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Croatian Nights
Paperback,
01/05/2005,
£8.99
£2.99
Short fiction from the most exciting new voices to emerge in Britain and Croatia
Some Desperate Glory: The first world war the poets knew
Hardback,
08/05/2014,
£20.00
£3.99
After his highly successful history of Prussia, the authorized biographer of Siegfried Sassoon examines the First World War through the lives of the poets who fought at the front.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Paperback,
01/11/2010,
£8.99
£1.99
The fifth book in this award-winning and phenomenally bestselling series, rejacketed in a stylish new livery
Novel:an alternative history
Hardback,
03/06/2010,
£30.00
£27.00
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the novel did not originate in 18th-century England, nor even with Don Quixote, but is coeval with civilization itself. After an introduction, in which the author defends innovative, demanding novelists against their conservative critics, this book relaxes into a world tour of the premodern novel.
Clockwork Three
Paperback,
01/10/2010,
£6.99
£1.99
When Giuseppe finds a green violin washed up in New York docks, somehow he KNOWS it will change his life. The very same day, Hannah, a maid at a local hotel, gets a strange new mistress. Across the square, Frederick, a clockmaker's apprentice, hides an amazing gift. Soon they are swept away in an epic adventure.
Water's Edge
Paperback,
06/10/2003,
£6.99
£2.99
A beguiling tale of a young girl finding her place in the world, based on the Persephone myth.
How to Breathe Underwater
Paperback,
05/02/2004,
£10.99
£1.99
In these short stories, Julie Orringer's characters struggle mightily against the engulfing forces that threaten to overtake us all. All of them finally learn, gloriously if at great cost, how to breathe underwater.
MIDWINTERBLOOD
Hardback,
06/10/2011,
£9.99
£1.99
What would you sacrifice for someone you've loved forever - told in seven parts and spanning ten centuries, a cleverly constructed, beautifully crafted love story with elements of thriller and the supernatural.
White Crow
Hardback,
01/07/2010,
£9.99
£1.99
A modern gothic thriller about what awaits us after death - angels or the devil.
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Hardback,
05/08/2010,
£16.99
£3.99
Born to the sound of one of the very earliest experimental wireless stations, Serge finds himself steeped in a weird world of transmissions, whose very air seems filled with cryptic and poetic signals of all kinds. When personal loss strikes him in his adolescence, this world takes on a darker and more morbid aspect.
Battle of the Beetles
Paperback,
01/02/2018,
£6.99
£4.89
The beetle adventure continues as Darkus and his friends seek wicked Lucretia Cutter's secret Biome in the Amazon rainforest. If they can't stop her from unleashing her hoard of giant
Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century
Hardback,
27/08/2015,
£20.00
£3.99
An alternative exploration of history's most challenging century, from the author of THE KLF, 'a thing of endlessly fascinating, utterly demented genius' GUARDIAN
World According to Anna
Hardback,
12/11/2015,
£12.99
£3.99
On the 20th anniversary of SOPHIE'S WORLD, Jostein Gaarder returns with a spell-binding fable about a girl who begins to receive messages from another time... STATION ELEVEN meets THE LITTLE PRINCE.
Game for all the Family
Hardback,
13/08/2015,
£14.99
£3.99
Queen of psychological crime Sophie Hannah is back with a chilling standalone novel - a literary puzzle set to unlock the dark side of the mind ...
Doctor Criminale
Paperback,
08/09/2000,
£6.99
£1.99
Francis Jay, a nineties person, embarks on a quest to find one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of the modern age, the elusive Dr Bazlo Criminale. From European congress to congress, from woman to woman, from muse to muse he pursues the doctor, while the truth is slowly revealed.
Blood at the Bookies
Paperback,
20/03/2009,
£8.99
£1.99
The ninth Fethering mystery featuring amateur detectives Carole and Jude
Freedom Tree
7,
03/09/1998,
£6.99
£1.99
1874, and Matthew Lidgard is 22 and recently orphaned. A fisherman by trade, he works on a fishing smack in Grimsby, jumping ship when he finds its owner is corrupt and manipulative. Rescued by the mysterious Elizabeth, he joins her and her brother in duping his old boss in a quest for freedom.
Promised land
Paperback,
05/05/2003,
£6.99
£1.99
Classic travel quest - the pursuit of happiness - explored by a brilliant writer seeking to rediscover the idyllic moment of her student years, its carefree rhapsodies and perfect pleasures.
