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Shadow Study
₱180.00From the author of the million copy bestselling the devil wears prada. three best friends. two resolutions. one year to pull it off. emmy has just split with her boyfriend of five years. a serial monogamist, she suddenly realises how much she’s missed the thrill of single life. a new job travelling across the globe could offer her the one thing she is craving, so she vows to find a man on every continent for some pure no-strings-attached fun. adriana is stunning and can have any man she desires. yet all she wants is an eligible bachelor who’ll slip a five-carat harry winston diamond on her finger. leigh has a doting boyfriend that most girls would kill for. but when literary bad boy jesse chapman asks to work with her and more, she just can’t refuse. the three friends make a pact – come hell or high water, they must change one thing in their lives by the end of the year…
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The Snakes
₱120.00Read the tense twist-filled richard and judy book club pick from the #1 bestselling author of the outcast. family secrets can be deadly… newly-weds dan and bea decide to escape london. driving through france in their beaten-up car they anticipate a long lazy summer, worlds away from their ordinary lives. but their idyll cannot last. stopping off to see bea’s brother at his crumbling hotel, the trio are joined unexpectedly by bea’s ultra-wealthy parents. dan has never understood bea’s deep discomfort around them but living together in such close proximity he begins to sense something is very wrong. just as tensions reach breaking point, brutal tragedy strikes, exposing decades of secrets and silence that threaten to destroy them all. ‘a suspenseful, beautifully written thriller about the corruption of money and abuse within a dysfunctional family’ guardian
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We Are All Made Of Glue
₱99.00Georgie sinclair’s life is coming unstuck. her husband’s left her. her son’s obsessed with the end of the world. and now her elderly neighbour mrs shapiro has decided they are related. or so the hospital informs her when mrs shapiro has an accident and names georgie next of kin. this, however, is not a case of a quick ward visit- mrs shapiro has a large rickety house full of stinky cats that needs looking after that a pair of estate agents seem intent on swindling from her. plus there are the ‘uselesses’ trying to repair it (uselessly). then there’s the social worker who wants to put her in a nursing home. not to mention some letters that point to a mysterious, painful past. as georgie tries her best to put mrs shapiro’s life back together somehow she must stop her own from falling apart . . .
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The Butterfly Summer
₱99.00‘heart-stopping and wonderful . . . an epic, sweeping, romantic story told brilliantly’ sophie kinsella it begins and ends with keepsake, the house that holds its shadows too tightly. nina parr’s mother has lied to her for most of her life. but when nina inherits keepsake, a long-forgotten house in cornwall, she pieces together a sad truth that reaches back to the outbreak of war in the 1930s. a must-read for fans of kate morton and santa montefiore. what magic is this? you follow the hidden creek towards a long-forgotten house. they call it keepsake, a place full of wonder . . . and danger. locked inside the crumbling elegance of its walls lies the story of the butterfly summer, a story you’ve been waiting all your life to hear. this house is nina parr’s birthright. it holds the truth about her family – and a chance to put everything right at last. two things happen when you are a parr girl: when you are ten, you are told about your future role. the second thing that a parr girl at some point must learn is harder to tell of. it is a dark work indeed, the business of this house, hidden from the world. praise for the butterfly summer: ‘loved it’ gill hornby ‘a delightfully engrossing read’ red ‘moving, gripping, heartbreaking’ kate williams ‘great characters, gorge house, intriguing mystery, what’s not to love?!’ lucy diamond ‘multi-layered, heartbreaking and as beautiful as a butterfly wing’ veronica henry ‘a crumbling house in cornwall and a family with lots of secrets are brought to life by the evocative writing in the butterfly summer’ good housekeeping ‘gorgeous’ stylist ‘harriet evans’ writing is just perfect’ linda’s book bag
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The Scent Of Death
₱130.00‘this is the story of a woman and a city. i saw the city first, shimmering from afar like the new jerusalem in the setting sun. it was sunday, 2nd august 1778.’edward savill, a london clerk from the american department, is assigned to new york to investigate the claims of dispossessed loyalists caught on the wrong side of the american war of independence. surrounded by its enemies, british manhattan is a melting pot of soldiers, profiteers, double agents and a swelling tide of refugees seeking justice from the crown. savill lodges with the respected wintour family: the old judge, his ailing wife and their enigmatic daughter-in-law arabella. the family lives in limbo, praying for the safe return of jack wintour, arabella’s husband, who is missing behind rebel lines. the discovery of a body in the notorious slums of canvas town thrusts savill into a murder inquiry. but in the escalating violence of a desperate city, why does one death matter? because the secret this killing hides could be the key to power for whoever uncovers it…
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Monsters Of Men
₱200.00As a world-ending war surges to life around them, todd and viola face monstrous decisions, questioning all they have ever known as they try to step back from the darkness and find the best way to achieve peace.
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Hallucinations
₱180.00Drawing on a wealth of clinical examples from his own patients as well as historical and literary descriptions, oliver sacks investigates the fundamental differences and similarities of many sorts of hallucinations.
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Kiss Of Evil
₱80.00As cleveland homicide detective john salvatore paris tries to clear the name of his friend, officer mike ryan, murdered two years before with his own weapon, a rash of brutal slayings rocks the city. each murder is different, yet equally horrific. each victim is connected by only a strange symbol carved into their flesh–and by one name: “michael ryan.”
