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  • The Valley of Horses

    Random House USA Inc The Valley of Horses

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    £16.20

  • New Boy

    Hogarth Press New Boy

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    Book SynopsisTracy Chevalier brings Shakespeare’s Othello—a harrowing drama of jealousy and revenge—to a 1970s era elementary school playground. Arriving at his fifth school in as many years, diplomat’s son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day—so he’s lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can’t stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school and its key players—teachers and pupils alike—will never be the same again.   The tragedy of Othello is transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington schoolyard, where kids fall in and out of love with each other before lunchtime, and practice a casual racism picked up from their parents and teachers. Peeking over the shoulders of four 11 year olds—Osei, Dee, Ian, and his reluctant girl

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    £14.45

  • Gender Swapped Fairy Tales

    Faber & Faber Gender Swapped Fairy Tales

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    Book SynopsisDiscover a collection of fairy tales unlike the ones you''ve read before . . . Once upon a time, in the middle of winter, a King sat at a window and sewed. As he sewed and gazed out onto the landscape, he pricked his finger with the needle, and three drops of blood fell onto the snow outside.People have been telling fairy tales to their children for hundreds of years. And for almost as long, people have been rewriting those fairy tales to help their children imagine a world where they are the heroes. Karrie and Jon were reading their child these stories when they hit upon a dilemma, something previous versions of these stories were missing, and so they decided to make one vital change . . . They haven't rewritten the stories in this book. They haven't reimagined endings, or reinvented characters. What they have done is switch all the genders. It might not sound like that much of a change, but you'll be dazzled by the world this swap cre

    3 in stock

    £18.00

  • Winter in the Air

    Faber & Faber Winter in the Air

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis Christmas, ''hand yourself over to be enchanted'' (Guardian) by the English genius behind witchcraft classic Lolly Willowes.''Worth 9.99 for the book jacket alone (trust Faber) ... It's exquisite and shivery, just like the stories within ... By turns creepy, melancholy, horrifying, tragic and beltingly romantic.'' Sunday Times''One of our finest writers.'' Neil Gaiman''One of the most shamefully under-read great British authors of the past 100 years.'' Sarah Waters''Diminutive masterpieces ... Hand yourself over to be enchanted.'' Guardian''Extraordinary, lucid wildness.'' Helen MacDonald''Glinting perfection'' The TimesDecades after her divorce, a lady returns to the village of her tumultuous marriage. A railway carriage hosts a charged schoolboy encounter. A murder raises fears of blackmail. A woman waits anxiously in a caf

    10 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Aspern Papers

    Samuel French Ltd The Aspern Papers

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    Book SynopsisIn a once grand Venetian palazzo an old woman and her niece live in seclusion. An American publisher asks to leases some rooms, his purpose to unearth the mystery of a brilliant author who once loved the aunt. The old woman curtly rejects all inquiries. When she finds him going through the some papers he''s discovered, she has a stroke and dies. The lonely niece pathetically proposes to him, but he rejects her when she says she''s burned the papers. She locks herself up in the palazzo and then destroys the papers.2 women, 2 men

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  • Animal Farm

    Samuel French Inc Animal Farm

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    Book SynopsisGeorge Orwell's biting satire, adapted by Nelson Bond Characters: 5 male, 2 female Bare Stage. Animal Farm is a fable with a sting. Much has been written about the threat of Communism, but it remained to the late George Orwell, farsighted British author of the brilliant and frightening 1984, to expose the Russian experiment for what it really is; an idealist's dream, converted by realists into a nightmare. In staged dramatic reading version of this timely allegory you will meet beasts whose prototypes have dominated news headlines for many fearful years. Opening on a note of joyous triumph for the creatures who have emancipated themselves from the cruel mastery of a human owner, the reading mounts inexorably to a climax of disillusionment in which the other animals discover themselves now subject to the rule of even more ruthless autocrats: the greedy, cunning pigs. Intermingling humor and drama, Animal Farm wrings the emotions of its listeners, leaving audiences shaken with the tale o

