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| "Dark Days (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 4) by Derek Landy (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "Meet Skulduggery Pleasant detective sorcerer warrior Oh yes And dead Skulduggery Pleasant is gone sucked into a parallel dimension overrun by the Faceless Ones If his bones haven't already been turned to dust chances are he's insane driven out of his mind by the horror of the ancient gods There is no official Sanctuary-approved rescue mission There is no official plan to save him But Valkyrie's never had much time for plans The problem is even if she can get Skulduggery back there might not be much left for him to return to There's a gang of villains bent on destroying the Sanctuary there are some very powerful people who want Valkyrie dead and as if all that wasn't enough it looks very likely that a sorcerer named Darquesse is going to kill the world and everyone on it Skulduggery is gone All our hopes rest with Valkyrie The world's weight is on her shoulders and its fate is in her hands These are dark days indeed"
Price: 6.49 |
| "An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "A thrilling and moving novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very human war for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The Butterfly Lion By the award-winning former Children's Laureate and author of War Horse Dresden 1945 Elizabeth and Karli's mother works at the zoo where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene Then the zoo director tells her that the dangerous animals - including the elephants - must be shot before the town is bombed Unable to give Marlene up their mother moves her into the back garden to save her and then the bombs start to fall Their home destroyed the whole family must flee the bombed-out city and through the perilous snow-covered landscape all the while avoiding the Russian troops who are drawing ever closer It would be hard enough to do without an elephant in tow"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Death of Kings : 2" |
| "The ultimate Rome story The young Julius Caesar is serving on board a war galley gaining a fearsome reputation Then his ship is captured and he is abandoned on the North African coast After gathering a legion of men powerful enough to gain vengeance on his captors and to suppress an uprising in Greece he returns to Rome a hero At the moment of his triumph Julius finds he must fight again A savage rebellion threatens the city led by a gladiator named Spartacus The second instalment in the bestselling Emperor series"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Two Towers : 2 (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "Building on the story begun in The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring this is the second part of Tolkien&39;s epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings featuring an exclusive cover image from the film the definitive text and a detailed map of Middle-earth Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom They have lost the wizard Gandalf in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; and at the Falls of Rauros Boromir seduced by the power of the Ring tried to seize it by force While Frodo and Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone that is save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go To celebrate the release of the first of Peter Jackson&39;s two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY this second part of The Lord of the Rings is available for a limited time with an exclusive cover image from Peter Jackson&39;s award-winning trilogy"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Easy Learning Italian Dictionary" |
| "An up-to-date easy-reference dictionary with practical and fun supplements ideal for learners of Italian and especially those looking for exam success Designed for learners of Italian whether you are learning for your GCSE exams at school in an evening class for business or to go on holiday The entries cover everyday Italian and English (including all essential set expressions) and key curriculum words are highlighted to help with exam preparation The dictionary also offers additional help in the form of a full guide to using the dictionary essential grammar pages and a section on expressing yourself in Italian and English With warnings on the most common errors and confusable words this dictionary gives a solid foundation for Italian language learning Get it right translations shown in examples to show you how to really use Italian Get there fast new clear Collins typography and layout take you quickly to the words you want with all the most important words flagged for rapid identification Have confidence a fun practical supplement helping you use written and spoken Italian correctly"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Twelve Years a Slave : A True Story" |
| "The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture Why had I not died in my young years - before God had given me children to love and live for? What unhappiness and suffering and sorrow it would have prevented I sighed for liberty; but the bondsman's chain was round me and could not be shaken off' 1841 Solomon Northup is a successful violinist when he is kidnapped and sold into slavery Taken from his family in New York State - with no hope of ever seeing them again - and forced to work on the cotton plantations in the Deep South he spends the next twelve years in captivity until his eventual escape in 1853 First published in 1853 this extraordinary true story proved to be a powerful voice in the debate over slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War It is a true-life testament of one man's courage and conviction in the face of unfathomable injustice and brutality its influence on the course of American history cannot be overstated"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Let's Play sticker activity book" |
