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''Connolly grips like a vice and he''s an extraordinary storyteller'' Crime Time''One of the best thriller writers we have'' Harlan CobenWyatt Riggins, the boyfriend of rising Maine artist Zetta Nadeau, has gone missing, leaving behind a cell phone containing a single-word message: RUN. Private investigator Charlie Parker is hired to find out why Riggins has fled, and from whom.Parker discovers that Riggins, an ex-soldier, has been involved in the abduction of four children from Mexico: three girls and a boy, all belonging to the cartel boss Blas Urrea - except Urrea''s family is safe and well in Mexico, which means the abductees cannot be his children. Yet whoever they are, Urrea wants them back, and has dispatched his agents to secure them, even if it means butchering everyone who stands in their way.One of those agents is Eugene Seeley, a clever, ruthless solver of other men''s problems. The other is an unknown woman.Every child has a mother. Now Charlie Parker will face one unlike any other, and learn the terrifying truth about the Children of Eve.Praise for John Connolly:''John Connolly is the creator of a unique blend of thriller and horror who receives rave reviews every time'' Sunday Telegraph''Dark and dangerous ... but where there is also kindness, loyalty, love'' Irish Examiner''To my mind, Connolly is Ireland''s Stephen King'' Matt Nixson, The Express

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Following the highly acclaimed Nocturnes and Night Music, Night & Day is filled with eerie surprises and dark delights.Night & Day takes us from the dusty shelves of an uncanny library filled with fictional characters to a bunker deep beneath the earth where scientists seek revenge on old Nazis, from an English marsh haunted by a mother and her son to a country house where a grieving widower finds comfort in a most unlikely source.Concluding with the author's account of how an obscure horror film brought him closer to his lost father, and how nostalgia can help through our hardest times, this is a collection that will move, entertain, and keep you reading late into the night.

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New York Times bestselling author John Connolly''s unique imagination takes readers through the end of innocence into adulthood and beyond in this dark and triumphantly creative novel of grief and loss, loyalty and love, and the redemptive power of stories.High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imagination and soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a world that is a strange reflection of his own—populated by heroes and monsters and ruled by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book, The Book of Lost Things. Taking readers on a vivid journey through the loss of innocence into adulthood and beyond, New York Times bestselling author John Connolly tells a dark and compelling tale that reminds us of the enduring power of stories in our lives.

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Edgy, twisted and disturbing, the first Crime Writers’ Association Daggers Award retrospective anthology featuring 19 visceral and thrilling stories. Featuring bestselling authors Ian Rankin, Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly, Denise Mina, John Harvey and more.NINETEEN CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING SHORT STORIES FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST IN CRIME FICTION The first retrospective of the CWA’s Dagger Award winners, brings together some of the greatest names in crime fiction to deliver a cutthroat collection of serial killers, grizzled detectives, drug dealers and master forgers. Observe as a Senior Curator at the Tate Gallery constructs the perfect crime in Ian Rankin’s “Herbert in Motion”. Watch an unlikely romance sour into a deadly obsession in Stella Duffy’s “Martha Grace”. Face parents who discover their child has committed the unthinkable in Denise Mina’s “Nemo Me Impune Lacessit”. And in Jeffery Deaver’s “The Weekender” an intense hostage situation hits its peak in the most unlikely conclusion. Keep your secrets close, and your daggers drawn. Featuring: Peter O'' Donnell (writing as Madeleine Brent), Julian Rathbone, Larry Beinhart, Ian Rankin, Jerry Sykes, Stella Duffy, Jeffery Deaver, Peter Lovesey, Cath Staincliffe, Margaret Murphy, John Harvey, Richard Lange, L. C. Tyler, Denise Mina, Danutah Reah and Lauren Henderson.

