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Death in the East - Mukherjee Abir
HUNTED, Abir Mukherjee s explosive contemporary thriller, is available NOW**WINNER OF THE CWA SAPERE BOOKS HISTORICAL DAGGER 2020** Death in the East is the best so far of an unmissable series The TimesCalcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-not Banerjee, are back for another rip-roaring adventure set in 1920s India.1905, London.When Bessie Drummond, an old flame of Sam Wyndham s, is attacked in the street, he is determined to get to the bottom of it. But the next day, Bessie is found dead in her room and Wyndham soon finds himself caught up in her murder investigation. The case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined.1922, India.Leaving Calcutta, Wyndham heads for the hills of Assam, ready to put his opium addiction behind him. But when he arrives, he sees a ghost from his life in London - a man thought to be long dead, a man Wyndham hoped he would never see again.Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help. He is certain that this figure from can only be after one thing: revenge...*A SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF 2021 PICK*Praise for the Wyndham and Banerjee series : A thought-provoking rollercoaster Ian Rankin Cracking... A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj Daily Express A brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil - beautifully crafted C. J. Sansom Mukherjee brings sardonic wit to his portrayal of British rule in India, and the action is perfectly paced. Daily MirrorIf you enjoyed Death in the East further books in the Wyndham and Banerjee series are available now:A Rising ManA Necessary Evil Smoke and Ashes The Shadows of Men
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Once Upon A Time in the East - Xiaolu Guo
*Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award* *Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award**Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize**Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018**A Sunday Times Book of the Year*Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven. They are strangers to her. When she is born in 1973, her parents hand her over to a childless peasant couple in the mountains. Aged two, and suffering from malnutrition on a diet of yam leaves, they leave Xiaolu with her illiterate grandparents in a fishing village on the East China Sea. Once Upon a Time in the East takes Xiaolu from a run-down shack to film school in a rapidly changing Beijing, navigating the everyday peculiarity of modern China: censorship, underground art, Western boyfriends. In 2002 she leaves Beijing on a scholarship to study in Britain. Now, after a decade in Europe, her tale of East to West resonates with the insight that can only come from someone who is both an outsider and at home. This generation s Wild Swans Daily Telegraph
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The Shadow in the East - Aliide Naylor
â ˜An insightful, nuanced account that highlights the present multitude of currents at play in Europe - Peter PomerantsevThe Baltics are vital democracies in North-Eastern Europe, but with a belligerent Vladimir Putin to their east â “ plotting his war on Ukraine â “ and â ˜expansionistâ ™ NATO to their west, these NATO members have increasingly been the subject of unsettling headlines in both Western and Russian media. But beyond the headlines, what is daily existence like in the Baltics, and what does the security of these frontline nations mean for the world? Based on her extensive research and work as a journalist, Aliide Naylor takes us inside the geopolitics of the region. Travelling to the heart of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania she explores modernity in the region, investigates smuggling and troop movements in the borderlands, and explains the countriesâ ™ unique cultural identities. Naylor tells us why the Baltics have been vital to the political struggle between East and West, and how they play a critical role in understanding the long running tensions between Russia and Europe.
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Horror In The East - Laurence Rees
The brutality of Japanese soldiers towards both allied prisoners of war and millions of civilians in Asia during the Second World War was one of the greatest horrors of the Twentieth Century. Here Laurence Rees, award-winning historian and author of Auschwitz and The Nazis: a Warning from History, turns his attention to a crucial question: why were these atrocities carried out?In this classic and seminal study, Rees talks openly with perpetrators and victims alike, and asks how seemingly ordinary people were driven to mass murder, rape and suicide. Uncovering startling first-hand testimonies of cruelty and barbarity, Horror in the East looks to individual experiences to understand this dark and violent chapter of human history. Another stunning slice of history from Laurence Rees Daily Telegraph review of Horror in the East, BBC TV
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Death in the Air - Ram Murali
“Glamorous, gripping, absolutely heaps of fun. I loved this.”—Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Paris Apartment Unexpected delights await on every page of Ram Murali’s impressive and captivating debut. Crisp as a gin and tonic and delightfully wicked, this smart, smart novel delivers a sophisticated, subversive murder mystery set in the highest stratosphere of the international idle rich. I had to force myself not to binge it in one night so I could savor it like the rare and exquisite meal that it is. —Kevin Kwan, New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich AsiansThe White Lotus meets Knives Out meets Crazy Rich Asians in this devilishly entertaining debut novel: both a sophisticated locked-room mystery in the tradition of Agatha Christie, and a provocative literary whodunit for the twenty-first century.Ro Krishna is the American son of Indian parents, educated at the finest institutions, equally at home in London’s poshest clubs and on the squash court, but unmoored after he is dramatically forced to leave a high-profile job under mysterious circumstances. He decides it’s time to check in for some much-needed R R at Samsara, a world-class spa for the global cosmopolitan elite nestled in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. A person could be spiritually reborn in a place like this. Even a very rich person.But a person—or several—could also die there. Samsara is the Sanskrit word for the karmic cycle of death and rebirth, after all. And as it turns out, the colorful cast of characters Ro meets—including a misanthropic politician; an American movie star preparing for his Bollywood crossover debut; a beautiful heiress to a family jewel fortune that barely survived Partition; and a bumbling white yogi inexplicably there to teach meditation—harbors a murderer among them. Maybe more than one.As the death toll rises, Ro, a lawyer by training and a sleuth by circumstance, becomes embroiled in a vicious world under a gilded surface, where nothing is quite what it seems . . . including Ro himself. Death in the Air is a brilliant, teasing mystery from a remarkable new talent.
