mother daughter murder night nina simon
Mother-Daughter Murder Night - Nina Simon
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door.“I just loved how intriguing the mystery is but also the dynamics between a grandmother, a mother, and a teenage daughter." —Reese WitherspoonThink: Gilmore Girls, but with murder.High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of: her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she’s built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage—and hoping that boredom won’t kill her before the cancer does. Then Jack—tiny in stature but fiercely independent—happens upon a dead body while kayaking. She quickly becomes a suspect in the homicide investigation, and the Rubicon women are thrown into chaos. Beth thinks Lana should focus on recovery, but Lana has a better idea. She’ll pull on her wig, find the true murderer, protect her family, and prove she still has power.With Jack and Beth’s help, Lana uncovers a web of lies, family vendettas, and land disputes lurking beneath the surface of a community populated by folksy conservationists and wealthy ranchers. But as their amateur snooping advances into ever-more dangerous territory, the headstrong Rubicon women must learn to do the one thing they’ve always resisted: depend on each other.
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Nina Simone's Gum - Ellis Warren
AS FEATURED ON BBC2''S ''BETWEEN THE COVERS''THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERA GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, THE TIMES, IRISH TIMES, ROUGH TRADE, MOJO, CLASH, ROLLING STONE, UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEARFrom award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a piece of chewing gum. FEATURING AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK CAVE‘Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol’s piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact.’NICK CAVE''Such a mad, happy book about art and music and obsession. I’m so glad I got to read it. It made the world feel lighter.''NEIL GAIMAN''In praise of meaning-rich relics and magical things. Totally heartwarming project.''MAX PORTER''A unique study of a fan’s devotion, of transcendence and of the artistic vocation — it’s got depth and great warmth. It’s a beautiful piece of work.''KEVIN BARRYI hadn’t opened the towel that contained her gum since 2013. The last person to touch it was Nina Simone, her saliva and fingerprints unsullied. The idea that it was still in her towel was something I had drawn strength from. I thought each time I opened it some of Nina Simone’s spirit would vanish. In many ways that thought was more important than the gum itself.On Thursday 1 July, 1999, Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave''s Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe, Warren Ellis crept onto the stage, took Dr Simone''s piece of chewed gum from the piano, wrapped it in her stage towel and put it in a Tower Records bag. The gum remained with him for twenty years; a sacred totem, his creative muse, a conduit that would eventually take Ellis back to his childhood and his relationship with found objects, growing in significance with every passing year.Nina Simone’s Gum is about how something so small can form beautiful connections between people. It is a story about the meaning we place on things, on experiences, and how they become imbued with spirituality. It is a celebration of artistic process, friendship, understanding and love. ''This is such a beautiful f*@king book. Thank you, Warren. I highly recommend this motherf*@ker.''FLEA''A beautifully written book about the power of music and objects. I powered through it in two days.''COURTNEY BARNETT''A moving, inspiration insight into a beautiful mind.''JIM JARMUSCH''The year''s most eccentric and joyful musical memoir.''DAILY TELEGRAPH (Books of the year)''[Nina Simone''s Gum] is a metaphor for [Ellis''] creativity — the blossoming of a small idea into something bigger and bolder — but also a journey inside the impulsive, improvisatory mind of Warren Ellis, his passions, obsessions and superstitions.'' OBSERVER''[A] beautiful, strikingly idiosyncratic book — part memoir, part essay, part conceptual art project, all testament to humans at their strangest and best . . . [Ellis] sees signifiance where others might not.''MOJO''A glorious piece of object fetishism . . . Marvel as Ellis'' collection of eccentric personal mementos morphs into a celebration of the intangible wonder of music.''UNCUT''Wonderful.'' THE TIMES''The most peculiar book I''ve ever read.'' CRAIG BROWN, MAIL ON SUNDAY''Delightful . . . A joy from start to finish.'' BIG ISSUE''A joyous work full of love, connection, creativity and gratitude.'' THE SPECTATOR''Completely charming and joyful . . . glorious.'' LA REVIEW OF BOOKS''Beautiful . . . remarkable.'' NEW EUROPEAN
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Simone Nina: Nina Simone And Her Friends (2021 - Stereo Remaster) - CD (4050538671452)
Hudební CD - Album „Nina Simone And Her Friends” vyšlo v roce 1959 a jednalo se o kompilaci několika zbývajících nevydaných nahrávek vzniklých při nahrávaní alba „Little Girl Blue” a skladeb nahraných společně s kolegyněmi jazzovými zpěvačkami Carmen McRae a Chris Connor. Album „Nina Simone And Her Friends” vyšlo v roce 1959 a jednalo se o kompilaci několika zbývajících nevydaných nahrávek vzniklých při nahrávaní alba „Little Girl Blue” a skladeb nahraných společně s kolegyněmi jazzovými zpěvačkami Carmen McRae a Chris Connor. Americká zpěvačka, skladatelka, pianistka, aranžérka a také politická aktivistka je výraznou postavou jazzové scény zejména padesátých a šedesátých let dvacátého století. Rok vydání : 1959 Rok reedice : 2021 Seznam stop CD (digipack) Nina Simone - bdquo;He #039;s Got The Whole World In His Hands rdquo; / Chris Conner - bdquo;Someone to Watch Over Me rdquo; / Carmen McRae - bdquo;Old Devil Moon rdquo; / Nina Simone - bdquo;I Loves...
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Simone Nina: Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone - cd (5517057)
Hudební CD - Během své kariéry Nina hudba inspirovala publikum všech věkových kategorií, ras a národností. Během své kariéry Nina hudba inspirovala publikum všech věkových kategorií, ras a národností. Great Women of Song, vytvořený s ohledem na nejnovější generaci fanoušků Niny Simone, obsahuje to nejlepší z nejlepšího. Nejoblíbenější a nejpozoruhodnější hity slečny Simone shromážděné v jednom balíčku. Album je dárek, který bude dávat dál. Seznam stop Feeling Good / I Put A Spell On You / Don #039;t Let Me Be Misunderstood / Ne Me Quitte Pas / Tell Me More And More And Then Some / Lilac Wine / Take Care Of Business / See-Line Woman / Four Women / Wild Is The Wind / I Loves You Porgy (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964) - Simone,Nina / Mississippi Goddam (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964)
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Simone Nina: Nina Simone And Her Friends (2021 - Stereo Remaster) (Coloured) - LP (4050538685374)
LP vinyl - Album „Nina Simone And Her Friends” vyšlo v roce 1959 a jednalo se o kompilaci několika zbývajících nevydaných nahrávek vzniklých při nahrávaní alba „Little Girl Blue” a skladeb nahraných společně s kolegyněmi jazzovými zpěvačkami Carmen McRae a Chris Connor. Album „Nina Simone And Her Friends” vyšlo v roce 1959 a jednalo se o kompilaci několika zbývajících nevydaných nahrávek vzniklých při nahrávaní alba „Little Girl Blue” a skladeb nahraných společně s kolegyněmi jazzovými zpěvačkami Carmen McRae a Chris Connor. Americká zpěvačka, skladatelka, pianistka, aranžérka a také politická aktivistka je výraznou postavou jazzové scény zejména padesátých a šedesátých let dvacátého století. Barva LP : smaragdově zelený průsvitný vinyl Rok vydání : 1959 Rok reedice : 2021 Seznam stop LP (smaragdově zelený průsvitný vinyl) Nina Simone - bdquo;He #039;s Got The Whole World In His Hands rdquo; / Chris Conner - bdquo;Someone to Watch Over Me rdquo; / Carmen...
