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Marc Marquez: Everything or Nothing - Stuart Barker
*THE PERFECT MOTOGP BOOK FOR FATHER'S DAY*Marc Márquez is the apex predator of the MotoGP world: arguably the greatest motorcycle racer who ever lived, he is an eight-time world champion. He is the man who dethroned Valentino Rossi, and who changed the sport of MotoGP forever.Márquez's hyper aggressive riding style has made him many enemies, and his epic championship battle with Valentino Rossi in 2015 led to one of the most controversial moments in the history of MotoGP.But his story off the track is just as incredible: devastating accidents, surgeries and recoveries, racing on despite a diagnosis that left him knowing one more head injury could leave him blind. His self-admittedly ruthless personality and desire to win make him an explosive, dominant and at times controversial character.Told by bestselling author Stuart Barker, with the insight of rivals, team members, pundits, managers and many close to his story, this is the a story of pure sporting theatre and white-knuckle speed twinned with real human drama. Marc Marquez: Everything or Nothing is the Márquez told in full for the very first time.
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Life of Evel - Stuart Barker
A searching and at times harrowing re-appraisal of the life of Evel Knievel, the seventies American icon and the greatest daredevil motorcyclist that ever lived. Now fully updated in paperback with the story of the last few years of his life and his death in 2007.Stuart Barker''s definitive biography captures the super-star status that Knievel held and also examines the marketing phenomenon of a man who once boasted he ‘made $60 million and blew $63 million’.Born in the town of Butte, Montana in 1938, Robert Craig Knievel was an outstanding athlete, ski jumper and ice hockey player at school. His early jobs included working in the copper mines and driving a bus as well as a stint in the US Army, but he always subsidised his income through crime (''I could crack a safe with one hand tied behind my back quicker than you could eat a hamburger with two.'')He used bikes to escape from the police and eventually hit upon the idea of jumping them after seeing a stunt driver jump cars at a state fair. His first jump took place over two mountain lions and a box of rattlesnakes, and he soon developed his act into the ''Evel Knievel Motorcycle Daredevils'' before embarking on a solo career.Knievel suffered 37 breaks and fractures during his daredevil career. In 1967 he spent 29 days in a coma after an attempt to jump over the fountains outside Caesar''s Palace casino in Las Vegas. While recovering, he decided to make his goal to jump the Grand Canyon, an attempt he was forced to abort by the US Government; and later was paid $1 million for jumping over 13 double-decker buses at Wembley Stadium.Now, a quarter of a century after he last stepped off a motorcycle, he has been reborn as the originator of Xtreme sports. This, alongside his love of gambling, women and drinking, ensure his legend will live forever. Life of Evel is the story of a truly extreme personality.
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Valentino Rossi - Stuart Barker
'AN EXCEPTIONAL READ' - Motor Cycle News'STUART BARKER IS TO WRITING WHAT VALENTINO ROSSI IS TO RIDING [...] A MUST-READ FOR ALL BIKE NUTS' - DAILY MIRROR'At high speed everything becomes more difficult and more beautiful.
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All or Nothing - Michael Wolff
All or Nothing takes readers on a journey accompanying Donald Trump on his return to power as only Michael Wolff, the foremost chronicler of the Trump era, can do it. As Trump cruelly and swiftly dispatches his opponents, heaps fire and fury on the prosecutors and judges who are pursuing him, and mocks and belittles anyone in his way, including the president of the United States, this becomes not just another election but perhaps, both sides say, the last election. The stakes could not be Either the establishment destroys Donald Trump, or he destroys the establishment.What soon emerges is a split-screen On one side, a picture that could not be worse for an inescapable, perhaps mortal legal quagmire; on the other side, an entirely positive political overwhelming support within his party, ever-rising polling numbers, and lackluster opposition. Through personal access to Trump’s inner circle, Wolff details a behind-the-scenes, revealing landscape of Trumpworld and its unlikely cast of primary players as well as the candidate himself, the most successful figure in American politics since, arguably, Roosevelt, but who might easily seem to be raving mad.Threading a needle between tragedy and farce, the fate of the nation, the liberal ideal, and democracy itself, All or Nothing paints a gobsmacking portrait of a man whose behavior is so unimaginable, so uncontrolled, so unmindful of cause and effect, that it defeats all the structures and logic of civic life. And yet here in one of the most remarkable comebacks in American political history, Trump is victorious. This is not just a story about It is a vivid exposé of the demons, discord, and anarchy—the fire, fury, and future—of American life under Trump.
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More or Less - Stuart J. Murphy
“Kids, young and old, fall in love with math when they see how real-life and effortless it becomes thanks to these books.” --Kimberly D. Mueller, Ed.D., First Grade Teacher, Ashbrook School, Lumberton NJMore or Less is perfect for teaching comparing numbers to first, second, and third graders. Eddie has a booth at the school fair, guessing people''s ages. He hasn''t guessed wrong yet, but if he does, he gets dunked. Can Eddie keep guessing right—and keep from getting wet? Comparing whole numbers and understanding what''s more and what''s less are a big part of Eddie''s strategy, and an important math skill for young readers to learn.Kids will love the story and the funny illustrations by David T. Wenzel. Parents and other educators will love how the story and pictures make understanding comparisons a breeze—as well as the concrete examples of how math works! The book contains activities for adults to do with kids to extend math into their own lives! Math skills are life skills, and the MathStart series supports success!This award-winning series by Stuart J. Murphy teaches math through stories and visual models63 books divided into three levels with 21 books in eachFun activities kids will love are included to help parents and teachers emphasize the lessonsEngaging and relatable stories, with each story revolving around practical applications of the math concept presentedLively art from top-notch illustratorsCharts and other visual representations help children understand how the math works and promote deeper comprehensionMathStart''s unique combination of stories, illustrations, and visual models helps teachers and parents in the teaching of math and provides all children with the opportunity to succeed.The math concepts taught in MathStart books conform to state and national standards. Level 1 is Pre-K–Kindergarten; Level 2 is Grades 1–3; Level 3 is Grades 2–4. The series follows math topics across grades so there is a foundational path to learning that runs through the levels.Help kids with their math skills plus their reading skills with the engaging and fun MathStart series!
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All or Nothing - Michael Wolff
All or Nothing is the final chapter in Wolff's Fire and Fury series. With extraordinary behind-the-scenes access, it follows every turn of Donald Trump's third presidential campaign.In disgrace after the January 6 attack on the Capitol and sent into exile, Trump immediately sputters back to life. To the shock of the Republican Party leadership, the Trump base has not abandoned him. Hardly a year on, he is as strong as any challenger has ever been.The American establishment is stunned by his comeback and determined to stop it and hold him accountable for his abuses of law and power. Equally, he has vowed retribution on anyone who tries to stand in his way. The 2024 presidential race is elemental: the system breaks Donald Trump or Donald Trump breaks the system.Michael Wolff tells this story from inside the Trump campaign. Through the sources he has cultivated over his ten years of writing about Donald Trump, including people who are with Trump on a daily basis, as well as his own first-hand reporting, we get a nearly moment-by-moment picture of the pendulum mood swings, the casual cruelties, the demands for obeisance, the preternatural resolve or otherworldly levels of denial, and the certain flashes of showman genius of the new president.
