' Like all extraordinary books, The World According to Garp defies synopsis', wrote the Chicago Sun Times when Garp was first published in 1978. It is a marvellous, important, permanent novel by a serious artist of remarkable powers.

Garp is a book that captivates all who read it. Peopled with the most extraordinary characters you will ever meet, here is a novel that will make you laugh, make you weep, &, above all, make you think.

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In this, her first collection of short stories, Winterson reveals all the facets of her extraordinary imagination. In prose that is full of imagery & word-play, she creates physical & psychological worlds that are at once familiar & yet shockingly strange. ...

The Second World War was the largest & most appalling military conflagration in history. It killed millions of people. It destroyed much of the old Europe. It altered the world balance of political & economic power. Its consequences are incalculable & are everywhere with us still. In his now classic book, The World at War, Mark Arnold-Forster tells the story of the War in a simple, bold & highly readable way. He illuminates each of the main theatres individually, so that the complex development of the various campaigns can be easily followed. Making use of original documents as well as first-hand interviews, he has produced a history which is both authoritative & intensely vivid. Originally written to accompany the Thames Television series of the same name, The World at War has since been fully revised & now, for the first time,

Includes:: a substantial introduction by Richard Overy, which brings to bear the most recent scholarship & ensures that the book remains one of the best possible accounts of this cataclysmic period.

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The World at War is the definitive television work on the Second World War. It set out to tell the story of the war through ...

The World at War is the definitive television work on the Second World War. It set out to tell the story of the war through ...

In The World is a Ball, critic & author John Doyle travels the world in pursuit of his first love
- football. In dispatches
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In The World is a Ball, critic & author John Doyle travels the world in pursuit of his first love
- football. In dispatches
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A Blandings Omnibus

In this wonderfully fat omnibus, which seems to span the

Dimensions of the Empress



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Everything you could ever want to know about Jacqueline Wilson & her books in one adorable, small, pink package. This is a must-have for fans, bursting with new titbits from Jacky herself, info about the characters & plots, artwork from Nick Sharratt & more. ...