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Queenie
₱200.00The sunday times bestseller book of the year at the british book awards shortlisted for the costa first novel award longlisted for the women’s prize for fiction ‘brilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking’ jojo moyes ‘a must-read novel about sex, selfhood, and the best friendships that get us through it all’ candace bushnell, author of sex and the city queenie is a twenty-five-year-old black woman living in south london, straddling jamaican and british culture whilst slotting neatly into neither. she works at a national newspaper where she’s constantly forced to compare herself to her white, middle-class peers, and beg to write about black lives matter. after a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, queenie finds herself seeking comfort in all the wrong places. as queenie veers from one regrettable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, what are you doing? why are you doing it? who do you want to be? – the questions that every woman today must face in a world that keeps trying to provide the answers for them. a darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on life, love, race and family, queenie will have you nodding in recognition, crying in solidarity and rooting for this unforgettable character every step of the way. a disarmingly honest, boldly political and truly inclusive tale that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and acceptance and found something very different in its place.
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Gone
₱220.00‘one minute, the teacher was there, the next, he was gone. there. gone.’ in the blink of an eye all the adults disappear in a small town in southern california and no one knows why. first a car crash; a house up in flames; then a complete communication meltdownasuddenly cut off from the outside world, those that are left are trapped, and there’s no help on the way. they must do all they can to survive. chaos rules the streets. gangs begin to form. sides are chosen – strong or weak. cruel or humane. a new world order is rising, and, even scarier, some survivors have power – power that no one has ever seen beforea
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The Thief Lord
₱180.00Aimed at children aged nine to 12 years, this is a magical thriller set among the crumbling canals of venice.
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The Power Of Six
₱220.00They caught number one in malaysia. number two in england. and number three in kenya. they tried to catch number four in ohio . . . and failed. i am number seven. and i’m ready to fight. i’ve seen him on the news. followed the stories about what happened to john smith. to the world he’s a mystery, but to me . . . he’s one of us. nine of us came here, but sometimes i wonder if time has changed us, if we all still believe in our mission. there are six of us left. we’re hiding, blending in, avoiding contact with one another, but our legacies are developing. and soon we’ll be ready to fight. is john number four – and is his appearance the sign i’ve been waiting for? and what about number five and six? could one of them be the raven-haired girl with the stormy eyes from my dreams? the girl with powers that are beyond anything i could ever imagine? the girl who might be strong enough to bring the six of us together?
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The Sense Of An Ending
₱150.00Tony webster and his clique first met adrian finn at school. sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. they all swore to stay friends for life. now tony is in middle age and he is finding that memory is imperfect.
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50 Utterly Funny Stories
₱250.00This wildly entertaining collection is packed with mischief, mayhem and madcap adventures. fantastically funny illustrations accompany each comical tale, from authors including lewis carroll and rudyard kipling.
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Earth
₱400.00A breathtaking and inspirational exploration of our planet. from the fiery mass of the earth’s core to the tip of the highest ice-capped mountain, this is an epic and awe-inspiring phtographic masterpiece.
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Children’s Weather Encyclopedia
₱350.00A clear and comprehensive introduction to the weather that shapes our planet. written by an expert author and consultant team. fully illustrated throughout with stunning colour photography and clear diagrams. contains 96 self-contained topic-based spreads
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The Usborne Illustrated Dictionary Of Science
₱300.00With clear definitions and cross-referencing, this book is written for students of chemistry, physics and biology.
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Champion
₱200.00He is a legend. she is a prodigy. who will be champion? june and day have sacrificed so much for the people of the republic – and each other – and now their country is on the brink of a new peaceful existence. june is back in the good graces of the republic, working within the government’s elite circles while day has been assigned a high level military position. but when a plague outbreak, deadlier than any other, causes panic in the colonies, and war threatens the republic’s border cities, the two are thrown back together. june is the only one who knows the key to her country’s defence. but saving the lives of thousands will mean asking the one she loves to give up everything he has.
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Komi Can’t Communicate, Vol. 2
₱300.00The journey to 100 friends begins with a single conversation. socially anxious high school student shoko komi’s greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve. luckily she meets tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends. it’s time for the national health exam at itan high, and the excitement of eye exams and height measurements has fanned the flames of competition for the unremarkable makeru yadano. she’s determined to beat the class idol komi in the health test, and komi’s total obliviousness to their impassioned duel just feeds makeru’s determination. as the epic battle heats up, how will komi handle her first rival when she’s barely made her first friends?!
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Brilliance Of The Moon
₱240.00Hearn’s third installment in the “tales of the otori” series brings a mystical and violent conclusion to the saga of takeo otori as he fulfills his destiny to reclaim the otori lands.
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Ratburger
₱60.00The fifth screamingly funny novel from david walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country. hot on the heels of bestselling gangsta granny comes another hilarious, action-packed and touching novel – the story of a little girl called zoe. things are not looking good for zoe. her stepmother sheila is so lazy she gets zoe to pick her nose for her. the school bully tina trotts makes her life a misery – mainly by flobbing on her head. and now the evil burt from burt’s burgers is after her pet rat! and guess what he wants to do with it? the clue is in the title… from the author that is being called ‘a new roald dahl’, ratburger is not to be missed!
