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| "Dear Zoo Book and Storyblocks" |
| "Rod Campbell's classic lift-the-flap book Dear Zoo has been a firm favourite with toddlers and parents alike ever since it was first published in 1982 With Dear Zoo Book and Story Blocks children can have fun reading the story as they build a giant metre-high tower with their animal blocksDear Zoo Book and Story Blocks includes a mini gift hardback of the lift-the-flap preschool classic and ten stacking and nesting blocks featuring everyone's favourite animals from the zoo Young children will love building a tower as they read the story -- and then knocking it down again! Stacking and nesting help toddlers understand cause and effect and develop hand-eye coordination and early construction skills They can learn to count from 1 to 10 as they play with the numbered blocks and recognize different colours and sizes too With bright bold artwork and fun animal characters Dear Zoo Book and Blocks is sure to keep toddlers entertained for hours!"
Price: 11.49 |
| "The Staircase Girls : The secret lives, heartaches and joy of the Cambridge `bedders'" |
| "Joyce leaned her black Triumph bicycle against a wall and shivered in the foggy early dawn light Glancing up at the enormous wooden carved gate she hesitated This was a secret world she was about to enter For 16 year old Joyce who lived in one of the poorest streets in Cambridge the college building where she was about to enter represented privilege wealth a life she'd never live As a bedder Joyce would be working up and down one of the stone staircases making the beds of the male students sweeping floors dusting desks She never expected to also find herself mothering chastising and sometimes even covering up for 'her boys'The Staircase Girls takes us into the lives of Joyce and other bedders like Nance Maud Rose and Audrey They endured the Second World War and then had to contend with poverty ill health and bereavement They loved lost and loved again But their friendships gave them strength and their work gave them happiness - and even a lasting connection with their charges some of whom would go on to run the country Revealing their untold stories for the first time this is a vivid poignant account of these remarkable women's lives"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Oranges in No Man's Land" |
| "Oranges in No Man's Land brings Elizabeth Laird's emotional and gripping adventure to her next generation of fans Since her father left Lebanon to find work and her mother tragically died in a shell attack ten-year-old Ayesha has been living in the bomb-ravaged city of Beirut with her granny and her two younger brothers The city has been torn in half by civil war and a desolate dangerous no man's land divides the two sides Only militiamen and tanks dare enter this deadly zone but when Granny falls desperately ill Ayesha sets off on a terrifying journey to reach a doctor living in enemy territory"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Garbage King" |
| "Inspired by the true story of an African childhood lived on the edge of destitution award-winning Elizabeth Laird's The Garbage King takes readers on an unforgettable emotional journeyWhen Mamo's mother dies he is abandoned in the shanties of Addis Ababa Stolen by a child-trafficker and sold to a farmer he is cruelly treated Escaping back to the city he meets another very different runaway Dani is rich educated - and fleeing his tyrannical father Together they join a gang of homeless street boys who survive only by mutual bonds of trust and total dependence on each other"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Room: Film tie-in" |
| "A major film starring Brie Larson winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Best Actress BAFTAShortlisted for the Man Booker PrizeShortlisted for the Orange PrizeJack is five He lives in a single locked room with his MaRoom by Emma Donoghue is an extraordinarily powerful story of a mother and child kept in isolation and the desire for and price of freedom 'Room is a book to read in one sitting When it's over you look up the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days' Audrey Niffenegger author of The Time Traveler's Wife"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Three Dark Crowns" |
| "In every generation on the island of Fennbirn a set of triplets is born three queens all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic Mirabella is a fierce elemental able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers Katharine is a poisoner one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomach-ache Arsinoe a naturalist is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of beastsBut becoming the Queen Crowned isn't solely a matter of royal birth Each sister has to fight for it And it's not just a game of win or lose it's life or death The night the sisters turn sixteen the battle beginsThe last queen standing gets the crownThree Dark Crowns is a heart-stopping fantasy from Kendare Blake acclaimed author of Anna Dressed in Blood"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Debatable Land : The Lost World Between Scotland and England" |
