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Roget's Thesaurus of English Words And Phrases
Roget's Thesaurus ranks as one of the greatest English language reference works, used for generations by anyone looking for help in order to write a letter, prepare a speech, solve a crossword, or write any manner of prose or poem. Its sales now exceed 32 million copies. This edition has been revised a...
On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species is Charles Darwin's classic treatise on his theory of evolution and natural selection and is among the most important works in the history of science and evolutionary biology. When on board H.M.S. Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of...
Beside the Dark Pool - A memoir Part 2
In her first volume of memoir, Fiona Kidman described her background and childhood, evoking the places she lived in and the people she knew. It finished with the publication of her first, hugely successful novel. In this sequel she takes us through the writing of over 20 more books, of her involvement i...
The Moons of Jupiter
The characters who populate an Alice Munro story live and breathe. Passions hopelessly conceived, affections betrayed, marriages made and broken: the joys, fears, loves and awakenings of women echo throughout these twelve unforgettable stories, laying bare the unexceptional and yet inescapable pain of ...
Too Small To Fail
What do you do when your mum, your dad and sixteen camels are in trouble and only you can save them? The sometimes sad but mostly funny story of a boy, a girl, a dog and four trillion dollars....
Hairy Maclary Scattercat (Board)
Hairy Maclary felt bumptious and bustly, bossy and bouncy and frisky and hustly ...Hairy Maclary is busy chasing, bustling and hustling all the neighbourhood cats. But there's one particular cat he doesn't expect to meet ......
The Terrible Plop
Ursula Dubosarsky, Andrew Joyner
Here is the story of the Terrible PLOP, with a bear and a rabbit, and a hop hop hop. But what is the PLOP? And where does it hide? Open the book and look inside ......
In Defence of Dogs: Why Dogs Need Our Understanding
John Bradshaw is one of the world's leading dog experts, and In Defence of Dogsgives us a uniquely authoritative insight into what dogs would ask us for, if only they knew how. The dog has been mankind's faithful companion for tens of thousands of years, yet today finds itself in crisis throughout the w...
How Much is Enough. The Love of Money and the Case for a Good Life
Robert Skidelsky & Edward Skidelsky
In 1930 the great economist Keynes predicted that, over the next century, income would rise steadily, people's basic needs would be met and no one would have to work more than fifteen hours a week. Why was he wrong?...
The Bright Side of My Condition
"When the Captain find us stowaways and give us the choice between join the island or join the crew, all of us to a man cry island! island! So he put us ashore with a few provisions and a trypot and sail away." After escaping from the Norfolk Island jail on a whaling ship, Bloodworth and three fellow co...
The Forty Rules of Love
In this follow-up to her acclaimed 2007 novel The Bastard of Istanbul, Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives-one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish known as Shams of Tabriz-that toget...
Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France
This is a Sunday Times Top Five Bestseller Shortlisted For The Samuel Johnson Prize 2014. From the author of the New York Times bestseller A Train in Winter comes the extraordinary story of a French village that helped save thousands who were pursued by the Gestapo during World War II. High up in the mo...
The Sun is also a Star
Soon to be a major motion picture The #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist from the bestselling author of Everything, Everything (streaming now ) will have you falling in love with Natasha and Daniel as they fall in love with each other Natasha: I'm a girl who believes in scie...
Face of Britain
"Simon Schama for teasing out extraordinary tales. Combining his two great passions, British history and art history, for the first time, he turns Britain's most remarkable portraits into mesmerizing stories of love, power, fame and fortitude - which are beautifully illustrated with the treasures of the...
History of Wolves
Linda has an idiosyncratic home life: her parents live in abandoned commune cabins in northern Minnesota and are hanging on to the last vestiges of a faded counter-culture world. The kids at school call her 'Freak', or 'Commie'. She is an outsider in all things. Her understanding of the world comes from...
The Cage
Two mysterious strangers appear at a hotel in a small country town. Where have they come from? Who are they? What catastrophe are they fleeing? The townspeople want answers, but the strangers are unable to speak of their trauma. And before long, wary hospitality shifts to suspicion and fear, and the car...
Me and White Supremacy - How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World
'White supremacy is a violent system of oppression that harms Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. And if you are a person who holds white privilege, then you are complicit in upholding that harm, whether you realise it or not. This is not my opinion. This is fact. And if you are person who holds whi...
Table Manners: the Cookbook
'Mum. Guess what?''What Jessie?''We've written a cookbook'.'I know darling? Do you think anyone will want to buy it?''Well, it's the recipes we've made our guests - the really good ones. Like the Sausage and Bean Casserole we made Ed Sheeran, the Drunken Crouton and Kale Salad we made Yotam Ottolenghi a...
The Border (#3 Power of the Dog)
'A huge, immersive, violent, compassionate read' Ian Rankin The explosive, highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Force. 'Focused, angry, suspenseful, occasionally hilarious, always hugely entertaining.' Stephen King The war has come ho...
In the Clearing: Now a Disney+ Star Original Series
Set against a ticking clock, this "taut and unpredictable" thriller pits a ruthless cult against a mother's love, revealing that our darkest secrets are the hardest ones to leave behind (Chris Hammer). Four days to go Amy has only ever known life in the Clearing, amidst her brothers and sisters--until a...
Cunning Women
A dark and dazzling tale of forbidden love'I loved it. Atmospheric and so good' Marian KeyesWhen it is no longer safe to be a witch, they call themselves cunning.Seventeenth-century Lancashire is a dark and mistrustful place. Ten years after the notorious Pendle witch trials saw ten accused witches hang...
A Short History of Russia
An essential short history of Russia by acclaimed writer and expert Mark Galeotti, taking us from Ivan the Terrible and Catherine the Great, to the Russian Revolution, the fall of the USSR and the rise of Vladimir Putin - and updated to include the road to the Ukrainian war.'Fascinating... One of the mo...
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
A moving portrait of an elderly man's struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, from the internationally bestselling author of A Man Called OveGrandpa and Noah are sitting on a bench in a square that gets smaller every day. The square is both strange and familiar, full of their lives' odds and ...
Rethinking Gender: An Illustrated Exploration
A lively, informative, and engaging guide to gender by an author-illustrator who helps readers understand the multiplicity of answers to "What even is gender?"Queer, cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, androgynous, maverique, intergender, genderfluid. Louie and their cat (a.k.a. "Cat") take you on a jour...
Tokyo DK Eyewitness
Explore the busy streets, exciting food, and historic sights of Tokyo. Learn the must-sees of this amazing capital city. Discover DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Tokyo. - Detailed itineraries and "don't-miss" destination highlights at a glance. - Illustrated cutaway 3-D drawings of important sights. - Floor...
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