Jot Davies
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"Dazzling. The novelistic equivalent of a Turner watercolor." -Washington Post
Penelope Fitzgerald's Booker Prize–winning novel of loneliness and connecting is set among the houseboat community of the Thames. This edition includes a new introduction from Alan Hollinghurst.
On the Battersea Reach, a mixed bag of the slightly disreputable, the temporarily lost, and the patently eccentric live on houseboats, rising and falling with the tides of the...
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"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Neuroscience, Association of American Publishers" "A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year" Daniel M. Davis is Professor of Immunology and Head of Life Sciences at Imperial College London. He is the author of The Beautiful Cure and The Compatibility Gene.
"A perfect blend of cutting-edge science and compelling storytelling."-Bill Bryson
A revolutionary new vision of human biology and the scientific breakthroughs...
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Devised by devious genius Tom Cutler, The Pilot Who Wore a Dress is a fiendish collection of riddles, mysteries and puzzles to test and tease your brain. This title includes an accompanying PDF. Here's a simple one to get you started: four bodybuilders are huddling together in the street, under a small ladies' umbrella, yet after 20 minutes not one of them has got wet. How is this possible? Separated into original brainteasers and timeless conundrums,...
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A delightful tale of victory against all odds from master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. Every fox in the whole town, in the whole country just about, is a football fan… And we all have an impossible dream. " In a cosy den under a garden shed lives a family of foxes. They love to watch football – all foxes do. But their favourite team keeps losing and losing, and it seems like things will never look up. That is, until Daddy Fox finds the ghost...
5) The Universe
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Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell. We once thought of our Earth as unique, but we have now discovered thousands of alien planets, and that's barely a fraction of the worlds that are out there. And, there are more stars in the Universe than grains of...
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Thrilling adventures and hilarious capers from three brilliant children's authors in one audiobook collection.
THAT TIME I GOT KIDNAPPED
When fourteen-year-old Jacob misses his connecting flight in Chicago, he tries to complete his journey to LA by Greyhound bus. But on board he meets American teenager Jennifer, who is carrying a mysterious package and being chased by an enigmatic pursuer known only as 'the Cowboy'… And she needs a partner in crime....