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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize 2018 The beautifully illustrated, heartbreaking story of an innocent man in a Soviet gulag, told for the first time in English. One fateful day in 1934, a husband arranged to meet his wife under the colonnade of the Bolshoi theatre. As she waited for him in vain, he was only a few hundred metres away, in a cell in the notorious Lubyanka prison. Less than a year before, Alexey Wangenheim - a celebrated meteorologist - had been hailed by Stalin as a national hero. But following his sudden arrest, he was exiled to a gulag, forced to spend his remaining years on an island in the frozen north, along with thousands of other political prisoners. Stalin's Meteorologist is the thrilling and deeply moving account of an innocent man caught up in the brutality of Soviet paranoia. It's a timely reminder of the human consequences of political extremism. Features Summary Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize 2018The beautifully illustrated, heartbreaking story of an innocent man in a Soviet gulag, told for the first time in English. Author Olivier Rolin (Author), Ros Schwartz (Translator) Publisher Vintage Release date 20180730 Pages 192 ISBN 1-78470-175-0 ISBN 13 978-1-78470-175-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Don't miss Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst in the major motion picture Suffragette. Emmeline Pankhurst grew up all too aware of the prevailing attitude of her day: that men were considered superior to women. When she was just fourteen she attended her first suffrage meeting, and returned home a confirmed suffragist. Throughout the course of her career she endured humiliation, prison, hunger strikes and the repeated frustration of her aims by men in power, but she rose to become a guiding light of the Suffragette movement. This is the story, in Pankhurst's own words, of her struggle for equality. Features Summary Emmeline Pankhurst grew up all too aware of the prevailing attitude of her day: that men were considered superior to women. When she was just fourteen she attended her first suffrage meeting... Author Emmeline Pankhurst Publisher Vintage Classics Release date 20160105 Pages 176 ISBN 1-78487-040-4 ISBN 13 978-1-78487-040-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Shrabani Basu Publisher Vintage Release date 20170828 ISBN 0-525-43441-0 ISBN 13 978-0-525-43441-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days *Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award* *Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award* *Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize* *Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018* *A Sunday Times Book of the Year* Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven. They are strangers to her. When she is born in 1973, her parents hand her over to a childless peasant couple in the mountains. Aged two, and suffering from malnutrition on a diet of yam leaves, they leave Xiaolu with her illiterate grandparents in a fishing village on the East China Sea. Once Upon a Time in the East takes Xiaolu from a run-down shack to film school in a rapidly changing Beijing, navigating the everyday peculiarity of modern China: censorship, underground art, Western boyfriends. In 2002 she leaves Beijing on a scholarship to study in Britain. Now, after a decade in Europe, her tale of East to West resonates with the insight that can only come from someone who is both an outsider and at home. 'This generation's Wild Swans' Daily Telegraph Features Summary *Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award* *Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award**Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize**Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018**A Sunday Times Book of the Year*Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven. Author Xiaolu Guo Publisher Vintage Release date 20180117 Pages 336 ISBN 1-78470-294-3 ISBN 13 978-1-78470-294-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 20 - 25 working days The PowerBook is twenty-first century fiction that uses past, present and future as shifting dimensions of a multiple reality. The story is simple. An e-writer called Ali or Alix will write to order anything you like, provided that you are prepared to enter the story as yourself and take the risk of leaving it as someone else. You can be the hero of your own life. You can have freedom just for one night. But there is a price to pay. Features Summary The PowerBook is twenty-first century fiction that uses past, present and future as shifting dimensions of a multiple reality. The story is simple. An e-writer called Ali or Alix will write to order anything you like... Author Jeanette Winterson Publisher Vintage Release date 20141001 Pages 243 ISBN 0-09-959829-9 ISBN 13 978-0-09-959829-9

