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| "CHERUB: Guardian Angel : Book 14" |
| "The fourteenth title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series! Ryan has saved Ethan's life more than once Ethan thinks he must be a guardian angel But Ryan works for CHERUB a secret organisation with one key advantage even experienced criminals never suspect that children are spying on them Ethan's family runs a billion-dollar criminal empire and Ryan's job is to destroy it Can Ryan complete his mission without destroying Ethan as well? For official purposes these children do not exist"
Price: 5.99 |
| "CHERUB: Shadow Wave : Book 12" |
| "The twelfth title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series! James Adams' loyalties are tested in his most dangerous mission yet After a tsunami causes massive devastation to a tropical island its governor sends in the bulldozers to knock down villages replacing them with luxury hotelsGuarding the corrupt governor's family isn't James Adams' idea of the perfect mission especially as it's going to be his last as a CHERUB agent And then retired colleague Kyle Blueman comes up with an unofficial and highly dangerous plan of his ownJames must choose between loyalty to CHERUB and loyalty to his oldest friendFor official purposes these children do not exist"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Amsterdam : A History of the World's Most Liberal City" |
| "Amsterdam is not just any city Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins - Paris London Berlin - and has influenced the modern world to a degree that few other cities have Sweeping across the city's colourful thousand year history Amsterdam will bring the place to life its sights and smells; its politics and people Concentrating on two significant periods - the late 1500s to the mid 1600s and then from the Second World War to the present Russell Shorto's masterful biography looks at Amsterdam's central preoccupations Just as fin-de-siecle Vienna was the birthplace of psychoanalysis seventeenth century Amsterdam was the wellspring of liberalism and today it is still a city that takes individual freedom very seriously A wonderfully evocative book that takes Amsterdam's dramatic past and present and populates it with a whole host of colourful characters Amsterdam is the definitive book on this great city"
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| "Destined : Number 9 in series" |
| "'I knew forcing a confrontation with Neferet here and now wasn't smart But I couldn't stop myself ' Zoey finds herself weakened this time by the brutal death of her mother While Neferet gathers the forces of Darkness Zoey must battle grief to rally her own troops; not least Stevie Rae and her newly human consort Rephaim who has finally turned his back on his cruel immortal father Kalona Working to create chaos at the House of Night Neferet has joined with the White Bull of pure evil to create a vessel of Darkness a beautiful boy named Aurox Yet this strange Dark creature is somehow drawn to be near Zoey - and even to protect her"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Frankie's Magic Football: Frankie vs The Cowboy's Crew : Book 3" |
| "Frankie and his team love playing football There's always time for a game And now that they have their magical football they're playing against teams they never imagined!When they're transported back into the Wild West Frankie's team will have to go head-to-head with some crabby cowboys Will they be able to win the penalty shoot out at high noon?"
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| "Frankie's Magic Football: Frankie vs The Pirate Pillagers : Book 1" |
| "Frankie and his team love playing football There's always time for a gameBut when they win an old football at a carnival they're going to be transported to a magical world of football they never knew existed!Can Frankie and his team beat the Pirate Pillagers and make their way home?"
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| "Liccle Bit" |
| "What's worse than hiding a secret? Liccle Bit's about to find outVenetia King is the hottest girl at school Too bad Lemar is the second shortest guy in his year Everyone calls him Liccle Bit and his two best friends McKay and Jonah never tire of telling him he has no chance with girls Things aren't much better at home His mum is permanently hassled his sister a frustrated single mum and his dad moved out years ago Liccle Bit wishes he could do something - anything! - to make life better A new phone would be a start When Venetia starts paying Liccle Bit attention he secretly hopes he's on a fast track to a first date Unfortunately as a new gang war breaks out he finds himself on a fast track to something much more sinister South Crongton's notorious gang leader has taken an interest in Liccle Bit Before he knows what's happening he finds himself running errands But when he hears about a killing on the estate Liccle Bit is forced to question his choices How can he possibly put things right?"