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A Death in the Dales - Frances Brody
Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers Daily Mail Brody s writing is like her central character Kate Shackleton: witty, acerbic and very, very perceptive Ann CleevesA murder most foulWhen the landlord of a Yorkshire tavern is killed in plain sight, Freda Simonson, the only witness to the crime, becomes plagued with guilt, believing the wrong man has been convicted. Following her death, it seems that the truth will never be uncovered in the peaceful village of Langcliffe . . .A village of secretsBut it just so happens that Freda s nephew is courting the renowned amateur sleuth Kate Shackleton, who decides to holiday in Langcliffe with her indomitable teenage niece, Harriet. When Harriet strikes up a friendship with a local girl whose young brother is missing, the search leads Kate to uncover another suspicious death, not to mention an illicit affair.The case of a lifetimeIt soon becomes clear to her that nothing in Langcliffe is quite as it appears, and with a murderer on the loose and an ever-growing roster of suspects, this isn t the holiday Kate was expecting . . .Whether you ve read the whole series, or are discovering the Kate Shackleton mysteries for the first time, this is the perfect page-turner for fans of Agatha Christie, Ann Granger and Jacqueline Winspear.Praise for the Kate Shackleton mysteries: Kate Shackleton is a splendid heroine Ann Granger Delightful People s Friend Kate Shackleton joins Jacqueline Winspear s Maisie Dobbs in a subgroup of young, female amateur detectives matured by their wartime experiences. They make excellent heroines Literary Review I really adore this series and Kate is such a strong, level-headed character Woman s Way Brody s excellent mystery splendidly captures the conflicts and attitudes of the time with well-developed characters RT Book Reviews
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Doctor Who: Death in the Stars - Bonnie Langford
A band of killers. Survivors with a secret. A death-defying murder mystery in space.When young Mel’s business partner, Sabalom Glitz embarks on yet another “get rich quick” scheme, it marks the start of an epic, death-defying murder-mystery in space.After barely escaping the snares of a murderous galactic cult, Mel searches for fellow survivors in a nearby spaceship graveyard – while Glitz looks to fill his pockets. But the discovery of a spaceship with its crew in suspended animation and incredible secrets on board leaves the duo stranded with no way off.Mel revives the crew – and then the murders start. Murders that cannot possibly have been committed by any of the crewmembers. In fact, there are only two realistic suspects – Glitz and Mel themselves…
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Warrior of Rome I: Fire in the East - Harry Sidebottom
Warrior of Rome is an epic of empire, heroes, treachery, courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfare. The year is AD 255 - the Roman Imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every border. The greatest threat lies in Persia to the east, where the massing forces of the Sassanid Empire loom with fiery menace. There the isolated Roman citadel of Arete awaits inevitable invasion. One man is sent to marshal the defences and shore up crumbling walls. A man whose name itself means war: a man called Ballista. Alone, Ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the Imperium. With a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama, fans of Bernard Cornwell will love this recreation of the ancient world. Praise for Harry Sidebottom: Sidebottom s prose blazes with searing scholarship The Times The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction Andrew Taylor, author of The American Boy
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Death in the Arctic - Tom Hindle
⠘A brilliantly clever puzzle box of a book full of Christie-esque twists, turns and thrills ⠓ with a gloriously realised setting⠙ Lucy Foley A trip into the arctic darkness you won t want to miss! J M Hall The setting is stunning and the mystery is entertaining. The Guardian Terrific... claustrophobic, surreal [and] dazzling The Sunday Times__________________________________________A frozen wilderness.A killer in the skies.When aspiring travel writer Chloé Campbell is invited aboard a luxury airship flying to the North Pole, she thinks she⠙s bagged the opportunity of a lifetime.But she hasn⠙t had long to admire the dazzling icy views before a fellow passenger is found dead in their cabin.Trapped at the top of the world, the group agrees a tragic accident has occurred. But as the hours tick by, fear turns to doubt.It seems everyone⠙s a suspect.And it isn⠙t long before the passengers begin to turn on each other . . .________________________________________ Fiendishly clever David Goodman With its secrets, suspicions and unusual setting, Death in the Arctic is [Hindle s] best yet! Anita Frank A clever, classy and unputdownable whodunnit in a wonderful setting. Daily Mirror A fantastic locked-room mystery My Weekly Chilling Crime Monthly This escapist mystery is out of this world! Fabulous An intriguing, addictive whodunnit.⠙ Woman⠙s Weekly________________________________________PRAISE FOR TOM HINDLE A new heir to Agatha Christie . . . classic crime for the 21st century Ragnar Jónasson Clever, classy and captivating Chris Whitaker One heir to Christie Daily Mail This is riveting stuff, breathing new life into the traditional locked-room mystery. Hindle puts a 21st century spin on a Golden Age tale that s both captivating and cunning Sun Tricksy, expertly plotted and kept me guessing till the end Adam Simcox Twist after gut-punching twist M. W. CravenMurder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle was a Sunday Times bestseller January 2024
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Death in the Blood: the most shocking scandal in NHS history from the journalist who has followed the story for over two decades - Wheeler Caroline
This book should rock Whitehall to its foundations. - Andy Burnham This is crusading journalism at its best. - Lord OwenThe definitive account of the NHS infected blood scandal from Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards 2024In the 1970s and 1980s almost 5,000 people in the UK contracted HIV or hepatitis C after being infected by contaminated NHS blood products, including the notorious Factor VIII, yet no organisation or individual has ever been held to account. So far, more than 2,800 are known to have died, while tens of thousands more lives have been destroyed in the families of those affected.Caroline Wheeler has been reporting on this scandal - the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS - for over two decades. She has been integral to the campaign for justice for the victims and their families, and played a pivotal role in persuading Prime Minister Theresa May to agree to the infected blood inquiry in 2019, the findings of which are expected to be published in late 2023.Death in the Blood will be based on thousands of government documents, court and inquiry transcripts, plus interviews with prime ministers, cabinet ministers, Downing Street advisers, senior civil servants, doctors, and above all the victims and their families whose personal testimony forms the beating heart of this book.
