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Coco Caramel
£8.24
- Hardback - Puffin
Coco is the youngest of the Tanberry sisters but she's as headstrong as any of them. Coco is crazy about animals and loves her riding lessons. When her favourite pony at the stables is sold, Coco scopes out the new owner - and she's not happy about what she discovers. With big sister Honey going off at the deep end and Summer only just recovering from her eating disorder, Coco can't rely on family help. Can Coco save Caramel alone - or will a new friend help her? -
Comandante: Inside Hugo Chávez's Venezuela
£8.49
- Paperback - Canongate
Hugo Chávez was a phenomenon. He has been compared to Napoleon, Nasser, Perón and Castro but the truth is there has never been a leader like him. He was democratically elected, reigned like a monarch from a mobile television throne, and provoked adoration and revulsion in equal measure. Journalist Rory Carroll breaches the walls of Miraflores Palace to tell the inside story of Chávez's life and his political court in Caracas. -
Crowbone
£6.79
- Paperback - Harper
979AD. A man lies dying with a message he cannot take to his grave, a secret that must be passed on only to Olaf Tryggvasson, true prince of Norway, also known as Crowbone. When the message finally arrives, so begins a quest to discover its meaning, and for Crowbone to gain what is rightfully his: the crown of Norway. -
Da Vinci's Last Commission: The Most Sensational Detective Story In The History Of Art
£8.99
- Paperback - Mainstream
'Da Vinci's Last Commission' tells a true story that reveals how a mysterious Renaissance oil painting inadvertently led to one of the world's greatest heresies of the last two thousand years. -
Dead Air
£7.64
- Paperback - Abacus
In a loft apartment in the East End of London they're dropping fruit from a balcony at a wedding breakfast. Soon things get out of hand and they're dropping TV sets out. Then the phone rings and they're told to turn on the TV. It's September 11th 2001. -
Espedair Street
£7.64
- Paperback - Abacus
Danny used to be a famous - not to say infamous - rock star. Maybe still is. At 31, he realises he only has two problems: the past and the future. He knows how bad the past has been. But the future - well, the future is something else. -
The Further Adventures Of An Idiot Abroad
£7.64
- Paperback - Canongate
The nation's favourite idiot is back. Safely home from his latest travels, Karl has decided it is time to share his hard-earned wisdom of the world. Taking the Bucket List of '100 Things to Do Before You Die' as his starting point, Karl combines brilliant stories from his recent adventures to Alaska, Siberia and beyond. -
The Further Tale Of Peter Rabbit
£5.99
- Pbk. + CD - Frederick Warne
Peter Rabbit is in low spirits, what he needs is a change of scene. He squeezes under the gate into Mr McGregor's garden, intending to steal a lettuce - but what happens next is just the excitement Peter is looking for. He discovers a picnic basket and before Peter knows it he is in Scotland. -
The Girls Of Slender Means
£7.64
- Paperback - Viking
In a Kensington hostel towards the end of World War 2, a group of well-bred, but impecunious young women, are leading lives of ritual femininity. All is well until their interlude of innocence is destroyed by the horror of the times. - The Girl Who Was Thursday
£7.99
- Paperback - Abacus
This novel tells the story of an obsessive love that starts in childhood and persists into adulthood. As a small girl growing up on Grand Cayman, Thursday befriends the son of her parents' friends - Hugh. He's good at everything, a sunny-natured boy who charms all he meets, and Thursday is dazzled by him.
