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Book Cover for: His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass, the Subtle Knife, the Amber Spyglass; Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Philip Pullman

His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass, the Subtle Knife, the Amber Spyglass; Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Philip Pullman
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You know, the His Dark Materials series were some of my favourite books as a child, and they still mean an awful lot to me. So it would be really, really great if Philip Pullman could somehow manage to stop blithely minimising racism. https://t.co/B3ruKewrre

Hardcover, 2011

$40.00Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card
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Say what you want about Orson Scott Card, at least he's not popping up on Twitter every week to insist that the military in Ender's Game were secretly a metaphor for gay people all along.

Paperback, Mass Market, 2021

$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Jordan B. Peterson

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

Jordan B. Peterson
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Jordan Peterson, the far right pseudo-intellectual and author of 12 Rules for Life, is trending after seemingly admitting to searching for child pornography on Twitter. https://t.co/AlYbKKDeF6

Hardcover, 2018

$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Daemonologie: A Critical Edition. Expanded. In Modern English with Notes, King James

Daemonologie: A Critical Edition. Expanded. In Modern English with Notes

King James
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The BBC have branded Prince Harry's new memoir Spare "The weirdest book ever written by a royal". Which is a great excuse to tell you that in 1597 King James VI & I published the Daemonologie, a book on necromancy, black magic, and how to find, test, and punish witches. https://t.co/loh3ljq7oz

Paperback, 2016

$11.20Member price:$5.60 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Daemonologie, King James VI

Daemonologie

King James VI
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The BBC have branded Prince Harry's new memoir Spare "The weirdest book ever written by a royal". Which is a great excuse to tell you that in 1597 King James VI & I published the Daemonologie, a book on necromancy, black magic, and how to find, test, and punish witches. https://t.co/loh3ljq7oz

Paperback, 2016

$14.99Member price:$14.24 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger, Stephen King

The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger

Stephen King
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"He GIFTS you and you INSULT HIM" is funny enough, but Stephen King never wrote a book called 'The Stand and The Tower'. The Stand was also published in 1978, not the 80s. The Dark Tower series began in 1982 with The Gunslinger but The Dark Tower book didn't come out until 2004. https://t.co/gISurphKVo

Paperback, 2016

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Sneetches: And Other Stories, Dr Seuss

The Sneetches: And Other Stories

Dr Seuss
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Dr. Seuss' "The Sneetches Meet Elon Musk", 1961 https://t.co/XXkCqKzGBD

Hardcover, 1961

$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Curtain: Poirot's Last Case: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition, Agatha Christie

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Agatha Christie
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This is probably unprofessional, but it is amazing how much Joyce Carol Oates looks like a curtain-twitching village gossip who gets murdered in the third act of a made-for-TV Agatha Christie adaptation. https://t.co/4VoEQryy1R

Paperback, 2011

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Daemonologie, James VI and I.

Daemonologie

James VI and I.
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The BBC have branded Prince Harry's new memoir Spare "The weirdest book ever written by a royal". Which is a great excuse to tell you that in 1597 King James VI & I published the Daemonologie, a book on necromancy, black magic, and how to find, test, and punish witches. https://t.co/loh3ljq7oz

Paperback, 2015

$14.90Member price:$7.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, Jordan B. Peterson

Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

Jordan B. Peterson
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Jordan Peterson, from Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief https://t.co/5kDba3ycmB

Paperback, 1999

$39.99Member price:$37.99 + Free shipping5% off