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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
₱99.00At a café table in lahore, a pakistani man converses with a stranger. as dusk deepens to dark, he begins the tale that has brought him to this fateful meeting… among the brightest and best of his graduating class at princeton, changez is snapped up by an elite firm and thrives on new york and the intensity of his work. and his infatuation with fragile erica promises entree into manhattan society on the exalted footing his own family once held back in lahore. for a time, it seems as though nothing will stand in the way of changez’s meteoric rise to personal and professional success: the fulfilment of the immigrant’s dream. but in the wake of september 11, he finds his position in the city he loves suddenly overturned, and his budding relationship with erica eclipsed by the reawakened ghosts of her past. and changez’s own identity is in seismic shift as well, unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and perhaps even love.
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Fated
₱150.00Strange things are happening to daire santos. crows mock her, glowing people stalk her, time stops without warning, and a beautiful boy with unearthly blue eyes haunts all her dreams. fearing for her daughter’s sanity, daire’s mother sends her to live with the grandmother she’s never met, but who recognizes the visions for what they truly are-the call to her destiny as a soul seeker-one who can navigate the worlds between the living and dead.
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Murder Before Evensong
₱120.00The instantly iconic no. 1 bestseller ‘devotees of midsomer murders and agatha christie’s miss marple stories will feel most at home here’ guardian ‘i’ve been waiting for a novel with vicars, rude old ladies, murder and sausage dogs… et voila!’ dawn french ‘cosy crime with a cutting edge’ telegraph ‘whodunnit fans can give praise and rejoice’ ian rankin ‘charming and funny’ observer even better than i knew it would be’ india knight ‘quintessentially english’ sunday express ‘an absolute joy’ adam kay ”wry, tongue-in cheek and whimsical’ daily mail ‘glorious’ robert webb ‘beautifully written, charming, funny, intelligent and mordant too’ sunday times ‘pitch perfect’ philip pullman ‘a cunning whodunnit’ daily express canon daniel clement is rector of champton, where he lives alongside his widowed mother – opinionated, fearless, ever-so-slightly annoying audrey – and his two dachshunds, cosmo and hilda. when daniel announces a plan to install a lavatory in the church, the parish is suddenly (and unexpectedly) divided: as lines are drawn, long-buried secrets come dangerously close to destroying the apparent calm of the village. and then anthony bowness – cousin to bernard de floures, patron of champton – is found dead at the back of the church. as the police moves in and the bodies start piling up, daniel is the only one who can try and keep his community together… and catch a killer.
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Redemption Falls
₱80.001865. the american civil war is ending. eighteen years after the famine ship star of the sea docked at new york, the daughter of two of her passengers sets out from baton rouge, louisiana, on a walk across a devastated america. eliza duane mooney is searching for a young boy she has not seen in four years, one of the hundred thousand children drawn into the war. his fate has been mysterious and will prove extraordinary. it’s a walk that will have consequences for many seemingly unconnected survivors- a love-struck cartographer, a haunted latina poetess, rebel guerrilla cole mclaurenson, runaway slave elizabeth longstreet and the mercurial revolutionary james con o’keeffe, who commanded a brigade of irish immigrants in the union army and is now governor of a western wilderness where nothing is as it seems. redemption falls is a tale of war and forgiveness, of strangers in a strange land, of love put to the ultimate test. packed with music, balladry, poetry and storytelling, this is a riveting historical novel of urgent contemporary resonance, from the author of the internationally bestselling star of the sea.
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Holding Up The Universe
₱180.00“a boy with face blindness and a girl who struggles with weight fall in love”–
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The Second Sister
₱120.00The chilling new psychological thriller by claire kendal, author of the bestselling novel, the book of you, which was selected for richard and judy in 2015. perfect for fans of the girl on the train and disclaimer. it is ten years since ella’s sister miranda disappeared without trace, leaving her young baby behind. chilling new evidence links miranda to the horrifying jason thorne, now in prison for murdering several women. is it possible that miranda knew him? at thirty, miranda’s age when she vanished, ella looks uncannily like the sister she idolized. what holds ella together is her love for her sister’s child and her work as a self-defence expert helping victims. haunted by the possibility that thorne took miranda, and driven by her nephew’s longing to know about his mother, ella will do whatever it takes to uncover the truth – no matter how dangerous…
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Fear
₱200.00As the young residents of perdido beach begin to better comprehend the truths of who they are and their relationships to one another, the darkness finds a new way to be born, bringing their understanding of fear to a new level.
