The book of the year 2018

The Cut Out Girl : A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018 - Es Bart Van

<p>The extraordinary true story of a young Jewish girl in Holland during World War II, who hides from the Nazis in the homes of an underground network of foster families, one of them the author's grandparents Bart van Es left Holland for England many years ago, but one story from his Dutch childhood never left him. It was a mystery of sorts: a young Jewish girl nam...

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Women of the Dunes

A spellbinding and beautiful novel from the acclaimed author of The House Between Tides, winner of the Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2018.

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AUTOCULT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018

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Year Of The Flood

The waterless flood - a man-made plague - has ended the world. But two young women have survived: Ren, a young dancer trapped where she worked, in an

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The Year of the Flood (0349004072)

Kniha - 528 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The sun brightens in the east, reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean. The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them. the air smells faintly of burning. The waterless flood - a manmade plague - has ended the world.But two young women have survived: Ren, a young dancer ...

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This Spells Disaster: The spellbinding sapphic romcom of the year - Martin Tori Anne

Anotace: Fake dating gets a magical and witchy twist in this flirty, spellbinding, and sexy new rom-com!--------`The queer witchy rom com of my heart . . . Teen Witch meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days!` Ali Hazelwood`This steamy, sapphic delight is about to become your new obsession` Courtney Kae--------When `messy witch` Morgan Greenwood drunkenly offers to fake date h...

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Rewilding of Molly McFlynn

It’s spring 2020 and fifteen-year-old Molly McFlynn is uprooted from town life by her mam to live with her bohemian grandparents in rural Northum

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Because of Brett: A View of Grief Without Pigeon Holes

I am just a mum who couldn˘€™t even save her child from dying, who am I to write a book about grief and grieving?‚ My son Brett was just thirteen-year

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Reading Book of Days

Taking you through the year day by day, The Reading Book of Days contains a quirky, eccentric, amusing or important event or fact from different perio

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Celtic Year

A book of prayers, meditations, and liturgies based on the eight points of the Celtic year - the four season changes, and the four midpoints of each s

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Say You´ll Be My Jaan: The must read fake engagement romcom of the year - the perfect feel good pick me up! - Kumar Naina

Anotace: "Think of it like Tinder. Except your parents are the algorithm" Meghna has tried everything to find her jaan: blind dates, the dreaded apps, even attempting conversations with strangers. Everything except arranged marriage. Then Seth, her best friend and the-one-who-got-away, asks her to be his "best man" and suddenly her parent's tas...

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Sent: Keswick Year Book 2018

The 2018 Year Book from Keswick contains a selection of talks from this year's convention The contributors include Christopher AshRichard DannattLouis

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The Year Of Voting Dangerously - Maureen Dowd

<p>From the preeminent political columnist of our time, Maureen Dowd's most incendiary takes and takedowns on the bizarre and fascinating election of 2016.</p>

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Highlights Volume 8

This â€highlights’ edition of the bestselling portfolio book presents the very best images from the latest Wildlife Photographer of the Year co

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Funnies, The

Twelve-year-old Marius is on the run from the Government. He's the only one in the whole nation that values his sense of humour. Everyone else was de-

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White Phoenix, The

London, 1666. After the sudden death of her father, thirteen-year-old Lizzie Hopper and her mother must take over The White Pheonix- the family booksh

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In the Silence Long-Forgotten, Almond Trees Blossom

The 1980s. Jack, a geologist in Libya is rescued from jail by Bushra, daughter of wealthy Greek/Libyan parents. Their ten-year affair is fraught with

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Territory of Light - Tsushima Yuko

Anotace: Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterrane...

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Year Of Liberty

* The classic account of the great Irish rebellion of 1798

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The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found - Lees Jordan

Anotace: The spell-binding world-building of Philip Pullman with the page-turning kid appeal of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. Discover a world of magic and secrets, friendship and unimaginable quests in this spectacular new fantasy series from the most exciting new voice in children`s books.A boy who doesn`t believe in magic. An impossible world that will change his min...

