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| "The Historian" |
| "Late one night exploring her father's library a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters addressed ominously to 'My dear and unfortunate successor' Her discovery plunges her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an evil hidden in the depths of history In those few quiet moments she unwittingly assumes a quest she will discover is her birthright - a hunt for the truth about Vlad the Impaler the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the Dracula myth Deciphering obscure signs and hidden texts reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions and evading terrifying adversaries one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions - a captivating tale that blends fact and fantasy history and the present with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful - and utterly unforgettable"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery, Book 5 by Louise Penny (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "The New York Times Bestseller'Penny is at the top of her game' (Toronto Star)When Chief Inspector Gamache arrives in picturesque Three Pines he steps into a village in chaos A man has been found bludgeoned to death and there is no sign of a weapon a motive or even the dead man's name As Gamache and his colleagues start to dig under the skin of this peaceful haven for clues they uncover a trail of stolen treasure mysterious codes and a shameful history that begins to shed light on the victim's identity - and points to a terrifying killer"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett (Hardback, 2002)" |
| "From bestselling author Terry Pratchett everything you need to know to identify the real unadulterated catThe Unadulterated Cat is becoming an endangered species as more and more of us settle for those boring mass-produced cats the ad-men sell us - the pussies that purr into their gold-plated food bowls on the telly But the Campaign for Real Cats sets out to change all that by helping us to recognise a true unadulterated cat when we see one For example real cats have ears that look like they've been trimmed with pinking shears; real cats never wear flea collars or appear on Christmas cards or chase anything with a bell in it; real cats do eat quiche And giblets And butter And anything else left on the table if they think they can get away with it Real cats can hear a fridge door opening two rooms away"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Asterix: Asterix and the Soothsayer : Album 19" |
| "One dark and stormy night a sinister visitor arrives in the little Gaulish village Prolix who claims too be a soothsayer prophesies that when the storm is over the weather will improve And it does! Now the credulous villagers believe every word he says but Asterix has his suspicions of the smooth-talking Prolix Who is really right about the soothsayer?"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Strange Fascination: David Bowie: The Definitive Story by David Buckley (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "The Sunday Times bestseller David Bowie was arguably the most influential artist of his time reinventing himself again and again transforming music style and art for over five decades David Buckley's unique approach to unravelling the Bowie enigma via interviews with many of the singer's closest associates biography and academic analysis makes this unrivalled biography a classic for Bowie fans old and new This revised edition of Strange Fascination captures exclusive details about the tours the making of the albums the arguments the split-ups the music and most importantly the man himself Also including exclusive photographic material Strange Fascination is the most complete account of David Bowie and his impact on pop culture ever written"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Emotions Revealed: Understanding Faces and Feelings by Paul Ekman (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "'A charming sound sane map to the world of emotions the perfect guide' Daniel Goleman author of EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCEUsing 40 years of groundbreaking research Paul Ekman explores why and when we become emotional and what happens when we do - the external signs and facial expressions So much of what we communicate is non-verbal In this very practical book Paul Ekman helps the reader to observe the underlying concealed emotions that we can observe in those around us and understand why our bodies react in the ways they do EMOTIONS REVEALED also helps the reader to identify why they might feel 'overly' emotional in some situations and why some people wear their heart on their sleeve whilst others manage to conceal their feelings even from those close to them Chapters include 'When do we get emotional?' 'Changing what we become emotional about' as well as 'Anger' 'Fear' 'Surprise' and 'Happiness'Most importantly it shows how we can apply this understanding to everyday situations to improve our quality of life"
Price: 7.49 |
| Life |
