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‘We desperately need your help Holly. Were running out of ideas and…’ she takes a breath in as if Summoning the energy, ‘all of us are running out of time.’ when Holly Kennedy is approached by a group calling themselves the PS, I love you club, her safe existence is turned on its head. Inspired by hearing about her late husband Gerry’s letters, the club wants Holly to help them with their own parting messages for their loved ones to discover after they’ve gone. Holly is sure of one thing – no way is she being dragged back to the grief she has left behind. It’s taken seven years to reinvent herself, and she’s ready to move on with her life. But Holly comes to realize that when you love someone, there’s always one more thing to say.

Mega Monster

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The new children’s book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams – a timeless adventure illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross.

On a volcanic island, in the middle of shark-infested waters, stands The Cruel School. The lessons are appalling, the school dinners are revolting and the teachers are terrifying – especially the mysterious Science teacher Doctor Doktur.

When Larker is sent to the school, she quickly realizes something very odd is going on… something involving Doctor Doktur, a pair of strange spectacles, and a ‘Monsterfication Machine’. And ultimately she finds herself face to face with a real life Megamonster.

There seems to be no escape – but for Larker, nothing is impossible…

Ratburger

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Ratburger The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing childrens author in the country. Hot on the heels of bestselling Gangsta Granny comes another hilarious, action-packed and touching novel – the story of a little girl called Zoe. Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery – mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burts Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with

The Vanishing Stair

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The truly devious case an unsolved kidnapping and Triple murder that rocked Ellingham Academy in 1936 has consumed Stevie Bell for years. It s the very reason she came to the Academy. But then her classmate Hayes major was murdered, and though she was able to identify his killer, her parents quickly pull her out of school. For her safety, they say. She must move past this obsession with crime. Stevie s willing to do anything to get back to Ellingham, be back with her friends, and solve the truly devious case. Even if it means making a deal with the despicable senator Edward king. And when Stevie finally returns, she also returns to David: the guy she kissed, the guy who lied about his identity Edward king s son. But larger issues are at play. Where did Hayes s murderer hide away to? What s the meaning of the riddle Albert Ellingham left behind? And what, exactly, is at stake in the truly devious affair? The Ellingham case isn’t just a piece of historicity a live wire into the present. The path to truth has more twists and turns than Stevie can imagine, and moving forward involves hurting someone she cares for.

Cilka’s Journey

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Her Beauty Saved Her Life – And Condemned Her. In 1942 Cilka Klein Is Just Sixteen Years Old When She Is Taken To Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant At Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, Notices Her Long Beautiful Hair, And Forces Her Separation From The Other Women Prisoners. Cilka Learns Quickly That Power, Even Unwillingly Given, Equals Survival. After Liberation, Cilka Is Charged As A Collaborator By The Russians And Sent To A Desolate, Brutal Prison Camp In Siberia Known As Vorkuta, Inside The Arctic Circle. Innocent And Imprisoned Once Again, Cilka Faces Challenges Both New And Horribly Familiar, Each Day A Battle For Survival. Cilka Befriends A Woman Doctor, And Learns To Nurse The Ill In The Camp, Struggling To Care For Them Under Unimaginable Conditions. And When She Tends To A Man Called Alexander, Cilka Finds That Despite Everything, There Is Room In Her Heart For Love. Based On What Is Known Of Cilka Klein’S Time In Auschwitz, And On The Experience Of Women In Siberian Prison Camps, Cilka’S Journey Is The Breath-Taking Sequel To The Tattooist Of Auschwitz. A Powerful Testament To The Triumph Of The Human Will, This Novel Will Make You Weep, But It Will Also Leave You Astonished And Uplifted By One Woman’S Fierce Determination To Survive, Against All Odds.

Sita: Warrior Of Mithila (Ram Chandra Series Book 2)

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India, 3400 BCE. India is beset with divisions, resentment and poverty. The people hate their rulers. They despise their corrupt and selfish elite. Chaos is just one spark away. Outsiders exploit these divisions. Raavan, the demon king of Lanka, grows increasingly powerful, sinking his fangs deeper into the hapless Sapt Sindhu. Two powerful tribes, the protectors of the divine land of India, decide that enough is

enough. A saviour is needed. They begin their search. An abandoned baby is found in a field. Protected by a vulture from a pack of murderous wolves. She is adopted by the ruler of Mithila, a powerless kingdom, ignored by all. Nobody believes this child will amount to much. But they are wrong. For she is no ordinary girl. She is Sita. Continue the epic journey with Amish’s latest: A thrilling adventure that chronicles the rise of an orphan, who became the prime minister. And then, a Goddess. This is the second book in the Ram Chandra Series. A sequel that takes you back. Back before the beginning.

