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The Prophet
.The Prophet, an international besteller and translated into over fifty languages, is the best-known and best-loved of Kahil Gibran's many spiritual and religious writings. Inspired largely by the beauty and timelessness of nature, The Prophet, arrayed as twentysix prose poetry essays, speaks of love an...
Notes from Underground and the Double
'The best thing is to do nothing! Better conscious inertia! So, long live the underground!'Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of hose own insignificance, the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's groundbreaking Notes from Undergroundtells the story of his tortured life. With bitter irony, he ...
Things I Didn't Know
The opening lengthy chapter is a brutal and briliant description of the terrible WA car accident several years ago that nearly took his life and left him physically and mentally shattered. In this beautifully written and searingly honest opening, that could be a small book in itself, Hughes makes you un...
Three Cheers For The Paraclete
Winner of the 1968 Miles Franklin Award From the moment he allows his young cousin and bride to spend the night in his room, Father Maitland causes raised eyebrows and dark mutterings amongst the brothers at St Peter's. Time and again his efforts to do the right thing for his fellow men lead him into co...
Gibblewort the Goblin: the Winter Escape Collection
"Goblin at the Zoo hen Gibblewort wakes up at the zoo, he thinks he's in deepest, darkest Africa. So he squeezes his way into a nice, safe cage only to find he's become the object of affection for a female chimpanzee! Every time Gibblewort manages to escape her clutches, he finds himself being thrown, k...
The Good Girl of Chinatown
Serve it piping hot, And what have you got? A burlesque - A Shanghai burlesque show! From the claustrophobia of Sydney suburbia to the grim austerity of East London, Jenevieve Chang has been running away for as long as she can remember. Now - along with thousands of other Westerners trying to escape the...
The Puffin Book of Ghosts and Ghouls
A chilling collection of 14 ghostly stories with a glow-in-the-dark cover Enter the terrifying world of the supernatural and meet an unnerving array of ghosts and ghouls, from a Victorian child with disturbing powers, two children with a gruesome plan, a boy who suddenly realizes that HE is a ghost, to ...
Rocket-Bye Baby: a Spaceflight Lullaby
When stars begin to twinkle in the night sky, it's time for an outer-space lullaby. A perfect bedtime read to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing Rocket-bye, Baby, up to the moon. Nighttime is falling; sleep will come soon.We'll climb in the spaceship and that's where we'll stay, snuggl...
The Memory Police
'A masterpiece' Guardian A compelling speculative mystery by one of Japan's greatest writers. Hat, ribbon, bird, rose. To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough, the i...
The Last Day: The Sunday Times bestseller
_________________________________ 'A beautifully realised and thought-provoking thriller.' THE TIMES 'A taut, thrilling runaround' GUARDIAN 'Reminiscent of Robert Harris's high-concept conspiracy thrillers' FINANCIAL TIMES _________________________________ A WORLD HALF IN DARKNESS. A SECRET SHE MUST BRI...
Run Rose Run: The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller
'Told with passion and sensitivity' Daily Mail'Will have you rooting for them all the way' Guardian'Like having Dolly in the room with you' Val McDermid'One great read' Lisa Gardner'Unforgettably good stuff' Tony Parsons'A diverting duet' Financial Times___________________________The global number one b...
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