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'You haunt me everywhere.' So wrote Edward Burne-Jones to Frances Graham, his muse for the last 25 triumphant years of his life: 'I haven't a corner of my life or my thoughts where you are not'. He drew her obsessively, included her in some of his most...

It is the year 10,154 of the Imperial Calendar, and for four decades the planet Arrakis - called Dune by its inhabitants - has been ruled by the Harkonnen family. But the seeds of change have been sown. On Arrakis, an idealistic young planetologist,...

It is the year 10,154 of the Imperial Calendar, and for four decades the planet Arrakis - called Dune by its inhabitants - has been ruled by the Harkonnen family. But the seeds of change have been sown. On Arrakis, an idealistic young planetologist,...

A brilliant follow-up to Hidden Lives, Margaret Forster's most personal book yet takes up the story of her gritty, northern father, Arthur, intertwined with that of her sister-in-law, Marion, who died of cancer at almost half the age of the 96 year-old...

Attempts to find the person (if any) behind the legend of King Arthur have been going on for a long time. The search has revealed many interesting facts and it has also led to sharp disagreements. By the 1980s, the search was more or less abandoned,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374423568Author Michael CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

The heart-warming true story of a little boy and the cat that changed his life. Nine-year-old George was severely autistic; quiet and withdrawn, he appeared lost in his own world most of the time. His mother Julia despaired as she couldn't...

Who would top your list of the fifty people who have done the most to make the modern world a worse place?'I can't imagine how they whittled it down to just 50 people' - comedianNik Rabinowitz 'A fantastic thought-provoking book that renews my ...

Who would top your list of the fifty people who have done the most to make the modern world a worse place?'I can't imagine how they whittled it down to just 50 people' - comedianNik Rabinowitz 'A fantastic thought-provoking book that renews my ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771048951Author John IvisonFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849913959Author Mark EdgarFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint ChipmunkapublishingPublisher ChipmunkapublishingWeight(grams) 337gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849913959Author Mark EdgarFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint ChipmunkapublishingPublisher ChipmunkapublishingWeight(grams) 337gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

John Major's prime ministership was an eventful one. Between 1990 and 1997 he presided over Britain's participations in the Gulf War, the start of the Northern Ireland peace process, the Maastricht Treaty negotiations and, of course, Black Wednesday and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780835609425Author Guido Mina Di SospiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Quest Books,U.S.Publisher Quest Books,U.S.

Described, variously, as the perfect fusion of poetry and garage band rock and roll (the original concept was "rock and Rimbaud"), Horses belongs as much to the world of literary and cultural criticism as it does to the realm of musicology. Thus, while...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681373195Author Francoise GilotFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc

The opening of the new RHS Bridgewater Garden in the grounds of Lord Ellesmere's former mansion in the Lancashire village of Worsley has highlighted how little we know of this great-nephew of the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater. Ellesmere's contributions to the...

The Welsh Folk Museum at St Fagans was the first large open-air folk museum in Britain. It was (according to himself) created by one man: Iorwerth C. Peate, poet, author, and scholar. This is the first book-length critical study of Peate as scholar and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954633813Author Grant SolomonFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Campion BooksPublisher Campion BooksDimensions(mm) 216mm * 315mm * 16mm

Passenger ships have always played a key role in shaping our lives and destinies. From the biggest to the smallest, the most beautiful to the most basic, in peacetime and war, they have carried emigrants, holidaymakers, troops and other travellers on...

Isaac Newton's influence on our world is immense. He formulated the theory of gravity, devised a radical new theory of light and created a calculus that would revolutionize mathematics. His theory of matter in motion sparked the Industrial Revolution...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375701214Author Jean-Dominique BaubyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm)...

Renowned for his endlessly quotable pronouncements, Oscar Wilde cut a dashing figure in late Victorian London ... until his tragic downfall resulting from an ill-judged libel action. We remember him not only for his famous trial and imprisonment, but...

When Nicholson Baker, one of the most linguistically talented writers in America, set out to write a book about John Updike, the result was no ordinary biography. Instead Baker's account of his relationship with his hero is a hilarious story of ambition,...

Brolga (aka Chris Barns) is the 6ft 7in strong but sensitive Aussie star of the extraordinary BBC series Kangaroo Dundee. Brolga lives in a simple tin shed in the outback where he raises orphaned baby kangaroos. It is a sad fact of life that kangaroo...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903854198Author Robin BarrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Milo BooksPublisher Milo BooksWeight(grams) 220g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912475155Author Thomas SchlesserFormat HardbackPage Count 486Imprint ERISPublisher ERIS

Exploding onto the WWE scene in the mid-1990s, the colourfully masked Rey Mysterio quickly redefined the way the game was played in the ring. The definitive high-flying Superstar, Mysterio is an innovative underdog that fans of all ages have grown to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Gradiva Award 2007 (United States) and The Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic Scholarship 2006 (United States).Book InformationISBN 9781913494827Author Linda...

Tom King's personal memoirs range across a life of exceptional activity and interest. Aged nineteen, he found himself commanding a military company against Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya; at thirty he became the youngest ever general manager in a major...

New religious movements-or so-called "cults"-continue to attract and mystify us. While mainstream America views cults as an insidious mix of apocalyptic beliefs, science fiction, and paranoia, with new vehicles such as the World Wide Web, they are...

Born in Dundee in 1938, Maureen Reynolds grew up in wartime Scotland, a young girl surrounded by adult concerns. There was the endless queuing for rations that never seemed to stretch quite far enough, the blackouts and the air raids. But, if times were...

These memoirs reflect the momentous changes that have taken place over the last century through the prism of Flavia Ormond's experiences: first as an evacuee in Canada during the Second World War, then as a returned exile travelling and working in...

Not a traditional autobiography composed of a chronological recounting of memories, Dance of Realityrepaints events from Jodorowsky's life from the perspective of an unleashed imagination. Like the psychomagic and metagenealogy therapies he created, this...

During a career spanning more than 50 years, J. H. Blackburne (1841-1924) won the British Chess Championship and several international tournaments, at his peak becoming one of the world's top three chess masters. A professional player who derived his...

This third and final volume of memoirs completes a major work of contemporary history and a brilliantly told narrative full of startling insights, candour and a sweeping sense of history. It begins with the resignation of Nixon - including Kissinger's...

David Lovelace, along his brother and both his parents, is bipolar. This is his extraordinary and vivid memoir of life within his memorable, maddening, loving and unique family. Full Blown is Lovelace's poignant, humorous, and vivid account of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626172951Author Nelson YomtovFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Bellwether MediaPublisher Bellwether MediaWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 172mm...

A most appealing book . . . Its genuineness and its simplicity will build up a large audience of enthusiastic readers.-San Francisco ChronicleRalph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through...

The icon and legend at last tells his story his way -- without the boring bits Paul Hogan first appeared on Australia's screens in 1971 as a 'tap-dancing knife thrower' on TV talent show New Faces. The then father of four and Sydney Harbour Bridge rigger...