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| "A Ladybird Book: ABC : A Vintage Gift Edition" |
| "This beautiful gift book introduces young children to the letters of the alphabet helping to teach both the letter shapes and the names of an object beginning with each letterBoth adults and children alike will love the wonderfully detailed images of everyday objects taken from iconic vintage Ladybird artwork of the 1960s"
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| "German English Bilingual Visual Dictionary" |
| "The German English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is your essential vocabulary guide to the world around you With over 10000 fully illustrated terms arranged by theme language learning has never been easier Perfect for tourist and business travellers alike DK's Bilingual Visual Dictionary series is by your side when buying food talking about work discussing health and studying language Stunning visuals and comprehensive indexes combine to make the German English Bilingual Visual Dictionary your indispensable German language companion Fully updated to reflect recent changes in technology and clothing the German English Bilingual Visual Dictionary also features an easy-to-use audio app enabling you to hear terms spoken out loud Learn and retain all the key phrases you need to know and perfect your pronunciation with audio help"
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| "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom: Outdoor Explorers Sticker Activity Book" |
| "With Nanny Plum and the Wise Old Elf nature class is tons of fun! The Little Kingdom is bursting with acorns and flowers woodpeckers and bees In this sticker book you can help Ben and Holly solve outdoor puzzles colour in creatures and play leapfrog with their friends There's so much to explore!"
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| "Of Women : In the 21st Century" |
| "A powerful urgent and timely polemic on why women still need equality and how we get thereIt is the greatest human rights abuse on the planet It blights first and developing worlds rich and poor women's health wealth education representation opportunity and security everywhere It is no exaggeration to describe it as an 'apartheid' but not limited to one country or historical period Gender injustice Shami Chakrabarti shows is an ancient and continuing wrong that is millennial in duration and global in reachAs we move forward in the twenty-first century a time of crises the world over Shami Chakrabarti lays out the huge challenges we face with honesty and clarity We have not yet done enough to create a more equal world one where women and men share power responsibility and opportunity One that is potentially happier and more peaceful One where no life is wasted and everyone has a chance to fulfil their potential Instead we've been playing around at the edges What's needed now is radical change From the disparity in the number of births to issues of schooling work ownership faith political representation and international diplomacy Of Women outlines what needs fixing and makes clear inspiring proposals about what we do next putting women's rights at the centre of the progressive political agenda"
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| "English for Everyone: English Vocabulary Builder" |
| "Expand your English vocabulary with this unique combination of illustrated vocabulary reference and practical workbook English Vocabulary Builder makes all the most useful English words and phrases easy to remember Each of the 3000 entries is illustrated and available as an audio recording Readers can write their own translations and work through hundreds of practice exercises to fix the English words in their minds and improve their English-language skills English Vocabulary Builder makes vocabulary easier than ever to learn and remember English for Everyone is an exciting and comprehensive self-study course for adults of all ages and levels learning English as a foreign language"
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| "Confessions of a Mask" |
| "'There is in this world a kind of desire like stinging pain'A Japanese teenager is overcome with longing for his male classmate He imagines his body punctured with arrows like the body of St Sebastian in the painting that obsesses him Over and over again each night in his private fantasies the objects of his lust are tortured killed and maimed But in the rigid world of imperial wartime Japan there is no place for such transgressive desires He must wear a false mask and hide his true nature whatever the cost 'A terrific and astringent work of beauty' The Times Literary Supplement'Mishima is lucid in the midst of emotional confusion funny in the midst of despair' Christopher Isherwood'Never has a confession been freer from self-pity' Sunday Times"
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| "Blood and Guts in High School" |
