{"title":"First Editions \u0026 Author Signed Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst Editions \u0026amp; Author Signed Books (Fiction \u0026amp; Non-Fiction). Often collectable and can be valuable. Campsie Books' use of \" First Edition\" in a book's description, or on a label, denotes a First Edition and First Printing of the book being described.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"simon-garfield-on-the-map","title":"Simon Garfield - On The Map (2nd Hand Hardback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSubtitled : Why the world looks the way it does.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Maps and beyond, Simon Garfield examines how maps both relate and realign our history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a historical sweep ranging from Ptolemy to Twitter, Garfield explores the legendary, impassable (and non-existent) mountains of Kong, the role of cartography in combating cholera, the 17th-century Dutch craze for Atlases, the Norse discovery of America, how a Venetian monk mapped the world from his cell and the Muppets' knack of instant map-travel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlong the way are pocket maps of dragons, Mars, murders and more, with plenty of illustrations and prints to signpost the route. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe also have x marks the spot, their promise of where we have been and where we might be going. This is the history of with way the world has been imagined, compared to what is really out there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA book that manages to be both funny and factual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the bestselling and widely-adored author of Just My Type, On The Map is a witty and irrepressible examination of where we've been, how we got there and where we're going.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Slightly Thicker 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good (A little general aging. 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In a corner of his parents’ garage - with electronic whiz-kid Steve Wozniak - he parlayed his grasp of technology, a wildcatter’s raw nerve, and an irresistible vision of the future into the biggest success story in the history of Silicon Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was an adopted orphan, a college dropout, a Hare Krishna, a wanderer through India, an acidhead, a brilliant motivator and vicious destroyer, a relentless self-promoter, and a fearless and foolhardy risk-taker who inspired - and terrified - those who worked with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen years later, after shattered friendships, titanic power struggles, wild tantrums, and wily \u003cspan\u003emanoeuvres \u003c\/span\u003ehe was removed as Chairman of the Board - leaving him on the outside with millions of dollars and a new dream: NeXT.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe author had extraordinary access to Steve and Apple during the Macintosh development period and its aftermath - as co-founder of MacWorld he spent years inside the company. A longtime science \u0026amp; technology editor for Forbes, he is also the co-author of the 2005 bestseller iCon Steve Jobs - The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Acceptable (Slight general wear to dust jacket. 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This is a quiet narrative, and an suspiciously autobiographical one - Bragg being a Wigton boy - but made all the more authentic by this fact.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good (A touch of shading to spine of dust jacket, otherwise Very Good))\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Historical Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2001 (Sceptre - 1st Edition, 1st Printing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780340734155\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000491\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP650gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £16.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Throughout, Bragg is tenderly understated - his characters are not articulate people, but reserved and stoical, and he lets them speak for themselves, or not speak. 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But he comes to his ancestral village with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe High Mountains of Portugal takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century - and through the human soul.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Modern Mainstream Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2016 (Canongate - 1st Edition)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781782119203\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000569\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP450gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £14.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Moments of real wonder . . . glorious.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Sunday Times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Martel is an original, strange and subtle thinker\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Ursula Le Guin, The Guardian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Surprising and yet entirely believable.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Observer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYann Martel (born 25 June 1963) is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of the New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Yann Martell\" href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_yann-martell\"\u003eYann Martell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21310841225300,"sku":"B000569","price":2.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Yann-Martell-The-High-Mountains-of-Portugal.jpg?v=1590708692"},{"product_id":"clive-aslet-villages-of-britain","title":"Clive Aslet - Villages of Britain (500 Villages That Made The Countryside)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVillages of Britain is the history of the countryside, told through five hundred of its most noteworthy settlements. 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A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut this time it is different: she is having the affair, and he is still in love with her.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Beard's professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and save the world from environmental disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRanging from the Arctic Circle to the deserts of New Mexico, this is a story of one man's greed and self-deception; a darkly satirical novel showing human frailty struggling with the most pressing and complex problem of our time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Humorous Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2010 (Jonathan Cape - 1st Edition, 1st Printing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780224090490\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000597\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP550gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : Unknown (Clipped)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Great satire of a scientist who is all too human in his appetites, insecurities, and problems in relationships. 