The Thirteen Problems

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One Tuesday evening a group gathers at Miss Marple’s house and the conversation turns to unsolved crimes…

The case of the disappearing bloodstains; the thief who committed his crime twice over; the message on the death-bed of a poisoned man which read ‘heap of fish’; the strange case of the invisible will; a spiritualist who warned that ‘Blue Geranium’ meant death…

Now pit your wits against the powers of deduction of the ‘Tuesday Night Club’.

The Hypnotist

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He will trap you in a world of terror the ground-breaking first novel in the bestselling Joona Linna thriller series. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo.A traumatised witness Karolinska hospital, Stockholm. Detective inspector Joona Linna is faced with a boy who witnessed the gruesome murder of his family. Hes suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and is comatose with shock.A disgraced detective Linnas running out of time. The police do not want him on the case. The Killers on the run and there are seemingly no clues. Desperate for information, Linna enlists specialist Dr. Erik Maria bark, a hypnotist who vowed never to practise again.A devastating case as the hypnosis begins, a long and terrifying chain of events unfurls with reverberations far beyond Linnas case.

Hunter

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The sixth gripping thriller in Lars Kepler’s bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.
There’s a face at the window.
A masked stranger stands in the shadow of a garden, watching his first victim through the window. He will kill him slowly – play him a nursery rhyme – make him pay.

A killer in your house.
The police offer ex-Detective Joona Linna a chance to clear his name: help Superintendent Saga Bauer track down the vicious killer terrorising Stockholm, before he strikes again.

Only one man can stop him.
Now Joona stands between a disturbed predator and its prey. He must catch a killer who hunts in the shadows and who is dangerously close to losing control…

Happily Ever After

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Meet Prince Maxon before he fell in love with America, and a girl named Amberly before she became queen. See the Selection through the eyes of a guard who watched his first love drift away and a girl who fell for a boy who wasn’t the prince.

The School for Good and Evil

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Two best friends have been chosen to be students at the fabled School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy-tale heroes and villains. One will train for Good, one will become Evil’s new hope. Each thinks they know where they belong, but when they are swept into the Endless Woods, they’re switched into the opposite schools. Together they’ll discover who they really are and what they are capable of. . . because the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through it.

Wishtree

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Trees can’t tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories…

Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighbourhood wishtree – people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red’s branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red’s hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighbourhood.

You might say Red has seen it all.

Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red’s experience as a wishtree is more important than ever.

Funny, deep, warm, and nuanced, this is Katherine Applegate at her very best – writing from the heart, and from a completely unexpected point of view.

The Queen Of Nothing

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The finale to the New York Times bestselling Folk of Air trilogy, that started with The Cruel Prince and The Wicked King, from award-winning author Holly Black.

After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watches her fair share of reality television, and does the odd job or two, including trying to convince a cannibalistic faerie from hunting her own in the mortal world.

When her twin sister Taryn shows up asking of a favor, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, who she loves despite his betrayal.

When a dark curse is unveiled, Jude must become the first mortal Queen of Faerie and uncover how to break the curse, or risk upsetting the balance of the whole Faerie world.

The Wicked King

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Second in the bestselling Folk of the Air trilogy. This novel and the sequel The Queen of Nothing – are the winners of/won the Goodreads YA Best Fantasy in 2019 and 2020.

I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear.

Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed. Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. Now a year and a day seems like no time at all . . .

ශේෂ කදු

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ගැහැණුන් ප්‍රේමයෙන් ආතුර වෙයි… අත ඇරෙන තැනත් මඟ ඇරෙන තැනත් ගැහැනිය බලා හිදින්නේය.. ප්‍රේමයේ නාමයෙන්ම මනස ව්‍යාකූල කර ගන්නේය.. තමන් තුළම තමන්ව හඳුනා ගන්නට නොහැකි වන්නේය. තමන් තුළම ආත්ම කිහිපයක් ජීවත් කරමින් ප්‍රේමය ජීවත් කරවන්නේය. ගැහැනුන් එසේය. ප්‍රේමය මායාවක්ව අදහන්නෙ එහෙව් ගැහැනුන්ය.

The Cruel Prince

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Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever . . . And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal. As Jude grows older, she realises that she will need to take part in the dangerous deceptions of the fey to ever truly belong. But the stairway to power is fraught with shadows and betrayal. And looming over all is the infuriating, arrogant and charismatic Prince Cardan . . .

රාධාවරී

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“ඇයි තමුසෙ කිව්වේ හිනාවෙන්න හේතු හදන්න කියලා. ඉතින් මම හේතු හදනවා දැන් තමුසෙ හිනා වෙනවා.”

