The six stories in Consider Her Ways: And Others, the second collecton of John Wyndham's short tales, continue his exploration of the science fiction staple - what if? In the title story we are introd
The thrilling new novel from bestselling author Louise Candlish. It's summer, and for teachers Ed and Natalie Steele this means six weeks off work with their young daughter Molly. Their lives are pred
Most people get presents on their sixteenth birthday. I get a prophecy that could save or destroy the world. It happens when you're the son of Poseidon, God of the Sea. According to an ancient prophec
Brilliantly written, compelling and highly original, "The Looming Tower" is the first book to tell the full story of Al Qaeda from its roots up to 9/11. Drawing on astonishing interviews and first-han
It's not every day you find yourself in combat with a half-lion, half-human. But when you're the son of a Greek God, it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a Goddess is in chains and only
The chilling and heart-pounding new novel from Norwegian superstar Jorn Lier Horst. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE HIT BBC FOUR SHOW WISTING 'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' The TimesFiv
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羅德達爾經典讀本 內含10個故事29張CD，附收納盒 29張CD滿載10篇嚴選作品，創造力永遠豐沛的Roald Dahl帶領你一頭栽進無邊無際的想像世界。大家耳熟能詳的經典故事，如《瑪蒂達》及《巧克力冒險工廠》皆收錄於此。套書中的16本書為 01-Matilda (有音檔CD) 02-Going Solo 03-The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me 04-George's Marvellous Medicine 05-Fantastic Mr Fox (有音檔CD) 06-The Magic Finger 07-Esio Trot 08-Boy Tales of Childhood 09-Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (有音檔CD) 10-The BFG (有音檔CD) 11-The Witches (有音檔CD) 12-The Twits (有音檔CD) 13-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (有音檔CD) 14-James and the Giant Peach (有音檔CD) 15-Danny the Champion of the World (有音檔CD) 16-Billy and the Minpins 有音檔CD的10本書為 01. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 02. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator 03. Matilda 04. The BFG 05. The Enormous Crocodile 06. Danny the Champion of the World 07. James and the Giant Peach 08. The Twits 09. The Witches 10. Fantastic Mr Fox
With striking new artwork to celebrate the Roald Dahl 100 celebrations and a keepsake slipcase featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations, this 16-book collection brings together all the classic children's novels from the one and only Roald Dahl. 16 titles are:01-Matilda 02-Going Solo03-The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me 04-George's Marvellous Medicine 05-Fantastic Mr Fox 06-The Magic Finger 07-Esio Trot 08-Boy Tales of Childhood 09-Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator 10-The BFG 11-The Witches 12-The Twits 13-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 14-James and the Giant Peach 15-Danny the Champion of the World 16-Billy and the Minpins
羅德達爾經典讀本 內含10個故事29張CD，附收納盒29張CD滿載10篇嚴選作品，創造力永遠豐沛的Roald Dahl帶領你一頭栽進無邊無際的想像世界。大家耳熟能詳的經典故事，如《瑪蒂達》及《巧克力冒險工廠》皆收錄於此。The titles in this tin are:01. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory02. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator03. Matilda04. The BFG05. The Enormous Crocodile06. Danny the Champion of the World07. James and the Giant Peach08. The Twits09. The Witches10. Fantastic Mr Fox
Mrs Bennet is seeking a husband for each of her five daughters in order to secure their future. But as the Bennet's soon discover, love is rarely straightforward and their world is turned upside down
In Trouble in Paradise, Slavoj Zizek, one of our most famous, most combative philosophers, explains how by drawing on the ideas of communism, we can find a way out of the crisis of capitalism. There i
Fridays are different. Every other day of the week, the Colonel and his ailing wife fight a constant battle against poverty and monotony, scraping together the dregs of their savings for the food and
The author was twenty-three, a young man experimenting with his writing when this mother asked him to come back with her to the village of his grandparents and the memories of his Colombian childhood.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Now a Major Motion Picture Schoolteacher Barbara Covett has led a solitary life until Sheba Hart, the new art teacher at St. George''s, befriends her. But even as their relationship develops, so too does another: Sheba has begun an illicit affair with an underage male student. When the scandal turns into a media circus, Barbara decides to write an account in her friend''s defense--and ends up revealing not only Sheba''s secrets, but also her own.
A selection from Susan Sontag's diaries (from 1947-1963) that takes us from early adolescence though to when Sontag was in her early thirties. It is an honest self-portrait which is also a revealing a
"This book is filled with loveable characters, witty dialogue and proper LOLS which made recording the audiobook hard - because I kept giggling!" Sharon RooneyDoes anyone ever really want to 'fall' in
Trains take people on holiday, and to their jobs. There are fast trains and old trains. There are trains that carry things, such as cars and coal. Ladybird Readers is a graded reading se
'Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.' Pipes and kettledrums herald the arrival of
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