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What do readers say about The Ocean at the End of the Lane?
love, sacrifice, and magic how visual it is fairy tale horror straightforward but never boringLocus Award
A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman's first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys.
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There was a table laid with jellies and trifles, with a party hat beside each place and a birthday cake with seven candles on it in the centre of the table. The cake had a book drawn on it, in icing. ...
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What do readers say about Major Pettigrew's Last Stand?
pleasant and fresh love and guns literary fiction novel witty, sweet and funWritten with a delightfully dry sense of humour and the wisdom of a born storyteller, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand explores the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of family obligation and tradition.
When retired Major Pettigrew strik... More details on Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Major Pettigrew was still upset about the phone call from his brother’s wife and so he answered the doorbell without thinking. On the damp bricks of the path stood Mrs. Ali from the village shop. She ...
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What do readers say about The Uncommon Reader?
light and witty sparkling and funny short and sweet wry sense of humorFrom one of England's most celebrated writers, a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of reading
When her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound ... More details on The Uncommon Reader
At Windsor it was the evening of the state banquet and as the president of France took his place beside Her Majesty, the royal family formed up behind and the procession slowly moved off and through i...
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What do readers say about The Colour of Magic?
fast-paced and funny very, very funny light fantastical fantasy inventive and funny'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday
NAMED AS ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 MOST INSPIRING NOVELS
The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat ... More details on The Colour of Magic
FIRE ROARED through the bifurcated city of Ankh-Morpork. Where it licked the Wizards’ Quarter it burned blue and green and was even laced with strange sparks of the eighth color, octarine; where its o...
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What do readers say about The Sweetest Oblivion?
a standalone novel their romance was slow it's a mafia romance open-mindedShe's a romantic at heart, living in the most unromantic of worlds . . .Nicknamed Sweet Abelli for her docile nature, Elena smiles on cue and has a charming response for everything. She's the favored daughter, the perfect mafia principessa . . . or w... More details on The Sweetest Oblivion
MY HOME WAS PICTURESQUE. A red front door with a golden knocker. Black and white checkered flooring. A wooden staircase with a lacquer shine and a sparkling chandelier. However, I’d always wondered, I...
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What do readers say about The Piano Shop on the Left Bank?
a trust-funder's pace a gentle way a delightful read lovely and inspirationalWalking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign-Desforges Pianos-he enters, only to have his way barred by the shop's imperious owner.... More details on The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
ALONG A NARROW street in the Paris neighborhood where I live sits a little store front with a simple sign stenciled on the window: “Desforges Pianos: outillage, fournitures.” On a small, red felt-cove...
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What do readers say about The Intimacy Experiment?
more conversation of importance a rare delight beautiful, nuanced prose modern genre romance"Danan is becoming a go-to author."- New York Times Book Review
Naomi and Ethan will test the boundaries of love in this provocative romance from the author of the ground-breaking debut, The Roommate .
Naomi Grant has built her life around going a... More details on The Intimacy Experiment
NAOMI GRANT KNEW that every superhero worth their salt had a secret identity. An alter ego that represented their humanity and kept them tethered to “the real world,” usually by virtue of being unassu...
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What do readers say about Puck of Pook's Hill?
william the conqueror lots of adventures it's still more engaging the british struggle for nationhoodReproduction of the original: Puck of Pook’s Hill by Rudyard Kipling... More details on Puck of Pook's Hill
‘Is it?’ said their visitor, sitting down. ‘Then what on Human Earth made you act Midsummer Night’s Dream three times over, on Midsummer Eve, in the middle of a Ring, and under—right under one of my o...
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What do readers say about A Gentleman in Moscow?
third person narrative flowery language and writing a novel of nuance warmth and humor** Available for pre-order, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, the dazzling new novel from Amor Towles **
Chosen for the Duchess of Cornwall's online book club The Reading Room
OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD: a BBC Radio 4 Book Club choice, soon to be a major TV serie... More details on A Gentleman in Moscow
Within the hour, he would be in the warm spring air striding along Tverskaya Street, his moustaches at full sail. En route, he would purchase the Herald from the stand on Gazetny Lane, he would pass F...
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What do readers say about A Man Called Ove?
rule based thinking sadness and humor quirky, heartfelt, and humourous grief and lossMORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD
"You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll feel new sympathy for the curmudgeons in your life." -People
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon-the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his... More details on A Man Called Ove
He drives a Saab. He’s the kind of man who points at people he doesn’t like the look of, as if they were burglars and his forefinger a policeman’s flashlight. He stands at the counter of a shop where ...
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