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Jane Green Jemima J ENJemima Jones is overweight. About one hundred pounds overweight. Treated like a maid by her thin and social-climbing roommates, and lorded over by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented but better paid) at the Kilburn Herald, Jemima finds that her only consolation is food. Add to this her passion for her charming, sexy, and unobtainable colleague Ben, and Jemima knows her life is in need of a serious change. When…
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Gerald Taylor Jesus Weed ENIn 1973, aged 17, Gerald Taylor left his New Zealand home and didn't return for four years. The story of what happened in between is Jesus Weed - a tale of travel, lapsed Catholicism, chess, and the strongest marijuana mankind has ever known. A good-looking, adventurous young lad, Gerald is driven by a lust for adventure, women and life. Launching himself onto the hippie trail, he travels to Thailand where he…
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Terry Pratchett Johnny and the BombRandom House Children's Books: Book Description The third title in a terrific fantasy series starring Johnny Maxwell, reissued in B format. Johnny Maxwell and his friends have to do something when they find Mrs Tachyon, the local bag lady, semi-conscious in an alley . . . as long as it's not the kiss of life. But there's more to Mrs Tachyon than a squeaky trolley and a bunch of dubious black bags. Somehow she…
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Danielle Steel Johnny Angel ENWith a word or a smile, seventeen-year-old Johnny Peterson could light up a room, fill his mother’s heart with pride, and inspire the best in those around him. A star athlete and class valedictorian, tall, lanky Johnny had a future filled with promise—until he stepped into a car on prom night, dazzling in his rented tux, and in an instant, it was all taken away. In the months that follow, Johnny’s family and high…
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Jules Verne Journey to the Centre of the Earth ENThe intrepid Professor Lindenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth’s very core. In his quest to penetrate the planet’s primordial secrets, the geologist—together with his quaking nephew Axel and their devoted guide, Hans—discovers an astonishing subterranean menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Verne’s imaginative tale is at…
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Haruki Murakami Kafka On The Shore ENKafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. As their…
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James Patterson, Jeffrey J. Keyes Killer Chef ENEat, drink and be murdered. Someone is poisoning diners in New Orleans' best restaurants. Now it's up to chef and homicide cop Caleb Rooney to catch a killer set on revenge – a dish best served cold.
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Edgar Wallace, Merian C. Cooper King Kong ENThe giant prehistoric gorilla King Kong is one of the most recognized images in our culture. So great is the mighty Kong’s hold on the popular imagination that his story–a gripping yarn of man versus nature, coupled with a fantastical update of the Beauty and the Beast legend–has been thrice made into a motion picture (most recently in 2005) and referenced endlessly in every medium, from books to prime-time sitcoms.…
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Suzanne Somers KnockoutIn Knockout, Suzanne Somers interviews doctors who are successfully using the most innovative cancer treatments—treatments that build up the body rather than tear it down. Somers herself has stared cancer in the face...
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Max Silver Krush ENStep on board and join the galaxy's top defence team in this explosive new series for boys! Complete with awesome gaming cards so you can do battle against the Alien Invaders too! Five mutant alien outcasts from the deep space Wrecking Zone have been recruited by the evil outlaw Kaos to destroy the galaxy... Half hideous alien, half deadly robot - these are the toughest enemies Cosmo has ever faced. The awesome…
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Javier Sierra La cena secreta ESUn monje dominicano, Agustín Leyre, escribe sus memorias, de acontecimientos que ocurrieron hace muchos años cuando fue enviado a investigar el fresco de la última cena que estaba pintando Leonardo da Vinci en el convento de Santa Maria delle Grazie en Milan. A finales del año 1496 los monjes habían empezado a recibir cartas anónimas, firmadas “el Agorero”. Hablaban de la magia diabólica de la escena, de las…
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Romanov Sardov La Herejía ESUn thriller sorprendente, tenebroso, cuya acción transcurre en plena Edad Media. Invierno de 1284; los habitantes de Draguan, una pequeña población del condado de Toulouse, viven aterrorizados desde que el día arrastró hasta ellos unos cuerpos descuartizados. El obispo Haquin envía a unos hombres aguas arriba para investigar el crimen y estos vuelven con una extraña noticia: en mitad de unos nauseabundos pantanos…
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Sebastian Junger La tormenta perfecta ESFue la tormenta del siglo, la tormenta perfecta. Con la tensión narrativa de la propia furia de los elementos, el autor nos lleva al corazón de la tormenta, nos deja en los labios un sabor a mar y nos transmite el desamparo que se siente cuando se está de verdad en peligro.
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Katha Pollitt Learning to DriveLearning to Drive Now a major motion picture starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley. Celebrated for her award-winning political columns, criticism, and poetry, Katha Pollitt now shows us another side of her talent...
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Wendy Wax Leave It To The Cleavage ENMiranda Smith isn't surprised to discover a cache of racy photographs in her husband's desk—after all, he is the president of Ballantyne Bras. But she's more than shocked to realize it's his buff, burly body encased in the red satin bustier and matching bikini panties...and he's nowhere to be found. Neither is their life savings nor the company coffers. Thus begins Miranda's hilarious, frantic scramble to unravel…
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Robert Young Pelton Licensed to Kill ENRobert Young Pelton first became aware of the phenomenon of hired guns in the War on Terror when he met a covert team of contractors on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border in the fall of 2003. Pelton soon embarked on a globe-spanning odyssey to penetrate and understand this shadowy world, ultimately delivering stunning insights into the way private soldiers are used. Enter a blood-soaked world of South African…
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Kate Atkinson Life After Life ENWINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD! What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale.What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live…
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Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi ENFashioned from the same experiences that would inspire the masterpiece Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain’s most brilliant and most personal nonfiction work. It is at once an affectionate evocation of the vital river life in the steamboat era and a melancholy reminiscence of its passing after the Civil War, a priceless collection of humorous anecdotes and folktales, and a unique glimpse into…
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Chelsea Handler Life Will Be the Death of MeIn a haze of vape smoke on a rare windy night in L.A. in the fall of 2016, Chelsea Handler daydreams about what life will be like with a woman in the White House. And then Donald Trump happens. In a torpor of despair, she decides that she's ...
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Nick Vujicic Life Without Limits ENLife Without Limits is an inspiring book by an extraordinary man. Born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic overcame his disability to live not just independently but a rich, fulfilling life, becoming a model for anyone seeking true happiness. Now an internationally successful motivational speaker, his central message is that the most important goal for anyone is to find their life’s purpose despite whatever…
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George Saunders Lincoln in the BardoThe long-awaited first novel from the author of Tenth of December a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting...
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Andy McNab Line of Fire ENNick Stone is back in an up-to-the-minute thriller - ripped fresh from the headlines. Stone has returned to London. Both the UK and the US are in a state of unrest and ever more extreme politicians are looking to take advantage of an unstable world. Their motives are unclear. But their threat is real. Who are they really working for?
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Else Holmelund Minarik, Maurice Sendak (Ilustrácie) Little BearLittle Bear loves to go on adventures and Mother Bear is always there when he needs her. In this book he goes to the moon, plays in the snow and there's even a surprise birthday party. Just what will he get up to next?...
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti Little BoyFrom the famed publisher and poet, author of the million-copy-selling collection A Coney Island of the Mind, his literary last will and testament - part autobiography, part summing up, part Beat-inflected torrent of language and feeling, ...