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| "The Secret City" |
| "'Remember Demons lie'Locked away inside the fortified walls of Oxford's St Wilfred's College surrounded by alchemists sworn to protect them Taylor and Sacha are safe from the Darkness For nowBut time is short In seven days Sacha will turn 18 and the ancient curse that once made him invincible will kill him unleashing unimaginable demonic horror upon the worldThere is one way to stop it Taylor and Sacha must go to where the curse was first cast - the medieval French city of Carcassonne - and face the demons The journey will be dangerous And monsters are waiting for themBut as Darkness descends on Oxford their choice is stark They must face everything that scares them or lose everything they love"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Crongton Knights" |
| "Winner of the Guardian Children Fiction's Prize 2016Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2017Living on the South Crongton council estate has its worries - and life for McKay has been even tougher since his mum died His dad has been working all hours to keep the bailiffs from their door His brother is always out riding the streets at night tempting trouble And now having strayed off his turf on a 'heroic' (if misguided) mission to help out a girl McKay finds himself facing a friend's crazy ex-boyfriend some power-tripping hood-rats and a notoriously violent gangster with a vendetta which hits too close to homePoor McKay He never asked for trouble But during one madcap night of adventure and danger he will find out who his true friends are and what it means to stick with your family Crongton Knights is a very funny very moving story that shows that although life is testing the lessons learned the hard way are the ones you'll never forget"
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| "The Unknowns" |
| "Tilly is perched at the top of Belfast's largest crane She likes to climb up high at night in order to feel free from a city which despite the best PR is still full of trouble and conflict Eventually she comes back down to discover her bike is missing and in its place is a boy named Brew Wearing eyeliner and high-heeled boots he offers her a drink from his flask of coffee before disappearing into the night The next morning Tilly's bike is returned but tucked into the spoke of the wheel is a card with Brew's number on it As Tilly learns to trust Brew he leads her into a world she never knew existed - a world of parties in abandoned houses completing missions that involve break-ins and risking everything just to help strangers in need; the world of The Unknowns What Tilly doesn't anticipate is that they will also make her question everything she was brought up to believe in and force her to make a choice that will stay with her for the rest of her lifeThe Unknowns is a story about hope in a city where increasing numbers of young people are struggling to get by a place where there is no trust in the political system and where some people still dare to dream"
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| "Straight Outta Crongton" |
| "THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE 2016Round these ends it's hard to hold on to your dreamsLife's a constant hustle for Mo Her mum's boyfriend Lloyd is just another man who likes to beat down women; the South Crong streets are fraught with hazards and nasty G's; and when it comes to matters of the heart she's still hung up on SamNo wonder she's vexed so much of the time Thank god her sistrens Elaine and Naomi are on her side if one of them falls then they all fallBut when badness goes down and a life is left hanging in the balance Mo has to face her hot urge for revenge and she might end up losing more than she wins"
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| "Oryx And Crake" |
| "By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GracePigs might not fly but they are strangely altered So for that matter are wolves and racoons A man once named Jimmy lives in a tree wrapped in old bedsheets now calls himself Snowman The voice of Oryx the woman he loved teasingly haunts him And the green-eyed Children of Crake are for some reason his responsibility 'In Jimmy Atwood has created a great character a tragic-comic artist of the future part buffoon part Orpheus An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past' - Independent'Gripping and remarkably imagined' - London Review of Books"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Year Of The Flood" |
| "By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceThe sun brightens in the east reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them the air smells faintly of burning The waterless flood - a man-made plague - has ended the worldBut two young women have survived Ren a young dancer trapped where she worked in an upmarket sex club (the cleanest dirty girls in town); and Toby who watches and waits from her rooftop garden Is anyone else out there?"