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McEwan portrays very realistically how such a physicist might hitch his sail to the movement for renewable energy, artificial photosynthesis in particular\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Goodreads Review.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Savagely funny\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003eEnormously entertaining.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A satirical masterpiece . . . it will come to be regarded as a classic.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Telegraph.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A stunningly accomplished work, possibly his best yet.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"McEwan has succeeded in producing a novel that is both profoundly serious and hilariously funny.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMail on Sunday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Vivacious and sprawling, a beautifully and compellingly written novel.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIan Russell McEwan, CBE, FRSA, FRSL is an English novelist and screenwriter. 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The right we have to speak and think freely . . . all that would be destroyed. That is worth fighting for, don’t you agree?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the world so masterfully established by Philip Pullman in his trilogy \u003cem\u003eHis Dark Materials\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Belle Sauvage\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of survival, where two children, with everything at stake, find themselves pursued by a terrifying evil. In their care is a tiny child, and in that child lies the fate of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his dæmon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford, on the banks of the River Thames which Malcolm navigates using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage. Across the River is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live in quiet seclusion. 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Reading this novel is like standing in a room in which suddenly all of the windows have blown open at once.' - \u003c\/em\u003eSlate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSir Philip Pullman, CBE, FRSL is an English author of high-selling books, including the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and a fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ. In 2008, The Times named Pullman one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . . \u003ca title=\"Philip Pullman\" href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_philip-pullman\"\u003ePhilip Pullman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39626186195078,"sku":"B000643","price":2.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Philip-Pullman-The-Book-of-Dust.jpg?v=1771620062"},{"product_id":"pete-brown-shakespeares-local","title":"Pete Brown - Shakespeare's Local (2nd Hand Hardback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWelcome to the George Inn near London Bridge; a cosy, wood-panelled, galleried coaching house a few minutes' walk from the Thames. Grab yourself a pint, listen to the chatter of the locals and consider this: who else has made this their local over the last 600 years? Chaucer and his fellow pilgrims almost certainly drank in the George on their way out of London to Canterbury.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShakespeare may well have popped in from the nearby Globe for a pint, and we know that Dickens definitely did. Mail carriers changed their horses here, before heading to all four corners of Britain - while sailors drank here before visiting all four corners of the world . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pub, as Pete Brown points out, is the \u003cem\u003e'primordial cell of British life'\u003c\/em\u003e and in the George he has found the perfect case study. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll life is here, from murderers, highwaymen and ladies of the night to gossiping pedlars and hard-working clerks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo sit back and watch as buildings rise and fall over the centuries, and 'the beer drinker's Bill Bryson' (TLS) takes us on an entertaining tour through six centuries of history, through the stories of everyone that ever drank in one pub.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback (No Dust Jacket Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - History \u0026amp; Futurology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2012 (McMillan -1st Edition)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780230761261\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000645\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP490gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £9.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Brown's rambunctious style, which frequently feels as if he's buttonholed you in the George itself to tell you an anecdote over a pint, might verge on the overbearing (and overfootnoted) in places, but he has countless fascinating stories to tell. Forgotten characters such as the fearsome early 20th-century pub proprietor Agnes Murray jostle for space with household names such as Samuel Pepys and, of course, Dickens.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - The Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePete Brown is a British author, journalist, broadcaster and consultant specialising in food and drink, especially the fun parts like beer and cider. His broad, fresh approach takes in social history, cultural commentary, travel writing, personal discovery and natural history, and his words are always delivered with the warmth and wit you’d expect from a great night down the pub. 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It is a fascinating story.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Joyce Tyldesley, author of Nefertiti.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Refreshing and thorough\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Scotland on Sunday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The new seminal text on this subject\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Science News.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiroslav Verner is a Czech Egyptologist, who specializes in the history and archaeology of Ancient Egypt of the Old Kingdom and especially of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28208890937428,"sku":"B000693","price":3.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Miroslav-Verner-The-Pyramids.jpg?v=1771335351"},{"product_id":"kim-stanley-robinson-galileos-dream","title":"Kim Stanley Robinson - Galileo's Dream (2nd Hand Hardback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe dazzling novel from the acclaimed author of the groundbreaking MARS trilogy follows Galileo on an amazing journey from the dawn of the modern world to a future on the verge of a completely new scientific breakthrough.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA novel that combines a science fiction story with a great deal of information about the fascinating life of Galileo, the Tuscan astronomer who, like Copernicus, ran foul of the church with the suggestion that the sun was at the centre of our system rather than the Earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLate Renaissance Italy abounds in alchemy and Aristotle, yet it trembles on the brink of the modern world. 