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$8.00

A sweeping story of mothers and daughters, set against a grand canvas of post-revolutionary Russia, early Communist China, the south seas and contemporary Australia Beginning in a small village on the Chinese-Russian border in the final days of World War II, this novel tells the story of a mother and daughter separated by war. In a district of the city of Harbin, a haven for White Russian families since Russia’s Communist revolution, Alina Kozlova must make a heartbreaking decision if her only child, Anya, is to live. ‘White Gardenia’ sweeps across cultures and continents, from the glamorous, decadent Shanghai to the harshness of Cold War Soviet Russia in the 1960s, from a desolate island in the Pacific Ocean to a new life in post-war Australia. Both mother and daughter must make sacrifices, but is the price of survival too high? And will they ever find each other again? Good: Minor marks on the cover a few pages dogeared otherwise tidy condition.

The Big Red Train Ride

$6.00

The only continuous land route between Western Europe and the Pacific coast of the USSR, the Trans-Siberian Railway covers nearly a 100 degrees of longitude, seven time zones and 5900 miles in a journey lasting 192 hours and 35 minutes. In 1977 Eric Newby set out with his wife, an official guide and a photographer to gather a wealth of irreverent and humorous detail about life in the USSR. Eric Newby has also written “ When the Snow Comes, They Will Take You Away” , “ The World Atlas of Exploration” , “ Great Ascents” and many travel other travel books. Illustrated. Fair: Creases and marks on the cover, sun faded pages binding is good.

The Progress Challenge

$8.00

The Progress Challenge is an excellent guide to both personal and professional success. The book helps the reader understand that change is inevitable, yet progress is a choice. In Lindsay’s words…be progress. — Jim Keyes CEO, Blockbuster The Progress Challenge is just that, a challenge a challenge to progress, a challenge to work and win in this complicated, stress-encouraging, wonderful world of continual, radical change. Meeting The Progress Challenge: – Establishes and Cements Customer Loyalty – Attracts New Business and Generates Quality Referrals – Leads to Career Development and Life Balance – Creates Better leaders, Better Team Members, Better Human Beings. There is a powerful and important connection between solid leadership, sales success, personal motivation, and customer loyalty. All are achieved by effectively positioning ideas, recommendations, solutions, products, services even ourselves as progress in the minds of those we wish to inspire to action. This book offers a fresh and powerful blueprint for meeting this Progress Challenge. In it s pages, you ll learn how to enhance your opportunities by implementing and using Dean Lindsay s Six Ps of Progress. However, simply learning how to enhance your opportunities is NOT the goal. The goal is to actually enhance your opportunities in your life and work. Learning should not lead to simply knowing. Learning should lead to action. The Progress Challenge encourages readers to: – Welcome the Rise of Progress Leadership – Become Business Attraction Magnets – Focus on Inspiring Progress, and Not Apologizing for Change – Craft and Commit to Progress-Based Goals – Define Parameters for Progress – Aim for Progress not Perfection – Find Progress in Change – Go from Stress to Progress – View Time Management as Self Management – Stop Changing and Start Progressing – And … Be Progress. Good: Tidy condition.

God’s Debris A Thought Experiment

$10.00

God’s debris is the first non-Dilbert, non-humor book by Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert. Imagine that you meet a very old man who–you eventually realize–knows literally everything. Imagine that he explains for you the great mysteries of life: quantum physics, evolution, God, gravity, light, psychic phenomenon, and probability–in a way so simple, so novel, and so compelling that it all fits together and makes perfect sense. What does it feel like suddenly to understand everything? Fine: almost like new very tidy condition.

Encounters

$6.00

A captivating volume of over forty short stories full of love, hope, and fear, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay. Barbara Erskine is a born storyteller. The tales in ‘Encounters’ illustrate her extraordinary talent for capturing the spirit of a place and drawing us into the hearts and minds of her characters. Some are humorous, some thrilling, while others are unashamedly sentimental. Old-fashioned love stories such as ‘A Face in the Crowd’ follow ingenious ghost stories, and in ‘A Step Out of Time’ the past and present come together, drawing back the curtain that separates us from our ancestors. No one who has enjoyed Barbara Erskine’s best-selling novels – Lady of Hay, Kingdom of Shadows, Child of the Phoenix and Midnight is a Lonely Place – will be able to resist this gripping collection. Fair: Marks on the cover, binding is good.

