- : The Famous Five - Five on a Treasure Island (No:6842)
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- : Five On A Treasure Island begins when the children and Timmy are on their way to Kirrin Island. While on their way there, they encounter a shipwreck and George explains to the others that her great-great-great-grandfather was on that ship, and that there was a lot of gold in it. The ship was destroyed during a storm. George then explains how divers never found the treasure despite repeated attempts.
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- : The Secret Garden (No:6841)
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- : When Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody says she is the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It is true, too. Mary is pale, spoilt and quite contrary. But she is also horribly lonely. Then one day she hears about a garden in the grounds of the Manor that has been kept locked and hidden for years. And when a friendly robin helps Mary find the key, she discovers the most magical place anyone could imagine.
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- : The English Teacher (No:6840)
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- : The English Teacher is an autobiographical account dedicated to Narayan’s wife. Krishna, an English teacher in the town of Malgudi at the Albert Mission College lives in a small rented house happily with his wife and daughter. Tragedy strikes the family and Krishna is devasted by the death of his wife. Story tells us how Krishna comes to realise what he really wants to do and makes a decision that will change his life forever. It is the journey of Krishna from being an ordinary teacher to the head of his family and to an enlightened being.
- : 10 Yrs
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- : I am Gandhi (No:6838)
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- : As a young man in India, Gandhi saw firsthand how people were treated unfairly. Refusing to accept injustice, he came up with a brilliant way to fight back through quiet, peaceful protest. He took his methods with him from South Africa back to India, where he led a nonviolent revolution that freed his country from British rule. Through his calm, steady heroism, Gandhi changed everything for India and inspired civil rights movements all over the world, proving that the smallest of us can be the most powerful.
- : 5 -8 Yrs
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- : The Emperor's New Clothes (No:6835)
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- : The Emperor's New Clothes" (Danish: Kejserens nye klæder) is a short tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes that they say is invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent – while in reality, they make no
- : 6 -8 Yrs
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- : Beauty and the Beast (No:6834)
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- : A Prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.
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- : Chandra Shekhar Azad - Freedom was his Mission (No:6837)
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- : Chandra Shekhar was only a little boy when he ran away to Bombay in search of adventure. Little did he know how much he would get involved in the country's freedom struggle. Those were the days when the non-cooperation movement had gathered immense momentum and it was in Varanasi that Chandra Shekhar first confronted British authority. After that there was no looking back. Assuming the surname 'Azad' he and his band of revolutionaries did much to awaken in the Indian people the desire for freedom. Martyred at the age of 25, Chandra Shekhar Azad has left an indelible mark on the history of Indian Independence.
- : 8 -12 Yrs
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- : Agatha Christie 1920's Omnibus (No:6831)
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- : This omnibus includes the following novels The Secret Adversary The man in the brown suit The secret of the chimneys The seven dials mystery
- : 14 -17 Yrs
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