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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Pan Books Edition, 1999; an Imprint of Macmillan Publishers, Ltd. in London.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Naima has always known that her family came from Algeria - but up until now, that meant very little to her. Born and raised in France, her knowledge of that foreign country is limited to what she's learned from her grandparents' tiny flat in a crumbling French sink estate: the food cooked for her, the few precious things they brought with them when they fled.On the past, her family is silent. Why was her grandfather Ali forced to leave? Was he a harki - an Algerian who worked for and supported the French during the Algerian War of Independence? Once a wealthy landowner, how did he become an immigrant scratching a living in France?Naima's father, Hamid, says he remembers nothing. A child when the family left, in France he re-made himself: education was his ticket out of the family home, the key to acceptance into French society.But now, for the first time since they left, one of Ali's family is going back. Naima will see Algeria for herself, will ask the questions about her family's history that, till now, have had no answers.Spanning three generations across seventy years, Alice Zeniter's The Art of Losing tells the story of how people carry on in the face of loss: the loss of a country, an identity, a way to speak to your children. It's a story of colonization and immigration, and how in some ways, we are a product of the things we've left behind.Translated from the French by Frank Wynne.WINNER OF THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2022PRAISE FOR THE ART OF LOSING'Remarkable . . . a novel about people that never loses its sense of humanity.' Sunday Times'A deeply human text about the ghosts of identity and decolonization.' Vanity Fair A powerful and moving family story about history, immigration and identity, spanning three generations and some seventy years across the two shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. This is the 26th book in this series, set in the busy King Street Kennels, where the owners' children, Neil, Emily, and Sarah look after a host of animals. This book charts their adventures in the snowy Lake District, with a spaniel pup named Princess. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. `My name is Kinsey Millhone. Im a private investigator . . . female, single and self-employed, with a constitutional inability to work for anyone else. Im a purist when it comes to justice, but Ill lie at the drop of a hat. Inconsistency has never troubled me . . . It was late October, the day before Halloween. He introduced himself as Alvin Limardo. The job he hired Kinsey to do seemed easy enough . . . until his cheque bounced. His real name was Dagett. John Dagett. Ex-con. Inveterate liar. Chronic drunk. And dead. The cops called it an accident death by drowning. Kinsey wasnt so sure. The man, it seemed, had a lot of enemies . . . `D is for deft and diverting Guardian `Witty and clever The Times `Heart-pounding, totally mesmerizing suspense New York Times . The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. In this comprehensive guide to all aspects o f coarse fishing, John Wilson, Britain''s best-loved fishing writer & presenter of TV''s Go Fishing, shares his knowledge & experience of the sport across the range of coarse species found in British waters. '. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condición: Fine. On the Prowl has developed a regular daily following on Facebook of more than 100,000 cat lovers from around the world. In On the Prowl the best of Rupert Fawcett's brilliantly observed, touchingly true cartoons come together in book form for the first time.Featuring the secret thoughts and conversations of cats of every size, shape and breed, this gorgeous book is a celebration of our favourite feline friends.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. When a rotting, unidentified corpse is discovered it marks the beginning of a nightmare murder investigation for the three women living there. But is it the beginning? Or does the body lying in the ice-house mean that the police can close an old file? Winner of the John Creasey Award in 1992. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Football Jokes is filled with hundreds of the most hilarious football jokes around the perfect teammate for this summers World Cup!Who is the funniest football player in the World Cup?Erling Ha-ha-haaland.When is a footballer like a baby?When he dribbles.Who scored the most goals in the Greek Mythology League?The centaur forward.The ultimate collection of football jokes, accompanied by hilarious illustrations by Jane Eccles. Young footie fanatics will be laughing through those all-important World Cup games, Premier League matches and European Cup finals.Also available in the Rocket Fox Sidesplitters series:The Bumper Book of Very Silly Jokes. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condición: Fine. Gallows Drop is Maria Hannah's sixth gripping crime novel featuring DCI Kate Daniels. At dawn on a lonely stretch of road, a body is found hanging from an ancient gallows the morning after a country show. Hours earlier, DCI Kate Daniels had seen the victim alive. With her leave period imminent, she's forced to step aside when DCI James Atkins is called in to investigate. There's bad blood between them. When Kate discovers that Atkins' daughter was an eyewitness to a fight involving the victim, the two detectives lock horns and he's bumped off the case. It's the trigger for a vicious attack on Kate, exposing a secret she's kept hidden for years and unearthing an even darker one. Shaken but undeterred, Kate sets out to solve a case that has shocked a close-knit village community. As suspects emerge, she uncovers a curious historical connection with a hangman, a culture of systematic bullying, a web of deceit and a deep-seated psychosis, any one of which could be motive for murder.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 'I genuinely could not put this down' Stacey Halls, author of Mrs England'A tour de force of a gothic thriller. I devoured it' Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place, Wrong TimeThe Burial Plot is a spellbinding historical Gothic thriller about murder and manipulation, set in Victorian London. From Elizabeth Macneal, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory.London, 1839. With the cemeteries full and money to be made in death, tricksters Crawford and Bonnie survive on wicked schemes and ill-gotten coin. But one blistering evening, their fortunes flip. A man lies in a pool of blood at Bonnies feet and now she needs to disappear.Crawford secures her a position as ladys maid in a grand house on the Thames. As Bonnie comes to understand the family the eccentric Mr Moncrieff, obsessively drawing mausoleums for his dead wife, and their peculiar daughter Cissie, scribbling imaginary love letters to herself she begins to question what secrets are lying behind the houses paper-thin walls and whether her own presence here was planned from the beginning.Because Crawford is watching, and perhaps he is plotting his greatest trick yet . . .'Taut, propulsive, beautifully done' Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora'Ingenious' - The Sunday Times. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Sunset A novel set in Hong Kong in 1941.