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Can I Say - Travis Barker, Gavin Edwards
Travis Barker’s soul-baring memoir chronicles the highlights and lowlights of the renowned drummer’s art and his life, including the harrowing plane crash that nearly killed him and his traumatic road to recovery—a fascinating never-before-told-in-full story of personal reinvention grounded in musical salvation and fatherhood.After breaking out as the acclaimed drummer of the multiplatinum punk band Blink-182, everything changed for Travis Barker. But the dark side of rock stardom took its toll: his marriage, chronicled for an MTV reality show, fell apart. Constant touring concealed a serious drug addiction. A reckoning did not truly come until he was forced to face mortality: His life nearly ended in a horrifying plane crash, and then his close friend, collaborator, and fellow crash survivor DJ AM died of an overdose.In this blunt, driving memoir, Barker ruminates on rock stardom, fatherhood, death, loss, and redemption, sharing stories shaped by decades’ worth of hard-earned insights. His pulsating memoir is as energetic as his acclaimed beats. It brings to a close the first chapters of a well-lived life, inspiring readers to follow the rhythms of their own hearts and find meaning in their lives.
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All or Nothing - Simon Spence
Newly published in paperback, All or Nothing is drawn from over 125 interviews with those who knew Marriott intimately: his wives, children, bandmates and closest friends, managers, record producers, record label bosses and his fellow musicians. Included are scores of people who have never told their story before.
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Double or Nothing - Kim Sherwood
*Don''t miss the next gripping Double O thriller, A SPY LIKE ME, available to order now*The start of a brand new trilogy following MI6’s agents with a licence to kill, that blows the world of James Bond wide open!‘A boldly innovative James Bond novel'' Sunday TimesTHREE…James Bond is missing and presumed dead. In his absence, MI6 is left struggling to pick up the pieces in the face of the world’s deadliest threat yet.TWO…Moneypenny’s elite Double O agents – Sid Bashir, Johanna Harwood and Joseph Dryden – are tasked with infiltrating the deadly terrorist organisation Rattenfänger, and unearthing its connection to tech billionaire Sir Bertram Paradise.ONE…As time ticks away, the stakes couldn’t be higher – and the fate of our lives rests in their hands…What everyone is saying about DOUBLE OR NOTHING:‘Filled with characters so real we feel we know them, the novel races through its surprising plot twists like an Aston Martin in high gear’ Jeffery Deaver, author of Carte Blanche, a James Bond novel‘Stylish, explosive, fresh and fun, Kim Sherwood takes one of the world’s most beloved series and makes it her own’ Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End''Kim Sherwood has taken the world of James Bond and turned it on its head’ Charles Cumming, author of BOX 88‘A cleverly plotted and absorbing novel with a fantastic cast of fully rounded characters’ Lisa Ballantyne, author of The Innocent One‘Delivers everything you could want and more from a high-octane, high-stakes spy thriller’ Tim Glister, author of Red Corona
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Make Art or Die Trying - Stuart Semple
Learn to make art that can change the world.Multidisciplinary artist, entrepreneur, and activist Stuart Semple believes that art is for everyone, and that everyone is an artist. Every single human has an inner spark of creativity that can make the world a better place. Art can change people, places, attitudes, and communities, healing and communicating when words aren’t enough.Make Art or Die Trying empowers you to understand and connect with big art ideas and embrace your creative potential, no matter where you’re starting from. This stunning, informative, and inspiring book demystifies influential art concepts of the 20th and 21st centuries, including happenings, performance art, Bauhaus, and Fluxus, making them super-approachable and inviting you to learn, make art, and make change.Each chapter: Explains a transformative art concept in a simple, straightforward, jargon-free way.Shares examples by amazing and innovative artists.Offers DIY ideas and exercises that encourage you to explore the concept yourself and ultimately develop your own unique conversation with the wider world.Includes a QR code that allows access to an exclusive video by Stuart that takes the conversation to a deeper level.Let Make Art or Die Trying be your guide to harnessing the power of creative ideas to create art and change in your life and community.
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Pánská noční košile MARQUEZ L Modrá
Pánská noční košile MARQUEZ Bavlněná noční košile MARQUEZ je luxusním kouskem pro váš noční odpočinek. Vyrobena z měkké 100% bavlny o gramáži 115 g/m2, nabízí maximální pohodlí a prodyšnost. Se zapínáním na knoflíčky u krku a praktickou kapsou na prsu máte vše, co potřebujete. Pánská noční košile MARQUEZ je dodávána v elegantním dárkovém boxu, což ji činí skvělým dárkem. Vybírat můžete z velikostí M, L, XL a XXL. Muži ve více než 50 zemích světa už této španělské značce, která je od roku 1859 ztělesněním elegance a luxusu, podlehli. Užijte si i vy komfort a styl s touto pánskou noční košilí.
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Pánská noční košile MARQUEZ Bavlněná noční košile MARQUEZ je luxusním kouskem pro váš noční odpočinek. Vyrobena z měkké 100% bavlny o gramáži 115 g/m2, nabízí maximální pohodlí a prodyšnost. Se zapínáním na knoflíčky u krku a praktickou kapsou na prsu máte vše, co potřebujete. Pánská noční košile MARQUEZ je dodávána v elegantním dárkovém boxu, což ji činí skvělým dárkem. Vybírat můžete z velikostí M, L, XL a XXL. Muži ve více než 50 zemích světa už této španělské značce, která je od roku 1859 ztělesněním elegance a luxusu, podlehli. Užijte si i vy komfort a styl s touto pánskou noční košilí.
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Pánská noční košile MARQUEZ Bavlněná noční košile MARQUEZ je luxusním kouskem pro váš noční odpočinek. Vyrobena z měkké 100% bavlny o gramáži 115 g/m2, nabízí maximální pohodlí a prodyšnost. Se zapínáním na knoflíčky u krku a praktickou kapsou na prsu máte vše, co potřebujete. Pánská noční košile MARQUEZ je dodávána v elegantním dárkovém boxu, což ji činí skvělým dárkem. Vybírat můžete z velikostí M, L, XL a XXL. Muži ve více než 50 zemích světa už této španělské značce, která je od roku 1859 ztělesněním elegance a luxusu, podlehli. Užijte si i vy komfort a styl s touto pánskou noční košilí.
