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Thoughtful, witty, occasionally comic, often effortlessly profound - not a conventional journalistic memoir. Sunday Times If you value the perspective and judgment of one who has covered, often from the frontline, the major events of the past four decades, then snap up a copy. Mail on Sunday A book brimming with surprises and insight. - Nicholas Coleridge*Updated for paperback to include new postscript chapter from the author*-------------------------------------------------------------------Edward Stourton was born into a life of privilege.The son of expat parents in colonial Nigeria, Ed was sent back to Britain to be educated by Benedictine monks at Ampleforth, at the time when, it was latter revealed, the school and monastery were the setting for serial abuse cases. He then went up to Cambridge, where his life as an undergraduate gave him access to a network of future ministers, judges and newspaper editors. As a young journalist, he reported first from party conferences and picket lines and then from war zones, witnessing the events making international headlines, from Haiti to Hong Kong, before returning home to join the infighting on BBC Radio 4 s Today.During this time, the Empire has given way to the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, men-only clubs have been replaced by Me Too, and instead of a choice selection of voices on a handful of radio and television channels, we have millions of voices on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok.The world has changed, and so has Ed. Brought face to face with the author of his obituary and his own inevitable mortality, Ed is prompted to reflect on the life he has led and the events that have shaped him.In Confessions, he describes this remarkable journey with candour, humour and the insight that only forty years experience of writing and reporting can provide. A searingly honest insight into the life of one of our great journalists. Hugely entertaining too. John Humphrys

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The mountain paths are as treacherous as they are steep ⠓ the more so in the dark and in winter. Even for the fit the journey is a formidable challenge. Hundreds of those who climbed through the Pyrenees during the Second World War were malnourished and exhausted after weeks on the run hiding in barns and attics. Many never even reached the Spanish border. Today their bravery and endurance is commemorated each July by a trek along the Chemin de la Liberté ⠓ the toughest and most dangerous of wartime routes. From his fellow pilgrims Edward Stourton uncovers stories of midnight scrambles across rooftops and drops from speeding trains; burning Lancasters, doomed love affairs, horrific murder and astonishing heroism. The lives of the men, women and children who were drawn by the war to the Pyrenees often read as breathtakingly exciting adventure, but they were led against a background of intense fear, mounting persecution and appalling risk. Drawing on interviews with the few remaining survivors and the families of those who were there, Edward Stourton⠙s vivid history of this little-known aspect of the Second World War is shocking, dramatic and intensely moving.

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A Times Best Art Book of the Year, 2024 A riot of a book ⠓ Country Life s Books of the Year, 2024The modern art market was born on a single night. On 15 October 1958 Sotheby⠙s of Bond Street staged an ⠘event sale⠙ of Impressionist paintings from the collection of an American banker, Erwin Goldschmidt: three Manets, two Cézannes, one Van Gogh and a Renoir. Movie stars and other celebrities attended in black tie and saw the seven lots go for £781,000 ⠓ at the time the highest price for a single art sale.Overnight, London became the world centre of the art market and Sotheby⠙s an international auction house. The event signalled a shift in power from dealers to auctioneers and pointed the way for Impressionist paintings to dominate the market for the next forty years. In this climate Sotheby⠙s and Christie⠙s became a great business duopoly ⠓ as aggressive, dominant and competitive in the field of art sales as Pepsi and Coca-Cola were in soft drinks. The resulting expansion of the market was accompanied by rocketing prices, colourful scandals and legal dramas. Over the decades, London transformed itself from a place of old master sales to a revitalised centre of contemporary art, a process crowned by the opening of Tate Modern in 2000.James Stourton tells the story of the London art market from the immediate postwar period to the turn of the millennium in engaging and fast-paced style, populating his richly entertaining narrative with a glorious rogues⠙ gallery of clever amateurs, eccentric scholars, brilliant emigrés, cockney traders and grandees with a flair for the deal.

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A Times Best Art Book of the Year, 2024 A riot of a book ⠓ Country Life s Books of the Year, 2024The modern art market was born on a single night. On 15 October 1958 Sotheby⠙s of Bond Street staged an ⠘event sale⠙ of Impressionist paintings from the collection of an American banker, Erwin Goldschmidt: three Manets, two Cézannes, one Van Gogh and a Renoir. Movie stars and other celebrities attended in black tie and saw the seven lots go for £781,000 ⠓ at the time the highest price for a single art sale.Overnight, London became the world centre of the art market and Sotheby⠙s an international auction house. The event signalled a shift in power from dealers to auctioneers and pointed the way for Impressionist paintings to dominate the market for the next forty years. In this climate Sotheby⠙s and Christie⠙s became a great business duopoly ⠓ as aggressive, dominant and competitive in the field of art sales as Pepsi and Coca-Cola were in soft drinks. The resulting expansion of the market was accompanied by rocketing prices, colourful scandals and legal dramas. Over the decades, London transformed itself from a place of old master sales to a revitalised centre of contemporary art, a process crowned by the opening of Tate Modern in 2000.James Stourton tells the story of the London art market from the immediate postwar period to the turn of the millennium in engaging and fast-paced style, populating his richly entertaining narrative with a glorious rogues⠙ gallery of clever amateurs, eccentric scholars, brilliant emigrés, cockney traders and grandees with a flair for the deal.

