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Island Of Bones
₱80.00Gabriel crowther’s brother was hanged for their father’s murder in 1751. thirty years later, his sister returns with her wayward son to their childhood home of keswick. a body has been found on the little ‘island of bones’ in nearby derwent water, and the town is sick with rumours and suspicion. all eyes turn towards crowther and his friend harriet westerman to cure them, but he finds that his own past will not stay buried.
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The Luminaries
₱200.00It is 1866, and walter moody has come to make his fortune upon the new zealand goldfields. on arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. a wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.
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Half A World Away
₱150.00‘his most accomplished and moving novel yet’ lisa jewell ’emotionally high-voltage’ metro from the author of the man i think i know *** strangers living worlds apart. strangers with nothing in common. but it wasn’t always that way… kerry hayes is single mum, living on a tough south london estate. she provides for her son by cleaning houses she could never afford. taken into care as a child, kerry cannot forget her past. noah martineau is a successful barrister with a beautiful wife, daughter and home in fashionable primrose hill. adopted as a young child, noah never looks back. when kerry contacts noah, the sibling she lost on the day they were torn apart as children, she sets in motion a chain of events that will change both of their lives forever. by turns funny and moving, half a world away is a story that will stay with you long after you read its final page. *** readers love half a world away! ‘these are people who matter, situations one can believe. most readers will find themselves caring very much. a life-affirming read.’ vine ‘it isn’t easy, it is heart-wrenching, but, oh, is it worth reading. i can’t recommend this book highly enough.’ vine ‘how have i not read a mike gayle book before? i want to give this book all of the starts in the universe. i cried my eyes out at the end. it is touching, heart-wrenching and thought-provoking.’ netgalley ‘this story is raw and beautiful and sad. it puts lots of things into perspective and makes you think about what is important in life. beautifully written, easy to read and will certainly bring tears to your eyes. a must read.’ netgalley ‘this is a beautiful, beautiful book. it’s about family, about class, about love, about choices and sacrifice. it’s about letting go and learning to hold on. it’s optimistic and heartbreaking and funny and emotional. it’s the kind of book that will stay with you, long after you finish it. buy it, read it, love it – and hang on to those tissues, you’ll need them.’ netgalley authors love half a world away! ‘mike gayle has such a talent for delving into hearts, minds and contemporary issues. half a world away is supremely poignant, uplifting and heartwarming in equal measure – as well as being a real page-turner.’ sophie kinsella, author of surprise me ‘mike has a prodigious talent for writing completely relatable characters who draw you into their world and tug at your heart strings. half a world away is an absolute triumph and a joy to read. once again mike tackles complex and thorny issues with a confident and compassionate hand.’ ruth hogan, author of the keeper of lost things ‘half a world away is heartbreaking and beautiful, full of poignant moments and characters you fall for from page one. i couldn’t put it down.’ libby page, author of the lido
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A Commonplace Killing
₱99.00London, july 1946. a woman’s body is found in a disused bomb site off the holloway road. in this deeply evocative crime drama, sian busby strips away the veneer of stoicism and respectability in post-war britain to reveal a society riven with disillusionment and loss.
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Tom Clancy’s Support And Defend
₱65.00Dominic caruso, nephew to president jack ryan and operative for top secret intelligence agency the campus, is working in india when a terrorist hit takes out his trainer. caruso only just survives – barely intact. back in washington, they discover a mole has been leaking us secrets. soon he is on the tail of ethan ross – a man who thinks he’s too smart to ever get caught. but ross has many more secrets on a micro-drive and when he decides to run, it’s not just caruso and the fbi on his trail. the russians and a few angry terrorist groups will do anything to get to ross – and the vital information he carries. so it’s up to caruso to get to ross first…
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Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
₱230.00When harry, along with his best friends ron and hermione, go back for their third year at hogwarts, the atmosphere is tense. there’s an escaped mass murderer on the loose, and the sinister prison guards of azkaban have been called in to guard the school.
