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| "The Wicked Boy : Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2017" |
| "Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2017The gripping fascinating account of a shocking murder case that sent late Victorian Britain into a frenzy by the number one bestselling multi-award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher'Her research is needle-sharp and her period detail richly atmospheric but what is most heartening about this truly remarkable book is the story of real-life redemption that it brings to light' John Carey Sunday TimesEarly in the morning of Monday 8 July 1895 thirteen-year-old Robert Coombes and his twelve-year-old brother Nattie set out from their small yellow brick terraced house in east London to watch a cricket match at Lord's Their father had gone to sea the previous Friday leaving the boys and their mother at home for the summer Over the next ten days Robert and Nattie spent extravagantly pawning family valuables to fund trips to the theatre and the seaside During this time nobody saw or heard from their mother though the boys told neighbours she was visiting relatives As the sun beat down on the Coombes house an awful smell began to emanate from the building When the police were finally called to investigate what they found in one of the bedrooms sent the press into a frenzy of horror and alarm and Robert and Nattie were swept up in a criminal trial that echoed the outrageous plots of the penny dreadful' novels that Robert loved to read In The Wicked Boy Kate Summerscale has uncovered a fascinating true story of murder and morality - it is not just a meticulous examination of a shocking Victorian case but also a compelling account of its aftermath and of man's capacity to overcome the past"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Uncle Gobb And The Green Heads" |
| "The second uproarious adventure from the comic pairing of Michael Rosen and Neal Layton sees Malcolm and the peculiar Uncle Gobb go to America each with a cunning plan Even though Malcolm managed to bamboozle and confuzle Uncle Gobb in the last book (hooray!) it was only temporary (boo!) Uncle Gobb is still living with him and still roaring at him about peas and poetry and Peter Parker This time the plan to get rid of Uncle Gobb has to be mega It has to be epic It has to involve America the Jumblies the Genie (of course) Aunty Brenda the Mender and Malcolm's long-lost dad But Malcolm doesn't know that Uncle Gobb also has a plan A plan to get rid of Malcolm once and for all A bonkers book about standing up for yourself from two crazily creative people Sure to delight fans of Andy Stanton and Tom Gates"
Price: 5.49 |
| Lockdown |
| "The Urban Outlaws have been betrayed - and defeated Or so Hector thought when he stole the world's most advanced computer virus But Hector will need to try much harder than just crossing the Atlantic if he wants to outsmart Jack and his team With the help of a shadowy figure known as The Shepherd the Urban Outlaws risk everything and head to the States They plan to take Hector down and stop him from using the virus as the ultimate hacking tool - the world's secrets and their own are in his fingertips and if they don't act fast our lives will be changed forever The stakes are higher than ever in the third book of this high-octane adventure series for fans of Robert Muchamore Anthony Horowitz and Alex Scarrow urbanoutlawsbunkercom"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Spider Sandwiches" |
| "Do come to tea with MaxHe has a MONSTER appetiteHe eats such yucky mucky foodHis mealtimes are a fright He LOVES to glug slug milkshakeThrough a stinky hosepipe strawAnd as for beetle biscuits He can ALWAYS munch one more!And this is just the beginning of Max's frightful mealtimes From fish-eye cheese and bug burgers to snail trail sauce and cockroach curry Max will feast on anything crawly creepy hairy and sticky But his favourite snack has to be Spider Sandwiches!Kids will laugh out loud at Max's monstrous mealtimes and terrible tastes in this silly funny gloopy gunky picture book from the bestselling Claire Freedman and Sue Hendra"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Little Owl's Egg" |
| "I'm your baby owl You don't need a new one Little Owl isn't pleased to hear that there's a baby owl in the egg Mummy has laid So Mummy pretends it might be a baby penguin or crocodile or elephant In the fun of imagining different kinds of siblings Little Owl realises that a baby owl might just be the best thing of all A gentle lovely story about the arrival of a new sibling addressing fears that Mummy's love will stop Debi Gliori is a bestselling award-winning author - writing for the first time for another illustrator the talented Alison Brown"
Price: 5.49 |
| "How to Write a Story" |
| "How to Write a Story is packed full of amazing activities to get your creative juices flowing! Have fun with wow words awesome adventures and epic endings!From coming up with crazy character names creating the perfect plot and acting out your characters How to Write a Story will have you writing exciting page turning stories that your friends and family won't be able to put down!Full of useful tips and inspiring ideas How to Write a Story is jam packed full of story starters plot changers useful words and much much more!"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell" |
