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| "No Angel : The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone" |
| "'I'm no angel' Bernie Ecclestone Born into poverty Bernie Ecclestone has made himself a billionaire by developing the world's second most popular sport - Formula One racing Private mysterious and some say sinister the eighty-year-old criss-crosses the globe in his private jet mixing with celebrities statesmen and sporting heroes His success is not just in creating a multibillion-pound global business but in resisting repeated attempts to snatch the glittering prize from his control Ecclestone has never before revealed how he graduated from selling second-hand cars in London's notorious Warren Street to become the major player he is today He has finally decided to reveal his secrets the deals the marriages the disasters and the successes in Formula One racing in Downing Street in casinos on yachts and in the air Surprisingly he has granted access to his inner circle to Tom Bower described by Ecclestone as 'The Undertaker' - the man who buries reputations - and has given him access to all his friends and enemies All have been told by Ecclestone 'Tell him the truth good or bad' No Angel is a classic rags-to-riches story the unique portrayal of a unique man and an intriguing insight into Formula One racing business and the human spirit Tom Bower is the author of nineteen books including biographies of Robert Maxwell Mohamed Fayed Gordon Brown Richard Branson Conrad Black and more recently Simon Cowell"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Mr Lear : A Life of Art and Nonsense" |
| "Acclaimed historian Jenny Uglow brings us a fascinating and beautifully illustrated biography of Edward Lear full of the colour of the ageEdward Lear lived a vivid fascinating energetic life but confessed 'I hardly enjoy any one thing on earth while it is present' He was a man in a hurry 'running about on railroads' from London to country estates and boarding steamships to Italy Corfu India and Palestine He is still loved for his 'nonsenses' from startling joyous limericks to great love songs like 'The Owl and the Pussy Cat' and 'The Dong with a Luminous Nose' and he is famous too for his brilliant natural history paintings landscapes and travel writing But although Lear belongs solidly in the age of Darwin and Dickens - he gave Queen Victoria drawing lessons and his many friends included Tennyson and the Pre-Raphaelite painters - his genius for the absurd and his dazzling word-play make him a very modern spirit He speaks to us todayLear was a man of great simplicity and charm children adored him yet his humour masked epilepsy depression and loneliness Jenny Uglow's beautifully illustrated biography full of the colour of the age brings us his swooping moods passionate friendships and restless travels Above all it shows how this uniquely gifted man lived all his life on the boundaries of rules and structures disciplines and desires - an exile of the heart"
Price: 17.49 |
| "Lord of the Flies : with an introduction by Stephen King" |
| "Since it was first published in 1954 William Golding's classic debut novel has remained a stark allegory of civilization survival and human nature As dystopian stories like Hunger Games and Battle Royale surge in popularity this haunting tale of a group of young boys stranded on a desert island still captivates schoolchildren around the world raising timeless and profound questions about how easily society can slip into chaos and savagery when rules and order have been abandoned When a plane crashes on a remote island a small group of schoolboys are the sole survivors From the prophetic Simon and virtuous Ralph to the lovable Piggy and brutish Jack each of the boys attempts to establish control as the reality- and brutal savagery-of their situation sets inA teacher himself Golding clearly understood how to interest children with a gripping story and strong sympathetic characters The novel serves as a catalyst for thought-provoking discussion and analysis of universal issues not only concerning the capabilities of humans for good and evil and the fragility of moral inhibition but beyond The boys' struggle to find a way of existing in a community with no fixed boundaries invites readers to evaluate the concepts involved in social and political constructs and moral frameworks Symbolism is strong throughout revealing both the boys' capacity for empathy and hope as well as illuminating the darkest corners of the human spirit Ideas of community leadership and the rule of law are called into question as the reader has to consider who has a right to power why and what the consequences of the acquisition of power may be Often compared to Catcher in the Rye Lord of the Flies also represents a coming-of-age story of innocence lost"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Temporary Gentleman" |
| "From the bestselling author of The Secret Scripture a heartbreaking story of lost love Jack McNulty a former UN observer has worked around the world and seen extraordinary things but as he contemplates his return to Ireland after many years his memories are dominated by his tumultuous marriage to Mai Kirwan A great beauty with a vivid mind Mai was also an elusive and troubled soul stuck in a marriage that couldn't last The Temporary Gentleman is a powerful account of one man's attempt to come to terms with the savage realities of the past"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Days Without End Paperback" |
