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| "Georgia Paperback" |
| "When nine-year-old orphan Georgia James is unexpectedly fostered by the kindly Celia and her bank manager husband she can hardly believe her luck But then - on her fifteenth birthday - she suffers the cruellest betrayal of all at the hands of her foster father and is forced to run away leaving everything she loves behind her Penniless sleeping rough Georgia is soon introduced to the sleazy Soho world of brassy strippers sweat shops camaraderie and hardship Fired by a fierce ambition blessed with an extraordinary voice her long struggle for fame and fortune begins But even when she reaches the top she finds that the scars of the past can open up to ruin her Steeped in atmosphere and raw emotion Georgia is the story of a determination to succeed against all the odds and of a burning first love"
Price: 7.99 |
| Charity |
| "Charity Stratton's bleak childhood is changed for ever when both her parents are killed in a fire Separated by the authorities from her younger brothers and sister Charity is sent out to work as a skivvy in a boys' boarding school Her loneliness and misery are eased when she falls deeply in love with the dashing but fickle sixth-former Hugh Mainwaring but when she discovers she is pregnant with Hugh's baby she soon realises just how alone she really is Determined to be reunited with her siblings and to make something of herself Charity runs away to London and begins to forge a new life"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Go Ask Alice Paperback / Softback" |
| "Alice could be anyone - she could be someone you know or someone you love - and Alice is in trouble Being fifteen is hard but Alice seems fine She babysits the neighbour&39;s kids She is doing well at school Someday she&39;d even like to get married and raise a family of her own Then she is invited to a party a special party where the drinks are spiked with LSD and Alice is never the same again This tragic and extraordinary true-life story shows the devastating effect that drug-abuse can have But the big difference between Alice and a lot of other kids on drugs is that Alice kept a diary"
Price: 6.49 |
| "A Gentleman in Moscow" |
| "Over 1 million copies sold THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017A MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017A DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017ONE OF BARACK OBAMA&39;S BEST BOOKS OF 2017This novel is astonishing uplifting and wise Don&39;t miss it&39; Chris Cleave No historical novel this year was more witty insightful or original than Amor Towles&39;s A Gentleman in Moscow&39; Sunday Times Books of the YearCharming shows that not all books about Russian aristocrats have to be full of doom and nihilism&39; The Times Books of the Year &39;A supremely uplifting novel It&39;s elegant witty and delightful - much like the Count himself&39; Mail on Sunday Books of the YearOn 21 June 1922 Count Alexander Rostov - recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew member of the Jockey Club Master of the Hunt - is escorted out of the Kremlin across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely But instead of his usual suite he must now live in an attic room while Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval Can a life without luxury be the richest of all?"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Running Like a Girl" |
| "'If you've ever wept Why Do I Want To Run? your answer is here' Caitlin MoranAlexandra Heminsley had high hopes the arse of an athlete the waist of a supermodel the speed of a gazelle Defeated by gyms and bored of yoga she decided to run Her first attempt did not end well Six years later she has run five marathons in two continents But as her dad says you run with your head as much as with your legs So while this is a book about running it's not just about running You could say it's about ambition (yes getting out of bed on a rainy Sunday morning counts) relationships (including talking to the intimidating staff in the trainer shop) as well as your body (your boobs don't have to wobble when you run) But it's also about realising that you can do more than you ever thought possible Very funny very honest and very emotional whether you're in serious training or thinking about running for the bus this is a book for anyone who after wine and crisps for supper a few too many times thinks they might just might like to run like a girl"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Hanns and Rudolf : The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz" |
| "THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE JQ WINGATE PRIZE 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD'A gripping thriller an unspeakable crime an essential history' JOHN LE CARREHanns Alexander was the son of a prosperous German family who fled Berlin for London in the 1930s Rudolf Hoess was a farmer and soldier who became the Kommandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp and oversaw the deaths of over a million men women and children In the aftermath of the Second World War the first British War Crimes Investigation Team is assembled to hunt down the senior Nazi officials responsible for the greatest atrocities the world has ever seen Lieutenant Hanns Alexander is one of the lead investigators Rudolf Hoess his most elusive target In this book Thomas Harding reveals for the very first time the full account of Hoess' capture Moving from the Middle-Eastern campaigns of the First World War to bohemian Berlin in the 1920s to the horror of the concentration camps and the trials in Belsen and Nuremberg Hanns and Rudolf tells the story of two German men whose lives diverged and intersected in an astonishing way"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Spitalfields : The History of a Nation in a Handful of Streets" |