Paperback. Condición: Fine. Monument to Murder is Mari Hannah's fourth gripping crime novel in the compelling crime series featuring DCI Kate Daniels.He selects. They die . . .When skeletal remains are found beneath the fortified walls of an ancient castle on Northumberland's rugged coastline, DCI Kate Daniels calls on a forensic anthropologist to help identify the corpse.Meanwhile, newly widowed prison psychologist Emily McCann finds herself drawn into the fantasy of convicted sex offender, Walter Fearon. As his mind games escalate in intensity, is it possible that Daniels' case has something to do with his murderous past? With his release imminent, what exactly does he have in mind for Emily?As Daniels encounters dead end after dead end and the body count rises, it soon becomes apparent that someone is hiding more than one deadly secret . . .Continue the investigative series with the fifth book, Killing For Keeps.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. A moon rock missing for thirty years . . . Five buckets of blood-soaked sand found in a New Mexico canyon . . . A scientist with ambition enough to kill . . . A monk who will redeem the world . . . A dark agency with a deadly mission . . . The greatest scientific discovery of all time . . . What fire bolt from the galatic dark shattered the Earth eons ago, and now hides in that remote cleft in the southwest United States known as . . . TYRANNOSAUR CANYON? The stunning new masterwork from the acclaimed bestselling author recently hailed by Publishers Weekly as 'better than Crichton'. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Condición: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Ever wondered if there really is anyone out there? It's time to start believing. ALIENS is a brilliant book which ties in with a fantastic new exhibition being launched at the Science Museum in October. It covers the main themes of the exhibition: exploring why we are so fascinated by aliens, looking at what the earth itself can teach us about what to expect from alien life, and introducing some of the real possibilities identified by science. This is science, not science fiction! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Banville is superb . . . there are not many historical novels of which it can be said that they illuminate both the time that forms their subject matter and the time in which they are read: Doctor Copernicus is among the very best of them The EconomistThe first in John Banville Revolutions Trilogy and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Doctor Copernicus is a rich historical novel that explores the life of one of history's greatest scientists. The work of Nicholas Koppernigk, better known as Copernicus, shattered the medieval view of the universe and led to the formulation of the image of the solar system we know today. Here his life is powerfully evoked in a novel that offers a vivid portrait of a man of painful reticence, haunted by a malevolent brother and baffled by the conspiracies that rage around him and his ideas while he searches for the secret of life. Volume One of the Revolutions Trilogy Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. This is a fast, fact-filled romp through the history of medicine, including stories about major discoveries e. g. penicillin, X-rays, transplants and some brilliant first-person accounts of important medical moments. The book is packed with full-colour artwork and lots of photos from the Science Museum's incredible collection, featuring fantastically gruesome medical instruments. Once up to date you will learn about what you need to do in the 21st century to become a doctor or indeed a brain surgeon. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. This is a fast, fact-filled romp through the history of medicine, including stories about major discoveries e. g. penicillin, X-rays, transplants and some brilliant first-person accounts of important medical moments. The book is packed with full-colour artwork and lots of photos from the Science Museum's incredible collection, featuring fantastically gruesome medical instruments. Once up to date you will learn about what you need to do in the 21st century to become a doctor or indeed a brain surgeon. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The poems in Carol Ann Duffy's highly praised second collection range from the dramatic monologues for which she is noted, to love poems, which she writes, Robert Nye remarked, 'as if she were the first to do so'. Carol Ann Duffy's stunning second collection, originally published in 1986. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The little ladybird is back, and now What the Ladybird Heard Next, bestselling picture book from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, has been adapted by author Julia Donaldson into a fun and accessible play script that children will love performing at school or at home.The What the Ladybird Heard Next Play has been designed with rehearsals and performance in mind, with a clear layout and colour-coding for each character, perfect for helping children to follow their lines and join the cast!The book also contains a hints and tips section, which includes helpful advice on staging the play and ideas for props. There are also ideas for themed What the Ladybird Heard Next activities, like making ladybird biscuits for your audience, and making a swarm of finger-puppet bees.With Lydia Monks' bright and distinctive illustrations and Julia Donaldson's hilarious and witty rhyming play script, this wonderful, dramatic way to share the classic story is sure to delight teachers, parents and children everywhere. Bring the farmyard to life with the What the Ladybird Heard Next play! