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| "The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 16) by Patrick O'Brian (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning with Master and Commander these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery This is the sixteenth book in the series At the opening of a voyage filled with disaster and delight Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are in pursuit of a privateer sailing under American colours through the Great South Sea Stephen's objective is to set the revolutionary tinder of South America ablaze to relieve the pressure on the British government which has blundered into war with the young and uncomfortably vigorous United States The shock and barbarity of hand-to-hand fighting are sharpened by O'Brian's exact sense of period his eye for landscape and his feel for a ship under sail"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Solitude by Anthony Storr (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "This study challenges the widely-held view that success in personal relationships is the only key to happiness It argues that we pay far too little attention to some of the other great satisfactions of life - work and creativity In a series of biographical sketches it demonstrates how many of the creative geniuses of our civilization have been solitary by temperament or circumstance and how the capacity to be alone is even for those who are not creative a sign of maturity"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth by John Garth (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "Acclaimed as the best book about Tolkien' this award-winning biography explores JRR Tolkien's wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings To be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than in 1939 by 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead So JRR Tolkien responded to critics who saw The Lord of the Rings as a reaction to the Second World War Tolkien and the Great War tells for the first time the full story of how he embarked on the creation of Middle-earth in his youth as the world around him was plunged into catastrophe This biography reveals the horror and heroism that he experienced as a signals officer in the Battle of the Somme and introduces the circle of friends who spurred his mythology to life It shows how after two of these brilliant young men were killed Tolkien pursued the dream they had all shared by launching his epic of good and evil John Garth argues that the foundation of tragic experience in the First World War is the key to Middle-earth's enduring power Tolkien used his mythic imagination not to escape from reality but to reflect and transform the cataclysm of his generatuion While his contemporaries surrendered to disillusionment he kept enchantment alive reshaping an entire literary tradition into a form that resonates to this day This is the first substantially new biography of Tolkien since 1977 meticulously researched and distilled from his personal wartime papers and a multitude of other sources"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Card Games (Collins Gem) by HarperCollins Publishers (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "Collins Gem Card Games provides an introduction to the most played family card games with clear instructions and guidance on how to master each game With a stylish new cover design this best-selling Collins Gem title has been updated to provide even more accessible and helpful advice on learning today's most popular card games This new colour edition will offer help and guidance in a more visually appealing style making it a joy to learn how to play Illustrated throughout with colour photographs this edition includes detailed instructions on how to play over 60 different card games"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Cow That Laid An Egg by Andy Cutbill (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "A madcap yet moving story about having the courage of one's convictions even when others doubt you from the creator of 'Albie' Andy Cutbill and the award-winning illustrator Russell Ayto Marjorie the cow doesn't feel very special She can't ride bicycles or do cartwheels like the other cows But one morning Marjorie is astonished to discover something extraordinary She's laid an egg! But does the baby inside the egg really belong to Marjorie? Emotions run high in the farmyard as everyone waits to find out"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Britain AD: A Quest for Arthur, England and the Anglo-Saxons by Francis Pryor (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "Leading archaeologist Francis Pryor retells the story of King Arthur legendary king of the Britons tracing it back to its Bronze Age origins The legend of King Arthur and Camelot is one of the most enduring in Britain's history spanning centuries and surviving invasions by Angles Vikings and Normans In his latest book Francis Pryor - one of Britain's most celebrated archaeologists and author of the acclaimed Britain BC' and Seahenge' - traces the story of Arthur back to its ancient origins Putting forth the compelling idea that most of the key elements of the Arthurian legends are deeply rooted in Bronze and Iron Ages (the sword Excalibur the Lady of the Lake the Sword in the Stone and so on) Pryor argues that the legends' survival mirrors a flourishing indigenous culture that endured through the Roman occupation of Britain and the subsequent invasions of the so-called Dark Ages As in Britain BC' Pryor roots his story in the very landscape from Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh to South Cadbury Castle in Somerset and Tintagel in Cornwall He traces the story back to the 5th-century King Arthur and beyond all the time testing his ideas with archaeological evidence and showing how the story was manipulated through the ages for various historical and literary purposes by Geoffrey of Monmouth and Malory among others Delving into history literary sources - ancient medieval and romantic - and archaeological research Francis Pryor creates an original lively and illuminating account of this most British of legends"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Children of Hurin by J. R. R. Tolkien (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story this illustrated paperback of the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves dragons Dwarves and Orcs and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien It is a legendary time long before The Lord of the Rings and Morgoth the first Dark Lord dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves the fates of Turin and his sister Nienor will be tragically entwined Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Hurin the man who dared to defy him to his face Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant Glaurung a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire in an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth and destroy the children of Hurin Begun by JRR Tolkien at the end of the First World War The Children of Hurin became the dominant story in his later work on Middle-earth But he could not bring it to a final and finished form In this book Christopher Tolkien has constructed after long study of the manuscripts a coherent narrative without any editorial invention"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Temeraire (The Temeraire Series, Book 1) by Naomi Novik (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "Naomi Novik's stunning series of novels follow the global adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the turbulent time of the Napoleonic WarsCaptain Will Laurence has been at sea since he was just twelve years old; finding a warmer berth in Nelson's navy than any he enjoyed as the youngest least important son of Lord Allendale Rising on merit to captain his own vessel Laurence has earned himself a beautiful fiancee society's esteem and a golden future But the war is not going well It seems Britain can only wait as Napoleon plans to overrun her shoresAfter a skirmish with a French ship Laurence finds himself in charge of a rare cargo a dragon egg bound for the Emperor himself Dragons are much prized properly trained they can mount a fearsome attack from the skies One of Laurence's men must take the beast in hand and join the aviators' cause thus relinquishing all hope of a normal lifeBut when the newly-hatched dragon ignores the young midshipman Laurence chose as its keeper and decides to imprint itself on the horrified captain instead Laurence's world falls apart Gone is his golden future gone his social standing and soon his beautiful fiancee as he is consigned to be the constant companion and trainer of the fighting dragon Temeraire"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Collins Bird Guide by Dan Zetterstrom, Killian Mullarney, Peter J. Grant, Lars Svensson (Hardback, 2008)" |
| "Following on from its hugely successful launch in 1999 Collins Bird Guide – the ultimate reference book for bird enthusiasts – now enters its second edition With expanded text and additional colour illustrations the second edition of the hugely successful Collins Bird Guide is a must for every birdwatcher The book provides all the information needed to identify any species at any time of the year covering size habitat range identification and voice Accompanying every species entry is a distribution map and illustrations showing the species in all the major plumages (male female immature in flight at rest feeding whatever is important) In addition each group of birds includes an introduction which covers the major problems involved in identifying or observing them how to organise a sea watching trip how to separate birds of prey in flight which duck hybrids can be confused with which main species These and many other common birdwatching questions are answered The combination of definitive text up-to-date distribution maps and superb illustrations all in a single volume makes this book the ultimate field guide essential on every bookshelf and birdwatching trip"
Price: 19.99 |
| "The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, Alan Lee (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Read the classic edition of Bilbo Baggins' adventures in Middle-earth Featuring more than 60 colour paintings and pencil drawings by the award-winning artist Alan Lee Conceptual Designer on Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable unambitious life rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey there and back again' They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent a large and very dangerous dragon The prelude to The Lord of the Rings The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937 establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century It is now available in a smart new package and is illustrated throughout in gorgeous watercolour and delicate pencil by Alan Lee Conceptual Artist for Peter Jackson's films THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and THE HOBBIT THERE AND BACK AGAIN"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Easy Learning French Idioms (Collins