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| "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" |
| "Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer Loving the world she also knows its cruelty As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty but also hope joyachievement and celebration In this first volume of her six books of autobiography Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town and suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother's lover"
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| "Lab Girl" |
| "Lab Girl is a book about work and about love and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together It is told through Jahren's remarkable stories about the discoveries she has made in her lab as well as her struggle to get there; about her childhood playing in her father's laboratory; about how lab work became a sanctuary for both her heart and her hands; about Bill the brilliant wounded man who became her loyal colleague and best friend; about their field trips - sometimes authorised sometimes very much not - that took them from the Midwest across the USA to Norway and to Ireland from the pale skies of North Pole to tropical Hawaii; and about her constant striving to do and be her best and her unswerving dedication to her life's workVisceral intimate gloriously candid and sometimes extremely funny Jahren's descriptions of her work her intense relationship with the plants seeds and soil she studies and her insights on nature enliven every page of this thrilling book In Lab Girl we see anew the complicated power of the natural world and the power that can come from facing with bravery and conviction the challenge of discovering who you are"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Tipping The Velvet" |
| "Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight and in the centre of this was a girl the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen A saucy sensuous and multi-layered historical romance Tipping the Velvet follows the glittering career of Nan King - oyster girl turned music-hall star turned rent boy turned East End 'tom' It launched the career of one of Britain's most exciting and successful writers One of the best storytellers alive today' - Independent Sarah Waters has written five subsequent bestselling novels all of which have been filmed or are currently in production and she has received critical and popular acclaim and prize shortlists She was awarded the Stonewall Writer of the Decade in 2016Tipping the Velvet was adapted by Andrew Davies and filmed by Sally Head Productions for the BBC"
Price: 11.49 |
| "What Katy Did" |
| "'One of my all-time favourite books It's a very lively funny story' Jacqueline WilsonKaty has grand plans to be beautiful graceful and ladylike one day! But for now she has hair that is always tangled bootlaces undone a torn dress and she doesn't care about being 'good' With a wild imagination and high spirits she is always up to mischief but there never has been a heroine as lovable as Katy Then a terrible accident happens and it takes all her courage - and hard-learned patience - to keep her dreams alive'Katy speaks with a charm and directness that remains as fresh as when it was written' Amanda Craig'This was one of my favourite books as a child The children felt real enough to touch and I fell head over heels in love with Katy It's a book with an unstoppable heart' Katherine RundellThis collection of the best in children's literature curated by Virago will be coveted by children and adults alike These are timeless tales with beautiful covers that will be treasured and shared across the generations Some titles you will already know; some will be new to you but there are stories for everyone to love whatever your age Our list includes Nina Bawden (Carrie's War The Peppermint Pig) Rumer Godden (The Dark Horse An Episode of Sparrows) Joan Aiken (The Serial Garden The Gift Giving) E Nesbit (The Psammead Trilogy The Bastable Trilogy The Railway Children) Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Little PrincessThe Secret Garden) and Susan Coolidge (The What Katy Did Trilogy) Discover Virago Children's Classics"
Price: 5.49 |
| "My Cousin Rachel : Film Tie In" |
| "This special edition contains a foreword by the film's director and screenwriter Roger Michell Orphaned at an early age Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent cousin Ambrose Resolutely single Ambrose delights in making Philip his heir knowing he will treasure his beautiful Cornish estate But Philip's world is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence There he falls in love and marries - and then dies suddenly in suspicious circumstances Before long the new widow - Philip's cousin Rachel - arrives in England Despite himself Philip is drawn to this beautiful mysterious woman But could she have caused Ambrose's death?"