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Edgy, twisted and disturbing, the first Crime Writers’ Association Daggers Award retrospective anthology featuring 19 visceral and thrilling stories. Featuring bestselling authors Ian Rankin, Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly, Denise Mina, John Harvey and more.NINETEEN CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING SHORT STORIES FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST IN CRIME FICTION The first retrospective of the CWA’s Dagger Award winners, brings together some of the greatest names in crime fiction to deliver a cutthroat collection of serial killers, grizzled detectives, drug dealers and master forgers. Observe as a Senior Curator at the Tate Gallery constructs the perfect crime in Ian Rankin’s “Herbert in Motion”. Watch an unlikely romance sour into a deadly obsession in Stella Duffy’s “Martha Grace”. Face parents who discover their child has committed the unthinkable in Denise Mina’s “Nemo Me Impune Lacessit”. And in Jeffery Deaver’s “The Weekender” an intense hostage situation hits its peak in the most unlikely conclusion. Keep your secrets close, and your daggers drawn. Featuring: Peter O'' Donnell (writing as Madeleine Brent), Julian Rathbone, Larry Beinhart, Ian Rankin, Jerry Sykes, Stella Duffy, Jeffery Deaver, Peter Lovesey, Cath Staincliffe, Margaret Murphy, John Harvey, Richard Lange, L. C. Tyler, Denise Mina, Danutah Reah and Lauren Henderson.

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NO ONE EVER FORGETS MEETING THE SISTERS STRANGE ...The Furies: mythological snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, pursuers of those who have committed unavenged crimes. Now, private investigator Charlie Parker is drawn into a world of modern furies in two linked stories.In The Sisters Strange, the return of the criminal Raum Buker to Portland, Maine brings with it chaos and murder, as an act of theft threatens not only to tear apart his own existence but also that of Raum's former lovers, the enigmatic sisters Dolors and Ambar Strange.And in The Furies Parker finds himself fighting to protect two more women as the city of Portland shuts down in the face of a global pandemic, but it may be that his clients are more capable of taking care of themselves than anyone could have imagined . . .From the number one Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author John Connolly comes the most compelling and unsettling Charlie Parker novel yet.

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EVIL TAKES MANY FORMS.PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CHARLIE PARKER HUNTS THEM ALL.It is 1997, and a serial killer is on the loose in Burdon County, Arkansas. But no one wants to admit it, not in the Dirty South.In an Arkansas jail cell sits a former NYPD detective, stricken by grief. Charlie Parker is mourning the death of his wife and child, and searching in vain for their killer. He cares only for his own lost family.But that is about to change . . .From the number one Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author John Connolly comes the most compelling and unsettling thriller yet - witness the making of Charlie Parker.The Charlie Parker novels can be read and enjoyed in any order. The Dirty South is the eighteenth book in this globally bestselling series.

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EVIL TAKES MANY FORMS. PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CHARLIE PARKER HUNTS THEM ALL.''Haunting, scary and addictive'' Independent on SundayIn the depths of the Maine woods, the wreckage of an aeroplane is discovered. There are no bodies. No such plane has ever been reported missing, but men both good and evil have been seeking it for a long, long time. Hidden in the plane is a list of names, a record of those who have struck a deal with the Devil. Now a battle is about to commence between those who want the list to remain secret and those who believe that it represents a crucial weapon in the struggle against the forces of darkness.The race to secure the prize draws in private detective Charlie Parker, a man who knows more than most about the nature of the terrible evil that seeks to impose itself on the world, and who fears that his own name may be on the list. It lures others too. But as the rival forces descend upon this northern state, the woods prepare to meet them, for the forest depths hide other secrets.Someone has survived the crash. Some thing has survived the crash. And it is waiting . . .From the number one Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author John Connolly comes the most compelling and unsettling Charlie Parker thriller yet.The Charlie Parker novels can be read and enjoyed in any order. The Wrath of Angels is the eleventh book in this globally bestselling series. 5.

