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{{newreview<!-- remove 24/11 -->|authortitle= Kurt AndersenParenting through the Eyes of a Child: Memoirs of My Childhood |titleauthor= FantasylandTabitha Ochekpe Omeiza|rating= 4|genre= History, Autobiography|summary= Fantasyland covers the history of America from 1517 Tabitha Ochekpe Omeiza was brought up in Nigeria and came to Britain to study for her A levels when she was 18. Her parents used their savings to 2017 give her this opportunity and called it an investment in awesome detailher future. Covering five centuries Now a qualified pharmacist, married and with a child of tempestuous historyher own, Andersen paints Tabitha looks back at her childhood and reflects on the conjuring of America in vivid reliefway her mother and father raised her. Discussing everything from pilgrims to politicians, the exhilarating gold rush to alternative facts, seminal episodes are explored in forensic detail with razor sharp witAnd she gives their parenting top marks.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17850386561524682853</amazonuk>

|author= Emily SuvadaFiona Mitchell|title= This Mortal CoilThe Maid's Room|rating= 45|genre= TeensGeneral Fiction|summary= A life threatening virus is spreading through the United States, an already broken country with In some apartments in Singapore you'll find a bomb shelter - airless and without a Government that many do not trustwindow. The top scientists are frantically trying to produce a vaccine to save humanity, but it seems a hopeless race against time as It will probably house the virus mutates into new washing machine and stronger strains at the other domestic paraphernalia that's got nowhere else to go. There'll be a frightening pace. Catarina has lived alone and in hiding for mattress on the past two yearsfloor of this stifling room, since her brilliant father was rounded up by with the State and taken heat increased by force to work in the national laboratoriestumble dryer. His last message to her was to hide from This is the State and not to trust them an inchmaid's room. Set in America It's possibly better than sleeping under the dining room table, but not an America we would recogniseby much. Back in 2009 there were 201, most of the citizens are incarcerated 000 female domestic workers in underground bunkersSingapore, protected by air lock doors many not earning any money for a year until they've repaid 'training' and bug free conditions. Others, less trusting of other fees to the Stateagency, remain many living in hiding on the surface, hoping 'the virus will not reach them and avoiding anyone who is infectedmaid's room'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>01413792781473659566</amazonuk>

|author= Tony MittonAllan Hailstone|title= Potter's BoyBerlin in the Cold War: 1959 to 1966|rating= 4.5|genre= Confident ReadersHistory|summary= Life is unpredictable; it never goes exactly where we want it to despite how much effort we put ''Berlin in the Cold War: 1959-1966'' contains almost 200 photographs taken by author / photographer Allan Hailstone in his visits to shape a direction for ourselvesthe city during this period. It's The images provide an insight into the changing nature of the divide between East and West Berlin and a hard lesson to learn, and one Tony Mitton captures with vivid simplicity for glimpse into life in the city during the potter's boyCold War. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>19109893471445672901</amazonuk>

|author= Simon LelicAsa Avdic|title= The HouseDying Game|rating= 54

|summary= Syd loved In a futuristic dystopian Sweden, ministry worker Anna is presented with an offer from the houseformidable chairman. Except the offer, despite the fact that it was crammed full is more of the seller's stuff an order than a choice. With nothing to lose and they had everything to take the whole lot as a job lotgain, Anna accepts. The seller had run off She is taken to Australia apparently and was up an isolated Island with other ''candidates'' for a quick salejob in the super-secret organisation. Anna's objective is simple, lock, stock she is to ''die'' and barrel. Jack wasn't so surethen observe her fellows through hidden chambers of the house. He found Once the place creepyexperiment is finished, and it wasn't just she will report her findings back to the stuffed birdschairman. However, there was an air about while this starts off smoothly at first, other contestants start disappearing and Anna is faced with the place that he terror of knowing this is not just didn't likea game anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>02412965441786090201</amazonuk>

