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| "Goggle-eyes by Anne Fine (Paperback, 1990)" |
| "Kitty Killin is not only a good storyteller but also the World's Greatest Expert when it comes to mothers having new and unwanted boyfriends Particularly when there's a danger they might turn into new and unwanted stepfathers"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Geraldine McCaughrean (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "A lively humorous retelling for children of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Pot of Gold and Other Plays by Plautus (Paperback, 1965)" |
| "One of the supreme comic writers of the Roman world Plautus (c254-184 BC) skilfully adapted classic Greek comic models to the manners and customs of his day This collection features a varied selection of his finest plays from the light-hearted comedy Pseudolus in which the lovesick Calidorus and his slave try to liberate his lover from her pimp to the more subversive The Prisoners which raises serious questions about the role of slavery Also included are The Brothers Menaechmus which formed the prototype for Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors and The Pot of Gold whose old miser Euclio is a glorious study in avarice Throughout Plautus breathes new brilliant life into classic comic types - including deceitful twins scheming slaves bitter old men and swaggering soldiers - creating an entertaining critique of Roman life and values"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Civil Wars by Appian (Paperback, 1989)" |
| "Taken from Appian's Roman History the five books collected here form the sole surviving continuous historical narrative of the era between 133-35 BC - a time of anarchy and instability for the Roman Empire A masterly account of a turbulent epoch they describe the Catiline conspiracy; the rise and fall of the First Triumvirate; the murder of Julius Caesar; the formation of the Second Triumvirate by Antonius Octavian and Lepidus; and brutal civil war A compelling depiction of the decline of the Roman state into brutality and violence The Civil Wars portrays political discontent selfishness and the struggle for power - a struggle that was to culminate in a titanic battle for mastery over the Roman Empire and the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra by Octavian in 31 BC"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Old Man Goriot by Honore de Balzac (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house At first his wealth inspires respect but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters Goriot's fate is intertwined with two other fellow boarders the young social climber Eugene Rastignac who sees a way to gain the acceptance and wealth he craves and the enigmatic figure of Vautrin who is hiding darker secrets than anyone Weaving a compelling and panoramic story of love money self-sacrifice corruption greed and ambition Old Man Goriot is Balzac's acknowledged masterpiece A key novel in his Comedie Humaine series it is a vividly realized portrait of bourgeois Parisian society in the years following the French Revolution"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Faster, Faster, Nice and Slow by Sue Heap, Nick Sharratt (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "A third title in this superb series by award-winning best friends Sue Heap and Nick Sharratt Here is the perfect way to learn about opposites Whether it's a quiet cat and a noisy dog a freezing cold or a hot and sunny day or a super fast leopard and a family of slowly-slow snails Sue and Nick introduce all sorts of opposites in an engaging and memorable way"
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| "The Collaborator by Mirza Waheed (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "'With flashes of brilliance tenderness and fury Mirza Waheed's The Collaborator does what fiction should It makes you listen' Arundhati Roy author of The God of Small ThingsBy the waters running through the valleys of Kashmir teenage boys come to play cricket talk about girls and just be But a few years later when they are young men and violence grips the region they are goneOnly the son of the local headman has stayed He knows his friends have slipped over the border to Pakistan and turned militant to bear arms against the Indian army He would like to join them - but he cannotInstead put in an impossible position by an Indian army Captain he must cross into the shadowland between the opposing sides a ghost walking among the dead His fate like that of his lost brothers unknown 'Waheed's prose burns with the fever of anger and despair; the scenes in the valley are exceptional conveying a hallucinatory living nightmare that has become an everyday reality for Kashmiris' Metro'Waheed builds an atmosphere of menace and despair his tale possesses a disturbing power that is both lingering and profound' Independent on Sunday'Compelling An important and poetic testimony to an all-too-easily forgotten war' Daily MailMirza Waheed was born and brought up in Kashmir His debut novel The Collaborator was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Shakti Bhat Prize and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize It was also book of the year for the Telegraph New Statesman Financial Times Business Standard and Telegraph India Waheed has written for the BBC the Guardian Granta Al Jazeera English and The New York Times He lives in London"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Poems of the Great War: 1914-1918 by Penguin Books Ltd (Paperback, 1998)" |
| "Published to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of Armistice this collection is intended to be an introduction to the great wealth of First World War Poetry The sequence of poems is random - making it ideal for dipping into - and drawn from a number of sources mixing both well-known and less familiar poetry"
