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75615 WHERE THE HEART IS by Annie Groves


Three years into the war and the country is facing its darkest days. The changes have affected everyone, not least the Campion family. Eldest son Luke is fighting on the African Front, Emily is harbouring romantic thoughts about Wilhelm, the German POW, and Bella still pines for her forbidden love. The war effort has steered


twins Lou and Sasha on different paths, but has it driven a wedge between them? The family along with the rest of the nation must face their fears and endure, since all their tomorrows depend upon it. 425pp, paperback. £6.99 NOW £2.25


75025 THE TWELFTH ENCHANTMENT by David Liss


Lucy Derrick is a young woman of good breeding and poor finances. Just as she is on the cusp of accepting a life of misery, events take a stunning turn when a handsome stranger, the poet and notorious rake Lord Byron, arrives at her house, stricken by what seems to be a curse, and with a cryptic message for Lucy. Lucy must harness newfound mystical skills and, enthralled with two exceptional men with designs on her heart, she must master her own desires to claim the destiny she deserves. 400 roughcut pages, small remainder mark. $26 NOW £4


75985 LARK RISE by Flora Thompson


Laura is born in the rural hamlet of Lark Rise, where life has followed an unchanging pattern for centuries and the days are governed by the rhythms of nature. Whether it is describing ancient traditions like the Mayday garland procession, bringing the harvest home and singing ballads in the local inn or introducing characters such as Laura’s radical


father, pioneering Mrs Spicer, eccentric bee-keeping Queenie or the ladies who wear bustles to feed the pigs, the first part of this autobiographical ‘Lark Rise to Candleford’ trilogy captures a vanished corner of rural England and childhood freedom. 241pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


76022 ARTIST OF DISAPPEARANCE by Anita Desai


Set in modern India, where history still casts a long shadow, the novel gives us glimpses into three very different lives. A government official inspects a faded mansion of forgotten treasures, and makes an extraordinary discovery; a middle-aged woman has a life-changing meeting with a former friend at a school reunion; and a man living hermit-like in the burnt-out shell of his family home retreats further and further from life. Remarkable in their clarity and sensuous in their telling, these stories remind us of the extraordinary yet delicate power of this pre-eminent writer. 156pp in paperback.


£7.99 NOW £3.25


76027 THE GREATCOAT by Helen Dunmore


Here is the first ghost story by the winner of the Orange Prize, T. S. Eliot Prize and Whitbread Novel Awards. In the winter of 1952, Isabel Carey moves to the East Riding of Yorkshire with her husband Philip, a GP. With Philip spending long hours on call, Isabel finds herself isolated and lonely and strives to adjust to the realities of


married life. Woken by an intense cold one night, she discovers an old RAF greatcoat hidden in the back of a cupboard. Sleeping under it for warmth, she starts to dream and not long afterwards, while her husband is out, she is startled by a knock at her window. Outside is a young RAF pilot, waiting to come in. His name is Alec, and his powerful presence both disturbs and excites her. After her initial alarm fades, they begin an intense affair. 196pp. £9.99 NOW £4


75611 TULIP GIRL by Margaret Dickinson Abandoned outside an orphanage as a newborn baby, spirited Maddie March has had to fight her way through life so when she finds a home at Few Farm with Frank Brackenbury and his household, she welcomes the chance of a fresh start. Work on the farm is hard, but believing herself truly loved for the first time by the farmer’s son, Michael, even the animosity of the housekeeper Mrs Trowbridge cannot mar Maddie’s newfound happiness. 1947 brings a harsh winter and all seems lost until Maddie has an idea that might save them all from poverty. But then she discovers she is pregnant. 440pp, paperback. £6.99 NOW £3


76024 OBJECT LESSONS: The Paris Review


Presents: the Art of the Short Story edited by Lorin and Sadie Stein


Since its founding in 1953, The Paris Review has been a laboratory for new fiction. The idea of this book is that 20 masters of the genre of short story have been asked to choose a story from the archives, a personal favourite, and to describe the key to its success as a work of fiction. Dinner at the Bank of England by Guy Davenport is introduced by Norman Rush, Several Garlic Tales by Donald Barthelme is introduced by Ben Marcus, Why Don’t You Dance by Raymond Carver is introduced by David Means and Likely Lake by Mary Robison is introduced by Sam Lipsyte. 358pp, softback. £12.99 NOW £3.50


