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The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea: Popular Penguins
In 1941, Rob Coram is six. The war feels far removed from Geraldton in Western Australia. But when his favourite older cousin Rick leaves to join the army, the war takes a step closer. When Rick returns several years later, he has changed and the old merry-go-round that represents Rob's dream of utopia ...
The Well: Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 1986 (Popular Penguins)
Driving one night along the deserted track that leads to the farm, Miss Hester Harper and Katherine run into a mysterious creature. They dump the body into the farm's deep well but the voice of the injured intruder will not be stilled and the closer Katherine is drawn to the edge of the well, the farthe...
The Hammer and the Cross: A New History of the Vikings
For those living outside Scandinavia, the Viking Age effectively began in 793 with an attack on the monastery at Lindisfarne, a characteristically violent harbinger of what was in store for Britain and much of Europe from the Vikings for the next 300 years, until the final destruction of the heathen tem...
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science - and the World
Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history s brightest female scientists. In 2013, the"New York Times"published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It began: She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job, and took eight years off from work to raise three children. It wasn t...
Handmade Interiors
This book helps you create your own soft furnishings, from cushions to curtains. Make your home uniquely yours with Made for My Home, the one-stop guide to creating your own bespoke soft furnishings. Made for My Home is the most comprehensive guide to soft furnishings and home sewing projects on the mar...
Spill Simmer Falter Wither
"SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIANFIRST BOOK AWARD 2015WINNER OF THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENTNEWCOMER OF THE YEAR, IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2015 You find me on a Tuesday, on my Tuesday trip to town. A note sellotaped to the inside of the jumble-shop window- COMPASSIONATE &am...
North of South: An African Journey
In the 1970s Shiva Naipaul travelled to Africa, visiting Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia for several months. Through his experiences, the places he visited and his various encounters, he aimed to discover what 'liberation', 'revolution' and 'socialism' meant to the ordinary people. His journey of discovery i...
The Birds
This is the story of Mattis, a mentally handicapped man who lives with and is cared for by his older sister, Hege. Within their isolated, lakeside existence, Mattis cannot make sense of his tangled thoughts, frightening apparitions, surges of emotion and clever insights. When a travelling lumberjack att...
Battles Map by Map
Experience the world's most significant battles through bold, easy-to-grasp maps. Includes a foreword by Peter Snow, broadcaster and historian. Covering everything from the battlefields of the ancient world to the bomb-scarred landscapes of World War II and beyond, this book is packed with engrossing ma...
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