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| "Alias Grace Paperback" |
| "By the author of The Handmaid&39;s TaleNow a major NETFLIX seriesSometimes I whisper it over to myself Murderess Murderess It rustles like a taffeta skirt along the floor&39; Grace Marks Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak and unwilling victim? Around the true story of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 1840s Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality cruelty and mystery &39;Brilliant Atwood&39;s prose is searching So intimate it seems to be written on the skin&39; Hilary Mantel&39;The outstanding novelist of our age&39; Sunday Times&39;A sensuous perplexing book at once sinister and dignified grubby and gorgeous panoramic yet specificI don&39;t think I have ever been so thrilled&39; Julie Myerson Independent on Sunday"
Price: 8.49 |
| "A Tall Man in a Low Land : Some Time Among the Belgians" |
| "Most British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot exotic dangerous or all three Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which is damp safe and of legendary banality Belgium But can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull? Pearson lived there for several months burying himself in the local culture He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians produce; ate local delicacies such as kip kap (jellied pig cheeks) and a mighty tonnage of chicory and chips In one restaurant the house speciality was 'Hare in the style of grandmother' 'I didn't order it I quite like hare but had no wish to see one wearing zip-up boots and a blue beret' A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND commemorates strange events such as The Festival of Shrimps at Oostduinkerke and laments the passing of the Underpant Museum in Brussels No reader will go away from A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND without being able to name at least ten famous Belgians Mixing evocative description and low-grade buffoonery Harry Pearson paints a portrait of Belgium that is more rounded than a Smurf after a night on the mussels"
Price: 7.49 |
| "When You Are Engulfed In Flames" |
| "David Sedaris's remarkable ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this new book of storiesSedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life - the etiquette of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger or how to soundproof your windows with LP covers against neurotic songbirds - to the most deeply resonant human truths Taking in the parasitic worm that once lived in his mother-in-law's leg an encounter with a dingo and the purchase of a human skeleton and culminating in a brilliant account of his attempt to quit smoking - in Tokyo - David Sedaris's sixth story collection is a fresh masterpiece of comic writing"
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| "The People on Privilege Hill" |
| "It is a wet day in Dorset and walking to a luncheon party is Sir Edward Feathers QC followed by two elderly friends his scruffy neighbour and sparring partner Veneering and Fiscal-Smith the meanest lawyer ever to make a fortune at the Bar Fans of Jane Gardam's bestselling novel OLD FILTH will be delighted to encounter Filth now almost ninety making his immaculate way to Privilege Hill named perhaps for the Prive-Lieges who arrived with the Normans but more probably for the village privies Ranging from a Victorian mansion converted into a home for unmarried mothers to a wartime hospital in the middle of the Blitz from ghost stories to brilliant observations of love and loneliness in their various manifestations - including in 'Pangbourne' a woman who falls in love with a gorilla - to reflections on the haphazard nature of intellect and memories in 'The Last Reunion' the stories in this collection mix Jane Gardam's trademark sardonic wit with a delicate tenderness and a touch of the surreal"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Polly and the Puffin : Book 1" |
| "Meet Polly and her puffin Neil in the debut children's book from Sunday Times bestselling novelist Jenny Colgan Illustrated throughout and with recipes activities and rhymes in addition to the irresistible storyPolly heard a CRASH downstairs Was it a monster? NO! Was it a spider alien? NO!It was a little puffin with a broken wingWhen Polly discovers an injured puffin she and her mummy look after him in their cottage by the seaSlowly Neil's wing heals and Polly must prepare herself to say goodbye to her new friend Will she ever see him again? Perfect for bedtime stories and early readers From the author of The Little Beach Street BakeryContains recipes activities and jokes in addition to the story"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Hangover Square" |