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My Mother's Murder - Gina McGavin, Jane Hamilton
For 35 years Gina McGavin hunted for her mother's killer. Mary's murder gripped the town of Partick for yearsafter her death. This is the extraordinary journey of a daughter's search for truth and justice for the mother she never really knew.
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I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
James Baldwin used to tell Nina Simone, "This is the world you have made for yourself, now you have to live in it." Simone has created for herself a world of magnificent peaks. Often compared to Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf, Simone is known as one of the greatest singers of her generation. She has recorded forty-three albums, ranging from blues to jazz to folk, and her hits like "I Loves You, Porgy," "My Baby Just Cares for Me," "I Put a Spell on You," and "Mississippi Goddam" have confirmed her as an enduring force in popular music. Her song "Young, Gifted, and Black" became the anthem for the Civil Rights Movement and thrust her beyond international stardom into the center of activism. But such worlds as Simone''s are not without their grim valleys: disastrous marriages, arrest and the threat of imprisonment, mental breakdown, poverty, and attempted suicide. She has survived these trials and continues to perform throughout Europe and the United States. With undiminished passion and in her unconquerable voice, this is Nina Simone''s powerful memoir of her tempestuous life.
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Stříbrný náhrdelník 925, rozpůlené srdce s nápisem "MOTHER DAUGHTER"
Náhrdelník ze stříbra 925, dvojitý řetízek s hustě vázanými očky, ploché puklé srdce s nápisem "MOTHER DAUGHTER".
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Nina Simone's Gum - Ellis Warren
From award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a piece of chewing gum. Featuring an introduction from Nick Cave. "Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol’s piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact." Nick Cave On Thursday 1 July, 1999, Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave’s Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe, Warren Ellis crept onto the stage, took Dr Simone’s piece of chewed gum from the piano, wrapped it in her stage towel and put it in a Tower Records bag. The gum remained with him for twenty years; a sacred totem, his creative muse, growing in significance with every passing year. In 2019, Cave – his collaborator and great friend – asked Warren if there was anything he could contribute to display in his Stranger Than Kindness exhibition. Warren realized the time had come to release the gum. Together they agreed it should be housed in a glass case like a holy relic. Worrying the gum would be damaged or lost, Warren decided to first have it cast in silver and gold, sparking a chain of events that no one could have predicted, one that would take him back to his childhood and his relationship to found objects. Nina Simone’s Gum is about how something so small can form beautiful connections between people. It is a story about the meaning we place on things, on experiences, and how they become imbued with spirituality. It is a celebration of artistic process, friendship, understanding and love.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Simon Stephenson
My name is Christopher John Francis Boone. I know all the countries of the world and the capital cities. And every prime number up to 7507.Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears''s dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain and is exceptional at maths, but he is ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. But Christopher''s detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that turns his world upside-down.Simon Stephens''s adaptation of Mark Haddon''s bestselling, award-winning novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time offers a richly theatrical exploration of this touching and bleakly humorous tale.This edition contains some strong language and may not be suitable for all school curricula. Other editions are available.
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Simone Nina: Montreux Years (2x CD) - CD (4050538631272)
Hudební CD - Album „The Montreux Years” je průřezem z všech pěti vystoupení Niny Simone na slavném jazzovém festivalu ve švýcarském Montreux z let 1968, 1976, 1981, 1987 a 1990. Album „The Montreux Years” je průřezem z všech pěti vystoupení Niny Simone na slavném jazzovém festivalu ve švýcarském Montreux z let 1968, 1976, 1981, 1987 a 1990. Americká zpěvačka, skladatelka, pianistka, aranžérka a také politická aktivistka je výraznou postavou jazzové scény zejména padesátých a šedesátých let dvacátého století. Rok vydání : 2021 (live) Seznam stop CD1 Someone To Watch Over Me / Backlash Blues / I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free / See -Line Woman / Little Girl Blue / Don #039;t Smoke in Bed / Stars / What A Little Moonlight Can Do / African Mailman / Four Women / No Woman No Cry / Liberian Calypso / Ne Me Quitte Pas / Montreux Blues / My Baby Just Cares for Me CD2 Intro / Go to Hell / Just In Time / When I Was AYoung Girl / Don #039;t Let Me Be...
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Simone Nina: Fodder on My Wings - LP (0826533)
LP vinyl - Temné album zpěvačky a pianistky Niny Simone z roku 1982. Temné album zpěvačky a pianistky Niny Simone z roku 1982. Obsah: LP - A I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive Fodder In Her Wings Vous ?tes seuls, mais je désire ?tre avec vous Il y a un baume ? Gilhead Liberian Calypso Alone Again (Naturally) Colour Is A Beautiful Thing Le peuple en Suisse Heaven Belongs To You Thandewye Stop They Took My Hand
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Simone Nina: Feeling Good: Her Greatest Hits And Remixes (2x CD) - CD (3882688)
Hudební CD - Nejnovější kolekce legendární zpěvačky Niny Simone, která stále získává podporu z celého světa. Nejnovější kolekce legendární zpěvačky Niny Simone, která stále získává podporu z celého světa. Rok vydání : 2021 (kompilace) Seznam stop CD 1 Feeling Good / My Baby Just Cares For Me / I Put A Spell On You / Sinnerman / Black Is The Color Of My True Love #039;s Hair / See-Line Woman / Don #039;t Let Me Be Misunderstood / Ain #039;t Got No / I Got Life / Lilac Wine / Ne Me Quitte Pas / Love Me Or Leave Me / Don #039;t Explain / Mississippi Goddam CD 2 Strange Fruit / Wild Is The Wind / Work Song / I Loves You Porgy / Mood Indigo / Take Care Of Business / Feeling Good [Joel Corry Remix] / See-Line Woman [Riton Remix] / Sinnerman [Sofi Tukker Remix] / My Baby Just Cares For Me [HONNE Remix] / Take Care Of Business [Rudimental Remix] / I Put A Spell On You [Floorplan Remix] / Be My Husband [Hot Chip Remix]
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Simone Nina: Single Woman - LP (8718469537822)
LP vinyl - A Single Woman je poslední studiové album zpěvačky Niny Simone, vydané v roce 1993 prostřednictvím Elektra Records. A Single Woman je poslední studiové album zpěvačky Niny Simone, vydané v roce 1993 prostřednictvím Elektra Records. Rok vydání : 1993 Rok reedice : 2015 Seznam stop LP A Single Woman / Lonesome Cities / If I Should Lose You / The Folks Who Live On The Hill / Love #039;s Been Good To Me / Papa, Can You Hear Me? / Il N #039;y A Pas D #039;Amour Heureux / Just Say I Love Him / The More I See You / Marry Me / The Long And Winding Road / I #039;M Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter / Baseball Boogie / No Woman, No Cry / Do I Move You? / The Times They Are A-Changin #039; / Sign #039;O #039; The Times
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American Daughter - Elissa Wald, Stephanie Thornton Plymale
The sharp and surprising true story of a woman who finally sets out to understand her past, and the mother she had one day hoped to forget. Full of unexpected twists and unbelievable revelations, American Daughter is an immersive memoir that will have you on the edge of your seat to the very last page.For years, Stephanie Plymale, successful CEO and interior designer, kept her past a fiercely guarded secret. Only her husband knew that her childhood was fraught with every imaginable hardship: neglect, hunger, poverty, homelessness, truancy, foster homes, a harrowing lack of medical care, and worse. Stephanie, in turn, knew very little about the past of her mother, who was in and out of jails and psych wards for most of Stephanie''s formative years. All this changed when a series of shocking revelations forced Stephanie to revisit her tortured past and revise the meaning of every aspect of her compromised childhood.American Daughter is the extraordinary true story of a young girl growing up on the wrong side of the American Dream. Stephanie has slept in blankets on the floor of crowded apartments, lived in the back seat of a car with her siblings, and spent decades looking over her shoulder at a mother who might just as easily hug or harm her. American Daughter is at once a moving account of a troubled mother-daughter relationship and a meditation on resilience, transcendence, and ultimately, redemption.
