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Dancing in the Dark - Karl Ove Knausgaard

A beautiful, funny, vital novel of teenage years and teenage mistakes from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard.* Karl Ove Knausgaard''s dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now *Fresh out of high school, Karl Ove moves to a remote fishing village to work as a teacher. He has no interest in the job itself - or in any other job for that matter, his sole aim is to save money and start writing. All goes well to begin with but as the nights grow longer, his life takes a darker turn. Drinking causes him blackouts, his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation, and to his own great distress he develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students. And all the while the shadow of his father looms large.''Beautifully human... Being drawn into Knausgaard''s world is an ineluctable pleasure''The Times

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A Death in the Family - Karl Ove Knausgaard

One of the Guardian''s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, an addictive and searingly honest novel about childhood, family and grief.* Karl Ove Knausgaard''s dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now *Karl Ove Knausgaard writes about his life with painful honesty. He writes about his childhood and teenage years, his infatuation with rock music, his relationship with his loving yet almost invisible mother and his distant and unpredictable father, and his bewilderment and grief on his father''s death.When Karl Ove becomes a father himself, he must balance the demands of caring for a young family with his determination to write great literature. Knausgaard has created a universal story of the struggles, great and small, that we all face in our lives. A profound and mesmerizing work, written as if the author''s very life were at stake.''A masterpiece... Its depiction of a family''s disintegration is one of the most powerful pieces of writing I''ve read in years'' Observer

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The End - Karl Ove Knausgaard

From the international phenomenon Karl Ove Knausgaard, the extraordinary final volume of ''the most significant literary enterprise of our times'' (Guardian).* Karl Ove Knausgaard''s dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now *In this final novel in the My Struggle cycle, Karl Ove Knausgaard examines life, death, love and literature with unsparing rigour and begins to count the cost of his project.The End reflects on the fallout from the earlier books, with Knausgaard facing the pressures of literary acclaim and its often shattering repercussions. It is at once a meditation on writing and its relationship with reality, and an account of a writer''s relationship with himself - from his ambitions to his doubts and frailties.''Epic... It creates a world that absorbs you utterly'' Sunday Times''Compulsively addictive'' Daily Telegraph''My Struggle has strong claim to be the great literary event of the twenty-first century'' Guardian''A mesmerising, thought-provoking and genuinely important work of art'' Spectator

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Dancing in the Dark - Helene Holmstrom

A treasure off the coast of France yields a journey through history in an intoxicating novel about a passion for wine, the complexities of love, and the fulfillment of long-held dreams. Bente Hammar used to be a popular TV sommelier in Stockholm. Her career in limbo, she’s hounded by memories of her father, a wine connoisseur and failed dreamer. But Bente won’t give up. Then she hears from a friend whose diving expedition has yielded a shipwrecked treasure off the coast of Brittany: an old bottle of wine with a Swedish inscription dating back to 1944. Translating it, and chasing its curious history, is the fresh start Bente needs. Didrik Holgersson is a celebrated historian, blindsided when his wife asks for a divorce. He’s questioning his own next choices in life when Bente urges him to participate in her quest. It’s perfect timing. Working together, Bente and Didrik head to France and begin to unravel a tangled story of wine, war, and forbidden love during the French Resistance. In bringing that story back to light, Bente and Didrik discover that after more than eighty years, it also holds the power to change both their lives.

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Dancing In The Dark - Phillips Caryl

''The funniest man I ever saw, and the saddest man I ever knew.'' This is how W.C. Fields described Bert Williams, the highest-paid entertainer in America in his heyday and someone who counted the King of England and Buster Keaton among his fans.Born in the Bahamas, he moved to California with his family. Too poor to attend Stanford University, he took to life on the stage with his friend George Walker. Together they played lumber camps and mining towns until they eventually made the agonising decision to ''play the coon''. Off-stage, Williams was a tall, light-skinned man with marked poise and dignity; on-stage he now became a shuffling, inept ''nigger'' who wore blackface make-up. As the new century dawned they were headlining on Broadway. But the mask was beginning to overwhelm Williams and he sank into bouts of melancholia and heavy drinking, unable to escape the blackface his public demanded.

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The Wolves of Eternity - Karl Ove Knausgaard

The future is no more, and eternity has begun.It''s 1986 and a nuclear reactor has exploded in Chernobyl. Syvert Løyning returns home from military service to live with his mother and brother on the outskirts of a town in Southern Norway. One night, he dreams of his late father, and can''t shake him from his mind. Searching through his father''s belongings for clues and connections, he finds a cache of letters that lead to the Soviet Union.In present-day Russia, Alevtina is trying to balance work and family. She has always sought the answers to life''s big questions, but is preoccupied with care of her young son. Her friend Vasilisa offers some nourishment: she is writing a book about an ancient feature of Russian culture, the belief in eternal life. Meantime, Alevtina is heading towards a meeting that will redraw the contours of her world.A searching and humane novel, The Wolves of Eternity is an intimate journey into the experiences of a half-brother and half-sister in their two different - yet deeply connected - lives. The second novel in Karl Ove Knausgaard''s extraordinary new series, it expands the universe of The Morning Star in the decades before the blazing and mysterious ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Third Realm - Karl Ove Knausgaard

