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In 1933, nine-year-old Anna is too young to worry about Adolf Hitler and about being Jewish in pre-war Berlin. Suddenly, however, everything changes..

A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters we meet in this collection of humorous poetry.

Two children befriend the old man known as the Birdman of Bryher and when a pod of whales beaches on the island's shores, they help him lift a curse from their island.

When Joanna finds a large black dog lying unconscious in the road she doesn't realise what chaos he is going to cause at home.

Coriolanus is a most powerful but uncomfortable play. Wherein the quality of mercy is subdued by impartial justice.

Sebastian becomes involved in ivory poaching and the events leading to the invasion, by the Germans, of East Africa, at the time of the second World War.

With the help of three magical apple tree seedlings, the rightful heir to the kindgom of Tschlin is selected from among the king's three daughters.

Trial scene - Told from perspective of female partner observing trial - Theft of drugs - Preliminary hearing in courtroom - Bill is found guilty - Doctor is friend who stole drugs to help Bill - Se

"Set in New Zealand in the 1950s, The action takes place mostly on the outskirts of Opononi, a rundown seaside resort.

The Apollo Moon landings have been called the last optimistic act of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys, and all were indelibly marked by it.

The wild countryside around the seminary, the moving power of church ritual and music, and a charismatic priest enabled him to persevere.

In an inspirational debut novel by the author of Tuesdays with Morrie, Charles "Chick" Benetto, grieving over the death of his mother, uses alcohol as a crutch to deal with his loneliness

Lady Rowan Compton first met Maisie when, at thirteen, she went into service as a maid at her ladyship's Belgravia mansion.

Set on a remote island in a post-apocalyptic, plague-ridden world, this bold and ingenious thriller questions what it means to be human as philosophical questions collide with technology.