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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days From the bestselling author of `The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'; his first novel in 5 years is a lovingly painted pop-culture epic. As summer in Oakland, California, draws to a close, Archy Stallings and Nat Jaffe are hanging in there, co-regents of Brokeland Records. Their wives, Gwen and Aviva, are the Berkeley Birth Partners, a pair of legendary midwives. When former star quarterback Gibson Goode announces plans to dump his latest Dogpile megastore on Telegraph Avenue, Nat and Archy fear the worst for their vulnerable little enterprise, as behind Goode's proposal lurks a nefarious scheme. And while their husbands struggle to mount a defence, Aviva and Gwen find themselves caught up in a professional battle that tests their friendship. Then into their already tangled lives comes Titus Joyner, the teenage son Archy has never acknowledged. An intimate epic that pulses with a virtuosic, pyrotechnical style all of its own, `Telegraph Avenue' is Michael Chabon's most dazzling book yet, and a must-read for fans of Nick Hornby's `High Fidelity'. Features Summary From the bestselling author of `The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'; his first novel in 5 years is a lovingly painted pop-culture epic. Author Michael Chabon Publisher Fourth Estate Release date 20130425 Pages 628 ISBN 0-00-728876-X ISBN 13 978-0-00-728876-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days This mind-boggling, frustrating and infinitely rewarding collection of cleverly crafted brainteasers will keep you entertained for hours. Fresh from the pages of the UK's favourite quality paper, The Telegraph All New Big Book of Cryptic Crosswords provides a varied collection of clues to keep you consistently flexing your grey matter and challenging your vocabulary. Guaranteed to keep boredom at bay whether at home, on the move, or even during your lunch hour at the office Features Summary Telegraph puzzle books have sold in excess of 1.5 million copies since their launch. The Daily Telegraph is the UK's most widely read, quality newspaper... Author The Telegraph Publisher Hamlyn Release date 20120905 Pages 464 ISBN 0-600-62467-6 ISBN 13 978-0-600-62467-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Cryptic crosswords from the Telegraph are the most popular around, and this bumper collection will both frustrate and delight in equal measure. Perfect for any spare moment, and completely addictive, these puzzles are certain to test your thinking to the limit. Features Summary A new compilation of 200 of the best cryptic crosswords from the Telegraph. Author The Telegraph Media Group Publisher Hamlyn Release date 20160204 Pages 464 ISBN 0-600-63314-4 ISBN 13 978-0-600-63314-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days Perfect for puzzlers who enjoy lateral thinking and wordplay, this book contains 100 crosswords to provide hours of fun on a daily commute or evening in.This is the first title in a brand new relaunched series from the Telegraph puzzle pages, with all brand new puzzles for 2017. Features Summary A brand new collection of cryptic crosswords from the Telegraph as part of a rebranded series for 2017. Author The Telegraph Media Group Publisher Hamlyn Release date 20171015 Pages 240 ISBN 0-600-63523-6 ISBN 13 978-0-600-63523-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The ultimate test of logic, these challenging puzzles take sudoku to a whole new level. The killer sudoku is a favourite in the Telegraph newspaper and with puzzles across a range of difficulties included in the book, whether you're a seasoned expert or new to the game, you're sure to be utterly hooked. Features Summary Prepare yourself for a serious mental workout with this new collection of killer sudoku from the Telegraph. Author The Telegraph Media Group Publisher Hamlyn Release date 20160204 Pages 240 ISBN 0-600-63313-6 ISBN 13 978-0-600-63313-6

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The ultimate test of logic, these challenging puzzles take sudoku to a whole new level. The killer sudoku is a favourite in the Telegraph newspaper and with puzzles across a range of difficulties included in the book, whether you're a seasoned expert or new to the game, you're sure to be utterly hooked. Format:Paperback Pages:0