“මම දැන් සර්ට ආදරේ නෑ”.

“ම් හරි”

ඔහු පැවසුයේ පෙර මුහුණේ ඇඳෙන සිනහව අතුරුදහන් නොකරය.

“ඇයි සර් හිනාවෙන්නෙ”.

“මට ආදරේ හිතුනොත් දිගැසි මට තමුසෙ ආදරෙයිද නැද්ද කියන එක ප්‍රශ්නයක් නෙමෙයි මම ආදරේ කරනවා… ඒ මගෙ හැටි”

Allegiant

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This distinctive edition of the third book in Veronica Roth’s Divergent series features cover artwork from the major motion picture The Divergent Series: Allegiant, starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Ansel Elgort.

නිරාමිස

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“ඔයාට බොහොම ස්තුතියි, මෙච්චර කාලයක් මට දක්වපු හිතවත්කමට. අපි හමුවෙන අන්තිම වතාව තමයි මේ”.

මේක අපි දෙන්නගෙම අවාසනාව. මීට පස්සෙ මං පාරෙ යන කොට පේන්න ඉඳලා මගේ ඔළුව අවුල් කරන්න එපා.

මාත් එක්ක කතා කරන්න පණිවුඩකාරයෝ එවන්නත් එපා. තැපැල් කන්තොරුවට ආවම ගැසට් එක වෙන කාගෙන් හරි ඉල්ල ගන්න.

එහාට එන්න එපා කියන්න මට අයිතියක් නෑ නේ. මට දුකයි මේ විදියට කතා කරන්න වීම ගැන.

“මට සමාවෙන්න. ඔයාගෙ ජීවිතේ වාසනාවන්ත වේවා කියල මම ප්‍රාර්ථ්නා කරනවා.”………..

පියතිලක මගෙන් වෙන් වූ දා ගලා නොගොස් ඉතිරි වූ කඳුළුයි අද මේ ගලා යන්නෙ.
මේ ලිපිය ලිවීමෙන් පසු මගේ සිත යළිත් සන්සුන් වේවි.

යදම්

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“උත්තර දීපන්. කාලකණ්ණි ජරා ගෑනි. උඹ මගේ සොහොයුරිය විකුණුවා ද?”

“මැඩම් පියවරක් ආපස්සට තැබුවා ය. ඇගේ ලිපිය සෝපානයේ පාමුලට වැටුණි. “මා ළඟට එන්න එපා. මුළුතැන්ගෙට පලයන්”.

“රූත්ගේ වයස අවුරුදු පහයි. ඇය පුංචි බබෙක්. මට හොරෙන් ඇය විකුණුවා නේද?”.

ඇගේ දෑත් වෙවුලන බව පෙනිණි. කවුළුව අතරින් ගෙතුළට විහිදුණු හිරුඑළිය රෝස පැහැති විය. මම තවත් පියවරක් ඉදිරියට තැබූ විට, ඇයව අතින් ඇල්ලීමට තරම් ළං වීමි.

“ඉසබෙල්! ඉසබෙල්! ” බෙකී යළිත් කෑගැසුවා ය”.

Manuscript Found In Accra

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About The BookThe Manuscript Found in Accra is about an ancient manuscript, almost around 700 years old. The book is a narrated by an English man who translates the document, which was first found in Cairo. Brimming with knowledge, the manuscript was recorded by a wise man who was always present around the Copt. The Manuscript Found in Accra goes back to the time of the invasion of Jerusalem by European crusaders. The wise man is there to answer all the questions asked by the locals of Jerusalem, as they gathered around the Copt who are threatened by the invaders. The Copt, in return, offers comfort and hope to the people around him. He asks the people to concentrate on everyday life, asking what bothers them and what will bother them even after the invaders leave. The Manuscript Found in Accra is a set of questions and answers about love, loyalty, fear, loss, courage, anxiety, miracles, beauty, solitude, success and all the related emotional difficulties faced by people. The book was published in 2013 and is available in paperback.

The Witness For The Prosecution And Other Stories

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Short story The Witness for the Prosecution is based in 1920s London where a murder, brutal and bloodthirsty, has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily’s dedicated housekeeper Janet Mackenzie stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic chorus girl Romaine, can prove his innocence.

Aleph

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Another stunning novel by the author of The Alchemist.Aleph marks a return to Paulo Coelho’s beginnings. In a frank and surprising personal story, one of the world’s most beloved authors embarks on a remarkable and transformative journey of self-discovery.Facing a grave crisis of faith, and seeking a path of spiritual renewal and growth, Paulo decides to start over: to travel, to experiment, to reconnect with people and the world. On this journey through Europe, Africa, and Asia, he will again meet Hilal―the woman he loved 500 years before―an encounter that will initiate a mystical voyage through time and space, through past and present, in search of himself.Aleph is an encounter with our fears and our sins; a search for love and forgiveness, and the courage to confront the inevitable challenges of life.