| "Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No 1 SUNDAY TIMES bestsellerWith the Rolling Stones Keith Richards created the riffs the lyrics and the songs that roused the world and over four decades he lived the original rock and roll life taking the chances he wanted speaking his mind and making it all work in a way that no one before him had ever doneNow at last the man himself tells us the story of life in the crossfire hurricane And what a life Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records as a child in post-war Kent Learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones The Rolling Stones' first fame and success as a bad-boy band The notorious Redlands drug bust and subsequent series of confrontations with a nervous establishment that led to his enduring image as outlaw and folk hero Creating immortal riffs such as the ones in 'Jumping Jack Flash' and 'Street Fighting Man' and 'Honky Tonk Women' Falling in love with Anita Pallenberg and the death of Brian Jones Tax exile in France wildfire tours of the US 'Exile on Main Street' and 'Some Girls' Ever increasing fame isolation and addiction Falling in love with Patti Hansen Estrangement from Mick Jagger and subsequent reconciliation Solo albums and performances with his band the Xpensive Winos Marriage family and the road that goes on for ever In a voice that is uniquely and intimately his own with the disarming honesty that has always been his trademark Keith Richards brings us the essential life story of our times"
Price: 8.99 |
| Wicked |
| "An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz this book retells the story of Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West who wasn't so wicked after all Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature"
Price: 7.99 |
| "This Is London Hardcover" |
| "With a minimum of words and a maximum of illustrations &39;This Is London&39; captures the magic of this capital city"
Price: 7.99 |
| "I am Rosa Parks" |
| "Kids always search for heroes so we might as well have a say in it Brad Meltzer realized and so he envisioned this friendly fun approach to biography Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in an entertaining conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction readers those who aren't quite ready for the Who Was series Each book focuses on a particular character trait that made that role model heroic For example Rosa Parks dared to stand up for herself and other African Americans by staying seated and as a result she helped end public bus segregation and launch the country's civil rights movement"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Art of Vintage DC Comics" |
| "Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of DC Comics these 100 unique postcards feature the incredible art of DC's comic book covers from the 1930s through the 1980's"
Price: 10.99 |
| "Medieval Iberia : Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources" |
| "For some historians medieval Iberian society was one marked by peaceful coexistence and cross-cultural fertilization; others have sketched a harsher picture of Muslims and Christians engaged in an ongoing contest for political religious and economic advantage culminating in the fall of Muslim Granada and the expulsion of the Jews in the late fifteenth century The reality that emerges in Medieval Iberia is more nuanced than either of these scenarios can comprehend Now in an expanded second edition this monumental collection offers unparalleled access to the multicultural complexity of the lands that would become modern Portugal and Spain The documents collected in Medieval Iberia date mostly from the eighth through the fifteenth centuries and have been translated from Latin Arabic Hebrew Judeo-Arabic Castilian Catalan and Portuguese by many of the most eminent scholars in the field of Iberian studies Nearly one quarter of this edition is new including visual materials and increased coverage of Jewish and Muslim affairs as well as more sources pertaining to women social and economic history and domestic life This primary source material ranges widely across historical chronicles poetry and legal and religious sources and each is accompanied by a brief introduction placing the text in its historical and cultural setting Arranged chronologically the documents are also keyed so as to be accessible to readers interested in specific topics such as urban life the politics of the royal courts interfaith relations or women marriage and the family"
Price: 26.99 |
| "The Right to Maim : Debility, Capacity, Disability" |
| "In The Right to Maim Jasbir K Puar brings her pathbreaking work on the liberal state sexuality and biopolitics to bear on our understanding of disability Drawing on a stunning array of theoretical and methodological frameworks Puar uses the concept of debility-bodily injury and social exclusion brought on by economic and political factors-to disrupt the category of disability She shows how debility disability and capacity together constitute an assemblage that states use to control populations Puar's analysis culminates in an interrogation of Israel's policies toward Palestine in which she outlines how Israel brings Palestinians into biopolitical being by designating them available for injury Supplementing its right to kill with what Puar calls the right to maim the Israeli state relies on liberal frameworks of disability to obscure and enable the mass debilitation of Palestinian bodies Tracing disability's interaction with debility and capacity Puar offers a brilliant rethinking of Foucauldian biopolitics while showing how disability functions at the intersection of imperialism and racialized capital"
Price: 19.99 |
| "Black and Blur" |