  1996.  Hard cover with dust cover. 192  pages.  Very good condition, as new. Over  1kg.     From each of the last 100 years this book presents articles, despatches and photographs from the Rugby Union columns of "The Daily Telegraph" to give the flavour of those 12 months in the game at both club and international level. There are contemporary reports from early correspondents, coverage of the modern era, including three World Cups, and articles which discuss the issues that the game has had to address over the years, such as professionalism.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Jon Klassen for the smallest hands! The very first HAT book in board book form. "The funniest book ever written" Jenny Colgan, Guardian "One of the simplest yet most original and entertaining picture books around" Telegraph A New York Times Bestseller and Best Illustrated Book The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despond, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear's memory and renews his search with a vengeance... Features Summary Jon Klassen for the smallest hands! The very first HAT book in board book form. "The funniest book ever written" Jenny Colgan, Guardian "One of the simplest yet most original and entertaining picture books around" Telegraph A New York Times Bestseller and Best Illustrated Book The bear's hat is gone... Author Jon Klassen (Author), Jon Klassen (Illustrator) Publisher Walker Books Ltd Release date 20181026 Pages 32 ISBN 1-4063-8779-7 ISBN 13 978-1-4063-8779-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days The first in Jeff Kinney's side-splitting series, join Greg Heffley as he's thrust into a new year, and a new school, where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving. I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons. Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so-cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his own advantage. Recorded in his diary with comic pictures and his very own words, this test of Greg and Rowley's friendship unfolds with hilarious results. Laugh until you cry at all of Greg's hopeless shenanigans. Diary of a Wimpy Kid has got millions of kids reading and laughing at (but mostly with) the famous Greg Heffley. If you're on the lookout for a funny children's book for 7+, especially a book for reluctant readers, you can't go wrong with the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Praise for Jeff Kinney: 'The world has gone crazy for Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid' - The Sun 'Kinney is right up there with J K Rowling as one of the bestselling children's authors on the planet' - Independent 'The most hotly anticipated children's book of the year is here - Diary of a Wimpy Kid' - Big Issue 'Hilarious' - Telegraph Features Summary This was Mom's idea, not mine. But if she thinks I'm going to write down my "feelings" in here or whatever, she's crazy. The only reason I agreed to do this at all is because I figure later on when I'm rich and famous... Author Jeff Kinney Publisher Puffin Release date 20080729 Pages 217 ISBN 0-14-132490-2 ISBN 13 978-0-14-132490-6

Title: African Dawn by Tony Park, Softcover Book. Author: Tony Park. Type: Fiction. Edition: Quercus Edition 2012. Publisher: Quercus. Year Published: 2011. Format: Softcover Book. Printed By: Clays Ltd, St. Ives, England. Page Count: 559. Size: Width: 13cm       Height: 19.5cm       Thickness: 4cm Info: A heart-racing thriller from the master of adventure "a ripping yarn of adventure, romance and bloody conflict" Daily Telegraph. It's darkest before the dawn, Three families - the Bryants, the Quilter-Phippses and the Ngwenyas - share a history as complex and bloody as Zimbabwe itself. Dedicated conservationists Paul and Philippa Bryant are struggling to save their farm and small herd of endangered black rhinos from seizure by corrupt government minister Emmerson Ngwenya. Twin brothers, ex-soldier Braedan and environmentalist Tate Quilter-Phipps join the fight. But when the brothers fall in love with the same woman, Natalie Bryant, their rivalry threatens to put the lives of all involved at risk. And with Emmerson vowing to stop at nothing until he gets what he wants, a bloody showdown seems inevitable. In the broken country that is Zimbabwe, only the strongest can survive."Tony Park has drawn on his deep love and respect of the untamed African continent to deliver this unmissable read." Daily Examiner. Fans of David Baldacci, Wilbur Smith and Ken Follett will love Tony Park. Condition: Very Good, binding, spine and pages all intact. Price: R 125.00 Inc Vat.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 Observer and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year 2016 David is the small boy who is always asking questions. Simon and Ines take care of him in their new town, Estrella. He is learning the language, he has begun to make friends and he has the big dog Bolivar to watch over him. But he'll be seven soon and he should be at school. And so, David is enrolled in the Academy of Dance. It's here, in his new golden dancing slippers, that he learns how to call down the numbers from the sky. But it's here too that he will make troubling discoveries about what adults are capable of. The Schooldays of Jesus is a mesmerising tale about growing up, and about the choices we are forced to make in our lives. Features Summary LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016Observer and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year 2016David is the small boy who is always asking questions. It's here... Author J. M. Coetzee Publisher Vintage Release date 20171031 Pages 272 ISBN 1-78470-533-0 ISBN 13 978-1-78470-533-6

