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She joins forces with Swedish traders and, en route, encounters a ghost-ship, an English slave, a laughter- maker, a charming thief and a Russian king. She shoots rapids and is caught in an arrow-storm, narrowly misses being sold as a slave herself, and witnesses a living sacrifice. But, through it all, her belief in her father is unwavering. A glittering novel that revolves around friendship and betrayal, fathers and daughters, the clash of religions, courage and self-reliance, and a perilous journey into young womanhood. 260 pages with colophons, list of characters, map and glossary. £12.99 NOW £4.50
Time Travelling... 73163 BOOK OF TIME:
The Secrets of Time, How it Works and How We Measure
It by Adam Hart-Davis The author needs no introduction. He has been informing and entertaining TV audiences for years. In this thought-provoking book, he investigates how philosophers,
scientists and religious leaders have tried to explain the concept of time, and comes up against such puzzles as how a jellyfish can sting you in less than a microsecond, although you will not feel the pain for a million times longer. He asks if time really does slow down when you are bored and speed up in emergencies, and ponders on whether there was a beginning and will be an end to time. For at least 20,000 years, from calendar wheels and water clocks to quartz chronometers, people have been charting days and months by the moon. Recently, scientists have discovered that a great variety of animals and plants, as well as tides and women of child-bearing age, also respond to it. Even trees swell and shrink as the moon waxes and wanes. Now, our year of 365.2419 days is only 27 seconds out of sync with the sun, which is pretty accurate but, how does science view time? Einstein believed that time is relative, and depends on your point of view. Many scientists say that time travel into the future is possible and, as Adam Hart-Davis says, we all do it, at one second per second! Read his book and time will just fly by. 256 pages 25cm x 19.5cm very lavishly illustrated, mostly in colour.
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73024 SIRENS OF TITAN by Kurt Vonnegut
A very funny novel about The Meaningless of It All, vast in scope and staggering in its originality, this book on publication was hailed as ‘An experience not to be missed’. When Winston Niles Rumfoord flies his spaceship into a chrono-synclastic infundibulum he is converted into pure energy and only materialises when his
waveforms intercept Earth or some other planet. As a result, he only gets home to Newport, Rhode Island once every 59 days, and then only for an hour. But at least, as a consolation, he now knows everything that has ever happened or that will ever happen. First published in 1959, this was the bestselling author’s second novel here in facsimile reprinted paperback, 224pp.
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73033 THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE
by Audrey Niffenegger J. B. Priestley said, ‘Clock time is our bank manager, tax collector, police inspector; this inner time is our wife.’ Made into a film and bound to become a classic, this ever popular reading group choice is a big, reckless and utterly convincing novel, wonky, sexy and incredible. It is the
extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry who meet when Clare was six and Henry was 36, and were married when Clare was 22 and Henry 30. Impossible but true, because Henry suffers with a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. In the face of a force they can neither prevent nor control, the couple’s struggle to lead normal lives is both intensely moving and entirely unforgettable. 520pp in paperback.
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73192 THIEF OF TIME by John Boyne
Written by the author of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, this minor masterpiece made an
extraordinary début for this skilled storyteller. Matthieu Zela has lived his life well. In fact, he’s lived several lives well because Zela’s life is characterised by one amazing fact - his body stopped ageing before the end of the 18th century. Starting in 1758, a
young Matthieu flees Paris after witnessing his mother’s brutal murder. His only companions are his younger brother Tomas and one true love, Dominique Sauvet. The story of his life takes us from the French Revolution to 1920s Hollywood, from the Great Exhibition to the Wall Street Crash and by the end of the 20th century, Matthieu has been an engineer, a rogue, a movie mogul, a soldier, a financier, a lover to many, a cable TV executive and much more besides. Brilliantly weaving history and personal experience, this is a dazzling story of murder, love, missed chances, treachery and redemption. 523pp in paperback with fairly large print. £7.99 NOW £3.50
Annie’s Holiday read!