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| "Testament Of Youth : Film Tie In" |
| "In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen and as war was declared she was preparing to study at Oxford Four years later her life - and the life of her whole generation - had changed in a way that was unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war eraTESTAMENT OF YOUTH one of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War is Brittain's account of how she survived the period; how she lost the man she loved; how she nursed the wounded and how she emerged into an altered world A passionate record of a lost generation it made Vera Brittain one of the best-loved writers of her time"
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| "On Writers and Writing" |
| "By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceWhat is the role of the writer? Prophet? High Priest of Art? Court Jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and the development of her writing career Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse! - their activities looking at what costumes they have seen fit to assume what roles they have chosen to play In her final chapter she takes up the challenge of the book's title if a writer is to be seen as 'gifted' who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift?Margaret Atwood's wide and eclectic reference to other writers living and dead is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences as a writer both in Canada and on the international scene The lightness of her touch is underlined by a seriousness about the purpose and the pleasures of writing and by a deep familiarity with the myths and traditions of western literature"
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| "Outsiders : Five Women Writers Who Changed the World" |
| "Outsiders tells the stories of five novelists - Mary Shelley Emily Bronte George Eliot Olive Schreiner Virginia Woolf - and their famous novelsWe have long known their individual greatness but in linking their creativity to their lives as outsiders this group biography throws new light on the genius they share 'Outsider' 'outlaw' 'outcast' a woman's reputation was her security and each of these five lost it As writers they made these identities their own taking advantage of their separation from the dominant order to write their novelsAll five were motherless With no female model at hand they learnt from books; and if lucky from an enlightened man; and crucially each had to imagine what a woman could be in order to invent a voice of their own They understood female desire the passion and sexual bravery in their own lives infused their fictionsWhat they have in common also is the way they inform one another and us across the generations Even today we do more than read them; we listen and live with themLyndall Gordon's biographies have always shown the indelible connection between life and art an intuitive exciting and revealing approach that has been highly praised and much read and enjoyed She names each of these five as prodigy visionary outlaw orator and explorer and shows how they came they saw and left us changed"
Price: 14.49 |
| "Stone Mattress : Nine Wicked Tales" |
| "By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceA recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband An elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence A woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire and a crime committed long ago is revenged in the Arctic via a 19 billion-year-old stromatoliteIn these nine tales Margaret Atwood ventures into the shadowland earlier explored by fabulists and concoctors of dark yarns such as Robert Louis Stevenson Daphne du Maurier and Arthur Conan Doyle - and also by herself in her award-winning novel Alias Grace In Stone Mattress Margaret Atwood is at the top of her darkly humorous and seriously playful game"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Frenchman's Creek (Virago Modern Classics) Paperback" |
| "The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St Columb to be ripe for any folly any outrage that will alter the tedium of her days But there is another secret Dona who longs for freedom honest love - and sweetness even if it is spiced with danger To escape the shallowness of court life Dona retreats to Navron her husband&39;s remote Cornish estate There she seeks peace in its solitary woods and hidden creeks But she finds instead a daring pirate hunted by all Cornwall a Frenchman who like Dona would gamble his life for a moment&39;s joy Together they embark upon a quest rife with danger and glory one which bestows upon Dona the ultimate choice sacrifice her lover to certain death or risk her own life to save him"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Don't Look Now And Other Stories" |
| "John and Laura have come to Venice to try and escape the pain of their young daughter's death But when they encounter two old women who claim to have second sight they find that instead of laying their ghosts to rest they become caught up in a train of increasingly strange and violent eventsThe four other haunting evocative stories in this volume also explore deep fears and longings secrets and desires a lonely teacher who investigates a mysterious American couple a young woman confronting her father's past a party of pilgrims who meet disaster in Jerusalem and a scientist who harnesses the power of the mind to chilling effect"
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| "The Dark Circle : Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017" |