About Nina Todd Has Gone Nina Todd is not the sort of person you'd notice - and that's the way she likes it. She lives a quiet life: dull job, dependable boyfriend, no disruptions. When Nina meets Rupert in a hotel, it leads to an empty adulterous encounter that she'd rather forget. But it soon becomes clear that Rupert won't. Is it pure infatuation, or something more sinister? Who is Rupert, and what is the power he holds over her? And who is Nina Todd? Reviews “'Glaister makes you feel you are there, and makes you wish for almost anywhere else'” –  Daily Telegraph “'A natural storyteller who knows how to keep the reader turning the pages'” –  Independent “'This is a first-rate psychological thriller and Glaister sustains the edginess to the end'” –  Mail on Sunday “'Glaister is an expert plotter and her story has a chilling plausibility... a story whose message will linger long after the book is closed'” –  Scotsman - See more at: http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nina-todd-has-gone-9781408842645/#sthash.72SPuu4H.dpuf About Nina Todd Has Gone Nina Todd is not the sort of person you'd notice - and that's the way she likes it. She lives a quiet life: dull job, dependable boyfriend, no disruptions. When Nina meets Rupert in a hotel, it leads to an empty adulterous encounter that she'd rather forget. But it soon becomes clear that Rupert won't. Is it pure infatuation, or something more sinister? Who is Rupert, and what is the power he holds over her? And who is Nina Todd? Reviews “'Glaister makes you feel you are there, and makes you wish for almost anywhere else'” –  Daily Telegraph “'A natural storyteller who knows how to keep the reader turning the pages'” –  Independent “'This is a first-rate psychological thriller and Glaister sustains the edginess to the end'” –  Mail on Sunday “'Glaister is an expert plotter and her story has a chilling plausibility... a story whose message will linger long after the book is closed'” –  Scotsman - See more at: http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nina-todd-has-gone-9781408842645/#sthash.72SPuu4H.dpuf "Nina Todd has gone" Book by Lesley Glaister In excellent condition   Description: Nina Todd is not the sort of person you'd notice - and that's the way she likes it. She lives a quiet life: dull job, dependable boyfriend, no disruptions. When Nina meets Rupert in a hotel, it leads to an empty adulterous encounter that she'd rather forget. But it soon becomes clear that Rupert won't. Is it pure infatuation, or something more sinister? Who is Rupert, and what is the power he holds over her? And who is Nina Todd?   "A gritty psychological thriller... this book will keep you up until the early hours" Easy Living "A gripping page-turner" Cosmopolitan     About Nina Todd Has Gone Nina Todd is not the sort of person you'd notice - and that's the way she likes it. She lives a quiet life: dull job, dependable boyfriend, no disruptions. When Nina meets Rupert in a hotel, it leads to an empty adulterous encounter that she'd rather forget. But it soon becomes clear that Rupert won't. Is it pure infatuation, or something more sinister? Who is Rupert, and what is the power he holds over her? And who is Nina Todd? Reviews “'Glaister makes you feel you are there, and makes you wish for almost anywhere else'” –  Daily Telegraph “'A natural storyteller who knows how to keep the reader turning the pages'” –  Independent “'This is a first-rate psychological thriller and Glaister sustains the edginess to the end'” –  Mail on Sunday “'Glaister is an expert plotter and her story has a chilling plausibility... a story whose message will linger long after the book is closed'” –  Scotsman - See more at: http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nina-todd-has-gone-9781408842645/#sthash.72SPuu4H.dpuf  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days As heard on Sky News, BBC Radio 4 Today, BBC World News, BBC Asian Network, London Live News and as seen in The Telegraph... 