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Faber and Faber, 2003. Haedback. New/Oerfect. Faber and Faber, 2003. New. A spectacular, salacious and scandalous new biography of the celebrated courtesan, who was famously told, by the Duke of Wellington, to 'publish and be damned.'Born in 1786, by the time she was fifteen Harriette Wilson was well on her way to becoming Regency London's most sought-after courtesan. She counted amongst her conquests the Prince of Wales, the Lord Chancellor, and no less than four future Prime Ministers. There was hardly a young dandy in Mayfair who had not been involved with Harriette, who entranced men with her wit as much as her beauty. But when the Duke of Beaufort put a halt on the payments he had promised her, Harriette decided to avenge herself on the whole pack.Source: Publisher 359 pp.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, January 19, 2004. Haedback. New/Perfect. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, January 19, 2004. New. 208 pp.

Fourth Estate, March 7, 2005. Hardback. New/Perfect. An intense, heartbreaking, new novel from one of the brightest, and most unusual voices in American fiction. 'Fine, precise and shocking, but how will Kimball follow this incredible debut? ' asked THE TIMES in 2001. HOW MUCH OF US THERE WAS is Michael Kimball's bold reply. It is a small masterpiece. 144 pp.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. New/Perfect. When a young man arrives from Australia to claim his inheritance, he changes a small Irish town for everJoseph Brennan sees Michael Bugler, the returned exile, as a threat And for Breege, Joseph's younger sister, Bugler is an irresistible stranger to whose charms she must not succumb for fear of betraying her brotherA love-hate story on many levels, Wild Decembers explores the depth and darkness at the root of all ownership With a rich and comic cast of characters, this primal story is a complex and daring work, fixed in a time and place, yet imbued with the permanence of mythSource: Publisher

Everyman's Library, September 26, 1991. Hardback. Everyman's Library, September 26, 1991. New – Crimping / Wrinkling to bottom of dust jacket on the back.: This book details the life of the irresistible Moll and her struggles through poverty and sin in search of property and power. Born in Newgate Prison to a picaresque mother, Moll propels herself through marriages, periods of success and destitution, and a trip to the New World and back, only to return to the place of her birth as a popular prostitute and brilliant thief. 296 pp.

Everyman's Library, September 26, 1991. Hardback. New/Slight Cripming. Everyman's Library, September 26, 1991. New. New – Crimping to Dust Jacket, back, bottom: This book details the life of the irresistible Moll and her struggles through poverty and sin in search of property and power. Born in Newgate Prison to a picaresque mother, Moll propels herself through marriages, periods of success and destitution, and a trip to the New World and back, only to return to the place of her birth as a popular prostitute and brilliant thief. 296 pp.

Everyman's Library, September 26, 1991. Hardback. New other/Slight creasing at spine. New – Very slight damage to dust cover at corner of spine:This book details the life of the irresistible Moll and her struggles through poverty and sin in search of property and power. Born in Newgate Prison to a picaresque mother, Moll propels herself through marriages, periods of success and destitution, and a trip to the New World and back, only to return to the place of her birth as a popular prostitute and brilliant thief. 296 pp.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, April 21, 2003. Haedback. New/Perfect. Brabd New and Unread: How to Mow the Lawn: The Lost Art of Being a Man, Sam Mart. At about the time men started to get in touch with their feminine sides, hammer sales around the world began to drop off. So begins this witty yet practical guide for men looking to reclaim their traditional role. Author Sam Martin covers every aspect of the transition imaginable. From DIY to BBQ, this simple guide offers no-nonsense advice on becoming an expert in all things macho: carpentry, outdoor survival, even impressing the women in their lives. Individual chapters cover every area that could conceivably be man's territory: The Great Outdoors, Men and Machines, Man About the House, The Perfect Host, Men at Work, Sports and Sportsmanship, A Man's Best Friend, How to Be a Hero, and more. In her famous hit Stand By Your Man, Tammy Wynette sang, It's hard to be a woman. How to Mow the Lawn makes it easy, and fun, to be a man. Source: Publisher 144 pp.

Fourth Estate, 2002. Hardback. New/Perfect. Fourth Estate, 2002. New. Jules Grund, the painter, died leaving Susan and Portia, his wife and daughter; Caroline, his mistress who paints and then destroys forgeries; and his brother, Adam who lives with his lover, Peter. Truths are revealed as Omar unravels the truth of Grund's life and his family. 312 pp.

Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, London, July 16, 1992. Haedback. New/Perfect. Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, London, July 16, 1992. New. A new edition of the first novel of an author who has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Combining humour and pity, it creates the atmosphere of The Jerusalem, where old ladies have nothing to do except eat junket and die peacefully without fuss.Source: Publisher 220 pp.

Jonathan Cape, 2002. Hardback. New/Perfect. Jonathan Cape, 2002. New. Felony is about the misdemeanours inherent in writing; theft, false memory, plagarism and greed for celebrity. It demonstrates the embarrassment and shame suffered by those who steal from and exploit others in their quest, but who go on and do it all the same. 190 pp.

