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Fight Club
The book that was made into the highly succesful movie Fight Club starring Brad Pitt and Edward NortonEvery weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded for as long as t...
The Myth of Sisyphus
The summation of the existentialist philosophy threaded throughout all his writing, Albert Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus" is translated by Justin O'Brien with an introduction by James Wood in "Penguin Classics". In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: is...
An Intelligent Life: Revised And Updated
A practical guide to modern life and relationships. Julian Short explores rejection, family, professional and personal relationships, improving self-esteem and winning an argument, even when you lose. He arms us with the techniques and language to walk away from conflict feeling good about ourselves. To...
The Jungle: Oregon Files #8
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are up against their smartest foe yet - but in their midst there is a traitor ...After losing their contract with the US government because of a daring raid too far, Cabrillo and his crew of mercenaries with a conscience are earning money the hard way: doing dirt...
Dream Cars: The Hot 100 (Top Gear)
Whether it's through raw power, elegant curves or just an eye-watering price tag, there are a small number of cars that mark the pinnacle of automotive design - and now the experts at Top Gear have chosen the very best of them. Top Gear: Dream Cars - The Hot 100 is a celebration of the cars that achieve...
The Light Between Oceans
This months-long New York Times bestseller is "irresistible...seductive...with a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page," (O, The Oprah Magazine). AFTER FOUR HARROWING YEARS ON THE WESTERN Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janu...
Titus Andronicus
His extraordinarily gory and spectacularly violent revenge tragedy, William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus is edited by Sonia Massai, with an introduction by Jacques Berthoud in Penguin Shakespeare. 'Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand' Rome is in turmoil. With the Emperor dead, his two sons, S...
The Italians
Sublime and maddening, fascinating yet baffling, Italy is a country of endless paradox and seemingly unanswerable riddles. John Hooper's marvellously entertaining and perceptive book is the ideal companion for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Italy and the unique character of the Italians. Look...
Sharks and Other Deadly Ocean Creatures
Dive into the deadliest of oceans with this visual encyclopedia. Compare the features of the different creatures from saw-like snouts to angel "wings" and use the reference section to look at a shark's anatomy. A simple, accessible, page-per-topic guide, you can learn all about the ocean's inhabitants ...
Kicking it Around the Globe: Tall Tales from the Rugby Pitch to the Pub
Not too many footballers reach the pinnacle of their sport, while along the way being sledged by ball-boys, mystified by the coffee-table' rule, terrified by Jonah Lomu and sharing a rum and Coke with the future King of England. Not to mention scoring 25 points in a World Cup final. Yes, you could say t...
Madness
A woman obsessed with punctuality makes a fateful decision, a wronged woman takes revenge on her dead husband, a cat's curious behaviour comes between a husband and his wife. . . "Madness" highlights a domestic familiarity always on the edge of something much, much darker. Collected together for the fir...
Villette
In time for the 200th anniversary of her birth, a Penguin Hardcover Classics edition of the book many believe to be Charlotte Bront''s crowning achievement With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette....
Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being happy actually mean? And how do you even know when you feel it? Across the millennia, philosophers have thought long and hard about happiness. They have defined it in many different ways and come up with myr...
Peter Rabbit Hop, Skip, Stick Sticker Activity
Join Peter Rabbit and his woodland friends as they get up to all sorts of adventure and mischief in this jam-packed sticker book. Based on the classic tales by Beatrix Potter, this busy sticker book will keep little paws entertained for hours, featuring beautiful modern artwork from Ellie Taylor and ove...
Revenge
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MEMORY POLICE'A conspicuously gifted writer...To read Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state tinged with a nightmare, and her stories continue to haunt. She possesses an effortless, glassy, eerie brilliance' GuardianMurderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent by...
All about Numbers
Popular television presenter Johnny Ball shares his love of maths and the essential part numbers play in our lives, from measuring, counting, and predicting to solving all sorts of problems. But maths isn't just about counting and calculations. In All about Numbers, you'll explore a fantastic world tha...
A Glasshouse of Stars: Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year Younger Readers 2022
An exquisite, heartbreakingly beautiful gem of a novel for anyone who loved Wonder, Lenny's Book of Everything, A Monster Calls or When You Reach Me.'Heart-twisting and hopeful, bursting with big feelings and gentle magic. This is a special book from a powerful, compassionate new voice in children's lit...
Theo TheSaurus - The Dinosaur Who Loved Big Words
Shelli R. Johannes; Mike Moran (Illustrator)
When a big vocabulary leads to big confusion, Theo TheSaurus learns that there are some things you can say without any words at all This story is Fancy Nancy for dinosaur lovers. Theo TheSaurus is a little dino who loves words--the bigger the better And he's determined to share that love with his ne...
The T-Rex Attack (#1 Dinosaur Club)
Travel through time to the world of the dinosaurs in this exciting prehistoric fiction series for children. Jamie has just moved to Ammonite Bay, a stretch of coastline famed for its fossils. Lots of dinosaur fans visit Ammonite Bay to search for fossils, and Jamie is one of the biggest dinosaur fans ev...
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
'Magisterial ... Immensely readable' Douglas Alexander, Financial Times'Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant' New York TimesA compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences, from 'the most brilliant British historian of his generation' (The Times)Disasters are inherent...
Digging Up Dad: And Other Hopeful (And Funny) Stories
Another winning set of short stories from one of our best-loved authors, on a theme for our times - kids helping adults to be their best selves. Funny hopeful stories just when we need all the hope and humour we can get! Brilliantly funny short stories for middle school readers from the ever-popular Mor...
Waxing On - The Karate Kid and Me
A fun-filled memoir by the Karate Kid and Cobra Kai actor that's equal parts nostalgia and contemporary relevance, based on both the classic movies and his current show, which is Netflix's #1 hit and gaining legions of new fans from every generation.Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into t...
Our Home on Wheels: A Big Trip Around Australia
Jessica and Stephen Parry-Valentine
"Mum and Dad told me they’ve got a wild plan . . . We’re exploring Australia in a snug little van. Ride along with Hunter as she discovers beaches and billabongs, paddocks and plains, forests and dugouts, and even underwater worlds. With a home on wheels and the open road ahead, a big adventure awaits. ...
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