'This book has the power to make millions of people healthier and happier.' Andy Burnham, former Secretary of State for Health***The easy 21-day plan for a happier, healthier and longer life We are not being given the truth about our health...We're told to avoid saturated fats, we're marketed health food that is laden with sugar and we're encouraged to pound out miles at the gym. However, our chances of getting obese are increasing - raising our risk of Type-2 diabetes, cancer, dementia and heart disease. Yet in the tiny Italian village of Pioppi, life is as simple as it is long and healthy. There is no gym, no supermarket, the food is delicious and they enjoy a glass of wine every evening. Now cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra - a world-leading obesity expert and Britain's number one anti-sugar campaigner - and acclaimed filmmaker Donal O'Neill combine the wisdom of this remarkably long lived population with decades of nutrition and medical research to cut through long-standing dietary myths and create this easy-to-follow lifestyle plan. This isn't a diet or lifestyle which requires saying 'no' to the things you love, or exercising for hours upon end. In just three weeks, The Pioppi Diet will help you make simple, achievable and long-lasting changes to how you eat, sleep and move - changes that all of us, no matter how busy we are, can make. 'Revolutionary' Richard Thompson, former physician to HRH Queen Elizabeth Features Summary As heard on Sky News, BBC Radio 4 Today, BBC World News, BBC Asian Network, London Live News and as seen in The Telegraph... 'This book has the power to make millions of people healthier and happier... Author Aseem Malhotra (Author), Donal O'Neill (Author) Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20170731 Pages 363 ISBN 1-4059-3263-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4059-3263-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 'REVELATORY' - DAILY TELEGRAPH ***** 'FASCINATING' - OBSERVER 'ENGROSSING' - DAILY MAIL 'You'll worry at your hunger to keep on reading, but you won't be able to stop' - GUARDIAN, Book of the Year David Litvinoff was one of the great mythic characters of `60s London. Flitting between the worlds of music, art and crime, he exerted a hidden influence that helped create the Krays twins' legend, connected the Rolling Stones with London's dark side, shaped the plot of classic film Performance - and saw him immortalised in a portrait by Lucian Freud. Litvinoff's determination to live without trace means that his life has always eluded biographers, until now. Intent on unravelling the enigma of Litvinoff, Keiron Pim conducted 100 interviews over five years, speaking to Eric Clapton and Marianne Faithfull, James Fox and `Mad' Frankie Fraser. The result is an extraordinary feat of research that traces a rogue's progress amongst aristocrats, gangsters and rock stars. Features Summary 'REVELATORY' - DAILY TELEGRAPH *****'FASCINATING' - OBSERVER'ENGROSSING' - DAILY MAIL'You'll worry at your hunger to keep on reading, but you won't be able to stop' - GUARDIAN... Author Keiron Pim Publisher Vintage Release date 20170126 Pages 432 ISBN 0-09-958444-1 ISBN 13 978-0-09-958444-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days **FROM THE AUTHOR OF INSIDE THE WAVE, THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017** Leningrad, September 1941. Hitler orders the German forces to surround the city at the start of the most dangerous, desperate winter in its history. For two pairs of lovers - Anna and Andrei, Anna's novelist father and banned actress Marina - the siege becomes a battle for survival. They will soon discover what it is like to be so hungry you boil shoe leather to make soup, so cold you burn furniture and books. But this is not just a struggle to exist, it is also a fight to keep the spark of hope alive... A brilliantly imagined novel of war and the wounds it inflicts on ordinary people's lives, and a profoundly moving celebration of love, life and survival. 'Remarkable, affecting...there are few more interesting stories than this; and few writers who could have told it better' Rachel Cusk, Daily Telegraph 'Literary writing of the highest order set against a background if suffering so intimately reconstructed it is hard to believe that Dunmore was not there' Richard Overy, Sunday Telegraph 'Utterly convincing. A deeply moving account of two love stories in terrible circumstances. The story of their struggle to survive appears simple, as all great literature should... a world-class novel' Antony Beevor, The Times Novelist and poet Helen Dunmore has achieved great critical acclaim since publishing her first adult novel, the McKitterick Prize winning, Zennor in Darkness. Her novels, Counting the Stars, Your Blue-Eyed Boy, With Your Crooked Heart, Burning Bright, House of Orphans, Mourning Ruby, A Spell of Winter, and Talking to the Dead, and her collection of short stories Love of Fat Men are all published by Penguin. This edition includes the first chapter of Betrayal, the sequel to The Siege. Features Summary Leningrad, September 1941. Hitler orders the German forces to surround the city at the start of the most dangerous, desperate winter in its history. For two pairs of lovers - Anna and Andrei... Author Helen Dunmore Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20020530 Pages 310 ISBN 0-241-95219-0 ISBN 13 978-0-241-95219-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Zadie Smith's White Teeth is a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of London, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time One of the most talked about fictional debuts ever, White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle, it is a life-affirming, riotous must-read of a book. 