| "Bing and his friends love to play Join them in this sticker activity book packed with games activities and fun! Use your stickers to help Bing to play musical statues finish his jigsaw make eggy heads build sandcastles and much more Playing it's a Bing thing!"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Collins Ireland Touring Map" |
| "Large full colour Collins map of the whole of Ireland showing the road network in detail and with a special emphasis on places of tourist interest This map has a handy touring scale of 75 miles to 1 inch (1475200) It has over 20 categories of tourist information depicted on the map with clear colourful red and yellow symbols There is a full index to place names and places of interest INCLUDES All classified and most minor roads Railway network and ferry routes Viewpoints and sandy beaches Speed enforcement zones and safety camera locations Index to 20 categories of tourist information Includes castles historic houses gardens beaches and golf courses"
Price: 4.49 |
| "The Ice Princess : 1" |
| "The psychological thriller debut of No1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg A small town can hide many secrets Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy The death of her childhood friend Alex is just the beginning Her wrists slashed her body frozen in an ice-cold bath it seems like she's taken her own life Meanwhile local detective Patrik Hedstroem is following his own suspicions about the case It's only when they start working together that the truth begins to emerge about a small town with a deeply disturbing past"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal by Oren Klaff (Hardback, 2011)" |
| "Gold Medal Winner--Tops Sales World's Best Sales and Marketing BookFast fun and immensely practical-JOE SULLIVAN Founder FlextronicsMove over Neil Strauss and game theory Pitch Anything reveals the next big thing in social dynamics game for business-JOSH WHITFORD Founder Echelon MediaWhat do supermodels and venture capitalists have in common?They hear hundreds of pitches a year Pitch Anything makes sure you get the nod (or wink) you deserve-RALPH CRAM InvestorPitch Anything offers a new method that will differentiate you from the rest of the pack-JASON JONES Senior Vice President Jones Lang LaSalleIf you want to pitch a product raise money or close a deal read Pitch Anything and put its principles to work-STEVEN WALDMAN Principal and Founder Spectrum CapitalPitch Anything opened my eyes to what I had been missing in my presentations and business interactions-LOUIE UCCIFERRI President Regent Capital GroupI use Oren's unique strategies to sell deals raise money and handle tough situations-TAYLOR GARRETT Vice President White CapA counter-intuitive method that works-JAY GOYAL CEO SumOptiAbout the BookWhen it comes to delivering a pitch Oren Klaff has unparalleled credentials Over the past 13 years he has used his one-of-a- kind method to raise more than 400 million-and now for the fi rst time he describes his formula to help you deliver a winning pitch in any business situation Whether you're selling ideas to investors pitching a client for new business or even negotiating for a higher salary Pitch Anything will transform the way you position your ideas According to Klaff creating and presenting a great pitch isn't an art-it's a simple science Applying the latest findings in the field of neuroeconomics while sharing eye-opening stories of his method in action Klaff describes how the brain makes decisions and responds to pitches With this information you'll remain in complete control of every stage of the pitch process Pitch Anything introduces the exclusive STRONG method of pitching which can be put to use immediatelySetting the FrameTelling the StoryRevealing the IntrigueOffering the PrizeNailing the HookpointGetting a DecisionOne truly great pitch can improve your career make you a lot of money-and even change your life Success is dependent on the method you use not how hard you try Better method more money Klaff says Much better method much more money Klaff is the best in the business because his method is much better than anyone else's And now it's yours Apply the tactics and strategies outlined inPitch Anything to engage and persuade your audience-and you'll have more funding and support than you ever thought possible"
Price: 11.99 |
| "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Heaven" |
| "Corey Taylor has seen a lot of unbelievable things The Grammy Award-winning singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour's curiosity has drawn him into situations that would've sent most people screaming scared and running for the hills Corey's ballsy enough to go into the darkness and deal with the consequences though As a result he's seen ghosts up close and personal whether it be while combing through an abandoned house in his native Iowa as a child or recording an album in the fabled Houdini Hollywood Hills mansion He's also got the memories (and scars) to prove it For some reason he can't seem to shake these spectral stories and that brings us to this little tome right here At the same time being an erudite tattooed modern Renaissance Man he never bought into the whole God thing Simply put he's seen ghosts but he hasn't seen Jesus Corey especially can't find a reason why people do the insane things they do in HIS name That's where everything really gets interesting His second book A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven compiles Corey's most intimate incredible and insane moments with the supernatural His memories are as vivid as they are vicious As he recounts these stories he questions the validity of religious belief systems and two-thousand-year-old dogma As always his rapid-fire writing razor sharp sense of humour unbridled honesty and cosy anecdotes make quite the case for his point You might end up believing him or not That's up to you of course Either way you're in for a hell of ride"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Brilliant Bread" |