Easy Learning French) by Collins Dictionaries (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "A unique guide to communicating in French It will help learners discover expressions and idioms to make their French more natural and fluent while developing an awareness of French cultureDesigned for learners of French of all ages whether you are learning at school in evening classes for business or to go on holidayThe text consists of 250 quirky and interesting French idioms which are arranged into different themes and are given with simple example phrases to show them in context Clear and concise language notes provide information on the meaning and background of some idioms while handy culture notes help explain any cultural differencesCombined with a text which has a selection of illustrations the Collins Easy Learning French Idioms takes you beyond beginners level and expands your knowledge of frequently-used natural French expressions Get it right key idioms and example phrases help improve your knowledge of real French Get there fast clear themes help guide you to the type of idiom you're looking for Have confidence a fun useful guide to common French idioms helps you increase your knowledge of natural French and French culture"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Servant of the Empire by Janny Wurts, Raymond E. Feist (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "Second in Feist & Wurts' wonderful epic trilogy - one of the most successful fantasy collaborations of all time THE EMPIRE TRILOGY BOOK II Nobody knows how to play the Game of the Council better than Mara of the Acoma But when you're surrounded by deadly rivals intent on toppling you at every turn you need to be the best simply to survive"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Funniest Storybook Ever by Richard Scarry (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "Welcome to the busy world of Richard Scarry! New in picture book format every page is packed with pictures and zany stories with lots of details to spot There are fifteen fabulous Scarry stories in this hilarious book Read how Rabbit gets stuck to the road and how little Tanglefoot trips over everything in sight! With stories such as The Talking Bread' and Uncle Willie and the Pirates' there is enough action here to satisfy the most demanding reader"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers (Mixed media product, 2014)" |
| "Zoom into space on an exciting adventure in this toddler-friendly board book from the award-winning bestselling creator of How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found One day a boy finds an aeroplane in his cupboard Up up and away he flies past clouds and stars until suddenly phut phut phut the plane runs out of petrol and the boy crash lands on the moon Just as he is beginning to get cold and lonely a Martian appears from the darkness - could this be the start of an unlikely friendship? And will the boy ever manage to get home again?"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Dangerous Women Part 1 by HarperCollins Publishers (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Commissioned by George RR Martin and Gardner Dozois these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback George RR Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire the inspiration for HBO's hit series Game of Thrones This first volume features an original 35000 word novella by George RR Martin The Princess and the Queen' reveals the origins of the civil war in Westeros (before the events in A Game of Thrones) which is known as the Dance of the Dragons pitting Targaryen against Targaryen and dragon against dragon Other authors in this volume of warriors bad girls and dragonriders include worldwide bestselling authors Brandon Sanderson Lawrence Block and Nancy Kress DANGEROUS WOMEN 1Gardner Dozois's introductionGeorge R R Martin The Princess and the Queen'Carrie Vaughn Raisa Stepanova'Nancy Kress'Second Arabesque Very Slowly'Lawrence Block I Know How to Pick Em'Megan Abbott My Heart Is Either Broken'Joe R Lansdale Wrestling Jesus'Brandon Sanderson Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell'"
Price: 6.49 |
| "What We Cannot Know: From consciousness to the cosmos, the cutting edge of science explained by Marcus du Sautoy (Paperback,..." |
| "Brilliant and fascinating No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting' Bill Bryson Britain's most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know Is the universe infinite? Do we know what happened before the Big Bang? Where is human consciousness located in the brain? And are there more undiscovered particles out there beyond the Higgs boson? In the modern world science is king weekly headlines proclaim the latest scientific breakthroughs and numerous mathematical problems once indecipherable have now been solved But are there limits to what we can discover about our physical universe? In this very personal journey to the edges of knowledge Marcus du Sautoy investigates how leading experts in fields from quantum physics and cosmology to sensory perception and neuroscience have articulated the current lie of the land In doing so he travels to the very boundaries of understanding questioning contradictory stories and consulting cutting edge data Is it possible that we will one day know everything? Or are there fields of research that will always lie beyond the bounds of human comprehension? And if so how do we cope with living in a universe where there are things that will forever transcend our understanding? In What We Cannot Know Marcus du Sautoy leads us on a thought-provoking expedition to the furthest reaches of modern science Prepare to be taken to the edge of knowledge to find out if there's anything we truly cannot know"