| "A MAJOR SEVEN-PART BBC TV SERIES OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLDTwo magicians shall appear in England The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me The year is 1806 England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon and centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation's past But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains the reclusive Mr Norrell whose displays of magic send a thrill through the country Proceeding to London he raises a beautiful woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French Yet the cautious fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange Young handsome and daring Strange is the very opposite of Norrell So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men which overwhelms the one between England and France And their own obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Our Young Man" |
| "Has everyone always been in love with you? Of course they have who am I kidding? What did they say about Helen of Troy? That her face launched a thousand ships? That's you you're that beautiful A thousand ships'New York City in the eighties and at its decadent heart is Guy The darling of Fire Island's gay community and one of New York's top male models Guy is gliding his way to riches that are a world away from his modest provincial upbringing back home in France Like some modern-day Dorian Gray he seems untouched by time the decades pass fashions change yet his beauty remains as transcendent and captivating as ever Such looks cannot help but bring him adoration From sweet yet pathetic Fred to the wealthy and masochistic Baron from the acerbic and cynical Pierre-Georges to Andre fabricating Dali fakes and hurtling towards prison and the abyss all are in some way fixated on him In return for the devotion and expensive gifts they lavish on him he plays with unswerving loyalty whatever role they project onto him unattainable idol passionate lover malleable client But just as the years are catching up on his smooth skin and perfect body so his way of life is closing in on him and destroying the men he loves Edmund White has in Our Young Man created some of the richest representations of gay male identity from the disco era to the age of AIDs What links them all is the allure and enchantment they find in beauty Revelling in its magic Our Young Man nonetheless slips beneath the seductive surface to examine its dangerous depths exploring its power to fascinate enslave and deceive Mesmerising blackly comic and delicately crafted this is an exquisite novel from a contemporary master"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Stanley the Amazing Knitting Cat" |
| "Stanley LOVES to knit He knocks up pom-poms at breakfast time whips up bobble hats at bath time He even knits in his sleep! And what does Stanley do with his wonderful woollies? He gives them to his friends of course - balaclavas for bunnies neckwarmers for giraffes and much more besides But when Stanley gets carried away with his dream of winning the Woolly Wonders Competition he has to decide what's more important - his knitting or his friends?Another fabulously funny story from the creator of Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit Book Burglar Perfect for creative kids everywhere!"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Hansel and Gretel Board book" |
| "The enduring story of the children the breadcrumb trail and the gingerbread house is brought to life by master storyteller Neil Gaiman Who better to retell the Brothers Grimm&39;s greatest and perhaps darkest fairy tale Hansel and Gretel? Coupled with breathtakingly haunting illustrations from Lorenzo Mattotti you will be enticed into the world and into the woods so beware"
Price: 10.49 |
| "Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer Paperback" |
| "Roll up roll up for a sensational circus story from the bestselling author of The No1 Ladies&39; Detective Agency series Alexander McCall Smith with fun energetic illustrations by Kate Hindley throughout Join Freddie Mole as he tumbles through the air flies around the big tent and tames four growling lions! Freddie is an ordinary boy who joins the circus one day He can&39;t believe his luck as he is asked to understudy some of the acts But is he brave enough to go into the lions&39; cage?A joyful exciting tale of bravery and showbusiness glamour by a much loved author"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Concentr8 Paperback" |
| "In a future London Concentr8 is a prescription drug intended to help kids with ADD Soon every troubled teen is on it It makes sense doesn&39;t it? Keep the undesirable elements in line Keep people like us safe from people like them What&39;s good for society is good for everyone Troy Femi Lee Karen and Blaze have been taking Concentr8 as long as they can remember They&39;re not exactly a gang but Blaze is their leader and Troy has always been his quiet watchful sidekick - the only one Blaze really trusts They&39;re not looking for trouble but one hot summer day when riots break out across the city they find it What makes five kids pick a man seemingly at random - a nobody he works in the housing department doesn&39;t even have a good phone - hold a knife to his side take him to a warehouse and chain him to a radiator? They&39;ve got a hostage but don&39;t really know what they want or why they&39;ve done it And across the course of five tense days with a journalist a floppy-haired mayor a police negotiator and the sinister face of the pharmaceutical industry they - and we - begin to understand why This is a book about what how we label children It&39;s about how kids get lost and failed by the system It&39;s about how politicians manipulate them Gripping and controversial reading for fans of Malorie Blackman and Patrick Ness"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Jacobites : A New History of the '45 Rebellion" |