Murder On The Orient Express

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The most widely read mystery of all time. Now a major motion picture directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh.

“The murderer is with us–on the train now . . .”

Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer.

Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man’s enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again.

This edition includes a photo insert of images from the film.

Manual Of The Warrior Of Light

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Warrior of the Light is a timeless and inspirational companion to The Alchemist—an international bestseller that has beguiled millions of readers around the world. Every short passage invites us to live out our dreams, to embrace the uncertainty of life, and to rise to our own unique destiny. In his inimitable style, Paulo Coelho helps bring out the Warrior of the Light within each of us. He shows readers how to embark upon the way of the Warrior: the one who appreciates the miracle of being alive, the one who accepts failure, and the one whose quest leads to fulfillment and joy.

The Winner Stands Alone

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In The Winner Stands Alone, Paulo Coelho takes us to the Cannes Film Festival, where the so-called superclass—those who have made it in the dreammaker’s world of fashion and cinema—gathers. At stake are money, power, and fame—things that most people are prepared to do anything to keep.

At this modern vanity fair we meet Igor, a Russian millionaire; Middle Eastern fashion czar Hamid; American actress Gabriela, eager to land a lead role; ambitious criminal detective Savoy, hoping to resolve the case of his life; and Jasmine, a woman on the brink of a successful modeling career.

Who will succeed in identifying his or her own personal dream among the many prefabricated ones—and succeed in making it come true?

The Devil And Miss Prym

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“The Devil and Miss Prym is a simple tale, with the meaning of life and spiritual guidance at its core.”

— The Guardian

A community divided by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man haunted by the ghost of a painful past. A young woman in search of happiness. Seven days, a short period during which good and evil will wage a decisive battle, and each character will decide on which of the two sides they belong. The small village of Viscos is the setting for this disturbing fight. With the arrival of a foreigner, the entire town becomes an accomplice in a perverse plot that will forever mark the history of its inhabitants.

The foreigner has traveled from far away and needs to find the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? At once an evocative novel and a suspenseful page-turner, The Devil and Miss Prym captures one moment in our eternal struggle for self-knowledge, asking a question that all of us have stopped to reflect on at some point: What is the essence of the human being?

Brida

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New York Times Bestseller

“In Brida, my third novel, which I wrote just after The Alchemist, I tell the story of a young woman who dives into sorcery and her experiences with different magical traditions. I explore many themes that are dear to me, such as the Great Mother, pagan religions, and the perceptions of love.”

— Paulo Coelho

This is the spellbinding tale of Brida, a beautiful young Irish woman, and her quest for knowledge. On her journey, she meets a wise man who teaches her about overcoming her fears, and a woman who teaches her ancient rituals. They see in her a gift, but must let Brida make her own voyage of discovery.

Like The Flowing River

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A breathtaking collection of reflections from one of the world’s best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho.In this riveting collection of thoughts and stories, Paulo Coelho, the author of ‘The Alchemist’, offers his personal reflections on a wide range of subjects from archery and music to elegance, traveling and the nature of good and evil.An old woman explains to her grandson how a mere pencil can show him the path to happiness…. instructions on how to climb a mountain reveal the secret to making your dreams a reality…the story of Ghengis Khan and the Falcon that teaches about the folly of anger – and the art of friendship…a pianist who performs an example in fulfilling your destiny…the author learns three important lessons when he goes to the rescue of a man in the street – Paulo shows us how life has lessons for us in the greatest, smallest and most unusual of experiences.‘Like the Flowing River’ includes jewel-like fables, packed with meaning and retold in Coelho’s inimitable style. Sharing his thoughts on spirituality, life and ethics, Paulo touches you with his philosophy and invites you to go on an exciting journey of your own.

The Witch Of Portobello

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How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves—even if we are unsure of who we are?

That is the central question of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho’s profound work The Witch of Portobello. It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well—or hardly at all.

The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy, and sacrifice.

