whatever your ailment, the nation's best-loved film experts have the perfect cinematic prescription for you, whether it's a course of the Coens or a dose of Die Hard . And they're ready to cure the movies to, taking their scalpels to bloated...

Simon McDermott / Songaminute Man (Hardback)

 A powerful and emotional memoir about family and memory from the father-son singing sensation whose heartwarming carpool karaoke video took social media by storm. At first, Simon's beloved father, Ted, suffered sudden bad moods and forgetfulness...

Simon Moss / Martin the Magnificent : The Future of Irish Football

 In November 2013, Martin O'Neill was appointed manager of the Republic of Ireland's national football team, with Roy Keane as his assistant manager. For Ireland, and for football itself, the coming together of these two legends is a dream...

Simon Nye / The Best of Men Behaving Badly (Hardback)

  Includes the best original scripts from the hugely popular TV series, as well as hilarious new material revealing fresh insights into the sad lives of Gary, Dorothy, Tony and Deborah. Paperback: ISBN 0747270392.       All...

Simon Parke / The Enneagram

  The Enneagram is a time-honoured way of understanding personality types and human behavior. It is both ancient and modern. Developed over 1500 years ago by both Sufi and Christian mystics, it was overhauled in the 20th century by the...

Simon Parkin / A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Secret Game That Won the War (Large Paperback)

The triumphant story of a small group of female volunteers who, alongside a retired British naval captain, devised a winning strategy to defeat the Nazi U-boats and deliver a decisive victory in the Battle of the AtlanticBy 1941, Winston Churchill had...

Simon Pegg / Nerd Do Well

   From a filthy flat in Tufnell Park to the starship Enterprise, it's fair to say that Simon Pegg's career didn't go quite the way he expected. Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, a warp engine beyond the final...

Simon Read - The Many Murders of Michael Malloy - PB - BRAND NEW

The unbelievable true story of the Irishman who refused to die.  Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and based on police reports, court records, and the colourful tabloid reporting of the day, The Many Murders of Michael...

Simon Reid-Henry / Fidel and Che (Large Paperback)

    FIDEL AND CHE: A REVOLUTIONARY FRIENDSHIP is the story of the peasant's son, scholar, and rebel -- Fidel Castro, and his fateful meeting with the itinerant doctor Ernesto (Che) Guevara. Not yet thirty, and both in exile, they met in...

Simon Schama / The American Future (Large Paperback)

 In November 2008 the United States will elect a new President. But the imminent collapse of twenty years of Republican conservativism means the country is already conducting an intense self-examination about the trajectory of its history; how it...

Simon Sebag Montefiore / Prince of Princes : The Life of Potemkin Prince of Princes (Large Paperback)

 It is one of the great love stories of history, and one of its most successful political partnerships.Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition, perhaps the greatest of the Romanovs. Prince Potemkin - wildly...

Simon Sebag Montefiore / Speeches That Changed the World (Coffee Table Book)

 Complete with transcripts, biographies of each speaker and the stories of why the world changed as a result, this collection features 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century, from Churchill's 'Peace for our time' to Reagan's call to...

Simon Sebag Montefiore / Written in History : Letters that Changed the World

 INCLUDES NEW MATERIAL WRITTEN IN HISTORY celebrates the great letters of world history, creative culture and personal life. Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects over one hundred letters from ancient times to the twenty-first century:...

Simon Sebag Montefiore / Young Stalin (Hardback)

 Winner of the Costa Biography PrizeWhat makes a Stalin? Was he a Tsarist agent or Lenin's bandit? Was he to blame for his wife's death? When did the killing start?Based on revelatory research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic...

Simon Sinek / Start With Why

 Why are some people and organizations more inventive, pioneering and successful than others? And why are they able to repeat their success again and again?Because in business it doesn't matter what you do, it matters why you do it.Steve Jobs, the...

Simon Singh / Big Bang

   The bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem and The Code Book tells the story of the brilliant minds that deciphered the mysteries of the Big Bang. A fascinating exploration of the ultimate question: how was our universe created?Albert...

Simon Singh / Fermat's Last Theorem

 In 1963, a schoolboy browsing in his local library stumbled across a great mathematical problem: Fermat's Last Theorem, a puzzle that every child can now understand, but which has baffled mathematicians for over 300 years. Aged just ten, Andrew...

Simon Singh / The Code Book (Signed by the Author) (Hardback)

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Simon Singh / The Code Book : The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking (Hardback)

   The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography From the bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book is an enthralling history of codes and code-breaking from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer...

Simon Singh / The Code Book: The Evolution Of Secrecy From Mary, Queen Of Scots To Quantum Cryptography (Hardback)

The evolution of codes throughout history and the breaking of them. By the excellent writer of Fermat's Enigma.     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...

Simon Singh / The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

 You may have watched hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons (and its sister show Futurama) without ever realising that they contain enough maths to form an entire university course. In The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets, Simon Singh explains...

Simon Singh / Trick or Treatment?

 Welcome to the world of alternative medicine.Prince Charles is a staunch defender and millions of people swear by it; most UK doctors consider it to be little more than superstition and a waste of money. But how do you know which treatments really...

Simon Singh / Trick or Treatment? (Large Paperback)

 Prince Charles is a staunch defender and millions of people swear by it; most UK doctors consider it to be little more than superstition and a waste of money. Welcome to the world of alternative medicine. In "Trick or Treatment?", the truth about...

Simon Tierney / Stuff that Changed the World - The Extraordinary History of Ordinary Things(Large Paperback)

 Simon Tierney explores the hidden histories of ordinary things, from the toaster to the tooth brush and the matchstick to the mousetrap. Based on the popular weekly series on Moncrieff on Newstalk radio, Stuff that Changed the World offers an...