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EVIL TAKES MANY FORMS. PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CHARLIE PARKER HUNTS THEM ALL.''The finest crime series currently in existence'' Independent on SundayHis client is dead. But Charlie Parker will not rest . . .The community of Prosperous, Maine, has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children''s future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own.The death of a homeless man and the disappearance of his daughter draw the haunted, lethal private investigator Charlie Parker to Prosperous. Parker is a dangerous man, driven by compassion, by rage, and by the desire for vengeance. In him the town and its protectors sense a threat graver than any they have faced in their long history, and in the comfortable, sheltered inhabitants of a small Maine town, Parker will encounter his most vicious opponents yet.Charlie Parker has been marked to die so that Prosperous may survive.From the number one Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author John Connolly comes the most compelling and unsettling Charlie Parker thriller yet.The Charlie Parker novels can be read and enjoyed in any order. The Wolf in Winter is the twelfth book in this globally bestselling series.

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EVIL TAKES MANY FORMS.PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CHARLIE PARKER HUNTS THEM ALL.Still raw from the murder of his wife and daughter, and the events surrounding the capture of their killer, The Travelling Man, Charlie Parker retreats to the wintry Maine landscape of his childhood. By following in the steps of his beloved grandfather, Parker hopes to heal his spirit and get through the bitter first anniversary.But the echoes of the past that await him are not all benign. In a gruesome re-enactment of Parker''s own nightmares, another young woman is killed with her child and his brief involvement in their lives impels Parker to hunt their vicious murderer. As the death toll mounts, Parker comes to realise that the true answer to the puzzle lies thirty years in the past, in a tree with strange fruit, in his own grandfather''s history, and in the perverted desires of a monster incarnate - Caleb Kyle.From the number one Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author John Connolly comes a mesmerising and chilling thriller described as ''classic American detective fiction . . . and of a very high order'' by Bernard Cornwell.The Charlie Parker novels can be read and enjoyed in any order. Dark Hollow is the second book in this globally bestselling series.

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A Financial Times Book of the YearThough we might not realise it, our collective memory of the twentieth century was defined by the poets who lived and wrote in it. At every significant turning point we find them, pen in hand, fingers poised at the typewriter, ready to distil the essence of the moment, from the muddy wastes of the Western front to the vast reckoning that came with the end of empire. This is the first and only history of twentieth century poetry, by the acclaimed poet, author and academic John Burnside. Bringing together poets from times and places as diverse as Tsarist Russia, 1960''s America and Ireland at the height of the Troubles, The Music of Time reveals how poets engaged with and shaped the most important issues of their times - and were in their turn affected by their context and dialogue with each other. This is a major work of scholarship, that on every page bears witness to the transformative beauty and power of poetry.

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Elektronická kniha - autor Zdeněk Šotola, 48 stran, anglicky Noty, tabulatury na ukulele. Easy arrangements of 33 well-known classical melodies for soprano ukulele in music notation and tablature. Each song includes online access to audio demonstrations for download or streaming. LISTENSeznam skladeb: Antonín Dvořák Humoresque Antonio Vivaldi Autumn Domenico Scarlatti Larghetto Edvard Grieg In The Hall Of The Mountain King Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Wedding March Franz Joseph Haydn Serenade Franz Schubert Ave Maria Giacomo Puccini Nessun Dorma Jacques Offenbach Can Can Johann Pachelbel Canon Johann Strauss II Blue Danube Waltz Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance Ludwig van Beethoven For Elise Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Promenade Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A Little Night Music Antonín Dvořák Largo Antonio Vivaldi Spring Bedřich Smetana The Moldau Franz Xaver Gruber Silent Night Frédéric Chopin Etude Frédéric Chopin Polonaise

