Secondhand Books

When Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from the 'Forgotten War' in Burma to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds little has changed, as far as his own limited prospects go. In...

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...

For years, Jenny and sister Kim suffered horrendous physical and sexual abuse at the hands of their father. They survived in part because of their closeness and their determination to...

'Grammar is the science of using words rightly, leading to thinking rightly, leading to deciding rightly, without which - as both common sense and experience show - happiness is impossible....

'The powerful new voice of her generation'The Times'Funny, nuanced and wonderful' Jon Ronson'A book that had me hollering, nodding and questioning at the same time' Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie-------A...

Gregor and Boots must return to the Underland to help ward off a plague. It is spreading fast, and when it claims one of Gregor's family, he begins to truly...

'Honestly and candidly captures fifty sublime years of fashion' Manolo Blahnik Discover what truly happens behind the scenes in the world of high fashion in this detailed, storied memoir from...

In 2014 I moved back to the United States after living abroad for fourteen years, my whole adult life, because my father was dying from cancer. Six weeks after I...

A great variety of activities to test your knowledge, whether highbrow or low culture. Proving you know it all about history has never been such fun - or so tricky.Do...

'Remarkable . . . Infidel shows that a determined woman can change more history than her own' Christopher Hitchens, Sunday Times 'If there is one book that really addresses the...

Book of the Year in the Irish Times'A wonderful storyteller' Joseph O'ConnorOn the quays of Dublin, Jasmine is running, training for a fight she can't compete in. It's 1982 and...

The third edition of this popular textbook has been extensively revised to incorporate current thinking and knowledge in the area of physical geography and the environment whilst retaining its basic...

You're alone in a mysterious new world, full of hidden dangers. You have only minutes to find food and shelter before darkness falls and the monsters come looking for you....

The magical multi-award-winning modern classic from master storyteller and New York Times-bestselling author, Cornelia Funke - over a million copies sold worldwide! 'A completely delicious read.' THE OBSERVER 'Today's young...

Tim is broke, so when a mysterious stranger offers him a wad of money for his overcoat, it seems like a stroke of good fortune. But there are worse things...

PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey are two mammy's boys from Cork who are always up for a skit. The I'm Grand Mamual is Kevin and PJ's hilarious and heart-warming ode...