A mysterious isl&. An abandoned orphanage. & a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction & photography in a thrilling reading experience. ...

In the new year of 1936, Gwen Purdy, aged twenty-one, leaves her home to become a schoolteacher in a poor area of Birmingham. Her early weeks are eye-opening: at the school she faces a class of fifty-two children, some of whose homes are among Birmingham's very poorest. One of the teachers, the elderly Lily Drysdale, proves an inspiration, & Gwen begins to understand the appalling hardships endured by the children as se is drawn into their lives. Joey Phillips, eight years old & the man of the house, looks after his dying mother & lives in fear of being sent to an orphanage. When he disappears one day to a life on the streets, Gwen is haunted by his absence. & there's Lucy Fernandez, an epileptic. Through her, Gwen meets Daniel Fernandez, the elder brother in a fatherless household. Gwen falls in love & is engaged in his battle to win rights for the working class. As the International Brigade is mobilized to fight in the Spanish Civil War, Gwen has to accept that Daniel has secrets in his past which she would rather not face up to... ...

Leys Physical Training College was famous for its excellent discipline, & Miss Lucy Pym was please & flattered to be invited to give a psychology lecture there. But she had to admit that the health & vibrant beauty of the students made her feel just a little inadequate. Then there was a nasty accident
- & suddenly Miss Pym was forced to apply her agile intellect to the unpleasant fact that among all those impressively health bodies, someone had a very sick mind.
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Leys Physical Training College was famous for its excellent discipline & Miss Lucy Pym was pleased & flattered to be invited to give a psychology lecture there. But she had to admit that the health & vibrant beauty of the students made her feel just a little inadequate. ...

Keep up with all of Miss Read's amazing stories in this fantastic 10 book collection, packed with unforgettable characters & enchanting stories. In include din this great collection is Winter in Thrush Green, News from Thrush Green, Tyler's Row, Village School, Over the Gate, Village Diary, Storm in the Village, Thrush Green, Early Days & Christmas at Fairacre. Web Exclusive ...

One snowy day in Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a city rooftop. The police pronounce it an accident. But Isaiah's neighbour, Smilla, an expert in the ways of snow & ice, suspects murder. She embarks on a dangerous quest to find the truth, following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow. ...

Alistair Carsington really, really wishes he didn't love women quite so much. To escape his worst impulses, he sets out for Derbyshire, where he hopes to avoid temptation. But this noble aim drops him straight into opposition with Miss Mirabel Oldridge, a ...

Janet Florin has been gone for almost a week. Her husb&, Mark, reported her missing when she failed to collect their two young children from school & a family friend, Trisha Marlowe, desperate for news of Janet, hires Sal to track her down. What could possibly have led Janet to abandon everything she holds dear? ...

Based on a true story, this is a political drama set during a military coup in South America. American political activist Charles Horman (John Shea) suddenly disappears. His wife Beth (Sissy Spacek) & his father Ed Horman (Jack Lemmon) go in search of t ...

It's an early autumn day like any other as Miles Avery drives his wife, Jacqueline, to the station. Nothing remarkable crops up in conversation, nor do either of them appear anything other than their normal selves. At the station, Jacqueline gets out, takes an overnight bag from the back seat, then turns towards the platforms. This is the last anyone sees of her. Three weeks later, Miles calls the police. Enquiries are made, but there is no evidence of her boarding a train, or even entering the station. Very soon the finger of suspicion starts to turn towards Miles, & as dark secrets from the past begin to merge with those of the present, the great love he has been trying to protect is not only revealed but thrown into terrible jeopardy... ...