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The Forgetting Time
‘when i wasn’t reading sharon guskin’s the forgetting time, i was itching to return to it’ jodi picoult a richard and judy book club selection noah is four and wants to go home. the only trouble is he’s already there. noah is a little boy who knows things he shouldn’t and remembers things he should have forgotten. because as well as being a four-year-old called noah, he remembers being a nine-year-old called tommy. he remembers his house. his family. his mother. and now he wants to go home. two boys. two mothers. one unforgettable story . . .
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Camino Island
All trails became dead-ends. tips that had at first seemed urgent now faded away. the waiting game began. whoever had the manuscripts would want money, and a lot of it. they would surface eventually, but where and when, and how much would they want? the most daring and devastating heist in literary history targets a high security vault located deep beneath princeton university. valued at $25 million (though some would say priceless) the five manuscripts of f scott fitzgerald’s only novels are amongst the most valuable in the world. after an initial flurry of arrests, both they and the ruthless gang of thieves who took them have vanished without trace. dealing in stolen books is a dark business, and few are initiated to its arts – which puts bruce kable right on the fbi’s rare asset recovery unit’s watch list. a struggling writer burdened by debts, mercer mann spent summers on florida’s idyllic camino island as a kid, in her grandmother’s beach cottage. now she is being made an offer she can’t refuse: to return to the peace of the island, to write her novel – and get close to a certain infamous bookseller, and his interesting collection of manuscripts . . .
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Four
A collection of four pre-divergent stories plus three additional scenes from divergent, all told from tobias’s point of view, that follow tobias’s transfer from abnegation to dauntless, his dauntless initiation, the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions, and the weeks after he meets tris prior.
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The Rosie Effect
The rosie effect is the charming and hilarious sequel to graeme simsion’s bestselling debut novel the rosie project. until a year ago, forty-one-year-old geneticist don tillman had never had a second date. until he met rosie, ‘the world’s most incompatible woman’. now, living in new york city, they have survived ten months and ten days of marriage. but though rosie has taught him the joys of unscheduled sex and spontaneous meal planning, life is still not plain sailing for don. not least with the sudden arrival of his best friend gene, serial philanderer, who takes up residence on their sofa. then rosie drops the mother of all bombshells. and soon don must face her hormonally induced irrational behaviour as he prepares for the biggest challenge of his previously ordered life – at the same time as dodging deportation, prosecution and professional disgrace. is don tillman ready to become the man he always dreamed of being? or will he revert to his old ways and risk losing rosie forever? join don and rosie in the next chapter of their weird and wonderful journey in graeme simsion’s unmissable new novel, the rosie effect. praise for graeme simsion:’warm-hearted and perfectly pitched, with profound themes that are worn lightly, this very enjoyable read promises to put don tillman on the comic literary map somewhere between mr pooter and adrian mole.’ guardian’funny, endearing, and pure, wonderful escapism.’ independent’don tillman is one of the most endearing, charming and fascinating literary characters i have met in a long time.’ the timesgraeme simsion is a full-time writer. previously an it consultant and educator, he wrote his first book in 1994 (the standard reference on data modelling). graeme’s debut novel, the rosie project, has had phenomenal success in over forty-two countries and has sold over half a million copies to date. the rosie effect is his second novel. graeme lives in australia with his wife anne, a professor of psychiatry and published author, and their two children.
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Alias Grace
Sometimes i whisper it over to myself: murderess. murderess. it rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor.’ grace marks. female fiend? femme fatale? or weak and unwilling victim? around the true story of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 1840s, margaret atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality, cruelty and mystery.
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First Children’s Dictionary
Filled with useful definitions, first children’s dictionary is an ideal first reference book for children eager to expand their vocabulary. with over 3,000 entries of updated, curriculum-linked content, first children’s dictionary is an ideal starting place for young children wanting to describe the world around them. from using a dictionary to word histories that help develop an understanding of where words come from, this dictionary for kids is an essential first reference book. perfect for homework, first children’s dictionary is the ideal starting place for children aged 6 and up intrigued about where words come from.
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The Guilty Couple
‘wow. addictive. and what an ending!’ – sunday times bestselling author claire douglas ‘a red-hot, non-stop rollercoaster of a book’ – sunday times bestselling author lisa jewell what would you do if your husband framed you for murder? five years ago, olivia sutherland was convicted of plotting to murder her husband. now she’s finally free, olivia has three goals. repair her relationship with her daughter. clear her name. and bring down her husband – the man who framed her. just how far is she willing to go to get what she wants? and how far will her husband go to stop her? because his lies run deeper than olivia could ever have imagined – and this time it’s not her freedom that’s in jeopardy, but her life… your favourite authors love the guilty couple! ‘shot through with a propulsive sense of gritty threat and high-stakes tension, this is bold, memorable, top-tier thriller writing.’ – bestselling author b p walter ‘the guilty couple is a one-breath rollercoaster ride, with twists, turns, ups and downs… then just when you think it’s over, there’s another loop ahead! a proper, classy thriller.’ – janice hallett, sunday times bestselling author of the appeal ‘cl taylor has done it again. a fast paced, thrilling read that i couldn’t put down. i loved it!’ – bestselling author heidi perks ‘i loved the guilty couple so much. twisty, compelling, tense and fast-paced and thoroughly unputdownable.’ – multimillion-copy bestselling author angela marsons ‘wow, the guilty couple doesn’t let up for a moment – you’re in for ride!’ – bestselling author sarah pinborough ‘twisty, taut, unbearably tense. brava, c. l. taylor, you’ve done it again!’ – bestselling author emma stonex and readers love the guilty couple, too! ‘a hugely entertaining, tense and twisting read.’ ‘pulse-pounding’ ‘thrilling and exciting… the ending was brilliant.’ ‘my heart was in my throat throughout the entire book.’ ‘this is the best book i have read in a long time.’ ‘wow!’
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The Christmas Pig
One boy and his toy are about to change everything… jack loves his childhood toy, dur pig. dp has always been there for him, through good and bad. until one christmas eve, something terrible happens – dp is lost. but christmas eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life… even toys. and jack’s newest toy – the christmas pig (dp’s annoying replacement) – has a daring plan: together they’ll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost, and to save the best friend jack has ever known… a heart-warming, page-turning adventure about one child’s love for his most treasured thing, and how far he will go to find it. a tale for the whole family to fall in love with, from one of the world’s greatest storytellers. a gorgeously gifty hardback, with full-colour jacket and featuring 9 black and white spreads and decorative inside art from renowned illustrator, jim field.
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The Couple Next Door
How well do you know the couple next door? or your husband? or even yourself? anne and marco conti seem to have it all, a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, cora. but one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. but the truth is a much more complicated story. inside the curtained house, an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. detective rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. both anne and marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they’ve kept for years.
