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Boy in the striped pyjamas / Boyne, John 2007  Book
Boyne, John Book
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Publication London, Black Swan, 2007.
Description 214pBeige Spine
Summary/Abstract Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas.
Standard Number 9780552773805 Pb.
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ID:   021923


Girl on the train / Hawkins, Paula 2015  Book
Hawkins, Paula Book
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Publication London, Black Swan, 2015.
Description 408Black spine
Summary/Abstract Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afar. Now they'll see; she's much more than just the girl on the train.
Standard Number 9780552779777 Pb.
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ID:   018469


God delusion / Dawkins, Richard 2006  Book
Dawkins, Richard Book
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Publication London, Black Swan, 2006.
Description 463pWhite spine
Summary/Abstract The God delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types. His argument could hardly be more topical
Contents Preface to the paperback edition Preface 1. A deeply religious non-believer 2. The God hypothesis 3. arguments for God's existence 4. Why there almost certainly is no God 5. The roots of religion 6. The roots of morality: why are we good? 7. The 'Good' book and the changing moral Zeitgeist 8. What's wrong with religion? Why be so hostile? 9. Childhood, abuse and the escape from religion 10. A much needed gap? Appendix.
Standard Number 9780552774291 Pb.
Key Words Religion  Evolution  Evolution (Biology)  IBDP  God  TOK 
God - Proof  Irreligion  Atheism 
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Ladder to the sky / Boyne, John 2019  Book
Boyne, John Book
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Publication London, Black Swan, 2019.
Description 434pWhite spine
Summary/Abstract If you look hard enough, you can find stories pretty much anywhere. They don't even have to be your own. Or so would-be writer Maurice Swift decides very early on in his career. A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann gives him an opportunity to ingratiate himself with someone more powerful than him. For Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell. Whether or not he should do so is another matter entirely. Once Maurice has made his name, he sets off in pursuit of other people's stories. He doesn't care where he finds them - or to whom they belong - as long as they help him rise to the top. Stories will make him famous but they will also make him beg, borrow and steal. They may even make him do worse.
Standard Number 9781784161019 Pb.
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Life and times of the thunderbolt kid: travels through my childhood / Bryson, Bill 2007  Book
Bryson, Bill Book
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Publication London, Black Swan, 2007.
Description 404pWhite and red spine
Summary/Abstract Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. In this memoir, he explores the ordinary kid he once was, and the curious world of 1950s America.
Contents Preface and Acknowledgements Hometown Welcome to Kid World Birth of a Superhero The Age of Excitement The Pursuit of Pleasure Sex and Other Distractions Boom! Schooldays Man at Work Down on the Farm What, Me Worry? Out and About The Pubic Years Farewell Bibliography Illustrations
Standard Number 9780552155465 Pb.
Key Words IBDP  Travel writing  Biographies  Travel writers 
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