An evocative & charming novel full of secrets & mystery, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop In a quiet village in Irel&, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything… One hundred years ago, Anna, a young farm girl, volunteers to help an intriguing American visitor translate fairy stories from Irish to English. But all is not as it seems & Anna soon finds herself at the heart of a mystery that threatens her very way of life. In New York in the present day, Sarah Harper boards a plane bound for the West Coast of Irel&. But once there, she finds she has unearthed dark secrets – secrets that tread the line between the everyday & the otherworldly, the seen & the unseen. With a taste for the magical in everyday life, Evie Woods's latest novel is full of ordinary characters with extraordinary tales to tell. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008706678 • Author: Evie Woods • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 3... ...

It is 1953, & America is still haunted by the war. Pearlie & Holland live quietly with their son in San Francisco, with a barkless dog in a vine-covered house. Apart from Holland's elderly aunts, the family have no regular visitors. That is until one day, a neat & elegantly dressed gentleman named Buzz appears at their door. The Story of a Marriage portrays three people trapped by the restrictions of their era, & reveals how we can never truly know the ones we love. ...

This story introduces us to the real girl who lies behind the famous diary. Within this book there are new insights into Anne Frank's early life, her relationships & the Frank family's harrowing two years spent hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam's Secret Annexe. This book brings to life the world of Anne Frank & her Diary. The size of the book is 19.7cm in height & 13cm in width. ...

From Ancient origins of astronomy to the Copernican revolution, & from Galileo to Dark Matter & Dark Energy, The Story of Astronomy charts the discoveries made by some of the greatest minds in human history in their attempts to unveil the secrets of the stars. ...

Che Guevara is something of a symbol in the West. But for the rest of the world he is different: a charismatic revolutionary who redrew the political map of Latin America & gave hope to those resisting colonialism everywhere. In The Story of Che Guevara Luc ...

Books Picture Books Discover the magic of the very first Christmas. As stars light the sky, Mary & Joseph journey on to welcome the birth of a special baby. The baby Jesus. Celebrating one of the most loved stories in the world, this gentle retelling introduces the joy of the Christmas nativity. With sweet, gentle text that weaves a tale of magic & friendship & beautiful, soft illustrations that add an extra touch of magic to the story, this charming picture book is perfect to snuggle up & read to someone special.  Product Information: • ISBN: 9781802491500 • Author: Bookoli • Publisher: Bookoli • Format: Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 24 x 24 x 1.7 cm   ...

Details: 6th June 1944 witnessed the largest amphibious invasion in history & marked the beginning of the Battle of Normandy.
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The Story of Easter is a fabulous, new inspirational book, perfect for very young children.

Children will love reading,

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Born as a Germanic tongue with the arrival in Britain of the Anglo-Saxons in the early medieval period, heavily influenced by Norman French from the 11th century, & finally emerging as modern English from the late Middle Ages, the English language has grown to become the linguistic equivalent of a superpower. Worldwide, some 380-million people speak English as a first language & some 6000-million as a second language. A staggering one-billion people are believed to be learning it. English is the premier international language in communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, diplomacy, & on the Internet. It is thought by many to be well on the way to becoming the world's first universal language. Philip Gooden tells the story of the English language in all its richness & variety. From the intriguing origins & changing definitions of common words such as 'OK', 'berserk', 'curfew', 'cabal', & 'pow-wow', to the massive transformations wrought in the vocabulary & structure of the language by Anglo-Saxon & Norman conquest, through to the literary triumphs of Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales & the works of Shakespeare, right up to the profound & surprising effect electronic media have had on its development. The Story Of English is a fascinating tale of linguistic, social & cultural transformation, told accessibly & authoritatively. ...

The Story of English illustrates the compelling history of how the relatively obscure dialects spoken by tribes from what are now Denmark, the Low Countries & northern Germany, became the most widely spoken language in the world, & of how that language evolved during the last two millennia. Chronologically ordered & divided into six main sections covering pre-Roman & Latin influences, the ascent of Old English, & the succession of Middle English, Early Modern & then Late Modern English to today's global language, this fascinating book also explores such factors as the history of the printing press, the works of Chaucer, the evolution of The American Dictionary of the English Language
- commonly known as Webster's
- & the magisterial Oxford English Dictionary, to the use of slang in today's speech & the coming of electronic messaging: language for a post-modern world. The Story of English is the perfect gift for any lover not just of English, but of the history & development of language. 20 x 13.2 x 2.6 cm, pages 192

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