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| "Help Your Kids With SATS" |
| "A practical guide for parents and guardians on how to support and prepare your child for their Year 6 SATs SATs can be daunting for both parents and guardians and children who may find themselves experiencing exam stress for the first time Help Your Kids with SATs gives you a complete overview of the KS2 SATs system with tips and advice on caring for your child's wellbeing during this pressurized time DK's Help Your Kids with SATs covers everything you need to know from how to handle your child's exam anxiety to what the SATs test papers cover Discover your child's learning style and use core skills section and practical activities with your child to help them prepare for the three Key Stage 2 SATs areas Reading; Spelling Grammar and Punctuation; and Maths Help Your Kids with SATs is the one book covering all you - and your child - need to be successful and happy during their Year 6 SATs"
Price: 11.49 |
| "A Wrinkle in Time" |
| "Disney takes the classic sci-fi adventure A Wrinkle in Time to the silver screen! With an all-star cast that includes Oprah Winfrey Reese Witherspoon Mindy Kaling Chris Pine and newcomer Storm Reid the major motion picture brings the world of Wrinkle to life for a new generation of fans Meg always felt she was different and when she and her little brother Charles Murry go searching for their lost father they find themselves travelling on a dangerous journey through a &39;wrinkle in time&39; As the cosmic evil forces of darkness threaten to swallow the universe Meg must overcome her insecurities and channel all her inner strengths - her stubbornness anger and ultimately her love - to save her family An exciting mixture of fantasy and science fiction which all the way through is dominated by the funny and mysterious trio of guardian angels known as Mrs Whatsit Mrs Who and Mrs Which A Wrinkle in Time is an empowering story about the battle between good and evil and the power of love This movie tie-in edition of the timeless novel features the complete unabridged original text and an introduction by the film&39;s director Ava DuVernay"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Oliver Twist" |
| "Charles Dickens' classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of LondonAfter Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London Here he meets the Artful Dodger who leads him to Fagin and his gang of pickpockets When a thieving mission goes wrong Oliver narrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind Mr Brownlow But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search of the young orphan determined to drag him back With an inspirational and light-hearted introduction by Garth Nix"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh" |
| "'Musa Dagh stood beyond the world No storm would reach it even if one should break'It is 1915 and Gabriel has returned to his childhood home an Armenian village on the slopes of Musa Dagh But things are becoming increasingly dangerous for his people in Turkey and as the government orders round-ups and deportations the villagers of Musa Dagh decide to fight back The seminal novel of the Armenian genocide Franz Werfel's bestselling 1933 epic brought the catastrophe to the world's attention for the first time and has become a talismanic story of resistance in the face of hatred'Forty Days will invade your senses and keep the blood pounding Once read it will never be forgotten' The New York TimesTranslated by Geoffrey Dunlop and James Reidel"
Price: 8.99 |
| "A Christmas Carol : V&A Collector's Edition" |
| "A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens' most loved books - a true classic and a Christmas-time must-read This special Puffin Classics edition brings together two of the most inspirational collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum London - the works of Arts and Crafts pioneer William Morris and the literature of Charles Dickens Illustrator Liz Catchpole has selected patterns from the V&A archive and introduced new artwork inspired by the collection to create a beautiful cover which brings Charles Dickens's timeless story to lifeEbenezer Scrooge is a mean miserable bitter old man with no friends One cold Christmas Eve three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways By visiting his past present and future Scrooge learns to love Christmas and the people all around himOther titles in the Puffin Classics V&A Collection include Anne of Green Gables Little Women The Secret Garden The Wind in the Willows and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Turtles All the Way Down" |
| "The wait is over! John Green the 1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars is back with a book hailed by the Guardian as 'a new modern classic''It's quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see'Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett but there's a hundred thousand dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend Daisy is eager to investigate So together they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son DavisAza is trying She is trying to be a good daughter a good friend a good student and maybe even a good detective while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts In his long-awaited return John Green the acclaimed award-winning author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars shares Aza's story with shattering unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love resilience and the power of lifelong friendshipFirst edition includes an exclusive jacket poster featuring some of John's most brilliant and memorable quotes"
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| "The Slime Book : All You Need to Know to Make the Perfect Slime" |