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The images of the moons of Jupiters and the people who live on them was fantastic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe topics of \"time\" and entanglement were great and thought provoking (astrophysicist husband was well satisfied) and the piece-de-resistance of this book was the set piece which had Galileo getting a crash course on quantum mechanics.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Goodreads Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Galileo's Dream, however, is a gleaming return to form for one of the world's best SF writers: thought-provoking and moving in equal measure. Robinson captures the joy of scientific discovery better than anyone else working today; the characterisation is splendid, with Galileo himself coming sharply to life, while the future-set sections feel neither superfluous nor clunky. Elegant, charming, funny and profound, Galileo's Dream is magnifico.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - The Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A brilliant work of imagination, drawing together the two cultures in a harmonious marriage of science and art'\u003c\/em\u003e - The Times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e`A triumph, with Robinson's gifts for characterisation and world-building firmly to the fore. His Galileo is wonderful: brilliant, irascible, sometimes hateful, and always fascinating. The finale is both stirring and melancholic, and a fitting tribute to science's most famous iconoclast'\u003c\/em\u003e - New Scientist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKim Stanley Robinson is an American writer of science fiction. To date he has published nineteen novels and numerous short stories but is best known for his Mars trilogy. 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Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Thicker 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Modern Mainstream Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2012 (Little, Brown - 1st Edition)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781408704202\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000953\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP700gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £20 (Unclipped)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A moving and entertaining read that will be sure to keep anyone gripped from start to finish.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Goodreads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\" . . . truth is, it was more like Salinger or Vonnegut, harsh realism and depressing insight into human weaknesses. 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Rowling.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - David Robinson, Scotsman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A big, ambitious, brilliant, profane, funny, deeply upsetting and magnificently eloquent novel of contemporary England . . . This is a deeply moving book by somebody who understands both human beings and novels very, very deeply.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Lev Grossman, Time Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJoanne Rowling CH, OBE, Hon FRSE, FRCPE, FRSL, better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She is best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series, which has won multiple awards and sold more than 500 million copies, becoming the best-selling book series in history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . . \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_j-k-rowling\" title=\"J.K. Rowling\"\u003eJ.K. 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It has become a ghostly war fought in a haze of memory, often seen merely as a distant preamble to World War II.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Long Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e critically acclaimed historian David Reynolds seeks to broaden our vision by assessing the impact of the Great War across the twentieth century. He shows how events in that turbulent century - particularly World War II, the Cold War, and the collapse of Communism - shaped and reshaped attitudes to 1914–18.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy exploring big themes such as democracy and empire, nationalism and capitalism, as well as art and poetry, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Long Shadow is stunningly broad in its historical perspective. Reynolds throws light on the vast expanse of the last century and explains why 1914-18 is a conflict that America and the world is still struggling to comprehend.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - War \u0026amp; Civil War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2013 (Simon \u0026amp; Schuster - 1st Edition)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780857206350\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000990\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP650gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £14.99 (Unclipped)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Long Shadow ventures across the traditional subcultures of historical scholarship to offer a rich and layered examination not only of politics, diplomacy, and security but also of economics, art, and literature. 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He attended school at Dulwich College on a scholarship and studied at Cambridge and Harvard Universities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29365116338260,"sku":"B000990","price":3.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/David-Reynolds-The-Long-Shadow.jpg?v=1741351529"},{"product_id":"william-dalrymple-nine-lives","title":"William Dalrymple - Nine Lives (2nd Hand Hardback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonglisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Mughal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn Xanadu\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a mesmerising book that explores how traditional religions are observed in today’s India, revealing ways of life that we might otherwise never have known.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. 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I hope it sparks a revival' - Observer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Beautifully written, ridiculously erudite, warm and open-hearted . . . A towering talent' - The Times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A blend of travelogue, ethnography, oral history and reportage, Nine Lives is compelling and poignant' - Guardian. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWilliam Dalrymple was born in Scotland in 1965, and brought up on the shores of the Firth of Forth. 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Instead he argues that human beings are biologically driven to establish moral values, and have unique capabilities for altering their reasoning over the long run.