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Discovering the Inner Mother - Bethany Webster
Sure to become a classic on female empowerment, a groundbreaking exploration of the personal, cultural, and global implications of intergenerational trauma created by patriarchy, how it is passed down from mothers to daughters, and how we can break this destructive cycle.Why do women keep themselves small and quiet? Why do they hold back professionally and personally? What fuels the uncertainty and lack of confidence so many women often feel? In this paradigm-shifting book, leading feminist thinker Bethany Webster identifies the source of women’s trauma. She calls it the Mother Wound—the systemic disenfranchisement of women by the patriarchy—and reveals how this cycle is perpetuated by wounded mothers who unconsciously pass on damaging beliefs and behaviors to their daughters.In her workshops, online courses, and talks, Webster has helped countless women re-examine their lives and their relationships with their mothers, giving them the vocabulary to voice their pain, and encouraging them to share their experiences. In this manifesto and self-help guide, she offers practical tools for identifying the manifestations of the Mother Wound in our daily life and strategies we can use to heal ourselves and prevent our daughters from enduring the same pain. In addition, she offers step-by-step advice on how to reconnect with our inner child, grieve the mother we didn’t have, stop people-pleasing, and, ultimately, transform our heartache and anger into healing and self-love.Revealing how women are affected by the Mother Wound, even if they don’t personally identify as survivors, Discovering the Inner Mother revolutionizes how we view mother-daughter relationships and gives us the inspiration and guidance we need to improve our lives and ultimately create a more equitable society for all.
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Nightshade Mother - Gwyneth Lewis
A striking memoir that travels through a traumatic childhood with an abusive mother. In this extraordinary memoir, Gwyneth Lewis, the inaugural National Poet of Wales, recounts her toxic upbringing at the hands of her controlling, coercive mother. It is a book that Gwyneth has been preparing to write all her life, in diaries that sheÂ’s kept since childhood. In these journals, she interrogates the emotionally abusive mother/daughter relationship, in great pain but with determination to find a way through. The result is a book that Gwyneth co-writes with her younger self, an unexpected and life-saving dialogue through time. Metaphors of haunting intensity help her confront what happened to her; quotations from art and literature help to guide and steady her. Nightshade Mother is a book about the power of art and language and, ultimately, about homecoming after a lifetime of exile from herself. It is a profoundly moving and beautiful work; questing, forgiving, and loving in its approach.
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Washing My Mother's Body - Joy Harjo
A beautifully illustrated edition of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s poem “Washing My Mother’s Body,” which offers a way through grief when the loss appears unbearable.As I wash my mother’s face, I tell herhow beautiful she is, how brave, how her beauty and braverylive on in her grandchildren. Her face is relaxed, peaceful.Her earth memory body has not left yet,but when I see her the next day, embalmed and in the casketin the funeral home, it will be gone.Where does it go?Through lyrical prose and evocative watercolor illustrations by award-winning Muscogee artist Dana Tiger, Washing My Mother’s Body explores the complexity of a daughter’s grief as she reflects on the joys and sorrows of her mother’s life. She lays her mother to rest in the landscape of her memory, honoring the hands that raised her, the body that protected her, and the legs that carried her mother through adversity.Moving, comforting, and deeply emotional, Washing My Mother’s Body is a tender look at mother-daughter relationships, the complexity of grieving the loss of a parent, and the enduring love of those left behind.
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Are You My Mother? - Alison Bechdel
An expansive, moving and captivating graphic memoir from the author of Fun Home.Alison Bechdel''s Fun Home was a literary phenomenon. While Fun Home explored Bechdel''s relationship with her father, a closeted homosexual, this memoir is about her mother - a voracious reader, a music lover, a passionate amateur actor. Also a woman, unhappily married to a gay man, whose artistic aspirations simmered under the surface of Bechdel''s childhood... and who stopped touching or kissing her daughter goodnight, for ever, when she was seven.Poignantly, hilariously, Bechdel embarks on a quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter gulf.''As absorbing as it is graced with a deceptive lightness of touch, it is clever, brilliantly pieced together, and utterly unusual. Sunday Times''It''s a beautiful (and beautifully illustrated) look at the complexity and dysfunctionality of family through a unique lens - and frames things in such a way that you can''t help but re-examine your own relationships, too.'' Stylist
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Nina - Traci N. Todd
A BIG ISSUE BOOK OF THE YEARLonglisted for the UKLA Book AwardsThis illuminating and defining biography from bestselling author Traci N. Todd, with illustrations from award-winner Christian Robinson, tells the story of Eunice Waymon, who grew up to become Nina Simone — and shares her bold, defiant, and exultant legacy with a new generation. With passion and unparalleled skill, Traci N. Todd and Christian Robinson bring this iconic singer’s story to young readers and their families. Meet young Eunice, who sang before she could talk, and journey with her from the piano stool she shared with her father in her childhood home, to the bars and concert halls where she became the one and only Nina Simone. Learn about how Nina’s voice started out rich and sweet but grew to a thunderous roar as the Civil Rights Movement gained steam. Witness this artist in all her brilliance, singing in protest against racial inequality and discrimination. With rhythmic prose and masterful images, Nina perfectly demonstrates the relationship between art and activism. An essential addition to every young reader’s library.
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Nina - Traci N. Todd
A BIG ISSUE BOOK OF THE YEARThis illuminating and defining biography from bestselling author Traci N. Todd, with illustrations from award-winner Christian Robinson, tells the story of Eunice Waymon, who grew up to become Nina Simone — and shares her bold, defiant, and exultant legacy with a new generation. With passion and unparalleled skill, Traci N. Todd and Christian Robinson bring this iconic singer’s story to young readers and their families. Meet young Eunice, who sang before she could talk, and journey with her from the piano stool she shared with her father in her childhood home, to the bars and concert halls where she became the one and only Nina Simone. Learn about how Nina’s voice started out rich and sweet but grew to a thunderous roar as the Civil Rights Movement gained steam. Witness this artist in all her brilliance, singing in protest against racial inequality and discrimination. With rhythmic prose and masterful images, Nina perfectly demonstrates the relationship between art and activism. An essential addition to every young reader’s library.