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James Hogg s The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a Scottish classic, a quintessentially Gothic tale of psychological horror, and a relentless attack on Calvinist dogma. The Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Karl Miller.Robert Wringham s family is composed of a dissolute father and brother, a pious mother, and a rival father in the person of a fanatical Calvinist minister. He comes to believe that he is one of the elect, predestined to be saved, while others are damned. Sure of his freedom from the dictates of morality, he embarks on a series of crimes in the company of a new friend Gil-Martin, a man of many likenesses who can be mistaken for Robert, and who explains that they are as one in the holy work of purifying the world. But who is Gil-Martin? And what does he truly desire? The Gothic double or doppelganger is nowhere more powerfully imagined than in Confessions of a Justified Sinner, once called the greatest novel of Scotland .This new edition has an introduction by Karl Miller, which discusses the presence of the novel in the life and times of James Hogg. It also contains two of Hogg s most interesting stories, Marion s Jock and John Gray o Middleholm .James Hogg (1770-1835) born in Ettrick, in the Scottish Borders. A shepherd for many years, Hogg was writing poems by the 1790s, aiding Walter Scott with material for his collection of ballads, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. In 1810 he moved to Edinburgh, where he published several volumes of verse, and worked on the Spy and Blackwood s Edinburgh Magazine. Confessions of a Justified Sinner was published anonymously in 1824, and is now generally seen as his masterpiece.If you enjoyed Confessions of a Justified Sinner, you might like Matthew Lewis s The Monk, also available in Penguin Classics. A Scottish classic, a world classic Ian Rankin A sinister, funny, moving tale of demonic possession, murder and religious fanaticism Sunday Telegraph

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More Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up: the laugh-out-loud sequel to the hilarious, WTF AM I DOING NOW?! runaway bestseller! The new Bridget Jones for our times - Celia Walden, The Telegraph The story of Nell Stevensâ ™ struggle through her imperfect, messy life doesnâ ™t just make brilliant fiction, itâ ™s turning into a cultural revolution! - Matt Cain There is no magical land you finally arrive at where everything is figured out, fixed and sorted. Life, like us, is a sum of moving parts, and if weâ ™re lucky, we get to keep f**king up, figuring it out and laughing in the face of it all.Nellâ ™s back. Her life still isnâ ™t going to plan. And sheâ ™s still asking the big questions and getting none of the answers. Like, for example:1. Why is falling in love so easy, but staying in love so hard?2. What do you do when your friendships are put to the ultimate test?3. Can we ever really live in the moment and leave the past behind?4. When everything goes tits up, do you fall apart or jump on a plane to LA with Cricket (an eighty-something widow and your BFF)?5. And when all else fails, will celebrity-scented candles, smashed avocados and Instagram filters save us?*In this hilarious, un-put-downable follow-up to the bestselling Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up, now the basis for the major TV series, Not Dead Yet, there are laugh-out-loud lessons to be learned, truths to be told, adventures to go on and joys to discover.But first, Nell has some more confessions . . .*#onlyjoking #sortof #LOLPraise for Alexandra Potter: Say hello to a book that will have you laughing with every page, whether you re 20, 40 or 80 - Heat Brilliant! Laughing out loud - Emma Gannon Funny but layered, light-hearted but surprisingly deep, this is a perfect and inspiring new year read - Red

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Cancelled Confessions reveals Claude Cahun to be a major surrealist writer and pioneering queer theorist almost a century ahead of her time.⠘The re-appearance of this glittering and dissenting semi-lost epic is a gift⠦ Cahun⠙s writing is stylish, playful and prescient, peopled with angel slang, flowering disavowals, God⠙s lipstick and an infinite layering of masks.⠙ Daisy Lafarge, author. In 1930, Claude Cahun (born Lucy Schwob) and her partner, artist Marcel Moore (born Suzanne Malherbe) published their surrealist masterpiece, Aveux non Avenus, translated here as Cancelled Confessions and available in English for the first time in twenty years.Susan de Muth⠙s revised translation of Cancelled Confessions has a new introduction by art historian Amelia Groom which contextualizes it within contemporary queer discourse.⠘It⠙s a surrealist, trans, queer, autofiction, (anti)memoir, and also none of those things. It⠙s a text, and a life, felt as connection and at the same time completely singular.⠙ McKenzie Wark, author. ⠘The kaleidoscopic text is pieced together from diverse fragments⠦ there are philosophical and subversive theological musings, aphorisms and fables, letters and dialogues, dreams and hymns, nightmares and jokes,⠙ writes Groom.The book⠙s nine sections are prefaced by dreamlike photomontages (reproduced in high definition here) which reflect, illuminate and converse with the verbal content.Upon publication, Aveux non Avenus simply baffled all but a few of Cahun⠙s friends and admirers, leading Cahun to describe herself as, ⠘An unwanted Cassandra⠙. Now, however, is the time of the remarkably prescient Cahun and Moore.⠘Cahun was a pioneer of gender-bending role-playing⠦eerily ahead of her time she has attracted an almost cult-like following.⠙ The late David BowieCahun and Moore⠙s appeal is wide and universal. They were adventurers in life as in art. Cahun famously terrified Andre Breton in the 1920s when she appeared in a Paris café with her head shaved and painted gold. Having moved to Jersey in 1938, Cahun and Moore waged a mischievous two-person resistance campaign against the occupying Nazi forces from 1940. Finally caught and imprisoned in 1944, they were sentenced to death in 1945, saved at the very last moment by the armistice.

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The side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming next book from your favourite teacher duo, The Two Mr Ps. Now put that thing down! Yes YOU. It s time to sit up and listen ... From the stars of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(Cast) and the bestselling authors of Put a Wet Paper Towel On It comes a book filled with chaos, clangers and confessions from the ... classrooms. You ll be taken on a journey where you ll meet a rogues gallery of classroom characters, read some juicy teacher confessions and learn why every primary teacher s least favourite lesson is the dreaded ... SEX EDUCATION! You ll even get the inside scoop on what it was like (attempting) to teach during a pandemic. So, settle down, grab a cuppa and enjoy this book as we pull back the curtain on the weird and wonderful world of primary schools. After all, THIS IS YOUR OWN TIME YOU RE WASTING.

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There is no magical land you finally arrive at where everything is figured out, fixed and sorted. Life, like us, is a sum of moving parts, and if we’re lucky, we get to keep f**king up, figuring it out and laughing in the face of it all.Nell’s back. Her life still isn’t going to plan. And she’s still asking the big questions and getting none of the answers. Like, for example: Why is falling in love so easy, but staying in love so hard? What do you do when your friendships are put to the ultimate test? Can we ever really live in the moment and leave the past behind? When everything goes tits up, do you fall apart or jump on a plane to LA with Cricket (an eighty-something widow and your BFF)? And when all else fails, will celebrity-scented candles, smashed avocados and Instagram filters save us?* In this hilarious, un-put-downable follow-up to the bestselling Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up, now the basis for the major TV series, Not Dead Yet, there are laugh-out-loud lessons to be learned, truths to be told, adventures to go on and joys to discover.But first, Nell has some more confessions...