| "Winner of the 2014 Guild of Food Writers Award for Cookery Book of the Year James Morton was surely the people's favourite to win 2012's Great British Bake Off series - with his Fairisle jumpers and eccentric showstoppers this soft-spoken Scottish medical student won the viewers' hearts if not the trophy James's real passion is bread-making He is fascinated by the science of it the taste of it the making of it And in Brilliant Bread he communicates that passion to everyone demystifying the often daunting process of proper bread making James uses supermarket flour and instant yeast - you can save money by making your own bread You don't even have to knead! It just takes a bit of patience and a few simple techniques Using step by step photos James guides the reader through the how-to of dough making and shaping with recipes ranging from basic loaves through flatbreads sourdoughs sweet doughs buns doughnuts focaccia and pretzels Inspiring and simple to follow with James's no-nonsense advice and tips this book will mean you never buy another sliced white loaf again"
Price: 15.49 |
| "For Every Child by Random House Children's Publishers UK (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "'Whoever we are wherever we liveThese are the rights of every child under The sun and the moon and the stars'In November 1989 the United Nations formally adopted 54 principles which make up the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child From the right to a name and a nationality to the right to education and play and special protection for disabled children the fourteen rights most pertinent to young children have been carefully chosen and interpreted here in simple language 191 of the world's 193 countries have ratified the Convention making themselves legally bound to comply with its obligations There is a wonderful international cast of acclaimed illustrators from Britain Shirley Hughes Babette Cole John Burningham and Peter Weevers; from the US Jerry Pinkney and Rachel Isadora; from Ireland PJ Lynch; French artist Philippe Dumas Chilean illustrator Claudio Munoz; from Germany Henriette Sauvant; Indian artists Amrit and Rabindra K D Kaur Singh; from Japan Satoshi Kitamura; Zimbabwe-born Ken Wilson Max; from China a brilliant new young artist Yang Twesi-yu Each has illustrated a different right with an outstanding double page spread making a powerful and moving book that is both an important souvenir and a stunning picture book to be treasured"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders until he meets Donald Shimoda - former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar In Illusions the unforgettable follow-up to his phenomenal New York Times bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach takes to the air to discover the ageless truths that give our souls wings that people don't need airplanes to soar that even the darkest clouds have meaning once we lift ourselves above them and that messiahs can be found in the unlikeliest places - like hay fields one-traffic-light midwestern towns and most of all deep within ourselves"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Runaway (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureThe matchless Munro makes art out of everyday lives in this exquisite collection Here are men and women of wildly different times and circumstances their lives made vividly palpable by the nuance and empathy of Munro&39;s writing Runaway is about the power and betrayals of love about lost children lost chances There is pain and desolation beneath the surface like a needle in the heart which makes these stories more powerful and compelling than anything she has written before Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009"
Price: 7.49 |
| Penhallow |
| "The death of Adam Penhallow on the eve of his birthday seems at first to be by natural causes He was elderly after all But Penhallow wasn't well liked He had ruled over his estate with an iron will and a sharp tongue He had played one relative off against another He was so bad tempered and mean that both his servants and his family hated him It soon transpires that far from being a peaceful death Penhallow was in fact murdered Poisoned With his family gathered to celebrate his birthday and servants that both feared and despised him there are more than a dozen prime suspects But which one of them turned hatred into murder?"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Summons" |
| "Ray Atlee a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia is forty-three and newly single His father a very sick old man who lives the life of a recluse in the ancestral home in Clanton Mississippi was once a beloved and powerful official who towered over local law and politics for many years With the end in sight Judge Atlee issues a summons to Ray to return home to Clanton to discuss the details of the family estate Ray reluctantly heads south but the family meeting does not take place The Judge dies too soon and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret which Ray believes only he knows Until it becomes clear that someone else knows too"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Justice Game by Geoffrey Robertson (Paperback, 1998)" |