Endless Night

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Agatha Christie’s disturbing 1960s mystery thrillerGipsy’s Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea – and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy.There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a house, find a girl and live happily ever after.Yet, as he left the village, a shadow of menace hung over the land. For this was the place where accidents happened. Perhaps Michael should have heeded the locals’ warnings:‘There’s no luck for them as meddles with Gipsy’s Acre.’ Michael Rogers is a man who is about to learn the true meaning of the old saying ‘In my end is my beginning…’

The Valkyries

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Why is it that we destroy the things we love most? This is the question Paulo Coelho faces in this touching story about his confrontation with his past. In The Valkyries, Paulo and his wife, Cristina, embark on a forty-day quest into the starkly beautiful and sometimes dangerous Mojave Desert, where they encounter the Valkyries, strange warrior women who travel the desert on motorcycles. A masterful blend of the exotic locales, dramatic adventure, and stark storytelling for which Coelho’s fictional works are renowned, this true-life odyssey is at once a modern-day adventure story and a poignant message about letting go of the past and believing in the future.

By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept

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From Paulo Coelho, author of the bestselling The Alchemist, comes a poignant, richly poetic story that reflects the depth of love and life.

Rarely does adolescent love reach its full potential, but what happens when two young lovers reunite after eleven years? Time has transformed Pilar into a strong and independent woman, while her devoted childhood friend has grown into a handsome and charismatic spiritual leader. She has learned well how to bury her feelings . . . and he has turned to religion as a refuge from his raging inner conflicts.

Now they are together once again, embarking on a journey fraught with difficulties, as long-buried demons of blame and resentment resurface after more than a decade. But in a small village in the French Pyrenees, by the waters of the River Piedra, a most special relationship will be reexamined in the dazzling light of some of life’s biggest questions.

The Fifth Mountain

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In The Fifth Mountain, Paulo Coelho takes us back to the ninth century, to the turbulent Middle East, where the prophet Elijah is struggling to keep his faith alive in a world of constant upheaval, tyrannical royalty, and pagan gods.

Elijah’s story is a lesson in persistence, an exercise in hope, and a journey you will never forget. Inspired by a circumstance that forever altered Coelho’s own life, The Fifth Mountain is a testament to the truth that tragedy in life should not be considered a punishment, but a challenge of the spirit. Gripping in its narrative and graceful in its prose, The Fifth Mountain teaches and inspires like no other novel. This is a timeless story for the ages, a tale of the past that resonates powerfully today.

The Pilgrimage

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The Pilgrimage paved the way to Paulo Coelho’s international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In many ways, these two volumes are companions—to truly comprehend one, you must read the other.

Step inside this captivating account of Coelho’s pilgrimage along the road to Santiago. This fascinating parable explores the need to find one’s own path. In the end, we discover that the extraordinary is always found in the ordinary and simple ways of everyday people. Part adventure story, part guide to self-discovery, this compelling tale delivers the perfect combination of enchantment and insight.

The ABC Murders

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There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic.

A is for Mrs. Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston. With each murder, the killer is getting more confident—but leaving a trail of deliberate clues to taunt the proud Hercule Poirot might just prove to be the first, and fatal, mistake.

After The Funeral

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The first of a new-look series of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st century‘It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it? But he was murdered, wasn’t he?’There are certain things that are best left unsaid. Though tragedy had touched the life of the wealthy Richard Abernethie, his sudden death seemed pretty unremarkable for a man of his age. So why would his sister wait until his funeral to say he had been murdered?When she is savagely killed with a hatchet the next day, her extraordinary remark suddenly takes on a chilling significance. In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery…

Sleeping Murder

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The owner of a seaside villa is plagued by strange feelings about its past…Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs…In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them, they were to solve a ‘perfect’ crime committed many years before.

The Hound Of Death

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A collection of macabre mysteries, including the superlative story The Witness for the Prosecution…Twelve unexplained phenomena with no apparent earthly explanation…A dog-shaped gunpowder mark; an omen from ‘the other side’; a haunted house; a chilling seance; a case of split personalities; a recurring nightmare; an eerie wireless message; an elderly lady’s hold over a young man; a disembodied cry of ‘murder’; a young man’s sudden amnesia; a levitation experience; a mysterious SOS.To discover the answers, delve into the supernatural storytelling of Agatha Christie.

A Pocket Full Of Rye

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A handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman…Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his ‘counting house’ when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals.Yet, it was the incident in the parlour which confirmed Jane Marple’s suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme…

Cards On The Table

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A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players… Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana’s private collection. Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether…

They Came To Bachdad

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Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers, concerned but not convinced, about the development of an, as yet, unidentified and undescribed secret weapon.Only one man has the proof that can confirm the nature of this fantastic secret weapon – a British agent named Carmichael. Unfortunately the criminal organisation responsible for the weapon’s development will stop at nothing to prevent him entering Baghdad and presenting his proof to the assembled delegates. Can Carmichael enter the city against such odds?Into this explosive situations appears Victoria Jones, a girl with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded Carmichael dies in her arms in her hotel room.Now, if only she could make sense of his last words ‘…Lucifer…Basrah…Lefarge…’

