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Paul Stewart / Curse of the Night Wolf (Hardback)

Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and 'high-stacking' around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. In this first adventure, Barnaby is attacked one night by an enormous dog. He kills it -...

David Lewis / The Man Who Invented Hitler (Hardback)

Throughout World War I, Hitler never rose above the rank of lance corporal, and beforehand had been an impoverished drifter. Yet within a few months of the end of the war, he had embarked on the path that was to lead Europe into years of war, terror and...

Bernard Whalen / NYPD's First Fifty Years (Hardback)

The New York Police Department is an iconic symbol of one of the world’s most famous cities. The blue uniforms of the men and women who serve on the force have long stood for integrity and heroism in the work to serve and protect the city’s residents...

Robert Rankin / The Da Da-De-Da-Da Code (Hardback)

Robert Rankin, the world's Master of Far Fetched Fiction, takes us on a roller coaster ride in his brand-new bestseller, which focuses on the biggest conspiracy theory in the world, ever. Here, in the Da-Da-Di-Da-Da Code, you will find the music of...

Foley / Homework for Grown-Ups Quiz Book (Hardback)

Which literary giant also held the post of Controller of the Custom of Hides, Skins and Wools in the port of London? Which former concubine went on to become the first, and only, empress of China? Which French diplomat gave his name to the notoriously...

Nicholas Utechin / Amazing & Extraordinary Facts (Hardback)

Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: Sherlock Holmes brings to life the most celebrated fictional character in history, through all of Arthur Conan Doyle’s 60 stories, to his transition onto stage, radio, television and the brig screen that continues...

Caroline Hulse / The Adults (Hardback)

'Genuinely unputdownable books are rare in my experience. This is one. A brilliant, original comedy' Daily Mail * * * * * MEET THE ADULTS... Claire and Matt are divorced but decide what's best for their daughter Scarlett is to have a...

Berthold Leibinger / Who Could Wish For Any Other Time But This; A life story (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...

Hannah Pool / My Fathers' Daughter (Hardback)

Hannah Pool was adopted from an orphanage in Eritrea in 1974 and came to England, via Sudan and Norway, with her white adoptive father six years later. Then a brother she never suspected she had wrote to her from Eritrea. But Hannah hid the letter away,...

Isobel Charman / The Zoo (Hardback)

How one man's mad mission became one of the best-loved places in the world The creation of a zoo in Dickensian London - when only one other existed across the world - is a story of jaw-dropping audacity. It is the story of trailblazing scientists,...

Christopher Hope / The Love Songs Of Nathan J. Swirsky (Hardback)

In the early 1950s in Badmington, a suburb suspended in time somewhere outside Johannesburg, comes Swirsky, opening a pharmacy. With his talk of exotic places and his gleaming bottles and jars, the children think of him as a magician. Then, his wife,...

Fidelis Morgan / Fortune’s Slave (Hardback)

Fourth in Fidelis Morgan’s hugely entertaining series featuring the irrepressible Countess Ashby de la Zouche and her stupendously bosomed former maid, Alpiew Unlikely as it may seem, the Countess Ashby de la Zouche finds herself with cash to spare when...

Penelope Lively / City of the Mind (Hardback)

Penelope Lively's story of a London architect's struggle for identity in love and career     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...

G. Bruce Knecht / Hooked (Hardback)

A history of the poaching of the Patagonian toothfish, otherwise known as the Chilean Sea Bass, documents how the fish came into global popularity while tracing the illegal activities of the fishing vessel Viarsa, in an account that discusses the...

Paul Theroux / Figures in a Landscape (Hardback)

The Sunday Times bestseller Paul Theroux collects a rich feast of his writing and essays - from travel to personal memoir - published all together here for the first time Drawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, Figures...

Louis-Nicholas Bescherelle / Complete Guide to Conjugating 12000 French Verbs (Hardback)

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Jacqueline Wilson / The Seaside Sleepover (Hardback)

Another instalment in Jacqueline Wilson's highly popular Sleepover series featuring Daisy and her friends - and Daisy's sister Lily. The summer holidays have finally arrived, and Daisy is bored. Daisy is glad she won’t have to see her worst...

Jill Duggar / Counting the Cost (Hardback)

For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family that captivated the nation on TLC’s hit show 19 Kids and Counting . Jill Duggar and her husband Derick are finally ready to share their story, revealing...