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    £10.99

  • Don Quijote de la Mancha  Don Quijote of La

    Penguin Young Readers Don Quijote de la Mancha Don Quijote of La

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £15.30

  • Lazarillo de Tormes  Lazarillo de Tormes

    Penguin Young Readers Lazarillo de Tormes Lazarillo de Tormes

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    10 in stock

    £11.90

  • La celestina  The Celestine

    Penguin Young Readers La celestina The Celestine

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    £13.60

  • El amor en los tiempos del cólera Edición

    Penguin Young Readers El amor en los tiempos del cólera Edición

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    3 in stock

    £22.50

  • Prelude to Foundation

    Random House USA Inc Prelude to Foundation

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe first of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation seriesTHE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATIONIt is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galactic Empire, forty billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet Cleon knows there are those who would see him fall—those whom he would destroy if only he could read the future. Hari Seldon has come to Trantor to deliver his paper on psychohistory, his remarkable theory of prediction. Little does the young Outworld mathematician know that he has already sealed his fate and the fate of humanity. For Hari possesses the prophetic power that makes him the most wanted man in the Empire . . . the man who holds the key to the future—an apocalyptic power to be known

    15 in stock

    £13.96

  • Foundation and Earth

    Random House USA Inc Foundation and Earth

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    Book SynopsisThe fifth novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation seriesTHE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATIONGolan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and it is Gaia. A superorganism, Gaia is a holistic planet with a common consciousness so intensely united that every dewdrop, every pebble, every being, can speak for all—and feel for all. It is a realm in which privacy is not only undesirable, it is incomprehensible.But is it the right choice for the destiny of mankind? While Trevize feels it is, that is not enough. He must know.Trevize believes the answer lies at the site of humanity’s roots: fabled Earth . . . if it still exists. For no one is sure where the planet of Gaia’s first settlers is to be found in the immense wilderness of the Galaxy. Nor can anyone explain why no record of Earth has been preserved, no mention of

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  • Forward the Foundation

    Random House USA Inc Forward the Foundation

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    Book SynopsisThe second of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov?s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation seriesTHE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THEAPPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATIONAs Hari Seldon struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory and ensure a place for humanity among the stars, the great Galactic Empire totters on the brink of apocalyptic collapse. Caught in the maelstrom are Seldon and all he holds dear, pawns in the struggle for dominance. Whoever can control Seldon will control psychohistory?and with it the future of the Galaxy.Among those seeking to turn psychohistory into the greatest weapon known to man are a populist political demagogue, the weak-willed Emperor Cleon I, and a ruthless militaristic general. In his last act of service to humankind, Hari Seldon must somehow save his life?s work from their grasp as he searches for its true heirs?a search that begins with his own granddaughter and the dream of a new Foundation.

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    £15.30

  • The Stars Like Dust

    Random House USA Inc The Stars Like Dust

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    2 in stock

    £14.45

  • The Currents of Space

    Random House USA Inc The Currents of Space

    5 in stock

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    5 in stock

    £14.45

  • The Au Pair

    Penguin Putnam Inc The Au Pair

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisIf V. C. Andrews and Kate Morton had a literary love child, Emma Rous' USA Today bestseller The Au Pair would be it.One of the most anticipated books of 2019 from Pop Sugar, Bustle, Cosmo, Parade, and Goodreads!Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother, Danny, were born in the middle of summer at their family's estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth, their mother threw herself from the cliffs, the au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of dark cloaks, changelings, and the aloof couple who drew a young nanny into their inner circle.Now an adult, Seraphine mourns the recent death of her father. While going through his belongings, she uncovers a family photograph that raises dangerous questions. It was taken on the day the twins were born, and in the photo, their mother, surrounded by her husband and her young son, is smiling serenely and holding just one baby. Who

    10 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Squatter and the Don

    Random House USA Inc The Squatter and the Don

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisA historical romance with an activist heart, and an impassioned critique of U.S. expansionism—with an introduction by Ana Castillo, author of So Far from GodA fiercely partisan novel based on the author’s own experiences, The Squatter and the Don follows two families living near San Diego shortly after the United States’ annexation of California: the Alamares of the landed Mexican gentry, and the Darrells, the New Englanders who seek to claim the Alamares’ land. When young Clarence Darrell falls in love with Mercedes Alamar, the stage is set for a conflict that blends the personal with the political.  A scathing critique of corporate capitalism, this story exposes the true historical plight of californios as their lands are taken away by a government with incestuous ties to the railroad monopoly—institutions laced with the greed and racism of nineteenth-century America&rsqu