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This is the definitive autobiography of John Lydon, one of the most recognizable icons in the annals of music history. As Johnny Rotten, he was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols - the world''s most notorious band, who shot to fame in the mid-1970s with singles such as ''Anarchy in the UK'' and ''God Save the Queen''. Via his music and invective he spearheaded a generation of young people across the world who were clamouring for change - and found it in the style and attitude of this most unlikely figurehead.With his next band, Public Image Ltd (PiL) Lydon expressed an equally urgent impulse in his make-up - the constant need to reinvent himself. From their beginnings in 1978 he set the template for a band that continues to challenge and thrive in the 2010s. He also found time for making innovative new dance records with the likes of Afrika Baambaata and Leftfield. Following the release of a solo record in 1997, John took a sabbatical from his music career into other media, most memorably his own Rotten TV show for VH1 and as the most outrageous contestant ever on I''m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!He then fronted the Megabugsseries and one-off nature documentaries and even turned his hand to a series of much loved TV advertisements for Country Life butter.Lydon has remained a compelling and dynamic figure - both as a musician, and, thanks to his outspoken, controversial, yet always heartfelt and honest statements, as a cultural commentator.The book is a fresh and mature look back on a life full of incident from his beginnings as a sickly child of immigrant Irish parents who grew up in post-war London, to his present status as a vibrant, alternative national hero.

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In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life. Me is the joyously funny, honest and moving story of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of all time.The Sunday Times bestseller with a new chapter bringing the story up to date. ''The rock memoir of the decade'' – Daily Mail''The rock star''s gloriously entertaining and candid memoir is a gift to the reader'' – Sunday Times______________Christened Reginald Dwight was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three, he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again.His life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA swimming pool to disco-dancing with the Queen; from friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and George Michael to setting up his AIDS Foundation. All the while, Elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade.In Me Elton also writes powerfully about getting clean and changing his life, about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father. In a voice that is warm, humble and open, this is Elton on his music and his relationships, his passions and his mistakes. This is a story that will stay with you, by a living legend.______________''Self-deprecating, funny . . . You cannot help but enjoy his company throughout, temper tantrums and all'' – The Times''Racy, pacy and crammed with scurrilous anecdotes - what more could you ask from the rocket man'' – Guardian (Book of the Week)''Chatty, gossipy, amusing and at times brutally candid'' – Telegraph

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Elektronická kniha - autor Zdeněk Šotola, 41 stran, anglicky Easy recorder arrangements for 33 well-known classical melodies. Each song includes online access to audio demonstrations for download or streaming. ZVUKOVÁ UKÁZKA nbsp; Seznam skladeb: Antonín Dvořák Humoresque Antonio Vivaldi Autumn Domenico Scarlatti Larghetto Edvard Grieg In The Hall Of The Mountain King Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Wedding March Franz Joseph Haydn Serenade Franz Schubert Ave Maria Giacomo Puccini Nessun Dorma Jacques Offenbach Can Can Johann Pachelbel Canon Johann Strauss II Blue Danube Waltz Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance Ludwig van Beethoven For Elise Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Promenade Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A Little Night Music Antonín Dvořák Largo

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This is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture. John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, which has its roots in the post-punk era. Drawing on his own experience as a musician and journalist, Robb covers the style, the music and the clubs that spawned goth culture, alongside political and social conditions.Reaching back further into history, he examines key events and movements that frame the ideas of goth, from the fall of Rome to Lord Byron and the Romantic poets, European folk tales, Gothic art and the occult. Finally, he considers the current mainstream goth of Instagram influencers, film, literature and music. The art of darkness features interviews with Andrew Eldritch, Killing Joke, Bauhaus, The Cult, The Banshees, The Damned, Einstürzende Neubauten, Johnny Marr, Trent Reznor, Adam Ant, Laibach, The Cure, Nick Cave and many more.It offers a first-hand account of being there at the gigs and clubs that made the scene happen.