‘Ferociously readable. . . I still can''t get enough'' The TimesIf no one ever died, what would happen then?For several days, a bright new star in the sky above Norway has blazed over the restless lives of those below. Tove, an artist, is consumed by intense creativity as she spirals towards psychosis. Line falls in love with a musician named Valdemar and is lured to a secret death metal gig in a remote forest. Geir, a policeman, is investigating a ritual murder but chances upon something more horrifying even than the bodies in the trees – the last bodies he sees, because, as undertaker Syvert is the first to realise, people have stopped dying since the star appeared.What is haunting the world – and why?As profound as it is thrilling, Karl Ove Knausgaard’s The Third Realm is a breathtaking novel about ordinary lives on the cusp of irrevocable change.The Third Realm is set in the Morning Star universe.PRAISE FOR THE THIRD REALM‘A visionary epic. . . an exemplary masterclass in what fiction can offer'' Guardian‘One of the most genuinely suspenseful, alluring books I’ve ever read. . . This book made me afraid of the dark again.’ Brandon Taylor, Washington Post‘Unsettling, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Boyhood Island - Karl Ove Knausgaard

An irresistible story of childhood adventure from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard.* Karl Ove Knausgaard''s dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now *Childhood is exhilarating and terrifying. For the young Karl Ove, new houses, classes and friends are met with manic excitement and creeping dread. Adults occupy godlike positions of power, benevolent in the case of his doting mother, tyrannical in the case of his cruel father.In the now infamously direct style of the My Struggle cycle, Knausgaard describes a time in which victories and defeats are felt keenly and every attempt at self-definition is frustrated. This is a book about family, memory and how we never become quite what we set out to be.''Knausgaard finds the sublime in the everyday... Boyhood Island reverberates with the joys and anxieties of early youth, and Knausgaard brilliantly recreates their exaggerated feel'' Times Literary Supplement

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Some Rain Must Fall - Karl Ove Knausgaard

An exhilarating story of ambition, joy and failure in early manhood from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard.* Karl Ove Knausgaard''s dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now *As the youngest student to be admitted to Bergen''s prestigious Writing Academy, Karl Ove arrives full of excitement and writerly aspirations. Soon though, he is stripped of his youthful illusions. His writing is revealed to be puerile and clichéd, and his social efforts are a dismal failure. He drowns his shame in drink and rock music.Then, little by little, things begin to change. He falls in love, gives up writing and the beginnings of an adult life take shape. That is, until his self-destructive binges and the irresistible lure of the writer''s struggle pull him back.''Breathtaking... Knausgaard has a rare talent for making everyday life seem fascinating'' The Times

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So Much Longing in So Little Space - Karl Ove Knausgaard

In So Much Longing in So Little Space, Karl Ove Knausgaard explores the life and work of Edvard Munch. Setting out to understand the enduring power of Munch’s painting, Knausgaard reflects on the essence of creativity, on choosing to be an artist, experiencing the world through art and its influence on his own writing. As co-curator of a major new exhibition of Munch''s work in Oslo, Knausgaard visits the landscapes that inspired him, and speaks with contemporary artists, including Vanessa Baird and Anselm Kiefer. Bringing together art history, biography and memoir, and drawing on ideas of truth, originality and memory, So Much Longing in So Little Space is a brilliant and personal examination of the legacy of one of the world’s most iconic painters, and a meditation on art itself.

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A Man in Love - Karl Ove Knausgaard

An electrifying story about love and new life from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard.* Karl Ove Knausgaard''s dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now *This is a book about leaving your wife and everything you know. It is about fresh starts, about love, about friendship. It is also about the earth-shattering experience of becoming a father, the mundane struggles of family life, ridiculously unsuccessful holidays, humiliating antenatal music classes, fights with quarrelsome neighbours, the emotional strains of childrens'' birthday parties and pushing a pram around Stockholm when all you really want to do is write.This is a book about one man''s life but, somehow, about everyone else''s too.''Compelling, rewarding...breathtaking'' Observer

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Winter - Karl Ove Knausgaard

From global literary superstar Karl Ove Knausgaard, an achingly beautiful collection of daily meditations and love letters addressed directly to Knausgaard’s unborn daughterIn Winter, we rejoin the great Karl Ove Knausgaard as the birth of his daughter draws near. In preparation for her arrival, he takes stock of the world, seeing it anew. While new life is on the horizon, the earth is also in hibernation, waiting for the warmer weather to return. In his inimitably sensitive style, he writes about everything from the moon, winter boots and messiness, to owls and birthdays. Taking nothing for granted, he fills these everyday familiar objects and ideas with new meaning. Startling, compassionate, and exquisitely beautiful, Knausgaard''s writing is like nothing else. Somehow, he shows the world as it really is, at once mundane and sublime.

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The School of Night - Karl Ove Knausgaard

'A damned masterpiece' Sunday Times 'An almost dangerously immersive reading experience that will completely take over your life... utterly captivating' Martin MacInnes, Booker longlisted author of IN ASCENSIONLondon. 1985. A city rife with possibility and desire. One young man who wants it all. Kristian Hadeland, newly arrived in the city, seethes with ambition and contempt. His family in Norway never understood him; his fellow photography students bore him. But he knows he and his art are destined for more. Then he meets Hans, an eccentric Dutch artist. With Hans, the future Kristian yearns for is tangible. All art is possible. Any line can be crossed. But success comes at a price. And when Kristian does the unthinkable, will he be prepared to pay it?Electrifying and unflinching, The School of Night is a singular novel about artistic creation and human corruption. It is the story of one terrible man's rise and fall, and a reckoning with the darkest parts of human nature. 'Addictive and eerie' Guardian‘Engrossing, dark and amusing' Rachel Kushner, Booker shortlisted author of CREATION LAKE 'Mysterious, unsettling, thought provoking, unpredictable and darkly entertaining' Colin Barrett, Booker longlisted author of WILD HOUSES‘Dark and precise about the underside of human desire ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Autumn - Karl Ove Knausgaard