| "Over 30 gloopy gooey colourful diy slime recipes will mesmerise youngsters by showing them how to make slimePlay poke push pull and pop awesome easy-to-follow slime recipes all of which use inexpensive accessible and safe everyday products Create Monster Slime with googly eyes tuck in to some yummy edible chocolate slime and see the rainbow with unicorn slime! All projects in The Slime Book are shown with clear step-by-step images and a vibrant final image of the slimy stuff Learn the science behind these slime creations with amazing fact boxes and carry on the fun with recipe variations The latest addictive kids' activity making your own slime is the ultimate sticky and squidgy fun - are you ready to create slime? Then get goo-ing!All slime recipes are borax-free"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Christmasaurus : The Musical Edition: Book and Soundtrack" |
| "'I LOVE this book! It is Christmassy amazing and crumpety all at once! Toby aged 8THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS GIFT for everyone on the nice list That means you!Read and sing-along to Tom Fletcher's BESTSELLING magical tale THIS CHRISTMAS INCLUDING 'Afraid of Heights' Tom's all-new YouTube hitIncludes exclusive CD with 14 new songs by Tom FletcherThey sang and danced a merry celebration with their new dinosaur friend It was a Christmas Eve that none of them would ever forgetThe Christmasaurus is a story about a boy named William Trundle and a dinosaur the Christmasaurus It's about how they meet one Christmas Eve and have an extraordinary adventure It's about friendship and family sleigh bells and Santa singing elves and flying reindeer music and magic It's about discovering your heart's true desire and learning that the impossible might just be possible The Christmasaurus The Musical Edition includes 14 songs on CD all written and performed by Tom Fletcher accompanied by a full orchestra with performances by Giovanna Fletcher Carrie Hope-Fletcher and Santa Claus! And listen out for newcomer Max Reader singing 'Someone More Than Me' and Harry Judd on drums in 'Afraid of Heights' Throughout the book you'll find prompts telling you which track to listen to as you read the story and at the back are all the lyrics so you can sing along too!THE SOUNDTRACK 1 It Must Be Christmas Time2 Dig Diggedy Dig (The Digging Song)3 The Christmasaurus4 Thin Ice5 Someone More Than Me6 The Nice List7 I've Been a Good Girl8 I Believe It Could9 I Ho Ho Hope It's Santa10 I Love Creatures11 Christmas Makes Me Sick12 Afraid of Heights13 Don't Know What It Is14 If You Believe"
Price: 11.99 |
| "Spot Loves His Grandma" |
| "Join Spot for this classic story about all the fun things he does with Grandma Baking cakes making lemonade and reading a story together! This fun reassuring story makes a great gift and is perfect to share at bedtime"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Darkest Hour : How Churchill Brought us Back from the Brink Film Tie-In" |
| "THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER AND OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE AWARD-WINNING MOTION PICTURE STARRING GARY OLDMANFrom the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything this is a cinematic behind-the-scenes account of a crucial moment which takes us inside the mind of one of the world's greatest leaders - and provides a revisionist more rounded portrait of his leadershipMay 1940 Britain is at war European democracies are falling rapidly and the public are unaware of this dangerous new world Just days after his unlikely succession to Prime Minister Winston Churchill faces this horror - and a sceptical King and a party plotting against him He wonders how he can capture the public mood and does so magnificently before leading the country to victoryIt is this fascinating period that Anthony McCarten captures in this deeply researched gripping day-by-day (and often hour-by-hour) narrative In doing so he revises the familiar view of Churchill - he made himself into the iconic figure we remember and changed the course of history but through those turbulent and dangerous weeks he was plagued by doubt and even explored a peace treaty with Nazi Germany It's a scarier and more human story than has ever been told"
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| "12 Rules for Life : An Antidote to Chaos" |
| "The instant worldwide bestseller by 'one of the most eclectic and stimulating public intellectuals at large today' GuardianWhat are the most valuable things that everyone should know? Acclaimed clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has influenced the modern understanding of personality and now he has become one of the world's most popular public thinkers with his lectures on topics from the Bible to romantic relationships to mythology drawing tens of millions of viewers In an era of unprecedented change and polarizing politics his frank and refreshing message about the value of individual responsibility and ancient wisdom has resonated around the worldIn this book he provides twelve profound and practical principles for how to live a meaningful life from setting your house in order before criticising others to comparing yourself to who you were yesterday not someone else today Happiness is a pointless goal he shows us Instead we must search for meaning not for its own sake but as a defence against the suffering that is intrinsic to our existence Drawing on vivid examples from the author's clinical practice and personal life cutting edge psychology and philosophy and lessons from humanity's oldest myths and stories 12 Rules for Life offers a deeply rewarding antidote to the chaos in our lives eternal truths applied to our modern problems"
Price: 14.49 |
| "My Secret Unicorn: The Magic Spell" |
| "Most of the time Twilight looks like an ordinary grey pony but when Lauren says the words of a spell he transforms into a magical unicorn and together they can fly all over the world Lauren Foster is excited about moving to her new home on a farm especially now that her parents have promised that she can get a pony of her own! When she meets Twilight at a pony auction she knows immediately he's the one for her But there's more to Twilight than meets the eye With the help of the magic spell she finds in an old book can Lauren unlock the secret and help Twilight become who he was born to be?"