76028 TECHNOLOGISTS by Matthew Pearl Spring 1868 and the population of Boston is being terrorised by a series of mysterious attacks - first a magnetic storm causes ships in the harbour to collide in flames, then every piece of glass in the financial district spontaneously melts - clocks, windows, spectacles. The city’s fate relies on four young students, Civil War veteran Marcus Mansfield, brash Bob Richards,


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meticulous Edwin Hoyt and the eccentric but brilliant Ellen Swallow. Together, they are The Technologists. In a climate of rising hysteria, these four courageous individuals must uncover the mastermind before he can stage his greatest outrage. 555pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £2.50


76102 CONFUSION by Elizabeth Jane Howard During the long, dark days of war, the divided Cazalet family begin to find the battle for survival echoing the confusion in their own lives. Michael seems more interested in his ship and his mother, to whom he is extraordinarily close, than in his young bride. Polly and Clary, now in their late teens, finally fulfil their ambition of living in London, but the reality is not quite as they hoped. Polly is coming to terms with the death of her mother and looking after her grieving father, while clever, sharp Clary is acutely aware she is neither beautiful like Polly nor striking like Louise - and is also the only Cazalet who seems to believe that her father might not be dead. 481pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £3.50


EARLY LEARNING


Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!


- Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! 76741 TOP 20 OF


EVERYTHING by Igloo Books To suit ages ten to adult and all quizzers, the book is grouped by The Arts, History and Warfare, Language and Literature, Money, People, Sport, Unbelievable Facts, Transport, Internet and the Telephone, Energy, Earth and Space, Music, Pets and Animals,


Film, TV and Entertainment, Wildlife, Manmade Disasters, Places, Buildings and Structures. With largest and smallest populations by country, fastest train journeys, biggest film flops, premature obituaries in the last 20 years, longest running stage shows, hottest countries on the planet, facts about military air fleets worldwide, Olympic gold medal winners, tallest buildings and masses more. For all stattos. 224 very large pages, colour illus. £12.99 NOW £5


76105 LET’S DECORATE WIZARD STICKER ACTIVITY


BOOK by Priddy Books Fold origami style your own wizard wand, make a very special wizard hat to decorate with all these colourful stickers provided of frogs, newts, black cats, bats, wizards male and female, owls, a witch on a broomstick, stars, magic books,


potions and more. Make a magical cover for your spell book and an explosive potion with baking soda or start your own secret wizard club. Ages 3+, large softback. £3.99 NOW £1.50


75510 A BUSY DAY WITH PATCHES THE


PUPPY: Book and Toys by Century Books Daisy is playing with her puppy Patch who is nervous about meeting other puppies. Some of the characters in the storybook look very like the Hundred and One Dalmations style, but the pleasure here are the figurines, eight puppy characters including a beagle and a scotty and even a couple of cats. Use the toy figures time and again on the giant play mat folded into this box set. For all animal lovers aged three years and up. ONLY £5.50


75511 A BUSY DAY WITH REGGIE THE RACE CAR: Book and Toys


by Century Books Vroom vroom! Reggie the race car and driver Danny are racing to the finish line and you can come with them without getting any oil on your hands. There are eight coloured toy cars and a giant colourful race track play mat which folds out of the box and can be enjoyed time and time again. The storybook itself is a few board pages in colour. 8" x 10" ages 3-93. ONLY £5.50


75513 LOOK WHAT I CAN COLOUR ANIMALS by Marie Allen


Colour, trace and copy these adorable pictures of animals like a cat climbing a tree with a bumble bee looking on, parrots, frogs on a lily pond, dragonflies, mother and baby elephant, cheeky monkeys and leaping dogs in this big chunky softback book. There is a glittery cover, it measures 21 x 28cm and each coloured page has the outline drawing and then either a six number key to colour in the picture, colouring in to match the little picture provided, or tracing the coloured lines to finish the picture. Age 4+. £9.99 NOW £3.25


75616 EXOTIC ANIMALS WIPE CLEAN ACTIVITY BOOK


In the crossword, identify each different bird and then write its name in the boxes. The list is given at the bottom of the big colourful wipe clean page. Two birds look exactly the same as each other. Can you spot the differences and circle them? With join-the-dots,


matching exercises, odd-one-out, jumble words, word search and crosswords, each exotic animal like the Naeyh, Cajlak, Kocceap, the Low, and the Rtcihso (unjumble those!) will keep the child busy and make learning enjoyable. Colour photos, suit ages 6-9, big softback.