Price: 8.49 |
| "KS2 Maths SATs Revision Guide: 2018 tests (Collins KS2 Revision and Practice) by Collins KS2 (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Revision that sticks! The revision method that really works repeated practice throughout This Maths revision guide contains practice opportunities to help improve performance in tests and assessments at Key Stage 2 Matched to the requirements of the National Curriculum this Maths revision guide contains clear and accessible explanations of every topic at Key Stage 2 with lots of practice opportunities throughout Based on new research that proves repeated practice is more effective than repeated study revision guides are guaranteed to help improve performance in tests and assessments There are five spaced practice opportunities for every topic 1 Quick tests to check understanding2 Practice questions organised into three levels of increasing difficulty3 Review questions later in the book4 Mixed practice questions at the end of the book5 Free downloadable flash cards for use in the classroom and at home"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Scotland The Best 100 Places : Extraordinary Places and Where Best to Walk, Eat and Sleep" |
| "Peter Irvine bestselling author of SCOTLAND THE BESThas selected 100 extraordinary places that epitomize what istruly great about Scotland This personal and diverse compendium is illustrated with beautiful and evocative images by some of Scotland's best photographers Peter Irvine has drawn on a lifetime of experiences to create this list of the 100 best places in Scotland reflective magnificent and human places Some choices may be surprising but all are exceptional This book is Pete's ultimate collection selected from the hundreds of places that feature in the bestselling independent guide to Scotland SCOTLAND THE BEST As well as expert commentary all 100 places include highly selective recommendations of where to walk eat and sleep nearby Some of Scotland's finest photographers have captured the essence of each place From wild glens to ancient buildings remote islands to vibrant cities this is Pete's list of the places in Scotland that you really should visit in your lifetime"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories by Henry James (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "An unsettling new collection of Henry James's best short stories exploring ghosts and the uncanny'There had been a moment when I believed I recognised faint and far the cry of a child; there had been another when I found myself just consciously starting as at the passage before my door of a light footstep''I see ghosts everywhere' wrote Henry James who retained a fascination with the supernatural and sensational throughout his writing career This new collection brings together eight of James's tales exploring the uncanny including his infamous ghost story 'The Turn of the Screw' a work saturated with evil in which a fraught governess becomes convinced that malicious spirits are menacing the children in her care The other masterly works here include 'The Jolly Corner' 'Owen Wingrave' and further tales of visitations premonitions madness grief and family secrets where the living are just as mysterious and unknowable as the dead With an introduction and notes by Susie BoytGeneral Editor Philip Horne"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Autobiography by Morrissey (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959 Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987) Morrissey has been a solo artist for twenty-six years during which time he has had three number 1 albums in England in three different decadesAchieving twelve Top 10 albums (plus nine with the Smiths) his songs have been recorded by David Bowie Nancy Sinatra Marianne Faithfull Chrissie Hynde Thelma Houston My Chemical Romance and Christy Moore amongst others An animal protectionist in 2006 Morrissey was voted the second greatest living British icon by viewers of the BBC losing out to Sir David Attenborough In 2007 Morrissey was voted the greatest northern male past or present in a nationwide newspaper poll In 2012 Morrissey was awarded the Keys to the City of Tel-Aviv It has been said 'Most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status that Morrissey has reached in his lifetime'Autobiography covers Morrissey's life from his birth until the present day"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Sindbad the Sailor by Penguin Books Ltd (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'The valley was full of snakes and serpents as big as palm trees so huge that they could have swallowed any elephant that met them'A selection of fantastic and perilous adventures at sea from the Thousand and One NightsIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions"
Price: 1.99 |
| "The Wife of Bath by Geoffrey Chaucer (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'Those husbands that I hadThree of them were good and two were badThe three that I call good were rich and old' One of the most bawdy entertaining and popular stories from The Canterbury TalesIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsGeoffrey Chaucer (c1343-1400) Chaucer's works available in Penguin Classics are The Canterbury Tales Love Visions and Troilus and Criseyde"
Price: 1.99 |
| "The Gathering Storm: The Second World War by Winston Churchill (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the Second World War"