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Death in the Arctic - Tom Hindle
Terrific... claustrophobic, surreal and dazzling The Sunday Times Fiendishly clever David Goodman This escapist mystery is out of this world! Fabulous___________________________________________A frozen wilderness.A killer in the skies.When aspiring travel writer Chloé Campbell is invited aboard a luxury airship flying to the North Pole, she thinks she⠙s bagged the opportunity of a lifetime.But she hasn⠙t had long to admire the dazzling icy views before a fellow passenger is found dead in their cabin.Trapped at the top of the world, the group agrees a tragic accident has occurred. But as the hours tick by, fear turns to doubt.It seems everyone⠙s a suspect.And it isn⠙t long before the passengers begin to turn on each other . . .___________________________________________ A trip into the arctic darkness you won t want to miss! J M Hall With its secrets, suspicions and unusual setting, Death in the Arctic is [Hindle s] best yet! Anita Frank The setting is stunning and the mystery is entertaining, and now I really want airship travel to be a thing. The Guardian A fantastic locked-room mystery My Weekly Chilling Crime Monthly___________________________________________PRAISE FOR TOM HINDLE A new heir to Agatha Christie . . . classic crime for the 21st century Ragnar Jónasson Clever, classy and captivating Chris Whitaker One heir to Christie Daily Mail This is riveting stuff, breathing new life into the traditional locked-room mystery. Hindle puts a 21st century spin on a Golden Age tale that s both captivating and cunning Sun Tricksy, expertly plotted and kept me guessing till the end Adam Simcox Twist after gut-punching twist M. W. Craven Dazzling Crime Monthly
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Death in the Blood - Wheeler Caroline
In the 1970s and 1980s almost 5,000 haemophiliacs were infected with HIV or hepatitis C after being given contaminated NHS blood products. So far more than 2,800 people are known to have died in what has been described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS . Sunday Times political editor Caroline Wheeler has been reporting on the scandal for two decades.She has been pivotal to the campaign for justice for the victims, whose stories form the heart of this book. As the long-running Infected Blood Inquiry delivers its final verdict Death in the Blood is an unforgettable epic of human suffering, loss and survival against the odds. Caroline has been so supportive to the victims and survivors of the NHS contaminated blood scandal.She has been an integral part of our long fight for justice and enabled people like me to speak out with confidence, when there was little confidence before Ade Goodyear, former pupil at Treloar School
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Death in the Air - Ram Murali
Glamorous, gripping, absolutely heaps of fun LUCY FOLEY Crisp as a gin and tonic and delightfully wicked KEVIN KWAN An old-fashioned mystery in the model of Agatha Christie VOGUE, Best Book of 2024______________________Murder. It s terrible for your karma. Even worse for your holiday.Ro Krishna has just arrived at Samsara, a world-class hotel-spa nestled in the Indian Himalayas. With his charm and Oxford education, he had it all - well, until he left his job under mysterious circumstances. At Samsara, he can relax and enjoy the hotel s various health and wellness treatments, as well as a sparkling dose of mysticism.Until one of the guests is found dead. As everyone scrambles to figure out what happened, Ro is pulled into an investigation that endangers them all. Because it turns out that it s not just heiresses and Bollywood stars who have checked in - there s a murderer in their midst . . ._______________________READERS ARE LOVING DEATH IN THE AIR Spellbinding Excellently paced, wonderful twists I LOVED THIS Hard to put down Will leave you guessing until the very end
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Death in the Air - Ram Murali
Glamorous, gripping, absolutely heaps of fun LUCY FOLEY Crisp as a gin and tonic and delightfully wicked KEVIN KWAN An old-fashioned mystery in the model of Agatha Christie VOGUE, Best Book of 2024______________________Murder. It s terrible for your karma. Even worse for your holiday.Ro Krishna has just arrived at Samsara, a world-class hotel-spa nestled in the Indian Himalayas. With his charm and Oxford education, he had it all - well, until he left his job under mysterious circumstances. At Samsara, he can relax and enjoy the hotel s various health and wellness treatments, as well as a sparkling dose of mysticism.Until one of the guests is found dead. As everyone scrambles to figure out what happened, Ro is pulled into an investigation that endangers them all. Because it turns out that it s not just heiresses and Bollywood stars who have checked in - there s a murderer in their midst . . ._______________________READERS ARE LOVING DEATH IN THE AIR Spellbinding Excellently paced, wonderful twists I LOVED THIS Hard to put down Will leave you guessing until the very end
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Death in the Dark - Bryce Moore
From the author of The Perfect Place to Die, Don t Go to Sleep, and A Family of Killers comes a chilling historical murder mystery for young adult readers set during World War II.***When multiple women are found murdered in their London homes during World War II, seventeen-year-old Mary Churchill vows to uncover the identity of the Blackout Ripper â “ even if it puts her own life at risk.Seventeen-year-old Mary Churchill feels helpless as London is ravaged by air raids and mandatory blackouts during the seemingly endless war. On a rare night out, she connects with a stranger named Evelyn and, after becoming fast friends, makes plans to meet her again the next day. Except Evelyn never shows up. When Mary searches for her, she finds her new friend has been brutally murdered.Horrified, Mary goes to the police. But thereâ ™s a war happening, and they donâ ™t have enough resources to dedicate themselves to the crime. So, Mary takes it upon herself to investigate. And as she gets further into the case, she discovers more shocking murders. All women, all strangled and mutilatedâ ¦all connected.If Mary doesnâ ™t figure out who is killing these women, she could be next.Against the backdrop of bombings, Mary searches London for any clues as to who this serial murderer could be, and finds herself in a game of cat and mouse with the Blackout Ripper. If only one of them can make it out alive, does Mary have what it takes to make sure itâ ™s her?Perfect for murder mystery readers and fans of Enola Holmes, Death in the Dark is a chilling young adult crime thriller that will keep you guessing until the riveting conclusion.TropesHistorical FictionYoung Adult ThrillerSerial KillerMurder MysteryTeen InvestigatorCat-and-Mouse
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Death in the Andes - Mario Vargas Llosa
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATUREIn an isolated community in the Peruvian Andes, a series of mysterious disappearances has occurred. Army corporal Lituma and his deputy Tomás believe the Shining Path guerrillas are responsible, but the townspeople have their own ideas about the forces that claimed the bodies of the missing men. This riveting novel is filled with unforgettable characters, among them disenfranchised Indians, eccentric local folk, and a couple performing strange cannibalistic sacrifices. As the investigation progresses, Tomás entertains Lituma with the surreal tale of a precarious love affair.Death in the Andes is both a fascinating detective novel and an insightful political allegory. Mario Vargas Llosa offers a panoramic view of Peruvian society, from the recent social upheaval to the cultural influences in its past.