73048 36 ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD: A
Work of Fiction by Rebecca Goldstein “Divinely witty”, “Hilarious...a joy to read”, “Dazzlingly bright”, “A rare find” and “One of the literary hits of the year”. This novel tells of psychologist Cass Seltzer, whose book “The Variety of Religious Illusion” becomes a surprise runaway bestseller. An
uncompromising atheist, sudden celebrity has turned his life upside down and brought out the ghosts of his past in their droves - in the space of a week, his theories about why people have a need for faith are borne out in ways in which he could never have imagined. Stunningly original writing, the book explores the variety of human religious experience in a tale of obsession, consuming love and divine genius. It is like taking a crash-course in post-theological debate, but then losing yourself in its cast of fascinating and truly credible characters as they explore the moral issues of today. An appendix lists all 36 Arguments, together with their associated logic and the flaws therein! 400pp paperback. £7.99 NOW £4
73011 NOTES OF A DIRTY OLD MAN
by Charles Bukowski By the cult author of The Post Office (1971) and Women (1978), the filthy dirty Bukowski either wrote as himself or his alter-ego Henry Chinaski. This collection of his columns for an underground LA newspaper optimises his style of gritty realism. He delves into America’s lowlife to eulogise life’s
losers and anti-heroes. Packed with women, violence, gambling and booze, his semi-autobiographical stories veer between hilarity and despair as he extols the inherent beauty and futility of life. 200 page paperback. £8.99 NOW £4
73031 TALES OF ORDINARY MADNESS
by Charles Bukowski A companion to Notes of a Dirty Old Man code 73011 here again the bestselling author of The Post Office from 1971 regales us with his filthy tales which will make your teeth rattle. They are tales of ordinary madness in which Bukowski ingeniously mixes high and low culture, from prostitutes and the
philosophy of Kant to despair and classical music to create his modern dystopia. Inspired by D. H. Lawrence, John Fante and Hemingway, his writing is passionate, extreme and relentlessly realistic. These are angry yet tender, humorous and haunting portrayals of life in the underbelly of America. Being a down-and-out has never been so well recorded. 231pp in paperback. Adults only.
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72061 QUEST OF HONOUR by Sam Barone
The city of Sumer, ruled by a brutal murderer and his vicious, power- hungry sister, is poised to give birth to the mightiest empire in history. No one stands a chance as it brings a bloody war to all those who get in its way, determined to crush and enslave those on its borders. The little city state of Akkad must prepare its fledgling nation to fight for its very survival. Its warriors
are a courageous brotherhood, but this is not a battle of villages or of roving warrior bands - it is a battle for Empire and a fight to the death. An ancient people are brought back to roaring life in this story set at the dawn of history, and a deadly quest for honour. Much applauded on publication. 618 thumping pages. £7.99 NOW £3.50
72115 HANNIBAL: Pride of Carthage
by David Anthony Durham Before the Gallic Wars or the conquest of Britain, in a time before Rome’s place in the history of the Western world was assured, the nascent empire had first to survive a devastating assault by its most formidable foe. Celebrated and feared like few figures from history, his name was Hannibal Barca. Capturing the panoramic scope of
what would become known as the Second Punic War (218-202BC), from Hannibal’s famous elephant-mounted crossing of the Alps to the savagery of battles like Trasimene and Zama, this epic novel chronicles a titanic struggle through the actions of individual characters - Hannibal, his nemesis Publius Scipio, their princes, generals and foot soldiers, friends, lovers and wives. Ancient history is brought to unforgettable life in this compellingly composed masterpiece. 640pp in paperback.