The Sunday Times bestseller from literary phenomenon Karl Ove Knausgaard, a love letter about the world written by a father to his unborn daughter.''Inspiring, surprising... Autumn will warm and enlighten anyone who opens their eyes to it'' The TimesAutumn begins with a letter Karl Ove Knausgaard writes to his unborn daughter. He adds one short piece each day, describing the material and natural world - from twilight to the migration of birds, from Van Gogh to forgiveness - with the precision and mesmerising intensity that have become his trademark.With artwork by Vanessa Baird''This book is full of wonders... The world feels repainted'' New York Times

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The Third Realm - Karl Ove Knausgaard

If no one ever died, what would happen then?For several days, a bright new star in the sky above Norway has blazed over the restless lives of those below. Tove, an artist, is consumed by intense creativity as she spirals towards psychosis. Line falls in love with a musician named Valdemar and is lured to a secret black metal gig in a remote forest. Geir, a policeman, is investigating a ritual murder but chances upon something more horrifying even than the bodies in the trees – the last bodies he sees, because, as undertaker Syvert is the first to realise, people have stopped dying since the star appeared.What is haunting the world – and why?As profound as it is thrilling, Karl Ove Knausgaard’s The Third Realm is a breathtaking novel about ordinary lives on the cusp of irrevocable change.

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Fatherhood - Karl Ove Knausgaard

Karl Ove Knausgaard explores the day to day realities of fatherhood in the ultimate literary gift for dads. How to be a good father? Children’s birthday parties, unsuccessful family holidays, humiliating antenatal music classes: the trials of parenthood are all found in Knausgaard’s compelling and honest account of family life. Contrasting moments of enormous love and tenderness towards his children with the boring struggles of domesticity, this is one father’s personal experience, and somehow, every father’s too.Selected from the book A Man in Love by Karl Ove KnausgaardVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.A series of short books by the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us humanAlso in the Vintage Minis series:Desire by Haruki MurakamiBabies by Anne EnrightEating by Nigella LawsonLanguage by Xiaolu Guo

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Summer - Karl Ove Knausgaard

Summer is the fourth volume of the Seasons quartet, a collection of short prose and diaries written by a father for his youngest daughter, with stunning artwork by Anselm Kiefer.''Knausgaard unearths the mysteries of the commonplace'' Observer In Summer, Karl Ove Knausgaard writes about long days full of sunlight, eating ice cream with his children, lawn sprinklers and ladybirds. He experiments with the beginnings of a novel and keeps a diary in which the small events of his family''s life are recorded. Against a canvas of memories, longings, and experiences of art and literature, he searches for the meaning of moments as they pass us by.''Wondrous... There are blissful glimpses of nature''s mystery and balance'' Financial Times

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Spring - Karl Ove Knausgaard

Spring is a deeply moving novel about family, our everyday lives, our joys and our struggles, beautifully illustrated by Anna Bjerger.I have just finished writing this book for you. What happened that summer nearly three years ago, and its repercussions, are long since over. Sometimes it hurts to live, but there is always something to live for.Spring follows a father and his newborn daughter through one day in April, from sunrise to sunset. It is a day filled with the small joys of family life, but also its deep struggles. With this striking novel in the Seasons quartet, Karl Ove Knausgaard reflects uncompromisingly on life''s darkest moments and what can sustain us through them.Utterly gripping and brilliantly rendered in Knausgaard''s famously pensive and honest style, Spring is the account of a shocking and heartbreaking familial trauma and the emotional epicentre of this singular literary series.

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The Third Realm - Karl Ove Knausgaard

The Morning Star kept readers up all night, immersed with nine characters whose individual lives are heightened by the sudden appearance of a blazing new star. The Wolves of Eternity, set between Norway and Russia, is an intimate journey into the experiences of two estranged half-siblings in the decades before the star rises. Now, in The Third Realm, the effects of the star are felt around the world, as people start to reckon with what it might possibly mean. Shapeshifting visitors, unsolved murders in the forest, black metal bands and an online bank of thousands of people's dreams - the star is back, and the limitless scale and ambition of Karl Ove's new universe is clear. This is life, death, the human condition, and the opportunity to bring readers in on the real-time creation of an epic and utterly immersive world.

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The Morning Star - Karl Ove Knausgaard

Nine lives are brought together by the mysterious appearance of a huge star in the sky in this exhilarating novel from the international bestseller. Nine lives are brought together by the mysterious appearance of a huge star in the sky in the exhilarating new novel from the international bestseller. 'Addictive' Daily Telegraph'Knausgaard retains the ability to lock you, as if in a tractor beam, into his storytelling' New York TimesOne long night in August, Arne and Tove are staying with their children in their summer house in southern Norway. Kathrine, a priest, is flying home from a Bible seminar, questioning her marriage. Journalist Jostein is out drinking for the night, while his wife, Turid, a nurse at a psychiatric care unit, is on a nightshift when one of her patients escapes. Above them all, a huge star suddenly appears blazing in the sky, and so begins a series of mysterious events. For these six, and three others, life is about to become ever more surprising and unruly... 'I read The Morning Star compulsively, and stayed awake all night after finishing it' Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life'Brilliant storytelling... Epic' Independent'Captivating' Observer

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Můj boj / 6 Konec - Karl Ove Knausgaard

Monumentální závěrečný díl hexalogie Můj boj nazvaný příznačně Konec. Karl Ove Knausgard definitivně a nemilosrdně bilancuje a ukazuje nám, jak „nebýt spisovatelem“. Ale aby toho nebylo málo, střední část tohoto svazku tvoří čtyřsetstránkový esej o Adolfu Hitlerovi.

