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ISBN: 9781447223481 - A Billion Jokes (Volume 1) A Billion Jokes (Volume 1)
Peter Serafinowicz

ISBN10: 1447223489  ISBN13: 9781447223481
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 08 Nov 2012
An endlessly inventive, fully illustrated collection of brilliant one-liners from the BAFTA-nominated actor and comedian. More

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ISBN: 9780857521194 - A Cat, a Hat, and a Piece of String A Cat, a Hat, and a Piece of String
Joanne Harris

ISBN10: 0857521195  ISBN13: 9780857521194
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 08 Nov 2012
Conjured from a wickedly imaginative pen, this book includes tales that combine the everyday with the unexpected; wild fantasy with bittersweet reality… More

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ISBN: 9780713996333 - A History of Opera A History of Opera
The Last Four Hundred Years
Roger Parker, Carolyn Abbate

ISBN10: 0713996331  ISBN13: 9780713996333
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Nov 2012
Opera as an art form remains extraordinarily buoyant and challenging. Opera paints the human passions with astonishing power and drama. This book provokes in-depth discussions of many works by the greatest opera composers… More

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ISBN: 9780230755956 - A History of the World A History of the World
Andrew Marr

ISBN10: 023075595X  ISBN13: 9780230755956
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Edition: Unabridged
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 27 Sep 2012
From the earliest civilizations to the twenty-first century: a global journey through human history, published alongside a landmark BBC One television series. More

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ISBN: 9780857895660 - Alif the Unseen Alif the Unseen
G. Willow Wilson

ISBN10: 0857895664  ISBN13: 9780857895660
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Sep 2012
A compelling and bewitching first novel, perfect for book groups, that mixes old world magic with modern adventure. More

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ISBN: 9781472100436 - Among Others Among Others
Jo Walton

ISBN10: 1472100433  ISBN13: 9781472100436
Publisher: Constable and Robinson
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Nov 2012
Fifteen-year-old Morwenna lives in Wales with her twin sister and a mother who spins dark magic for ill. One day… More

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ISBN: 9781849940580 - Ancient Trees Ancient Trees
Trees That Live for a Thousand Years
Anna Lewington

ISBN10: 1849940584  ISBN13: 9781849940580
Publisher: Anova Books
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 20 Sep 2012
'Among all the varied productions with which Nature has adorned the surfaces of the earth, none awakens our sympathies, or interests our imagination so powerfully as those venerable trees, which seem to have stood the lapse of ages… More

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ISBN: 9781843546962 - And Man Created God And Man Created God
Kings, Cults and Conquests at the Time of Jesus
Selina O'Grady

ISBN10: 1843546965  ISBN13: 9781843546962
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Sep 2012
And Man Created God is a sweeping exploration of the changing religions of the empires and peoples of the world at the time of Jesus: a work of extraordinary richness and ambition, this is popular history at its best. More

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ISBN: 9780857867346 - A Poke in the Eye A Poke in the Eye
Amnesty Presents the Best of the Secret Policeman's Ball
Amnesty International

ISBN10: 0857867342  ISBN13: 9780857867346
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Oct 2012
To the mark the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International, Canongate is proud to present a major anthology of the charity's celebrated comedy shows More

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ISBN: 9780857208842 - Arab Uprisings Arab Uprisings
The People Want the Fall of the Regime
Jeremy Bowen

ISBN10: 0857208845  ISBN13: 9780857208842
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 25 Oct 2012
A penetrating, on-the-ground account of the recent turmoil and uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa More

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ISBN: 9780575095823 - A Red Country A Red Country
Joe Abercrombie

ISBN10: 0575095822  ISBN13: 9780575095823
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 18 Oct 2012
The First Law trilogy was Joe's take on the great epic fantasy tales… More

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ISBN: 9780007455584 - Battle Castles Battle Castles
500 Years of Knights and Siege Warfare
Dan Snow

ISBN10: 0007455585  ISBN13: 9780007455584
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Edition: TV tie-in ed
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 27 Sep 2012
Join TV's Dan Snow as the fully illustrated 'Battle Castles' brings to thrilling life a cavalcade of medieval fortifications and the clashes that turned empires to dust and mortals into legends. More

