The Prince and the Pauper
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Tom Canty and Edward Tudor could have been identical twins. Their birthdays and their faces match,...
Gasping For Air
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Lillian is a forty-something mother whose life is miserable. Her husband hits her when he drinks and...
Beetle Boy
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Darkus is miserable. His dad has disappeared, and now he is living next door to the most disgusting...
George's Marvellous Medicine
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George Kranky's Grandma is a miserable grouch. George really hates that horrid old witchy woman. One...
The Initiation / The Captive Part I (The Secret Circle, #1-2)
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This special paperback bind-up contains the first book in the Secret Circle series, The Initiation,...
The Bears of England
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'There is no category of bear whose story makes for more depressing reading, and whose miserable...
Life, the Universe and Everything
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In Life, the Universe and Everything, the third title in Douglas Adams' blockbusting sci-fi comedy...
A Thousand Mornings
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I go down to the shore in the morning and depending on the hour the waves are rolling in or moving...
Le Crabe aux pinces d'or (The Crab with the Golden Claws) (Tintin #9)
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The Crab with the Golden Claws is best known for introducing Tintin's best friend and one of the...
The World According to Blofeld's Cat: Unofficial Musings from the Volcano Lair
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The World According to Blofeld's Cat is a collection of miserable musings from the angriest and most...