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Pánská noční košile MARQUEZ Bavlněná noční košile MARQUEZ je luxusním kouskem pro váš noční odpočinek. Vyrobena z měkké 100% bavlny o gramáži 115 g/m2, nabízí maximální pohodlí a prodyšnost. Se zapínáním na knoflíčky u krku a praktickou kapsou na prsu máte vše, co potřebujete. Pánská noční košile MARQUEZ je dodávána v elegantním dárkovém boxu, což ji činí skvělým dárkem. Vybírat můžete z velikostí M, L, XL a XXL. Muži ve více než 50 zemích světa už této španělské značce, která je od roku 1859 ztělesněním elegance a luxusu, podlehli. Užijte si i vy komfort a styl s touto pánskou noční košilí.
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Living to Tell the Tale - Gabriel García Márquez
In Living to Tell the Tale Gabriel Garcia Marquez - winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude - recounts his personal experience of returning to the house in which he grew up and the memories that this visit conjured. ''My mother asked me to go with her to sell the house''Gabriel Garcia Marquez was twenty-three, a young man experimenting with his writing when this mother asked him to come back with her to the village of his grandparents and the memories of his Colombian childhood.In the first part of Gabriel Garcia Marquez''s memoir, the Nobel Prize-winning author returns to the atmosphere and influences that shaped his formidable imagination and formed the basis of his world-famous, and much-loved, fiction.''A treasure trove, a discovery of a lost land we knew existed but couldn''t find. A thrilling miracle of a book'' The Times''A marvellous journey. Never less than a miracle'' Sunday Times''Márquez writes in this lyrical, magical language that no one else can do'' Salman Rushdie
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Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted
A middle-aged Jewish man who fantasizes about being a cowboy goes on an eccentric quest across Europe after the 1941 Nazi invasion of Lithuania in this wild and witty yet heartrending novel from the bestselling author of Yiddish for Pirates, shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.Motl is middle-aged, poor, nerdy, Jewish and in desperate need of a shave. Since having his balls shot cleanly off as a youth in WWI, he''s lived a quiet life at home in Vilnius with his shrewd and shrewish mom, Gitl, losing himself in the masculine fantasy world of cowboy novels by writers like Karl May--novels equally loved by Hitler, whose troops have just invaded Lithuania and are out to exterminate people like Motl. In his dreams, Motl is a fast-talking, rugged, expert gunslinger capable of dealing with the Nazi threat. But only in his dreams.As friends and neighbours are killed around them, Motl and Gitl escape from Vilnius, saving their own skins. But they immediately risk everything to try rescue relatives they hope are still alive. With death all around him, Motl decides that a Jew''s best revenge is not only to live, but to procreate. In order to achieve this, though, he must relocate those most crucial pieces of his anatomy lost to him in a glacier in the Swiss Alps in the previous war. It''s an absurd yet life-affirming mission, made even more urgent when he''s separated from his mother, and isn''t sure whether she''s alive or dead. Joining forces, and eventually hearts, with Esther, a Jewish woman whose family has been killed, Motl ventures across Europe, a kaleidoscope of narrow escapes and close encounters with everyone from Himmler, to circus performers, double agents, quislings, fake "Indians" and real ones. Motl at last figures out that he has more connection to the Indigenous characters in western novels than the cowboys.An imaginative and deeply felt exploration of genocide, persecution, colonialism and masculinity--saturated in Gary Barwin''s sharp wit and perfect pun-play--Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy is a one-of-a-kind novel of sheer genius.
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Devadesát dnů za železnou oponou - Gabriel García Márquez
Málokdo ví, že se v 50. letech 20. století objevil García Márquez – tehdy nepříliš známý mladý novinář – v komunistickém Československu… Byl původně pozván do Sovětského svazu na Světový festival mládeže, ale podařilo se mu tuhle „cestu na Východ“ rozšířit o návštěvu východního Německa, Polska, Maďarska a ČSSR. Tyto cestopisné eseje, v nichž Márquez vystupuje jako velice přesný a originální pozorovatel, vycházejí česky poprvé.
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Until August - Gabriel García Márquez
THE EXTRAORDINARY LOST NOVEL FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDESitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels here to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover.Amid sultry days and tropical downpours, lotharios and conmen, Ana journeys further each year into the hinterland of her desire, and the fear that sits quietly at her heart.Constantly surprising and wonderfully sensual, Until August is a profound meditation on freedom, regret, and the mysteries of love, from one of the greatest writers the world has ever known.'No writer since Dickens was so widely read, and so deeply loved, as Gabriel Garcia Marquez' Salman Rushdie'One of the greatest visionary writers - and one of my favourites from the time I was young' Barack Obama'Few writers can be said to have written books that have changed the whole course of literature. Gabriel Garcia Marquez did just that' Guardian
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One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez
ONE OF THE WORLD''S MOST FAMOUS BOOKS AND WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE_______________________________''Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice''Gabriel García Márquez''s great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and its miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book, and only Aureliano Buendía can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny.Blending political reality with magic realism, fantasy and comic invention, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century._______________________________''As steamy, dense and sensual as the jungle that surrounds the surreal town of Macondo!'' Oprah, Featured in Oprah''s Book Club''Should be required reading for the entire human race'' The New York Times''The book that sort of saved my life'' Emma Thompson''No lover of fiction can fail to respond to the grace of Márquez''s writing'' Sunday Telegraph
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Stíny terorismu - Alan Barker
Tuto knihu si určitě nebudou chtít přečíst vládcové z Downing Streeta představitelé Ministerstva pro Severní Irsko. Je to příběh o odvazev zemi, kde se střílí, kde vládne zrada a politické pletichy.Alan Barker pracoval u Zvláštní služby, elitního útvaruUlsterské policie, bojujícího proti republikánským i loyalistickýmteroristům z PIRA, INLA a dalších organizací. Ve svéknize Barker vypráví svůj příběh u RUC. Již krátce po začátkuslužby u policie Barkera do smrtelné pasti PIRA málemnalákala krásná teroristka, na vrcholu své kariéry spolupracovals agenty, kteří přispěli k vážným neúspěchůmteroristů v Derry. Ve svém vyprávění skutečného bojovníkaproti teroristům Barker ukazuje, jak se RUC podařilo proniknoutdo teroristických organizací. Čtenářům nabízí jedinečnýpohled člověka, disponujícího unikátními zpravodajskýmiinformacemi, na politický vývoj v Severním Irskukrátce před a po historicky významném příměří z roku 1994.Kniha rovněž shrnuje příběh jednoho z Barkerových klíčovýchagentů, Raymonda Gilmoura, který se zasloužil o dosaženívýznamných úspěchů v boji proti teroristům INLAa PIRA v Derry.
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The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies - Cicely Mary Barker
This complete collection of Cicely Mary Barker''s Flower Fairies features a brand-new enchanting cover.Perfect for fans of all ages, this wonderful collection includes all the original Flower Fairy poems and illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker from the classic books.Since the publication of Cicely Mary Barker''s first book in 1923, the Flower Fairies have been ethereal companions to generations of readers around the world. Her charming poetry and delicate illustrations have sparked the imaginations of children for over ninety years and continue to inspire a life-long love for fairies and all things magical.