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| "South From Granada by Gerald Brenan (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Part autobiography part travelogue and wholly a tribute to the unspoilt beauty of southern Spain Gerald Brenan's South from Granada includes an introduction by Chris Stewart author of the bestselling Driving Over Lemons in Penguin Modern ClassicsBetween 1920 and 1934 Gerald Brenan lived in the remote Spanish village of Yegen and South of Granada depicts his time there vividly evoking the essence of his rural surroundings and the Spanish way of life before the Civil War Here he portrays the landscapes festivals and folk-lore of the Sierra Nevada the rivalries romances and courtship rituals village customs superstitions and characters Fascinating details emerge from cheap brothels to archaeological remains along with visits from Brenan's friends from the Bloomsbury group - Lytton Strachey and Virginia Woolf among them Knowledgeable elegant and sympathetic this is a rich account of Spain's vanished pastGerald Brenan (1894-1987) was an English writer who spent much of his life in Spain He is best known for The Spanish Labyrinth a work of history on the background to the Spanish Civil War and for South From Granada Seven Years in an Andalusian Village He was awarded a CBE in 1982 and was much honoured in SpainIf you enjoyed South from Granada you might like Orwell's Homage to Catalonia also available in Penguin Modern Classics'The best of Brenan's books he has a true and proper knowledge of the culture he describes' Cyril Connolly Sunday Times'A brilliant interpreter of Spain to the rest of the world' The Times"
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| "The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "The Penguin English Library Edition of The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle'He is the Napoleon of crime Watson He sits motionless like a spider in the centre of its web but that web has a thousand radiations and he knows well every quiver of each of them'Sherlock Holmes scourge of criminals everywhere whether they be lurking in London's foggy backstreets or plotting behind the walls of an idyllic country mansion and his faithful colleague Dr Watson solve these breathtaking and perplexing mysteries In Arthur Conan Doyle's The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases we encounter some of his most famous and devilishly difficult problemsThe 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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| "Mr Majeika and the School Trip by Humphrey Carpenter (Paperback, 1999)" |
| "More amazing adventures with Mr Majeika the ex-wizard turned teacher and his class at St Barty's School This time there's a trip down a magic river a battle to save St Barty's from the wrecking ball and work experience for Class Three"
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| "The Ring of Earth (Young Samurai, Book 4) by Chris Bradford (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "JACK FLETCHER IS ON THE RUNWith no sensei to guide him he has just his wits and his swords against many new and unknown enemies as he journeys along the treacherous road to the port of Nagasaki and perhaps homeBut the Shogun's samurai are hot on his trail Barely escaping their clutches Jack runs headlong into a trap Kidnapped by ninja and led to their village deep in the mountains Jack has no means of escapeThe only question is who will kill him first - the ninja or samurai?"
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| "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do-It-Yourself Book *NEW large format*" |
| "Now everyone can have their own Wimpy Kid diary! Draw your own Wimpy-Kid-style cartoons fill in facts and lists check out the full-colour comics inside and even write your own Wimpy Kid journal just like GregNow in a brilliant new large format so you can go super-size with all your Wimpy Kid doodles!"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Matilda by Roald Dahl (Hardback, 2016)" |
| "A splendiferous new hardback of Matilda part of a collection of truly delumptious classic Roald Dahl titles with stylish jackets over surprise printed colour cases and exquisite endpaper designsMatilda Wormwood's father thinks she's a little scab Matilda's mother spends all afternoon playing bingo And Matilda's headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well she's the worst of all She is a big bully who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey As for Matilda she's an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind - and now she's had enough So all these grown-ups had better watch out because Matilda is going to teach them a lesson they'll never forgetA true genius Roald Dahl is my hero - David Walliams Now you can listen to MATILDA and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! And look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Very Hungry Caterpillar's abc by Eric Carle (Board book, 2015)" |
| "Learn your abc with The Very Hungry Caterpillar Explore the amazing animal alphabet with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this delightful board book Featuring Eric Carle's bright distinctive artwork and lots of favourite animals big and small"
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| "Spot Loves Bedtime" |
| "The perfect bedtime story for all fans of Spot the loveable puppyJoin Spot for a brand-new story Spot is ready to snuggle down and go to sleep but - oh no! - where's teddy ? This simple reassuring story is perfect for sharing at bedtime with boys and girls aged 0-3"
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| "Buddy by Nigel Hinton (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Buddy is a moving and totally convincing account of a boy&39;s faltering relationship with his father with an atmospheric 1980s setting It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic outspoken first Buddy has a hopeless father who is an ageing rocker interested only in Elvis and bikes and living on the fringes of the under-world The two manage to strike up some kind of relationship when Buddy&39;s mum walks out - until Buddy realises that his dad is involved in something more serious than he suspected The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults From political awakening war and unrequited love to addiction teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths The collection includes The Outsiders - SE Hinton I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith Postcards from No Man&39;s Land - Aidan Chambers After the First Death - Robert Cormier Dear Nobody - Berlie Doherty The Endless Steppe - Esther Hautzig Buddy - Nigel Hinton Across the Barricades - Joan Lingard The Twelfth Day of July - Joan Lingard No Turning Back - Beverley Naidoo Z for Zachariah - Richard C O&39;Brien The Wave - Morton Rhue The Red Pony - John Steinbeck The Pearl - John Steinbeck Stone Cold - Robert Swindells"