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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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Death in the Afternoon - Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway s classic portrait of the pageantry of bullfighting. I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and one of the simplest things of all and the most fundamental is violent death This is Hemingway s classic portrait of the pageantry of bullfighting. Here are the sights, the sounds, the excitement, and above all, the knowledge, that fuelled Hemingway s passion for Spain and the bullfight. This remarkable book contains some of his finest writing, inspired by the intense life, as well as the inevitable death, of those hot, violent afternoons. Hemingway s style, at its best, is a superb vehicle for revealing tenderness of feeling beneath descriptions of brutality Guardian
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Death in the Afternoon - Ernest Hemingway
A fascinating look at the history and grandeur of bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is also a deeper contemplation on the nature of cowardice and bravery, sport and tragedy, and is enlivened throughout by Hemingway s pungent commentary on life and literature. Seen through his eyes, bullfighting becomes an art, a richly choreographed ballet, with performers who range from awkward amateurs to masters of great grace and cunning.
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Death in the Dressing Room - Simon Brett
Neighbours Carole and Jude investigate murder most horrid in the theatre in the latest Fethering village mystery from the original king of British cozy crime, internationally best-selling, award-winning author Simon Brett, OBE. For fans of Richard Osman – but with added bite!Carole Seddon, a very respectable retired woman living in the English seaside village of Fethering, doesn’t care for the theatre. But her neighbour Jude counts the job of actress among her many and varied past careers. So when Jude attends the closing night of a new play based on a classic TV sitcom, Carole is interested – but only because she suspects the leading man, Drake Purslow, is one of her scandalous friend’s ex-lovers. The night turns out to be more dramatic than either Carole or Jude could have ever predicted. After the performance, Jude makes her way to Drake’s dressing room, only to find him dead – in what, to Jude’s experienced sleuthing eye, seem very suspicious circumstances.Did one of the play’s cast – made up almost entirely of the original sitcom’s actors – have a long-held grudge against the show’s star? Or are more recent hatreds to blame? Jude is determined to find out – and Carole, who despite protestations is almost pathologically nosy, is right there to investigate alongside her.Not met Carole and Jude yet? Dive right in, and discover why The Guardian called Simon Brett “one of British crime’s most assured craftsmen”. Fans of Janice Hallett and M.C. Beaton are in for a treat.
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Death in the Dordogne - Martin Walker
Crime fiction fans worldwide are talking about the Dordogne Mysteries. In the first book in this beloved series, read and discover why, and what dark secrets are lurking in the idyllic French town of St Denis. When an old man, head of an immigrant North African family, is found murdered, suspicion falls on the son of the local doctor, discovered playing sex games surrounded by Nazi paraphernalia.But policeman Bruno isn t convinced, and suspects the crime has its roots in that most tortured period of French history - World War 2, a time of terror and betrayal that set brother against brother. Now it s up to him to find the killer - but will the people of St Denis allow him to go digging through a past they long to forget in order to do so?
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Death in the Tuscan Hills - Marco Vichi
Longlisted for the CWA International Dagger 2017. Spring, 1967. The trail of tragedy and destruction that followed the previous winter s flood seems to have died down; Florence is beginning to recover. But Inspector Bordelli does not feel the same sense of relief - he has not had a moment s peace since his investigation of a young boy s murder went disastrously wrong.Unsettled and embittered, Bordelli resigns from the force and leaves the city. He could not continue to work as a policeman while the perpetrators of such a terrible crime were still at large.Now, in the solitude of his new home in the Tuscan hills, he spends his days cooking, going for long walks and learning to grow his own vegetables. But the thought of that case - of justice not served - is constantly with him. Until fate, in which he has never believed, unexpectedly offers him the chance of retribution . . .
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Death in the Clouds - Agatha Christie
A woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclosed confines of a commercial passenger planeâ ¦From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No.8, a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp.What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No.2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman.
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Death in the Spotlight - Robin Stevensová
Someone will take their final bow . . . The seventh thrilling Murder Most Unladylike mystery.Fresh from their adventure in Hong Kong, Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are off to the Rue Theatre in London to face an entirely new challenge: acting. But the Detective Society is never far away from danger, and it s clear there s trouble afoot at the Rue. Jealousy, threats and horrible pranks quickly spiral out of control - and then a body is found. Now Hazel and Daisy must take centre stage and solve the crime . . . before the murderer strikes again.
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A Death in the Parish - Richard Coles
THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING CANON CLEMENT MYSTERY SERIESCANON DANIEL CLEMENT IS BACK...It s been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Clement tries to steady his flock, the parish is joined with Upper and Lower Badsaddle, bringing a new tide of unwanted change. But church politics soon become the least of Daniel s problems. His mother - headstrong, fearless Audrey - is obviously up to something, something she is determined to keep from him. And she is not the only one. And then all hell breaks loose when murder returns to Champton in the form of a shocking ritualistic killing...