| "'Acker gives her work the power to mirror the reader's soul' William S Burroughs'Kathy Acker's writing is virtuoso maddening crazy so sexy so painful and beaten out of a wild heart that nothing can tame Acker is a landmark writer' Jeanette WintersonThis is the story of Janey who lived in a locked room where she found a scrap of paper and began to write down her life It's a story of lust sex pain youth punk anarchy gangs the city feminism America Jean Genet and the prisons we create for ourselves A heady surreal mash-up of coming-of-age tale prose poetry plagiarism and illustration Kathy Acker's breakthrough 1984 novel caused huge controversy and made her an avant-garde literary iconPublished to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Kathy Acker's untimely death Blood and Guts in High School is published for the first time in Penguin Classics acknowledging the profound impact she has had on our culture and alongside the authors her work pulsates with the influence of William S Burroughs Cervantes and Charles Dickens among others"
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| "A Shropshire Lad (Penguin Clothbound Poetry) Hardcover" |
| "A collectible new Penguin Classics series stunning clothbound editions of ten favourite poets which present each poet&39;s most famous book of verse as it was originally published Designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith and beautifully set these slim A format volumes are the ultimate gift editions for poetry lovers A Shropshire Lad was first published in 1896 at A E Housman&39;s own expense The collection of lyrical poems became hugely successful following the Second Boer War and World War I with themes such as nostalgia for one&39;s home and the patriotic celebration of the life of the solider striking a chord with English readers This collection contains Housman&39;s greatest works demonstrating the lyrical precision and emotional depth of his writing It includes &39;To an Athlete Dying Young&39; a lyrical elegy to a life lost at its prime and &39;When I was One-and-Twenty&39; a love poem on the ignorance of youth"
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| "Top 10 Toronto" |
| "An unbeatable pocket-sized guide to Toronto packed with insider tips and ideas colour maps top 10 lists and a laminated pull-out map all designed to help you see the very best of TorontoWander the cobblestoned Distillery Historic District enjoy spectacular views from the CN Tower visit the Hockey Hall of Fame or take a trip to breathtaking Niagara Falls From Top 10 museums and galleries to the Top 10 things to do for free discover the best of Toronto with this easy-to-use travel guideInside Top 10 Toronto- Seven easy-to-follow itineraries perfect for a day trip a weekend or a four-day trip- Top 10 lists showcase the best attractions in Toronto covering Royal Ontario Museum Toronto Islands Art Gallery of Ontario Casa Loma Ripley's Aquarium of Canada and many more- Free laminated pull-out map of Toronto plus five full-colour area maps- In-depth area guides explore the most interesting neighbourhoods with the best places for shopping going out and sightseeing - Colour-coded chapters divided by area make it easy to find information quickly and plan your day - Essential travel tips including our expert choices of where to stay eat shop and sightsee plus useful transport visa and health information- Colour maps help you navigate with ease- Covers Harbourfront and the Financial District Downtown East Toronto Greater Toronto and moreStaying for longer as part of a bigger trip to Canada? Try our DK Eyewitness Travel Guide CanadaAbout DK Eyewitness Travel DK's Top 10 guides take the work out of planning a short trip with easy-to-read maps tips and tours to inform and enrich your weekend trip or cultural break DK is the world's leading illustrated reference publisher producing beautifully designed books for adults and children in over 120 countries"
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| "The Great Gatsby (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "The Great Gatsby is a dazzling social satire F Scott Fitzgerald&39;s masterpiece and a milestone in twentieth-century literature now beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range&39;There was music from my neighbour&39;s house through the summer nights In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars&39;Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby&39;s mansion in West Egg east of New York The riotous throng congregates in his sumptuous garden coolly debating Gatsby&39;s origins and mysterious past None of the frivolous socialites understands him and among various rumours is the conviction that &39;he killed a man&39; A detached onlooker Gatsby is oblivious to the speculation he creates but always seems to be watching and waiting though no one knows what forAs the tragic story unfolds Gatsby&39;s destructive dreams and passions are revealed leading to disturbing consequences A brilliant evocation of 1920s high society The Great Gatsby peels away the layers of this glamorous world to display the coldness and cruelty at its heart&39;Not only a page-turner and a heartbreaker it&39;s one of the most quintessentially American novels ever written&39; Time&39;He (F Scott Fitzgerald) was better than he knew for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a "generation"&39; New York Times&39;The most perfectly crafted work of fiction to have come out of America&39; Professor Tony Tanner&39;The American masterwork the finest work of fiction by any of this country&39;s writers&39; Washington Post"