'Funny, clever... and a rollicking good read' Independent 'An astonishingly assured debut, funny and serious... I was delighted' Salman Rushdie 'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' Julian Barnes, Guardian 'Quirky, sassy and wise... a big, splashy, populous production reminiscent of books by Dickens and Salman Rushdie... demonstrates both an instinctive storytelling talent and a fully fashioned voice that's street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time' New York Times 'Smith writes like an old hand, and, sometimes, like a dream' New Yorker 'Outstanding... A strikingly clever and funny book with a passion for ideas, for language and for the rich tragic-comedy of life' Sunday Telegraph 'Do believe the hype' The Times 'Relentlessly funny... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt' Guardian Zadie Smith was born in north-west London in 1975. Her debut novel, White Teeth, won the Whitbread First Novel Award, the Guardian First Book Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, and the Commonwealth Writers' First Book Prize, and was included in TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Her second novel, On Beauty, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has written two further novels, The Autograph Man and NW, a collection of essays, Changing My Mind, and also edited a short-story anthology, The Book of Other People. Features Summary Zadie Smith's White Teeth is a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of London, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time One of the most talked about fictional debuts ever... Author Zadie Smith Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20170601 Pages 560 ISBN 0-241-98139-5 ISBN 13 978-0-241-98139-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days *Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award* *Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award* *Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize* *Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018* *A Sunday Times Book of the Year* Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven. They are strangers to her. When she is born in 1973, her parents hand her over to a childless peasant couple in the mountains. Aged two, and suffering from malnutrition on a diet of yam leaves, they leave Xiaolu with her illiterate grandparents in a fishing village on the East China Sea. Once Upon a Time in the East takes Xiaolu from a run-down shack to film school in a rapidly changing Beijing, navigating the everyday peculiarity of modern China: censorship, underground art, Western boyfriends. In 2002 she leaves Beijing on a scholarship to study in Britain. Now, after a decade in Europe, her tale of East to West resonates with the insight that can only come from someone who is both an outsider and at home. 'This generation's Wild Swans' Daily Telegraph Features Summary *Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award* *Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award**Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize**Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018**A Sunday Times Book of the Year*Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven. Author Xiaolu Guo Publisher Vintage Release date 20180117 Pages 336 ISBN 1-78470-294-3 ISBN 13 978-1-78470-294-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days Avi Shlaim's The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World is the outstanding book on Israeli foreign policy, now thoroughly updated with a new preface and chapters on Israel's most recent leaders In the 1920s, hard-line Zionists developed the doctrine of the 'Iron Wall': negotiations with the Arabs must always be from a position of military strength, and only when sufficiently strong Israel would be able to make peace with her Arab neighbours. This doctrine, argues Avi Shlaim, became central to Israeli policy; dissenters were marginalized and many opportunities to reconcile with Palestinian Arabs were lost. Drawing on a great deal of new material and interviews with many key participants, Shlaim places Israel's political and military actions under and uncompromising lens. His analysis will bring scant comfort to partisans on both sides, but it will be required reading for anyone interested in this fascinating and troubled region of the world. 