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Vikings in the East - Martyn Whittock
In this brilliantly timely book, historian Martyn Whittock explains how it was a Viking-Slav dynasty which created the first Russian state, and how a rivalry between Viking leaders set up the states that would later become Russia and Ukraine, with consequences we are still living with today.
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The Death of Caesar - Barry Strauss
Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate on March 15, 44 BC-the Ides of March according to the Roman calendar. He was, says author Barry Strauss, the last casualty of one civil war and the first casualty of the next civil war, which would end the Roman Republic and inaugurate the Roman Empire. The Death of Caesarprovides a fresh look at a well-trodden event, with superb storytelling sure to inspire awe . Why was Caesar killed? For political reasons, mainly. The conspirators wanted to return Rome to the days when the Senate ruled, but Caesar hoped to pass along his new powers to his family, especially Octavian. The principal plotters were Brutus, Cassius (both former allies of Pompey), and Decimus. The last was a leading general and close friend of Caesar #39;s who felt betrayed by the great man: He was the mole in Caesar #39;s camp. But after the assassination everything went wrong. The killers left the body in the Senate and Caesar #39;s allies held a public funeral. Mark Antony made a brilliant speech-not Friends, Romans, Countrymen as Shakespeare had it, but something inflammatory that caused a riot. The conspirators fled Rome. Brutus and Cassius raised an army in Greece but Antony and Octavian defeated them. An original, new perspective on an event that seems well known, The Death of Caesar is one of the most riveting hour-by-hour accounts of Caesar #39;s final day I have read....An absolutely marvellous read (The Times, London).
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A Death in the Parish - Richard Coles
THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MURDER BEFORE EVENSONGCANON DANIEL CLEMENT IS BACK...It s been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Clement tries to steady his flock, the parish is joined with Upper and Lower Badsaddle, bringing a new tide of unwanted change. But church politics soon become the least of Daniel s problems. His mother - headstrong, fearless Audrey - is obviously up to something, something she is determined to keep from him. And she is not the only one. And then all hell breaks loose when murder returns to Champton in the form of a shocking ritualistic killing...
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From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives! - Jim Starlin, Aparo Jim
What if one of the darkest hours in Batman s crime-fighting career never happened?
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The Silence In Between - Josie Ferguson
Based on true stories, discover the perfect page-turning summer read for fans of All the Light We Cannot See, In Memoriam and Alone in BerlinSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZEONE OF INDEPENDENT S BEST HISTORICAL FICTION OF THE YEAR A hauntingly beautiful exploration of love, family and societal unrest all set against the backdrop of the Berlin Wall Glamour A tautly plotted, deeply involving novel that packs a real emotional punch â ¦ I can t recommend this novel highly enough Laura Barnett, bestselling author of The Versions of Us_____Imagine waking up and a wall has divided your city in two. Imagine that on the other side is your new-born baby and there is now now no way of getting to him...Lisette is in hospital with her baby boy. The doctors tell her to go home and get some rest, that heâ ™ll be fine.When she awakes, everything has changed. Because overnight, on 13 August 1961, the border between East and West Berlin has closed. Lisette is trapped in the east, while her baby is unreachable in the west. But this is not the first time she has lived in a divided city..Lisette s teenage daughter, Elly, has always struggled to understand the distance between herself and her mother. Both have lived for music, but while Elly hears notes surrounding every person she meets, for her mother the music has disappeared. Can Elly now find a way to bridge the silence?Set across two timelines â “ the Second World War and the tumultuous events of 1961 - The Silence in Between explores the unbreakable bonds of family, the resilience of women, and the lengths they will go to protect the ones they love.______PRAISE FOR THE SILENCE IN BETWEEN: An emotionally resonant debut full of music and menace Mail on Sunday Rooted in real stories, The Silence in Between is a reminder of how seismic political events shape ordinary lives Independent A haunting and compassionate account of war s legacy, the atrocities inflicted on ordinary German women and their extraordinary resilience Observer â ˜Without a doubt one of the best books I have read this yearâ ¦ I canâ ™t recommend this book enoughâ ™Abbey Rowlinson, bookseller reviewâ ˜Absolutely heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. A must-readâ ™Dominika, bookseller reviewâ ˜An incredible book full of heartbreak, hope, unbreakable loveâ ¦ I donâ ™t think this book will ever leave me.â ™Hayley, bookseller review I cannot tell you how wonderful this book is...If you are a lover of historical fiction like me, then this is a must read! 5-star reader review Best historical fiction book of the year - even ever 5-star reader review I couldn t put it down 5-star reader review A tribute to the unbreakable bonds of family, the healing capacity of love...I loved it 5-star reader review A masterclass in storytelling 5-star reader review
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven (0751536148)
Kniha - autor Mitch Albom, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN is a wonderfully moving fable that addresses the meaning of life, and life after death, in the poignant way that made TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE such an astonishing book. The novel's protagonist is an elderly amusement park maintenance worker named Eddie who, while operating a ride called the 'Free Fall', dies while trying to save a young girl who gets in the way of a falling cart that hurtles to earth. Eddie goes to heaven, where he meets five people who were unexpectedly instrumental in some way in his life. While each guide takes him through heaven, Eddie learns a little bit more about what his time on earth meant, what he was supposed to have learned, and what his true purpose on earth was. Throughout there are dramatic flashbacks where we see scenes from his troubled childhood, his years in the army in the Philippines jungle, and with his first and only love,...
