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A Children's Literary Treasury: Magical Stories for Every Feeling Anna James 9780712353977
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $23.38Great stories ignite a child's imagination and can fill a childhood with unforgettable characters, wondrous places and superb illustrations. They also allow young readers to explore, and to... -
Twice Round the Clock by Billie Houston
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.43"It is past the half-hour. My time is coming nearer with every tick of the clock." Horace Manning, scientist, recluse and 'closed book' even to his friends is found dead in his study at 4am,... -
The Black Spectacles by John Dickson Carr
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.43A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of 'peach-fancier' Marcus... -
The Society of Time: The Original Trilogy and Other Stories by John Brunner
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.22Don Miguel Navarro lives in Britain - a Britain which failed to repel the Spanish Armada invasion. He is part of the Society of Time, an organisation which polices the improper use of time travel,... -
Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction by Mike Ashley
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $15.54Science fiction has always confronted the concerns of society, and our concern over humanity's ecological impact on nature has inspired incredible stories for generations. In this new collection of... -
The Progress of a Crime: A Fireworks Night Mystery by Julian Symons
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.22The murder, a brutal stabbing, definitely took place on Guy Fawkes' night. It was definitely by the bonfire on the village green. There were definitely a number of witnesses. And yet, was it... -
Taking to the Air: An Illustrated History of Flight Lily Ford 9780712352611
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $32.64The possibilities of flight have long fascinated us. Each innovation captivated a broad public, from those who gathered to witness winged medieval visionaries jumping from towers, to those who tuned... -
The Pocket Detective: 100+ Puzzles Kate Jackson 9780712352963
RRP: $15.58Booksplease Price: $12.01Polish off your magnifying glass and step into the shoes of your favourite detectives as you unlock tantalising clues and solve intricate puzzles. There are over 100 criminally teasing challenges to... -
Buddhism: Origins, Traditions and Contemporary Life by Jana Igunma 9780712352390
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $34.40Buddhism is one of the major world religions today, with approximately 500 million followers worldwide and nearly 300,000 in the UK. Following the Buddha's Enlightenment in north India in the 5th... -
Glimpses of the Unknown: Lost Ghost Stories by Mike Ashley 9780712352666
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.43A figure emerges from a painting to pursue a bitter vengeance; the last transmission of a dying man haunts the airwaves, seeking to reveal his murderer; a treasure hunt disturbs an ancient presence... -
The Murder of My Aunt Richard Hull 9780712352802
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.22'I should be very much happier if she were dead.' Edward Powell lives with his Aunt Mildred in the Welsh town of Lywll. His aunt thinks Lywll an idyllic place to live, but Edward loathes the... -
Excellent Intentions Richard Hull 9780712352017
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.22'From the point of view of the nation, it's a good thing that he died.' Great Barwick's least popular man is murdered on a train. Twelve jurors sit in court. Four suspects are identified - but... -
Someone from the Past: A London Mystery by Margot Bennett 9780712354738
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.43Then I felt his warm hand grow cold, it was as if he had been reminded of death. He wasn't looking at me any more, but obliquely, across the restaurant. I turned round.' Sarah has been receiving... -
How To Give Your Child A Lifelong Love Of Reading Alex Johnson 9780712353854
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $16.50How do you create an active reader? Why is reading good for creativity? Why is it vital for teaching the next generation resilience and positive mental health? In the digital age of never-ending... -
Introduction to Sally by Elizabeth von Arnim 9780712354745
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.43A Pygmalion-style story told with von Arnim's characteristic wit and charm, this novel introduces us to Salvatia (known as Sally), a much longed-for child to humble shopkeepers. Sally grows up to be... -
Who Killed Father Christmas?: And Other Seasonal Mysteries by Martin Edwards 9780712354783
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.64'The red robe concealed the blood until it made my hand sticky. Father Christmas had been stabbed in the back, and he was certainly dead.' The murder of Father Christmas at one of London's great... -
Doomed Romances: Strange Tales of Uncanny Love by Jo Parsons 9780712355551
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $15.64'My darling, come to me!' At the instant when he attempted to embrace her his arms, suddenly turning rigid, remained outstretched. With a shriek of horror, he struggled to draw them back - struggled,... -
Buddhism Illuminated: Manuscript Art in Southeast Asia San San May 9780712352062
RRP: $97.50Booksplease Price: $70.61Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia are centres for the preservation of local artistic traditions. Chief among these are manuscripts, a vital source for our understanding of Buddhist ideas and... -
Future Crimes: Mysteries and Detection through Time and Space by Mike Ashley 9780712353342
