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The Lost Tales II (The History of Middle Earth vol 2)
- £90.00
- The second of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of TolkienÕs epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. This second part of The Book of Lost Tales includes the tale of Beren and Lthien, Trin and the Dragon, and the only full…
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The Love of Four Colonels, a play in Three Acts
- £15.00
- Ustinov was a comic master and polymath. This play was set in the aftermath of the 2nd World War, in the Austrian village of Herzogenburg, in the HQ of the Allied Military Administration (UK, USA, France, USSR). Cover design by Ustinov.
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The love of the Last Tycoon – a western
- £15.00
- F. Scott Fitzgerald died in 1940 before he finished this novel. This text purges the printers' errors and editorial interventions that have appeared in previous editions. The tragic centre of the book is film producer Monroe Stahr, who sees film as art, rather than a money-making device.
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The Loved One, an Anglo-American Tragedy
- £45.00
- From his time in the USA negotiating a possible film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. Subtitled 'An Anglo-American Tragedy', Waugh's 'The Loved One' is a short novel about the excesses of a Californian funeral business. "... a thoroughly horrible and fiendishly entertaining book... Rarely in fiction have such execrably bad taste…
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The Loved One, an Anglo-American Tragedy
- £30.00
- From his time in the USA negotiating a possible film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. Subtitled 'An Anglo-American Tragedy', Waugh's 'The Loved One' is a short novel about the excesses of a Californian funeral business. "... a thoroughly horrible and fiendishly entertaining book... Rarely in fiction have such execrably bad taste…
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The Loved One, an Anglo-American Tragedy
- £30.00
- From his time in the USA negotiating a possible film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. Subtitled 'An Anglo-American Tragedy', Waugh's 'The Loved One' is a short novel about the excesses of a Californian funeral business. "... a thoroughly horrible and fiendishly entertaining book... Rarely in fiction have such execrably bad taste…
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The Maestro
- £15.00
- Gerard Hoffnung was a German-born musician and artist who died tragically young at 34 in 1959. The Times obit said: Hoffnung was among other things an artist, a musician, a linguist, a raconteur, a Quaker, a bon viveur, a prison visitor and a mime. It is usual to say that…
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The Magician: a novel
- £25.00
- WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2022. From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great…
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The Magus, a revised version
- £40.00
- On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of human…
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The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing
- £18.00
- The Making of a Story is a fresh and inspiring guide to the basics of creative writing--both fiction and creative nonfiction. Its hands-on, completely accessible approach walks writers through each stage of the creative process, from the initial triggering idea to the revision of the final manuscript. It is unique…
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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece (SIGNED)
- £80.00
- A stunning, emotionally satisfying tale about the art of storytelling. I never wanted the lights to come up. I could not put it down' GRAHAM NORTON 'It's its own universe, complete with a sun, a cast of circling planets, and a limitless number of stars. Its gravity pulls you in…
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The Man Between
- £14.00
- Recommended. I read it one breathless sittingÕ Ian Rankin. He risked it all to become a spy. Now he must pay the price. A gripping new standalone spy thriller from the winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year and Ôthe master of the…
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The Man Born to be King: a Play-Cycle on the Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
- £60.00
- Presented by the BBC, Dec. 1941-Oct. 1942, producer: Val Gielgud: a Play-Cycle on the Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
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The Man in the Red Coat
- £30.00
- *SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARDS 2020* 'A bravura performance, highly entertaining' Evening Standard. The Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi. In the summer of 1885,…
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The Man Who Stopped To Help
- £16.00
- Enid Blyton's storybook retelling of Jesus' Parable of the Good Samaritan, with illustrations from Elsie Walker (who worked on 8 of Blyton's biblical storybooks).
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The Lost Tales II (The History of Middle Earth vol 2)
- £90.00
- The second of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of TolkienÕs epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. This second part of The Book of Lost Tales includes the tale of Beren and Lthien, Trin and the Dragon, and the only full…
- Add to basket
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The Love of Four Colonels, a play in Three Acts
- £15.00
- Ustinov was a comic master and polymath. This play was set in the aftermath of the 2nd World War, in the Austrian village of Herzogenburg, in the HQ of the Allied Military Administration (UK, USA, France, USSR). Cover design by Ustinov.
- Add to basket
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The love of the Last Tycoon – a western
- £15.00
- F. Scott Fitzgerald died in 1940 before he finished this novel. This text purges the printers' errors and editorial interventions that have appeared in previous editions. The tragic centre of the book is film producer Monroe Stahr, who sees film as art, rather than a money-making device.
- Add to basket
-
The Loved One, an Anglo-American Tragedy
- £45.00
- From his time in the USA negotiating a possible film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. Subtitled 'An Anglo-American Tragedy', Waugh's 'The Loved One' is a short novel about the excesses of a Californian funeral business. "... a thoroughly horrible and fiendishly entertaining book... Rarely in fiction have such execrably bad taste…
- Add to basket
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The Loved One, an Anglo-American Tragedy
- £30.00
- From his time in the USA negotiating a possible film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. Subtitled 'An Anglo-American Tragedy', Waugh's 'The Loved One' is a short novel about the excesses of a Californian funeral business. "... a thoroughly horrible and fiendishly entertaining book... Rarely in fiction have such execrably bad taste…
- Add to basket
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The Loved One, an Anglo-American Tragedy
- £30.00
- From his time in the USA negotiating a possible film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. Subtitled 'An Anglo-American Tragedy', Waugh's 'The Loved One' is a short novel about the excesses of a Californian funeral business. "... a thoroughly horrible and fiendishly entertaining book... Rarely in fiction have such execrably bad taste…
- Add to basket
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The Maestro
- £15.00
- Gerard Hoffnung was a German-born musician and artist who died tragically young at 34 in 1959. The Times obit said: Hoffnung was among other things an artist, a musician, a linguist, a raconteur, a Quaker, a bon viveur, a prison visitor and a mime. It is usual to say that…
- Add to basket
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The Magician: a novel
- £25.00
- WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2022. From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great…
- Add to basket
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The Magus, a revised version
- £40.00
- On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of human…
- Add to basket
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The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing
- £18.00
- The Making of a Story is a fresh and inspiring guide to the basics of creative writing--both fiction and creative nonfiction. Its hands-on, completely accessible approach walks writers through each stage of the creative process, from the initial triggering idea to the revision of the final manuscript. It is unique…
- Add to basket
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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece (SIGNED)
- £80.00
- A stunning, emotionally satisfying tale about the art of storytelling. I never wanted the lights to come up. I could not put it down' GRAHAM NORTON 'It's its own universe, complete with a sun, a cast of circling planets, and a limitless number of stars. Its gravity pulls you in…
- Add to basket
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The Man Between
- £14.00
- Recommended. I read it one breathless sittingÕ Ian Rankin. He risked it all to become a spy. Now he must pay the price. A gripping new standalone spy thriller from the winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year and Ôthe master of the…
- Add to basket
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The Man Born to be King: a Play-Cycle on the Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
- £60.00
- Presented by the BBC, Dec. 1941-Oct. 1942, producer: Val Gielgud: a Play-Cycle on the Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
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The Man in the Red Coat
- £30.00
- *SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARDS 2020* 'A bravura performance, highly entertaining' Evening Standard. The Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi. In the summer of 1885,…
- Add to basket
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The Man Who Stopped To Help
- £16.00
- Enid Blyton's storybook retelling of Jesus' Parable of the Good Samaritan, with illustrations from Elsie Walker (who worked on 8 of Blyton's biblical storybooks).
- Add to basket