A German Christmas: Festive Tales From Berlin to Bavaria (Vintage Christmas Tales)
By: Various
3.05
Format: 221 pages, Hardcover
In this collection, classic works by the Brothers Grimm and Thomas Mann intertwine with more recent…
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1. Girls in Tears (Girls, #4)
By: Jacqueline Wilson
3.57
Format: 191 pages, Hardcover
Ellie, Magda and Nadine are back - but they're not very happy! Ellie's glorious romance with Russel… read more
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- fiction
2. Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
By: Jeanette Winterson
3.95
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?" comes an enc… read more
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- christmas
- short stories
- fiction
"Our memories change as we do."-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
"Most of us can only see the world we know."-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
"Love affairs are discoveries of new worlds."-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
"The future is not fixed unless we allow it to be so."-Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
3. Girls Under Pressure (Girls, #2)
By: Jacqueline Wilson
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Magda is tall and glamorous, Nadine is willowy and 'gothic' and Ellie, well, Ellie is just plain no… read more
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- fiction
4. Nutcracker
By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak
3.93
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, co… read more
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- fairy tales
- christmas
- classics
- fiction
5. The Selfish Giant
By: Oscar Wilde , S. Saelig Gallagher
3.54
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This magnificent new edition of Oscar Wilde's beloved tale tells the story of the selfish giant who… read more
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- fairy tales
- fiction
- classics
- short stories
6. A Child's Christmas in Wales
By: Trina Schart Hyman , Dylan Thomas
3.80
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Originally emerging from a piece written for radio, the poem was recorded by Thomas in 1952. The st… read more
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7. Antarctica
By: Claire Keegan
3.86
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Published to great critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, the iridescent stories in Claire… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
"That's the way it is in our house, everybody knowing things but pretending they don't."-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
"I run the house now. The last man who said I was old enough got scalded. My mother always said there was nothing as bad as a burn. And she was right. It's turning out that I'm taking no nonsense from…"-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
"Whatever you say, I'll manage. I will live out of a water barrel and check the skies. I will learn fifteen types of wind and know the weight of tomorrow's rain by the rustle in the sycamores. Make ne…"-Claire Keegan, Antarctica
8. Girls Out Late (Girls, #3)
By: Jacqueline Wilson
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ellie has a boyfriend! Interested in her - not in her best friends, Magda and Nadine! She and Russe… read more
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9. The Gustav Sonata
By: Rose Tremain
4.41
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War see… read more
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10. The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights
By: Bridget Collins
4.06
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the creators of The Haunting Season comes a dazzling collection of never-before-seen ghostly t… read more
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- christmas
- short stories
- fiction
11. Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown (The Diary of a Bookseller, #3)
By: Shaun Bythell
4.11
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of she… read more
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12. The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights
By: Bridget Collins
3.58
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for ga… read more
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- christmas
- short stories
- fiction
13. Midnight in Everwood
By: M.A. Kuzniar
3.56
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
There’s nothing Marietta Stelle loves more than ballet, but after Christmas, her dreams will be ove… read more
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- christmas
- fiction
"Magic is without reason."-M.A. Kuzniar, Midnight in Everwood
"It is in the stars that we shall meet again."-M.A. Kuzniar, Midnight in Everwood
"Ballet resides in your bones; it courses through your blood. For a dancer, it is the very essence of our identity, stripped down to its rawest, most intrinsic parts; you cannot leave it behind no mor…"-M.A. Kuzniar, Midnight in Everwood
14. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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- german literature
- germany
"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
15. For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain
By: Victoria Mackenzie
3.85
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
An astounding debut, both epic and intimate, about grief, trauma, revelation, and the hidden lives … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
"Sometimes I reworked, with much crossing out and burning of papers; I had to sift through my thoughts for words that gleamed with truth. But other times the words came fast, and then I was an arrow, …"-Victoria Mackenzie, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain
16. The Happiest Ever After
By: Milly Johnson
4.42
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
What if you could write your own perfect storyline...? The heartwarming, feelgood novel from the… read more
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- fiction
17. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
By: Natalie Haynes
4.05
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in thi… read more
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- classics
"The distinction that only sciences are useful and only arts are spirit-enhancing is a nonsensical one. I couldn't write much without scientists designing my computer. And some of them must want to re…"-Natalie Haynes, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
"According to Hesiod's Theogony , Rhea gives birth to the following children in this order: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Kronos swallows each of the first five deities, and Rhea i…"-Natalie Haynes, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
18. The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World
By: Malcolm Gaskill
3.72
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils,… read more
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19. The Very Merry Murder Club
By: Serena Patel
3.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A wintery middle grade mystery collection of short stories by thirteen of the most exciting and div… read more
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- christmas
- short stories
20. The Squirrel and the Lost Treasure
By: Coralie Bickford-Smith
4.52
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
'Coralie Bickford-Smith depicts nature at its most majestic' Financial TimesAn enchanting clothboun… read more
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- fiction
21. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more
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22. Ask a Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know
By: Greg Jenner
4.11
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? Which people from history would best pull off a casino… read more
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23. Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
By: Amy Jeffs
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wilde… read more
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- short stories
24. The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure
By: Katherine Rundell
4.42
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In … read more
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"We live in a world of such marvels. We should wake in the morning and as we put on our trousers we should remember the seahorse and we should scream with awe and not stop screaming until we fall asle…"-Katherine Rundell, The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure
25. The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories and 100 Essential Recipes for Midwinter
By: Nigel Slater
3.99
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
From the BBC1 presenter and bestselling author of Eat, The Kitchen Diaries and Toast comes a new b… read more
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- christmas
26. A Scandinavian Christmas: Festive Tales for a Nordic Noël (Vintage Christmas Tales)
By: Hans Christian Andersen
3.37
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
Ranging from Hans Christian Andersen to Karl Ove Knausgaard, have yourself a Nordic noel with the v… read more
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- christmas
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
27. A German Christmas: Festive Tales From Berlin to Bavaria (Vintage Christmas Tales)
By: Various
3.05
Format: 221 pages, Hardcover
In this collection, classic works by the Brothers Grimm and Thomas Mann intertwine with more recent… read more
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- german literature
- poetry
- fairy tales
- classics
- germany
- christmas
- short stories
- fiction
28. Nature Tales for Winter Nights
By: Nancy Campbell
3.22
Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition
___ From the author of Fifty Words for Snow comes a treasure trove of nature tales from storyteller… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
29. Think Again
By: Jacqueline Wilson
3.90
Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition
⭐ Whatever happened to beloved Girls series characters Ellie, Magda and Nadine? ⭐They're all grown … read more
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- fiction
30. The Christmas Poems
By: Carol Ann Duffy
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
For a decade, while she was Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy gifted her thousands of readers an illus… read more
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- poetry
- christmas
31. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
By: Katherine Rundell
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more
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- fiction
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