ONLY £1.50 76183 PRINCESSES


by Nancy Hajeski Here are princesses of the imagination like Cinderella, Cindy, damsels in distress, princesses from Asia, Persia, the Americas, African and Northern Europe. Cinderella around the world had different names. On stage and screen, in morality tales, Princess Fiona from


Shrek proved that looks aren’t everything, Xena the Warrior Princess was a powerful female heroine and classical princesses have included Penelope the weaving princess, Aethra the princess with a secret, and Danae the locked-up princess. Beautifully illus, large softback, 72pp. Ages 6+. $13.99 NOW £3


75514 MICKEY’S PARTY COOKBOOK by Disney Mickey Mouse Club House Roll up your sleeves and get stuck in to the big mixing bowl with your wooden spoon and get mummy or your grandparents to help you with the blender as you make Goofy’s Berry Big Mess with strawberries, icing sugar and cream, vanilla extract and four slices of chocolate sponge or brownies. There are even meatballs, spaghetti, fajitas, and a checklist of music, decorations, party games, napkins etc. in a little finger lickin’ fill-in- the-gaps interactive cook book with stories and even create your own recipes. Disney colour, 64pp spiral bound.


£8.99 NOW £3 75588 KATE GREENAWAY


BOOK OF GAMES written and illustrated by Kate Greenaway


Tops, teapot, hunt the ring, twenty questions, see-saw, marbles, up Jenkins, touch wood, battledore and shuttlecock, hunt the slipper, earth, air, fire and water, mulberry bush, the story game, proverbs, the hat game, hopscotch, musical chairs,


hoops, blind man’s bluff and we are only half way through this delightful compendium of traditional games. With gorgeous original colour pictures by the acclaimed children’s book illustrator Kate Greenaway and diagrams for some of the games. Very large pages, padded cover gift edition. ONLY £4


75517 ROAR! PLAY FELT FUN by Jonathan Lambert


Open the pages of the board colour story book and add the characters on the coloured felt on the five fun felt play areas on the right hand side. In the jungle monkey loves to steal the toucan’s fruit! Yikes! Watch out, there’s a shark about and he has the sharpest teeth... add your own pictures to this fun animal story. Super value box set. Ages three and up. £9.99 NOW £4.50


75564 CHALKBOARD ACTIVITY BOOK - COUNTING


by North Parade Publishing Use these chalk boards and wipe clean with a damp cloth to start all over again! There are four coloured chalks enclosed at the top of this hardboard very colourful counting book. Begin by tracing the numbers and counting the bees, flowers,


buttons, before going on to a double page spread counting game where you will need a die and coins or counters to play. When you land on a square follow the instructions and use the chalk board to draw pictures where instructed. Join the dots to draw a teddy bear. Don’t worry, you can always start again. Ages 2-4. ONLY £2.75


75572 DR SEUSS 123 BUILDING


BLOCKS by Silver Dolphin Books A companion to ABC Building Blocks code 75571, little ones aged two and up will take great delight in learning their numbers one to ten with the Cat in the Hat family of characters with all the original artworks. The ten building blocks nestle inside one another inside the colourful box provided and can be stacked higher and higher, teetering like a big Jenga! Sturdy, reusable great fun way to introduce children to learn to count. Colour. Size 15.2cm cube. $17.95 NOW £6


75596 MY FIRST ATLAS OF FAMOUS PLACES


STICKER BOOK by North Parade Publishing Learn about each landmark as you globetrot. Unscramble the words to find the names of some famous places, find the odd one out, help the tourist find his way through a maze to the Statue of Liberty and find and place stickers of some famous places to visit from across the world. 100 colourful stickers to suit youngsters aged seven and up to adults, scrap bookers and crafters. Covers famous tourist destinations in South America, Europe like the Colosseum and the Leaning Tower of Pisa, through Asia to Merlion Sentosa Island. Colour, large softback. £3.99 NOW £1.25


76186 ROBOTINATOR: Book and Robot Maker


by Michael Teitelbaum


A Disney and Reader’s Digest co-publication which comes with a real wind-up base to make the robot that you build actually walk! From the hit Disney series Phineas and Ferb. Why has Dr Doofenshmirtz made 57 phone calls in the past hour? Back in the garage, the boys are ready to test out their Phinedroids and Ferbots. Read along the story book of 43 colourful large pages on a spiral binding and then use the last few pages to learn how to build your four robots and carefully punch put the colourful press-out pieces which are perforated and easily removed at the end of the book, slot in the heads and arms as shown and place the completed robot on the wind-up base provided. Includes a colourful backdrop. $12.99 NOW £4