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ISBN: 9781472103406 - Bleak Expectations Bleak Expectations
Mark Evans

ISBN10: 1472103408  ISBN13: 9781472103406
Publisher: Constable and Robinson
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 15 Nov 2012
Recounts the adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to repair his destroyed family and distinctly damaged life… More

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ISBN: 9780007309290 - Blood Sisters Blood Sisters
The Hidden Lives of the Women Behind the Wars of the Roses
Sarah Gristwood

ISBN10: 0007309295  ISBN13: 9780007309290
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 13 Sep 2012
How the Wars of the Roses were won and lost by the political and dynastic skills of the royal women: this is the true story behind Philippa Gregory's dramatic novels about fiery Queens and the perils of power. More

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ISBN: 9780241144824 - Both Flesh and Not Both Flesh and Not
David Foster Wallace

ISBN10: 0241144825  ISBN13: 9780241144824
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 29 Nov 2012
An examination of television's effect on a new generation of writers, this title includes writing that collects swoops from erudite literary discussion to open-hearted engagement with the most familiar of our twentieth-century cultural references. More

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ISBN: 9780297866268 - Brazil Bestseller Brazil
Michael Palin

ISBN10: 0297866265  ISBN13: 9780297866268
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 11 Oct 2012
Brazil is one of the four new global super powers with its vast natural resources and burgeoning industries. Half a continent in size and a potent mix of races… More

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ISBN: 9780230757745 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 2: The Race Against Time Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 2: The Race Against Time
Frank Cottrell Boyce

ISBN10: 023075774X  ISBN13: 9780230757745
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 27 Sep 2012
The second official sequel to Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, written by one of the country's favourite authors More

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ISBN: 9781849940474 - Classic Hymns and Carols Classic Hymns and Carols

ISBN10: 1849940479  ISBN13: 9781849940474
Publisher: Anova Books
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Aug 2012
* A must-have source for any celebration, from weddings and Christmas to christenings and funerals… More

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ISBN: 9781848879492 - Dante in Love Dante in Love
A. N. Wilson

ISBN10: 1848879490  ISBN13: 9781848879492
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Sep 2012
In Dante In Love, A. N. Wilson brings to life one of the western canon's most enigmatic figures. More

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ISBN: 9780593070079 - Desert Island Discs Desert Island Discs
Fascinating Facts, Figures and Miscellany from One of BBC Radio 4's
Mitchell Symons

ISBN10: 0593070070  ISBN13: 9780593070079
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 25 Oct 2012
Suitable for fans of the popular BBC Radio 4 programme "Desert Island Discs"… More

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ISBN: 9781846684449 - Destiny in the Desert Destiny in the Desert
The Road to El Alamein - the Battle That Turned the Tide
Jonathan Dimbleby

ISBN10: 1846684447  ISBN13: 9781846684449
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 15 Oct 2012
Describes the political and strategic realities that lay behind the battle, charting the nail-biting months that led to the victory at El Alamein in November 1942… More

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ISBN: 9780230744165 - Dominion Dominion
C. J. Sansom

ISBN10: 0230744168  ISBN13: 9780230744165
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 25 Oct 2012
The Great Smog. London. A dense, choking fog engulfs the city and beneath it, history is re-written ... More

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ISBN: 9781849544207 - Education, Education, Education Education, Education, Education
Reforming England's Schools
Andrew Adonis

ISBN10: 1849544204  ISBN13: 9781849544207
Publisher: Biteback
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Aug 2012
An essential book about a hot ticket issue by one of British politics' genuine big-hitters. More

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ISBN: 9780199582662 - Erasmus Darwin Erasmus Darwin
Sex, Science, and Serendipity
Patricia Fara

ISBN10: 0199582661  ISBN13: 9780199582662
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 13 Sep 2012
A tour of the late eighteenth century English Enlightenment in the company of Erasmus Darwin… More

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ISBN: 9780007436002 - Ever the Diplomat Ever the Diplomat
Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin
Sherard Cowper-Coles

ISBN10: 0007436009  ISBN13: 9780007436002
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 25 Oct 2012
In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world. More

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ISBN: 9780007454853 - Extreme Metaphors Extreme Metaphors
J. G. Ballard

