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|author= Philip MatyszakFiona Mitchell|title=24 Hours The Maid's Room|rating=5|genre=General Fiction|summary=In some apartments in Ancient RomeSingapore you'll find a bomb shelter - airless and without a window. It will probably house the washing machine and the other domestic paraphernalia that's got nowhere else to go. There'll be a mattress on the floor of this stifling room, with the heat increased by the tumble dryer. This is the maid's room. It's possibly better than sleeping under the dining room table, but not by much. Back in 2009 there were 201,000 female domestic workers in Singapore, many not earning any money for a year until they've repaid 'training' and other fees to the agency, many living in 'the maid's room'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473659566</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Allan Hailstone|title=Berlin in the Cold War: 1959 to 1966|rating=4.5

|summary= I've never been that interested 'Berlin in Ancient Rome. Blame my teachers, or our ohthe Cold War: 1959-so-dry 1966'' contains almost 200 photographs taken by author / photographer Allan Hailstone in his visits to Roman villas the city during this period. The images provide an insight into the changing nature of the divide between East and West Berlin and a glimpse into life in the city during the Cold War.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445672901</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Asa Avdic|title= The Dying Game|rating= 4|genre= Thrillers|summary=In a futuristic dystopian Sweden, ministry worker Anna is presented with their earnest interpretation panels, or perhaps I just daydreamed through all an offer from the interesting bits… Somehow I entered adulthood with formidable chairman. Except the impression that all Romans were bloodthirsty offer, is more of an order than a choice. With nothing to lose and hedonistic heathens with little everything to recommend themgain, Anna accepts. She is taken to an isolated Island with other ''Mea culpacandidates'', you might sayfor a job in the super-secret organisation. So when my eye fell upon Philip MatyszakAnna's objective is simple, she is to ''24 Hours in Ancient Romedie'', and its claim to introduce readers to then observe her fellows through hidden chambers of the real Ancient Rome by examining house. Once the lives of ordinary peopleexperiment is finished, I decided it was high time she will report her findings back to update my educationthe chairman. And However, while this starts off smoothly at first, other contestants start disappearing and Anna is faced with the lovely artwork on the front cover made terror of knowing this book all the more appealingis not just a game anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17824385641786090201</amazonuk>

|authortitle= Dallas CampbellScoop of the Year|titleauthor= Ad Astra: An illustrated guide to leaving the planetTom Claver|rating= 54|genre= Popular ScienceThrillers|summary= So… you Martin is an ambitious journalist working on the Financial Review. Martin is good at his job - accurate, dedicated, hardworking and with a good nose for a scoop. But Martin is also uninterested in the culture that comes with reporting. He has a wife and two daughters at home and he doesn't want to leave waste time and money in the planet? Before you do you'd better study pub, talking macho nonsense with the whole history of human space flight to get up to speedother hacks. That could take He is a while… if only there was far cry from his colleague Tom de Lacy, a handy guide that could condense it all down for youcharismatic, silver-spooned charmer with piercing blue eyes. Enter Dallas Campbell with this book: An illustrated guide Tom doesn't just grab the limelight though - he also grabs the promotion to leaving industrial correspondent. And that is the planetjob Martin not only wanted, but needed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14711640551788036220</amazonuk>

|author= Sharon Bennett ConnollyMaureen Orth|title= Heroines Vulgar Favours: The Assassination of the Medieval WorldGianni Versace

|genre= HistoryTrue Crime|summary= Many women in medieval times left their mark on history, but as What is it about true crime which makes it so fascinating to such a rule they have been neglected by biographers and historians as there is too little surviving information for them wide audience? I guess it's wanting to have even brief biographies try to themselves. Ms Connolly has adopted an enterprising solution figure out what happened to make these people partake in the problem by writing awful crimes they committed, or else the same inexplicable impulse people have to slow down when they overtake a general account car crash on the motorway. Whatever it is, Maureen Orth's book, Vulgar Favours, taps right on a broadly thematic basisinto it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14456626471785943103</amazonuk>

|author=Juno Dawson and Alex T SmithCharlotte Peacock|title= Grave MatterInto The Mountain, A Life of Nan Shepherd

