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London Journal 1762-1763

London Journal 1762-1763

Author: James Boswell ,  Gordon Turnbull
ISBN: 9780140436501
Format: Paperback
$29.25 $33.61

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Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality

Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality

Author: Daniel Ogden
ISBN: 9780859898379
Format: Hardback
$115.75 $133.00

What are ancient texts saying to us when they describe Alexander the Great's romantic relationship with his wife Barsine, or comment on his homosexual relationship with Hephaestion? What did it mean when they represented his...

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Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality

Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality

Author: Daniel Ogden
ISBN: 9780859898386
Format: Paperback
$41.75 $47.95

What are ancient texts saying to us when they describe Alexander the Great's romantic relationship with his wife Barsine, or comment on his homosexual relationship with Hephaestion? What did it mean when they represented his...

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The Leaderboard: Conversations on Golf and Life

The Leaderboard: Conversations on Golf and Life

Author: Amy Alcott ,  Don Wade ,  Jim Nantz
ISBN: 9781416535478
Format: Paperback
$21.75 $24.99

Interviews about golf and life by golf legend Amy Alcott with her many friends--including Bill Clinton, Jack Nicholson, and Annika Sorenstam.

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Deadly Charm: The Story of a Deaf Serial Killer

Deadly Charm: The Story of a Deaf Serial Killer

Author: McCay Vernon ,  Marie Vernon
ISBN: 9781563684432
Format: Paperback
$22.15 $25.45

Born deaf and given to the state by his mother, Patrick McCullough faced a hard life with equal parts of charm and rage that eventually lead him to kill.

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Dad's War

Dad's War

Author: Howard Reid
ISBN: 9780553825435
Format: Paperback
$24.35 $27.95

On 6 April 1943, Ian Reid, an officer in the Black Watch, was wounded and captured in Tunisia and sent off to an Italian prisoner-of-war camp. Five months later, when the Germans took over the camp as the Italians pulled out of...

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The Politics and Poetics of Ameen Rihani: The Humanist Ideology of an Arab-American Intellectual and Activist

The Politics and Poetics of Ameen Rihani: The Humanist Ideology of an Arab-American Intellectual and Activist

Author: Nijmeh Hajjar
ISBN: 9781848852662
Format: Hardback
$145.30 $167.00

Ameen Rihani was a pioneering Arab-American writer and activist, a leading figure in the development of the 'mahjar' literary movement and the most prominent Arab humanist intellectual of the twentieth century. This title examines...

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Hitler's Vienna: A Portrait of the Tyrant as a Young Man

Hitler's Vienna: A Portrait of the Tyrant as a Young Man

Author: Brigitte Hamann
ISBN: 9781848852778
Format: Paperback
$28.70 $32.95

Drawing on various sources - from personal reminiscences to the records of shelters where Hitler slept - this title recreates the dark side of fin de siecle Vienna and paints the portrait of the young Hitler.

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Brief Lives: Wilkie Collins

Brief Lives: Wilkie Collins

Author: Melisa Klimaszewski
ISBN: 9781843919155
Format: Paperback
$19.15 $21.99

A close friend and collaborator of Charles Dickens, Collins secured his own fame with sensational novels that feature intricate legal plots, mistaken identities, and complex crimes. Collins was also one of the most unconventional...

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Brief Lives: Geoffrey Chaucer

Brief Lives: Geoffrey Chaucer

Author: Gail Ashton
ISBN: 9781843919186
Format: Paperback
$21.75 $24.99

One of England's best-loved authors, Geoffrey Chaucer was a poet, bureaucrat and diplomat. His richly imaginative and witty works, written in vernacular English rather than courtly French or Latin, established his mother tongue as...

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Brief Lives: Elizabeth Gaskell

Brief Lives: Elizabeth Gaskell

Author: Alan Shelston
ISBN: 9781843919216
Format: Paperback
$18.00 $20.67

In this new biography, Alan Shelston, founder of The Gaskell Society Journal, sheds light on the life of the woman behind the writing: her literary successes, and also her marriage and humanitarian work.

