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| "How To Live Forever" |
| "Colin Thompson's books are mystical and complex they will appeal to children and adults alike and demand to be returned to as there is always a new image to see something more to catch the eye Peter and his family live among the Quinces in the cookery section of a mystical library and at night when the library comes to life Peter ventures out of his home to find a missing volume How To Live Forever"
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| "The Housekeeper and the Professor" |
| "He is a brilliant maths professor with a peculiar problem - ever since a traumatic head injury seventeen years ago he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory She is a sensitive but astute young housekeeper who is entrusted to take care of him Each morning as the Professor and the Housekeeper are reintroduced to one another a strange beautiful relationship blossoms between them The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast but his mind is still alive with elegant equations from the past He devises clever maths riddles - based on her shoe size or her birthday - and the numbers reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her ten-year-old son With each new equation the three lost souls forge an affection more mysterious than imaginary numbers and a bond that runs deeper than memory"
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| "The Last Juror" |
| "In 1970 The Ford County Times one of Mississipi's more colourful weekly newspapers went bankrupt To the surprise and dismay of many ownership was assumed by 23-year-old college drop-out Willie Traynor The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family Traynor reported all the gruesome details and his newspaper began to prosper The murderer Danny Padgitt was tried before a packed courtroom in Clanton Mississippi The trial came to a startling dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him Nevertheless they found him guilty and he was sentenced to life in prison But in Mississippi in 1970 'life' didn't necessarily mean 'life' and nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself paroled He returned to Ford County and the retribution began"
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| "Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "Beneath the Lion's Gaze opens in Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1974 on the eve of a revolution Yonas kneels in his mother's prayer room pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and country His father Hailu a prominent doctor has been ordered to report to jail after helping a victim of state-sanctioned torture to die And Dawit Hailu's youngest son has joined an underground resistance movement-a choice that will lead to more upheaval and bloodshed across a ravaged Ethiopia Maaza Mengieste's powerful debut tells a gripping story of family and of the bonds of love and friendship set in a time and place that has rarely been explored in fiction It is a story about the lengths to which human beings will go in pursuit of freedom and the human price of a national revolution Emotionally gripping poetic and indelibly tragic Beneath the Lion's Gaze is a transcendent story that introduces a powerful new voice"
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| "A Shilling For Candles" |
| "Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast suicides are a sad but common fact Yet even the hardened coastguard knows something is wrong when a beautiful young film actress is found lying dead on the beach one morning Inspector Grant has to take a more professional attitude death by suicide however common has to have a motive - just like murder"
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| "The Girl Who Came Back" |
| "When Jules Bright hears a knock on the door the last person she expects to find is a detective bringing her the news she's feared for the last three years Amelia Quentin is being released from prison Jules's life is very different now to the one she'd known before Amelia shattered it completely Knowing the girl is coming back she needs to decide what to do Friends and family gather round fearing for Jules's safety They know that justice was never served; every one of them wants to make the Quentin girl pay The question is what will Jules do; and which of them - her or Amelia - has the most to fear?"
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| "The Beauty Myth : How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women" |
| "In the struggle for women's equality there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty The myth of female beauty challenges every woman every day of her life Naomi Wolf exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function today in the home and at work in literature and the media in relationships between men and women between women and women With pertinent and intelligent examples she confronts the beauty industry and its advertising and uncovers the reasons why women are consumed by this destructive obsession"
Price: 8.49 |
| "London Fields by Martin Amis (Paperback, 1999)" |
| "There is a murderer there is a murderee and there is a foil Everyone is always out there searching for someone and something usually for a lover usually for love And this is a love story But the murderee - Nicola Six - is searching for something and someone else her murderer She knows the time she knows the place she knows the motive she knows the means She just doesn't know the man London Fields is a brilliant funny and multi-layered novel It is a book in which the narrator Samson Young enters the Black Cross a thoroughly undesirable public house and finds the main players of his drama assembled just waiting to begin It's a gift of a story from real lifeall Samson has to do is write it as it happens"
