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A Himalayan Odyssey
by Gioietta Kuo
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Paperback (5x8) - £11.25
ISBN: 9780759683761
Few of us can boast of a childhood as packed in adventures  as that of Gioietta Kuo  growing up in the Himalayan foothills, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.  There are many  fascinating stories - waterwheel, waterclock, silkworms,...More
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Broken Toy: A Man's Dream, A Company's Mystery
by Craig Andrews
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Paperback (6x9) - £15.00
ISBN: 9781403303912
Was there a toy mouse before Walt Disney's "Mickey?" If there was, what happened to it? During the 1920s two men, one from the world of toys and one from the burgeoning world of moving pictures produced very unique...More
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Broken Toy: A Man's Dream, A Company's Mystery
by Craig Andrews
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Glossy Hardcover (6x9) - £17.00
ISBN: 9781403303929
Was there a toy mouse before Walt Disney's "Mickey?" If there was, what happened to it? During the 1920s two men, one from the world of toys and one from the burgeoning world of moving pictures produced very unique...More
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The Reluctant Agent: A Compelling Story of Espionage
by Will Bonner
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Paperback (6x9) - £14.00
ISBN: 9780759674905
The book is a memoir produced in story telling style. Written initially for his family the author combines the normal day to day living with shadowy experiences, involving intelligence agents. The story begins during...More
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Johnny Mac
by John Knowles Probst
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Paperback (6x9) - £15.00
ISBN: 9780759659087
I met Johnny Mac when he was a young man. Over a period of time, we became friends and he began to share his story with me. Johnny Mac’s life exploded against the backdrop of the peaceful Heartland of America. When he was...More
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When the Time is Right, Move On
by Faye E. J. Thomas
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Paperback (5x8) - £13.00
ISBN: 9780759669475
When The Time is Right, Move On reveals the events that shaped Faye E. J. Thomas’ life. She grew up in a small paper mill town in Louisiana at the end of The Depression. Her closely-knit family had close ties to the church,...More
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Philip and Olympias: A Novel of Ancient Macedon
by Peter Messmore
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Paperback (6x9) - £11.75
ISBN: 9780759649583
Philip II of Macedon, husband of Olympias, father of Alexander the Great, was the architect of the world's first nation-state. During his reign he rose from barbaric obscurity to preeminence in the Greek world. Athenians...More
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The Block: A Brooklyn Story
by Brian O.
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Paperback (5x8) - £9.25
ISBN: 9780759642195
The Block: A Brooklyn Story is about the author’s experiences growing up in Brooklyn, New York, between the years 1969 and 1990. The book relates to the many people the author grew up with and the things that went on in the...More
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Silent Births: Fruit of the Womb
by Elaine Cordani-Gelhaus
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Paperback (6x9) - £13.75
ISBN: 9781403309020
Imagine the metaphor of God as a needle and the soul a thread weaving a magnificent tapestry through many lifetimes, and that it is essential to pick and choose the fabric from rows of other souls from those lives we come...More
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Hero of Bullfrog Hill
by Mike Marr
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Paperback (6x9) - £8.75
ISBN: 9781403318299
This book should probably be kept in the bathroom because each chapter is just long enough for your morning constitution. You don’t have to be born Southern to enjoy Hero of Bullfrog Hill but it couldn’t hurt. Here are tales...More