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The Unloved - Deborah Levy

A hypnotising summer novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home_________________________________ A group of hedonistic West European tourists gather to celebrate Christmas in a remote French chateau. Then an Englishwoman is brutally murdered, and the sad, eerie child Tatiana declares she knows who did it. The subsequent inquiry into the death proves to be more of an investigation into the nature of love, insatiable rage and sadistic desire. The Unloved offers a bold and revealing look at some of the events that shaped European and African history, and the perils of a future founded on concealed truth. _________________________________''Brave and brilliant, measured and lyrical'' Independent''Levy''s prose throbs its way into the imagination'' Observer ''Startling, compelling, cool'' The Times ''Levy''s sense of dramatic form is unerring, and her precise, dispassionate prose effortlessly summons people and landscapes'' New Yorker

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The Position of Spoons - Deborah Levy

From twice Booker-shortlisted author Deborah Levy, a moving and revelatory collection exploring the muses that have shaped her life and work as a writerIn The Position of Spoons, Deborah Levy invites the reader into the interiors of her world, sharing her most intimate thoughts and experiences, as she traces and measures her life against the backdrop of the literary and artistic muses that have shaped her. From Marguerite Duras to Colette and Ballard, and from Lee Miller to Francesca Woodman and Paula Rego, we can relish here the richness of their work and, in turn the richness of the author’s own. Each page draws upon Levy’s life in exalting ways, encapsulating the wonderful precision and astonishing depth of her writing, as she seamlessly shifts between and meditates on questions of mortality, language, suburbia, gender, consumerism and the poetics of every day living. From the child born in South Africa, to her teenage years in Britain, to her travels across the world as a young woman, each page is a beautiful, tender composition of the questioning self: a portrait of Deborah Levy’s writing life and intellectual vitality in all of its dimensions.

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The Position of Spoons - Deborah Levy

From twice Booker-shortlisted author Deborah Levy, a moving and revelatory collection exploring the muses that have shaped her life and work as a writerIn The Position of Spoons, Deborah Levy traces and measures her life against the backdrop of the literary and artistic muses that have shaped her – including a letter to her dying mother and to an absent friend. This volume illuminates and celebrates a rich and varied intellectual inheritance – and reflects on how it has enriched the author’s own work. Taking in questions of mortality, language, gender, place, consumerism and everyday living, the acclaimed novelist invites her reader behind the curtain of a creative life, ‘in which the position of the spoon is always changing’.‘Levy’s writing is dreamy but diamond-sharp, prismatic, droll, [and] devastating . . . Each sentence precisely pins down a feeling’ Los Angeles Review of Books‘Writing is self-excavation, a painful digging into the archaeology of our own experience. Levy is good on the prices we find ourselves paying: for art, for love, for fitting in . . . [She] plunges into the depths, taking us with her’ Guardian

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The Cost of Living - Deborah Levy

What does it mean to be free - as an artist, a woman, a mother or daughter? And what is the price of that freedom? In this dazzling memoir, Deborah Levy confronts the essential questions of modern womanhood with humour, pragmatism, and profoundly resonant wisdom. Reflecting on the period when she wrote the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Hot Milk - when her mother was dying, her daughters were leaving home, her marriage was coming to an end - she is characteristically eloquent on the social expectations and surreal realities of daily life. And expanding far beyond these bounds, she describes a uniquely frank, wise and thrilling manifesto for female experience: embracing the exhilarating terror of freedom, seeking to understand what that freedom could mean and how it might feel.

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Things I Don't Want to Know - Deborah Levy

The first in Deborah Levy''s essential three-part ''Living Autobiography'' on writing and womanhood. ''Unmissable. Like chancing upon an oasis, you want to drink it slowly . . . Subtle, unpredictable, surprising'' Guardian_________________________________ Taking George Orwell''s famous essay, ''Why I Write'', as a jumping-off point, Deborah Levy offers her own indispensable reflections of the writing life. With wit, clarity and calm brilliance, she considers how the writer must stake claim to that contested territory as a young woman and shape it to her need. Things I Don''t Want to Know is a work of dazzling insight and deep psychological succour, from one of our most vital contemporary writers.The final two instalments in Deborah Levy''s ''Living Autobiography'', The Cost of Living and Real Estate, are available now. _________________________________''Superb sharpness and originality of imagination. An inspiring work of writing'' Marina Warner''An exciting writer, sharp and shocking as the knives her characters wield'' Sunday Times''A writer whose anger and confusion in the face of the world transform into poetic flights of fancy . . . which always feel marvellously right'' Independent

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Real Estate - Deborah Levy

From one of the great thinkers and writers of our time, comes the unmissable final instalment in Deborah Levy''s critically acclaimed ''Living Autobiography''.''A beautifully crafted and thought-provoking snapshot of a life'' The Evening Standard_________________________________''I began to wonder what myself and all unwritten and unseen women would possess in their property portfolios at the end of their lives. Literally, her physical property and possessions, and then everything else she valued, though it might not be valued by society. What might she claim, own, discard and bequeath? Or is she the real estate, owned by patriarchy? In this sense, Real Estate is a tricky business. We rent it and buy it, sell and inherit it - but we must also knock it down.''Following the critical acclaim of Things I Don''t Want to Know and The Cost of Living, this final volume of Deborah Levy''s ''Living Autobiography'' is an exhilarating, thought-provoking and boldly intimate meditation on home and the spectres that haunt it._________________________________''Real Estate is a book to dive into. Come on in, the water''s lovely'' The Daily Telegraph''Her reflections on domesticity, freedom and romance are so beautiful, I found myself underlining multiple sentences a page. Wry, warm and uplifting, it''s a book ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Man Who Saw Everything - Deborah Levy