| "WINNER OF 2016 COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR&39;Pitch-perfect the outstanding novel of the year so far&39; Robert McCrum Observer&39;More wrenching and beautiful than anything I&39;ve read in a long time&39; Aravind Adiga Guardian Books of the YearAfter signing up for the US army in the 1850s barely seventeen Thomas McNulty and his brother-in-arms John Cole fight in the Indian Wars and the Civil War Having both fled terrible hardships their days are now vivid and filled with wonder despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in But when a young Indian girl crosses their path Thomas and John must decide on the best way of life for them all in the face of dangerous odds"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Frankenstein, based on the novel by Mary Shelley" |
| "Slowly I learnt the ways of humans how to ruin how to hate how to debase how to humiliate And at the feet of my master I learnt the highest of human skills the skill no other creature owns I finally learnt how to lieChildlike in his innocence but grotesque in form Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes the friendless Creature increasingly desperate and vengeful determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying dealUrgent concerns of scientific responsibility parental neglect cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic taleFrankenstein based on the novel by Mary Shelley premiered at the National Theatre London in February 2011"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Apple Tree Yard Paperback" |
| "The bestselling psychological thriller from Louise DoughtyYvonne Carmichael has a high-flying career a beautiful home and a good marriage But when she meets a stranger she is drawn into a passionate affair Keeping the two halves of her life separate seems easy at first But she can&39;t control what happens next Shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller and the Specsavers National Book Awards Crime & Thriller of the Year"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Ghosts of Spain : Travels Through a Country's Hidden Past" |
| "Spaniards are reputed to be amongst Europe's most forthright people So why have they kept silent about the terrors of their Civil War and the rule of General Franco? This apparent 'pact of forgetting' inspired writer Giles Tremlett to embark on a journey around Spain and its history He found the ghosts of Spain everywhere almost always arguing Who caused the Civil War? Why do Basque terrorists kill? Why do Catalans hate Madrid? Did the Islamist bombers who killed 190 people in 2004 dream of a return to Spain's Moorish past? Tremlett's curiosity led him down some strange and colourful byroads and brought him unexpected insights into the Spanish character"
Price: 8.99 |
| Rooftoppers |
| "Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal Already being proclaimed a classic in children's literature and compared to the likes of Roald Dahl and Eva Ibbotson Katherine Rundell's Rooftoppers merges fantasy and historical fiction with sophisticated lyrical prose and vivid imagery that will delight middle grade readers tweens teens and parents and teachers alike Join plucky heroine Sophie her eccentric guardian Charles and her intrepid orphan allies on the rooftops of Victorian Paris as they encounter suspense and adventure that will keep kids of all ages on the edge of their seats right to the heartwarming endMy mother is still alive and she is going to come for me one dayEveryone thinks that Sophie is an orphan Found floating in a cello case and swaddled in a Beethoven score she is the only recorded female survivor of a shipwreck on the English Channel But Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for helpCharles a fellow survivor and an eccentric scholar finds Sophie and brings her home to his London bachelor flat Raised in a quirky home filled with music words and love (though questionable diet) Sophie grows into a free-spirited tomboy with a taste for Shakespeare and the unshakeable belief that anything is possible And you should never ignore a possibleSo when the child welfare agency in its bureaucratic wisdom threatens to send Sophie to an orphanage the optimistic girl and her odd guardian flee to Paris on a quest to find her mother starting with the only clue she has - the address of the cello makerSecured in an attic to evade the French authorities Sophie escapes through the skylight and meets Matteo and his network of rooftoppers - homeless urchins who tightrope walk above the busy streets below dining on pigeons and snails alongside the gargoyles and bell tower of Notre Dame Together they set out on an unimaginable adventure scouring the city for Sophie's mother before she is caught and sent back to London - and most importantly before she loses hopeReaders who enjoyed the Lemony Snicket books Ellen Potter's The Kneebone Boy Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord and Sally Gardner's I Coriander will want to put Rooftoppers on their Must Read list"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Unconsoled" |