Early Learning 13 75608 MY FIRST WORLD FLAGS STICKER


BOOK by North Parade Publishing With 100 colour stickers for crafts people and scrap bookers of Sydney Opera House and other famous monuments in Australia, the flags of Africa, South America, North America, Asia, Europe - can you find and place the stickers of the missing flags and monuments in the correct places? A fun way to learn for ages five and up. Big colour softback. £3.99 NOW £1.75


75856 YOU CAN MAKE THE MOST OF


READING FOR AGES 4-11 by Kate Ruttle Create and explore imaginary worlds, find out about other countries, have a summer reading challenge, enjoy songs, rhymes and poetry, develop confident readers and children’s self-esteem, support reading with parents, use reading to answer questions, put nursery rhymes in the news, read aloud together, promote reading at home and the culture of reading aloud, enjoy National Schools Film Week, compare books and films, and finally write better sentences, stories and become a writer. We at Bibliophile continue our campaign for child literacy. 64pp in large softback. £20 NOW £3.50


Get the next generation Hooked on Books!


75857 YOU CAN MOTIVATE RELUCTANT


READERS FOR AGES 7-11 by Kate Ruttle For ages 7 to 11 here are 50 practical activities to encourage adults to get involved, teach reading strategies, set targets and allow children in this age range to read a wide range of materials including books, puzzles, poetry and to develop language and retention of information. Does the order in which the information is given make an impact? Should it be presented in colour or black and white, handwritten or computer generated? Full of tips, thinking points about the joys of reading, summaries and deductions. With photocopiable booklet ‘Your Child Is Gaining Confidence in Reading’. 64 page outsize softback. £20 NOW £3.75


76163 YOUNG READERS SHAKESPEARE: A


Midsummer Night’s Dream retold by Adam McKeown


Give a child a head start on Shakespeare with this bold new retelling that captures the drama, adventure and wonder of the original play. Includes frequently asked questions and list of characters to help a child fully understand the plot and is handsomely illustrated with beautiful appealing full page artwork. Remarkable spirits dwell in a forest outside Athens, where pixies and fairies and woodland spirits are ruled by a quarrelsome king and queen and a mischievous hobgoblin with goat feet prowls about. The stage is set for magical spells, confusion and fantastical enchantments. 80 large pages, colour illus.


£9.99 NOW £3.50


76185 HORSES by Fran Hodgkins See a Lipizzaner perform a levade and the courbette, mane facts, African steeds and tough breeds, horses of the conquistadors, western tack which looks very different from English tack, the Canadian horse, a breed that has produced trotters and pacers making them good carriage horses, flexible enough for farm work and riding and earning themselves the nickname the Little Iron Horse. Easy to read colour map, colourful clear fact boxes, diagrams and exciting photos. 72 page large softback. Ages 7+. $13.99 NOW £3.50


GARDENING


If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.


- Marcus Tullius Cicero 76375 ABBEY HOUSE AND


GARDENS MALMESBURY by Mark Child


Abbey House was constructed in the 16th century and stands on a ridge high above the river at Malmesbury, next to the famous abbey church. Built as a residence for the family of one of England’s most important Tudor clothiers, the house was raised above the remains of a 13th century building, still in situ. Today, it is surrounded


by some of the most beautiful private gardens in the country which are open, in season, to the public. The tale of Abbey House begins at the birth of Christianity in the Cotswolds, spans the Dissolution of the Monasteries and encompasses the renaissance of trade that succeeded the latter. This lovely book describes comprehensively, both inside and out, the buildings that have been on the site and the people who lived in them. We read about entrepreneurs and tradesmen, politicians and soldiers, surgeons and doctors, nuns, aristocrats and landed gentry, as well as learning how the history of the nation affected the house and how the estate engages with the story of Malmesbury. There is also an exploration of how the gardens were made and of each season in them. Here, too, are the now world-famous Naked Gardeners, Ian and Barbara Pollard, the creators of Abbey House Gardens, and an insight into what naturism means to them. An engrossing 224 paperback pages illustrated with beautiful colour photos. £16.99 NOW £7


76579 LITTLE BOOK OF POPULAR PERENNIALS: A Guide to the Selection and Cultivation of Your Favourite


Plants by Maureen Little In this compact, clearly laid out volume, each alphabetical entry contains practical and detailed advice about the main characteristics of every selected


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