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2019 ''An ice-cold skewering of patriarchy, humanity and the darkness of 20th century Europe'' The Times_________________________________ ''It''s like this, Saul Adler.'' ''No, it''s like this, Jennifer Moreau.'' In 1988, Saul Adler is hit by a car on the Abbey Road. Apparently fine, he gets up and poses for a photograph taken by his girlfriend, Jennifer Moreau. He carries this photo with him to East Berlin: a fragment of the present, an anchor to the West. But in the GDR he finds himself troubled by time - stalked by the spectres of history, slipping in and out of a future that does not yet exist. Until, in 2016, Saul attempts to cross the Abbey Road again . . . _________________________________''A time-bending, location-hopping tale of love, truth and the power of seeing. Thoroughly gripping'' Sunday Telegraph ''Writing so beautiful it stops the reader on the page'' Independent ''Levy splices time in artfully believable, mesmerizing strokes'' Lambda Literary ''Skewering totalitarianism - from the state, to the family, to the strictures of the male gaze - Levy explodes conventional narrative to explore the individual''s place and culpability within history'' Guardian ''An utterly beguiling ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Early Levy - Deborah Levy

Early Levy comprises two pioneering early works by Man Booker-shortlisted writer Deborah Levy.BEAUTIFUL MUTANTS Lapinski, a manipulative and magical Russian exile, summons forth a number of highly contemporary urban pilgrims. Through them, Levy explores broken dreams and self-destructive desires in a shimmering, dislocated allegory of its times.& SWALLOWING GEOGRAPHY Like her namesake Jack Kerouac, J.K. is always on the road, travelling Europe with her typewriter in a pillowcase. From J.K.''s irreverent, ironic perspective, Levy charts a new, dizzying, end-of-the-century world of shifting boundaries and displaced peoples.''She storms through the back door, refusing to be weighed down with rationalist and aesthetic baggage . . . [This] is a world on the brink of destruction but it''s going down with a barnyard laugh and an explosive extravagance of imagination'' Blitz''It throbs its way into the imagination like the unguided missile it decries'' Observer on Beautiful MutantsDeborah Levy writes fiction, plays and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and she is the author of numerous highly praised books including Things I Don''t Want to Know and The Unloved, both of which are now published by Penguin. Her novel Swimming Home was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Swallowing Geography - Deborah Levy

A stunning early novel by the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home, Deborah Levy. Like her namesake Jack Kerouac, J.K. is always on the road, travelling Europe with her typewriter in a pillowcase. From J.K.''s irreverent, ironic perspective, Levy charts a new, dizzying, end-of-the-century world of shifting boundaries and displaced peoples._________________________________''An exciting writer, sharp and shocking as the knives her characters wield'' Sunday Times ''Levy is a brilliant writer'' Telegraph ''Levy''s strength is her originality of thought and expression'' Jeanette Winterson

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August Blue - Deborah Levy

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, TIME MAGAZINEThe mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming HomeAt the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance.Now she is in Athens, watching as another young woman, a stranger but uncannily familiar - almost her double - purchases a pair of mechanical dancing horses at a flea market. Elsa wants the horses too, but there are no more for sale. She drifts to the ferry port, on the run from her talent and her history.So begins a journey across Europe, shadowed by the elusive woman who bought the dancing horses.A dazzling portrait of melancholy and metamorphosis, August Blue uncovers the ways in which we seek to lose an old story, find ourselves in others and create ourselves anew.''A writer at the peak of her talents'' Lisa Appignanesi''There''s no one touching the brilliance of Deborah Levy''s prose today'' Lee Rourke''Levy''s strength is her originality of thought and expression'' Jeanette Winterson

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Hot Milk - Deborah Levy

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EMMA MACKEY AND FIONA SHAWSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power - from the author of Swimming Home and The Man Who Saw Everything''Propulsive, uncanny, dreamlike. A feverish coming-of-age novel'' Daily Telegraph''A triumph of storytelling'' Literary Review_________________________________''Today I dropped my laptop on the concrete floor of a bar built on the beach. My laptop has all my life in it and knows more about me than anyone else. So what I am saying is that if it is broken, so am I . . .''Two women arrive in a village on the Spanish coast. Rose is suffering from a strange illness and the doctors are mystified. Her daughter Sofia has brought her here to find a cure with the infamous and controversial Dr Gomez - a man of questionable methods and motives. Intoxicated by thick heat and the seductive people who move through it, both women begin to see their lives clearly for the first time in years.Through the opposing figures of mother and daughter, Deborah Levy explores the strange and monstrous nature of womanhood. Dreamlike and utterly compulsive, Hot Milk ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Carter Reads the Newspaper - Deborah Hopkinson

