Second Hand Books

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 Through many decades of groundbreaking journalism, John Simpson has become not only one of the most recognisable and trusted British perso...

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 Confidence at Work teaches readers how to challenge their fears, build their confidence, set themselves apart from their competitors and a...

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

Synopsis Sunday Times Bestseller & Film Tie-In Edition. Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now...

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...

Synopsis A chronological list of events in The Who's career. The introduction describes it like this: "Virtually every word in this book was spoken...

Synopsis One of the great minds of the 19th Century, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was responsible for some of the most impressive engineering feats of h...

Synopsis Book of The Year - National Book Awards. Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of b...

Synopsis Subtitled : The Essential Guide To The Scottish Referendum. A truly important book. It offers a huge sweep of history and deals with recen...

Synopsis Hailed as Newby's 'masterpiece', `Love and War in the Apennines' is the gripping real-life story of Newby's imprisonment and escape from a...

Synopsis The Observer's Book of Soccer 1980 by Albert Sewell. These books were essential reading for youngsters of the era, in this case for lovers...

Synopsis Antonia Fraser - Editor. In this work 40 leading writers explain what first made them interested in reading. They describe the comics and...

Synopsis Patricia Nicol - Sucking Eggs . . . What your wartime granny could teach you about diet, thrift & going green. In our age of globalisa...

Synopsis India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond is a book written by Shashi Tharoor that expresses the importance that India enjoys in t...

Synopsis Following on from the critically acclaimed Disunited Kingdom: How Westminster Won A Referendum But Lost Scotland, Iain MacWhirter casts hi...

Synopsis Welcome to the George Inn near London Bridge; a cosy, wood-panelled, galleried coaching house a few minutes' walk from the Thames. Grab yo...