That Glimpse of Truth
£30.00The 100 finest short stories ever written, collected in one gorgeous volume.
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The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks
£14.99Lottie Brooks is 11 – and her life is already officially over. Not only is she about to start high school without any friends or glamorous swooshy hair, she’s just discovered she’s too flat-chested to wear A BRA! She might as well give up now and go into hibernation with her hamsters Sir Barnaby Squeakington and Fuzzball the Third.
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Betsey’s Birthday Surprise
£7.99It’s Betsey’s birthday and she’s been looking forward to it for ages. But when it seems like everyone has forgotten she decides to make herself a birthday treat. But Betsey’s in for a big surprise and so are her family!
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Magic Betsey
£7.99From the award-winning author of Noughts & Crosses, comes an adventure for 5-7 year olds. Perfect to read together or as first independent chapter books.Discover FOUR stories in one book. Have no fear, Betsey Biggalow is here! In this collection of stories, Betsey has lots of big ideas for her big adventures! Join her as:She puts on a magic show that doesn’t quite go to planBetsey learns the importance of believing in yourselfShe learns that practise makes perfectBetsey realises that some magic is real…This collection of mini adventures by the beloved Malorie Blackman is perfect to share, or for newly independent readers to read alone.”Perfect for young readers who are beginning to gain confidence in reading independently” – Book TrustAlso available in the Betsey Biggalow series: Betsey Biggalow Is Here!Betsey Biggalow The DetectiveBetsey’s Birthday SurpriseHurricane Betsey.
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The Money Trap
£10.99The former President & CFO of SoftBank Group International takes us inside the elite, high-stakes world of tech investment.
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The Feelings Book
£7.99The Feelings Bookis a multi-sensory exploration of different emotions, through touch-and feel patches and expressive monster characters.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
£18.99This hardback edition presents a collection of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Sherlock Holmes stories. Sherlock Holmes and the faithful Dr Watson are featured here in a series of twelve of their earliest cases. They include ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’ where Holmes is outwitted by an unexpected rival; ‘The Red-Headed League’, which begins with a bizarre newspaper advertisement for red-haired men; and ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’, in which the great detective traces a sinister whistling sound to its lethal source.
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Emerald and the New Arrival
£6.99Meet Emerald’s the most rebellious princess under the sea! In this story, Emerald’s mum is expecting a baby and Emerald is feeling a little unsure about being a big sister . . . but she’ll soon realize that family life is full of surprises!
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Lowest Common Denominator
£14.99Writing in the wake of her father’s death, the narrator of Pirkko Saisio’s autofictional novel transports us to the 1950s Finland of her youth, where she navigates life as an only child of communist parents. Convinced she will grow up to become a man, a young Pirkko keeps trying and failing to meet the expectations of the adults around her. With wit and style, Saisio captures the heart-wrenching intensity of childhood feeling, merging fever dreams with sensory-laden memories as each formative experience – with the Big Bad Wolf, a bikini-clad circus announcer, and Jesus Christ himself – drives her further and further from her family and others.
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Map to Starlight Hollow
£7.99Paisley and her friends love being Dream Keepers and making sure everyone in their sleepy town has sweet dreams. Even though Paisley’s family has lived all over, Moon Wood is definitely her favourite place in the world. So when she discovers her family might be moving away, Paisley doesn’t know what to do! Then Joya asks the Dream Keepers to update a beautiful, old map of Moon Wood. Paisley hopes the task will distract her from her dilemma. But as Paisley’s worries grow, the Queen of Nightmare’s shadows may find their way into Moon Wood once more. Can Paisley and her friends find strength in their friendship to shine a light in the darkness?
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Carthage
£22.00Carthage was a power that dominated the western Mediterranean for almost six centuries before its fall to Rome. The history of the realm and its Carthaginians was subsumed by their conquerors and, along the way, the story of the real Carthage was lost. In this landmark new history, Eve MacDonald tells the essential story of the lost culture of Carthage and of its forgotten people, using archaeological analysis to uncover the history behind the legend. A journey that takes us the Phoenician Levant of the early Iron Age to the Atlantic and all along the coast of Africa, the book puts the city and the story of North Africa once again at the centre of Mediterranean history. Reclaimed from the Romans, this is the Carthaginian version of the tale, revealing to us that, without Carthage, there would be no Rome.
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Sense and Sensibility
£18.99Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are forced by their father’s death to leave their home and enter into the contests of polite society. The charms of unsuitable men and the schemes of rival ladies mean that their paths to success will be beset with disappointment.
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Discover the Dragons
£14.99Discover the Dragons is a fun card game where you can put your memory skills to the test and learn about the diverse dragons of the world while you play.
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The Great Gatsby
£18.99The world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsby’s party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a secret longing. In between sips of champagne his guests speculate about their mysterious host. Some say he’s a bootlegger. Others swear he was a German spy during the war. They lean in and whisper ‘he killed a man once’. Just where is Gatsby from and what is the obsession that drives him?
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The Moonlighters
£8.99When ten-year-old Theo runs off from a school trip to London’s Natural History Museum and decides to pay his gran a surprise visit, he discovers the surprise is on him – his gran is on holiday and Theo finds himself alone in the big city with nowhere to turn. Enter Alistair Goodfellow, a mysterious, flamboyant young person with a charismatic twinkle in his eye. Alistair offers Theo a room at the Casablanca Lily – by day, a run-down and unloved hotel; by night, a palace of magical wonders. Each night, Alistair sends their found family of runaways and ne’er-do-wells, the Moonlighters, out into London in search of lost magical artefacts, gifting them their own magical powers as a reward. Theo is quickly enthralled, but there is more to Alistair than meets the eye, and soon Theo comes to realise that the items Alistair is hunting could be more dangerous than he’d ever imagined.