| "The seventy-fifth anniversary edition with a new introduction by Anthony QuinnLondon 1939 and in the grimy publands of Earls Court George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation Netta is cool contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George George is adrift in a drunken hell except in his 'dead' moments when something goes click in his head and he realises without a doubt that he must kill her In the darkly comic Hangover Square Patrick Hamilton brilliantly evokes a seedy fog-bound world of saloon bars lodging houses and boozing philosophers immortalising the slang and conversational tone of a whole generation and capturing the premonitions of doom that pervaded London life in the months before the war"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Girl in the Fog : The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month" |
| "THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH'A coldly brilliant expose of the depths of human nature' SUNDAY TIMESSixty-two days after the disappearance A man is arrested in the small town of Avechot His shirt is covered in blood Could this have anything to do with a missing girl called Anna Lou?What really happened to the girl? Detective Vogel will do anything to solve the mystery surrounding Anna Lou's disappearance When a media storm hits the quiet town Vogel is sure that the suspect will be flushed out Yet the clues are confusing perhaps false and following them may be a far cry from discovering the truth at the heart of a dark town FOR FANS OF DONNA LEON AND MICHELE GIUTTARI GET READY FOR THE CRIME THRILLER OF THE YEAR 'A gripping read I defy anyone to guess the denouement' - GUARDIAN on The Whisperer'Gruesome and gripping a taut psychological thriller' - THE TIMES on The Whisperer"
Price: 9.99 |
| "The Crow Road (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "From its bravura opening onwards THE CROW ROAD is justly regarded as an outstanding contemporary novel&39;It was the day my grandmother exploded I sat in the crematorium listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach&39;s Mass in B Minor and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach&39;Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family Full of questions about the McHoan past present and future he is also deeply preoccupied mainly with death sex drink God and illegal substances"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Obsession" |
| "Naomi Carson is a survivor As a child her family was torn apart by a shocking crime It could have destroyed her but Naomi has grown up strong with a passion for photography that has taken her all around the worldNow at last she has decided to put down roots The beautiful old house on Point Bluff needs work but Naomi has new friends in town who are willing to help including Xander Keaton - gorgeous infuriating and determined to win her heart But as Naomi plans for the future her past is catching up with her Someone in town knows her terrifying secret - and won't let her forget it As her new home is rocked by violence Naomi must discover her persecutor's identity before it's too late"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Blood Vow" |
| "A tough vampire warrior in training and a quick-witted aristocrat develop an irresistible attraction and work together to uncover a mystery The second in a new spin-off paranormal romance series set in the world of the 1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger BrotherhoodTrainees at the Black Dagger Brotherhood' training centre continue to prepare for the fight against the Lessening Society but fighting is the last thing on Axe's mind Still plagued with the guilt of his father's death the brooding loner finds himself battling an unlikely attraction to Peyton's bright aristocratic cousin EliseElise feels it too - and when the two are thrown together in unusual circumstances Elise must decide whether she can trust Axe to help her uncover the mystery surrounding her sister's death Meanwhile Mary and Rhage are in the process of adopting Bitty a young pretrans orphan until the appearance of a young male claiming to be Bitty's blooded uncle threatens to tear the new family apart"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Mermaid's Scream" |
| "Why did Wynn Staniland a legend in the literary world suddenly become a recluse in the 1980s? Most assumed he stopped writing because of his wife's bizarre suicide; a death that mirrored a murder case from the nineteenth century And now a promising young author called Zac Wilkinson is working on Staniland's biography and hopes to reveal the true story to a waiting world - while at the same time keeping his own troubled past hidden from public viewWhen Wilkinson is found brutally murdered DI Wesley Peterson finds links to the unexplained poisoning of a middle-aged couple at a local caravan park - and Wynn Staniland appears to be the connectionAs Wesley delves further into the case he suspects a sinister puppet show might provide the solution a grim re-enactment of the murder of Mary Field a cause celebre from the reign of Queen Victoria that inspired Staniland's best-known novelThe case becomes personal for Wesley when he discovers his son is involved and as he begins to unravel decades of secrets and deception the shocking truth proves almost too much to bear"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Judgment Road" |
