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1	Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel more books like this by Michio Kaku add to wishlist Renowned physicist Kaku explores to what extent technologies and devices deemed impossible today might become commonplace in the future. From teleportation to force fields, Kaku uses the world of science fiction to explore the fundamentals--and the limits--of the laws of physics. see all copies from £8.04! new only from £9.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Tao of Pooh more books like this by Benjamin Hoff add to wishlist The Tao is such a simple thing, but we complicate it by using esoteric language and piling concept on top of concept to try and explain it. What better way to describe a basic idea than to explain it to a child? Although THE TAO OF POOH isn't really aimed at children, it takes the beloved A. A. Milne characters, copies their familiar cadences, and ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.57! \| first editions
3	Inkspell more books like this by Cornelia Funke add to wishlist This dazzling, gripping sequel to the bestselling children's fantasy INKHEART follows curious, adventurous Meggie--the 12-year-old daughter of renowned bookbinder Mo--and beautiful, silent Resa, into a dangerous, compelling world trapped between the pages of Inkheart. Though the family has been reunited and living happily at Aunt Elinor's, Meggie ... see all copies from £5.35! new only from £5.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Daring Book for Girls more books like this by Andrea J Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Alexis Seabrook (Illustrator) add to wishlist The manual for everything that adventurous girls need to know: from female heroes in history to secret note-passing skills, science projects to friendship bracelets, the perfect cartwheel to the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
5	Inkdeath more books like this by Cornelia Funke, Allan Corduner (Read by) add to wishlist The Adderhead--his immortality bound in a book by Meggie's father, Mo--has ordered his henchmen to plunder the villages. The peasants' only defense is a band of outlaws led by the Bluejay--Mo's fictitious double, whose identity he has reluctantly adopted. But the Book of Immortality is unraveling, and the Adderhead again fears the White Women of ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers more books like this by Christopher Vogler add to wishlist This updated and revised third edition provides new insights and observations from Vogler's ongoing work on mythology's influence on stories, movies, and man himself. The previous two editons of this book have sold over 180,000 units, making this book a 'classic' for screenwriters, writers, and novelists see all copies from £6.48! new only from £9.30!
7	The Man Who Ate Everything more books like this by Jeffrey Steingarten add to wishlist Urbane, informative, and highly entertaining essays by Vogue food columnist Steingarten, about bread, choucroute, barbecue, fat farms, the wonders of red wine, and French fries cooked in horse fat--among other things. A winner of a 1998 award from the Association of Culinary Professionals. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from £1.25! new only from £8.92! \| first editions
8	Finding God in the Shack: Seeking Truth in a Story of Evil and Redemption more books like this by Roger E Olson add to wishlist Roger Olson delves into many of the significant issues raised by the popular book, "The Shack," such as forgiving those who have done us great evil, how God acts in the world, how God is three persons in one and what difference this makes to us. While he offers his own criticisms of the book, he largely finds the truth about God in The Shack. see all copies from £9.60! new only from £9.81!
9	Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader: Recipes from Mitford Cooks, Favorite Tales from Mitford Books more books like this by Jan Karon, Martha McIntosh (Editor) add to wishlist With scene after scene describing colorful characters enjoying tantalizing dishes, it's easy to see why fans of Jan Karon's Mitford books could put on a pound or two. To satisfy readers' cravings, Karon has created a cookbook packed with more than 150 recipes from her novels and her own recipe box. It is also loaded with tips, hints, jokes, ... see all copies from £6.57! new only from £8.90! \| first editions
10	How Proust Can Change Your Life more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist Alain de Botton's first work of nonfiction is a tribute to Marcel Proust, in the guise of a somewhat unusual self-help book. Consisting of Proust's opinions on subjects ranging from vacations to sex, it is, in the end, an illuminating portrait of Proust by de Botton. Listed by Salon as one of the Ten Best Books of 1997. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Everafter War more books like this by Michael Buckley, Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) add to wishlist Concluding the dramatic cliff-hanger that ended "Book Six", Sabrina and Daphne's prayers are finally answered when their parents are awoken from their sleeping spell. But their happy reunion is short-lived when they are caught in the middle of a war between The Scarlet Hand and Prince Charming's Everafter army. As the family works to help his ... see all copies from £5.59! new only from £5.59!
