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Winnie Under The Sea - Valerie Thomas - Picture BooksCategory: Books Description: Winnie and Wilbur whizz off for a holiday at the seaside. Winnie can't wait to dive in and explore life under the sea but Wilbur isn't so sure. Water is very wet after all and he feels quite at home dozing on land. But Winnie has an idea. ABRACADABRA! Wilbur has been turned into a cat-fish! Suddenly Wilbur doesn't mind getting wet and he's having so much fun that Winnie decides to turn herself into an octopus so they can swim with the fishes together. But oh no! Winnie drops her wand and it sinks out of sight. They must find the wand or risk being sea creatures forever. After a thorough search of the ocean they find it in a shipwreck at the bottom of the sea and Winnie uses her magic so they can enjoy the ocean safely, as a witch and a cat. Join Winnie and Wilbur under the sea for another irresistible adventure. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product |
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Winnie In Space - Valerie Thomas - Picture BooksCategory: Books Description: Winnie is fascinated by space and she decides the time is right for a little space exploration. Wilbur is not so sure. Winnie's magical rocket is quite tricky to steer through the universe and poor Wilbur can't even bear to look. He feels a little less anxious when they land on a faraway planet and Winnie unpacks their special space picnic. The inhabitants of the planet are small, with long ears and twitchy noses. They're curious and friendly but these space rabbits have rather strange eating habits - they munch on metal! And, for the space rabbits, Winnie's rocket is particularly tasty. So when it is nibbled clean away, Winnie has to use some quick thinking and some magic to keep the rabbits happy and to rustle up an alternative means of getting home. This glorious galactic picture book takes Winnie and Wilbur on an amazing journey into outer space. But however exciting flying saucers, shooting stars and space rabbits might be, Winnie's a witch who knows there's no place like home! Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product |
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Winnies Madcap Mishaps - Valerie Thomas - Childrens FictionCategory: Books Description: Welcome to the wonderful world of Winnie the Witch and her long-suffering cat, Wilbur. Join Winnie as she tries to find a way of making sure she can always see Wilbur her black cat in her black house, watch her as she takes to the skies on her wayward broomstick, and discover what happens when Winnie transforms her wintry garden into a sunny paradise. Three of Winnie and Wilbur's best-loved escapades for young readers are here to enjoy in one bright beautiful book. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product |
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Winnie Of The Waterfront - Rosie Harris - Romance and SagasCategory: Books Description: Crippled by polio, young Winnie Molloy has little to look forward to in life. Her father, Trevor, adores her but she is neglected by her feckless mother, Grace. When war comes Trevor Molloy is called up. He fears for Winnie and persuades Sandy Coulson to wheel her to school each day in a converted pram. Two years older than her, Sandy sticks up for Winnie and promises to be her lifelong friend. But Grace is drinking very heavily and loses one job after another. To pay the rent on the one squalid room they are now living in she takes Winnie in the pram out begging until she is given a warning by the police. When Trevor is reported 'Missing Presumed Dead' Grace goes on a drinking spree, meets with an accident and dies. And Winnie is left loveless and alone... Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product |
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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Almost a great European novel, By Ribble "robert20661" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Winnie And Wolf (Hardcover)
This is the first novel I've read by A N Wilson, and it won't be the last. He has taken on an immense subject--German history, culture and philosophy in the last two centuries, and the roots of Nazism--and has drawn from it an affecting and engrossing book which I found hard to put down. The initial idea is a startling one--Hitler had an illegitimate daughter by Winifred Wagner, the Welsh wife of Wagner's son, and the Director of Wagner's festival theatre at Bayreuth during the Thirties. But what makes this idea tenable is the framing device--we are told in the introduction that this is a manuscript found by an American pastor after the daughter's death, and translated from the German. Even the pastor does not know if it is true, a fiction, or a hoax. That framing device allows Wilson to play some audacious games with history (as well as to allow his supposedly German narrator to fall into some glaring Americanisms!). All that stops this novel getting five stars is its tendency...
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Eye-opening ideas about Hitler and Wagner!, By Eryri (Wales) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Winnie And Wolf (Hardcover)
Some say that so much has been written about the Second World War that novels covering this period only regurgitate old material. However this intimate and very specific novel offers a completely new view on certain events in Hitler's rise. The responses to his blossoming regime by the people (jews and gentiles alike) around him are particularly interesting. All this is set against a background narration of the stormy and emotional Wagner family saga. It is beautifully written.