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The Voyage Home - Pat Barker
THE EXHILARATING FOLLOW-UP TO PAT BARKER''S THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLSAfter ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle.Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks – among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine – war-wife – to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death – and her own – while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra’s frenzies and the horrors to come.Meanwhile, awaiting the fleet’s return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husband’s choice to sacrifice their eldest daughter to the gods in exchange for a fair wind to Troy, she has spent this long decade plotting retribution, in a palace haunted by child-ghosts.As one wife journeys toward the other, united by the vision of Agamemnon’s death, one thing is certain: this long-awaited homecoming will change everyone’s fates forever.‘The queen of literary historical fiction, Barker is an unflinching guide for a trip across ancient Greece’ National Geographic‘In her thrilling retelling of the stories of Cassandra and Clytemnestra, Barker conjures up a world stained by the grief of mothers and daughters. Agamemnon’s palace is the stuff of nightmares, a world of suspicion and fear, plagued by the ghosts of innocents’ Paula Hawkins''You go to her for plain truths, a driving storyline and a clear eye, steadily facing the history of our world'' GuardianLONGLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025Instant Sunday Times bestseller, August 2024
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Noonday - Pat Barker
From the Booker Prize-winning and Women''s Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls The final novel in Pat Barker''s acclaimed ''Life Class'' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart''Bold, hard-hitting, unforgettable, with luminous and unsparing insight'' Independent on Sunday''Barker''s command of detail and gift for metaphor are as sharp as ever... Noonday is in the first rank'' Mail on Sunday''[There is] no end to her talent in describing how conflicts rupture the soul'' Arifa Akbar, IndependentLondon, the Blitz, autumn 1940. As the bombs fall on the blacked-out city, ambulance driver Elinor Brooke races from bomb sites to hospitals trying to save the lives of injured survivors, working alongside former friend Kit Neville, while her husband Paul works as an air-raid warden. As the bombing intensifies, the constant risk of death makes all three of them reach out for quick consolation. Old loves and obsessions re-surface until Elinor is brought face to face with an almost impossible choice. Writing about the Second World War for the first time, Pat Barker brings the besieged and haunted city of London into electrifying life.The Life Class trilogy:Life ClassToby''s RoomNoonday
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Clive Barker's Next Testament Complete Collection - Clive Barker, Mark Alan Miller
20 For 20! Celebrate 20 years of BOOM! Studios with the entire Harvey Award-nominated saga from visionary horror author Clive Barker, collected here for the very first time. Julian Demond, captain of industry, has left behind everything to begin a walkabout -- he believes he''s on a mission from God. While in the wasteland, he comes across a figure unlike any other, who calls himself Wick...and claims to be God. Their journey will span the globe, as neither man merely wants to make a mark on a world, but a scar... Clive Barker and internationally acclaimed artist Haemi Jang (Hellraiser: The Road Below) come together to create a legendary work in the canon of one of the great writers of our era.
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Poselství z Plejád - Eva Marquez
Předmluva Pavlína Klemm. Objevte svou kosmickou rodinu z Plejád, Síria, Andromedy, Kentaura, Epsilon Eridanu a Lyry. Průvodce k odhalení svého hvězdného původu a probuzení svých jedinečných darů, které jste zdědili od své kosmické rodiny • V této knize najdete hluboká poselství a moudrost přijatou prostřednictvím channelingu od šesti hvězdných národů - z Plejád, Síria, Andromedy, Kentauru, Epsilonu Eridani a Lyry • Čtení o vašem kosmickém původu ve vás probudí pradávné vzpomínky na váš hvězdný původ a aktivuje vaši duchovní DNA • Kniha obsahuje řadu energetických cvičení a řízených meditací, které jsou specificky zaměřeny na každý hvězdný národ a které vám pomohou probudit v sobě světelné kódy, zvýší vaši vibrační inteligenci a aktivují vaše zděděné hvězdné dary Jste hvězdným dítětem. Nesete v sobě duchovní DNA své hvězdné rodiny. Před dávnými časy osídlili Plejáďané společně s dalšími hvězdnými národy Zemi a jejich energie je zde stále přítomna. Jakmile rozpoznáte svůj hvězdný původ, budete moci aktivovat svou duchovní DNA a probudit duševní vlastnosti, které rezonují s vaší hvězdnou rodinou. V tomto duchovním průvodci vám Eva Marquez vysvětlí, jak objevit svůj hvězdný původ a aktivovat svou kosmickou DNA. Předává vám hluboká učení od bytostí z Plejád, Síria, Andromedy, Kentauru, Epsilonu Eridani a Lyry. Díky aktivování svého hvězdného původu a opětovnému spojení se svou hvězdnou rodinou pomůžete na naší planetě přetransformovávat frekvence strachu v lásku a zažehnete zde proces kosmického vzestupu.
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Sto rokov samoty - Gabriel García Márquez - audiokniha
Audiokniha: Román Sto rokov samoty je považovaný za jedno z najvýznamnejších diel latinskoamerickej a svetovej literatúry. Prvý krát vyšiel v roku 1967 a odvtedy bol preložený do viac ako 37 jazykov. Nápad na jeho napísanie sa zrodil v januári 1965, keď Gabriel García Márquez cestoval s rodinou na dovolenku do Acapulca. Začul vravu mestečka Macondo a hneď vedel, ako napíše svoj nový román. Vrátil sa domov, zatvoril sa do pracovne, a keď z nej po osemnástich mesiacoch vyšiel, v ruke držal 1 300 strán rukopisu a bol šťastný. Tento magický príbeh je komponovaný z množstva reálnych aj fantazijných epizód. Rozpráva o pôvabných i krutých príhodách šiestich generácií rodiny Buendíovcov z fiktívneho mestečka Macondo. Napriek tomu, že je Macondo len veľká osada obkolesená horami má svoje vojny, katastrofy aj svoje zázraky. V jej histórii, raste a úpadku je možné vidieť celú Latinskú Ameriku. Román Sto rokov samoty, ktorý spája politickú realitu s magickým realizmom, je jedným z najslávnejších a najodvážnejších románov 20. storočia. Audioknihu z verejných zdrojov podporil Fond na podporu umenia. "Svet bol taký mladý, že veľa vecí ešte nemalo ani len meno, a kto chcel o nich rozprávať, musel na ne ukázať prstom."