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A Granite Silence - Nina Allan
A Granite Silence is an exploration - a journey through time to a particular house, in a particular street, Urquhart Road, Aberdeen in 1934, where eight-year-old Helen Priestly lives with her mother and father. Among this long, grey corridor of four-storey tenements, a daunting expanse of granite, working families are squashed together like pickled herrings in their narrow flats. Here are Helen''s neighbours: the Topps, the Josses, the Mitchells, the Gordons, the Donalds, the Coulls and the Hunts.Returning home from school for her midday meal, Helen is sent by her mother Agnes to buy a loaf from the bakery at the end of the street. Agnes never sees her daughter alive again. Nina Allan explores the aftermath of Helen''s disappearance, turning a probing eye to the close-knit neighbourhood - where everyone knows everyone, at least by sight - and with subtlety and sympathy, explores the intricate layers of truth and falsehood that can coexist in one moment of history.Full of echoes, allusions and eerie diversions, A Granite Silence is an investigation into a notorious true crime case, but also a stylish, imaginative inquiry into who gets to tell a story, how it is told, and why.
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Night Train to Murder - Simon R. Green
When a body is discovered in a locked toilet cubicle on the late-night train to Bath, Ishmael Jones is faced with his most puzzling case to date.When Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are asked to escort a VIP on the late-night train to Bath, it would appear to be a routine case. The Organisation has acquired intelligence that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis GregsonÂ’s life as he travels to Bath to take up his new position as Head of the British Psychic Weapons Division. IshmaelÂ’s mission is to ensure that Sir Dennis arrives safely. How could anyone orchestrate a murder in a crowded railway carriage without being noticed and with no obvious means of escape? When a body is discovered in a locked toilet cubicle, Ishmael Jones has just 56 minutes to solve a seemingly impossible crime before the train reaches its destination.
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My Mother's Daughter - Ann O'Loughlin
County Wicklow, Ireland. Margo has just lost her husband Conor and is grieving his passing, unsure how she and her daughter Elsa will survive without him. Then she receives a letter that turns everything she thought she knew on its head. Not only has she lost her husband, but now Margo fears she could lose her daughter as well. Ohio, United States. Cassie has just split from her husband acrimoniously. Upset and alone she does not know how to move forward. Then her ex-husband demands a paternity test for their daughter Tilly and sorrow turns to anger as Cassie faces the frightening possibility of losing her daughter. A powerful, moving stories of family, resilience and compassion, and how women support each other through the most difficult times, My Mother's Daughter takes the issues closest to our hearts and makes us ask ourselves the most difficult questions - what would we do in Margo and Cassie's place?Praise for Ann's writing:'The Ludlow Ladies' Society brought me to a beautiful place and into a circle of friends that I didn't want to leave. Unputdownable' KATE KERRIGAN 'It's a heart-warming story ... but also an addictive page-turner with plenty of unexpected twists and reveals in store' READER'S DIGEST'A moving tale of loss, love and redemption' BELLA MAGAZINE'Deftly written, moving and courageous' THE SUNDAY TIMES'Slow-marching, romantic prose draws us into an old world that is rustic, genteel, quaint...[but] scandals lie in wait' IRISH INDEPENDENT'Highly engaging debut you will want to dive into' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, IRELAND'A lovely story of two women with the courage to confront the injustices of the past, bringing light to a dark corner of Ireland s recent history' KATHLEEN MACMAHON, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THIS IS HOW IT ENDS
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon, Simon Stephenson
This schools'' edition of Mark Haddon''s multi-award-winning novel adapted for the stage of the National Theatre by Simon Stephens is perfect for Key Stages 3 and 4. Featuring the play script from the Modern Plays edition but with the language adjusted for school use*, this edition includes a wealth of classroom activities for the English and drama classrooms.Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears''s dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain and is exceptional at maths, but he is ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. But Christopher''s detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that turns his world upside-down.This educational edition in Methuen Drama''s Critical Scripts series has been prepared by national Drama in Secondary English experts Ruth Moore and Paul Bunyan. Building on a decade of highly effective work and publications endorsed by national organisations and supported by teachers and consultants across Britain, each book in the series: > meets the requirements at KS3 and GCSE> features detailed, structured schemes of work utilising drama approaches to improve literary and language analysis > places pupils'' understanding of the learning process at the heart of the activities > will help pupils to boost English GCSE success and develop high-level skills at KS3> will save teachers considerable time devising their own resources.Simon Stephens''s adaptation of Mark Haddon''s bestselling, award-winning novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time offers a richly theatrical exploration of this touching and bleakly humorous tale.* The instances of stronger language have been tempered in this edition specifically for school use. Teachers may still wish to satisfy themselves that it is suited to the age of their pupils.
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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter - Simone de Beauvoirová
A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s. Simone de Beavoir describes her early life, from her birth in Paris in 1908 to her student days at the Sorbonne, where she met Jean-Paul sartre - ''the dream-companion I had longed for since I was fifteen''.
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Murder Road - Simone St. Jamesová
GET READY FOR THE SCARIEST READ OF 2024 - a gripping new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases‘Genuinely creepy. Sent shivers down my spine’ Mark Edwards, bestselling author of Here to Stay ‘A nerve-shredding start with a thrilling end’ Riely Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The Only One Left ----- April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They''re on a long dark road, late at night, and they see a woman up ahead, clearly in trouble. They stop and pick her up. It''s only once she''s in the car that they see the blood. And then they see the headlights, and at last, the woman speaks, her voice faint. "I''m sorry, he''s coming."While April and Eddie are able to escape - this time - their terrifying adventure is only just beginning. The hitchhiker''s injuries prove fatal, and the couple are trapped in the small town of Coldlake Falls, prime suspects in the eyes of local police. It turns out that this isn''t the first victim to die on this stretch of road, and it isn''t the first time that survivors have seen something that can''t be explained. But to get out of town, April and Eddie are going to have to drive down that haunted stretch of road one more time... Ingeniously plotted and heartstoppingly terrifying, are you ready to uncover the secret of Murder Road? -----''Fast, chilling, entertaining, unexpectedly touching, and with two broken, memorable characters at its core, this might be St. James’s best novel yet'' New York Times Book Review PRAISE FOR SIMONE ST. JAMES ''Clever and wonderfully chilling. It held me hostage'' - Fiona Barton ''Downright scary'' Lisa Gardner ''Dark and atmospheric'' Harriet Tyce ''A brilliant page-turner'' Jenny Quintana
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Abridged for Schools - Simon Stephenson
This abridged edition is designed for schools and has been adapted for 10 actors playing all of the roles. With a running time of just 90 minutes it is suitable for performance in non-theatre spaces, with minimal technical requirements.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time brings Mark Haddon''s best-selling novel to life on stage, adapted by two-time Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens. Winner of seven Olivier Awards including Best Play, along with the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and Tony Awards for Best Play, this remarkable and exhilarating "theatrical masterpiece" originated at London''s Royal National Theatre in 2012 before going on to transfer to the West End for multiple seasons, followed by its acclaimed Broadway run. The play has now been seen on five continents around the world with major productions ranging from Mexico, Australia, Canada, Seoul and Japan. This brand new edition of the play has been abridged specifically with schools in mind and published following a 12-week tour of 60 secondary schools in the UK. The play tells the story of Christopher John Francis Boone, who is fifteen years old. He stands besides Mrs Shears'' dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in a book he is writing to solve the mystery of who killed Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain and is exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and distrusts strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
