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Train travel provides the perfect setting for life's dramas to play out as proven in this thoroughly diverting collection of short stories.
Lewis Carroll's original adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for younger readers, with the first colour illustrations by Sir John Tenniel.
In rural southern Georgia, a periodical cicada brood returns after 13 years underground, and with their deafening scream comes the Cicada Song, a competition hosted in the gated, wealthy enclave of Lake Clearwater to find the best musician in the state. For Neera Singh, this competition is a lifeline, a way to save her family's future from the financial debt they've been battling since her uncle Ajay's death three years ago. Winning could ensure the survival of their motel ? their home and their livelihood.When Dawson Sumter, a guest at the motel, disappears, Neera is drawn into an amateur investigation with Isaiah Johnson ? her estranged childhood friend and the son of a prominent judge. They start to suspect the town's wealth, their family's debts, and the strange disappearances are entwined with supernatural forces rooted in a creepy local legend.Teaming up with two other local teens?Sam, the daughter of the motel's loathsome handyman, and Reid, the son of the wealthiest man in town?they set out to figure out how deep the rot of this town goes, and to find a way to escape its reach. The call of this summer's brood of cicadas is growing...and beneath their deafening scream, something awakens, ready for its next meal.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015'A brilliant and beautiful novel' Kamila Shamsie, Guardian'The Grapes of Wrath for the 21st century' Washington PostThe Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance. Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in desperate search of a new life. Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in Bihar; and Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the chaotic Randeep. Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town: a clever, devout woman whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes, in case the immigration men surprise her with a call.Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, Sunjeev Sahota's generous, unforgettable novel is - as with Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance - a story of dignity in the face of adversity and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
A small but significant, inspiring anthology from the Poetry Pharmacy series.
A small but significant, inspiring anthology from the Poetry Pharmacy series.
Howard Kirk, product of the Swinging Sixties, radical university lecturer, and one half of a very modern marriage, is throwing a party. The night will have all sorts of repercussions: for Henry Beamish, Howard's desperate and easily neglected friend, and for Howard's wife Barbara, promiscuous '70s liberal and exhausted victim of motherhood. The History Man is Malcolm Bradbury's masterpiece and the definitive campus novel of the 1970s. It brilliantly satirizes a world of academic power struggles and abuse at the highest level as the Machiavellian Howard effortlessly seduces his way around campus.
A fascinating insight into the unique, impressive and important creatures that help to clean up our world.
A magical collection of stories about mermaids and mermen, seductive sirens and shape-shifting sea creatures from around the world.
An enchanting collection of stories about magical folk drawn from all around the world.
The inspirational wisdom of Oprah Winfrey, collected in a beautiful keepsake book.
How to Talk to Yourself is a comforting and empowering guide to self-talk, as Ro Mitchell shares her story, advice and journey to self-acceptance, and how you can find that too.
A bright and colourful novelty book for toddlers, celebrating Pride, with push, pull and slide mechanisms
The Goonies meets the legend of the werewolf in this thrilling new adventure by superstar author and illustrator Rob Biddulph. Perfect for boys and girls of 8-12 and illustrated in black and white throughout by the author.
A searing memoir of Rose Boyt's relationship with her father, the renowned artist Lucian Freud.
An amazing Gruffalo and friends gift box packed full of fun including a storybook, song book, colouring, door hanger and height chart - the perfect present for fans of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's bestselling picture books.
A stunningly beautiful illustrated gift collection of poetry and stories celebrating trees, and their importance to us and the natural world. Written by bestselling author and national treasure Sir Michael Morpurgo and illustrated throughout by award-winning artist Yuval Zommer, this is a joyful treasure trove to dip into time and again.
The Secret Collector is a heartwarming story about resilience, friendship and grief, explored through the lens of a Hoarding disorder, for fans of Sally Page's The Keeper of Stories and Ruth Hogan's The Keeper of Lost Things.
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