| "SHORTLISTED FOR THE HESSELL-TILTMAN HISTORY PRIZE 2017AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016Religious strife civil conflict waves of immigration the rise and fall of industry great prosperity and grinding poverty - the handful of streets that constitute modern Spitalfields have witnessed all this and much more In Spitalfields one of Britain's best-loved historians tells the stories of the streets he has lived in for four decades Starting in Roman times and continuing right up to the present day Cruickshank explains how Spitalfields' streets evolved what people have lived there and what lives they have led En route he discovers the tales of the Huguenot weavers who made Spitalfields their own after the Great Fire of London He recounts the experiences of the first Jewish immigrants He evokes the slum-ridden courts and alleys of Jack the Ripper's Spitalfields And he describes the transformation of the Spitalfields he first encountered in the 1970s from a war-damaged collection of semi-derelict houses to the vibrant community it is today This is a fascinating evocation of one of London's most distinctive districts At the same time it is a history of England in miniature"
Price: 9.99 |
| "The Shepherd by Frederick Forsyth (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "It is Christmas Eve 1957 Flying home on leave from Germany he is alone in the cockpit of the Vampire Sixty-six minutes of flying time with the descent and landing - destination Lakenheath No problem all routine procedures Then out over the North sea the fog begins to close in Radio contact ceases and the compass goes haywire Suddenly out of the mist appears a World War II bomber It is flying just below the Vampire as of trying to make contact"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "In November 1929 Christopher Isherwood - determined to become a &39;permanent foreigner&39; - packed a rucksack and two suitcases and left England on a one-way ticket for Berlin With incredible candour and wit Isherwood recalls the decadence of Berlin&39;s night scene and his route to sexual liberation As the Nazis rise to power Isherwood describes his dramatic struggle to save his partner Heinz from persecution"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Stoner: A Novel by John Williams (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "Colum McCann once called Stoner one of the great forgotten novels of the past century but it seems it is forgotten no longer - in 2013 translations of Stoner began appearing on bestseller lists across Europe Forty-eight years after its first quiet publication in the US Stoner is finally finding the wide and devoted readership it deserves Have you read it yet?William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture A seminar on English literature changes his life and he never returns to work on his father's farm Stoner becomes a teacher He marries the wrong woman His life is quiet and after his death his colleagues remember him rarely Yet with truthfulness compassion and intense power this novel uncovers a story of universal value Stoner tells of the conflicts defeats and victories of the human race that pass unrecorded by history and reclaims the significance of an individual life A reading experience like no other itself a paean to the power of literature it is a novel to be savoured"
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| "The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "Winner of the Man Booker Prize for FictionNow a major film starring Jim Broadbent and Charlotte RamplingTony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school Sex-hungry and book-hungry they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together trading in affectations in-jokes rumour and wit Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others certainly more intelligent but they all swore to stay friends for life Now Tony is retired He's had a career and a single marriage a calm divorce He's certainly never tried to hurt anybody Memory though is imperfect It can always throw up surprises as a lawyer's letter is about to prove 'A masterpiece' Daily Telegraph 'Mesmerising' Independent 'Wonderful' Irish Times"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Treasure Hunters by James Patterson (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "From the top ten bestselling author of Middle School the Worst Years of My Life and I Funny comes a brilliantly original new adventure series jam-packed with action humour and heart!The Kidd siblings have grown up diving down to shipwrecks and travelling the world helping their famous parents recover everything from swords to gold doubloons from the bottom of the ocean But after their parents disappear on the job the kids are suddenly thrust into the biggest treasure hunt of their lives They'll have to work together to defeat dangerous pirates and dodge the hot pursuit of an evil treasure-hunting rival all while following cryptic clues to unravel the mystery of what really happened to their parents - and find out if they're still alive"
Price: 6.49 |
| "House of Robots: (House of Robots 1) by James Patterson (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "In this new illustrated middle-grade series from James Patterson an extraordinary robot signs up for an ordinary fifth grade class and elementary school will never be the same!It was never easy for Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez to fit in so he's dreading the day when his genius mom insists he bring her newest invention to school a walking talking robot he calls E - for Error Sammy's no stranger to robots - his house is full of a colourful cast of them But this one not only thinks it's Sammy's brother it's actually even nerdier than Sammy Will E be Sammy's one-way ticket to Loserville? Or will he prove to the world that it's cool to be square? It's a roller-coaster ride for Sammy to discover the amazing secret E holds that could change his family forever if all goes well on the trial run!"