Dumb Witness

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An elderly spinster has been poisoned in her country home…Everyone blamed Emily’s accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thought about her fall, the more convinced she became that one of her relatives was trying to kill her.On April 17th she wrote her suspicions in a letter to Hercule Poirot. Mysteriously he didn’t receive the letter until June 28th… by which time Emily was already dead…

Three Act Tragedy

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At an apparently respectable dinner party, a vicar is the first to die…Thirteen guests arrived at dinner at the actor’s house. It was to be a particularly unlucky evening for the mild-mannered Reverend Stephen Babbington, who choked on his cocktail, went into convulsions and died. But when his martini glass was sent for chemical analysis, there was no trace of poison – just as Poirot had predicted. Even more troubling for the great detective, there was absolutely no motive…

They Do It With Mirrors

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A man is shot at in a juvenile reform home – but someone else dies…

Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitiation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a youth fires a revolver at the administrator, Lewis Serrocold. Neither is injured. But a mysterious visitor, Mr Gilbrandsen, is less fortunate – shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building.

Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not and vows to discover the real reason for Mr Gilbrandsen’s visit.

Murder Is Easy

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Agatha Christie’s ingenious murder mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.Luke Fitzwilliam could not believe Miss Pinkerton’s wild allegation that a multiple murderer was at work in the quiet English village of Wychwood – or her speculation that the local doctor was next in line.But within hours, Miss Pinkerton had been killed in a hit-and-run car accident. Mere coincidence? Luke was inclined to think so – until he read in The Times of the unexpected demise of Dr Humbleby…

Elephants Can Remember

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Hercule Poirot is determined to solve an old husband and wife double murder that is still an open verdict…Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. Here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies – a husband and wife – shot dead.But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves back into the past and discovers that ‘old sin leave long shadows’.

මෙ’දිවිය මෙතනින් නවතමි

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මේ වූ කලීආත්ම භාෂණයකි. මෙහි කථානායකයා ආර්ථික අසීරුතවයන්ගෙන් තොර පසුබිමක හැදී වැඩුන පුද්ගලයෙකි. හෙතෙම තරුණ වියෙදීම ස්වකීය වෘත්තීය ජීවිතයෙහි කුසලතා පළ කරන්නෙකි. මෙහි නිරූපිත කථානායිකාව අර්ථික අසීරුතාවන් නිසා අසරණව, අකාරුණික හා ශෝචනීය සමාජ පසුබිමක ගිල ග්‍රහණයට පත් වුණු තැනැත්තියකි.

දුරගිය තරමක්

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ආකාෂ් හා ඇලීෂාගේ ආදරය ඇරඹූණේ අහම්බෙන් රාත්‍රී සමාජ ශාලාවකය. එය ගලාගියේ සුන්දරව ගලන නදියක් මෙනි. වෙන්වීමක හැගීමක සේයාවක්වත් එකිනෙකා අතරේ නොවිණි. බීමත්ව රිය පැදවීමෙන් ආකෂ්ගේ ප්‍රධානියා වන තමන්නා මියගියේ හදිසි අනතුරකිනි. අනතුරට පෙර ඇය ආකාෂ් සමඟ හුන්නේ දුර පළාතක ගම්බද නිකේතනයකය. ඇය ඔහුගේ ආදරය ඉල්ලා ආයාචනා කළාය. එය නොලැබුණු තැන ඇය ඔහුගෙන් පළිගන්නට සිතුවාය. ඒ තමාට අතවර කිරීමට ඔහු උත්සහා කල බව ඔහුගේ සදාතනික පෙම්වතිය වන ඇලීෂාට ඇමතුමකින් දැන්වීමෙනි. නීතියට ඔහු මිනීමරුවෙකු විය. පෙම්වතියට ඔහු අතවර කිරීමට තැත් කළ අසංවරයෙකි. කාර්‍යාලයට තම කළමනාකාරිනිය මරා දැමුවෙකි. කිසිදා නොවෙනස් යැයි සිතන ආදරයක ඉරණම එතැන් පටන් කුමක් සිදුවිය හැකිද? නොසිතන සිදුවීමකින් සදාතනික ආදරයක් අවසන් වන්නේද?

