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Life of Pi
One boy, one boat, one tiger . . .
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (
€ 11,⁹⁵
Summer Crossing
Grady - beautiful, rich, flame-haired, defiant - is the sort of girl people stare at across a room. The daughter of an important man, who people want to be introduced to. A girl to whom people sense something is going to happen ..
€ 11,⁹⁵
The Great Fortune
The first novel in The Balkan Trilogy is a powerful depiction of love and friendship during wartimeWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL CUSK'A fantastically tart and readable account of life in eastern Europe at the start of the war' Sa
€ 11,⁹⁵
The Day of the Jackal
One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of the struggle to catch a killer before it's too late. It is 1963 and an anonymous Englishman has been hired by the Operations Chi
€ 10,⁶⁵
The Quiet American
Discover Graham Green's prescient political masterpiece'The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American' Ian McEwanInto the intrigue and violence of 1950s Indo-China comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sen
€ 11,⁹⁵
Life and other Happy Endings : The witty, hopeful and uplifting read for Summer
Melanie Cantor's debut reminds us to live life with no limits' Good Housekeeping'Brilliantly funny and thought-provoking - an absolute joy' Cathy Kelly__Three letters. Two mistakes. One Last chance.
€ 10,⁶⁵
The Broken Hearts Honeymoon
The wedding is off, but adventure awaits... The perfect armchair escape for fans of Jo Thomas, Jenny Colgan and Phillipa Ashley. 'Funny, inspirational and so evocative' Cathy Bramley'The ultimate armchair adventure - I absolutely
€ 10,⁶⁵
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
This delirious 1925 Jazz Age classic introduced readers to Lorelei Lee, the small-town girl from Little Rock, who has become one of the most timeless characters in American fiction. Outrageous and charming, this not-so-dumb blonde
€ 13,³⁰
The Savage Detectives
With an afterword by Natasha Wimmer. Winner of the Herralde Prize and the Romulo Gallegos Prize. Natasha Wimmer's translation of The Savage Detectives was chosen as one of the ten best books of 2007 by the Washington Post and the
€ 17,³⁰
The Story of My Teeth
Gustavo 'Highway' Sanchez is a man with a mission: he is planning to replace every last one of his unsightly teeth. He has a few skills that might help him on his way: he can imitate Janis Joplin after two rums, he can interpret C
€ 11,⁹⁵
Anthem
A powerful dystopian novel from a writer who experienced firsthand the dehumanising conditions of Soviet Russia, Ayn Rand's Anthem includes an introduction by Leonard Peikoff in Penguin Modern Classics. Equality 7-2521 is a man ap
€ 11,⁹⁵
The Fountainhead
Her first major literary success, Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is an exalted view of her Objectivist philosophy, portraying a visionary artist struggling against the dull, conformist dogma of his peers; a book of ambition, power, g
€ 13,³⁰