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| "Selected Poems by William Yeats (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "WB Yeats's Selected Poems is edited with an introduction and notes by Timothy Webb in Penguin Modern ClassicsFew have lived their ideas so passionately and nobly as WB Yeats in his love affairs politics and poetry From his youth in the 1880s a fertile dreamer rediscovering and remaking the Irish tradition he grew into a great and innovative poet of the twentieth century This selection of Yeats's work includes the final book from the unjustly neglected narrative poem The Wanderings of Oisin and a number of lyrics from Yeats's work as poetic dramatist This edition breaks new ground by allowing the reader to engage with a dozen poems in alternative versions; in many other cases it provides significant variants so that Yeats's struggle to revise his poetry can be experienced with unusual immediacy It also includes explanatory and textual notes for each poemW B Yeats (1865-1939) was one of the great and innovative poets of the twentieth century Much of his most vigorous verse on love sex Irish and international politics the complexities of the occult and the 'sedentary toil' of poetry was produced in the years between his fiftieth birthday in 1915 and his death in 1939If you enjoyed Selected Poems you might like The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry also available in Penguin Classics'A compelling poetic presence together with Joyce Yeats made modern Irish poetry possible'Timothy Webb"
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| "The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "'Rarely has emotional turbulence been so delicately conveyed' The New York TimesWith delicacy of perception and memory humour and pathos Carson McCullers spreads before us the three phases of a weekend crisis in the life of a motherless twelve-year-old girl Within the span of a few hours the irresistible hoydenish Frankie passionately plays out her fantasies at her elder brother's wedding Through a perilous skylight we look into the mind of a child torn between her yearning to belong and the urge to run away"
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| "Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "The Penguin English Library Edition of Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas HardyI would be content ay glad to live with you as your servant if I may not as your wife; so that I could only be near you and get glimpses of you and think of you as mine I long for only one thing in heaven or earth or under the earth to meet you my own dear! Come to me - come to me and save me from what threatens me!When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall A very different man Angel Clare seems to offer her love and salvation but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess and powerful criticism of social convention Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novelsThe Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War"
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| "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More" |
| "WHAT if you stumbled upon a boy who could talk to animals?WHY is a hitchhiker both a saviour and a threat?HOW can a man see without using his eyes?SEVEN EXTRAORDINARY TALES OF MAGIC MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE"
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| "Electrigirl and the Deadly Swarm" |
| "Fully charged and ready for action The second title in an explosive new series with a unique mix of stunning comic book style visuals and action-packed prose Holly Sparkes was just your average 12-year-old that was until a bolt of lightning crashed into her Now Holly Sparkes is ELECTRIGIRL! After honing her superpowers rescuing her best friend and defeating the evil Professor Macavity - a holiday is just what Holly needs But there's much more than sun sea and sand on offer in the sleepy town of Polcarrow - and when a mysterious and deadly swarm attack there's only one person that can save the day ELECTRIGIRL! A new and exciting take on the classic superhero story - told from the original perspective of a 12-year-old girl Part comic part text perfect for fiction and comic book fans alike This accessible fast-paced read is truly electrifying!"
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| "Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays: A new verse translation, with introduction and notes by Aristophanes (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BC One of the most original playwrights in the entire Western tradition his comedies are remarkable for their brilliant combination of fantasy and satire their constantly inventive manipulation of language and their use of absurd characters and plots to expose his society's institutions and values to the bracing challenge of laughter This vibrant collection of verse translations of Aristophanes' works combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy The volume presents Clouds with its famous caricature of the philosopher Socrates; Women at the Thesmophoria (or Thesmophoriazusae) a work which mixes elaborate parody of tragedy with a great deal of transvestite burlesque; and Frogs in which the dead tragedians Aeschylus and Euripides engage in a vituperative contest of 'literary criticism' of each other's plays Featuring expansive introductions to each play and detailed explanatory notes the volume also includes an illuminating appendix which provides information and selected fragments from the lost plays of Aristophanes"
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| "The Poetic Edda by Oxford University Press (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "'She sees coming up a second time Earth from the ocean eternally green; the waterfalls plunge an eagle soars above them over the mountain hunting fish' After the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok the earth rises serenely again from the ocean and life is renewed The Poetic Edda begins with The Seeress's Prophecy which recounts the creation of the world and looks forward to its destruction and rebirth In this great collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry the exploits of gods and humans are related The one-eyed Odin red-bearded Thor Loki the trickster the lovely goddesses and the giants who are their enemies walk beside the heroic Helgi Sigurd the Dragon-Slayer Brynhild the shield-maiden and the implacable Gudrun New in this revised translation are the quest-poem The Lay of Svipdag and The Waking of Angantyr in which a girl faces down her dead father to retrieve his sword Comic tragic instructive grandiose witty and profound the poems of the Edda have influenced artists from Wagner to Tolkien and a new generation of video-game and film makers ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more"
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| "Running Free : A Runner's Journey Back to Nature" |
