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AN ORIGINAL LADYBIRD BOOKA story in verse for children, with illustrations in colour.HardbackProduct Dimensions: 115 x 175 mmCondition: 5/10Published by Wills & Hepworth

Trouble often comes with a late-night phone call. So it comes to Mei, a twenty-something Singaporean lawyer about to face the greatest trial of her life. Her English boyfriend Andy, working in Singapore as a teacher, has been arrested, accused of masterminding an international betting ring. Under Singapore's draconian system of justice, he has but nine short days to prove his innocence or face life in prison. With time running out, Singapore native Eugene, Andys best friend and Mei's childhoo...

Jack's new telescope promised hours of fun until Susie claimed her half share. But old feuds were forgotten once Janet glimpsed strange happenings at Torling Castle. Who was lurking in the ruined tower, and why were the resident jackdaws disturbed? The lively Secret Seven rushed helter-skelter into the spookiest adventure of their career.Hardback: 120 Pages Product Dimensions: 137 x 194 mmCondition: 5/10Published by Brockhampton Press

The bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Werewolves in Their Youth, Wonderboys, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and The Yiddish Policemen’s Union Michael Chabon “takes [his] brutally observant, unfailingly honest, marvelously human gaze and turns it on his own life” (Time) in the New York Times bestselling memoir Manhood for Amateurs.Hardback: 320 PagesProduct Dimensions: 140 x 210 mmISBN: 9780061490187Condition: 9/10Published by Harper Co...

Maps and Legends is an essay collection by American author Michael Chabon that was scheduled for official release on May 1, 2008, although some copies shipped two weeks early from various online bookstores. The book is Chabon's first book-length foray into nonfiction, with 16 essays, some previously published. Several of these essays are defenses of the author's work in genre literature (such as science fiction, fantasy, and comics), while others are more autobiographical, explaining how the ...

illustrated by Damien Hirst This exciting anniversary edition has a new introduction and scholarly references by William Bynum, and the cover design is by Damien Hirst. It replaces our existing 1968 edition. The Origin of Species is one of the most important and influential books of its time and remains one of the most significant contributions to philosophical and scientific thought. The theories Darwin sets out here had an immediate and profound impact on the literature and philosophical th...

This novel, written when Dickens was only 25 years old, immediately brought him immense popularity. Presenting a host of now-classic characters in a series of adventures, it displays the richness of his skills of characterization and description. Mr Samuel Pickwick is general chairman of the Pickwick Club, whose members - Tracy Tupman, Augustus Snodgrass, and Nathaniel Winkle - form a society to report their adventures and observations. From these reports emerge the rascal Jingle and his serv...

This well established popular textbook contains new exercises throughout to keep pace with recent changes to the IGCSE and equivalent examinations. It contains worked examples and a section of revision papers. Highly illustrated with diagrams and photographs.Hardback: 647 PagesProduct Dimensions: 130 x 187 mmCondition: 6/10Published by Christophers

When a schoolgirl was reported missing the Secret Seven went into action–with Susie, as usual for hindrance. Their search led them far afield at all hours–including darkest night–and from mystery to mystery. What excitement and what a triumph for the Secret Seven!Hardback: 120 Pages Product Dimensions: 137 x 194 mmCondition: 5/10Published by Brockhampton Press

This yearbook offers a spectrum of information and statistics on virtually all aspects of Singapore — from the economy and trade to education and health, from domestic politics to international relations, from the arts to the environment. It is a one-stop reference book on Singapore. This edition also features a special review of Singapore in 1996 by Dr Lee Tsao Yuan, Director of the Institute of Policy Studies, a prestigious think-tank in the Republic.Hardback: 369 PagesProduct Dimensions: 1...

translated by A. C. Barnes In Cao Yu's second play, Sunrise, aka Ri Chu in Chinese, he continues his thematic treatment respecting individuals' progressive moral degradation in the face of a hostile society. This full-length modern drama tells of the corruption and luxury of the rich and the suffering of the poor in the old China. The plot revolves around Chen Balu (陈白露), a high-class courtesan in Shanghai in the 1930s. Chen enjoys a pleasure-seeking life in the city but in the end commits s...

First published in 1938, this volume of stories collected with the encouragement of his longtime editor Pascal Covici serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. Set in the beautiful Salinas Valley of California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world, these stories reflect Steinbeck’s characteristic interests: the tensions between town and country, laborers and owners, past and present. Included here...

This is the fourth story in the exciting and amusing adventures of the Five Find-Outers (and Dog) and it is as full of interest, humour and excitement as the other books in the series. all the children are here–Fatty, Larry, Daisy, Pip and Bets, and Buster the dog, of course–and they try to solve the peculiar mystery of spiteful letters that arrive unsigned, for various people in Peterswood. Mr. Goon, the policeman, tries to solve the mystery too, and comes up against Fatty, who in various di...

Another Mystery–with Mr. Goon right in the middle of it, feeling very puzzled indeed! Who is sending him the strange messages that pop up all over the place? Why is the messenger never seen? What's all this about a house called The Ivies, which doesn't exist? Mr. Goon thinks that Fatty is playing a joke on him–and that's how it is that the Five Find-Outers learn about the queer little mystery–that leads to yet another, bigger mystery–which opens up a more curious one still! A Mystery made up ...