|genre= Dyslexia FriendlyBiography|summary= Since Eliza diedMostly we choose what books to read, since because there is so little time and so many books… I can understand the night of the car crash that took her lifeapproach, but I also think we sell ourselves short by it, Sam is a broken soul. He is lost without and we sell the girl he loves, feeling myriad lesser known authors short as though a part of him died that night toowell. But he is desperate So while, like most other people I have my favourite genres, and he cannot live without Eliza. He remembers his estranged Aunt Marie favoured authors, and her peculiar healing powers while, like most other people I read the reviews and wonders if she might be able follow up on what appeals, I also have a third string to help himmy reading bow: randomness. However, finding his Aunt Marie leads him to discover the Milk Man, which causes Sam It was in his grieving state to make such a pact with forces he doesn't understand. Things soon turn complicated as supernatural powers start left-field' move that ''Into the Mountain'' was offered to change Sam's life in more ways than he bargained forme.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17811260461903385563</amazonuk>

|author= Kurt AndersenAlan Moorehead|title= FantasylandThe Russian Revolution

|genre= History |summary= Fantasyland covers First published in 1958, Moorhead's account is regarded as one of the history most succinct accounts of America from 1517 its subject, and now reprinted to 2017 in awesome detail. Covering five centuries of tempestuous history, Andersen paints mark the conjuring centenary of America in vivid relief. Discussing everything from pilgrims to politicians, the exhilarating gold rush to alternative facts, seminal episodes are explored in forensic detail with razor sharp witrevolution.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17850386561445667320</amazonuk>

|author= Emily SuvadaCatherine Hewitt|title= This Mortal CoilRenoir's Dancer: The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon|rating= 4.5|genre= TeensBiography|summary= A life threatening virus is spreading through Deep in the rural parts of France in the United States1860s, an already broken country with you would never really expect to find someone who would come to embody a Government that many do full artistic period – and not trust. The top scientists are frantically trying to produce just a vaccine to save humanitymovement at that, but it seems a hopeless race against time full generation of both creative and societal change. And if you were to expect that someone, they would like as not be male. But almost stumbling into the virus mutates into new and stronger strains at a frightening pacehedonistic culture of Montmartre came Marie-Clementine Valadon. Catarina has lived alone and She started in hiding for the past two yearscircus that first caught her teenaged eye, since although her brilliant father gymnastic career was rounded up by the State and taken by force to work in the national laboratoriesshort-lived. His last message to her But what she did have from that was the poise to hide from the State be an appealing model for some seriously important painters, and a natural beauty and not figure to appeal to trust both them an inchand their audiences. Set in America And what she also had, but not an America we would recognise, most much to the surprise of many and the citizens are incarcerated in underground bunkersdistaste of some, protected by air lock doors and bug free conditions. Others, less trusting was artistic talent of the State, remain in hiding on the surface, hoping the virus will not reach them and avoiding anyone who is infected.her own…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>01413792781785782738</amazonuk>

|author= Tony MittonDavid Melling|title= Potter's BoyMerry Christmas, Hugless Douglas

|genre= Confident ReadersFor Sharing|summary= Life Hugless Douglas is unpredictable; it never goes exactly where we want a large, comfy sort of bear who burst onto the picture book scene a few years ago as he searched for just the right sort of hug. His endearing, hopeful face and that chubby (to put it politely) body instantly melted young hearts, and to despite how much effort universal delight we put in have since been treated to shape a direction for ourselvesseveral more of his adventures. ItDouglas is hugless no longer, you's a hard lesson ll be glad to learnknow, and one Tony Mitton captures with vivid simplicity for but the pottername stuck, mostly because it's boysuch fun to say (go on, try it!) and because he still bumbles through life embracing everything in sight as if cuddles are about to go out of fashion. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>19109893471444906844</amazonuk>

|author= Simon LelicJulia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler|title= The HouseA Treasury of Songs|rating= 54|genre= ThrillersChildren's Rhymes and Verse|summary= Syd loved Some people have all the houseskills, despite the fact that it was crammed full not only is Julia Donaldson one of the sellermost successful children's stuff and they had to take the whole lot as authors, she can also carry a job lottune. The seller had run off to Australia apparently For the past few years she has adapted many of her most popular stories into songs and was up for plays them during open readings, or releases them as part of a quick sale, lock, stock and barrelsong book. Jack wasnFor the first time 't so sure. He found the place creepy, 'A Treasury of Songs'' brings together several of her books in one omnibus and it wasn't just the stuffed birds, there was an air about also has a CD too of Donaldson singing the place that he just didn't likesongs.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>02412965441509846131</amazonuk>