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| "The Other Side of the Story" |
| "The lives of three women collide when a highflying literary agent finds herself representing two women who were once best friends 'There are three sides to every story Your side their side and the truth 'Sharkish literary agent Jojo has just made a very bad career move - she's slept with her married boss Mark Lily - Jojo's bestselling author - has just blown her advance on a house with new boyfriend Anton only to come down with writer's block Gemma used to be Lily's best friend until Lily ran off with Anton Now she's pouring her heart out and a certain literary agent likes her style Soon the fortunes of Jojo Lily and Gemma are horribly entangled But each is about to discover that there's more than one side to every story 'It had me in tears and barking with laughter' Daily Telegraph'A wonderful subtle hilarious and highly sophisticated novel You can't stop reading' Evening Standard'Packed with sound writing wit and common sense' Guardian"
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| "The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Touch and Feel Playbook : Eric Carle" |
| "In this tactile early-learning playbook which features artwork from The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other Eric Carle picture books first concepts such as colours numbers shapes and first words are introduced through textures words and pictures Ideal for older babies and toddlers this bright sturdy board book is perfect for sharing and encouraging interactive play"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Short Walks from Bogota : Journeys in the new Colombia" |
| "For decades Colombia was the &39;narcostate&39; Now it&39;s seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy Where does the truth lie? How did a land likened to paradise by the first conquistadores become a byword for hell on earth? And how is it rebuilding itself after decades of violence?Writer and journalist Tom Feiling has journeyed throughout Colombia down roads that were until recently too dangerous to travel talking to people from former guerrilla fighters to nomadic tribesmen and millionaires Vital shocking wry and never simplistic Short Walks from Bogota unpicks the tangled fabric of Colombia to create a stunning work of reportage history and travel writing Books of the Year 2012 Boyd Tonkin The Independent&39;Creates a portrait of Colombia that is perceptive unsensational and full of humanity Feiling is a brilliant reporter lucid unflinching morally engaged and with an occasional deadpan sense of humour one of the most consistently intelligent and compelling books to have appeared on any South American country in recent years&39; Michael Jacobs Independent&39;Tom Feiling takes us on an enlightening journey through a changing country that few understand&39; Rachel Aspden Observer&39;A deeply political account of one man&39;s journey to the violent heart of modern rural Colombia a must read&39; Kevin Howlett Colombia Politics&39;Feiling ventures into areas that have been off limits for decades the sense of a vibrant nation worth discovering peeks out&39; Siobhan Murphy Metro&39;The best British travel writers like Norman Lewis or Bruce Chatwin give the reader more than simple travellers&39; tales Feiling is of their company a brilliant penetrating and highly readable account&39; Robert Carver SpectatorSome of the best insights in the book come from the people Feiling meets and memorably portrays a well-written thoughtful book David Gallagher Times Literary SupplementDramatic and captivating Wanderlust&39;Elegantly written and knowledgeable Feiling writes with the eye of a seasoned journalist and the style of a travel writer&39; Carl Wilkinson Financial TimesTom Feiling spent a year living and working in Colombia before making Resistencia Hip-Hop in Colombia which won numerous awards at film festivals around the world and was broadcast in four countries In 2003 he became Campaigns Director for the TUC&39;s Justice for Colombia campaign which organizes for human rights in Colombia His first book was The Candy Machine How Cocaine Took Over The World which was based on over sixty interviews with people involved in all aspects of the cocaine business and the &39;war on drugs&39; and was published by Penguin in 2009"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Without a Trace" |
| "International number one bestselling author Lesley Pearse brings a compelling story of courage friendship and love in her brand new novel Without a TraceCoronation Day 1953In the Somerset village of Sawbridge young shopkeeper Molly Heywood slips away from the celebrations to her friend's cottage and makes a shocking discovery Cassie is dead and her six-year-old daughter Petal has vanished without a trace In her grief Molly seeks help from her childhood friend George now the village policeman but no one can find Petal The only clue is a letter from London where Cassie once lived Despite George's reluctance and her growing feelings for him Molly resolves to go to London in the hope of discovering the missing childArriving in the big city Molly quickly learns it's a dangerous place for a country girl on her own But there's hope too - in the Blitz-ruined East End she unexpectedly finds friendship