| "Taken as a trilogy consent not to be a single being is a monumental accomplishment a brilliant theoretical intervention that might be best described as a powerful case for blackness as a category of analysis-Brent Hayes Edwards author of Epistrophies Jazz and the Literary Imagination In Black and Blur-the first volume in his sublime and compelling trilogy consent not to be a single being-Fred Moten engages in a capacious consideration of the place and force of blackness in African diaspora arts politics and life In these interrelated essays Moten attends to entanglement the blurring of borders and other practices that trouble notions of self-determination and sovereignty within political and aesthetic realms Black and Blur is marked by unlikely juxtapositions Althusser informs analyses of rappers Pras and Ol' Dirty Bastard; Shakespeare encounters Stokely Carmichael; thinkers like Kant Adorno and Jose Esteban Munoz and artists and musicians including Thornton Dial and Cecil Taylor play off each other Moten holds that blackness encompasses a range of social aesthetic and theoretical insurgencies that respond to a shared modernity founded upon the sociological catastrophe of the transatlantic slave trade and settler colonialism In so doing he unsettles normative ways of reading hearing and seeing thereby reordering the senses to create new means of knowing"
Price: 20.49 |
| "Valentino : Themes and Variations" |
| "The name Valentino has been synonymous with high fashion for almost fifty years Based in Rome Valentino is only one of two couture houses recognized by the French government outside of Paris His exquisite designs are coveted and worn by young Hollywood and high society the world over On the occasion of his last couture collection presented in Paris in the spring of 2008 this landmark book celebrates forty-five years of Valentino&39;s remarkable career Published in association with a prestigious exhibition at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs&39;s famed costume department in Paris this volume focuses on Valentino&39;s haute couture creations highlighting the most important and iconic creations of his half-century in fashion through recurring themes in Valentino&39;s work--variations on the ideas of volume line and texture as well as motifs such as geometry pleats and flowers--through new photography sketches fabric samples and commentary on the dresses by Valentino himself In addition unprecedented photography by Francois Halard of Valentino&39;s last fittings and backstage of his runway show reveals Valentino&39;s private world for the first time "Valentino On Valentino" a chapter of first-person accounts of the designs of these iconic dresses along with Valentino&39;s commentary on his fashion will make this publication unique in the study of Valentino as a cultural and artistic icon"
Price: 27.99 |
| "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" |
| "The first book in the Millennium series featuring Lisbeth Salander - the global publishing phenomenonWith an Introduction by Val McDermidForty years ago Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan Her body was never found yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history But the Vangers are a secretive clan and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselvesStieg Larsson's phenomenal trilogy is continued in The Girl in the Spider's Web and The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz"
Price: 7.99 |
| "ZOM-B Goddess by Darren Shan (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "The final heartstopping installment from master of horror Darren Shan What will become of B Smith? And is apocalpyse nigh?!It's been a ride worthy of an apocalypse and Mr Darren Shan has given us another crazy collection of novels that inspire and intrigue' Bookblog Bonanza Where can you turn when you've run out of options? What card can you play when the deck's stacked against you? Is there any hope in a world of the lost? Double-crossed again B is confused enraged and broken But the battle isn't over The end is nigh but there are plenty of horrors to come And who will survive? The zombies? The humans? Or worse ? 'Zom-B Goddess doesn't disappoint We get another huge twist another big moment for B to shine and a suitably mind-blowing ending to a series that has made me gasp in shock at least once per book' So Many Books So Little Time 'This last instalment of Darren Shan's zombie series is epic It's as full of graphic gore as you could wish has a plot twist on every other page and includes the biggest battle of the sequence yet' The Bookbag Wow I did NOT see that ending coming Even down to the wire Shan's got tons of surprises up his sleeve and he deploys them by the megaton' Reader Writer Fanboy"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Secret Speech" |
| "The Soviet Union 1956 after Stalin's death a violent regime is beginning to fracture Stalin's successor Khrushchev pledges reform But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget the past Leo Demidov former MGB officer is facing his own turmoil His adopted daughters have yet to forgive him for his part in the brutal murder of their parents They are not alone Leo his wife and their family are in grave danger from someone with a grudge Someone transformed beyond recognition into the perfect model of vengeance Leo's desperate mission to save his family will take him from the harsh Siberian Gulags to the depths of the criminal underworld to the centre of the Hungarian uprising - and into a hell where redemption is as brittle as glass"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Kill Shot" |