|author= Nicholas BowlingAlexander McCall Smith|title= WitchbornThe Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse|rating= 4.5|genre= TeensGeneral Fiction|summary=If you''There are yet more unholy discoveries withinve never read an Alexander McCall Smith novel, too foul for your eyes but have always thought you might like to look upon'' Enter try, one day then this might be the Elizabethan world of 1577book to start with. A world Rather than face the daunting task of intrigue, terror and suspicion. A world leaping into one of witchcraft and witchhis now very long-hunting. Alyce running series, this is a young girl forced standalone novel, and it gives a good flavour of AMS's style, the way he can write to flee from her home after the devastating death evoke a feeling of her Mothertime and place, and the only person she had ever loved. Tried warm optimism underlying his words that is so very reassuring and deemed a witch, her Mother was sentenced comforting to being burnt at the stake by the notorious witchfinder John Hopkins who seems hell-bent on finding Alyceread.Haunted by the past she can It calls itself 't leave behind, Alyce escapes to London but shea wartime romance's not alone. Endangered and being followed, Alyce which it is determined to keep her freedom, but as Alyce discovers her own dark magic she will find that she and yet it is much more dangerous than she ever thought possiblethat besides.  And Alyce Focussing mainly on Val, a young woman working as a Land Girl, we see her falling in love with an American pilot, although she doesnMike Rogers. Thanks to a sheepdog on Val't yet realise its farm (the Peter Woodhouse from the title) their lives become entwined with that of a German soldier, is caught between two strong and powerful Queens, one desperate to steal the throne book shows us a variety of friendships as they grow and develop over the other determined to keep it…years.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>19110772521846974097</amazonuk>

|author= James RaviliousChristopher Maslanka and Steve Tribe|title= Sherlock: The Recent PastPuzzle Book|rating= 54|genre= ArtEntertainment|summary= JamesWho doesn't love a good puzzle, son of especially those really fiendish ones that get the brain working extra hard? There really is nothing to compare to that buzz we get from the war artist Eric Ravilious''Aha!'' moment, inherited his fatherwhen everything falls into place and the solution reveals itself. If puzzles are your thing then you may wish to put your grey cells to the test with ''s artistic talents. Although he was a gifted painterThe Sherlock Puzzle Book, his main career was to be as a photographer'' based on the popular TV series.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>19085249361785943030</amazonuk>

|author= Robin RaviliousHilary Lee-Corbin|title= James Ravilious: A LifeConkers and Grenades|rating= 54|genre= BiographyConfident Readers|summary= The name It's Bristol in 1916. Britain is halfway through the Great War and everyone is expected to put their shoulder to the wheel of Eric Ravilious, the war artisteffort. Mar and Appy might be boys, engraver but they're no different. Both their fathers are away fighting and designerthe two young boys are expected to help with household chores, look after younger siblings, has long been familiarearn a few extra pennies through casual jobs and concentrate on getting an education. Less well-known was his equally gifted son James. This delightful biography by his widow should help to put the situation right.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>19085249441788033515</amazonuk>

|author=Minette WaltersKrysten Ritter|title=The Last HoursBonfire|rating=4.5|genre=Historical General Fiction|summary=In June 1348 the Black Death came into the country through the port It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of Melcombe her small town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in DorsetChicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands. Ignorant of many rules of hygiene which we'd find basic nearly seven hundred years laterBut when a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the disease rages through the countrylife Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. On Tasked with investigating Optimal Plastics, the estate of Develishtown's most high-profile company and economic heart, Lady Anne Develish took control of Abby begins to find strange connections to Barrens' biggest scandal from more than a decade ago involving the future of popular Kaycee Mitchell and her closest friends--just before Kaycee disappeared for good.Abby knows the people who lived key to solving any case lies in the demesne after her husband had ridden off weak spots, the unanswered questions. But as she tries desperately to find out what really happened to Kaycee, troubling memories begin to try resurface and secure a marriage for his daughtershe begins to doubt her own observations. Two hundred bonded serfs lived on the estate and And when Lady Anne realised the virulence of the plague she ordered that unearths an even more disturbing secret--a ritual called ''The Game,'' it will threaten the estate refuse entry to anyonereputations, including her husband and his entouragelives, for fear of the community and risk exposing a darkness that they would bring the disease to may consume her people.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17606321391524759848</amazonuk>

