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The Star Of Kazan
₱170.00An abandoned baby girl named annika is found by a middle-aged cook from vienna and brought up in the house of three professors by their two servants. by the age of seven she can bake and ice a three-tiered cake and polish parquet floors. she lives a greatly blessed life until her unknown mother tracks her down.
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Secrets And Seashells At Rainbow Bay
₱150.00The sun is shining on the golden castle on rainbow bay – and change is in the air! amelia is a single mother, doing her very best to look after her young son, charlie – but money is tight and times are tough. when she first hears that she is the last descendent of the chesterford family and that she has inherited a real-life castle by the sea, amelia can’t quite believe her ears. but it’s true! she soon finds that owning a castle isn’t quite the ticket to sorting out her money problems that she’d first hoped: she can’t sell, because the terms of the ancient bequest state that any chesterford who inherits the castle, must live there and work towards the upkeep and maintenance of the family home. so ever-practical amelia decides to uproot her little family and move to this magnificent castle by the sea. living in a castle on the beautiful northumberland coast is fun at first, but organising the day-to-day running is a lot more complicated than amelia first imagined. luckily she has help from the small band of eccentric and unconventional staff that are already employed there – and a mysterious unseen hand that often gives her a push in the right direction just when she needs it most. it’s only when she meets tom, a furniture restorer who comes to the castle to help repair some antique furniture, that amelia realises she might get the fairy-tale ending that she and charlie truly deserve… join bestselling author ali mcnamara in rainbow bay, where an inheritance and some sea air are about to work their magic on amelia’s life…
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The Long Song
₱85.00Soon to be a major bbc drama starring tamara lawrance, hayley atwell and lenny henry, and shortlisted for the man booker prize, the long song is a hauntingly beautiful, heartbreaking and unputdownable novel, for those who loved homegoing, the underground railroad, or the film 12 years a slave. ‘a marvel of luminous storytelling’ financial times you do not know me yet. my son thomas, who is publishing this book, tells me, it is customary at this place in a novel to give the reader a little taste of the story that is held within these pages. as your storyteller, i am to convey that this tale is set in jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed. july is a slave girl who lives upon a sugar plantation named amity and it is her life that is the subject of this tale. she was there when the baptist war raged in 1831, and she was present when slavery was declared no more. my son says i must convey how the story tells also of july’s mama kitty, of the negroes that worked the plantation land, of caroline mortimer the white woman who owned the plantation and many more persons besides – far too many for me to list here. but what befalls them all is carefully chronicled upon these pages for you to peruse. perhaps, my son suggests, i might write that it is a thrilling journey through that time in the company of people who lived it. all this he wishes me to pen so the reader can decide if this is a novel they might care to consider. cha, i tell my son, what fuss-fuss. come, let them just read it for themselves.
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Jamrach’s Menagerie
₱99.00Jaffy brown is running through the london backstreets when he comes face to face with the escaped circus animal. his life is transformed by the encounter. plucked from the jaws of death by mr jamrach, the two strike up a friendship. before he knows it, jaffy finds himself on board a ship bound for the south seas.
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The Definitive Book Of Body Language
₱140.00What people say is often very different to what they think or feel. now, with the definitive book of body language, you can learn to read others people’s thoughts by their gestures. it sounds implausible, but body language is easy to pick up and fun to use. find out: how to tell if someone is lying how to make yourself likeable how to get co-operation from other people how to interview and negotiate successfully how to choose a partner learn the secrets of body language with allan and barbara pease, bestselling authors of why men don’t listen and women can’t read maps.
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Club Dead
₱75.00There’s only one vampire sookie stackhouse is involved with – at least voluntarily – and that’s bill. but recently he’s been a little distant – in another state distant. his sinister and sexy boss eric has an idea where to find him, and next thing sookie knows she’s off to jackson, mississippi, to mingle with the underworld at club dead. it’s a dangerous little haunt where the elusive vampire society can go to chill out and suck down some type o – but when sookie finally finds bill caught in an act of serious betrayal she’s not sure whether to save him, or to sharpen some stakes. the sookie stackhouse books are delightful southern gothic supernatural mysteries, starring sookie, the telepathic cocktail waitress, and a cast of increasingly colourful characters, including vampires, werewolves and things that really do go bump in the night.
