For fifteen-year-old Martin, growing up in Slough, the summer of 1977 means punk rock, reggae music, disco girls, stolen cars, social-club lager, cut-throat Teds and a job picking cherries with the gypsies.
From the pen of much loved author Maggie Bennett comes this engrossing and emotional story of prejudice, passion and one woman's struggle to fight for what she wants in life.
A beautiful, uplifting and enthralling novel about a community brought together by a young girl from international bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde.
Mit entwaffnendem Humor entlarvt dieses Buch die Logik der ErwachsenenweltMaja ist achtzehn Jahre alt, sie sollte Besseres zu tun haben, als in einem Keller zu sitzen und zu schreiben.
Translated for the first time in English, Lev Levanda's brilliant coming-of-age story of Russian Jewish students on the cusp of modernityin their struggle against religious chauvinism and an oppressive government.
'Filled with completely relatable yearning and achingly beautifully written, Evil Eye is a wonderful, moving and absorbing story of identity and belonging and learning to love yourself.
Antietam (Andy) Brown - named for the great-great-grandfather who died on that Civil War battleground - was ten years old when he killed his abusive foster father.
'Viktor Frankl gives us the gift of looking at everything in life as an opportunity' Edith Eger, bestselling author of The Choice'Offers a path to finding hope even in these dark times' The New York Times A rediscovered masterpiece by the 16 million copy bestselling author of Man s Search For MeaningJust months after his liberation from Auschwitz renowned psychiatrist Viktor E.
When Senenmut answers the summons to interview for the tutor for the Egyptian queen's daughter, he sees an opportunity to make a name for himself and earn titles and importance.
The brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and DisappearedSweden, late summer of 2011.
'Welsh is at the top of his game' The Face'His most readable and memorable novel since Trainspotting' Independent on SundayGlue is the story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh schemes, and about the loyalties, the experiences and the secrets that hold them together into their thirties.
'This is a truly ex cellent fantasy and an epic beginning for a new trilogy' LocusOne woman will either save an entire continent or completely destroy it in a captivating epic fantasy bursting with intrigue and mystery, broken magic and betrayal.
Olga Bach erzählt mit leise durchtriebenem Humor und luzidem Blick von drei ungleichen Freund:innen, die durch das Theater zueinanderfinden, von einem scheinbar simplen Auftrag, der grandios zu scheitern droht, und von der emanzipatorischen Kraft der Kunst.
With the lyricism of Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, and the world building brilliance of Atwood, Emmi Itaranta's effortless and poignant debut novel is a coming of age story full of emotional drama and wonderment.
From celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee, her bestselling novelsTo Kill a MockingbirdandGo Set a Watchman available together in this convenient e-book bundle.
Half Apache and mostly orphaned, the adventures of Edgar Presley Mint begin on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven, when the mailman's jeep accidentally runs over his head.