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Turtles All The Way Down
₱200.00Sixteen-year-old aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire russell pickett, but there’s a hundred thousand dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend, daisy, is eager to investigate. so together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from russell pickett’s son, davis. aza is trying. she is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
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If You Could Go Anywhere
₱200.00‘family secrets, new horizons and a gorgeous continent-crossing romance . . . prepare to be swept away!’ lucy diamond how do you find where you’re going, if you don’t know where you’re from? angie has always wanted to travel. but at twenty-seven, she has barely stepped outside the small mining town where she was born. instead, she discovers the world through stories told to her by passing travellers, dreaming that one day she’ll see it all for herself. when her grandmother passes away, leaving angie with no remaining family, she is ready to start her own adventures. then she finds a letter revealing the address of the father she never knew, and realises instantly where her journey must begin: italy. as angie sets out to find the truth – about her family, her past and who she really is – will mysterious and reckless italian alessandro help guide the way? ‘heart-warming, wistful and full of joy . . . paige toon tugs on the heartstrings like no other; this is a beautiful book about someone searching for her place in the world and finding herself along the way’ lindsey kelk ‘warm, inspiring, like a holiday mood in book form’ mhairi mcfarlane ‘i loved if you could go anywhere. such a beautiful love story; not just a heady, compelling romance, but a really charming, moving story about how a life is made of so many different kinds of love . . . will make every reader’s life feel a bit more magical’ daisy buchanan ‘toon writes beautifully about family, grief and the bravery in turning dreams into reality’ daily mail praise for paige toon: ‘you’ll love it, cry buckets and be uplifted’ marian keyes ‘tender, heartbreaking and magical’ giovanna fletcher ‘poignant and lovely, warm and wise’ milly johnson ‘a gorgeous, warm novel’ adele parks ‘for smart, romantic fiction, look no further than the new book from bestselling paige toon’ red ‘achingly romantic and brilliantly written . . . five stars!’ heat ‘filled with warmth and poignancy’ catherine isaac ‘simply gorgeous’ sun ‘you won’t be able to put down this emotional read’ closer ‘paige toon is the queen of will-they/won’t-they romance, setting up an ending that will leave you in bits’ sunday express ‘full of living-in-the-moment and what-might-have-been contrasts, this tender read pulls at the heart strings’ fabulous ‘a lovely read’ bella
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The Secrets We Keep
₱120.00It’s hard being that woman, the one whose husband disappeared. he went out five years ago for a pint of milk and never came back. so here i am with a daughter who blames me for everything, a son trying his best to pick up the pieces and a gaggle of neighbours who are incredibly nosy. then i find a left luggage ticket in the pocket of one of his old coats and suddenly i’m thinking… what if he’s not dead? what if he’s still out there somewhere?
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Dead Brigade
₱170.00Corporal jonah hammond commands the soldiers of the future: dead men, reanimated as robots. this zombie squad are the perfect fighting force, until they start to think for themselves. now they can learn and kill. the only thing they can’t do is die. even if they want to.
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How To Break Your Own Heart
₱200.00‘do you always sleep in separate beds?’ a question from her outspoken friend kiki shocks amelia bradlow into taking stock of her ‘perfect’ life. she might have the adoring husband, the flat in mayfair and the weekend cottage, but what about the things that really matter? like the unmentionable matter of the baby they haven’t had . . . just when she is most confused, up pops gorgeous joseph renwick – the first boy she ever kissed – back in town and dangerously single. struggling to put thoughts of him aside, amelia makes some big changes. a reinvigorated career and a style makeover turn her into a new woman – but husband ed preferred the old one. so with her internal clock ticking ever louder, amelia has to decide whether to stay in her nearly happy marriage, or take a gamble on going solo. is it better to break your own heart than to settle for second best?
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Ink
₱220.00The page-turning, heart-in-mouth first book in the bestselling ink trilogy. every action, every deed, every significant moment is tattooed on your skin for ever. when leora’s father dies, she is determined to see her father remembered forever. she knows he deserves to have all his tattoos removed and made into a skin book to stand as a record of his good life. but when she discovers that his ink has been edited and his book is incomplete, she wonders whether she ever knew him at all. full of universal themes that speak to a ya readership: finding your place in the world, reconciling your past and your future, first love, secrets and lies. big, bold, high-concept ya with a literary slant. books in the inktrilogy ink(book 1) spark(book 2) scar(book 3)
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You Have To Stop This
₱200.00When a mummy disappears from the local history museum while cass and her friends max-ernest and yo-yoji are there, they try to solve the case in order to clear their names and, they hope, discover the secret they have been seeking.
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Daughter Of The Sea
₱65.00When jessica is cast out of her family home, she meets a charming trawlerman who is proud to know her despite her brother’s bad reputation among the fisherman. but will jessica be able to weather the difficult times ahead?