|authortitle= Nicholas BowlingScoop of the Year|titleauthor= WitchbornTom Claver|rating= 4.5|genre= TeensThrillers|summary=''There are yet more unholy discoveries within, too foul for your eyes to look upon'' Enter Martin is an ambitious journalist working on the Elizabethan world of 1577Financial Review. A world of intrigueMartin is good at his job - accurate, dedicated, terror hardworking and suspicionwith a good nose for a scoop. A world of witchcraft and witch-huntingBut Martin is also uninterested in the culture that comes with reporting. Alyce is He has a young girl forced wife and two daughters at home and he doesn't want to flee from her home after waste time and money in the devastating death of her Motherpub, talking macho nonsense with the only person she had ever lovedother hacks. Tried and deemed He is a far cry from his colleague Tom de Lacy, a witchcharismatic, her Mother was sentenced to being burnt at the stake by the notorious witchfinder John Hopkins who seems hellsilver-bent on finding Alycespooned charmer with piercing blue eyes.Haunted by the past she canTom doesn't leave behind, Alyce escapes just grab the limelight though - he also grabs the promotion to London but she's not aloneindustrial correspondent. Endangered and being followed, Alyce And that is determined to keep her freedomthe job Martin not only wanted, but as Alyce discovers her own dark magic she will find that she is more dangerous than she ever thought possibleneeded.  And Alyce, although she doesn't yet realise it, is caught between two strong and powerful Queens, one desperate to steal the throne and the other determined to keep it…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>19110772521788036220</amazonuk>

|author= James RaviliousMaureen Orth|title= Vulgar Favours: The Recent PastAssassination of Gianni Versace

|genre= ArtTrue Crime|summary= JamesWhat is it about true crime which makes it so fascinating to such a wide audience? I guess it's wanting to try to figure out what happened to make these people partake in the awful crimes they committed, son of or else the war artist Eric Ravilioussame inexplicable impulse people have to slow down when they overtake a car crash on the motorway. Whatever it is, inherited his fatherMaureen Orth's artistic talents. Although he was a gifted painterbook, Vulgar Favours, his main career was to be as a photographertaps right on into it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>19085249361785943103</amazonuk>

|author= Robin RaviliousCharlotte Peacock|title= James Ravilious: Into The Mountain, A Lifeof Nan Shepherd|rating= 4.5

|summary= The name of Eric RaviliousMostly we choose what books to read, war artistbecause there is so little time and so many books… I can understand the approach, but I also think we sell ourselves short by it, engraver and designerwe sell the myriad lesser known authors short as well. So while, like most other people I have my favourite genres, and favoured authors, has long been familiarand while, like most other people I read the reviews and follow up on what appeals, I also have a third string to my reading bow: randomness. Less well It was in such a 'left-known field' move that ''Into the Mountain'' was his equally gifted son James. This delightful biography by his widow should help offered to put the situation rightme.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>19085249441903385563</amazonuk>

|author=Minette WaltersAlan Moorehead|title=The Last HoursRussian Revolution|rating=4.5|genre=Historical FictionHistory|summary=In June 1348 the Black Death came into the country through the port of Melcombe First published in Dorset. Ignorant of many rules 1958, Moorhead's account is regarded as one of hygiene which we'd find basic nearly seven hundred years later, the disease rages through the country. On the estate most succinct accounts of Develishits subject, Lady Anne Develish took control of the future of the people who lived in the demesne after her husband had ridden off and now reprinted to try and secure a marriage for his daughter. Two hundred bonded serfs lived on the estate and when Lady Anne realised mark the virulence centenary of the plague she ordered that the estate refuse entry to anyone, including her husband and his entourage, for fear that they would bring the disease to her peoplerevolution.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17606321391445667320</amazonuk>

|author= Javier Cercas and Frank Wynne (translator)Catherine Hewitt|title= Renoir's Dancer: The ImpostorSecret Life of Suzanne Valadon|rating= 4.5|genre= Literary FictionBiography|summary= Enric Marco is without doubt an extraordinary man. A veteran Deep in the rural parts of France in the Spanish Civil War1860s, honoured for his bravery on the battlefieldyou would never really expect to find someone who would come to embody a full artistic period – and not just a movement at that, but a full generation of both creative and societal change. A political prisoner of two fascist regimes And if you were to expect that someone, they would like as not be male. A survivor But almost stumbling into the hedonistic culture of the Nazi concentration campsMontmartre came Marie-Clementine Valadon. A prominent figure She started in the clandestine resistance against Franco's tyranny. A tireless warrior for social justice and the defence of human rights. A national herocircus that first caught her teenaged eye, although her gymnastic career was short-lived. But what she did have from that was the most extraordinary thing about Enric Marco is this: that he is really none of these things. He is poise to be an impostorappealing model for some seriously important painters, and a natural beauty and figure to appeal to both them and their audiences. And Javier Cercas sets out what she also had, much to tell his story – the true story surprise of many and the distaste of some, was artistic talent of Spain's most notorious liar.her own…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>08570565061785782738</amazonuk>

