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Xan Brooks / Catchers

LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2025 ‘Bristles with expertly calibrated menace and moral ambiguity’ — TLS ‘Elegant and eloquent’ — Daily Mail ‘A propulsive narrative that immediately grabs our interest’ — Financial Times ‘...

Martin Cruz Smith / Independence Square

‘Martin Cruz Smith does more on a page than most writers manage in a chapter. He is unique and irreplaceable’ MICK HERRON, author of Slow Horses ARKADY RENKO IS BACK . . . Confined to a desk job by his superiors to keep him out of the way, Arkady Renko...

Summersdale / 365 Ways to Be Happy

Do you want to be a joyful, more positive you? Tap into your inner optimist every day with this uplifting collection of motivating tips, mood-boosting activities, wise words and affirmations. From moments of delight to long-term emotional well-being,...

Steven Sonsino / Bluff Your Way At Bird Watching

Part of the "Bluffer's Guides" series, this book explains how to bluff your way in bird watching. These guides are designed to help the reader achieve instant expertise and become a successful bluffer. Other "Bluffer's...

Charles Beaumont / A Spy at War

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David Pilling / Bending Adversity

A both definitive and highly enjoyable book on how modern Japan works, from Asia expert David Pilling FINANCIAL TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014 'An affectionate, beautifully written and counter-intuitively optimistic take on the country, which stresses...

Lara Love Hardin / Many Lives of Mama Love

A page-turning, funny and poignant memoir about Lara Love Hardin's journey from soccer mom to identity thief and opiate addict to New York Times bestselling ghostwriter, via a Californian prison     This book is second hand, and while you...

Erik Blumenthal / Believing in yourself

Written by an internationally respected psychotherapist, this is a no-nonsense handbook for all those who want to benefit from the greater freedom, independence and confidence that a stronger sense of self-worth will bring. Unique in that it recognises...

Arcturus Holding Limited / PUB QUIZ

If you're a quiz addict this is the book for you! Offering more than 2,500 questions divided into more than 250 rounds on many subjects, it will provide a steely test of your general knowledge, and hours of entertainment     This book is...

Kevin Smith / Dogma

In Kevin Smith's controversial comic fantasia on the nature of faith, Bethany is a beleaguered young woman who is stunned to receive a midnight visit from the voice of God - an angel known as the Metatron. As a lapsed Catholic, Bethany is more than...

Biddy White Lennon / Best of Irish Potato Recipes

The potato has long been a staple of the Irish diet. Here, Biddy White Lennon gathers together some of the best recipes based on the humble potato. With flavours ranging from sweet to spicy, savoury to sumptuous, Biddy brings out the best in this...

Michelle Lovric / The Floating Book

Venice, 1468. Sosia Simeon, a free-spirited sensualist, is the lover of many men in the fabled city, though married to one she despises. On the edge of the Grand Canal, Wendelin von Speyer sets up the first printing press in Venice and looks for the book...

Matthew Qvortrup / Angela Merkel

The most revealing biography of Angela Merkel 'An excellent book.' Simon Kuper, Financial Times 'A biography that reads like an Icelandic saga.' The Times Matthew Qvortrup's definitive and insightful biography of Angela Merkel is...

Pema Chodron / Living Beautifully

The American Buddhist nun and author of the best-selling When Things Fall Apart counsels readers on how to live compassionately and well during times of instability, demonstrating the use of the Three Commitments practice to promote relaxation, embrace...

Nan C. Merrill / Psalms for Praying

Every commentary on the Book of Psalms has had to face the issue that many of these prayers commemorate and celebrate wrath and vengeance. What is needed is not ingenious exegetical rationalization of ancient texts, but the kind of transformation into a...

Eliza Wass / In the Dark, in the Woods

'Haunting, unexpected, beautifully written. One of the best books I've read this year' LOUISE O'NEILL An unforgettable thriller from an incredible new author, for fans of We Were Liars and Half Bad, reminiscent of The Virgin Suicides ...

Albert Maltz / A Tale of One January

Poland, January 1945. Two women and four men escape from a Nazi death march. Each is from a different background and a different country, but all have endured the horrors of imprisonment in Auschwitz. They find refuge in an abandoned factory, and...

Kevin Wilson / Now Is Not the Time to Panic

Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner - is determined to make it through yet another sad summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke, a talented artist who is as lonely and awkward as she is. As...

Witold Rybczynski / One Good Turn

The Best Tool of the Millennium The seeds of Rybczynski's elegant and illuminating new book were sown by The New York Times, whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying "the best tool of the millennium." The award-winning author...

Matt Rendell / Colombia Es Pasion!

From the prize-winning cycling writer Matt Rendell comes a superb, uplifting book on the incredible rise of Colombian cycling     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the...

Donna Jo Napoli / Hunger

“If ever there was a book primed to show American children why families from other countries are often desperate to reach our shores, this is it.” — Booklist (starred review) “A timely reminder about conditions in our current world.” — The Horn Book “A...

Elen Lewis / Great Ikea!

IKEA has made hip and classic home designs affordable and attainable to the masses, and this book explains why. A captivating look at the history of the company and the magic behind its success, this analysis examines various aspects of IKEA's...

Geof Alred / The mentoring pocketbook

The Mentoring Pocketbook now in its third edition shows how to design and manage a mentoring scheme, how to prepare to be a mentor, how to conduct mentoring sessions, how to maintain the relationship through the different stages and how to evaluate...

