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When you've got a house to die for, be careful who you let in.
Addison Square is one of the most desirable addresses in London. But behind the bright white facades, darkness lurks . . .
Colette spends a lot of her time at Addison Square. She knows the place and the people better than anyone. But the wealthy residents she works for can barely remember her name. Which is unfortunate, because Colette knows all about them.
She sees all their secrets.
Even the ones they'd kill to protect.
'A shimmering, sexy, thrilling tale of intrigue and desire, and the
dark paths we walk to keep our secrets safe. Bell has written a
shining debut' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Dance Tree 'A
powerful, atmospheric debut' Sunday Times Everyone connected to the
court of Louis XIV has something to hide. For the Baroness Marie
Catherine, it is the pleasures she seeks outside of her unhappy
marriage, indulging in a more liberated existence of decadent
salons and discussions with writers and scholars. At the centre of
her illicit freedom is her lover Victoire Rose de Bourbon,
Mademoiselle de Conti, the androgynous, self-assured countess. When
Victoire's devotion results in an act of murder to save Marie
Catherine, the pair must escape from the clutches of Paris'
overzealous chief of police. As they attempt to outwit him, they
are led to the darkest corners of Paris and Versailles, discovering
lies, mysticism, and people with secrets they too would kill to
keep. Fast-paced, opulent and hypnotically absorbing, Celia Bell's
debut is a love story to die for.
Little Big Sister tells the story of Starr, a girl with
dwarfism who lives with her mum and younger sister, Babs. As
the girls get older and Babs overtakes Starr’s height,
Starr understands there is something different about her.
When Starr starts primary school she is at first upset
by being shorter than the other children. But with help
from her mum and teacher, Starr finds the courage to shine. A
fun and gentle story about disability, family and fitting in,
told by a major children’s author and illustrated by
an artist with dwarfism.
Double bill of films set in India. In 'The Best Exotic Marigold
Hotel (2011), John Madden directs an all-star cast of Judi Dench,
Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Ronald
Pickup and Tom Wilkinson as a group of mature Brits who travel to
India looking for a sunnier climate in which to retire. Despite its
glossy publicity campaign, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the
Elderly and Beautiful turns out to be rather different from the
refurbished luxury hotel advertised in the brochures. However, as
the previously lonely people grow closer, the hotel soon begins to
reveal some unexpected charms of its own. 'Life of Pi' (2012) is an
Academy Award-winning fantasy adventure based on Yann Martel's
Booker Prize-winning novel. Suraj Sharma stars as Pi Patel, a
16-year-old zookeeper's son from Pondicherry who finds himself
stranded on a small boat in the Pacific Ocean in the company of a
hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger following the
shipwreck of the freighter on which he and his family were sailing
for Canada. Over the course of several months Pi manages to survive
on the meagre supplies of food and water he finds on the boat, and
also takes up fishing, while in his half-delirious state he muses
on various aspects of animal behaviour, religion and the meaning of
life.
What happens when people return to the land of their birth after
decades away? The migrants' journey is a well-told story but much
less is known about those who return. Why do they go back? What is
it like to be back home? Home Again is a collection of contemporary
real-life stories by men and women who have returned to Dominica.
Their feelings and experiences, expressed in their own words, link
the challenges of the past to both the positive aspects of return -
a sense of belonging and well-being - and also to its difficulties
- of rejection and frustration. Compelling, moving and intensely
personal, Home Again, is a revealing insight into the lives of
these pioneering migrants.
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Poems (Paperback)
Celia Thaxter
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R350
Discovery Miles 3 500
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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