Before she became the nineteenth century`s heroine, before he had written a word of Madame Bovary, Florence Nightingale & Gustave Flaubert traveled up the Nile at the same time. In reality, they never met. But in The Twelve Rooms of the Nile, they ignite a friendship marked by intelligence, humor, & a ravishing tenderness that will alter both their destinies. On the surface, Nightingale & Flaubert have little in common. She is a woman with radical ideas about society & God, naive in the ways of men. He is a notorious womanizer, involved with innumerable prostitutes. But both are at painful crossroads in their lives & burn with unfulfilled ambition. In Shomer`s deft hands, the two unlikely soulmates come together to share their darkest torments & fervent hopes. Brimming with adventure & the sparkling sensibilities of the two travelers, this mesmerizing debut novel offers a luminous combination of gorgeous prose & wild imagination, all of it colored by the opulent tapestry of mid-nineteenth century Egypt. ...

` Eleanor Henderson is in possession of an enormous talent` Ann Patchett `A superb novel whose roots can be traced to Harper ...

In this completely hilarious & gloriously absurd story, the pair behind the tales of Captain Najork explore just what happens when a man builds a new table.. .a table sturdy enough for even an elephant to dance on. ” This table, ” said the man. ” What about the table?” said the woman. ” It`s wearing me out, ” said the man. What to do? The man makes a decision. He finds a tablewood tree, cuts it down, saws it up & makes a new table. There`s nothing like a new table. This one is strong enough for elephants! But...” Where would we get the elephants?” said the woman. ” Advertise in the Classified Section, ” said the man. ” Elephants wanted for table work. Must be agile.” It looks as if the man & the woman might need some more tables! ” We could open a restaurant, ” said the man. A restaurant with dancing elephants.. .where will it all lead?! ...

” This table, ” said the man. ” What about the table?” said the woman. ” It`s wearing me out, ” said the man. What to do? The man makes a decision. He finds a tablewood tree, cuts it down, saws it up & makes a new table. There`s nothing like a new table. This one is strong enough for elephants to dance on! But...” Where would we get the elephants?” said the woman. ” Advertise in the Classified Section, ” said the man. ” Elephants wanted for table work. Must be agile.” It looks as if the man & the woman might need some more tables! ” We could open a restaurant, ” said the man. A restaurant with dancing elephants.. .where will it all lead? ...

Mr & Mrs Twit are extremely nasty, so the Muggle-Wump monkeys & the Roly-Poly bird hatch an ingenious plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve! A full colour edition of the hilarious bestselling Roald Dahl story, plus a fantastic audio reading by Richard Ayoade, star of The IT Crowd. ...

This is a brilliant new hardback edition of Roald Dahl`s. The Twits with a hairy beard cover! Touch-&-feel Mr Twit`s straggly old beard & even stick bits of food in it to make it even more disgusting...! The Twits are possibly the nastiest & most disgusting of all Roald Dahl`s characters. They smell because they never wash, they fight because they play tricks on each other, & they hate children. But worst of all, they keep monkeys in their back garden. In cages. It`s time for the monkeys to get their revenge on these two most revolting creatures... The Twits is the most-read book in primary schools & you can also listen to The Twits & other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams & Steven Fry
- plus there are added squelchy sound effects from Pinewood Studios! & look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store & Google Play- including the disgusting bestseller, Twit Or Miss! inspired by the revolting Twits.
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”A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero.” (David Walliams). Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world`s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold & instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake`s inimitable artwork. Mr Twit is a foul & smelly man with bits of cornflake & sardine in his beard. Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye. Together they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not to meet. Down in their garden, the Twits keep Muggle-Wump the monkey & his family locked in a cage. But not for much longer, because the monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits, once & for all... And now you can listen to The Twits & other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams & Steven Fry
- plus there are added squelchy sound effects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store & Google Play- including the disgusting Twit or Miss! & House of Twits inspired by the revolting Twits.
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Phizzwhizzing new cover look & branding for the World`s NUMBER ONE Storyteller! Mr Twit is a foul & smelly man with bits of cornflake & sardine in his beard. Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye. Together they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not to meet. Down in their garden, the Twits keep Muggle-Wump the monkey & his family locked in a cage. But not for much longer, because the monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits, once & for all... Listen to THE TWITS & other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams & Steven Fry
- plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store & Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! inspired by the revolting Twits.
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The Two Houses sit grey & brooding beneath a pale sky. They cling to the hillside, cowering from the wind, because always, before everything up here, there is the wind. In the not-quite-light of a November afternoon, this whole strange world is beaten by it; the spindly trees, the long sedge grasses, even the houses themselves seem to bend under its assault. The Two Houses were not always two. But if it is human to build
- even up here, in this blasted northern hinterland
- it is human to break, too. After an acclaimed career in ceramics making things & breaking things, it is now Jay herself who has cracked. Recovering from a breakdown, she & her husband Simon move to the desolate edges of the Yorkshire moors, where they find & fall in love with the Two Houses: a crumbling Victorian property whose central rooms were supposedly so haunted that a previous owner had them cut out from the building entirely. But on uprooting their city life & moving to the sheltered grey village of Hestle, Jay & Simon discover it`s not only the Two Houses that seems to be haunted by an obscure past. It becomes increasingly clear that the villagers don`t want them there at all
- & when building work to make the two houses whole again starts, a discovery is made that will unearth decades-old secrets... ` Fine writing... Cooper`s expertly realised characters, both sympathetic & not, have stories interwoven with aplomb` Daily Mail` Confident & brilliant` Lisa O` Donnell


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