'The Iron Wall is strikingly fair-minded, scholarly, cogently reasoned and makes enthralling...reading' Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph 'Anyone wanting to understand the modern Middle East should start by reading this elegantly written and scrupulously researched book' Trevor Royle, Sunday Herald 'A milestone in modern scholarship of the Middle East' Edward Said 'Fascinating...Shlaim presents compelling evidence for a revaluation of traditional Israeli history' Ethan Bronner, The New York Times Book Review Avi Shlaim is Professor of International Relations at St. Antony's College, Oxford. His previous books include Collusion Across the Jordan (1988) and War and Peace in the Middle East (1995). Features Summary In the 1920s, hard-line Zionists developed the doctrine of the 'Iron Wall': negotiations with the Arabs must always be from a position of military strength... Author Avi Shlaim Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20141020 Pages 900 ISBN 0-14-103322-3 ISBN 13 978-0-14-103322-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Number One bestseller Giraffes Can't Dance from author Giles Andreae has been delighting children for over 15 years. Gerald the tall giraffe would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance, but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance... or can they? A funny, touching and triumphant picture book story about a giraffe who finds his own tune and confidence too, with joyful illustrations from Guy Parker Rees and a foiled cover.... wonderfully funny. - Independent A fantastically funny and wonderfully colourful romp of a picture book. All toddlers should grow up reading this or hearing their parents read it aloud to them. - Daily Telegraph A joyful read about an outsider who finds acceptance on his own terms.... there's also a simple moral about tolerance and daring to be different. - Junior Features Summary This funny, touching and triumphant picture book about a giraffe who finds his own tune has been a much-loved family favourite for over 15 years. Author Guy Parker-Rees (Illustrator), Giles Andreae (Author) Publisher Orchard Books Release date 20000601 Pages 32 ISBN 1-84121-565-1 ISBN 13 978-1-84121-565-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Julie Otsuka's The Buddha in the Attic, the follow-up to When the Emperor Was Divine was shortlisted for the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and winner of the Pen Faulkner Award for Fiction 2012. Between the first and second world wars a group of young, non-English-speaking Japanese women travelled by boat to America. They were picture brides, clutching photos of husbands-to-be whom they had yet to meet. Julie Otsuka tells their extraordinary, heartbreaking story in this spellbinding and poetic account of strangers lost and alone in a new and deeply foreign land. 'Sweeping, symphonic, empathic... subtle, infinitely skilful... an exhilarating, compulsive read. Otsuka's haunting, heartbreaking conclusion, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, is faultless' Daily Mail 'A tender, nuanced, empathetic exploration of the sorrows and consolations of a whole generation of women... the distaff equivalent of a war memorial' Daily Telegraph 'A haunting and heartbreaking look at the immigrant experience... Otsuka's keenly observed prose manages to capture whole histories in a sweep of gorgeous incantatory sentences' Marie Claire 'An understated masterpiece... she conjures up the lost voices of a generation of Japanese American women without losing sight of the distinct experience of each' San Francisco Chronicle Julie Otsuka was born and raised in California. She is the author of the novel When the Emperor Was Divine, and a recipient of the Asian American Literary Award, the American Library Association Alex Award, and a Guggenheim fellowship. Her second novel, The Buddha in the Attic, was nominated for the 2011 National Book Award. She lives in New York City. Features Summary Between the first and second world wars a group of young, non-English-speaking Japanese women travelled by boat to America. They were picture brides, clutching photos of husbands-to-be whom they had yet to meet.. Author Julie Otsuka Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20130207 Pages 129 ISBN 0-241-95648-X ISBN 13 978-0-241-95648-9

 Meet Thursday Next, literary detective without equal, fear or boyfriend.  There is another 1985, where London's criminal gangs have moved into the lucrative literary market, and Thursday Next is on the trail of the new crime wave. Acheron Hades has been kidnapping characters from works of fiction and holding them to ransom. Jane Eyre is gone. Missing. Thursday sets out to find a way into the book to repair the damage. But solving crimes against literature isn't easy when you also have to find time to halt the Crimean War, persuade the man you love to marry you and figure out who really wrote Shakespeare's plays. JASPER FFORD HAS GONE WHERE NO OTHER FICTIONEER HAS GONE BEFORE. MILLIONS OF READERS NOW FOLLOW - GUARDIAN FORGET THE RULES OF TIME, SPACE AND REALITY; JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE ADVENTURE - DAILY TELEGRAPH Softcover, Secondhand, 373 pages   (I loved this book but had to read it a second time to truly enjoy it! One of my favorite science fiction books - Louise Kock)