| "THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER For months Mitch Rapp has been steadily working his way - bullet by bullet - through a list of the men responsible for the slaughter of 270 civilians including his own girlfriend in the Pan Am Lockerbie bombing His next target - a Libyan diplomat - should be easy Prone to drink and currently in Paris without a bodyguard Rapp quickly tracks the man down and sends a bullet into his skull while he's sleeping But in the split second it takes the bullet to leave the silenced pistol everything changes The door to the hotel room is kicked open and gunfire erupts all around Rapp When the news breaks that Libya's Oil Minister has been killed along with three innocent civilians and four unidentified men the French authorities are certain that a wounded gunman is still on the loose in Paris As the finger-pointing begins Rapp's handlers have only one choice - deny any responsibility for the incident and race to do damage control Rapp has become a liability and he must not be taken alive by the French authorities But alone in Paris on the run from the authorities and from his own employers Mitch Rapp must prepare to fight for his lifeAMERICAN ASSASSIN book one in the series is soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Dylan O'Brien (Maze Runner) Taylor Kitsch (True Detective) and Michael KeatonPraise for the Mitch Rapp series 'Sizzles with inside information and CIA secrets' Dan Brown 'A cracking uncompromising yarn that literally takes no prisoners' The Times 'Vince Flynn clearly has one eye on Lee Child's action thriller throne with this twist-laden story instantly gripping' Shortlist 'Action-packed in-your-face adrenalin-pumped super-hero macho escapist fiction that does exactly what it says on the label' Irish Independent"
Price: 5.99 |
| Manson |
| "After more than forty years Charles Manson continues to mystify and fascinate us One of the most notorious criminals in American history Manson and members of his mostly female commune killed nine people including pregnant actress Sharon Tate Now drawing on new information bestselling author Jeff Guinn tells the definitive story of how this ordinary delinquent became a murderer Mansonhelps us understand what obsessed him and most terrifying of all how he managed to persuade others to kill Guinn interviewed Manson's sister and cousin neither of whom has ever previously cooperated with an author Childhood friends cellmates and even some members of the Manson Family have provided new information about Manson's life Guinn has made discoveries about the night of the Tate murders answering unresolved questions such as why one person on the property was spared There are even photographs of Manson's childhood and youth that have never previouslybeen seen outside private family albums Putting Manson in the context of his times the turbulent end of the Sixties Guinn shows how Manson represented the dark side of a generation He came to Los Angeles hoping to get a recording contract and the murders were directly related to his musical ambitions although he cloaked them in a bizarre race-war theory He was in the words of one person who knew him just like many other rock star wannabes-except that he was a killer"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Tiger Tank Manual" |
| "The German Tiger I was the most feared battle tank of the Second World War Its invincibility lay in its main gun and heavy defensive armour Using the successful Haynes Manual format the Tiger Tank Manual gives an insight into acquiring owning and operating one of these awesome fighting vehicles The Tank Museum's Tiger '131' forms the centrepiece of this manual which includes full photographic coverage of the strip-down of '131' and its engine Vivid personal recollections describe what it was like to command a Tiger in war"
Price: 16.49 |
| "Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "'Compulsively readable' New York TimesSomewhere out there Ellie and her friends are hidingTheir country has been invaded Everyone they know has been captured Their world has changed overnightThey've got no weapons - except courageThey've got no help - except themselvesThey've got nothing - except friendshipHow strong could you be if the world was full of people trying to kill you?Fans of Veronica Roth Suzanne Collins and Michael Grant - prepare to be hooked by the Tomorrow series"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Under The Tuscan Sun : Anniversary Edition" |
| "Twenty years ago Frances Mayes - widely published poet gourmet cook and travel writer - introduced readers to a wondrous new world when she bought and restored an abandoned villa called Bramasole in the spectacular Tuscan countryside With glorious descriptions of the vibrant local markets food wine and the Italian landscape Under the Tuscan Sun inspired generations to embark on their own journeys - whether that be flying to a foreign country in search of themselves savouring one of the book's dozens of delicious seasonal recipes or simply being transported by Mayes' signature evocative sensory language Now with a new afterword from the Bard of Tuscany herself the 20th anniversary edition of this timeless classic and international bestseller brings us up-to-date with the book's most beloved characters"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Restless Dead : (David Hunter 5)" |