with strangers from Cassie's past and with handsome mysterious workman Charley the possibility of something moreHowever the closer Molly gets to the truth the more perilous her journey becomes She has given up everything - her home happiness and a chance at love - all to find Petal But is she also risking her life?From the number one UK bestselling author Lesley Pearse comes Without a Trace a gripping story of bravery secrets and lovePraise for Without a Trace'Epic romantic drama set in post-war London' Heat Magazine'A heart-warming and evocative tale that is a real delight to read' Sun'A narrative that gallops along this is quintessential Pearse that will delight her army of readers' Daily Mail'Must have' Sunday Express'Yet another great Lesley Pearse novel' Woman MagazinePraise for Lesley Pearse'Evocative compelling told from the heart' Sunday Express 'Utterly riveting brilliant' Closer 'Full of love passion and heartbreak' Best'Glorious heartwarming' Woman & Home"
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| "Making Sense of the Troubles : A History of the Northern Ireland Conflict" |
| "COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED EDITIONMaking Sense of the Troubles is David McKittrick and David McVea's classic history of the Troubles now completely revised and updatedFirst published ten years ago Making Sense of the Troubles is widely regarded as the most 'comprehensive considered and compassionate' (Irish Times) history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland Written by a distinguished journalist and a teacher of history in Northern Ireland it surveys the roots of the problems from 1921 onwards the descent into violence in the late 60s and the three terrible decades that followed McKittrick and McVea have now fully updated the book to take into account the momentous events of the last ten years including the disbanding of the IRA Ian Paisley's deal with the Republicans and the historic power-sharing government in Belfast'An updated reissue of a collaborative study published 12 years ago to rave reviews as a frank accurate and authoritative narrative of events which should be required reading for anyone hoping to understand what had been going on in the North' Irish Independent'I would strongly advocate that it be made compulsory reading for everyone in Northern Ireland because for the first time it is our history all of it warts and all presented in a clear and understandable way' Irish News'Extraordinarily well-balanced sane comprehensive and rich in sober understatement' Glasgow Herald'Compellingly written and very even-handed By far the clearest account of what happened in the Northern Ireland conflict and more importantly why it happened' Irish NewsDavid McKittrick has reported on the Northern Ireland troubles since the 1970s After working for the Irish Times and BBC he has been Ireland correspondent of the London Independent since 1985 Awards include the Orwell Prize correspondent of the year and Belfast journalist of the year David McVea graduated in politics and modern history from Queen's University Belfast and has an MA from Sussex University He was head of the politics department of a Belfast grammar school where he taught both history and political studies"
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| "The Idea in You : How to Find it, Build it, and Change Your Life" |
| "Take your passion and make it happen with The Idea In You by Martin Amor and Alex PellewDo you have an idea in you? A hobby a project a product something that could change your life?The Idea in You is a bulletproof system for finding the right idea and shaping it in to a success - on your own termsWith advice from the people behind the likes of Pizza Pilgrims Parkrun and Decoded The Idea in You will show you what to expect how to think and what to do when launching your own ventureMaking your idea happen is possible - and it will be one of the most inspiring and energizing experiences of your lifeWhat are you waiting for?'A wonderfully inspirational book that will help unleash your ideas on the world' Michael Acton Smith creator of Moshi Monsters'Every great business starts with an idea this book will help you find yours' Richard Reed co-founder Innocent Drinks'It seems to me that many could-be creators simply lack support in their lives someone genuine who listens to their ideas and pushes boundaries to make it all seem possible Alex and Martin must recognize this too because their book is a generous offer of encouragement and spirit a drum beat that stirred my creative confidence' Zach Klein co-founder of Vimeo"
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| "A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled" |
| "'We are all frazzled all of us'Five hundred years ago no one died of stress we invented this concept and now we let it rule us Ruby Wax shows us how to de-frazzle for good by making simple changes that give us time to breathe reflect and live in the momentLet Ruby be your guide to a healthier happier you You've nothing to lose but your stress"
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| "On Palestine" |