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author also wrote the bestselling \u003cem\u003eThe End of History\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Last Man\u003c\/em\u003e amongst many others and remains one of our most important social \u0026amp; political thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Law, Society \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 1999 (Profile Books - 1st Edition)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781861970992\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B001843\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP650gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £20 (Unclipped)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Francis Fukuyama is an analyst who does not, intellectually speaking, get out of bed for anything less than the all-encompassing grand sweep of history.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - NY Times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Fukuyama is one of the few American intellectuals of any ideological bent capable of training a knowledge of world history and a grasp of social theory on topics of undeniable contemporary significance.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Michael Kazin, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post Book World.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrancis Fukuyama is best known as the author of The End of History and the Last Man, in which he argued that the progression of human history as a struggle between ideologies is largely at an end, with the world settling on liberal democracy after the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . . \u003ca title=\"Francis Fukuyama\" href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_francis-fukuyama+all-books\"\u003eFrancis Fukuyama\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31824565960838,"sku":"B001843","price":3.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Francis-Fukuyama-The-Great-Disruption.jpg?v=1755785902"},{"product_id":"lynne-truss-talk-to-the-hand","title":"Lynne Truss - Talk To The Hand (2nd Hand Hardback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSubtitled : \u003cspan\u003eThe Utter Bloody Rudeness of Everyday Life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSticklers unite!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Queen of Zero Tolerance takes on the sorry state of modern manners, in the spirit of her three million copy worldwide bestseller, \u003cem\u003eEats Shoots \u0026amp; Leaves.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening,\"\u003c\/em\u003e . . . the saying goes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen did the world get to be so rude? 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Captures perfectly a moment in time we've all experienced.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Graham Norton.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Alan Nicholls (born 30 November 1966) is an English novelist and screenwriter.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"David Nicholls\" href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_david-nicholls\"\u003eDavid Nicholls\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34717266378886,"sku":"B001924","price":2.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/David-Nicholls-Sweet-Sorrow.jpg?v=1741351259"},{"product_id":"zoe-heller-the-believers","title":"Zoe Heller - The Believers (2nd Hand Hardback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst edition \/ first printing from the author of Notes On A Scandal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comic, tragic, supremely entertaining novel about one family's struggles with the consolations of faith and the trials of doubt.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. 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It is what you never learned that might have saved you.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good (Almost \u003cstrong\u003eAs New\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Politics \u0026amp; Government\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2018 (W. W. 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Ragnarok was the End of Worlds.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAsgard fell, centuries ago, and the old gods have been defeated. Some are dead, while others have been consigned to eternal torment in the netherworld - among them, the legendary trickster, Loki. A god who betrayed every side and still lost everything, who has lain forgotten as time passed and the world of humans moved on to new beliefs, new idol and new deities . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut now mankind dreams of the Norse Gods once again, the river Dream is but a stone's throw from their dark prison, and Loki is the first to escape into a new reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first, but not the only one to. Other, darker, things have escaped with him, who seek to destroy everything that he covets. 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Again, I can’t come close to understanding the viciousness of this woman and how she could treat her own son this way. It is truly amazing that Dave survived and became successful as he did.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Goodreads Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid James Pelzer is an American author, of several autobiographical and self-help books. 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His ability to capture the atrocities of the era, without any of the horrendous detail but retaining the devastating impacts of the time-period, are just masterful.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Goodreads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Powerful . . . a fantastic story, and the characters, though not very likeable (this is OK though, given the dark theme of the book), are very detailed and very realistic. Pierrot, the young boy who turns absolutely evil, made me really want to punch Hitler in his big evil face! Ah well. Everybody hates Hitler! A good rush of different emotions were continuously speeding through me the whole way through. I did enjoy the book, a brilliant plot, fab characters, great.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Amazon Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Boyne (born 30 April 1971) is an Irish novelist. He is the author of eleven novels for adults and six novels for younger readers. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis novels are published in over 50 languages. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis 2006 novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was adapted into a 2008 film of the same name.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . . \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_john-boyne\" title=\"John Boyne\"\u003eJohn Boyne\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34955602231430,"sku":"B002094","price":2.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/John-Boyne-The-Boy-at-The-Top-of-The-Mountain-2.jpg?v=1763739077"},{"product_id":"robert-galbraith-troubled-blood","title":"Robert Galbraith - Troubled Blood (2nd Hand Hardback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStrike #5.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTroubled Blood is the fifth novel in the Cormoran Strike series, written by J. K. Rowling and published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The novel was released in September 2020.