Essential Black History ReadingThe first-ever picture book biography of Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History MonthCarter G. Woodson Book Award (Honor Book), NCSSParents'' Choice Silver Honor AwardChicago Public Library Best of the Best BookTop 10 Books for Kids ?New York Public LibraryBest Children''s Books of the Year (Starred) ?Bank Street College of Education"An important and inspiring tale well told." ?Kirkus Reviews"Carter G. Woodson didn''t just read history. He changed it." As the father of Black History Month, he spent his life introducing others to the history of his people.Carter G. Woodson was born to two formerly enslaved people ten years after the end of the Civil War. Though his father could not read, he believed in being an informed citizen, so Carter read the newspaper to him every day. As a teenager, Carter went to work in the coal mines, and there he met Oliver Jones, who did something important: he asked Carter not only to read to him and the other miners, but also research and find more information on the subjects that interested them."My interest in penetrating the past of my people was deepened," Carter wrote. His journey would take him many more years, traveling around ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Black Vodka - Deborah Levy

Shortlisted for the 2013 Frank O''Connor International Short Story Award‘Elisa said Yes and I said Yes. We said Yes in all the European languages. Yes. We said yes we said yes, yes to vague but powerful things, we said yes to hope which has to be vague, we said yes to love which is always blind, we smiled and said yes without blinking.’ (‘A Better Way to Live’)How does love change us? And how do we change ourselves for love – or for lack of it? Ten stories by acclaimed author Deborah Levy explore these delicate, impossible questions. In Vienna, an icy woman seduces a broken man; in London, a bird mimics an old-fashioned telephone; in adland, a sleek copywriter becomes a kind of shaman. These are twenty-first century lives dissected with razor-sharp humour and curiosity, stories about what it means to live and love, together and alone.

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Things I Don't Want to Know - Deborah Levy

'Perhaps when Orwell described sheer egoism as a necessary quality for a writer, he was not thinking about the sheer egoism of a female writer. Even the most arrogant female writer has to work over time to build an ego that is robust enough to get her through January, never mind all the way to December.' Deborah Levy

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Billy & Girl - Deborah Levy

In this brilliant, inventive, tragic farce, Deborah Levy creates the ultimate dysfunctional kids, Billy and his sister Girl. Apparently abandoned years ago by their parents, they now live alone somewhere in England. Girl spends much of her time trying to find their mother, going to strangers'' doors and addressing whatever Prozac woman who answers as "Mom." Billy spends his time fantasizing a future in which he will be famous, perhaps in the United States as a movie star, or as a psychiatrist, or as a doctor to blondes with breast enlargements, or as the author of "Billy England''s Book of Pain." Together they both support and torture each other, barely able to remember their pasts but intent on forging a future that will bring them happiness and reunite them with the ever-elusive Mom. Billy and Girl are every boy and girl reeling from the pain of their childhoods, forgetting what they need to forget, inventing worlds they think will be better, but usually just prolonging nightmares as they begin to create--or so it seems--alternative personalities that will allow them to survive and conquer and punish. In the end, the reader is as bewildered as Billy and Girl--have they found Mom ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Denying the Holocaust - Deborah Lipstadt

The powerful and deeply disturbing book that was at the heart of the David Irving libel case, now dramatized in the film Denial.The denial of the Holocaust has no more credibility than the assertion that the Earth is flat. Yet there are those who insist that the death of six million Jews in Nazi concentration camps is nothing but a hoax perpetrated by a powerful Zionist conspiracy. For years those who made such claims were dismissed as harmless cranks operating on the lunatic fringe. But they have now begun to gain a hearing in respectable arenas.In this famous book, reissued now to coincide with the film based on the legal case it provoked, Denial, Deborah Lipstadt shows how--despite tens of thousands of witnesses and vast amounts of documentary evidence--this irrational idea not only has continued to gain adherents but has become an international movement, with ''independent'' research centres, and official publications that promote a ''revisionist'' view of recent history. Denying the Holocaust argues that this chilling attack on the factual record not only threatens Jews but has an unsuspected power to dramatically alter the way that truth and meaning are transmitted from one generation to another.

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The Breadwinner Graphic Novel - Ellis Deborah

This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana who must disguise herself as a boy to support her family during the Taliban''s rule in Afghanistan.Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan''s capital city. Parvana''s father -- a history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed -- works from a blanket on the ground in the marketplace, reading letters for people who cannot read or write. One day, he is arrested for having forbidden books, and the family is left without someone who can earn money or even shop for food.As conditions for the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner.Deborah Ellis''s beloved novel has been adapted for film by Aircraft Pictures, Cartoon Saloon and Melusine Productions in association with Angelina Jolie''s production company, jolie pas productions. The animated feature film, directed by Nora Twomey, will launch in the UK in 2018.