| "On Palestine is Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe's indispensable update on a suffering regionOperation Protective Edge Israel's most recent assault on Gaza left thousands of Palestinians dead and cleared the way for another Israeli land grab The need to stand in solidarity with Palestinians has never been greater Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe two leading voices in the struggle to liberate Palestine discuss the road ahead for Palestinians and how the international community can pressure Israel to end its human rights abuses against the people of Palestine This urgent and timely book offers hope and a way forward for all those committed to the struggle to liberate PalestineOn Palestine is the sequel to Chomsky and Pappe's acclaimed book Gaza in Crisis"
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| "How to be a Brit : The Classic Bestselling Guide" |
| "The indispensable manual for everyone who longs to attain True Britishness George Mikes's perceptive best-seller provides a complete guide to the British Way of Life Having been born in Hungary he eventually spent more than forty years in the field and the fruits of his labour include insights on important topics including the weather how to be rude and how to panic quietly Loved by readers and authors alike How to Be a Brit contains Mikes's three major works -- How to be an Alien How to be Inimitable and How to be Decadent If you're British you'll love it; if you're a foreigner you'll appreciate itHow to plan a town Street names should be painted clearly and distinctly on large boards Then hide these boards carefullyQueuing An Englishman even if he is alone forms an orderly queue of oneSex Continental people have sex lives the English have hot water bottles"
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| "A German Requiem" |
| "'For Christmas I would like all of Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir novels' Sam Mendes Guardian'Philip Kerr is the contemporary master of the morally complex thriller' New York ObserverThe third in Philip Kerr's universally loved 'Berlin Noir' trilogy A German Requiem sees detective Bernie Gunther enter the new and terrifying world of post-war Vienna In the bitter winter of 1947 the Russian Zone is closing ever more tightly around Berlin So when an enigmatic Russian colonel asks Bernie Gunther to go to Vienna where his ex-Kripo colleague Emil Becker faces a murder charge Bernie doesn't hesitate for long Despite an unsavoury past Gunther is convinced that the shooting of an American Nazi-hunter is one crime Becker didn't commitBut Vienna is not the peaceful haven Bernie expects it to be Communism is the new enemy and with the Nuremberg trials over some strange alliances are being forged against the Red Menace - alignments that make many wartime atrocities look lily-white by comparisonVividly evoking the atmosphere of postwar Vienna A Germen Requiem brings all Philip Kerr's pace and mordant wit to the tangle of guilt suspicion and double-dealing that laid the foundations for the Cold War"
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| "The Witchfinder's Sister : The captivating Richard & Judy Book Club historical thriller 2018" |
| "'The number of women my brother Matthew killed is one hundred and six'THE PAGE-TURNING RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB BESTSELLER'A compelling debut from a gifted storyteller' Sarah Perry author of The Essex SerpentWhen Alice Hopkins' husband dies in a tragic accident she returns to the small Essex town of Manningtree where her brother Matthew still livesBut home is no longer a place of safety Matthew has changed and there are rumours spreading through the town whispers of witchcraft and of a great book in which he is gathering women's namesTo what lengths will Matthew's obsession drive him?And what choice will Alice make when she finds herself at the very heart of his plan?Winner of the HWA Debut Crown Award 2017 and a Spring 2018 Richard and Judy Book Club pick this beautiful and haunting historical thriller is perfect for fans of Sarah Waters The Miniaturist and Burial Rites'Vivid and terrifying' Paula Hawkins author of The Girl on the Train'A clever pacey read that blends truth and fictionwhat elevates this book above other historical thrillers are the questions that Underdown asks about the nature of power fear and how easy it is to become complicit in terrible acts' The Times'A chilling creeping novel with very obvious parallels to more modern forms of witch-hints and misogyny but is still firmly rooted in an England torn apart by civil war and gripped by religious fervour' Red'A haunting brooding debut' Psychologies'At once a feminist parable and an old-fashioned check-twice-under-the-bed thriller' Patrick Gale'A richly told and utterly compelling tale with shades of Hilary Mantel' Kate Hamer author of The Girl in the Red Coat'Anyone who liked Cecilia Ekback's Wolf Winter is going to love this' Natasha Pulley author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street'Beth Underdown grips us from the outset and won't let goat once a feminist parable and an old-fashioned check-twice-under-the-bed thriller' Patrick Gale author of Notes from an Exhibition 'A tense surprising and elegantly-crafted novel' Ian McGuire author of The North Water'Beth Underdown cleverly creates a compelling atmosphere of dread and claustrophobia Even from the distance of nearly four hundred years her Matthew Hopkins is a genuinely frightening monster' Kate Riordan'A tense surprising and elegantly-crafted novel' Ian McGuire author of The North Water'Superb dark terrifying and utterly compelling' Tracy Borman'A novel for our times Beth Underdown's The Witchfinder's Sister explores another time and another place to lay bare the visceral horror of what a witch hunt truly is' New York Times Book Review'Entertaining and thought-provoking with a valuable message for our own times' Washington Post"