| "An outlaw motorcycle club sets up shop next door to Sea Haven in the dangerously sexy new series from 1 New York Times bestselling author Christine FeehanA brutal education in a Russian training facility for assassins has taught this group of men one thing It's a long road to redemptionAs the enforcer of the Torpedo Ink motorcycle club Reaper lives for riding and fighting He's a stone-cold killer who turns his wrath on those who deserve it Feelings are a weakness he can't afford--until a gorgeous bartender gets under his skinNear Sea Haven the small town of Caspar has given Anya Rafferty a new lease on life And she's desperate to hold on to her job at the biker bar even if the scariest member of the club seems to have it out for her But Reaper's imposing presence and smoldering looks just ratchet up the heat Anya's touch is everything Reaper doesn't want--and it brands him to the bone But when her secrets catch up to her Reaper will have to choose between Anya and his club--his heart and his soul"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Black Tide" |
| "Though Winter Halo - the pharmaceutical company behind the evil experimentation on both children and adults - has been destroyed the danger is far from over Not only do seven children remain unaccounted for but some of the vampires are now able to walk in lightThe key to stopping the unthinkable lies in finding Ciara Dream the last member of the trio behind the plot to give full light immunity to both the vampires and the Others But Ciara like Tiger herself is a shapeshifter able to take on any human form she desiresTo find her Tiger will need to use every skill in her formidable arsenal and even that might not be enough to save the city and the people she has started to care aboutBecause the vampires are coming and this time the lights won't stop them"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid? : What drugs did to my family" |
| "i newspaper 'What We're Reading This Week' December 2017'Elizabeth's courage in speaking out is moving and her ability to move others is impressive This is a story that needs to be told and needs to be heard' - Theresa May Prime Minister'Elizabeth is someone who had the courage to tell her family's story and to challenge attitudes Elizabeth has already made a difference and I am sure that all those who read this book will be both challenged and inspired' - Chief Constable Sara Thornton National Police Chiefs' Council'I cannot praise this book highly enough Born out of personal pain and tragedy this story will lead you to the birth of DrugFAM It is truly inspiring and wonderful what has been and continues to be achieved through this story' - Sir Anthony Seldon Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham'I would urge all parents teachers and pupils to read this heart-rending book' - FT Magazine'A book that is moving and ultimately inspiring' - Waterstones Books QuarterlyElizabeth Burton Phillips was a teacher an ordinary mother who had always tried to do the best for her children; she never imagined that her identical twin sons who had been doing so well at school would become involved in drugs She was shocked when they were suspended from school for smoking cannabis; but this was just the start of a terrible descent into personal and family heartbreak The painful journey ended in the way Elizabeth had always dreaded - a knock on the door in the middle of the night by the police They gave her the devastating news that her son Nick had killed himself in despair at his heroin addiction Since his death Elizabeth has campaigned tirelessly to make parents aware of the pain and suffering caused to families by drug addiction; and her surviving twin Simon now drug-free has contributed his own thoughts to this inspiring and gut-wrenching story that will shake every reader to the coreThis new edition brings Elizabeth's story up to date sharing the inspiring achievements of the author - awarded an MBE in the Queen's 2017 Honours List - and her charity DrugFAM giving hope to families impacted by addiction"
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| "Penhaligon's Pride : a stirring, heartwarming Cornish saga" |
| "The stirring second installment in Terri Nixon's Penhaligon Saga series1910 Anna Garvey and her daughter are still running the Tin Streamer's Arms in Caernoweth Cornwall and it finally seems like she has left her tumultuous history behind in Ireland Meanwhile Freya Penhaligon has blossomed and is now the object of increasing affection of Hugh the elder son of the wealthy Batten familyAfter the dramatic events of the previous months it feels like everything is finally getting back to normal But when Anna inadvertently reveals something she shouldn't she finds herself at the centre of a blackmail plot and it seems like the past she longed to escape is coming back to haunt her To make matters worse the tiny fishing hamlet is battered by a terrible storm and shifting relationships find themselves under more scrutiny than ever beforeWith the Penhaligon family at breaking point it will take enormous strength and courage to bring them back together - but is it already too late?"
