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The Horned God: Weird Tales of the Great God Pan by Michael Wheatley 9780712354967
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40'...and then the music was so loud, so beautiful that I couldn't think of anything else. I was completely lost to the music, enveloped by melody which was part of Pan.' In 1894, Arthur Machen's... -
Sally on the Rocks Winifred Boggs 9780712353045
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40When her bohemian life in Paris falls flat at the beginning of the First World War, Sally Lunton returns to the care of her guardian in Little Crampton to find a husband. With some encouragement from... -
Strange Journey by Maud Cairnes 9780712354950
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40In this body swap comedy from the 1930s, the minds of two strangers, aristocrat Lady Elizabeth and middle-class Polly Wilkinson, switch places with baffling and hilarious results. With wry... -
Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles by Emily Alder 9780712354219
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40'The sea that night sang rather than chanted; all along the far-running shore a rising tide dropped thick foam, and the waves, white-crested, came steadily in with the swing of a deliberate purpose.'... -
The Book Lover's European Bucket List: A Grand Tour of Literature by Caroline Taggart 9780712354943
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.10Following the success of The Book Lover's Bucket List, Caroline Taggart sets off on a tour of Europe to select 100 literary landmarks across the continent to describe and provide practical advice for... -
Crossed Skis: An Alpine Mystery by Carol Carnac 9780712353311
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02In London's Bloomsbury, Inspector Julian Rivers of Scotland Yard looks down at a dismal scene. Here is the victim, burnt to a crisp. Here are the clues - clues which point to a good climber and... -
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James by Roger Luckhurst
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.83The second in a series of republished classic literature, The Ghost Stories of M. R. James collects the tales that best illustrate his quiet mastery of the ghost story form. Running through each of... -
The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.02'Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature - himself in one arm-chair, a police officer in another, and between them - a mystery.' The Reverend Dodd,... -
Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries Martin Edwards 9780712357487
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.78Holidays offer us the luxury of getting away from it all. So, in a different way, do detective stories. This collection of vintage mysteries combines both those pleasures. From a golf course at the... -
Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts Sophie Page 9780712352109
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31The art of predicting earthly events from the movements of stars and planets has always been a source of fascination. Medieval astrologers, though sometimes feared to be magicians in league with... -
Verdict of Twelve Raymond Postgate 9780712356749
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.78A woman is on trial for her life, accused of murder. The twelve members of the jury each carry their own secret burden of guilt and prejudice which could affect the outcome.In this extraordinary... -
Around the World in 80 Maps Clare Hibbert 9780712356930
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.80Sumptuously illustrated with eighty maps from the British Library's unrivalled collection, this gorgeous children's book whisks its reader around the globe. Like that of Jules Verne's famous hero,... -
The Bard in Brief: Shakespeare in Quotations by Hannah Manktelow 9780712356336
RRP: £15.95Booksplease Price: £10.80Widely acknowledged to be the greatest dramatist in the English language, William Shakespeare is also one of the most quoted writers of all time. His plays and sonnets influenced the history of the... -
![Wartime Nursery Rhymes: A First World War Collection by Nina MacDonald 9780712357364 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/6054115/6131120/9780712357364__31621.1732434455.jpg?c=1 "Wartime Nursery Rhymes: A First World War Collection by Nina MacDonald 9780712357364 [USED COPY]")
Wartime Nursery Rhymes: A First World War Collection by Nina MacDonald 9780712357364 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £2.90"This little pig flew to Margate, And this little pig went too, The first little pig dropped a bomb on the town, And the second dropped another, then flew. But both little pigs were shot in the air,... -
![The Sussex Downs Murder by John Bude 9780712357968 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/6226629/6303575/9780712357968__06711.1736779951.jpg?c=1 "The Sussex Downs Murder by John Bude 9780712357968 [USED COPY]")
The Sussex Downs Murder by John Bude 9780712357968 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £1.25'Already it looked as if the police were up against a carefully planned and cleverly executed murder, and, what was more, a murder without a corpse!' Two brothers, John and William Rother, live... -
The Finishing Touch: Cosmetics Through the Ages by Julian Walker 9780712357524
RRP: £16.95Booksplease Price: £12.16The quest for physical beauty is essentially as old as Woman herself', according to A Complete Guide to Personal Loveliness from 1937. This fascinating new book explores some of the materials and... -
London: A History in Maps by Peter Barber 9780712358798
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £32.83Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain... -
![A Book of Book Lists: A Bibliophile's Compendium by Alex Johnson 9780712352253 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9655859/10672579/9780712352253__87430.1781279393.jpg?c=1 "A Book of Book Lists: A Bibliophile's Compendium by Alex Johnson 9780712352253 [USED COPY]")
A Book of Book Lists: A Bibliophile's Compendium by Alex Johnson 9780712352253 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £4.09This is a book of book lists. Not of the '1,001 Books You MUST Read Before You Die' variety but lists that tell stories. Lists that make you smile, make you wonder, and see titles together in... -
![Painted Labyrinth: The World of the Lindisfarne Gospels by Michelle P. Brown 9780712348119 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9710973/10727652/9780712348119__91542.1781370749.jpg?c=1 "Painted Labyrinth: The World of the Lindisfarne Gospels by Michelle P. Brown 9780712348119 [USED COPY]")
Painted Labyrinth: The World of the Lindisfarne Gospels by Michelle P. Brown 9780712348119 [USED COPY]
RRP: £5.95Booksplease Price: £2.53Published to coincide with a British Library exhibition of the same name, "Painted Labyrinth: The World of the Lindisfarne Gospels" looks at the background and history of this breathtaking artwork... -
Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries by Martin Edwards 9780712309936
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02The English country house is an iconic setting for some of the greatest British crime fiction. Short stories are an important part of this tradition, and writers from Agatha Christie to Margery... -
Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries by Martin Edwards
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.42'Never had I been given a tougher problem to solve, and never had I been so utterly at my wits' end for a solution.' A signalman is found dead by a railway tunnel. A man identifies his wife as a... -
The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.78Aunt Mildred declared that no good could come of the Melbury family Christmas gatherings at their country residence Flaxmere. So when Sir Osmond Melbury, the family patriarch, is discovered - by a... -
Fire in the Thatch: A Devon Mystery E. C. R. Lorac 9780712352604
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Devon - renting a thatched cottage in the beautiful countryside at Mallory... -
The Notting Hill Mystery Charles Warren Adams 9780712356268
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.78The Notting Hill Mystery has been widely described as the first detective novel. The story is told by the insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron... -
Scarweather by Anthony Rolls 9780712356640
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.78'My friend Ellingham has persuaded me to reveal to the public the astounding features of the Reisby case. As a study in criminal aberration it is, he tells me, of particular interest, while in... -
The Lake District Murder John Bude 9780712357166
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.02'Luke flung the light of his torch full onto the face of the immobile figure. Then he had the shock of his life. The man had no face! Where his face should have been was a sort of inhuman, uniform... -
Seven Dead J. Jefferson Farjeon 9780712356886
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.78Ted Lyte, amateur thief, has chosen an isolated house by the coast for his first robbery. But Haven House is no ordinary country home. While hunting for silverware to steal, Ted stumbles upon a... -
Night in the Front Line: And Other Second World War Stories by Ann-Marie Einhaus 9780712356978
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £11.73The Second World War sparked the writing of hundreds of short stories, by servicemen and women as well as civilians. They appeared in magazines and collections during and after the war, and addressed... -
![The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude 9780712357159 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9682835/10699555/9780712357159__88782.1781304531.jpg?c=1 "The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude 9780712357159 [USED COPY]")
The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude 9780712357159 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £1.97'Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature - himself in one arm-chair, a police officer in another, and between them - a mystery.' The Reverend Dodd,... -
![Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story by J. Jefferson Farjeon 9780712357708 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9682840/10699560/9780712357708__60916.1781304536.jpg?c=1 "Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story by J. Jefferson Farjeon 9780712357708 [USED COPY]")
Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story by J. Jefferson Farjeon 9780712357708 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £1.97'The horror on the train, great though it may turn out to be, will not compare with the horror that exists here, in this house.' On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the... -
![British Writers by British Library 9780712305419 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9710972/10727651/9780712305419__58481.1781370748.jpg?c=1 "British Writers by British Library 9780712305419 [USED COPY]")
British Writers by British Library 9780712305419 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.67Booksplease Price: £2.86This three CD compilation forms part of the British Library's series of documentary recordings by English-Language authors and playwrights. Around 30 writers will be represented, talking about their... -
Foreign Bodies by Martin Edwards 9780712356992
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.05Today, translated crime fiction is in vogue - but this was not always the case. A century before Scandi noir, writers across Europe and beyond were publishing detective stories of high quality. Often... -
Thirteen Guests J. Jefferson Farjeon 9780712356015
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.78No observer, ignorant of the situation, would have guessed that death lurked nearby, and that only a little distance from the glitter of silver and glass and the hum of voices two victims lay silent... -
Family Matters Anthony Rolls 9780712356695
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.78'The characters are quite extraordinarily living...A most original and grimly farcical situation' - Dorothy L. SayersRobert Arthur Kewdingham is an eccentric failure of a man. In middle age he... -
The End of the Web George Sims 9780712356824
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.16Leo Selver, a middle-aged antiques dealer, is stunned when the beautiful and desirable Judy Latimer shows an interest in him. Soon they are lying in each other's arms, unaware that this embrace will... -
Beauty, What it is and How to Retain it by A Lady 9780712358859
RRP: £12.95Booksplease Price: £8.78'At night the teeth should be cleaned with a very soft brush of badger's hair.' 'Hair should be brushed for twenty minutes night and morning' 'Paint is used, we believe, by some absurd women, on the... -
Magna Carta: Manuscripts and Myths by Claire Breay 9780712358330
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.72The Magna Carta is one of the most celebrated documents in English history and one of the British Library's greatest treasures. But despite this, the reinterpretations of it since 1215 have tended to... -
Pleasures of the Table: A Literary Anthology by Christina Hardyment 9780712357807
RRP: £32.95Booksplease Price: £25.27This beautifully illustrated collection of food writing includes delectable scenes of cooking and feasting from novels and stories, poems that use food to tempt and seduce, and fine writing by and... -
![The Philosophy of Beards by Thomas S. Gowing 9780712357661 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9655864/10672584/9780712357661__89385.1781279397.jpg?c=1 "The Philosophy of Beards by Thomas S. Gowing 9780712357661 [USED COPY]")
The Philosophy of Beards by Thomas S. Gowing 9780712357661 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.00Booksplease Price: £1.97'The absence of Beard is usually a sign of physical and moral weakness.' 'Take two drawings of the head of a lion, one with and the other without the mane. You will see how much of the majesty of... -
![Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne 9780712356237 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9682827/10699547/9780712356237__10413.1781304524.jpg?c=1 "Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne 9780712356237 [USED COPY]")
Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne 9780712356237 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £2.19Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor, sister of the laird of Duchlan, is found in the castle. She has been stabbed to death...