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John Boyne
An honorable priest recalls his life and ultimately confronts his own complicity in the heinous acts of his best friend from the seminary –
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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…
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…
Originally published in the United Kingdom by Doubleday, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, a Penguin Random House company, London. –Title page verso.
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…
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…
"First published in Great Britain by Doubleday, an imprint of Penguin Random House Ltd., 2022. First published in the United States of America by Viking/Pamela Dorman Books, a imprint of…
Originally published in Great Britain in 2011 by Doubleday.
A Dickensian ghost story from the bestselling author of The Heart’s Invisible Furies and A Ladder to the Sky
A wonderfully creepy novel…magnificently eerie. -The Observer
This House Is Haunted…
Explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance and brutality. Drawing on a host of enthralling characters - a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his…
Ambitious, far-reaching and mythic, it introduces a group of characters whose lives we will come to know and will follow through time and space until they reach their natural conclusion.
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Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us . Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire…
Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a…
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La espectacular nueva novela del autor del bestseller El nino del pijama de rayas. No podia llegar en un momento mas oportuno.
Sam Waver es un chico solitario al que…
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From the New York Times bestselling author John Boyne, a devastating, beautiful story about a woman who must confront the sins of her own terrible past, and a present in…
There’s nothing unusual about the Brockets. Normal, respectable and proud of it, they turn up their noses at anyone different. But from the moment Barnaby Brocket comes into the world…
Emma Donoghue
The story of a mother, her son, a locked room and the outside world. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. Soon to be a major motion picture, directed by…
Eight-year-old Noah’s problems seem easier to deal with if he doesn’t think about them. So he runs away, taking a path through the forest. He soon comes across a toy…
Angus Jackson,John Boyne
Leaving behind their home in Berlin, nine-year-old Bruno and his family move to a new house in a desolate area far from his friends. Bruno soon discovers that a mysterious…
Part of a stunning new design partnership between Puffin and the Imperial War Museum, from the bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
The day the First World…
Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute’s classic Second World War novel is an uplifting, satisfying and moving story. John Howard is determined to brighten up his old age by taking a fishing trip to…
Four years after Alfie Summerfield’s father left London to become a soldier in World War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King’s Cross…
A deeply moving and thought-provoking stage play based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne.
Bruno doesn’t like his new house. He had to leave all his friends behind in Berlin, and there are no children to play with here - until Bruno meets Shmuel…
There’s nothing unusual or different about the Brocket family - and they’re keen to keep it that way. . Betrayed and frightened, Barnaby floats into the path of a very…
Sarah Ruhnau
Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Literaturgeschichte, Epochen, Note: 2.0, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (Germanistisches Institut), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1 EinleitungMan kann nach Auschwitz nicht mehr atmen, essen…
R. M. Ballantyne
Adventure and peril abound in R.M. Ballantyne’s classic tale of shipwreck and survival. A classic tale for all ages, with a foreword by John Boyne, author of The Boy in…
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A small, angelic boy from New York is told that he is the heir to an English earldom and is whisked away to the English countryside where he begins to…
Viktor E. Frankl
A young adult edition of the best-selling classic about the Holocaust and finding meaning in suffering, with a photo insert, a glossary of terms, a chronology of Frankl’s life, and…
John Banim
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Set during the Williamite War in Ireland, this novel explores the lives of three Irish families as they navigate the upheaval and violence of the time. The novel offers a…
Phil Harrison
A powerful novel of toxic masculinity and life in Belfast with the legacy of the Troubles for readers of Claire Keegan and Colin Walsh
A powerful and brilliant novel for fans of Claire Keegan.
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Carlo Collodi
The old wood-carver Geppetto decides to make a wonderful puppet which can dance and turn somersaults, but by chance he chooses an unusual piece of wood - and the finished…
Helen Cullen
An emotional, poignant and atmospheric literary novel from a critically-acclaimed rising star in Irish fiction
‘There’s a crack in everything, it’s how the light gets in’ Leonard Cohen
On an…
Roger Lancelyn Green
The classic story of social justice and outrageous cunning. Robin Hood, champion of the poor and oppressed, stands against the cruel power of Prince John and the brutal Sheriff of…
Gregory Jaucot,Fichesdelecture
Cette fiche de lecture sur Le Garcon au pyjama raye de John Boyne propose une analyse complete: - un resume- une analyse des personnages- une analyse des axes
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La bataille de la Boyne, ou Jacques II en Irlande. Tome 2 /, roman historique irlandais par M. Banim, traduit de l'anglais par M. A.-J.-B. Defauconpret Date de l'edition originale…
La bataille de la Boyne, ou Jacques II en Irlande. Tome 1 /, roman historique irlandais par M. Banim, traduit de l'anglais par M. A.-J.-B. Defauconpret Date de l'edition originale…
La bataille de la Boyne, ou Jacques II en Irlande. Tome 4 /, roman historique irlandais par M. Banim, traduit de l'anglais par M. A.-J.-B. Defauconpret Date de l'edition originale…
La bataille de la Boyne, ou Jacques II en Irlande. Tome 3 /, roman historique irlandais par M. Banim, traduit de l'anglais par M. A.-J.-B. Defauconpret Date de l'edition originale…
Trevor Boyns,John R. Edwards,Marc Nikitin
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
John Boyle
The Battle-Fields Of Ireland, From 1688 To 1691 This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original…