|author= Javier Cercas Sue Hendra and Frank Wynne (translator)Paul Linnet|title= The ImpostorSupertato: Evil Pea Rules|rating= 54|genre= Literary FictionFor Sharing|summary= Enric Marco For all their heroics and lantern jaws, everyone knows that the good guy is without doubt an extraordinary mannever the best thing about a book or film. That accolade goes to the bad guy. A veteran of They are able to chew the Spanish Civil War, honoured for his bravery on scenery and give the battlefield. A political prisoner type of larger than life performance a hero could only dream of two fascist regimes. A survivor One of the Nazi concentration camps. A prominent figure best bad guys in the clandestine resistance against Francochildren's tyranny. A tireless warrior for social justice and the defence of human rightsfiction is not a guy at all, but a pea. A national hero An evil pea. But the most extraordinary thing about Enric Marco is At last this: that he pea is really none of these things. He given his opportunity to shine, but where there is an impostor. And Javier Cercas sets out to tell his story – the true story of Spain's most notorious liarEvil Pea, a Supertato cannot be far behind.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>08570565061471144062</amazonuk>

|author=Susan Wood and Ross MacDonaldStephen Aryan|title=American Gothic: The Life Mageborn (Age of Grant WoodDread)|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-FictionFantasy|summary=Who won a national prize for a crayon drawing ''Magic will destroy us all'' Ten years after the devastating battlemage war when mages used their immense power to tear each other apart and sundered the world itself, suspicion of three oak leaves before he was properly in his teens? Who sought acclaim as those who wield magic is at an artist and came to Europe to study from all-time high. With the recent resurrection of the greatsRed Tower, only an institution for students to reject all they had learn to offer? Who instinctively knew a picture of his dentist (yescontrol and expand their magic, his dentist) would be more appealing and say more Seekers visit villages each month to people than ''floating water lilies test children for magical abilities. But for those children and frilly ballet dancers''? The answer in all cases was Grant Woodtheir families it is not a gift, it is a cursed For Habreel, practically who will never forget the destruction during the most well-known painter in America at one timewar, the elimination of all magic will save countless lives and still is the only solution to long lasting stability. He will stop at nothing to achieve his aim; he will deal with the bestdevil, alongside Edward Hopper, at presenting crush villages and kill anyone in his world minus any Modernist trappingsway.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14197253350356508471</amazonuk>

|author=Stuart Hill and Sandra LawrenceLaura Wilson|title=The Atlas of MonstersOther Woman|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-FictionThrillers|summary=There are monsters and mysterious charactersBased on the blurb on the back, such as trolls, leprechauns, goblins and minotaursSophie might not be the most likable heroine. TheyShe're s a quote-unquote perfect woman, with the stuff of far too many stories to remain mysterioushouse, and every schoolchild should know all about them. There are monsters and mysterious characters, such as Gog and Magog, Scylla and Charybdisthe husband, the children and the bunyipdog. They are what you find if you take an interest Careers may be a little unnecessary in this kind of thing scenario (the husband is successful, but her own achievements seem linked to the next level; even if you cannot place them all on having bagged herself a map you should have come across them. But catch), though there are monsters and mysterious characters's a sort of part time hobby running her own shop, because, well, such as yes. So Sophie is the dobhar-chusort of woman, one imagines, who might rub other people up the llambigyn y dwrwrong way, and the girtabliliespecially those who find their own lives lacking. To gain any knowledge of them you really need a book that knows its stuff. A book like this one…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17837069611786485214</amazonuk>

|author= Stephen FryAdrian Mourby|title= MythosRooms with a View: A Retelling of the Myths The Secret Life of Ancient GreeceGreat Hotels|rating= 54|genre= ReferenceTravel|summary= The Greek Myths areAdrian Mourby has given us a flying visit to each of fifty grand hotels, arguablyfrom fourteen regions of the world, with the greatest stories ever toldhotels in each section being arranged chronologically rather than by region, which helps to give something of an overall picture. So old what makes a hotel 'grand'? The first hotel to call itself 'grand' was in covent Garden in 1774 and influential they cast it ushered in the beginning of a shadow over western tales period when a hotel would be a lifestyle choice rather than a refuge for those without friends and traditions, yet remain relatable family conveniently nearby. The hotels we visit all began life in different circumstances and readable millennia latereach faced a different set of challenges. Here comedian We begin in the Americas, actormove to the United Kingdom, television presentercircumnavigate Europe, actor briefly visit Russia and author Stephen Fry brings his considerable talent to these special stories Turkey then northern Africa, India and recreates them with a witAsia. Australia, it seems, warmth and humanity that brings them into does not go for the modern age whilst still giving the honour and respect that such ancient and influential stories deservegrand. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>07181887211785782754</amazonuk>