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The Year of the Flood (0349004072)
Kniha - 528 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The sun brightens in the east, reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean. The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them. the air smells faintly of burning. The waterless flood - a manmade plague - has ended the world.But two young women have survived: Ren, a young dancer trapped where she worked, in an upmarket sex club (the cleanest dirty girls in town), and Toby, who watches and waits from her rooftop garden. Is anyone else out there? Atwood knows how to show us ourselves, but the mirror she holds up to life does more than reflect . . . The Year of the Flood isn t prophecy, but it is eerily possible Jeanette Winterson Margaret Atwood has outdone - and outsung - herself this time. The Year of the Flood is at once a solemn praise song to human hope and a dead-serious poke at our capacity for self-destruction . . . Shows Atwood at the pinnacle of her prodigious...
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The White Guard - Michail Bulgakov
Discover Mikhail Bugakov s classic literary love letter to the city of Kyiv.Drawing closely on Bulgakov s personal experiences of the horrors of civil war as a young doctor, The White Guard takes place in Kyiv, 1918, a time of turmoil and suffocating uncertainty as the Bolsheviks, Socialists and Germans fight for control of the city. It tells the story of the Turbins, a once-wealthy Russian family, as they are forced to come to terms with revolution and a new regime.Bulgakov s first novel, The White Guard is one of the greatest works of twentieth century Russian literature. As epic a chronicle of life and death in the Russian Empire as War and Peace. The tumultuous atmosphere of the Ukrainian revolution and civil war is brilliantly evoked Daily Telegraph
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The Songbird and the Heart of Stone - Carissa Broadbent
n the descent to the underworld, a bride of the sun must choose between the light of her redemption . . . or a dark love that defies the gods themselves.Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire – her home, her humanity and, most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who Turned her, redemption feels impossible.When Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a brutal past, she is forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself. But Mische is offered a chance at salvation by her sun god. All she has to do is betray Asar – and kill the god of death.In the underworld, Mische and Asar must face treacherous trials, colossal beasts and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. But most dangerous of all is the alluring call of the darkness, and Mische’s forbidden attraction to Asar. As the moment of her betrayal looms, Mische is forced to choose between faith and love – a decision that could lead to her redemption or her ruin . . .
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The Year Of The Flood - Margaret Atwoodová
By the author of The Handmaid s Tale and Alias GraceThe sun brightens in the east, reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean. The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them. the air smells faintly of burning. The waterless flood - a man-made plague - has ended the world.But two young women have survived: Ren, a young dancer trapped where she worked, in an upmarket sex club (the cleanest dirty girls in town); and Toby, who watches and waits from her rooftop garden. Is anyone else out there?
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Collector
â ¦ once again Mr Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complex life of London so plentifully presents. .Evil masterminds beware! Sherlock Holmes is back! Ten years after his supposed death in the swirling torrent of the Reichenbach Falls locked in the arms of his arch enemy Professor Moriarty, Arthur Conan Doyle agreed to pen further adventures featuring his brilliant detective. In the first story, The Empty House , Holmes returns to Baker Street and his good friend Watson, explaining how he escaped from his watery grave. In creating this collection of tales, Doyle had lost none of cunning or panache, providing Holmes with a sparkling set of mysteries to solve and a challenging set of adversaries to defeat. The potent mixture includes murder, abduction, baffling cryptograms and robbery. We are also introduced to the one of the cruellest villains in the Holmes canon, the despicable Charles Augustus Milverton. As before, Watson is the superb narrator and the magic remains unchanged and undimmed.
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In Plain Sight - Davies Dan
Winner of the 2015 Gordon Burn Prize and the 2015 CWA Non-Fiction DaggerShortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the James Tait Black Prize An astonishing account ObserverDan Davies has spent more than a decade on a quest to find the real Jimmy Savile, and interviewed him extensively over a period of seven years before his death. In the course of his quest, he spent days and nights at a time quizzing Savile at his homes in Leeds and Scarborough, lunched with him at venues ranging from humble transport cafes to the Athenaeum club in London and, most memorably, joined him for a short cruise aboard the QE2. Dan thought his quest had come to an end in October 2011 when Savile s golden coffin was lowered into a grave dug at a 45-degree angle in a Scarborough cemetery. He was wrong. In the last two and a half years, Dan has been interviewing scores of people, many of them unobtainable while Jimmy was alive. What he has discovered was that his instincts were right all along and behind the mask lay a hideous truth. Jimmy Savile was not only complex, damaged and controlling, but cynical, calculating and predatory. He revelled in his status as a Pied Piper of youth and used his power to abuse the vulnerable and underage, all the while covering his tracks by moving into the innermost circles of the establishment.
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The Troubled Deep - Rob Parker
Compelling and so atmospheric, this is - quite literally - the perfect new crime series to dive into HEAT Rob Parker is a master of the stone-cold twist JANICE HALLETT Brilliant pacing and interesting characters make this a great addition to you to-be-read stacks PRIMA Propels you through the pages at a rate of knots ... the very definition of a one-sitting read ROBERT RUTHERFORDNobody ever knew what happened to the Brindleys. One summer they were there - flashy, loud and beautiful - and then they were gone. A mother, father and two children, vanished into the East Anglian night. Some said the family never made it home from the party; their speeding car thrown off the tracks and the four of them silently buried in the marshes. Others said they had simply moved on. For over thirty years, the case remained as cold as the freezing waterways of the Norfolk broads. Until Cam Killick found the car.An ex-marine and ex-SBS officer, Cam Killickâ ™s PTSD has made the return to civilian life a living nightmare. The only place he can find peace is underwater, where the world is muffled to white noise. As a cold case diver it is his job to scour the waterways of the country for the lost, the submerged, the drowned, laying their stories to rest alongside them.Except when Cam levers open the doors to the Brindley car on the lake bed where he found it, all four bodies are missing. And Cam will soon learn that some secrets, once submerged, are better off staying that way.A gripping, propulsive and atmospheric crime thriller perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Peter James and Elly Griffiths. Your new crime obsession starts here...