The book is old, and the pages may be browned. There are creases on the spine and corners, and worn around the edges. The book is still very readable, but has seen some wear. The Lonely sea by Alistair MacLean Collection of riveting tales of the sea including the story that launched his writing career, the account of the epic battle to sink the German battle ship, Bismarck, and two new stories collected here for the first time. THE MASTER STORYTELLER IN HIS ELEMENT...Alistair MacLean has an unmistakable and unrivalled skill in writing about the sea and its power and about the men and women who sail it, and who fight and die in it. His distinctive voice was evident from his very first prize-winning story, 'The Dileas', and has been heard time and again in his international career as the author of such bestsellers as H.M.S. Ulysses and San Andreas. The Lonely Sea starts where MacLean's career started, with 'The Dileas', and collects together his stories of the sea. Here is a treasury of vintage MacLean, compelling and brilliant, where the master storyteller is in his element. This reissue includes two new stories, 'The Good Samaritan' and 'The Black Storm', which bear all the classic hallmarks of MacLean's finest writing and are published here for the very first time.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days "Birdsong" is a novel about the tenderness and the limits of human flesh, it is about men and women living at the edge. Set mostly in France spanning the years before and during the First World War, it captures the drama and destruction of that era as it tells the story of Stephen, a young Englishman who is impelled through a series of extreme experiences, from a traumatic clandestine love affair which rips apart the bourgeois French family he lives with, through grim insanity of the Great War. In the vast scenes of suffering and the tender depiction of human love, "Birdsong" is at times almost unbearably moving to read. Features Summary Set mostly in France spanning the years before and during the First World War, this book presents the drama and destruction of that era as it tells the story of Stephen... Author Sebastian Faulks Publisher Vintage Release date 20050901 Pages 503 ISBN 0-09-949692-5 ISBN 13 978-0-09-949692-2

Paperback. English. Publisher: Vintage. 2006. In fair condition. Ex-library. Building work in an expanding Reykjavik uncovers a shallow grave. Years before, this part of the city was all open hills, and Erlendur and his team hope this is a typical Icelandic missing person scenario; perhaps someone once lost in the snow, who has lain peacefully buried for decades. Things are never that simple. Whilst Erlendur struggles to hold together the crumbling fragments of his own family, his case unearths many other tales of family pain. The hills have more than one tragic story to tell: tales of failed relationships and heartbreak; of anger, domestic violence and fear; of family loyalty and family shame. Few people are still alive who can tell the story, but even secrets taken to the grave cannot remain hidden forever...It is the winner of the CWA Gold Dagger.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The world's last authentic overnight wooden steamboat, the Delta Queen cruised America's inland waters from 1927 through 2008, offering passengers breathtaking views, luxury accommodations, rousing entertainment, and southern-style feasts. For over eighty-two years, chefs in the small galley served memorable meals -- from fried chicken and crawfish en cro?te to strawberry shortcake and beignets. The Delta Queen Cookbook brings the Delta Queen's story to life with an engaging historical narrative and over 125 recipes prepared by the steamboat's former chefs during their tenures in the cookhouse. Nobles traces the story of the "Grand Old Lady" as she faced remarkable social, economic, and political challenges. The Delta Queen became a haven for illegal drinking during Prohibition, and she survived the effects of the Great Depression, World War II, and increasingly modern and sophisticated competition. Despite the obstacles, this flapper-era boat always found a seamless way to coddle passengers with cozy staterooms and delectable fare. Each chapter ends with authentic Delta Queen recipes -- including Citrus and Watercress Salad with Chili Dressing, Roast Duck and Wild Rice Soup, Speckled Trout Pecan, Eggs Crawkitty, Steamboat Pudding, and more -- proportioned and tested for home kitchens. The Delta Queen Cookbook includes interviews with former crew, chefs, and passengers; over ninety historical and full-color photographs; and vintage and modern menus. History buffs, steamboat lovers, and home cooks alike will revel in the memories and tastes that make the Delta Queen one of America's best-loved national treasures. Features Summary The world's last authentic overnight wooden steamboat, the Delta Queen cruised America's inland waters from 1927 through 2008, offering passengers breathtaking views... Author Cynthia Lejeune Nobles Publisher Louisiana State University Press Release date 20120917 Pages 282 ISBN 0-8071-4537-8 ISBN 13 978-0-8071-4537-1

