Prepare to be shocked. This novel written in 1796 is a Gothic festival of sex magic & ghastly ghostly violence rarely seen in literature. The Monk is remarkably modern in style & tells a breathless tale of temptation imprisonment & betrayal. Matthew Lewis recounts the downfall of Ambrosio the holier-than-thou monk seduced within the walls of a Madrid abbey until he heads for the utter corruption of the soul. Meanwhile two sets of young lovers are thwarted & the reader thrills to pursuits through the woods by bandits & is chilled by the spectre of nuns imprisoned in vermin-ridden & skeleton-crowded vaults. Late Eighteenth Century audiences were polarised in opinion as to the novels merits. Lord Byron & the Marquis de Sade were impressed by Lewiss daring while Coleridge warned parents against The Monks suitability for their sons or daughters describing the novel as poison for youth. If you want a novel that still terrifies over two hundred years after it was written there is none finer than The Monk. ...

An internationally bestselling fable about a spiritual journey littered with powerful life lessons that teach us how to abandon consumerism in order to embrace destiny live life to the full & discover joy. * This inspiring tale is based on the author's own search for life's true purpose providing a step-by-step approach to living with greater courage balance abundance & joy. * It tells the story of Julian Mantle a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life: following a heart attack he decides to sell all his beloved possesions & trek to India. On a life-changing odyssey to an ancient culture he meets Himalayan gurus who offer powerful wise & practical lessons that teach us to:
- Develop joyful thoughts
- Follow our life's mission
- Cultivate self-discipline & act courageously
- value time as our most important commodity
- Nourish our relationships
- Live fully one day at a time





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A mischievous little girl & her toy monkey swing irresistibly through the pages of this playful book. Young children will love guessing what animal they are pretending to be before shouting out the answers as the pages are turned to reveal the real creatures. Soon everyone will be waddling like a penguin jumping like a kangaroo & hanging upside down like a bat! ...

In Monkey Grip" Helen Garner charts the lives of a generation. Her characters are exploring new ways of loving & living
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We share about 98 percent of our DNA with chimpanzees our closest biological cousins. & never have the similarities between simians & humans been so amusingly & brilliantly captured as in Monkey Portraits by celebrity photographer Jill Greenberg. Jill has spent 15 years photographing everyone from Kelly Osbourne to Clint Eastwood but has recently focused on photographing stars of a different sort
- monkeys & apes many of whom have appeared in films or on television shows. Her intimate portraits of these animals convey a startling range of emotions & personalities. Each of these 76 amazing photographs of monkeys & apes will remind you of someone you know. These pictures will make you laugh out loud & wonder just how different we truly are.
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There's something different about Mark the new boy. It's not just that he only speaks through a monkey glove puppet. Soon Daniel finds out that his new friend is in trouble
- but can he help him in time? * Sapphire/ Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts & are more complex syntactically. * Storycards of the key events on pages 54 & 55 help children to recap what has happened. * Text type: A mystery story * Curriculum links: Citizenship: Taking part
- developing skills of communication & participation Moving on

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Poor little Monkey has lost his mum. Kindly Butterfly tries to help but somehow she keeps getting it wrong! Will Monkey ever find his mum? Children will have hours of fun assembling six favourite jigsaw scenes from the best-selling book & reading the original story. ...

Poor little Monkey has lost his mum. Kindly Butterfly tries to help but somehow she keeps getting it wrong! Will Monkey ever find his mum? Children will have hours of fun assembling six favourite jigsaw scenes from the best-selling book & reading the original story. ...

This is an exciting title in this informative series containing over 100 full-colour stickers which children can match to the illustrations. This beautifully illustrated sticker book doubles as a spotters guide with accurate & simple descriptions that allow children to seek out & find a whole variety of monkeys apes & primates noting down when & where they were spotted in the spaces provided. ...

A long time ago when the world was quite new a monkey sat watching the birds as they flew. Like feathery rainbows they flashed through the air. How come theyre so pretty he thought. Its not fair! When a mischievous monkey discovers a paintbox he has a brilliant idea but things dont go quite as monkey has planned. ...