| "The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion was a turning point in British history When Charles Edward Stuart commonly known as the Young Pretender sailed from France to Scotland in July 1745 and with only a handful of supporters to claim the throne for his exiled father few people within Britain were alarmed But after he raised the Stuart standard at Glenfinnan in the Western Highlands destroyed a contingent of the British army at Prestonpans near Edinburgh and then marched south into England swiftly reaching Derby the rising threatened to destabilise the British state dethrone King George and the Hanoverian dynasty while disrupting Britain's military capability in Europe and colonial activities in America and beyond Less than four decades after the controversial Act of Union between Scotland and England arrogance and incompetence on the part of government ministers had allowed the small danger Charles and his Jacobite army had initially posed to escalate into a full-scale civil war part of the on-going dynastic political and ideological struggle for the heart and soul of this new nation Yet the reality of the '45 continues to be obscured by fiction and myth as personified by the heroic gallant but doomed Bonnie Prince Charlie' versus the heartless victor Butcher' Cumberland In the years 1745-6 nothing was certain While utilising past and recent scholarship this magnificent account draws extensively on a wealth of contemporary sources revealing the thoughts and feelings of the key players and local eyewitnesses as these extraordinary events played out What emerges is a story more complex paradoxical and even tragic than the myth suggests From the exiled Stuart court in Rome to the palaces of Versailles and Holyroodhouse from the battlefields of Flanders to Falkirk and Culloden Jacobites brilliantly sets the '45 in its full and proper context on the stage of European history And in our own time of seismic shift for the Union the British political system constitution and monarchy Jacobites offers a timely re-telling of this critical episode in our island's shared past"
Price: 9.99 |
| "The Adventures of Miss Petitfour" |
| "Meet the utterly irresistible Miss Petitfour (a name of unknown origin but possibly descended from bakers of tiny delicious cakes) She loves baking and making and dancing with her cats but most of all she loves to fly All she has to do is pick up a favourite tablecloth (preferably the one with the paisley print) catch the breeze and she swooshes off on an adventure - with her many cats (Minky Misty Taffy Purrsia Pirate Mustard Moutarde Hemdala Earring Grigorovich Clasby Captain Captain Captain Catkin Captain Clothespin Your Shyness and Sizzles) dangling paw-to-tail behind her In five utterly captivating stories of gentle adventure delicious edibles (with cheese for the cats) occasional peril and heart-zinging warmth poet and novelist Anne Michaels (author of bestselling award-winning Fugitive Pieces) makes a charming purrfect debut as a children's author"
Price: 5.49 |
| "First Day at Skeleton School Paperback" |
| "Listen can you hear it?There&39;s a creepy noise &39;Welcome!&39; smiles Mr Bones &39;Meet the spooky girls and boys&39;At Skeleton School they howl in assembly fly broomsticks in the library and learn how to float through walls! Join in the fun with this comic caper from a bestselling authorillustrator of Calm Down Boris Mr Pusskins and First Day at Bug School - it&39;s perfect for back to school and Halloween"
Price: 6.99 |
| "River Cottage Much More Veg : 175 delicious plant-based vegan recipes" |
| "'What's the central aim? To make vegetables delicious to make them irresistible to come up with a whole bunch of recipes that are easy family-friendly and just make it that much easier to put a load of veg into your diet every single day' Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstallHugh's River Cottage Veg Every Day! became the UK's best-selling vegetable cookbook persuading us through sheer temptation to make vegetables the mainstay of our daily cooking In this much-anticipated follow-up Hugh delivers more irresistible recipes and this time takes things one step further Fuelled by his passionate belief that plant foods should be the dominant force in our kitchens Hugh has put cheese butter cream eggs and refined flour and sugar firmly to one side Instead he uses veg fruit wholegrains nuts seeds spices and cold-pressed oils to explore the length and breadth of what can be achieved with natural unprocessed plant foods River Cottage Much More Veg! makes it clear that unadulterated ingredients are the very best building blocks for delicious and healthy meals In typical Hugh style the recipes are easy utterly foolproof and delicious All but a handful are gluten-free and at least half the dishes require 20 minutes (or less) hands-on work time With recipes such as Roast squash and chickpeas with spicy apricot sauce Blackened cauliflower with pecans and tahini Spiced beetroot radicchio and orange traybake Celeriac and seaweed miso broth Seared summer cabbage with rosemary chilli and capers and Baked celery agrodolce River Cottage Much More Veg! demonstrates how easy it is to make versatile plentiful and delicious vegetables the bedrock of your diet"
