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Alexandra Heminsley / Running Like a Girl

   'If you've ever wept, "Why Do I Want To Run?" your answer is here.' Caitlin MoranAlexandra Heminsley had high hopes: the arse of an athlete, the waist of a supermodel, the speed of a gazelle. Defeated by gyms and bored of yoga, she decided...

Maria Duenas / A Vineyard in Andalusia

    A sweeping historical epic by an author whose novels have sold over 6 million copies worldwide. A ruined merchant sets sail to seek his fortune in the 19th century Spanish Empire. Haunted by his lost wealth, he gambles the last of his...

John Pilger / The New Rulers of the World

   John Pilger is one of the world's most renowned investigative journalists and documentary film-makers. In this fully updated collection, he reveals the secrets and illusions of modern imperialism. Beginning with Indonesia, he shows how...

F. E. Higgins / The Bone Magician

   Since his father disappeared under a dark cloud of scandal, Pin Carpue has been alone in the world. His work for the local undertaker keeps him busy, but his life is bleak. Then Pin encounters the Bone Magician, a man who can raise corpses...

Sarah Morgan / Holiday In The Hamptons

   `The literary equivalent of an ice cream on a summer afternoon' - Daily Express'An absolute delight.' - Veronica HenryShe's moved on...Felicity Knight loves New York. But when she spots her ex-husband in the city, Fliss is desperate to...

Norman Davies / Rising '44 : The Battle for Warsaw

   Rising '44 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic episodes in 20th century history, drawing on Davies' unique understanding of the issues and characters involved. In August 1944 Warsaw offered the Wehrmacht the last...

Jason Mott / The Returned

   The book behind the TV show, The Resurrection.A family given a second chance at lifeA world where nothing - not even death - is certainLucille Hargrave's son Jacob has been dead for over forty years. Now he's standing on her doorstep, still...

Seth Milstein / The Little Book of Trumpisms : The Donald on immigration, global warming, his rivals, Mexicans and more

   A hilarious and horrific collection of Donald Trump's no-holds-barred opinions, brought together in one handy volume. It contains the rug-haired one's charming and intelligent thoughts on his opponents (`Hillary Clinton was the worst...

Jason Burke / On the Road to Kandahar : Travels through conflict in the Islamic world

   From the bestselling author of Al-Qaeda, Jason Burke's On the Road to Kandahar reveals the true face of Islam in an age of global conflict.In the summer of 1991 Jason Burke set off to join Kurdish guerillas fighting in Iraq. It was the...

Ariel Levy / Female Chauvinist Pigs : Woman and the Rise of Raunch Culture

 Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the 'pornification' of other women, and themselves. This is a world where simulating sex for baying crowds of men on shows like Girls Gone Wild and going to...

Anna Quindlen / Miller's Valley

 `Miller's Valley reads like a companion to Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge' Elisabeth Egan, author of A Window OpensMimi Miller's family have lived in Miller's Valley for generations and at times it feels like nothing ever changes - until now...

John Campbell / The Iron Lady : Margaret Thatcher: From Grocer's Daughter to Iron Lady

 In this abridged edition of John Campbell's two acclaimed volumes on Margaret Thatcher, we trace the life of Britain's only female Prime Minister, from her upbringing in Grantham to her unexpected challenge for leadership of the Conservative party...

Jilliane Hoffman / The Cutting Room

 The chilling new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Retribution and Pretty Little ThingsTHEY WATCH.The body of a student who went missing from a Florida nightclub is found in a dumpster. A horrifying scene, but nothing compared...

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon / The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

 When the Taliban took control of Kabul, Kamila Sidiqi and all the women of Kabul saw their lives transformed. Overnight, they were banned from schools and offices and even forbidden from leaving their front doors on their own. The economy collapsed...

Duncan Anderson / Cooking For Blokes

 Hungry?Can't find the menu from the takeaway up the road?Can't face beans on toast again?Cooking for Blokes tells you all you need to know - from which pots you need in your cupboard to what to put in the spice rack. From the simplest of '11.30 on...

Edward Marston / The Fair Maid of Bohemia

 Murder turns the journey of a lifetime into a deadly nightmareThe plague has struck London once again but so has opportunity for theatre company Lord Westfield's Men. Invited to perform at the wedding celebrations of Sophia Magdalena, the fair maid...