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My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece
₱180.00Winner of the 2012 branford boase award, this is annabel pitcher’s stunning debut about ten-year-old jamie, and the way his life and his family are shaped by the sister in an urn on the mantelpiece. five years ago, jamie’s sister, rose, was blown up by a terrorist bomb. his family is torn apart by their grief. his mum runs away. his dad turns to drink and hate. rose’s surviving twin sister jasmine stops eating, gets piercings and dyes her hair pink – anything to look different to her twin. but jamie hasn’t cried in all that time. to him, rose is just a distant memory. jamie is far more interested in his cat, roger, his spiderman t-shirt, and his deep longing and unshakeable belief that his mum will come back to the family she walked out on months ago. but moving away for a fresh new start introduces jamie to something else very interesting – a girl named sunya. sunya is bright, exciting and fun, and the one person at school he can call a friend. but how far can this new friendship grow when jamie is desperate that his dad doesn’t find out?
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The Other Miss Jones
₱80.00‘a twisty thrill-ride right to the end.’ heat magazine two women. one name. a terrifying, deadly secret. she shares your name. it’s how you meet the other sally jones, sparking an unusual friendship that you grow to trust, especially when your dad dies and your dream job is in danger. so when she disappears suddenly, you are worried she may be in danger. as you try to find her, you uncover a shocking truth about your friendship, which turns out not to be the chance encounter you once thought. was anything the other sally ever told you real? you thought she was a friend. but she could bring your world crashing down. a twisty, edge-of-your-seat thriller perfect for fans of shari lapena and b. a. paris. praise for the other miss jones: ‘a pacy, twisty mystery that draws you in immediately and keeps you guessing every step of the way.’ natalie chandler ‘a clever, complex thriller with unlikely heroes, nail biting tension, and twists that make your head spin.’ sarah clarke ‘once again, sophie flynn keeps her readers emotionally charged until the last page.’ l. v. matthews ‘this is the kind of thriller that has the reader racing to the end. fast-paced and brilliantly plotted. i couldn’t put it down.’ lisa hall ‘a compelling, twisty psychological thriller full of clever misdirection and surprises. i raced through this and couldn’t wait to see how it all came together. a fantastically clever book!’ sheila bugler ‘if you enjoy twisty psychological thrillers with characters who have hidden depths and plenty of secrets, you’ll enjoy the other miss jones.’ mystery people
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The Secret Life Of Bees
₱170.00Sue monk kidd is an extraordinary storyteller. in “the secret life of bees,” she explores a young girl’s search for the truth about her mother; her courage to tear down racial barriers; and her joy as she claims her place within a community of women. “beautifully written.”–ursula hegi, author of “the vision of emma blau.”
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Living La Vida Loca
₱120.00Carmen has been feeling the need to break free for too long. so when her equally frustrated friend beth suggests the ultimate escape, dancing their way through a series of scorchingly-hot countries, she can’t resist. there’s just one catch: they can only go on this adventure if they participate in a reality tv show
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Other People’s Marriages
₱150.00Anna is working on what promises to be her breakthrough bestseller about marriage and what makes it work. but she reflects that a project that should have been straightforward has turned out to be the catalyst for a group mid-life crisis. and that’s before she is invited to a wedding and becomes involved in the lives of a very different couple…
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French Spirits
₱70.00When jeffrey greene, a prizewinning american poet, and mary, his wife-to-be, discover a moss-covered stone presbytery in a lovely village in the puisaye region of burgundy, they know they have to live there.
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The Metal Heart
₱170.00Wild, beautiful and spellbinding, this is the compelling wartime story of freedom and love on the windswept islands of orkney ‘powerful . . . lea writes beautifully of island life and love, and the sacrifices that both demand’ the times ‘deeply evocative of orkney and its wild beauty. a stunning tale of sisters, salvation and sacrifice’ emma stonex the sky is clear, star-stamped and silvered by the waxing gibbous moon. no planes have flown over the islands tonight; no bombs have fallen for over a year. ___________ orkney, 1940. five hundred italian prisoners-of-war arrive to fortify these remote and windswept islands. resentful islanders are fearful of the enemy in their midst, but not orphaned twin sisters dorothy and constance. already outcasts, they volunteer to nurse all prisoners who are injured or fall sick. soon dorothy befriends cesare, an artist swept up by the machine of war and almost broken by the horrors he has witnessed. she is entranced by his plan to build an italian chapel from war scrap and sea debris, and something beautiful begins to blossom. but con, scarred from a betrayal in her past, is afraid for her sister; she knows that people are not always what they seem. soon, trust frays between the islanders and outsiders, and between the sisters – their hearts torn by rival claims of duty and desire. a storm is coming . . . in the tradition of captain corelli’s mandolin, the metal heart is a hauntingly rich second world war love story about courage, freedom and the essence of what makes us human during the darkest of times. ___________ ‘confirms lea as a highly original and inventive writer’ sunday times ‘a tense, passionate and deeply atmospheric novel . . . caroline’s beautiful transported me entirely to another time and land’ susan fletcher ‘a beautiful, heart-breaking tale of grief, love and the bond between sisters’ louise hare ‘myth, legend, fear and superstition all play a part in this intensely atmospheric novel’ choice magazine ‘atmospheric, heart-wrenching, evocative’ gytha lodge praise for caroline lea: ‘enthralling’ stacey halls, author of the familiars and the foundling ‘fantastic’ the times ‘memorable and compelling’ sarah moss, author of the times book of the year ghost wall ‘intensely written and atmospheric’ daily mail ‘gripped me in a cold fist. beautiful’ sara collins, author of the confessions of frannie langton ‘brilliant’ daily express
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The Holiday
₱150.00The stunning thriller from the bestselling author of lies and 29 seconds – now a major tv series.
