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The Troy Quartet volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Bringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy and of the heroes who fought there. Enraged by the betrayal of Helen and Paris, Menelaus and his brother, the High King Agamemnon, gather their allies and set out to conquer the city of Troy. Aboard their ships and behind the city?s walls are figures whose names and deeds echo through history - the wily strategist Odysseus, the Trojan...
Author
Publisher
Bolinda/Penguin audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
'The number of women my brother Matthew killed, so far as I can reckon it, is one hundred and six ...' 1645. When Alice Hopkins' husband dies in a tragic accident, she returns to the small Essex town of Manningtree, where her brother Matthew still lives. But home is no longer a place of safety. Matthew has changed, and there are rumours spreading through the town: whispers of witchcraft, and of a great book, in which he is gathering women's names....
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English
Description
In Rita Bradshaw's Beneath a Frosty Moon, it?s 1940 and Britain is at war with Germany. For Cora Stubbs and her younger siblings this means being evacuated to the safety of the English countryside. But little does Cora know that Hitler?s bombs are nothing compared to the danger she will face in her new home, and she is forced to grow up fast. However, Cora is a fighter and she strives to carve out a new life for herself and her siblings. Time passes,...
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English
Description
BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard. In the acclaimed BBC Radio Shakespeare series, each play is introduced by Richard Eyre, former Director of the Royal National Theatre. Revitalised, original and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the...
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure and complexity, Anything is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Anything is Possible tells the story of the inhabitants of rural, dusty Amgash, Illinois, the hometown of Lucy Barton, a successful New York writer who finally returns, after 17 years of absence, to visit the siblings she left behind....
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Language
English
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Two years ago, Fran's sister Jenna disappeared on a wellness retreat in the Mediterranean that went terribly wrong. Tom Wade, the now infamous man behind SoulShrink Retreats, has just been released from prison after serving his sentence for the deaths of two people. But he has never let on what happened to the third victim: Jenna. Determined to find out the truth, Fran books herself onto his upcoming retreat - the first since his release - and finds...
Author
Publisher
Pan
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
One of Spain?s richest men is dying. But as he prepares his estate, his family is shocked to discover he is making plans to give away his wealth to a young woman they have never even heard of. Who is she and what hold does she have over him? Charlotte Fairfax is asked to travel to the troubled family?s home in Spain to get to the bottom of the mysterious bequest. It?s the week before her wedding but she is confident she has time - there?s only one...
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The war may be over, but for Molly life is still in turmoil. Uprooted from London after the death of her mother, Molly, her father and younger brother Jimmy are starting again in a quiet village in the countryside of Colchester. As summer sets in, the heat is almost as oppressive as the village gossip. Molly dreams of becoming a journalist, finding a voice in the world, but most of the time must act as Jimmy's carer. At just ten years old he is Molly's...
Author
Series
Legacy of Orisha volume 1
Publisher
Macmillan Digital Audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Winner of the Tonight Show Summer Reads with Jimmy Fallon. Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut Children of Blood and Bone. They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Zľie remembers when the soil of Ors̐ha hummed with magic. When different clans ruled - Burners igniting flames, Tiders beckoning waves, and Zľie?s Reaper mother summoning forth...
11) Slime
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Language
English
Description
The new children?s book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams - a fantastically funny tale illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross. WELCOME TO THE ISLE OF MULCH?This little island is home to a large number of horrible grown-ups. The school, the local park, the toy shop and even the island?s ice-cream van are all run by awful adults who like nothing more than making children miserable. And the island is owned by the most awful one of all -...
12) The sanatorium
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Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
EVERYONE'S IN DANGER. ANYONE COULD BE NEXT. An imposing, isolated hotel, high up in the Swiss Alps, is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But she's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when she receives an invitation out of the blue to celebrate her estranged brother's recent engagement, she has no choice but to accept. Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge. Though it's beautiful, something about...
13) The burpee bears
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English
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Meet the Burpee Bears in this glorious picture book created by the Nation's Favourite PE Teacher, Joe Wicks! For this bear family, every day is a new day: a day for adventure and discovery, and true to Joe?s ethos, each book will feature a fun and positive story with added exercises and recipes - perfect for families to share and enjoy together!The Burpee Bearsis the first book in the series and is infused with Joe?s signaturesense...
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Series
Monster Doughnuts volume 1
Publisher
Piccadilly Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A deliciously funny series from sparkling new talent Gianna Pollero, illustrated by the award-winning Sarah Horne Ten-year-old Grace likes doughnuts and cakes as much as the next kid - but they are also her secret weapon. Grace is a monster hunter who owns a bakery - and everyone knows how much monsters LOVE any kind of sweet treat! Just don't tell them about the secret exploding baking powder inside the doughnuts and the cookies ... When Grace's...
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Publisher
Hot Key Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
'The windows on all the skyscrapers are smashed . . . No power, no lights, no people . . . It's a parallel New York of some kind.' THE COMING END When Skye Rogers and her twin brother Red move to Manhattan, rumours of a coming global apocalypse are building. But this does not stop the young elite of New York from partying without a care. CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? And then suddenly Skye is invited to join an exclusive gang known as the Secret Runners...
Author
Publisher
Hot Key Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Winner of Best Narration by the Author at the Audie Awards 2020 for WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH Finalist in Best Young Adult Audiobook at the Audie Awards 2020 for WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH The stunning new novel in verse from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning and Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author of THE POET X Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to...
17) Jungledrop
Author
Series
The Unmapped Chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
?Nothing, and I mean nothing, is more powerful than a child in possession of a plan.? Eleven-year-old twins, Fox and Fibber, have been rivals for as long as they can remember. Only one of them will inherit the family fortune and so a race is afoot to save the dwindling Petty-Squabble empire and win the love of their parents. But when the twins are whisked off to Jungledrop, a magical Unmapped Kingdom in charge of conjuring our world?s...
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