More From Contributor

Comedy directed by, co-written by & starring Ricky Gervais as Mark, a performer who tells the first lie in a world where people only tell the truth & lying has never before existed. Once he realises what he can achieve by lying, there is no stopping h ...

Archived Product

' We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, let us make our money out of it.' Punch Murder in the 19th century was rare. But murder as sensation & entertainment became ubiquitous -- transformed into novels, into broadsides & ballads, into theatre & melodrama & opera -- even into puppet shows & performing dog-acts. In this meticulously researched & compelling book, Judith Flanders -- author of ' The Victorian House' -- retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder -- both famous & obscure. From the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd & Jack the Ripper, to the tragedies of the murdered Marr family in London's East End, Burke & Hare & their bodysnatching business in Edinburgh, & Greenacre who transported his dismembered fiancee around town by omnibus. With an irresistible cast of swindlers, forgers, & poisoners, the mad, the bad & the dangerous to know, ' The Invention of Murder' is both a gripping tale of crime & punishment, & history at its most readable. ...

Archived Product

When his parents are lost in space, Sam is left, heartbroken, in the care of the horrible Hilda Hardbottom. Then he finds a tiny spaceship in the cabbage patch & meets a little alien called Splodge. How Splodge makes him invisible, & how Sam uses his new talent in his darkest hour, makes a touching & extremely funny story with lovely memorable characters. Read by Andrew Sachs ...

Archived Product

Few historical figures are as well-known as Napoleon Bonaparte, & yet the Emperors ten-month exile on the small island of Elba is virtually unexplored.

Now, for the first time, we have a window into this critical moment when the most powerful man on earth turns defeat into one final challenge.

A close character study mixed with a world-shaking drama, The Invisible Emperor will show Napoleon as hes never before been seen: as heart-broken husb&, civil engineer, interior decorator, gardener & spy master.

It will show a man at his nadir rise up against the global odds to build a miniature island empire, turn his two greatest foes into his closest confidantes, & return to France without firing a single shot.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781781258026
• Author: Mark Braude
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 360
• Dimensions: 24.5 x 16.5 x 4cm

...

Archived Product

Step into a wildly imaginative world with an invisible girl, a flying boy & where being weird is brilliantly wonderful! A magically fantastical story from American author, Laura Ruby. In a vast & sparkling city where nearly everyone can fly, 12-year-old Gurl is trapped. Orphaned & lonely, she believes she is nothing more than a flightless "leadfoot", until one fateful night when she discovers that she has the power to make herself invisible. But even with this newfound talent, Gurl can't hide from a giant rat man with a taste for cats, a manipulative matron with a penchant for plastic surgery, & a belligerent boy named Bug. Gradually, Gurl learns to control her power & teams up with Bug to figure out who & what she is. Their quest takes them on a wild ride where they confront mind-bending monkeys, an eccentric genius with a head full of grass & a pocket full of kittens & the handsome but lethal Sweetcheeks Grabowski
- the gangster who holds the key to Gurl's past...and the world's future.
...

Archived Product

Claude Rains makes his (largely unseen) big screen debut in this adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic novel, directed by horrormeister James Whale. When a bandaged stranger arrives in the English village of Ipping, taking rooms at the inn, he soon arouses th ...

Archived Product

Delve into the dangers of science with a man cast out from society by his own terrifying discovery...

This is the story

...

Archived Product

Blending comedy & tragedy in its story, delve into The Invisible Man to discover the life of a scientist who discovers a way to make himself invisible.

His inability to reverse the process leads to a radical disconnection from society
- & eventually from his own sanity.

Arriving in a town where no one knows him, disguised in bandages & dark glasses, the invisible man is driven to violent & criminal extremes before his secret is revealed.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781838575625
• Author: H G Wells
• Publisher: Arcturus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 208
• Dimensions: 326mm x 197mm x 8mm

...

Archived Product

Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis & delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he had promised to find Rose Janko. Rose was married to the charismatic son of a travelling gypsy family, Ivo Janko. When Ray starts to investigate her disappearance he's surprised that her family are so hostile towards him. The Jankos have not had an easy past. They are a clan touched by tragedy
- either they are cursed, or they are hiding a terrible secret. Could it be that Rose's discovery of that secret led to her disappearance all those years ago? Soon Ray wishes that he'd never asked the question. In a novel that is totally different from Stef's extraordinary debut The Tenderness of Wolves, she shows herself once more to be a matchless storyteller.
...

Archived Product

Rose Janko is missing. It has been seven years since she disappeared, & nobody said a word. Now, following the death of his wife, her father Leon feels compelled to find her. Rumour had it she ran off when her baby boy was born with the family's genetic disorder. Leon is not so sure. He wants to know the truth & he hires a private investigator to discover it
- Ray Lovell. Ray starts to delve deeper, but his investigation is hampered by the very people who ought to be helping him
- the Jankos. He cannot understand their reluctance to help. Why don't they want to find Rose Janko?

...

Archived Product

The Invisible Life Of Addie Larue

Availability: Out Of Stock
Supplier: The Works
SKU: 9781785652509

Description Reviews / Comments Add New

Product Description

When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she trades her soul for immortality. But there's always a price
- the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone.

Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one remembers her & everything she owns is lost & broken. Existing only as a muse for artists throughout history, she learns to fall in love anew every single day.

Her only companion on this journey is her dark devil with hypnotic green eyes, who visits her each year on the anniversary of their deal. Alone in the world, Addie has no choice but to confront him, to understand him, maybe to beat him.

Until one day, in a second hand bookshop in Manhattan, Addie meets someone who remembers her. Suddenly thrust back into a real, normal life, Addie realises she can't escape her fate forever.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781785652509
• Author: V. E. Schwab
• Publisher: Titan Books
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 560
• Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.9 x 4.5 cm

Reviews/Comments

Add New

Jargon Buster

Hand - A part of the body at the end of the arm

Hand - A pointer which indicates time on a clock face

Cm - Centimetres, one centimetre is equal to 10 milimetres

Invisible - Something that cant be seen by the human eye

France - A state situated in Western Europe with several overseas territories.

Dark - A colour which absorbs visable ligt so apears less light than objects that reflect light

History - Anything that happens in the past. An acedemic subject.

World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti

Day - The time it takes a planet or other space objects to complete one rotation.

Year - The time it takes the planet earth to orbit the sun. This takes around 365.25 days.

Love - Someone who shows deep affection for someone else.

Normal - often relating to someone or something that is average.

Learning - Educating and growing in intelligence.

Hardback - Referring to books something that is made from thick stiff card

Home - A place of permanent residence for families.

Dimensions - The shapes and angles of something or a situation.

Year - 365 days (366 days in a leap year), the time taken for planet earth to make one full revolution around the sun.

Supplier Information

The Works

With over 300 UK stores and more than 40000 different products in store each year, The Works is Britain's top discount book store. A well known presence on the high street, The Works was founded in 1981 to bring affordable books to the public. It now offers a large range of exciting products, including arts and crafts products, toys, gifts and seasonal products, all at discounted prices, making it a superb place to find items for hobbies and gifts for all ages. The book selection includes children's books, fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects from food and drink and craft and DIY to entertainment, autobiographies and history. Art and crafts products range from children's craft sets to sewing materials and professional artists' brushes. As well as big brands, The Works also sells their own high quality branded products.

More From Contributor

The Invisible Life Of Addie Larue

Product Description

Reviews/Comments

Add New

Intelligent Comparison

Price History

Vouchers

Facebook

Jargon Buster

Supplier Information

Community Generated Product Tags

Contact Us

Information

My Account