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| "A Cursed Inheritance: Number 9 in series (Wesley Peterson) Paperback" |
| "The brutal massacre of the Harford family at Potwoolstan Hall in Devon in 1985 shocked the country and passed into local folklore And when a journalist researching the case is murdered twenty years later the horror is reawakened Sixteenth century Potwoolstan Hall now a New Age healing centre is reputed to be cursed because of the crimes of its builder and it seems that inheritance of evil lives on as DI Wesley Peterson is faced with his most disturbing case yet As more people die violently Wesley needs to discover why a young woman has transformed a dolls house into a miniature reconstruction of the massacre scene And could the solution to his case lie across the Atlantic Ocean in the ruined remains of an early English settlement in Virginia USA?When the truth is finally revealed it turns out to be as horrifying as it is dangerous"
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| "Fool Moon : The Dresden Files, Book Two" |
| "Meet Harry Dresden Chicago's first (and only) Wizard PI Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans That's where Harry comes inBusiness has been slow lately for Harry Dresden Okay business has been dead Not undead - just dead You would think Chicago would have a little more action for the only professional wizard in the phone book But lately Harry hasn't been able to dredge up any kind of work - magical or mundane But just when it looks like he can't afford his next meal a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise A brutally mutilated corpse Strange-looking paw prints A full moon Take three guesses And the first two don't count Magic - it can get a guy killed'The Dresden Files is my favourite series ever' Patrick Rothfuss author of The Name of the Wind'Butcher's storytelling is satisfying on a level that's bone-deep' io9'One of the most reliable post-Buffy supernatural thriller series on offer'Time Out'Dresden has a vitality that few urban fantasy heroes can match'SFXThe Dresden Files novels begin with STORM FRONT and continues with FOOL MOON GRAVE PERIL SUMMER KNIGHT DEATH MASKS BLOOD RITES DEAD BEAT PROVEN GUILTY WHITE NIGHT SMALL FAVOUR TURN COAT CHANGES GHOST STORY COLD DAYS and SKIN GAMEFor more of Harry Dresden's adventures check out the Dresden Files short story collections SIDE JOBS and BRIEF CASES"
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| "The Windup Girl" |
| "Anderson Lake is a company man AgriGen's calorie representative in Thailand Under cover as a factory manager he combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs long thought to be extinct There he meets the windup girl - the beautiful and enigmatic Emiko - now abandoned to the slums She is one of the New People bred to suit the whims of the rich Engineered as slaves soldiers and toys they are the new underclass in a chilling near future where oil has run out calorie companies dominate nations and bio-engineered plagues run rampant across the globeAnd as Lake becomes increasingly obsessed with Emiko conspiracies breed in the heat and political tensions threaten to spiral out of control Businessmen and ministry officials wealthy foreigners and landless refugees all have their own agendas But no one anticipates the devastating influence of the Windup Girl"
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| "A Dance of Shadows : Book 4 of Shadowdance" |
| "'Prove that you can stand against the darkness and live'Haern is the King's Watcher born an assassin only to become the city of Veldaren's protector against the thief guildsWhen Lord Victor Kane attacks the city determined stamp out all corruption foreign gangs pour in amidst the chaos in an attempt to overthrow the current lords of the underworldAnd when a mysterious killer known as the Widow begins mutilating thieves paranoia engulfs the city Haern knows someone is behind the turmoil pulling strings If he doesn't find out who - and soon - his beloved city will burnLight or darkness where will the line be drawn?Fantasy author David Dalglish spins a tale of retribution and darkness and an underworld reaching for ultimate power in this fourth novel of the Shadowdance series previously released as Blood of the Underworld"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Aeronaut's Windlass : The Cinder Spires, Book One" |
| "'Great action scenes a fascinating world and characters of a sort I've never seen before This is everything I've come to expect from Jim Butcher but in a delightful new flavour' PATRICK ROTHFUSS'Beware fellow readers herein lies adventure that will keep you from food or rest ' PATRICIA BRIGGS Jim Butcher the number one bestselling author of The Dresden Files begins a new series set in a gloriously imagined world of noble families marvellous technology and magic-wielding warriors Since time immemorial humanity has lived inside the Spires habitats towering for miles over the dangerous monster-inhabited surface of the world Captain Grimm of the merchant airship Predator was dismissed from Spire Albion's military in disgrace - now his ship and crew are all he has and he's fiercely loyal to both When the Predator is severely damaged in combat Grimm has only one choice - take on a clandestine mission for Albion's leaders or stay grounded for good And even as Grimm undertakes this perilous task he will learn that the conflict between the Spires is merely a premonition of things to come Humanity's ancient enemy silent for more than ten thousand years has begun to stir once more And death will follow in its wake"