Price: 12.49 |
| "The Marsh Arabs by Wilfred Thesiger (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq Wilfred Thesiger came to understand admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries Travelling from village to village by canoe he won acceptance by dispensing medicines and treating the sick In this account of his time there he pays tribute to the hospitality loyalty courage and endurance of the people describes their impressive reed houses the waterways and lakes teeming with wildlife the herding of buffalo and hunting of wild boar moments of tragedy and moments of pure comedy all in vivid engaging detailUntouched by the modern world until recently these independent people their way of life and their surroundings have suffered widespread destruction under the regime of Saddam Hussein Wilfred Thesiger's magnificent account of his time spent among them is a moving testament to their now threatened culture and the landscape they inhabit"
Price: 9.49 |
| "PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future by Paul Mason (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "'The most important book about our economy and society to be published in my lifetime' Irvine WelshFrom Paul Mason the award-winning Channel 4 presenter Postcapitalism is a guide to our era of seismic economic change and how we can build a more equal society Over the past two centuries or so capitalism has undergone continual change - economic cycles that lurch from boom to bust - and has always emerged transformed and strengthened Surveying this turbulent history Paul Mason wonders whether today we are on the brink of a change so big so profound that this time capitalism itself the immensely complex system by which entire societies function has reached its limits and is changing into something wholly newAt the heart of this change is information technology a revolution that as Mason shows has the potential to reshape utterly our familiar notions of work production and value; and to destroy an economy based on markets and private ownership - in fact he contends it is already doing so In this groundbreaking Sunday Times top ten book Mason shows how from the ashes of the recent financial crisis we have the chance to create a more socially just and sustainable global economy"
Price: 7.49 |
| "A Day in the Life of the Brain: The Neuroscience of Consciousness from Dawn Till Dusk by Susan Greenfield (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "A Sunday Times and Financial Times Book of the YearWhat happens in our brains when we wake up savour a meal or a glass of wine walk the dog stare at a screen daydream or sleep? World-renowned neuroscientist Susan Greenfield draws on her own pioneering research to illuminate the mystery of consciousness and how our brains make us who we are 'Offers tantalising clues to the universe inside our heads' Rob Kingston Sunday Times Science Books of the Year'One of the few brain researchers making a serious effort to investigate the rich continuum of conscious thoughts and feelings that underlie every moment of our waking lives' Clive Cookson Financial Times'An illuminating engrossing journey' Nature'Her writing is clear sharp devoid of difficult jargon and chatty The brain's complexity comes across vividly' Anil Ananthaswamy New Scientist"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees by Robert Penn (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "An exuberant tale of craftsmanship for nature lovers and rugged outdoor types everywhereRobert Penn cut down an ash tree to see how many things could be made from it After all ash is the tree we have made the greatest and most varied use of over the course of human history Journeying from Wales across Europe and Ireland to the USA Robert finds that the ancient skills and knowledge of the properties of ash developed over millennia making wheels and arrows furniture and baseball bats are far from dead The book chronicles how the urge to understand and appreciate trees still runs through us all like grain through wood"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Oxford Christening Bible (Authorized King James Version) by Oxford University Press (Leather / fine binding, 2001)" |
| "A gift Bible"
Price: 11.99 |
| "Bond 11+: English: Assessment Papers: 9-10 Years Book 1 by Sarah Lindsay (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Bond is the number 1 provider of 11 practice helping millions of children pass selective entrance exams Bond English Assessment Papers for 9-10 years Book 1 are topic-based practice questions for the 11 exam They have been written to cover the core 11 question types your child will experience in their actual exam building the skills and confidence for exam success Bond English Assessment Papers for 9-10 years Book 2 (ISBN 9780192740045) is also available"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Palgrave's Golden Treasury by Oxford University Press (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "Originally published in 1861 Palgrave's Golden Treasury quickly established itself as the most popular selection of English poems Today it stands as a testament to the richness of our finest native poetic writing from Spenser Shakespeare and Wordsworth to Tennyson Yeats Eliot and Betjeman This edition includes a sixth book prepared by John Press which covers the post-war years showing that the lyrical tradition remains strong Over 90 poets are included from Dylan Thomas George Mackay Brown Ted Hughes and Philip Larkin to Carol Ann Duffy Elizabeth Garrett and Simon Armitage"
Price: 8.49 |
