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HardbackPeter Turchin What was history's biggest empire? Or the tallest building of the ancient world? What was the average life expectancy in medieval Byzantium? The average wage in Old Kingdom Egypt...

David Foster WallacePaperback 'A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything' New York Times'Wallace is a superb comedian of culture . . . his exuberance and intellectual impishness a...

HardbackTed Hudges This anniversary edition celebrates fifty years since the original publication of Crow (1970) - the vital, shape-shifting collectionby Ted Hughes. Its context, including the integr...

SoftbackLucius Seneca No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumenta...

Nic StonePaperback From New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a middle-grade road-trip story through American race relations past and present, perfect for fans of Ross Welford and Jason R...

Shauny BythellPaperback A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Irreverently funny ... kept me giggling all week.' Scotland on Sunday"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?"Shaun Byt...

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HardbackWilliam Sieghart Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice offer comfort, delight and inspiration for all; a space for reflection, and that precious r...

HardbackToni Morrison Lied van Solomon is het verhaal van Macon ‘Milkman’ Dead, erfgenaam van de rijkste zwarte familie in het Midden-Westen van Amerika. Hij groeit op te midden van zijn zwijgende...

SoftbackPeter Wohlleben Are trees social beings? How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings? In The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben makes the case that the fores...

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Paperback Austerlitz is W. G. Sebald's haunting novel of post-war Europe. In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childl...

SoftbackErnest Hemingway Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. This story of heroic endeavour won Hemin...

PaperbackJ.S. Margot When 20-year-old student J. S. Margot took a tutoring job in 1987, little did she know it would open up an entire world. In the family's Orthodox Jewish household she would enco...

SoftbackHolly Black I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear. Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. B...

SoftbackTheunynck, Zita 5 oktober 13.34 u. Daar staat ze. Eenzaam op het lege perron, in een Franse stad. Niet in iemands armen. Niet haastig op weg naar de uitgang. Ze staat alleen op het perron, haa...

SoftbackMikhail Bulgakov Professor Persikov, an eccentric zoologist, stumbles upon a new light ray that accelerates growth and reproduction rates in living organisms. In the wake of a plague that has ...

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Paperback ‘Bezat je nu maar een balans’. Zo luidt de titel van de eerste reeks gedichten in deze bundel. Die wens zet ook de toon van de daaropvolgende cycli. Hierin schrijft een dichter van zeve...

PaperbackAlex Milway It's the last of the autumn days before winter sets in, which means it's time for CARNIVAL! And Hotel Flamingo, the sunniest hotel in town, is all set to join the party. Animal B...

PaperbackAlex Milway When young Anna inherits a dilapidated once-grand hotel from her Great Aunt Mathilde, she's determined to restore it to its former glory. But this is no ordinary hotel - all of h...

Hardback - Clothbound With his devoted amanuensis, Dr Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke filled rooms in Baker Street to grapple with the forces of treachery, intrigue and evil in such cases as...