| "Geoff Robertson was born in Australia bu came to London in 1970 He made his name as the fearless defender of Oz magazine at the celebrated trial and went on to engage in some of the most newsworthy cases in recent history He has defended John Stonehouse Cynthia Payne Salman Rushdie Kate Adie Arthur Scargill Daniel Sullivan Gay News 'The Romans of Britain' 'Niggaz with Attitude' and a pair of foetal earrings The book includes accounts of recent cases including the defence of a West London gym owner against the Prince of Wales the Matrix Churchill affair and the defence of the Guardian in the cash-for-questions affair Hugely readable funny scandalous revelator this will become one of the great books about the law"
Price: 10.49 |
| "The Greeks by H. D. F. Kitto (Paperback, 1950)" |
| "The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved a totally new conception of what human life was for Elaborating on that claim the author explores the life culture and history of classical Greece"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps by Anne Applebaum (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "This landmark book uncovers for the first time in detail one of the greatest horrors of the twentieth century the vast system of Soviet camps that were responsible for the deaths of countless millionsGulag is the only major history in any language to draw together the mass of memoirs and writings on the Soviet camps that have been published in Russia and the West Using these as well as her own original research in NKVD archives and interviews with survivors Anne Applebaum has written a fully documented history of the camp system from its origins under the tsars to its colossal expansion under Stalin's reign of terror its zenith in the late 1940s and eventual collapse in the era of glasnost It is a gigantic feat of investigation synthesis and moral reckoning"
Price: 10.49 |
| "The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten (Paperback, 1999)" |
| "An utterly brilliant collection of the very best poems from Puffin BooksA celebratory anthology of the best of Puffin poetry publishing including poems by Roger McGough Michael Rosen Charles Causley Benjamin Zephaniah Jackie Kay Spike Milligan John Agard Brian Patten Allan Ahlberg and Kit Wright Each poet's work is illustrated by a different artist such as Emma Chichester Clark Fritz Wegner and Korky PaulBrian Patten came to public attention with the publication of THE MERSEY SOUND in 1967 He is a very popular performance poet always in demand for conferences and school visits Collections of his own poetry are published in Puffin and he is the editor of the PUFFIN BOOK OF TWENTIETH CENTURY VERSE Brian lives in LondonThis collection features poems and illustrations fromSpike Milligan; Kit Wright; Michael Rosen; Charles Causley; Roger McGough; Benjamin Zephaniah; Brian Patten; Jackie Kay; John Agard; Allan Ahlberg; Emma Chichester Clark; Korky Paul; Alison Jay; Lydia Monks; Ali Chatterton; David Mostyn; Sue Williams; Sheila Moxley; Fritz Wegner"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Complete Fairy Tales by George MacDonald (Paperback, 1999)" |
| "George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries This volume brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay The Fantastic Imagination The subjects are those of traditional fantasy good and wicked fairies children embarking on elaborate quests and journeys into unsettling dreamworlds Within this familiar imaginative landscape his children's stories were profoundly experimental questioning the association of childhood with purity and innocence and the need to separate fairy tale wonder from adult scepticism and disbelief"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Protestant Ethic and Other Writings by Max Weber (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "In The Protestant Ethic Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Aeneid by Virgil (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Inspired by Homer and the inspiration for Dante and Milton Virgil's The Aeneid is an immortal epic poem of the ancient world that lies at the heart of Western life and culture translated from the Latin with an introduction by David West in Penguin ClassicsAfter a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy Virgil wrote The Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising Aeneas - Augustus' legendary ancestor As a patriotic epic imitating Homer The Aeneid also set out to provide rome with a literature equal to that of ancient Greece It tells of Aeneas survivor of the sack of Troy and of his seven-year journey - to Carthage where he tragically fell in love with Queen Dido; then to the underworld in the company of the Sybil of Cumae; and finally to Italy where he founded Rome It is a story of defeat and exile of love and war hailed by Tennyson as 'the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man' David West's acclaimed prose translation is accompanied by an updated introduction Including a new discussion of each of the twelve books of The AeneidPublius Virgilius Maro (70-19 BC) studied rhetoric and philosophy in Rome where he became a court poet As well as The Aeneid his Eclogues and Georgics earned him the reputation as the finest Latin poetIf you enjoyed The Aeneid you might like Homer's The Iliad also available in Penguin Classics'The most truthful translation ever conveying as many nuances and whispers as are possible from the original'The Times'Sweet prose clear and clean and dancing like a mountain stream as here West opens the window and the winds bring life into Virgil's body'Wall Street Journal"
Price: 7.99 |
| "From Head to Toe by Eric Carle (Paperback, 1999)" |