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The Mentorship Edge - Deborah Heiser

Learn how a mentor relationship can make your life more fulfilling The Mentorship Edge: Creating Maximum Impact through Lateral and Hierarchical Mentoring explores how we connect to others, feel valued, get pleasure from life, and believe our lives have meaning through forming mentor relationships with others. This book covers traditional hierarchical mentorship we're all familiar with, along with lateral mentoring, where you connect with a friend or colleague—someone you can be vulnerable with—whether they work in your department, another department, or outside of your organization entirely. Insight in this book is drawn from The International Association of Top Professionals 2025 Top CEO and Mentor of the Year Deborah Heiser's experience running The Mentor Project, a nonprofit mentoring organization with more than 100 mentors at the absolute top of their fields. In this book, readers will learn about: The proven benefits of mentorship in both work and home lifeMentorship in various fields, including business, research, entrepreneurship, and artClassic examples of the power of mentorship, like when Steve Jobs asked Steve Wozniak for engineering help when he was at Atari The Mentorship Edge is an essential guide to demystify the special concept of mentoring and inspire individuals to engage in mentoring naturally, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Botanic Gardens of the World - Deborah Trentham

Today there are 1,775 botanic gardens around the world, forging the way in conservation efforts and scientific research, but the roots of these horticultural institutions are much older. From early blueprints such as the 4th century BC garden of Aristotle, the first true botanic gardens are generally considered to be the Garden of the University of Padua established in 1543. Designed as spaces of study and research, botanic gardens are where the lavish beauty of the natural world collides with cutting-edge scientific developments. Throughout history the role of botanic gardens has shifted according to the context of the time, from primarily places of medical research to key theaters in the age of exploration, and more recently with a focus on conservation in the face of the escalating climate challenges. From the Renaissance gardens of Italy to the futuristic Singapore Botanic Gardens, this gorgeous book tells the story of these unique institutions. It is a history of science and learning, of politics and national interests, of societal concerns and individual passions. But, most of all, it is a compelling history of the power and possibility of the natural world, that we are still merely scratching the surface of.

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The School That Escaped the Nazis - Deborah Cadbury

*JEWISH CHRONICAL CRITICS'' CHOICE: NON-FICTION OF THE YEAR 2022*''A devastatingly affecting book. . . Bunce Court! I keep saying the name to myself because it encapsulates all that is gentle and comically charming about wartime England'' The Times ''Emotionally compelling'' Observer''All the violence I had experienced before felt like a bad dream. It was a paradise. I think most of the children felt it was a paradise.''In 1933, as Hitler came to power, schoolteacher Anna Essinger hatched a daring and courageous plan: to smuggle her entire school out of Nazi Germany. Anna had read Mein Kampf and knew the terrible danger that Hitler''s hate-fuelled ideologies posed to her pupils. She knew that to protect them she had to get her pupils to the safety of England. But the safe haven that Anna struggled to create in a rundown manor house in Kent would test her to the limit. As the news from Europe continued to darken, Anna rescued successive waves of fleeing children and, when war broke out, she and her pupils faced a second exodus. One by one countries fell to the Nazis and before long unspeakable rumours began to circulate. Red Cross messages stopped and parents in occupied ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Common Sense Rules - Deborah Meaden

Deborah Meaden is known to millions for her straight-talking, no-nonsense approach on BBC2''s Dragons'' Den, and in Common Sense Rules she shares insights and observations gleaned from a life lived in business. Some of them come from witnessing the successes - and the failures - of others. Many more, though, are drawn from her own business ventures. She shows, for example, how an early stint in a holiday park gave her a crash course in customer relations. She frankly and honestly analyses why her first enterprise, which started so promisingly, turned sour. And she explains why turning down a multimillion-pound offer for her chain of holiday parks was the best decision she ever made.As direct and to-the-point on the page as she is in the Den, Deborah Meaden is a superbly clear-sighted and experienced observer of business success, and her book is guaranteed both to inform and inspire.

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To the Top of the World - Deborah Blumenthal

Go exploring with Barbara Hillary, the first Black woman to set foot on both the North and South Poles in this thrilling and inspiring picture book biography about perseverance, imagination, and following your dreams.As a young girl, Barbara Hillary imagined a life of adventure. Despite facing hardships in her childhood and illness as an adult, she never gave up on her dream: to travel the world and explore hard-to-reach places. So, at age seventy-five, she became the first Black woman to set foot on the North Pole. Less than four years later, she did the same at the South Pole. Barbara loved everything the world has to offer. During her travels, she discovered that the remote places she cared so much about were threatened by climate change. From then on, she dedicated herself to saving the planet for future generations. She never let her age—or anything else—stop her until she stood at the top of the world!

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I Love You All the Time - Deborah Farmer Kris

Reassure children that they are loved and loveable no matter the ups and downs of the day with words of affirmation for kids.I Love You All the Time speaks to the power of caregivers’ steady love to help children develop confidence, resilience, and emotional agility with words of affirmation for kids.  Parents and teachers want strategies for helping preschoolers manage their emotions. But to effectively teach emotional self-regulation strategies, children first need to know they are safe and loved—all the time. Even when they lose their temper, even when they stay up too late, or lose their shoes, or yell at their friend. The steady love of a caregiver can help children thrive, even when life is challenging.  Written from the perspective of a caring adult speaking to a child, I Love You All the Time strengthens relationships by addressing the common childhood fear: Am I loved all the time? Its charming rhyme, words of affirmation for kids, and heartwarming message make the book perfect for storytime, home, the preschool classroom, and whenever children need a reminder that they’re loved.All the Time Series Written from the perspective of an adult speaking to a child, these rhyming books help ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Secretary - Deborah Lawrenson

Moscow, 1958. At the height of the Cold War, secretary Lois Vale is on a deep-cover MI6 mission to identify a diplomatic traitor. She can trust only one man: Johann, a German journalist also working covertly for the British secret service. As the trail leads to Vienna and the Black Sea, Lois and Johann begin an affair but as love grows, so does the danger to Lois.A tense Cold War spy story told from the perspective of a bright, young, working-class woman recruited to MI6 at a time when men were in charge of making history and women were expendable.

