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Paperback. Condizione: Good. Winner of The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2019 Winner of the Ngaio Marsh Crime Writing Awards 2019 Winner of the New Zealand Booklovers Prize for Fiction 2019 Winner of the NZ Heritage Book Awards 2018 Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Awards 2020 'Magnetic' New York Times 'At once moving, compelling and ultimately tragic' Liz Nugent The offender is not one of ours. It is unfortunate that we got this undesirable from his homeland. Auckland, October 1955. If young Paddy Black sings to himself he can almost see himself back home in Belfast. Yet, less than two years after sailing across the globe in search of a better life, here he stands in a prison cell awaiting trial for murder. He pulled a knife at the jukebox that night, but should his actions lead him to the gallows? As his desperate mother waits on, Paddy must face a judge and jury unlikely to favour an outsider, as a wave of moral panic sweeps the island nation. Fiona Kidman's powerful novel explores the controversial topic of the death penalty with characteristic empathy and a probing eye for injustice.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The countdown has begun. True-crime podcaster Elle Castillo has been obsessed with The Countdown Killer for decades. Twenty years ago, he established a gruesome pattern of taking and murdering three girls over seven days, each a year younger than the last. No one's ever known why he followed this pattern, or why they stopped abruptly after the eleventh victim. Most believe him to be dead. Elle knows he is not and is hellbent on serving historic justice. When the kidnappings start up once again, Elle must confront her responsibility in forcing the killer out of hiding. She needs to stop the deadly countdown and convince both the authorities and her podcast audience, before the Countdown Killer can claim his next victim.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A compact, funny, devastating novel about sibling rivalry and modern motherhood, from one of Norway's rising stars.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A highly contagious book virus, a literary society and a Snow Queen-like disappearing author.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. One of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies has employed him to track down their brilliant scientist, Professor Cormorant, who has disappeared abroad with the secret of a modern-day love potion. Leaving behind his troubled relationship with girlfriend Clara, Hector's adventure takes him to the Far East and into the arms of beautiful Vayla, forcing our hero to think deeply about what love really is/means. In his follow-up to the multi-million-selling Hector and the Search for Happiness, acclaimed writer and psychiatrist, Francois Lelord, offers us a new fable filled with thoughtful insights into the very human desire to find and keep love. …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. By turns sinister and hilarious, She's a Killer is the story of a reluctant genius who is drawn into radical action as the world falls apart around her.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Death in paradise: sea, sex and a sinister downward spiral on a Caribbean coast.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A hilarious and sweetly philosophical twist on a classic tale-three penguin pals refuse to enter the ark two by two.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. A hilarious Hungarian classic children's story about true love, friendship and what happens when a witch turns your fiancee into a duck. Molnar, Jacqueline (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The remarkable true story of Margaret Anne Bulkley aka Dr James Barry a surgeon who disguised herself as a man for her entire life. Pinelli, Amerigo (illustratore).

Hardback. Condizione: Good. 'I used to be ever so small, hardly as high as a dandelion. Until I grew tall enough to tickle the clouds.' Telling the life story of a single tree, and of all the creatures that have nestled in its branches, this is a gorgeously illustrated?ode to the web of life that connects everything in the natural world. Michel, Nicholas (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A Book of the Year in the FT, Guardian, Observer and on BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme'I couldn't love this more' Nigella Lawson'Enchanting, fascinating and humorous' Claudia RodenIs there really such a thing as an authentic dish? In a mouth-watering journey stretching from Paris to Tokyo, join award-winning food writer Anya von Bremzen as she chews over the legend of Margherita pizza, indulges in the craze for high-end noodles and digs into the postcolonial paradoxes of Mexico's mole.Full of eye-opening tales and sparkling wit, National Dish explores the politics of national pride that tie food to place, untangling the myths and misunderstandings around some of the world's most famous cuisines.________________PRAISE FOR NATIONAL DISH:'Sparklingly intelligent' SPECTATOR'A delightfully engaged and engaging writer' OBSERVER'So enlightening. so much fun to read' FT'A fast-paced, entertaining travelogue' NEW YORK TIMES'Playful, erudite and mouthwatering' FUSCHIA DUNLOP.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The third book in theBlue Doorseries, which starts withThe Swish of the Curtain.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A delightful story about families, love and learning that some secrets are best kept secret - forever.