|author=Susan Wood and Ross MacDonaldDavid Melling|title=American Gothic: The Life of Grant WoodMerry Christmas, Hugless Douglas|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-FictionFor Sharing|summary=Who won Hugless Douglas is a national prize large, comfy sort of bear who burst onto the picture book scene a few years ago as he searched for a crayon drawing just the right sort of three oak leaves before he was properly in his teens? Who sought acclaim as an artist hug. His endearing, hopeful face and came that chubby (to Europe to study from the greatsput it politely) body instantly melted young hearts, only and to reject all they had universal delight we have since been treated to offer? Who instinctively knew a picture several more of his dentist (yesadventures. Douglas is hugless no longer, his dentist) would you'll be more appealing and say more glad to people than ''floating water lilies and frilly ballet dancers''? The answer in all cases was Grant Woodknow, practically but the most well-known painter in America at one timename stuck, mostly because it's such fun to say (go on, try it!) and because he still the best, alongside Edward Hopper, at presenting his world minus any Modernist trappingsbumbles through life embracing everything in sight as if cuddles are about to go out of fashion.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14197253351444906844</amazonuk>

|author=Stuart Hill Julia Donaldson and Sandra LawrenceAxel Scheffler|title=The Atlas A Treasury of MonstersSongs

|genre=Children's Non-FictionRhymes and Verse|summary=There are monsters and mysterious charactersSome people have all the skills, such as trollsnot only is Julia Donaldson one of the most successful children's authors, leprechauns, goblins and minotaursshe can also carry a tune. They're For the stuff past few years she has adapted many of far too many her most popular stories to remain mysterious, into songs and every schoolchild should know all about plays them. There are monsters and mysterious charactersduring open readings, such or releases them as Gog and Magog, Scylla and Charybdis, and the bunyip. They are what you find if you take an interest in this kind part of thing to the next level; even if you cannot place them all on a map you should have come across themsong book. But there are monsters and mysterious characters, such as For the dobhar-chu, the llambigyn y dwr, first time ''A Treasury of Songs'' brings together several of her books in one omnibus and it also has a CD too of Donaldson singing the girtablilisongs. To gain any knowledge of them you really need a book that knows its stuff. A book like this one…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17837069611509846131</amazonuk>

|author= Stephen FryAlexander McCall Smith|title= Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient GreeceThe Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse|rating= 5|genre= ReferenceGeneral Fiction|summary= The Greek Myths areIf you've never read an Alexander McCall Smith novel, arguablybut have always thought you might like to try, one day then this might be the greatest stories ever toldbook to start with. So old Rather than face the daunting task of leaping into one of his now very long-running series, this is a standalone novel, and influential they cast it gives a good flavour of AMS's style, the way he can write to evoke a shadow over western tales feeling of time and place, and the warm optimism underlying his words that is so very reassuring and traditionscomforting to read. It calls itself 'a wartime romance', which it is, and yet remain relatable and readable millennia laterit is much more than that besides. Here comedian Focussing mainly on Val, actora young woman working as a Land Girl, television presenterwe see her falling in love with an American pilot, actor and author Stephen Fry brings his considerable talent Mike Rogers. Thanks to these special stories and recreates them a sheepdog on Val's farm (the Peter Woodhouse from the title) their lives become entwined with that of a witGerman soldier, warmth and humanity that brings them into the modern age whilst still giving book shows us a variety of friendships as they grow and develop over the honour and respect that such ancient and influential stories deserveyears. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>07181887211846974097</amazonuk>

