Now's the time to start looking for bargains, and there's no better place for a bargain than our online bookstore. If you're having to stay in more than you're used to, it might be a good time to catch up on those books you always meant to read but never quite got round to, and or maybe you could just revisit an old favourite you haven't read for years. You're sure to find something on our shelves to fit the bill and now we're offering even better value with cheaper shipping charges for multiple purchases/ And watch this space for some great special offers in the next couple of months.
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A mystery to be solved...
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 Another great medieval murder mystery featuring the remarkable Benedictine monk Brother Cadfael. This time he's trying to clear the name of Elis ap Cynan accused of murdering the father of the girl he loves. And Dead Man's Ransom tells how a thread of wool - bright clear blue wool - holds many answers... |
The Countess stood by the safe. In her hand was a bundle of documents and a bunch of torn scraps fluttered from her hand into the bonfire. She did not turn her head. "Come in," she said abstractedly. ... "If you will lower your pistol, Colonel Marassin may defer his intention to kill yhou for a moment or two..." First published in 1936, The Dark Frontier still grips as tightly as ever. |
A good laugh...
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 The Vicar has departed now - but he was around for a long time - a very long time, some might say! This collection of pieces from The St Albion's Parish News dates from 1999 - but all the old friends are there, Mandelson, Campbell, Mr Prescott from the Working Men's Club etc...
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 When Gussie abandons his beloved newts to go courting as Mephistopheles, Bertie Wooster is more than a bit nonplussed. But even the Devil can rely on Jeeves. Be warned,if you don't like drawing attention to yourself do not read Right Ho Jeeves on a crowded bus!
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Other universes...
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 In The Starfollowers of Coramonde we hear the story of Gil MacDonald, soldier and self-chosen exile from Earth, searching for Yardiff Bey, the master wizard and archvillain. Bey had abducted Gil's friend Dunstan and was now plotting with his Dark Masters to destroy all that was good in this strange world of magic and mystery which the American had chosen.
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 The Cold War Corps aimed to be freeing Earth from the tyranny of the Haijac Union. Its network of spies spread throughout the world, working to free the Jacks and turn them towards the True Religion. But which was freedom, which was tyranny? In a mad world where love was a sin and sex a crime against humanity Barker had to discover quickly - before the day of...Timestop! |
Other people's lives...
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 Over the last fifty years Ian Holm has become one of the most respected actors of his generation. From his brilliant debut with the RSC in the 1960s, he went on to work with Harold Pinter and appeared in popular films like Alien, Chariots of Fire,and Lord of the Rings. His varied career spans stage, screen, television and radio. Now he has written his autobiography |
 Robert Bloomfield was born in Suffolk of a humble background. He attended the local dame school and as a young man travelled to London to learn the trade of shoemaking. Years later he wrote The Farmer's Boy, a poem based on nostalgic memories of his youth, which was published in 1800.
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 For months, Ben had been thinking about dogs...so he was upset when all he receivedfor his birthday a picture of a dog. His imagination soon got to work, though, and that's when Ben's strange adventures began. A lovely story, beautifully told by Phillippa Pearce.
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 Mildred Hubble was a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, and she was making an awful mess of it. The Worst Witch ever, she couldn't even ride a broomstick without crashing it and she was always getting her spells wrong. But she managed to get by until she turned Ethel, the teacher's pet, into her deadly enemy... |