| "Shortlisted for the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright prize for nature writing Richard Askwith wanted more Not convinced running had to be all about pounding pavements buying fancy kit and racking up extreme challenges he looked for ways to liberate himself His solution running through muddy fields and up rocky fells running with his dog at dawn running because he's being (voluntarily) chased by a pack of bloodhounds running to get hopelessly enjoyably lost running fast for the sheer thrill of it Running as nature intended Part diary of a year running through the Northamptonshire countryside part exploration of why we love to run without limits Running Free is an eloquent and inspiring account of running in a forgotten rural way observing wildlife and celebrating the joys of nature An opponent of the commercialisation of running Askwith offers a welcome alternative with practical tips (learned the hard way) on how to both start and keep running naturally - from thawing frozen toes to avoiding a stampede when crossing a field of cows Running Free is about getting back to the basics of why we love to run"
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| "Cushions, Curtains and Blinds Step by Step: 25 Soft-Furnishing Projects for the Home by DK (Hardback, 2017)" |
| "Create bespoke interiors without the price tag with Cushions Curtains and Blinds Step-by-Step With 25 easy and stylish sewing projects including pouffes bedspreads and Roman blinds you can customise every inch of your home Add beautiful finishing touches to your soft furnishing creations with advice from the experts on how to tailor each piece to your space and mix and match patterns and prints to create beautiful effects Cushions Curtains and Blinds Step-by-Step uses simple step-by-step instructions and beautiful photography to help you achieve professional and personal results every time - the perfect guide to sprucing up your home"
Price: 9.99 |
| "All About Religion" |
| "A fascinating introduction to the world of religionWhy are we here? What happens after we die? All About Religion unpacks the big questions about life God morality and science vs religion With a foreword by TV and radio personality Aled Jones All about Religion presents faith and religion in a totally unbiased way allowing children to better understand some of the challenging questions we face today Tracing the history of religion around the world and charting key events and theories this book helps us to understand the motivation behind beliefs and why some people do or don't have faith Tricky concepts are explained and broken down into manageable chunks with clear curriculum-based information All about Religion promotes understanding tolerance and respect for people whatever they believe"
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| "Sharks Ultimate Sticker Book" |
| "Bring the underwater world of sharks to life with Sharks Ultimate Sticker Book With 250 reusable stickers your child will discover the dangers baby sharks can face match sharks with the correct fins or use their imagination to create their own exciting hammerhead shark scene Packed with fun facts for kids which support Key Stage learn all about these beautiful underwater creatures with DK's eye-catching photographic stickers Kids will enjoy spending hours completing the entertaining activities and learning all about sharks with Sharks Ultimate Sticker Book"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Forest Life and Woodland Creatures" |
| "Gold Award Winner in the Right Start Best Toy Awards 2017Practical Facts Forest Life and Friendly Woodland Creatures introduces children to life in the forest through fun educational activities Meet cheeping birds scurrying squirrels brave bears and all the other forest friends in this fact-filled pre-school activity book Children can learn how to create pinecone owls fruits of the forest ice lollies bear masks and more all while learning about forest life - from down on the forest floor right up to the treetops This book is great for encouraging little learners to get out and about and to appreciate the wonders of naturePerfect for supporting your little ones' development Practical Facts Forest Life and Friendly Woodland Creatures gently introduces curious young minds to scientific themes such as the life cycle of a tree and seasons Then they can improve their dexterity and memory as they follow the clear text and simple step-by-step photography with each making counting and cooking activity Amazing facts go hand-in-hand with things to make and do in this fun and informative book"
Price: 5.99 |
| "100 Scientists Who Made History (Dk Science) Hardcover" |
| "From brainy biologists and clever chemists to magnificent mathematicians and pioneering physicists discover 100 remarkable scientists who shaped our world Containing a universe of knowledge 100 Scientists Who Made History tells the story of the people who increased our grasp of almost everything around us From Aristotle and Rosalind Franklin to Marie Curie and Stephen Hawking and Brian Cox get the low down on the people whose thirst for knowledge has shaped the way we live today With beautiful photography and illustrations 100 Scientists Who Made History is a fascinating look at the most important scientists and their discoveries It&39;s the perfect way for kids to meet science&39;s most important people"
Price: 9.99 |
| Honour |
| "From award-winning writer Elif Shafak the Orange Prize long-listed author of The Forty Rules of Love and The Architect's Apprentice Honour is a tale of love betrayal and clashing cultures'A powerful book; thoughtful provoking and compassionate' Joanne Harris author of Chocolat'My mother died twice I promised myself I would not let her story be forgotten 'Leaving her twin sister behind Pembe leaves Turkey for love - following her husband Adem to London There the Topraks hope to make new lives for themselves and their children Yet no matter how far they travel the traditions and beliefs the Topraks left behind stay with them - carried in the blood Their eldest is the boy Iskender who remembers Turkey and feels betrayal deeper than most His sister is Esma who is loyal and true despite the pain and heartache And lastly Yunus who was born in London and is shy and differentTrapped by the mistakes of the past the Toprak children find their lives shattered and transformed by a brutal act of murder A powerful novel set in Turkey and London in the 1970s Honour explores pain and loss loyalty and betrayal the trials of the immigrant the clash of tradition and modernity as well as the love and heartbreak that too often tears families apart'Vivid storytelling that explores the darkest aspects of faith and love' Sunday Telegraph'Rich and wide as the Euphrates river along whose banks it begins and ends Elif Shafak has woven with masterful care and compassion one immigrant family's heartbreaking story - a story nurtured in the terrible silences between men and women trying to grow within ancient ways all the while growing past them I loved this book' Sarah Blake author of The Postmistress'Elif Shafak joins writers such as Hanif Kureishi Zadie Smith Monica Ali Aamer Hussein Andrea Levy Hanan al-Shakyh and Leila Aboulela who offer us fictional glimpses of London's Others' The Independent"
