Charles Strickland a conventional stockbroker abandons his wife & children for Paris & Tahiti to live his life as a painter Whilst his betrayal of family duty & honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin The Moon & Sixpence is at once a satiric caricature of Edwardian conventions & a vivid portrayal of the mentality of a genius ...

Luna is an open penal colony & the regime is a harsh one Not surprisingly revolution against the hated authority is planned But the key figures in the revolt are an unlikely crew Manuel Garcia O' Kelly an engaging jack of all trades the beautiful Wyoming Knott
- & Mike a lonely computer who likes to make up jokes
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In 2075 the Moon is no longer a penal colony But it is still a prison Life isn't easy for the political dissidents & convicts who live in the scattered colonies that make up lunar civilisation Everything is regulated strictly efficiently & cheaply by a central supercomputer HOLMES IV When humble technician Mannie O' Kelly-Davis discovers that HOLMES IV has quietly achieved consciousness (and developed a sense of humour) the choice is clear either report the problem to the authorities or become friends & perhaps overthrow the government while they're at it The Moon is a Harsh Mistress has been called Robert A Heinlein's crowning achievement His best-known novels include Starship Troopers Mistress & Stranger in a Strange Land ...

Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germany's power The Moon Is Down explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered & the conquerors Occupied by enemy troops a small peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside & betrayal from within the close-knit community As he delves into the motivations & emotions of the enemy Steinbeck uncovers profound & often unsettling truths both about war & human nature ...

They're not on Earth anymore & they're not alone An action-packed high-stakes new adventure series for fans of Rick Riordan & STAR WARS In the year 2085 Benny Love is pretty used to surviving on what he & his family can scavenge on Earth But when he wins a scholarship for a life-changing trip to visit the Lunar Taj the first-ever resort on the Moon Benny thinks he finally has a chance to give his family a better life Benny can't wait to fly his very own Space Runner practice reverse bungee jumping & explore craters on the dark side of the Moon But he gets more than he expected when he & the other kids discover the Moon has secrets no one else knows about Benny is a long way from home
- & soon there might not be an Earth to go back to unless they can find a way to defeat the oncoming alien invasion
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The Moon Sister is the fifth instalment in the internationally bestselling The Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley 752 pages Riley Lucinda ...

&b>&i> The Moon Sister&i> is the latest installment in the internationally bestselling Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley&b> Riley Lucinda ...

Bringing the spirit & beauty of Yeats&s writing to a whole new young audience! This sumptuously illustrated book complements the carefully selected works of WB Yeats which include poems stories a letter from childhood & an account of his daughter Anne&s memories of childhood Including unpublished work this gorgeous book draws on Yeats&s preoccupation with magic fairy lore place family & childhood A mystical & magical tone that pervades the collection will enthral younger readers ...

One of the bestselling memoirs of all time David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon is an account of one of the most remarkable lives Hollywood has ever seen Beginning with the tragic early loss of his aristocratic father then regaling us with tales of school army & wartime hi-jinx Niven shows how even as an unknown young man he knew how to live the good life But it is his astonishing stories of life in Hollywood & his accounts of working & partying with the legends of the silver screen
- Lawrence Oliver Vivien Leigh Cary Grant Elizabeth Taylor James Stewart Lauren Bacall Marlene Dietrich Noel Coward & dozens of others while making some of the most acclaimed films of the last century
- which turn David Niven's memoir into an outright masterpiece An intimate gossipy heartfelt & above all charming account of life inside Hollywood's dream factory The Moon is a Balloon is a classic to be read & enjoyed time & again

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It's the Feast of Scarrabus & Ben & his friends are out stalking the dark streets armed only with bags of sweets But Ben doesn't play by the rules & soon the Moon-Faced Ghoul-Thing is after him dragging him into a dark realm from which there's no return Or is there? ...