Price: 5.49 |
| "House of Robots: Robots Go Wild!: (House of Robots 2) by James Patterson (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "In book two of the House of Robots series it's 'bot brains versus 'bot brawn in an all-out war!Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez and his 'bro-bot' E are making new friends every day as E works as his bedridden sister Maddie's school proxy But disaster strikes when E malfunctions just in time to be upstaged by the super-cool new robot on the block - and loses his ability to help Maddie Now it's up to Sammy to figure out what's wrong with E and save his family!"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Zone One by Colson Whitehead (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "From the author of the Man Booker longlisted The Underground RailroadA pandemic has devastated the planet sorting humanity into two types the uninfected and the infected the living and the living dead The worst of the plague is now past and Manhattan is slowly being resettled Armed forces have successfully reclaimed the island south of Canal Street - aka Zone One' and teams of civilian volunteers are clearing out the remaining infected stragglers' Mark Spitz is a member of one of these taskforces and over three surreal days he undertakes the mundane mission of malfunctioning zombie removal the rigours of Post-Apocalyptic Stress Disorder and attempting to come to terms with a fallen world But then things start to go terribly wrong"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Fifth Woman: Kurt Wallander by Henning Mankell (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "Four nuns and a fifth woman are killed in a savage night-time attack in Africa A year later Inspector Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of an elderly birdwatcher and discovers a gruesome and meticulously planned murder - a body impaled in a trap of sharpened bamboo poles Then another man is reported missing Once again Wallander's life is put on hold as he and his team work tirelessly to find a link between the series of vicious murders Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Sidetracked"
Price: 7.99 |
| "One Step Behind: Kurt Wallander by Henning Mankell (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "It is Midsummer's Eve Three young friends meet in a wood to act out an elaborate masque But unknown to them they are being watched Each is killed by a single bullet Soon afterwards one of Inspector Wallander's colleagues is found murdered Is it the same killer and what could the connection be? In this investigation Wallander is always tantalisingly one step behind"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Pyramid: Kurt Wallander by Henning Mankell (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "When Kurt Wallander first appeared in Faceless Killers he was a senior police officer just turned forty with his life in a mess His wife had left him his father barely acknowledged him; he ate badly and drank alone at night The Pyramid chronicles the events that led him to such a place We see him in the early years doing hours on the beat whilst trying to solve a murder off-duty; witness the beginnings of his fragile relationship with Mona the woman he has his heart set on marrying; and learn the reason behind his difficulties with his father These thrilling tales provide a fascinating insight into Wallander's character from the stabbing of a neighbour in 1969 to a light aircraft accident in 1989 every story is a vital piece of the Wallander series showing Mankell at the top of his game Featuring an introduction from the author The Pyramid is an essential read for all fans of Kurt Wallander"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Dark Road by Ma Jian (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Meili a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China is married to Kongzi a village school teacher and a distant descendant of Confucius They have a daughter but desperate for a son to carry on his illustrious family line Kongzi gets Meili pregnant again without waiting for official permission When family planning officers storm the village to arrest violators of the population control policy mother father and daughter escape to the Yangtze River and begin a fugitive life For years they drift south through the poisoned waterways and ruined landscapes of China picking up work as they go along scavenging for necessities and flying from police detection As Meili's body continues to be invaded by her husband and assaulted by the state she fights to regain control of her fate and that of her unborn child"
Price: 7.49 |
| "All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Jake Whyte is the sole resident of an old farmhouse on an unnamed British island a place of ceaseless rains and battering winds It's just her her untamed companion Dog and a flock of sheep Which is how she wanted it to be But something is coming for the sheep - every few nights it picks one off leaves it in rags It could be anything There are foxes in the woods a strange boy and a strange man rumours of an obscure formidable beast And there is Jake's unknown past perhaps breaking into the present a story hidden thousands of miles away and years ago in a landscape of different colour and sound a story held in the scars that stripe her back Winner of the Miles Franklin AwardWinner of the Encore AwardWinner of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered AwardShortlisted for the Costa Novel PrizeShortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial PrizeLonglisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "'Swallows and Amazons for ever!'The Walker children - also known as Captain John Mate Susan Able-Seaman Titty and Ship's Boy Roger - set sail on the Swallow and head for Wild Cat Island There they camp under open skies swim in clear water and go fishing for their dinner But their days are disturbed by the Blackett sisters the fierce Amazon pirates The Swallows and Amazons decide to battle it out and so begins a summer of unforgettable discoveries and incredible adventures BACKSTORY Crack the Swallow's code and learn all about the adventurous author"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "'Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!'Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout and cooked it yourself? The four Swallows John Susan Titty and Roger return to the lake full of such plans and they can't wait to meet up with Nancy and Peggy the Amazon Pirates When the Swallow is shipwrecked and the Amazon's fearsome Great-Aunt makes decides to make a visit their summer seems ruined Then they discover a wonderful hidden valley and things take a turn for the better BACKSTORY Discover the real Swallowdale swot up on seafaring and learn all about the adventurous author"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "&39;Password Emil!&39;Emil is excited to be taking the train on his own for the first time He doesn&39;t like the look of his fellow passenger the man in the bowler hat Emil will just have to keep his wits about him and his money in his pocket But Emil falls asleep and when he wakes up the man in the bowler hat is gone - and so is the money! Emil is determined to get it back He teams up with a gang of young detectives and so begins a hair-raising chase across Berlin to catch the dirty rotten thief BACKSTORY Learn all about the book&39;s brave author and find out just how good a sleuth you would be"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "'Some things are just sitting there minding their own business waiting to be discovered Like America And other things are probably better off left alone'Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind Who is the 'Fury'? Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to 'Out-With' ? And who are all the sad people in striped pyjamas on the other side of the fence? The grown-ups won't explain so Bruno decides there is only one thing for it - he will have to explore this place alone What he discovers is a new friend A boy with the very same birthday A boy in striped pyjamas But why can't they ever play together?BACKSTORY Read an interview with the author JOHN BOYNE and learn all about the Second World War in Germany"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "Can you go a little faster? Can you run?Long ago at a time in history that never happened England was overrun with wolves But as Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia discover real danger often lies closer to home Their new governess Miss Slighcarp doesn't seem at all nice She shuts Bonnie in a cupboard fires the faithful servants and sends the cousins far away from Willoughby Chase to a place they will never be found Can Bonnie and Sylvia outwit the wicked Miss Slighcarp and her network of criminals forgers and snitches?BACKSTORY Find out a few things you didn't know about wolves and learn all about the wonderful world of the author"
Price: 5.49 |
| "I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "&39;I write this sitting in the kitchen sink’This is the diary of Cassandra Mortmain which tells of her extraordinary family and their crumbling castle home Cassandra&39;s father was once a famous writer but now he mainly reads detective novels while his family slide into genteel poverty Her sister Rose is bored and beautiful and desperate to marry riches Their step-mother Topaz has habit of striding through the countryside wearing only her wellington boots But all their lives will be soon be transformed by the arrival of new neighbours from America and Cassandra finds herself falling in love BACKSTORY Get to know Dodie Smith and be inspired to keep your own diary!"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (Paperback, 2012)" |
| ""You saved your mistress&39;s life Beauty! yes you saved her life"Black Beauty is the prettiest young horse in the meadows and spends many happy days under the apple trees with his friends Ginger and Merrylegs But this easy life comes to an end when Beauty is sold and goes from farm to inn to cabhorse in London enduring rough treatment from foolish and careless masters Beauty remains faithful hardworking and full of spirit despite his trials and through him we learn that all horses and humans alike deserve to be treated with kindness BACKSTORY Find out about the unusual author and learn some horsey vocabulary"
Price: 4.99 |
| "The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "&39;"People never like me and I never like people" Mary thought&39;When Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody says she is the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen It is true too Mary is pale spoilt and quite contrary But she is also horribly lonely Then one day she hears about a garden in the grounds of the Manor that has been kept locked and hidden for years And when a friendly robin helps Mary find the key she discovers the most magical place anyone could imagine BACKSTORY Take our quiz learn about the plucky author and find out about the real secret garden"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Therese Raquin by Emile Zola (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "A BRAND NEW TRANSLATION BY ADAM THORPEAdam Thorpe's version deserves to become the standard English text' Daily TelegraphAdam Thorpe brings an unusual freshness and zip to the task which goes some way towards returning us to that sense of unnerving immediacy which the young Zola's novel would have given its readers in 1867' Times Literary SupplementMysterious disappearances domestic cases noiseless bloodless snuffings-out the law can look as deep as it likes but when the crime itself goes unsuspected oh yes there's many a murderer basking in the sun When Therese Raquin is forced to marry the sickly Camille she sees a bare life stretching out before her leading every evening to the same cold bed and every morning to the same empty day Escape comes in the form of her husband's friend Laurent and Therese throws herself headlong into an affair There seems only one obstacle to their happiness; Camille They plot to be rid of him But in destroying Camille they kill the very desire that connects them First published in 1867 Therese Raquin has lost none of its power to enthral Adam Thorpe's unflinching translation brings Zola's dark and shocking masterwork to life"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "'There comes a time in every boy's life when when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure'Impish daring young Tom Sawyer is a hero to his friends and a torment to his relations For wherever there is mischief or adventure Tom is at the heart of it During one hot summer Tom witnesses a murder runs away to be a pirate attends his own funeral rescues an innocent man from the gallows searches for treasure in a haunted house foils a devilish plot and discovers a box of gold But can he escape his nemesis the villainous Injun Joe?BACKSTORY Find out some fascinating facts about the author and have a go at a game of marbles!"
Price: 4.99 |
