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Author
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Pub. Date
2013
Description
'The Wanderer' tells the classic tales that influenced J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'. It brings together five of the key works behind his fiction. They are startling, brutal, strange pieces of writing, with an elemental power brilliantly preserved.
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2020
Description
A bulwark against invasion, a conduit for exchange and a challenge to be conquered, the English Channel has always been many things to many people. Today it's the busiest shipping lane in the world and hosts more than 30 million passenger crossings every year but this sliver of choppy brine, just 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, represents much more than a conductor of goods and people. Criss-crossing the Channel - not to mention regularly throwing...
4) Robin Hood
Author
Publisher
Amberley
Pub. Date
2010
Description
For many the representations of Robin Hood in the media is all they know of this fascinating legend. For this book, the author began to dig deeper than the picture that media representations present. The result is a comprehensive & beautifully written examination of the Robin Hood myth from the present day back to the medieval period.
Author
Series
Marge in Charge volume 1
Description
"Isla Fisher is hilarious" David Walliams "Charming, funny, delightful: Marge is the babysitter all children would wish for" David Baddiel Meet Marge, the mischievous babysitter with rainbow hair who loves to make a mess and bend the rules . . . At dinnertime Chef Marge cooks up chocolate soup, and at school Marge the Muscian conducts a chaotic concert in the playground! Jake and Jemima have brilliant fun with their new babysitter, but will they manage...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Description
At 2am on the morning of her 40th birthday, Sophie wakes in the darkness of her bedroom - and finds a stranger watching her from the foot of her bed. The intruder hands her a letter and issues an ultimatum: the message is to be opened before her forthcoming party, in front of gathered family and friends, at exactly 8pm. Any failure to comply will not end well. Sophie can only think of one person who hates her enough to have hired a professional to...
Author
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Description
What's wrong with calling a burglar brave? Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing? Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it okay? Why do so many people want to stop other people doing things, and how can they be stopped from stopping them? Why is every film and TV programme a sequel or a remake? Why are we so reliant on perpetual diversion that someone has created chocolate toothpaste? Is there anything to be done about the Internet?...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Alex is sinking. Slowly but surely, she's cut herself off from everything but her one true love - drink. Until she's forced to write a piece about a coma ward, where she meets Amy. Amy is lost. When she was 15, she was attacked and left for dead in a park not far from her house. Her attacker was never found. Since then, she has drifted in a lonely, timeless place. She's as good as dead, but not even her doctors are sure how much she understands. Alex...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2016
Description
GRANDPA'S GREAT ESCAPE Many years ago Grandpa was a World War II flying ace. But when he is sent to old folk's home Twilight Towers - run by sinister Matron Swine - it's up to Grandpa and his grandson, Jack, to plot a daring escape. Little do they know, the wicked matron is on to them... AWFUL AUNTIE: Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily Stella has a...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2014
Description
SIX hilarious and moving novels from bestselling, critically acclaimed author, David Walliams, PLUS some seriously silly ebook-exclusive material, including an author Q&A, character profiles, awesome activities and much more! DEMON DENTIST: Strange things were happening in the dead of night. When children put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, they would wake to find something creepy in its place. Evil was at work. But who or what was...
Author
Publisher
Methuen
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Geoffrey Chaucer was a spy, a diplomat, and England's finest poet, and yet nothing is known of his death; after 1400, his name simply disappears from the record. Was he the victim of a political murder? In this book, Terry Jones reassesses Chaucer's work and the turbulent times in which he lived.
Author
Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2019
Description
These and many other questions trouble David Mitchell. Join him on a tour of the absurdities of modern life - from Ryanair to Richard III, Downton Abbey to phone etiquette, UKIP to hot dogs made of cats. Funny, provocative and shot through with refreshing amounts of common sense, Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse celebrates and commiserates on the state of things in our not entirely glorious modern world.
Author
Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2016
Description
We think of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, but far more seductive is the pairing of Holmes and Professor James Moriarty, 'the Napoleon of crime' - a rivalry unparalleled in the world of crime fiction. Fiercely intelligent and a relentless schemer, Moriarty is the supervillain as megastar. This wonderfully diverse collection by writers such as Martin Edwards, Jrgen Ehlers, Barbara Nadel, L. C. Tyler, Michael Gregorio, Alison Joseph and...