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A Time for Everything - Karl Ove Knausgaard

Knausgaard's novel A Time For Everything was originally published by Portobello as A Time to Every Purpose Under Heaven. The book is now restored to its original structure in a new edition which is faithful to the original text.

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Edvard Munch: love and angst - Karl Ove Knausgaard, Giulia Bartrum

The ScreamMunchÂ’s youth was marked by sickness and poverty, and his early works centered around the expression of deep emotional experiences, specifically the deaths of his mother and teenage sister, as well as passionate yet unhappy love affairs of which his deeply religious father disapproved. Experimental and innovative, the style that Munch developed was a radical deviation from the nature of the society portraits and grand Scandinavian landscapes then in vogue. Continually revisiting the subjects of his paintings, Munch evoked a wide range of emotion and mood in his prints and strikingly large lithographs, partly by using an innovative jigsaw technique in his woodcuts that produced a wide variety of color and tone.Edvard Munch: love and angst

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Dancing in the Streets - Barbara Ehrenreich

From the bestselling social commentator and cultural historian comes Barbara Ehrenreich''s fascinating exploration of one of humanity''s oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joyIn the acclaimed Blood Rites, Barbara Ehrenreich delved into the origins of our species'' attraction to war. Here, she explores the opposite impulse, one that has been so effectively suppressed that we lack even a term for it: the desire for collective joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing.Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture. Although sixteenth-century Europeans viewed mass festivities as foreign and "savage," Ehrenreich shows that they were indigenous to the West, from the ancient Greeks'' worship of Dionysus to the medieval practice of Christianity as a "danced religion." Ultimately, church officials drove the festivities into the streets, the prelude to widespread reformation: Protestants criminalized carnival, Wahhabist Muslims battled ecstatic Sufism, European colonizers wiped out native dance rites. The elites'' fear that such gatherings would undermine social hierarchies was justified: the festive tradition inspired French revolutionary crowds and uprisings from the Caribbean to the American plains. Yet outbreaks of group revelry persist, as Ehrenreich shows, pointing to the 1960s rock-and-roll rebellion and the more recent "carnivalization" ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Dancing in the Moonlight - Rita Bradshaw

''A poignant, emotional story with a surprising kick of realism'' - Sunderland EchoHeartbreak and family loyalty collide in Rita Bradshaw''s number one bestselling Dancing in the Moonlight.As her mother lies dying, twelve-year-old Lucy Fallow promises to look after her younger siblings and keep house for her father and two older brothers.Over the following years the Depression tightens its grip. Times are hard and Lucy''s situation is made more difficult by the ominous presence of Tom Crawford, the eldest son of her mother''s lifelong friend.Lucy''s growing friendship with Tom''s younger brother Jacob only fuels Tom''s obsession with her. He persuades Lucy''s father and brothers to work for him on the wrong side of the law as part of his plan to force Lucy to marry him.Tom sees Lucy and Jacob dancing together one night, and a chain of heartbreaking events are set in motion. Torn apart from the boy she loves, Lucy wonders if she and Jacob will ever dance in the moonlight again . . .

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Dancing in the Darkness - Sally Faulkner

SHE HELPED CREATE NAZI GERMANY'S DEADLIEST PROPAGANDA. THEN SHE HELPED DESTROY THE REGIME THAT MADE IT. From Hollywood dreams to Nazi nightmares—the truth Sally Faulkner kept buried from the world for decades. Dancing in the Darkness tells the shocking story of an ambitious American filmmaker whose pursuit of stardom led her from 1930s Hollywood to the heart of the Nazi propaganda empire. Her journey reveals one of the most extraordinary- and morally complex- untold stories of World War II. A chance meeting with legendary director Leni Riefenstahl changes Sally's life forever. Swept from the sets of Gone with the Wind to Berlin's Babelsberg Studios, Sally finds herself entangled in Joseph Goebbel’s brutal propaganda machine, working alongside infamous filmmaker Veit Harlan and his wife and leading actress Kristina Söderbaum. From documenting the invasion of Poland to filming inside the Lodz ghetto, Sally’s ambition blinds her to the horror around her- until the premiere of Jud Süss, the vicious anti-Semitic film she helped produce, brings devastating moral reckoningBut this is only the start of Sally's story. When Sally rejects Goebbels' advances, he has her thrown into Berlin’s infamous Plötzensee Prison. Against all odds, she escapes the Third Reich with her life—and a ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Dancing in the Mosque - Homeira Qaderi

A People Book of the Week & a Kirkus Best Nonfiction of the YearAn exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mother’s unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.In the days before Homeira Qaderi gave birth to her son, Siawash, the road to the hospital in Kabul would often be barricaded because of the frequent suicide explosions. With the city and the military on edge, it was not uncommon for an armed soldier to point his gun at the pregnant woman’s bulging stomach, terrified that she was hiding a bomb. Frightened and in pain, she was once forced to make her way on foot. Propelled by the love she held for her soon-to-be-born child, Homeira walked through blood and wreckage to reach the hospital doors. But the joy of her beautiful son’s birth was soon overshadowed by other dangers that would threaten her life.No ordinary Afghan woman, Homeira refused to cower under the strictures of a misogynistic social order. Defying the law, she risked her freedom to teach children reading and writing and fought for women’s rights in her theocratic and patriarchal society.Devastating in its power, Dancing in the Mosque is a mother’s searing letter to ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Dancing in the Rain - John Lyons

