2nd-Hand Books
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The White/Garnett Letters
- £20.00
- Sylvia Warner Townsend Warner's biography of T. H. White, which had an enthusiastic reception, recvealed in the author of The Sword in the Stone a gnarled and tormented personality, fascinating in its diversity. The series of letters between White and David Garnett, the author of Aspects of Love and many…
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The Widow and her Hero
- £25.00
- Both an absorbing wartime thriller and a thoroughly convincing study of grief' Sunday Times In 1943, when Grace and Leo Waterhouse married in Australia, they were part of a young generation ready to sacrifice themselves to win the war, while being confident they would survive. Sixty years on, as Grace…
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The Widow in the Bye Street
- £15.00
- After years of writing little, Masefield had a new impetus in 1911 when he published the first of his narrative poems, The Everlasting Mercy. Two more followed in 1912, of which The Widow in the Bye Street was the 1st. As a result of these three, he was awarded the…
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The Willow Cabin
- £12.00
- Pamela Sydney Frankau (1908-1967) was a popular English novelist from a prominent artistic and literary family. She was abandoned by her novelist father Gilbert Frankau at an early age, and she became a prolific writer. She stopped writing for a decade after the death of her lover, the poet Humbert…
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The Wilt Alternative (Wilt 2)
- £25.00
- Henry Wilt is no longer the victim of his own uncontrolled fantasies. As Head of a reconstituted Liberal Studies Department he has assumed power without authority at the Fenland College of Arts & Technology and the fantasies he now confronts are those of political bigots and reactionary bureaucrats - in…
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The Wilt Alternative (Wilt 2)
- £35.00
- Henry Wilt is no longer the victim of his own uncontrolled fantasies. As Head of a reconstituted Liberal Studies Department he has assumed power without authority at the Fenland College of Arts & Technology and the fantasies he now confronts are those of political bigots and reactionary bureaucrats - in…
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The Wind and the Rain
- £10.00
- Hodge (1903-1958) was a an accomplished actor and playwright as well as medical doctor from New Zealand. His play The Wind and The Rain won great international acclaim, first performed in London in 1933 (with 1000 performances) and then for 6 months on Broadway. It was translated into 9 languages.
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The Wind Knows My Name (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- No, we're not lost. The wind knows my name. And yours too. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht - the night their family loses everything. As her child's safety seems ever harder to guarantee, Samuel's mother secures a spot for him on…
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The Winding Stair
- £13.00
- Power is shifting. Queen Elizabeth I is dying, James waiting to become King. Everywhere, there is opportunity to ascend. But who will thrive, and who will fail, under the new King? Will it be the scholar Francis Bacon, whose brilliant mind is the envy of the royal court? Or his…
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The Winter of our Discontent
- £20.00
- Steinbeck's last great novel focuses on the theme of success and what motivates men towards it. Reflecting back on his New England family's past fortune, and his father's loss of the family wealth, the hero, Ethan Allen Hawley, characterises successin every era and in all its forms as robbery, murder,…
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The Wish Maker (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- Zaki Shirazi, a young Pakistani in a household dominated by his mother and grandmother, is close to his female cousin, Samar Api, but while Samar's reckless teenage behavior brings consequences for her, Zaki is free to explore the world, only later reflecting on the true meaning of happiness.
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The Witch Ð A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
- £16.00
- Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in EuropeÕs history "Traces the idea of witches far beyond the Salem witch trials to beliefs and attitudes about witches around the world throughout history.Ó_Los Angeles Times. The witch came to…
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The Witch of Portobello (SIGNED)
- £110.00
- From one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho, comes a riveting novel tracing the mysterious life and disappearance of Athena dubbed Ôthe Witch of PortobelloÕ. This is the story of Athena, or Sherine, to give her the name she was baptised with. Her life is pieced together through…
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The Wooden Horse
- £15.00
- It is over fifty years since the critics of the day acclaimed The Wooden Horse as a superbly told story of the most ingenious and daring escape of the Second World War. Millions of readers agreed, and the book became a modern classic. This revised and expanded edition tells the…
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The Word and the Words: Voigt Lectures on Preaching
- £7.00
- The Voigt lectures on Preaching given by the BBC Head of Religious Broadcasting and President of the Methodist Conference.