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| "Welcome to Night Vale: A Novel" |
| "A Waterstones Paperback of the Year and New York Times BestsellerBased on the no 1 PodcastWELCOME TO NIGHT VALE a friendly desert community where the sun is hot the moon is beautiful and mysterious lights pass overhead while its citizens pretend to sleep It's a town like your town with a city hall a bowling alley a diner and a radio station reporting all the news that's allowed to be heard It might be more like your town than you'd like to admitIn this ordinary town where ghosts aliens and government conspiracies are parts of everyday life the lives of two women with two mysteries are about to convergeFrom the creators of the wildly popular Welcome to Night Vale podcast comes an original mystery of appearances and disappearances about the ways we all struggle to find ourselves no matter where we live"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Annihilation Score : A Laundry Files novel" |
| "NOBODY DOES IT BETTER Dr Mo O'Brien is an intelligence agent at the top secret government agency known as 'the Laundry' When occult powers threaten the realm they'll be there to clean up the mess and deal with the witnessesBut the Laundry is recovering from a devastating attack and when average citizens all over the country start to develop supernatural powers the police are called in to help Mo is appointed as official police liaison but in between dealing with police bureaucracy superpowered members of the public and disgruntled politicians Mo discovers to her horror that she can no longer rely on her marriage nor on the weapon that has been at her side for eight years of undercover work the possessed violin known as 'Lecter'If this wasn't bad enough a mysterious figure known as Dr Freudstein is committing heists and sending increasingly threatening messages to the police Who is Freudstein and what is he planning?"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Legion of Flame : Book Two of the Draconis Memoria" |
| "The Legion of Flame is the action-packed second novel in the Draconis Memoria series - an enthralling epic fantasy of magic adventure and the furious battle to forge an empireClaydon Torcreek has survived drake-infested jungles hostile tribes and the cold touch of betrayal - yet his troubles have only just begunThe legendary white drake - believed to be nothing more than a myth - has awoken from its long slumber with a thirst to reduce the world of men to ashesOne city has already fallen to the drake's formidable legions More will follow unless Clay can uncover an ancient secret that lies buried beneath the southern iceOnce again Clay must face unthinkable danger and this time he carries not just the hopes of his own nation but the fate of the entire worldPraise for the series 'Fabulous Sure to be another fantasy classic' Huffington Post UK'The world Ryan has created for his new dragon adventure is a joy to visualise' SciFiNow'A fascinating world packed with dragons pirates political machinations and an interesting magic system to boot' Fantasy Faction'A marvellous piece of imagination with plenty of twists a refreshingly different setting and excellent world-building' Mark Lawrence'Memorable characters and great action' Django Wexler'Excellent epic fantasy' BookBagBooks by Anthony Ryan Draconis Memoria The Waking FireThe Legion of FlameThe Empire of AshesRaven's ShadowBlood SongTower LordQueen of Fire"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman (Hardback, 2003)" |
| "This is a wonderful new episode from the world of Philip Pullman's bestselling trilogy His Dark Materials In Lyra's Oxford the reader shares the huge excitement of discovering a small bundle of material that has somehow slipped between Lyra's universe and our own The book includes a wonderful new story by Philip Pullman fully illustrated intricate maps and other ephemera from Lyra's universe The text is illustrated throughout in beautiful black and white wood-blocks by the highly acclaimed engraver John Lawrence together with specially printed three-colour pull out maps of Lyra's Oxford This publication could have come from a parallel universe The short story contained within Lyra's Oxford finds Lyra with her daemon Pantalaimon a couple of years after the end of The Amber Spyglass Sitting on the roofs of Oxford she sees a bird the daemon of a witch a storm petrel flying towards her pursued by a huge and angry flock of starlings Birds play a big part in this story And gradually a mystery unfolds-"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman (Hardback, 2008)" |
| "When Lyra is studying at Oxford University she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnisson's first meeting many years ago along with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together When a young Texan balloonist Lee Scoresby comes down to earth in the harbour of an Arctic town in the North little does he realise that he is about to be embroiled in an out-and-out political brawl Lee and his daemon Hester find themselves the target of political factions trying to take over the running (and oil) of the town And also resident in the town are huge arctic bears ignored and patronised by the people and treated like second-class citizens When Lee and Iorek first meet they cement a friendship that will continue throughout their lives as the tensions and pressure in town lead to a deadly conclusion Another wonderful tale from a master story-teller giving us more extraordinary insight into the world of His Dark Materials Includes a thrilling board game!"
Price: 8.99 |