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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2025*â ˜A remarkable debutâ ™ MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, bestselling author of THE PAPER PALACE A cool, bold image of female pain and liberation GUARDIANIt is late September in 2001 and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Bradyâ ™s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. Her mother died long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of adulthood, Cora is adrift and alone. Soon, a letter will arrive with the offer of a new life: far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise. There the story of Cora s family is hidden, and in her presence will begin to unspoolâ ¦An essential, immersive debut from an astonishing new voice, Confessions traces the arc of three generations of women as they experience in their own time the irresistible gravity of the past: its love and tragedy, its mystery and redemption, and, in all things intended and accidental, the beauty and terrible shade of the things we do. An irresistible read YAEL VAN DER WOUDEN, Booker-shortlisted author of THE SAFEKEEP Propulsive and utterly captivating . . . airey has shades of the American novelists Donna Tartt and Jeffrey Eugenides in her style IRISH TIMES An intricately woven epic, Confessions is both intimate and expansive, a novel that teems with raw, hungry life COLIN WALSH, author of KALA

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Give me chastity and continence, but not yet The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. The Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recounts how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle to become one of Christianity s most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest spiritual autobiography, the Confessions also addresses fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of the faith today.Translated with an Introduction by R. S. PINE-COFFIN

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A haunting tale about one woman s fight to tell her story, The Confessions of Frannie Langton leads you through laudanum-laced dressing rooms and dark-as-night alleys, into the heart of Georgian London. Deep-diving and elegant Margaret Atwood Takes the gothic genre by the scruff of the neck Bernadine Evaristo----- They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don t believe I ve done? 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds gather at the gates of the Old Bailey to watch as Frannie Langton, maid to Mr and Mrs Benham, goes on trial for their murder. The testimonies against her are damning - slave, whore, seductress. And they may be the truth. But they are not the whole truth.For the first time Frannie must tell her story. It begins with a girl learning to read on a plantation in Jamaica, and it ends in a grand house in London, where a beautiful woman waits to be freed.But through her fevered confessions, one burning question haunts Frannie Langton: could she have murdered the only person she ever loved?WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK AWARDS FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2019----- A dazzling page-turner Emma Donoghue A star in the making Sunday Times Gothic fiction made brand new Stef Penney Dazzlingly original The Times A heroine for our times Elizabeth Day

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I took it: - and in an hour, oh! Heavens! what a revulsion! what an upheaving, from its lowest depths, of the inner spirit! what an apocalypse of the world within me! Thomas De Quincey s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) launched a fascination with drug use and abuse that has continued from his day to ours. In the Confessions De Quincey invents recreational drug taking, but he also details both the lurid nightmares that beset him in the depths of his addiction as well as his humiliatingly futile attempts to renounce the drug. Suspiria de Profundis centres on the deep afflictions of De Quincey s childhood, and examines the powerful and often paradoxical relationship between drugs and human creativity. In The English Mail-Coach , the tragedies of De Quincey s past are played out with horrifying repetitiveness against a backdrop of Britain as a Protestant and an imperial power.This edition presents De Quincey s finest essays in impassioned autobiography, together with three appendices that are highlighted by a wealth of manuscript material related to the three main texts. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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True stories of temptation and seduction from the big city â “ spanking, domination and submission, group games, and every other kind of downright rude and kinky fuckery you can imagine, as well as some you probably canâ ™t. This collection of over 100 first-person accounts of amazing sexual adventures, in which real people give free rein to their innermost secrets and desires, follows in the footsteps of the bestselling Mammoth Book of Erotic Confessions. Here you will find vivid confessions of sexual encounters to startle, amuse, shock and excite, as men and women reveal their most daring and outrageous sexual secrets, from a good old-fashioned spanking to bondage and submission, from solo experiences to groups getting it on, and from guilty secrets to sex in public places. Barbara Cardy has once again done a fantastic job of ruthlessly whittling down literally thousands of submissions to this collection of well over 100 sexy secrets. There are no categories; to an open mind, each confession has the potential to seduce. Whatever your kink â “ voyeurism, first-times, oral sex, uniforms, hotels, good friends, secret mistresses, lingerie, domination and submission, threesomes, anal, outdoor sex, forbidden fantasies, spanking or downright sadism â “ youâ ™ll find what youâ ™re looking for here. Erotic dreams can come true, as they do here, from New York to Amsterdam, from LA to Stockholm, and from Sydney to Paris.

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What dark thoughts roam the mind of a murderer?Serial killers like Ed Kemper, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and David Berkowitz have committed some of the most horrible crimes known to man. Their evil deeds seem unthinkable to the rest of us. Yet each had their own twisted logic for their dastardly deeds. In this book, author Al Cimino examines these serial killers by their own words - through the confessions they gave to police, their outbursts in court and the chilling manifestos they left behind.Tinged with sadistic glee, an intense desire to justify their own actions, rage against society and the most intricate descriptions of their victims and the atrocious actions they took against them, their shocking confessions provide a window into the darkest side of human nature.ABOUT THE SERIES: The True Crime Casefiles series covers some of the most shocking crimes and notorious criminals and psychopaths of all time, without shying away from the grisly details. These books include psychological profiles, witness testimonies, court proceedings and more, accompanied by chilling photographs of the people and places involved.

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There s hope for alcoholics who become Christians--and for Christians who become alcoholics· Learn what alcoholism really looks like· Discover how to break free from destructive habits and shame· Embrace the freedom that comes from radical honesty and vulnerabilityWhile the Christian community loves stories of salvation, it struggles with stories of sanctification--the often-messy journey of becoming like Jesus. As a result, many Christians who stumble are mired in shame, especially when it comes to one of society s biggest post-Covid obsessions: alcohol. But there is hope for those willing to rethink their drinking.In Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic, Jonathon M. Seidl vividly tells his own story of disordered drinking. Not only does he address the roots of addiction, trauma, and the often-overlooked reality that Christians aren t immune to sin struggles, he also reframes the term alcoholic and shares the practical yet spiritual four-step process he used to break free--a process readers will find helpful for working through many of life s struggles.Written in an engaging, conversational style, Confessions shows that there s hope for Christians who become alcoholics, not just for alcoholics who become Christians.