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Dead of Night - Simon Scarrow
YOU CAN PRE-ORDER A DEATH IN BERLIN, THE NEW BERLIN WARTIME THRILLER FROM SIMON SCARROW, NOW - COMING MARCH 2025''A compelling, atmospheric page-turner'' STEVE CAVANAGH''Gripping and compelling . . . balances immersive historical scene-setting with masterful plotting'' DAN JONES''A seriously gripping story - an outsider hero in jeopardy, a world of brooding danger, and an entirely, terrifyingly believable denouement'' OWEN MATTHEWSBERLIN, JANUARY 1940Germany has conquered Poland. The world is praying for peace. At home, the Nazi Party''s hold on power is absolute. One freezing night, an SS doctor and his wife return home from an evening out. By sunrise, the doctor will be lifeless in a pool of blood. There is pressure to record the incident as a suicide, but the first evidence uncovered by Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke points to a chillingly staged murder. The investigation is swiftly blocked by Schenke''s superiors, but he can''t let it go. When he uncovers links to the mysterious death of a child, a terrifying secret begins to emerge. In times of war, under a ruthless regime, there are places no man should ever enter. And Schenke fears he may not return alive . . . ''A chilling and accomplished historical thriller'' VASEEM KHAN ''An absolute stone-cold page-turner'' S. G. MacLEAN
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A Voice in the Night - Simon Mason
The dynamic duo of Simon Mason's acclaimed Ryan Wilkins Mysteries return in an explosive oxford-set mystery. At 3:35 am, Greta Emmett wakes to a call from the Emergency Centre. Her husband's fall alarm had been activated five minutes ago and since then he's been unresponsive. He isn't in bed beside her and on further inspection she realises he's not even in the house. By 6:00am at St Aldates police station DCS Rebecca Wainwright, multi-decorated hero of celebrated investigations, is reading notes on her new team. On DI Ryan Wilkins she reads: Trailer Park boy. Mother of his infant son deceased. OD. Sees things. Do not, repeat not, give him responsibility. On his partner DI Ray Wilkins she reads: Posh boy. Lucky cop. Thinks too highly of himself. More experience needed at the wet end. Wainwright has assigned her first high profile case since arriving - the murder of a security guard at the Pelzer Institute of Egyptology - to the reliable DI Hare. Now she must deal with the death of an Elderly gentleman at a hotel in Sandford. Likely cardiac. One for the lower ranks, a perfect case for the Wilkinses. On top of these cases, there is also the spate of organised shoplifting at the Co-Op where Ryan's sister Jade works. A low priority. Until Jade, her daughter and little Ryan are threatened by the gang. How will Ray and Ryan prove themselves to their new DCS? How will Wainwright navigate the personalities that threaten to disrupt? In this fourth book in the DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries, shocking truths and twisty turns of fate shatter the foundations of the force, only to determine new routes into Oxford's shadowy corners.PRAISE FOR SIMON MASON'Terrific' Mick Herron 'This moody, atmospheric novel is full of surprises' Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month) '[W]ell plotted and very funny' Sun 'This has a TV series written all over it' Daily Mail
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I Am My Mother's Daughter - Dara Kurtz
For most of her adult life, Dara Kurtz kept a Ziploc bag of letters written by her mother who passed away from cancer when she was twenty-eight years old. The bag also included other letters written by her long-departed grandmothers. These letters gave Dara a glimpse into their lives and personalities at the time the letters were written. They offered her so much wisdom and relevance and taught her so many beautiful, life lessons that Dara decided to share their story, the incredible love between Jewish mothers and daughters, and the wisdom passed on from one generation to the next. As a mother, Dara has passed down these family traditions and wisdom to her two daughters, who now carry on the legacy contained in the Ziploc bag bridging the generations of women in their family. She unexpected discovered that this is best done through the lens of love and through the hand-written word.
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Mother Night (0099819309)
Kniha - autor Kurt Vonnegut, 192 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná “Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer . . . a zany but moral mad scientist.”—Time Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all. “A great artist.”—Cincinnati Enquirer “A shaking up in the kaleidoscope of laughter . . . Reading Vonnegut is addictive!”—Commonweal
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One Night in Paris - Nina George
Available to pre-order now, the new novel from the multi-million bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop. Set against the backdrop of a Parisian heatwave and the isolated French coast, two women who would never ordinarily cross paths navigate the emotional effects of marriages, affairs and unexpected friendships . . .----She knew he was asking whether they would do it again. Share a secret hour behind closed doors. Whether this would start to mean something, or end here and now, in Room 32 of the Hotel Langlois, Paris.Claire Cousteau is one of France’s most esteemed biologists, with a seemingly perfect family life. But behind closed doors she has become increasingly frustrated by the stasis in her marriage and her husband’s unremarked-upon affairs.As she and her family prepare for a long summer on the Breton coast, her son Nico comes to her with a request: can his new girlfriend, Julie, join them? But what the rest of the family don’t realise is that Julie and Claire have met before, in a Parisian hotel during a night that Claire thought was her secret - a night that’s implications will colour their relationship from the moment it happens. Beneath the blazing Brittany sun, could their surprising bond be the spark to alter the course of their lives for all time?Sensual, provocative, and stirring, Nina George’s One Night in Paris is a story of becoming who you were meant to be by breaking apart the things you''ve always known.----PRAISE FOR NINA GEORGE:''A true gem for fiction lovers'' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING''An enchanting, uplifting read. The sort of book that acts as a soothing tonic'' INDEPENDENT''Glowing . . . Layered with wit, enchanting writing and a love of books'' DAILY MAIL''A charming tale'' RED
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One Night in Paris - Nina George
Available to pre-order now, the new novel from the multi-million bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop. Set against the backdrop of a Parisian heatwave and the isolated French coast, two women who would never ordinarily cross paths navigate the emotional effects of marriages, affairs and unexpected friendships . . .----She knew he was asking whether they would do it again. Share a secret hour behind closed doors. Whether this would start to mean something, or end here and now, in Room 32 of the Hotel Langlois, Paris.Claire Cousteau is one of France’s most esteemed biologists, with a seemingly perfect family life. But behind closed doors she has become increasingly frustrated by the stasis in her marriage and her husband’s unremarked-upon affairs.As she and her family prepare for a long summer on the Breton coast, her son Nico comes to her with a request: can his new girlfriend, Julie, join them? But what the rest of the family don’t realise is that Julie and Claire have met before, in a Parisian hotel during a night that Claire thought was her secret - a night that’s implications will colour their relationship from the moment it happens. Beneath the blazing Brittany sun, could their surprising bond be the spark to alter the course of their lives for all time?Sensual, provocative, and stirring, Nina George’s One Night in Paris is a story of becoming who you were meant to be by breaking apart the things you''ve always known.----PRAISE FOR NINA GEORGE:''A true gem for fiction lovers'' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING''An enchanting, uplifting read. The sort of book that acts as a soothing tonic'' INDEPENDENT''Glowing . . . Layered with wit, enchanting writing and a love of books'' DAILY MAIL''A charming tale'' RED
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Murder Road - Simone St. Jamesová
Ingeniously plotted and heartstoppingly terrifying, are you ready to uncover the secret of Murder Road? April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They're on a long dark road, late at night, and they see a woman up ahead, clearly in trouble. They stop and pick her up.It's only once she's in the car that they see the blood. And then they see the headlights - far in the distance, but coming up fast. And at last, terror in her eyes, the woman speaks."I'm sorry, he's coming."