Price: 4.99 |
| "My Secret Unicorn: Dreams Come True" |
| "Most of the time Twilight looks like an ordinary grey pony but when Lauren says the words of a spell he transforms into a magical unicorn and together they can fly all over the world Lauren's nervous about starting a new school and making new friends but then she meets pony-crazy Mel! Mel's pony Shadow is terrified of making jumps and with the next meet only a week away Lauren is desperate to help Shadow overcome his fear and make her new friend's dreams can true Can Twilight's magical powers help Shadow to be brave?"
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| "My Secret Unicorn: Flying High" |
| "Most of the time Twilight looks like an ordinary grey pony but when Lauren says the words of a spell he transforms into a magical unicorn and together they can fly all over the world Lauren's friend Jessica is finding life at home difficult so difficult that one day two weeks before her dad's wedding she runs away Lauren and Twilight want to help her but their magical plan means letting Jessica into their secret life Can they persuade her to trust them so they can help her feel like she's flying high again?"
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| "My Secret Unicorn: Starlight Surprise" |
| "Most of the time Twilight looks like an ordinary grey pony but when Lauren says the words of a spell he transforms into a magical unicorn and together they can fly all over the world You don't think the treehouse is really haunted do you?There are rumours going round school that there is a haunted treehouse by the creek After Lauren's brother's toy Donkey is thrown up there by the mean boys from school it's up to Lauren and Twilight to get him back and to solve the spooky mystery Little do they know they're not the only ones in for a Starlight Surprise"
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| "The Outsider" |
| "The Outsider is an enduring classic of existential writing by Albert Camus'Mother died today Or maybe yesterday I don't know'Meursault is different He will not lie He will not pretend He is true to himselfSo when his mother dies and he is unmoved he refuses to do the proper thing and grieve Returning to Algiers after the funeral he carries on life as usual until he becomes involved in a violent murderIn court it is clear that Meursault's guilt or innocence will not be determined by what he did or did not do He is on trial for being different - an outsider'The story of a beach murder one of the century's classic novels Blood and sand' JG Ballard'A compelling dreamlike fable' GuardianAlbert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913 He studied philosophy in Algiers and then worked in Paris as a journalist He was one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement and after the War established his international reputation as a writer His books include The Plague The Just and The Fall and he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957 Camus was killed in a road accident in 1960"
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| Foe |
| "Nobel Laureate and two-time Booker prize-winning author of Disgrace and The Life and Times of Michael K J M Coetzee reimagines Daniel DeFoe's classic novel Robinson Crusoe in Foe In an act of breathtaking imagination JM Coetzee radically reinvents the story of Robinson CrusoeIn the early eighteenth century Susan Barton finds herself adrift from a mutinous ship and cast ashore on a remote desert island There she finds shelter with its only other inhabitants a man named Cruso and his tongueless slave Friday In time she builds a life for herself as Cruso's companion and eventually his lover At last they are rescued by a passing ship but only she and Friday survive the journey back to LondonDetermined to have her story told she pursues the eminent man of letters Daniel Foe in the hope that he will relate truthfully her memories to the world But with Cruso dead Friday incapable of speech and Foe himself intent on reshaping her narrative Barton struggles to maintain her grip on the past only to fall victim to the seduction of storytelling itselfTreacherous elegant and unexpectedly moving Foe remains one of the most exquisitely composed of this pre-eminent author's works'A small miracle of a book of marvellous intricacy and overwhelming power' Washington Post'A superb novel' The New York TimesSouth African author J M Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003 and was the first author to win the Booker Prize twice for his novels Disgrace and The Life and Times of Michael K His novel set during the South African apartheid Age of Iron winner of the Sunday Express Book of the Year award is also available in Penguin paperback"
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| "Tuesday's Gone : A Frieda Klein Novel (2)" |