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Quality work - but did the world need a humanisation of Hitler?, By
This review is from: Winnie And Wolf (Hardcover)
It is tempting to start the review of Winnie and Wolf by saying that if you like Wagner, Nietsche and Nazis then this is the book for you. That's because Wolf isn't the middle aged Gladiator who always lost, it's Adolf Hitler. Hello Hitler!Seriously, dropping Hitler into a work of fiction is a difficult thing to do. On the one hand, you have a name which is synonymous with genocide, and on the other hand there is the risk that portraying him as human will lead to Springtime For Hitler bad taste comedy. In Winnie and Wolf, we learn from AN Wilson that Hitler, bless his apple cheeks, was very good with children, loved cherry and cream cake, and was a bit of an opera geek. It's clear which side of the dilemma AN Wilson has fallen. To an extent, the potential poor taste is ameliorated by referring to Hitler throughout as either Wolf, when he is with the Wagners, or H when he is in public. Thus, we don't get sidetracked by seeing the Hitler name on page after page. This, to an... Read more |
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| 22/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "Turn of Mind" |
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by Karen R (Virginia): A riveting story of a highly accomplished woman, Dr. Jennifer White, succumbing to the ravages of Alzheimer's Disease. The writing style is original; the story told thru Dr. White's eyes, whose reality changes from day to day, minute to minute. It is a sad story of a woman who keeps a notebook as she progresses in losing her ability to interact properly with the outer world, not recognizing her own children but at other times sharp on events of long ago. Although a work of fiction, this story allows us to peek into the real world of dementia, the brain's deterioration; the frustrations and fears that accompany it. I found myself thinking of my own father who has dementia, wondering if he has the same fractured and frightening thoughts/confusion and will it progress similarly? Remarkable book and hard to put down. The ending just a little bit too tidy for my taste but the book is still well worth the read.
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| 21/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "Nineteen Minutes" |
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by Lauren Conrad (illinois): This was one of the best books I have ever read. Being a high school student helped me relate to so many characters in the book. I recommend this book to every high school student, as the characters can all be found in any school. There is the bully, the misfit, the popular kids. A incident occurs among the students where an email posting(which was supposed to be private) is sent out to all the school and causes a terrible situation for the sender. This is such a case of something any high school student can relate to. I think reading this book, may make some high school students think twice about how they treat each other. I sure hope it does!
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| 21/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "The Sense of an Ending" |
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by Cloggie Downunder (Thirroul NSW Australia): The Sense of an Ending is the 11th novel by Julian Barnes. In his sixties, retired, Tony Webster sees his life as pretty ordinary: career, marriage, amicable divorce, one child, two grandchildren. So the letter from a lawyer, informing him of an unexpected bequest of money and some documents, is surprising and intriguing. A blast from the past, it has him thinking back to high school friends, Adrian Finn in particular, and his first girlfriend at college, Veronica Ford. As Tony examines his memories of 40 years ago, present day events have him wondering just how true his memories are, and how justified his actions really were. Quotes from his sixth form History class come to mind: and#147;Is history the lies of the victors? Or the self-delusions of the defeated?and#148; Tony decides itand#146;s the memories of the survivors, who are neither victorious nor defeated. Barnes has given the reader a clever plot and realistic characters. I found the suicide philosophy (life is an unsolicited gift you can refuse to accept) thought-provoking and the twist at the end left me gasping. I found it very reminiscent of Ian McEwanand#146;s writing. This is a short but very powerful read.
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| 18/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "The Finkler Question" |
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by Phyll (Toowoomba): Contrary to Howard Jacobson's contention that Australian readers prefer their fiction to be andquot;unwrittenandquot; and andquot;unfictionalandquot;, I prefer a novel to be without haphazardness of structure and about people who stretch my boundaries of empathy. There's a tang of narcissism in Finkler. This puts Jacobson in the category of andquot;un-writerandquot; - the sort of author that he denigrated in his 1987 travel book andquot;In the Land of Ozandquot;. I admire Jacobson's humour, but would have liked a few commas and other traditional grammatical devices to admire as well. Good luck to him with the pleasure of that lucrative reward. He should revisit Australia to do a witty update of his travel book, a genre in which he excels.
