Tag: #books
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Who Are You Calling Vermin
by Pam Ayres ‘Maybe the polluters will purify our streams.Purify our waterways? In your bloomin’ dreams!All will be rewilded, all will be renewed,The country will look lovely,But we won’t have any food.Our stocks will be sustainable,The French will be our friends,We shall live in harmony, until the bitter end.’ Hidden beyond the bluebell woods and…
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The Works
by Pam Ayres The Works contains 120 of Pam Ayres’ best-known poems, including ‘The Battery Hen’, ‘Please Will You Take Your Children Home Before I Do Them In?’, ‘Sling Another Chair Leg on the Fire, Mother’ and, of course, ‘Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth’. This edition includes a general introduction by Pam, as…
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On Animals
by Pam Ayres ‘Oh WHY must you bark at the postman?Why must you batter my ears?I know it seems rumBut the postman has comeEvery morning for SEVENTEEN YEARS.’ From her very first encounter with a friendly golden Labrador at just three years old, Pam Ayres has been enchanted by animals. Now, for the first time,…
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Surgically Enhanced
by Pam Ayres This new gift edition is a must-have for Pam’s many fans – and for anyone who enjoys beautifully crafted stories and poems to make you laugh and make you think. Pam Ayres is one of our most widely-adored poets throughout the world and is nothing less than a national treasure. Her work…
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Private Monaco
by James Patterson When Jack Morgan is invited to the luxurious Monaco coast to set up a new Private office, it seems like the perfect opportunity to relax in an iconic destination. But the vacation is quickly cut short when Jack’s partner Justine is abducted. The kidnappers send Jack clear instructions – and a gun.…
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Book Lovers
by Emily Henry Nora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game. Her whole life is books. Charlie is an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers. And he’s Nora’s work nemesis. Nora has been through enough break-ups to know she’s the one men date before finding their happy-ever-after. To prevent another dating dud, Nora’s sister…
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Lost For Words
by Stephanie Butland THIS BOOKSHOP KEEPS MANY SECRETS . . . Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look carefully, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are some things Loveday will never show you. Into her refuge – the York book emporium…
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Marble Hall Murders
by Anthony Horowitz Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder. She’s edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pünd, and both times she’s come close to being killed. Now she’s back in England and she’s been persuaded to work on a third. The new ‘continuation’ novel is by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace…
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agathe Christie Poor Roger Ackroyd. He knew the woman he loved had been harbouring guilty secret. And then, yesterday, she killed herself. But guilty secrets rarely stay secret. Who had been blackmailing her? Had it really driven her to suicide? Sadly, Roger Ackroyd wasn’t going to live long enough to find out . .…
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Strangers in Time
by David Baldacci Journey back to wartime London with Strangers in Time, a gripping wartime drama from David Baldacci, the internationally bestselling author of The 6:20 Man and A Calamity of Souls. During one of the fiercest conflicts the world has ever known, three strangers’ lives collide . . . EVERY SECOND COUNTS Orphaned with no prospects, Charlie Matters’ life…