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A majestic biography of two young geniuses who merged their talents to create one of the greatest bodies of music in history.John & Paul begins in 1957, when two teenagers in suburban Liverpool meet and decide to play rock n'roll together. It ends twenty-three years later, when one of them is murdered. In between, we see them become global stars, create countless indelible songs, and play a central role in shaping the modern world.Lennon and McCartney were more than friends, rivals or collaborators. They were intimates who both had the fabric of their world ruptured at a young age, and who longed to make emotional connections; with each other, and with audiences. The pop song was a vessel into which they poured feelings of grief and euphoria and everything in between.When they couldn't speak what they felt, they sang it. After the break-up of their group, they maintained a musical dialogue at a distance, in songs full of recrimination, regret, and affection. Ian Leslie traces the twists and turns of their relationship through the music it produced and offers rich insights into the nature of creativity, collaboration and human connection.Drawing on recently released footage and recordings, this is a startlingly fresh take on two of the greatest icons in music history. Leslie's majestic and wildly enjoyable biography will make us see and hear Lennon and McCartney anew.

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A majestic biography of two young geniuses who merged their talents to create one of the greatest bodies of music in history. John & Paul begins in 1957, when two teenagers in suburban Liverpool meet and decide to play rock n'roll together. It ends twenty-three years later, when one of them is murdered.In between, we see them become global stars, create countless indelible songs, and play a central role in shaping the modern world. Lennon and McCartney were more than friends, rivals or collaborators. They were intimates who both had the fabric of their world ruptured at a young age, and who longed to make emotional connections; with each other, and with audiences.The pop song was a vessel into which they poured feelings of grief and euphoria and everything in between. When they couldn't speak what they felt, they sang it. After the break-up of their group, they maintained a musical dialogue at a distance, in songs full of recrimination, regret, and affection.Ian Leslie traces the twists and turns of their relationship through the music it produced and offers rich insights into the nature of creativity, collaboration and human connection. Drawing on recently released footage and recordings, this is a startlingly fresh take on two of the greatest icons in music history. Leslie's majestic and wildly enjoyable biography will make us see and hear Lennon and McCartney anew.

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As seen in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, welcome to the casino city of Canto Bight. A place where exotic aliens, captivating creatures, and other would-be high rollers are willing to risk everything to make their fortunes. Set across one fateful evening, these four original novellas explore the deception and danger of the lavish casino city. An honest salesman meets a career criminal as a dream vacation turns into the worst nightmare imaginable in a story by Saladin Ahmed. Dreams and schemes collide when a deal over a priceless bottle of wine becomes a struggle for survival as told by Mira Grant. Old habits die hard when a servant is forced into the mad struggle for power among Canto Bight’s elite in a tale by Rae Carson.A deadbeat gambler has one last chance to turn his luck around, all he has to do is survive one wild night as told by John Jackson Miller. In Canto Bight, one is free to revel in excess, untouched from the problems of a galaxy once again descending into chaos and war. Dreams can become reality, but the stakes have never been higher—for there is a darkness obscured by all the glamour and luxury.

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Kniha - autor Kazuo Ishiguro, 240 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A story cycle exploring ideas of love, music and the passing of time, from the piazzas of Italy to the floor of an exclusive Hollywood hotel. Was a Sunday Times bestseller in HB, while Ishiguro has sold over 2 million copies of his books with Faber. 'The unity of Nocturnes is plain. It is a unity of tone - regretful, memory-laden and full of astonishing quality that is made to seem, somehow, routine' Brian Appleyard, Sunday Times

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Německý překlad novely "Sexuální nocturno" Vítězslava Nezvala s původními ilustracemi Jindřicha Štyrského. Knížka obsahuje poznámky překladatele a doslov Radima Kopáče. Ein Elfjähriger findet im Freudenhaus zur Poesie. Vítězslav Nezval beschreibt in seiner autobiographischen Novelle "Sexuelles Nocturno" nicht mehr und nicht weniger als seine eigene Initiation, wobei Erotik, Poesie und Traum verschwimmen. Die Novelle erschien im Jahr 1931 als Kunstdruck mit Illustrationen von Jindřich Štyrský, der sich von den Kollage-Romanen Max Ernsts inspirieren ließ. Die Novelle "Sexuelles Nocturno" ist bahnbrechende poetistisch-surrealistisch-erotische Prosa und wurde bereits ins Englische, Französische und Japanische übersetzt. Denselben autobiographischen Stoff verwendete Nezval später für den märchenhaften Vampir-Roman "Valerie und die Woche der Wunder", in dem die Initiation aus weiblicher Perspektive geschildert wird.