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The Mouthless Dead - Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn has found an ingenious way of shaping the story into a gripping work of fiction... a compelling mixture of crime story and character study Sunday Times A dark, unsettling, completely addictive mystery Jonathan CoeA powerful and gripping crime novel based on the Wallace Murder, a national cause célèbre of the 1930s and still unsolved today, by the author of Curtain Call and Our Friends in BerlinOne night in 1931 William Wallace was handed a phone message at his chess club from a Mr Qualtrough, asking him to meet at an address to discuss some work. Wallace caught a tram from the home he shared with his wife, Julia, to the address which turned out, after Wallace had consulted passers-by and even a policeman, to not exist. On returning home two hours later he found his wife beaten to death in the parlour. The elaborate nature of his alibi pointed to Wallace as the culprit. He was arrested and tried, found guilty of murder and sentenced to hang, but the next month the Court of Criminal Appeal sensationally overturned the verdict and he walked free. The killer was never found.Fifteen years on, the inspector who worked the case is considering it once more. Speculation continues to be rife over the true killer s identity. James Agate in his diary called it the perfect murder , Raymond Chandler said The case is unbeatable. It will always be unbeatable . And on a cruise in 1947, new information is about to come to light. A beguiling real-life crime thriller Chris Brookmyre Absorbing.. The Mouthless Dead is as engrossing as it is unsettling Emma Flint
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The Blood Tide - Neil Lancaster
⠘Think Jack Reacher fronting Line of Duty⠙ Ian RankinYou get away with murder.In a remote sea loch on the west coast of Scotland, a fisherman vanishes without trace. His remains are never found.You make people disappear.A young man jumps from a bridge in Glasgow and falls to his death in the water below. DS Max Craigie uncovers evidence that links both victims. But if he can⠙t find out what cost them their lives, it won⠙t be long before more bodies turn up at the morgue⠦You come back for revenge.Soon cracks start to appear in the investigation, and Max⠙s past hurtles back to haunt him. When his loved ones are threatened, he faces a terrifying choice: let the only man he ever feared walk free, or watch his closest friend die⠦LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 McILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR! Max, Janie and Ross return in the second gripping novel in this explosive Scottish crime series.Readers LOVE The Blood Tide⠘Line of Duty on steroids⠦ It just never lets up!⠙ John Barlow⠘The Blood Tide grabs you from page one and doesn⠙t let go. Be warned: don⠙t sit down planning to read only a few pages!⠙ Kate London⠘Tightly plotted, tense and thrilling. Neil Lancaster just gets better and better⠙ Marion Todd⠘You can⠙t beat the voice of experience⠦ A rugged tale from a writer who⠙s done this chilling stuff for real⠙ Paul Finch⠘A rattlingly good read. The pages practically turn themselves⠦⠙ John Sutherland⠘An absolutely thrilling read from a brand-new star of Tartan Noir. Superb.⠙ Cass Green⠘Authentic to a tee. A story to die for. Characters that leap of all the page-turny pages.⠙ Imran Mahmood⠘What a gripping page-turner ⠓ it kept me guessing until the very end⠙ Michelle Davies⠘I⠙ve been hooked on this for a few days. It has it all: action, humour, tightly plotted with the most satisfying of endings!⠙ Chris McDonald
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The European Union and Global Politics - Youngs Richard
This accessible new textbook situates the European Union in a dramatically changed world order. Resisting a more traditional and abstract introduction to the institutions, structures and policy making processes of the EU, this innovative new text cuts through the jargon to demonstrate how hard the EU must work to retain its international influence. Taking into account the latest empirical developments, including the spread of war and violence in the East with Ukraine and the ongoing turbulent politics of North Africa and the Middle East, Richard Youngs â “ an expert in the field â “ introduces us to how the EU has been forced to act differently. The book is unique in offering an outside-in conceptual framework that inverts the way that the EU external action is studied and understood. It unpacks the different international challenges the EU has faced in recent years, including the weakening of global order, the need for more protective security, geo-economic competition, climate change and conflicts to its east and south. In each case the book examines how the EU has responded and how its core international identity has changed as a result, assessing whether the Union still retains strong global influence.This book is the ideal companion for students taking modules on the European Unionâ ™s foreign policy, global politics, and for students of European Union Politics more broadly at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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Flight from the Dark (Junior Edition) - Joe Dever
The classic role-playing adventure returns for younger readers! YOU are the sole survivor of the Kai, who for thousands of years have protected the realm of Sommerlund. Can you reach the capital and warn the king in time? Will you survive? Your choices may be the difference between life and death in the most fantastic journey of your life. For you are now the last of the Kai - you are LONE WOLF. The first episode in a unique interactive series. A must-read for fans of gaming and fantasy.
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The Red Emperor - Michael Sheridan
Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong KongThe Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi Jinping, the man who presides over 1.4 billion people and the second largest economy on earth. Born a princeling to one of Communist China s ruling families, the young Xi was exiled to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. He fought his way back to the top by stealth, privilege and guile. In 2012, following the spectacular fall of his rival Bo Xilai, Xi Jinping became the leader of China.In a compulsively readable narrative, veteran foreign correspondent Michael Sheridan takes the reader from the poor, isolated country of Xi s youth to the military and economic superpower of today. In Xi s new China, family mafias struggle for power amid murder, corruption and sex scandals as ministers and generals vanish in purges. No one is safe in his techno-security state. Xi is an absolute ruler whose word is law on everything from war and peace to the ruthless campaign against Covid-19. He aims to dominate world trade, to defeat Western democracy and to make China the supreme power in the East. A loner and a risk-taker, he is the most consequential leader of our time.Drawing on intimate stories from the closed world of China s leading families and two decades of first-hand reporting, Michael Sheridan sheds new light on the history and politics of China. The book reveals that behind the façade of the Chinese Communist Party there is a modern dynasty and a new emperor.
