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Panda Panic
Ping the panda lives with his mum and twin sister on the Wolong nature reserve in China. Although his name means peaceful hes anything but! Ping craves adventure and excitement but unfortunately he is a panda and pandas do pretty much nothing except eat bamboo. But when Ping gets swept off down the river, he at last finds the adventure hes been waiting for. Will Ping and his new friend Little Bear enjoy their freedom, or will the shadows, and the bandits, and the lurking snow leopards have them running for home-sweet-home?
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Koala Calamity
You might think that koalas are boring, just because all they do is eat eucalyptus leaves and sleep. For 19 hours a day. But youd be wrong. Theyre not boring. Theyre just LAZY. Theyre chilling, basically, kicking back and catching some rays in the treetops, and staying out of trouble. At least, thats what our cool koala buddies Dude and Bro, and little brother Squirt WERE doing, till one day they wake up to find theyve missed their transfer from the koala sanctuary to the zoo across town, and will now have to find their own way there before Mum and Dad find out theyre missing. Can they make it across town in their stolen zoo buggy or will the day end in one great big koala calamity?
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Llama Drama
ts a HUGE surprise when Farmer Palmer chooses Lewie the llama to guard his new lambs. Its the most important job on the farm and everyone thought hed pick the biggest strongest, loudest llama. Lewie is the best at singing and dancing but is he a match for a cunning coyote?
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Raccoon Rampage The Raid
The Hole-in-the-Tree gang are not happy when they find another group of raccoons raiding their favourite food stores. The town isnt big enough for the both of them but can Quickpaw Cassidy and friends come up with a plan to drive the raiders out? A brilliant adventure packed with laugh-out-loud-action.
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Raccoon Rampage Hang Out With
The Hole-in-the-Tree gang, led by Quickpaw Cassidy and The Sunshine Cub, is the most daring group of raccoons in town. But when these cheeky chancers carry out the biggest, boldest heist of their lives, they push the neighbourhood too far. The heat is on and the gang goes on the run in a wild adventure that ultimately teaches them that theres no place like home.
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Scandal Point
Not only is Ricky Kumar, handsome hunk and mama's boy, being prepared for his launch as a Bollywood star, he has also just managed to score with the love of his life. But things begin to go horribly wrong when London born playboy and restaurant tycoon Gautam Goyal checks into a drug rehab facility in Mumbai. A case of mistaken identity looks like it will lose Ricky everything he has been poised to achieve and pits the two against each other in a struggle played out in the harsh glare of the media spotlight. A wicked, sharply observed satire of Bollywood, high society shenanigans and our obsession with celebrity, Scandal Point is an unputdownable novel, at once hilarious and thought provoking.;
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Sherlock Holmes In Japan
1893: King Kamehameha III of Hawaii declares Sovereignty Restoration Day ... Tension grows between China and Japan over Korea ... The Bengal Famine worsens ... The senior priest at Kinkaku-ji temple is found dead in mysterious circumstances Dr John H. Watson receives a strange letter from Yokohama. The quiet, distinguished Mr Hashimoto is murdered inside a closed room on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay. In the opium dens of Shanghai and in the back alleys of Tokyo, sinister men hatch evil plots. Professor Moriarty stalks the world, drawing up a map for worldwide dominion. Only one man can outwit the diabolical Professor Moriarty. Only one man can save the world. And that man has survived Reichenbach Falls. In a seriocomic Missing Years novel that radically ups the ante, Sherlock Holmes and Dr John H. Watson find their match in more than one man (or indeed, woman). A thrilling chase that will leave you breathless.
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Revenge Wears Prada
Lauren Weisberger’s Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns, the sequel to the acclaimed The Devil Wears Prada, deals with Miranda Priestly, who is back to make Andy’s life a living hell. Summary Of The Book Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns continues the story of Andy, now in her thirties, and Miranda Priestly. Andy, a successful magazine co-editor with her former nemesis Emily, is getting married. While she dreams of a happy obstacle-free wedding, her former boss, Miranda Priestly, is back in her life. This novel narrates the events ten years after Andy Sachs quit her job as Miranda Priestly’s assistant at Runway magazine. While most people would kill to have that job, Andy along with Emily, moved on and started working for a successful bridal magazine, The Plunge. Both women enjoy controlling the marketing and editing of this magazine. From planning media parties to securing more clients, Andy does it all. She meets Max Harrison, the head of a media empire, during this wonderful period in her life. The plot does not just deal with Andy finding her soul mate. It also includes Miranda, who tries to claw her way back to the top. But first, she has to pretend to be nicer and friendlier before she can play with the top guns. The only problem standing in Miranda’s way is Andy. Will she be able to secure high-end clients like Rafael Nadal? The wedding becomes front page news. But, all the happiness comes to a screeching halt as Andy receives a letter that changes her life for good. All her efforts to build a better life and career ends. Will she be able to recover and salvage what she has built for ten years? With the Devil back in the picture, will Andy have her dream wedding or will she have to succumb to unreasonable demands? Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns was published in 2013.