Dancing in the Rain is shortlisted for the prestigious CLPE Award (CLiPPA) – the only award for poetry published for children!Fans of John Lyons’ lively and appealing style will not be disappointed in this illustrated collection of poems for younger readers aged 7-11. A breath of Caribbean fresh air, these poems are humorous, beautifully crafted, and perfectly pitched to their audience, though readers of any age will enjoy his painterly use of language. Lyons conjures up vivid images, situations and emotions which appeal both for their universality and their newness, as he examines and comments upon the world around him with wit and empathy.Illustrated by the author.

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Dancing in the Shallows - Clare Reddaway

She''s had this feeling before. This feeling of marking time. Of pressing her nose against a window and watching as everyone else lives their best lives. Isla Wintergreen has not seen her grandfather since she was seven, but when she unexpectedly inherits his cottage on the Isle of Skye, she cannot resist the opportunity to escape her purposeless life. As she slowly becomes a part of the island community, she learns more about the family she never really knew – from her estranged father, to her reclusive grandfather, and her intelligent but oppressed great-grandmother. Meanwhile, her mother Cathy reflects on her own past. Mother and daughter both hope to find new freedom – but can family patterns ever really be broken? Told through the lives of four generations of Isla''s family, all linked by their connection to water, Dancing in the Shallows masterfully explores family relationships and generational inheritance.

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Dancing In The Streets - Barbara Ehrenreich

'Dancing in the Streets is a genuine triumph of popular critical scholarship - the punchy elegance of [Ehrenreich's] prose makes this an essential purchase' Independent

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Into the Dark - Yallop Jacqueline

''Often poetic ... highly-researched and thought-provoking'' New Scientist''Gently and thoughtfully enquiring'' The SpectatorCan you remember the first time you encountered true darkness? The kind that remains as black and inky whether your eyes are open or closed? Where you can''t see your hand in front of your face?Jacqueline Yallop can. It was in an unfamiliar bedroom while holidaying in Yorkshire as a child, and ever since then she has been fascinated by the dark, by our efforts to capture or avoid it, by the meanings we give to it and the way our brains process it.Taking a journey into the dark secrets of place, body and mind, she documents a series of night-time walks, exploring both the physical realities of darkness and the psychological dark that helps shape our sense of self. Exploring our enduring love-hate relationship with states of darkness, she considers how we attempt to understand and contain the dark, and, as she comes to terms with her father''s deteriorating Alzheimer''s, she reflects on how our relationship with the dark can change with time and circumstance.Darkness captivates, baffles and appals us. It''s a shifty thing of many textures and many moods. It can be an absence and a ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Into the Dark - Yallop Jacqueline

''Often poetic ... highly-researched and thought-provoking'' New Scientist''Gently and thoughtfully enquiring'' The Spectator''A beautifully written, deep and moving exploration of darkness'' Seán Hewitt, author of All Down Darkness WideCan you remember the first time you encountered true darkness? The kind that remains as black and inky whether your eyes are open or closed? Where you can''t see your hand in front of your face?Jacqueline Yallop can. It was in an unfamiliar bedroom while holidaying in Yorkshire as a child, and ever since then she has been fascinated by the dark, by our efforts to capture or avoid it, by the meanings we give to it and the way our brains process it. Taking a journey into the dark secrets of place, body and mind, she documents a series of night-time walks, exploring both the physical realities of darkness and the psychological dark that helps shape our sense of self. Exploring our enduring love-hate relationship with states of darkness, she considers how we attempt to understand and contain the dark, and, as she comes to terms with her father''s deteriorating Alzheimer''s, she reflects on how our relationship with the dark can change with time and circumstance.Darkness captivates, baffles and appals us. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Things We Say in the Dark - Kirsty Logan

A shocking collection of dark stories, ranging from chilling contemporary fairytales to disturbing supernatural fiction, by a talented writer who has been compared to Angela Carter.So here we go, into the dark.Some things can’t be spoken about in the light of day. But we can visit our fears at night, in the dark. We can turn them over and weigh them in our hands and maybe that will protect us from them. But maybe not.The characters in this collection find their aspirations for happy homes, happy families and happy memories dissected and imbued with shimmering menace. Alone in a remote house in Iceland a woman is unnerved by her isolation; another can only find respite from the clinging ghost that follows her by submerging herself in an overgrown pool. Couples wrestle with a lack of connection to their children; a schoolgirl becomes obsessed with the female anatomical models in a museum; and a cheery account of child’s day out is undercut by chilling footnotes.These dark tales explore women’s fears with electrifying honesty and invention and speak to one another about female bodies, domestic claustrophobia, desire and violence. From a talented writer who has been compared to Angela Carter, Things We ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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We Are All the Same in the Dark - Julia Heaberlin

