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Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private detective.Her methods may not be conventional, and her manne... Alexander McCALL SMITH The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, ... £6.99
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Charles Williams. A masterly portrait of cricket's supreme batsman & Australia's greatest sports hero. 341pp b/w photos P/B (rrp £9.99) BRADMAN Biography Charles Williams. A masterly portrait of cricket's supreme batsman & Australia's greatest sports ... £4.99
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On a balmy summer's day in Oxford an old lady who once helped decipher the Enigma Code is killed. After receiving a cryptic anonymous note containing only the address and the symbol of a circle, Arthur Seldom, a leading mathematician, arrives to find the body. Then follow more mu... Guillermo MARTINEZ The Oxford Murders On a balmy summer's day in Oxford an old lady who once helped decipher the Enigma Code is killed. Af ... £3.99
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Weaving known facts in with the poet's own words, the author deftly breathes life into a story never before told in such absorbing detail. 367pp colour illusts P/B (rrp £8.99) Anthony HOLDEN Shakespeare, Life & Work Weaving known facts in with the poet's own words, the author deftly breathes life into a story never ... £4.99
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From the acclaimed author of Orange Prize winning PROPERTY comes a fresh twist on the classic Jekyll and Hyde story, a novel told from the perspective of Mary Reilly, Dr. Jekyll's dutiful and intelligent housemaid. Faithfully weaving in details from Robert Louis Stevenson's class... Valerie MARTIN Mary Reilly From the acclaimed author of Orange Prize winning PROPERTY comes a fresh twist on the classic Jekyll ... £2.99
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The man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn't seem to want to cure him. Does it matter? Exploring the bridge occupies most of his days. But at night there are his dreams. Dreams in which desperate men drive sealed carriages across... Iain BANKS The Bridge The man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn't seem ... £3.99
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FILTH, in his heyday, was an international lawyer with a practice in the Far East. Now, only the oldest QCs and Silks can remember that his nickname stood for Failed In London Try Hong Kong. Long ago, Old Filth was a Raj orphan - one of the many young children sent 'Home' from th... Jane GARDAM Old Filth FILTH, in his heyday, was an international lawyer with a practice in the Far East. Now, only the old ... £6.99
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In Espresso Tales, Alexander McCall Smith returns home to Edinburgh and the glorious cast of his own tales of the city, the residents of 44 Scotland Street, with a new set of challenges for each one of them. Bruce, the intolerably vain and perpetually deluded ex-surveyor, is abou... Alexander McCALL SMITH Espresso Tales In Espresso Tales, Alexander McCall Smith returns home to Edinburgh and the glorious cast of his own ... £3.99
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One freezing April morning, two veiled women step off the boat from Holland. They are on the run: a scheming French aristocrat, who goes by her nom de plume of Mrs Fox, and her loyal maidservant. With only a handful of gold and fearing for her life, Mrs Fox sets about establishin... Philippa STOCKLEY A Factory Of Cunning One freezing April morning, two veiled women step off the boat from Holland. They are on the run: a ... £3.99
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Provides an intimate portrait of the river's role in English history, from dinosaurs on the banks, through the ages, to the modern transformation of Docklands. 330pp b/w photos P/B (rrp £8.99) Jonathan SCHNEER The Thames Provides an intimate portrait of the river's role in English history, from dinosaurs on the banks, t ... £4.99
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The author takes up a teaching position at The River Of Life school in Botswana; there the 6 year olds are football mad, & it's the author's job to take them to play neighbouring teams - with a menagerie of animals in tow. 274pp P/B (rrp £7.99) Will RANDALL Botswana Time The author takes up a teaching position at The River Of Life school in Botswana; there the 6 year ol ... £3.99
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The author goes on a gastronomic tour of Britain,tasting everything from deep-fried Mars Bar to Bull's wazzel, searching for an answer to the question - what is the state of our national cuisine? 342pp P/B (rrp £7.99) Paul RICHARDSON Cornucopia The author goes on a gastronomic tour of Britain,tasting everything from deep-fried Mars Bar to Bull ... £3.99
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The second book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency seriesFollowing on from the brilliant The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Tears of the Giraffe charts the further adventures of Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private detective.It's going to ta... Alexander McCALL SMITH Tears Of The Giraffe The second book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency seriesFollowing on from the brilliant The No.1 ... £6.99
