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The Stormcaller
₱180.00In a land ruled by prophecy and the whims of gods, a young man finds himself at the heart of a war he barely understands, wielding powers he may never be able to control isak is a white-eye, feared and despised in equal measure. trapped in a life of poverty, hated and abused by his father, isak dreams of escape, but when his chance comes, it isn’t to a place in the army as he’d expected. instead, the gods have marked him out as heir-elect to the brooding lord bahl, the lord of the fahlan. lord bahl is also a white-eye, a genetic rarity that produces men stronger, more savage and more charismatic than their normal counterparts. their magnetic charm and brute strength both inspires and oppresses others. now is the time for revenge, and the forging of empires. with mounting envy and malice, the men who would themselves be kings watch isak, chosen by gods as flawed as the humans who serve them, as he is shaped and moulded to fulfil the prophecies that are encircling him like scavenger birds. the various factions jostle for the upper hand, and that means violence, but the gods have been silent too long and that violence is about to spill over and paint the world the colour of spilled blood and guts and pain and anguish …
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The Zanzibar Wife
₱120.00Oman. the ancient land of frankincense, wind-swept deserts, craggy mountaintops and turquoise seas. into this magical nation come three remarkable women, each facing a crossroad in her life. rachel, an american war photographer, who is struggling to shed the trauma of her career. now she is headed to oman to cover quite a different story – for a glossy travel magazine. ariana khan, a bubbly english woman who has rashly volunteered as rachel’s ‘fixer’, a job she’s never heard of in a country she knows nothing about. and miza, a young woman living far from her beloved homeland of zanzibar. as the second wife of tariq, she remains a secret from his terrifying ‘other’ wife, maryam. until the day that tariq fails to come home.
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A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder
₱240.00The case is closed. five years ago, schoolgirl andie bell was murdered by sal singh. the police know he did it. everyone in town knows he did it. almost everyone. having grown up in the small town that was consumed by the crime, pippa fitz-adeleke chooses the case as the topic for her final project. but when pip starts uncovering secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden, what starts out as a project begins to become pip’s dangerous reality . . . perfect for fans of one of us is lying, we were liars, gone girl and the hazel wood.
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The Kingdom Of Childhood
₱180.00The kingdom of childhood is the story of a boy and a woman: sixteen-year-old zach patterson, uprooted and struggling to reconcile his knowledge of his mother’s extramarital affair, and judy mcfarland, a kindergarten teacher watching her family unravel before her eyes. thrown together to organize a fundraiser for their failing private school and bonded by loneliness, they begin an affair that at first thrills, then corrupts each of them. judy sees in zach the elements of a young man she loved as a child, but what zach does not realize is that their relationship is – for judy – only the latest in a lifetime of disturbing secrets. an emotionally tense, increasingly chilling work of fiction set in the controversial waldorf school community, the kingdom of childhood is equal parts enchanting and unsettling and is sure to be a much-discussed and much-debated novel.
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The Eagle Film Tie-in Edition
₱145.00The eagle of the ninth is one of the most celebrated children’s books of the twentieth century and is now the subject of a major film. this new edition, with its movie tie-in cover, is being published to coincide with the film’s release.
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Othello
₱175.00The destructive effects of jealousy underlie this tale. othello, a man of quality and superior intelligence, is brought down by his suspicions of his wife, desdemona.
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Ptolemy’s Gate
₱180.00“dangerous adventures continue for the djinni bartimaeus and his master, seventeen-year-old nathaniel, a powerful magician who is serving as england’s minister of information.”.
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The Wrong Sort Of Wife?
