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The kingdom of Ilya is in turmoil… After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray has killed the King, and kickstarted a Resistance throughout the land. Now she’s running from the one person she had wanted to run to. Kai Azer is now Ilya’s Enforcer, loyal to his brother Kitt,...

Shortlisted for the 2005 Booker Prize Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham...

Join Fiona the hippo, the adorable internet sensation from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, as she and her friends find a soccer ball and decide to play a game. But what happens when the ball gets stuck up a tree and lost in a pond? Young readers will enjoy...

When `Lord of the Flies` appeared in 1954 it received unprecedented reviews for a first novel. Critics used such phrases as `beautifully writeen, tragic and provocative... vivid and enthralling... this beautiful and desperate book... completely convincing and often very frightening... its progress is magnificient... like a fragment of nightmare... a...

  This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe.   Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the quick tempo of the West but rich with the fantasy of the East....

From international bestselling author and the QUEEN OF TEEN CRIME Karen McManus comes a brand-new, explosive YA thriller.The new mystery thriller from the author of One of Us Is Lying, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final heist, the job gets dangerously personal ... and deadly. For all...

The perfect curl-up gift for cat-lovers 'Compassionate and touching' DAILY MAIL 'Goes to show how cats will save us all' Nick Bradley, author of The Cat and the City 'Totally beguiling' OBSERVER ____________ On the outskirts of Tokyo, in a neighbourhood crossed by a commuter railway, local cats weave their...

Japan's beloved literary masterpiece brought to life in manga form! Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society in early 20th century Tokyo. Written with biting wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a rather cynical stray kitten. He finds...

A treasury of beloved tales capturing the rich diversity of the Arabic-speaking world! A young woman outsmarts Ali Baba's forty thieves. Wise jinnis and magical animals guide people down the proper path. Nine traditional tales are brought to life by author Jehanne Moharram and the delightful illustrations of artist Chaymaa...

"Dazai's brand of egoistic pessimism dovetails organically with the emo chic of this cultural moment and with the inner lives of teenagers of all eras." —Andrew Martin, The New York Times "… translator O'Brien excels, his unembellished use of language allowing the comically dry but fraught moments of Dazai's prose...

A story of falling out of love from the winner of the Comedy Women in Print Award, for fans of Monica Heisey and Dolly Alderton 'A thoughtful and tender take on the concept of "home"' Pandora Sykes MOVING IN. GROWING UP. FALLING OUT OF LOVE. Mara's first year in London...

O brave new world, that has such people in't. Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house. What does it mean? It’s a truism of our time that it’ll be the...

A rediscovered classic - a Japanese cosy crime novel in translation set at the foot of Mount Fuji, first published in 1982, and now reissued for a 21st century readership 'The Agatha Christie of Japan' MURDER & MAYHEM 'An undisputed classic . . . a must have for any crime...

Maya, a thirty-something Indonesian caught in the undercurrent of life's uncertainty, takes a leap of faith from the chaos of Jakarta to a job as a waitress aboard a European cruise ship. There, she meets sexy Kanompang, Oleksii with his European-sized totem, and Maroje, her first love and Croatian prince....

本书收录作者于报章发表的三十九篇专栏文章，并特别配以书法作品。作者延续一贯细腻真挚的写作风格，将古今人物、经典读物与日常生活巧妙融合，展现其对知识的深入思考与感性探索。在灵动跳跃的文字间，情感与智慧交汇流转，既富广度，又具深度。

本书收录作者在报章发表的四十二篇专栏文章，并为每篇文章配上书法作品。作者延续一贯细腻而真挚的文字风格，以唐代诗人作品及相关读物为引，与现代点滴交融，展现其对知识的思考与感性探索的心得。在贴近古人生活的过程中，情感与智慧悄然流转，深邃而隽永。

1,000 haiku by Soseki Natsume, collected into one volume for the first time! Soseki Natsume is Japan's most popular writer, well known in the West for his satirical novels like I Am a Cat, Botchan and Kokoro. However, he first made a name for himself in Japan as a poet,...

"This extraordinary novel combines the story of one young man's existential quest with the precision of the best historical novels and the thrilling imagination of sci-fi books." —Francesc Miralles, author of Love in Small Letters and co-author of The Ikigai Journey Would you travel back in time to find the...

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Two opposites decide to test their chemistry with one steamy night together. But will once be enough? Nova Porter isn’t looking for love, and she certainly has no explanation for her attraction to buttoned-up, three-piece-suit-wearing investment banker Charlie Milford. Maybe it’s his charm? Or maybe it’s his...

Sinopsis: Ketika berusia enam tahun, Sarah berubah menjadi genius selepas datang seorang lelaki asing yang masuk ke biliknya pada satu malam di St. Petersburg, Rusia. Dari seorang gadis kecil yang tidak pandai membaca, Sarah tiba-tiba mampu menulis kod-kod program komputer dan menghalang serangan hacker di syarikat tempat ibu bapanya bekerja....