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The School That Escaped the Nazis - Deborah Cadbury

''DEVASTATINGLY AFFECTING'' THE TIMES''EMOTIONALLY COMPELLING'' OBSERVERIn 1933, as Hitler came to power, schoolteacher Anna Essinger hatched a daring plan: to smuggle all her pupils out of Nazi Germany under the nose of the Gestapo.The - mostly Jewish - children who escaped found a safe haven in Anna''s new school, a rundown manor house in southern England, until the outbreak of war in 1939 raised terrifying new dangers. Despite her growing blindness, Anna continued rescuing children throughout the war. Many had lost their families and witnessed unimaginable horrors. But she was determined to instil the belief in all those under her care that there was still a life worth fighting for. ''By turns heartbreaking and inspiring, I could not stop reading this remarkable book'' JOSH IRELAND, author of Churchill & Son ''A celebration of what the human spirit can achieve'' RABBI JULIA NEUBERGER

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Island on the Edge of the World - Deborah Rodriguezová

Haiti. A poor country rich in courage, strength and love. As these four women are about to discover.Charlie, the rootless daughter of American missionaries, now working as a hairdresser in Northern California. But the repercussions of a traumatic childhood far from home have left her struggling for her way in life.Bea, Charlie''s eccentric grandmother, who is convinced a reunion with her estranged mother will help Charlie heal.Lizbeth, a Texas widow who has never strayed too far from home. She is on a daunting journey into the unknown, searching for the grandchild she never knew existed.And Senzey, a young Haitian mother dealing with a lifetime of love and loss, who shows them the true meaning of bravery. Together they venture through the teeming, colorful streets of Port-au-Prince, into the worlds of do-gooders doing more harm than good, Vodou practitioners, artists, activists, and everyday Haitian men and women determined to survive against all odds.For Charlie, Bea, Lizbeth and Senzey, life will never be the same again . . .

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The Captive - Deborah O'Connor

A gripping thriller perfect for fans of GIRL A, THE CAPTIVE will keep you guessing till the very end . The one who has the key?Or the one who knows the truth?A brilliant, intensively gripping thriller, The Captive will keep you guessing till the very end .

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Avi the Ambulance Goes to the Beach - Deborah Bodin Cohen

Avi the Ambulance is back in this fourth book of the beloved series about emergency vehicles in Israel. This gentle story centers the importance of teamwork and appreciating the different skills and abilities we all bring to our work and relationships. For readers ages 4-7.Avi the Ambulance was excited to go to the beach and meet his partner Zach''s friend Esti. Esti has a new ambulance partner, and Avi loves to make new friends. After making sure his tires are nice and full of air, Avi and Zach head out along the busy streets of Israel.When they arrive at the beach, Avi is confused to meet Noah. Noah is a boat in the lake, but he says he''s an ambulance like Avi. But Noah doesn''t have tires, so Noah can''t drive through Israel to bring people to the hospital. How can Noah be an ambulance when he doesn''t look like Avi?

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Lily the Tiller - Deborah McKinlay

Lily the Tiller is a nomadic gardener on the permanent lam from a bleak, abusive past. Scouring the lanes of South West England looking for temporary work, she pitches up at Motthoe, a now dilapidated, but once grand, country estate, where Dreamer Harry – Motthoe’s reluctant owner via recent inheritance – falls for her with only the slimmest hopes of reciprocation. In Lily’s care, a walled garden at Motthoe begins to blossom and the greening magic of this new life touches each of Motthoe’s cast of idiosyncratic inhabitants. But, even in the midst of this community blossoming, dark hints and ill-omens suggest Lily’s grim history can be run from no longer.

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The Storyteller - Deborah Hext

Tamsyn’s life has always felt magical, even if it isn’t a fairytale.As the daughter of a Storyteller, she knows the power of stories. Living with her foster mum and siblings has its challenges, but Tamsyn is sure of one thing—they always have each other. And when life gets tough, a good story can make it all better.But when a stranger arrives with the shocking news that someone is destroying the magic in her world, and unraveling the stories that protect it, everything changes. As magic fades, so does hope—and everything Tamsyn loves is at risk.Determined to fight back, Tamsyn and her foster siblings set off on a dangerous adventure. Facing unimaginable challenges, they must summon all their courage, strength, and belief.Can they save their world before it’s too late? Or will this spell be the end of everything Tamsyn holds dear?