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Lydia Monks (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. A moving love story inspired by a true story and perfect for fans of The Help In a time of hate, would you stand up for love? Shalerville, Kentucky, 1939. A world where black maids and handymen are trusted to raise white children and tend to white houses, but from which they are banished after dark. Sixteen-year-old Isabelle McAllister, born into wealth and privilege, finds her ordered life turned upside down when she becomes attracted to Robert, the ambitious black son of her familys housekeeper. Before long Isabelle and Robert are crossing extraordinary, dangerous boundaries and falling deeply in love. Many years later, eighty-nine-year-old Isabelle will travel from her home in Arlington, Texas, to Ohio for a funeral. With Isabelle is her hairstylist and friend, Dorrie Curtis a black single mother with her own problems. Along the way, Isabelle will finally reveal to Dorrie the truth of her painful past: a tale of forbidden love, the consequences of which will resound for decades . . . If Julie Kibler's novel Calling Me Home were a young woman, her grandmother would be To Kill a Mockingbird, her sister would be The Help and her cousin would be The Notebook. But even with such iconic relatives, Calling Me Home stands on her own Wiley Cash, New York Times bestselling author of A Land More Kind Than Home Julie Kiblers writing is so wise and assured. I laughed out loud in places and had tears in my eyes as I turned the last page Diane Chamberlain 'If you liked The Help by Kathryn Stockett, youll absolutely love Calling Me Home' Red magazine. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. Has the big bad wolf finally met his match? Find out in this brilliant book of bad wolves, plucky pigs and truly great grandmas. A fabulous twist on two classic fairly tales: Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs.The pig lives in a house in the middle of the wild wood.But inside the wild wood there's a bad wolf and this hungry wolf wants a little pig for dinner! But a house made of bricks is hard to blow down, so instead of gobbling Pig, Wolf moves to plan B: gobbling Red Riding Hood's poor defenceless grandma! But his despicable plan is soon uncovered and Pig decides to rescue Gran! Will this plucky pig make it in time? The Great Gran Plan is the first book by an exciting picture book pairing: the uniquely talented author and poet, Elli Woollard and bestselling illustrator, Steven Lenton. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. A Marcus Rashford Book Club Choice! Silas and the Marvellous Misfits by Tom Percival is an action-packed adventure that shows kids the joy of being themselves.'Engaging and action packed. I would have loved this book as a child!' Marcus Rashford MBEErika has a BIG secret. Shes a member of the Dream Defenders a top-secret organization that banishes your worries while you sleep!And tonight they're on a mission to rescue Erika's best friend Silas from the clutches of the evil Glooms creatures who want everyone in the dream world to look and think exactly the same way!Can the Dream Defenders save Silas and help him to see that being a misfit can be a truly marvellous thing?Discover more of the Dream Defenders adventures in Erika and the Angermare and Chanda and the Devious Doubt. The Marcus Rashford Book Club is a collaboration between Marcus Rashford and Macmillan Children's Books, inspiring children to develop a love of reading and literacy as a life skill. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. …

Paperback. Condición: Fair. In this spellbinding tale from Danielle Steel, a princess is sent away to safety during World War II, where she falls in love, and is lost forever.As the war rages on in the summer of 1943, causing massive destruction and widespread fear, the King and Queen choose to quietly send their youngest daughter, Princess Charlotte, to live with a trusted noble family in the Yorkshire countryside. Despite her fiery, headstrong nature, the princess's fragile health poses far too great a risk for her to remain in war-torn London.Third in line to the throne, seventeen year-old Charlotte reluctantly uses an alias upon her arrival in Yorkshire, her two guardians the only keepers of her true identity. A talented horsewoman, Charlotte begins to enjoy life out of the spotlight, concentrating on training with her beloved horse. But no one predicts that in the coming months she will fall deeply in love with her protectors' son.Far from her parents, a tragic turn of events leaves an infant orphaned. Alone in the world, that child will be raised in the most humble circumstances by a modest stable manager and his wife. No one, not even she, knows of her lineage. But when a stack of hidden letters comes to light, a secret kept for nearly two decades finally surfaces, and a long lost princess emerges . . .A fascinating story of family and royalty, and an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young woman and the man who brings her home, Royal is an exhilarating work from the worlds favourite storyteller. . A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. In his insightful collection of poems Clive James looks back over an extraordinarily rich life with a clear-eyed and unflinching honesty. There are regrets, but no trace of self-pity in these verses, which - for all their open dealings with death and illness - are primarily a celebration of what is treasurable and memorable in our time here. Again and again, James reminds us that he is not only a poet of effortless wit and lyric accomplishment: he is also an immensely wise one, who delights in using poetic form to bring a razor-sharp focus to his thought. Miraculously, these poems see James writing with his insight and energy not only undiminished but positively charged by his situation: Sentenced to Life represents a career high point from one of the greatest literary intelligences of the age. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. In this heart-rending tale of guinea pig love, best friends Brian and Bob are cruelly separated, when Bob is sold and suddenly taken away from the pet shop. Now poor Brian has no-one to play I-Spy with, and even a peanut can't cheer him up. Misery sets in until he, too, is sold, and the two guinea pigs are reunited in a touching final scene. Warm and funny, a book to make you smile. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Georgie Ripper (ilustrador). …