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Karen Perry brings Can You Keep a Secret, a truly dark and compulsive read - perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Ruth Ware... It's been twenty years since Lindsey has seen her best friend Rachel Twenty years since she has set foot in Thornbury Hall - the now crumbling home of the Bagenal family - where they spent so much time as teenagers. Since Patrick Bagenal's 18th birthday party, the night everything changed... for good. It's time for a reunion Patrick has decided on one last hurrah before closing the doors of his family home for good. All of the old crowd, back together for a weekend. For the secrets to come out It's not long before secrets begin to float to the surface. Everything that Lindsey shared with her best friend at sixteen... and everything that she didn't... Some secrets should never be told. They need to be taken to the grave. While others require revenge at any cost.Praise for Karen Perry's Girl Unknown 'Full of intrigue and incident and keeps us guessing until the very last tragic page' Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Lying in Wait 'Karen Perry writes intense psychological thrillers that explore emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy' Tana French, bestselling author of The Trespasser 'Stunning' Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club 'Like Gone Girl... It's the most gripping thing I've read for ages' Evening Standard 'Beautifully written, tense and twisty tale' Sunday Mirror 'The book is beautifully written, with just the right balance of teasing the reader with clues and hitting them with revelations' Best Crime Fiction of 2015, The Telegraph Features Summary THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Karen Perry brings Can You Keep a Secret, a truly dark and compulsive read - perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Ruth Ware... Author Karen Perry Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20170928 Pages 384 ISBN 1-4059-2035-1 ISBN 13 978-1-4059-2035-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Assume nothing, question everything. This is the message at the heart of Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner's rule-breaking, iconoclastic book about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby names that turned everyone's view of the world upside-down and became an international multi-million-copy-selling phenomenon. 'Prepare to be dazzled' Malcolm Gladwell 'A sensation... you'll be stimulated, provoked and entertained. Of how many books can that be said?' Sunday Telegraph 'Has you chuckling one minute and gasping in amazement the next' Wall Street Journal 'Dazzling... a delight' Economist 'Made me laugh out loud' Scotland on Sunday Features Summary Assume nothing, question everything. This book is about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby names that turned everyone's view of the world upside-down and more. Author Stephen J. Dubner (Author), Steven D. Levitt (Author) Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Release date 20060406 Pages 320 ISBN 0-14-101901-8 ISBN 13 978-0-14-101901-7

  350 Pages - Very good condition even though front cover shows some wear - A disturbingly prophetic account of the events leading up to World War II, this anthology is a collection of Churchill’s reporting for the  Daily Telegraph  and the  Evening Standard  from 1936 to 1939—tracing Hitler’s rise to power, the Nazi invasion of the Rhineland, and other events leading up to the declaration of war.    In the first few years of Nazi ascendance, many European intellectuals and leaders advocated avoiding war and negotiating with Hitler.   Churchill is one of the few who understood the scope of the Nazi threat and advocated armament against Germany early on—and his early prescience serves as a fine prediction of his determined stance against Hitler as a World War II leader and statesman.  *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage on each additional book   – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Daily Telegraph, Huffington Post & Business Insider Top Business Book to Read 'Every year, 2 million people apply for a job at Google - so what's the secret?' Guardian A compelling manifesto with the potential to change how we work and live, Work Rules! offers both a philosophy of the new world of work and a blueprint for attracting the most spectacular talent and ensuring the brightest and best prosper. The way we work is changing - are you? Features Summary From the brilliant and innovative head of Google's people operations - the ultimate guide to attracting the most spectacular talent to your business and how to ensure the best and the brightest succeed. Author Laszlo Bock Publisher John Murray Publishers Ltd Release date 20160303 Pages 406 ISBN 1-4447-9238-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4447-9238-6