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| "A Little Book of Language" |
| "With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant In this charming volume a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience expert linguist David Crystal proves why the story of language deserves retelling From the first words of an infant to the peculiar modern dialect of text messaging A Little Book of Language ranges widely revealing language's myriad intricacies and quirks In animated fashion Crystal sheds light on the development of unique linguistic styles the origins of obscure accents and the search for the first written word He discusses the plight of endangered languages as well as successful cases of linguistic revitalization Much more than a history Crystal's work looks forward to the future of language exploring the effect of technology on our day-to-day reading writing and speech Through enlightening tables diagrams and quizzes as well as Crystal's avuncular and entertaining style A Little Book of Language will reveal the story of language to be a captivating tale for all ages"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Chichester & the South Downs by Ordnance Survey (Sheet map, folded, 2016)" |
| "The OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps perfect for day trips and short breaks Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area and includes places of interest tourist information picnic areas and camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England and Wales OS Landranger now includes a digital version of the paper map accessed through the OS smartphone app OS Maps"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Me and You by Anthony Browne (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "Three bears decide to go out for a walk in the park while their porridge cools Meanwhile a little girl has lost her mum and lost her way and is walking the streets alone until she happens upon a houseThe bears arrive home and discover several things are amissWhat will they find upstairs?"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Waterfall by Lauren Kate (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Eureka's tears have flooded the earth and now Atlantis is rising along with its evil king Atlas Eureka is the only one who can stop him - but first she must learn how to fight She travels across the ocean with Ander to try and make sense of the dark world her sorrow has created But dark secrets are hidden in the depths - will she be strong enough to defeat Atlas or is her broken heart just what he needs to power his rising kingdom? Eureka has the chance to save the world But she'll have to give up on everything - even love"
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| "The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket" |
| "There's nothing unusual or different about the Brocket family - and they're keen to keep it that way But when Barnaby Brocket comes into the world it's clear he's anything but ordinary To his parents' horror Barnaby defies the laws of gravity - and floats Soon the Brockets decide enough is enough The neighbours are starting to talk They never asked for a weird abnormal floating child Barnaby has to go Betrayed and frightened Barnaby floats into the path of a very special hot air balloon - and so begins a magical journey around the world with a cast of extraordinary new friends"
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| "Good Food: Fish & Seafood Dishes : Triple-tested Recipes" |
| "Fish and seafood are a healthy versatile and delicious choice and to prove that cooking with these ingredients doesn't have to be complicated or time-consuming the team at BBC Good Food Magazine have collected their favourite recipes for Good Food 101 Fish & Seafood Dishes You'll never be stuck for ideas with these tasty easy recipes from Smoked Salmon and Dill Tartlets to Spicy Singaporean Fish in chapters that include Simple Everyday Suppers Easy Entertaining Healthy & Low-Fat and Asian Flavours As each recipe is accompanied by a full-page colour photograph and step-by-step instructions creating delicious fish and seafood dishes in your own kitchen has never been so simple"
Price: 4.49 |
| "Zoo Boy" |
| "Hello Dear Reader Are you sitting lying down standing on your head eating a jam sandwich comfortably? Then I'll begin I want to introduce you to a boy called Vince whose birthday it is todayVince is an normal boy with an unusual dislike for animals Well you'd feel the same if your father was always working at a zoo and your mother had run off with a lion tamer Then on his eighth birthday Vince discovers he has the gift He can talk to animals! You think this is amazing? Perhaps you should meet the spoiled and demanding zoo animals that Vince encounters There's a penguin who wants fish fingers a flamingo that wants pink candyfloss and an owl that wants sugared mice Now Vince is expected to meet their demands on his birthday! But everyone seems to have forgotten about thatA hilarious delightful debut for 6 readers by actress Sophie Thompson with black and white illustrations by the wonderfully talented Rebecca Ashdown"
Price: 4.99 |
| "The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman" |
| "While the economy of his small South American country collapses President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers former guerrillas unfrocked priests and reformed - though by no means inactive - whores in a bizarre search for sexual fulfilment But for Cardinal Guzman a man tormented by his own private daemons their stupendous hedonistic fiestas represent the epicentre of all heresiesHeresies that must be challenged with a horrifying new inquisition destined to climax in a spectacular confrontation"
Price: 7.49 |
