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Have Mercy on Us All
Each day, in honour of a Parisian tradition, a town crier calls out the local news to all who will listen. Over the course of a few days a number of disturbing messages are slipped in to his box, messages of portentous and malicious intent referring to the Black Death. Strange marks have also appeared o...
Beware of the Storybook Wolves
For a real thrill, try reading Beware of the Storybook Wolves. It will scare your socks off A fun-filled picture book with a fairytale twist, from Children's Laureate Lauren Child. Every night, Herb's mother reads him a bedtime story. Sometimes it's about a big bad wolf who terrifies little girls and t...
The Novice : A Remarkable Story of Love and Truth
A devoted student and diligent worker at the Dharma Cloud Temple monastery, Kinh Tam is not who he appears to be. And yet the novice's true identity cannot be revealed without Kinh paying a terrible price. To continue on the path to enlightenment, Kinh must suffer false accusations, physical hardship an...
Phantom
"HARRY'S IN TROUBLE... After the horrors of a case that nearly cost him his life, Harry Hole left Oslo and the police force far behind him. Now he's back, but the case he's come to investigate is already closed, and the suspect already behind bars. THE POLICE DON'T WANT HIM BACK... Denied permission to ...
Rules of Summer
Never be late for a parade.Never forget the password.Never ruin a perfect plan. It's all about the rules. But what if the rules feel completely arbitrary? What if your older brother is the only one who gets to make them up all summer long? And what if he's the only one who can save you when the dark...
People of the Book
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, this is the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war. In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescu...
An Officer and a Spy
IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY***Winner of the 2014 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction*** Paris, 1895- an army officer, Georges Picquart, watches a convicted spy, Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowd.Dreyfus is exiled for life to Devil's Island; Pic...
The Anatomy of Inequality: Its Social and Economic Origins - and Solutions
Why is it that the richest countries in the world-those that have the highest rates of education and wealth-are also the countries with the highest levels of inequality? As long as there have been humans, there has been inequality among them. The ancients wrote poetry about it. And it has always been ab...
Poems for a World Gone Sh*T
DISCOVER THE AMAZING POWER OF POETRY TO MAKE EVEN THE MOST F**KED UP TIMES FEEL BETTER A beautiful little book of short, simple, classic and contemporary poems to dip into, to make life feel better. From Shakespeare and Shelley to Lemn Sissay and Kate Tempest, poets have always been the best at showin...
The Quaker (#1 DI McCormack)
His name fills the streets with fear... In the chilling new crime novel from award-winning author Liam McIlvanney, a serial killer stalks the streets of Glasgow and DI McCormack follows a trail of secrets to uncover the truth...A city torn apart.Glasgow, 1969. In the grip of the worst winter for years, ...
Four Tales
Four Tales brings together four of Philip Pullman's classic fairy tales for younger readers- The Firework-Maker's Daughter, I Was a Rat!, The Scarecrow and his Servant and Clockwork. This beautiful gift edition contains a prologue and epilogue from the author, as well as stunning illustrations from Pete...
Southern Nights - The story of New Zealand's night sky
Meet the night sky, down under Aotearoa New Zealand was founded on stargazing. It was celestial navigation that brought the first people here, and it was tatai arorangi, Maori astronomy, that helped people survive once they arrived. There is no better place on Earth to view the brilliance of other worl...
The House of Madame M
Clotilde Perrin, Emma Giuliani, Ariane Grenet
A large-format lift-the-flaps visit to the haunted house of Madame M - enjoy the thrill of uncovering what lurks in the wardrobe, behind the door, tucked under the furniture… Are you lost? Come in. You're in luck--there's no one here just now. Shhh... Be as quiet as you can, and very, very careful... ...
A World Without Work - Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond
SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020 'A path-breaking, thought-provoking and in-depth study of how new technology will transform the world of work' Gordon Brown 'Compelling... Should be required reading for any presidential candidate' New York Times New technologie...
Dare We Be Dragons?
Who knows where we'll go, or what we might see... What on earth will we find? Oh, what might we be?A stunning tale celebrating the imaginative potential in every day, with a reassuring and heartfelt message about the relationship between parent and child.Who knows where we'll go... Or what we might see....
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