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    £13.99

  • Small Angels

    Random House USA Inc Small Angels

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    Book SynopsisIn a hypnotic tale of sisterhood, first love, and hauntings, a wedding in a small English village stirs up unsettling magic and forces a troubled family’s secrets out into the open.“This beautifully written modern ghost story is an enchanting place to get lost.”—Danielle Trussoni, The New York Times Book Review“A twisting gothic tale of darkness, intrigue, heartbreak, and revenge.”—Jennifer Saint, author of AriadneThe woods are stirring again. . . . Lucia and her sisters grew up on the edge of Mockbeggar Woods. They knew it well—its danger, but also its beauty. As a lonely teenager, Kate was drawn to these sisters, who were unlike anyone she’d ever met. But when they brought her into the woods, something dark was awakened, and Kate has never been able to escape the terrible truth of what happened there.  Chloe has been planning her dream

    10 in stock

    £15.30

  • Love in the Time of Cholera Illustrated Edition

    Random House USA Inc Love in the Time of Cholera Illustrated Edition

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £22.40

  • El señor presidente  Mr. President

    Penguin Young Readers El señor presidente Mr. President

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £15.16

  • The Maltese Falcon Special Edition

    Penguin Random House LLC The Maltese Falcon Special Edition

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • A special edition of this coolly glittering gem of detective fiction that has haunted three generations of readers, from one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. Featuring an introduction by James Ellroy.A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett's iconic, influential, and beloved The Maltese Falcon.A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Special Edition

    1 in stock

    £13.12

  • The Postman Always Rings Twice Special Edition

    Penguin Random House LLC The Postman Always Rings Twice Special Edition

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    Book SynopsisA special edition of The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. Featuring an introduction by James Ellroy.When Frank, an amoral young drifter, gets thrown off a hay truck in the California desert, he ends up at a diner run by Cora and her inconvenient husband, Nick. This chance meeting puts them all on a sure path to perdition. First published in 1934 and banned in Boston for its explosive mixture of violence and eroticism, The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic of the roman noir. It established James M. Cain as a major novelist with an unsparing vision of America''s bleak underside and was acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger.A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Special Edition

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    £12.00

  • Manhattan Transfer

    Random House USA Inc Manhattan Transfer

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    15 in stock

    £12.60

  • Family Happiness

    Random House USA Inc Family Happiness

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisFrom the acclaimed author of Home Cooking comes a heartfelt novel about a midlife crisis and a woman tired of being taken for granted—and a reminder that family, like happiness, can take many forms.“Colwin wrings magic from ordinary lives.” —Entertainment WeeklyTo the rest of the world, Polly Solo-Miller Demarest lives acharmed life. She has a beautiful home, a dashing lawyer husband, and two delightful children. But beneath this idyllic surface, the pressure of being the “perfect flower”of an illustrious family—and a stable, always-available wife, mother, and daughter—are getting to her. The spark has gone out of her marriage, and to her own surprise, she’s having an affair. What follows is at once cathartic and provoking, and both may be necessary states in order for Polly to become the kind of person she wants to be.

    10 in stock

    £13.60

  • Stories of Trees Woods and the Forest

    Penguin Young Readers Stories of Trees Woods and the Forest

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisA beautiful hardcover anthology of stories by a brilliant and surprising mix of classic and contemporary writers who have been inspired by trees and forests.   Trees have starred in stories ever since Ovid described the nymph Daphne’s metamorphosis into a laurel, and the landscape of literature has long been enlivened by wild woodlands, sacred groves, and fertile orchards. This delightful collection ranges from Ovid to Austen and from Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest (via Thomas Love Peacock’s Maid Marian) to Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” and more stories from Eudora Welty, Tove Jansson, and D.H. Lawrence.   Here are forest-haunted fairy tales both classic (the Brothers Grimm) and inventively retold (Angela Carter). There is room in these woods for comedy as well as terror, in Stella Gibbons’s Cold Comfort Farm, and Alexander McCall Smith’s “Head Tree.” Notable wr