Mark Webber / Aussie Grit (Hardback)

Mark Webber was at the centre of one of the most captivating chapters in the history of Formula One. In 2010, while racing for Red Bull, he and his team mate Sebastian Vettel went head to head for the World Championship. There could only be one winner...

Bruce Holsinger / Culpability (Hardback)

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence!"--Oprah Winfrey "The most of-the-moment novel I've read all year, and it's the book of the summer."-- Real Simple...

John Hurley / Organisation and Scientific Discovery (Manchester Physics) (Hardback)

The book takes the view that discovery is the outcome of successful science, and that organisations play a central role in facilitating or inhibiting discovery. John Hurley argues against the theory that creativity only leads to scientific discovery and...

David Pleat / Just One More Goal (Hardback)

David Pleat has lived a life at the heart of football. From his debut as an England Schoolboy international in 1960 to his time as a scout for Tottenham Hotspur up to 2024, his is a story that touches every facet of the professional game. At Luton Town,...

Lucy Ellmann / Man or Mango? (Hardback)

A cottage, the countryside, a trusty answering phone: Eloise stricken with a sense of abandonment, embarks upon a protest against men, officialdom, biological clocks and human tendancy to reduce the world to lists, from Home Counties to Connemara, where...

Heather Havrilesky / Disaster Preparedness (Hardback)

A perceptive, witty memoir about the transformative humiliations of childhood-and adulthood-from a unique, already-beloved voice. When Heather Havrilesky was a kid during the '70s, harrowing disaster films dominated every movie screen with...

Seth Morgan / Homeboy (Hardback)

Joe Speaker is a barker at a strip joint who has a heroin habit. After a botched robbery and the violent murder of a prostitute, Joe is thrown in jail. This story of murder and retribution was written by a man who won a PEN contest for convicts, while...

Frederic Raphael / Going Up (Hardback)

' The manager's name was Love. His first-floor flat was diagonally across the private road and the rose beds from ours. Each weekday morning, at eight fifteen, he hooked open his lattice-paned bedroom window and did exercises, in a white...

M.E. McGuire / Cynthia Nolan (Hardback)

Cynthia Reed, single mother, psychiatric nurse, novelist and connoisseur, married Sidney Nolan in Sydney in 1948. England served as their home base from 1953 till her death in 1976, territory charted in her four travel books. This biography is drawn from...

John McGahern / High Ground (Hardback)

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Holly Webb / Star (Hardback)

When Anna borrows a tiny wooden tiger from her Russian grandmother's mantelpiece, little does she realize that it is the start of a magical adventure... Waking the next day, Anna finds herself in a snowy Russian village, where she hears the news...

Ian Pattison / A Stranger Here Myself (Hardback)

In his inimitable style Rab C. Nesbitt tell us his life story - no holds barred - in a novel by his creator, Ian Pattison. From opinionated foetus to fiercely proud father, Rabs has a wealth of wisdom and acute philosophical ramblings     This...

Stephen Davis / Jim Morrison (Hardback)

Jim Morrison epitomized the late 1960s - the sex, drugs and rock n roll. He was the greatest American rock star and one of the most publicised celebrities of his era, but more than three decades later, his life, works and music have yet to yield all...

Philip Coggan / Guide to Hedge Funds (Hardback)

In 1990 hedge funds managed some $39 billion of assets. By late 2006 that figure had grown to $1.3 trillion. That is a staggering increase. Equally staggering is the amount of money successful hedge fund managers earn. In 2006 the top 25 hedge fund...

Simon Hughes / Red Machine (Hardback)

A stellar selection of former Liverpool players including John Barnes, Nigel Spackman, and Ronnie Moran candidly recollect their memories of the club's eventful 1980s era During the 1980s, Liverpool Football Club dominated English soccer, winning...

Jordan Henderson / Jordan Henderson (Hardback)

You've seen him become a Liverpool legend, watched as he and Jude Bellingham lead England through the world cup - now get to know the real Jordan Henderson, both on off the pitch . . . 'A brilliantly told story with a uniquely vivid sense of...

Gordon Thomas / Desire and Denial (Hardback)

Exploring the effect of the sexual revolution and Vatican II on the Catholic Church and featuring the confessions of three priests and two nuns, this book reveals that sexual rebellion is threatening the foundations of the church     This book...