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An overlooked classic of Italian literature, this epic and unforgettable novel recounts one man s long and turbulent life in revolutionary Italy.At the age of eighty-three and nearing death, Carlo Altoviti has decided to write down the confessions of his long life. He remembers everything: his unhappy childhood in the kitchens of the Castle of Fratta; romantic entanglements during the siege of Genoa; revolutionary fighting in Naples; and so much more. Throughout, Carlo lives only for his twin passions in life: his dream of a unified, free Italy and his undying love for the magnificent but inconstant Pisana. Peopled by a host of unforgettable characters - including drunken smugglers, saintly nuns, scheming priests, Napoleon and Lord Byron - this is an epic historical novel that tells the remarkable and inseparable stories of one man s life and the history of Italy s unification.Ippolito Nievo was born in 1831 in Padua. Confessions of an Italian, written in 1858 and published posthumously in 1867, is his best known work. A patriot and a republican, he took part with Garibaldi and his Thousand in the momentous 1860 landing in Sicily to free the south from Bourbon rule. Nievo died before he reached the age of thirty, when his ship, en route from Palermo to Naples, went down in the Tyrrhenian Sea in early 1861. He was, Italo Calvino once said, the sole Italian novelist of the nineteenth century in the daredevil, swashbuckler, rambler mould so dear to other European literatures. Frederika Randall has worked as a cultural journalist for many years. Her previous translations include Luigi Meneghello s Deliver Us and Ottavio Cappellani s Sicilian Tragedee and Sergio Luzzatto s Padre Pio: Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age.Lucy Riall is Professor of Comparative History at the European University Institute. Her many books include Garibaldi. Invention of a Hero. Of all the furore that came out of the Risorgimento, only Manzoni and Nievo really matter today - Umberto Eco The one 19th century Italian novel which has [for an Italian reader] that charm and fascination so abundant in foreign literatures - Italo Calvino Perhaps the greatest Italian novel of the nineteenth century - Roberto Carnero A spirited appeal for liberté, égalité and fraternité, the novel is also an astute, scathing and amusing human comedy, a tale of love, sex and betrayal, of great wealth and grinding poverty, of absolute power and scheming submission, of idealism and cynicism, courage and villainy - The Literary Encyclopedia

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Edward III comes to life in a new version by playwright Octavio Solis. Written after England⠙s victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588, Edward III follows the exploits of King Edward III and his son Edward, the Black Prince of Wales. England dominates on the battlefield as the play explores questions of kinghood and chivalry through the actions of King Edward and his son. Octavio Solis⠙s translation of the play provides all of the complexity and richness of the original while renewing the allusions and metaphors lost through time. This translation of Edward III was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival⠙s Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present work from ⠜The Bard⠝ in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare⠙s verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print⠔a new First Folio for a new era.

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Edward the Confessor was the son of King Aethelred the Unready of the House of Wessex. The family was exiled to Normandy when the Danish invaded England in 1013 but, with the nation in crisis on the death of King Harthacnut twenty-nine years later, Edward was named King of England, restoring the throne to English rule. Often portrayed as a holy simpleton, Edward was in fact a wily and devious king. For most kings a childless marriage would have been an Achilles heel, but Edward turned it to his advantage. He cunningly played off his potential rivals and successors, using the prize of the throne as leverage. Though his reign was peaceful, his death would wreak havoc. Bloody wars were waged, two claimants were cut down and William the Conqueror earned his name. Edward s posthumous reputation grew as stories were spread by the monks of his magnificent foundation, Westminster Abbey. The childless king was transformed into a chaste, pious and holy man. Miracles were attributed to him and he was credited with the King s Touch - the ability to cure illnesses by touch alone. In 1161 he was canonised as Saint Edward the Confessor and to this day he remains the patron saint of the royal family.

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Film na Blu-ray - Kdysi dávno v zámku na kopci žil vynálezce, jehož největším výtvorem byl Edward. Přestože Edward působil šarmantně, nebyl úplně dokonalý. Vynálezcova náhlá smrt ho zanechala nedokončeného, s ostrými kovovými nůžkami místo rukou. Kdysi dávno v zámku na kopci žil vynálezce, jehož největším výtvorem byl Edward. Přestože Edward působil šarmantně, nebyl úplně dokonalý. Vynálezcova náhlá smrt ho zanechala nedokončeného, s ostrými kovovými nůžkami místo rukou. Edward žil v temném osamění až do dne, kdy ho jedna milá Avon lady vzala k sobě domů, aby tam bydlel společně s její rodinou. A tím začíná jeho fantastické dobrodružství uprostřed předměstského pastelového ráje. Režisér filmů „Batman” a „Beetlejuice” Tim Burton přináší nezapomenutelnou pohádku s tím nejneobvyklejším ústředním hrdinou. V hlavních rolích se představují Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest a Vincent Price v roli vynálezce. Bonusy bull; Komentáře Tima Burtona a Dannyho...

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A transcendent coming-of-age story about the ways a broken heart learns to love again. One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles: there are 192 people aboard. When the plane suddenly crashes, twelve-year-old Edward Adler is the sole survivor. In the aftermath, Edward struggles to make sense of his grief, sudden fame and find his place in a world without his family. But then Edward and his neighbour Shay make a startling discovery; hidden in his uncle s garage are letters from the relatives of other passengers - all addressed him. Following the passengers final hours and Edward s unique coming-of-age, Dear Edward asks one of life s most profound questions: What does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live?

