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    • The Sense of an Ending

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    • Nominated for the 2011 Man Booker prize. Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but…
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  • The Settlers in CanadaThe Settlers in Canada Quick View
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    • The Settlers in Canada

    • £20.00
    • From the 'Merlin Series', originally published in 1896 by Dent and Sons, by the writer of Children of the New Forest, Captain (Frederick) Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848). He was a British Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as…
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  • The Seventh Son (SIGNED)The Seventh Son (SIGNED) Quick View
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    • The Seventh Son (SIGNED)

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    • A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young American academic Talissa Adam offers to carry another woman's child, she has no idea of the life-changing consequences. Behind the doors of the Parn Institute, a billionaire entrepreneur plans to stretch the boundaries of ethics as never before.…
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  • The Shapeshifter’s Daughter (SIGNED)The Shapeshifter’s Daughter (SIGNED) Quick View
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    • The Shapeshifter’s Daughter (SIGNED)

    • £80.00
    • Nothing, on earth or below it, freezes faster than the worthless heart. Before she was a hideous monster, the queen of the underworld was simply Hel. But cast as a girl out of lofty Asgard, realm of the gods, by Odin the Allfather, Hel's fate as the terrible goddess of…
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    • The Ship

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    • One vital convoy can break Mussolini’s stranglehold on Malta – but it is intercepted in the Mediterranean by enemy warships. Five light British cruisers are left to beat back the armed might of the Italian battle fleet and C.S. Forester – creator of Horatio Hornblower – takes us aboard HMS…
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  • The Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabricationThe Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication Quick View
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    • The Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication

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    • Steinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution on its head, as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted in to rule the unruly French. Enchanting comedy ensues as Steinbeck creates the most hilarious royal court ever around the brief, bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife…
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    • The Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication

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    • Steinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution on its head, as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted in to rule the unruly French. Enchanting comedy ensues as Steinbeck creates the most hilarious royal court ever around the brief, bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife…
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  • The Silence of the GirlsThe Silence of the Girls Quick View
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    • The Silence of the Girls

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    • There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan War whose voice has been silent - until now. Discover the greatest Greek myth of all - retold by the witness that history forgot . . . Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is a…
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    • The Silmarillion

    • £120.00
    • The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien’s imaginative writing, a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth, through the Second Age and the rise of Sauron, to the end of the War of the Ring. They are set in an age when Morgoth, the…
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  • The Singing Swan: A Yachtsman’s YarnThe Singing Swan: A Yachtsman’s Yarn Quick View
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    • The Singing Swan: A Yachtsman’s Yarn

    • £35.00
    • Sir Alan Patrick Herbert CH (1890-1971), was an English humorist, novelist, playwright, law reformist, and, from 1935 to 1950, an independent Member of Parliament for Oxford University. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a seaman in the First World War, becoming an officer in the Royal Naval Division.…
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  • The Soldier’s Art [A Dance to the Music of Time 8]The Soldier’s Art [A Dance to the Music of Time 8] Quick View
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  • The Sot-Weed factorThe Sot-Weed factor Quick View
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    • The Sot-Weed factor

    • £150.00
    • This is Barth's most distinguished masterpiece. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious human vices, with a hero who is "one of the most diverting . . . to roam the world since Candide." "A feast. Dense, funny, endlessly inventive (and, OK, yes, long-winded) this…
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  • The Spy Who Came In From The ColdThe Spy Who Came In From The Cold Quick View
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    • The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

    • £75.00
    • Alec Leamas has ended his time in Berlin. Or his time has ended him. The last of his Eastern agents has been killed, like the others, by the Abteilung. Back at the Circus, Leamas is put on the shelf. He turns to drunkenness and dishonesty and finally disappears from view,…
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    • The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

    • £50.00
    • Alec Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and has seen too many good agents murdered for their troubles. Now Control wants to bring him in at last - but only after one final assignment. He…
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  • The Sense of an EndingThe Sense of an Ending Quick View
    • The Sense of an EndingThe Sense of an Ending Quick View

    • The Sense of an Ending

    • £12.00
    • Nominated for the 2011 Man Booker prize. Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but…
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  • The Settlers in CanadaThe Settlers in Canada Quick View
    • The Settlers in CanadaThe Settlers in Canada Quick View

    • The Settlers in Canada

    • £20.00
    • From the 'Merlin Series', originally published in 1896 by Dent and Sons, by the writer of Children of the New Forest, Captain (Frederick) Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848). He was a British Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as…
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  • The Seventh Son (SIGNED)The Seventh Son (SIGNED) Quick View
    • The Seventh Son (SIGNED)The Seventh Son (SIGNED) Quick View

