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The Only Story (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesnÕt know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, heÕs proud of the fact his relationship flies…
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The Original (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- ÔThere was a painting my family set on fire. It burned to ashes, and then it came back.Õ Oxfordshire, 1899. Grace Inderwick grows up on the peripheries of a once-great household, an unwanted guest in her uncleÕs home. She has unusual skills and unusual predilections: for painting, though faces elude…
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The Other Side of You (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- There is no cure for being alive.' Thus speaks Dr David McBride, a psychiatrist for whom death exerts an unusual draw. As a young child he witnessed the death of his six-year-old brother and it is this traumatic event which has shaped his own personality and choice of profession. One…
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The Passage (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of AmyÑabandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Brad Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her…
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The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- An account of the author's voyage from Gibraltar, one of the Pillars of Hercules, to the southern Pillar. Instead of crossing the straits, he chose to travel the long way, up the coast of Spain along the Riviera, and by ferry to Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and beyond, through the near-anarchy…
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The Plato Papers, a novel (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- On ritual occasions Plato, the orator, summons the citizens of London to impart the ancient history of their city, dwelling particularly on the unhappy era of Mouldwarp (AD 1500-2300). He lectures on The Origin of Species by the nineteenth-century novelist Charles Dickens and on Sigmund Freud; whilst providing a glossary…
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The Poems of Shakespeare’s Dark Lady: Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (SIGNED Rowse)
- £100.00
- Of interest perhaps primarily because Emilia Lanier was possibly Shakespeare's mistress (the dark lady). The poems are emblematic of much of the verse of the time. The introduction by AL Rowse makes a strong case for Lanier as the famous Dark Lady.
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The Point of Departure (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Robin Cook's unvarnished account of the build-up to and the consequences of the second gulf war, as well as a broader look at the Blair government since its re-election in 2001: its increased alliance to right-wing figures such as George W Bush; its erosion of Cabinet government; its failure to…
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The Porcupine (SIGNED)
- £75.00
- Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws. But Petkanov is not beaten yet. He has been…
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The Power of Music (SIGNED)
- Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason knows and feels the transformative power of music as much as any musician alive. From winning the prestigious BBC Young Musician Award to performing at Harry and MeghanÕs wedding; from BachÕs solo suites to Bob MarleyÕs reggae; his ferocious passion shines through in every single performance, whether…
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The Private Patient (An Adam Dalgliesh mystery) (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- When the notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week's peaceful convalescence in one of Dorset's most beautiful manor houses and…
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The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath (SIGNED)
- £38.00
- Addiction is seemingly inexplicable. From the outside, it can look like wilful, arrogant self-destruction; from the inside, it can feel as inevitable and insistent as a heartbeat. It is possible to describe, but hard to explore. Yet in The Recovering, Leslie Jamison draws on her own life and the lives…
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The Retreat of Radiance: a novel of revenge (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- Quinn lives alone, scarred by personal tragedy and recollections of a wartime massacre near a remote monastery in China, the Retreat of Radiance. After thirty years he plots a suicidal revenge against the perpetrator of the massacre, Keh, a former Chinese Civil War general who has made secret millions from…
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The Return (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- A beautiful book, story, piece of history. From the haunting tones of the flamenco to a country ravaged by fanaticism. Hardly a day goes past since finishing this book that I don't think about some aspect of it. One of the best books I have read in a long time'…
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The Russia House (SIGNED)
- £450.00
- Barley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, a self-destructive soul whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was Barley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino during the Moscow Book Fair, was befriended by a high-ranking Soviet scientist who could be…
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The Only Story (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesnÕt know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, heÕs proud of the fact his relationship flies…
- Add to basket
-
The Original (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- ÔThere was a painting my family set on fire. It burned to ashes, and then it came back.Õ Oxfordshire, 1899. Grace Inderwick grows up on the peripheries of a once-great household, an unwanted guest in her uncleÕs home. She has unusual skills and unusual predilections: for painting, though faces elude…
- Add to basket
-
The Other Side of You (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- There is no cure for being alive.' Thus speaks Dr David McBride, a psychiatrist for whom death exerts an unusual draw. As a young child he witnessed the death of his six-year-old brother and it is this traumatic event which has shaped his own personality and choice of profession. One…
- Add to basket
-
The Passage (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of AmyÑabandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Brad Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her…
- Add to basket
-
The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- An account of the author's voyage from Gibraltar, one of the Pillars of Hercules, to the southern Pillar. Instead of crossing the straits, he chose to travel the long way, up the coast of Spain along the Riviera, and by ferry to Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and beyond, through the near-anarchy…
- Add to basket
-
The Plato Papers, a novel (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- On ritual occasions Plato, the orator, summons the citizens of London to impart the ancient history of their city, dwelling particularly on the unhappy era of Mouldwarp (AD 1500-2300). He lectures on The Origin of Species by the nineteenth-century novelist Charles Dickens and on Sigmund Freud; whilst providing a glossary…
- Add to basket
-
The Poems of Shakespeare’s Dark Lady: Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (SIGNED Rowse)
- £100.00
- Of interest perhaps primarily because Emilia Lanier was possibly Shakespeare's mistress (the dark lady). The poems are emblematic of much of the verse of the time. The introduction by AL Rowse makes a strong case for Lanier as the famous Dark Lady.
- Add to basket
-
The Point of Departure (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Robin Cook's unvarnished account of the build-up to and the consequences of the second gulf war, as well as a broader look at the Blair government since its re-election in 2001: its increased alliance to right-wing figures such as George W Bush; its erosion of Cabinet government; its failure to…
- Add to basket
-
The Porcupine (SIGNED)
- £75.00
- Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws. But Petkanov is not beaten yet. He has been…
- Add to basket
-
The Power of Music (SIGNED)
- Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason knows and feels the transformative power of music as much as any musician alive. From winning the prestigious BBC Young Musician Award to performing at Harry and MeghanÕs wedding; from BachÕs solo suites to Bob MarleyÕs reggae; his ferocious passion shines through in every single performance, whether…
- Read more
-
The Private Patient (An Adam Dalgliesh mystery) (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- When the notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week's peaceful convalescence in one of Dorset's most beautiful manor houses and…
- Add to basket
-
The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath (SIGNED)
- £38.00
- Addiction is seemingly inexplicable. From the outside, it can look like wilful, arrogant self-destruction; from the inside, it can feel as inevitable and insistent as a heartbeat. It is possible to describe, but hard to explore. Yet in The Recovering, Leslie Jamison draws on her own life and the lives…
- Add to basket
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The Retreat of Radiance: a novel of revenge (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- Quinn lives alone, scarred by personal tragedy and recollections of a wartime massacre near a remote monastery in China, the Retreat of Radiance. After thirty years he plots a suicidal revenge against the perpetrator of the massacre, Keh, a former Chinese Civil War general who has made secret millions from…
- Add to basket
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The Return (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- A beautiful book, story, piece of history. From the haunting tones of the flamenco to a country ravaged by fanaticism. Hardly a day goes past since finishing this book that I don't think about some aspect of it. One of the best books I have read in a long time'…
- Add to basket
-
The Russia House (SIGNED)
- £450.00
- Barley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, a self-destructive soul whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was Barley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino during the Moscow Book Fair, was befriended by a high-ranking Soviet scientist who could be…
- Add to basket