|author=Lisa CuttsChristopher Maslanka and Steve Tribe|title=Buried SecretsSherlock: The Puzzle Book|rating=4.5|genre=CrimeEntertainment|summary=You never know what goes on in Who doesn't love a marriage: most people thought good puzzle, especially those really fiendish ones that Detective Inspector Milton Bowman had get the ideal life. He had a beautiful wife and a house brain working extra hard? There really is nothing to compare to that had a mortgage which was smaller than most peoplebuzz we get from the ''Aha!''s credit card bill. On the other handmoment, there weren't that many people who had a good word to say about him and when he was involved in a serious road traffic accident which left him minus a leg everything falls into place and with only a few hours the solution reveals itself. If puzzles are your thing then you may wish to put your grey cells to live, people were more worried about the extra work than saddened. When his wifetest with ''s battered body was found in their kitchenThe Sherlock Puzzle Book, '' based on the idea that it was a murder/suicide seemed like the obvious answerpopular TV series.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14711531421785943030</amazonuk>

|author= Moira YoungHilary Lee-Corbin|title= The Road to Ever AfterConkers and Grenades|rating= 54

|summary= A grumpy old lady who can no longer drive requires a chauffeur, and we watch as she gradually softens towards him and they become friends. So far, so It''Driving Miss Daisy'', an apt comparison s Bristol in a book which references several well-loved classic films1916. But Britain is halfway through the obvious similarity ends thereGreat War and everyone is expected to put their shoulder to the wheel of the war effort. DavyMar and Appy might be boys, hired to take Miss Flint on her final road trip, is thirteen years old but they're no different. Both their fathers are away fighting and has not the foggiest idea how two young boys are expected to drive help with household chores, look after younger siblings, earn a carfew extra pennies through casual jobs and concentrate on getting an education... |amazonuk=<amazonuk>15098325641788033515</amazonuk>

|author=Benny Lindelauf, Ludwig Volbeda and Laura Watkinson (translator)Krysten Ritter|title=Tortot, the Cold Fish Who Lost His World and Found His HeartBonfire|rating=4.5|genre=TeensGeneral Fiction|summary=Meet TortotIt has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small town roots. He's a camp chef for Now working as an armyenvironmental lawyer in Chicago, with she has a cold heart – he sheds no tearsthriving career, or at least as much as does a fish – modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands.But when a brilliant way of gauging new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the warfare going on around himlife Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. The book even starts Tasked with him crossing investigating Optimal Plastics, the battlefield town's most high-profile company and economic heart, Abby begins to start work find strange connections to Barrens' biggest scandal from more than a decade ago involving the popular Kaycee Mitchell and her closest friends--just before Kaycee disappeared for good.Abby knows the enemy key to solving any case lies in the night before they turn the tables on his previous employers and defeat themweak spots, leaving Tortot on the winning side once moreunanswered questions. But now he's not alone – for he has managed as she tries desperately to find out what really happened to Kaycee, troubling memories begin to resurface and she begins to also inherit doubt her own observations. And when she unearths an assistanteven more disturbing secret--a ritual called ''The Game,'' it will threaten the reputations, who and lives in a barrel , of the Emperors' favourite community and most important gherkins…risk exposing a darkness that may consume her.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17826915451524759848</amazonuk>

|author=Annabel PitcherSue Hendra and Paul Linnet|title=The Last Days of Archie MaxwellSupertato: Evil Pea Rules

|genre=Dyslexia FriendlyFor Sharing|summary=Archie Maxwell was shocked when his parents told him For all their heroics and lantern jaws, everyone knows that they were getting divorcedthe good guy is never the best thing about a book or film. It wasn't that Dads leaving was that unusual: Leon's Dad had left and so had Mo'sThat accolade goes to the bad guy. It was ''why'' he was leaving and Archie was embarrassed that his sister had suspected that their father was gay some time ago. Both of his sisters They are sad to see their father leave, but they don't seem able to have any problem with chew the ''why'' scenery and they tell their friendsgive the type of larger than life performance a hero could only dream of. But Archie daren't tell One of the lads at school: the bullying is best bad enough as it is. And then thereguys in children's the problem of Tiafiction is not a guy at all, whom he really fancies but he can't say anything about ita pea. An evil pea. What Tia really needs At last this pea is given his opportunity to shine, but where there is an Evil Pea, a friend: it's just about the first anniversary of the day on which her brother committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a train on the line which runs at the back of Archie's houseSupertato cannot be far behind.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178112728X1471144062</amazonuk>