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Užijte si perfektní HD obraz a čistý digitální zvuk s BLU-RAY filmem Střihoruký Edward (1990). Tento příběh Vás osloví, i když si to nebudete chtít přiznat! Kdysi dávno v zámku na kopci žil vynálezce, jehož největším výtvorem byl Edward. Přestože Edward působil šarmantně, nebyl úplně dokonalý. Vynálezcova náhlá smrt ho zanechala nedokončeného, s ostrými kovovými nůžkami místo rukou. Edward žil v temném osamění až do dne, kdy ho jedna milá Avon lady vzala k sobě domů, aby tam bydlel společně s její rodinou. A tím začíná jeho fantastické dobrodružství uprostřed předměstského pastelového ráje. Režisér filmů “Batman” a “Beetlejuice” Tim Burton přináší nezapomenutelnou pohádku s tím nejneobvyklejším ústředním hrdinou. V hlavních rolích se představují Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest a Vincent Price v roli vynálezce.Bonusy: • Komentáře Tima Burtona a Dannyho Elfmana • Film o filmu

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DVD film Střihoruký Edward [1990]. Český dabing. České titulky. Dolby Digital. Tento příběh Vás osloví, i když si to nebudete chtít přiznat. Kdysi dávno v zámku na kopci žil vynálezce, jehož největším výtvorem byl Edward. Přestože Edward působil šarmantně, nebyl úplně dokonalý. Vynálezcova náhlá smrt ho zanechala nedokončeného, s ostrými kovovými nůžkami místo rukou. Edward žil v temném osamění až do dne, kdy ho jedna milá Avon lady vzala k sobě domů, aby tam bydlel společně s její rodinou. A tím začíná jeho fantastické dobrodružství uprostřed předměstského pastelového ráje. Režisér filmů “Batman” a “Beetlejuice” Tim Burton přináší nezapomenutelnou pohádku s tím nejneobvyklejším ústředním hrdinou. V hlavních rolích se představují Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest a Vincent Price v roli vynálezce.

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4K Blu-ray film Střihoruký Edward HD [1990]. Český dabing. České titulky. HDR. Dolby Digital. Dolby Atmos. Steelbook sběratelské balení. Pohádka o Edwardovi s nůžkami místo rukou. Burtonova fantazie s Deppem a Ryderovou v hlavních rolích. Tento příběh Vás osloví, i když si to nebudete chtít přiznat! Kdysi dávno v zámku na kopci žil vynálezce, jehož největším výtvorem byl Edward. Přestože Edward působil šarmantně, nebyl úplně dokonalý. Vynálezcova náhlá smrt ho zanechala nedokončeného, s ostrými kovovými nůžkami místo rukou. Edward žil v temném osamění až do dne, kdy ho jedna milá Avon lady vzala k sobě domů, aby tam bydlel společně s její rodinou. A tím začíná jeho fantastické dobrodružství uprostřed předměstského pastelového ráje. Režisér filmů “Batman” a “Beetlejuice” Tim Burton přináší nezapomenutelnou pohádku s tím nejneobvyklejším ústředním hrdinou. V hlavních rolích se představují Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest a Vincent Price v roli vynálezce.Bonusy:• Audiokomentář režiséra Tima Burtona• Audiokomentář skladatele Dannyho Elfmana• Film o filmu

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As a society, there is a tendency to elevate romantic love. But what about friendships? Aren t they just as - if not more - important? So why is it hard to find the right words to express what these uniquely complex bonds mean to us? In Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict, Elizabeth Day embarks on a journey to answer these questions.Growing up, Elizabeth wanted to make everyone like her. Lacking friends at school, she grew up to believe that quantity equalled quality. Having lots of friends meant you were loved, popular and safe. She was determined to become a Good Friend. And, in many ways, she did. But in adulthood she slowly realised that it was often to the detriment of her own boundaries and mental health.Then, when a global pandemic hit in 2020, she was one of many who were forced to reassess what friendship really meant to them - with the crisis came a dawning realisation: her truest friends were not always the ones she had been spending most time with. Why was this? Could she rebalance it? Was there such thing as...too many friends? And was she really the friend she thought she was?Friendaholic unpacks the significance and evolution of friendship. From exploring her own personal friendships and the distinct importance of each of them in her life, to the unique and powerful insights of others across the globe, Elizabeth asks why there isn t yet a language that can express its crucial influence on our world.From ghosting and frenemies to social media and seismic life events, Elizabeth leaves no stone unturned. Friendaholic is the book you buy for the people you love but it s also the book you read to become a better friend to yourself.

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Miss Lydia Bennet may be the youngest, but what she lacks in maturity and responsibility, she more than makes up for in energy, fun - and magic.In this exuberant reimagining of Jane Austen s Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet puts pen to paper to relate the real events and aftermath of the classic story from her own perspective. Some facts are well known: Mrs. Bennet suffers from her nerves; Mr. Bennet suffers from Mrs. Bennet, and all five daughters suffer from an estate that is entailed only to male heirs.But Lydia also suffers from entirely different concerns: her best-loved sister Kitty is really a barn cat, and Wickham is every bit as wicked as the world believes him to be, but what else would you expect from a demon? And if you think Mr. Darcy was uptight about dancing etiquette, wait till you see how he reacts to witchcraft. Most of all, Lydia has yet to learn that when you re a witch, promises have power . . .Full of enchantment, intrigue, danger, and boundless magic, The Shocking Confessions of Miss Lydia Bennet, Witch, has all the irreverent wit, strength, and romance of Pride and Prejudice - while offering a highly unexpected redemption for the wildest Bennet sister.

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She is charismatic, ambitious and successful. You would be charmed by her if you met her, might even be seduced by her. You would not realise that she is studying you to find your flaws, that she is ruthlessly manipulative, has no empathy and does not feel guilt or remorse.But she does like people - she likes to touch them, mould them and ruin them. She could be your friend or your boss. She could be you .. . Now she writes with breathtaking honesty about her life.She also draws on the latest research to explain why at least one in twenty-five of us are sociopaths - and shows why that s not a bad thing. By turns fascinating, shocking and funny, Confessions of a Sociopath is a gripping insight into the mind of a self-confessed predator.

