Natasha Hastings

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New York

An amazing and captivating, curl-up-on-the-sofa debut about a magical frost fair and the lasting power of friendship.

It's a cold winter during the Great Frost of 1683. Thomasina and Anne are the best of friends, one running her father's sweet shop and the other the apprentice at the family apothecary - together they sell their goods on the frozen River Thames. When a family tragedy turns Thomasina's world upside down, she is drawn to a mysterious conjuror and the enchanted frost fair.



But soon the world of Father Winter threatens to claim everything she holds dear. Will they be able to solve the magical mysteries that surround them . . . ?

The Miraculous Sweetmakers: the Frost Fair

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Sarah Maria Griffin

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Ohio

When the house at the end of the lane burned down, none of the townspeople knew what happened. A tragedy, they called it. Poor Rita Frost and her ward, Bevan, lost to the flames. Only Mae and Rossa, Rita's niece and nephew, know what happened that fateful summer.

Only they know about the owl in the wall, the uncanny cat, the dark powers that devour love and fear. Only they know about the trials of loving someone who longs for power, for freedom, for magic. Only they know what brought the house tumbling down around them. And they'll never, ever breathe a word.

Captivating and atmospheric, Sarah Maria Griffin's second novel explores the balance between love and fear, youth and maturity, and good and evil. With an unusual structure spanning five summers, intriguing characters, and a dark mystery, this uncommon novel will appeal to readers of Rin Chupeco's The Bone Witch and Madeleine Roux's House of Furies.

'A beautiful novel woven from magic that seeps into your blood and bones and lingers there...Sarah's gorgeous prose will haunt you.' -- Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boy

'This is a fascinating coming-of-age story with magical elements that feel both grounded and properly mystifying...Where this book really shines is in Griffin's depiction of teenage longing, the awful misery of being in love with someone who doesn't love you back, or outgrowing your old childish attachments. There are some gorgeous moments in this book that have stuck with me since I finished reading it, and the ending totally got me choked up. Griffin has a keen eye for the beautiful agony of adolescence, and that's what makes this book such a compelling read.' -- Charlie Jane Anders, bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky

'To say this novel, dripping with pull and promise, is good, would be an understatement and an oversimplification. It's the kind of good that is both wonderful and horrifying simultaneously, awful and wrong and gorgeous as its shadowy and powerful wallpaper owl. It's the kind of good that makes you stop reading to catch your breath on a crowded train, that makes your face ache from smiling and brings unsettling dreams when you close your eyes. As bright as magic and as dark as Ireland's history, this book is a brilliant piece of feminine-powered complexity.' -- Matt Killeen, bestselling author of Orphan Monster Spy

Other Words for Smoke

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Abigail Dean

Michigan

A Novel

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Pitch-perfect... Dean tells this story with such nuance and humanity, you’re desperate to step into its pages." —The New York Times “Heart-stopping psychological drama… A modern-day classic." —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author “A gripping story about family dynamics and the nature of human psychology.” —Good Housekeeping She thought she had escaped her past. But there are some things you can’t outrun. Lex Gracie doesn't want to think about her family. She doesn't want to think about growing up in her parents' House of Horrors. And she doesn't want to think about her identity as Girl A: the girl who escaped, the eldest sister who freed her older brother and four younger siblings. It's been easy enough to avoid her parents--her father never made it out of the House of Horrors he created, and her mother spent the rest of her life behind bars. But when her mother dies in prison and leaves Lex and her siblings the family home, she can't run from her past any longer. Together with her sister, Evie, Lex intends to turn the home into a force for good. But first she must come to terms with her siblings--and with the childhood they shared. What begins as a propulsive tale of escape and survival becomes a gripping psychological family story about the shifting alliances and betrayals of sibling relationships--about the secrets our siblings keep, from themselves and each other. Who have each of these siblings become? How do their memories defy or galvanize Lex's own? As Lex pins each sibling down to agree to her family's final act, she discovers how potent the spell of their shared family mythology is, and who among them remains in its thrall and who has truly broken free. For readers of Room and Sharp Objects, an absorbing and psychologically immersive novel about a young girl who escapes captivity–but not the secrets that shadow the rest of her life.