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Walk through Britain’s wild landscapes after dark with two-time winner of the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing, John Lewis-Stempel. ‘Britain’s finest living nature writer’The TimesAt night the senses become reordered. Hearing, touch, smell are privileged over vision. It is after dark that we humans become more sensitive to nature, more ‘animal’. But the lights of the modern world are obliterating any meaningful connection to the night. We have lost touch with its wonders as well as its terrors. In this enchanting follow-up to Nightwalking, John Lewis-Stempel once again ventures out into the night to discover the natural world after dark, its rarely seen spectacles and curiosities. There are hares boxing under stars, night jars hunting moths in the summer wood, wintry moons with halos, rock-pool creatures glowing neon under UV light, barley fields shimmering in moonshine …In Night Life, Lewis-Stempel wanders his familiar farmland, and goes further afield too, exploring the Lake District, the Welsh coast, London’s Thames. Everywhere, he shows us why the night is precious, and what it is to be human in the dark.

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Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate?In this remarkable book, John Eliot Gardiner distils the fruits of a lifetime''s immersion as one of Bach''s greatest living interpreters. Explaining in wonderful detail how Bach worked and how his music achieves its effects, he also takes us as deeply into Bach''s works and mind as perhaps words can. The result is a unique book about one of the greatest of all creative artists.

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The Annual Crime Writers'' Association anthology is always a thrilling read, and eagerly anticipated by readers and authors of crime and mystery fiction worldwide.Music of the Night is a new anthology of original short stories contributed by Crime Writers'' Association (CWA) members and edited by Martin Edwards, with music as the connecting theme. The aim, as always, is to produce a book which is representative both of the genre and the membership of the world’s premier crime writing association.The CWA has published anthologies of members’ stories in most years since 1956, with Martin Edwards as editor for over 25 years, during which time the anthologies have yielded many award-winning and nominated stories by writers such as Ian Rankin, Reginald Hill, Lawrence Block, and Edward D. Hoch. Stories by long-standing authors and stellar names sit alongside contributions from relative newcomers, authors from overseas, and members whose work haven’t appeared in a CWA anthology before.Contents List:Abi Silver – Be PreparedAlison Joseph – A Sharp ThornAndrew Taylor – Wrong NotesAntony M. Brown – The Melody of MurderArt Taylor – Love Me or Leave MeBrian Price – The Scent of an EndingCath Staincliffe – Mix TapeC. Aird – The Last Green BottleChris Simms – TaxiChristine Poulson – Some Other DraculaDavid Stuart Davies – Violin – CEDea Parkin – The Sound and the FuryJason Monaghan – A Vulture Sang in Berkeley SquareKate Ellis – Not a NoteL.C. Tyler – His Greatest HitLeo McNeir – RequiemMartin Edwards – The Crazy Cries of LoveMaxim Jakubowski – Waiting for CorneliaNeil Daws – The Watch RoomPaul Charles – The Ghosts of PeacePaul Gitsham – No More ‘I Love You’s’Peter Lovesey – And the Band Played OnRagnar Jónasson – 4x3Shawn Reilly Simmons – A Death in Four PartsVaseem Khan – Bombay BluesFLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror andsuspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress

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Hudební CD - Saturday Night In Sam Francisco je živá nahrávka tria Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin a Paco De Lucia Saturday Night In Sam Francisco je živá nahrávka tria Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin a Paco De Lucia Rok vydání : 2022 (live) Seznam stop CD Bill Graham Introduction / Splendido Sundance / One Word / Trilogy Suite / Monasterio de Sal / El Pa?uelo / Meeting of the Spirits 8. Orpheo Negro