Batman Batmobile
Paperback,
07/06/2012,
£5.99
£1.99
Fans of the legendary Batman will clamor for this replica of the ultimate weapon in the superhero's legendary arsenal: The Batmobile. Kit includes a replica of Batman's famed Batmobile and a full-color 48-page book about the Batmobile through the ages.
Mark Twain : The Essential Works In One Sitting
Hardback,
21/03/2013,
£3.50
£1.99
A compact and portable guide, including comprehensive plot summaries and character profiles from fifteen of Twain's most essential works
Transformers: Light-Up Optimus Prime Bust and Illustrated Bo
Paperback,
08/05/2014,
£7.99
£1.99
Autobots ...Roll Out! This collectible kit includes a miniature bust of the iconic and powerful leader Optimus Prime, with eyes that light up and a sound feature that plays seven of his classic lines! Also included is a 48-page book with quotes and illustrations from the 1980s animation.
Crippen
Paperback,
07/10/2004,
£6.99
£1.99
July 1910: a gruesome discovery has been made at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden. Buried in the cellar are the remains of Cora Crippen, former music-hall singer and wife of Dr Hawley Crippen. But Crippen and his mistress have disappeared, and a full-scale hunt for them has begun. An evocation of the true story behind this famous case.
Spy vs. Spy
Paperback,
07/09/2010,
£5.99
£1.99
The "Spy vs Spy" series has been a pop culture phenomenon since its establishment in 1960 by Antonio Prohias. Long before "Inspector Gadget", there was "Spy versus Spy". This Kit includes: two spy figurines, one white and one black 32-page booklet with 28 "Spy vs Spy" comics from "MAD Magazine".
Irene
Paperback,
31/07/2014,
£7.99
£1.99
The first Camille Verhoeven investigation - a prequel to the acclaimed and bestselling Alex. Commandant Verhoeven is on the trail of a murderer with literary aspirations.
Light
Paperback,
13/02/2003,
£5.99
£1.99
Decades after the Second World War, a retired German airforce pilot returns to the English village where he was responsible for many deaths. A wish to confront his demons reveals a shocking encounter with faces from the past.
Jaguars ripped my flesh
Paperback,
01/09/2003,
£7.99
£1.99
Tim Cahill has clambered up Mount Roraima in the Guyana highlands, dined on baked turtle lung in the desolate northeast of Australia and harvested poisonous sea snakes in the Philippines. Here, he writes about these close encounters, giving new meaning to the expression "going to extremes".
Pecked to death by ducks
Paperback,
01/09/2003,
£7.99
£1.99
From the wastes of Antarctica to the blazing oil fields of Kuwait, and from an evening of demonic possession in Bali to a session on Guatemala's Throne of Terror, "Pecked to Death by Ducks" is a grand tour of the earth's remote, exotic and dismal places.
Seven Deadly Sins: A Celebration of Virtue and Vice
Hardback,
29/11/2012,
£12.99
£1.99
Seven of our most acclaimed authors and thinkers go head to head with Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, Sloth and Vanity to explore what we really mean when we talk about sin.
Ireland, 1905-25, Volume 1
Paperback,
01/09/1998,
£13.99
£6.99
This is a readable account of Irish history in the first quarter of the 20th century. Drawing on the most recent scholarship on this period, the author presents a balanced narrative, with a useful historiographical section at the end of each chapter.
Island of the Women and Other Stories
7,
17/02/2000,
£9.99
£1.99
In these six stories George Mackay Brown leads us back along the sweep of Orkney's past and beyond even that to the remoteness of fable. He reveals the timelessness of the lived moment and the constants of island life in the harvest of sea and land and the compulsions of voyage and homecoming.
Bliss
7,
09/04/2001,
£5.99
£1.99
This novel, by the author of "Oscar and Lucinda", tells the story of a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell. For the first time in his life, Harry Joy sees the world as it really is, and takes up a notebook to explore and note down the true nature of the Underworld.
Smiley's People
7,
06/10/1994,
£6.99
£1.99
The phone call that dragged George Smiley, once acting Chief of the Circus, from his bed, was a plea to return to active service. But only to bury the case, not to solve it. John le Carre is the author of "The Spy who came in from the Cold" and "A Small Town in Germany".