John Townsend / Trainer's Pocketbook

The Trainer's Pocketbook This title takes a practical approach to all aspects of structuring and delivering a training course or seminar. It covers learning theory, learning environment, techniques for opening and closing the session, the right...

Margaret Chapman / Emotional Intelligence

This book defines emotional intelligence (Ei) and explains why it is important. It provides a framework for understanding Ei and illustrates how to develop Ei capabilities. In addition, with the aid of a self-assessment questionnaire it offers readers...

William A. Sahlman / How to Write a Great Business Plan

In How to Write a Great Business Plan, Harvard Business School professor William A. Sahlman provides a framework that assess the four interdependent factors critical to every entrepreneur and new business venture. Judging by all the hoopla surrounding...

Dava Sobel / Glass Universe

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves’ The Economist #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating, little-known true story...

Delia Smith / A Feast for Lent

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Christopher Woodward / In Ruins

Why are we so fascinated by ruins? Do we see them as jig-saws and riddles or romantic evocations of the damage of Time, complete with crumbling stone and ivy? Do they stir us to remember past glory or warn against future arrogance? In this elegant,...

Annie Lord / Notes on Heartbreak

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Sean O Riain / Irish Is Fun-Tastic!

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Ruth Burrows / Before the living God

Ruth Burrows is a Carmelite nun, and the author of three outstanding books on prayer - Essence of Prayer , Guidelines for Mystical Prayer and Interior Castle Explored (all published by Continuum). This book is her autobiography - the account of a life...

Sophie Elmhirst / Maurice and Maralyn

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Philip Mansel / Levant

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Felipe Fernandez-Armesto / So You Think You're Human?

You think you're human. But what does that mean? How can humanity be defined? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto takes us on an enlightening journey through the history of humankind to reveal the challenges to our most fundamental belief - that we are, and...

Elif Batuman / The Possessed

Roaming from Tashkent to San Francisco, this is the true story of one budding writer's strange encounters with the fanatics who are devoted - absurdly! melancholically! ecstatically! - to the Russian classics. Combining fresh readings of the great...

Michael Hofmann / Selected Poems

Michael Hofmann's poems have been widely admired, notably for their gift of compressed and vividly pointed reportage, and the collision course of words and dictions that his poetry characteristically provokes. His subject-matter has been equally...

Andrew Meier / Black Earth

Russia today is a world in a dark limbo. The body politic is diseased, the state in collapse. Yet for all the signs of encroaching doom, Russians do not fear the future. They fear the past. Russians have long known theirs is not a land that develops and...

His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the XIV Dalai Lama / Beyond Religion

In 1999 His Holiness The Dalai Lama published the bestselling Ancient Wisdom: Modern World , which addressed the question of ethics for the new millennium. A decade later, His Holiness enters the contemporary debate about religion vs atheism, and returns...

Tim Blanning / The Pursuit of Glory

'Let the nations rejoice: this history of Europe is a truly glorious book' John Adamson, Sunday Times The Pursuit of Glory brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in European history – from the battered, introvert continent after...

Alex Howard / The Ghost Cat

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Abhijit Banerjee / Good Economics for Hard Times

FROM THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS 'Wonderfully refreshing . . . A must read' Thomas Piketty In this revolutionary book, prize-winning economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo show how economics, when done right, can...

Tasha Eurich / Insight

Nominated as one of the 2019 Thinkers50 Radar group Research shows that self-awareness is the meta-skill of the 21st century – the foundation for high performance, smart choices, and lasting relationships. Unfortunately, we are remarkably poor judges of...

Alex White / August Kitko and the Mechas from Space

Expect giant robots, explosive battles and lots and lots of feelings in this queer space opera from Alex White. In this new wide-screen space opera, humanity has met its match. An alien race of enormous robotic AI have destroyed most of humanity's...

Christina R Wodtke / Radical Focus

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Janina Scarlet / Super-Women

Have you ever struggled with weight issues? Have you faced prejudice because of your gender identity or sexuality? Have you had to cope with depression, anxiety or bullying? Have you been the victim of sexual assault? If the answer to any of these is...

Nikota / House Witch and the Charming of Austice

THERE'S A NEW SPY IN THE KITCHEN - AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE THE COOK . . . House witch Finlay Ashowan must contend with matters of the heart, hearth, and kingdom in the second book in this whimsical, romantic fantasy series. - Between his work for the...

Susan Sutherland / Opera

This guide was designed to help beginners increase their appreciation and understanding of opera. It explores the characteristics and history of key operas from 1600 to the twentieth century.     This book is second hand, and while you may not...

Robert Gray / A history of London

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Cathy Creswell / Overcoming Your Child's Fears and Worries

Around 15% of children are thought to suffer from anxiety disorders, the most commonly identified emotional or behavioural problems among children. Based on techniques developed and practised by the authors, this book teaches parents how to use cognitive...

S. N. Behrman / Duveen

A startling number of masterpieces now in American museums are there because of the shrewdness of one man, Joseph Duveen, art dealer to John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Mellon, Henry Clay Frick, and William Randolph Hearst. In a series of articles originally...

Mary-Kay Wilmers / Eitingons

Leonid Eitingon was a KGB killer who dedicated his life to the Soviet regime. He was in China in the early 1920s, in Turkey in the late 1920s, in Spain during the Civil War, and, crucially, in Mexico when Trotsky was assassinated. 'As long as I...