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Murder on a School Night - Weston Kate
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize!Sex Education meets A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder in this darkly hilarious YA murder mystery by Comedy Women in Print Prize and Carnegie Medal nominated author, Kate Weston.Fiercely funny, feminist and FUN! I bloody loved it’ M.A. KUZNIARThere’s never a good time to find a dead body. But finding a dead body while you’re trying to kiss your crush?Dead awkward.All Kerry wants to do is stay at home with her rom-coms and strict retainer schedule. Instead, her BFF Annie has roped her into going to their first sixth-form party to investigate who’s cyberbullying Heather, the most popular girl in school.On the cusp of kissing her dreamy crush, Scott, Kerry discovers the body of Heather''s second in command – suffocated with a menstrual cup. Within days, another student turns up dead, this time with a sanitary pad across the eyes. Now Annie and Kerry are officially on the case to stop the menstrual murderer … period.
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The Murder After the Night Before - Katy Brent
From the author of How to Kill Men and Get Away With It, don't miss this utterly thrilling and laugh-out-loud novel, perfect for fans of Bella Mackie, Dawn O'Porter and Killing Eve. Available to pre-order now! Something bad happened last night. I've woken up with the hangover from hell, a stranger in my bed, and I've gone viral for the worst reasons.But I can't remember a thing... My best friend Posey is dead. The police think it was a tragic accident.I know she was murdered. There's only thing stopping me from dying of shame. I need to find a killer.Readers LOVE Katy Brent! 'I literally couldn't put this book down.' NetGalley reviewer, 'This book has got to be my favourite so far this year.' NetGalley reviewer, 'There are just so many good things I could say about this book. I absolutely tore (pun intended) through this read. Everyone needs to go read it.' NetGalley reviewer, 'One word!!! AMAZING!!!' NetGalley reviewer, 'This is one of the most clever books I have read in quite a while.' NetGalley reviewer, 'A well-rounded cast of characters, quick pace, and thrilling twists make this one of my favourites of the year!' NetGalley reviewer, 'A twisted but witty read which will keep you up all night.' NetGalley reviewer,
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Like Mother, Like Daughter - Elle Croft
''Utterly absorbing and thought-provoking'' Caz Frear''What a premise, and packed with suspense'' Victoria Selman''A dark, delicious triumph'' Niki MackayIf what they said was true, then the grotesque and the monstrous ran in her blood. It was imprinted within her very core, her DNA, a part of every cell in her body. Kat''s children are both smart and well-adjusted. On the outside.Kat has always tried to treat Imogen and Jemima equally, but she struggles with one of her daughters more than the other. Because Imogen''s birth mother is a serial killer. And Imogen doesn''t know.They say you can''t choose your family, but what if your family chooses you?
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One Night in Winter - Simon Sebag Montefiore
Inspired by a true story, prize-winning historian and acclaimed novelist Simon Sebag Montefiore explores the consequences of forbidden love in this heartbreaking epic of marriage, childhood, danger, and betrayal that unfolds in Stalin's Moscow during the bleak days after World War II.As Moscow celebrates the motherland's glorious victory over the Nazis, shots ring out on the crowded streets. On a nearby bridge, a teenage boy and girl—dressed in traditional nineteenth-century costumes—lie dead. But this is no ordinary tragedy, because these are no ordinary teenagers. As the son and daughter of high-ranking Soviet officials, they attend the most elite school in Moscow. Was it an accident, or murder? Is it a conspiracy against Stalin, or one of his own terrifying intrigues?On Stalin's instructions, a ruthless investigation begins into what becomes known as the Children's Case. Youth across the city are arrested and forced to testify against their friends and their parents. As families are ripped apart, all kinds of secrets come spilling out. Trapped at the center of this witch-hunt are two pairs of illicit lovers, who learn that matters of the heart exact a terrible price. By turns a darkly sophisticated political thriller, a rich historical saga, and a deeply human love story, Montefiore's masterful novel powerfully portrays the terror and drama of Stalin's Russia.
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A Voice in the Night - Simon Mason
DEEP DECEPTION. TWISTED FATE.''Move over morse'' Val McDermid ''A superb series'' Sunday TimesThames Valley has a new Superintendent - DCS Wainwright - young, charismatic and ruthless, charged with pushing through big reforms. Her in-tray is full of problems - and at the top of the pile is the problem of Wilkins and Wilkins.Trailer park boy DI Ryan Wilkins, interesting looking in baggy trackies and over-large lime-green puffa. In his personnel file is a handwritten note scribbled by the outgoing Super: ''Do not, repeat not, give him responsibility.'' And posh boy DI Ray Wilkins, improbably handsome in navy blazer and tan chinos: ''Thinks too highly of himself. More experience needed at the wet end.'' Their previous investigations - though somehow successful - were models of disorder and dysfunction. The new Super needs to take action.There''s been a shocking murder in the heart of Oxford, the stabbing of a security guard during an attempted armed robbery. Meanwhile, an elderly professor of linguistics goes missing from his home in cosy Iffley Village.The high-profile murder investigation can be safely handled by reliable detective DI Hare. The entry-level enquiry into the wandering academic can be given to the problem duo, with instructions to keep it simple. But when the body of the professor is found, still dressed in his pyjamas and dripping wet, spreadeagled on a hotel lawn miles from home, things get a little unexpected for the Wilkinses. Will Ray keep on top of the brief? Will Ryan keep it together?PRAISE FOR SIMON MASON ''Terrific'' Mick Herron''This moody, atmospheric novel is full of surprises'' Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month)''[W]ell plotted and very funny'' Sun''This has a TV series written all over it'' Daily Mail
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Já, Simon - Becky Albertalli - audiokniha
Audiokniha: Šestnáctiletý Simon už nějakou dobu ví, že je gay, ale ještě není připravený sdělit to okolnímu světu. Jedinou výjimkou je tajemný Blue, se kterým si Simon už několik měsíců vyměňuje e-maily a jejich vzájemné pouto sílí. Jenže pak citlivá korespondence padne do nesprávných rukou a Simon se stane obětí vydírání: buď udělá, co se po něm chce, i když se mu to příčí, nebo riskuje, že si tajné e-maily přečte celá škola. V sázce je však ještě mnohem víc – plachého Bluea by nechtěná publicita mohla vyděsit a Simon už by nikdy nezjistil, kdo Blue ve skutečnosti je… Citace / výkřiky z obálky knihy: „Na Simona Spiera mám velký zálusk. Totálně jsem se do něj zamilovala. Jen škoda, že nejsem jeho typ…“ – Jennifer Nivenová, autorka knihy Všechny malé zázraky „Dospělé čtenáře, kteří si knihu přečtou, pravděpodobně napadne, že by jim tahle kniha přišla docela dobře vhod v jejich teenagerském věku. Ale opravdu – nemohlo být něco podobného napsáno už dřív…?“ – Entertainment Weekly „Jsme si opravdu jistí, že Becky Albertalli neukradla nějakému neuvěřitelně zajímavému mladíkovi deník?