දෙහදක සටන

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කැරොලයින් ෆෙයි එම ඍතු ලන්ඩන් සැණකෙළියේ වඩාත් ආකර්ෂණයෙන් යුතු තරුණිය වුවාය. මාකි වුල්කන් සහ ආර්‍යාවගේ දහහත් හැවිරිදි දියණිය වූ ඇය කුප්‍රකට සර් මොන්ටේගු රෙවර්ස්බි විසින් ලන්ඩන් සිට සෙවන් ඕක්ස් වෙත අස්රිය ධවනයකට පොළබවා ගන්නේ උපක්‍රමශිලීවය. ඔහු අතරමඟ ගම්බඳ නවාතැන්පොළක් අසල රිය නවත්වන්නේ ඇක්සලයේ කැඩීයාමක් ගැන කියමිනි. මෙය නවාතැන්පොළේ ඇය සමඟ රාත්‍රිය නවාතැන් ගැනිම සඳහා සර් මොන්ටේගු විසින් කළ කූට සැලසුමක් බව දැනගැනීමෙන් ආර්‍යා කැරොලයින් භීතියට පත්වේ. අවසානයේ ඇය පරිපූර්ණ ප්‍රීතිමත් බව අත්කර ගත්තේ කෙසේද යන්න මේ සරාගී මෙන්ම භීතිය ඇතිකරවනසුලු සාහසික ප්‍රේම වෘතාන්තයේ සටහන්ව ඇත.

අපෙන් එකෙක්

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සාරා වසා තිබූ කාමරේ දොර හෙමිහිට විවර කළාය. දොර ඇරෙන්වාත් එක්කම බරැති යමක් බිම වැටෙන හඬ සාරාට ඇසිණි. බාගෙට ඇරුණු දොරින් සාරා එබී බැලුවාය. මොහොතකට පෙර වසා තිබූ කාමරේ  දොරට හේත්තු වී උන් කවුරුන් හෝ කාමරේ බිම වැටී සිටියි. සරාට පුදුම ඒක නොවේ. කවුරුත් නැතැයි සිතා ඇතුළු වූ නිවසේ කාමරේක බිම කවුරුන් හෝ වැටී සිටියි.   “දෙයියනේ රාජා අන්කල්……”   සාරා බිම වැටී උන් පුද්ගලයා හඳුනන්නීය.

ඔබම වේ මට සැනසුම්

Highlights:
මාසයක් ගෙවී ගියා අම්මලා දූලාට තෙරුනේවත් නැත. දුක වේදනාව තනිකම නැති සතුට පමණක්ම ඇති ඒ දින තිහ ඔවුනට මහමෙරක් වගේය. අසේකා කුමලි සමඟ උන්නේ දරාගත නොහැකි වේදනාවෙනි. අක්කටත් නංගීටත් වෙන බැඳීම් නැත. තාත්තා ඉන්නේ හදවතට බොහෝ ඈතිනි. එකම සහ ලොකුම බැඳීම මේ අම්මාය. ඇගෙන් තොර ලොවක් දෙන්නටම නැත.   ” අනේ මට යන්න බෑ අම්මේ…. මං යන්නේ නෑ…. ”        “මටත් ඔයාලා නැතුව ඉන්න බෑ රත්තරනේ….” අම්මලා දූලාගේ හැඬුම් එහා කාමරයේ උන් සේනකට ඇසේ. ඔහු ඉන්නේ බොහෝ දේවල් සිතමිනි. ජීවිතය ඉදිරියේ වෙන සමහර දේවල් මොනතරම් කුරිරුදෑයි සේනක සිතුවේය.

ගිරිහිස ඉඳුවර

Highlights:

නිමක් නැති කඳුළු මැද ගෙ⁣වෙන පරම්පරා කීපයක කතාන්දරයකට පස්සේ, ඒ සියලු දුක්ඛ දෝමනස්සයන් රිදී කාසි සැලෙන හඬින් සිනාසෙමින් අමතක කරලූ ඒ මල් කැකුළ… පෙති තළා පොඩිකළ කැකුළු මල විකසිතව, බඹරෙකුට ළං නොවී පෙම් කරන අපූරුව…
නේකවිධ වේදනා, දුක් සුසුම්, සතුට මැද ගෙවෙන ජීවිතවල අපූරු කතාන්දරයයි ‘ගිරි හිස ඉඳුවර’

නැව්තොටේ ඝාතනය

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ධාරාණිපාත වර්ෂාවක් ඇද හැළුණු රාත්‍රියක නැව්තොටක් අසල දී ඝාතනයට ලක්වන ධනවත් ව්‍යාපාරිකයෙක්. ඔහුගේ දේපළ සූක්ෂම අයුරින් කොල්ලකෑමට උත්සාහ ගන්නා රූමත් තරුණියක් ඇතුළු කණ්ඩායමක්, ගොත ගසන බිෂොප්වරයෙක්. මේ උභතෝකෝටික ගැටලුවට මැදිවන අසරණ කාන්තාව මෙම මර උගුලෙන් ගලවා ගැනීමට නීතිඥ පෙරී මේසන්ට හැකිවේද?

