Cultural Region/British
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London’s Underground, Updated Edition: The Story of the Tube
$45.00 Read moreIt is impossible to imagine London without the Tube: the beating heart of the city, the Underground shuttles over a billion passengers each year below its busy streets and across its leafy suburbs. T
- Author: Green, Oliver
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0711289050
- Language: English
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The Importance of Being Earnest: And Other Plays
$12.00 Read moreOscar Wilde created his final and most lasting play, comic masterpieces of all time, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, in 1895. Considered one of the greatest THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is a farce… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Wilde, Oscar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 08 2004
- ISBN10: 0812967143
- Language: English
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The Making of a Knight
$8.99 Add to cartSeven-year-old James wants to be a brave and noble knight like his father. He dreams of the day that he too will wear the golden spurs that symbolize knighthood. But before his dreams are realized, Ja… [more below]
- Author: O’Brien, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 01 1998
- ISBN10: 088106355X
- Language: English
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Rain Dodging: A Scholar’s Romp Through Britain in Search of a Stuart Queen
$17.95 Read moreHow did a British queen foster a court of women writers in the 1600s-an age when female authorship was rare? Follow American scholar Susan Godwin’s quest to unearth Mary of Modena’s real story–a jour… [more below]
- Author: Godwin, Susan J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1647425697
- Language: English
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Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984)
$19.99 Read moreHungry Beat is the story of an all-too-brief era where the short-circuiting of that industry seemed viable. But hell, the times were luminous as was the music these artists made. The songs and many of… [more below]
- Author: MacIntyre, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1399600257
- Language: English
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Workshop of the World: Essays in People’s History
$34.95 Read moreA new collection of essays from one of the most influential historians of the twentieth century
‘ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING, ORIGINAL INTELLECTUALS OF HIS GENERATION’, Stuart Hall, author of The Hard- Author: Samuel, Raphael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 180429280X
- Language: English
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The Northern Ireland Troubles: 1969-2007
$28.00 Read moreIn this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Dr Aaron Edwards provides a concise overview of one of the most difficult and controversial actions in recent history.
Spanning 38 years of- Series: Essential Histories (Osprey Publishing)
- Author: Edwards, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1472857143
- Language: English
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2sas: Bill Stirling and the Forgotten Special Forces Unit of World War II
$35.00 Read moreDrawing on recently declassified files and interviews with veterans, this is a fascinating history of Bill Stirling and 2SAS – pioneering founders of modern special forces.
David Stirling is the name- Author: Mortimer, Gavin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1472856732
- Language: English
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King Charles III
$17.95 Read moreA sumptuous celebration of the life of His Majesty King Charles III, published to coincide with the festivities, traditions, and pageantry of his coronation in May 2023.
On September 8, 2022, His Maje- Author: Knappett, Gill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1841659665
- Language: English
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Outwalkers
$18.99 Read moreIn this tense, page-turning story of survival in near-future England, Jacob must go to all lengths to find his dog and escape to freedom with a gang of rebel children.
In a frighteningly real near futu… [more below]
- Author: Shaw, Fiona
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1338277502
- Language: English
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Theatre of Marvels
$18.99 Read moreBehind the spectacle, there are always secrets.
Unruly crowds descend on Crillick’s Variety Theatre. The young, mixed-race actress Zillah is headlining tonight as “The Great Amazonia, a Savage Queen fr
- Author: Dillsworth, Lianne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0063271532
- Language: English
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Inspector French: Fear Comes to Chalfont
$12.99 Read moreA classic crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’, featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television.
Julia Elton, mistress of Chalfont, is the dutiful wife of
- Series: Inspector French #19
- Author: Wills Crofts, Freeman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 0008554218
- Language: English
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The Age of Innocence
$17.95 Read more‘We can’t behave like people in novels, though, can we?’ Newland Archer and May Welland are the perfect couple. He is a wealthy young lawyer and she is a lovely and sweet-natured girl. All seems set f… [more below]
- Author: Wharton, Edith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1784878065
- Language: English
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In the Arms of Mr. Darcy: Pride and Prejudice Continues…
$18.99 Read moreIf only everyone could be as happy as they are…
Darcy and Elizabeth are as much in love as ever–even more so as their relationship matures. Their passion inspires everyone around them, and as winter
- Author: Lathan, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1402236999
- Language: English
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Tea for Ruby
$19.99 Read moreThat Ruby Wherever she goes, table cloths accidentally pull dishes to the floor, flowers get trampled and spaghetti somehow end up in her hair. You can’t take Ruby anywhere One sunny morning, the po… [more below]
- Series: Paula Wiseman Books
- Author: Ferguson, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 23 2008
- ISBN10: 1416954198
- Language: English
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The Killing
$13.99 Add to cartAs a teen special agent, James is used to going undercover. But he’s not used to playing dead…. This action-packed CHERUB novel features an edgy new look
CHERUB agents are highly trained, extremel- Series: Cherub (Paperback) #4
- Author: Muchamore, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 23 2012
- ISBN10: 1442413638
- Language: English
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The Enchanted April
$18.95 Read moreA recipe for happiness: four women, one medieval Italian castle, plenty of wisteria, and solitude as needed.
The women at the center of The Enchanted April are alike only in their dissatisfaction with- Series: New York Review Books Classics
- Author: Von Arnim, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: April 03 2007
- ISBN10: 1590172256
- Language: English
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The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific
$19.99 Read more“Riveting, powerful, moving.”–The Observer, “Compelling . . .A book that must be read.”–Daily Mail. A story of almost unimaginable suffering.” –BBC Radio 4. “Urquhart grabs our attention with unfor… [more below]
- Author: Urquhart, Alistair
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1616084073
- Language: English
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Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1
$19.00 Read moreThe first of the Grantchester Mysteries, and inspiration for the PBS/Masterpiece television series, finds Vicar Sidney Chambers beginning his career, as both a spiritual leader and a detective.
It is- Series: Grantchester Mysteries #1
- Author: Runcie, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 24 2012
- ISBN10: 1608198561
- Language: English
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Many a Twist: A Cork County Mystery
$26.99 Read moreHow far would you go to protect your family?
Pub owner Maura Donovan hasn’t seen her mother for over twenty years, so when she suddenly shows up in Maura’s pub, Maura’s not sure what to expect. Her mo- Series: County Cork Mystery
- Author: Connolly, Sheila
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1683314530
- Language: English