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivate Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough - who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs Strike and Robin investigate Margot's disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA breath-taking, labyrinthine epic,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Thick 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Crime \u0026amp; Mystery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2020 (Sphere - 1st Edition, 1st Printing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780751579932\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B002130\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP1200gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £20.00 (Unclipped)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This book had all of the mystery, heart, and character dynamics that I love about this series. Strike and Robin are such a wonderful duo. It was so easy to fall back into the familiar rhythm of their story, even though it’s been two years since I finished the last one. If you like a good mystery, this one does not disappoint!\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Goodreads Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eStrike \u003c\/i\u003eseries:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A blistering piece of crime writing' - \u003c\/em\u003eSunday Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The work of a master storyteller' - \u003c\/em\u003eDaily Telegraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Unputdownable' - \u003c\/em\u003eDaily Express.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJoanne Rowling CH, OBE, Hon FRSE, FRCPE, FRSL, better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, (she also writes as Robert Galbraith) is a British author. She is best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series, which has won multiple awards and sold more than 500 million copies, becoming the best-selling book series in history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . . \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_robert-galbraith\" title=\"Robert Galbraith\"\u003eRobert Galbraith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34880124747910,"sku":"B002130","price":3.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Robert-Galbraith-Troubled-Blood.jpg?v=1771950956"},{"product_id":"jessie-burton-the-miniaturist","title":"Jessie Burton - The Miniaturist (2nd Hand Hardback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSet in seventeenth century Amsterdam - a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion - a masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery, in the tradition of Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters, and Sarah Dunant.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . .\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. 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He spots one of their most precious volumes that is kept locked in a glass cabinet, a beautiful and unique illustrated edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Count of Monte Christo. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the fact that the stranger seems to care little for books, he wants to buy this expensive edition. Then, to Daniel's surprise, the man inscribes the book with the words '\u003cem\u003eTo Fermin Romero de Torres, who came back from the dead and who holds the key to the future'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis visit leads back to a story of imprisonment, betrayal and the return of a deadly rival.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Thick 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good (A little tanning on page edges only)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Fiction - Uncategorised\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2011 (Wiedenfeld \u0026amp; Nicolson, UK - 1st Edition, 1st Printing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780297868095\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B002153\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP600gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £16.99 (Unclipped)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScarce First Edition. Full Numberline.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It would find it hard to believe that any reader who loved The Shadow of the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e would not consider Fermìn as a favourite character. In the shadows and ashes of the city of the damned, Fermìn glows and shines like a beacon of hope and goodness. A wholly good and kind-hearted person who has a weakness for ladies and strong opinions on pretty much everything, his eloquent and really long ramblings are always sardonic, hilarious and pretty spot on.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Goodreads Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarlos Ruiz Zafón is the Spanish author of six novels, including the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, and The Angel's Game.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured Author . . . \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_carlos-ruiz-zafon\" title=\"Carlos Ruiz Zafon\"\u003eCarlos Ruiz Zafon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34896814506118,"sku":"B002153","price":2.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Carlos-Ruiz-Zafon-The-Prisoner-of-Heaven.jpg?v=1740829015"},{"product_id":"john-julius-norwich-paradise-of-cities","title":"John Julius Norwich - Paradise of Cities (2nd Hand Hardback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSubtitled : Venice in The 19th Century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn obligatory stop on the Grand Tour for any cultured Englishman (and, later, Americans), Venice limped into the 19th Century, first under the yoke of France, then as an outpost of the Austrian Hapsburgs, stripped of riches yet indelibly the most ravishing city in Italy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe greatest living chronicler of Venetian history brings to life the city's magical charm in a beautifully illustrated and captivating book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Julius Norwich, the author of the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eA History of Venice,\u003c\/em\u003e traces the transformation of Venice from a proud independent state into a dazzling dreamscape that attracted artists, writers, and composers from around the world. 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And there would be no chance that said brother would be trying to take over his life, flat and fiancée, or, to make matters worse, be doing a much better job of it than him.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesperate to reclaim his life, Charlie enlists the help of four more-than-slightly eccentric old ladies and their unique brand of voodoo - and between them they unleash a bitter and twisted force to get rid of Spider.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut as darkness descends and badness begins is Fat Charlie Nancy going to get his life back in one piece or is he about to enter a whole netherworld of pain?