THE NOVEL BEHIND THE CULT FILM STARRING MICHAEL CAINE Doncaster, and Jack Carter is home for a funeral – his brother Frank’s. Frank’s car was found at the bottom of a cliff, with Frank inside. He was not only dead drunk but dead as well. What could have made sensible Frank down a bottle of whisky and get behind the wheel? For Jack, his death doesn’t add up. So he decides to talk to a few people, do some sniffing around. He does, but is soon told to stop. By Gerald and Les, his bosses from the smoke. Not to mention the men who run things in Doncaster, who aren’t happy with Jack’s little holiday at home. They want him back in London, and fast. Now Frank was a mild man and did as he was told, but Jack’s not a bit like that …

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This is a Victorian steampunk adventure novel, featuring two secret agents from the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, who investigate a startling conspiracy.

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A redemptive and captivating novel from the bestselling author. Ever wondered where lost things go? Ever since the day her classmate vanished Sandy Shortt has been haunted by what happens when something — or someone — disappears. Finding has become her goal. Jack Ruttle is desperate to find his younger brother who vanished into thin air a year ago. He spots an ad for Sandy’s missing persons agency and is certain that she will answer his prayers and find his brother. But then Sandy disappears too stumbling upon a place that is a world away from the only one she has ever known. Now all she wants more than anything is to find her way home.

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A real witch never casually steps out of her body leaving it empty. Eleven-year-old Tiffany does. And there’s something just waiting for a handy body to take over. Something ancient and horrible which can’t die…Wise witty and wonderful “A Hat Full of Sky” is Terry Pratchett’s second novel about Tiffany and the “Wee Free Men” – the rowdiest toughest smelliest bunch of fairies ever. They’ll fight anything. And even they might not be enough to save Tiffany…

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The eleventh Discworld novel! ; ; “Death has to happen. That’s what bein’ alive is all about. You’re alive and then you’re dead. It can’t just stop happening.” ; ; But it can. And it has. So what happens after death is now less of a philosophical question than a question of actual reality. On the disc as here they need Death. If Death doesn’t come for you then what are you supposed to do in the meantime? You can’t have the undead wandering about like lost souls. There’s no telling what might happen particularly when they discover that life really is only for the living…

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Elizabeth Bennet the second eldest of five daughters whom Mrs Bennett is anxious to dispose of in marriage is the most intelligent and delightful of all Jane Austen’s heroines. ; ; Her vitality vivacity and wit her hasty dismissal of superior Mr Darcy – ‘the most disagreeable man in the world’ – how he improves his manners and she changes her mind are the central ingredients of Pride and Prejudice. It is Jane Austen’s best-loved novel and through the depth and sparkle of its comedy we are encouraged to consider what balance of energy and order playfulness and regulation constitutes real strength of character.

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The Japanse pulp classic and cult film – a potent allegory of what it means to be young and survive in today’s dog-eat-dog world.

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For 15-year-old Michael Berg a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. The woman in question is Hanna and before long they embark on a passionate clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused. For Hanna is not all she seems. Years later as a law student observing a trial in Germany Michael is shocked to realize that the person in the dock is Hanna. The woman he had loved is a criminal. Much about her behaviour during the trial does not make sense. But then suddenly and terribly it does – Hanna is not only obliged to answer for a horrible crime she is also desperately concealing an even deeper secret. ‘A tender horrifying novel that shows blazingly well how the Holocaust should be dealt with in fiction. A thriller a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience’ INDEPENDENT SATURDAY MAGAZINE

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