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Píše se rok 1914 a mladí muži odcházejí do války. Británii musejí udržet v chodu ženy. Peggy pracuje jako knihařka v nakladatelství Clarendon v Oxfordu, žije na obytném člunu se svou sestrou-dvojčetem Maud a touží po vzdělání. Potajmu čte knihy, které váže, a zmetky si odnáší domů, čímž rozšiřuje sbírku, kterou započala už jejich matka, také knihvazačka. Peggy touží po studiu na Oxfordské univerzitě, ale celý život musí poslouchat, že ona má knihy vázat, a ne číst. Navíc se musí postarat o Maud, která je výjimečná, jiná, a také zranitelná. Dopisy od přátel na frontě a setkání s belgickými válečnými uprchlíky a raněnými Peggy jednak seznámí s realitou brutální války, jednak otevřou možnost změny v životě, který se zdál být předem nalinkovaný. Jenže láska je velký závazek.Knihařka z Oxfordu vtáhne čtenáře nejen do atmosféry válečné Anglie, ale také do doby, kdy ženy musely bojovat o každý krůček k rovnoprávnosti. Je to román o vědění, o tom, kdo jej utváří, kdo k němu má přístup, a o tom, o co společnost přichází, když je někomu upíráno.

It is 1914, and as the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, women must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who live on a narrowboat in Oxford and work in the bindery at the university press. Ambitious, intelligent Peggy has been told for most of her life that her job is to bind the books, not read them-but as she folds and gathers pages, her mind wanders to the opposite side of Walton Street, where the female students of Oxford's Somerville College have a whole library at their fingertips. Maude, meanwhile, wants nothing more than what she has: to spend her days folding the pages of books in the company of the other bindery girls. She is extraordinary but vulnerable, and Peggy feels compelled to watch over her. Then refugees arrive from the war-torn cities of Belgium, sending ripples through the Oxford community and the sisters' lives. Peggy begins to see the possibility of another future where she can educate herself and use her intellect, not just her hands. But as war and illness reshape her world, her love for a Belgian soldier-and the responsibility that comes with it-threaten to hold her back

Play hide-and-SNOW-seek with this magic searchlight book, where hidden Christmas characters are revealed on the "clever window" on each right-hand page! There are five festive scenes to "go-seek" and find the hidden Christmas characters. Just insert the included magic card "searchlight" between the page under each clever window and be amazed as the hidden pictures are revealed.  The card torch is secured to the book with a handy ribbon, and can be safely tucked back into a die-cut pocket on the first page when the book is not being used. With rhyming text and fun illustrations, there's Santa, elves, snowmen, reindeer, and more fun Christmas pictures waiting to be discovered inside this interactive novelty book. 

Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood at her father's feet as he and his team gather words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary.One day, she sees a slip of paper containing a forgotten word flutter to the floor unclaimed.And so Esme begins to collect words for another dictionary in secret: The Dictionary of Lost Words. But to do so she must journey into a world on the cusp of change as the Great War looms and women fight for the vote. Can the power of lost words from the past finally help her make sense of her future? (goodreads.com)