Hardback. English. Publisher: Vintage. 1988. In fair condition. Taking its title from the strangely frozen picture by the surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, The Enigma of Arrival tells the story of a young Indian from the Caribbean arriving in post-imperial England and consciously, over many years, finding himself as a writer. It is the story of a journey, from one place to another, from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England, and from one state of mind to another, and is perhaps Naipaul’s most autobiographical work. Yet alongside this he weaves a rich and complex web of invention and observation. Finding depth and pathos in the smallest moments – the death of a cottager, the firing of an estate’s gardener – Naipaul also comprehends the bigger picture – watching as the old world is lost to the gradual but permanent changes wrought on the English landscape by the march of ‘progress’. This is a moving and beautiful novel told with great dignity, compassion and candour.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and 1Q84 Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning `red pine', and Oumi, `blue sea', while the girls' names were Shirane, `white root', and Kurono, `black field'. Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it. One day Tsukuru Tazaki's friends announced that they didn't want to see him, or talk to him, ever again. Since that day Tsukuru has been floating through life, unable to form intimate connections with anyone. But then he meets Sara, who tells him that the time has come to find out what happened all those years ago. Features Summary A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and 1Q84Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school... Author Haruki Murakami (Author), Philip Gabriel (Translator) Publisher Vintage Release date 20150601 Pages 298 ISBN 0-09-959037-9 ISBN 13 978-0-09-959037-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days An autobiographical story of childhood and family from the international sensation and bestseller, Karl Ove Knausgaard. Childhood is exhilarating and terrifying. For the young Karl Ove, new houses, classes and friends are met with manic excitement and creeping dread. Adults occupy godlike positions of power, benevolent in the case of his doting mother, tyrannical in the case of his cruel father. In the now infamously direct style of the "My Struggle" cycle, Knausgaard describes a time in which victories and defeats are felt keenly and every attempt at self-definition is frustrated. This is a book about family, memory and how we never become quite what we set out to be. Features Summary Childhood is exhilarating and terrifying. For the young Karl Ove, new houses, classes and friends are met with manic excitement and creeping dread. Adults occupy godlike positions of power... Author Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author), Don Bartlett (Translator) Publisher Vintage Release date 20141001 Pages 490 ISBN 0-09-958149-3 ISBN 13 978-0-09-958149-9

Paperback. English. Abacus. 2005. In good condition. Cliffhanger endings, intrigue, romance, comedy & McCall Smith is incapable of being dull The Herald. Alexander McCall Smith s Scotland Street occupies a busy, bohemian corner of Edinburgh s New Town, where the old haute bourgeoisie finds itself having to rub shoulders with students, poets and portraitists. And number 44 has more than its fair share of the street s eccentricities and failures. When Pat on her second gap year and a source of some worry to her parents is accepted as a new tenant at number 44, she isn t quite sure how long she ll last. Her flatmate Bruce, a rugby-playing chartered surveyor, is impossibly narcissistic, carelessly philandering and infuriatingly handsome. Downstairs lives the gloriously pretentious Irene, whose precocious five-year old is in therapy after setting fire to his father s copy of the Guardian. And then there is the shrewd, intellectual Domenica MacDonald, mysteriously employed but a sharp-eyed observer of the houses activities in her spare time & Dry, funny, hugely entertaining, with its glittering cast of rogues, oddballs and innocents, McCall Smith s Scotland Street is proof that the author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency can be as wity, incisive and humane in observing his native Edinburgh as his adopted Botswana. The story revolves around the comings and goings at No. 44 Scotland Street, a fictitious building in a real street in Edinburgh. Immediately recognisable are the Edinburgh chartered surveyor, stalwart of the Conservative Association, who dreams of membership of Scotland s most exclusive golf club. We have the pushy Stockbridge mother, and her prodigiously talented five-year-old son, who is making good progress with the saxophone and with his Italian. Then there is Domenica Macdonald who is that type of Edinburgh lady who sees herself as a citizen of a broader intellectual world. In McCall Smith s hands such characters retain charm and novelty, simultaneously arousing both mirth and empathy. 44 Scotland Street is vintage McCall Smith, tackling issues of trust and honesty, snobbery and hypocrisy, love and loss, but all with great lightness of touch. Clever, elegant and funny, this is a novel that provides huge entertainment but which is underpinned by the moral dilemmas of everyday life and the characters struggles to resolve them.