| "For Frieda Klein the days get longer the cases darker Psychotherapist Frieda Klein thought she was done with the police But once more DCI Karlsson is knocking at her doorA man's decomposed body has been found in the flat of Michelle Doyce a woman trapped in a world of strange mental disorder The police don't know who it is how he got there or what happened - and Michelle can't tell them But Karlsson hopes Frieda can get access to the truths buried beneath her confusionPainstakingly Frieda uncovers a possible identity for the corpse Robert Poole a jack of all trades and master conman But the deeper Frieda and Karlsson dig into Poole's past the more of his victims they encounter - and the more motives they find for murder Meanwhile violent ghosts from Frieda's own past are returning to threaten herUnable to discover quite who is telling the truth and who is lying they know they are getting closer to a killer But whoever murdered Poole is determined to stay free - and anyone that gets too close will meet the same fate A gritty heroine a gruesome crime and a terrifying hunt for a psychotic killer Tuesday's Gone is not to be missed by fans of psychological thrillers Praise for Nicci French'Nicci French's sophisticated compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition No one understands human psychological frailty better No one writes better about grief love fear or emotional damage Not many books are as insightful as they are addictive; Nicci French's are' Sophie Hannah'Nicci French knows just how to play on our worst fears' Daily Mail"
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| "Waiting for Wednesday : A Frieda Klein Novel (3)" |
| "Waiting For Wednesday by Nicci French is the thrilling third novel in the highly acclaimed Frieda Klein seriesRuth Lennox beloved mother of three is found by her daughter in a pool of her own blood Who would want to murder an ordinary housewife? And why?Psychotherapist Frieda Klein finds she has an unusually personal connection with DCI Karlsson's latest case She is no longer working with him in an official capacity but when her niece befriends Ruth Lennox's son Ted she finds herself in the awkward position of confidante to both Karlsson and TedWhen it emerges that Ruth was leading a secret life her family closes ranks and Karlsson finds he needs Frieda's help more than ever beforeBut Frieda is distracted Having survived an attack on her life she is struggling to stay in control and when a patient's chance remark rings an alarm bell she finds herself chasing down a path that seems to lead to a serial killer who has long escaped detection Or is it merely a symptom of her own increasingly fragile mind?Because as Frieda knows every step closer to a killer is one more step into a darkness from which there may be no return Praise for Nicci French'Nicci French's sophisticated compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition No one understands human psychological frailty better No one writes better about grief love fear or emotional damage Not many books are as insightful as they are addictive; Nicci French's are' Sophie Hannah'Brilliantly crafted' Daily Mirror'Full of dark psychology and tension nerve-tingling and addictive' Daily Express'Magnificent' Evening Standard"
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| "The Promise" |
| "Lesley Pearse No1 bestselling author of Stolen and Belle returns with the phenomenal novel The Promise Heartbreaking enduring and masterfully told The Promise will take you on a breathtaking journey into the battlefields of the First World War War threatens to take all she has loved and lived for On the outbreak of war Belle Reilly's husband Jimmy enlists and heads for the deadly trenches of northern France But Belle knows she cannot stand idly by when so many are sacrificing their livesVolunteering to help battlefield wounded Belle is posted to France as a Red Cross ambulance driver There a tragic accident brings her face to face with Etienne - a man from her past she's never quite forgotten Torn between forbidden passion loyalty and love Belle is caught in an impossible situation Will she succumb to the dark forces of this most brutal of wars? Or will fate intervene and finally lead her to lasting happiness?The Promise vividly describes life behind the front line and the tragic choices that war forces people to make'Pearse will pull your heartstrings' Sun'Characters it is impossible not to care about' Daily Mail'An addictive tear-jerker with characters you'll adore laugh with and cry for' Bella'Full of love passion and heartbreak' Best'Glorious heartwarming' Woman & HomeLesley Pearse's novels have sold five million copies worldwide Her fourteen most recent books including Belle Stolen Gypsy Faith Hope A Lesser Evil Secrets Remember Me Till We Meet Again Father Unknown Trust Me Never Look Back Charlie and Rosie are huge bestsellers and available as Penguin paperbacks Lesley lives near Bristol and has three daughters and two grandchildren Find Lesley on Twitter LesleyPearse or find out more on her website wwwlesleypearsecouk"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Catcher in the Rye" |
| "The Catcher in the Rye is J D Salinger's world-famous novel of disaffected youth Holden Caulfield is a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school Navigating his way through the challenges of growing up Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society and the 'phonies' themselves the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affectionWritten with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood behind The Catcher in the Rye explores the world with disarming frankness and a warm affecting charisma which has made this novel a universally loved classic of twentieth-century literatureJ D Salinger was born in 1919 and died in January 2010 He grew up in New York City and wrote short stories from an early age but his breakthrough came in 1948 with the publication in The New Yorker of 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish' The Catcher in the Rye was his first and only novel published in 1951 It remains one of the most translated taught and reprinted texts and has sold some 65 million copies His other works include the novellas Franny and Zooey For Esme with Love and Squalor and Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters published with Seymour - An Introduction"