|author=Lisa CuttsJoseph Coelho and Fiona Lumbers|title=Buried SecretsLuna Loves Library Day|rating=4.5|genre=CrimeFor Sharing|summary=You never know what goes on in a marriage: most people thought that Detective Inspector Milton Bowman had the ideal life. He had a beautiful wife Luna is always excited when library day comes around, not just because she gets to take her books back and a house that had a mortgage which was smaller than most peopleborrow some new ones, but also because it's credit card billthe day she spends with her dad. On Once inside the other handlibrary, 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 magical things occur as the books Luna and with only a few hours her dad discover seemingly come to livelife. They spend their time together sharing stories, people were some that are more worried about the extra work significant than saddenedothers, until it's time for Luna to go home. When his wifeYet even once she's battered body was found in their kitchenhome, she still has her newly borrowed books to escape into, and the idea that it was a murder/suicide seemed like the obvious answermemories of her day with her dad.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14711531421783445483</amazonuk>

{{newreview<!-- remove 11/11 -->|authortitle= Moira YoungUnder The Light of a Full Moon|titleauthor= The Road to Ever AfterDonna McGrath|rating= 3.5|genre= Confident Readers|summary= A grumpy old lady who can no longer drive requires a chauffeur, When the bad dreams and we watch as she gradually softens towards him and they become friends. So far, so ''Driving Miss Daisy'', an apt comparison in a book which references several well-loved classic films. But the obvious similarity ends there. Davy, hired to take Miss Flint on her final road tripwhispers at night first start, is thirteen years old and Clara has not the foggiest no idea how to drive a carwhat's going on. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509832564</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Benny Lindelauf, Ludwig Volbeda and Laura Watkinson (translator)|title=Tortot, All she knows is that the Cold Fish Who Lost His World and Found His Heart|rating=4lack of sleep is making her feel ill.5|genre=Teens|summary=Meet TortotBut a visit from her Great Aunt Selina supplies some answers. HeClara's family has a camp chef for an army, with a cold heart – he sheds no tears, or at least as much as does a fish – and a brilliant way gift. One member of gauging the warfare going on around him. The book even starts with him crossing each generation has the battlefield ability to start work for shape-shift into the enemy the night before they turn the tables on his previous employers and defeat them, leaving Tortot on the winning side once moreform of any species of animal. But now he's not alone – for he has managed to also inherit the gift comes with an assistant, who lives in a barrel ancient curse - bearers of it can only transform during the three days of the Emperors' favourite and most important gherkins…full moon each month.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782691545B00D9V7QOA</amazonuk>

|author=Annabel PitcherStephen Norman|title=The Last Days of Archie MaxwellTrading Down

|genre=Dyslexia FriendlyThrillers|summary=Archie Maxwell Chris Peters was shocked happy in his work for a multinational bank in Hong Kong and excited when his parents told him that they were getting divorcedhe was promoted and sent back to London. It wasn't that Dads leaving was that unusualThe job had it all: Leon's Dad had left a hectic trading floor, targets which were impossible and so had Mo'ssome of the fastest computers in the world under his supervision. It was ''why'He' s happy at home too: he was leaving and Archie was embarrassed that his sister had suspected that their father was gay some time ago. Both of his sisters are sad to see their father leave, but Olivia met in Hong Kong: now they don't seem to have any problem with the ''why'' re married and they tell their friendsthinking about starting a family. But Archie daren't tell ... has he been promoted beyond his capabilities? There are those in the lads at school: the bullying is bad enough as it isbank who think so, particularly when things start to go badly wrong. And then He was never there's the problem of Tia, whom he really fancies but he can't say anything about itfor Olivia either. What Tia really needs is 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 houseLife for Chris Peters was turning sour.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178112728XB075QF8LJ8</amazonuk>