| "By the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me GoRyder a renowned pianist arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give But then as he traverses a landscape by turns eerie and comical - and always strangely malleable as a dream might be - he comes steadily to realise he is facing the most crucial performance of his life Ishiguro's extraordinary and original study of a man whose life has accelerated beyond his control was met on publication by consternation vilification - and the highest praise"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Atticus Claw Breaks the Law" |
| "Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2014When Atticus receives a mysterious message asking him to a meeting in a sleepy coastal town he packs his bags and sets off The world's greatest cat burglar likes a good mystery and this time curiosity has got the better of him The writer of the message it turns out is none other than Jimmy the Magpie gang leader He wants Atticus to steal all the jewels in town and leave the humans baffledAnd what could be more straightforward? But when Atticus moves in with Inspector Cheddar and his family he starts to wonder if a life of crime is really for him"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Hollow Crown : The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors" |
| "The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history The crown of England changed hands violently five times as the great families of England fought to the death for the right to ruleSome of the greatest heroes and villains in history were thrown together in these chaotic years Yet efforts were made to maintain some semblance of peace and order as chivalry was reborn the printing press arrived and the Renaissance began to flourish Following on from Dan Jones's bestselling The Plantagenets The Hollow Crown is a vivid and engrossing history of these turbulent times"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Invention of Solitude" |
| "'One day there is life And then suddenly it happens there is death'So begins Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood The Invention of Solitude The first section 'Portrait of an Invisible Man' reveals Auster's memories and feelings after the death of his father In 'The Book of Memory' the perspective shifts to Auster's role as a father The narrator 'A' contemplates his separation from his son his dying grandfather and the solitary nature of writing and story-telling With all the keen literary intelligence familiar from The New York Trilogy or Sunset Park Paul Auster crafts an intensely intimate work from a ground-breaking combination of introspection meditation and biography"
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| "Through the Woods" |
| "'It came from the woods Most strange things do'Five mysterious spine-tingling stories follow journeys into (and out of?) the eerie abyssThese chilling tales spring from the macabre imagination of acclaimed and award-winning comic creator Emily CarrollCome take a walk in the woods and see what awaits you there"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Sylvia Plath Poems Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy" |
| "Sylvia Plath was for both English and American poetry one of the defining voices of twentieth-century and one of the most appealing few other poets have introduced as many new readers to poetry Though she published just one collection in her lifetime The Colossus and a novel The Bell Jar it was following her death in 1963 that her work began to garner the wider audience that it deserved The manuscript that she left behind Ariel was published in 1965 under the editorship of her former husband Ted Hughes as were two later volumes Crossing the Water and Winter Trees in 1971 which helped to make Sylvia Plath a household name Hughes's careful curation of Plath's work extended to a Collected Poems and a Selected Poems in the 1980s which remain in print today and stand testimony to the 'profound respect' that Frieda Hughes said her father had for her mother's work It was not until the publication of a 'restored' Ariel in 2004 that readers were able to appraise Plath's own selection and arrangement of her workThis edition of the poems chosen by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy offers a fresh selection of Sylvia Plath's poetry to stand in parallel to the existing editions Introduced with an inviting preface the book is essential reading for those new to and already familiar with the work of this most extraordinary poet"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Conquerors : How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire" |
| "As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set about creating the first long-range maritime empire In an astonishing blitz of thirty years a handful of visionary and utterly ruthless empire builders with few resources but breathtaking ambition attempted to seize the Indian Ocean destroy Islam and take control of world tradeTold with Roger Crowley's customary skill and verve this is narrative history at its most vivid - an epic tale of navigation trade and technology money and religious zealotry political diplomacy and espionage sea battles and shipwrecks endurance courage and terrifying brutality Drawing on extensive first-hand accounts it brings to life the exploits of an extraordinary band of conquerors - men such as Afonso de Albuquerque the first European since Alexander the Great to found an Asian empire - who set in motion five hundred years of European colonisation and unleashed the forces of globalisation"