|author= Jason Segel and Kirsten MillerStephen Aryan|title= OtherworldMageborn (Age of Dread)|rating= 54|genre=Fantasy|summary=imon would not have considered himself a hero. In fact, by ''Magic will destroy us all accounts, particularly that of his parents, Simon is an epic failure. He's large, he's hairy Ten years after the devastating battlemage war when mages used their immense power to tear each other apart and sundered the world itself, he has a ridiculously oversized nose and he's been kicked out suspicion of boarding school and kept on a federal watch list. But Simon those who wield magic is sure something is up with his friend Kat. She won't speak to him. So he resorts to buying at an incredibly expensive new virtual reality video game for them both all- Otherworldtime high. Otherworld engages your senses with graphics so goodWith the recent resurrection of the Red Tower, you'll swear they are realan institution for students to learn to control and expand their magic, and it's here that Simon really wants Seekers visit villages each month to talk to Kattest children for magical abilities. But for those children and their families it isn't realis not a gift, it's is a game… until a turn cursed For Habreel, who will never forget the destruction during the war, the elimination of events lands Simon in Otherworld in an all together different waymagic will save countless lives and is the only solution to long lasting stability. This time, whatever harm He will stop at nothing to achieve his avatar suffers has real consequences. And if it dies? Simon would rather not think about that. If aim; he wants to save Kat, he has to keep pressing on. Simon is will deal with the chosen onedevil, this is not a gamecrush villages and kill anyone in his way. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>17860736920356508471</amazonuk>

|author= Alison Ritchie and Marisa MoreaLaura Wilson|title= The Twelve Dogs of ChristmasOther Woman

|genre= For SharingThrillers|summary= Christmas is approaching Based on the blurb on the back, Sophie might not be the most likable heroine. She's a quote-unquote perfect woman, with the house, the husband, the children and one the dog. Careers may be a little puppy unnecessary in this scenario (the husband is very excited about his first ever Christmas Daysuccessful, but her own achievements seem linked to having bagged herself a catch), though there's a sort of part time hobby running her own shop, because, well, yes. Everywhere he looks So Sophie is the preparations are underway sort of woman, one imagines, who might rub other people up the wrong way, especially those who find their own lives lacking.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786485214</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Adrian Mourby|title=Rooms with every dog a View: The Secret Life of Great Hotels|rating=4|genre=Travel|summary=Adrian Mourby has given us a flying visit to each of fifty grand hotels, from fourteen regions of the world, with the hotels in town helping outeach section being arranged chronologically rather than by region, which helps to give something of an overall picture. However will so many eager assistants joining So what makes a hotel 'grand'? The first hotel to call itself 'grand' was in covent Garden in 1774 and it ushered in the fray help or hinder beginning of a period when a hotel would be a lifestyle choice rather than a refuge for those without friends and will everything ever be ready family conveniently nearby. The hotels we visit all began life in different circumstances and each faced a different set of challenges. We begin in time?the Americas, move to the United Kingdom, circumnavigate Europe, briefly visit Russia and Turkey then northern Africa, India and Asia. Australia, it seems, does not go for the grand.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14711661711785782754</amazonuk>

|author=Dr SeussJoseph Coelho and Fiona Lumbers|title=What Was I Scared Of?Luna Loves Library Day

|summary=All HallowsLuna is always excited when library day comes around, not just because she gets to take her books back and borrow some new ones, but also because it' Eve is upon us once more s the day she spends with her dad. Once inside the library, magical things occur as the books Luna and her dad discover seemingly come to life. They spend their time together sharing stories, some that can only mean that we are soon more significant than others, until it's time for Luna to be surrounded by all types of monstersgo home. Yet even once she's home, she still has her newly borrowed books to escape into, ghoulies and manifestationsthe memories of her day with her dad. Fear not|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783445483</amazonuk>}}{{newreview <!-- remove 11/11 -->|title=Under The Light of a Full Moon|author=Donna McGrath|rating=3.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=When the bad dreams and the whispers at night first start, as many of these unsettling creatures will actually be children dressed up Clara has no idea what's going on another adventure trick or treating. But what about All she knows is that pair the lack of seemingly malevolent trousers that walk by themselves? That sleep is no child, but making her feel ill. But a visit from her Great Aunt Selina supplies some answers. Clara's family has a pair gift. One member of haunted keckseach generation has the ability to shape-shift into the form of any species of animal. But the gift comes with an ancient curse - bearers of it can only transform during the three days of the full moon each month. Run, run, run, but perhaps if you have them a friendly hello these pants may be nicer than you think?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008252602B00D9V7QOA</amazonuk>