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The fifth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.Mma Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni at the end of the first book, is still engaged. She wonders when a day for the wedding will be named, but she is anxious to avoid putting too much pressure on he... Alexander McCALL SMITH The Full Cupboard Of Life The fifth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.Mma Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J ... £6.99
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'Ex-CID. Ex-New York. Ex-cellent' reads the sign outside the Satisfaction Guarantee Detective Agency. Cephas Buthelezi certainly talks the talk, Precious discovers, but would he have the wherewithal to deal with her current case - a man who has been attacked by ostrich rustlers, ... Alexander McCALL SMITH The Kalahari Typing School For Men 'Ex-CID. Ex-New York. Ex-cellent' reads the sign outside the Satisfaction Guarantee Detective Agency ... £6.99
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The sixth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency seriesPrecious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of 'traditional build', is now married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. The Agency is busy, but Mma Ramotswe cannot ignore the plea ... Alexander McCALL SMITH In The Company Of Cheerful Ladies The sixth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency seriesPrecious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswana ... £6.99
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Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. She edits the Review of Applied Ethics - addressing such questions as 'Truth telling in sexual relationships' - and she also hosts The Sunday Philosophy Club at her house in Edinbur... Alexander McCALL SMITH The Sunday Philosophy Club Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. S ... £6.99
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize For the four fraught, mysterious days of her doomed maiden voyage in 1912, the Titanic sails towards New York, glittering with luxury, freighted with millionaires and hopefuls. In her labyrinthine passageways are played out the last, secret hours ... Beryl BAINBRIDGE Every Man For Himself Shortlisted for the Booker Prize For the four fraught, mysterious days of her doomed maiden voyage i ... £2.99
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Now that she is finally and happily married to her long-term suitor Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency of Botswana might have expected life to grow more sedate. But the many problems that lead customers to Mma Ramotswe's door seem, if anything, ... Alexander McCALL SMITH Blue Shoes & Happiness Now that she is finally and happily married to her long-term suitor Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe ... £6.99
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Many of the prisoners held by the Japanese during the WWII were so scarred by their experiences that they could not discuss them even with their families. They believed that their brutal treatment was, literally, incomprehensible. But some prisoners were determined that posterity should know how they were starved and beaten, marched almost to death or transported on 'hellships', used as slave labour - most notoriously on the Burma-Thailand railway - and how thousands died from tropical diseases. They risked torture or execution to draw and write diaries that they hid wherever they could, sometimes burying them in the graves of lost comrades. The diaries tell of inhumanity and degradation, but there are also inspirational stories of courage, comradeship and compassion. When men have unwillingly plumbed the depths of human misery, said one prisoner, the artist Ronald Searle, they form a silent understanding of what solidarity, friendship and kindness to others can mean. The diaries and interviews with surviving prisoners drawn on in SURVIVING THE SWORD will tell a new generation about that solidarity, friendship and kindness. Surviving the Sword Prisoners of the Japanese 194245 Many of the prisoners held by the Japanese during the WWII were so scarred by their experiences that ... £6.49
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In Espresso Tales, Alexander McCall Smith returns home to Edinburgh and the glorious cast of his own tales of the city, the residents of 44 Scotland Street, with a new set of challenges for each one of them. Bruce, the intolerably vain and perpetually deluded ex-surveyor, is about to embark on a new career as a wine merchant, while his long- suffering flatmate Pat MacGregor, set up by matchmaking Domenica Macdonald, finds herself invited to a nudist picnic in Moray Place in the pursuit of true love. Prodigious six-year-old Bertie Pollock wants a boy's life of fishing and rugby, not yoga and pink dungarees, and he plots rebellion against his bossy, crusading mother Irene and his psychotherapist Dr Fairbairn. But when Bertie's longed-for trip to Glasgow with his ineffectual father Stuart ends with Bertie taking money off legendary Glasgow hard man Lard O'Connor at cards, it looks as though Bertie should have been more careful what he wished for. And all the time it appears that both Irene Pollock and Dr Fairbairn are engaged in a struggle with dark secrets and unconscious urges of their own. Espresso Tales The Latest from 44 Scotland Street In Espresso Tales, Alexander McCall Smith returns home to Edinburgh and the glorious cast of his own ... £4.49