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Read the hilarious rom-com that inspired the hit new sitcom Not Dead Yet starring Gina Rogriguez (Jane the Virgin), Hannah Simone (New Girl) and Lauren Ash (Superstore). As recommended on Davina McCall s Making the Cut podcast, and perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton, Ruth Jones and Marian Keyes. The new Bridget Jones â “ Telegraph Say hello to a book that will have you laughing with every page, whether you re 20, 40 or 80 â “ HeatA novel for any woman who wonders how the hell she got here, and why life isn t quite how she imagined it was going to be. And who is desperately trying to figure it all out when everyone around them is making gluten-free brownies.Meet Nell. Her life is a mess.In a world of perfect Instagram lives, she feels like a disaster. But when she starts a secret podcast and forms an unlikely friendship with Cricket, an eighty-something widow, things begin to change. Because Nell is determined. This time next year things will be very different. But first, she has a confession . . .Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter will make you laugh, and it might even make you cry. Above all, it will remind you that you re not on your own â “ we re all in this together. Brilliant! Laughing out loud â “ Emma Gannon, podcaster (Ctrl Alt Delete) and author of Olive Funny but layered, light-hearted but surprisingly deep â “ Red

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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are.One of the greatest explorations of sin, epiphany and redemption ever written, the Confessions of Saint Augustine continue to shape our ideas with their passionate declaration of the life-changing power of faith.

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Confessions of an Advertising Man is the distillation of all the successful Ogilvy concepts, tactics and techniques that made this book an international bestseller. Regarded as the father of modern advertising, David Ogilvy created some of the most memorable advertising campaigns that set the standard for others to follow. Anyone aspiring to be a good manager in any kind of business should read this.

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***THE WORD OF MOUTH INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER NOW UPDATED WITH 15 EXPLOSIVE NEW CHAPTERS***False economics. Threats, bribes, extortion. Debt, deception, coups, assassinations and unbridled military power. These are the tools used by the â ˜corporatocracyâ ™ â “ a vast network of corporations, banks, colluding governments and rich and powerful individuals â “ to ensure that they retain and expand their wealth and influence, growing richer and richer as the poor become poorer.In his original, post 9/11 book, John Perkins revealed how he was recruited as an economic hit man in the 1970s, and exposed the corrupt methods American corporations use to spread their influence in the developing world, cheating countries out of trillions of dollars. In this new, extensively updated edition he lays bare the latest, terrifying evolution of the economic hit man, and how the system has become even more entrenched and powerful than ever before.In New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins provides fresh and chilling evidence of how the corporatocracy has grown its influence to every corner of the globe, making us all unwitting slaves to their regime. But he also provides advice on how we can end our unconscious support of the system and its self-serving, lethal economy.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Perkins has, once again, made a substantial contribution to a world that needs whistle-blowers to open its eyes to the true sources of political, social, and economic power - Yanis Varoufakis It comes from the heart. I highly recommend it. - Michael Brownstein itâ ™s all here in toe-curling detail - Guardian

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It is late September in 2001 and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing.Cora Brady s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. Her mother died long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of adulthood, Cora is adrift and alone. Soon, a letter will arrive with the offer of a new life: far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise.There the story of Cora s family is hidden, and in her presence will begin to unspool...An essential, immersive debut from an astonishing new voice, Confessions traces the arc of three generations of women as they experience in their own time the irresistible gravity of the past: its love and tragedy, its mystery and redemption, and, in all things intended and accidental, the beauty and terrible shade of the things we do.

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George Orwell set out to make political writing into an art , and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature â “ his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership.On Reading, the seventh in the Orwell s Essays series, collects together Orwell s short essays on books â “ Bookshop Memories , Good Bad Books , Nonsense Poetry , Books vs. Cigarettes and Confessions of a Book Reviewer â “ giving a rounded view of the great writer s opinions on the literature of his day, and the vessels in which it was sold.

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Discover God in the messiness of your marriage, as popular marriage and family columnist Joshua Rogers offers spouses hope with real-life stories from his own marriage and helps you see how God is at work in the ordinary and extraordinary of your relationship.Confessions of a Happily Married Man is a husband s painfully honest account of his first ten years of marriage. It offers a window into the perspective of a man who went from hello to I do in nine months and then figured out how hard marriage could be. When Joshua Rogers thought back on the marriage books he had read or sermons about marriage he had heard, it occurred to him that he could only remember one thing about them: the stories. That s why this book is anchored by stories that other couples will relate to and can easily learn from. The stories are cringe-worthy, humorous, inspiring, heart-breaking, and full of wisdom--but the author isn t telling the reader what to do with that wisdom. He s letting the reader learn along with him as he s gradually becoming more self-aware, increasingly grateful for his wife, and surprised to discover what God is doing in the middle of it all.

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From the USA Today bestselling author of The Mayfair Bookshop comes a fun and fierce tale of one womanâ ™s fight to the top of the 20th-century publishing industry â “ and the close-knit book club that makes it possible.***There are no female publishing CEOs in 1960s New York. And that is exactly what savvy, ambitious Bernadette Swift plans to change.Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first, she needs to take the next step up that ladder with a promotion that her boorish and sexist boss wants to thwart. Seeking a base of support, Bernadette joins a feminist women s book club at the New York Public Library, and soon, she s inspiring her fellow members to challenge the male gatekeepers and decades of ingrained sexism in their workplaces to pursue their personal and professional dreams.And that is precisely what Bernadette does on a daily basis: keeps her eye on the prize â “ equality for women in the workplace and a promotion â “ while fending off the ire of her boss and the sabotaging efforts of a jealous coworker. With the support of her book club buddies and a certain charismatic editor at Lenox Park who has completely fallen for her, maybe, just maybe, Bernadette will prove able to claim victory for herself and the young women who follow in her footsteps.A brilliant tale of feminist heroes and charming book clubs, Confessions of a Grammar Queen is a must-read for historical and literary fiction fans.TropesBooks About BooksHeroic Book ClubHistorical FictionWomens Fiction