Ray Mac Manais / The Road from Ardoyne : The Making of a President

 Mary McAleese, Ireland's President, has a longstanding interest in many issues concerned with justice, equality, social inclusion, anti-sectarianism and reconciliation. She was a member of the Catholic Church Episcopal Delegation to the New Ireland...

Ben Okri / Astonishing The Gods

 From the author of the 1991 Booker Prize winner, "The Famished Road", comes a novel which carries the reader to an enchanted island. It is set in a time and place of fairytales, but is evocative of African consciousness.     All of our...

Matthew Green / Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend

 Goodreads finalist 2012 as voted by over 1 million readersMy name is BUDO.I have been alive for 5 years.5 years is a very long time for someone like me to be alive.MAX gave me my name. Max is 8 years old.He is the only human person who can see me.I...

The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places

 The great explorers were the celebrities of their day - the romance and danger of their daring expeditions captured the public imagination and the world's headlines to an extraordinary degree. Not all of them lived to tell the tale, of course, but...

Holly Bourne / Soulmates

 Every so often, two people are born who are the perfect match for each other. Soulmates. But while the odds of this happening are about as likely as being struck by lightning, when these people do meet and fall in love, thunderstorms, lightning...

Jung Chang / Empress Dowager Cixi : The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

 From the bestselling author of Wild Swans, comes the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age.In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in...

Cesar Millan / A Member of the Family : Cesar Millan's Guide to a Lifetime of Fulfillment with Your Dog

 Many of us think of our dogs not as pets, but as full-fledged members of our families. If you own a dog or are thinking about getting one - A Member of the Family is the ultimate resource for integrating your canine companion into your household...

Kevin Markham / Driving the Green

 Mark Twain had it all wrong: golf is not a good walk spoiled, golf is a journey. And when Ireland provides the map it becomes an 11,000km odyssey for one man in a camper van. Ireland's beauty shines through but the people encountered along the way,...

Elinor Lipman / Then She Found Me

 Given up for adoption thirty-six years ago, April Epner, now a quiet-living, sensible-jumper-wearing Latin teacher, has never had the slightest desire to be reunited with her biological mother. But, as it turns out, she doesn't have a choice. When...

Sophie King / Second Time Lucky

 Once Bridgewater House was the stately home of Lord Pearmain - now the Lord lives in one of the apartments, like the newly-divorced mother-of-three, the legendary screen goddess of the forties and the American PhD student. Over an eventful summer...

Kate Griffin / Kitty Peck and the Child of Ill-Fortune

 A fast-paced historical mystery with breath-taking twists and turns that takes us from the bohemian world of late 19th-Century Paris to a deadly secret at the heart of the British Empire.March 1881, London's East End.Kitty Peck, a spirited but...

Nicola Doherty / Girls on Tour

 Meet the Girls on Tour - Poppy, Lily, Maggie and Rachel. Four ordinary girls who have the most fun in faraway places. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll lose your heart. Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell, Debbie Johnson and Fiona Collins. 'I really...

Miles Franklin / My Brilliant Career

 First published in 1901, this Australian classic recounts the live of 16-year-old Sybylla Melvyn. Trapped on her parents' outback farm, she simultaneously loves bush life and hates the physical burdens it imposes. For Sybylla longs for a more...

Derek Trotter / Del Boy: He Who Dares

 Jack-the-lad, wheeler-dealer and international playboy (just ask the manageress of El Sid's, Torremolinos, 1978), this was a man destined for greatness. One day he would mature into an award-winning man of business*, thriving entrepreneur and...

Paul Dolan / Happiness by Design : Finding Pleasure and Purpose in Everyday Life

 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERHow can we make it easier to be happy? Using the latest cutting-edge research, Professor Paul Dolan reveals that wellbeing isn't about how we think - it's about what we do. By making deliberate choices that bring us both...

Sasha Grey / The Juliette Society

 Catherine, a blossoming film student whose sexuality has been recently stirred, finds herself drawn into a secret club where the world's most powerful people meet to explore their deepest, often darkest sexual fantasies.But even as these new...

Andrew Kaufman / The Waterproof Bible

   Rebecca has a most unusual problem: no matter how hard she tries, she can't stop broadcasting her feelings to people around her. Luckily, she's discovered how to trap and store her feelings in personal objects - but just how much emotional...

Michael Mosley / The Clever Guts Diet : How to revolutionise your body from the inside out

 This is the DEFINITIVE BOOK on the newest frontier in science and diet, explained by the nation's most trusted diet doctor.MASSIVE PRESS COVERAGE, with national newspaper serialisation and continued appearances by Dr Mosley on television, radio and...

