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Monkey Beach

Monkey Beach
  • Author(s): Eden Robinson
  • Location(s): British Columbia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tragedy strikes a Native community when the Hill family’s handsome seventeen-year-old son, Jimmy, mysteriously vanishes at sea. Left behind to cope during the search-and-rescue effort is his sister, Lisamarie, a wayward teenager with a dark secret. She sets off...

Monkey King: Journey to the West

Monkey King: Journey to the West
  • Author(s): Wu Cheng'en, Julia Lovell (Translator)
  • Location(s): China
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy
  • Era(s): N/A

One of the world’s greatest fantasy novels and a rollicking classic of Chinese literature, in a sparkling new translation and published in a Clothbound Classics edition. A shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is...

Monkey: The Journey to the West

Monkey: The Journey to the West
  • Author(s): Wu Cheng'en
  • Location(s): China
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 16th century

Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic combination of picaresque novel and folk epic mixes satire, allegory, and history into a rollicking tale. It is the story of the rougish Monkey and...

Monkeys are Made of Chocolate

Monkeys are Made of Chocolate
  • Author(s): Jack Ewing
  • Location(s): Costa Rica
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 20th century

Discover the mysterious and fascinating ways in which animals and plants—and people—interact with one another in the rainforests of Costa Rica. Author and naturalist Jack Ewing shares a wealth of observations and experiences, gathered from more than three decades...

Monkfish Moon

Monkfish Moon
  • Author(s): Romesh Gunesekera
  • Location(s): Sri Lanka
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Early 2000s

This vivid and haunting short-story collection flows smoothly together to create a masterful portrait of contemporary Sri Lanka; a country of teeming natural beauty, with a society in turmoil. A married couple, living in London, find their marriage strained...

Monogamy

Monogamy
  • Author(s): Sue Miller
  • Location(s): Cambridge (Massachusetts)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Annie is not the first love of Graham’s life but she is, he thinks, his last and greatest. Very recently, he has faltered; but he means to put it right. Here they are in marriage, in late middle age,...

Monsoon

Monsoon
  • Author(s): Di Morrissey
  • Location(s): Vietnam
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Sandy Donaldson is coming to the end of stint of work in Vietnam, and invites her friend Anna to join her on a holiday. Both already have links to the country, one has Father who is a Vietnam Veteran...

Monster Hunting For Beginners

Monster Hunting For Beginners
  • Author(s): Ian Mark
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

A monstrously funny new adventure series. Readers of 8+ and fans of Mega Monster and Shrek will adore the first in the brand new fantasy series from Irish debut author, Ian Mark Every hero has to start somewhere ....

Monsters

Monsters
  • Author(s): Sharon Dogar
  • Location(s): London, France, Scotland, Switzerland
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 19th century

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 1814: Two 16-year-old stepsisters run away with a married man. The results are devastating and the ripples will be felt for centuries. This is the incredible story of Mary Shelley – radical, rebellious and...

Monsters: 100 Weird Creatures from Around the World

Monsters: 100 Weird Creatures from Around the World
  • Author(s): Sarah Banville, Quinton Winter (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

The perfect book for adults and children to share, MONSTERS is set to become a bone-chilling classic that will lurk under every bed in 2021! Ever wondered what terrorised the Scape Ore swamp in 1980s South Carolina? Or who...

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