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Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel García Márquez
There are novels, like journeys, which you never want to end: this is one of them. One seventh of July at six in the afternoon, a woman of 71 and a man of 78 ascend a gangplank and begin one of the greatest adventures in modern literature. The man is Florentino Ariza, President of the Carribean River Boat Company; the woman is his childhood sweetheart, the recently widowed Fermina Daza.She has earache. He is bald and lame. Their journey up-river, at an age when they can expect 'nothing more in life', holds out a shimmering promise: the consummation of an amor interruptus spanning half a century.LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA is one of the most uplifting romances of our times. An epiphany to late-flowering love, it holds out the subversive promise that you can have what you wish for: you may just have to wait. Set on the Colombian coast in the early part of this century, it is, arguably even more so than ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE which won him the Nobel Prize, the crowning work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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Batman: Killing Time - Tom King, David Marquez
In Batman''s second year of his crusade against crime, while he is still changing and perfecting his craft and the art of the vigilante, the cowardly lot of criminals in the city are changing as well—giving rise to darker, specialized rogues.Two of the new, colorful rogues, Riddler and Catwoman, have just pulled off the heist of the century, robbing Wayne-Gotham Securities, getting away with 1.5 million in cash. After the robbery, after a few dead guards, with all of Gotham including Batman searching for them, they meet with their backer, Penguin, the man who will wash their money, take his cut, and secure their escape. And Riddler shoots Penguin in the gut, grabs the loot, and turns to Catwoman. “It’s ours, all of it. All we got to do is escape this city.” Riddler and Catwoman take to the road, both weighing how long they can go before they need to take the other out. And as they move about the city they’re hunted by an inexperienced Batman who knows two things: One, he’ll need to be better than he’s ever been to catch these two psychopaths; two, Penguin survived and if he gets to them first, it’ll be a bloodbath like Gotham’s never seen. Three villains, one Dark Knight, and a deadly heist gone wrong. Catwoman, the Riddler, and the Penguin join forces to pull off the greatest robbery in the history of Gotham City. And their prize? A mysterious and priceless artifact in the secret possession of Bruce Wayne! But, as the events unfold, what fun is a heist without a bloody double-cross or two? The blockbuster team of Tom King and David Marquez brings an epic, white-knuckled, action-packed tale of a young Batman desperate to recover his most prized possession from a host of violent rogues before the clock strikes the Killing Time... Batman: Killing Time collects the entire 6-issue limited series!
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The Heart of Everything - Marc Levy
Even death can’t break the bond between father and son in an uncannily funny and poignant novel about love, loss, memory, and family by Marc Levy, the bestselling author of P.S. from Paris. There’s nothing too unusual about a father asking his son for a favor—unless, of course, the father in question has been dead for five years. Thomas, a young virtuoso pianist living a quiet, carefully structured life in France, is stunned when his late father, Raymond, suddenly appears in his home. He’s not a ghost in the traditional sense—he’s real enough to ask for help. His request? That Thomas travel with him to San Francisco to find Camille, the long-lost love of his life. For Thomas, it’s as surreal as it sounds. And yet…it might be his last-in-a-lifetime chance to know his father as a man and to square the regrets of the past. Together they embark on a five-thousand-mile journey that questions the very nature of existence, proves that love never fades, and rekindles the curious, heart-tugging bond between a parent and child that somehow endures beyond death.
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The Bone Ships: Winner of the Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel - RJ Barker
'Excellent . . .one of the most interesting and original fantasy worlds I've seen in years'ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY 'Brilliant' ROBIN HOBB, author of The Assassin's Apprentice***Winner of the Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel***TWO NATIONS AT WAR. A PRIZE BEYOND COMPARE. For generations, the Hundred Isles have built their ships from the bones of ancient dragons to fight an endless war.The dragons disappeared, but the battles for supremacy persisted. Now the first dragon in centuries has been spotted in far-off waters, and both sides see a chance to shift the balance of power in their favour. Because whoever catches it will win not only glory, but the war.A brilliantly imagined saga of honour, glory, and warfare, The Bone Ships starts an epic new trilogy from David Gemmell Award-nominated RJ Barker. 'A vividly realised high-seas epic that pulls you deep into its world and keeps you tangled there until the very last word' EVAN WINTER, author of The Rage of Dragons 'An epic tale of duty and obligation and honour, and what bravery really means . .. I can't recommend it enough' PETER MCLEAN, author of Priest of Bones 'A viciously exciting adventure. I loved every second of it' TASHA SURI, author of Empire of Sand 'Swashbuckling awesomeness .. . a fascinating world and a twisty plot, both rooted in characters I came to care about.A definite winner' JOHN GWYNNE, author of MALICE 'The Bone Ships has already built up plenty of anticipation - and with good reason ... Barker's previous series, the acclaimed The Wounded Kingdom Trilogy, was a powerhouse of gritty fantasy, and The Bone Ships promises to launch one of this season's greatest, grandest dragon sagas'NPR
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Blood Like Mine - Stuart Neville
Pre-order BLOOD LIKE OURS, the thrilling new Stuart Neville novel coming in Summer 2025. THE BOOK EVERYONE IS DEVOURING . . . ‘Stuart Neville at his considerable best . . . This is a book you will not forget in a hurry and which will leave you hungry for the next instalment’ Mark Billingham 'Thrilling, heartbreaking, and completely compelling. My heart was in my throat the whole time' Alex North 'Bravo Stuart Neville! Utterly brilliant’ Liz Nugent ‘Stuart Neville at his very, very best – this book grabs your heart and doesn't let go’ Ruth Ware What would you do if one night your whole life changed? If everything you thought you knew was suddenly turned on its head? If you had to take your child and keep moving. Away from the questions, away from the prying eyes, away from everyone you knew. Because it’s your job to make sure that your daughter can survive. Even if it means becoming someone you never thought you'd be. And you know that whatever you do, wherever you go, people will be looking for you both. Because wherever you go, bodies are left behind. But you have no choice. Because you’d do anything to protect your child. Even if she’s a monster . . .Let the Right One In meets Stephen King in this chilling thriller about a mother’s love, a daughter’s devotion, a man’s obsession – and the darkness that lives within us all. ‘Blood Like Mine is one of those books that once you read the first few pages, you simply cannot put it back down’ Steve Cavanagh ‘What a book! Exciting, propulsive and vivid. A thriller with real bite’ Mark Edwards 'Beautiful and dark as all hell . . . Original, terrifying and horrifically tense. This book is your next obsession (and Neville might well be Stephen King's rightful heir)' Will Dean ‘Wow, just WOW. I’ve waited a long time for a crime novel to do something different, to keep me guessing, to blow me away – this is that book’ C. L. Taylor ‘A nerve-jangling thriller that is also a hugely touching meditation on a mother’s love’ Christopher Brookmyre ‘Every year, I read one of two books that are truly special . . . Blood Like Mine deserves to sell skip-loads. No, JCB digger-loads. HBV lorry-loads!’ Fiona Cummins ‘At its core, Blood Like Mine is the story of a mother's unconditional love for her daughter, and that gives everything that happens – the growing horror, the murders, the frantic desperation – an almost unbearable emotional punch. I've not read anything quite like this before, and once it sank its teeth in, I was utterly gripped’ Tim Lebbon
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Stuart Broad: Broadly Speaking - Stuart Broad
*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**Shortlisted for Autobiography of the Year at the Sports Book Awards 2024**Nominated for Sports Personality of the Year 2023*Readers are loving Stuart Broad ''An absolute must for cricket fans'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''One of the greatest of his generation'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Magnificent'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Brilliant'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''For all Test cricket lovers'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐________For over seventeen years, Stuart Broad left it all on the field. A multiple Ashes winner and World Champion, Broad was integral to some of the greatest England teams of all time. His awards and achievements, however, don''t tell the whole story. He has always been a cricketer of more than mere numbers. Broad''s passionate and spontaneous behaviour has mad him a fan favourite. No other player feeds off the crowd quite like he does. In his autobiography, Broad shares the moments from the game which have made him and those that almost broke him. What''s clear, however, is his unwavering belief in his own ability to become one of the best ever. Candid, entertaining, and refreshingly honest, this book reveals the personal side of a true cricketing great. ''A candid and honest account of one of England''s best-ever cricketers'' Mirror''An England legend'' Guardian''One of crickets greatest showmen'' Independent__________Praise for Stuart Broad The longevity of his career, and what he has achieved, should never be forgotten. Ben StokesHe loves the big moments, the pressure situations. That''s a true sign of a champion, I think. He''s been incredible for England for a long, long time. Glen McGrathStuart Broad is the ultimate Ashes warrior. Ricky PontingOne of England''s greatest players of all time. Joe RootTop 10 Sunday Times bestseller, UK, November 2023.
