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The classic evocation of Venice, acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written about the city.'Entertaining, ironical, witty, high spirited and appreciative . . . Both melancholy and gay and worldly, I think of it now as among the best books on Venice; indeed as the best modern book about a (...)
Ghosts of Spain
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The Spanish are reputed to be amongst Europe's most voluble people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of the Spanish Civil War and the rule of dictator Generalísimo Francisco Franco? The appearance - sixty years after that war ended - of mass graves containing victims of Franco's death (...)
Spain
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Spain is one of the absolutes. Nothing is more compelling than the drama, at once dark and dazzling, of that theatre over the hills the vast splendour of the Spanish landscape, the intensity of Spain s pride and misery, the adventurous glory of a history that set its seal upon half the world . . (...)
The Complete Book of Mothers-in-Law
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Most of us either have a mother-in-law or will be one, and it s not a role most women take on gladly. Mothers-in-law are traditionally the butt of jokes, declared to be nasty, possessive and interfering but are they really as bad as this reputation suggests? Luisa Dillner looks beyond the (...)
My Gonads Roar
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Welcome to the twisted world of anagrams …What s in a name, like Jeremy Clarkson (Only Cars Jerk Me) or Gordon Ramsay (My Gonads Roar)? A few vowels and some consonants or a whole new identity just waiting to burst free? In My Gonads Roar, expert wordsmith Richard Napier rearranges hundreds of (...)
Surprises According to Humphrey
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Surprises can be good, like my brand new hamster ball or a surprise party. But surprises can be bad, like coming whisker to whisker with a cat (EEK!) or having an alien from another planet move into Room 26. All this and LOTS-LOTS-LOTS more happens in my new book of adventures, Surprises According (...)
Friendship According to Humphrey
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Dear Friends,When Og the Frog came to live in Room 26, I felt a little jealous. Still, I tried to be welcoming but I soon discovered that it s HARD-HARD-HARD to make friends with a lumpy, bumpy frog!
Trouble According to Humphrey
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Join Humphrey for his third adventure and this one is going to be packed with trouble! When all sorts of problems crop up in the classroom, from Pay-Attention-Art s marks going down, to Golden-Miranda finding herself in big trouble, Humphrey must step in to lend a helping paw. Using his charm, (...)
The World According to Humphrey
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The time had arrived to put my plan into action. I was in grave danger and I had no choice. I only had one weapon: a rubber band. It had taken me a long time to get it hooked around the edge of my food dish. Now I carefully pulled it back as far as I could, aiming directly at those big doggy (...)
Innocent Blood
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At eighteen, Philippa Palfrey, the confident adopted daughter of a celebrated academic, exercises her right to find the names of her real parents. What she uncovers is a terrible secret that will for ever change her life.'Remarkable ... could be read as a mainstream novel, and a considerable one.' (...)