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Thick 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good (Almost Very Good)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Fantasy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2005 (Headline Review - 1st Edition, 1st Printing with exclusive extra material)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780755305070\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B002270\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSSP : SP600gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £17.99 (Unclipped)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncludes extra material exclusive to Headline Review's edition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Bizarre, bonkers . . . rather brilliant' - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eIan Hislop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A warm, funny, immensely entertaining story about the impossibility of putting up with your relations - especially if they happen to be Gods. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnansi Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e combines the anarchy of Douglas Adams with a Wodehousian generosity of spirit. 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It's a journey that will open your eyes to the unfathomable intricacies of the brain, and the infinite variety of human capacity and experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe brain is the most complex structure in the universe, and neurologists must puzzle out life-changing diagnoses from the tiniest of clues - it's the ultimate in medical detective work.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this riveting book, one of the UK's leading neurologists takes you with her as she follows the trail of her patients' symptoms.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - Health, Medicine, Psychology \u0026amp; Self-Help\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2018 (Chatto \u0026amp; Windus - 1st Edition, 1st Printing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781784741310\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B002334\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP600gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £16.99 (Unclipped)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Powerfully life-affirming . . . Brainstorm is testament to O'Sullivan's unshowy clarity of thought and her continued marvelling at the mysteries of the brain\" - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I loved it. She is in my view the best science writer around - a true descendant of Oliver Sacks' - \u003c\/em\u003eSathnam Sanghera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A fascinating attempt to draw the lay reader into understanding more about the function and malfunction of the brain by using real-life stories . . . O'Sullivan is a good, clear writer, lacks pomposity and avoids cliche - her first book, It's All in Your Head, won the Wellcome Prize.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eDavid Aaronovitch, The Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"O'Sullivan writes beautifully and is full of wonder . . . a pleasure.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eJohn Preston, Mail on Sunday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A tremendously interesting work of medical humanity . . . The main effect of this fascinating collection of clinical stories, by the end, is to make any reader without brain dysfunction exceedingly grateful for the fragile miracle going in inside their own skull every second.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eSteven Poole, Daily Telegraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I loved it. She is in my view the best science writer around - a true descendant of Oliver Sacks.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eSathnam Sanghera, author of The Boy with the Topknot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuzanne O'Sullivan is an Irish neurologist working in Britain who is the winner of the 2016 Wellcome Book Prize. She won for her first book, It's All in Your Head: True Stories of Imaginary Illness, published by Chatto \u0026amp; Windus in 2015. The book also won the Royal Society of Biology General Book Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeatured author . . . \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/collections\/all-books\/featured-authors_suzanne-osullivan\" title=\"Suzanne O'Sullivan\"\u003eSuzanne O'Sullivan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35020347932806,"sku":"B002334","price":2.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/products\/Suzanne-OSullivan-Brainstorm-2.jpg?v=1772643858"},{"product_id":"david-peace-red-or-dead","title":"David Peace - Red or Dead (2nd Hand Hardback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA monumental and utterly singular novel, \u003cem\u003eRed or Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is David Peace's fictionalised account of Bill Shankly's years as manager of Liverpool Football Club - from his arrival at a struggling Second Division side in 1959 through to his retirement in 1974 and the quiet, bewildered years that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 1959, Liverpool Football Club were in the Second Division. Liverpool Football Club had never won the FA Cup. Fifteen seasons later, Liverpool Football Club had won three League titles, two FA Cups and the UEFA Cup. Liverpool Football Club had become the most consistently successful team in England.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the most passionately supported club. Their manager was revered as a god. Destined for immortality. Their manager was Bill Shankly. His job was his life. His life was football. His football a form of socialism. Bill Shankly inspired people. Bill Shankly transformed people, the players and the supporters. His legacy would reverberate through the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1974, Liverpool Football Club and Bill Shankly stood on the verge of even greater success. In England and in Europe. But in 1974, Bill Shankly shocked Liverpool and football. Bill Shankly resigned. Bill Shankly retired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRed or Dead is the story of the rise of Liverpool Football Club and Bill Shankly. And the story of the retirement of Bill Shankly. Of one man and his work. And of the man after that work. A man in two halves. Home and away. Red or dead.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a conventional football book, nor a conventional novel; it is something stranger and more ambitious than either - a meditation on work, community, loyalty, and loss that stands as one of the most remarkable pieces of British fiction of the past decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Thick 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - Fiction - Uncatagorised\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2013 (Faber \u0026amp; Faber - 1st Edition, 1st Printing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780571280650\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B002490\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP1100gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £20.00\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Both epic in scale and meticulous in its attention to detail.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eEsquire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Red Or Dead is a masterpiece. 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