Girl A

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#travel #UK #immigration #immigrants #memoir #racism #pennines #naturewriting 

California

A Journey along the Backbone of Britain: WINNER of the 2021 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD for NON-FICTION

One woman's journey of reclamation through natural landscapes as she contemplates identity and womanhood, nature, place and belonging. Anita Sethi was on a journey through Northern England in Summer 2019 when she became the victim of a racially motivated hate crime. The crime was a vicious attack on her right to exist in a place on account of her race. After the event Anita experienced panic attacks and anxiety. A crushing sense of claustrophobia made her long for wide open spaces, to breathe deeply in the great outdoors. She was intent on not letting her experience stop her from traveling freely and without fear. Between the route from Liverpool to Newcastle lays the Pennines, known as "the backbone of Britain." That "backbone" runs through the north and also strongly connects north with south, east with west--it's a place of borderlands and limestone, of rivers and "scars," of fells and forces. The Pennines called to Anita with a magnetic force; although a racist had told her to leave, she felt drawn to further explore the area she regards as her home, to immerse herself deeply in place. Anita's journey through the natural landscapes of the North is one of reclamation, a way of saying that this is her land too and she belongs in the UK as a brown woman, as much as a white man does. We're living in an era of increased hostility in which more people of color around the world are being told to "go back"; strong statements of belonging are needed more than ever. Anita's journey gives her the perspective to reflect upon the important issues encompassed in her experience of abuse including speaking out, gaslighting, trauma, kindness, and notions of strength. Her journey transforms what began as an ugly experience of hate into one offering hope and finding beauty after brutality. Anita transforms her personal experience into one of universal resonance, offering a call to action, to keep walking onwards, forging a path through and beyond pain. Every footstep taken is an act of persistence. Every word written against the rising tide of hate speech, such as this book, is an act of resistance.

I Belong Here

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Edward Rutherford

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Oregon

The triumphs and failures of seven individual family clans span the history of a city from the third-century Roman occupation of Londinium through such eras as the Norman conquest and the Elizabethan period

London

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Diana Souhami

Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter by Diana Souhami , UK Royals King Edward VII
Biography of Mrs Alice Keppel, Mistress of King Edward VII aka Bertie.  Very good shape hardcover book.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

"An electrifying study of Mrs. Keppel-- famously King Edward VII's mistress-- and her daughter Violet Trefusis-- notoriously Vita Sackville-West's lover."--Daily Telegraph (London).

Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter

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#hardcover #royals #uk #england #princewilliam #katemiddleton #catherinemiddleton #princeofwales William and Catherine : Their Story by Andrew Morton. Hardcover with dust jacket, has some sticker remains on cover, & a scratch on back. Otherwise in Good shape.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Their Story

The best-selling author of Diana: Her True Story now covers the the marriage of Princess Di's son, Prince William, to Catherine Middleton, in a book that includes full-color photos and 32 pages of wedding coverage.

William and Catherine : Their Story by Andrew Morton

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Sally Bedell Smith

Texas

The Life of a Modern Monarch

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Perfect for fans of The Crown, this magisterial biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a close-up view of the woman we’ve known only from a distance—and a captivating window into the last great monarchy. From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II has been the object of unparalleled scrutiny. But through the fog of glamour and gossip, how well do we really know the world’s most famous monarch? Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II, who has led her country and Commonwealth through the wars and upheavals of the last sixty years with unparalleled composure, intelligence, and grace. In Elizabeth the Queen, we meet the young girl who suddenly becomes “heiress presumptive” when her uncle abdicates the throne. We meet the thirteen-year-old Lilibet as she falls in love with a young navy cadet named Philip and becomes determined to marry him, even though her parents prefer wealthier English aristocrats. We see the teenage Lilibet repairing army trucks during World War II and standing with Winston Churchill on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on V-E Day. We see the young Queen struggling to balance the demands of her job with her role as the mother of two young children. Sally Bedell Smith brings us inside the palace doors and into the Queen’s daily routines—the “red boxes” of documents she reviews each day, the weekly meetings she has had with twelve prime ministers, her physically demanding tours abroad, and the constant scrutiny of the press—as well as her personal relationships: with Prince Philip, her husband of sixty-four years and the love of her life; her children and their often-disastrous marriages; her grandchildren and friends. Praise for Elizabeth the Queen “An excellent, all-embracing new biography.”—The New York Times “[An] imposing, yet nimbly written, biography [that] dwarfs the field . . . a most satisfying and enjoyable read, one to be savored at length.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune “Fascinating . . . After sixty years on the throne, the monarch of Britain is better known for her poker face than for sly wit or easy charm. Yet in biographer Sally Bedell Smith’s Elizabeth the Queen, Her Majesty sparkles with both.”—More “[A] smart and satisfying book.”—Los Angeles Times

Elizabeth the Queen

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Stephenie Meyer

uk edition 
the title on the front and spine of the book are in rose gold it’s so cute! 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Florida

Bella?'
Edward's soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, and kissed me again. His kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an edge to the way his lips crushed mine - like he was afraid we had only so much time left to us.
As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?
Following the international bestsellers Twilight and New Moon, Eclipse is the much-anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's captivating saga of vampire romance.