Price: 17.49 |
| "Odd and the Frost Giants (Hardback, 2016)" |
| "A thrilling wintry Nordic epic from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Chris Riddell weaving a tale of legend magic and adventure which will grip and enchant readers from beginning to end Odd a young Viking boy is left fatherless following a raid and in his icy ancient world there is no mercy for an unlucky soul with a crushed foot and no one to protect him Fleeing to the woods Odd stumbles upon and releases a trapped bear and then Odd&39;s destiny begins to change The eagle bear and fox Odd encounters are Norse gods trapped in animal form by the evil frost giants who have conquered Asgard the city of the gods Now our hero must reclaim Thor&39;s hammer outwit the frost giants and release the gods This rich and layered tale of courage is told with humour and in breathtaking style by two creators at the height of their powers from the author of modern classics such as American Gods Coraline and The Sleeper and the Spindle Odd and the Frost Giants will leave you spellbound Lavishly produced and packed with Chris Riddell&39;s glorious illustration enhanced with metallic ink this is a spectacular and magical gift"
Price: 10.49 |
| "The Great Shelby Holmes : Girl Detective" |
| "Shelby Holmes is not your average nine-year-old For one she happens to be the best detective her neighbourhood has ever seen using her uncanny analytical mind and sassy attitude to solve crimes which stump even the police department But when eleven-year-old John Watson moves in to her block of flats Shelby finds a solution to the one puzzle that's eluded her up until now friendship This dynamic duo find themselves swept up in a dog-napping case that'll take both their talents to crack"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Names They Gave Us" |
| "From the acclaimed author of When We Collided comes a vibrant compelling story of love loss faith and friendship Lucy Hansson was ready for a perfect summer with her boyfriend working at her childhood Bible camp on the lake and spending quality time with her parents But when her mom's cancer reappears Lucy falters--in her faith and in her ability to cope When her boyfriend pauses their relationship and her summer job switches to a different camp--one for troubled kids--Lucy isn't sure how much more she can handle Attempting to accept a new normal Lucy slowly regains footing among her vibrant diverse coworkers Sundays with her mom and a crush on a fellow counselor But when long-hidden family secrets emerge can Lucy set aside her problems and discover what grace really means? Emotionally-charged and unforgettable Emery Lord's storytelling shines with the promise of new love and true friendship even in the face of life's biggest challenges"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Saturdays at Sea" |
| "Jessica Day George's magical bestselling series comes to a rousing conclusion as Celie and her family set sea on a grand ship made in the likeness of their beloved Castle!There is never a dull moment for Celie and her family in Castle Glower--even when they're not in the Castle itself! After traveling to the seaside kingdom of Lilah's betrothed prince Lulath Celie and her companions are busy training griffins enjoying wedding festivities and finishing construction of a grand ship built from parts of the Castle But on their maiden voyage the Ship steers them far off course into uncharted waters Celie and Lilah hope that the Ship is taking them to the ancient island where unicorns once roamed but as the journey grows longer and supplies run low they are in trouble Celie Lilah and Rolf know they must trust the Ship as they trust the Castle but what if they never reach land again?"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Unicorn Quest" |
| "Claire Martinson still worries about her older sister Sophie who battled a mysterious illness last year But things are back to normal as they move into Windermere Manor until the sisters climb a strange ladder in a fireplace and enter the magical land of Arden There they find a world in turmoil The four guilds of magic no longer trust each other The beloved unicorns have disappeared and terrible wraiths roam freely Scared the girls return home But when Sophie vanishes in the night it will take all of Claire's courage to climb back up the ladder find her sister and uncover the unicorns' greatest secret Blending the timeless feel of The Chronicles of Narnia with Frozen's powerful themes of identity and sisterhood The Unicorn Quest will draw you into a magical world you'll never want to leave"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Playtime with Ted" |
| "Playtime Ted! Ted isn't sitting in a box he's whizzing along in his racing car Broooom broooom brooom! Or digging a hole in his digger Dig dig dig! Or exploring the oceans in his submarine Bloop bloop bloop!Join in the fun as Ted's imagination goes wild - lift the flaps to find out what he is doing next! Perfect for fans of Chris Haughton and Rob Biddulph this sturdy board book celebrating the imagination will have pre-schoolers chortling with laughter!"