We combine postage, so do look at our other items on offer. Postage prices outside of South African borders will differ. Please enquire before purchasing.   Dispatched within 3 business days. Condition: Good. Black Swan, Paperback, 1995 -  Fiction - 284 pp. It is, perhaps, the fifteenth century and the ordered tranquillity of a Mediterranean island is about to be shattered by the appearance of two outsiders: one, a castaway, plucked from the sea by fishermen, whose beliefs represent a challenge to the established order; the other, a child abandoned by her mother and suckled by wolves, who knows nothing of the precarious relationship between Church and State but whose innocence will become the subject of a dangerous experiment. But the arrival of the Inquisition on the island creates a darker, more threatening force which will transform what has been a philosophical game of chess into a matter of life and death... Review: 'A compelling medieval fable, written from the heart and melded to a driving narrative which never once loses its tremendous pace' -- Guardian 'An irresistible blend of intellect and passion' -- Mail on Sunday 'This remarkable novel resembles an illuminated manuscript mapped with angels and mountains and signposts, an allegory for today and yesterday too. A beautiful, unsettling moral fiction about virtue and intolerance' -- Observer 'Remarkable...Utterly absorbing...richly detailed and finely imagined' -- Sunday Telegraph 'The lucidity of Jill Paton Walsh's style and the dexerity of the narrative are such that her book reads more like a good thriller than a weighty novel of ideas...An ingenious fable' -- The Times About the author  (1998) Jill Paton Walsh was educated at St Michael's Convent, North Finchley, and at St Anne's College, Oxford. She is the author of several highly praised adult novels: Lapsing, A School For Lovers, Knowledge of Angels, which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize, Goldengrove Unleaving, The Serpentine Cave and A Desert in Bohemia. She has also won many awards for her children's literature, including the Whitbread Prize, the Universe Prize and the Smarties Award. She has three children and lives in Cambridge. Bibliographic information:   Title Knowledge of Angels Author Jill Paton Walsh Edition Paperback Publisher Black Swan, 1995 ISBN 9780552996365 Length 284 pages Please Click ---> HERE PTO Books is selling. Follow PTO Books on Facebook.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The Demigod Files: the perfect companion to Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series. The perfect companion to this megaselling series - essential reading for all young demigods! In these top-secret files, Rick Riordan, Camp Half-Blood's senior scribe, gives you an inside look at the world of demigods that NO regular human child is allowed to see. These highly classified archives include three of Percy Jackson's most perilous adventures, a Spotter's Guide to Monsters, a Who's Who in Greek mythology, Percy's Summer Camp report and much more. So, if you're armed with this book, you'll have everything you need to know to keep you alive in your training. Your own adventures have just begun...Rick Riordan has now sold an incredible 55 million copies of his books worldwide Praise for the Percy Jackson series: 'Witty and inspired. Gripping, touching and deliciously satirical...This is most likely to succeed Rowling. Puffin is on to a winner' - Amanda Craig, The Times 'Puns, jokes and subtle wit, alongside a gripping storyline' - Telegraph 'Perfectly paced, with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats' - New York Times The Percy Jackson series: The Lightning Thief; The Sea of Monsters; The Battle of the Labyrinth; The Titan's Curse; The Last Olympian Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero; The Son of Neptune; The Mark of Athena The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid; The Throne of Fire; The Serpent's Shadow Features Summary Suitable for all young demigods, this volume gives you an inside look at the world of demigods that no regular human child is allowed to see. Author Rick Riordan Publisher Puffin Release date 20100107 Pages 169 ISBN 0-14-132950-5 ISBN 13 978-0-14-132950-5

  This is the story of Daisy Goodwill, from her birth on a kitchen floor in Manitoba, Canada, to her death in a Florida nursing home nearly ninety years later.  Her ordinary life is made extraordinary in the telling. "I can think of few novels containing so much that is resonant and unforgettable, or that invite the reader to participate so fully and rewardingly.  The Stone Diaries is a triumphant and important book and deserves a wide audience"  Sunday Telegraph. Soft cover, good condition.  361 pages, all intact.