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Want to know what it s really like to be a single mum? Perfect for fans of Part-Time Working Mummy and Why Mummy Drinks, this will inspire you to own your single status and make you realise that you re not alone. A joyful and moving first person account of solo parenthood and confronting societal expectations of family after falling pregnant age 24. Bravo Amy! Pandora Sykes This goes off like a rocket and never lets up . . . this is like going out with your best mate for a coffee and them telling you their whole experience Penny Smith Amy s frank and down-to-earth story is inspiring and honest The SunWhen Amy Nickell left university, she managed to nab herself a real life paid job as a celebrity reporter in London town. She literally got paid to ask Robert Downey Junior out for Nando s, while living with her gay best friend, their Harry Styles cardboard cutout and their pet toad, Snoop Frog. Things were good, they were fun and they definitely weren t serious. That life took a very grown up, very serious detour when Amy found herself unexpectedly pregnant. Pregnant and without a boyfriend. And so her life went in an altogether new direction...From plus one dating to lactating way too near to Simon Cowell, this is Amy s wonderfully frank, honest and hilarious story of a family that is anything but nuclear. So whether you ve just arrived, are on the way or have been here a while, this is for anyone who s found themselves scratching their head and wondering: How the hell did I end up here? What readers are saying about Confessions of a Single Mum: You don t have to be a single mum or female to love this book! Amy is an absolute hero and role model to everyone. Unbelievably funny and inspirational Hilarious and heartwarming

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A revised edition of the Notting Hill Editions essay collection by the late Sir Roger Scruton with a new introduction by Douglas Murray.Confessions of a Heretic is a collection of provocative essays by the influential social commentator and polemicist Roger Scruton. Each “confession” reveals aspects of the author’s thinking that his critics would probably have advised him to keep to himself. In this selection, covering subjects from art and architecture to politics and nature conservation, Scruton challenges popular opinion on key aspects of our culture: What can we do to protect Western values against Islamist extremism? How can we nurture real friendship through social media? Why is the nation-state worth preserving? How should we achieve a timely death against the advances of modern medicine? This provocative collection seeks to answer the most pressing problems of our age.In his introduction, the bestselling author and commentator Douglas Murray writes of what it cost Scruton to express views considered unpalatable, and of the importance of these ideas after Scruton’s death.

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⠘[A] sidesplitting setup to this warm-hearted tale of a single dad rediscovering the joys of the holiday season⠙ People.comSutton Alsop hates Christmas. So much so, when confronted with a house that looks like Santa himself vomited Christmas all over it, she accidentally (drunkenly) destroys every fairy light, fake reindeer and candy cane in sight. Unfortunately for Sutton, this house belongs to none other than Gus Langston, single dad and owner of the village⠙s year-round Christmas shop ⠓ aka Mr Christmas himself.But Mr Christmas has a secret only Sutton knows⠦With the two of them forced together for the holidays, the sparks between them are hot enough to melt even the coldest of hearts!Readers have fallen in love with Confessions of a Christmasholic I finished this in one afternoon (or 2 coffees, a cup of tea and half of a beer).⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘This may be my new holiday romcom of choice.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I loved this book and highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a cute romcom.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a cute, humorous romance tale. Perfect for getting you in the mood for Christmas.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Brilliant. A Citizen Kane of a novel Daily Telegraph__________________________________Meet John James Todd:Scotsman, auteur, Rousseau-fanatic - and subversive element Born in 1899, John James Todd is one of the great, failed geniuses of the last century. His reminiscences, collected in The New Confessions, take us from Edinburgh to the Western Front, the Berlin film-world in the Twenties to Hollywood in the Thirties, Forties and beyond. Suffering imprisonment, shooting, marriage, fatherhood, divorce and McCarthyism, Todd is a hostage to good fortune, ill-judgement, bad luck, the vast sweep of history and the cruel, cruel hand of fate . . .__________________________________ A magnificent feat of storytelling and panoramic reconstruction Observer Paced and plotted with sinewy, unfailing skill . . . Boyd has given us a work of rich, ripe and immensely enjoyable entertainment Sunday Times Simply the best realistic storyteller of his generation Independent

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On the envelopes of letters sent to a dear friend, the famed artist and writer Edward Gorey drew dozens of original illustrations—illustrations now collected in this volume along with marvelously playful selections from the correspondence, all never before seen by the public until now.From Ted to Tom will be published in the centenary year of Edward Gorey s birth.When Tom Fitzharris met Edward Ted Gorey in 1974, the two quickly struck up a friendship. Over the next year Gorey sent a total of fifty letters to Fitzharris. Every envelope Fitzharris received was illustrated by Gorey, and filled with surprises: typewritten letters with news and opinions from Gorey s life, handwritten note cards with unexpected quotes, sketches, inside jokes, and a host of other joyous miscellany.Assembled here for the first time, these envelopes and their contents deliver all the humor, imagination, gossip, and wonder that came with being Edward Gorey s pen pal.

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Augustineâ ™s Confessions and Shakespeareâ ™s King Lear are two of the most influential and enduring works of the Western canon or world literature. But what does Stratford-upon-Avon have to do with Hippo, or the ascetical heretic-fighting polemicist with the author of some of the worldâ ™s most beautiful love poetry? To answer these questions, Kim Paffenroth analyses the similarities and differences between the thinking of these two figures on the themes of love, language, nature and reason. Pairing and connecting the insights of Shakespeareâ ™s most nihilist tragedy with those of Augustineâ ™s most personal and sometimes self-condemnatory, sometimes triumphal work, challenges us to see their worldviews as more similar than they first seem, and as more relevant to our own fragmented and disillusioned world.