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| "Franny and Zooey" |
| "A funny poignant snapshot of young adulthood from the much-loved author of The Catcher in the RyeFranny Glass and Lane Coutell are the perfect campus couple beautiful intelligent their whole lives ahead of them But one weekend when Franny is visiting amid the excitement of the big Yale game something goes wrong and tensions begin to surface Are they really such a perfect match after all?Franny's older brother is Zooey They come from a sophisticated yet highly eccentric family all seven Glass siblings are former child stars all strange and enchanting and damaged in their own way And when Franny's anxiety spirals into a full-blown breakdown Zooey is the only one who might be able to save her A novel in two intertwining stories Franny and Zooey brilliantly captures the emotional strains and traumas of entering adulthood It is a gleaming example of the wit precision and poignancy that have made JD Salinger one of the most beloved American novelists of the twentieth century"
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| "Misbehaving : The Making of Behavioural Economics" |
| "RICHARD H THALER WINNER OF THE 2017 NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICSShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardECONOMIST FINANCIAL TIMES and EVENING STANDARD books of the yearFrom the renowned and entertaining behavioural economist and co-author of the seminal work Nudge Misbehaving is an irreverent and enlightening look into human foibles Traditional economics assumes that rational forces shape everything Behavioural economics knows better Richard Thaler has spent his career studying the notion that humans are central to the economy - and that we're error-prone individuals not Spock-like automatons Now behavioural economics is hugely influential changing the way we think not just about money but about ourselves our world and all kinds of everyday decisionsWhether buying an alarm clock selling football tickets or applying for a mortgage we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists In other words we misbehave Dismissed at first by economists as an amusing sideshow the study of human miscalculations and their effects on markets now drives efforts to make better decisions in our lives our businesses and our governmentsCoupling recent discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding of incentives and market behaviour Thaler enlightens readers about how to make smarter decisions in an increasingly mystifying world He reveals how behavioural economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything from household finance to assigning faculty offices in a new building to TV quiz shows sports transfer seasons and businesses like UberWhen economics meets psychology the implications for individuals managers and policy makers are both profound and entertaining"
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| "A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Essentials) Mass Market Paperback" |
| "A Clockwork Orange is the daring and electrifying book by Anthony Burgess that inspired one of the most notorious films ever made beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range &39;What&39;s it going to be then eh?&39;In this nightmare vision of youth in revolt fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery rape torture and murder Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?Social prophecy? Black comedy? Study of freewill? A Clockwork Orange is all of these It is also a dazzling experiment in language as Burgess creates a new language - &39;nadsat&39; the teenage slang of a not-too-distant future &39;Every generation should discover this book&39; Time Out&39;A gruesomely witty cautionary tale&39; Time&39;Not only about man&39;s violent nature and his capacity to choose between good and evil It is about the excitements and intoxicating effects of language&39; Daily Telegraph&39;I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with languagea very funny book&39; William S Burroughs&39;One of the cleverest and most original writers of his generation&39; The TimesAnthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917 He studied English at Manchester University and joined the army in 1940 where he spent six years in the Education Corps After demobilization he worked first as a college lecturer in Speech and Drama and then as a grammar-school master before becoming an education officer in the Colonial Service stationed in Malay and Borneo In 1959 Burgess was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and decided to become a full-time writer Despite being given less than a year to live Burgess went on to write at least a book a year - including A Clockwork Orange (1962) MF (1971) Man of Nazareth (1979) Earthly Powers (1980) and The Kingdom of the Wicked (1985) - and hundreds of book reviews right up until his death He was also a prolific composer and produced many full-scale works for orchestra and other media during his lifetime Anthony Burgess died in 1993"
