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The Schirmer Inheritance
- £20.00
- George Cary, former WWII bomber pilot and newly minted lawyer, reviews the files on the Schneider Johnson case, to make sure nothing has been overlooked. What George discovers connects a deserter from Napoleon’s defeated army to a guerrilla fighter in post-war Greece, and leads him into a dangerous situation where…
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The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry
- £12.00
- The Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book (published in the US as Science Set Free), Dr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that…
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The Screwtape Letters
- £40.00
- A milestone in the history of popular theology, ÔThe Screwtape LettersÕ is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil. This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew…
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The Screwtape Letters
- £22.00
- A milestone in the history of popular theology, ÔThe Screwtape LettersÕ is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil. This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew…
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The Sea, The Sea
- £100.00
- Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor both professionally and personally, and to amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung…
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The Second Curtain
- £12.00
- Roy Fuller (1912-1991) was an English poet who initially trained as a lawyer, and who also wrote crime fiction, of which The Second Curtain is one of his better known. He was Professor of Poetry at Oxford between 1968 and 1973, and was the dedicatee of Anthony Powell's A Soldier's…
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The Second Sleep (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- Dusk is gathering as a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, rides across a silent land. ItÕs a crime to be out after dark, and Fairfax knows he must arrive at his destination Ð a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor Ð before night falls and curfew is imposed. HeÕs lost…
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The Second Sleep (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- Dusk is gathering as a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, rides across a silent land. ItÕs a crime to be out after dark, and Fairfax knows he must arrive at his destination Ð a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor Ð before night falls and curfew is imposed. HeÕs lost…
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The Second Sleep (SIGNED)
- £20.00
- Dusk is gathering as a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, rides across a silent land. ItÕs a crime to be out after dark, and Fairfax knows he must arrive at his destination Ð a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor Ð before night falls and curfew is imposed. HeÕs lost…
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The Secret Agent (a simple tale)
- £150.00
- In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent; communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group…
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The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho (SIGNED)
- £75.00
- Meet Charles Ignatius Sancho: his extraordinary story, hidden for three hundred years, is about to be told. Discover Georgian London as you've never seen it before. . . I had little right to live, born on a slave ship where my parents both died. But I survived, and indeed, you…
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83_ Years Old (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- The hilarious international bestselling novel that has had pensioners ditching their sticks and zimmers to follow the age-defying, youth inducing antics inside The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 _ Years Old . . . 'Terrific. This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh' Woman and Home 'Funny and touching' BBC…
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The Secret History (Folio)
- £30.00
- A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous - history to be…
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The Secret Hours (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- One of his best books yet' Daily Telegraph Two years ago, the Monochrome inquiry was set up to investigate the British secret service. Monochrome's mission was to ferret out misconduct, allowing the civil servants seconded to the inquiry, Griselda Fleet and Malcolm Kyle, unfettered access to confidential information in the…
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The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton
- £20.00
- A tale of murder and literary ambition set on an American university campus from a master of the dark side of human nature. It's been over a decade since Robert Pendleton published his brilliant short story debut, and his hopes for a dazzling literary career now lie in tatters. Hanging…
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The Schirmer Inheritance
- £20.00
- George Cary, former WWII bomber pilot and newly minted lawyer, reviews the files on the Schneider Johnson case, to make sure nothing has been overlooked. What George discovers connects a deserter from Napoleon’s defeated army to a guerrilla fighter in post-war Greece, and leads him into a dangerous situation where…
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The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry
- £12.00
- The Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book (published in the US as Science Set Free), Dr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that…
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The Screwtape Letters
- £40.00
- A milestone in the history of popular theology, ÔThe Screwtape LettersÕ is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil. This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew…
- Add to basket
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The Screwtape Letters
- £22.00
- A milestone in the history of popular theology, ÔThe Screwtape LettersÕ is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil. This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew…
- Add to basket
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The Sea, The Sea
- £100.00
- Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor both professionally and personally, and to amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung…
- Add to basket
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The Second Curtain
- £12.00
- Roy Fuller (1912-1991) was an English poet who initially trained as a lawyer, and who also wrote crime fiction, of which The Second Curtain is one of his better known. He was Professor of Poetry at Oxford between 1968 and 1973, and was the dedicatee of Anthony Powell's A Soldier's…
- Add to basket
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The Second Sleep (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- Dusk is gathering as a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, rides across a silent land. ItÕs a crime to be out after dark, and Fairfax knows he must arrive at his destination Ð a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor Ð before night falls and curfew is imposed. HeÕs lost…
- Add to basket
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The Second Sleep (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- Dusk is gathering as a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, rides across a silent land. ItÕs a crime to be out after dark, and Fairfax knows he must arrive at his destination Ð a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor Ð before night falls and curfew is imposed. HeÕs lost…
- Add to basket
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The Second Sleep (SIGNED)
- £20.00
- Dusk is gathering as a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, rides across a silent land. ItÕs a crime to be out after dark, and Fairfax knows he must arrive at his destination Ð a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor Ð before night falls and curfew is imposed. HeÕs lost…
- Add to basket
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The Secret Agent (a simple tale)
- £150.00
- In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent; communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group…
- Add to basket
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The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho (SIGNED)
- £75.00
- Meet Charles Ignatius Sancho: his extraordinary story, hidden for three hundred years, is about to be told. Discover Georgian London as you've never seen it before. . . I had little right to live, born on a slave ship where my parents both died. But I survived, and indeed, you…
- Add to basket
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83_ Years Old (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- The hilarious international bestselling novel that has had pensioners ditching their sticks and zimmers to follow the age-defying, youth inducing antics inside The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 _ Years Old . . . 'Terrific. This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh' Woman and Home 'Funny and touching' BBC…
- Add to basket
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The Secret History (Folio)
- £30.00
- A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous - history to be…
- Add to basket
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The Secret Hours (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- One of his best books yet' Daily Telegraph Two years ago, the Monochrome inquiry was set up to investigate the British secret service. Monochrome's mission was to ferret out misconduct, allowing the civil servants seconded to the inquiry, Griselda Fleet and Malcolm Kyle, unfettered access to confidential information in the…
- Add to basket
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The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton
- £20.00
- A tale of murder and literary ambition set on an American university campus from a master of the dark side of human nature. It's been over a decade since Robert Pendleton published his brilliant short story debut, and his hopes for a dazzling literary career now lie in tatters. Hanging…
- Add to basket