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LP vinyl - Saturday Night In Sam Francisco je živá nahrávka tria Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin a Paco De Lucia Saturday Night In Sam Francisco je živá nahrávka tria Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin a Paco De Lucia Rok vydání : 2022 (live) Seznam stop LP Bill Graham Introduction / Splendido Sundance / One Word / Trilogy Suite / Monasterio de Sal / El Pa?uelo / Meeting of the Spirits 8. Orpheo Negro

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In The Night Manager, John le Carre's first post-Cold War novel, an ex-soldier helps British Intelligence penetrate the secret world of ruthless arms dealers. 'Le Carre is the equal of any novelist now writing in English' Guardian 'A marvellously observed relentless tale' Observer At the start of it all, Jonathan Pine is merely the night manager at a luxury hotel. But when a single attempt to pass on information to the British authorities - about an international businessman at the hotel with suspicious dealings - backfires terribly, and people close to Pine begin to die, he commits himself to a battle against powerful forces he cannot begin to imagine. In a chilling tale of corrupt intelligence agencies, billion-dollar price tags and the truth of the brutal arms trade, John le Carre creates a claustrophobic world in which no one can be trusted.

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The spirit of James Connolly looms large in the pantheon of Irish historical figures. It is less well known that Connolly was a revolutionary Marxist committed to the destruction of capitalism. The 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising and Connolly''s death gives socialists the world over the chance to relate to a new audience engaging with Connolly for the first time and to rediscover his unique contributions to the international socialist movement.

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''The night does not belong to us. She harbours her own mysteries.'' Nocturnos delves into the ethereal world of the night, when the mundane vibes of the day cede to a mysterious atmosphere in which anything seems possible. In the twilight hours, the darkness feels vast and untameable, the dead can intrude upon the land of the living, and the distance between imagination and reality seems closer than ever. Haunting narration connects a series of vignettes that capture glimpses of people''s lives as they navigate the nighttime. A traumatic collision while driving down a dimly lit road; a bedtime story that blurs the bounds of the imaginary, a walk through the woods that leads to strange symbols; this nighttime tour encompasses lush forests, dreamscapes, and the shadowy corners of private rooms. Along the way, these stories question the truths veiled in dreams, the nature of fear and loneliness, and the unknowable aura of the nocturnal world. In Nocturnos, her most masterful work to date, Spanish comics artist Laura Perez explores the magic and melancholy we encounter when dusk descends.

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The inside story of the one of the most successful British stand-up comedians, as told by the person best qualified to reveal all about the man behind the comic, his wife of over 20 years – Pamela Stephenson.Once in a lifetime, there strides upon the stage someone who can truly be called a legend. Such a person is the inimitable, timeless genius who is Billy Connolly. His effortlessly wicked whimsy has entranced, enthralled – and split the sides of – thousands upon thousands of adoring audiences.And when he isn''t doing that…he''s turning in award-winning performances on film and television.He''s the man who needs no introduction, and yet he is the ultimate enigma. From a troubled and desperately poor childhood in the docklands of Glasgow he is now the intimate of household names the world over.How did this happen, who is the real Billy Connolly? Only one person can answer that question: his wife, Pamela Stephenson. Pamela’s writing combines the very personal with a frank objectivity that makes for a compelling, moving and hugely entertaining biography. This is the real Billy Connolly.This genre-defining book is now re-released for a new generation of comedy fans, with a stunning package and a new Foreword from the author. Pamela’s vision of Billy is as true now as it ever was – as groundbreaking, as moving and as laugh-out-loud funny – and here she brings the book fully into its context, as one of the most influential biographies ever written.

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Three generations of famous movie soundtrack composers reveal the secrets of their art and success. Beginning with a quick history of film scoring and then taking the reader backstage to interview a dozen major screen composers, Overhearing Film Music represents three generations of movie soundtrack music. Ranging from groundbreaking composers who scored classic 1940s melodramas such as Laura and the Thief of Bagdad, to the jazz-influenced modernists who worked on Rebel Without a Cause and The Pink Panther, and into the symphonic renaissance represented by films like Star Wars and Harry Potter, Caps asks the seminal questions: How did this kind of active movie scoring evolve from silent films-and where is it headed? These interviews provide a master class in how and why to score a film. Interspersed among the interviews, Caps's single-subject essays provide concise histories of the use of choral music in films, African American and female film composers, and digital composing software for a new era.