| "Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction'Extraordinarily affecting' Alex Preston Observer'This is a novel whose engine is flesh and blood not cold ideas Grant brings the 1950s - that odd downbeat fertile decade between war and sexual liberation - into sharp bright heartbreaking focus' - Christobel Kent GuardianAll over Britain life is beginning again now the war is over but for Lenny and Miriam East End London teenage twins who have been living on the edge of the law life is suspended - they've contacted tuberculosis It's away to the sanatorium - newly opened by the NHS - in deepest Kent for them where they will meet a very different world among other patients an aristocract a young university grad a mysterious German woman and an American merchant seaman with big ideas about love and rebellion They are not the only ones whose lives will be changed forever 'Grant is so good at conjuring up atmosphere and writes with earthy vivacity'- Anthony Gardner Mail on Sunday'Read this fine persuasive moving novel and contemplate' John Sutherland The Times"
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| "The Heart Goes Last" |
| "By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceStan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of economic and social collapse Living in their car surviving on tips from Charmaine's job at a dive bar they're increasingly vulnerable to roving gangs and in a rather desperate state So when they see an advertisement for the Positron Project in the town of Consilience - a 'social experiment' offering stable jobs and a home of their own - they sign up immediately All they have to do in return for this suburban paradise is give up their freedom every second month swapping their home for a prison cell At first all is well But slowly unknown to the other Stan and Charmaine develop a passionate obsession with their counterparts the couple that occupy their home when they are in prison Soon the pressures of conformity mistrust guilt and sexual desire take over and Positron looks less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Valley of the Dolls unlined notebook" |
| "Using the cover artwork of our much-loved Virago Modern Classics hardback range these elegant notebooks celebrate three of our most popular titles Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier; Excellent Women by Barbara Pym and Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann They are a must-have for all Virago fans and are surely the most stylish way of collecting notes on your favourite books Or maybe it will inspire you to write a novel of your own Each notebook features a ribbon bookmark high-quality paper and matching endpapersRebecca and Excellent Women feature artwork by award-winning textile designer Neisha Crosland wwwneishacroslandcomValley of the Dolls features artwork by textile designer and founder of Biba Barbara Hulanicki wwwbarbarahulanickidesigncom"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Trans Like Me : A Journey for All of Us" |
| "What does it mean to be transgender? How do we discuss the subject? In this eye-opening book CN Lester academic and activist takes us on a journey through some of the most pressing issues concerning the trans debate from pronouns to Caitlyn Jenner; from feminist and LGBTQ activists to the rise in referrals for gender variant children - all by way of insightful and moving passages about the author&39;s own experience Trans Like Me shows us how to strive for authenticity in a world which often seeks to limit us by way of labels"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Talented Mr Ripley Notebook : A Virago Modern Classic" |
| "Using the cover artwork of our much-loved Virago Modern Classics hardback range these elegant unlined notebooks celebrate three of our most popular titles The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith; The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter; and Good Behaviour by Molly Keane These beautiful notebooks are a must-have for all Virago fans - surely the most stylish way of collecting notes on your favourite books Or maybe they will inspire you to write a novel of your own Each notebook features a ribbon bookmark high-quality paper and matching endpapersThe Talented Mr Ripley and The Magic Toyshop feature artwork by vintage textile designers Marian Mahler and Jacqueline Groag Good Behaviour features a cover by award-winning designers Eley Kishimoto httpwwweleykishimotocom"
Price: 10.99 |
| "The Peppermint Pig" |
| "'Warm and funny this tale of a pint-size pig and the family he saves will take up a giant space in your heart' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE'What a consummate storymaker Nina Bawden is' MICHAEL MORPURGOWINNER OF THE GUARDIAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S FICTION'D'ya want a peppermint pig Mrs Greengrass?'Poll looked at the milkman thinking of sweets but there was a real pig poking its snout out of the milkman's coat pocket It was the tiniest pig she had ever seen 'What's a peppermint pig?''Runt of the litter Too small for the sow to raise He'd only get trampled in in the rush'Mother took the pig from him and held it firmly while it kicked and squealed 'Well he seems strong enough And even runts grow''Oh' Poll said 'Oh Mother' She stroked the small wriggling body 'Theo' she shouted 'Look what we've got!'It is a difficult year for the Greengrasses Poll's father has lost his job and gone overseas the family are living off the charity of two aunts and Poll and her brother Theo just can't seem to keep out of trouble It takes a tiny mischievous pig to bring laughter back into their livesThis is a collection of the best children's literature curated by Virago and will be coveted by children and adults alike These are timeless tales with beautiful covers that will be treasured and shared across the generations Some titles you will already know; some will be new to you but there are stories for everyone to love whatever your age Our list includes Nina Bawden (Carrie's War The Peppermint Pig) Rumer Godden (The Dark Horse An Episode of Sparrows) Joan Aiken (The Serial Garden The Gift Giving) E Nesbit (The Psammead Trilogy The Bastable Trilogy The Railway Children) Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Little PrincessThe Secret Garden) and Susan Coolidge (The What Katy Did Trilogy) Discover Virago Children's Classics"
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| "The Secret Garden (Virago Modern Classics)" |