Shopaholic and Sister

$6.00

Rebecca Bloomwood is now happily married to Luke Brandon, and all her problems seem to be at an end. But suddenly into her life steps … a sister, of whose existence Becky had hitherto been completely unaware. Becky is only too anxious to welcome her into the bosom of the family. But there is only one snag – she Hates shopping. She is the antithesis of the shopaholic. It all makes for some very difficult family relationships … Fair: Minor marks on the cover and front fly leaf.

Sushi for Beginners

$8.00

Three women in Dublin are going through a period of change in their lives. Bitchy, ambitious and beautiful, Lisa has been sent to Dublin to launch a brand new Irish Women’s Magazine, however as she thought her next move was to New York she feels like she is in exile and is none to happy with the alternative. On arrival she decides that her new boss, the attractive if not somewhat scruffy Jack Devine, might just be the only worthwhile thing in Ireland. Aisling, Lisa’s new assistant, aka ‘little Miss Fix It’, is the world’s biggest worrier and everyone’s friend. Unused to the glamorous world of glossy magazines and never before having encountered anyone like Lisa, she feels that she will never be able to cope. Her lack of waistline and boyfriend send her into a sinking depression, that even her weekly salsa class cannot erase. Clodagh, the girl who has everything – blonde, beautiful married to the gorgeous Dylan with two perfect children – is bored. She’s on the lookout for something or someone new … Sushi for Beginners tells the tale of three women’s struggle for happiness and once again Marian Keyes has produced a book you just don’t want to put down. The lesson – if you don’t grasp every opportunity that comes along you just might miss the boat! Good: Very tidy condition

I Will Find You

$6.00

From the # 1 author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Stay Close, a page-turning thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page. The new Harlan Coben blockbuster has arrived.______________David and Cheryl Burroughs are living the dream – married, a beautiful house in the suburbs, a three year old son named Matthew – when tragedy strikes one night in the worst possible way. David awakes to find himself covered in blood, but not his own – his son’s. And while he knows he did not murder his son, the overwhelming evidence against him puts him behind bars indefinitely. Five years into his imprisonment, Cheryl’s sister arrives – and drops a bombshell. She’s come with a photograph that a friend took on vacation at a theme park. The boy in the background seems familiar – and even though David realizes it can’t be, he knows it is. It’s Matthew, and he’s still alive. David plans a harrowing escape from prison, determined to do what seems impossible – save his son, clear his own name, and discover the real story of what happened that devastating night. I Will Find You . .’A thrilling roller-coaster ride’ ‘Harlan at his absolute best!’ ‘Couldn’t put is down’ ‘Bravo on another fab story’ Fair: Tidy condition

Vinegar Hill

$6.00

It is 1972 and Ellen Grier finds herself back in the Midwestern hometown she thought she had escaped for good. Worse yet, she and her family have had to move in with her in-laws : narrowminded, eccentric people who are as tough as the farm lives they have endured. Devout Catholics, they inhabit a world “as rigid, as, as precise as a church”, and Ellen struggles to live by their motto: “A place for everything; everything in its place”. Fair: Tidy condition minor marks on title page.

The Summer Garden

$6.00

A novel of the enduring power of love and commitment – against the forces of war and the equally dangerous forces of keeping the peace. From the bestselling author of The Girl in Times Square, comes the magnificent conclusion to the saga that was set in motion when Tatiana fell in love with her Red Army officer, Alexander Belov, in wartime Leningrad in 1941. Tatiana and Alexander have since suffered the worst the twentieth century had to offer. After years of separation, they are miraculously reunited in America, the land of their dreams. They have a beautiful son, Anthony. They have proved to each other that their love is greater than the vast evil of the world. But though they are only in their twenties, in their hearts they are old, and they are strangers. In the climate of fear and mistrust of the Cold War, dark forces are at work in the US that threaten their life and their family. Can they be happy? Or will the ghosts of yesterday reach out to blight even the destiny of their firstborn son? Epic in scope, masterfully told, The Summer Garden is a novel of unique and devastating emotional power that spans two thirds of the twentieth century, and three continents. Fine: good condition

Readers Digest Condensed 4 book volume.

$6.00

Four Titles in one volume. John Grisham THE STREET LAWYER; Nora Roberts HOME PORT; Lee Child KILLING FLOOR and Barbara Delinsky THREE WISHES. Good: Very tidy condition.