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Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. "Long Walk to Freedom" is his moving autobiography, Here, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life - an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph, which has, until now, been virtually unknown to most of the world. The foster son of a Thembu chief, Mandela was raised in the traditional, tribal culture of his ancestors, but at an early age learned the modern, inescapable reality of what came to be called apartheid, one of the most powerful and effective systems of oppression ever conceived. In engrossing prose, he tells of his early years as an impoverished student and law clerk in Johannesburg, of his slow political awakening, and of his pivotal role in the rebirth of a stagnant ANC and the formation of its Youth League in the 1950s. He describes the struggle to reconcile his political activity with his devotion to his family, the anguished breakup of his first marriage, and the painful separations from his children. He also brings to life the escalating political warfare in the 1950s between the ANC and the government, culminating in his dramatic escapades as an underground leader and the notorious Rivonia Trial of 1964, at which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He recounts the surprisingly eventful 27 years in prison and the complex, delicate negotiations that led both to his freedom and to the beginning of the end of apartheid. Finally, he provides the inside account of the unforgettable events since his release that produced at last a free, multiracial democracy in South Africa. A Long Walk to Freedom The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero wh ... £8.49
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William Woodruff had the sort of childhood satirised in the famous Monty Python Yorkshireman sketch. The son of a weaver, he was born on a pallet of straw at the back of the mill and two days later his mother was back at work. Life was extrememly tough for the family in 1920's Blackburn - a treat was sheep's head or cow heel soup - and got worse when his father lost his job when the cotton industry started its terminal decline. At 16, William leaves the poverty of Blackburn for London, where he finds no streets paved with gold, but filthy tenements and such squalor only a great city can conceal. He gets a job in an iron foundry and finds lodgings with a beer-swilling landlady and her family - a predatory daughter, and a tattooed madman of a son with whom he has to share his bed. Then, at night school, William discovers his love of learning, which eventually takes him to Plater college, Oxford. As Mosley's blackshirts provoke fighting on the streets, William witnesses the courage of ordinary people in the face of war: a war in which he himself will soon be fighting ... Nab End and Beyond William Woodruff had the sort of childhood satirised in the famous Monty Python Yorkshireman sketch. ... £6.49
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William Woodruff had the sort of childhood satirised in the famous Monty Python Yorkshireman sketch. The son of a weaver, he was born on a pallet of straw at the back of the mill and two days later his mother was back at work. Life was extrememly tough for the family in 1920's Blackburn - a treat was sheep's head or cow-heel soup - and got worse when his father lost his job when the cotton industry started its terminal decline. Woodruff had to find his childhood fun in the little free time he had available between his delivery job and school, but he never writes self-pityingly, leaving the reader to shed the tears on his behalf. At ten his mother takes him on his one and only holiday - to Blackpool. He never wonders where they get the money to do so, only where she disappears to with strange men in the afternoons, before taking him to the funfair, pockets jingling an hour or two later. His book features a cast of colourful minor characters, from an unfrocked vicar to William's indomitable grandmother, Bridget, and all against the strongly rendered social backdrop of the 1920s and 1930s. The Road to Nab End A Lancashire Childhood William Woodruff had the sort of childhood satirised in the famous Monty Python Yorkshireman sketch. ... £4.49
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Edwardian Britain is the quintessential age of nostalgia, often seen as the last long summer before the cataclysmic changes of the twentieth century began to take form. The class system remained rigidly in place and thousands were employed in domestic service. The habits and sports of the aristocracy were an everyday indulgence. But it was an age of invention as well as tradition. It saw the first widespread use of the motor car, the first aeroplane and the first use of the telegraph. It was also a time of vastly improved education and the public appetite for authors such as Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling and E. M. Forster was increased by greater literacy. There were signs too, of the corner history was soon to turn, with the problematic Boer War hinting at a new British weakness overseas and the rise of the Suffragette movement pushing the boundaries of the social and political landscape. In this major work of history, Roy Hattersley has been given exclusive access to many new documents to produce a magisterial appraisal of a legendary age. The Edwardians Biography of the Edwardian Age Edwardian Britain is the quintessential age of nostalgia, often seen as the last long summer before ... £6.49
