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Every child who loves Roald Dahl's stories knows all about disgusterous snozzcumbers, fizzy frobscottle, crrrabcrrruncher claws and everlasting gobstoppers but have they spotted all the other lip-smackingly glorious and downright yucksome words? Have...

The Smithgreen team are invited to Spain to participate in the GAA World Games and play against teams from different countries. But Declan's excitement about the trip soon turns sour, as he struggles to prove himself to the new coach and keep his place...

Elephant is too heavy to play with Mouse on the seesaw. Their friends can help, but will it be enough to get Elephant's feet off the ground? A great deal (of Elephant) hangs in the balance in this hilarious introduction to the maths concept of weight. ...

After the singularity of Astral Weeks in 1968, the 1970s were the formative years for the solo career of one of the acknowledged giants of modern music. Van Morrison was one of the music legends who defined the decade, with every album bringing out...

A revealing portrait of a young Black man asking questions about self-discovery and belonging - long before he became one of the most important voices in America.The son of a white American mother and a Black Kenyan father, Obama was born in Hawaii,...

This is a new biography of two great British engineering pioneers, who did much to develop the world we now live in. George and Robert Stephenson, were at the forefront of early railways and were at the cutting edge of modern engineering history. ...

Nancy Palmer used to be Insta-famous and her twin Nina used to shy away from everyone. Things can change pretty quickly. Nina has been accepted onto a Guildhall music course and is famous because of her pop star boyfriend, Chase. Nancy is trying to put...

"...a terrific read for lovers of great music and vinyl" -Ruth O'Connor, Irish Examiner "Peppered with more than 200 colour and black and white images, this book shows off how photogenic the world of vinyl is for photographers." -Amateur Photography ...

What do you do when you're told not to do something? You do it anyway, of course! But when four friends mysteriously go missing one by one, has their curiosity got the better of them? A delightfully spooky picture book that's perfect for families at...

In the early morning of 10 May 1940, the sky literally fell on the heads of the defenders of Fort Eben-Emael, considered to be Belgium's most powerful fortress. This huge structure, with its powerful artillery and infantry weapons, was the key to the...

The dramatic final volume in the Wheel of Surya trilogy by Whitbread award-winning author of Coram Boy, Jamila Gavin. In 1947 India is rocked by the Independence movement and partition with Pakistan. Their lives disrupted by violence, Jaspal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739811020Author Victoria GemmellFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Rusted Moon PressPublisher Rusted Moon Press

Follow the trials and tribulations of Declan Kirby and his team at Smithgreen Gaelic football club, a recently formed but promising GAA team. Although they have a talented team, there are problems beneath the surface - will their temperamental star...

Being on the wrong side of the valley doesn't matter if you have the right kind of friends. Mountain had never seen the sun rise. Each morning, the hills around him were washed with a warm glow - sometimes pink, sometimes orange. But the sun always...

'I stood up. A miracle had happened. I could walk. It was as if I was born again.'With a heart full of prayer, Marion Carroll journeyed to Knock in the west of Ireland. For 17 years, Multiple Sclerosis had ravaged her body so utterly that this reluctant...

The dramatic second story in the Surya Trilogy by Whitbread award-winning Jamila Gavin, author of Coram Boy. India 1948. "The light has gone out of our world.... Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated. In India, chaos and turmoil reign. In England,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915014290Author Peter CheyneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Dean Street Press LimitedPublisher Dean Street Press Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936332298Author Combates A ChristopherFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Bettie Young's BooksPublisher Bettie Young's BooksWeight(grams)...

They are two of twentieth-century history's most significant figures, yet today they are largely forgotten -Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, Germany's First World War leaders. Although defeat in 1918 brought an end to their silent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734816716Author Tobias WrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Cleveland State University Poetry CenterPublisher Cleveland State University Poetry...

Presuming that the problem of political equality, as it bears on both persons and assemblages, is about being accorded access to the material and symbolic resources needed to manage an effective civic presence, Michael J. Shapiro's critical interventions...

In this collection of new and previously published essays, noted philosopher Eric Schliesser offers new interpretations of the signifance of Isaac Newton's metaphysics on his physics and the subsequent development of philosophy more broadly. Schliesser...

for upper voices, SATB, and piano In this beautifully expressive setting, Bob Chilcott has adapted the Prayer of Saint Francis, with its focus on peace and unity. A semi-chorus, which may be taken from within the choir or sung by an additional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995746831Author Edson ConsultancyFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Edson ConsultancyPublisher Edson Consultancy

For half a millennium, throughout almost the entire medieval period, the Catholic church sanctioned military campaigns against what it perceived as its enemies. The rise of Islam and its spread across large parts of the Middle East, Asia, North Africa...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916337329Author Jessica JayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint SRL PublishingPublisher SRL Publishing

Losing a parent at any time in one's life is difficult, but losing a parent when a teenager brings its own distinct challenges. Coping with Parental Death: Insights and Tips for Teenagers offers compassionate support for anyone struggling with the death...

The Age of Intelligent Machines is upon us, and as we approach the end of human intellectual superiority, we as a species need to plan for a monumental shift. A Human Algorithm examines the immense impact intelligent technology will have on humanity...

for solo viola Conceived as a set, these eight songs are drawn from several Chinese regions (Shaanbei, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Hunan, and Shanxi) and represent the three main genres of mountain song, work song, and the more structured...

A comprehensive blended print and digital English programme for Years 1 to 6, Oxford International Primary English offers a clear and coherent literacy and language course with inspiring and culturally diverse content that puts each child at the heart of...

Her first volume of poetry for adults by Casia Wiliam, comprising sensitive poems responding to the brittleness of life and the passage of time - from the first sweet kiss that disappears in a second to the mystical feelings that stay with us forever...

"To all those who have for several years sought to discredit the new American literature, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has just dealt a most powerful blow," wrote French critic Pierre Lepape in 1961 when Her was published in France as La Quatrieme Personne du...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398416147Author Joan Keir BurnettFormat HardbackPage Count 26Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781422240526Author H.W. PooleFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Mason Crest PublishersPublisher Mason Crest Publishers

READING TOGETHER is the quintessential guide for parents interested in starting a book club with their kids. Written by a group of moms and their now-grown children, who started meeting while the kids were in first grade, this how-to book shares the dos...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785996337Author Herman MelvilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805099331Author Pearl Fuyo GaskinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616992804Author Euphemia Pinkerton NobleFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint ThinkahaPublisher ThinkahaWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on—to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to...

Jiordan's family was never quite like everyone else's, with her father's mood swings, her mother's attempts at normalcy, and her two sisters with a different last name. But on the surface, they fit in. Until the day the FBI came knocking. After that, her...