Maeve Donovan has arrived in Edinburgh from County Cork, trying to forget her unrequited love for the man who has since married her cousin. However, life in a strange city is difficult & Maeve is shocked when she encounters prejudice against her Irish background. When she loses her job as a maid, she is delighted to find a job as an assistant in the wardrobe department for the Queen's Theatre. It ...

College lecturer Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) tops up his university paypacket by carrying out the occasional assassination. His latest assignment involves joining a climbing expedition up the Eiger, identifying the Russian killer amongst the group, ...

Mouse has a plan for every emergency...

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This title was shotlisted for the Booker Prize. Opening on the windswept front of Morecambe Bay, on the remote north-west coast of Engl&, The Electric Michelangelo is a novel of love, loss & the art of tattooing. In the uniquely sensuous & lyrical prose that has already become her trademark, Sarah Hall's remarkable new novel tells the story of Cy Parks, from his childhood years spent in a seaside guest house for consumptives with his mother, Reeda, to his apprenticeship as a tattoo-artist with Eliot Riley
- a scraper with a reputation as a Bolshevik & a drinker to boot. His skills acquired & a thirst for experience burning within him, Cy departs for America & the riotous world of the Coney Island boardwalk, where he sets up his own business as ' The Electric Michelangelo'. In this carnival environment of roller-coasters & freak-shows, while the crest of the Edwardian amusement industry wave is breaking, Cy becomes enamoured with Grace, a mysterious East European immigrant & circus performer who commissions him to cover her body entirely with tattooed eyes. Hugely atmospheric, exotic, & familiar, The Electric Michelangelo is a love story & an exquisitely rendered portrait of seaside resorts on opposite sides of the Atlantic by one of the most uniquely talented novelists of her generation. World rights for " The Electric Michelangelo" are controlled by Faber. Rights for France & The Netherlands have been sold.
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Learning to play the ukulele is easy & entertaining with accomplished musician Nick Bryant’s simple instructions.

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Discover how your birthday holds the key to your personality. Here are 366 birthday profiles for the year
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Details: Did you know that your birthday can give you surprising details about your personality profile, your ideal partner,
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Take the journey through the mysterious world of ghosts, poltergeists & haunted places. Discover the history, folklore, & scientific evidence surrounding paranormal phenomena
- from spirits & poltergeists to ghost hunters & mediums. Lift the veil on a world of supernatural mysteries, ghost stories & chilling tales of hauntings all over the world. With information to intrigue & fascinate both believer & sceptic, this is an indispensable map of the paranormal world.
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Discover an incredible world full of every magical creature you could possibly imagine? From unicorns, salamanders, satyrs, giants, elves & trolls, to dragons, nymphs, mermaids, werewolves & griffins
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Discover 10, 000 years of the shadowy side of our world in this treasure trove of alternative history. The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies features detailed information about secret societies from Freemasons to the Bavarian Illuminati, lost civilizations from the Mayan culture to Atlantis, & key figures from DA Vinci to Hitler. Completer with intriguing insights about unsolved historical mysteries like the location of the Holy Grail & the fate of the Knights Templar, plus conspiracy theories, ancient wisdom, & forgotten sciences, it ...