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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Pan Books Edition, 1999; an Imprint of Macmillan Publishers, Ltd. in London.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Naima has always known that her family came from Algeria - but up until now, that meant very little to her. Born and raised in France, her knowledge of that foreign country is limited to what she's learned from her grandparents' tiny flat in a crumbling French sink estate: the food cooked for her, the few precious things they brought with them when they fled.On the past, her family is silent. Why was her grandfather Ali forced to leave? Was he a harki - an Algerian who worked for and supported the French during the Algerian War of Independence? Once a wealthy landowner, how did he become an immigrant scratching a living in France?Naima's father, Hamid, says he remembers nothing. A child when the family left, in France he re-made himself: education was his ticket out of the family home, the key to acceptance into French society.But now, for the first time since they left, one of Ali's family is going back. Naima will see Algeria for herself, will ask the questions about her family's history that, till now, have had no answers.Spanning three generations across seventy years, Alice Zeniter's The Art of Losing tells the story of how people carry on in the face of loss: the loss of a country, an identity, a way to speak to your children. It's a story of colonization and immigration, and how in some ways, we are a product of the things we've left behind.Translated from the French by Frank Wynne.WINNER OF THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2022PRAISE FOR THE ART OF LOSING'Remarkable . . . a novel about people that never loses its sense of humanity.' Sunday Times'A deeply human text about the ghosts of identity and decolonization.' Vanity Fair A powerful and moving family story about history, immigration and identity, spanning three generations and some seventy years across the two shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. Touch the Gruffalo's terrible tusks, feel his knobby knees and tickle his purple prickles with this interactive touch and feel book based on the bestselling picture book. Perfect for young Gruffalo fans, The Gruffalo Touch and Feel Book is part of an exciting range of books for toddlers, featuring Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's iconic creation, the Gruffalo. Specially designed to appeal to even the youngest child, simple patterns and bright colours combine with Axel Scheffler's instantly recognizable artwork to keep preschool children entertained for hours.Also available in the My First Gruffalo series: My First Gruffalo Little Library, The Gruffalo Puppet Book and Gruffalo GrowlLook out for Gruffalo Granny, the brand new Gruffalo picture book adventure - coming on 10th September 2026! A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Sunset A novel set in Hong Kong in 1941.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The poems in Carol Ann Duffy's highly praised second collection range from the dramatic monologues for which she is noted, to love poems, which she writes, Robert Nye remarked, 'as if she were the first to do so'. Carol Ann Duffy's stunning second collection, originally published in 1986. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Ever wondered if there really is anyone out there? It's time to start believing. ALIENS is a brilliant book which ties in with a fantastic new exhibition being launched at the Science Museum in October. It covers the main themes of the exhibition: exploring why we are so fascinated by aliens, looking at what the earth itself can teach us about what to expect from alien life, and introducing some of the real possibilities identified by science. This is science, not science fiction! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Double Whammy This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

paperback. Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The little ladybird is back, and now What the Ladybird Heard Next, bestselling picture book from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, has been adapted by author Julia Donaldson into a fun and accessible play script that children will love performing at school or at home.The What the Ladybird Heard Next Play has been designed with rehearsals and performance in mind, with a clear layout and colour-coding for each character, perfect for helping children to follow their lines and join the cast!The book also contains a hints and tips section, which includes helpful advice on staging the play and ideas for props. There are also ideas for themed What the Ladybird Heard Next activities, like making ladybird biscuits for your audience, and making a swarm of finger-puppet bees.With Lydia Monks' bright and distinctive illustrations and Julia Donaldson's hilarious and witty rhyming play script, this wonderful, dramatic way to share the classic story is sure to delight teachers, parents and children everywhere. Bring the farmyard to life with the What the Ladybird Heard Next play! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Lydia Monks (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: Good. This is a fast, fact-filled romp through the history of medicine, including stories about major discoveries e. g. penicillin, X-rays, transplants and some brilliant first-person accounts of important medical moments. The book is packed with full-colour artwork and lots of photos from the Science Museum's incredible collection, featuring fantastically gruesome medical instruments. Once up to date you will learn about what you need to do in the 21st century to become a doctor or indeed a brain surgeon. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. This is a fast, fact-filled romp through the history of medicine, including stories about major discoveries e. g. penicillin, X-rays, transplants and some brilliant first-person accounts of important medical moments. The book is packed with full-colour artwork and lots of photos from the Science Museum's incredible collection, featuring fantastically gruesome medical instruments. Once up to date you will learn about what you need to do in the 21st century to become a doctor or indeed a brain surgeon. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. One of a series of stories in verse, featuring characters from traditional nursery rhymes. This one tells of the old woman who lives in Shoe Cottage with her 21 children. One morning they discover a hole in the shoe, and set out to find a very special cobbler. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 'I genuinely could not put this down' Stacey Halls, author of Mrs England'A tour de force of a gothic thriller. I devoured it' Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place, Wrong TimeThe Burial Plot is a spellbinding historical Gothic thriller about murder and manipulation, set in Victorian London. From Elizabeth Macneal, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory.London, 1839. With the cemeteries full and money to be made in death, tricksters Crawford and Bonnie survive on wicked schemes and ill-gotten coin. But one blistering evening, their fortunes flip. A man lies in a pool of blood at Bonnies feet and now she needs to disappear.Crawford secures her a position as ladys maid in a grand house on the Thames. As Bonnie comes to understand the family the eccentric Mr Moncrieff, obsessively drawing mausoleums for his dead wife, and their peculiar daughter Cissie, scribbling imaginary love letters to herself she begins to question what secrets are lying behind the houses paper-thin walls and whether her own presence here was planned from the beginning.Because Crawford is watching, and perhaps he is plotting his greatest trick yet . . .'Taut, propulsive, beautifully done' Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora'Ingenious' - The Sunday Times. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Banville is superb . . . there are not many historical novels of which it can be said that they illuminate both the time that forms their subject matter and the time in which they are read: Doctor Copernicus is among the very best of them The EconomistThe first in John Banville Revolutions Trilogy and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Doctor Copernicus is a rich historical novel that explores the life of one of history's greatest scientists. The work of Nicholas Koppernigk, better known as Copernicus, shattered the medieval view of the universe and led to the formulation of the image of the solar system we know today. Here his life is powerfully evoked in a novel that offers a vivid portrait of a man of painful reticence, haunted by a malevolent brother and baffled by the conspiracies that rage around him and his ideas while he searches for the secret of life. Volume One of the Revolutions Trilogy Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. The Dark Side is a powerful and unsettling novel of motherhood, loss, and the innocence of childhood from the worlds favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel.Zoe Morgan was just ten years old when her life changed forever. Her sister, Rose, died of a rare illness, her parents turned into people she didnt know, and Zoes lonely childhood drove her to focus only on her studies.As a graduate of Yale, Zoe takes a leave of absence from medical school to work in a shelter for abused children in New York. There she meets a well-known child advocacy attorney and is bowled over by his charm and dedication to his cause. He is her first love and the man she marries.Austin and Zoe have a perfect life and feel their family is complete when a baby daughter arrives. But it is only then that the devastating psychological impact of her sister's death comes out and affects their lives in a way that nobody could ever have imagined.Will Zoe's obsession with motherhood tear her family apart? A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. Amanda Hocking's bestselling Trylle trilogy comes to its thrilling conclusion in Ascend.Wendy Everly can barely remember what it was like to feel like a normal girl. She'd wished for her life to be different but everything is so much more complicated than she'd expected. And she certainly hadn't dreamt she'd be getting married at eighteen to a man she didn't love - all for the sake of duty. As the big day approaches, Wendy can't stop thinking about two different men - and neither of them are her husband-to-be. Finn - quiet, strong and determined to do what's right, and Loki - dark and seductive, a sworn enemy who once saved her life. With all-out war just days away, Wendy needs to act quickly if she is to save her friends and family. But while her loyalties and duties are to her people, deeper passions are leading her elsewhere. And as her worlds collide, Wendy must sacrifice everything she loves to save them. But will it be enough? A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. …

Paperback. Condición: Fair. The Sunday Times Bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club PickUnforgettable and deeply moving, The Pull of the Stars is a story of love and loss set across three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. From the acclaimed author of Room, Emma Donoghue.Moving, gripping and dazzlingly written StylistDublin, 1918. In a country doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with an unfamiliar flu are quarantined together. Into Julias regimented world step two outsiders: Doctor Kathleen Lynn, on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney.In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward these women change each others lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world.This novel is stunning Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station ElevenAn immersive, unforgettable fever-dream The TimesSelected as a Book of the Year by The Guardian, Cosmopolitan and The Telegraph. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. The 13-Storey Treehouse is the first book in Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton's wacky million-copy bestselling Treehouse adventures series, packed full of comic book style illustrations!Perfect for fans of Dog Man and Bunny vs. Monkey, this book will make you laugh-out-loud on every page.'The kind of book I would have loved as a kid' - Tom Fletcher, author of Space BandAndy and Terry live in the WORLD'S BEST treehouse! It's got a giant catapult, a secret underground laboratory, a tank of man-eating sharks and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you're hungry! Just watch out for the sea monkeys, and the monkeys pretending to be sea monkeys, and the giant mutant mermaid sea monster . . . Oh, and, whatever you do, don't get trapped in a burp-gas-filled bubble . . . !Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!Climb more fun-filled levels by collecting all thirteen books in the seven million-copy-selling series the perfect chapter books for reluctant readers. And dive into even more fun adventures in the brilliant You and Me series. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Denton, Terry (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Condición: Good. In October 1942, Chief of Combined Operations, Vice-Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, unveiled the outline plan for 'Operation Frankton' - destined to become one of the bravest, most courageous and imaginative raids of the entire war. By December 1942 the plan was put into action. Ten Royal Marines launched a daring attack by canoe on enemy shipping lying in the harbour of Bordeaux - a hazardous and successful offensive which only two survived. 'As a story of human courage, the story of the Cockleshell Heroes will live for generations' Manchester Evening News 'A legendary wartime exploit.the outstanding commando raid of the war. You can't stop reading' Observer. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. With lots to see and heaps to do, in Busy Town young children really can join in by pushing, pulling and turning the tabs to bring the town to life. Ride on the bus, feed the ducks in the park and do some shopping before heading home to bed.Little ones will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations by Rebecca Finn, which is part of the Busy Book series. There's lots more fun to be had out and about with this tactile series: Busy Cafe, Busy Beach, and Busy Park. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Moving The Guardian In his unique, touching and honest memoir, rugby union legend Ben Youngs bares it all for the first time.Ben Youngs has had a dream career. He was born into rugby royalty and has achieved incredible success with both his family club, Leicester Tigers, and the English mens national team, for whom he is the most capped player of all time. His is an on-field legacy that any rugby player would envy.But theres more to his story than meets the eye.In this deeply intimate memoir, the English rugby legend reveals how his remarkable record on the pitch masks what was, at times, a turbulent life off it. There have been highs: the 2019 World Cup final; a record-equalling eighteen-match unbeaten streak under Eddie Jones; finding friendship, brotherhood and a home at Leicester Tigers. But there have also been lows: losing two family members to terminal illnesses within a year; withdrawing from the Lions tour in 2017; falling out of love with rugby.In Beyond the Line, the five-time Premiership champion and member of the 2013 winning Lions Test tour shares his full story with the public. With remarkable candour, wit and warmth, he writes of how his relationship with rugby proved pivotal to his healing process and vividly recounts the raucous nights and spontaneous adventures that only those within the inner circle typically get to witness. Inspirational and open, his story reveals not just the pressures of competition, but also the camaraderie and wild experiences that come with a life in rugby. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. A cute seaside book by preschool expert Camilla Reid with soft felt flaps and a surprise mirror ending - perfect for sharing with babies and toddlers.From the range of joyful preschool books created by bestselling author Camilla Reid and illustrated by the award-winning Nila Aye, Who's Happy? is a first lift-the-flap book that is perfect for sharing with a very happy little person.Little children will love lifting the irresistibly soft felt flaps to discover who is the happiest little person ever - will it be baby bunny, small puppy or tiny kitten? They'll find the answer when they look in the mirror hiding under the final flap!Look out for more soft flaps books by Camilla Reid and Nila Aye: Who's Cute?, Who's Sleepy? and Who's Amazing? The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. Nine Lives is a thought-provoking story of lost love and new beginnings, by the number one bestseller Danielle Steel.After a carefree childhood, Maggie Kelly came of age in the shadow of grief. Her father, a pilot, died when she was nine. Maggie saw her mother struggle to put their lives back together. As the family moved from one city to the next, her mother warned her about daredevil men and to avoid risk at all cost. Following her mothers advice, and forgoing the magic of first love with a high-school boyfriend who she thought too wild, Maggie married a good, dependable man. Together they had a son and found happiness in a conventional suburban life until tragedy struck again. Now on her own, feeling a sense of adventure for the first time, Maggie decides to face her fears, setting off on a whirlwind trip from the US to Rome, Paris, London and Monaco. But when her travels reconnect her with the irresistible, thrill-seeking man shes spent thirty years trying to forget, Maggie is terrified that rushing into love and sharing his life may end in disaster. But while Maggie tries to outrun her fears and painful memories, fate will surprise her in the most astounding of ways, as she walks the tightrope between danger and courage, and between wisdom and love. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.…