    10 in stock

    £18.00

  • Selected Stories of Guy de Maupassant

    Not Stated Selected Stories of Guy de Maupassant

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    Book SynopsisA beautiful hardcover selection of the best works by one of the greatest short story writers in world literatureDuring his most productive decade, the 1880s, the French writer Guy de Maupassant wrote more than three hundred stories, notably including The Necklace, Boule de Suif, The Horla, and Mademoiselle Fifi. Marked by the psychological realism that he famously pioneered, the stories selected here take us on a tour of the human experience—lust and love, revenge and ridicule, terror and madness. Many take place in the author''s native Normandy, but the settings range farther abroad as well, from Brittany and Paris to Corsica and the Mediterranean coast, and as far as North Africa and India. Maupassant''s remarkable psychological range and ability to evoke an entire world in a few pages have ensured that his stories have entertained generations of readers, and this volume of thirty-two of his most enduring masterpieces makes a perfect gift for any lover o

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    £19.80

  • Garden Stories

    Penguin Young Readers Garden Stories

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisA gorgeously jacketed hardcover anthology of short stories from around the world that celebrate gardens and gardenersGardens have been fruitful settings for stories ever since Adam and Eve were ejected from Paradise. This delightfully wide-ranging collection brings together all sorts of tales of the tilled earth, featuring secret gardens, enchanted gardens, gardens public and private, grand and humble. Spectacular gardens are viewed from the perspective of a snail in Virginia Woolf’s “Kew Gardens” and from that of a sheltered teenage girl in Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden-Party.” The family in Doris Lessing’s “Flavours of Exile” hauls succulent vegetables and fruits from the rich African soil, and Colette in “Bygone Spring” luxuriates in extravagantly blooming flowers. Children discover their own peculiar paradises in Sandra Cisneros’s “The Monkey Garden” and Italo Calvino’s “The Enchanted Garden,” while adult gardeners find things that move and haunt them in William Maxwell’s “The French Scarecrow” and Jamaica Kincaid''s The Garden I Have in Mind. Gardens of the imagination round out the anthology: the beautiful but fatal garden of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” the crystal buds of J. G. Ballard’s “The Garden of Time,” ravenous orchids in John Collier’s “Green Thoughts,” and Matsudo Aoko’s “Planting,” in which a young woman plants each day whatever she has been given—roses and violets, buttons and broken cups, love and fear and sorrow. Garden Stories is an abundant crop of entrancing stories and the perfect gift for gardeners of all kinds.Everyman''s Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.

    2 in stock

    £15.29

  • Nightfall and Other Stories

    Random House USA Inc Nightfall and Other Stories

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    Book SynopsisA collection of twenty classic short stories by Isaac Asimov, author of the Foundation series, featuring the definitive and only in-print version of “Nightfall”From one of history’s most influential writers of science fiction comes this collection of twenty short works of fiction, arranged in order of publication from 1941 to 1967. Compiled by Asimov himself, who prefaced each story with an introduction, it begins with “Nightfall,” the tale of a world with eternal sun that is suddenly plunged into total darkness and utter madness. Published when the author was only twenty-one, “Nightfall” was arguably Asimov’s breakout work, making such an impression that, almost thirty years later, the Science Fiction Writers of America voted it the best science-fiction short story ever written.The other stories in the collection span far and wide: Machines that learn to think for themselves—and direct their thoughts to overturning the establishment. The discovery that Earthlings are being destroyed by a mysterious kind of psychological virus. A day when walking outdoors becomes a sign of psychosis. And many more. Twenty stories: each riveting, each a classic.