ISBN10: 0007454856  ISBN13: 9780007454853
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 27 Sep 2012
A startling and at times unsettlingly prescient collection of J.G. Ballard's greatest interviews. More

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ISBN: 9780571290772 - Flight Behaviour Flight Behaviour
Barbara Kingsolver

ISBN10: 0571290779  ISBN13: 9780571290772
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Nov 2012
On the Appalachian Mountains above her home, a young mother discovers a beautiful and terrible marvel of nature… More

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ISBN: 9780230749061 - Former People Former People
The Last Days of the Russian Aristocracy
Douglas Smith

ISBN10: 0230749062  ISBN13: 9780230749061
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Edition: Unabridged
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 25 Oct 2012
The last great untold story of the Russian Revolution More

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ISBN: 9781780721095 - For the Love of Letters For the Love of Letters
The Joy of Slow Communication
John O'Connell

ISBN10: 1780721099  ISBN13: 9781780721095
Publisher: Short Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Nov 2012
Handwritten is a celebration of letter-writing in all its guises More

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ISBN: 9780141341422 - Four Children and It Four Children and It
Jacqueline Wilson

ISBN10: 0141341424  ISBN13: 9780141341422
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Aug 2012
Echoing the classic E. Nesbit novel "Five Children and It", this is the story of four children who discover a way to make wishes come true. More

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ISBN: 9781862059535 - Gennaro: Let's Cook Italian Gennaro: Let's Cook Italian
Favourite Family Recipes
Genarro Contaldo

ISBN10: 1862059535  ISBN13: 9781862059535
Publisher: Anova Books
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 24 Aug 2012
Gennaro Contaldo is passionate about cooking good, simple family food using fresh ingredients. Whether you're after a quick and easy weekday supper, a slow-cooked dish for the weekend, or something for a special occasion, this book has the recipe for you. More

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ISBN: 9781444008234 - Ghost Knight Ghost Knight
Cornelia Funke

ISBN10: 1444008234  ISBN13: 9781444008234
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Oct 2012
Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft never expected to enjoy boarding school. He never expected to be confronted by a pack of vengeful ghosts either. And then he meets Ella… More

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ISBN: 9780752227917 - Global Model Village Global Model Village
The International Street Art of Slinkachu
Slinkachu

ISBN10: 0752227912  ISBN13: 9780752227917
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Edition: Unabridged
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 27 Sep 2012
The sequel to the international bestseller 'Little People in the City' More

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ISBN: 9780713996838 - Governing the World Governing the World
The History of an Idea
Mark Mazower

ISBN10: 0713996838  ISBN13: 9780713996838
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Oct 2012
In 1815 the exhausted victors of the decades of fighting that had engulfed Europe for a generation agreed to a new system for keeping peace. This title shows how what started as a European story became the framework for today's world… More

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ISBN: 9780141335742 - Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena
Rick Riordan

ISBN10: 0141335742  ISBN13: 9780141335742
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 02 Oct 2012
Can Percy Jackson and the "Half-blood" Heroes succeed on their quest to find "The Doors of Death" or will the Greek Gods of chaos win their battle to stop them? Percy and his fellow demi-gods face the most important quest of all - the Prophecy of Seven. More

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ISBN: 9780199603497 - Higgs Higgs
The Invention and Discovery of the 'God Particle'
Jim Baggott

ISBN10: 0199603499  ISBN13: 9780199603497
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 13 Aug 2012
The hunt for the Higgs particle has involved the biggest, most expensive experiment ever… More

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ISBN: 9781444757095 - How Do We Fix This Mess? How Do We Fix This Mess?
The Economic Price of Having it All, and the Route to Lasting Prosperity
Robert Peston

ISBN10: 1444757091  ISBN13: 9781444757095
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 27 Sep 2012
In Robert Peston's new book he explains in his characteristically straightforward way how the world got itself into the current economic mess - and how we might get out of it. 'How do we fix this mess… More

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ISBN: 9781846142970 - Interventions Interventions
A Life in War and Peace
Kofi A. Annan

ISBN10: 1846142970  ISBN13: 9781846142970
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Oct 2012
With eloquence and immediacy, the author recounts the highs and lows of his years at the United Nations: from shuttle… More