| "'A book worth reading' Andrew Marr Sunday TimesThe Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland and England At the height of its notoriety it was the bloodiest region in Great Britain fought over by Henry VIII Elizabeth I and James V After the Union of the Crowns most of its population was slaughtered or deported and it became the last part of the country to be brought under the control of the state Today its history has been forgotten or ignoredWhen Graham Robb moved to a lonely house on the very edge of England he discovered that the river which almost surrounded his new home had once marked the Debatable Land's southern boundary Under the powerful spell of curiosity Robb began a journey - on foot by bicycle and into the past - that would uncover lost towns and roads reveal the truth about this maligned patch of land and result in more than one discovery of major historical significanceRich in detail and epic in scope The Debatable Land takes us from a time when neither England nor Scotland could be imagined to the present day when contemporary nationalism and political turmoil threaten to unsettle the cross-border community once more Writing with his customary charm wit and literary grace Graham Robb proves the Debatable Land to be a crucial missing piece in the puzzle of British historyIncludes a 16-page colour plate section"
Price: 14.49 |
| "Gruffalo Crumble and Other Recipes by Julia Donaldson (Hardback, 2016)" |
| "Gruffalo Crumble and Other Recipes is packed full of sweet treats healthy snacks and simple meals - all based on the bestselling picture book The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel SchefflerIs your tummy beginning to rumble? Make your own owl ice cream scrambled snake and roasted fox and of course Gruffalo crumble! With twenty-four recipes specially designed for adults to use with children easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and lots of hints and tips on what to do next Gruffalo Crumble and Other Recipes is a great way to introduce Gruffalo fans to cooking and baking Perfect for holidays rainy days and full of food ideas for a Gruffalo party"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Room on the Broom" |
| "How the cat purred and how the witch grinnedAs they sat on their broomstick and flew through the windThe witch and her cat fly happily over forests rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch's hat bow and wand Luckily they are retrieved by a dog a bird and a frog who are all keen for a ride on the broom It's a case of the more the merrier but the broomstick isn't used to such a heavy load and it's not long before SNAP! It breaks in two! And with a greedy dragon looking for a snack the witch's animal pals better think fastA very funny story of quick wits and friendship The Room on the Broom is another smash hit from the unparalleled picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler creators of The GruffaloThis edition features the captivating classic story with a stunning redesigned cover and beautiful finish making it a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Donaldson and Scheffler fans - big and small!Also available with redesigned covers are The Gruffalo The Gruffalo's Child The Snail and the Whale The Smartest Giant in Town Monkey Puzzle Charlie Cook's Favourite Book and A Squash and a Squeeze"
Price: 6.99 |
| "A Squash and a Squeeze Paperback" |
| ""Wise old man won&39;t you help me please? My house is a squash and squeeze"Visit the farm in the brilliantly funny A Squash and a Squeeze the first ever picture book written and illustrated by the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler creators of The Gruffalo A little old lady lives all by herself in her house but she&39;s not happy - it&39;s just too small even for one Whatever can she do? The wise old man knows bring in a flappy scratchy greedy noisy crowd of farmyard animals When she pushes them all out again she&39;ll be amazed at how big her house feels!This edition features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover and beautiful finish making it a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Donaldson and Scheffler fans – big and small!Also available with redesigned covers are The Gruffalo The Gruffalo&39;s Child Room on the Broom The Snail and the Whale The Smartest Giant in Town Monkey Puzzle and Charlie Cook&39;s Favourite Book"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Funny Stories for 5 Year Olds" |
| "Funny Stories for 5-Year-Olds is a bright and varied selection of wonderfully entertaining stories by some of the very best writers for children Perfect for reading alone or aloud - and for dipping into time and time againWith stories from Dick King-Smith Tony Ross Alf Proysen Malorie Blackman and many more this book will provide hours of fantastic fun"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Funny Stories for 6 Year Olds" |
| "Funny Stories for 6-Year-Olds is a bright and varied selection of wonderfully entertaining stories by some of the very best writers for children Perfect for reading alone or aloud - and for dipping into time and time againWith stories from Margaret Mahy David Henry Wilson Francesca Simon Tony Bradman and many more this book will provide hours of fantastic fun"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Funny Stories For 7 Year Olds" |
| "Funny Stories For 7-Year-Olds is a bright and varied selection of wonderfully entertaining stories by some of the very best writers for children Perfect for reading alone or aloud - and for dipping into time and time againWith stories from Dick King-Smith Michael Bond Philippa Gregory Jacqueline Wilson and many more this book will provide hours of fantastic fun"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Fairy Doll" |
