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Sunshine Over Wildflower Cottage
₱99.00Alice doesn’t like animals. not after have been bitten by a dog as a child. and the feeling is mutual: animals seem to hate alice too. determined to change this, alice applies for a job at motley hall, a tumbledown animal sanctuary in the pennines which caters for a variety of unloved animals: a psychotic cat, a three-legged donkey, a prickle-less hedgehog, tame foxes and even an agoraphobic owl. just as she starts to feels as though she belongs, everything is turned upside down. the original owners of the land decide they want to destroy motley hall and build cheap housing on it. can alice stop them before it’s too late? the story of a woman finding her own place to call home and a new family, even if one of them is a three-legged donkey.
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Cocktails For Three
₱85.00Three women, smart and successful, working in the fast and furious world of magazines, meet for cocktails and gossip once a month. roxanne: glamorous, self-confident, with a secret lover – and hoping that one day he will leave his wife and marry her. maggie:capable and high-achieving, until she finds the one thing she can’t cope with – motherhood. candice:honest, decent, or so she believes – until a ghost from her past turns up, and almost ruins her life. a chance encounter in the cocktail bar sets in train an extraordinary set of events which upsets all their lives and almost destroys their friendship…
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Christmas At Tiffany’s
₱75.00Cassie settled down too young, marrying her first serious boyfriend. now, ten years later, she is betrayed and broken. with her marriage in tatters and no career or home of her own, she needs to work out where she belongs in the world and who she really is.
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The Love Child
₱85.00The unmissable brand new novel from rachel hore, sunday times bestselling author of last letter home, a 2018 richard and judy book club pick ‘a gorgeous and deeply absorbing story’ tracy rees a young mother’s sacrifice. a child’s desperate search for the truth . . . london, 1917 when nineteen-year-old alice copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. she simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. but all alice can think about is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and she mourns the father, a young soldier, so beloved, who will never have the chance to know his daughter. edith and philip burns, a childless couple, yearn for a child of their own. when they secretly adopt a baby girl, irene, their life together must surely be complete. irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children, but no one will tell her the full truth. putting hopes of marriage and children behind her, alice embarks upon a pioneering medical career, striving to make her way in a male-dominated world. meanwhile, irene struggles to define her own life, eventually leaving her suffolk home to find work in london. as two extraordinary stories intertwine across two decades, will secrets long-buried at last come to light? brilliantly evoking the changing attitudes of the time, the love child is a novel about love, family, separation, despair and hope, full of tenderness and deep feeling. ‘simply stunning . . . i savoured every moment of this moving story of love, loss and, ultimately, forgiveness. the love child is an absolutely beautiful book’ dinah jefferies ‘this tender account, spanning two generations, reveals how the loss affects mother and child across the years. a story that stirs the deepest emotions’ woman & home ‘a poignant story, rich in period detail’ sunday mirror ‘an emotive and thought-provoking read . . . my heart went out to both these two women as they faced such difficult personal decisions that would change their lives forever’ rosanna ley ‘i really enjoyed this book. hore tackles difficult subjects with a clever, light touch and a sunny positivity. her women are brave and good and you desperately want them to win’ daily mail ‘a novel that stirs the deepest emotions’ woman ‘rachel’s stories are always absorbing and intricately woven and the love child is no exception. this is a wonderfully moving tale of love and loss, hope and eventual reconciliation, and i very much enjoyed it’ barbara erskine ‘i found her writing warm, compassionate in this story about one girl’s search for her true identity amidst the secrets and dynamics of her adopted family. it had a realism about the poignancy of illegitimacy in this pre-war setting’ leah fleming ‘the love child is a hugely compelling, poignant and moving read. rachel has great skill as a storyteller and readers are sure to be engrossed and swept away by her clever double-stranded tale’ jane johnson
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First Aid Manual
₱150.00From first-aid essentials to life-saving procedures, it’s worth having someone who knows what they are doing to cope with life’s little (and big) emergencies. published in association with the uk’s three leading first-aid providers, this manual gives you the knowledge you need instantly if someone falls ill or gets hurt.
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The Gatecrasher
₱85.00Fleur daxeny is beautiful, unscrupulous, and has a large wardrobe of black designer suits. with the help of the obituaries, she gatecrashes the funerals and memorial services of the wealthy, preying on rich and newly vulnerable men. charming her way into their lives, their beds, and their bank accounts, she takes what she can and moves swiftly on
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City Lives
₱180.00Contained in the pages of this book are the stories of city lives. there are ordinary people on one level and more high-profile individuals on another, but all of them have something in common—their lives have been changed by an encounter with jesus. you’ll be introduced to lives from the premier league to parliament, fashion to finance, music to the military, baking to business, and more. each story of faith has something different that may intrigue, surprise, or shock you, but each will share with you how jesus has radically changed their life.