සීතා මැරී රම් රද

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ඒ මන්දෝදරී රාවණාගේ අග රැජිනයි.
මේ මන්දෝදරී ප්‍රබුද්ධ නාරායනගේ බිරිඳ මන්දෝදරී නාරායනයි.
මන්දෝදරී වසර සත් දහසක් සසර සැරිසරමින් රාවණා චරිතයට අනෙකුත් එක් කළ කළු පැල්ලම් සෝදා හැරීමේ අසීරු වෑයමක යෙදෙනවා.
ඒ වගේම සීතා, මන්දෝදරී හා එක්ව අනාගතයේ උපදින, වර්තමානයේ ජීවත් වන ස්ත්‍රීන්ට නින්දා පරිභව, අවමන්, අඩන්තේට්ටම්, හිංසනයන් විරහිත, අග්නි පරික්ෂාවන් හෝ අන් එබඳු පරීක්ෂාවන් හා පලවා හැරිම් නොමැති ප්‍රෞඪ හා අභිමානවත් ලෝකයක් ප්‍රාර්ථනා කරමින් සත් දහස් වසරක් පුරා සසර සැරිසරනවා.

තරු දෙව්ලි

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“ඒ කෙල්ලගේ අම්මා තාත්තා තව ජීවත්ව ඉන්නවා… මාත් මැරුණේ නැහැ.. මතක තියා ගනින්.. උඹ ඒ කෙල්ලව රවට්ට ගත්තත්… උඹට ඕන විදිහට පාවිච්චි කරලා ඒ විදිහට ප්‍රයෝජන ගන්න නම් බැරි වෙයි… පුළුවන් නම් උත්සහ කරපන්… මම කොහෙත්ම ඒකට ඉඩ දෙන්නේ නැහැ” ඔහු කෝපයෙන් වෙව්ලමින් කෑගැසුවේය.

Explanatorium Of History

Highlights:
Take a rollercoaster ride through the past with this fact-packed and visually stunning children’s history encyclopedia.

Discover what the major turning points in history were, from the evolution and migrations of early humans, to the rise and fall of great empires such as Ancient Rome and the Aztecs. Get the inside track on wars and conflict, from medieval knights to the major clashes of World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and so much more.

This visual reference encyclopedia uses stunning photographs and supporting illustrations to trace the history of science from Ancient Greece, through the major contributions of the Islamic world,
the Scientific Revolution, the Space Race, and on to modern technology. The arts, religions, and ideas are also showcased, from the Renaissance and Greek myths to the origins of major world religions, such as Christianity and Buddhism.

අබිරහස් සලකුණ

Highlights:

මෙතෙක් කිසිදු සිතියමකට ඇතුළත් නොවූ,
නිවැරදි පිහිටීම සොයගතන නොහැකි,
අත්ලන්තික් සයුරේ හුදකලාව පිහිටි කොදෙව්වක් වන
වොල්ගා දුපත බිහිසුණු අන්තරායන්ගෙන් පිරි ස්ථානයක්
බව ඔවුන් වටහා ගන්නා විට සියල්ල සිදුවී අවසන්ය.
ජීවිතයත් මරණයත් අතර සටනකින් ජයගෙන
දූපතෙන් පලායන තරුණයින්ට
ඉන්පසු අත්වන ඉරණම කුමක්ද?
මේ එම ත්‍රාසජනක කතා පුවතය.

භික්ෂුව හා ඔහුගේ ප්‍රේමය සමග නූතන ජපන් කෙටි කතා දොළහක්

Highlights:
  1. ධවල පවුලොවෙනියා පදක්කම – ෂූයිෂි ටොකුඩා 09
  2. සිබිස්ගේ ලබු කැටය – නයෝයා ෂිංග් 33
  3. කැමිලියා මල් පොකුර – ටොන් සටෝමි 41
  4. සහෝදරයා හා සහෝදරිය – සෙයිෂි මුරෝ 47
  5. ස්පැනිෂ් බල්ලෙකුගේ නිවස – ගරුඕ සටෝ 72
  6. සරත් සමයේ කඳුකරය – රයොන්සුකෙ අකුතගාවා 84
  7. සිමෙන්ති බැරලයේ තිබී හමු වූ ලියුම – යොෂිකි හයාමා 97
  8. ගල් අඟුරු බස් එක – මයුජි ඉබ්යුපේ 104
  9. දියතලේ සඳවත – යසුනරි කවබතා 118
  10. ව්‍යාඝ්‍ර කවියා – ටොන් කජිමා 134
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