| "With forensics detail to rival Kathy Reichs Simon Beckett's menacing new thriller will leave you wanting more Top forensics expert Dr David Hunter is facing an uncertain future - his career hangs in the balance and his personal life has taken a turn for the worse So when he gets a call from Essex police it comes at the perfect time A badly decomposed body has been found in the mudflats and salt marshes of the Backwaters Could it be linked to two unsolved missing-person cases? But then more remains are discovered And as these desolate wetlands begin to give up their grisly secrets Hunter is reminded that it's not the dead we need to fear With its eerie claustrophobic sense of place authentic forensics and explosive heart-in-mouth moments The Restless Dead is a masterclass in crime fiction"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Northern Lights - The Graphic Novel Volume 1 by Philip Pullman (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Without this child we shall all die'Lyra Belacqua lives half-wild and carefree among the scholars of Jordan College with her daemon familiar always by her side But the arrival of her fearsome uncle Lord Asriel draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle - a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children witch clans and armoured bears As she hurtles towards danger in the cold far North Lyra never suspects the shocking truth she alone is destined to win or to lose the biggest battle imaginable The first book in a stunning three-volume graphic novel adaptation of Northern Lights"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner: And Other Stories by Terry Pratchett (Hardback, 2016)" |
| "Do you believe in magic?Can you imagine a war between wizards a rebellious ant called 4179003 or a time-travelling television?Can you imagine that poor old Mr Swimble could see a mysterious vacuum cleaner in the morning and make cheese sandwiches and yellow elephants magically appear by the afternoon?Welcome to the wonderful world of Sir Terry Pratchett and fourteen fantastically funny tales from the master storyteller Bursting from these pages are food fights pirates bouncing rabbits and magical pigeons And a witch riding a vacuum cleaner of course One of the most consistently funny writers around'Guardian"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Five Little Ducks by Child's Play International Ltd (Board book, 2002)" |
| "All children love this traditional rhyme and singing along will help to develop number skills Bouncy illustrations innovative die cutting and popular rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child Available in three formats suitable for babies toddlers pre-schoolers and the nursery or classroom"
Price: 4.49 |
| "A Volcano in My Tummy : Helping Children to Handle Anger" |
| "A Volcano in My Tummy Helping Children to Handle Anger presents a clear and effective approach to helping children and adults alike understand and deal constructively with children's anger Using easy to understand yet rarely taught skills for anger management including how to teach communication of emotions A Volcano in My Tummy offers engaging well-organized activities which help to overcome the fear of children's anger which many adult care-givers experience By carefully distinguishing between anger the feeling and violence the behavior this accessible little book primarily created for ages 6 to thirteen helps to create an awareness of anger enabling children to relate creatively and harmoniously at critical stages in their development Through activities stories articles and games designed to allow a multi-subject developmental approach to the topic at home and in school A Volcano in My Tummy gives us the tools we need to put aside our problems with this all-too-often destructive emotion and to have fun while we're at it Elaine Whitehouse is a teacher family court and private psychotherapist mother of two and leader of parenting skills workshops for eight years Warwick Pudney is a teacher and counsellor with ten years experience facilitating anger management abuser therapy and men's change groups as well as being a father of three Both regularly conduct workshops"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Market Gardener : A Successful Grower's Handbook for Small-scale Organic Farming" |
| "Les Jardins de la Grelinette is a micro-farm located in eastern Quebec just north of the American border Growing on just 15 acres owners Jean-Martin and Maude-Helene feed more than two hundred families through their thriving CSA and seasonal market stands and supply their signature mesclun salad mix to dozens of local establishments The secret of their success is the low-tech high-yield production methods they've developed by focusing on growing better rather than growing bigger making their operation more lucrative and viable in the process The Market Gardener is a compendium of la Grelinette's proven horticultural techniques and innovative growing methods This complete guide is packed with practical information on Setting-up a micro-farm by designing biologically intensive cropping systems all with negligible capital outlay Farming without a tractor and minimizing fossil fuel inputs through the use of the best hand tools appropriate machinery and minimum tillage practices Growing mixed vegetables systematically with attention to weed and pest management crop yields harvest periods and pricing approaches Inspired by the French intensive tradition of maraichage and by iconic American vegetable grower Eliot Coleman author and farmer Jean-Martin shows by example how to start a market garden and make it both very productive and profitable Making a living wage farming without big capital outlay or acreages may be closer than you think Jean-Martin Fortier is a passionate advocate of strong local food systems and founder of Les Jardins de la Grelinette an internationally recognized model for successful biointensive micro-farming"
Price: 13.99 |
| "Love is a Dog From Hell" |
| "First published in 1977 Love Is a Dog from Hell is a collection of Bukowski's poetry from the mid-seventies A classic in the Bukowski canon Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw lyrical exploration of the exigencies heartbreaks and limits of love"
Price: 7.99 |