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The Ogre - Deborah Bawden

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right levelAn African folk tale about two brothers, who turn out to be the only ones to save their village from the terrifying ogre who lives in the mountains above them. Find out how they manage to overcome him, and whether it’s brains or brawn that eventually ensures freedom and victory for the village.Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.Text type: A traditional tale from another cultureCurriculum links: English: fairy stories, myths and legends; books from other cultures and traditionsThis book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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Animals on the Move - Deborah Chancellor

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right levelHave you ever been amazed at how far animals migrate each year? Have you ever wondered why animals migrate for such long distances? Find out all about the journeys animals make in the sea, in the air and on land in this fascinating non-fiction information book, brought to life with stunning photographs.Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.Text type: An information bookThis book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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What's in the Bible? - Deborah Lock

An accessible non-fiction book introducing the holy book of the Christian faith. Part of the accessible and informative Keywords series.

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The Houses - Deborah Houlding

There is very little written on the most contentious area of astrology and this greatly updated and revised edition more than adequately fills the gap.

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August Blue - Deborah Levy

At the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance. Now she is in Athens, watching as another young woman, a stranger but uncannily familiar - almost her double - purchases a pair of mechanical dancing horses at a flea market.Elsa wants the horses too, but there are no more for sale. She drifts to the ferry port, on the run from her talent and her history. So begins a journey across Europe, shadowed by the elusive woman who bought the dancing horses.A dazzling portrait of melancholy and metamorphosis, August Blue uncovers the ways in which we seek to lose an old story, find ourselves in others and create ourselves anew.

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Stardust Nation - Deborah Levy

For the high-flying, heavy-drinking advertising boss Tom Banbury, the art of persuasion relies on an infiltration of the consumer’s mind. In the case of his colleague and confidante Nikos Gazidis, the overdeveloped sense of empathy that makes him so well suited to the business has resulted in a strange psychiatric condition. Nick has unwittingly crashed into the consciousness of his boss.While Tom drinks to forget the troubles of his earthly life, Nick is forced to confront a past that is not his own: a childhood scarred by the small wars waged by an abusive father—and by the events that brought these battles to a close. When Nick enters the panicked silence of the Abbey, a fortress for the rich and unstable, his sister guards him from the visiting Tom Banbury. But can this peculiar bond be broken? Or has Nikos Gazidis taken an empathetic leap too far?Â

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One More Mountain - Ellis Deborah

It''s 2021, and the Taliban have regained power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, the brave protagonists of The Breadwinner, must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy.It has been 20 years since Parvana and Shauzia had to disguise themselves as boys to support themselves and their families. But when the Taliban were defeated in 2001, it looked as if Afghans could finally rebuild their country. Many things have changed for Parvana since then. She has married Asif, who she met in the desert as she searched for her family when she was a child. She runs a school for girls. She has a son, Rafi, who is about to fly to New York, where he will train to become a dancer. While Asif tries to get Parvana''s sister, Maryam, and Rafi on one of the last flights out of Kabul, the Taliban come to the school, and Parvana must lead the girls out of Green Valley and into the mountains.Deborah Ellis is an award-winning author, a feminist and a peace activist who has spent a lot of time in Pakistan, in Afghan refugee camps.

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Prayers around the World - Deborah Lock

A journey of prayer that takes all around the world, this colourful and fascinating book teaches children about people and places on Earth and how to pray for them

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LEGO Marvel Spider-Man Explore the Spider-Verse - DK

Grab your Spidey-Suit and explore the Spider-Verse in this first-ever LEGO® Marvel Spider-Man™ book!Discover a vast multiverse of spidery Super Heroes and their unique worlds in this fun and engaging guide to the world of LEGO Marvel Spider-Man. Learn about the vehicles and locations and meet amazing superstars like Peter Parker, Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy – as well as lesser-known characters like Pork Grind and Scarlet Spider.Swing into action with LEGO Spider-Man as you explore the Spider-Verse:Features LEGO sets based on the Marvel Comics and films, showcasing a range of fan-favourite Spider-Man characters, vehicles, and locationsExplore LEGO Spider-Man’s world, gadgets and suits as you find out more about the web-slinging hero and his friendsAdd to your LEGO collection with an exclusive Spider-Man minifigure insideA wonderful gift for younger kids who love LEGO, Spider-Man, or both!This entry point to the Spider-Man multiverse is the perfect gift for young fans eager to know more about LEGO Spider-Man, giving them exciting facts and behind-the-scenes insights they won’t find anywhere else.© 2025 The LEGO Group© 2025 MARVEL

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Klarstein On-The-Rocks, výrobník ledu, 12 kg/24 h, 2,1 l, nerezová ocel, černý

S výrobníkem ledu Klarstein On-The-Rocks obdrží míchané nápoje extra ledové kuličky! Malý, ale výkonný: Výrobník ledu Klarstein On-The-Rocks se svými prostorově úspornými rozměry snadno najde místo i na nejmenších barových pultech a zásobuje večírky, setkání a akce osvěžujícími kostkami ledu ve tvaru kuliček. Po šesti až dvanácti minutách padají do zásobníku o hmotnosti 0,6 kg první kostky ledu. tento malý a silný pomocník vyprodukuje až 12 kg kostek ledu za 24 hodin – a díky průhlednému víku můžete hned sledovat, jak přibývají. Chcete-li vytvořit kostky ledu správné velikosti, můžete si vybrat mezi malým a velkým rozměrem. Když ve dvoulitrové nádobě dojde voda na výrobu kostek ledu nebo když je nádoba plná, upozorní vás varovný signál a výrobník ledu přestane pracovat. Obsluha Klarstein On-The-Rocks výrobníku ledu je zcela jednoduchá prostřednictvím soft-touch ovládání s barevnými signalizačními LED diodami pro zvolená nastavení. Díky nejmodernější technologii chlazení jsou zvuky během provozu příjemně tiché, takže neruší atmosféru akce. Neutrální materiály uvnitř přístroje zaručují nerušený požitek z občerstvení. A protože po večírku znamená před večírkem, je přístroj díky automatickému čisticímu programu v mžiku opět čistý a připravený na další práci. Výrobník ledu Klarstein On-The-Rocks zajistí osvěžující kostky ledu v každém nápoji.

