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John Boyne
From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a masterfully reflective story about one woman coming to terms with the demons of her past and finding a new path forward.
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From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a challenging and visceral narrative that asks the question- can one cataclysmic moment turn someone into a monster?
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From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man whose direction in life takes a vastly different turn than what he expected.
It's the tabloid…
‘By turns savvy, witty and achingly sad, this is a novelist at the top of his game.’ Mail on SundayForced to flee the scandal brewing in her hometown, Catherine Goggin…
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From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son.
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‘A deliciously dark tale of ambition, seduction and literary theft .
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A heartwarming, inspirational space adventure from award-winning bestselling author John Boyne and rising star illustrator Ashling Lindsay
There once was a boy called Jeremy Grace Who had a remarkable interest…
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Odran Yates enters Clonliffe Seminary in 1972 after his mother informs him that he has a vocation to the priesthood. He goes in full of ambition and hope, dedicated to…
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Usually we give some clues about the book on the cover, but in this case we think that would spoil the reading of the book. We think it is important…
Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of…
Discover an extraordinary tale of innocence, friendship and the horrors of war. ‘Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered.
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George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a ‘national treasure’ (his words), his wife Beverley, a celebrated novelist (although not as celebrated as she would like), and their…
From the author of the multi-million-copy classic, and The Heart's Invisible Furies. A devastating, beautiful story about a woman who must confront the sins of her past and a present…
This beautifully drawn novel re-creates the amazing escape attempt of one of history’s most notorious killers. Genuinely thrilling … – Sunday Tribune (UK).
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When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of…
Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark and chilling night. As she makes her way across the station platform…
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Matthieu Zela has lived his life well. In fact, he’s lived several lives well. Because Matthew Zela’s life is characterised by one amazing fact: his body stopped ageing before the…
From the author of the multi-million-copy classic,and The Heart’s Invisible Furies. A devastating, beautiful story about a woman who must confront the sins of her past and a present in…
From the author of The Heart’s Invisible Furies and powered with the Boyne’s characteristic humour and razor-sharp observation, The Echo Chamber is a satiric helter skelter, a dizzying downward spiral…
Roger Lancelyn Green
Robin Hood, champion of the poor and oppressed, stands against the cruel power of Prince John and the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham. Taking refuge in the vast Sherwood Forest with…
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July 1910: The grisly remains of Cora Crippen, music hall singer and wife of Dr Hawley Crippen, are discovered in the cellar of 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden.
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Where is ‘Outwith’ and who is Bruno? How is he connected? Soon he will meet the boy in striped pyjamas and befriend him. But why must the boy stay behind…
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Young orphan Pierrot must move in with his aunt Beatrix, who is a housekeeper in Adolf Hitler’s home in the Bavarian Alps, and ends up living there during World War…
Sam Waver’s life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents often make him feel invisible. Luckily for Sam…
The House of Special Purpose illuminates an empire at the end of its reign. Eighty-year-old Georgy Jachmenev is haunted by his pasta past of death, suffering, and scandal that will…
They may even make him do worse. * ‘Maurice Swift, the novelist protagonist of John Boyne’s A Ladder to the Sky, is a bookish version of Patricia Highsmith’s psychopathic antihero…
First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Doubleday, an imprint of Transworld Publishers –Title page verso.
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called Out-With in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who…
William Cody grows up surrounded by his father’s tales of Buffalo Bill, to whom he is distantly related, and his fantasies of the Wild West. Though he escapes his heritage…
From the author of The Absolutist, a propulsive novel of the Russian Revolution and the fate of the Romanovs. Part love story, part historical epic, part tragedy, The House of…
Originally published: United Kingdom: Doubleday, 2020.
Noah is running away from his problems the day he takes the untrodden path through the forest - or at least that’s what he thinks. When he comes across a…
Berlin 1942. Brunos family must move from their home to a new house far away. He meets another boy on the other side of the fence whose life and circumstances…
In this carefully crafted novel, Boyne juxtaposes history and the buzz of the modern world, weaving together portraits of 1920s Hollywood, the French Revolution, the Wall Street Crash, and other…
Boynes novel vividly captures 1930s London, revealing the secrets of the upper-class, complete with gambling, murder, an art heist, and a conspiracy to unseat the new king that could change…
Simplified Chinese edition of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, a multiple book award winner. A privileged nine-year-old Berlin boy’s family was moved to a place called Out-With (A mis-read…
A seductive, unputdownable psychodrama following one brilliant, ruthless man who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of success–a fascinating portrait of a relentlessly immoral man. man.
Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language.
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The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield’s father promised he wouldn’t go away to fight - but he broke that promise the following day. Bewildered and confused…
September 1919: Twenty-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft.
Russia, 1915: Sixteen year old farmer’s son Georgy Jachmenev steps in front of an assassin’s bullet intended for a senior member of the Russian Imperial Family and is instantly proclaimed…
She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing doctor. It is the start of a journey into a world of abandoned children, unexplained occurrences and terrifying experiences which…
An honorable priest recalls his life and ultimately confronts his own complicity in the heinous acts of his best friend from the seminary –
A stunning and timely new novel from the bestselling and award-winning author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Sam has known his sister Jessica all his life. Tonight is…
Pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile is on his way to be detained at His Majesty’s Pleasure when he is offered a lifeline, what seems like a freedom of sorts - the…