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The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found - Lees Jordan

Anotace: The spell-binding world-building of Philip Pullman with the page-turning kid appeal of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. Discover a world of magic and secrets, friendship and unimaginable quests in this spectacular new fantasy series from the most exciting new voice in children`s books.A boy who doesn`t believe in magic. An impossible world that will change his min...

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Barra Boy

1982. Thirteen-year-old Ewan Fraser is sent to the remote island of Barra, off Scotland's west coast, to stay with his aunt and uncle.

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Season in Fitzrovia

It is 1922 and the aftermath of a horrific war hangs over a talented group of artists as they begin their freshmen year at the Slade School of Fine Ar

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Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control - Russell Stuart

Anotace: FROM THE BBC REITH LECTURER 2021`The most important book I have read in quite some time` Daniel Kahneman; `A must-read` Max Tegmark; `The book we`ve all been waiting for` Sam HarrisHumans dream of super-intelligent machines. But what happens if we actually succeed?Creating superior intelligence would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, accordin...

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Sharks Are Scary Aren't They?

Sharks Are Scary Aren't They? depicts the emotional journey of Charlie Parker, a fearful twelve-year-old boy, and Jane Jones, a retired dentist and sc

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Bournville: From the bestselling author of Middle England - Coe Jonathan

Anotace: `A wickedly funny, clever, but also tender and lyrical novel about Britain and Britishness and what we have become` RACHEL JOYCEIn Bournville, a placid suburb of Birmingham, sits a famous chocolate factory. For eleven-year-old Mary and her family in 1945, it`s the centre of the world. The reason their streets smell faintly of chocolate, the place where most of t...

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Year of Voting Dangerously

From the preeminent political columnist of our time, Maureen Dowd's most incendiary takes and takedowns on the bizarre and fascinating election of 2016.

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Lou Reed: The King of New York - Hermes Will

Anotace: `A monumental work filled with first-person accounts of the master`s life and a dizzying array of never-before heard details` Michael Imperioli, author of The Perfume Burned His Eyes The most complete and penetrating biography of the rock master, whose stature grows every year.Since his death ten years ago, Lou Reed`s living presence has only grown. The great ro...

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Year of the Gun

The follow-up to the acclaimed The Red Ribbon and the third book in 'a great new series' (Mick Herron, author of Spook Street)

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods - Rick Riordan

Anotace: The original heroes from The Lightning Thief are reunited for their biggest challenge yet: getting Percy to college when the gods are standing in his way.After saving the world multiple times, Percy Jackson is hoping to have a normal senior year.

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Little White Lies: From the bestselling author of The Inheritance Games - Barnes Jennifer Lynn

Anotace: Welcome to the page-turning, twisty, gasp-inducing world of the Debutantes - an addictive YA mystery duology from the author of #1 bestselling, TikTok sensation INHERITANCE GAMES series. `A plot twist every twenty pages . . . Barnes is at her page-turning best.` E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars A six-figure offer. A family mystery to solve. A town of buried...

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A Cruel Twist of Fate - Askwith H. F.

Anotace: And Then There Were None meets The Inheritance Games, with a heavy dash of The Woman in Black, in this gloriously gothic YA mystery-thriller.When eighteen-year-old Helena is sent to be a governess at Archfall Manor - a beautiful but crumbling manor house, perched at the edge of a causeway in the North Sea - she feels confident she will know how to deal with the ...

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Too Late: The most addictive thriller of the year, from the global bestseller - Colleen Hoover

<p>A breath-taking psychological suspense about obsession and dangerous love. The definitive edition of Too Late from the TikTok phenomenon and #1 bestselling author of Verity. Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does so, every single day. Caught up with the alluring Asa Jackson, a notorious drug trafficker, Sloan has finally found a lif...

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The Summer Switch-Off: The hilarious summer must-read from the author of The Kissing Booth - Reeklesová Beth

Anotace: Luna, Rory and Jodie are supposed to be having the time of their lives. Instead they're all completely bloody miserable. Luna thought her first year at uni was perfect - until her relationship broke up, and she realised she's her old school friends might be ghosting her. She's never felt so lonely. Rory's passion is art (and promoting it on...