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Merrily Ever After
₱85.00Don’t miss the brand-new feel good read from your favourite storyteller cathy bramley. two strangers. one big secret. and a christmas to remember . . . merry has always wanted a family to spend christmas with, and this year her dream comes true as she says ‘i do’ to father-of-two cole. but as she juggles her rapidly-growing business, wedding planning and the two new children in her life, her dream begins to unravel. emily is desperately waiting for the new year to begin, so she can finally have a fresh start. she has always put her family first, leaving little time for happiness and love. when her beloved father ray moves into a residential home, she discovers a photograph in his belongings that has the potential to change everything. as past secrets come to light, will this be a magical christmas for emily and merry to remember?
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A Secret Garden
₱85.00Romance, humour and happy-ever-after endings are included in katie fforde’s brand new novel for 2017. “what i want to know”, said lorna, “is what lies behind those ash trees at the back of the garden?” lorna is a talented gardener and philly is a plantswoman. together they work in the grounds of a beautiful manor house in the cotswolds they enjoy their jobs and are surrounded by family and friends. but for them both the door to true love remains resolutely closed. so when lorna is introduced to jack at a dinner party and lucien catches philly’s eye at the local farmers market, it seems that dreams really can come true and happy endings lie just around the corner. but do they? troublesome parents, the unexpected arrival of someone from lorna’s past, and the discovery of an old and secret garden mean their lives are about to become a lot more complicated…
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The Lemon Tree Café
₱85.00A deliciously cosy story of family, friendship and a little dolce vita, perfect for fans of milly johnson, trisha ashley and katie fforde.
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Hide-and-seek Pig
₱149.00Join the birthday celebrations in acorn wood with four new 15th anniversary editions of the ever-popular postman bear, fox’s socks, hide-and-seek pig and rabbit’s nap. pig and hen are playing hide-and-seek. but where on earth could hen be? can you lift the flaps and help pig find out where hen is hiding? with sturdy flaps on every spread and rhyming stories that are a joy to read aloud, the tales from acorn wood have been delighting both parents and toddlers for fifteen years. this year we celebrate their unending appeal with four beautifully produced board books and a fresh new cover look with shiny foil.
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Rewrite The Stars
₱200.00‘a gorgeous will they/won’t they love story, with depth and surprising twists’ sun’a lovely, heart-warming read’ closer ‘a proper winter heart-warmer’ heat ‘if you’re a fan of jojo moyes, you’ll love emma heatherington’s beautifully written – and also not predictable – christmas novel’ yahoo’s top books for october a stunning christmas romance for fans of one day in december and jojo moyes from the moment they meet one december day there’s something between charlotte taylor and her brother’s best friend, tom farley. but tom’s already taken and charlie has to let him go… it’s another five years before their paths cross again only a secret from the past forces charlie to make a choice. she promises herself she’ll never look back… the years pass and charlie moves on with her life but she can never forget tom. he’s always there whispering ‘what if?’. can charlie leave the life she has built for one last chance with tom? or is the one that got away not really the one at all…? readers love rewrite the stars…! ‘romantic, cosy and a book that can be read cover to cover in one day because you just can’t put it down’ yahoo ‘i really enjoyed ‘one day in december’ by josie silver, so when i read that fans of that book would enjoy this one i already had plenty of expectations in my head… this book absolutely smashed through all those expectations and i love it even more’ amy a ‘would have read it in one go if i didn’t have to go to work!’ carla ‘a definite wow book’ sue, netgalley ‘i absolutely loved this book and was so gutted it had to come to an end’ shirleyann ‘absolutely adored this book. i’m a psychological thrillers type of girl generally but every now and then i need something to break up all the crazy and this was a very welcome distraction’ laura s ‘touched my heart in a way few others have’ michelle, netgalley ‘a wonderfully written christmas love story which isn’t predictable and really enjoyable’ nicola s perfect for fans of bella osborne, emma hannigan and roisin meaney!
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Pieces Of Her
₱150.00The gripping standalone thriler from no. 1 internationally bestselling author karin slaughter, soon to be a netflix series a terrifying act of violence… it takes a split second for your life to change forever. and for andrea oliver that split second is a mass shooting in her local mall. a woman whose life is built on a lie… but this shocking act is only the start. because then, as the bodies fall around them, andy’s mother laura takes a step forward into the line of fire. a fight for survival… hours later, laura is in hospital, her face splashed over the newspapers. but the danger has only just begun. now andy must embark on a desperate race against time to uncover the secrets of her mother’s past before any more blood is shed…
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