From the creators of Minions & Despicable Me, & featuring the voice of Benedict Cumberbatch, The Grinch is Christmas 2018`s guaranteed hit family movie. Fast paced, easy to read novelisation of the new movie based on Dr. Seuss`s 1957 classic, How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Full of hilarious characters
- some familiar & some new
- plus high quality writing & a laugh-out-loud funny plot, this is the perfect book for fans of the Grinch to read & keep.

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'...there I was in the middle of Bogota, coked up to my eyeballs, in a hallway holding two machetes, while some drunk Colombians argued about whether or not to blow up a bar with a live hand grenade...' Asia has the hippie trail. South America has the gringo trail. Mark Mann & his girlfriend Melissa set off to explore the ancient monuments, mountains & rainforests of South America. But for their friend Mark, South America meant only one thing: drugs. Sad, funny & shocking, The Gringo Trail is an On the Road for the Lonely Planet generation
- a darkly comic road-trip & a revealing journey through South America's turbulent history. Drama & discovery. Culture & cocaine. Fact is stranger than fiction...
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`...there I was in the middle of Bogota, coked up to my eyeballs, in a hallway holding two machetes, while some drunk Colombians argued about whether or not to blow up a bar with a live hand grenade...` Asia has the hippie trail. South America has the gringo trail. Mark Mann & his girlfriend Melissa set off to explore the ancient monuments, mountains & rainforests of South America. But for their friend Mark, South America meant only one thing: drugs. Sad, funny & shocking, ” The Gringo Trail” is an On the Road for the Lonely Planet generation
- a darkly comic road-trip & a revealing journey through South America`s turbulent history. Drama & discovery. Culture & cocaine. Fact is stranger than fiction...
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`...there I was in the middle of Bogota, coked up to my eyeballs, in a hallway holding two machetes, while some drunk Colombians argued about whether or not to blow up a bar with a live hand grenade...` Asia has the hippie trail. South America has the gringo trail. Mark Mann & his girlfriend Melissa set off to explore the ancient monuments, mountains & rainforests of South America. But for their friend Mark, South America meant only one thing: drugs. Sad, funny & shocking, The Gringo Trail is an On the Road for the Lonely Planet generation
- a darkly comic road-trip & a revealing journey through South America`s turbulent history. Drama & discovery. Culture & cocaine. Fact is stranger than fiction.
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The Grit Beneath the Glitter is the first real look at the new Las Vegas from the inside. In it, long-time residents as well as professionals reflect on the transformation of one of the fastest-growing & most famous cities on earth, yet one about which relatively little is known. They offer a lively & compelling portrait of the other side of Las Vegas: the people & institutions that support the glitter of the gaming & entertainment industry. Examining a range of topics
- from the city`s commercial history, labor conditions, & environmental problems to an analysis of the famous lights of the Strip
- the contributors uncover the contradictions between the illusion & the reality of the city, the seam between fantasy & the life it masks. The essays in this collection explore the world that employees experience when they enter gaming palaces from an employee entrance in a back parking lot rather than through the scripted doors of casino/hotel palaces. They take readers into the neighborhoods where 1.4 million Americans now live, attend school, eat dinner, & go to work.

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A stunningly illustrated picture book full of mystery & suspense, from the bestselling author of THE STORM WHALE & GRANDAD`S ISL&. ”I know when the Grotlyn`s been Slipping through your house unseen...” What is the mysterious Grotlyn? What sort of creature could it be, scuttling across the town, frightening everyone in its path? & why has it stolen PC Vickers` knickers?! A beautifully illustrated rhyming tale about things that go bump in the night for ages four & up, from picture book superstar, Benji Davies, winner of Oscar`s First Book Prize 2014 & Sainsbury`s Children`s Book of the Year 2015. Perfect for fans of Oliver Jeffers & Jon Klassen. ...

A stunningly illustrated picture book full of mystery & suspense, from the bestselling author of THE STORM WHALE & GRANDAD`S ISL&. ”I know when the Grotlyn`s been Slipping through your house unseen...” What is the mysterious Grotlyn? What sort of creature could it be, scuttling across the town, frightening everyone in its path? & why has it stolen PC Vickers` knickers?! A beautifully illustrated rhyming tale about things that go bump in the night for ages four & up, from picture book superstar, Benji Davies, winner of Oscar`s First Book Prize 2014 & Sainsbury`s Children`s Book of the Year 2015. Perfect for fans of Oliver Jeffers & Jon Klassen. ...

The Groundnut Cookbook is a contemporary African cookbook from the foodie trio behind the current pop-up supperclub craze. African food is some of the best on the planet. It`s easily shopped for & cooked but remains, for some reason, off the culinary radar of most people in Britain. Duval Timothy, Jacob Fodio Todd & Folayemi Brown are three energetic, imaginative Londoners set to change that with their cookbook packed full of gorgeous full-colour photography & easy-to-follow, fresh & healthy recipes. You can discover Groundnut Stew, Jollof Rice, Butterbean Terrine, Pork in Tamarind, Cardamom Mandazi, Baked Broccoli Falafals, Yorkshire Pudding with Mango Curd; and; Puna Yam Cake. The Groundnut Cookbook will make you wonder why it`s taken you this long to explore Africa`s culinary gems. ...

THE GROUP follows eight graduates from exclusive Vassar College as they find love & heartbreak, forge careers, gossip & party in 1930s Manhattan. THE GROUP can be seen as the original SEX & THE CITY. It is the first novel to frankly portray women`s real lives, exploring subjects such as sex, contraception, motherhood & marriage. ...

A young woman is making a living faking it as a cut-price psychic (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage mostly by telling people what they want to hear. But then she meets Susan Burke. Susan moved to the city one year ago with her husband & 15-year-old stepson Miles. They live in a Victorian house called Carterhook Manor. Susan has become convinced that some malevolent spirit is inhabiting their home. The young woman doesn`t believe in exorcism or the supernatural. However when she enters the house for the first time, she begins to feel it too, as if the very house is watching her, waiting, biding its time.. . The Grownup, which originally appeared as ` What Do You Do?` in George R. R. Martin`s Rogues anthology, proves once again that Gillian Flynn is one of the world`s most original & skilled voices in fiction. ...