. On offer we have this Angels cards  just for you.   Based on her book of the same name, this enchanting deck contains 50 angel messages, each featuring a story, poem, prayer, visualization or meditation, which will guide and motivate your personal journey. These wise angel blessings will provide comfort and bring a smile to everyone who understands that angels are everywhere.  This is a Stunning Piece to add to your collection!! The item is in Good Vintage Condition, Pre-Ownership.                       .      . BEFORE YOU BID S A POST OFFICE IS STANDARD SHIPPING METHOD. 1 We are not to be held  responsible  for damages during shipping. 2. If the item was not insured, no claim can be made for loss in transit. POSTNET is NOT a valid shipping option (To far away) Upon request we can get quote from " The courier guy " for door to door service.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious. Features Summary Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1... Author Salman Rushdie Publisher Vintage Classics Release date 20080501 Pages 647 ISBN 0-09-951189-4 ISBN 13 978-0-09-951189-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 'One of the world's finest thriller writers on the top of his game. A Noise Downstairs is a blinder - his best yet' PETER JAMES * * * * * EVERY STEP... Paul Davis forgets things - he gets confused, he has sudden panic attacks. But he wasn't always like this. TAKES YOU CLOSER... Eight months ago, Paul found two dead bodies in the back of a co-worker's car. He was attacked, left for dead, and has been slowly recovering ever since. His wife tries her best but fears the worst... TO THE TRUTH... Therapy helps during the days, but at night he hears things - impossible things - that no one else can. That nobody else believes. Either he's losing his mind - or someone wants him to think he is. Just because he's paranoid doesn't mean it's not happening... * * * * * 'Vintage Barclay-an utterly compelling read with a twist you won't see coming. I loved it!' SHARI LAPENA 'Linwood Barclay's novels - as intelligent as Michael Connelly's, as compelling as Harlan Coben's - never fail to astonish. A Noise Downstairs, his best work yet, is a cobra of a story: smooth, slippery, unnerving... and likely to strike when you least expect it. I devoured this book' A. J. FINN 'A suspense master' STEPHEN KING 'No one can thrill you and chill you better than Barclay' TESS GERRITSEN 'One of the best thriller writers in the world' MARK BILLINGHAM 'Barclay writes terrific thrillers' DAILY MAIL LOCK THE DOORS AND KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. A NOISE DOWNSTAIRS WILL KEEP YOU AWAKE ALL NIGHT. Features Summary The multi-million copy international bestseller Linwood Barclay is back with a thriller that will keep you awake all night... Author Linwood Barclay Publisher Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd) Release date 20180712 Pages 356 ISBN 1-4091-6398-9 ISBN 13 978-1-4091-6398-5

Paperback. English. Publisher:Vintage. 2008. In good condition. Set in the rural French town in Burgundy that would also form the backdrop to the bestselling Suite Française, Fire in the Blood is the story of Silvio, his cousin's wife Hélène, her second husband Fran ç oise, and of the truths, deaths, marriages, children, houses and mills that bind them with love and hatred, deception and betrayal.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days From Jen Williams, highly-acclaimed author of the Copper Cat trilogy and three-time British Fantasy Award finalist, comes the second novel in the electrifying Winnowing Flame trilogy - the sequel to The Ninth Rain. Epic fantasy for fans of Robin Hobb and Adrian Tchaikovsky. 'An absolute joy to read... jam-packed with breath-taking inventiveness' James Oswald 'Incredible heroines... incredible fantasy... Escapism at its finest' Stylist The Ninth Rain has fallen. The Jure'lia are awake. Nothing can be the same again. Tormalin the Oathless and the fell-witch Noon have their work cut out rallying the first war-beasts to be born in Ebora for three centuries. But these are not the great winged warriors of old. Hatched too soon and with no memory of their past incarnations, these onetime defenders of Sarn can barely stop bickering, let alone face an ancient enemy who grow stronger each day. The key to uniting them, according to the scholar Vintage, may lie in a part of Sarn no one really believes exists - a distant island, mysteriously connected to the fate of two legendary Eborans who disappeared long ago. But finding it will mean a perilous journey in a time of war, while new monsters lie in wait for those left