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Flower Fairies of the Winter - Cicely Mary Barker
Relive the magic of Cicely Mary Barker''s Flower Fairies of the Winter with this beautiful new edition - the perfect gift. Since the publication of Cicely Mary Barker''s first book in 1923, the Flower Fairies have been ethereal companions to readers around the world. Her charming poetry and delicate illustrations have sparked the imaginations of children for over ninety years and continue to inspire a lifelong love for fairies and all things magical.
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Blood Like Mine - Stuart Neville
Pre-order BLOOD LIKE OURS, the thrilling new Stuart Neville novel coming in Spring 2025. THE BOOK EVERYONE IS DEVOURING . . . ‘Stuart Neville at his considerable best . . . This is a book you will not forget in a hurry and which will leave you hungry for the next instalment’ Mark Billingham 'Thrilling, heartbreaking, and completely compelling. My heart was in my throat the whole time' Alex North 'Bravo Stuart Neville! Utterly brilliant’ Liz Nugent ‘Stuart Neville at his very, very best – this book grabs your heart and doesn't let go’ Ruth Ware What would you do if one night your whole life changed? If everything you thought you knew was suddenly turned on its head? If you had to take your child and keep moving. Away from the questions, away from the prying eyes, away from everyone you knew. Because it’s your job to make sure that your daughter can survive. Even if it means becoming someone you never thought you'd be. And you know that whatever you do, wherever you go, people will be looking for you both. Because wherever you go, bodies are left behind. But you have no choice. Because you’d do anything to protect your child. Even if she’s a monster . . .Let the Right One In meets Stephen King in this chilling thriller about a mother’s love, a daughter’s devotion, a man’s obsession – and the darkness that lives within us all. ‘Blood Like Mine is one of those books that once you read the first few pages, you simply cannot put it back down’ Steve Cavanagh ‘What a book! Exciting, propulsive and vivid. A thriller with real bite’ Mark Edwards 'Beautiful and dark as all hell . . . Original, terrifying and horrifically tense. This book is your next obsession (and Neville might well be Stephen King's rightful heir)' Will Dean
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Gender: A Graphic Guide - Meg-John Barker
''An outstanding work'' - CN Lester, author of Trans Like MeJoin the creators of Queer: A Graphic History (''Could totally change the way you think about sex and gender'' VICE) on an illustrated journey of gender exploration. Is masculinity ''toxic''? Why are public toilets such a political issue? How has feminism changed the available gender roles - and for whom? Why might we all benefit from challenging binary thinking about sex/gender?In this unique illustrated guide, Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele travel through our shifting understandings of gender across time and space - from ideas about masculinity and femininity, to non-binary and trans genders, to intersecting experiences of gender, race, sexuality, class, disability and more. Tackling current debates and tensions, which can divide communities and even cost lives, Barker and Scheele look to the past and the future to explore how we might all approach gender in more caring and celebratory ways.
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Regeneration - Pat Barker
The devastating modern classic of contemporary war fiction from Women''s Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the GirlsRegeneration is the first novel in Pat Barker''s Booker Prize-winning Regeneration trilogy - a powerfully moving portrait of the deep legacy of human trauma in the First World War''Brilliant, intense and subtle'' Peter Kemp, Sunday Times''One of the strongest and most interesting novelists of her generation'' Guardian ''Unforgettable'' Sunday TelegraphCraiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland, 1917, and army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating shell-shocked soldiers. Under his care are the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, as well as mute Billy Prior, who is only able to communicate by means of pencil and paper. Rivers''s job is to make the men in his charge healthy enough to fight. Yet the closer he gets to mending his patients'' minds the harder becomes every decision to send them back to the horrors of the front. Pat Barker''s Regeneration is the classic exploration of how the traumas of war brutalised a generation of young men.The Regeneration trilogy:RegenerationThe Eye in the DoorThe Ghost Road
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Love is a Curse - Keith Stuart
''A modern Gothic novel unlike any other, about love and loss echoing through the ages. Sad, sweet, funny and hopeful'' --- Emilia Hart (author of Weyward)From acclaimed author Keith Stuart, author of A Boy Made of Blocks and The Frequency of Us, comes a daring and unique story of heartbreak and hope.A single sentence was all it took to define Cammy''s life. They came as her beloved artist aunt was dying, a teenage Cammy standing by her bedside: ''Did your mother ever tell you about the curse?''Cammy is warned that the women in her family are destined always to lose the one they love. She thinks nothing of it - until the day when, in her late twenties, her new boyfriend is hit by a car. Convinced she is to blame, Cammy begins to investigate the one-hundred-and-fifty-year story of a family that is both ordinary and remarkable, tragic and beautiful.But is the curse real, or is there an answer lurking in the letters, diaries and paintings of generations of women whose hearts were broken?''An original yet entirely universal story - sweeping in its scale, yet sweet-tempered, moving, and just the right amount of spooky. I loved it'' --- Samuel Burr (author of The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers)''Love Is a Curse uses Gothic so cleverly. I binged the ending in one sitting and was absolutely gripped (and may have had a tear or two in my eye!)'' --- Sarah Brooks (author of The Cautious Traveller''s Guide to the Wasteland)READERS ARE IN LOVE WITH LOVE IS A CURSE''One minute I''m on the edge of my seat and the next I''m reaching for tissues. Love, love, LOVED IT!''READER REVIEW⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''Full of twists and drama and all you need from a good book, a fantastic novel once again bravo!!!''READER REVIEW⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''This has to be my favourite of Keith Stuart''s novels so far. It is an absolute celebration of the pursuit of love through adversity''READER REVIEW⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''This whole book is an entire feeling. It''s raw, gothic, suspenseful, thought provoking and an emotional read. Loved it''READER REVIEW⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''Stuart has a gift for storytelling. Not a word is wasted and it reads beautifully.''READER REVIEW⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''I loved this book. It had everything, suspense, horror, love. You name it this book had it!''READER REVIEW⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''What a fantastic read, everything you''d expect from Keith Stuart and more''READER REVIEW⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''Very well written, with great characters, in whom you become fully invested''READER REVIEW⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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Will This House Last Forever? - Xanthi Barker
''Completely original, raw and warm'' Evening Standard Books of the Summer''Poignant... written with intelligence and tears'' Ben Okri''Nuanced, absorbing and moving... extraordinary'' Observer''Raw, poetic, beautifully formed'' Daisy JohnsonWhen Xanthi Barker''s father died when she was in her mid twenties, she could make no sense of her grief for a man who had been absent for most of her life. Her father, poet Sebastian Barker, had left Xanthi, her mother and her brother to pursue writing and a new relationship, when Xanthi was a baby. Growing up she had always struggled to reconcile his extravagant affection - a rocking horse crafted from scavenged wood, the endless stream of poems and drawings and letters, conversations that spiralled from the structure of starlight to philosophy to Bruce Springsteen - with the fact that he could not be depended upon for more everyday things. Though theirs was a relationship defined by departures, he always returned, so why should this farewell be any different, or more final?WILL THIS HOUSE LAST FOREVER? is a heartfelt and wholly original memoir about the pain of having to come to terms with a parent''s mortality, the way grief so utterly defies logic, and about learning to see the flaws in those that we love, and let them go.