|author=Lorenzo Marone and Shaun Whiteside (Translator)Stephen Norman|title=The Temptation to Be HappyTrading Down|rating=4.5|genre=General FictionThrillers|summary=Cesare is 77, widowed, generally ignored by the offspring Chris Peters was happy in his work for a multinational bank in Hong Kong and excited when he likes was promoted and bothered too much by the one he doesn'tsent back to London. StillThe job had it all: a hectic trading floor, he finds ways to fill targets which were impossible and some of the fastest computers in the world under his dayssupervision. If heHe's not taking advantage of his friend-with-benefits arrangement with aging lady of the night Rossana, or keeping an eye on his grandson, happy at home too: heand Olivia met in Hong Kong: now they's making mischief in league with elderly neighbours like Signora Vitaliano (local mad cat woman) re married and Marino (the non-IT-literate computer guy)thinking about starting a family. But ... has he been promoted beyond his capabilities? Their minds There are diverted from their usual pursuits those in the bank who think so, particularly when a young couple move into the apartment block providing Cesare with a concern and the conviction that he has things start to do something, whatever the fall out or personal dangergo badly wrong. He was never there for Olivia either. Life for Chris Peters was turning sour.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786072882B075QF8LJ8</amazonuk>

|author= Chris BeckettJenny Colgan|title= America CityChristmas at Little Beach Street Bakery

|genre= Dystopian Women's Fiction|summary= ''America City'' tells Polly, Huckle and Neil are back but in what, sadly for fans of the story of HollyLittle Beach series, an ambitious Publicist who sets aside her own political beliefs in order seems to help be the ambitious Senator Slaymaker with his Presidential campaignlast of this trilogy. Set in Never say never but by the 22nd centuryend of this book, the novel tells of an incredibly disunited United States, where author has certainly secured the effects destiny of climate change have created deep divisions between these three much-loved characters. Don't be put off if you haven't read the affluent Northern Statesprevious ones, and it really won't matter particularly as the author provides a helpful little synopsis at the Southstart to help those, which is frequently ravaged by extreme weather. Holly and Slaymaker hope to change thislike me, working together on the plan they believe to be the solution that are new to the problem of where to place the thousands of Americans who have been made homeless by devastating stormsthese stories.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786491524075156477X</amazonuk>

|author=Jessica TownsendAlice Hoffman|title=Nevermoor: The Trials Rules of Morrigan CrowMagic|rating=4.5|genre=Confident ReadersGeneral Fiction |summary=Morrigan Crow is a cursed child. Everyone in Jackalfax where she lives believes she is responsible for all the things that go wrong in their life. And, if thatI've read several of Alice Hoffman's novels, although strangely, not bad enough, the curse means one she will die 's most famous for ''Practical Magic'', which went on her eleventh birthdayto be made into a film. Morrigan believes there ''The Rules of Magic'' is no escape from her fate until a mysterious man appears the long-awaited prequel to that book, and offers her a new life in tells the secret city story of three siblings of Nevermoorthe Owens family; Franny, Jet and Vincent. There is only one problem – The two sisters, Franny and Jet, go on to stay in Nevermoor she needs to gain a coveted place become the two aunts in the Wunderous Society by competing against hundreds of other hopefuls to pass four seemingly impossible trials''Practical Magic'' story.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>15101041191471157679</amazonuk>

|author=Lars Mytting and Paul Russell Grant (Translator)Philip Matyszak|title=The Sixteen Trees of the Somme24 Hours in Ancient Rome

|genre=General FictionHistory|summary=While his grandfather lived the past was an area of certainty for Edvard. At aged 4 heI'd ve never been taken that interested in Ancient Rome. Blame my teachers, or our oh-so-dry visits to live Roman villas with his grandparentstheir earnest interpretation panels, having survived or perhaps I just daydreamed through all the interesting bits… Somehow I entered adulthood with the accident impression that killed his parentsall Romans were bloodthirsty and hedonistic heathens with little to recommend them. Now his grandfather has died revelations are coming to light showing Edvard his family history is different from what he'd believed… his mother's birthplaceMea culpa'', his motheryou might say. So when my eye fell upon Philip Matyszak's name''24 Hours in Ancient Rome'', the whereabouts of late Great-Uncle Einar… and that's without looking more deeply into its claim to introduce readers to the fatal accident itself. Edvard is determined to solve real Ancient Rome by examining the puzzlelives of ordinary people, a determination that will take him away from his native Norway I decided it was high time to an area of France synonymous with devastation and a remote Scottish island loaded with secretsupdate my education. And the lovely artwork on the front cover made this book all the more appealing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>08570560691782438564</amazonuk>