12 view cover	Te of Piglet more books like this by Benjamin Hoff add to wishlist Exploring the Te (a Chinese word meaning virtue) of the "small" - a priciple embodied perfectly in Piglet, this book features dialogues between the author, Benjamin Hoff, and characters such as Pooh, Eeyore, Owl, Kanga, Baby Roo and Piglet. These conversations are interspersed with traditional Taoist stories and more than 50 illustrations from the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Inkheart more books like this by Cornelia Funke add to wishlist Both lovers of books and reading, 11-year-old Meggie and her bookbinder father, Mo, enter the fight of their lives with evil villains who were originally characters in a book called INKHEART. Ensnared by Capricorn and his menacing gang, including the exceedingly cruel Basta, Meggie must not only free herself and her father, but also find her ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	The Celestine Prophecy: An Experiential Guide more books like this by James Redfield, Carol Adrienne add to wishlist First published in 1993, this tale has gained a loyal following, entertaining and inspiring thousands of readers with its far-reaching ideas. First-time author James Redfield carries the reader through a quest that begins when the main character decides to follow the exciting trail of a mysterious manuscript rumored to exist somewhere in the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	One more books like this by Richard Bach add to wishlist In his latest novel One, phenomenally bestselling author Richard Bach asks the questions--what if we could meet the people we are destined to be in twenty years? What if we could confront the people we were in the past, and those we are right now in parallel lifetimes, in alternate worlds? see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	He: Understanding Masculine Psychology more books like this by Robert A Johnson add to wishlist This popular analyst provides important reflections on what it means to be a man, how man develops into maturity, and what components make up man's complex personality. see all copies from £3.10! new only from £3.70!
17 view cover	Mimesis : the representation of reality in Western literature more books like this by Erich Auerbach add to wishlist Auerbach traces the representation of reality with well-developed readings of major writers in Western literature from antiquity to the 20th century. His analysis of the development of realism in Stendahl, Balzac, Flaubert and Proust is especially worth noting. He ends his book with Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse". see all copies from £4.23! new only from £14.09! \| first editions
18 view cover	Sackett Companion more books like this by Louis L'Amour add to wishlist For the first time in paperback, a guide to the backgrounds and sources of the Sackett Family series by the beloved bestselling author who created it. L'Amour shares such personal memoirs as his early adventures--wandering in wild places, working in the mines--and the street fight he had in New Mexico that ultimately led to the birth of the ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £8.32! \| first editions
19 view cover	Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination more books like this by Toni Morrison add to wishlist Toni Morrison deals with the subject of race as it has appeared in American literature--which has, she claims, often shortchanged blackness in favor of the white majority. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Writer's Guide to Character Traits: Includes Profiles of Human Behaviors and Personality Types more books like this by Linda Edelstein add to wishlist From serial killers to business tycoons and politicians, The Writer's Guide to Character Traits profiles the mental, emotional, and physical qualities of dozens of different personality types. With this book's highly accessible format, writers can mix and match the traits of specific personality types to create original, complex characters. Unique ... see all copies from £3.10! new only from £3.10!
21 view cover	Culture & Imperialism more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to the media coverage of the Gulf War, this is an account of the roots of imperialism in European culture. While many historians and commentators have analyzed the phenomenon of the imperial power wielded by Britain (and France) in the 19th century, this book analyzes its impact on the culture of the ... see all copies from £3.84! new only from £6.39! \| first editions
22 view cover	Inventing Human Rights: A History more books like this by Professor Lynn Hunt add to wishlist Human rights is a concept that only came to the forefront during the eighteenth century. When the American Declaration of Independence declared "all men are created equal" and the French proclaimed the Declaration of the Rights of Man, they were bringing a new guarantee into the world. Professor Lynn Hunt questions why it happened then and how ... see all copies from £6.49! new only from £6.49!
23 view cover	Once Upon a Crime more books like this by Micheal Buckley, Peter Ferguson (Illustrator) add to wishlist In the fourth book, Sabrina and Daphne's adventures continue in their hometown of New York City as they bring Puck to Faerie to cure the wounds sustained in Book Three. With the help of Granny Relda, Mr. Canis and Sheriff Hamstead, the girls must figure out who killed Puck's father, King Oberon, while navigating the warring factions of Everafters ... see all copies from £2.00! new only from £3.30!
24 view cover	The Location of Culture more books like this by Homi K Bhabha, Homi K Bhadha add to wishlist This text sets out the conceptual imperative and political consistency of the post-colonial intellectual project. This series of essays explains why the post-colonial critique has altered forever the landscape of postmodern discourse. It examines, among other things, the displacement of the colonizer's legitimizing cultural authority and looks at ... see all copies from £9.51! new only from £12.45! \| first editions
25 view cover	Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors more books like this by Susan Sontag add to wishlist These two influential essays--ILLNESS AS METAPHOR (1978) and its sequel from a decade later, AIDS AND ITS METAPHORS--tackle the uncomfortable subject of disease, and specifically the metaphors we use to try to come to terms with it. Dealing not only with AIDS but also with tuberculosis, syphilis, and cancer, Sontag makes a case for the necessity ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions

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