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Contemporary Fiction

The Making of Henry

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(27 reviews)

One day, out of the blue, Henry Nagel inherits a sumptuous apartment in St John's Wood. Divine intervention? Or his late father's love nest? Henry doesn't know, but he is glad to escape the North. After nearly sixty years of... See More

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World Literature

The Mighty Walzer

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(120 reviews)

From the beginning Oliver Walzer is a natural - at ping-pong. Even with his improvised bat (the Collins Classic edition of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) he can chop, flick, half-volley like a champion. At sex he is not so adept... See More

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World Literature

Coming From Behind

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(95 reviews)

In an ever divided Britain, this wryly observed novel is a timely and thought-provoking read from the Booker-winning author of The Finkler Question. 'A very funny, bitterly intelligent novel... do read it' Malcolm... See More

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Humour & Satire

Peeping Tom

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(15 reviews)

Barney Fugleman has two major preoccupations in life: sex and literature. He is obsessed by the life and work of a man hailed by many as a genius of the nineteenth century - and by Barney as a 'prurient little Victorian... See More

£3.99 Price verified 14 hours ago
World Literature

Who's Sorry Now

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(9 reviews)

Marvin Kreitman, the luggage baron of South London, lives for sex. Or at least he lives for women. At present he loves four women - his mother, his wife Hazel, and his two daughters - and is in love with five more. Charlie... See More

£4.99 £6.99 Save 29% Price verified one day ago
World Literature

Kalooki Nights

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(84 reviews)

'This book is Jacobson's masterpiece' Jonathan Freedland 'A work of genius' A.C. Grayling, The Times Wild, angry and uproarious, Kalooki Nights is a darkly comic, timely novel of what it means to be human. Max Glickman... See More

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Travel & Tourism

In the Land of Oz

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(34 reviews)

_______________ 'A wildly funny account of his travels... it actually is a book which makes you laugh out loud on almost every page' - Literary Review 'The most successful attempt I know to grip the great dreaming... See More

£12.15 Price verified 7 hours ago
Literary Fiction

The Act of Love

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(60 reviews)

No man has ever loved a woman and not imagined her in the arms of someone else. Felix Quinn calls himself a happy man. He owns one of London's oldest antiquarian bookshops. He is married to and adores the beautiful Marisa... See More

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Contemporary Fiction

No More Mr Nice Guy

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(32 reviews)

Frank Ritz is a television critic. His partner, Melissa Paul, is the author of pornographic novels for liberated women. He watches crap all day; she writes crap all day. It's a life. Or it was a life. But now they're... See More

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Literary Fiction

Redback

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(14 reviews)

Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize. Karl Leon Forelock is a product of the northern English town of Partington (the wettest spot in Europe) and a graduate with a double starred first in the Moral Decencies from Malapert... See More

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Health & Fitness

The Low-Carb Fraud

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(496 reviews)

By now, the low-carb diet's refrain is a familiar one: Bread is bad for you. Fat doesn't matter. Carbs are the real reason you can't lose weight. The low-carb universe Dr. Atkins brought into being continues to expand... See More

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Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

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(2,091 reviews)

New York Times Bestseller What happens when you eat an apple? The answer is vastly more complex than you imagine. Every apple contains thousands of antioxidants whose names, beyond a few like vitamin C, are unfamiliar to... See More

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Education & Reference

The Dog's Last Walk: (and Other Pieces)

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(54 reviews)

_______________ '[An] acutely observed collection of occasional pieces that pick at absurdist life and reveal him to be a quiz, a cultural critic gifted with precise comic timing' - The Times 'The author's prose is always... See More

£5.03 £7.99 Save 37% Price verified 5 hours ago
Literary Fiction

J: A Novel

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(570 reviews)

A thought-provoking prescient novel from the Booker-prize winning author of The Finkler Question. 'Remarkable... May well come to be seen as the dystopian British novel of its times' Guardian Two people fall in love, not... See More

£5.99 Price verified one day ago
Contemporary Fiction

Zoo Time

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(160 reviews)

_______________ 'Comedy is never as clever as when Howard Jacobson is on a roll and this book finds him barrelling' - Independent on Sunday 'Brilliantly composed... crackling with Jacobson's wit, superb wordplay and... See More

£5.11 Price verified one day ago
Romance

Live a Little

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(281 reviews)

'A... tender love story... This book is alive. It pulses with warmth and intelligence' The Times A wickedly observed novel about falling in love at the end of your life, by the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Finkler... See More

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Biography & True Accounts

Mother's Boy: A Writer's Beginnings

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(188 reviews)

'One of the all-time great memoirs' Daily Telegraph 'Wonderful... candid, shrewd and moving' William Boyd 'Laugh-out-loud glorious and uproarious' Simon Schama Howard Jacobson's funny, revealing and tender memoir of his... See More

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Contemporary Fiction

The Finkler Question

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(952 reviews)

______________ WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE ______________ 'Full of wit, warmth, intelligence, human feeling and understanding. It is also beautifully written with that sophisticated and near invisible skill of the... See More

£5.89 Price verified 12 hours ago
British & Irish

Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It

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(87 reviews)

_______________ '[An] acutely observed collection of occasional pieces that pick at absurdist life and reveal him to be a quiz, a cultural critic gifted with precise comic timing' - The Times 'Yes, Jacobson is an... See More

£7.07 Price verified one day ago
Biography & True Accounts

The Swag Man (Kindle Single)

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(139 reviews)

A hilarious and moving true story by Man Booker Prize-winning novelist Howard Jacobson about the greatest "swag man" in the history of Manchester. A charming, brazen salesman of genius, Frankie Cohen rises from selling cheap... See More

£1.93 £2.32 Save 17% Price verified 5 hours ago
Politics & Social Sciences

Whitewashed: Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party

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(15 reviews)

Whitewashed focuses on events in Britain, but it throws a spotlight on left wing antisemitism everywhere. It compellingly shows how left wing hostility to Israel has an ongoing and painful impact on Jews in the Diaspora... See More

£5.00 Price verified one day ago
World Literature

The Very Model Of A Man

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(14 reviews)

In The Very Model of a Man, Jacobson takes on the Hebrew scriptures and rewrites religious history with his customary brand of ink-black humour. Adam and Eve have just been expelled from the Garden of Eden by a furious God... See More

£2.99 Price verified one day ago
Sport

Use the Weight to Lose the Weight: A Revolutionary New Way to Leverage the Strength You've Developed Carrying 50, 100, or Even 150+ Extra Pounds and Claim Your Bad-Ass Status as a Real Athlete!

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(50 reviews)

If you're obese, you probably don't see yourself as an athlete. You may think that you're lazy, unmotivated, and undisciplined - and beat yourself up for not having the strength of will to lose the weight. I'm here to tell... See More

£2.32 Price verified one day ago
Business & Investing

The Management Body of Knowledge

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(28 reviews)

The Management Body of Knowledge is the American Management Association's flagship publication that sets the bar in management excellence. It outlines the right mix of knowledge, skills and abilities needed for managers to... See More

£52.71 Price verified 21 hours ago
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