| "&39;She put her hand in her pocket drew out the key and found it fitted the keyhole she held back the swinging curtain of ivy and pushed back the door which opened slowly Then she slipped through it looking about her and breathing quite fast with excitement and wonder and delight She was standing inside the secret garden&39;Everybody at Misselthwaite Manor agrees that Mary Lennox is the most disagreeable child they have ever met Pale selfish and spoilt the ten-year-old orphan has been sent from India to her uncle&39;s estate and she is determined to hate everything about it But the isolated house on the Yorkshire moors holds secrets that Mary cannot resist exploring pitiful crying that echoes down the corridors at night and a hidden walled garden When a robin leads Mary to the buried key not only is the garden unlocked but also her heart And as the garden blooms for the first time in her life Mary discovers friendship This is where the magic begins &39;The mystery element kept me turning the pages but it was the superb characterisation that made the story stay with me It taught me that it&39;s never too late to remake yourself into someone better&39; Malorie Blackman&39;There is an old-fashioned tenderness and joy to it; the sense that magic happens if you are observant and quiet and know it will&39; Sophie DahlA collection that will be coveted by children and adults alike this list is the best in children&39;s literature curated by Virago These are timeless tales with beautiful covers that will be treasured and shared across the generations Some titles you will already know; some will be new to you but there are stories for everyone to love whatever your age Our list includes Nina Bawden (Carrie&39;s War The Peppermint Pig) Rumer Godden (The Dark Horse An Episode of Sparrows) Joan Aiken (The Serial Garden The Gift Giving) E Nesbit (The Psammead Trilogy The Bastable Trilogy The Railway Children) L M Montgomery (The Anne of Green Gables series) and Susan Coolidge (The What Katy Did Trilogy) Discover Virago Children&39;s Classics"
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| "The Vagina Monologues" |
| "2018 marks the twentieth anniversary of V-Day the radical grassroots movement to end violence against women and girls inspired by Eve Ensler's international sensation The Vagina Monologues This special edition features six never-before-published monologues a new foreword by National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson a new introduction by the author and a new afterword by One Billion Rising director Monique Wilson on the stage phenomenon's global impactA landmark work in women's empowerment as relevant as ever after a year marked by unprecedented social and political protest in the face of unapologetic racism and misogyny The Vagina Monologues honours women's sexuality in all its complexity mystery and power Witty and irreverent compassionate and wise this award-winning masterpiece gives voice to real women's deepest fantasies fears anger and pleasure and calls for a world where all women are safe equal free and alive in their bodies'This play changed the world Seeing it changed my soul Performing in it changed my life'Kerry Washington"
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| "Geek Love by Katherine Dunn (Paperback, 1990)" |
| "Lil Binewski born a Boston aristocrat was in her time the most stylish of geeks That is to say she made her living by biting the heads off live chickens in front of a carnival audience This she gave up for doting motherhood because she and her fairground-owning husband had a money spinning idea Throughout each pregnancy Lil gobbles pesticides experiments with drugs and douses herself with radiation to ensure that she prodcues infants grotesque enough to keep the turnstiles clicking She doesArturo the Aqua Boy is a limbless megalomaniac Electra and Iphigenia are musically gifted Siamese twins with a penchant for prostitution and Fortunato is possessed of stange telekinetic powers Their story- by turns shocking tender touching and cruel- is narrated by their sister Olympia She is a bald hunchbacked albino dwarf"
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| "Myra Breckinridge And Myron by Gore Vidal (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "It is a risky (and risque) business becoming 'Woman Triumphant' - exercising total power over men like Rusty Godowski Rusty just wants to be a Hollywood star like everyone else at Buck Loner's academy but now that Buck's niece Myra Breckinridge has arrived the curriculum is taking a wildly strange turn Willing to risk all to be superb and unique Myra means to prove to her old friend Dr Montag that it is possible to work out in life all one's fantasies - and survive'From Myra's fist appearnce on the page she was a megastar' explains her creator Gore Vidal Myra caused a second furore when she returned in Myron to battle it out with her eponymous alter ego a drab little man fallen into marriage and a job in Chinese catering Theirs is a contest of hormonal roulette with glorious Myra off on time-travelling missions of mercy back to 1948 to try to change cinema history and to introduce her own radical theories of popuation control Meanwhile Myron tries desperately to stay in the present as inconspicuously as Mrya will allow"
Price: 9.99 |
| "A Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela (Paperback, 1995)" |
| "2018 is the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birthThe riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny Emotive compelling and uplifting A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a story of hardship resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader'Burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope and dignity Unforgettable' Andre Brink 'Enthralling Mandela emulates the few great political leaders such as Lincoln and Gandhi who go beyond mere consensus and move out ahead of their followers to break new ground' Donald Woods in the SUNDAY TIMES"
Price: 11.49 |