| "Elizabeth is enchanted by the beautiful fairy doll that sits at the top of the Christmas tree wearing a sparkly beaded dress and delicate silver shoes Little Elizabeth could never be so perfect - she is always getting into trouble Then Great-Grandma gives Fairy Doll to Elizabeth - and suddenly everything starts going right instead of wrong Could Fairy Doll be magical?First published in 1956 The Fairy Doll is a Christmas story to treasure from classic writer Rumer Godden beautifully illustrated throughout by Gary Blythe"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Face The Music" |
| "Katie Cox (overnight singing sensation and owner of the World's Wonkiest Fringe) never meant to become a pop star And she didn't mean to start a war with Karamel (aka the World's Cheesiest Boy Band)Now her first concert is just days away Cool? Maybe Terrifying? Definitely And with her school friends more interested in her fame than her feelings and an army of Karamel fans ready to take her down this battle goes way beyond the charts"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Animal Rhymes" |
| "Rod Campbell the creator of the preschool lift-the-flap classic Dear Zoo has been a trusted name in early learning for over thirty yearsAnimal Rhymes is is bursting with rhymes and games to share with your toddler and features both classic and original nursery rhymes from Rod Campbell With lots of animal friends and flaps to lift on every page there's so much to discover - and the thick board pages chunky cased cover and sturdy flaps make it great for small hands"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Just So Stories (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Just So Stories is a collection of Rudyard Kipling&39;s animal tales in which we learn about &39;How the Whale got his Throat&39; &39;How the Camel got his Hump&39; &39;How the Rhinoceros got his Skin&39; &39;How the Leopard got his Spots&39; &39;The Elephant&39;s Child&39; &39;The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo&39; &39;The Beginning of the Armadilloes&39; &39;How the First Letter was Written&39; &39;How the Alphabet was Made&39; &39;The Crab that Played with the Sea&39; &39;The Cat that Walked by Himself&39; and &39;The Butterfly that Stamped&39; These witty inventive stories have delighted generations of childrenWith a beautiful foiled cover this edition of Rudyard Kipling&39;s much-loved classic is a book to treasure"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Jungle Book (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "First published by Macmillan in 1894 The Jungle Book is the classic collection of animal tales that shows Rudyard Kipling&39;s writing for children at its best The short stories and poems include the tale of Mowgli a boy raised by a pack of wolves in the Indian jungle We meet the tiger Shere Khan Bagheera the black panther Baloo the &39;sleepy brown bear&39; and the python Kaa Other famous stories include the tale of the fearless mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and that of elephant-handler Toomai of the Elephants With a beautiful foiled cover this edition from the original publisher of Rudyard Kipling&39;s much-loved classic is a book to treasure"
Price: 4.49 |
| "Too Good To Be True" |
| "Too Good To Be True is a gripping Quick Read from Ann Cleeves featuring Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez from the bestselling Shetland seriesWhen young teacher Anna Blackwell is found dead in her home the police think her death was suicide or a tragic accident After all Stonebridge is a quiet country village in the Scottish Borders where murders just don't happen But Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez soon arrives from far-away Shetland when his ex-wife Sarah asks him to look into the case The local gossips are saying that her new husband Tom was having an affair with Anna Could Tom have been involved with her death? Sarah refuses to believe it - but needs proofAnna had been a teacher She must have loved kids Would she kill herself knowing there was nobody to look after her daughter? She had seemed happier than ever before she died And to Perez this suggests not suicide but murder"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Trading Futures (Hardback, 2016)" |
| "&39;With his gallows humour and observational wit Jim Powell gives us a vivid portrait of a man in meltdown&39; Daily MailWhen I was small my mother showed me how to grow a carrot from a carrot She filled a jam jar with water cut the top off a carrot ran a cocktail stick horizontally through the stub and suspended it over the jar just touching the water In time roots sprouted and when they were long enough and strong enough the plant was translated to the garden and new carrots grew This was one of the many exciting ways in which I was prepared for adult lifeThis is Matthew Oxenhay at sixty a stranger to his wife an embarrassment to his children and failed former contender for the top job at his City firm Seizing on his birthday party as an opportunity to deliver some rather crushing home truths to his assembled loved ones it seems as though Matthew might have hit rock bottom The truth however is that he has some way to go yet With forensic precision and mordant wit Matthew unpicks the threads that bind him a comfortable home in the suburbs a career spent trading futures and a life that bears little resemblance to the one he imagined