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| "The Holocaust : A New History" |
| "THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER AND THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT FOR 30 YEARS'By far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust and also the best at explaining its origins and grotesque mentality as well as its chaotic development' Antony Beevor'Groundbreaking You might have thought that we know everything there is to know about the Holocaust but this book proves there is much more' Andrew Roberts Mail on SundayTwo fundamental questions about the Holocaust must be answeredHow did it happen? And why?More completely than any other single work of history yet published Laurence Rees's Holocaust definitively answers them'With The Holocaust Rees has set himself the task of writing an accessible chronological account of the murder of six million Jews in conditions of scarcely imaginable horror He's done it excellently There is no shortage of books on the Holocaust but Rees's stands out as a readable and authoritative exposition of how and why it happened and the barbarous methods by which it was pursued The amount of ground it covers in 500 pages is remarkable - from the anti-Semitism of popular German literature of the 19th century to Hitler's suicide and the surrender of his regime It's excellently written and skilfully interweaves narrative history sound interpretation and the recollections (through interviews listed in the notes as previously unpublished testimony) of survivors Rees provides an exemplary account of how the greatest crime in modern history came about' The Times'Rees has distilled 25 years of research into this compelling study the finest single-volume account of the Holocaust It is not a book for the faint-hearted Some of the first-hand testimony is both shocking and heart-rending Yet it has important things to say about human nature - what our species is capable of doing if not prevented by civilized laws - and demands to be read' Saul David Telegraph'Anyone wanting a compelling highly readable explanation of how and why the Holocaust happened drawing on recent scholarship and impressively incorporating moving and harrowing interviews need look no further than Laurence Rees's brilliant book' Professor Ian Kershaw bestselling author of Hitler"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "&39;Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world They got no family They don&39;t belong no place&39;George and his large simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters following wherever work leads them Arriving in California&39;s Salinas Valley they get work on a ranch If they can just stay out of trouble George promises Lennie then one day they might be able to get some land of their own and settle down some place But kind-hearted childlike Lennie is a victim of his own strength Seen by others as a threat he finds it impossible to control his emotions And one day not even George will be able to save him from troubleOf Mice and Men is a tragic and moving story of friendship loneliness and the dispossessed with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Cleaner of Chartres" |
| "There is something special about the ancient cathedral of Chartres with its mismatched spires astonishing stained glass and strange labyrinth And there is something special too about Agnes Morel the mysterious woman who is to be found cleaning it each morningNo one quite knows where she came from - not the diffident Abbe Paul who discovered her one morning twenty years ago sleeping in the north porch; nor lonely Professor Jones whose chaotic existence she helps to organise; nor Philippe Nevers whose neurotic sister and newborn child she cares for; nor even the irreverent young restorer Alain Fleury who works alongside her each day and whose attention she catches with her tawny eyes her colourful clothes and elusive manner And yet everyone she encounters would surely agree that she is subtly transforming their lives even if they couldn't quite say howBut with a chance meeting in the cathedral one day the spectre of Agnes' past returns provoking malicious rumours from the prejudiced Madame Beck and her gossipy companion Madame Picot As the hearsay grows uglier Agnes is forced to confront her history and the mystery of her origins finally unfoldsThe Cleaner of Chartres is a compelling story of darkness and light; of traumatic loss and second chances Told with a sparkling wit and captivating charm but infused throughout with deeper truths it speaks of the power of love and mercy to transform the tragedies of the past"
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| "Man, Play and Games" |