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Lying Numbers - Pocket Book of Revelation Hugh Barker
A readily understandable exploration of how figures are badly reported or deliberately misrepresented everywhere from political arguments and briefings to business presentations and shopping offers.Praise for Hugh Barker''s Million Dollar Maths:''Great fun. A clear, original and highly readable account of the curious relationship between mathematics and money.'' Professor Ian Stewart - author of Significant Figures''A lively crash course in the mathematics of gambling, investing, and managing. Hugh Barker makes deep ideas fun and profitable.'' William Poundstone - author of How to Predict the UnpredictablePoliticians, economists, scientists, journalists . . . all of them have been known to bend the truth and to twist the facts from time to time. But surely the numbers and statistics they rely on are cold, hard objective facts that tell the real story? Of course the truth is much murkier than that. Figures can be misinterpreted, misunderstood, misconstrued and misused in hundreds of different ways. This book takes a look at the many ways that statistical information can be badly reported or deliberately misused in all walks of life, from political arguments, to business presentations, to more local concerns such as shopping offers and utility bills. A polemical guide to how numbers are used to mislead, which is intended to help the reader through the minefield of dubious stats and lying numbers.
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Life Class - Pat Barker
From the Booker Prize-winning and Women''s Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls The first novel in Pat Barker''s acclaimed ''Life Class'' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart''Triumphant, inspiring, shattering'' The Times''Barker writes as brilliantly as ever... With great tenderness and insight she conveys a wartime world turned upside down'' Independent on Sunday''Masterly, gripping'' Penelope Lively''Extraordinarily powerful'' Sunday Telegraph Spring, 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks''s studio for his life-drawing class. But for Paul Tarrant the class is troubling, underscoring his own uncertainty about making a mark on the world. When war breaks out and the army won''t take Paul, he enlists in the Belgian Red Cross just as he and fellow student Elinor Brooke admit their feelings for one another. Amidst the devastation in Ypres, Paul comes to see the world anew - but have his experiences changed him completely?The Life Class trilogy:Life ClassToby''s RoomNoonday
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Will This House Last Forever? - Xanthi Barker
''Completely original, raw and warm'' Evening Standard Books of the Summer''Poignant... written with intelligence and tears'' Ben Okri''Nuanced, absorbing and moving... extraordinary'' Observer''Raw, poetic, beautifully formed'' Daisy JohnsonWhen Xanthi Barker''s father died when she was in her mid twenties, she could make no sense of her grief for a man who had been absent for most of her life. Her father, poet Sebastian Barker, had left Xanthi, her mother and her brother to pursue writing and a new relationship, when Xanthi was a baby. Growing up she had always struggled to reconcile his extravagant affection - a rocking horse crafted from scavenged wood, the endless stream of poems and drawings and letters, conversations that spiralled from the structure of starlight to philosophy to Bruce Springsteen - with the fact that he could not be depended upon for more everyday things. Though theirs was a relationship defined by departures, he always returned, so why should this farewell be any different, or more final?WILL THIS HOUSE LAST FOREVER? is a heartfelt and wholly original memoir about the pain of having to come to terms with a parent''s mortality, the way grief so utterly defies logic, and about learning to see the flaws in those that we love, and let them go.
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Mostly Durham - Stuart Fisher
Foreword by Michael Sadgrove, Dean of Durham Cathedral 2003–2015“Generations of painters have sought new pictorial songs to sing in depicting Durham and its great Cathedral. I was no different in this respect, until I became aware of the infinite variations endowed upon these historic structures by the ever-changing world they inhabit. This book contains some of my songs, but there are many more yet to sing.†— Stuart FisherAward-winning artist Stuart Fisher is considered to be one of the most talented painters of architectural landscapes in Northern England. Mostly Durham contains 75 of his beautiful watercolour paintings and drawings from around the historic city of Durham and beyond. About the AuthorStuart Fisher was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire in 1954 and grew up in Peterlee, County Durham, where he showed a prodigious artistic talent at an early age. A career in architecture spanning almost 34 years, routinely interrupting a love of painting, culminated in 2006 with his multi-award-winning design for the Science Learning Centre North East.Stuart turned professional in 2010 and has regularly exhibited throughout the region, including several solo exhibitions in Durham Cathedral. Stuart was a shortlisted finalist in the prestigious Sunday Times Watercolour Competition in 2013.
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Toby's Room - Pat Barker
From the Booker Prize-winning and Women''s Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls The second novel in Pat Barker''s acclaimed ''Life Class'' trilogy - a dark and compelling examination of desire, friendship and the horror of war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart''Heart-rending... Toby''s Room anatomises a world where extreme emotion shatters the boundaries of identity, behaviour, gender'' Independent''Once again Barker skilfully moves between past and present, seamlessly weaving fact and fiction into a gripping narrative'' Sunday TelegraphWhen Toby is reported ''Missing, Believed Killed'', another secret casts a lengthening shadow over Elinor''s world: how exactly did Toby die - and why? Elinor determines to uncover the truth. Only then can she finally close the door to Toby''s room. Moving from the Slade School of Art to Queen Mary''s Hospital, where surgery and art intersect in the rebuilding of the shattered faces of the wounded, Toby''s Room is a riveting drama of identity, damage, intimacy and loss.The Life Class trilogy:Life ClassToby''s RoomNoonday
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Flower Fairies of the Autumn - Cicely Mary Barker
Relive the magic of Cicely Mary Barker''s Flower Fairies of the Autumn with this beautiful new edition - the perfect gift. Since the publication of Cicely Mary Barker''s first book in 1923, the Flower Fairies have been ethereal companions to readers around the world. Her charming poetry and delicate illustrations have sparked the imaginations of children for over ninety years and continue to inspire a lifelong love for fairies and all things magical.