Discover the nail-biting new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans''Gorgeous writing, interesting characters, a unique setting, and an unsettling, surprising mystery. We Are All the Same in the Dark has it all'' AMY ENGEL, bestselling author of The Familiar Dark''Tense, darkly atmospheric . . .Takes your breath away with its sudden twists'' DAILY MAIL_______Ten years ago, homecoming queen Trumanell Branson vanished.Her farewell message?A bloody handprint left on a wall.Back then, the police cleared her brother Wyatt of any crime. But now a TV documentary has judged otherwise. And old suspicions are reignited.Yet when Wyatt finds a lost girl wandering a lonely highway, he convinces himself she''s a sign. Someone to lead him to his sister. To clear his name.Watching him is police officer Odette Tucker. She''s got history with the Branson family. And she knows they must tread carefully.Odette is determined to solve both cases, but will digging into this town''s deeply buried secrets do more harm than good?And what will happen when the shocking truth is finally exposed?We Are All the Same in the Dark is the nail-biting thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author, perfect for anyone obsessed with HBO''s Mare of Easttown._______''One of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Circles in the Sky - Karl James Mountford

A beautiful and sensitive exploration of grief, loss and hope from Karl James Mountford, in his much-awaited author-illustrator debut.One day, Fox is drawn to something in the forest – it’s something small, something silent, perhaps forgotten. It’s a bird, as still as can be. Fox is confused, upset and angry – is the bird broken? But then a little moth comes along. Kind and wise and comforting, Moth shares a gentle philosophy to help Fox understand: the story of the circles in the sky.Told with sensitivity and style, Karl James Mountford weaves a story of grief, loss and, most importantly, hope.

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Into the Dark (Turner Classic Movies) - Mark Vieira

You know film noir when you see it: the shadowed setting; the cynical detective; the femme fatale; and the twist of fate. Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films.Into the Dark is the first book to tell the story of film noir in its own voice. Author Mark A. Vieira quotes the artists who made these movies and the journalists and critics who wrote about them, taking readers on a year-by-year tour of the exciting nights when movies like Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Sunset Boulevard were sprung on an unsuspecting public. For the first time, we hear the voices of film noir artists speak from the sets and offices of the studios, explaining the dark genre, even before it had a name. Those voices tell how the genre was born and how it thrived in an industry devoted to sweetness and light.Into the Dark is a ticket to a smoky, glamorous world. You enter a story conference with Raymond Chandler, visit the set of Laura, and watch Detour with a Midwest audience. This volume recreates the environment that spawned film noir. It also displays ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Whistling in the Dark - Richard Mabey

Eminent and highly respected nature writer Richard Mabey regards Whistling in the Dark as one of his Top Ten most significant books. After being exceptionally well-received on publication, it remains the only title from his collection that is no longer in print, and the timing feels perfect to bring this cherished text back into circulation as a classic edition.Nightingales have acquired a newly high profile in the past couple of years, as a consequence of revelations about the collapse in their numbers and renewed interest on their cultural history. Each May there are now radio programmes broadcasting - sometimes live - songs and readings from woods in southern England.This new and fully revised edition of Whistling in the Dark promises to be richer than ever, featuring:New first-hand accounts of nightingale performances, capturing their ethereal beauty at home and across the globe.Insightful explorations into the bird’s recent population changes, unveiling possible causes behind their mysterious decline.A newly uncovered story detailing how the nightingale’s song featured in the iconic 1924 live BBC broadcast with cellist Beatrice Harrison was, in reality, the work of a remarkably talented human bird mimic.Cutting-edge scientific and philosophical perspectives on the profound relationship between birdsong and music.Whistling in ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science - Richard Dawkins

In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of the first 35 years of his life from early childhood in Africa to publication of The Selfish Gene in 1976, when he shot to fame as one of the most exciting new scientists of his generation. In Brief Candle in the Dark he continues his autobiography, following the threads that have run through the second half of his life so far and homing in on the key individuals, institutions and ideas that inspired and motivated him. He paints a vivid picture, coloured with wit, anecdote and digression, of the twenty-five postgraduate years he spent teaching at Oxford. He pays affectionate tribute to past colleagues and students, recalling the idiosyncrasies of an establishment steeped in ancient tradition and arcane ritual while also recording his respect for the profound commitment to learning and discovery that lies at its core. He invites us to share the life of a travelling scientist, from fieldwork on the Panama Canal to conferences of stratospheric eminence in exotic locations in the company of some of the most prominent of the world's scientific luminaries. And he describes his experiences with his many publishers, television producers, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Mog in the Dark - Judith Kerr

Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat…An all-time classic Mog story refreshed with a new cover and format.Join Mog for a fantastical adventure with mousedogbird!Mog sat in the dark.Mog thought in the dark.But the dark was not where Mog wanted to be…And who else was there in the dark?One night Mog’s imagination takes her on a hilarious twilight adventure to a land of fantastical creatures, but true to form, all Mog really wants is her supper!Mog the Forgetful Cat was first published fifty years ago, and Mog has been delighting children all over the world with her adventures ever since. These books are the perfect gifts for boys, girls and families everywhere!

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The Shark in the Dark - Peter Bently

Down at the bottom of the deep, dark sea, something big, mean and terribly greedy is stirring. . . It''s the shark in the dark! The poor fish in the sea live in fear of the nasty shark. They don''t want to be his dinner! Just as the shark is closing in, the fish meet a clever squid, who hatches a plan to teach the shark a lesson once and for all. It involves a shadowy head, a shadowy tail, and a huge amount of teamwork! Can the flustered fish pull it off?The Shark in the Dark is a tremendously funny book written by Peter Bently and illustrated by Ben Cort – with a biting twist!