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Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is certain of where she stands. She can review a book called In Praise of Sin with panache and conviction, but real life is...well, perhaps a bit more challenging - particularly when it comes to her feelings for Jamie, a younger man who should have married her niece, Cat. Jamie's handsomeness leaves Isabel feeling distinctly uneasy, and ethically disturbed. 'I am a philosopher', she thinks, 'but I am also a woman'. And more disturbance is in store. When Cat takes a break in Italy, Isabel agrees to run her delicatessen. One of the customers, she discovers, has recently had a heart transplant and is now being plagued by memories that cannot be rationally explained and which he feels do not belong to him. Isabel is intrigued. So intrigued that she finds herself rushing headlong into a dangerous investigation. But she still has time to think about the things that possess her - things like love and friendship, and, of course, temptation. The last of these comes in many forms - chocolate, for example, or seductive Italians... Friends, Lovers, Chocolate Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an E ... £4.49
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Will Randall travels with a purpose, as well as an outrageous sense of fortune. In INDIAN SUMMER he found himself, by chance, having the extraordinary experience of helping slum schoolchildren put on a play to help save their school. In Botswana he was taken up by a headmaster to teach a class of six year olds at The River of Life school. They are football crazy and one of Will's jobs is to take them to play neighbouring (sometimes as much as 100 miles away) schools. Camping en-route or staying in farms and rural villages, often travelling by foot or dug-out punts, thousands of antelope, elephant, buffalo and zebra follow their progress. The sound of lions, leopards and hyenas become the soundtrack of their dreams. Against all the odds they find themselves preparing for the Grand Final of the season - the titanic clash with arch rivals, Victoria Falls Primary school. Both an endearing personal story and a travel book about a little- known but highly successful country, BOTSWANA TIME will win new fans for both Will Randall and the extraordinary country of Botswana. Botswana Time Will Randall travels with a purpose, as well as an outrageous sense of fortune. In INDIAN SUMMER he ... £5.49
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In 1997, THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE was voted the most influential book of the twentieth century by teachers, librarians and parents in the UK. The last six US Presidents have all claimed C. S. Lewis to be one of their favourite writers (as have Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair). He was an acclaimed academic, a renowned Christian thinker and apologist, the author of dozens of non- fiction books and a founder member of The Inklings (with J.R.R. Tolkien). Lewis fought in the First World War trenches and became a famous broadcaster known as 'the apostle to sceptics' during World War II: his newspaper articles and radio programmes were well known. He led what was considered by many of his contemporaries to be a rather bohemian life in Oxford, living with a much older woman, a widow named Janie Moore. Late in life he married an American divorcee who (as documented in the movie SHADOWLANDS) died tragically of cancer four years into their marriage. Michael White's biography is an accessible yet erudite study of a subject who has immense and lasting international appeal. C.S. Lewis The Boy Who Chronicled Narnia In 1997, THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE was voted the most influential book of the twentieth c ... £6.99
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This work is based largely on personal experience and observation. Falling into three main chronological divisions - "The Age of Catastrophe", "The Golden Age" and "The Landslide", this is a reassessment of the 20th century. It explores topics such as the breakdown of the Old World, and the the influence of the Third World. Age of Extremes The Short Twentieth Century, 191491 This work is based largely on personal experience and observation. Falling into three main chronolog ... £8.49
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FREEDOM IN EXILE - Here, in his own words, The Dalai Lama describes what it was like to grow up revered as a deity among his people, reveals his innermost feelings about his role, and discusses the mysteries of Tibetan Buddhism. He tells of secret deals struck with the CIA as Tibet continued to struggle for independence, talks freely of the many world leaders he has known, and talks of the West's malaise from his standpoint as a spirtual and temporal figure of world reknown. ANCIENT WISDOM, MODERN WORLD - With wit, gentle good sense and with penetrating insight, the Dalai Lama shows how the truths that have stood the test of generations of practise can provide us with the tools to live happy, fulfilled and meaningful lives. In the process, it becomes apparent that he does not merely espouse the 'feelgood' religiosity some accuse him of. The reader is left admiring not just the wisdom of the author, but the wisdom of the culture he represents. In ANCIENT WISDOM, MODERN WORLD, His Holiness the Dalai Lama addresses these issues, in a spiritual complement to his autobiography FREEDOM IN EXILE. The Path to Freedom Freedom in ExileAncient Wisdom, Modern World Freedom in Exile Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Ancient Wisdom, Modern World Ethics for the New Millennium FREEDOM IN EXILE - Here, in his own words, The Dalai Lama describes what it was like to grow up reve ... £7.99
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