David Campbell, 1995. Hardback. New. A Superb historical novel set in the late seventeenth century, Rob Roy is also an adventure story. Using his favourite device of contrasting characters and places, Scott sets romantic rural Scotland against the prosaic cities of Glasgow and London. In his tragic portrait of Rob Roy MacGregor, he shows the feudal world of the Highlands withering away under the onslaught of new commercial and political realities. With his own sympathies equally balanced, he is perfectly quipped to portray the struggle between them. Rob Roy will be a major United Artists film for release in the summer of 1995. Directed by Michael Caton Jones, it stars Liam Neeson, John Hurt, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth and Eric Stolpz. 494 pp.

Everymsan Library, 1994. Hardback. New. Everymsan Library, 1994. New. Published in 1864, CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? was the first volume in what turned out to be the Palliser sequence of six political novels, serialized on television some years ago. It is in this book that we first meet Plantagenet Palliser, later to become Duke of Omnium, but the forces of attention concerns two women and their lovers- Lady Glencora and Alice Vavasour. Trollope wonderfully contrasts their private dramas with the public excitements of politics in a book which has all the breadth and scope of the best nineteenth-century epics.

Algonquin Books, 2001. Hardback. New/Perfect. A brand new and unread copy. Photos are of one of the four books for sale, all are in the same perfect condition.Algonquin Books, 2001. New.The second novel by the author of the Orange Prize winning A Crime in the Neighbourhood is set in a Boston suburb a year or so after the infamous nanny scandal broke. The second novel by the author of the Orange Prize winning A Crime in the Neighbourhood is set in a Boston suburb a year or so after the infamous nanny scandal broke. 320 pp.

Everyman's Library, 1995. Hardback. New/Perfect. The concluding episode in Trollope's magnificent sequence of six Barsetshire novels narrates the trials of Joseph Crawley, the obsessive rector of Hogglestovk, as he struggles to clear his name from accusations of theft. But Crawley's story is only one thread in a complex tapesty which includes favourite characters from earlier novels in this delicately planned finale to the sequence. Four of the Barset novels - THE WARDEN, BARCHESTER TOWERS, DOCTOR THORNE AND FRAMLEY PARSONAGE already appear in Everyman. THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON will be published in 1996 1003 pp.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, July 25, 1996. Bloomsbury Classics. New.
Poor Cow by Nell Dunn (Bloomsbury Ckassics, Hardback, 1996)
First published in 1967, this novel tells the story of Joy living amongst the shiftless poor in London Her life is made tolerable by her love for her child Nell Dunn is the author of Up the Junction which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, and the play and film Steaming
Nell Dunn also wrote the screenplay for a film version of her book in 1967, directed by Ken Loach, starring Carol White and Terence Stamp
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Everyman's Library, 2001. Haedback. New/Perfect.
A brand new shrink-wrapped copy of the Everyman's library edition of William Langland's Piers Plowman, Sir Gawain And The Green Knight. The pictures in this listing are scans of one of the four book for sale (not stock photos), all are in the same new condition.
The magnificent heritage of English poetry before Chaucer is often neglected because of difficulties with unfamiliar dialect. These translations reveal what we are missing if we ignore it. Piers Plowman belongs to the tradition of medieval allegory, but without any of the stuffiness that label suggests. It paints a vivid picture of everyday life in the 14th century with a vigour and detail which anticipates The Canterbury Tales. However, the jewel in the crown of Middle English verse is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, here presented in the classic version by JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings (currently being filmed). A wonderfully told story which combines suspense, fantasy,… Leer más

London, United Kingdom: Everymans Library, 1994. New.
A brand New, Shrink wrapped copy of Leo Tolstoy's 'The Cossacks' From the Everyan's Library:
Photos are of one of the four that are for sale, not stock photos If you wish to purchase and would like a photo of the book you will be sent, I will happily provide them
A brilliant short novel based on Tolstoy's early life as a soldier in the Caucusus, THE COSSACKS has all the energy and poetry of youth while at the same time foreshadowing the great themes of Tolstoy's later years A young officer finds himself living among tribesmen on the borders of southern Russia In depicting his experience, Tolstoy explores the birth and death of love, the transience of life, the love of honour and the pain of war, all portrayed amidst the wild and magnificent landscape of the mountains and described in exquisite detail

Everyman's Library, 1994. Haedback. New/Perfect. A brand new and unread copy of Framley Parsonage by IAnthony Trollope from the Everyman's Library series. The pictures in this listing are scans of one of the three books for sale, not stock photos. All books are in the same condition, i.e. new, unread and in perfect condition, if you wish to buy and require pictures of the actual book to be delivered please message and I will supply them.FRAMLEY PARSONAGE continues the Barchester series of novels in which Trollope explores the social, political and domestic life revolving around a mid-nineteenth-century cathedral town. Popular since it was first published, the story combines romantic comedy with satirical commentary. 628 pp.

Everyman's Library. New/Perfect. Samuel Butler (1835-1902) made one reputation during his lifetime with his Utopian satire Erewhon, and a second reputation after his death with The Way of All Flesh, published posthumously This novel, the story of Ernest Pontifex, is a thinly disguised autobiography in which Butler brutally but hilariously savages the financial, sexual, familial and spiritual hypocrisies of late Victorian England Source: Publisher