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    £15.30

  • The Day of the Triffids

    Random House USA Inc The Day of the Triffids

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    Book SynopsisThe influential masterpiece of one of the twentieth century?s most brilliant?and neglected?science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called ?the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.??now in development as a miniseries directed by Johan Renck. ?[Wyndham] avoids easy allegories and instead questions the relative values of the civilisation that has been lost, the literally blind terror of humanity in the face of dominant nature. . . . Frightening and powerful, Wyndham?s vision remains an important allegory and a gripping story.??The Guardian What if a meteor shower left most of the world blind?and humanity at the mercy of mysterious carnivorous plants?Bill Masen undergoes eye surgery and awakes the next morning in his hospital bed to find civilization collapsing. Wandering the city, he quickly realizes that surviving in this strange new world requires evading strangers and the seven-foot-tall plants known as triffids?plants that can walk and can kill a man with one quick lash of their poisonous stingers.

    10 in stock

    £11.88

  • The Kraken Wakes

    Random House USA Inc The Kraken Wakes

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisAn “ingenious, horrifying” (The Guardian) first contact story by one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant—and neglected—science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.”“Few books capture the obscure, elliptical way that threats move from the background to the foreground of reality like The Kraken Wakes. . . . Feels all too familiar in today’s age of anti-vaxxer disinformation and QAnon conspiracists.” —Alexandra Kleeman, from the Introduction What if aliens invaded and colonized Earth’s oceans rather than its land?Britain, 1953: It begins with red dots appearing across the sky and crashing to the oceans’ deeps. At first, many people believe that these aliens are interested in only what’s down below. But when the polar ice-caps begin to melt, it becomes clear that these beings are not interested in sharing the Earth and that humankind might just be on the brink of extinction. . . .

    3 in stock

    £11.88

  • The Midwich Cuckoos

    Random House Publishing Group The Midwich Cuckoos

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisA genre-defining tale of first contact by one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and neglected science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called ?the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.??In my opinion, [John] Wyndham's chef d'oeuvre . . . a graphic metaphor for the fear of unwanted pregnancies . . . I myself had a dream about a highly intelligent nonhuman baby after reading this book.? Margaret Atwood, Slate NOW STREAMING ON AMC AS THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS: VILLAGE OF THE DAMNEDWhat if the women of a sleepy English village all became simultaneously pregnant, and the children, once born, possessed supernatural and possibly alien powers? A mysterious silver object appears in quiet, picture-perfect Midwich. A day later, the object is gone and all the women in the village, they will come to learn, are now pregnant. The resultant children of Midwich are shockingly, frighteningly other. Faced with these unfathomable and potentially unstoppable children, the question arises: What will humanity do when faced with the threat of the unknown?

    10 in stock

    £11.88

  • Trouble with Lichen

    Random House USA Inc Trouble with Lichen

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    Book SynopsisA ?sharp, amusing story? (The Guardian) about the fountain of youth and its implications for women?s rights, by one of the twentieth century?s most brilliant?and neglected?science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called ?the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.? ?It was a genius move for John Wyndham to center an age-slowing narrative on women, who are still today pressured to remain youthful-looking forever, or succumb to social invisibility. . . . Wyndham was uniquely gifted at skewering humankind?s foibles while maintaining a shred of hope that our better angels would prevail.??Kate Folk, from the introduction What if humans discovered the secret to prolonged life? Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two biochemists investigating a rare lichen, separately discover that it has a remarkable property: It slows the aging process almost to a halt. Francis, realizing the horrifying implications of an ever-youthful wealthy elite, decides to keep his findings a secret. But the younger and more daring Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo and free women from the career-versus-children binary?in short, a chance to remake the world.

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    £15.30

  • Stowaway to Mars

    Random House USA Inc Stowaway to Mars

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    10 in stock

    £13.60

  • Foundation Apple Series Tiein Edition

    Random House USA Inc Foundation Apple Series Tiein Edition

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    Book SynopsisThe first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation seriesTHE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future—to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire—both scientists and scholars—and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.  The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the most influential in the history of science fiction, celebrated for their unique blend of breathtaking action, daring ideas, and extensive worldbuilding. In Foundation, Asimov has written a timely and timeless novel of the best—and worst—that lies in humanity, and the power of even a few courageous souls to shine a light in a universe of darkness.