|author=Morag HoodDallas Campbell|title=I Am BatAd Astra: An illustrated guide to leaving the planet|rating=5|genre=For SharingPopular Science|summary=Bat is a creature with very definite opinions. He does not like mornings, for example, but he does like cherries. In fact, he really loves cherries, as they are his So… you want to leave the planet? Before you do you''favourite d better study the whole history of human space flight to get up to speed. That could take a while… if only there was a handy guide that could condense it all things!'' What do down for you think might happen if somebody takes Bat's cherries? Bat won't be happy, will he?!. Enter Dallas Campbell with this book: An illustrated guide to leaving the planet.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>15098346131471164055</amazonuk>

|author=Dr SeussSharon Bennett Connolly|title=I Can Read With My Eyes ShutHeroines of the Medieval World|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging ReadersHistory|summary=''The more that you readMany women in medieval times left their mark on history,''<br>''The more things you will know.''''The more that you learn,''<br>''The more places you'll go.'' This is but as a classic Dr Seuss quote from this book, rule they have been neglected by biographers and one that I painstakingly stickered onto the wall of my children's school library! The book is very silly, historians as Dr Seuss always there is, but is also a good rhyming ode too little surviving information for them to have even brief biographies to themselves. Ms Connolly has adopted an enterprising solution to the joys of readingproblem by writing a general account on a broadly thematic basis.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>00082400191445662647</amazonuk>

|author=Twigs WayJuno Dawson and Alex T Smith|title=Tea Gardens (Britain's Heritage Series)Grave Matter|rating=4.5|genre=LifestyleDyslexia Friendly|summary=Tea Gardens really began in London in Since Eliza died, since the late 18th century: a trip to Kings Cross or St Pancras was effectively a trip to night of the country in those days. Men had their coffee housescar crash that took her life, but they were not places where women could or would be seenSam is a broken soul. Tea was introduced to England in He is lost without the 17th century but it was not until 1784 girl he loves, feeling as though a part of him died that the high duty was reduced from 119% to 12½% night too. But he is desperate and tea became the drink of choice for the nationhe cannot live without Eliza. Until then the working classes had been fuelled largely by cheap ginHe remembers his estranged Aunt Marie and her peculiar healing powers and wonders if she might be able to help him. OnlyHowever, where would this beverage be drunk? One answer was the pleasure gardens where the fashionable went finding his Aunt Marie leads him to see and be seen: by discover the mid 1600s tea was also being served Milk Man, which causes Sam in places such his grieving state to make a pact with forces he doesn't understand. Things soon turn complicated as Ranelagh Gardenssupernatural powers start to change Sam's life in more ways than he bargained for.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14456700111781126046</amazonuk>

|author=Gladys MitchellKurt Andersen|title=Murder in the Snow: A Cotswold Christmas MysteryFantasyland|rating=4|genre=CrimeHistory |summary=Adela Bradley decided Fantasyland covers the history of America from 1517 to spend Christmas with her nephew Jonathan and his wife Deborah at their new home 2017 in awesome detail. Covering five centuries of tempestuous history, Andersen paints the Cotswolds. Mrs Bradley is a well-known psychiatrist but she's also a respected detective renowned for her sharp powers conjuring of observationAmerica in vivid relief. She soon comes Discussing everything from pilgrims to hear the story of a local ghostpoliticians, that of a country parson whose apparition can sometimes be seen slung over the gate leading exhilarating gold rush to Groaning Spinney: the ghost will play a part alternative facts, seminal episodes are explored in what is about to happen. Jonathan Bradley has effectively become the local squire forensic detail with the acquisition of his property and Mrs Bradley quickly becomes acquainted with some of the locals as they visit to give festive wishesrazor sharp wit.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17847083211785038656</amazonuk>

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