The Empty Stocking

The Empty Stocking is a brilliantly funny Christmas story by Richard Curtis and Rebecca Cobb. In this fantastically funny and heartwarming story by Richard Curtis, scriptwriter of Four Weddings and a

It's Christmas Eve and there's one very important question on everyone's mind - have YOU been good this year?For twins Sam and Charlie this is a big worry. Charlie has been especially naughty and ever

Five months after the events in THE CREEPING SHADOW, we join Lockwood, Lucy, George, Holly, and their associate Quill Kipps on a perilous night mission: they have broken into the booby-trapped Fittes

In the captivating stories that make up The Empty Family Colm Tóibín delineates with a tender and unique sensibility lives of unspoken or unconscious longing, of individuals, often willingly, cast adr

'Tis the season to solve a mystery... Inspector Frank Gradsby returns in a dazzling crime novel, from the bestselling author of Murder at Holly House. 'Twists galore' Stuart MacBride'Had me laughing out loud' Yorkshire Life'First-class' The TimesA case shrouded in secrets.It’s just before Christmas, 1953. Grasby and Juggers are investigating a puzzling murder in the remote village of Uthley’s Bay. A fisherman has been found dead on the beach, with a stocking wound tight round his throat.A festive mystery for one and all. Hundreds of pairs of stockings, in neat cellophane bags, soon wash up on the shore. A blizzard cuts off Grasby and Juggers from help, and the local innkeeper is murdered.Any remaining Christmas cheer goes up in smoke as the villagers refuse to talk, leaving the two detectives chasing false leads in the snow. A winter wonderland with no escape. To make matters worse, Grasby can’t stop thinking about stockings.Why does everyone seem to be enjoying strangely high standard

★ 百萬暢銷童書推理名家 Robin Stevens 全新謎案，戰時英國、密碼破譯與聖誕懸疑交織登場！★ 從女子學校到布萊切利園，三位孩子偵探闖入最高機密的殺人事件。★ 適合喜歡《Murder Most Unladylike》、阿嘉莎・克莉絲蒂式推理與歷史懸疑的讀者。1941年聖誕前夕，梅與努拉被送往神祕的布萊切利園，卻立刻捲入密碼破譯員之死。一張絕密訊息、疑似間諜的指控，以及被冤枉的 Bertie Wells，讓她們必須在戰時機密與重重謊言中破解真相。'Robin Stevens is Agatha Christie for children' - Katherine Rundell‘It’s hard to know where to start. There’s so much to say – about the murders, and the codes, and the spy, that I’m getting tangled up in the story already...'It's December 1941, and almost Christmas, when a bomb falls on Deepdean School for Girls. May and Nuala are whisked away from the chaos and sent to stay with May's big sister, Hazel Wong, who is working at Bletchley Park.Within seconds, they're thrown straight into their most dangerous case yet. A codebreaker has been shot in what appears to be a tragic accident - until a suspicious and top-secret message is discovered in his pocket. Was he a spy, working for the other side? Was the message planted on him? Most importantly - was this murde

Celebrate the season with this one-of-a-kind gift set featuring Dobby in a Wizarding World-themed Christmas stocking, that plays the famous line “Dobby is free!”Specifications:Includes a 3-3/4 inchfigure of Dobby the house elf peeking out from a flocked Christmas stocking that can either be displayed on its base or hung as an ornamentActual audio of Dobby:Button at the bottom of the base plays actual audio of Dobby saying the famous line “Dobby is Free”Countdown to Christmas spiral-book included:Includes a mini stand-up Christmas countdown calendar, complete with film quotes and full-color images from the filmsPerfect Present:This is an ideal gift or self-purchase for Harry Potter fansOfficially Licensed:Authentic Harry Potter collectibleIncludes button cell batteries.

Celebrate the holidays with Barron's Mini Shape Books!This fun mini shape book looks just like a Christmas stocking and is set in Santa's Workshop. It's Christmas Eve, and everything is almost ready f

After their recent adventures, the Lockwood & Co team deserve a well-earned break . . . so naturally they decide to risk their lives breaking into a heavily-guarded crypt. A building full of unset

Barron's Little People Shape Books feature simply told stories that are perfect for beginning readers. Cut into fun shapes, these rugged board books are sure to delight little ones. This fun book is s

A sumptuous feast for the eyes, and rich in historic detail, The Stocking Book is a lively and lovely paean to the world’s most alluring garment. Often overlooked, the stocking has always been as outr

Explores the history and variety of stockings and how they have been depicted by society from the eighteenth century to present.

“This is a man writing and you should not read it if you cannot take a punch. . . . Mr. Algren, boy, you are good.”—Ernest Hemingway“Algren is an artist whose s

Don’t miss A to Z Mysteries—alphabetic adventures that are full of thrills, chills, and cases to crack! E is for Envelope... In the fifth book of the A to Z Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery ser