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Every winter, in the days leading up to Christmas, Benedikt walks into the snowy mountains of Iceland to rescue sheep lost in the blizzards. With his dog and his ram by his side, traversing wild snowstorms and crystalline nights, fuelled by endless cups of hot coffee, Benedikt dedicates himself to helping other living beings in need. It is midwinter in the harshest of landscapes, but this is a place of deep belonging and peace – brutal and remorseless yet irresistible and indispensable. It is also a time of peace, filled with the anticipation of that special time of year – the days before Christmas: Advent. This enchanting Icelandic classic of one man’s selfless quest at Christmas time has been newly translated into English for the first time in 90 years.
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Katagiri found a giant frog waiting for him in his apartment. It was powerfully built, standing over six feet tall on its hind legs. A skinny little man no more than five foot three, Katagiri was overwhelmed by the frog’s imposing bulk. ‘Call me ‘Frog,” said the frog in a clear, strong voice. Katagiri stood rooted in the doorway, unable to speak. ‘Don’t be afraid. I’m not here to hurt you. Just come and close the door. Please.’ Briefcase in his right hand, grocery bag with fresh vegetables and canned salmon cradled in his left arm, Katagiri didn’t dare move. ‘Please, Mr. Katagiri, hurry and close the door, and take off your shoes.’
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An adventurously oceanic jigsaw puzzle from the amazing imagination of Maria Rivans. For the fourth in her successful line of ‘great journey’ puzzles, Maria Rivans takes a dive into the deep. Taking Jules Verne’s classic adventure 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as her starting point, she explores the ocean and sea bed with her trademark collage juxtapositions, at once surprising and stylish. Discover colourful fish, fearsome sharks, kelp forests, wrecks, squid and more as you recreate her amazing submarine illustration!
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Dorothy and her dog Toto get swept away in a cyclone and find themselvesin a strange land called Oz.
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Graham Greene, the great 20th-century novelist, also wrote exceptional short stories. Selected and introduced by Yiyun Li, 22 of his very best stories are collected here, each of them bearing the hallmark themes that characterise Greene’s great novels: betrayal and vengeance, love and hate, pity and violence.
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A tea party at an Oxford college. Earnest undergraduates in floral dresses clink cups, discussing essay-crises, punting, summer balls. But to one student, they are grotesquely transformed: she is sitting among ominous armadillos with scaly shells, buzzing with black flies. Then, the laughter comes. As she is engulfed by mirthless hysterics, the Principal has no choice but to send her away. Josephine’s entrance into the world of other people wasn’t what she imagined. Since her mother’s death, reality seems a badly painted canvas, viewed through the wrong end of a telescope; she always thinks the wrong things, cowed by the brightness of existence. It is a relief to belong, for once, within the mental institution where she is taken. But eventually, she must reintegrate with society – and through a transformative encounter with a fellow patient, a return to real life seems possible.
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Alexander’s beauty, strength and defiance were apparent from birth, but his boyhood honed those gifts into the makings of a king. Killing his first man in battle at the age of 12, he became regent at sixteen and commander of Macedon’s cavalry at 18.
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Somewhere in Germany was hidden a manuscript that would rock Western Europe to its foundations: the testament of Martin Bormann.
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Super-spy Paul Chavasse – British Intelligence’s most maverick agent – is embroiled in an deadly double-cross, in this new revised edition of Jack Higgins’ classic spy thriller.
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A grand saga of divine wisdom, epic battles, and the eternal quest for justice, distilled into the lives of warriors and deities across the vast expanse of ancient India
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The epic story of Rama, hero and prince who must battle for justice and righteousness against forces of chaos and evil.
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‘Wolf Solent’ is the story of a young man returning from London to work near to the school where his father had taught history. Complex, romantic and humorous, it is a classic work that combines the ordinary and the spiritual.
