Lissa Evans - Böcker

Stuart Horten, ten years old and small for his age, is about to have the strangest ADVENTURE of his life. After moving to the boring town of Beeton, he finds himself swept up in an INCREDIBLE QUEST to find his great-uncle's lost legacy: a magician...

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In this witty, charming follow-up to the acclaimed Crooked Heart , the life of lies a small time scammer and her adopted son have constructed in London becomes endangered during the tumultuous final months of World War II. It's late 1944. Hitler's...

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In this witty, charming follow-up to the acclaimed Crooked Heart , the life of lies a small time scammer and her adopted son have constructed in London becomes endangered during the tumultuous final months of World War II. It's late 1944. Hitler's...

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INTRODUCED BY LISSA EVANS'I envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens. She's beady eyed, big hearted and blissfully funny' NINA STIBBE 'Wherever her eye falls, it finds the exact, significant detail, and her ear for dialogue is unerrin...

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In 1940, every draft of every film script had to be approved by the Ministry of Information. Cast and crew were waiting to be called up at any moment, travel was restricted and filming was interrupted by regular bombing raids. And so it is that we...

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When Noel Bostock - aged ten, no family - is evacuated from London to escape the Blitz, he winds up in St Albans with Vera Sedge - thiry-six, drowning in debts. Always desperate for money, she's unscrupulous about how she gets it. The war's thrown...

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INTRODUCED BY LISSA EVANS'I envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens. She's beady eyed, big hearted and blissfully funny' NINA STIBBE ' Humorous, moving and fascinating' CLARE MACKINTOSH Considering herself unsuitable for any other co...

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When Noel Bostock - aged ten, no family - is evacuated from London to escape the Blitz, he winds up in St Albans with Vera Sedge - thiry-six, drowning in debts. Always desperate for money, she's unscrupulous about how she gets it.The war's thrown ...

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'This funny, heart-warming and beautifully crafted novel is a must-read.' Daily Mail 'A beautifully written, minutely observed and researched, evocative and very funny tale.' GuardianNow a major film starring Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy ___ In a...

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SHORTLISTED FOR HWA Crown Awards 2021'A book to be treasured and returned to again and again' The Independent'Funny, moving and utterly life-enhancing' Daily MailWith caustic wit and artful storytelling, Lissa Evans elegantly summons a time when t...

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As featured on BBC Radio 4 Good ReadsShortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Literature 2019What do you do next, after you've changed the world?____________________It is 1928. Matilda Simpkin, rooting through a cupboard, c...

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'Bloody funny, bloody moving - bloody buy it!' - Meera SyalSome people live life in the fast lane. Others have stalled and are waiting for assistance on the side of the road, sustained only by the piece of chewing gum they've just found in the glo...

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'Evans is very funny . . . the Tom Sharpe for the next generation' Sunday ExpressSome are born odd, some achieve oddness and some are just in the wrong place at the wrong time Netta Lee had always felt like the odd one out growing up. But when, as...

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Old Baggage written by Lissa Evans, read by Joanna Scanlan.'The work of a novelist in her prime' Daily Telegraph'Wise and witty' Sarah Hughes, Observer'Essential . . . Evans is a brilliant storyteller...

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Brought to you by Penguin.It's late 1944. Hitler's rockets are slamming down on London with vicious regularity and it's the coldest winter in living memory. Allied victory is on its way, but it's bloody well dragging its feet.In a large house next...

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Brought to you by Penguin. Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, 2015When Noel Bostock - aged ten, no family - is evacuated from London to escape the Blitz, he winds up in St Albans with Vera Sedge - thiry-six, drowning in debts. A...

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SHORTLISTED FOR HWA Crown Awards 2021 'A book to be treasured and returned to again and again' The Independent 'Funny, moving and utterly life-enhancing' Daily Mail With caustic wit and artful storytelling, Lissa Evans elegantly summons a time whe...

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As featured on BBC Radio 4 Good Reads 'A timely, bittersweet comic novel' Guardian ____________________ What do you do next, after you've changed the world? It is 1928. Matilda Simpkin, rooting through a cupboard, comes across a small wooden club ...

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Now a major film starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy. It's 1940. In a small advertising agency in Soho, Catrin Cole writes snappy lines for Vida Elastic and So-Bee-Fee gravy browning. But the nation is in peril, all skills are tran...

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Now a major film starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy. It's 1940. In a small advertising agency in Soho, Catrin Cole writes snappy lines for Vida Elastic and So-Bee-Fee gravy browning. But the nation is in peril, all skills are tran...

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Stuart Horten (aged ten, but looks younger) is now the owner of a Magician's Workshop - a treasure trove of illusions and the gateway to seven magical adventures. Except that without his great-uncle's last will and testament, Stuart can't actually...

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Stuart Horten (aged ten, but looks younger) is now the owner of a Magician's Workshop - a treasure trove of illusions and the gateway to seven magical adventures. Except that without his great-uncle's last will and testament, Stuart can't actually...

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Ed and his sister Roo are faced with the most boring half-term holiday in history: five days spent in the company of their elderly neighbour Miss Filey, and her ancient, smelly cat. But when they find a box of birthday candles in a cupboard in Mis...

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Three children. One long, boring school holiday at an ancient neighbour's. One very old, very smelly cat. But when Ed and co find a box of birthday candles and make a wish, their world is changed completely. For with every candle comes a wish, but...

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Ed and his sister Roo are faced with the most boring half-term holiday in history: five days spent in the company of their elderly neighbour Miss Filey, and her ancient, smelly cat. But when they find a box of birthday candles in a cupboard in Mis...

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You're called Fidge and you're nearly eleven. You've been hurled into a strange world. You have three companions: two are unbelievably weird and the third is your awful cousin Graham. You have to solve a series of nearly impossible clues. You need...

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You're called Fidge and you're nearly eleven. You've been hurled into a strange world. You have three companions: two are unbelievably weird and the third is your awful cousin Graham. You have to solve a series of nearly impossible clues. You need...

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Stuart findet einen mysteriösen Hinweis in einer alten Spardose seines Großonkels. Der war Magier und ist vor langer Zeit spurlos verschwunden. Die acht alten Münzen aus der Spardose gehören in acht alte Münzautomaten, die Stuart zur geheimen Werk...

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Stuart Horten hat die Zauber-Werkstatt seines Großonkels entdeckt, doch nun muss er das verschollene Testament des Magiers finden. Eine rätselhafte und abenteuerliche Suche beginnt!In Stuart Horten. Sieben Rätsel und ein magischer Stern erzählt Li...

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Beim Auspusten von Geburtstagskerzen darf man sich was wünschen. Doch was passiert, wenn der Wunsch bereits beim Anzünden in Erfüllung geht? Genau so geraten Ed, seine Schwester Roo und der Nachbarsjunge Willard in das größte Abenteuer ihres Leben...

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