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| "Frost Hollow Hall" |
| "The gates to Frost Hollow Hall loomed before us They were great tall things the ironwork all twisted leaves and queer-looking flowers And they were very definitely shutTilly's heart sinks Will's at the door of their cottage daring her to come ice-skating up at Frost Hollow Hall No one goes near the place these days Rumour has it that the house is haunted Ten years ago the young heir Kit Barrington drowned there in the lake But Tilly never turns down a dare Then it goes horribly wrong The ice breaks Tilly falls through and almost drowns At the point of death a beautiful angel appears in the water and saves her Kit Barrington's ghost Kit needs Tilly to solve the mystery of his death so that his spirit can rest in peace In order to discover all she can Tilly gets work as a maid at Frost Hollow Hall But the place makes her flesh crawl It's all about the dead here she's told and in the heart of the house she soon discovers all manner of dark secrets Frost Hollow Hall is a thrilling historical fiction debut Told in Tilly's unique voice it is a tale of love and loss and how forgiveness is the key to recovery"
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| "Lord of the Flies : New Educational Edition" |
| "First published in 1954 William Golding's debut novel now a classic is a stark story of survival probing the depths of human nature and what happens when civilization collapses As dystopian stories like The Hunger Games and Battle Royale surge in popularity this haunting tale of a group of young boys stranded on a desert island still captivates schoolchildren around the world raising timeless and profound questions about how easily society can slip into chaos and savagery when rules and order have been abandoned This new educational edition provides supplementary material chapter summaries discussion questions and additional teaching resources to help guide students and support teachers throughout the text When a plane crashes on a remote island a group of schoolboys are the sole survivors As the reality of their situation sets in the boys attempt to establish control and their world gradually descends into brutal savagery As Catcher in the Rye became the classic coming-of-age tale Lord of the Flies is the classic story of innocence lost A teacher himself Golding clearly understood how to interest children with a gripping story and strong sympathetic characters The novel serves as a catalyst for thought-provoking discussion and analysis of universal issues not only concerning the capabilities of humans for good and evil and the fragility of moral inhibition but beyond The boys' struggle to find a way of existing in a community with no fixed boundaries invites readers to evaluate the concepts involved in social and political constructs and moral frameworks Symbolism is strong throughout revealing both the boys' capacity for empathy and hope as well as illuminating the darkest corners of the human spirit Ideas of community leadership and the rule of law are called into question as the reader has to consider who has a right to power why and what the consequences of the acquisition of power may be All of these concerns are current today and can be easily related to the novel through effective teaching and learning This new educational edition encourages original and independent thought from students as well as guiding them through the text The supplementary material includes a biographical section on William Golding and his own interpretive essay 'Fable' on Lord of the Flies as well as providing information about the novel's historical context which will be ideal for students completing GCSE and A-Level courses as well as those studying the novel worldwide At the end of the text there are chapter summaries comprehension questions discussion points and activities plus a glossary of less familiar words or phrases All of these are intended to inspire and generate creative teaching learning and love of the novel"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Intrusions" |
| "A GUARDIAN AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017'A Silence of the Lambs for the internet age' Ian Rankin'Utterly riveting and truly terrifying' Laura Wilson GuardianWhen a distressed young woman arrives at their station claiming her friend has been abducted and that the man threatened to come back and 'claim her next' Detectives Carrigan and Miller are thrust into a terrifying new world of stalking and obsessionTaking them from a Bayswater hostel where backpackers and foreign students share dorms and failing dreams to the emerging threat of online intimidation hacking and control The Intrusions explores disturbing contemporary themes with all the skill and dark psychology that Stav Sherez's work has been so acclaimed forUnder scrutiny themselves and with old foes and enmities re-surfacing how long will Carrigan and Miller have to find out the truth behind what these two women have been subjected to?"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Adventures With the Wife in Space : Living With Doctor Who" |