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| "Breakfast at Tiffany's (Penguin Essentials) Paperback" |
| "Truman Capote&39;s dazzling New York novel Breakfast at Tiffany&39;s that inspired the classic 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn is beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range &39;What I&39;ve found does the most good is just to get into a taxi and go to Tiffany&39;s It calms me down right away the quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there not with those kind men in their nice suits&39;Meet Holly Golightly - a free spirited lop-sided romantic girl about town With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose dark glasses and chic black dresses Holly is a style sensation wherever she goes Her apartment rocks to Martini-soaked parties and she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate dream - to find a real life place like Tiffany&39;s that makes her feel at home Full of sharp wit and exuberant larger-than-life characters which vividly capture the restless madcap era of 1940s New York Breakfast at Tiffany&39;s will make you fall in love perhaps for the first time with a book &39;A master writer makes the heart sing and the narrative fly&39; The New York Times&39;The most romantic story ever written&39; Alex James Guardian&39;One of the century&39;s greatest storytellers&39; Independent on SundayTruman Capote was born in New Orleans in 1925 By the age of fourteen he had already started writing short stories some of which were published After leaving school at fifteen he worked for the New Yorker his first - and last - regular job Following this Capote spent two years on a Louisiana farm where he wrote Other Voices Other Rooms (1948) He lived at one time or another in Greece Italy Africa and the West Indies and travelled in Russia and the Orient Capote is the author of many highly acclaimed books including A Tree of Night and Other Stories (1949) The Grass Harp (1951) Breakfast at Tiffany&39;s (1958) In Cold Blood (1965) which immediately became the centre of a storm of controversy on its publication Music for Chameleons (1980) and Answered Prayers (1986) Truman Capote died in 1984"
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| "My Family and Other Animals (Penguin Essentials)" |
| "My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range &39;What we all need&39; said Larry &39;is sunshinea country where we can grow&39;&39;Yes dear that would be nice&39; agreed Mother not really listening &39;I had a letter from George this morning - he says Corfu&39;s wonderful Why don&39;t we pack up and go to Greece?&39;&39;Very well dear if you like&39; said Mother unguardedly Escaping the ills of the British climate the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo gun-toting Leslie bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu But the Durrells find that reluctantly they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions geckos toads bats and butterflies Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare magical childhood &39;Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities&39; Sunday Telegraph&39;A bewitching book&39; Sunday TimesGerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur India in 1925 He returned to England in 1928 before settling on the island of Corfu with his family In 1945 he joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper and in 1947 he led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons He later undertook numerous further expeditions visiting Paraguay Argentina Sierra Leone Mexico Mauritius Assam and Madagascar His first television programme Two in the Bush¸ which documented his travels to New Zealand Australia and Malaya was made in 1962; he went on to make seventy programmes about his trips around the world In 1959 he founded the Jersey Zoological Park and in 1964 he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust He was awarded the OBE in 1982 Encouraged to write about his life&39;s work by his brother Durrell published his first book The Overloaded Ark in 1953 It soon became a bestseller and he went on to write thirty-six other titles including My Family and Other Animals The Bafut Beagles Encounters with Animals The Drunken Forest A Zoo in My Luggage The Whispering Land Menagerie Manor The Amateur Naturalist and The Aye-Aye and I Gerald Durrell died in 1995"
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| "A Room with a View Mass Market Paperback" |
