New York comedian Alvy Singer reflects ruefully upon a failed relationship. When he first met Annie Hall on a tennis date, she was an insecure wallflower in trousers, vest and tie. But they shared a self-deprecating sense of humour, plus certain deep-seated neuroses, and love soon blossomed. Alvy supported ...
A stunning new picture book from Eric Carle about Mister Seahorse and other \''male mothers\'', with special acetate pages that hide fish behind rocks and reeds. As he floats through the sea, Mister Seahorse meets a Mr Stickleback, Mr Tilapia, Mr Kurtus and many other fish fathers caring for their eggs ...
Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic meets the Salem Witch trials in this haunting story about three sisters on a quest for revenge - and how love may be the only thing powerful enough to stop them. Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow… Two centuries ago, in the small, isolated town, three sisters were sentenced ...
You do not mess with the Special Investigators! The events of 9/11 changed Jack Reacher's drifter life in a practical way. In addition to his folding toothbrush, he now needs to carry photo ID to get around. Yet he is still as close to untraceable as a human being in America can get. So when a member ...
The ‘surprise’ factor when reading the thrillers of Lee Child has, it must be admitted, vanished. Most readers who pick up the new book, The Hard Way, will be well aware that this extremely American narrative is, in fact, written by an Englishman. The days when early readers of Child (notably his American ...
A celebration of a child\''s growing self awareness, and a prime example of how books can contribute to this. Whether brave or shy, strong or weak, in the end the young boy celebrates all different, apparently contradictory parts of himself.
The Lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man’s search for safety of a man torn beween the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s McCarthyite America. Born in the U.S. and reared in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing flapper mother, Salomé. Making himself ...
The New York Times bestseller that celebrates the dreams, acceptance, and love that parents have for their children... now and forever! From brave and bold to creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin''s rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children. ...
STRICTLY PRIVATE. KEEP OUT ON PAIN OF DEATH. I''m Tracy Beaker - have you heard of me? I''m stuck in The Dumping Ground just at the moment, but I''m sure my Mum will come and get me soon. A certain Justine-Hateful-Littlewood has stolen my best friend Louise but I don''t let it get me down. I never cry. ...
Tristan Wemyss, Earl of Trentham, never expected he\''d need to wed within a year or forfeit his inheritance. But he is not one to bow to the matchmaking mamas of the ton. No, he will marry a lady of his own choosing. And the lady he chooses is the enchanting neighbour living with her family next door. ...
Family. They''re supposed to watch your back. Not stab you in it When the enemy is one of your own, the payback is twice as hard. The Butler brothers are the Kings of the East End, and their motto is ''what goes around, comes around''. In their world, family counts; so when the truth about Vinny''s cousin''s ...
The book of the major new film starring Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick. Photographer Joanne Eberhart has just moved home to Stepford with her family, but for some reason she is having a lot of difficulty making new friends. As far as Joanne is concerned, there’s something peculiar about the women ...
''Point Omega is a treat: the most satisfying and least cryptic of DeLillo''s late novels'' Sunday Telegraph Reading the fiction of Don DeLillo is an utterly original experience: powerful, prescient, perceptive. Writing in a prose that is both majestic and muscular, his unerringly accurate vision penetrates ...
A love story between a vampire and a werewolf by the creator of the enormously popular Sarah''s Scribbles comics. Elsie the vampire is three hundred years old, but in all that time, she has never met her match. This all changes one night in a bar when she meets Jimmy, a charming werewolf with a wry sense ...
This visually rich survey showcases the work of over two hundred artists from more than forty countries as it explores and celebrates street art in Africa over the last decade. In Street Art Africa, readers can reflect on works such as the monumental Murais da Leba in Angola―a nearly 20,000-square-foot ...
The hotly-anticipated sequel to The Devil Wears Prada - the million copy bestseller that took the world by storm Eight years after saying goodbye to Runway, and escaping the clutches of Miranda Priestly, it seems as though Andrea "Andy" Sachs has the perfect life. The lowly assistant is herself now tabloid ...