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John Keats: A Literary Life

John Keats: A Literary Life

Author: R.S. White
ISBN: 9780230572638
Format: Hardback
$121.80 $140.00

At the heart of this 'Literary Life' are fresh interpretations of Keats's most loved poems, alongside other neglected but rich poems. The readings are placed in the context of his letters to family and friends, his medical...

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen

Author: Peter Leithart
ISBN: 9781595553027
Format: Paperback
$17.80 $20.43

Some may know Jane Austen simply as the English novelist whose books are required reading in high school and college. This biography helps fans of Jane Austen discover the Christian faith that was in the weft and weave of her...

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Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton

Author: Mitch Stokes
ISBN: 9781595553034
Format: Paperback
$17.80 $20.43

He built the first reflecting telescope, authored the book that became the basis for classical mechanics, and wrote the three laws of motion - and that's just a fraction of Sir Isaac Newton's achievements. This biography...

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Shockaholic

Shockaholic

Author: Carrie Fisher ,  Carrie Fisher
ISBN: 9780743550260
Format: Audio
$44.45 $51.06

Infused with Carrie Fisher's trademark incisive wit and following the success of Wishful Drinking, another rollicking ride into her crazy life

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Or is That Just Me?

Or is That Just Me?

Author: Richard Hammond ,  Richard Hammond
ISBN: 9781409101499
Format: Audio
$30.45 $35.00

Read by Richard Hammond. More antics from the much loved Top Gear presenter, in the same vein as AS YOU DO.

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The Checkout Girl

The Checkout Girl

Author: Tazeen Ahmad
ISBN: 9780007353057
Format: Paperback
$21.75 $24.99

How much do you really know about what goes on at your local supermarket?

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Where's My Wand?: One Boy's Magical Triumph Over Alienation and Shag Carpeting

Where's My Wand?: One Boy's Magical Triumph Over Alienation and Shag Carpeting

Author: Eric Poole
ISBN: 9780399156557
Format: Hardback
$36.95 $42.48

Set in the Midwest of the 1970's, this memoir evokes that idyllic, old-school time before computers and cell phones, when people were horrible to one another face-to-face.
From an early age, Eric Poole was obsessed with...

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Mad Dogs and Englishmen: An Expedition Round My Family

Mad Dogs and Englishmen: An Expedition Round My Family

Author: Sir Ranulph Fiennes
ISBN: 9780340925041
Format: Paperback
$20.25 $23.26

Explorer and bestselling author Sir Ranulph Fiennes takes a journey around his vast and eccentric family tree, and reveals an amazing family history.

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Sexy Beast: The Intimate Adventures of an Ugly Man

Sexy Beast: The Intimate Adventures of an Ugly Man

Author: Stan Cattermole
ISBN: 9780007319640
Format: Paperback
$21.75 $24.99

Burdened with a face only a mother could love, Stan Cattermole is determined to find a woman. Lugging his man-boobs along for the ride, Stan shows Bridget Jones how it's done in this hilarious, heart-wrenching and often outrageous...

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War

War

Author: Sebastian Junger
ISBN: 9780007337705
Format: Hardback
$39.15 $45.00

From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost-fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army.

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Norman Foster: A Life in Architecture

Norman Foster: A Life in Architecture

Author: Deyan Sudjic
ISBN: 9780297858683
Format: Hardback
$45.05 $51.75

A biography of Lord Foster, one of the world's foremost architects, written with his full co-operation.

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Inspired

Inspired

Author: Steve Sir Redgrave, CBE
ISBN: 9780755319657
Format: Paperback
$21.75 $24.99

'Steve is a British sport icon. He is an inspiration to a whole generation of future sporting stars.' Lewis Hamilton

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Tabloid Girl

Tabloid Girl

Author: Sharon Marshall
ISBN: 9780751544008
Format: Paperback
$15.75 $18.09

* Hilarious and insiderish true story of one woman's life in the tabloids - and how she escaped and found love instead!

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Chris Hoy: The Autobiography

Chris Hoy: The Autobiography

Author: Chris Hoy
ISBN: 9780007311323
Format: Paperback
$18.00 $20.67

As the first Briton to win three Olympic golds at the same Games since 1908, Scotland's Chris Hoy has become a beacon for British sporting achievement. His book charts his life from seven-year-old BMX fanatic, supported by a...

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