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Klarstein On-The-Rocks, výrobník ledu, 12 kg/24 h, 2,1 l, nerezová ocel, černý

S výrobníkem ledu Klarstein On-The-Rocks obdrží míchané nápoje extra ledové kuličky! Malý, ale výkonný: Výrobník ledu Klarstein On-The-Rocks se svými prostorově úspornými rozměry snadno najde místo i na nejmenších barových pultech a zásobuje večírky, setkání a akce osvěžujícími kostkami ledu ve tvaru kuliček. Po šesti až dvanácti minutách padají do zásobníku o hmotnosti 0,6 kg první kostky ledu. tento malý a silný pomocník vyprodukuje až 12 kg kostek ledu za 24 hodin – a díky průhlednému víku můžete hned sledovat, jak přibývají. Chcete-li vytvořit kostky ledu správné velikosti, můžete si vybrat mezi malým a velkým rozměrem. Když ve dvoulitrové nádobě dojde voda na výrobu kostek ledu nebo když je nádoba plná, upozorní vás varovný signál a výrobník ledu přestane pracovat. Obsluha Klarstein On-The-Rocks výrobníku ledu je zcela jednoduchá prostřednictvím soft-touch ovládání s barevnými signalizačními LED diodami pro zvolená nastavení. Díky nejmodernější technologii chlazení jsou zvuky během provozu příjemně tiché, takže neruší atmosféru akce. Neutrální materiály uvnitř přístroje zaručují nerušený požitek z občerstvení. A protože po večírku znamená před večírkem, je přístroj díky automatickému čisticímu programu v mžiku opět čistý a připravený na další práci. Výrobník ledu Klarstein On-The-Rocks zajistí osvěžující kostky ledu v každém nápoji.

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Call for the Dead - John le Carré

The first of his peerless novels of Cold War espionage and international intrigue, Call for the Dead is also the debut of John le Carré''s masterful creation George Smiley. After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man''s death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan''s widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans - and their agents - know more about this man''s death than the Circus previously imagined? Le Carré''s first book, Call for the Dead, introduced the tenacious and retiring George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage and deceit.If you enjoyed Call for the Dead, you might like le Carré''s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.''Intelligent, thrilling, surprising ... makes most cloak-and-dagger stuff taste of cardboard'' Sunday Telegraph''Brilliant. Realistic. Constant suspense'' Observer

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After the Dance - Philippe Le Roux

After The Dance delves into the intriguing life of South African artist Le Roux Smith Le Roux (1914–1963), a brilliant yet obsessive outsider who was appointed Deputy Keeper of the Tate Gallery in 1950 at the age of thirty-six. Renowned for his sharp intelligence and methodical approach, Le Roux boldly questions the price paid by Director Sir John Rothenstein for the Degas sculpture, Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen. While Le Roux excels in his professional life, his personal relationships are chaotic. The biography unveils the complexities of a talented man whose life was tumultuous as it was remarkable. The narrative describes the Great Tate Affair (1952–1954), offering a fresh perspective that challenges the accepted narrative shaped by Rothenstein’s flawed account. Through meticulous research and compelling storytelling, this book invites readers to reconsider one of art history’s most controversial episodes.

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The LEGO Technic Idea Book: Simple Machines - Yoshihito Isogawa

The LEGO® Technic Idea Book: Simple Machines is a collection of hundreds of working examples of simple yet fascinating Technic models that you can build based on their pictures alone. Each project uses color-coded pieces and is photographed from multiple angles, making it easy to see how the models are assembled without the need for step-by-step instructions. Every model illustrates a different principle, concept, or mechanism that will inspire your own original creations. You re encouraged to use these elements as building blocks to create your own masterpieces. The Technic models in Simple Machines demonstrate basic configurations of gears, shafts, pulleys, turntables, connectors, and the like. You'll learn how to create small, elegant machines like cranes, operable doors, motorized cars, a rubber band-powered rocket launcher, a hand-cranked drag racer, and even musical instruments. This visual guide, the first in the three-volume LEGO Technic Idea Book series, is the brainchild of master builder Yoshihito Isogawa of Tokyo, Japan. Each title is filled with photos of Isogawa's unique models, all of which are designed to fire the imaginations of LEGO builders young and old. Imagine. Create. Invent. Now, what will you build? NOTE: The LEGO Technic Idea Book series uses parts from ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Lowe and Le Breton mysteries - Death at the Playhouses - Douglas Stuart