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When Amy Nickell left university, she managed to nab herself a real life paid job as a celebrity reporter in London town. She literally got paid to ask Robert Downey Junior out for Nando s, while living with her gay best friend, their Harry Styles cardboard cutout and their pet toad, Snoop Frog, and drank prosecco way before it was in fashion. Things were good, they were fun, they definitely weren t serious. However, that life took a very grown up, very serious detour when Amy found herself expecting the unexpected and pregnant age 24. Pregnant and without a boyfriend. And so her life took on an altogether new direction...Here in Confessions of a Single Mum, Amy debunks single mum myths, delves into the world of dating (nothing ruins sexy sofa snogging ambience like the watchful eye of Daddy Pig), going back to work just ten days after giving birth, lactating WAY too close to Simon Cowell, as well answering the questions that come with having a family that is anything but nuclear.Amy s wonderfully frank, honest and hilarious story will inspire other parents to own their single status as well as anyone whose life has thrown them a curveball.

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In the Roman Empire no one is safe from the sting of betrayal: man, woman - or child.As a boy, Nero #39;s royal heritage becomes a threat to his very life, first when the mad emperor Caligula tries to drown him, then when his great aunt attempts to secure her own son #39;s inheritance. Faced with shocking acts of treachery, young Nero is dealt a harsh lesson: it is better to be cruel than dead.While Nero idealizes the artistic and athletic principles of Greece, his very survival rests on his ability to navigate the sea of vipers that is Rome. Most lethal of all is his own mother, Agrippina, whose only goal is to control the empire. But as her machinations earn her son a title he is both tempted and terrified to assume, Nero #39;s determination to escape her thrall will shape him into the man he was fated to become - an Emperor who became legendary.With impeccable research and captivating prose, The Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George is the story of a boy #39;s ruthless ascension to the throne. From innocent youth to infamous ruler, his is an epic tale of the lengths to which man will go in the ultimate quest for power and survival.

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Paul Kingsnorth was once an activist, an ardent environmentalist. He fought against rampant development and the depredations of a corporate world that seemed hell-bent on ignoring a looming climate crisis in its relentless pursuit of profit. But as the environmental movement began to focus on sustainability rather than the defence of wild places for their own sake and as global conditions worsened, he grew disenchanted with the movement that he once embraced. He gave up what he saw as the false hope that residents of the First World would ever make the kind of sacrifices that might avert the severe consequences of climate change.Full of grief and fury as well as passionate, lyrical evocations of nature and the wild, Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist gathers the wave-making essays that have charted the change in Kingsnorthâ ™s thinking. In them he articulates a new vision that he calls dark ecology, which stands firmly in opposition to the belief that technology can save us, and he argues for a renewed balance between the human and nonhuman worlds. Provocative and urgent, iconoclastic and fearless, this ultimately hopeful book poses hard questions about how we have lived and should live.

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The immigration man read my deportation order, looked at it and handed it back to me. Are you Irish? he asked me. No I said as a matter of fact, I m Yemenite Arab. Two detectives came forward who were evidently there to meet me. Apparently he is Brendan Behan, they said. The immigration officer shook my hand and his hard face softened. Cead mile failte romhat abhaile. (A hundred thousand welcomes home to you.) I could not answer. There are no words and it would be impertinence to try. I walked down the gangway. I was free. First published after Brendan Behan s tragic death, Confessions of an Irish Rebel picks up where Borstal Boy left off. Not only is it the last instalment of a unique and unorthodox autobiography, but of a unique and unorthodox life that was as touched with genius as it was with doom.

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Film na DVD - MILOVANÉ MISTROVSKÉ DÍLO Kdysi dávno v zámku na kopci žil vynálezce, jehož největším výtvorem byl Edward. Přestože Edward působil šarmantně, nebyl úplně dokonalý. Vynálezcova náhlá smrt ho zanechala nedokončeného, s ostrými kovovými nůžkami místo rukou. Edward žil v temném osamění až do dne, kdy ho jedna milá Avon lady vzala k sobě domů, aby tam bydlel společně s její rodinou. A tím začíná jeho fantastické dobrodružství uprostřed předměstského pastelového ráje. Režisér filmů „Batman” a „Beetlejuice” Tim Burton přináší nezapomenutelnou pohádku s tím nejneobvyklejším ústředním hrdinou. V hlavních rolích se představují Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest a Vincent Price v roli vynálezce.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING A brilliant personal account of China s borderlands and peoples Francis Fukuyama Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader could ever hope to find Barbara DemickIn 1962, Edward Wong s father, disillusioned with Communism, fled China for Hong Kong and later the USA. From then on, he rarely spoke of his homeland, or his years crisscrossing the country in Mao s People s Liberation Army.Much later, Edward became Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times, and was drawn into investigating his father s past even as he assessed a resurgent China under Xi Jinping. Witnessing civil rights struggles in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong, Wong reached a deeper understanding of his family and the nation. This chronicle of nearly a century of momentous change reveals China as it catapulted into the superpower age.

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THE classic work about improving creativity from world-renowned writer and philosopher Edward de BonoIn schools we are taught to meet problems head-on: what Edward de Bono calls vertical thinking . This works well in simple situations - but we are at a loss when this approach fails. What then?Lateral thinking is all about freeing up your imagination. Through a series of special techniques, in groups or working alone, Edward de Bono shows how to stimulate the mind in new and exciting ways. Soon you will be looking at problems from a variety of angles and offering up solutions that are as ingenious as they are effective. You will become much more productive and a formidable thinker in your own right.

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From multi-award-winning author and film director Neil Jordan comes a thrilling reimagining of a turning point in Irish, American and European history. A masterwork from one of the most inventive artists of our day John Banville A writer of uncommon talent Irish Times An expertly spun ballad defined by themes of belonging, illusion and fidelity RTÉ CultureEutaw Springs, South Carolina, 1781, the American War of Independence. A runaway slave saves the life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a British army officer and the younger son of one of colonial Ireland s grandest families.The tale that unfolds is related by Tony Small, the slave who becomes Fitzgerald s manservant and friend. While details of Lord Edward s life are well documented, little is known of Tony Small. In this gripping narrative his character considers the ironies of empire, captivity and freedom, mapping Lord Edward s journey from being a loyal subject of the British Empire to becoming a leader of the disastrous 1798 rebellion.This powerful new work of fiction brings Neil Jordan s inimitable storytelling ability to the drama of real events and a long-forgotten chapter in Ireland and Britain s history.

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