for himself at twenty When he unexpectedly bumps into Anna (the one who got away) the stage is set for an epic unravellingDarkly funny Trading Futures forces us to confront how change like death is an inevitable fact of life feared by most it can transform or overwhelm us This is a brilliantly observed novel for fans of works such as John Lanchester&39;s Mr Phillips and On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanIt also featured as Radio 4&39;s Book at Bedtime"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Trading Futures (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "&39;With his gallows humour and observational wit Jim Powell gives us a vivid portrait of a man in meltdown&39; Daily MailWhen I was small my mother showed me how to grow a carrot from a carrot She filled a jam jar with water cut the top off a carrot ran a cocktail stick horizontally through the stub and suspended it over the jar just touching the water In time roots sprouted and when they were long enough and strong enough the plant was translated to the garden and new carrots grew This was one of the many exciting ways in which I was prepared for adult lifeThis is Matthew Oxenhay at sixty a stranger to his wife an embarrassment to his children and failed former contender for the top job at his City firm Seizing on his birthday party as an opportunity to deliver some rather crushing home truths to his assembled loved ones it seems as though Matthew might have hit rock bottom The truth however is that he has some way to go yet With forensic precision and mordant wit Matthew unpicks the threads that bind him a comfortable home in the suburbs a career spent trading futures and a life that bears little resemblance to the one he imagined for himself at twenty When he unexpectedly bumps into Anna (the one who got away) the stage is set for an epic unravellingDarkly funny Trading Futures forces us to confront how change like death is an inevitable fact of life feared by most it can transform or overwhelm us This is a brilliantly observed novel for fans of works such as John Lanchester&39;s Mr Phillips and On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanIt also featured as Radio 4&39;s Book at Bedtime"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Selection Day" |
| "Selection Day is a captivating witty novel by the Man Booker Prize winning author of The White Tiger Aravind Adiga'The most exciting novelist writing in English today' A N WilsonOne of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2017Manjunath Kumar is fourteen He knows he is good at cricket - if not as good as his elder brother Radha He knows that he fears and resents his domineering and cricket-obsessed father admires his brilliantly talented sibling and is fascinated by the world of CSI and by curious and interesting scientific facts But there are many things about himself and about the world that he doesn't know Sometimes it seems as though everyone around him has a clear idea of who Manju should be except Manju himselfWhen Manju begins to get to know Radha's great rival a boy as privileged and confident as Manju is not everything in Manju's world begins to change and he is faced with decisions that will challenge both his sense of self and of the world around him"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Not Working" |
| "Now and again we all lie awake wondering what on earth we're doing with our lives don't we?Claire Flannery has had more than a few sleepless nights lately Maybe she shouldn't have walked out of her job with no idea what to do next Maybe she should think before she speaks -- and maybe then her mother would start returning her calls Maybe she should be spending more time going to art galleries or reading up on current affairs and less time in her pyjamas entering competitions on the internet Then again maybe the perfect solution to life's problems only arises when you stop looking for it 'Warmth and wit leaps off the pages sharp incisive and laugh-out-loud funny'Observer"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Tobacconist" |
| "'Set at a time of lengthening shadows this is a novel about the sparks that illuminate the dark of wisdom compassion defiance and courage It is wry piercing and also fittingly radiant' Daily MailFrom Robert Seethaler the author of the Man Booker International shortlisted A Whole Life comes a deeply moving story of ordinary lives profoundly affected by the Third Reich in the tradition of novels such as Fred Uhlman's classic Reunion Bernhard Schlink's The Reader and Rachel Seiffert's The Dark RoomWhen seventeen-year-old Franz exchanges his home in the idyllic beauty of the Austrian lake district for the bustle of Vienna his homesickness quickly dissolves amidst the thrum of the city In his role as apprentice to the elderly tobacconist Otto Trsnyek he will soon be supplying the great and good of Vienna with their newspapers and cigarettes Among the regulars is a Professor Freud whose predilection for cigars and occasional willingness to dispense romantic advice will forge a bond between him and young FranzIt is 1937 In a matter of months Germany will annex Austria and the storm that has been threatening to engulf the little tobacconist will descend leaving the lives of Franz Otto and Professor Freud irredeemably changed"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Eye for an Eye (Jessica Daniel series) Paperback" |