A second witty, fun, 1970s-set whodunnit in the Lowe and Le Breton mysteries series, featuring two ageing actors attempting to solve a murder after their famous co-star is found dead in a doorway outside the theatre in which they’re performing. Nostalgic cosy crime that’s perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and Death & Croissants.It’s 1971 and, in between filming seasons of Floggit and Leggit!, ageing actors Edward Lowe and John Le Breton sign up for short run of Shakespeare tragedies at the Bolton Playhouse. But, once in Lancashire, they discover they have been invited to join the theatre’s repertory company for two reasons – because the company manager is keen to take advantage of the publicity surrounding their successful BBC comedy series and because Sir Nathaniel Thompson, the much-lauded star of the show and knight of the realm, has been sacked for drunkenness and for failing to turn up for work.John fears an awkward scene, should Thompson – who he knew during the war – return to reclaim his job, but when the great actor’s body is found, bludgeoned to death in a nearby alleyway, the unlikely crime-solving duo find themselves investigating another fiendish mystery that takes them ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Kneeling Man - Leta McCollough Seletzky

In the famous photograph of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, one man kneels beside him, trying to staunch the blood: an undercover Memphis police officer embedded with the Invaders, a militant Black group in talks with King. This spy, the kneeling man, was Leta McCollough Seletzky’s father.Marrell ‘Mac’ McCollough was a Black man working secretly with the white power structure. To understand this, Leta began looking into her father’s life—his motivations, his career with the police and the CIA, and the truth behind accusations of his involvement in King’s murder. What would Leta uncover, and did she want to know? How might Mac’s story change her own feelings about her place in Trump’s America?The Kneeling Man is a compelling personal and political tale of alienation and ambivalence; struggle, self-definition and compromised choices. Set vividly in the sharecropper South, on the streets of Memphis and in the halls of power, the twists and turns of this one man’s life tell the story of twentieth-century Black America.

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The LEGO Technic Idea Book: Fantastic Contraptions - Yoshihito Isogawa

The LEGO® Technic Idea Book: Fantastic Contraptions is a collection of hundreds of working examples of simple yet fascinating Technic models that you can build based on their pictures alone. Each project uses color-coded pieces and is photographed from multiple angles, making it easy to see how the models are assembled without the need for step-by-step instructions. Every model illustrates a different principle, concept, or mechanism that will inspire your own original creations. You're encouraged to use these elements as building blocks to create your own masterpieces. The Technic models in Fantastic Contraptions include working catapults, crawling spiders, and bipedal walkers, as well as gadgets powered by fans, propellers, springs, magnets, and vibration. You'll even learn how to add lights, pneumatics, and solar panels to your own models. This visual guide, the third in the three-volume LEGO Technic Idea Book series, is the brainchild of master builder Yoshihito Isogawa of Tokyo, Japan. Each title is filled with photos of Isogawa's unique models, all of which are designed to fire the imaginations of LEGO builders young and old. Imagine. Create. Invent. Now, what will you build? NOTE: The LEGO Technic Idea Book series uses parts from various Technic sets. If you ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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LEGO® Sonic the Hedgehog™ 77005 Knuckles vs. Dr. Eggman: Robotický oblek Egg Crusher

Stavebnice LEGO Sonic 77005 představuje souboj Knucklese a Dr. Eggmana v robotickém obleku Egg Crusher. Sada obsahuje 350 dílků a je vhodná pro děti od 8 let. Součástí jsou autentické doplňky z herního světa Sonica.

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Steering the Craft - Ursula K. Le Guinová

Revised and updated for the twenty-first century, Steering the Craft is Ursula K. Le Guin’s carrier bag of the essentials of a writer’s craft, a generous gift from one of the great thinkers about how – and why – to write.This handbook is an accessible and profound guide to the craft of writing and editing. Le Guin lays out ten chapters that address the most fundamental components of narrative, from the sound of language to sentence construction to point of view. Drawing on the global canon, Le Guin offers her inimitably witty commentary and incisive dissection, developing into an exercise that the writer can do solo or in a group. No other writing guide offers such a comprehensive, experienced and kind approach to “steering the craft” as a writing crew.Steering the Craft deserves a place on every writer’s shelf.

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The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) - Henri Alain-Fournier

The Lost Estate is Robin Buss''s translation of Henri Alain-Fournier''s poignant study of lost love, Le Grand Meaulnes.''I read it for the first time when I was seventeen and loved every page. I find its depiction of a golden time and place just as poignant now as I did then'' Nick Hornby When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and charisma. But when Meaulnes disappears for several days, and returns with tales of a strange party at a mysterious house - and his love for the beautiful girl hidden within it, Yvonne de Galais - his life has been changed forever. In his restless search for his Lost Estate and the happiness he found there, Meaulnes, observed by his loyal friend Francois, may risk losing everything he ever had. Poised between youthful admiration and adult resignation, Alain-Fournier''s compelling narrator carries the reader through this evocative and unbearably poignant portrayal of desperate friendship and vanished adolescence. Robin Buss''s translation of Le Grand Meaulnes sensitively and accurately renders Alain-Fournier''s poetically charged, expressive and deceptively simple style. In his introduction, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik discusses the life of Alain-Fournier, who was ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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