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WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2023 'The most exquisite kind of literature... I've put it on a special shelf in my library that I reserve for books that demand to be revisited every now and then. ' OLGA TOKARCZUK, author of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 'Could not be more...

»Mein Vater war Gärtner. Jetzt ist er ein Garten.« In seinem bisher persönlichsten Roman lässt Georgi Gospodinov das Leben seines Vaters in einer bewegenden Hommage auferstehen. Mit Witz und Wärme feiert er den leidenschaftlichen Gärtner, der bis zum Schluss nicht vom Umgraben, Säen und Jäten abzubringen ist – und vom Geschichtenerzählen. Der Vater zeichnet mit seinen Worten ein Bild der Welt, überall und so lebendig, dass alle Schmerzen vergehen und der Blütenstaub der geschilderten Kirschbäume sich in den Aschenbechern seiner Ärzte wiederfindet.

My father was a gardener. Now he is a garden. A man sits by his father's bedside and reports radically and gently until a final winter morning. His father was one of that generation of tragic smokers born right after the World War II in Bulgaria, who clung to the snorkels of their cigarettes. A...

'Compulsively readable' New York Times 'Utterly original' Alberto Manguel In the small and the insignificant - that's where life hides, that's where it builds its nest. Our unnamed narrator is not well. He suffers from attacks of 'pathological empathy', which cause him to wander unbidden into...

Lean Habits for Lifelong Weight Loss isn't about quick fixes, restrictive dieting, or calorie counting. The four staples of lean living are all about adjusting your relationship with food so you can eat what you want when you want, but with a smarter approach. Easy modifications like learning to sense when you are truly hungry and knowing the difference between satisfied and stuffed will be your stepping-stones to a healthy life in which you don't have to stress about your diet.

Get ready for an exciting fairy adventure with the no. 1 bestselling series for girls aged 5 and up. It's Queen Titania's and King Oberon's 1000th jubilee, and the seven Party Fairies are in charge of making the celebratory party extra-special! However, naughty Jack Frost has stolen each of the...

In Does Capitalism Have a Future?, a global quintet of distinguished scholars cut their way through to the question of whether our capitalist system can survive in the medium run. Despite the current gloom, conventional wisdom still assumes that there is no real alternative to capitalism. The authors argue that this generalization is a mistaken outgrowth of the optimistic nineteenth-century claim that human history ascends through stages to an enlightened equilibrium of liberal capitalism.

When their dog goes missing during a day trip to London, the Walker family are forced to accept that they may never see Henry again. But as the family search for their beloved pet, the reality of what has happened to Henry never even crosses their minds: Henry has been mistaken for one of the Queen's prized corgis.

The simple way to help your kids face their fears, handle big emotions, and bolster their social skills—from the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Whole-Brain Child and a renowned play therapist “A parenting guide as useful as it is scientifically sound, The Way of Play is a gift...

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Summer the Holiday Fairy is getting all hot and bothered, trying to keep Rainspell Island the best place to go on vacation. Jack Frost has stolen sand from the beaches, and three magical shells. The fairies need Rachel and Kirsty's help to get them back!...

Brought to you by Penguin. One bookshop in paradise. Two sworn rivals. A whole summer to get through... Clare thought that by now she would have her life figured out. Instead, she's living with her parents, working a job she hates and has absolutely no idea what she wants to do with the rest of...

تتناول الرواية قصة شجرة الدر كأول امرأة ملكة تتولي الحكم في تاريخ مصر الإسلامية، حيث قدرت لها الأقدار أن تتوج ملكة على مصر بعد مقتل الملك «طوران شاه» آخر سلاطين الدولة الأيوبية.

When Rachel and Kirsty meet on the ferry to Rainspell Island one summer holiday, they have no idea that such magical adventures with the fairies await them! In the last exciting book in the series, the girls must find Heather the Violet Fairy and then go with the fairies to Fairyland to make...

"Just the Two of Us" will make you laugh and cry, and remind you never to give up on love.Lucy is the wrong side of thirty and tormented daily by the idyllic family pictures cluttering up her Facebook newsfeed. All of her friends seem to be getting married and having babies, and yet here she is, resolutely single, and no prospect of creating the perfect family she's always dreamt of. How she longs for it to be her turn. But finding love is complicated, and as time passes she wonders if there might just be another way to make her dreams come true.

'Some smuggle cigarettes, others alcohol - or weapons. Our contraband, being invisible, is more dangerous. Our contraband is undetectable by scanners. What we carry as concealed excess baggage is stories.' In this exquisite literary gem, Georgi Gospodinov, winner of the International Booker...

The book that every family needs, containing all the traditional stories that small children should first hear. Every one of them is universally known and loved: Little Red Riding Hood, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Real Princess, The Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks...

Kirsty and Rachel are thrilled to be at Camp Stargaze. But Jack Frost has stolen the Twilight Fairies' magical bags, causing night-time chaos! Can the girls help Ava the Sunset Fairy find her bag of sunbeam dust, so the sun can finally set? 2024 Hodder & Stoughton...

Mean Jack Frost has kidnapped all the fireflies, leaving Fairyland in darkness! Kirsty and Rachel must help Lexi the Firefly Fairy find her magical bag of fire dust. But first the fireflies need rescuing... 2024 Hodder & Stoughton...

Get ready for an exciting fairy adventure with the no. 1 bestselling series for girls aged 5 and up. Disaster has struck Fairyland! Jack Frost has stolen all the jewels from Queen Titania's crown. Without them, the fairies' magic dust is losing its power. Rachel and Kirsty have to help the Jewel...