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From a bestselling Australian author, this compellingly realised novel brings to life the story of an enigmatic figure, wife to feted colonial architect Francis Greenway, and asks, whose hand really shaped Sydney? Who is the talented Mrs Greenway?
1814 Sydney When Mary Greenway, freshly arrived from the old country, steps into the maelstrom of Sydney Town with three children at her skirts, she has high hopes of a new beginning, despite having...
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Three women from very diverse backgrounds and residing on the jinxed floor of a luxury condominium in Kolkata find themselves facing the wrath of the law of the land.
The rich, conniving couple Vivek and Vimmi Kumar try their best to wriggle out of the lethal web they have spun.
The greedy, selfish and pompous Mrs. Roy places money above everything else, until one day her life comes crashing down.
The loyal and dutiful Mrs. Agarwal does her best...
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A Viennese victim and a puzzle at the palace!
Lottie Sprigg and her employer, Mrs. Moore, are guests at Vienna's opulent Schönbrunn Palace. But their visit goes awry when the corpse of a renowned psychoanalyst is found in the grounds. There's a handful of suspects and, tragically for Mrs. Moore, one of them is her beloved Prince Manfred.
Mrs. Moore is devastated that her beau has been caught up in the crime. And she soon discovers he's been keeping...
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"The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" (1927), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes.
Holmes is visited by Mrs. Merrilow, a landlady from South Brixton who has an unusual lodger who never shows her face. She saw it once accidentally and it was hideously mutilated. This woman, formerly very quiet, has recently taken...
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This collection of delightful children's stories celebrates two iconic British authors, A. A., Milne and Beatrix Potter. Included are the ever-popular Winnie-The-Pooh, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The Tale of Mrs. Titlemouse, The Tale of Tom Kitten, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, The Tale of Johnny-Town-Mouse,...
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The story begins when a friend of Dr. Watson's wife comes to Watson's house, frantic because her husband, who is addicted to opium, has gone missing. Watson helps her pull him out of the opium den and sends him home. Watson is surprised to find that Sherlock Holmes is there too, in disguise and trying to get information to solve a different case about a man who has disappeared. Watson stays to listen to Holmes tell the story of the case of Neville...
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'Oh dear, what can the matter be ....'Why does a woman keep falling from the Big Wheel at a South London fair?
Hallucination or something more sinister? It seems that Robbie MacTavish and Mrs Harper's great-nephew Alfie are the only two people who can see her.
Meanwhile, Rev. Bernard Paltoquet is asked to investigate a 60-year-old mystery, when the Vicarage plumber asks for his help in tracing his long-lost grandmother. As Robbie tries to discover...
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When should you trust your dog's instincts over your own? That's a lesson Sarah Carter learns in the first cozy mystery book in the Whiskey Dog Mystery Series. Six years after moving to Cottageville and opening Carter's Canine Coiffure, Sarah and her red heeler Australian cattle dog Whiskey discover their elderly neighbor has disappeared and that some people in their town are not who they seem. Whiskey, Sarah, and Sarah's assistant Emily Colt-as...
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"The Dancing Lollipop" by Kelly Johnson tells the enchanting tale of Lily, a young girl who discovers the mystical lollipop garden behind Sweet Harmony, a renowned candy shop in Sugarville. Guided by Mrs. Sugarplum, the shop's kind owner, Lily encounters the Dancing Lollipop Children, tiny creatures who dance among the lollipops under the moonlight. Overwhelmed by wonder, Lily joins their joyous dance, forging unforgettable bonds and experiencing...
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With delectable prose, a sharp heroine ahead of her time, and an adventure across the English countryside in search of great food, Good Taste is the perfect historical novel for fans of Dear Mrs. Bird and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
You can tell a lot about a person from what they like to eat…
England in 1932 is in the grip of the Great Depression. Author of a much-loved but not very successful biography, Stella Douglas...
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Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitingly satirizes the morals of Victorian society, particularly marriage. The story concerns Lady Windermere, who discovers that her husband may be having an affair with another woman. She confronts her husband but he instead...
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Two remarkable tales featuring Cymbeline Igoo from the bestselling author Adam Baron.
“Boy Underwater”
Cymbeline Igloo (yes, really!) has NEVER been swimming. Not ever. Not once. But how hard can it be? He's Googled front crawl and he's found his dad's old pair of trunks. He's totally ready. What he's not ready for is the accident at the pool—or how it leads his mum to a sudden breakdown.
“You Won’t Believe This”
Here's something you...
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"The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire", written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes stories collected between 1921 and 1927 as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the January 1924 issues of The Strand Magazine in London and Hearst's International Magazine in New York.
Holmes receives an odd letter that makes reference to vampires. Mr. Robert Ferguson, who comes to 221B Baker Street the next morning,...
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In this picture book from the founder and creator of A Bottle of Tears, a little kangaroo named Kit makes some new friends and learns to manage her anxiety through a fun breathing exercise that will also help kids manage their big feelings.
Join Kit as she learns a lesson about overcoming anxiety and makes some new friends-and some delicious soup!-along the way. As kids get to know this little kangaroo with big feelings, they will discover how they...
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the...
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Three more spine-tingling mysteries for Scarlet and Ivy to solve in the creepily atmospheric Rookwood School...
“The Lights Under the Lake”
It's summer and as a special treat after the horrors of last term Mrs Knight announces a school trip to Shady Pines Hotel on the shores of Lake Seren. Scarlet and Ivy are thrilled to get away from Rookwood for a break!
But the old hotel and the waters of the lake reservoir are covering up dark secrets. And...
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A delightfully entertaining new rural romance from Karly Lane, the bestselling author with over 550,000 books sold.
Alex Kelly's future is nearly sorted: she loves her dream job and her life in London. There's just one last step: selling the family home her father left her in the small Australian seaside town of Rockne Heads. The place Alex has spent almost two decades trying to forget.
Sully McCoy has spent the last twenty years distancing himself...
18) Early Autumn
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Excerpt: "There was a ball in the old Pentland house because for the first time in nearly forty years there was a young girl in the family to be introduced to the polite world of Boston and to the elect who had been asked to come on from New York and Philadelphia. So the old house was all bedizened with lanterns and bunches of late spring flowers, and in the bare, white-painted, dignified hallway a negro band, hidden discreetly by flowers, sat making...