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1	Dearly Devoted Dexter more books like this by Jeff Lindsay add to wishlist Humor doesn't get any more dark or grotesque than in this sequel to DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER, the second in a series starring Dexter Morgan, an extremely intelligent and well-mannered psychopath who works by day as a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami Police Department...and by night as a serial killer who only targets other serial killers. Not ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.66! \| first editions
2	Last Lecture more books like this by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow add to wishlist Based on the extraordinary final lecture by Carnegie Mellon University professor Pausch, given after he discovered he had pancreatic cancer, this moving book goes beyond the now-famous lecture to inspire readers to live each day with purpose and joy. Photos. see all copies from £3.03! new only from £8.92! \| first editions
3	Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness more books like this by William Styron add to wishlist The novelist William Styron realized during the summer of 1984, when he was 60 years old, that the joylessness, insomnia, and suicidal thoughts he had been experiencing were not simply part of an episode of harmless melancholy, but the marks of a severe and terrifying depression (he calls it "madness") that had become debilitating. As he ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Dexter in the Dark more books like this by Jeff Lindsay add to wishlist Crime scene investigator Dexter Morgan is not unaccustomed to seeing evil deeds--particularly because he commits them himself. But at a particularly disturbing scene, he realizes he's being hunted by an adversary so terrifying it scares away Dexter's inner monster. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Terminal Freeze more books like this by Lincoln Child add to wishlist A group of scientists undertake an expedition to Alaska's Federal Wilderness Zone to study the effects of global warming. The expedition changes suddenly on a routine foray into a glacial ice cave, where the group makes an astonishing find. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom more books like this by Simon Winchester add to wishlist In sumptuous and illuminating detail, the bestselling author of "The Professor and the Madman" and "Krakatoa" brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China. see all copies from £3.18! new only from £3.18! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism more books like this by Temple Grandin, Oliver W Sacks (Foreword by) add to wishlist The animal scientist describes how she and other victims of autism perceive the world, and relates the ways in which she has been able to adapt and have a successful career. see all copies from £6.69! new only from £9.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Frankenstein more books like this by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley add to wishlist Written in 1816 when she was only 19, for a horror-writing contest suggested by Byron, Mary Shelley's novel of "the modern Prometheus" chillingly dramatized the dangerous potential of life created in the laboratory. A frightening creation myth for our own time, "Frankenstein" remains one of the greatest horror stories ever written, and an ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Beyond the hundredth meridian: John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the West. more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist The author recounts the successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. "No library of western/southwestern materials can be without this book. . . ".-- Books of the Southwest. see all copies from £8.02! new only from £9.29! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Deception Point more books like this by Dan Brown add to wishlist On the eve of a presidential race in which NASA's budget is a pivotal issue, the space agency announces the discovery of an ancient meteorite filled with fossils deep in the Arctic ice. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.77! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	City of Night more books like this by Dean R Koontz, Ed Gorman add to wishlist This thriller/horror novel continues the story launched in DEAN KOONTZ'S FRANKENSTEIN: PRODIGAL SON, in which both Victor Frankenstein (now Victor Helios) and his disfigured but decidedly intelligent monster, Deucalion, have survived into our century. In this installment, Deucalion and two New Orleans police detectives confront Victor Helios's ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	The Navigator more books like this by Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos add to wishlist In the seventh novel of the NUMA Files, Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team search for an ancient Phoenicians statue that could change history and are led on a hunt for the truth that few will survive. Available in a tall Premium Edition. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Howl at the Moon more books like this by Christine Warren add to wishlist Noah Baker never wanted to betray The Others. But if his military commanders want him to covertly investigate a Lupine scientist - whose extraordinary research on sensory perception in werewolves could be used to develop werewolf-sharp senses in human soldiers - Noah must oblige. Even if it means deceiving the woman he desires the most.Samantha ... see all copies from £2.93! new only from £2.93!