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ISBN: 9780713998689 - Iron Curtain Iron Curtain
The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56
Anne Applebaum

ISBN10: 0713998687  ISBN13: 9780713998689
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Oct 2012
Once the Nazis were defeated in 1945, the people of Central and Eastern Europe expected to recover the lives they had led before 1939… More

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ISBN: 9780141195940 - Jabberwocky and Other Nonsense Jabberwocky and Other Nonsense
Collected Poems
Lewis Carroll

ISBN10: 0141195940  ISBN13: 9780141195940
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 06 Sep 2012
Collects together the range of the author's poetry, including nonsense verse, parodies, burlesques, and more. This title also includes: "The Walrus and the Carpenter", "The Mock Turtle's Song", "Father William" and more. More

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ISBN: 9781408805961 - John Saturnall's Feast John Saturnall's Feast
Lawrence Norfolk

ISBN10: 1408805960  ISBN13: 9781408805961
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 13 Sep 2012
From the bestselling author of Lempriere's Dictionary, Lawrence Norfolk is back with an astounding new historical novel More

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ISBN: 9781846144059 - Kandak Kandak
Fighting with Afghans
Patrick Hennessey

ISBN10: 1846144051  ISBN13: 9781846144059
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 06 Sep 2012
When the author returned home from Afghanistan, battle-worn, exhilarated, unsure if he'd see anything like it in his life again, he left behind him bands of friendship forged in the heat of the moment between living and dying… More

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ISBN: 9781409383260 - LEGO Friends Brickmaster LEGO Friends Brickmaster

ISBN10: 1409383261  ISBN13: 9781409383260
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Oct 2012
Letting you join the Friends on their journey and follow the fun photo scrapbook to find out what they get up to, this title comes with an exclusive minifigure, and over 100 bricks. It contains fascinating facts and Did You Know… More

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ISBN: 9780593066805 - Live from Downing Street Live from Downing Street
Nick Robinson

ISBN10: 0593066804  ISBN13: 9780593066805
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 25 Oct 2012
The relationship between those who wield power and those whose job it is to tell us what they are doing has always been fraught with tension. This book takes you on an absorbing journey through the hard… More

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ISBN: 9781119973140 - London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
The Official Commemorative Book
Tom Knight, Sybil Ruscoe

ISBN10: 1119973147  ISBN13: 9781119973140
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 19 Oct 2012
The magnificent official celebration of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. A glorious keepsake of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, full of unforgettable images, powerful quotes and fascinating statistics. More

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ISBN: 9781119973126 - Making History at London 2012 Making History at London 2012
25 Iconic Moments of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Brendan Gallagher

ISBN10: 1119973120  ISBN13: 9781119973126
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 26 Oct 2012
This magnificent commemorative anthology features 25 firsthand accounts from the UK's finest journalists. More

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ISBN: 9781849491242 - Mark Hix on Baking Mark Hix on Baking
Mark Hix

ISBN10: 1849491240  ISBN13: 9781849491242
Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 11 Oct 2012
In this exciting new book, Mark Hix applies his characteristic flair to a range of sweet and savoury recipes that reflects his own unique interpretation of baking. Here the term covers pretty much anything that can be cooked in the dry heat of an oven - … More

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ISBN: 9781847083241 - May We be Forgiven May We be Forgiven
A. M. Homes

ISBN10: 1847083242  ISBN13: 9781847083241
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 11 Oct 2012
The dark and dazzling new novel from the author of the major bestseller This Book Will Save Your Life More

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ISBN: 9781846144851 - Merchant, Soldier, Sage Merchant, Soldier, Sage
A New History of Power
David Priestland

ISBN10: 184614485X  ISBN13: 9781846144851
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Aug 2012
We live in an age ruled by merchants. Competition, flexibility and profit are still the common currency, even at a time when Western countries have been driven off a cliff by these very values. But will it always be this way… More

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ISBN: 9780007329496 - Mick Jagger Mick Jagger
Satan from Suburbia
Philip Norman

ISBN10: 0007329490  ISBN13: 9780007329496
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Oct 2012
A miracle of still-plentiful hair, raw sex-appeal, and strutting talent … More