“ – Tim Federle, oceňovaný autor knih pro teenagery BECKY ALBERTALLI je americká spisovatelka knih pro teenagery. Dospívajícím se nevěnuje jen ve své knize, ale i v profesním životě. Získala doktorát z klinické psychologie a věnuje se terapii zaměřené na práci s teenagery. Potkala jich za svoji praxi hodně – mnoho inteligentních, taky podivínských, ale všichni byli podle jejích slov úžasní, děsně zajímaví a neodolatelní. V současné době Becky žije se svou rodinou v Atlantě. Navštivte její webové stránky beckyalbertalli.com. Kniha Já, Simon vyšla původně pod názvem Probuzení Simona Spiera a je to autorčin debutový román. Obdržela za něj Cenu Williama C. Morrise, byla nominována na Cenu Andrewa Carnegieho a americkou Národní cenu za literaturu. Román byl několika periodiky jmenován jednou z nejlepších knih v žánru Young Adult. VIKTOR KUZNÍK je herec, v současnosti v angažmá Národní divadlo Brno. Spolupracoval také se Slezským divadlem Opava, divadlem Kolowrat či Divadlem A. Dvořáka v Příbrami. Aktuálně ho můžete vidět hrát kromě repertoáru Národního divadla Brno, kde nastudoval například Trepleva v Čechovově Rackovi, Petra v Čapkově Matce, či Orina v inscenaci Smutek sluší Elektře, také v inscenaci Agent tzv. společenský ve Švandově divadle v Praze či v Divadle na cucky v inscenaci Vstup zakázán. Je držitelem Ceny Jiřího Adamíry 2020 a Ceny Valtra Tauba 2020. Věnuje se také rozhlasové tvorbě i dabingu. Svůj hlas propůjčil třeba Williamovi ve hře Krásný mladý obludy a můžete jej slyšet i v podcastovém thrilleru českého rozhlasu Neklid. Je spoludržitelem Ceny Bystrouška: nejlepší dětská audiokniha roku 2019 a dvou cen Prix Bohemia Radio 2020 a 2022. Audiokniha Becky Albertalli: Já, Simon | Čte Viktor Kuzník | Režie Zuzana Burianová | Zvuk, střih a mastering studio David Pravda | Hudba Wrana, Martin Truhlář, David Pravda | Natočeno ve studiu MIXING.TODAY | Grafiku podle knižní předlohy adaptovala Jana Rybová | Produkce David Pravda | Supervize Alena Brožová | Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s. – Témbr, v únoru 2023 Nahrávka vznikla podle knihy SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA Copyright © 2015 by Becky Albertalli | „Love, Simon“ film artwork © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Translation © 2017 by Anna Vrbová | All rights reserved | Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s., v edici YOLI v roce 2022
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A Messy Murder - Simon Brett
Ellen Curtis – professional declutterer, amateur sleuth and woman of a certain age – investigates the puzzling death of a TV personality who’s past his prime"Brett laces the plot with show-biz details that fans of Brett’s Charles Paris series will relish. This very special series grows more fascinating with each entry" Booklist Starred Review Professional declutterer Ellen Curtis doesn’t need to like her clients to help them sort their homes out. Aging TV personality and curmudgeon Humphrey Carter might have a chip on his shoulder the size of England about the decline of his career, but a job’s a job.But when Ellen arrives the morning after Humph’s eightieth birthday party, primed and ready to tackle his study – no matter his protests – she gets the shock of her life. Humph’s dead . . . and all signs point to him having taken his own life.Did the egotistical chat show host really die by suicide? His wife is adamant he’s been murdered, and the more Ellen looks, the more dirt on Humph she digs up . . . and the more suspects she uncovers. Can she track down a killer – if there even is one? And, just as importantly, can she keep herself from killing not only her own infuriating mother, but also her two grown-up children, who all seem determined to destroy her peace of mind?This thoroughly engaging contemporary mystery is perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Janice Hallett and M.C. Beaton.
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A Messy Murder - Simon Brett
Ellen Curtis – professional declutterer, amateur sleuth and woman of a certain age – investigates the puzzling death of a TV personality who’s past his primeProfessional declutterer Ellen Curtis doesn’t need to like her clients to help them sort their homes out. Aging TV personality and curmudgeon Humphrey Carter might have a chip on his shoulder the size of England about the decline of his career, but a job’s a job.But when Ellen arrives the morning after Humph’s eightieth birthday party, primed and ready to tackle his study – no matter his protests – she gets the shock of her life. Humph’s dead . . . and all signs point to him having taken his own life.Did the egotistical chat show host really die by suicide? His wife is adamant he’s been murdered, and the more Ellen looks, the more dirt on Humph she digs up . . . and the more suspects she uncovers. Can she track down a killer – if there even is one? And, just as importantly, can she keep herself from killing not only her own infuriating mother, but also her two grown-up children, who all seem determined to destroy her peace of mind?
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Rebel Music: Bob Marley & Roots Reggae - Kate Simon
Rebel Music is a tribute to one of the greatest legends in world music, Bob Marley. In 1975, Kate Simon first photographed Bob Marley and the Wailers at the Lyceum in London, where the now-legendary live performance of ‘No Woman No Cry’ was recorded. They then collaborated throughout the Seventies, with Simon shooting some of the most intimate, enduring and emblematic images ever taken of Marley, including his iconic Kaya album cover. Simon captured it all: portraits of the reggae greats of the Seventies, such as Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh; the Exodus Tour, on the road with Bob Marley and The Wailers as they performed across Europe; and the One Love Peace Concert, where Bob famously united Jamaica’s opposing political leaders. Ultimately, in 1981, Simon would ride with the funeral cortege from Kingston to St Ann and Bob Marley’s final resting place. Rebel Music contains over 400 photographs from Simon’s archives, many published here for the first time. Introduced by Patti Smith, with a foreword by Lenny Kravitz and afterword by Keith Richards, a cast of 24 contributors join Simon in sharing the stories behind the images, including ex-Wailers guitarist Junior Marvin and bass player and band leader Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett; musicians such as Junior Delgado, Steve Jordan, Paul Simonon and Bruce Springsteen; filmmaker Don Letts and producer Danny Sims; and Island Records founder, Chris Blackwell.
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The Songs That Saved Us - Simon McDermott
An unforgettable tribute to the unbreakable bond between a father and sonWhen Simon McDermott first noticed his dad Ted’s sudden flares of temper and fits of forgetfulness, he couldn’t have guessed what lay ahead. Then came the devastating, inevitable diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. The dad Simon knew seemed to be drifting further away, and he had no idea how to reach him.Then, one day in the car, Simon hit play on Ted’s favourite song. And just like that, they were simply two mates driving around Blackburn, singing at the top of their lungs. That moment would change the course of their lives forever.Simon filmed their adventure, uploaded the video to YouTube and woke up to messages, tweets and his phone ringing off the hook. Their carpool karaoke had gone viral all the way across the globe.But a record deal, Pride of Britain Awards, over £130,000 raised for The Alzheimer’s Society and a Top 10 single later, Simon was still losing Ted. That’s when he made a decision. His Dad – the storyteller of his childhood and his best friend – couldn’t tell his own story, so Simon would tell it for him. This is that story.Full of poignant moments, the ups and downs of family life and treasured memories, The Songaminute Man is a story of two halves: a celebration of the man Ted was, and a powerful and moving account of caring for a loved one.