All Involved
Hardback,
21/05/2015,
£12.99
£1.99
Propulsive, ambitious and utterly captivating, this is Picador's biggest debut novel of the season.
Selected Poems: John Donne
7,
25/08/1997,
£2.00
£0.50
This is a collection of poems of faith, love and revenge by a man with intense sexuality and an ardent belief in Christian doctrine.
Way We Live Now
Paperback,
05/06/1995,
£2.50
£1.99
The author paints a picture as panoramic as his title promises, of the life of 1870s London, the loves of those drawn to and through the city, and the career of Augustus Melmotte.
Superman: Man of Steel
Paperback,
18/04/2013,
£5.99
£1.99
Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster in 1938. For fans of the ultimate Super Hero, this kit includes a Superman figurine, pin of the famed "S" symbol in gunmetal and silver, and 48-page book on Superman featuring full-color illustrations.
Wizard Of Oz Click-and-wish Kit
Paperback,
04/03/2011,
£5.99
£1.99
With unforgettable characters and a message that is meaningful to both children and adults, "The Wizard of Oz" is arguably the most beloved film. This title includes a keepsake of Dorothy's famous ruby slippers.
Art in theory 1815-1900
Paperback,
08/01/1998,
£28.99
£3.99
* Provides an indispensable companion to Harrison and Wooda s classic volume Art in Theory 1900--1990. * Extends to a startling degree the canon of nineteenth--century art theory. * Offers for the first time English translations of material from foreign sources, comprising a third of the entire volume.
Norton Anthology of Poetry 5ed
Paperback,
25/02/2005,
£36.99
£19.99
Offering over one thousand years of verse from the medieval period to the present, The Norton Anthology of Poetry is the classroom standard for the study of poetry in English.
XS Green: Big Ideas Small Buildings
Hardback,
26/02/2007,
£14.95
£10.00
Arranged into five themes, this book includes over forty projects that are presented in terms of their innovation and uniqueness, tapping into the current trend and passion for eco-design, and appealing to a broad readership as well as architectural practitioners.
Seagull (Trans Frayn)
Paperback,
25/04/2002,
£9.99
£1.99
Two years after its disastrous opening in 1896, "The Seagull" was successfully revived at the Moscow Art Theatre. Checkhov's self-mocking description of the play was: "A comedy - 3F, 6M, four acts, rural scenery (a view over a lake); much talk of literature, little action, five bushels of love".
Lunatics, Lovers and Poets
Hardback,
07/04/2016,
£10.00
£1.99
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the deaths of Shakespeare and Cervantes, six Hispanic and six English-language authors have each contributed a previously unpublished story in tribute to these giants of world literature. With Ben Okri, Deborah Levy, Kamila Shamsie, Yuri Herrera, Valeria Luiselli and others, introduced by Salman Rushdie.
Blood Meridian
Paperback,
01/01/2010,
£9.99
£1.99
I have rarely encountered anything as powerful, as unsettling, or as memorable as Blood Meridian ... A nightmare odyssey' Evening Standard
Em and the Big Hoom
Paperback,
29/01/2015,
£8.99
£1.99
In a tiny flat in Bombay Imelda Mendes - Em to her family - is by turns flamboyant, maniacally affectionate and cruelly candid. Her husband - Augustine, the 'Big Hoom' - and two children must endure her 'microweathers': swings from searing joy to brooding malevolence. And here is the story of how this family of four came to be.
On the Edge: One Teacher, A Camper Van, and Britain's Toughest Schools
Paperback,
23/09/2010,
£8.99
£1.99
Lorna Doone
Paperback,
05/11/1993,
£1.99
An historical novel of high adventure set in the South West of England during the turbulent time of Monmouth's rebellion (1685). It is also a love story told through the life of the young farmer John Ridd, as he grows to manhood determined to right the wrongs in his land, and to win the heart and hand of the beautiful Lorna Doone.
Devil's Paintbrush
Paperback,
04/02/2010,
£8.99
£1.99
A stunning historical novel by the bestselling author of THE LONG FIRM.
Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of Twenty Lost Buildings from the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers
Hardback,
03/11/2015,
£25.00
£3.99
Gardener's Son
Paperback,
04/12/2014,
£8.99
£1.99
The first screenplay by Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road.
Salinger
Paperback,
17/07/2014,
£9.99
£1.99
A highly anticipated cultural event: the first definitive biography of one of the most beloved and mysterious figures in American history.
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