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A Bad Day for Alibaba by Craig Shaw Gardner (Paperback)
Fantasy novel, second in the ”The Arabian Nights” sequence, comprising The Other Sinbad (1991), A Bad Day For Ali Baba (1991) and Scheherazade’s Night Out (1992)
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Colonisation Aftershocks by Harry Turtledove (Hardback)
Humanity is still locked in a battle for supremacy with the conquering alien invaders, the Race. The German Reich has finally been subdued and the Race believe it only to be a matter of time before the rest of the planet follows suit. However, they underestimate humanity’s desire for freedom and the lengths they will go to gain it. With America and Russia holding the alien invaders off in a technological standoff, the disorganised red armies of Mao Tse-tung’s revolutionaries causing havoc and the ever-increasing dependence of the Race on the addictive substance ginger, the Empire realises that the colonisation of Earth may only be achieved through its total destruction.
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday (Paperback)
This is the story of Dr Alfred Jones, a fisheries scientist – for whom diary-notable events include the acquisition of a new electric toothbrush and getting his article on caddis fly larvae published in ‘Trout and Salmon’ – who finds himself reluctantly involved in a project to bring salmon fishing to the Highlands of the Yemen – a project that will change his life, and the course of British political history for ever.
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The Quality Street Girls by Penny Thorpe (Paperback)
At sixteen years old, Irene ‘Reenie’ Calder is delighted to land a seasonal job at Mackintosh’s Quality Street factory but trouble seems to follow her around and it isn’t long before she falls foul of the strict rules.
Diana Moore runs the Toffee Penny line and has worked hard to secure her position, but Diana has a dark secret which if exposed, could cost her not only her job at the factory but her reputation as well.
When a terrible accident puts supply of Quality Street at risk, Reenie and Diana know that everything rests on them, if they are to give everyone a Christmas to remember… -
Poppy’s Recipe for Life by Heidi Swain (Paperback)
The heart-warming new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author, perfect for fans of Carole Matthews, Milly Johnson and Cathy Bramley
Heidi Swain is the perfect summer read!
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The Summer Seaside Kitchen by Jenny Colgan (Paperback)
Flora is definitely, absolutely sure that escaping from the quiet Scottish island where she grew up to the noise and hustle of the big city was the right choice. What was there for her on Mure? It’s a place where everyone has known her all her life, and no one will let her forget the past. In the city, she can be anonymous, ambitious and indulge herself in her hopeless crush on her gorgeous boss, Joel.
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The Betrayal by Kate Furnivall (Paperback)
Could you kill someone Someone you love? Paris, 1938. Twin sisters are divided by fierce loyalties and by a terrible secret. The drums of war are beating and France is poised, ready to fall. One sister is an aviatrix, the other is a socialite and they both have something to prove and something to hide…
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Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon (hardback)
Sometimes childish, sometimes rude, always clever and always very, very funny this book has delighted most, and outraged a few Tolkien fans in the US for nearly 30 years. Pulling in references to popular culture and fantasy literature as a whole this is a killingly effective parody of Lord of the Rings. From the dreary Goddamn (Gollum), to the feckless Arrowroot (Aragorn), the bungling Goodgulf (Gandalf) to the timid, mean-minded boggies Frito (Frodo) and Dildo (Bilbo) no character is safe.
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Comrades of War by Sven Hassel (Paperback)
There were not much people as animals. Sometimes small and frightened, huddling together in cattle cars, wounds gaping, tongues swelling even as they licked the moist frost from the walls – each of them wondering if he would be the next to die before reaching the crude operating table…And sometimes brawling, robbing and raping as they swept into Hamburg to glut themselves on life for one more day, or just one more night…And sometimes they were heroes, pushing their way through the Russian lines – the Legionnaire, Sven and Tiny, all of them knowing they had lost the war …and every last shred of their own humanity.
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English Passengers by Matthew Kneale (Paperback)
In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship up for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen who want to embark for the other side of the globe. The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His traveling partner, Dr. Thomas Potter, unbeknownst to Wilson, is developing a sinister thesis about the races of men.
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Bondage Of Love by Catherine Cookson (Hardback)
Years ago Bill Bailey had met and married Fiona, a young widow with her own family. The Baileys made their home in the Tyneside town of Fellburn, where Bill’s business prospered. When one of Fiona’s children, Willie, acquired a new friend, the wayward Sammy Love, Sammy and his father Davey were, in various ways, able to enhance the lives and fortunes of the Baileys. Now with Davey dead there were new challenges to face. It had been agreed that Sammy would live with them – but would this formidable lad with his colourful language fit in as a fully-fledged member of the Bailey family? As for Fiona, it was she who bore the brunt of the arguments and disagreements that were an inevitable part of life in the Bailey household. Whatever life had in store, however, she knew she could always rely on Bill, that rock of a man with a rough tongue but a heart of gold.
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The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (Paperback)
The Yacoubian Building – once grand, but now dilapidated – stands on one of Cairo’s main boulevards. Taha, the doorman’s son, has aspirations beyond the slum in the skies, and dreams of one day becoming a policeman. He studies hard, and passes all the exams, but when he is rejected because his family is neither rich nor influential, the bitterness sets in. When Taha seeks solace in a student Islamic organisation, the pressure mounts, and he is drawn to actions with devastating consequences.’The Yacoubian Building’ follows Taha’s trajectory from innocence to tragedy. The people whose lives orbit his – the inhabitants of the building – are also facing their own difficult choices.
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Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (paperback)
Romantic, liberating and totally addictive, “Fifty Shades of Grey” is a novel that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.When literature student Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him very attractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced that their meeting went badly, she tries to put him out of her mind – until he turns up at the store where she works part-time, and invites her out.Unworldly and innocent, Ana is shocked to find she wants this man. And, when he warns her to keep her distance, it only makes her want him more.But Grey is tormented by inner demons, and consumed by the need to control. As they embark on a passionate love affair, Ana discovers more about her own desires, as well as the dark secrets Grey keeps hidden away from public view… -
Brethren by Robyn Young (hardback)
(hardback: dust jacket included)
From the burning plains of Syria to the filthy backstreets of Paris and London, BRETHREN is the story of Will Campbell, coming of age in a time of conspiracy, passion, politics and war.
Will longs to become a Knight Templar, but first he must serve as an apprentice to the foul-tempered scholar Everard, a man of dangerous secrets.
Meanwhile, a new star is rising in the east. Amir Baybars has fought his way from slavery to become a fearsome commander, driven by an unquenchable desire to free the Holy Land from the European invaders.
In the epic tradition of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden and Manda Scott, Brethren brilliantly evokes that extraordinary clash of civilizations known in the West as the Crusades.
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Sirkusboere by Sonja Loots (paperback)
In 1904 het ‘n groep veterane van die Anglo-Boereoorlog – onder andere generaals Piet Cronje en Ben Viljoen – onder die vaandel van de sirkusbaas Frank Fillis en sy sogenaamde “Transvaalse Militaire Spektakelsindikaat” na Amerika gereis om daar krygsvoorstellings van veldslae uit die oorlog te gaan opvoer. Dit was die begin van ‘n bisarre en soms skreiende avontuur.