Watermelon

$6.00

A hilarious and bittersweet tale of baby-blues and fruitless men. At twenty-nine, fun-loving, good-natured Claire has everything she ever wanted: a husband she adores, a great apartment, a good job. Then, on the day she gives birth to her first baby, James visits her in the recovery room to tell her that he’s leaving her. Claire is left with a beautiful newborn daughter, a broken heart, and a body that she can hardly bear to look at in the mirror. So, in the absence of any better offers, Claire decides to go home to her family in Dublin. To her gorgeous man-eating sister Helen, her soap-watching mother, her bewildered father. And there, sheltered by the love of her (albeit quirky) family, she gets better. A lot better. In fact, so much better that when James slithers back into her life, he’s in for a bit of a surprise. Fair: Tidy condition

Moonlight & Lovesongs

$6.00

As the Second World War enters its final year, the spirit of the close-knit community in April Grove, Portsmouth refuses to die. Teenager Carol Glaister, forced to give up her baby son, becomes increasingly obsessed by the need to find him again. Ambitious, sexy Diane Shaw leaves the aviation factory for a career in the WAAFs, but discovers she is up against far more than she bargained for–in both work and love. And Olive Harker struggles to stay true to a husband she has barely seen since the war began, her love challenged in a way she would never have dreamed possible. Fair: Tidy condition, minor marks on the cover.

Essentials of Life-Span Development

$45.00

Essentials of Life-Span Development by John W. Santrock (5th Edition) is a foundational developmental psychology textbook that introduces students to human growth and development from conception through death. It emphasizes current research, real-world application, and how developmental psychology applies to everyday life and future careers. The book helps readers understand biological, cognitive, and socioemotional development across the lifespan by integrating research findings with practical examples and offering personalized learning support to improve comprehension and performance. Overview: This is an introductory textbook to developmental psychology that explores human growth and change throughout the entire life span — from conception and infancy through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and into aging and death. It blends theoretical foundations with real-world research and application so students can see how developmental concepts apply to everyday life and future careers. Core Focus: Emphasizes current research findings and integrates them with practical life examples so readers can understand not just what development looks like, but why it occurs. Shows how biological, cognitive, and socioemotional processes interact at every age and stage. Highlights nature vs. nurture, cultural and individual differences, and lifespan continuity/change. Uses accessible writing and pedagogical features (e.g., summaries, key terms, review questions) to support student learning and critical thinking. Structure & Topics: The book is organized chronologically and covers development in distinct life stages with paired focus on physical/cognitive and socioemotional domains, including: 1. Foundations – Introduction to the field, research methods, and major theories. 2. Prenatal & Infancy – Biological beginnings, early sensory, motor, cognitive, and emotional development. 3. Early & Middle Childhood – Growth in thinking, language, schooling, self-concept, peer relations. 4. Adolescence – Identity formation, puberty, cognitive advances, social challenges. 5. Adulthood – Early, middle, and late adulthood changes in career, family, health, cognition. 6. Late Adulthood & End of Life – Aging processes, retirement, loss, coping with death and grief. Pedagogical Features: • Real-world applications connect research to everyday experiences. • Review and critical thinking tools help reinforce concepts. • Includes cultural and diversity perspectives throughout to deepen understanding. Fine: Very good condition

Crying Wolf

$6.00

Peter Abrahams tells an intricate tale of a seemingly innocent plan that takes a deadly turn, putting three young students on a collision course with a desperate criminal. Fair: Tidy condition minor crease on the back cover.

8th Confession

$6.00

A rock star, a fashion designer, a software tycoon and a millionaire heiress. All glamorous, stunningly attractive, and incredibly rich. All dead. All murdered. All of them Detective Lindsay Boxer’s problem. But the frantic media attention on the case distracts from the murder of a local street hero. Only intrepid reporter Cindy Thomas, a member of the Women’s Murder Club, is on the case. The victim was celebrated across the city. Who would want to kill him? Could the down-and-out Samaritan have been hiding a dark secret? With tensions running high in their personal lives, will the Women’s Murder Club be strong enough to crack these cases, or will the strain tear them apart? More praise for the Women’s Murder Club ‘Fast-moving, intricately plotted . . . Boxer steals the show as the tough cop with a good heart’ Mirror. ‘I have never begun a Patterson book and been able to put it down’ Larry King ‘Patterson and Paetro at their best…. A series that shows no signs of fatigue or flagging’ BookReporter.com Fair: Tidy condition, Minor marks on the cover.