| "EMForster&39;s delightfully satiric comedy of manners A Room with a View is beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range &39;You love the boy body and soul plainly directly as he loves you &39;Lucy has her rigid middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance Her eyes are opened by the unconventional characters she meets at the Pension Pertolini flamboyant romantic novelist Eleanor Lavish the Cockney Signora curious Mr Emerson and most of all his passionate son George Lucy finds herself torn between the intensity of life in Italy and the repressed morals of Victorian England personified in her terminally dull fiancé Cecil Vyse Will she ever learn to follow her own heart?A Room with a View is a sunny brilliantly witty comedy of manners &39;He says and even more implies things that no other novelist does and we can go on reading Forster indefinitely&39; The Times&39;I loved it My first intimation of the possibilities of fiction&39; Zadie SmithEdward Morgan Forster was born in London in 1879 He studied at King&39;s College Cambridge He wrote six novels four of which appeared before the First World War Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) The Longest Journey (1907) A Room with a View (1908) and Howard&39;s End (1910) An interval of fourteen years elapsed before he published A Passage to India It won both the Prix Femina Vie Heuruse and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize He last novel Maurice was published posthumously in 1971 He also published two volumes of short stories and a number of non-fiction books E M Forster died in 1970"
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| "Bonjour Tristesse" |
| "'Late into the night we talked of love of its complications In my father's eyes they were imaginary This conception of rapid violent and passing love affairs appealed to my imagination I was not at the age when fidelity is attractive I knew very little about love'The French Riviera home to the Beautiful People And none are more beautiful than Cecile a precocious seventeen-year-old and her father Raymond a vivacious libertine Charming decadent and irresponsible the golden-skinned duo are dedicated to a life of free love fast cars and hedonistic pleasures But then one long hot summer Raymond decides to marry and Cecile and her lover Cyril feel compelled to take a hand in his amours with tragic consequencesBonjour Tristesse scandalized 1950s France with its portrayal of teenager terrible Cecile a heroine who rejects conventional notions of love marriage and responsibility to choose her own sexual freedom"
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| "Brotherhood : Assassin's Creed Book 2" |
| "Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is the thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the game series'I will journey to the black heart of a corrupt Empire to root out my foes But Rome wasn't built in a day and it won't be restored by a lone assassin I am Ezio Auditore da Firenze This is my brotherhood'Rome once mighty lies in ruins The city swarms with suffering and degradation her citizens living in the shadow of the ruthless Borgia family Only one man can free the people from the Borgia tyranny - Ezio Auditore the Master Assassin Ezio's quest will test him to his limits Cesare Borgia a man more villainous and dangerous than his father the Pope will not rest until he has conquered Italy And in such treacherous times conspiracy is everywhere even within the ranks of the brotherhood itselfAssassin's Creed Brotherhood is based on the phenomenally successful gaming series Fans of the game will love these stories Other titles in the series include Assassin's Creed Renaissance Assassin's Creed Forsaken Assassin's Creed The Secret Crusade and Assassin's Creed RevelationsOliver Bowden is the pen-name of an acclaimed novelist"
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| "Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "Austerlitz is W G Sebald's haunting novel of post-war EuropeIn 1939 five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents This childless couple promptly erase from the boy all knowledge of his identity and he grows up ignorant of his past Later in life after a career as an architectural historian Austerlitz - having avoided all clues that might point to his origin - finds the past returning to haunt him and he is forced to explore what happened fifty years before Austerlitz is WG Sebald's melancholic masterpiece'Mesmeric haunting and heartbreakingly tragic Simply no other writer is writing or thinking on the same level as Sebald' Eileen Battersby Irish Times'Greatness in literature is still possible' John Banville Irish Times Books of the Year'A work of obvious genius' Literary Review'A fusion of the mystical and the solid His art is a form of justice - there can be I think no higher aim' Evening Standard'Spellbindingly accomplished; a work of art' The Times Literary Supplement 'I have never read a book that provides such a powerful account of the devastation wrought by the dispersal of the Jews from Prague and their treatment by the Nazis' Observer'A great book by a great writer' Boyd Tonkin IndependentW G Sebald was born in Wertach im Allgau Germany in 1944 and died in December 2001 He studied German language and literature in Freiburg Switzerland and Manchester In 1996 he took up a position as an assistant lecturer at the University of Manchester and settled permanently in England in 1970 He was Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia and is the author of The Emigrants The Rings of Saturn Vertigo Austerlitz After Nature On the Natural History of Destruction Campo Santo Unrecounted A Place in the Country His selected poetry is published in a volume called Across the Land and the Water"
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