| "According to Roger Caillois play is an occasion of pure waste waste of time energy ingenuity skill and often of money In spite of this - or because of it - play constitutes an essential element of human social and spiritual developmentIn this classic study Caillois defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space isolated and protected from the rest of life Play is uncertain since the outcome may not be foreseen and it is governed by rules that provide a level playing field for all participants In its most basic form play consists of finding a response to the opponent's action - or to the play situation - that is free within the limits set by the rulesCaillois qualifies types of games - according to whether competition chance simulation or vertigo (being physically out of control) is dominant - and ways of playing ranging from the unrestricted improvisation characteristic of children's play to the disciplined pursuit of solutions to gratuitously difficult puzzles Caillois also examines the means by which games become part of daily life and ultimately contribute to various cultures their most characteristic customs and institutions Presented here in Meyer Barash's superb English translation Man Play and Games is a companion volume to Caillois's Man and the Sacred"
Price: 16.49 |
| "The Monsters and the Critics" |
| "Complete collection of Tolkien's essays including two on Beowulf which span three decades beginning six years before The Hobbit to five years after The Lord of the RingsThe seven essays' by JRR Tolkien assembled in this new paperback edition were with one exception delivered as general lectures on particular occasions; and while they mostly arose out of Tolkien's work in medieval literature they are accessible to all Two of them are concerned with Beowulf including the well-known lecture whose title is taken for this book and one with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight given in the University of Glasgow in 1953Also included in this volume is the lecture English and Welsh; the Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford in 1959; and a paper on Invented Languages delivered in 1931 with exemplification from poems in the Elvish tongues Most famous of all is On Fairy-Stories a discussion of the nature of fairy-tales and fantasy which gives insight into Tolkien's approach to the whole genreThe pieces in this collection cover a period of nearly thirty years beginning six years before the publication of The Hobbit with a unique academic' lecture on his invention (calling it A Secret Vice) and concluding with his farewell to professorship five years after the publication of The Lord of the Rings"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Two Towers : 2 (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "Building on the story begun in The Hobbit this is the second part of Tolkien&39;s epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien&39;s own design the definitive text and a detailed map of Middle-earth Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom They have lost the wizard Gandalf in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; and at the Falls of Rauros Boromir seduced by the power of the Ring tried to seize it by force While Frodo and Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone that is save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Banns of Marriage Application MB 1 : Pack of 50 Forms" |
| "This form is designed to provide all the information needed both for publishing the banns and for entering the marriage register The sections numbered two to eight correspond with those in the marriage register"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Hope in Action : Reaching Out to a World in Need" |
| "What are the most important social political and religious challenges facing our world today? How might a better understanding of those challenges help us to tackle them more effectively? And what are the basic moral principles that will inspire more people to come together and work together for the common good? This stirring new book by Cardinal Nichols sets out a clear vision of what needs to be done in response to these challenges - enabling us to face them squarely while also giving grounds for hope At a time of political and social upheaval here is a clear calm and convincing reminder of the essential values that we all need to guide us into a better future Includes chapters on hope mission sexual violence slavery prison reform and religious extremism Questions for group discussion or personal reflection at the end of each chapter"
Price: 5.99 |
| "A Little History of the World" |
| "E H Gombrich's bestselling history of the world for young readers tells the story of mankind from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb focusing not on small detail but on the sweep of human experience the extent of human achievement and the depth of its frailty The product of a generous and humane sensibility this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history In forty concise chapters Gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests grand works of art and the spread and limitations of science This is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of mankind's experience across the centuries a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties"
Price: 8.99 |