Mark Lawson / Idlewild (Hardback)

In this novel America's two dead icons, JFK and MM, are alive and being kicked in an America not entirely like our own. Among others we meet a heroic and legendary Teddy Kennedy, a Boston traffic cop called Michael Dukakis, journalists, conspiracy...

Tarquin Hall / The Case of the Missing Servant (Hardback)

Meet Vish Puri, India's most private investigator. Portly, persistent and unmistakably Punjabi, he cuts a determined swathe through modern India's swindlers, cheats and murderers. In hot and dusty Delhi, where call centers and malls are...

Aidan Carl Mathews / Lipstick on the Host (Hardback)

A collection of short stories by a young Irish author introduces a young Christian boy who aspires to be a Jew when he grows up and a doddering priest who baptizes Tortoise the Tortoise for a young girl. National ad/promo. Tour     This book is...

Yves Balasko / The General Equilibrium Theory of Value (Hardback)

The concept of general equilibrium, one of the central components of economic theory, explains the behavior of supply, demand, and prices by showing that supply and demand exist in balance through pricing mechanisms. The mathematical tools and properties...

Linwood Barclay / I Will Ruin You (Hardback)

An explosive psychological suspense crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Take Your Breath Away and The Lie Maker     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in...

Loretta Rothschild / Finding Grace (Hardback)

'Shocking, stylish, elegant, and twisting. A truly stunning debut' Chris Whitaker, NYT bestselling author of All the Colours of the Dark 'One of the best books I've read this year' Jodi Picoult SHE THOUGHT IT WAS FATE. I KNEW IT...

Sarah Bird / Last Dance on the Starlight Pier (Hardback)

Set during the Great Depression, Sarah Bird's Last Dance on the Starlight Pier is a novel about one woman—and a nation—struggling to be reborn from the ashes. July 3. 1932. Shivering and in shock, Evie Grace Devlin watches the Starlite Palace burn...

Lolly Winston / Happiness Sold Separately (Hardback)

Discovering that she and her husband are unable to have children, Elinor Mackey finds her carefully ordered world falling apart in the wake of her husband's subsequent affair with a young mother, the woman's violent ex-boyfriend, and her own...

Brad Feld / Do More Faster (Hardback)

Practical advice from some of today's top early stage investors and entrepreneurs TechStars is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator with operations in three U.S. cities. Once a year in each city, it funds about ten Internet startups with a small...

Fiction - Murgia / Code Dependent (Hardback)

Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024 AI is changing what it means to be human. This is the unrivalled investigation into the impact of AI on how we live now. 'The intimate investigation of AI that we’ve been waiting for, and it...

Simon Winchester / Atlantic (Hardback)

"Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring…A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting account." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Blending history and...

Talat Abbasi / "Bitter Gourd" and Other Stories (Hardback)

The 17 short stories in this collection are focused on the social structure of life in Pakistan and of Pakistani in diaspora: such a focus covers each strata of society centered round daily small events     This book is second hand, and while...

J. A. Sutherland / Where Was Rebecca Shot? (Hardback)

From the novel of the best selling Is Heathcliff a murderer? an ingenious book of puzzles in 20th century fiction. The novel is today stronger than it ever was. 'Classics', boosed by a hugely successful string of TV and film adaptations, now...

Jarski / Hollywood Wit: Classic Off (Hardback)

In "Wisecracks - Great Lines from the Classic Hollywood Movies", Rosmarie Jarski put together a compendium of both famous and rarely heard quips from the silver screen. Now as a companion piece to these on screen witticisms, she has put...

Colin Stagg / Pariah: Colin Stagg (Hardback)

Wrongly jailed for the murder of Rachel Nickell, Stagg speaks powerfully in Pariah, a hard-hitting account of his flawed trial, agonising imprisonment and failed attempts to rebuild life after his release. Although cleared of the killing, Stagg -...

Alister E. McGrath / The Twilight of Atheism (Hardback)

The author challenges beliefs that the modern world is becoming more secular, presenting arguments that demonstrate why atheism cannot provide the moral and intellectual guidance necessary for coping with today's issues     This book is...

Libby Purves / A Free Woman (Hardback)

Sarah Penn and Maggie Reave are sisters, who are very different. Sarah has married kind, reliable Leo and settled contentedly into small-town life. Maggie, light-hearted and footloose, has spent fifteen years drifting round the world with a backpack. Now...