| "In bestselling crime author Kerry Wilkinson&39;s Eye for an Eye DI Jessica Daniel is tasked with multiple investigations while facing demons from her past Seventeen years ago Damian Walker abducted five women because the voices in his head told him to Now he has been declared sane and is about to be released back onto Manchester’s streets with a new identity But within hours there is another attack similar to his previous ones Walker has proof it’s not him – but is he reliable and if so who is trying to frame him?DI Jessica Daniel and her chief are given a parallel task to the main investigation keep an eye on Walker – but that’s not all Jessica has to do Rock star Blaine Banner is playing a series of homecoming gigs but is convinced someone’s trying to kill him while a bride-to-be is picketing the police station demanding someone finds her missing fiancé All the while faces from Jessica’s past are watching and waiting Someone wants a word"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Forgetting Time" |
| "'When I wasn't reading Sharon Guskin's The Forgetting Time I was itching to return to it' Jodi PicoultA Richard and Judy Book Club selectionNoah is four and wants to go home The only trouble is he's already thereNoah is a little boy who knows things he shouldn't and remembers things he should have forgotten Because as well as being a four-year-old called Noah he remembers being a nine-year-old called TommyHe remembers his houseHis family His mother And now he wants to go homeTwo boys Two mothers One unforgettable story"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Between the Blade and the Heart" |
| "Game of Thrones meets Thor Ragnarok in Between the Blade and the Heart a gripping story of love and revenge from Amanda Hocking author of the Trylle trilogy and the Kanin ChroniclesMalin is a Valkyrie-in-training It's her responsibility to slay immortals returning them to the afterlife to maintain balance in the world She also struggles to maintain balance in her own life - between her studies her duties as a Valkyrie and her conflicting feelings for her ex-girlfriend But when a beguiling stranger breaks into her home on a quest for vengeance Malin's carefully balanced life falls apart Asher is hunting the rogue immortal who murdered his mother and he thinks Malin may have information Her loyalties are tested as she uncovers a betrayal that unravels everything she thought she knew And she must decide if helping the mysterious Asher enact his revenge is worth the risk - to the world and to her heart"
Price: 7.49 |
| Pantomime |
| "In a land of lost wonders the past is stirring once more Gene's life resembles a debutante's dream Yet she hides a secret that would see her shunned by the nobility Gene is both male and female Then she displays unwanted magical abilities - last seen in mysterious beings from an almost-forgotten age Matters escalate further when her parents plan a devastating betrayal so she flees home dressed as a boy The city beyond contains glowing glass relics from a lost civilization They call to her but she wants freedom not mysteries So reinvented as 'Micah Grey' Gene joins the circus As an aerialist she discovers the joy of flight - but the circus has a dark side She's also plagued by visions foretelling danger A storm is howling in from the past but will she heed its roar?"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Nix" |
| "'The best new writer of fiction in America The best' - John Irving Nathan Hill's brilliant debut takes the reader from the rural Midwest of the 1960s to New York City during Occupy Wall Street; from Chicago in 1968 to wartime Norway home of the mysterious Nix Meet Samuel stalled writer bored teacher at a local college obsessive player of online video games He hasn't seen his mother Faye in decades not since she abandoned her family when he was a boy Now she has suddenly reappeared having committed an absurd politically motivated crime that electrifies the nightly news beguiles the Internet and inflames a divided America The media paints Faye as a radical hippie with a sordid past but as far as Samuel knows his mother was an ordinary girl who married her high-school sweetheart Which version of his mother is true? Two facts are certain she's facing some serious charges and she needs Samuel's help As Samuel begins to excavate his mother's - and his country's - history he will unexpectedly find that he has to rethink everything he ever knew about her - a woman with an epic story of her own a story she has kept hidden from the world"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Eat Sweat Play : How Sport Can Change Our Lives" |
| "'I'd go as far to say that this book was a life changer for my health and fitness' Estee LalondeLong-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award Sport's for everyone isn't it?Society has led us to believe that women and sport don't mix But why? What happens to the young girls who dare to climb trees and cartwheel across playgrounds? In her exploration of major taboos from sex to the gender pay gap sports journalist Anna Kessel discovers how sport and exercise should play an integral role in every sphere of our modern livesCovering a fascinating range of women from Sporty Spice to mums who box and breastfeed Eat Sweat Play reveals how women are finally reclaiming sport and by extension their own bodies for themselves - and how you can too'Anna Kessel's book should inspire a whole generation of women It ought to be on the school curriculum'Hadley Freeman"
Price: 7.49 |