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| 05/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "Chesapeake Blue" |
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by Cloggie Downunder (Thirroul NSW Australia): Chesapeake Blue is the fourth of the Chesapeake Bay series by Nora Roberts. It is the story of Seth Quinn, who as a ten-year-old , was bought from his mother (Rayand#146;s estranged daughter, Gloria deLauter) by Ray Quinn and raised by Rayand#146;s adopted sons, Cam, Ethan and Phil. After years of promoting his art around the continent, Seth Quinn wants to come home to St Christopher, to the security of the place he grew up in. When he arrives, he meets Drusilla Whitcomb Banks, granddaughter of a Senator, who has come to St Chris to get away from life in Washington and the stifling demands of her parents. Sheand#146;s running a flower shop and loving it, and Seth wants to paint her, and more. But everyone has secrets in their past, and Sethand#146;s is insisting on turning up like a bad penny, threatening everything he holds dear. Is there any way someone as sophisticated as Dru can be with someone like Seth with his history? Is Seth underestimating Drusillaand#146;s strength? Has Seth forgotten he is a Quinn, and Quinns stand together? This final chapter in the Chesapeake Bay series will please fans who wanted to know how Seth turned out. Roberts knows how to create characters to love and hate, and a plot that is original. An entertaining read.
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| 04/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "The Lifeboat" |
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by Diane S.: Thirty nine people in one lifeboat adrift for many weeks waiting for rescue, some strong some not. Rogan takes what is a relatively simple plot line and than fills it with moral ambiguities and decisions that keeps the reader wondering what will happen next. Not sure what I think of the main character and narrator Grace, we are filled in on her back story, except to say that I felt she was definitely an opportunist, but above all she is a survivor, not only of the ship sinking and subsequent trial, but in life itself. The language used is insightful and well in keeping in what was going on in the lifeboat. Couldn't help wondering how I would have acted if found in the same situation as these people. This will make an interesting book for discussion groups as there are many different aspects of this novel that can be discussed.
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| 01/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "A Land More Kind Than Home" |
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by Diane S.: My goodness but this book was fantastic! His use of local color and dialect, his descriptions, his use of the weather to ratchet up the tension, and all this from a first time author. The town midwife, Adelaide, who sees it as her job to protect the children, the sheriff, who has plenty of tragedy in his own life, and the two young boys, Jess, who is in third grade, and his older but mute brother, Christopher. When evil comes to their small Appalachian town in the form of itinerant preacher, Chambliss, events are set in motion that will leave few unscathed. Two boys would pay for their natural curiosity in a way that is out of all proportion to their misdeed. I knew this story drew me in when I found myself wanting to grab one of the characters and tell them not to do it. I felt the tension in the pit of my stomach, like the way one feels before the big drop on a roller coaster. Yet in ends in a note of hope and a looking forward to that I would not have thought possible. Absolutely gripping!
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| 01/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "The Dovekeepers" |
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by Louise J (Canada): I have read a lot of novels about ancient Jerusalem during this era but I must begin this particular review with one word and#150; WOW!! I was completely entranced with Alice Hoffmanand#146;s The Dovekeepers which took place during the Roman siege during the first century CE. The story is told through the voices of four different women: Yael, Revka, Aziza and Shirah. Each of these women had secrets about where they came from, who they are, who their fathers were, and who they love. Each of the womenand#146;s stories bound them together throughout the novel emotionally and symbolically. The change in each womanand#146;s story flowed effortlessly and leant to the dynamic retelling of this sad and tragic period in history. The dramatic end to this story will rip your heart out and leave tear-stains on your pages as you turn them. The title The Dovekeepers has a symbolic meaning throughout the story. Iand#146;ve read a lot of Hoffmanand#146;s work and I believe this to be her very best. I believe this will become a classic in the future and a novel that will be talked about in book groups, peopleand#146;s living rooms, in the news and will be a bestseller. I for sure will be touting the merits of this book to anyone and everyone who will listen. Kudos to you Ms. Hoffman!
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| 28/04/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "Blue Asylum" |
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by Diane S.: Set during the civil war, the wife of a slave owning plantation, is sentenced to the lunatic asylum on Sibella Island. There she meets many different characters, some sane some not, and Ambrose who is scarred by his own actions in the war. This novel is a quiet novel, almost ethereal in tone, because the reader learns what sent these people here in flashback and conversations from the characters instead of directly from the acts. Loved the doctor's son, a young boy who fears he himself in insane. The descriptions of the water, sea life and the island are beautifully rendered. As for the name Blue in the title, it does have meaning but you will have to read the book to find out what it is.
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| 21/04/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "A Good American" |
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by Dorothy T. (Victorville, CA): There is not a dull moment in this book. The storyline about multiple generations of a German/American family is engrossing, and there are plenty of humorous situations. Alex George has plenty to say and he says it well. I could just hear that four-part barbershop quartet harmony!
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