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Hotel du Lac
Hotel du Lac is the classic Booker Prize winning novel by Anita Brookner. Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope, romantic novelist and holder of modest dreams. Edith has been exiled from home after embarrassing herself and her friends. She has refused to sacrifice her...
Unconditional Surrender
Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, he finally becomes aware of the futility of a war he once saw in terms of honour....
A Room With A View: Penguin English Library
"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you, and no other word expresses it ..." Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ord...
Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore
As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for close on three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to the Greek King Menelaus and the Trojan Prince P...
Super Sports Stories for Kids
12 legendary sports stories for kids! Meet a champion swimmer who loses his swimmers in the pool. Experience the most amazing handball rally of your life. Go for a ride on a wave with a hungry shark. Run an exciting race against Maggie the swooping magpie, and discover the curse of the dreaded wooden sp...
Inspector Cadaver
Maigret's old colleague becomes an unexpected rival in book twenty-four of the new Penguin Maigret series.In everyone's eyes, even the old ladies hiding behind their quivering curtains, even the kids just now who had turned to stare after they had passed him, he was the intruder, the undesirable. No, wo...
Second Half First
A stunning new memoir from one of Australia's most highly acclaimed writers Beginning with the disastrous events of the night before her fortieth birthday, in Second Half First Drusilla Modjeska looks back on the experiences of the past thirty years that have shaped her writing, her reading and the way ...
Victory at Villers-Bretonneux (HB)
It's early 1918, and after four brutal years, the fate of the Great War hangs in the balance. On the one hand, the fact that Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks have seized power in Russia - immediately suing for peace with Germany - means that no fewer than one million of the Kaiser's soldiers can now be...
Postcards from No Man's Land
Aidan Chambers' Carnegie-medal winning novel is about love, discovery and betrayal. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. Jacob, aged 17, is abroad on his own for the time, visiting his grandfather's grave at the commemoration of the Second World War Battle of Arnhem in Ho...
Compassion Book
Let compassion and fearlessness guide you and you ll live wisely and effectively in good times and bad. But that s easier said than done. Here Pema Chodron introduces a powerful, transformative method to nurture these qualities using a practice called lojong, which has been a primary focus of her teachi...
LGB I'm Not Sleepy
Trish Holland; Anne Kennedy (Illustrator)
A Little Golden Book about bedtime that every parent will relate to. Makes for perfect bedtime reading It's bedtime for a precocious little fox in this endearing and humorous Little Golden Book Unforunately, little fox has far more energy than father fox has bargained for. Featuring delightfully wa...
Farewell to the Horse: The Final Century of Our Relationship
THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 'A beautiful and thoughtful exploration of the role of the horse in creating our world' James Rebanks 'Scintillating, exhilarating ... you have never read a book like it ... a new way of considering history' Observer The relationship between horses and huma...
Big Bang: A Ladybird Expert Book
Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, The Big Bang is an accessible, authoritative, and entertaining introduction to the greatest discovery in the history of science: that the universe has not existed forever but was born. There was a day without a yesterday.Written by award-winning writer and former ...
The Unexpected Truth about Animals
Shortlisted for the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize'Endlessly fascinating.' - Bill Bryson 'Eye-opening, informative and very funny!' - Chris Packham'Well-informed and downright funny' - Richard DawkinsHistory is full of strange animal stories invented by the brightest and most influenti...
Let It Go: Downsizing Your Way to a Richer, Happier Life
Whether you're selling your family home, blending households, or cleaning out your ageing parents' home, sorting through a lifetime's worth of accumulated possessions can be a daunting and stressful experience. When decluttering guru Peter Walsh went through the process of downsizing his childhood home ...
Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story
A heart-wrenching, eye-opening, and giggle-inducing memoir about what it's like to grow up not sure if you're (a) a boy, (b) a girl, (c) something in between, or (d) all of the above. As a young child in North Carolina, Jacob Tobia wasn't the wrong gender, they just had too much of the stuff. Barbies? Y...
Far From Home: A True Story of Murder, Loss and a Mother's Courage
British mother Rosie Ayliffe thought her 21-year-old daughter, Mia, would be safe travelling around Australia on a gap year. But Mia wanted to extend her visa and in order to do that needed to find 88 days of work on a farm - a requirement that would lead to catastrophic events. Four short days after Mi...
Be - My Mindfulness Journal
Anxiety is a leading health issue among children today. This colorful and engaging interactive journal is full of creative prompts and activities that teach kids to experience feelings and handle tough situations while staying calm. From making a mantra, to identifying what different parts of the brain ...
The Doll
'A fascinating study of a difficult love' John Burnside, Guardian Young Ismail's world centres around his mother. Naïve and fragile as a paper doll, she is an unlikely presence in her husband's imposing house, with its hidden rooms and infamous dungeon. Yet despite her youthful nature, she is not withou...
Victory City
An epic tale with a message for us all: our power is fleeting, but our stories last forever. This is Salman Rushdie at his best. A magical realist feminist tale in an historical setting that will stay with you long after you turn the final page. The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire...
Chromorama: How Colour Changed Our Way of Seeing
The Italian colour bible- a gorgeously illustrated exploration of colour and the modern gaze, from an award-winning designerHave you ever wondered why so many pencils are yellow? Why black is the colour of mourning? Or why carrots are orange?In Chromorama, acclaimed graphic designer Riccardo Falcinelli ...
DK Eyewitness New England
Discover New England - a region synonymous with fall foliage, delicious seafood and historic sitesWhether you want to explore the rugged natural beauty of the Appalachian Mountains, follow the fascinating Freedom Trail through Boston, or indulge in fresh lobster from the coast of Cape Cod, your DK Eyewi...
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