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    £14.45

  • The Fellowship of the Ring Media Tiein

    Random House USA Inc The Fellowship of the Ring Media Tiein

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    4 in stock

    £9.02

  • The Two Towers Media Tiein

    Random House USA Inc The Two Towers Media Tiein

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisBegin your journey to Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The second part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.The Fellowship is scattered. Some brace hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Others must contend with the treachery of the wizard Saruman. Only Frodo and Sam are left to take the One Ring, ruler of the accursed Rings of Power, to be destroyed in Mordor, the dark realm where Sauron is supreme. Their guide is Gollum, deceitful and obsessive slave to the corruption of the Ring.

    10 in stock

    £9.02

  • The Return of the King Media Tiein

    Random House USA Inc The Return of the King Media Tiein

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £8.54

  • The Color Purple Movie TieIn

    Penguin Putnam Inc The Color Purple Movie TieIn

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £14.40

  • Stories of Southern Italy

    Penguin Young Readers Stories of Southern Italy

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis dazzling hardcover collection brings to life the magnificent southern regions of Italy, from Naples to Sicily, as seen through the eyes of literary greats from Ovid and Virgil to Elsa Morante and Elena Ferrante.Southern Italy has long inspired one of the most vigorous literary traditions in Europe. Visitors since antiquity have sought to capture the extraordinary natural beauty and cultural riches of the region, and in this wide-ranging collection such notable foreign visitors as Goethe and Somerset Maugham sit alongside many of Italy’s finest writers, including Luigi Pirandello, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Elio Vittorini, and Anna Maria Ortese. The stories here range across the regions of Sicily, Calabria, Campania, Apulia, and Basilicata. Theocritus, Virgil, and Ovid describe a Sicily populated by Cyclopes and sea monsters. In an excerpt from The Smile of the Unknown Mariner, Vincenzo Consolo depicts an island on the frontier of Italian

    10 in stock

    £17.60

  • Stories of Books and Libraries

    Random House USA Inc Stories of Books and Libraries

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisAn enchanting book about books: a beautiful hardcover Pocket Classics anthology of stories that testify to the irresistible power of the written word The characters in the delightful stories collected here range all the way from the ink-stained medieval monks in Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose to the book-besotted denizens of Ali Smith’s Public Library and Other Stories. In these pages readers are invited to enter the interior lives of librarians in Lorrie Moore’s “Community Life” and Elizabeth McCracken's Juliet and are ushered into a host of unusual libraries, including the infinite rooms of Jorge Luis Borges’s “The Library of Babel” and a secret library in Helen Oyeyemi’s “Books and Roses.”Books exert their power in mysterious ways: an attempt by the military leaders of an imaginary nation to censor all of literature goes awry in Italo Calvino’s “A General in th

    1 in stock

    £19.95

  • Scottish Stories

    Penguin Young Readers Scottish Stories

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisA beautiful hardcover Pocket Classics collection of stories by great Scottish writers from the past two centuries ranging from Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Muriel Spark, Ali Smith, Irvine Welsh, andLeila Aboulela, and many more. Scottish Stories is a treasury of great writing from an entrancingly literary land. Scotland is known for its centuries of colorful Celtic folklore and its long tradition of spine-tingling ghost stories, as well as for fiction that revels in the gorgeous landscapes of the Highlands and the Western Isles and the rich histories of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Everyman''s Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.

    10 in stock

    £17.60

  • Penguin Young Readers Never Let Me Go

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £21.60

  • Penguin Putnam Inc Strega

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £14.40

  • The Godfather Deluxe Edition

    Penguin Putnam Inc The Godfather Deluxe Edition

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisA special deluxe hardcover edition of The Godfather—the unforgettable saga of an American crime family that became a #1 bestseller and global phenomenon.This deluxe edition of The Godfather includes:• A jacket featuring a new take on the iconic original cover• Printed cover boards with art that will titillate hardcore fans• Stained edges• Beautifully illustrated endpapersSince its release in 1969, The Godfather has made an indelible mark on American crime fiction. From the mind of master storyteller Mario Puzo, it traces the Corleone family, whose brilliant and brutal portrayal illuminated the violent and seductive allure of power in American society. A tale of family and loyalty, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it has stood the test of time as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld.   Beyond the bestselling novel, Francis Ford Coppola’s incompara

    10 in stock

    £37.50

  • Foul Play Suspected

    Random House USA Inc Foul Play Suspected

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £15.30

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