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove - Barbara Demick
The extraordinary and riveting story of separated Chinese twins, with one twin seized by the authorities and adopted into America, by the Samuel Johnson-winning author of Nothing to Envy. In 2000, a Chinese woman gave birth to twins in a bamboo grove, trying to avoid detection by the government because she already had two daughters. Two years later, an American couple travelled to Shaoyang to adopt a Chinese toddler they thought had been abandoned. Their understanding had been that China s brutal one-child policy was leading to hundreds of abandoned girls, desperate for the care of adopted parents. What they didn t know - and what award-winning journalist Barbara Demick uncovered in 2007, while working as a correspondent in Beijing - was that their daughter had been snatched from her beloved family and her identical twin. Under China s one-child policy hundreds of poor Chinese were giving up their children due to soaring fines and threats of violence. More sinister still, international demand for adoptees was sky-rocketing, and local officials were forcibly seizing children and trafficking them to orphanages, who were selling them abroad. Daughters of the Bamboo Grove tells the gripping story of separated twins, their respective fates in China and the USA, and Barbara Demick s role in reuniting them against huge odds. Painting a rich portrait of China s history and culture, it asks questions about the roots, impact and consequences of China s one-child policy, the ethics of international adoption, and, ultimately, the assumptions and narratives we hold about the quality of lives lived in the East and the West.
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The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 1: The Cellar, The Beast House
Visitors flock to see the beast house with its blood-soaked corridors. But the worst part of the house is actually THE CELLAR... Bestselling author Gorman Hardy is looking for ideas for his next novel. Tyler and her friend Nora are looking for a wild time. But in fact they find pain, bestiality and death in... THE BEAST HOUSE. Horrific events have made the Beast House infamous. For the full story, take THE MIDNIGHT TOUR. Saturday nights only. Limited to thirteen tourists. It begins on the stroke of midnight. You ll be lucky to get out alive...
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Silver on the Tree - Susan Cooper
The six servants of the Light - the Drew children, Will, Bran and the mysterious Merriman - have reached their last, desperate fight against the forces of the Dark. They face one final, daunting task: to find the crystal sword. Their search will lead them from their own world to the haunting, magical Lost Land between sea and shore - and they will each stare death in the face before the battle s final moments.The fifth and final spellbinding book in the highly acclaimed Dark is Rising sequence.
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The Eagle and the Lion - Adrian Goldsworthy
Epic history as it is meant to be written! Simon Sebag Montefiore A sweeping and panoramic account of the first great superpower rivalry â “ a definitive account. Tom HollandThe Roman empire was like no other. Stretching from the north of Britain to the Sahara, and from the Atlantic coast to the Euphrates, it imposed peace and prosperity on an unprecedented scale.Its only true rival lay in the east, where the Parthian and then Persian empires ruled over great cities and the trade routes to mysterious lands beyond. This was the region Alexander the Great had swept through, creating a dream of glory and conquest that tantalized Greeks and Romans alike. Tracing seven centuries of conflict between Rome and Persia, Adrian Goldsworthy shows how these two great powers evolved together. Despite their endless clashes, trade between the empires enriched them both, and a mutual respect prevented both Rome and Persia from permanently destroying the other.Epic in scope, The Eagle and the Lion reshapes our understanding of one of the greatest rivalries of world history.
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The Travels - Marco Polo
A sparkling new translation of one of the greatest travel books ever written: Marco Polo s seminal account of his journeys in the east.Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. His account of his travels offers a fascinating glimpse of what he encountered abroad: unfamiliar religions, customs and societies; the spices and silks of the East; the precious gems, exotic vegetation and wild beasts of faraway lands. Evoking a remote and long-vanished world with colour and immediacy, Marco s book revolutionized western ideas about the then unknown East and is still one of the greatest travel accounts of all time.For this edition - the first completely new English translation of the Travels in over fifty years - Nigel Cliff has gone back to the original manuscript sources to produce a fresh, authoritative new version. The volume also contains invaluable editorial materials, including an introduction describing the world as it stood on the eve of Polo s departure, and examining the fantastical notions the West had developed of the East.
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The Mouthless Dead - Anthony Quinn
One night in 1931 William Wallace was handed a phone message at his chess club from a Mr Qualtrough, asking him to meet at an address to discuss some work. Wallace caught a tram from the home he shared with his wife, Julia, to the address which turned out, after Wallace had consulted passers-by and even a policeman, to not exist. On returning home two hours later he found his wife beaten to death in the parlour. The elaborate nature of his alibi pointed to Wallace as the culprit. He was arrested and tried, found guilty of murder and sentenced to hang, but the next month the Court of Criminal Appeal sensationally overturned the verdict and he walked free. The killer was never found. 15 years on, the inspector who worked the case is considering it once more. Speculation continues to be rife over the true killer s identity.
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The Asylum Workshop - Colin Murphy
You think this is dignified? A bunch of students playing with someoneâ ™s medical records?Why did 20th century Ireland lock up so many people? After all the scandals about Irelandâ ™s institutions - the industrial schools, the mother and baby homes, the Magdalene laundries - why have we still barely investigated the largest institutions of them all: the psychiatric hospitals?Today, Grangegorman is home to the newly opened campus of Technological University Dublin. But for nearly 200 years, it housed a forbidding institution behind high walls.The Asylum Workshop is a new documentary play by Colin Murphy about the history of Irelandâ ™s first public psychiatric hospital. Drawing on unique access to the hospitalâ ™s archives, it weaves together verbatim testimony from patients and families, reports from doctors and nurses, and analysis from historians and psychiatrists.This edition is published to coincide with the production by Technological University Dublin and Grangegorman Histories in the East Quad Black Box Theatre in June 2023.
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