Uptown Girl

$6.00

From the bestselling author of The First Wives’ Club and Young Wives, a sparkling New York comedy about making plans for other people – and then tripping yourself up in them. There’s something magical about Brooklyn’s Billy Nolan. It’s not just that he’s wickedly attractive, it’s that any woman he dates and dumps (and he dates and dumps them all) immediately goes on to marry someone else. Sassy, uptown New Yorker Kate is immune to Billy’s charms – she left Brooklyn behind a long time ago, and she’s not about to fall under the spell of a handsome waster from the old neighbourhood. Besides, she’s dating the eminently suitable Michael. But perhaps the ‘Billy effect’ will work for Kate’s friend, Bina, who has fallen apart because her almost-fiancé, Jack, is going away to ‘explore his singleness’.<All Kate has to do is get Billy to date Bina and dump her – and then await Jack's return and watch the magic happen. It's a great plan and at first it seems to be working. But the one thing Kate hasn't considered is how Billy feels about it all… Fair: Tidy condition, Minor marks on the cover.

Inge and Mira

$6.00

Inge is tall and cool and Mira is petite and dynamic. When they meet, each is attracted by something special and different about the other. But friendships based on the attraction of opposites can be stormy, and theirs is no exception. Blonde Inge is a native of Sweden, while dark Mira has fled there to escape the living hell of Chile at the time of the military coup led by General Pinochet. They are brought together by their mutual love of plants, but this gentle pastime is soon overshadowed by the terrible legacy of Mira’s past. It is a legacy that will reach out to touch many lives, including those of Inge and Mira’s children. Written with sympathy and insight and sparkling with unexpected humour, Inge and Mira is a deeply moving tale of lives haunted by past violence. Good: Sun aged pages. Binding is very good.

This Charming Man

$6.00

Lola has just found out that her boyfriend – charismatic politician Paddy de Courcy – is getting married. To someone else. Heartbroken, Lola flees the city for a cottage by the sea. But will Lola’s retreat prove as idyllic as she hopes? Journalist Grace wants the inside story on Paddy de Courcy’s engagement and thinks Lola holds the key to it. Grace knew Paddy a long time ago. But why can’t she forget him? Grace’s sister, Marnie, might have the answer but she also has issues with the past. Her loving loving husband and beautiful daughters are wonderful, but they can’t take away memories of her first love: a certain Paddy de Courcy. What will it take for Marnie to be able to move on? Alicia Thornton is Paddy’s wife-to-be. Determined to be the perfect wife, Alicia would do anything for her fiancé. But does she know the real Paddy? Four very different women. One awfully charming man. And the dark secret that binds them all… Fair: Tidy condition some dog eared pages.

The Abductors

$4.00

Blends a fascinating story of a child abduction, upper gentile and the underworld of child trafficking for the sex trade.. during the Victorian era of Queen Victoria. Poor condition marks inside front cover, binding is good.

The Final Detail

$6.00

The wisecracking sports agent, Myron Bolitar, investigates the murder of a client for which his partner was arrested. The partner had an argument with the client, a Yankee pitcher who failed a drug test, but Bolitar cannot believe he would kill him. By the author of One False Move. Tidy condition

Rachel’s Holiday

$4.00

Here’s Rachel Walsh. Twenty-seven and the miserable owner of size 8 feet. She has regular congress with Luke Costello, a man who wears his leather trousers tight. And she’s fond – some might say too fond – of recreational drugs. Until everything goes pear-shaped and she finds herself being frog-marched to the Cloisters – Dublin’s answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. She’s outraged. Surely she’s not thin enough to be an addict? But on the bright side, she’s heard that rehab places are wall-to-wall jacuzzis, gymnasiums and rock stars going tepid turkey. Rachel isn’t expecting plump, middle-aged men in brown jumpers, and more group therapy than you can shake a stick at. Worse still she seems to be expected to join in. Heartsick and Luke-sick, she seeks redemption in the shape of Chris, a Man with a Past. A man who might be more trouble than he’s worth. Rachel is airlifted from addiction to the unfamiliar terrain of adulthood, via a love story or two, in a novel by turns poignant, powerful and seriously funny. Significant wear on the cover sun aged pages. DIFFERENT COVER.

Voices on the Wind

$12.00

As a young woman, Katherine had been sent into Occupied France to aid the Resistance. There, she had fallen in love with a dashing underground leader. Now she must confront her painful memories and decide whether to expose the past treachery. Very tidy condition almost like new.