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72955 WINDS OF FORTUNE by E. V. Thompson
Thomasina Varcoe is not a typical Cornish girl. Her fair hair sets her apart and neither is she ‘pretty’ in the conventional sense. Yet most people who glance at her usually look again. Her job as a servant girl would be a good one for 1812 were it not for the unwanted interests of the obnoxious Sir Charles Hearle. Falsely accused of theft, Thomasina flees to her sweetheart,
highwayman Jeffrey, and in partnership they steal for
real, terrorising the highways of the south-west. But when Jeffrey is caught and sentenced to death, Thomasina decides to follow the life of her seafaring father and joins the ship Melanie Jane as ‘Tom’, a secret she shares only with the captain. It is a dangerous double life that takes her to the magical island of St. Michael’s Mount, and leads her into renewed conflict with the lecherous Sir Charles. 568pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3.50
73128 DEVIL’S CHARGE by Michael Arnold With the fourth instalment, Assassin’s Reign, due out this month, Michael Arnold’s Stryker Chronicles series, set in the English Civil War, is snowballing in popularity, fast becoming the “Sharpe of the Civil War”. Devil’s Charge is the second in the series, first published in 2011 the follow-up to the immensely popular 2010 Traitor’s Blood, but it reads perfectly
well as a stand-alone. It is 1643: England stands divided, King against Parliament, town against country, brother against brother. Captain Stryker, scarred hero of a dozen battles, is long past caring about the rights and wrongs of both causes. A Royalist in name alone, his loyalties lie with his small band of comrades and to the beautiful Lisette Gaillard, Queen Henrietta Maria’s most deadly agent. So when Lisette and the man she was protecting disappear and Prince Rupert entrusts Stryker with the task of discovering what happened nothing - not imprisonment, ambush, a doomed siege or a lethal religious fanatic - will stand in his way. From the storming of Cirencester via the siege of Lichfield to the blood-soaked fields of Hopton Heath, Arnold brings to life the drama and passion of the Civil War and the doomed glamour of the Royalist cause, each page reeking of gunpowder and resounding with cannon fire as the resolute Stryker doggedly sticks to his task. 467pp paperback. £13.99 NOW £4
73151 TIME KEEPER: A
Novel by Mitch Albom In Mitch Albom’s striking novel Dor, the inventor of the first clock and the first man to count the hours, is punished for measuring time. Made immortal, “Father Time” is banished to a cave for centuries and forced to listen to the pleas of those who come begging for a few more years of life. Finally, his soul all but broken, he is released, but on one condition: he
must teach two mortals the true meaning of time. During his incarceration the world has become obsessed with time, an obsession that he innocently created, and he commences a journey overseeing the lives of Sarah, an overweight, lovelorn teenage girl who wants to die, and Victor, a wealthy, critically ill old man who wants to live forever. To redeem himself he must save them both, but to do it he will need to stop the world - in fact, stop time. Only then can Sarah understand that her time is not hers to give away, and Victor realise that more time is not something that can be bought, and even if it could, be careful what you wish for. 226pp, first UK edition of 2012.
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62717 THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford
The Good Soldier is a masterpiece of 20th century fiction, an inspiration for many later, distinguished writers, including Graham Greene. Set before the First World War, it tells the tale of two wealthy and sophisticated couples, one English, one American, as they travel, socialise, and take the waters in the spa towns of Europe . They are ‘playing the game’ in style. That game has begun to unravel, however, and with compelling attention to the comic, as well as the tragic, results the American narrator reveals his growing awareness of the sexual intrigues and emotional betrayals that lie behind its façade. Paperback, 192pp. ONLY £2
70173 BRAT FARRAR by Josephine Tey A stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family’s sizeable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, had been carefully coached on Patrick’s mannerisms, appearance and every significant detail of Patrick’s early life, up to his 13th birthday when he disappeared and was thought to have drowned himself. It seems as if Brat is going to pull off this most incredible deception until old secrets emerge that threaten to jeopardise the imposter’s plan and his very life. 275pp in reprinted paperback from the 1949 original.