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| "Olalla by Robert Louis Stevenson (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'Is it me you love friend? or the race that made me?'A gothic novella about love torment and doomed aristocracy set in the remote mountains of SpainIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Stevenson's works available in Penguin Classics are An Apology for Idlers The Black Arrow Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde In the South Seas Kidnapped The Master of Ballantrae Treasure Island and Selected Poems"
Price: 1.99 |
| "Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov by Penguin Books Ltd (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "'She turned into a frog into a lizard into all kinds of other reptiles and then into a spindle'In these tales young women go on long and difficult quests wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles with help or hindrance from magical dolls cannibal witches talking skulls stolen wives and brothers disguised as wise birds Half the tales here are true oral tales collected by folklorists during the last two centuries while the others are reworkings of oral tales by four great Russian writers Alexander Pushkin Nadezhda Teffi Pavel Bazhov and Andrey Platonov In his introduction to these new translations Robert Chandler writes about the primitive magic inherent in these tales and the taboos around them while in the afterword Sibelan Forrester discusses the witch Baba Yaga This edition also includes an appendix bibliography and notes 'This is a unique beautifully edited book an essential addition to the library of any Russophile' - Spectator Longlisted for the Rossica Translation Prize 2014Translated by Robert Chandler and Elizabeth ChandlerWith Sibelan Forrester Anna Gunin and Olga Meerson"
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| "Bond 11+: Maths: Assessment Papers : 10-11+ years Book 2" |
| "Bond is the number 1 provider of 11 practice helping millions of children pass selective entrance exams Bond Maths Assessment Papers for 10-11 years Book 2 are topic-based practice questions for the 11 exam They have been written to cover the core 11 question types your child will experience in their actual exam building the skills and confidence for exam success Bond Maths Assessment Papers for 10-11 years Book 1 (ISBN 9780192740168) is also available"
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| "Summer Shadows" |
| "Amongst the secret and lies will love survive? Summer lives under a terrible shadow It drains her manipulates her and threatens to steal her future A high-stakes mission offers a temporary escape She must use her mind-shadowing abilities to hunt down her target and find the truth Hal Robinson is a soldier He does not get distracted He wins But what Hal wants begins to shift once he meets Summer They must learn to trust each other if they are going to protect the Savant community But will their secrets allow them to find a happy ending of their own? A stunning new novel from the best-selling author of Finding Sky Stealing Phoenix and Seeking Crystal Heart-pounding romance from the recipient of the 2015 Romantic Novel of the Year Award mixed with a thrilling mystery and a spine-tingling hint of the supernatural Summer Shadows is perfect for fans of Maggie Stiefvater Meg Cabot and Josephine Angelini"
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| "Winnie and Wilbur: Nitty Winnie" |
| "Winnie and Wilbur do things differently! In 'Winnie's Wet Weekend' they discover the perils of living in a sandcastle; in 'Jurassic Winnie' Winnie and Wilbur go back to the time of the dinosaurs; in 'A Wedding for Winnie' the preparations for her sister Wendy's wedding take a crazy turn when Winnie is put in charge; and in 'Nitty Winnie' find out what happens when Winnie's head is invaded by some tiny uninvited guests! Four hilarious stories featuring Winnie and Wilbur and a zany supporting cast Korky Paul's exuberant black line illustrations complement the humour slapstick and moments of real drama in each story 'Funny mischievous silly and exciting Great stuff' Giles Andrea author of Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants The spellbinding new look of this bestselling series celebrates the wonderful relationship shared by Winnie and her cat Wilbur Since 1987 they have been delighting children and adults all over the world and more than 7 million books have been sold Winnie and Wilbur will be hitting TV screens worldwide in 2017 airing in the UK on Milkshake Channel 5's popular pre-school slot A Winnie and Wilbur stage show is set to run in Birmingham in 2017 followed by a national UK tour A new look for the website too! wwwwinnieandwilburcom"
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| "Art History: A Very Short Introduction by Dana Arnold (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "This clear and concise new introduction examines all the major debates and issues using a wide range of well-known examples It discusses the challenge of using verbal and written language to analyse a visual form Dana Arnold also examines the many different ways of writing about art and the changing boundaries of the subject of art history Topics covered include the canon of Art History the role of the gallery &39;blockbuster&39; exhibitions the emergence of social histories of art (Feminist Art History or Queer Art History for example) the impact of photography and the development of Art History using artefacts such as the altarpiece the portrait or pornography to explore social and cultural issues such as consumption taste religion and politics Importantly this book explains how the traditional emphasis on periods and styles originates in western art production and can obscure other critical approaches as well as art from non western cultures ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Madness: A Brief History by Roy Porter (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment from antiquity to the present day Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness' covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses electric shock therapy to sexual deviancy psychoanalysis to prozac The origins of current debates about how we define and deal with insanity are examined through eyewitness accounts of those treating patients writers artists and the mad themselves"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Eighteenth-century Britain: A Very Short Introduction by Paul Langford (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain Paul Langford's Very Short Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Britain spans from the aftermath of the Revolution of 1688 to Pitt the Younger's defeat at attempted parliamentary reform ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