Eclipse (UK Edition)

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David Gilmour

A Social History of the Raj

An immersive portrait of the lives of the British in India, from the seventeenth century to Independence Who of the British went to India, and why? We know about Kipling and Forster, Orwell and Scott, but what of the youthful forestry official, the enterprising boxwallah, the fervid missionary? What motivated them to travel halfway around the globe, what lives did they lead when they got there, and what did they think about it all? Full of spirited, illuminating anecdotes drawn from long-forgotten memoirs, correspondence, and government documents, The British in India weaves a rich tapestry of the everyday experiences of the Britons who found themselves in “the jewel in the crown” of the British Empire. David Gilmour captures the substance and texture of their work, home, and social lives, and illustrates how these transformed across the several centuries of British presence and rule in the subcontinent, from the East India Company’s first trading station in 1615 to the twilight of the Raj and Partition and Independence in 1947. He takes us through remote hill stations, bustling coastal ports, opulent palaces, regimented cantonments, and dense jungles, revealing the country as seen through British eyes, and wittily reveling in all the particular concerns and contradictions that were a consequence of that limited perspective. The British in India is a breathtaking accomplishment, a vivid and balanced history written with brio, elegance, and erudition.

The British in India

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Sarah Gerard

Connecticut

One of today's most provocative literary writers--the author of the acclaimed Sunshine State and Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award finalist Binary Star--captures the complicated and confused state of modern romance and the egos that inflate it in a dark comedy about love addiction, toxic masculinity, and a woman's search for acceptance, identity, and financial security in the rise of Trump. Nina is a struggling writer, an addict, a cheater, and a liar. After dropping out of college to go to rehab, she wants more than anything to leave her past behind, start her life over, and find love. From the burned-out suburbs of Florida to the anonymous squalor of New York City, she eats through an incestuous cast of characters in search of it: her mother, a polyamorous lesbian; Odessa, a single parent with even worse taste in men than Nina; Seth, an artist whose latest show is comprised of three Tupperware containers full of trash; Brian, a sleazy editor whose stories never quite add up; Daniel, a newly sober indie rocker whose tour is over before it starts; and Aaron, an aspiring filmmaker with whom Nina begins to write her magnum opus. Nina's quest for fulfillment is at once darkly comedic, acerbically acute, and painfully human--a scathing critique of contemporary society, and a tender examination of our anguished yearning for connection in a world where we're fundamentally alone.

True Love

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Michael Leapman

Roger Williams

Lisa Ritchie

Three-dimensional cutaway illustrations and floor plans of key landmarks complement these richly illustrated, fully updated travel handbooks that also include enhanced maps, street-by-street guides, background information on a host of popular sights, and an expanded traveler's survival guide providing tips on hotels, restaurants, local customs, transportation, medical services, museums, entertainment, and more.

Eyewitness Travel Guide - London

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June Eding

Who HQ

Iowa

Presents the life of Queen Elizabeth I, from her birth to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in 1533 and her imprisonment by her half-sister, to her reign as queen, which brought peace, stability, and prosperity to sixteenth-century England.

Who Was Queen Elizabeth?

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M. C. Beaton

A previous reader scribbled a note on the title page.

Colorado

Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate

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Anika Hussain

Best friends Zara and Adnan navigate the twists and turns of fake dating, family dynamics, and cultural stereotypes.

This Is How You Fall in Love

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This is a hardcover UK edition of the classic Dracula. 

Pennsylvania

The Children’s Golden Library 

Dracula 

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

South Carolina

A Thriller

Hired to prove the innocence of a man with Down syndrome who has been convicted of burning down his assisted-living facility and killing five people, Thâora Gudmundsdâottir discovers unsettling ties between the case and the suspicious hit-and-run death of a young woman.

Someone to Watch over Me

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Arizona

Mississippi

Warwick Castle

Winston Graham

Alabama

Demelza Carne, the impoverished miners daughter Ross Poldark rescued from a fairground rabble, is now his wife. But the events of these turbulent years test their marriage and their love. Demelzas efforts to adapt to the ways of the gentryand her husbandbring her confusion and heartache, despite the joy in the birth of their first child. Ross begins a bitter struggle for the rights of the mining communitiesand sows the seed of an enduring enmity with powerful George Warleggan.

Demelza: a Poldark Novel 2

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North Carolina

Endgame 

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2 x 6 inch handmade laminated matte photo of scenes from the movie starring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin 

Book & stickers not included!


***Pink mark is just a reflection of my phone/camera 

(Please note, this item is 100% handmade by me and may show imperfections in cut, print, measurements, air bubbles, etc.!)

Missouri

Love Rosie film strip bookmark 

Harry Styles bookmark

•1.5 x 7 inch handmade laminated film strip of black & white Harry concert photos 

(Please note, this item is 100% handmade by me and may show imperfections in cut, print, measurements, air bubbles, etc.!)

Harry Styles photobooth strip bookmark

Dinosaurs 100 Questions and Answers hardcover book, Dan Abnett 
2000 release. very good shape =)

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Natasha Hastings

The Miraculous Sweetmakers: the Frost Fair

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I Belong Here

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Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter

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Elizabeth the Queen

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Eyewitness Travel Guide - London

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This Is How You Fall in Love

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Endgame

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Dinosaurs 100 Questions and Answers hardcover book