| "A lively and fresh interactive introduction to the basic body parts and movements Gorillas elephants camels and other animals invite all young readers to clap stomp wriggle and bend like they do"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The New Spaniards by John Hooper (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "A fully revised expanded and updated edition of this masterly portrayal of contemporary SpainThe restoration of democracy in 1977 heralded a period of intense change that continues today Spain has become a land of extraordinary paradoxes in which traditional attitudes and contemporary preoccupations exist side by side Focussing on issues which affect ordinary Spaniards from housing to gambling from changing sexual mores to rising crime rates John Hooper's fascinating study brings to life the new Spain of the twenty-first century"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Command of the Ocean : A Naval History of Britain 1649-1815" |
| "The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government It describes not just battles voyages and cruises but how the Navy was manned how it was supplied with timber hemp and iron how its men (and sometimes women) were fed and above all how it was financed and directed It was during the century and a half covered by this book that the successful organizing of these last three - victualling money and management - took the Navy to the heart of the British state It is the great achievement of the book to show how completely integrated and mutually dependent Britain and the Navy then became"
Price: 14.49 |
| "NW by Zadie Smith (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "Coming soon as a BBC2 drama adaptation -- a masterful novel about London life from the bestselling prize-winning Zadie Smith Zadie Smith's brilliant tragi-comic NW follows four Londoners - Leah Natalie Felix and Nathan - after they've left their childhood council estate grown up and moved on to different lives From private houses to public parks at work and at play their city is brutal beautiful and complicated Yet after a chance encounter they each find that the choices they've made the people they once were and are now can suddenly rapidly unravel A portrait of modern urban life NW is funny sad and urgent - as brimming with vitality as the city itselfPraise for NW'Her dialogue sings and soars; terse packed and sassy Smith is simply wonderful Dickens's legitimate daughter' Boyd Tonkin Independent'Astonishing dazzling Really - without exaggeration - not since Dickens has there been a better observer of London scenes Zadie Smith is a genius It's hard to imagine a better novel this year - or this decade' AN Wilson'Intensely funny richly varied always unexpected A joyous optimistic angry masterpiece No better English novel will be published this year' Philip Hensher Daily Telegraph'Absolutely brilliant So electrically authentic' TIME'Captivating Funny sexy weird full of acute social comedy like London She's up there with the best around' Evening Standard'Marvellous crackles with reflections on race music and migration A lyrical fiction for our times' Spectator'Undeniably brilliant rush out and buy this book' Observer"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4: Adrian Mole Book 1 by Sue Townsend (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 34 is the first book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series Friday January 2ndI felt rotten today It's my mother's fault for singing 'My Way' at two o'clock in the morning at the top of the stairs Just my luck to have a mother like her There is a chance my parents could be alcoholics Next year I could be in a children's homeMeet Adrian Mole a hapless teenager providing an unabashed pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life Writing candidly about his parents' marital troubles the dog his life as a tortured poet and 'misunderstood intellectual' Adrian's painfully honest diary is still hilarious and compelling reading thirty years after it first appearedBestselling author Sue Townsend has been Britain's favourite comic writer for over three decades'I not only wept I howled and hooted and had to get up and walk around the room and wipe my eyes so that I could go on reading' Tom Sharpe'A satire of our times Very funny indeed' Sunday Times 'We laugh both at Mole and with him A wonderful comic read that like all the best comedy says something rather meaningful' HeatSue Townsend is Britain's favourite comic author Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 5534) Number Ten Ghost Children The Queen and I Queen Camilla and The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year all of which are highly acclaimed bestsellers She has also written numerous well-received plays She lives in Leicester where she was born and grew up"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The First Man by Albert Camus (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "The unfinished manuscript of The First Man was discovered in the wreckage of car accident in which Camus died in 1960 Although it was not published for over thirty years it was an instant bestseller when it finally appeared in 1994 The 'first man' is Jacques Cormery whose poverty-stricken childhood in Algiers is made bearable by his love for his silent and illiterate mother and by the teacher who transforms his view of the world The most autobiographical of Camus's novels it gives profound insights into his life and the powerful themes underlying his workAlbert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913 The works that established his international reputation include THE PLAGUE THE FALL THE REBEL and THE OUTSIDER Camus died in a road accident in 1960 and is remembered as one of the greatest philsophical novelists of the twentieth century"
Price: 7.49 |