behind. Join the heroes of THE NINTH RAIN as they battle a terrible evil, the likes of which Sarn has never known. What readers are saying about THE BITTER TWINS: 'The sequel to the brilliant Ninth Rain kicks it up a notch with more action, scarier monsters and a more expansive story' 'Be ready for some great reveals and twists that may break your heart, but that will overall leave you fist pumping the air' 'The world building continues to blow my mind Features Summary The second electrifying installment of the Winnowing Flame trilogy by three-time British Fantasy Award finalist and one of the UK's hottest emerging fantasy writers... Author Jen Williams Publisher Headline Book Publishing Release date 20180711 Pages 624 ISBN 1-4722-3521-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4722-3521-3

Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, Corelli's Mandolin is the story of a timeless place that one day wakes up to find itself in the jaws of history. Softcover. English. Vintage. 2005. 435pp. In fair condition.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days ***'Awe-inspiring... You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of' Henry Marsh THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / WINNER OF THE 2017 LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE 'One of the best scientist-writers of our time' Oliver Sacks Why do human beings behave as they do? We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other? Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species. In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures? This is the exhilarating story of human morality and the science underpinning the biggest question of all: what makes us human? Features Summary ***'Awe-inspiring... You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of' Henry MarshTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / WINNER OF THE 2017 LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE'One of the best scientist-writers of our time' Oliver SacksWhy do human beings behave as they do? Author Robert M. Sapolsky Publisher Vintage Release date 20180502 Pages 790 ISBN 0-09-957506-X ISBN 13 978-0-09-957506-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY JORDAN B. PETERSON 'Solzhenitsyn's masterpiece...The Gulag Archipelago helped create the world we live in today' Anne Applebaum THE OFFICIALLY APPROVED ABRIDGEMENT OF THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO VOLUMES I, II & III A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's grand masterwork. Based on the testimony of some 200 survivors, and on the recollection of Solzhenitsyn's own eleven years in labour camps and exile, it chronicles the story of those at the heart of the Soviet Union who opposed Stalin, and for whom the key to survival lay not in hope but in despair. A thoroughly researched document and a feat of literary and imaginative power, this edition of The Gulag Archipelago was abridged into one volume at the author's wish and with his full co-operation. '[The Gulag Archipelago] helped to bring down an empire. Its importance can hardly be exaggerated' Doris Lessing, Sunday Telegraph Features Summary PETERSON'Solzhenitsyn's masterpiece...The Gulag Archipelago helped create the world we live in today' Anne Applebaum A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police... Author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Publisher Vintage Classics Release date 20181119 Pages 498 ISBN 1-78487-151-6 ISBN 13 978-1-78487-151-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days The second novel in Willa Cather's Great Plains Trilogy, that includes O Pioneers! and My Antonia. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PENELOPE LIVELY 'Lingers long in the memory' Joyce Carol Oates Thea Kronberg, gifted with a beautiful voice, defies her humble beginnings in Colorado and finds success far from her small hometown. But her achievements come with painful drawbacks. As the distance between Thea and her roots increases, she must fight to find her inner strength and reach her full potential. This is a lyrical coming-of-age story charting the struggles of an artist's life. Features Summary The second novel in Willa Cather's Great Plains Trilogy, that includes O Pioneers!WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PENELOPE LIVELY 'Lingers long in the memory' Joyce Carol OatesThea Kronberg... Author Willa Cather Publisher Vintage Classics Release date 20190930 Pages 560 ISBN 1-78487-443-4 ISBN 13 978-1-78487-443-8

Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious. Softcover. Vintage. 1995. English. 462pp. In fair condition.