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Spirits I Have Known
From the author of Sacred Evil and Beloved Witch comes a chilling new collection of real-life stories Ipsita Roy Chakraverti, practising Wiccan,tells tales of the spirit, the unknown, the supernatural, based on true encounters. An ageing actress gets obsessed with a mannequin replica of herself. A grieving husband tries to call up his wife's spirit. A young woman haunts a famous hotel in Puri. These are stories that will leave you feeling unsettled, disturbed, intrigued; stories that seem to come from another time.
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Secrets From The Past
A glittering brand new novel of deeply-buried secrets, passionate love, obsession and redemption from the master storyteller. Thirty-year old Serena Stone is a talented war photographer who has followed in her famous father?s footsteps. But when he dies unexpectedly, she steps away from the war zone to reassess her life. Drawn to writing her father?s own story, Serena approaches Harry Redford, his best friend and front line colleague. Harry has a request of his own. He wants her to go take care of Zachary North, her former lover, who has come out of Afghanistan suffering from mental and physical exhaustion. Serena and Zac inevitably rekindle their passion ? and together tackle her father?s huge legacy of iconic photographs. But one collection about Venice has never been seen before. It is among these images that Serena stumbles across photos that turn her world upside down. In search of the truth about her father, her family and her own life, Serena begins a desperate quest to uncover a story from decades earlier. Moving from her family?s home in the hills above Nice to the canals and romance of Venice and the riot-filled streets of Libya, Secrets from the Past is a moving and emotional story of secrets, survival and love in its many guises.
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Orders from Berlin
An ingenious thriller in which young Detective Constable Trave uncovers a sophisticated plot at the heart of MI6 to assassinate Churchill and bring the Second World War and the whole Allied effort to an untimely end. It?s 1940, and Bill Trave is a Detective Constable in his early thirties working in West London. France has fallen and the capital is being bombed both day and night ? it seems against all odds that Britain can survive the onslaught. Almost single-handedly Winston Churchill maintains the country?s morale, with the German enemy convinced that his removal would win them the War. Albert Morrison, a rich widower forced into early retirement by failing eyesight, is stabbed to death in his Chelsea flat. His only daughter, Ava, tells Trave that she would read the newspapers to him every evening, and the night before his death he had become suddenly excited when she read him an obscure obituary notice. At Morrison?s funeral, Ava learns from an old colleague that her father worked for MI6 before the War. The obituary notice was a coded message preparing for an assassination, although it does not specify the target. Trave realizes that there is a Nazi double agent within MI6, with a plan to assassinate Churchill and to set up another agent to take the blame. He is in a race against time to save Churchill, for if he fails, Britain?s entire war effort could be at stake?
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A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold : Blood and Go
A Storm Of Swords 2: Blood And Gold is the second part of the third novel in George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice And Fire. It picks up the threads of the plot from its predecessor and continues to focus on the gripping War of the Five Kings, which is being fought against the backdrop of the seven kingdoms of Westeros and the harshness of the winter. It highlights the problems of the ordinary man in the face of the civil war. In this book, the villagers embark on a journey to Frostfangs to gather ice and stone. Going by their careful planning, they will be led South by Brother Mance Rayder, a rebel. In the Kingdom of the North, Robb Stark assumes the mantle of the new king. Meanwhile, his sisters are being held captive in the land of the Lannisters, Stark’s enemies. They are at the mercy of Joffrey the young king, and his mother Cersei. Elsewhere, Daenerys Stormborn prepares to return to her homeland and avenge the death of her father, who happened to be the last Dragon King ruling the Iron Throne. A Storm Of Swords 2: Blood And Gold was first published in the year 2000. The UK, Israeli, Polish, and Australian editions split the novel into two parts. However, the US edition, also published in the same year, presented both parts of the third novel in a single volume. The book won a Locus Poll Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2003), and a Premio Ignotus for Best Foreign Novel (2006).
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Manuscript Found in Accra
The incredible new novel from internationally bestselling author of The Alchemist After lying undiscovered for over 700 years, a manuscript holding the answers to a citys final questions is unearthed from a cave in Cairo. Centuries before, on the eve of the invasion of Accra, the citizens gathered. A man stood before them and invited the people share their fears that he might offer hope and comfort. His extraordinary insights on courage, solitude, loyalty and loss were transcribed and passed on. A timeless and powerful exploration of personal growth, everyday wisdom and joy
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Strike@36
Hilarity ensues when a pair of estranged lovers teams up with a perennially sour scriptwriter to put a crazy plan into action Shobhna Ramakrishnan wakes up one muggy morning with the hangover of a queer dream. Mumbai putrid hellhole of her nightmares is at boiling point. The citys youth is up in arms against fundamentalist homeboys. Shos head is on fire. Meanwhile, Udayan Doshi is on a long flight to Mumbai. Sitting in his lap is a film script thats wrung him away from New York and a new love, back to his hometown and ex-lover. Shos got Uday involved in a bizarre plot that threatens to shake and stir the Mumbai film industry to its very core. At the heart of this scheming is a spectacular film script and a small-town stud boy with big attitude. In a single night of unexpected events, Sho and Uday revisit their relationship and together tumble into a hilarious, surreal world where barbied men co-exist with alpha women in six-yard saris and artists with cheeps on their shoulders dream of the impossible.