‘For a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, and everything changed’ Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberl…
An eye-catching information book filled with one hundred interesting facts to learn from history: who really discovered America, who were the kings and queens we hear a lot about on TV, why America invaded Canada, and lots of other random facts to make history a fun subject!
It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him ― and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.
In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day by day he is losing his sight. Soon they discover a deeper pain binds them together. For her, in the space of just a few months, she has lost both her mother and the custody battle for her nine-yea…
One of the New York Time's 10 best books of the 21st century
Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden is a story of positivity and of healing.Mary Lennox is a stubborn little child who lives in India. When she is orphaned, she is sent to London to live with her uncle. At her uncles manor, she is on a mission to discover a secret. Does she discover the secret? And how does it change Mary forever?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written in 1876 by Mark Twain, chronicles the adventures of a naughty, little boy, Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer is an orphan who lives with his Aunt Polly, his half-brother Sid and his cousin Mary in St. Petersburg, Missouri. Although he never intends to, he always gets into trouble because of his mischief. Let us see where Toms adventures lead him.
Rising tall from the Salisubury Plain, Stonehenge is Englands most famous prehistoric monument. But who built it and why? In a time before machines, how was such a gigantic creation possible? Let us draw back the veil of time to re-discover this ancient wonder of the world.
The high Himalayas carry folktales of a giant, ape-like race of creatures that is half human, half beast. Mountaineers have long searched for it and debate still rages around its existence ’ Is it a bear? A wolf ? An ancient human species? Read on to know the truth about Yeti, the Abominable Snowman.
Ancient stories tell of a fabled city called Atlantis. Its rich lands, wise people and beautiful creations marked the height of civilisation‰Û? until they vanished from history one tragic night. What happened to this remarkable civilisation? Take a closer look at the Lost City of Atlantis.