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70209 MAN IN THE QUEUE by Josephine Tey Outside a London theatre, a throng of people wait expectantly for the last performance of a popular musical. But as the doors open at last, something spoils all thought of entertainment - a man in the queue is found murdered by the deadly thrust of a stiletto. Inspector Alan Grant fascinatingly identifies the body then chases the suspect up to the Highlands of Scotland and all around the town. An original and mysterious plot with an unguessable ending. 247pp in paperback 1953 reprint of the 1929 original. £7.99 NOW £3
71216 WE’LL MEET AGAIN by Lily Baxter April 1939, and unaware that the German war machine is advancing towards the Channel Islands, 17 year old Meg Colivet and her sister are enjoying a holiday in Oxford with their aunt. Here Meg meets charismatic German undergraduate Rayner Weiss and the couple fall passionately in love. But all too soon Britain is at war with Germany, Guernsey has been occupied, and Meg’s family home requisitioned by the German army. Meg insists on remaining with her father helping to save her beloved island from the ravages of war. She then finds herself face to face with Rayner, now a German officer. 451pp in paperback. £5.99 NOW £2.75
71369 MISS PURDY’S CLASS
by Annie Murray Set in New Year of 1936. Gwen Purdy aged 21 leaves her home to become a school teacher in a poor area of Birmingham. Her early weeks are an eye opener. At school, she faces a class of 52 children, some of whose homes are among Birmingham’s very poorest. One of the teachers, the elderly Lily Drysdale proves an inspiration, and Gwen begins to understand the appalling hardships endured by the children. Joey Phillips, eight years old and man of the house, looks after his dying mother and lives in fear of being sent to the orphanage. When he disappears one day to a life on the streets, Gwen is haunted by his absence. Full of warmth and domestic detail. 553pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £2.50
71422 LIGHTS OUT IN WONDERLAND by D. B. C. Pierre
Gabriel Brockwell, aesthete, poet, philosopher, anti- capitalist demonstrator and disaffected 20 something decadent is thinking terminal. His philosophical enquiries, the abstractions he indulges, and how these relate to a life lived in disappointment all point in the same direction - destination Wonderland taking in London, Tokyo and Berlin. Here is his global odyssey committed to the pursuit of pleasure. He takes a spell in rehab, has a near-death experience with fugu ovaries, a sexual encounter with an octopus and finally an orgiastic feast in the bowels of Berlin’s majestic airport. We watch him disintegrate and reshape before our very eyes in this wonderland of many corridors of delight and horror. Our copies may be signed, but it is rather illegible! 316pp, line art.
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72006 THE STRANGER’S CHILD by Alan Hollinghurst
A magnificent novel which was the Sunday Times Novel of the Year, a masterly exploration of English culture, tastes and attitudes. In the late summer of 1913, George Sawle brings his Cambridge friend Cecil Valance, a charismatic young poet, to visit his family home. Filled with intimacies and confusions, the weekend will link the families forever, but its deepest impact will be on George’s 16 year old sister Daphne. As the decades pass, Daphne and those around her endure startling changes in fortune and circumstance. Reputations rise and fall, secrets are revealed and hidden, and the events of that long-ago summer become part of a legendary story, told and interpreted in different ways by successive generations. Absorbing and richly comic this is an elegant and seductive novel. 564pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £4
REBECCA SHAW More village life in Turnham Malpas
72939 A VILLAGE FEUD by Rebecca Shaw We have several new titles from the author of ‘The Village Green Affair’. With the Rector Peter Harris and his family back from Africa, the villagers of Turnham Malpas heave huge sighs of relief and everything seems to be back to normal. But Peter has other ideas and returns to Africa to fulfil a promise. The family he leaves behind is a very troubled one - the twins Beth and Alex are still disturbed by their traumatic experiences in Africa, and Caroline is finding it hard to deal with the fact that they will not share their feelings with her. The villagers are also missing Peter’s guidance, especially when the store is the target of petty theft and violence. Will Peter’s return restore harmony before things get out of hand? 289pp in paperback.
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72940 LOVE IN THE COUNTRY by Rebecca Shaw
When Seb moves to Barleybridge, the last thing on his mind is romance. Keen to settle into his new job he embraces the working life of a country vet and is soon dealing with an assortment of cases. Meanwhile, Australian vet Scott has a new baby to care for. Practice owners Mungo and Miriam organise a posh dinner party where a surprise announcement delights everyone, and there is controversy and divided opinion about a potential new client. Seb’ s expertise with animals and their owners means he is welcomed into the village and relationships bloom, especially with upper class Jilly, passion with actress Maggie, and the possibility of future love. 274pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3.50
72941 TALK OF THE VILLAGE by Rebecca Shaw
The village of Turnham Malpas is bedevilled by talk. In the Royal Oak, the usual banter has turned to bitter wrangling as Caroline causes controversy over an ancient country tradition. And what about Peter, her husband and the rector? Are rumours about him and pushy newcomer Venetia true? Even the older inhabitants are not exempt from gossip, as the Baxter sisters’ eccentric lifestyle is the subject of cruel speculation. Peter must put aside his own problems and unite the village before there is more superstition, madness and tragedy. 263pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3.50
73170 REBECCA SHAW: Set of Three by Rebecca Shaw
Buy all three paperbacks and make further savings. £20.97 NOW £9.50
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