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Christmas Shopaholic
₱85.00Celebrate christmas with the ultimate shopaholic! a sunday times bestseller. the brilliant laugh-out-loud festive novel from the number one bestselling author. becky brandon (née bloomwood) adores christmas. it’s always the same – mum and dad hosting, carols playing, mum pretending she made the christmas pudding, and the next-door neighbours coming round for sherry in their terrible festive jumpers. and now it’s even easier with online bargain-shopping sites – if you spend enough you even get free delivery. sorted! but this year looks set to be different. unable to resist the draw of craft beer and smashed avocado, becky’s parents are moving to ultra-trendy shoreditch and have asked becky if she’ll host christmas this year. what could possibly go wrong? with sister jess demanding a vegan turkey, husband luke determined that he just wants aftershave again, and little minnie insisting on a very specific picnic hamper – surely becky can manage all this, as well as the surprise appearance of an old boyfriend and his pushy new girlfriend, whose motives are far from clear . . . will chaos ensue, or will becky manage to bring comfort and joy to christmas? ***** everybody loves christmas shopaholic: ***** ‘becky and christmas is just the perfect combination, and this book is funnier and more loveable than ever’ jenny colgan ‘a perfect christmas read, laced with humor, with plenty to empathise with. a joyful, funny novel’ catherine alliott ‘as sparkly as a christmas tree and full of festive joy, this one’s a total cracker’ lucy diamond ‘a brilliant, laugh-out-loud read’ woman’s weekly
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Bad Angels
₱99.00Step into limehouse wharf, the new, uber-luxury apartment building in canary wharf where celebrities who have had ‘work’ done can hole up until they have healed and which is about to see its most glamorous and scandalous christmas yet. staying there over the festive period is melody down, an actress whose career is in tatters after too much plastic surgery and who has fled la to get her body and her boyfriend back. but is a ‘well-meaning’ friend about to sabotage all of melody’s christmas wishes? meanwhile, aniela fatyga, the nurse in residence, finds herself falling for the unlikely jon jordan, an assassin for hire who is also convalescing there. will her feelings be reciprocated or will their sizzling relationship remain purely physical? and who is he on the run from? and then there’s oligarch grigor khalofsky, the owner of kensington football team, whose legendary christmas party is about to get a whole lot more exciting when murder, blackmail and scandalous revelations decide to pay a visit along with santa.
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First Aid Manual
₱140.00From first-aid essentials to life-saving procedures, it’s worth having someone who knows what they are doing to cope with life’s little (and big) emergencies. the latest edition of this best-selling manual, published in association with the uk’s three leading first-aid providers, gives you the knowledge you need instantly if someone falls ill or gets hurt. brand new live-action step-by-step photographs show you how to treat casualties and over 100 medical conditions and injuries, from minor burns to heart attacks. find information on the latest life-saving procedures and resuscitation guidelines as well as basic first aid techniques, like bandaging and applying dressings. plus, new chapters explain what it’s like being a first aider, what to do in an emergency situation and how to look after a casualty. keep it handy – for home, for work and for leisure.
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What Every Parent Needs To Know
₱120.00Re-writes the rule book on raising a child. based on over 700 scientific studies into children’s development, the author and child psychotherapist explains how to develop your child’s potential to the full. he reveals how touch, laughter and play build emotional wellbeing for life, and also strategies for dealing with temper tantrums and tears.
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The Unheard
₱70.00‘he did kill. kill and kill and kill.’ tess’s number one priority has always been her three-year-old daughter poppy. but splitting up with poppy’s father jason means that she cannot always be there to keep her daughter safe. when she finds a disturbing drawing, dark and menacing, among her daughter’s brightly coloured paintings, tess is convinced that poppy has witnessed something terrible. something that her young mind is struggling to put into words. but no one will listen. it’s only a child’s drawing, isn’t it? tess will protect poppy, whatever the price. but when she doesn’t know what, or who, she is protecting her from, how can she possibly know who to trust . . . ? ‘an intense, brilliantly crafted thriller that hums with menace from start to finish’ tm logan, author of trust me and the holiday ‘what an intriguing, compelling page-turner. i ate it up in two days’ liz nugent, author of our little cruelties ‘i love nicci french’s books, and with the unheard they are right at the top of their game. few crime writers can match their psychological acuity, of their ability to lead a reader through dizzying plot twists without ever losing pace. it’s an absolute masterclass of crime writing’ kate rhodes, author of the locked-island mystery series praise for nicci french: ‘confirms nicci french as the giant of the genre’ erin kelly ‘part ingenious locked-room mystery. part you’ve-got-the-wrong-person nightmare drama. part intricate memory game. yet all seamlessly woven together. french’s best book yet’ a j finn ‘expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable’ louise candlish ‘meticulously plotted, psychologically astute’ sarah vaughan ‘great writing, razor-sharp plotting, and powerful characterisation. i was 100 pages in before i even drew breath, and i defy anyone to see the ending coming’ cara hunter ‘it’s nicci french perfection – which, as we all know, is the best kind of perfection. so, so gripping and brilliantly clued’ sophie hannah ‘a novel that blissfully plays with two genres: on the one hand an against-the-odds legal thriller à la john grisham… and on the other a miss marple whodunnit’ sunday times ‘nicci french husband-and-wife writing team responsible for some of the uk’s best psychological thrillers have created a gem of a protagonist in tabitha’ observer ‘first-class’ independent ‘gripping’ literary review ‘gritty and moving – the husband-and-wife team have scored another hit’ best ‘a twisty and shocking read’ bella ‘engrossing’ good housekeeping
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The Twilight Phenomenon
₱180.00Created by stephenie meyer, the ‘twilight’ world is now an international success story. this book is a guide to the bestselling vampire series.
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Once Upon A Fever
₱180.00Since the world fell sick with fantastical illnesses, sisters paytonand ani have grown up in a hospital. when ani stumbles upon animprisoned boy who turns everything he touches to gold, her worldis turned upside-down. the sisters find themselves outside thehospital for the first time, a dark mystery unravelling …