| "'One of the oddities of Doctor Who is that you hear so much about what the fans think and so little from the other 100 percent of the audience (my stats are clinically accurate) So thank God for a couple who put their love on the line to set the record straight This is the story of a fan boy who inflicts every episode ever made of Doctor Who on his marriage Or to put it another way this is the story of someone with a proper love and understanding of Doctor Who trying to explain it to her husband' Steven MoffatNeil loves Sue He also loves Doctor Who But can he bring his two great loves together? In January 2011 Neil Perryman set out on an insane quest to make his wife Sue watch every episode of the classic series of Doctor Who from the very beginning Even the ones that didn't exist any more And so over the next two and half years Sue gamely watched them all From William Hartnell and Tom Baker to Peter Davison and Paul McGann the result was a wildly successful and hilariously revealing blog called Adventures with the Wife in SpaceBut the adventure continues Here Neil Perryman tells the all too true story of Doctor Who fandom Funny honest and surprisingly brave he also captures perfectly the joys - and fears - of sharing the thing you love with the people you love Adventures With the Wife in Space is at its heart the story of Doctor Who and its fans seen through the eyes of two people - one who knows almost nothing about the programme and another who knows way too much 'This is a very very funny book; touching too' Jenny Colgan"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Empires of the Sea : The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580" |
| "Empires of the Sea shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war Opening with the Ottoman victory in 1453 it is a breathtaking story of military crusading Barbary pirates white slavery and the Ottoman Empire - and the larger picture of the struggle between Islam and Christianity Coupled with dramatic set piece battles a wealth of riveting first-hand accounts epic momentum and a terrific denouement at Lepanto this is a work of history at its broadest and most compelling"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Walking Away (Hardback, 2015)" |
| "As heard on BBC Radio 4 the brilliant sequel to Simon Armitage&39;s acclaimed bestseller Walking Home - the story of his travels on Britain&39;s South West coast Not content with walking the Pennine Way as a modern day troubadour an experience recounted in his bestseller and prize-wining Walking Home the restless poet has followed up that journey with a walk of the same distance but through the very opposite terrain and direction far from home In Walking Away Simon Armitage swaps the moorland uplands of the north for the coastal fringes of Britain&39;s south west once again giving readings every night but this time through Somerset Devon and Cornwall taking poetry into distant communities and tourist hot-spots busking his way from start to finshFrom the surreal pleasuredome of Minehead Butlins to a smoke-filled roundhouse on the Penwith Peninsula then out to the Isles of Scilly and beyond Armitage tackles this personal Odyssey with all the poetic reflection and personal wit we&39;ve come to expect of one of Britain&39;s best loved and most popular writers"
Price: 11.99 |
| "Walking Away (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Not content with walking the Pennine Way as a modern day troubadour an experience recounted in his bestseller and prize-wining Walking Home the restless poet has followed up that journey with a walk of the same distance but through the very opposite terrain and direction far from home In Walking Away Simon Armitage swaps the moorland uplands of the north for the coastal fringes of Britain&39;s south west once again giving readings every night but this time through Somerset Devon and Cornwall taking poetry into distant communities and tourist hot-spots busking his way from start to finshFrom the surreal pleasuredome of Minehead Butlins to a smoke-filled roundhouse on the Penwith Peninsula then out to the Isles of Scilly and beyond Armitage tackles this personal Odyssey with all the poetic reflection and personal wit we&39;ve come to expect of one of Britain&39;s best loved and most popular writers"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Travelers" |
| "SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH'Spectacular' Mail on Sunday'Top-tier' New York TimesThe pulse-racing international thriller of the yearMeet Will Rhodes travel writer recently married barely solvent his idealism rapidly giving way to disillusionment and the worry that he's living the wrong life Then one night in Argentina a beautiful woman makes him an offer he can't refuse Soon Will's bad choices - and dark secrets - take him across Europe from a Bordeaux chateau to a midnight raid in Paris from a Dublin dive-bar to a mega-yacht in the Mediterranean and an isolated cabin perched on the cliffs of Iceland As Will is drawn further into a tangled web of international intrigue it becomes clear that the network of deception ensnaring him is part of an immense and deadly conspiracy with terrifying global implications - and that the people closest to him may pose the greatest threat of all'Continues his run of smart elegant thrillers written with wit and charm as well as satirical brio' Guardian'It's hard to believe this is only Pavone's third book - he's already an automatic must-read for me' LEE CHILD'A successful mix of Gone Girl and John Le Carre Events speed to a spectacular denouement' Mail on Sunday Thriller of the Week"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Don't Skip Out on Me" |
