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Foreign Bodies by Martin Edwards 9780712356992
RRP: €10.70Booksplease Price: €8.39Today, 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: €10.70Booksplease Price: €8.07No 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: €10.70Booksplease Price: €8.07'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: €9.51Booksplease Price: €7.33Leo 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: €15.41Booksplease Price: €10.35'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: €10.70Booksplease Price: €8.00The 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: €39.21Booksplease Price: €29.65This 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: €11.90Booksplease Price: €2.34'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: €13.08Booksplease Price: €2.61Duchlan 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... -
![Penguins, Pineapples and Pangolins: First Encounters with the Exotic by Claire Cock-Starkey 9780712356367 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9710975/10727654/9780712356367__72727.1781370750.jpg?c=1 "Penguins, Pineapples and Pangolins: First Encounters with the Exotic by Claire Cock-Starkey 9780712356367 [USED COPY]")
Penguins, Pineapples and Pangolins: First Encounters with the Exotic by Claire Cock-Starkey 9780712356367 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €4.31Can you remember seeing a giraffe for the first time? Tasting a pineapple? Touching a cactus? Probably not, because in these modern times everyone is very knowing - knowledge is at our fingertips and... -
Sea Monsters on Medieval by Chet van Duzer 9780712357715
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €16.05The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gambolling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most... -
Death on the Riviera by John Bude 9780712356374
RRP: €10.70Booksplease Price: €9.54When a counterfeit currency racket comes to light on the French Riviera, Detective Inspector Meredith is sent speeding southwards - out of the London murk to the warmth and glitter of the... -
The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €9.54'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: €10.70Booksplease Price: €8.07Holidays 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: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.08The 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: €10.70Booksplease Price: €8.07A 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: €17.84Booksplease Price: €12.85Sumptuously 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: €18.98Booksplease Price: €12.58Widely 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: €9.51Booksplease Price: €3.40"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: €11.89Booksplease Price: €1.49'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: €20.17Booksplease Price: €14.16The 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: €53.55Booksplease Price: €39.07Over 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... -
![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: €11.90Booksplease Price: €2.98Published 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: €10.70Booksplease Price: €9.54The 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... -
![In the Company of Cats: Illustration Through the Ages by British Library 9780712357500 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/10104851/11121194/9780712357500__37126.1788333504.jpg?c=1 "In the Company of Cats: Illustration Through the Ages by British Library 9780712357500 [USED COPY]")
In the Company of Cats: Illustration Through the Ages by British Library 9780712357500 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.90Booksplease Price: €3.63A visual celebration of the mystery and magnificence of cats, from charming kittens and affectionate families to bold hunters and battle-scarred toms. More than 100 illustrations depict cats at... -
Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries by Martin Edwards
RRP: €10.70Booksplease Price: €8.07Christmas is a mysterious, as well as magical, time of year. Strange things can happen, and this helps to explain the hallowed tradition of telling ghost stories around the fireside as the year draws... -
Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries by Martin Edwards
RRP: €10.70Booksplease Price: €8.07Crimson Snow brings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in winter. Welcome to a world of Father Christmases behaving oddly, a famous fictional detective in a Yuletide drama, mysterious tracks... -
The Philosophy of Beards by Thomas S. Gowing
RRP: €11.90Booksplease Price: €8.81'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
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.54Duchlan 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... -
Quick Curtain Alan Melville 9780712357890
RRP: €10.70Booksplease Price: €8.07Quick Curtain is a witty detective story, originally published in 1934. It is one among many books that enjoyed brief popularity during the "Golden Age of murder" between the two world wars but... -
A Book of Book Lists: A Bibliophile's Compendium by Alex Johnson 9780712352253
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.81This 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... -
Mapping the Heavens by Peter Whitfield 9780712352659
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €13.45Throughout history people have sought ways in which to map the heavens. From the sources of mathematics and mythology sprang the classic star chart, the finest examples of which are both scientific... -
The 12.30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts 9780712356497
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.81'Crofts constructs his alibi with immense elaboration...The story is highly successful, and Mr Crofts is to be congratulated upon his experiment' - Dorothy L. SayersWe begin with a body. Andrew... -
Death on the Cherwell by Mavis Doriel Hay 9780712357265
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.81For Miss Cordell, principal of Persephone College, there are two great evils to be feared: unladylike behaviour among her students, and bad publicity for the college. So her prim and cosy world is... -
Photographs and Words by Michael Katakis 9780712309141
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €21.90Michael Katakis has spent his life travelling with a camera and writing a journal. This is the resulting book. For the past 25 years he has collaborated with the social anthropologist Kris Hardin in... -
Bloomsbury: Beyond the Establishment Matthew Ingleby 9780712356565
RRP: €11.90Booksplease Price: €9.21Bloomsbury lies at the heart of cultural and intellectual London, famed for its museums, universities and literary heritage. Matthew Ingleby's new history ranges across the neighbourhood to explore... -
The Book of the British Library by Michael Leapman 9780712358378
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €21.90As well as holding some of the world's most prized cultural treasures, the British Library is the repository of the nation's collective memory. Owing its origin to the generosity and far-sightedness... -
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The Lake District Murder by John Bude 9780712357166 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €1.49'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... -
![The Hog's Back Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts 9780712357975 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9682845/10699565/9780712357975__62694.1781304540.jpg?c=1 "The Hog's Back Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts 9780712357975 [USED COPY]")
The Hog's Back Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts 9780712357975 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €2.76Dr James Earle and his wife live in comfortable seclusion near the Hog's Back, a ridge in the North Downs in the beautiful Surrey countryside. When Dr Earle disappears from his cottage, Inspector... -
Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries by Martin Edwards
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €10.02'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...