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The Game in the Dark - Herve Tullet

Come and join the fun with master illustrator and author, Hervé Tullet! Experience the magic of Hervé Tullet in The Game in the Dark, a title from his much-loved Let’s Play Games series of interactive board books for readers aged 3-6 years. You can only read this book in the dark. Charge its glow-in-the-dark ink under a light and then bring a magic universe to life in the darkness, taking a journey on a rocket to the moon! The book features Tullet’s unique hand lettering and a vibrant riot of interactive illustrations. Beloved by children the world over since they first appeared in print, each book in this series works like a game, occupying busy minds and little fingers, and stimulating thought and imagination. Ages 3-6

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Writing in the Dark - Will Loxley

''An army of bitchy, backstabbing, rivalrous literary greats inhabit this energetic history... Loxley''s voice is energetic and enthused'' The Times''I enjoyed being transported, through Loxley''s vignettes, to various corners of London...Loxley''s first chapter, on Isherwood, [is] one of the most engaging I''ve read...a measured and thoughtful debut'' Daisy Dunn, The Literary Review ''Will Loxley has a deft touch, wit, and a panoramic eye which would have pleased Cyril Connolly himself.'' John Sutherland, author of Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me''A marvelous tour d''Horizon, written with energy and an eye for the spot-on detail, and creating a rich picture of culture, art, work, friendship and love in a London going through extraordinary times.'' Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist CafeAmid the sleepless nights of constant explosion and gunfire, and the discomfort, grief and primordial fear, the little office at 6 Lansdowne Terrace seemed to hold intact everything that was great or beautiful about human life. As the streetlamps flickered out and lights were obscured behind brown-paper screens, a subdued atmosphere took hold of London in 1939. Cloistered in pubs and gloomy sitting rooms, London''s young writers and artists faced being sent to the front, trading their paintbrushes and pens for ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Read This Book in the Dark - Erin Falligant

A glow-in-the-dark spooktacular!Grab your flashlight and gather ’round for ghostly tales that frighten and excite. Read This Book in the Dark is an illustrated adventure through 15 never-before-told chillers sure to give you goosebumps. And with its glow-in-the-dark cover, this thrilling book of scary stories is perfect for sleepovers, campouts, or for spooking your little brother.- Unlock the dangerous secret of “The Girl in the Photos”- Beware of the haunting jingles of an evil “Jack-in-the-Box”- Find out what happens when kids call for the “Ghost in the Graveyard”- Hitch a ride on “The Haunted Skateboard”—if you dareThese spine-tingling campfire stories are great for all ages! A little bit creepy and a lot of fun, they’re just eerie enough to give you the shivers and keep you flipping the pages for more!

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Throne in the Dark - A. K. Caggiano

For fans of Kimberly Lemming and The Princess Bride comes the first book in the cosy romantasy Villains & Virtues series. The son of a demon is on his way to fulfill his dark legacy – until a charming blonde pickpocket upsets his plans…***Dark lord, demon spawn, prophesied realm destroyer. With a demon for a father, Damien Maleficus Bloodthorne’s destiny could be nothing short of nefarious. On the cusp of fulfilling the evil inevitability his dark life has led to, all it will take to solidify world domination is the completion of his most vicious spell yet. But then, her. Bubbly, obnoxious, blonde. Harbouring secrets of her own, a tiny yet troublesome thief calling herself Amma completely upsets Damien’s malevolent plans when she mistakenly gets chained to his side through magic. Forced to drag her across the realm on his unholy crusade, Damien knows that killing her would fix things, of course, but the nauseatingly sweet Amma somehow begins to prove herself useful. And worse yet, she then proves herself the source of something even more sinister: feelings. Torn between his villainous birthright and the virtue Amma insists on inspiring, Damien will have to decide if he will help the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Man in the Dark - Paul Auster

Auster''s haunting exploration of war in a post 9/11 world from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy: ''a literary voice for the ages'' (Guardian) ''I am alone in the dark, turning the world around in my head as I struggle through another bout of insomnia, another white night in the great American wilderness.''Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident in his daughter''s house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come, he lies in bed and tells himself stories, struggling to push back thoughts about things he would rather forget - his wife''s recent death and the horrific murder, in Iraq, of his granddaughter''s boyfriend, Titus. Brill, a retired book critic, imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this other America the Twin Towers did not fall on 9/11, and the 2000 election results led to secession, as state after state pulled away from the union and a bloody civil war ensued. As the night progresses, Brill''s story grows increasingly intense, and what he is so desperately trying to avoid insists on being told. Joined in the early hours by his granddaughter, he gradually opens up ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Dancing in the Storm - Amie Darnell Specht, Shannon Hitchcock

In the tradition of Out of My Mind and Rules, and inspired by the co-authorÂ’s own life, this is a heartfelt, candid, and illuminating story of a girl learning to live fully with a rare genetic disorder.KateÂ’s life in Baton Rouge, full of friends and family, gymnastics and Girl Scouts, is just plain great. But then, at the age of twelve, she suddenly develops a mysterious shoulder pain that wonÂ’t go away . . . and that will change her life forever. It turns out that Kate has one of the rarest genetic disorders in the world, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. FOP causes bone to form in places in the body where it shouldnÂ’t, and thereÂ’s no cure yet. Kate will need to learn how to live with this difficult new reality, helped by those close to her and by a new pen pal named Amie, who has been living with FOP for years.Drawing upon much of Amie SpechtÂ’s own experiences with FOP, she and esteemed novelist Shannon Hitchcock have created a poignant, eye-opening, and uplifting story of finding courage and joy in the face of adversity.

