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Meredith Hamilton, Michael Driscoll A Childs Introduction to the Night SkyA Child's Introduction to the Night Sky is the perfect introduction to the always fascinating world of astronomy. Children ages eight and up will find out what astronomers have learned (and are still discovering), what astronauts and scientists explore...
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Robert Louis Stevenson A Child's Garden of Verses ENRediscover the delight and innocence of childhood in these classic poems from celebrated author, Robert Louis Stevenson. From make-believe to climbing trees, bedtime stories to morning play and favourite cousins to beloved mothers. Here is a very special collection to be treasured for ever.
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Sam Winston, Oliver Jeffers A Child of BooksA beautiful, poignant and timely manifesto for the myriad rewards of reading and sharing the enjoyment of stories. Winner of the prestigious international Bologna Ragazzi Award for Fiction 2017...
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Stefan Zweig A Chess StoryChess world champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos Aires. Dull-witted in all but chess, he entertains himself on board by allowing others to challenge him in the game, before beating each of them and taking their money...
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Diana Henry A Change of Appetite ENWhat happened when one of today's best-loved food writers had a change of appetite? Here are the dishes that Diana Henry created when she started to crave a different kind of diet - less meat and heavy food, more vegetable-, fish- and grain-based dishes - often inspired by the food of the Middle East and Far East, but also drawing on cuisines from Georgia to Scandinavia. Curious about what 'healthy eating' really…
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Anita Shreve A Change in Altitude ENMargaret and Patrick, married just a few months, set off on a great adventure - a year living in Kenya. While Patrick practices medicine, Margaret works as a photojournalist, capturing a dizzying and sometimes dangerous city on film.When a British couple invites the newlyweds on a climbing expedition to the summit of Mount Kenya, they eagerly agree. But during their arduous ascent a horrific accident occurs. In its…
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Anita Shreve A Change in Altitude ENMargaret and Patrick, married just a few months, set off on a great adventure a year living in Kenya. While Patrick practices medicine, Margaret works as a photojournalist, capturing a dizzying and sometimes dangerous city on film. When a British couple invites the newlyweds on a climbing expedition to the summit of Mount Kenya, they eagerly agree. But during their arduous ascent a horrific accident occurs. In its…
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Wendy Kopp A Chance to Make History ENSince 1990, Teach For America has been building a movement to end educational inequity in America. Now its founder, Wendy Kopp, shares the lessons learned from the experiences of more than 25,000 teachers and alumni who have taught and led schools in low-income communities during those years. A Chance to Make History cuts through the noise of today's debates to describe precisely what it will take to provide…
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P.D. James A Certain Justice ENVenetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. When she agrees to defend Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, it is one more opportunity to triumph in her career as a criminal lawyer. But just four weeks later, Miss Aldridge is found dead. Commander Adam Dalgliesh, called in to investigate, finds motives for murder among the clients Venetia has defended, her professional colleagues, her family -…
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Julian Jackson A Certain Idea of FranceA life of the greatest French statesman of modern times In six weeks in the early summer of 1940, France was over-run by German troops and quickly surrendered. The French government of Marshal Pétain sued for peace and signed an armistice...
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Joanne Harris A Cat, a Hat and a Piece of String ENStories are like Russian dolls; open them up, and in each one you’ll find another story. Come to the house where it is Christmas all year round; meet the ghost who lives on a Twitter timeline; be spooked by a newborn baby created with sugar, spice and lashings of cake. Conjured from a wickedly imaginative pen, here is a new collection of short stories that showcases Joanne Harris’s exceptional talent as a teller of…
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Gemma Correll A Cat's Life ENCat lovers everywhere will wryly recognize their own lives in these whimsical vignettes. Worshipped since ancient times, cats are fickle, capricious and fiendishly clever. Oh, did we mention vain, elegant and charming? Life has got to be on their terms or not at all. These wilful creatures are masters of our homes, our wallets-and our hearts. By treating us with casual indifference our feline taskmasters keep us in…
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Steve Burrows A Cast of Falcons ENThe threat from above casts a dark shadow. A man falls to his death from a cliff face in western Scotland. From a distance, another man watches. He approaches the body, tucks a book into the dead man's pocket, and leaves. When the Scottish police show visiting Detective Chief Inspector Domenic Jejeune the book, he recognizes it as a call for help. But he also knows that answering that call could destroy the life he…
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Michael Crichton A Case of Need (Jeffrey Hudson )Cornerstone: Was it murder? Was it horribly botched surgery - accidental malpractice? Was someone in the great Boston...
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A Caribbean Story of Love, Lust and Lies ENPearl Carlson, born and living in the West Indies, is being sexually abused by her father, Curtis Carlson. In the West Indies, prior to the mid 1900's, sexual abuse of children by their parents was kept hidden. It was seldom discussed or acknowledged and prosecution of perpetuators was unheard of. A child reporting sexual abuse by a parent would seldom be taken seriously. The child would be accused of lying and…
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A Caribbean Story of Hurt, Horror and Healing EN26 year-old Pearl Carlson is released from prison on the island of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, after killing her abusive father, Curtis Carlson. One condition of her release is that she returns to Dominica, the island of her birth, and participates in a psychiatric counseling program. Penniless, and in a state of shock, Pearl travels to Dominica with her grandmother, Doris Boyd.Pearl endures the ridicule, scorn and…
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Agatha Christie A Caribbean Mystery ENAn exotic holiday for Miss Marple is ruined when a retired major is killed. As Jane Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about a strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph,…
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Janusz L. Wiśniewski, Sofia Stril-Rever A Call for RevolutionA Rallyiing Cry for the Whole World, by one of the Most Respected Leaders of our Troubled Times. This eloquent, impassioned manifesto is possibly the most important message The Dalai Lama can give us about the future of our world...
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