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A Head Full of Music: The soundtrack to my life - Richard Cliff

Anotace: Foreword by Bob StanleyOn a sunny Saturday morning in May 1956, a fifteen-year-old, then called Harry Webb, was mooching down Waltham Cross High Street. He heard some music blaring out of a parked car. It stopped him in his tracks.The song was `Heartbreak Hotel` by Elvis Presley. It sounded like nothing he had ever heard before. In that instant, the schoolboy wh...

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A Head Full of Music: The soundtrack to my life - Richard Cliff

Anotace: Foreword by Bob StanleyOn a sunny Saturday morning in May 1956, a fifteen-year-old, then called Harry Webb, was mooching down Waltham Cross High Street. He heard some music blaring out of a parked car. It stopped him in his tracks.The song was `Heartbreak Hotel` by Elvis Presley. It sounded like nothing he had ever heard before. In that instant, the schoolboy wh...

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Hyde: WINNER OF THE 2021 McILVANNEY PRIZE FOR BEST CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR

From international award-winning author Craig Russell comes another dark thriller, for readers of Neil Gaiman, Caleb Carr and Stephen King.

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Good Material: THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, FROM THE AUTHOR OF EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE - Alderton Dolly

Anotace: `Made me laugh while punching me in the gut. Loved this book` AISLING BEA`This is the greatest. You`ll cry and laugh. I read it though the night. And I never, ever avoid sleep` CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN`I award it 13/10 on my QWJ scale (stands for Queasy With Jealousy that I didn`t write it)` MARIAN KEYES---Every relationship has one beginning.This one has two endings.A...

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The Thief of Farrowfell

Anotace: Welcome to a fantasy world where edible magic is the hottest commodity, traded between those who can pay or - in the case of Jude Ripon, the youngest thief in Farrowfell - those who can steal it! An epic debut series from a FAB Prize winner.Twelve-year-old Jude Ripon has never been taken seriously by her family of magic-stealing masterminds. To them, she`s just ...

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RAF Colouring Book

Stunning illustrations to colour in, charting the 100-year history of the RAF

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Everything is Beautiful: 'the most uplifting book of the year' Good Housekeeping

Perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant and The Keeper of Lost Things, this exquisitely told, uplifting novel shows us that however hopeless things might

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Everything is Beautiful: 'the most uplifting book of the year' Good Housekeeping

Perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant and The Keeper of Lost Things, this exquisitely told, uplifting novel shows us that however hopeless things might

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Year 1000

* Vivid recreation of how English people lived a thousand years ago. * What life was like at the turn of the first Millennium.

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Guardian of the Horizon

Banned from the Valley of the Kings, Amelia Peabody and her distinguished husband have returned to England with their 19-year-old son Ramses and their

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Good Year

A novel of wine, women and sun with a plot that offers more twists than a corkscrew. This is a captivating new novel from the internationally bestse

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In The Name of the Family

A Times Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year * A Cosmopolitan Best Book of the Year * A History Today Book of the YearConfirms Sarah Dunant's plac

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The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (9780349141800)

Kniha – autor Jonas Jonasson, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá - autor Jonas Jonasson, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá The international bestselling sensation. Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, Allan Karlsson is waiting for a party he doesn't want to begin. His one-hundredth birthday party to be precise. The Mayor...

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The Enchanter

Anotace: Nabokov described this novella, written in Paris in 1939 but only published twenty years later, as `the first little throb of Lolita`. The plot is similar: a middle-aged man wedding an unattractive widow in order to indulge his paedophilic obsession with her daughter. However, The Enchanter has an utterly different atmosphere, as time, place and even names remai...

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The End of Alchemy

The past twenty years saw unprecedented growth and stability followed by the worst financial crisis the industrialised world has ever witnessed. In the space of little more than a year what had been seen as the age of wisdom was viewed as the age of foolishness. Almost overnight, belief turned into incredulity.§Most accounts of the recent crisis focus on the symptoms and ...