14 view cover	Polar Shift more books like this by Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos add to wishlist 60 years ago, an eccentric Hungarian genius discovered how to artificially trigger a polar shift, but then his work was lost, or so it was thought. Now the leader of an anti-globalization group plans to use the work to give the world a jolt, then reverse the shift back again. The only problem is, it cannot be reversed. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Shadow Game more books like this by Christine Feehan add to wishlist From the "New York Times" bestselling author comes a new series featuring a man and woman with telekinetic abilities who discover a terrifying power--and a forbidden passion--that could destroy them both. Original. see all copies from £1.64! new only from £1.64! \| first editions
16 view cover	Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness more books like this by Elyn Saks add to wishlist Saks managed to achieve both professional and personal success in spite of being diagnosed as schizophrenic and given a "grave" prognosis. In this memoir, she frankly and movingly discusses the disease, and the treatments that helped her to cope and thrive. see all copies from £6.85! new only from £6.85! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Keepsake more books like this by Tess Gerritsen add to wishlist "New York Times"-bestselling author Gerritsen delivers another electrifying thriller in her popular series that started with "The Surgeon," featuring medical examiner Maura Isles and police detective Jane Rizzoli. see all copies from £3.24! new only from £3.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Icebound more books like this by Dean R Koontz add to wishlist A team of scientists looking for new sources of water get stranded on an icecap between Greenland and Norway. Their fight for survival breeds startling displays of personality and perseverance. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Thursday's Child more books like this by Sandra Brown add to wishlist Ann and Allison are twin sisters with diametrically opposed personalities. Mousey Allison agrees to help sexy, dynamic Ann play an elaborate trick on Ann's fiance, Davis, and switches identities with her. As Ann, Allison finds the confidence to flirt with Davis's friend Spencer, and eventually to engage in some passionate kissing. It's a messy ... see all copies from £2.43! new only from £2.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Microbe hunters more books like this by Paul De Kruif add to wishlist From the top of today's news, where reoprts of Ebola and HIV loom large, comes the story of microbes, bacteria, and how disease shaoes our everyday lives and society thrives. The superheroes in this scheme are the scientists, bacteriologists, doctors, and medical technicians who wage active war against bacteria. The new Introduction to this book ... see all copies from £4.96! new only from £5.95! \| first editions
21 view cover	Blasphemy more books like this by Douglas J Preston add to wishlist The world's biggest supercollider, the Torus, was built to rreveal the secrets of the very moment of creation: the Big Bang itself. Will the Torus divulge the mysteries of the creation of the universe? Or is it an attempt to challenge God on the very throne of heaven? see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Frankenstein,or The modern Prometheus more books like this by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley add to wishlist Written in 1816 when she was only 19, for a horror-writing contest suggested by Byron, Mary Shelley's novel of "the modern Prometheus" chillingly dramatized the dangerous potential of life created in the laboratory. A frightening creation myth for our own time, "Frankenstein" remains one of the greatest horror stories ever written, and an ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus: The 1818 Text more books like this by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Marilyn Butler (Editor) add to wishlist Written in 1816 when she was only 19, for a horror-writing contest suggested by Byron, Mary Shelley's novel of "the modern Prometheus" chillingly dramatized the dangerous potential of life created in the laboratory. A frightening creation myth for our own time, "Frankenstein" remains one of the greatest horror stories ever written, and an ... see all copies from £1.30! new only from £2.84! \| first editions
24 view cover	The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin more books like this by H W Brands add to wishlist This biography of Ben Franklin sees him as both a representative of the new man--the American--and an agent of historical change, whose participation was central to the debates that shaped the new nation. This book was a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind more books like this by Eric R Kandel, M.D. add to wishlist This "important and marvelous book" ("The New York Times") gives Eric Kandel's account of how his personal quest to understand memory intersected with the emergence of a new science. It relates the story of how four distinct disciplines - behaviourist psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience and molecular biology - converged into a powerful ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.52! \| first editions

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