Price: 5.49 |
| "A Guinea Pig Oliver Twist" |
| "Fur and fiction combine in this retelling of Charles Dickens's most famous novel adorably adapted with an all-star cast of guinea pigs In the misery of a workhouse a poor fluffy little orphan called Oliver Twist is fed on nothing but thin air and even thinner gruel By squeaking a fateful question - Please sir I want some more' - he unwittingly sparks a series of events that lead him to the smoke and grime of the big city where he encounters a host of four-legged friends and foes such as the crafty Fagin mischievous Artful Dodger faithful Nancy and treacherous Bill Sikes who sweep young Oliver off of his paws and into the underworld of Victorian London"
Price: 5.99 |
| "How to Outsmart a Billion Robot Bees" |
| "It's Friday the 13th again and for sixth grade genius Nate Bannister that means doing three more not-so-smart things to keep life interesting But he has bigger problems than his own experiments His nemesis the Red Death Tea Society is threatening to unleash a swarm of angry bees on the city of Polt if Nate doesn't join their ranks But then a new group of people with murky intentions shows up -- the League of Ostracized Fellows -- and they want Nate as their own too To top it off he's convinced there's a spy in his very own school Nate must once again team up with his new resourceful friend Delphine to save the day They'll need the help of Nate's crazy gadgets such as his talking car Betsy and super-powered pets Bosper the Scottish terrier and Sir William the gull if they hope to see another Friday the 13th Because they might be battling more than just sting-happy bees and villains with a penchant for tea this time around Awards for BandetteWinner Eisner Award for Best Digital ComicWinter IndieFab Award - Bronze Graphic Novels & Comics"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Because You Love to Hate Me : New York Times Bestseller" |
| "Leave it to the heroes to save the world--villains just want to rule the world In this unique YA anthology thirteen acclaimed bestselling authors team up with thirteen influential BookTubers to reimagine fairy tales from the oft-misunderstood villains' points of view These fractured unconventional spins on classics like Medusa Sherlock Holmes and Jack and the Beanstalk provide a behind-the-curtain look at villains' acts of vengeance defiance and rage--and the pain heartbreak and sorrow that spurned them on No fairy tale will ever seem quite the same again!Featuring writing from Authors Renee Ahdieh Ameriie Soman Chainani Susan Dennard Sarah Enni Marissa Meyer Cindy Pon Victoria Schwab Samantha Shannon Adam Silvera Andrew Smith April Genevieve Tucholke and Nicola YoonBookTubers Benjamin Alderson (Benjaminoftomes) Sasha Alsberg (abookutopia) Whitney Atkinson (WhittyNovels) Tina Burke (ChristinaReadsYA blog and TheLushables) Catriona Feeney (LittleBookOwl) Jesse George (JessetheReader) Zoe Herdt (readbyzoe) Samantha Lane (Thoughts on Tomes) Sophia Lee (thebookbasement) Raeleen Lemay (padfootandprongs07) Regan Perusse (PeruseProject) Christine Riccio (polandbananasBOOKS) and Steph Sinclair & Kat Kennedy (Cuddlebuggery blog and channel)"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Facts! : One for every day of the year" |
| "Discover a fact for everyone everyday in this book Explore a world of topics from hilarious animals to unbelievable-but-true science facts mind-blowing space stats to incredible human achievements You can even look up what extraordinary event happened on your birthday!Did you know that Ancient Romans used wee to whiten their teeth and to do their laundry?Or have you heard of the parrotfish which covers itself in a cosy thick layer of its own slime before it goes to sleep? Why not celebrate New Year's Eve like the Estonians tuck into seven meals to give you strength for the year ahead Delicious!It's most important to know that you should never shake hands with a bushbaby the animals pee on their paws so that they leave a smelly trail wherever they go Find out all this and much much more with enough facts for even the most curious reader Also includes seasonal and on this day' facts for added curiosity and fun plus a completely random mix of everything else you can imagine These facts are brought to life with stylish full colour illustrations from Fatti Burke Her charmingly beautiful artwork makes this a book to keep coming back to"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Operation Mincemeat : The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II" |