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Blade of Secrets: Book 1 of the Bladesmith Duology - Levenseller Tricia

Anotace: Eighteen-year-old Ziva prefers metal to people. She spends her days tucked away in the forge, safe from society and the anxiety it causes her, using her gift to craft unique weapons imbued with magical power.When Ziva takes a job from a powerful warlord, the result is a sword capable of stealing its victims` secrets. A sword with the strength to topple kingdoms....

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Master of Iron: Book 2 of the Bladesmith Duology - Levenseller Tricia

Anotace: Eighteen-year-old Ziva may have defeated a deadly warlord, but the price was almost too much. Ziva is forced into a breakneck race to a nearby city with the handsome mercenary, Kellyn, and the young scholar, Petrik, to find a magical healer who can save her sister`s life.But the plan goes awry and Ziva and Kellyn are captured by an ambitious prince. Once again, ...

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The Whalebone Theatre: The instant Sunday Times bestseller - Quinnová Joanna

Anotace: `THE BOOK OF THE SUMMER` Sunday Times`A tour de force` Sarah Winman, author of Still LifeThis is the story of an old English manor house by the sea, with crumbling chimneys, draping ivy and a library full of dusty hardbacks. It`s the story of the three children who grow up there, and the adventures they create for themselves while the grown-ups entertain endless...

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The Summer I Turned Pretty - Hanová Jenny

Anotace: The Summer I Turned Pretty is now a major new TV series on Amazon Prime! From the author of Netflix's smash-hit movie To All The Boys I've Loved Before, this is the perfect funny summer romance for fans of The Kissing Booth and Holly Bourne. One girl. Two boys. And the summer that changed everything . . . Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at...

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For the First Time, Again - Neuvel Sylvain

Anotace: Discover history`s biggest secret . . .For millennia an unbroken line of alien mothers and daughters have secretly been shepherding human technology towards the stars.Twelve-year-old Aster is the last of this line.But the loss of her mother in early life means she knows nothing of her alien heritage - believing she is just an ordinary young girl.Not only is she ...

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Sir Scallywag and the Battle for Stinky Bottom - Andreae Giles

Anotace: Sir Scallywag is back and mightier than ever! King Colin is in need of our 6-year-old-hero Sir Scallywag`s help again. This time he has set his sights on a Golden Sausage that will make him live for ever. Unfortunately it is guarded by hundreds of angry trolls. There`s only one boy for the job - enter Sir Scallywag! As hilarious as ever, this will have children ...

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Diddly Squat: ´Til The Cows Come Home: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller 2022 - Clarkson Jeremy

Anotace: Welcome back to Clarkson`s Farm.At the end of Jeremy`s first year in the tractor`s driving seat, Diddly Squat farm rewarded him with a profit of just GBP144. So, while he`s the first to admit that he`s still only a `trainee farmer`*, there is clearly still work to be done.Because while he`s mastered the art of moaning about nearly everything, some of the other a...

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Again, Rachel: The No 1 Bestseller That Everyone Is Talking About - Keyesová Marian

Anotace: THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING BOOK THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT!EVERY GENERATION HAS ONE GREAT LOVE STORY.THIS IS OURS.`Beautifully written. Clever, lively, funny, compelling` NINA STIBBE`Funny, heartbreaking, achingly real. Gorgeous. I absolutely loved it` JANE FALLON`Beautifully written, funny, heart-breaking and always wise. A proper treat` DAILY MAIL`An entertaini...

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The Marriage Question: George Eliot´s Double Life - Carlisle Clare

Anotace: *A Times, Telegraph, TLS and Prospect Book of the Year*`The best book I`ve read on George Eliot` John Carey, Sunday TimesAn exceptional new biography that shows how George Eliot wrestled with the question of marriage, in art and lifeWhen she was in her mid-thirties, Marian Evans transformed herself into George Eliot - an author celebrated for her genius as soon ...

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Bird Photographer of the Year

This beautiful book accompanies a new photographic competition celebrating some of the best bird photography of the year.

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Bird Photographer of the Year

Foreword by Gordon Buchanan This beautiful book accompanies the photographic competition celebrating the best bird phot

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