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26. What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Oprah's Book Club) ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Pearl Cleage / Paperback / Published 1998
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27. Oh Boyz ~ Usually dispatched in 2-3 days: Ailenn L. Reilly, Kyran O'Brien / Paperback / Published 1997
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28. Brazen Virtue ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Nora Roberts / Paperback / Published 1988
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29. The Spiral Dance : A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Starhawk / Paperback / Published 1989
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30. She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club) ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Wally Lamb / Paperback / Published 1998
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31. King Jesus ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Robert Graves / Paperback / Published 1981
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32. Footsteps of the Hawk ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Andrew H. Vachss / Paperback / Published 1996
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33. Power (L.A. Connections) ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Jackie Collins / Paperback / Published 1998
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34. Serious Concerns ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Wendy Cope / Paperback / Published 1992
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35. Shoeless Joe: W. P. Kinsella / Paperback / Published 1996
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36. Little Girl Lost ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Drew Barrymore / Paperback / Published 1990
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37. The Magic Lantern : The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Timothy Garton Ash, Timothy Garton Ash / Paperback / Published 1993
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38. The Dark Haired Girl: Philip K. Dick / Hardcover / Published 1988
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39. Tears of the Night Sky ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Linda P. Baker, et al / Paperback / Published 1998
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40. House Made of Dawn: N. Scott Momaday / Paperback / Published 1989
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41. Notes of a Dirty Old Man. ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Charles Bukowski / Paperback / Published 1973
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42. The Man Who Walked Through Time ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Colin Fletcher / Paperback / Published 1989
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43. Musashi ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry / Hardcover / Published 1995
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44. Midwives: A Novel ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Chris Bohjalian / Paperback / Published 1998
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45. Acceptable Loss ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Kregg Jorgenson / Paperback / Published 1991
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46. The Adventures of Augie March ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie / Paperback / Published 1996
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47. Armadale ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Wilkie Collins, John Sutherland / Paperback / Published 1995
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48. The Complete Avengers : Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Avengers and the New Avengers ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Dave Rogers / Paperback / Published 1998
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49. Taking Flight : A Book of Story Meditations ~ Usually dispatched in 24 hours: Anthony De Mello / Paperback / Published 1990
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1.	Julia's Song by Ann O'Leary
	Naiad Press Paperback - 208 pages (June 1998) Naiad Press	UK List Price: ~~Ł9.99~~ US List Price: ~~$11.95~~ Our Price: Ł6.56 You Save: Ł3.43 (34%)

2.	The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
	Viking Books Hardcover - 546 pages (January 1989) Viking Books	UK List Price: ~~Ł17.00~~ US List Price: ~~$27.95~~ Our Price: Ł15.34 You Save: Ł1.66 (9%)

3.	The Demon in the House : A Novel by Angela Thirkell
	Usually dispatched in 24 hours Moyer Bell Ltd. Paperback (April 1996) Moyer Bell Ltd.	US List Price: ~~$12.95~~ UK Equivalent: ~~Ł7.89~~ Our Price: Ł7.10 You Save: Ł0.79 (10%)

4.	Mahabharata : The Greatest Spiritual Epic of All Time by Krishna Dharma
	Torchlight Pub. Hardcover - 944 pages (February 1999) Torchlight Pub.	UK List Price: ~~Ł25.99~~ US List Price: ~~$39.95~~ Our Price: Ł21.92 You Save: Ł4.07 (15%)

5.	In Praise of Older Women : The Amorous Recollections of Andras Vajda (Phoenix Fiction) by Stephen Vizinczey
	Usually dispatched in 24 hours University of Chicago Press Paperback - 181 pages (November 1990) University of Chicago Press	UK List Price: ~~Ł10.00~~ US List Price: ~~$14.00~~ Our Price: Ł7.69 You Save: Ł2.31 (23%)

6.	Laughter On The Stairs (Beverley Nichols Trilogy Book 2) by Beverley Nichols
	Usually dispatched in 24 hours Timber Press Inc (OR) Hardcover - 260 pages (September 1998) Timber Press Inc (OR)	UK List Price: ~~Ł17.99~~ US List Price: ~~$24.95~~ Our Price: Ł13.69 You Save: Ł4.30 (23%)

7.	The Venetian's Wife : A Strangely Sensual Tale of a Renaissance Explorer, a Computer, and a Metamorphosis by Nick Bantock
	Usually dispatched in 24 hours Chronicle Books Hardcover - 132 pages (October 1996) Chronicle Books	UK List Price: ~~Ł15.99~~ US List Price: ~~$22.95~~ Our Price: Ł12.59 You Save: Ł3.40 (21%)

8.	A New Collection of Three Complete Books : Snow in April, Wild Mountain Thyme, Flowers in the Rain and Other Stories by Rosamunde Pilcher
	Usually dispatched in 24 hours Random House Value Publishing Inc Hardcover - 624 pages (February 1997) Random House Value Publishing Inc	US List Price: ~~$13.99~~ UK Equivalent: ~~Ł8.53~~ Our Price: Ł7.68 You Save: Ł0.85 (9%)