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| "Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson (Hardback, 1988)" |
| "This book covers one of the most turbulent periods of the USA&39;s history from the Mexican War in 1848 to the end of the Civil War in 1865 With a broad historical sweep it traces the heightening sectional conflict of the 1850s the growing estrangement of the South and its impassioned defence of slavery; the formation of the Republican Party in the North with its increasing opposition to slavery; and the struggle over territorial expansion with its accompanying social tensions and economic expansion The whole panorama of the Civil War is captured in these pages from the military campaign which is described with vividness immediacy a grasp of strategy and logistics and a keen awareness of the military leaders and the common soldiers involved to its political and social aspects"
Price: 23.99 |
| "The Oxford History of Western Music: Music in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by Richard Taruskin (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time This text illuminates through a representative sampling of masterworks those themes styles and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age Taking a critical perspective this text sets the details of music the chronological sweep of figures works and musical ideas within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history Written by an authoritative opinionated and controversial figure in musicology The Oxford History of Western Music provides a critical aesthetic position with respect to individual works a context in which each composition may be evaluated and remembered Taruskin combines an emphasis on structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age to illustrate how the music itself works and how contemporaries heard and understood it It also describes how the context of each stylistic period-key cultural historical social economic and scientific events-influenced and directed compositional choices"
Price: 27.99 |
| "The Oxford History of Western Music: Music in the Nineteenth Century by Richard Taruskin (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time This text illuminates through a representative sampling of masterworks those themes styles and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age Taking a critical perspective this text sets the details of music the chronological sweep of figures works and musical ideas within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history Written by an authoritative opinionated and controversial figure in musicology The Oxford History of Western Music provides a critical aesthetic position with respect to individual works a context in which each composition may be evaluated and remembered Taruskin combines an emphasis on structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age to illustrate how the music itself works and how contemporaries heard and understood it It also describes how the context of each stylistic period-key cultural historical social economic and scientific events-influenced and directed compositional choices"
Price: 27.99 |
| "The Oxford History of Western Music: Music in the Early Twentieth Century by Richard Taruskin (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time This text illuminates through a representative sampling of masterworks those themes styles and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age Taking a critical perspective this text sets the details of music the chronological sweep of figures works and musical ideas within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history Written by an authoritative opinionated and controversial figure in musicology The Oxford History of Western Music provides a critical aesthetic position with respect to individual works a context in which each composition may be evaluated and remembered Taruskin combines an emphasis on structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age to illustrate how the music itself works and how contemporaries heard and understood it It also describes how the context of each stylistic period-key cultural historical social economic and scientific events-influenced and directed compositional choices Unlike earlier surveys Taruskin provides greater attention to the full range of 20th century music including American music as part of the mainstream tradition of western music women in music and popular musics"
Price: 27.99 |
| "The Oxford History of Western Music: Music in the Late Twentieth Century by Richard Taruskin (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time This text illuminates through a representative sampling of masterworks those themes styles and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age Taking a critical perspective this text sets the details of music the chronological sweep of figures works and musical ideas within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history Written by an authoritative opinionated and controversial figure in musicology The Oxford History of Western Music provides a critical aesthetic position with respect to individual works a context in which each composition may be evaluated and remembered Taruskin combines an emphasis on structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age to illustrate how the music itself works and how contemporaries heard and understood it It also describes how the context of each stylistic period-key cultural historical social economic and scientific events-influenced and directed compositional choices Unlike earlier surveys Taruskin provides greater attention to the full range of 20th century music including American music as part of the mainstream tradition of western music women in music and popular music"
Price: 27.99 |