| "A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTIONOne April morning in 1943 a sardine fisherman spotted the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain and set in train a course of events that would change the course of the Second World War Operation Mincemeat was the most successful wartime deception ever attempted and certainly the strangest It hoodwinked the Nazi espionage chiefs sent German troops hurtling in the wrong direction and saved thousands of lives by deploying a secret agent who was different in one crucial respect from any spy before or since he was dead His mission to convince the Germans that instead of attacking Sicily the Allied armies planned to invade Greece The brainchild of an eccentric RAF officer and a brilliant Jewish barrister the great hoax involved an extraordinary cast of characters including a famous forensic pathologist a gold-prospector an inventor a beautiful secret service secretary a submarine captain three novelists a transvestite English spymaster an irascible admiral who loved fly-fishing and a dead Welsh tramp Using fraud imagination and seduction Churchill's team of spies spun a web of deceit so elaborate and so convincing that they began to believe it themselves The deception started in a windowless basement beneath Whitehall It travelled from London to Scotland to Spain to Germany And it ended up on Hitler's desk Ben Macintyre bestselling author of Agent Zigzag weaves together private documents photographs memories letters and diaries as well as newly released material from the intelligence files of MI5 and Naval Intelligence to tell for the first time the full story of Operation Mincemeat"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Double Cross : The True Story of The D-Day Spies" |
| "D-Day 6 June 1944 the turning point of the Second World War was a victory of arms But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation one of deceit At the heart of the deception was the 'Double Cross System' a team of double agents whose bravery treachery greed and inspiration succeeded in convincing the Nazis that Calais and Norway not Normandy were the targets of the 150000-strong Allied invasion force These were not conventional warriors but their masterpiece of deceit saved thousands of lives Their codenames were Bronx Brutus Treasure Tricycle and Garbo This is their story"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Home Fire : SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017" |
| "SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017AN EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017'Elegant and evocative A powerful exploration of the clash between society family and faith in the modern world' Guardian'There is high high music in the air at the end of Home Fire' New York TimesIsma is free After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death she is finally studying in America resuming a dream long deferred But she can't stop worrying about Aneeka her beautiful headstrong sister back in London - or their brother Parvaiz who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew Then Eamonn enters the sisters' lives Handsome and privileged he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to - or defy Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaiz's salvation? Two families' fates are inextricably devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks what sacrifices will we make in the name of love?A contemporary reimagining of Sophocles' Antigone Home Fire is an urgent fiercely compelling story of loyalties torn apart when love and politics collide - confirming Kamila Shamsie as a master storyteller of our times"
Price: 12.49 |
| "Kitty's Magic 5 : Frost and Snowdrop the Stray Kittens" |
| "Kitty is magical! Kitty can turn into a cat! But with this power comes a special role Kitty is the Guardian of the local Cat Council and must help the cats find the purrfect solution to their feline problems Kitty has noticed that Emerald one of the cats in the neighbourhood is acting very strangely - like she's got a secret! With a little help from her friend Misty Kitty discovers that Emerald is looking after two adorable stray kittens - Frost and Snowdrop!It's up to Kitty to help these kittens find their owner But there's a scary fox in town and it looks like it's going to snow Can Kitty help the kittens in time?In this fifth book in the enchanting series for fans of Holly Webb and Daisy Meadows you can join Kitty and your favourite feline friends from the first four books or meet them here for the very first time!"
Price: 4.49 |
