Secondhand Books

In recent years, computers have learned to diagnose diseases, drive cars, write clean prose and win game shows. Advances like these have created unprecedented economic bounty but in their wake...

Horace Grondin, deputy head of the Surete is in fact Charles Bassicousse, sentenced sixteen years earlier for a murder he did not commit. He is obsessed with wreaking his revenge...

A thrillingly exciting, action-packed novel about a boy destined to be a hero of the French Revolution.The story of a remarkable boy called Yann Margoza; Tetu, his friend and mentor;...

From the creator of the hit TV series The Bold Type comes an empowering and heartfelt novel about a future female president's senior year of high school. Ava, CJ, Jordan,...

Two friends, Buck and Tunes - Buck a white boy, Tunes a black girl -have shared an idyllic childhood, fishing and playing among the creeks and inlets of Cheakspeake Bay....

Nick Conover, the son of a factory worker, is the CEO of a major corporation in a company town. Once the most admired man in Fenwick, Michigan, Nick - having...

Some pigs are born great, other pigs have greatness thrust upon them.BATPIG follows the amazing, porktastic adventures of Gary Yorkshire - an entirely normal piglet whose world is turned upside...

A year to the day after the death of their son, Moss Quinn's wife Eva Marie has been abducted. He is Dublin's star detective; investigating the disappearance of five women...

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, rarely a day goes by when we are not bombarded with distressing images, statistics or forecasts that suggest the future of our planet hangs in the...

This guide to the Poitou-Charentes region contains information in topic-based spreads. Cultural history and heritage are combined with more traditional holiday activities. Divided into two sections, it first explores the...

As the days get longer, escape your troubles and take a trip to the desperately hot towns where nightfall lingers and a sun-drenched picnic can end in panic. No matter...

'More than lives up to the hype' Observer'Set to become a publishing sensation' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row'An astounding achievement' Sunday Times'The lost giant of American literature' New YorkerJune, 1957....

From the bestselling author of My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You and The Heroes' Welcome, Louisa Young's Devotion is a novel of family, love, race and politics set during...

Julia O'Faolain is one of the most important Irish writers of the past half-century. Under the Rose is a selection of short stories taken from her many celebrated collections.These are...

Thelma Madine, star of Channel 4's Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and fairy godmother of extravagant wedding dresses, reveals the drama, secrets and surprises involved in ten incredible traveller weddings. Through...

Anarchy! Society is violently lashing out at their superheroes.Anti-powers groups are rising up with a series of gruesome murders against thecities most colorful capes. With Walker retired, Detective Pilgrim teams...

The first book in the heart-stopping The Extinction Trials trilogy, for fans of The Hunger Games and Jurassic Park. Betrayal. Sacrifice. Survival. Welcome to The Extinction Trials...In Stormchaser and Lincoln's...

Jeremy Paxman knows every maneouvre a politician will make to avoid answering a difficult question, but in The Political Animal he seeks an answer to just one: What makes politicians...

Michael Parkinson occupies a unique place in the public consciousness. Through his perceptive onscreen interviews over the past five decades, he has introduced millions of people to the personalities of...