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Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark - Lucia Peters

What begins as a test of bravery or a sleepover activity—chanting in front of a mirror, riding an elevator alone, taking pictures in the dark—can become something . . . dangerous.The most spine-chilling games based on urban legends from around the world: Centuries-old games such as Bloody Mary, Light as a Feather, and Stiff as a Board are detailed alongside new games from the internet age, like The Answer Man, a sinister voice that whispers secrets to whoever manages to contact him with a cellphone.• Features step-by-step instructions, historical context, and the stakes for each game—including objective, risk level, reward, and additional warnings• Includes chilling and dark illustrations throughout that intensify the mysteries of each game• Discover a variety of dangerous games including ones you can do in a group or on your ownA guide to summoning spirits, divining the future, and invoking the supernatural.• Author Lucia Peters has been featured online at The Toast, Bustle, and other sites. She also runs The Ghost In My Machine, a website where she spooks readers with stories of the strange and unusual• Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark is the ideal gift for anyone looking for a late-night thrill—but beware who, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Do Everything in the Dark - Gary Indiana

A dark yet compassionate comedy of art aspirations and friendships come to naught.First published in 2003, Gary Indiana’s turn-of-the-millennium novel traces the lives of a loosely connected group of New York artists and the dissolution of their scene. During the summer of 2001, the narrator of Do Everything in the Dark, a gallery curator, receives intermittent dispatches from his far-flung friends—many of whom resemble well-known figures in the art and intellectual worlds—who are spread out across the globe, from Istanbul to Provincetown to Santa Fe. Seeking various reprieves from a changed New York, the long-festering, glossed-over incompatibilities of these aging bohemians blossom into exotic and unbearable relief. Beneath the contemporary excesses Indiana chronicles, we can see the outlines of the earlier New York bohemia captured by Dawn Powell.Arguably Indiana’s most intimate, internal, and compassionate work to date, Do Everything in the Dark is a chilling chronicle of madness and failure, success and disappointment, and the many ways love dies in a world people find increasingly unlivable.

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Spectrum 81565 filament, ASA 275, 1kg, 1.75mm, GLOW IN THE DARK

Odolnost proti UV záření a mechanická pevnost Vlákno Spectrum ASA 275 Glow in the Dark je profesionální materiál určený pro použití ve stolních 3D tiskárnách. Složení filamentu ASA 275 bylo speciálně upraveno tak, aby byl materiál pružnější, zlepšil se vlastnosti toku, snížilo se smrštění a zvýšila přilnavost vrstvy. Navíc se zavedením fosforeskujícího pigmentu získává toto vlákno schopnost svítit ve tmě poté, co bylo vystaveno světlu. Jednou z hlavních výhod provedených úprav Spectrum ASA 275 je zjednodušení parametrů tisku. Dá se předpokládat, že technický materiál ASA 275 tiskne se stejnou lehkostí jako Spectrum Premium PLA. To umožňuje výrobu velkých modelů bez rizika deformace po ochlazení a také dosažení relativně vysokých rychlostí tisku. Spectrum ASA 275 Glow in the Dark je odolný vůči UV záření a dalším povětrnostním vlivům. Tento filament se používá při tisku prototypů, funkčních výrobních nástrojů, prvků, které musí odolávat měnícím se povětrnostním podmínkám, a dokonce i předmětů každodenní potřeby. Výhody ASA 275 Glow in the Dark: Tepelná odolnost HDT - 85°C Bod měknutí podle Vicata - 94°C Vynikající odolnost vůči venkovní expozici UV odolnost Efekt záře ve tmě po expozici Kompatibilní se stolními tiskárnami bez vyhřívané komory Perfektní přilnavost vrstvy Rychlost tisku až 200 mm/s bez ztráty kvality ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Spectrum 81566 filament, ASA 275, 0.25kg, 1.75mm, GLOW IN THE DARK

Odolnost proti UV záření a mechanická pevnost Vlákno Spectrum ASA 275 Glow in the Dark je profesionální materiál určený pro použití ve stolních 3D tiskárnách. Složení filamentu ASA 275 bylo speciálně upraveno tak, aby byl materiál pružnější, zlepšil se vlastnosti toku, snížilo se smrštění a zvýšila přilnavost vrstvy. Navíc se zavedením fosforeskujícího pigmentu získává toto vlákno schopnost svítit ve tmě poté, co bylo vystaveno světlu. Jednou z hlavních výhod provedených úprav Spectrum ASA 275 je zjednodušení parametrů tisku. Dá se předpokládat, že technický materiál ASA 275 tiskne se stejnou lehkostí jako Spectrum Premium PLA. To umožňuje výrobu velkých modelů bez rizika deformace po ochlazení a také dosažení relativně vysokých rychlostí tisku. Spectrum ASA 275 Glow in the Dark je odolný vůči UV záření a dalším povětrnostním vlivům. Tento filament se používá při tisku prototypů, funkčních výrobních nástrojů, prvků, které musí odolávat měnícím se povětrnostním podmínkám, a dokonce i předmětů každodenní potřeby. Výhody ASA 275 Glow in the Dark: Tepelná odolnost HDT - 85°C Bod měknutí podle Vicata - 94°C Vynikající odolnost vůči venkovní expozici UV odolnost Efekt záře ve tmě po expozici Kompatibilní se stolními tiskárnami bez vyhřívané komory Perfektní přilnavost vrstvy Rychlost tisku až 200 mm/s bez ztráty kvality ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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