Heidi

$12.00

Heidi tells the heartwarming story of a spirited young orphan girl named Heidi who is sent to live with her reclusive grandfather in the Swiss Alps. At first, her grandfather is gruff and distant, but Heidi’s bright personality and love of the mountains gradually soften his heart. She thrives in the fresh air, forming a close bond with Peter, the goatherd, and finds joy in the simple beauty of alpine life. Heidi’s life changes when she is taken to Frankfurt to be a companion to Clara, a girl who is unable to walk. Despite the comforts of the city, Heidi deeply misses her mountain home. Her vibrant spirit and kindness help uplift Clara, but she struggles with homesickness and the strict routines of urban life. Eventually, Heidi returns to her beloved Alps, bringing Clara with her. Surrounded by the healing power of nature, Clara’s health and strength improve. The story celebrates themes of friendship, resilience, the healing influence of nature, and the importance of home and belonging, as Heidi brings joy and transformation to everyone she meets. Full colour illustrations. Ribbon place marker. Very tidy condition, minor mark on the front cover, missing dust jacket.

Lake in the Clouds

$8.00

The third novel in the Wilderness series finds the Bonner family back home in the North American frontier. A sparkling, absorbing historical novel, set in America at a time when the growing population in the towns clashed with the frontiersmen, the adventurers and the original settlers, in their attempts to regulate society, as they saw it. Tidy condition.

Shattered Silk

$6.00

Shattered Silk follows Karen Nevitt, a woman beginning a fresh chapter after the end of an unhappy marriage. Taking refuge in her aunt and uncle’s home in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., she finds herself surrounded by a treasure trove of vintage clothing and antiques — pieces that inspire her to open her own boutique selling exquisite historical garments. As Karen builds her business, she reconnects with old friends and even an old love, gradually regaining her self-confidence. But her new life soon takes a mysterious turn: old garments seem to conceal clues to a long-buried secret, and someone begins tampering with her collection — not to steal the clothes, but to recover something hidden within them. Karen must unravel the mystery embedded in the delicate fabrics, even as a dangerous adversary lurks in the shadows, determined to keep the truth buried — and willing to kill to do so. A well read copy marks on the front fly leaf. Binding is good. Image is of the actual book.

Tuesdays with Morrie An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson

$8.00

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn’t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying of ALS – or motor neurone disease -, Morrie visited Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final class: lessons in how to live. This is a chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie’s lasting gift with the world. Tidy condition, minor mark on the bottom of the book. Different cover.

The Psychology of Winning Ten Qualities of a Total Winner

$6.00

“Read this book, follow the steps, and you too can attain the ‘Winner’s Touch.’”—Spencer Johnson, M.D., author of Who Moved My Cheese? Dr. Denis Waitley, a national authority on high-level performance and personal development, reveals his formula for developing the ten qualities of a total winner: • Positive self-awareness • Positive self-esteem • Positive self-control • Positive self-motivation • Positive self-expectancy • Positive self-image • Positive self-direction • Positive self-discipline • Positive self-dimension • Positive self-projection “A heavyweight among motivational writers.”—Charles Paul Conn, author of An Uncommon Freedom. Tidy condition minor stains on a few pages.

The Scarlet Thread

$8.00

The Scarlet Thread is a sweeping saga of love, passion, and the long-lasting effects of wartime experiences. Set against the backdrop of World War II and its aftermath, the story follows the intense and often fraught relationship between an American serviceman and a British nurse. As their lives intertwine, themes of violence, jealousy, and enduring emotional ties emerge, tracing how their past choices and the scars of war reverberate through their lives. The narrative explores how love and passion are tested across time and continents, revealing the complex emotional threads that bind people together and pull them apart.

In Search of the Source A First Encounter with God’s Word

$8.00

An amazing account of linguistic missionaries and their experience while living in Fukutao with the Folopa people.Their beliefs in evil spirits, appeasing spirits would be chucked off as superstition in the civilized world, but was very real to them. The Shaman controlled a lot of what they did and caused a great deal of unrest. Their demand of retribution for accidents, whether intentional or by accident can be childish. This isn’t normally a subject I find interesting, but this book was interesting. The culture of the Folopa is interesting. The changes that took place during the time the missionaries lived there and the elders were asked if they’d want to go back to their old lifestyle. It was an emphatic no. Tidy Condition

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