|author= Jason Segel and Kirsten MillerJenny Colgan|title= Otherworld|rating= 5|genre=Fantasy|summary=imon would not have considered himself a hero. In fact, by all accounts, particularly that of his parents, Simon is an epic failure. He's large, he's hairy, he has a ridiculously oversized nose and he's been kicked out of boarding school and kept on a federal watch list. But Simon is sure something is up with his friend Kat. She won't speak to him. So he resorts to buying an incredibly expensive new virtual reality video game for them both - Otherworld. Otherworld engages your senses with graphics so good, you'll swear they are real, and it's here that Simon really wants to talk to Kat. But it isn't real, it's a game… until a turn of events lands Simon in Otherworld in an all together different way. This time, whatever harm his avatar suffers has real consequences. And if it dies? Simon would rather not think about that. If he wants to save Kat, he has to keep pressing on. Simon is the chosen one, this is not a game. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786073692</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Alison Ritchie and Marisa Morea|title= The Twelve Dogs of Christmasat Little Beach Street Bakery

|genre= For SharingWomen's Fiction|summary= Christmas is approaching Polly, Huckle and one little puppy is very excited about his first ever Christmas DayNeil are back but in what, sadly for fans of the Little Beach series, seems to be the last of this trilogy. Everywhere he looks Never say never but by the preparations are underway with every dog in town helping outend of this book, the author has certainly secured the destiny of these three much-loved characters. However will so many eager assistants joining in Don't be put off if you haven't read the previous ones, it really won't matter particularly as the author provides a helpful little synopsis at the fray start to help or hinder and will everything ever be ready in time?those, like me, that are new to these stories.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471166171075156477X</amazonuk>

|author=Dr SeussAlice Hoffman|title=What Was I Scared Of?The Rules of Magic|rating=45|genre=For SharingGeneral Fiction |summary=All HallowsI' Eve is upon us once more and that can only mean that we are soon to be surrounded by all types ve read several of monstersAlice Hoffman's novels, although strangely, ghoulies and manifestations. Fear notthe one she's most famous for ''Practical Magic'', as many of these unsettling creatures will actually which went on to be children dressed up on another adventure trick or treatingmade into a film. But what about that pair ''The Rules of seemingly malevolent trousers Magic'' is the long-awaited prequel to that walk by themselves? That is no childbook, but a pair and tells the story of three siblings of haunted kecksthe Owens family; Franny, Jet and Vincent. RunThe two sisters, runFranny and Jet, run, but perhaps if you have them a friendly hello these pants may be nicer than you think?go on to become the two aunts in the ''Practical Magic'' story.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>00082526021471157679</amazonuk>

|author=Lorenzo Marone and Shaun Whiteside (Translator)Philip Matyszak|title=The Temptation to Be Happy24 Hours in Ancient Rome

|genre=General FictionHistory|summary=Cesare is 77I've never been that interested in Ancient Rome. Blame my teachers, widowedor our oh-so-dry visits to Roman villas with their earnest interpretation panels, generally ignored by or perhaps I just daydreamed through all the interesting bits… Somehow I entered adulthood with the offspring he likes impression that all Romans were bloodthirsty and bothered too much by the one he doesn't. Still, he finds ways hedonistic heathens with little to fill his daysrecommend them. If he's not taking advantage of his friend-with-benefits arrangement with aging lady of the night Rossana'Mea culpa'', or keeping an you might say. So when my eye on his grandson, hefell upon Philip Matyszak's making mischief ''24 Hours in league with elderly neighbours like Signora Vitaliano (local mad cat woman) Ancient Rome'', and Marino (its claim to introduce readers to the real Ancient Rome by examining the non-IT-literate computer guy)lives of ordinary people, I decided it was high time to update my education. Their minds are diverted from their usual pursuits when a young couple move into And the apartment block providing Cesare with a concern and lovely artwork on the conviction that he has to do something, whatever front cover made this book all the fall out or personal dangermore appealing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17860728821782438564</amazonuk>

|author= Chris BeckettDallas Campbell|title= America CityAd Astra: An illustrated guide to leaving the planet|rating= 45|genre= Dystopian FictionPopular Science|summary= So… you want to leave the planet? Before you do you''America City'' tells d better study the story whole history of Holly, an ambitious Publicist who sets aside her own political beliefs in order human space flight to help the ambitious Senator Slaymaker with his Presidential campaignget up to speed. Set in the 22nd century, the novel tells of an incredibly disunited United States, where the effects of climate change have created deep divisions between the affluent Northern States, and the South, which is frequently ravaged by extreme weatherThat could take a while… if only there was a handy guide that could condense it all down for you. Holly and Slaymaker hope to change Enter Dallas Campbell with this, working together on the plan they believe book: An illustrated guide to be leaving the solution to the problem of where to place the thousands of Americans who have been made homeless by devastating stormsplanet.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17864915241471164055</amazonuk>