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What's Your Dream? - Simon Squibb
Discover the inspiring, must-read business book and #1 Sunday Times bestseller to help you achieve fulfilment and find purpose, from entrepreneur and investor Simon Squibb. 'Simon loves dreams and he wants you to live yours. This book will stop you from giving up on your goals and start building the life you want' Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author and host of the On Purpose podcast'Simon is making a real impact. If you're serious about becoming an entrepreneur, this book is a must read' Richard Branson'The book I recommend if you want to start or grow a business' Ali Abdaal, productivity expert and bestselling author of Feel-Good Productivity________________________________Find Your Passion. Love Your Work. Build a Richer Life. What's your dream? It's a simple question, but one which very few of us ever really think about. From early on, we are taught that there's only one path to getting ahead: do well at school, get a certain kind of job, and avoid failure at all costs. We're so busy trying to follow these rules that we never stop and ask ourselves: What's my purpose? What do I really want? Do I have the power to make it happen?Simon Squibb is on a mission to change people's lives for the better. In his bestselling business book, What’s Your Dream?, he shares the hard-won life lessons from his years in the business world plus his own personal life, from facing homelessness as a teenager to selling a multi-million pound business, and now inspiring a new generation of budding entrepreneurs. What’s Your Dream? will empower readers to identify their own meaningful goals, to remove the barriers that stand in the way, and ultimately to build a richer life. Because sometimes, it just takes one person to believe in you... ________________________________‘If you have a dream to start a business then make this book your first step!’ Lewis Howes, New York Times bestselling author of The Greatness Mindset'One of the best business books I've ever read' Mark Tilbury, entrepreneur and educator'A must-read for any would-be entrepreneurs keen to turn their business dreams into reality' John Cauldwell, Phones 4U founder and author of Love, Pain & Money: The Making of a Billionaire'Simon Squibb is the real deal! This book is amazing...so, so good. I read over 100 books a year, and this is definitely in the top 5!' Chris Evans‘Inspiring stuff…Simon empowers you to follow your dreams without fear’ Jamie Oliver
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Courage to Soar - Simone Biles
In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance has made her one of the top athletes and gymnasts in the world—and how you too can overcome challenges in your life.Simone Biles’ entrance into the world of gymnastics may have started on a field trip in her hometown of Spring, Texas, but her God-given talent, along with drive to succeed no matter the obstacle, are what brought her to the national spotlight during the Olympic Games and have catapulted her ever since—including 25 World Championship medals. But there is more to Simone than her accomplishments.In this book Simone shares:how she has relied on her faith and family to stay focused and positivethe ways she’s continued competing at the highest level and having fun doing what she lovesa behind-the-scenes looks at gymnastics events, including the Olympicsthe events and challenges that carried her from an early childhood in foster care to a coveted spot on the U.S. Olympic teamAlong the way, Simone shares the details of her inspiring personal story—one filled with daily acts of courage that led her, and can lead you, to even the most unlikely of dreams.Courage to Soar:presents a positive role model for young girls, whether athletes or notis an ideal gift for birthdays, holidays, or to celebrate important achievementsis perfect for school assignments and reportsis an inspirational story for fans of gymnastics or any sportcontains an eight-page, full-color photo insert
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Simon Sort of Says - Erin Bow
NEWBERY HONOR AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD HONOR • FINALIST FOR THE AUDIE AWARD FOR BEST MIDDLE GRADE AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR“Funny, poignant and—most important—hopeful.” —New York TimesSimon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca disaster that went viral on YouTube. But the story the whole world wants to tell about Simon is the one he’d do anything to forget: the one starring Simon as a famous survivor of gun violence at school.Two years after the infamous event, twelve-year-old Simon and his family move to the National Quiet Zone—the only place in America where the internet is banned. Instead of talking about Simon, the astronomers who flock to the area are busy listening for signs of life in space. And when Simon makes a friend who’s determined to give the scientists what they’re looking for, he’ll finally have the chance to spin a new story for the world to tell. Simon Sort of Says, the Newbery Honor-winning novel by Erin Bow, is a breathtaking testament to the lasting echoes of trauma, the redemptive power of humor, and the courage it takes to move forward without forgetting the past.INCLUDES DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR
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Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli
Celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by #1 New York Times bestselling and Stonewall Honor-winning author Becky Albertalli with this stunning DELUXE LIMITED PAPERBACK EDITION, while supplies last.Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: If he doesn't play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone's business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he's been emailing with, will be jeopardized.With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon's junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated.Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed out--without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met.This limited special edition includes gorgeous specs, making the package as beautiful as the read, and features new bonus content from Becky herself, including emails between Simon and Blue and Oreo recipes from Simon!
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Red Sonja: Consumed - Gail Simone
''Fierce and fascinating. This is the story Red Sonja has always deserved. Unmissable''FELICIA DAY''An epic debut novel from one of the most entertaining writers on the planet''TOM TAYLORIt''s time to rage, drink and fight like a barbarian! Red Sonja, the iconic She-Devil with a Sword, will meet a new generation of readers in this action-packed epic fantasy by legendary comic book writer Gail Simone, making her novel-writing debut. Hot-headed, charismatic and always unapologetically herself, Red Sonja, the ferocious She-Devil and barbarian of Hyrkania has never concerned herself with the consequences of her actions. She''s pursued all her desires, from treasure, to drink, to the companionship of bedfellows. She''s fought those who deserve it (and sometimes those who didn''t). And she''s never looked back. But when rumours start bubbling up from her homeland - rumours of unknown horrors emerging from the ground and pulling their unsuspecting victims to their deaths - she realises she may have to return to the country that abandoned her. Sonja must finally do the only thing that ever scared her: confront her past.THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN IN COMICS WRITES THE MOST INFAMOUS BARBARIAN WARRIORESS IN THIS EXHILARIATING DEBUT NOVEL''Red Sonja and Gail Simone - she-devils with a sword and pen respectively. Don''t fret about which is mightier, just savour this glorious fantasy epic''M R CAREY''Sonja is a fearless, iconic character that crackles with heart and relatable complexities... unique, cinematic, and memorable'' ALEX SEGURA''A writer who speaks to readers of every generation'' NANCY A. COLLINS ''Simone is a total sweetheart in the form of a sharp-as-a-machete genius. And her writing delivers that right into your eyeholes''BRIAN POSEHN''Gail Simone is poised to become the writer of Red Sonja just as Robert Jordan became the writer of Conan. Hold onto your axes, it''s going to be a wild ride!''MERCEDES LACKEY''Everything Gail Simone writes - every world she explores, every character she brings life to - is infinitely improved''PATTON OSWALT''Gail Simone has won comics. And now she has come after novels''CHELSEA CAIN''Gail Simone is a living legend whose wit and characterisation is second to none''SARAH REES BRENNAN
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