Second Hand Books

Synopsis The bizarre and fascinating story of Alexander Cruden, who single-handedly compiled the monumental dictionary/index/gazetteer to the Bible...

Synopsis Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award.Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year.Shortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book ...

Synopsis “This is not a story about old people,” Bernard MacLaverty told the Guardian, “It’s the story of two young people who got old and they hav...

Synopsis The world’s addiction to economic growth continues with barely any recognition that this is a problem. Indeed, in a Western world currentl...

Synopsis Finalist for the Man Booker Award.Finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction.Winner of the GLCA New Writers Award for ...

Synopsis Forty years in the future. The once-great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is on its knees, infested by vice and split along tr...

Synopsis From career to relationships and grooming to gaming and more, the guys’ ultimate manual for living.  For every guy too intimidated to ask ...

Synopsis A Concise Guide to the Stars & Planets explores the ultimate questions raised by our enhanced understanding of the universe, and provi...

Synopsis Subtitled : A Life on Soay. When Anne Cholowo arrived on the remote west coast island there were only 17 inhabitants. Today there are only...

Synopsis A Song of Ice & Fire (A Game of Thrones) - Book #3, Part 1. Winter approaches Westeros like an angry beast. The Seven Kingdoms are div...

Synopsis A brilliant, emotionally wrenching novel from the author of Atonement & Amsterdam. Now a major film adaption. The title is a reference...

Synopsis "All I did is marry him. You are the ones who gave him power." Quiet, bookish Alice Blackwell never dreamed of being First Lady. Much less...

Synopsis The 2nd Book of the Dark Materials Trilogy. Lyra has escaped Mrs. Coultar, she has escaped with her daemon (we would call it our spirit) i...

Synopsis Subtitled : Divided by War. United by Love. This is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written literary masterpiece. Now a major film starring T...

Synopsis One unremarkable June morning, Alice Goodwin is, as usual, trying to keep in check both her temper and her tendency to blame herself for h...

Synopsis 'So I began thinking again of those two white blanks on the map, of penguins and humming birds, of the pampas and of gauchos, in short, of...

Synopsis The dazzling novel from the acclaimed author of the groundbreaking MARS trilogy follows Galileo on an amazing journey from the dawn of the...

Synopsis The size of western armed forces, their stocks of weaponry and their readiness for combat are declining. Meanwhile, growing nationalism is...

Synopsis Sunday Times Bestseller & A Times Book of The Year. Uncommon Type is a collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that tw...

Synopsis The phenomenal international bestseller - 2 million copies sold - that will change the way you make decisions. Why are judges more likely ...

Synopsis When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a ...

Synopsis While fashion is subject to seasonal change, the wardrobe of the man who dresses in classic style is marked by a distinctive continuity. A...

Synopsis Over the past two decades, archaeologists have made huge strides in their understanding of the pyramids. They have uncovered edifices buri...

Synopsis In The Future, Declassified, Burrows - for the first time - has expanded the most recent Global Trends report into a full-length narrative...