Tibor Fischer / Don't Read This Book If You're Stupid

 A dazzling collection of short fiction, containing stories published in New Writing and the Times Literary Supplement, as well as several new stories. The Novella 'I Like being Killed' takes the lid off the comedy scene in London, investigates...

Henry Marsh / Do No Harm : Stories of Life Death and Brain Surgery

 A SUPERB ACHIEVEMENT' IAN MCEWAN* * * * *What is it like to be a brain surgeon?How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cut through the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason?How do you live with the consequences when it...

Maeve Byrne Crangle / Conquering Your Fear of Flying

   Recent figures estimate that one in ten people suffers from a fear of flying. Ironically, this very mode of transport is becoming an everyday means of travel for many, and an essential part of our work and personal lives. 'Conquering Your...

True Stories: Stories of Comfort

      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 may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Roger & Charlie Mortimer / Dear Lupin... : Letters to a Wayward Son

   Nostalgic, witty and filled with characters and situations that people of all ages will recognise, Dear Lupin is the entire correspondence of a Father to his only son, spanning nearly 25 years. Roger Mortimer's sometimes hilarious,...

Rob Parsons / Teenagers! : What Every Parent Has to Know

 Author of the highly successful Sixty Minute series Rob Parsons turns his attention to that very difficult period of adolescence - the teenage years.He explains how to cope with this often disruptive period in a family's life and how to continue...

F. Scott Fitzgerald / Tender is the Night / The Last Tycoon

 With an Introduction and Notes by Henry Claridge, Senior Lecturer, School of English, University of Kent at Canterbury.Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the `Roaring Twenties'. A wealthy...

Mal Peet / Tamar

 Written by the author of 'Keeper', winner of the 2004 Branford-Boase award, this is a thrilling and moving story about love, betrayal and belonging.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown...

David Grann / Killers of the Flower Moon : Oil Money Murder and the Birth of the FBI

 WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIMESHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION**SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING...

Carol Anne Davis / Children Who Kill : Profiles of Pre-teen and Teenage Killers

 Why would two young boys abduct, torture and kill a toddler? What makes a teenage girl plot with her classmates to kill her own father? Traditionally, society is used to regarding children as harmless -- but for some the age of innocence is...

Robert James Waller / A Thousand Country Roads

 Sixteen years after Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson have agreed that their swift, passionate and deep love affair must end, they are still thinking of each other. Robert has never married, but continued his nomadic life as a photographer. He...

Kate Saunders / The Marrying Game

 With a batty mother, a crumbling house and no education to speak of, the four Hasty girls aren't best equipped for the modern world. And when the death of their charming but useless father leaves them nothing but mountains of debt, drastic action...

Overheard in Dublin Rides Again

 More Overheard in Dublin: another 500 quotes from the ever popular website...Taxi driver complaining about Taniste Mary Coughlan:'I didn't like her when she sung either!'___________I was on the Luas last August, and was standing next to these two...

John Giles / The Great and the Good

 In The Great and the Good, Ireland's leading football pundit and legend of the game John Giles looks back on more than fifty years of football, at developments in the game from the post-War period to the present day, the great players who drove it...

Libby Purves / Passing Go

 On the high ground above the great city, Roy and Helen live in brittle affluence inside a weary marriage. Of their four children, three have long vanished into the sprawling, sluttish metropolis beneath: Marcus the dotcom entrepreneur, Shona the...

James Dashner / The Fever Code ( Maze Runner Series - Book 5

 A prequel to the New York Times bestselling Maze Runnerseries - now a series of major motion pictures starring DylanO'Brien!SPOILER ALERT: Make sure you've read TheMaze Runner, The Scorch Trials and The Death Curefirst.SEE THE FILMS. READ THE BOOKS...

Theresa Cheung / An Angel on My Shoulder

 Following in the hugely popular `Angel Saved My Life' series comes a moving new collection of real-life stories from the Afterlife.Following in the bestselling An Angel Saved My Life series, An Angel on my Shoulder is an inspiring collection of...

Tatjana Soli / The Lotus Eaters

 A tremendously evocative debut, a love story set in the hallucinatory atmosphere of war, described in translucent, fever-dream prose.'Janice Y. K. Lee, author of the bestselling `The Piano Teacher'Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for...