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Sexuality - Meg-John Barker
They’re back! Writer Meg-John Barker and artist Jules Scheele once again team up in this cheeky and informative comic-book follow-up to Queer and Gender.Sex is everywhere. It’s in the stories we love – and the stories we fear. It defines who we are and our place in society … at least we’re told it ought to. Sex and sexuality can seem like a house of horrors, full of monsters and potential pitfalls. We often live with fear, shame and frustration when it comes to our own sexuality, and with judgement when it comes to others’. Sex advice manuals, debates over sex work and stories of sexual “dysfunction” only add to our anxiety.With compassion, humour, erudition and a touch of the erotic, Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele shine a light through the darkness and unmask the monsters.‘The art introduces a set of reoccurring characters, tongue-in-cheek references to the Scooby-Doo gang, who journey through a haunted house confronting and unmasking the villains: patriarchy, white supremacy, ableism, and capitalism personified … The sum: accessible, compassionate reading for readers wanting to think more deeply about sex, society, and how they intersect.’ - Publishers Weekly
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From Tudor to Stuart: The Regime Change from Elizabeth I to James I - Susan Doran
From Tudor to Stuart: The Regime Change from Elizabeth I to James I tells the story of the troubled accession of England's first Scottish king and the transition from the age of the Tudors to the age of the Stuarts at the dawn of the seventeenth century. From Tudor to Stuart: The Regime Change from Elizabeth I to James I tells the story of the dramatic accession and first decade of the reign of James I and the transition from the Elizabethan to the Jacobean era, using a huge range of sources, from state papers and letters to drama, masques, poetry, and a host of material objects. The Virgin Queen was a hard act to follow for a Scottish newcomer who faced a host of problems in his first years as king: not only the ghost of his predecessor and her legacy but also unrest in Ireland, serious questions about his legitimacy on the English throne, and even plots to remove him (most famously the Gunpowder Plot of 1605).Contrary to traditional assumptions, James's accession was by no means a smooth one. The really important question about James's reign, of course, is the extent of change that occurred in national political life and royal policies. Sue Doran also examines how far the establishment of a new Stuart dynasty resulted in fresh personnel at the centre of power, and the alterations in monarchical institutions and shifts in political culture and governmental policies that occurred.Here the book offers a fresh look at James and his wife Anna, suggesting a new interpretation of their characters and qualities. But the Jacobean era was not just about James and his wife, and Regime Change includes a host of historical figures, many of whom will be familiar to readers: whether Walter Raleigh, Robert Cecil, or the Scots who filled James's inner court. The inside story of the Jacobean court also brings to life the wider politics and national events of the early seventeenth century, including the Gunpowder Plot, the establishment of Jamestown in Virginia, the Plantations in Ulster, the growing royal struggle with parliament, and the doomed attempt to bring about union with Scotland.
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Oxford AQA History for A Level: Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy 1603-1702 - Farr David
Approved by AQA and tailored to the latest specification, Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy 1603-1702 helps students understand issues of change, continuity, and cause and consequence in this period of British history. It explores:- how the monarchy changed during Stuart Britain- why there were disputes over religion- how effective the opposition was- how important ideologies and individuals wereMake connections between the six key thematic questions in the specificationFocus on skills building and exam practiceKey features are:- Source-Based Learning. Includes a wide range of sources and extracts to develop vital skills in historical interpretation and source analysis- Exam Practice. Features exam-style questions and study tips to help students prepare and performPerfect for any student studying AQA AS or A Level History, this book helps students achieve success in Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy 1603-1702.
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Mania - Stuart Wood
*FEATURING A FOREWORD BY ROD STEWART*Stuart Wood's love of music was ignited at fourteen when he, along with three schoolmates, formed a band. By the time he turned fifteen, he had left school to pursue a career as an electrician, blissfully unaware of the whirlwind that awaited him. Suddenly, he found himself living the life of a superstar, whisked away in limousines, pursued by frenzied fans on every continent, and thrust into the ranks of one of the bestselling groups in history.Between 1971 and 1977, Edinburgh's Bay City Rollers achieved ten top-ten hit singles, four top-ten albums, two number-one singles and two number-one albums. For five years, they were the biggest pop teen sensation since the Beatles.But the music industry was not all glitz and glamour. Stuart had no inkling of the ruthless machinery behind the scenes, exploiting his talent and dreams.Rollermania swept the globe, the Bay City Rollers conquered hearts and charts, selling a staggering 300 million records. While many claim to know the full Rollermania story, for the first time, Stuart - one of the few people who lived it - tells his story. Mania is a celebration of one of the world's biggest bands and their enduring legacy, a rollercoaster ride through fame, fortune and the unforgettable music that defined an era.
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Think Like a Street Photographer - Matt Stuart
"Never does that old maxim ''the harder I practice, the luckier I get'' ring truer." – Matt StuartStreet photography may look like luck, but you have to get out there and hone your craft if you want to shake up those luck vibes. Matt Stuart never goes out without his trusty Leica and, in a career spanning twenty years, has taken some of the most accomplished, witty and well-known photographs of the streets.From understanding how to be invisible on a busy street, to anticipating a great image in the chaos of a crowd, Matt Stuart reveals in over 20 chapters the hard-won skills and secrets that have led to his greatest shots. He explains his purist and uniquely playful approach to street photography leaving the reader full of ideas to use in their own photography. Illustrated throughout with 100 of Stuart''s images, this is a unique opportunity to learn from one of the finest street photographers around.
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Spaceships Over Glasgow - Stuart Braithwaite
Born the son of Scotland''s last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for a life of psychedelic adventuring on the furthest frontiers of noise in MOGWAI, one of the best loved and most ground-breaking post-rock bands of the past three decades.Modestly delinquent at school, Stuart developed an early appetite for ''alternative'' music in what might arguably be described as its halcyon days, the late ''80s. Discovering bands like Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, and Jesus and Mary Chain, and attending seminal gigs (often incongruously incognito as a young girl with long hair to compensate for his babyface features) by The Cure and Nirvana, Stuart compensated for his indifference to school work with a dedication to rock and roll . . . and of course the fledgling hedonism that comes with it.Spaceships Over Glasgow is a love song to live rock and roll; to the passionate abandon we''ve all felt in the crowd (and some of us, if lucky enough, from the stage) at a truly incendiary gig. It is also the story of a life lived on the edge; of the high-times and hazardous pit-stops of international touring with a band of misfits and miscreants.
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