Condizione: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. A compact, funny, devastating novel about sibling rivalry and modern motherhood, from one of Norway's rising stars.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. New in paperback, a whip-smart novel about modern motherhood and sibling rivalry, from one of Norway's rising stars.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. In the opulent palace of Ohaddin, women have one purpose - to obey. Some were brought here as girls, captured and enslaved; some as servants; some as wives. All of them must do what the Master tells them, for he wields a deadly and secret power. But the women have powers too. One is a healer. One can control dreams. One is a warrior. One can see everything that is coming. In their golden prison, the women wait. They plan. They write down their stories. They dream of a refuge, a safe place where girls can be free. And, finally, when the moon glows red, they will have their revenge.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 'I got a letter one day, a long letter that wasn't signed.'Camille reads this narration of events from pre-war France, certain that it has been sent to her by mistake. Then more letters start to arrive.This powerful first novel by Helene Gremillion is a gripping study of the destruction unleashed, when human desires for love and motherhood turn to.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The Nizamuddin cats' first great battle is over, but now their home is under threat in this pulsating sequel to Nilanjana Roy's brilliant debut.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. An epic, heart-breaking novel opening on the night of the Tiananmen Square massacre, about the legacy of migration, with a tangled family mystery at its heart.

Hardback. Condizione: Fair. A perfectly balanced retelling of one of Shakespeare's best plays. Orciari, Emanuela (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 'A deliciously thrilling mystery, full of heart, wisdom, wit and ingenuity' Edwina Wyatt, award-winning author of The Secrets of Magnolia Moon 'Easily one of the most charming books for young readers I have come across. A perfect balance of fun, fantasy, humour and innocence' Katrina Nannestad, author of the Travelling Bookshop series _______________ There are those that hunt monsters to harm them and there are those that hunt monsters to help them. Which one are you? Dressed in sparkly red shoes and carrying her strawberry-scented notebook, Mary-Kate accompanies her archaeologist mother to the quiet English countryside to investigate some unusual bones found in an old well. But soon she realises that the village of Woolington is not as peaceful as it seems; the ground trembles beneath them, there are mysterious noises, and the locals are obsessed with a terrifying old legend. Could there be any truth in the myth of the beast who lives in the ancient well? With the help of a new friend, Mary-Kate starts getting to the bottom of this monstrous mystery.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff Appendices to 1141, 3rd Cavalry Division, in 63 pages. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one report or narrative. Among the papers are: Divisional School of Instruction. …

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff Appendices to 1141, 3rd Cavalry Division, in 63 pages. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one report or narrative. Among the papers are: Divisional School of Instruction. …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Described as a 'splendid war epic' by Sunday Telegraph, the third of the Napoleonic Murders series sees Cabasson's hero, revolutionary soldier Quentin Margont, infiltrating a royalist conspiracy to save Napoleon's Empire.March 1814. With the armies of Russia and Prussia advancing, Paris is in real danger of falling to occupying forces for the first time in 400 years. But at a moment when all efforts should be directed towards the defence of the city, Joseph Bonaparte is concerned with the murder of a retired colonel, and orders Major Margont to conduct a secret investigation into his death. Once again Armand Cabasson marries his phenomenal knowledge of the Napoleonic period with his psychiatric expertise to create a gripping and totally convincing narrative.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. A brightly funny new mystery series by Kereen Getten.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The founding story of The Red Abbey Chronicles, Naondel is a thrilling YA feminist adventure.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 'An in-depth examination of women and their bodies, of violence and manipulation, Mey's work transcends an ordinary psychological thriller, ultimately providing a portrayal of domestic violence that is at once both difficult to look at and away from' - Christine Mangan, author of Tangerine. …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Winner of the 2020 Prix Femina, Human Nature charts the transformation of the French countryside through the story of one family against a backdrop of the 1976 drought and the storms of 1999.