    • The Seventh Son (SIGNED)

    • £50.00
    • A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young American academic Talissa Adam offers to carry another woman's child, she has no idea of the life-changing consequences. Behind the doors of the Parn Institute, a billionaire entrepreneur plans to stretch the boundaries of ethics as never before.…
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  • The Shapeshifter’s Daughter (SIGNED)The Shapeshifter’s Daughter (SIGNED) Quick View
    • The Shapeshifter’s Daughter (SIGNED)The Shapeshifter’s Daughter (SIGNED) Quick View

    • The Shapeshifter’s Daughter (SIGNED)

    • £80.00
    • Nothing, on earth or below it, freezes faster than the worthless heart. Before she was a hideous monster, the queen of the underworld was simply Hel. But cast as a girl out of lofty Asgard, realm of the gods, by Odin the Allfather, Hel's fate as the terrible goddess of…
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  • The ShipThe Ship Quick View
    • The ShipThe Ship Quick View

    • The Ship

    • £9.00
    • One vital convoy can break Mussolini’s stranglehold on Malta – but it is intercepted in the Mediterranean by enemy warships. Five light British cruisers are left to beat back the armed might of the Italian battle fleet and C.S. Forester – creator of Horatio Hornblower – takes us aboard HMS…
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  • The Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabricationThe Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication Quick View
    • The Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabricationThe Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication Quick View

    • The Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication

    • £25.00
    • Steinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution on its head, as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted in to rule the unruly French. Enchanting comedy ensues as Steinbeck creates the most hilarious royal court ever around the brief, bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife…
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  • The Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabricationThe Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication Quick View
    • The Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabricationThe Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication Quick View

    • The Short Reign of Pippin IV, a fabrication

    • £30.00
    • Steinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution on its head, as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted in to rule the unruly French. Enchanting comedy ensues as Steinbeck creates the most hilarious royal court ever around the brief, bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife…
    • Add to basket
  • The Silence of the GirlsThe Silence of the Girls Quick View
    • The Silence of the GirlsThe Silence of the Girls Quick View

    • The Silence of the Girls

    • £8.00
    • There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan War whose voice has been silent - until now. Discover the greatest Greek myth of all - retold by the witness that history forgot . . . Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is a…
    • Add to basket
  • The SilmarillionThe Silmarillion Quick View
    • The SilmarillionThe Silmarillion Quick View

    • The Silmarillion

    • £120.00
    • The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien’s imaginative writing, a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth, through the Second Age and the rise of Sauron, to the end of the War of the Ring. They are set in an age when Morgoth, the…
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  • The Singing Swan: A Yachtsman’s YarnThe Singing Swan: A Yachtsman’s Yarn Quick View
    • The Singing Swan: A Yachtsman’s YarnThe Singing Swan: A Yachtsman’s Yarn Quick View

    • The Singing Swan: A Yachtsman’s Yarn

    • £35.00
    • Sir Alan Patrick Herbert CH (1890-1971), was an English humorist, novelist, playwright, law reformist, and, from 1935 to 1950, an independent Member of Parliament for Oxford University. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a seaman in the First World War, becoming an officer in the Royal Naval Division.…
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  • The Soldier’s Art [A Dance to the Music of Time 8]The Soldier’s Art [A Dance to the Music of Time 8] Quick View
  • The Soldier’s Art [Dance to the Music of Time 8]The Soldier’s Art [Dance to the Music of Time 8] Quick View
  • The Sot-Weed factorThe Sot-Weed factor Quick View
    • The Sot-Weed factorThe Sot-Weed factor Quick View

    • The Sot-Weed factor

    • £150.00
    • This is Barth's most distinguished masterpiece. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious human vices, with a hero who is "one of the most diverting . . . to roam the world since Candide." "A feast. Dense, funny, endlessly inventive (and, OK, yes, long-winded) this…
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  • The Spy Who Came In From The ColdThe Spy Who Came In From The Cold Quick View
    • The Spy Who Came In From The ColdThe Spy Who Came In From The Cold Quick View

    • The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

    • £75.00
    • Alec Leamas has ended his time in Berlin. Or his time has ended him. The last of his Eastern agents has been killed, like the others, by the Abteilung. Back at the Circus, Leamas is put on the shelf. He turns to drunkenness and dishonesty and finally disappears from view,…
    • Add to basket
  • The Spy Who Came In From The ColdThe Spy Who Came In From The Cold Quick View
    • The Spy Who Came In From The ColdThe Spy Who Came In From The Cold Quick View

    • The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

    • £50.00
    • Alec Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and has seen too many good agents murdered for their troubles. Now Control wants to bring him in at last - but only after one final assignment. He…
    • Add to basket
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