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.43"Detective Patrolman McClane watched the two-man space station spin into view, a shining disc against the black backdrop... Waiting for the airlock to fill, he though bitterly of his... -
Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries Martin Edwards 9780712354073
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.64Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister secrets are lurking in the wings. The mysteries in this collection reveal the dark side to theatre and performing arts: a world of... -
The End of the World: and Other Catastrophes by Mike Ashley 9780712352734
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.22Sound the sirens! The end is here, and it comes in many forms in this new collection of apocalyptic short stories from the classic age of science fiction. Join humanity on the brink of destruction in... -
Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac 9780712353830
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.22A lost novel from the golden age of crime, published for the very first time. It happened on a dark and misty night; the night of the ball at The Prince's Hall, Fordings. Abuzz with rumours... -
The Tide Went Out by Charles Eric Maine 9780712352376
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.22When London journalist Philip Wade learns that his article on nuclear weapons testing has been censored by the British government, he is prompted to investigate the truth that lies behind it... -
The Night Wire: and Other Tales of Weird Media by Aaron Worth 9780712354110
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.64A mysterious news signal reports cosmic doom from an otherworldly location. X-ray evidence suggests the impossible truth that a sculptor is becoming one with his creation. A gramophone channels the... -
The Whisperers and Other Stories: A Lifetime of the Supernatural by Algernon Blackwood 9780712354264
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $22.50'Back from the shouting floor and ceiling came the chorus of images that stormed and clamoured for expression. Jones lay still and listened; he let them come. There was nothing else to do.' ... -
The White Priory Murders: A Mystery for Christmas Carter Dickson 9780712354226
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.37James Bennett has been invited to stay at White Priory for Christmas among the retinue of the glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Her producer, her lover, the playwright for her next hit and her... -
Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer 9780712353892
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.22"A war's on and a murder has been committed-and we sit here talking nonsense about almond whirls and mince pies!" Good old Uncle Willie-rich, truculent and seemingly propped up by his fierce... -
The British History Puzzle Book: From the Dark Ages to Digital Britain in 500 challenges and teasers by Philip Parker 9780712354400
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $23.30A spectacular, puzzle-fuelled, myth-busting journey through the hidden history of Britain in 500 questions. Britain's history is one of the richest and most complex in Europe. From the first... -
Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women's Rights by Polly Russell 9780712353953
Booksplease Price: $8.97In the midst of today's highly politicised debates on gender equality, one thing is clear: the fight for women's rights is unfinished business. This book, which accompanies a bold and forward-facing... -
Fearsome Fairies: Haunting Tales of the Fey by Elizabeth Dearnley 9780712354301
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $24.55'You see - no, you do not, but I see - such curious faces: and the people to whom they belong flit about so oddly, often at your elbow when you least expect it, and looking close into your face, as... -
The Horned God: Weird Tales of the Great God Pan by Michael Wheatley 9780712354967
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.43'...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: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.43When 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: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.43In 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: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.43'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: $37.03Booksplease Price: $25.55Following 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: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.64In 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... -
Crimes of Cymru: Classic Mystery Tales of Wales by Martin Edwards
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $14.43"Ahoy, my lad!" he bellowed back. "I didn't expect you so early. Come for a dip! The water's fine. Everything is-" Then it happened. Mystery and murder runs amok amidst ominous peaks and icy... -
Holy Ghosts: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny by Fiona Snailham
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $14.84"I confess I have a particular dislike to remain in a church after dusk; it recalls to my mind the most painful story I ever heard." A festering evil lurks in the grotesque carvings of a... -
How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel by Kate Jackson
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $18.06What would you do if you found yourself in the world of the classic crime novel? How would you avoid being framed for murder - or evade an untimely demise? Let classic crime expert Kate Jackson give... -
Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery by E.C.R. Lorac
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.43On a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout. A civil servant and a government scientist are matching wits in a...