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In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Red Stag is a tantalizing coming of age love story set against the backdrop of a lush estate in Normandy, France. Nineteen-year-old Vincent, the son of the Countess's maid (and whose childhood was one of ambiguous privilege) has just returned from his last year at boarding school to spend the summer on the Count's estate, where his uncle is gamekeeper and where Vincent himself was raised. Shortly after his return, his uncle is discovered brutally murdered and Vincent vows revenge. Meanwhile, the village is in a state of agitation, anticipating the opening day of the ritualized hunt, with hounds and horses, for the royal red stag. In the midst of it all, Nicole, the count's daughter, returns to the estate from America.As the search for the murderer's identity intensifies and the stag hunt approaches, Nicole and Vincent find themselves inexorably drawn together. The secrets… Read More

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In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Private Investigator Theo Nikonos is back. Having been acquitted of a double murder charge, the detective has left New York and is spending time in Spain, recuperating from his harrowing experience and recovering from the loss of the woman he loved.A chance encounter with a mysterious young nun, known only as La Magdalena, turns Theo's vacation into an investigation that unearths the little-known and mysterious world of early Christianity. A conversation with a priest, who tells a story that is stunning in its scope and heretical in its context, turns deadly. Theo realizes that there is someone who will do anything to prevent the revelation of who La Magdalena really is. And who she is will shatter the foundation of the Christian world.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The Fifties are often dismissed as a featureless interlude but here Peter Vansittart, distinguished novelist and anthologist, rediscovers their forgotten yet distinct flavour, recalling the funny and bizarre, the sad, the momentous, sometimes the atrocious.Uninterested in fashion and fleeting reputations, he relishes the inescapable figures of Churchill and Lord Goddard, the generous but vain Shaw, the public-spirited Leonard Woolf. He sees Donald Wolfit sneezing, Alec Guinness nodding, John Masefield surviving.He teaches at a school to the left of A. S. Neill and Bertrand Russell, a breeding-ground of mirth and inconsequence. At the newly founded Institute of Contemporary Art he witnesses T. S. Eliot being rebuked in person for anti-Semitism and Colin Wilson lambasting gentility; and elsewhere, Elias Canetti talking nonsense to a waitress. In Pooterish style, he advises a fat… Read More

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In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.For almost thirty years, from 1961 to 1989, Berlin was divided in two by the Wall. The border between the democratic state in the West and the communist state in the East ran right through the center of the metropolis.Like the few remaining relics of the Berlin Wall, this book also warns against forgetting the past. The renowned journalist Christian Bahr recounts the history of this inhuman structure and guides the reader on eight tours to sites where traces of the Wall are still visible. This book is replete with the most important historic speeches (from Willy Brandt, John F. Kennedy, Erich Honecker), four contemporary witness accounts and a wealth of historical and recent photos.No other publication has yet to provide such a concise and comprehensive presentation of this subject.

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Violet Hetherington has taken the rash step of joining a transatlantic cruise ship to New York to visit Edwin, an old friend. As she makes the six day crossing, she relives the traumatic events that led to her losing Edwin's friendship, and abandoning her career as a poet, for the safety of marriage and domesticity.
Despite her natural reserve, she meets a rich variety of passengers travelling with her, who affect her understanding of her own past. Most significantly, she meets Dino, the dance host, whose motives in befriending Vi are shady, but who teaches her to ballroom dance - and inadvertently helps her to recover from her past.
Moving between the late sixties and the present day, Dancing Backwards is written with the lightness of touch and psychological insight which characterise Salley Vickers' acclaimed work. This bittersweet novel is subtle, poignant and wonderfully… Read More

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Siphiwe, a nineteen-year-old orphan, is haunted by memories of the senseless death of his elder brother. When a woman selling mangoes is stabbed on the street in front of him, Siphiwe rushes to her aid, desperate to stop history repeating itself, but in doing so unwittingly crosses the paths of two very dangerous men.McCarthy Letswe, a notorious crime lord, has returned home to Johannesburg after several years in exile, determined to wreak his revenge on Abaju, the Nigerian gangster responsible for Letswe's forced departure, and the man now seen as Johannesburg's king of crime.Siphiwe's actions have set him on a collision course with Letswe and Abaju, and as the violence on the streets intensifies, and the danger to those he loves most increases, Siphiwe is soon forced to seek help amongst criminals and police alike.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout."The doyenne of the modern blockbuster" (Glamour) returns with her signature writing style and eye for strong characters in A Perfect Heritage. The House of Farrell is a prolific skincare company and home of The Cream, an iconic face product that has seen women flocking to its flagship London store since 1953. At Farrell, you can rely on the personal touch that has been their trademark for generations. The legendary Athina Farrell remains the company's figurehead and in her kingdom at the Berkeley Arcade, while Florence Hamilton plies their cosmetics with the utmost care and discretion. She is sales advisor―and holder of secrets―extraordinaire. But of course the world of cosmetics is changing and the once glorious House of Farrell is now in decline, its customers tempted away by more fashionable brands. With no idea how to right the ship, Athina hires Bianca Bailey, a formidable… Read More