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Percy Jackson And The Sea Of Monsters
Percy jackson – the son of poseidon – has had an unnervingly quiet school year. but then he discovers that the magical borders protecting half blood hill, a summer camp dedicated to training young demi-gods, are failing. unless something is done, the camp will be attacked by demons and monsters.
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Everything I Never Told You
Amazon. com’s #1 book of the year 2014 lydia is the favourite child of marilyn and james lee; a girl who inherited her mother’s bright blue eyes and her father’s jet-black hair. her parents are determined that lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue – in marilyn’s case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in james’s case that lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the centre of every party. but lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in 1970s small town ohio. her father is an american born of first-generation chinese immigrants, and his ethnicity, and hers, make them conspicuous in any setting. when lydia’s body is found in the local lake, james is consumed by guilt and sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to make someone accountable, no matter what the cost. lydia’s older brother, nathan, is convinced that local bad boy jack is somehow involved. but it’s the youngest in the family – hannah – who observes far more than anyone realises and who may be the only one who knows what really happened. everything i never told you is a gripping page-turner, about secrets, love, longing, lies and race.
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Dodger
Dodger is a tosher – a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of dickensian london. everyone who is nobody knows dodger. anyone who is anybody doesn’t. but when he rescues a young girl from a beating, suddenly everybody wants to know him. and dodger’s tale of skulduggery, dark plans and even darker deeds begins . . .
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Eleanor & Park
Eleanor is a new girl in town, and she feels very alone. wearing mis-matched clothes, having red hair and a mad home life, she certainly stands out in a crowd. then she takes a seat on the bus next to park. park is a quiet, cautious and, in eleanor’s eyes, fantastically cool. park has figured out that flying under the radar is the best way to get by. gradually with late-night conversations and songs, eleanor and park fall in love…
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Milkman
Winner of the man booker prize 2018: a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. it is the story of inaction with enormous consequences. ‘milkman is extraordinary. i’ve been reading passages aloud for the pleasure of hearing it. it’s frightening, hilarious, wily and joyous all at the same time.’ – lisa mcinerney, author of the glorious heresies
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Monogamy
‘penetrating, intelligent, humane, funny too … smart and powerfully alive’ tessa hadley ‘superb’ daily mail ‘a poignant page-turner, delving deep into our most intimate relationships’ evening standard annie is the great love of graham’s life. here they are in late middle-age, the photographer and the bookseller, so mismatched and yet so well-matched. theirs is a happy marriage of nearly thirty years – and even the happiest of marriages, graham tells himself, have their secrets. then the unthinkable happens, and suddenly annie is alone, stumbling in the dark. how much can we ever know the people who love us? ‘with what exquisite truth sue miller writes … i was completely wrapped up in the beautifully, and often so tenderly observed rollercoaster of grief. an invaluably moving book’ juliet nicolson ‘it’s absolutely wonderful – detailed, precise emotions that miller gets down in such a tender moving way … devasting. brilliant’ claire fuller
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Assassin’s Creed The Renaissance Codex Book 1
Assassin’s creed: renaissance is the thrilling novelisation by oliver bowden based on the game series. ‘i will seek vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. i am ezio auditore di firenze. i am an assassin…’ the year of our lord 1476 – the renaissance: culture and art flourish alongside the bloodiest corruption and violence. bitter blood-feuds rage between the warring political families of italy. following the murder of his father and brothers, ezio auditore di firenze is entrusted with an ancient codex, the key to a conspiracy that goes back to the centuries-old conflict between the shadowy templar knights and the elite order of assassins. ezio must avenge the deaths of his kinsmen and in doing so fulfil his destiny, and live by the laws of the assassin’s creed. truth is written in blood assassin’s creed: renaissance is based on the phenomenally successful gaming series. fans of the game will love these stories. other titles in the series include assassin’s creed: forsaken, assassin’s creed: brotherhood, assassin’s creed: the secret crusade, and assassin’s creed: revelations. oliver bowden is the pen-name of an acclaimed novelist.
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Thanks For The Memories
A compelling and perceptive tale of intimacy, memory and relationships from the bestselling author joyce conway remembers things she shouldn’t. she knows about tiny cobbled streets in paris, which she has never visited. and every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair. justin hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. he arrives in dublin to give a lecture on art and meets an attractive doctor, who persuades him to donate blood. it’s the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time. when joyce leaves hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, she moves back in with her elderly father. all the while, a strong sense of déjà vu is overwhelming her and she can’t figure out why … cecelia ahern: making the everyday magical.
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The Hunger Games
The astonishing best-seller is now a fantastic movie. here is the original novel with new movie artwork on the cover. set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality tv show is taking place. twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called the hunger games. there is only one rule: kill or be killed. when sixteen-year-old katniss everdeen steps forward to take her younger sisters place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. but katniss has been close to death before. for her, survival is second nature.
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Pride And Prejudice
Elizabeth bennet’s early determination to dislike mr. darcy is a prejudice only matched by his arrogant pride.
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The Careful Use Of Compliments
For philosophically minded isabel dalhousie, editor of the review of applied ethics, getting through life with a clear conscience requires careful thought. and with the arrival of baby charlie, not to mention a passionate relationship with his father jamie, fourteen years her junior, isabel enters deeper and rougher waters. late motherhood is not the only challenge facing isabel. even as she negotiates a truce with her furious niece cat, and struggles for authority over her son with her formidable housekeeper grace, isabel finds herself drawn into the story of a painter’s mysterious death off the island of jura. perhaps most seriously of all, isabel’s professional existence and that of her beloved review come under attack from the machiavellian and suspiciously handsome professor dove. a master storyteller whether debating ethics in edinburgh or pursuing lady detectives in africa, here alexander mccall smith is as witty and wise as his irresistibly spirited heroine.