₱170.00Lizzie buckley has a life many women dream of – a gorgeous husband, wonderful home and beautiful (when they’re not fighting) three year old twins. but there’s a snag. it’s not that lizzie has gone off marriage, as such. well, not exactly. she’s just gone off the physical side of it. ever since the birth of the twins, she’s had a fantasy about locking herself in her bedroom for 24 hours alone with a good book and a box of chocolates. unfortunately, her husband james doesn’t understand her feelings. and when lizzie hits ‘send’ on the wrong email, suddenly everything starts to unravel. with the word ‘divorce’ ringing in her ears, lizzie finds herself moving out and embarking on a totally different life – new house; new neighbours; no husband. but despite transforming her body, her neglected career and her libido (courtesy of the local landscape gardener), lizzie can’t get over her soon-to-be ex. lizzie can’t help wondering whether she was ever good enough for gorgeous james. or, as her mother-in-law suggests, was she just the wrong sort of wife? the other side of much misunderstanding, mayhem and more than a little merlot, lizzie will find out if she wanted the fairy tale ending after all…
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In The Wars
₱80.00As heard on desert island discs ‘a riveting story of loss, exile, and rebirth.’ khaled hosseini, author of the kite runner ‘one of the most incredible life stories you will ever hear.’ james o’brien ‘a remarkable story. i thought this book was brilliant.’ naga munchetty __________ born in war-torn afghanistan, waheed arian’s first memories are of bombs. his first-hand experience of the power of medicine inspired him to dedicate his life to healing others. but how does a boy with nothing hope to become a doctor? fleeing the conflict with his family, he spent much of his childhood in refugee camps in pakistan, living sometimes ten to a room without basic sanitation or access to education. waheed largely taught himself, from textbooks bought from street-sellers, and learned english from the bbc world service. smuggled to the uk at fifteen with just a hundred dollars in his pocket, he found a job in a shop. he was advised to set his sights on becoming a taxi driver. but the boy from kabul had bigger ambitions. working through ptsd and anxiety, he studied all hours to achieve his vocation. he was accepted to read medicine at cambridge university, imperial college and harvard, and went on to become a doctor in the nhs, currently in a&e. but he wanted to do more. in 2015 he founded arian teleheal, a pioneering global charity that connects doctors in war zones and low-resource countries with their counterparts in the us, uk, europe and australia. together, learning from each other, they save and change lives – the lives of millions of people just like waheed. for readers of educated and war doctor, this is the extraordinary memoir of a boy who recognized the power of education and dreamed about helping others. it is a tale of courage, ambition and unwavering resilience in the face of all the challenges that life can throw in your way. __________ winner of: unesco’s global hero award who cares wins best doctor award the times’s man of the year award
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The Warsaw Anagrams
₱80.00Autumn 1940. the nazis seal 400,000 jews inside a small area of the polish capital, creating an urban island cut off from the outside world. erik cohen, an elderly psychiatrist, is forced to move into a tiny apartment with his niece and his beloved nine-year-old nephew, adam. one bitterly cold winter’s day, adam goes missing!
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Someone To Run With
₱80.00Assaf has reluctantly taken a dull summer job working for the city sanitation department. but the long days take a strange turn when he is ordered to find out who owns a distressed stray dog and ask them to pay a fee.
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The Readers Of Broken Wheel Recommend
₱140.00Een jonge zweedse vrouw gaat naar amerika om daar haar penvriendin te ontmoeten met wie ze de liefde voor boeken deelt.
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Legacy Of Violence
₱99.00A new york times, new statesman, history today and bbc history magazine book of the year ‘masterly… this book is dynamite’ – robert gildea, author of empires of the mind __shortlisted for the baillie gifford prize__ a searing, landmark study of the british empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century. drawing on more than a decade of research on four continents, caroline elkins reveals the dark heart of britain’s empire: a racialised, systemised doctrine of unrelenting violence, which it used to secure and maintain its interests across the globe. when britain could no longer maintain control over that violence, it simply retreated – and sought to destroy the evidence. legacy of violence is a monumental achievement that explodes long-held myths and deserves the attention of anyone who seeks to understand empire’s role in shaping the world today. ‘not so much a history book as a book of historical significance’ bbc history magazine ‘riveting’ new statesman ‘crucial… as unflinching as it is gripping, as carefully researched as it is urgently necessary’ jill lepore, author of these truths.