| "'Magnificent Vlautin is now one of America's great writers' RODDY DOYLE'Vlautin is one of the bravest novelists writing' URSULA K LE GUINFirst printing includes exclusive free CD soundtrack by Richmond FontaineMeet Horace Hopper a twenty-one-year-old farm hand in Tonopah Nevada who works for Mr Reece and his wife the nearest thing he's had to family in yearsBut Horace half-white half-Paiute Indian dreams of bigger things Leaving behind the farm and its fragile stability he heads South to re-invent himself as the Mexican boxer Hector Hidalgo Slowly painfully the possibility emerges that his dreams might not just be the delusions of a lost soul but at what cost and what of those he's left behind?Exploring the fringes of contemporary America Don't Skip Out on Me is an extraordinary work of compassion - a novel about the need for human connection and understanding - and essential reading now more than ever"
Price: 11.49 |
| "Squishy McFluff: The Invisible Cat! by Pip Jones (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "'Can you see him? My kitten? Close your eyes tightHis fur is so soft and all silvery whiteImagine him quick! Have you imagined enough?Oh good you can see him! It's Squishy McFluff!'When Ava discovers an imaginary cat in the cabbage patch she knows she's found a new best friend Together Ava and Squishy McFluff get up to all kinds of mischief Told in full colour throughout this is the perfect stepping stone from picture books to older fiction Bright new talent Pip Jones gives a hilarious quirky twist to everyday experiences for readers aged 5"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Squishy McFluff: Secret Santa by Pip Jones (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Ava and Squishy are back and this time their adorable chaos hits Christmas preparations for Mum Dad baby Roo the local Christmas fete and much much more In her letter to Santa Ava only has one wish Will she get what her heart desires on Christmas day?Rising star Pip Jones continues to give her quirky twist to everyday experiences in this warm and humorous series The jaunty rhyming text is perfect for reading aloud and Ella Okstad's gorgeous distinctive illustrations will help more confident readers learn to read by themselves for the first time"
Price: 4.99 |
| "The Killing of Bobbi Lomax by Cal Moriarty (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "CANYON COUNTY HALLOWEEN 1983Bobbi Lomax was the first to die the bomb killed the prom queen on her own front lawnJust moments later one of the nails from the city's second bomb forced its way into the brain of property investor Peter Gudsen killing him almost instantlyThe third bomb didn't quite kill Clark Houseman Hovering on the brink the rare books dealer turns out to be Detectives Sinclair and Alvarez's best hope of finding out what linked these unlikely victims and who wanted them dead and why But can they find the bomber before he kills again?Set deep in the religious heartlands of America The Killing of Bobbi Lomax follows this troubled investigation as a narrative of deceit corruption and forgery emerges with an unlikely hero at its heart - a rare coins books and manuscript dealer - who could either be a genius or the devil"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Macavity : The Mystery Cat" |
| "'Macavity' (the mystery cat!) is one of the best-loved poems from T S Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - the inspiration for Cats The Musical - beloved by generations of children and their parents Now Macavity is given a new life in this stunning picture book with illustrations from Arthur Robins that perfectly convey all the wit and humour of Eliot's creationTo sit alongside other classics such as The Gruffalo The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Spot"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Bell Jar Hardcover" |
| "I was supposed to be having the time of my lifeWhen Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953 she is elated believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts Esther&39;s life begins to slide out of control She finds herself spiralling into depression and eventually a suicide attempt as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society which refuses to take women&39;s aspirations seriouslyThe Bell Jar Sylvia Plath&39;s only novel was originally published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria LucasThe novel is partially based on Plath&39;s own life and has become a modern classic The Bell Jar has been celebrated for its darkly funny and a razor sharp portrait of 1950s society and has sold millions of copies worldwide"
Price: 9.49 |