|author=Jessica TownsendSharon Bennett Connolly|title=Nevermoor: The Trials Heroines of Morrigan Crowthe Medieval World|rating=4.5|genre=Confident ReadersHistory|summary=Morrigan Crow is a cursed child. Everyone in Jackalfax where she lives believes she is responsible for all the things that go wrong Many women in medieval times left their life. Andmark on history, if that's not bad enough, the curse means she will die on her eleventh birthday. Morrigan believes there is no escape from her fate until but as a mysterious man appears rule they have been neglected by biographers and offers her a new life in the secret city of Nevermoor. There historians as there is only one problem – too little surviving information for them to have even brief biographies to stay in Nevermoor she needs themselves. Ms Connolly has adopted an enterprising solution to gain a coveted place in the Wunderous Society problem by competing against hundreds of other hopefuls to pass four seemingly impossible trialswriting a general account on a broadly thematic basis.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>15101041191445662647</amazonuk>

|author=Lars Mytting Juno Dawson and Paul Russell Grant (Translator)Alex T Smith|title=The Sixteen Trees of the SommeGrave Matter|rating=4.5|genre=General FictionDyslexia Friendly|summary=While his grandfather lived Since Eliza died, since the past was an area night of certainty for Edvardthe car crash that took her life, Sam is a broken soul. At aged 4 He is lost without the girl he'd been taken to live with his grandparentsloves, having survived the accident feeling as though a part of him died that killed his parentsnight too. Now his grandfather has died revelations are coming to light showing Edvard his family history But he is different from what desperate and he'd believed… cannot live without Eliza. He remembers his mother's birthplaceestranged Aunt Marie and her peculiar healing powers and wonders if she might be able to help him. However, finding his mother's name, the whereabouts of late Great-Uncle Einar… and that's without looking more deeply into the fatal accident itself. Edvard is determined Aunt Marie leads him to solve discover the puzzleMilk Man, a determination that will take him away from which causes Sam in his native Norway grieving state to an area of France synonymous with devastation and make a remote Scottish island loaded pact with secretsforces he doesn't understand. Things soon turn complicated as supernatural powers start to change Sam's life in more ways than he bargained for.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>08570560691781126046</amazonuk>

|author=Morag HoodKurt Andersen|title=I Am BatFantasyland|rating=54|genre=For SharingHistory |summary=Bat is a creature with very definite opinionsFantasyland covers the history of America from 1517 to 2017 in awesome detail. He does not like morningsCovering five centuries of tempestuous history, for example, but he does like cherriesAndersen paints the conjuring of America in vivid relief. In factDiscussing everything from pilgrims to politicians, he really loves cherriesthe exhilarating gold rush to alternative facts, as they seminal episodes are his ''favourite of all things!'' What do you think might happen if somebody takes Bat's cherries? Bat won't be happy, will he?!explored in forensic detail with razor sharp wit.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>15098346131785038656</amazonuk>

|author=Dr SeussEmily Suvada|title=I Can Read With My Eyes ShutThis Mortal Coil|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging ReadersTeens|summary=''A life threatening virus is spreading through the United States, an already broken country with a Government that many do not trust. The more that you readtop scientists are frantically trying to produce a vaccine to save humanity,''<br>''The more things you will knowbut it seems a hopeless race against time as the virus mutates into new and stronger strains at a frightening pace.''''The more that you learnCatarina has lived alone and in hiding for the past two years,''<br>''The more places you'll gosince her brilliant father was rounded up by the State and taken by force to work in the national laboratories.'' This is a classic Dr Seuss quote His last message to her was to hide from this bookthe State and not to trust them an inch. Set in America, but not an America we would recognise, most of the citizens are incarcerated in underground bunkers, protected by air lock doors and one that I painstakingly stickered onto bug free conditions. Others, less trusting of the wall of my children's school library! The book is very sillyState, as Dr Seuss always isremain in hiding on the surface, but hoping the virus will not reach them and avoiding anyone who is also a good rhyming ode to the joys of readinginfected.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>00082400190141379278</amazonuk>