Longlisted for the 2008 Orange Fiction Prize Elif Shafaks The Bastard of Istanbul" is a tale of an extraordinary family curse & clashing cultural identities in the mystical & mysterious city of Istanbul. One rainy afternoon in Istanbul a woman walks into a doctors surgery. I need to have an abortion she announces. She is nineteen years old & unmarried. What happens that afternoon will change her life. Twenty years later Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul. Due to a mysterious family curse all the Kaznci men die in their early forties so it is a house of women among them Asyas beautiful rebellious mother Zeliha who runs a tattoo parlour; Banu who has newly discovered herself as clairvoyant; & Feride a hypochondriac obsessed with impending disaster. & when Asyas Armenian-American cousin Armanoush comes to stay long hidden family secrets connected with Turkeys turbulent past begin to emerge. " Wonderfully magical incredible breathtaking...will have you gasping with disbelief in the last few pages." (" Sunday Express"). "A beautiful book the finest I have read about Turkey." (" Irish Times"). " Heartbreaking...the beauty of Islam pervades Shafaks book. " (" Vogue"). Elif Shafak has emerged as one of the most distinctive voices in both English & Turkish contemporary literature; her novels " The Flea Palace" " The Forty Rules of Love" " The Gaze" & " Honour" are consistently at the top of bestseller lists across the globe. Elif Shafaks examination of national identity " The Happiness of Blond People" is available as part of the " Penguin Specials" series
- a digital only series of shorts designed with commuters in mind."
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Harry is out of his depth. Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered & Harry has been sent to Australia to assist in any way he can. He's not supposed to get too involved. When the team unearths a string of unsolved murders & disappearances nothing will stop Harry from finding out the truth. The hunt for a serial killer is on but the murderer will talk only to Harry. He might just be the next victim. Appearing in English for the first time The Bat" is the legendary first novel from the worldwide phenomenon Jo Nesbo." ...

Harry is out of his depth. Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered & Harry has been sent to Australia to assist in any way he can. He's not supposed to get too involved. When the team unearths a string of unsolved murders & disappearances nothing will stop Harry from finding out the truth. The hunt for a serial killer is on but the murderer will talk only to Harry. He might just be the next victim. Appearing in English for the first time The Bat" is the legendary first novel from the worldwide phenomenon Jo Nesbo." ...

Did you know that bats arent birds but mammals? That they sleep upside down? That they shout as they fly using their voice to find their way? Curious young minds will love learning about the life cycles of bats in this picture book which combines story with information. Previously part of the acclaimed Read & Wonder" series " Bats Love the Night" has been re-launched in the new " Nature Storybooks" series with a brand new look." ...

' Golf is a funny game.. . Many books have been written on the art of playing Golf but few have attempted to give any record of the subtle humour which belongs to all sports of Scottish origin & to Golf in particular.' So said the original blurb when first published in 1914 & though a large number of titles have since appeared mining the inherent wit intemperance & pratfalls of golf it is enlightening to return to Gerald Batchelor's original. Golf Stories is a collection of original short stories jokes anecdotes sketches dialogues & parodies all illustrated with suitably baggy-trousered line drawings by E. W. Mitchell. It

Includes:: among many other items the maxims of Foozler Minimus a golfing Roman legionary (Mens agitat molem: ' Some men get annoyed with a molehill') & ' The Rules
- Revised' which states ' Casual water is any temporary accumulation of water
- undiluted with whiskey'. Little has changed & so much has changed. The book is an essential addition to the library of any golfer.



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A New York Times Best Seller! As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics
- The New 52 event of September 2011 Barbara Gordon is finally
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Either as treats for yourself or gifts for loved ones here are 30 sensuous delights to make using sophisticated scents & aromatic herbs to suit your mood or even help with ailments. Using natural products & easy-to-follow instructions youll have fun making them & that will make the fizz all the more special when you slip into a bath for a long soak at the end of a busy day. This title

Includes:: basic techniques & recipes info on moulds advice on health & mood benefits of a wide range of ingredients from healing herbs salts & minerals to luxurious moisturizing oils & shea butter.

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Bathtime is so much more fun if you have a book to read & with their unique strap & sucker attachment Bath Buddies are guaranteed not to float away! Everyone loves bathtime! Elephant splashes in the shower while bear washes in the waterfall. Frog paddles in puddles...but how do You take a bath? Emily Bolam's colourful child-friendly animal characters & a rhythmic alliterative text together add up to the brightest most appealing series of bath books on the market. ...

The Earl of Spenborough has always been noted for his eccentricity. Leaving a widow younger than his own daughter Serena is one thing but quite another is leaving Serena's fortune to the trusteeship of the Marquis of Rotherham -- a man whom Serena once jilted & who now has the power to give or withhold his consent to any marriage she might contemplate. When Serena & her lovely young stepmother Fanny decide to move to Bath Serena makes an odd new friend & discovers an old love Major Hector Kirkby. Before long Serena Fanny Kirkby & Rotherham are entangled in a welter of marriage & manners the like of which even Regency Bath has rarely seen. Bath Tangle is a peerless historical romance by an author who was one of the most prolific successful & best-loved writers of her age. ...

If you think Bath is 'just' a pretty Georgian city then think again. Much of the centre of Bath is not as old as first impressions would imply & there has been perpetual change in even the most historical corners of the city. In this captivating new collection stunning archive images from the collection of Bath in Time as set alongside modern photographs from professional photographer Dan Brown. The text from local historian John Branston builds on painstaking research into the developments that have brought Bath to where it is today. ...