9.	What Did It Mean? by Angela Thirkell
	Usually dispatched in 24 hours Moyer Bell Ltd. Paperback - 318 pages (September 1999) Moyer Bell Ltd.	US List Price: ~~$12.95~~ UK Equivalent: ~~Ł7.89~~ Our Price: Ł7.10 You Save: Ł0.79 (10%)

10.	Floating in My Mother's Palm : A Novel by Ursula Hegi
	Usually dispatched in 24 hours Random House Paperback - 192 pages (July 1998) Random House	US List Price: ~~$11.00~~ UK Equivalent: ~~Ł6.71~~ Our Price: Ł6.04 You Save: Ł0.67 (9%)

11.	Silver Threads : A Novel by Lyn Denison
	Naiad Press Paperback - 224 pages (March 1999) Naiad Press	UK List Price: ~~Ł9.99~~ US List Price: ~~$11.95~~ Our Price: Ł6.56 You Save: Ł3.43 (34%)

12.	Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
	Usually dispatched in 24 hours W. W. Norton & Company Paperback (May 1996) W. W. Norton & Company	UK List Price: ~~Ł15.00~~ US List Price: ~~$13.95~~ Our Price: Ł7.65 You Save: Ł7.35 (49%)

13.	Growing Up by Angela Thirkell
	Usually dispatched in 1-2 weeks Moyer Bell Ltd. Paperback - 297 pages (August 1995) Moyer Bell Ltd.	US List Price: ~~$12.95~~ UK Equivalent: ~~Ł7.89~~ Our Price: Ł7.10 You Save: Ł0.79 (10%)

14.	Five Novels by Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank
	New Directions Publishing Corporation Paperback (May 1981) New Directions Publishing Corporation	UK List Price: ~~Ł9.55~~ US List Price: ~~$13.50~~ Our Price: Ł7.41 You Save: Ł2.14 (22%)

15.	The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. (Phoenix Fiction) by George Steiner
	Usually dispatched in 24 hours University of Chicago Press Paperback - 170 pages (October 1999) University of Chicago Press	UK List Price: ~~Ł8.50~~ US List Price: ~~$12.00~~ Our Price: Ł6.59 You Save: Ł1.91 (22%)

17.	The Parish of Rich Women by James Buchan
	Special Order Marlowe & Company Paperback - 185 pages Marlowe & Company	Our Price: Ł10.99

25.		The Falls by Peter Greenaway
		Temporarily out of stock Editions Dis Voir Paperback - 128 pages (March 1994) Editions Dis Voir	UK List Price: ~~Ł12.95~~ US List Price: ~~$15.95~~ Our Price: Ł9.72 You Save: Ł3.23 (24%)

16.	Command a King's Ship (Richard Bolitho Novels/Alexander Kent No 6 by Alexander Kent
	Usually dispatched in 1-2 weeks MCBooks Press Paperback - 320 pages (October 1998) MCBooks Press	US List Price: ~~$13.95~~ UK Equivalent: ~~Ł8.50~~ Our Price: Ł7.65 You Save: Ł0.85 (10%)

18.	Toxicology by Steve Aylett
	Usually dispatched in 1-2 weeks Four Walls Eight Windows Paperback - 208 pages (October 1999) Four Walls Eight Windows	UK List Price: ~~Ł12.95~~ US List Price: ~~$12.95~~ Our Price: Ł7.10 You Save: Ł5.85 (45%)

19.	Intrusions by Ursula Hegi
	Usually dispatched in 24 hours Scribner Book Company Paperback - 276 pages (February 1997) Scribner Book Company	UK List Price: ~~Ł7.99~~ US List Price: ~~$12.00~~ Our Price: Ł6.59 You Save: Ł1.40 (17%)

20.	Close Sesame (Farah, Nuruddin, Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship.) by Nuruddin Farah
	Graywolf Press Paperback - 237 pages (May 1992) Graywolf Press	US List Price: ~~$12.00~~ UK Equivalent: ~~Ł7.32~~ Our Price: Ł6.59 You Save: Ł0.73 (9%)

21.	The Laughing Hangman : A Novel by Edward Marston
	Usually dispatched in 1-2 weeks St. Martin's Press Hardcover (August 1996) St. Martin's Press	US List Price: ~~$21.95~~ UK Equivalent: ~~Ł13.38~~ Our Price: Ł12.04 You Save: Ł1.34 (10%)

22.	An Innocent Millionaire (Phoenix Fiction Series) by Stephen Vizinczey
	Usually dispatched in 1-2 weeks University of Chicago Press Paperback - 369 pages (November 1990) University of Chicago Press	UK List Price: ~~Ł10.00~~ US List Price: ~~$13.95~~ Our Price: Ł7.65 You Save: Ł2.35 (23%)

23.	Blueback : A Contemporary Fable by Tim Winton
	Scribner Book Company Hardcover - 96 pages (March 1998) Scribner Book Company	US List Price: ~~$14.00~~ UK Equivalent: ~~Ł8.54~~ Our Price: Ł7.69 You Save: Ł0.85 (9%)

24.	The Seventh Moon by Marius Gabriel
	Usually dispatched in 24 hours Bantam Books Hardcover - 384 pages (November 1999) Bantam Books	US List Price: ~~$24.95~~ UK Equivalent: ~~Ł15.21~~ Our Price: Ł13.69 You Save: Ł1.52 (9%)