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The School For Good Mothers
₱200.00The new york times bestseller an obama’s 2022 summer reading pick ‘will resonate with fans of celeste ng’s little fires everywhere’ elle ‘destined to be a feminist classic – kept me up at night’ pandora sykes ‘the handmaid’s tale for the squid game generation’ telegraph frida liu had fed and changed her toddler harriet. she had a work deadline – an article to finish, a job hanging by a thread, a file she’d left in the office. she would go get it. harriet would be fine. but then the neighbours heard her crying. soon, the state will decide that frida is not fit to care for her daughter. that she must be re-trained. that bad mothers everywhere will be re-educated. will their mistakes cost them everything? the school for good mothers is an explosive and thrilling novel about love, perfectionism and parenthood. a riveting, thought-provoking read’ daily mail ‘a remarkable, propulsive novel’ vogue ‘a portrait of our fanatical culture of judgement against women, and mothers in particular’ metro
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You Me Everything
₱180.00*** the feel-good novel of the summer and a richard & judy book club 2018 selection *** ‘wow. just wow. if you liked me before you, you’ll love you me everything’ sunday times bestseller clare mackintosh set in the french countryside over one hot summer, you me everything is a tender novel about finding joy and love even in the most unexpected places. jess and her ten-year-old son william set off to spend the summer at château de roussignol, deep in the rich, sunlit hills of the dordogne. there, jess’s ex-boyfriend and william’s father, adam, runs a beautiful hotel in a restored castle. jess is bowled over by what adam has accomplished, but she’s in france for a much more urgent reason: to make adam connect with his own son. jess can’t allow adam to let their son down because she is tormented by a secret of her own, one that nobody – especially william – must discover. by turns life-affirming, heart-wrenching and joyful, you me everything is a novel about one woman’s fierce determination to grab hold of the family she has and never let go, and a romantic story as heady as a crisp sancerre on a summer day. ’emotional and powerful – and also hugely enjoyable. it’s a love story in every sense of the word’ claire frost ‘you broke my heart and made it soar! isabelle broom ‘packed with twists and surprises’ good housekeeping ‘a heart-wrenching story which explores the lengths we’re willing to go to for those we love’ cosmopolitan ‘beautiful’ closer ‘will stay with you’ marie claire us ‘a heart-breakingly real story and poignant story of love, regret and second chances. this is one of the books that everyone will be talking about’ heat ‘destined for big things’ red ‘an ideal holiday read’ sunday mirror ‘one of the summer’s big hitters’ fabulous ‘must read’ new york post ‘what a gorgeous book. a sensitive subject, beautifully handled. loved it’ jill mansell ‘heartwarming, thoughtful and very special’ jenny colgan ‘reminiscent of one day’ sarah vaughan ‘too early for a book of the year? i don’t think so! i adored you me everything. i lived it. i loved it. i will never, ever forget it’ linda’s book bag ‘a shimmering setting, a rekindled love and a looming tragedy … i tore through it and loved it to the last word’ louise candlish ‘i laughed, i cried and i even cheered. i have a feeling you me everything will be the book everyone is talking about in 2018’ kate’s book spot ‘what a beautiful, heart-wrenching read’ rea’s book reviews ‘i’m in pieces; such a stunningly eloquent, heartfelt story. this will be the book everyone is talking about’ penny parkes ‘fabulous, you are all in for a major treat’ milly johnson ‘one to watch out for’ book angel
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The One Memory Of Flora Banks
₱149.00“flora has anterograde amnesia. she can’t remember anything day-to-day: the joke her friend made, the instructions her parents gave her, how old she is. then she kisses someone she shouldn’t, and the next day she remembers it. it’s the first time she’s remembered anything since she was ten”–
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The Ambassador’s Mission
₱200.00The first book in the traitor spy trilogy. sonea, once the despised commoner in the magicians’ guild, is now a black magician of kyralia. though she is now part of the establishment, she comes to find that the past is not so easily left behind.