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The White/Garnett Letters
- £20.00
- Sylvia Warner Townsend Warner's biography of T. H. White, which had an enthusiastic reception, recvealed in the author of The Sword in the Stone a gnarled and tormented personality, fascinating in its diversity. The series of letters between White and David Garnett, the author of Aspects of Love and many…
- Add to basket
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The Widow and her Hero
- £25.00
- Both an absorbing wartime thriller and a thoroughly convincing study of grief' Sunday Times In 1943, when Grace and Leo Waterhouse married in Australia, they were part of a young generation ready to sacrifice themselves to win the war, while being confident they would survive. Sixty years on, as Grace…
- Add to basket
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The Widow in the Bye Street
- £15.00
- After years of writing little, Masefield had a new impetus in 1911 when he published the first of his narrative poems, The Everlasting Mercy. Two more followed in 1912, of which The Widow in the Bye Street was the 1st. As a result of these three, he was awarded the…
- Add to basket
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The Willow Cabin
- £12.00
- Pamela Sydney Frankau (1908-1967) was a popular English novelist from a prominent artistic and literary family. She was abandoned by her novelist father Gilbert Frankau at an early age, and she became a prolific writer. She stopped writing for a decade after the death of her lover, the poet Humbert…
- Add to basket
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The Wilt Alternative (Wilt 2)
- £25.00
- Henry Wilt is no longer the victim of his own uncontrolled fantasies. As Head of a reconstituted Liberal Studies Department he has assumed power without authority at the Fenland College of Arts & Technology and the fantasies he now confronts are those of political bigots and reactionary bureaucrats - in…
- Add to basket
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The Wilt Alternative (Wilt 2)
- £35.00
- Henry Wilt is no longer the victim of his own uncontrolled fantasies. As Head of a reconstituted Liberal Studies Department he has assumed power without authority at the Fenland College of Arts & Technology and the fantasies he now confronts are those of political bigots and reactionary bureaucrats - in…
- Add to basket
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The Wind and the Rain
- £10.00
- Hodge (1903-1958) was a an accomplished actor and playwright as well as medical doctor from New Zealand. His play The Wind and The Rain won great international acclaim, first performed in London in 1933 (with 1000 performances) and then for 6 months on Broadway. It was translated into 9 languages.
- Add to basket
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The Wind Knows My Name (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- No, we're not lost. The wind knows my name. And yours too. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht - the night their family loses everything. As her child's safety seems ever harder to guarantee, Samuel's mother secures a spot for him on…
- Add to basket
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The Winding Stair
- £13.00
- Power is shifting. Queen Elizabeth I is dying, James waiting to become King. Everywhere, there is opportunity to ascend. But who will thrive, and who will fail, under the new King? Will it be the scholar Francis Bacon, whose brilliant mind is the envy of the royal court? Or his…
- Add to basket
-
The Winter of our Discontent
- £20.00
- Steinbeck's last great novel focuses on the theme of success and what motivates men towards it. Reflecting back on his New England family's past fortune, and his father's loss of the family wealth, the hero, Ethan Allen Hawley, characterises successin every era and in all its forms as robbery, murder,…
- Add to basket
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The Wish Maker (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- Zaki Shirazi, a young Pakistani in a household dominated by his mother and grandmother, is close to his female cousin, Samar Api, but while Samar's reckless teenage behavior brings consequences for her, Zaki is free to explore the world, only later reflecting on the true meaning of happiness.
- Add to basket
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The Witch Ð A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
- £16.00
- Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in EuropeÕs history "Traces the idea of witches far beyond the Salem witch trials to beliefs and attitudes about witches around the world throughout history.Ó_Los Angeles Times. The witch came to…
- Add to basket
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The Witch of Portobello (SIGNED)
- £110.00
- From one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho, comes a riveting novel tracing the mysterious life and disappearance of Athena dubbed Ôthe Witch of PortobelloÕ. This is the story of Athena, or Sherine, to give her the name she was baptised with. Her life is pieced together through…
- Add to basket
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The Wooden Horse
- £15.00
- It is over fifty years since the critics of the day acclaimed The Wooden Horse as a superbly told story of the most ingenious and daring escape of the Second World War. Millions of readers agreed, and the book became a modern classic. This revised and expanded edition tells the…
- Add to basket
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The Word and the Words: Voigt Lectures on Preaching
- £7.00
- The Voigt lectures on Preaching given by the BBC Head of Religious Broadcasting and President of the Methodist Conference.
- Add to basket