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Music artist managers are a pivotal yet understudied part of the music industry. The development of web technologies and social media has opened doors for the self-managing artist and the astute professional music manager. This book delivers information to those wishing to work in artist development or manage their own career.

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Lustr - pro žárovku E27 (není součástí), max. příkon 40 W, výška 115 cm, šířka 12 cm, materiál: kov, IP20 Dopřejte si interiér plný světla i v podmračených zimních dnech. Lustr se svým vytříbeným vzhledem hodí do téměř každého pokoje. Na první pohled zaujme použitým materiálem, tím je kov. Má certifikát krytí IP 20, což znamená ochranu zařízení před vniknutím drobných částic, ale nezaručuje bezpečnost při kontaktu s vodou. Je stavěn na žárovku s typem patice E27 o maximálním příkonu 40 W. Pojme jednu žárovku, kterou si však musíte dokoupit. Při výběru se hodí informace o výšce, která činí 115 cm. Nejdůležitější parametry produktu Lustr na lanku NOCTURNO 1xE27/40W/230V Praktický lustr pro váš interiér Jednoduchá údržba svítidla Převládající materiál: kov Bezpečnost svítidla dokládá certifikát krytí IP20 Rozměry: 115 × 12 × 12 cm Zdroj světla není součástí lustru Osvětlení podporuje jednu žárovku Svítidlo je připraveno k použití žárovky s paticí E27 O maximálním...

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Billy Connoly - milovník hudby, motorkář, metla všeho nudného a všedního, snil o cestě po legendární Route 66 od chvíle, kdy poprvé uslyšel Chucka Berryho zpívat tu nejskvělejší rock 'n' rollovou nahrávku všech dob. A nyní dostal svojí šanci - vydává se na své na míru postavené tříkolce hledat skutečnou Ameriku, která ještě stále může být nalezena mimo dálnice tohoto národa. Na cestě po všech z jejích 3 666 kilometrů (2 278 mil) od mrakodrapů Chicaga po Molo v Santa Monice v Kalifornii, Billyho cesta ho vede kolem mnoha základních ikon Spojených států: Gateway Arch v St Louis, Monument Valley a Grand Canyon, a pár pozůstalých jedinečných, neonem osvícených čerpacích stanic a jídelen, které kdysi tuto cestu lemovaly. Ale také mu tato cesta dává příležitost poznat lidi, kteří tuto silnici považují za svůj domov, od Mervina, amišského truhláře, k Robovi, který je tak jako Billy nadšeným příznivcem bendža, a obsesivním sběratelem hudebních nástrojů, k Angelovi, který je jedním z mnoha lidí, kteří jsou odhodlaní udržet ducha Matky Cest naživu. Vtipné, dojímavé a inspirující zároveň, příběhy, které na své cestě sbírá, vyprávějí příběh moderní Ameriky. A možná inspirují pár lidí, aby taky usedli na své motorky. Se svým instinktem pro dobrý příběh, který nemá konkurenci, a s nakažlivým entuziasmem, který ho udělal naším nejpodmanivějším národním pokladem, Billy Connolly je vrcholným průvodcem na vrcholném silničním výletě.

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One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched, interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essential character. A once-popular singer, desperate to make a comeback, turning from the one certainty in his life . . . A man whose unerring taste in music is the only thing his closest friends value in him . . . A struggling singer-songwriter unwittingly involved in the failing marriage of a couple he's only just met . . . A gifted, underappreciated jazz musician who lets himself believe that plastic surgery will help his career . . . A young cellist whose tutor promises to "unwrap” his talent . . . Passion or necessity-or the often uneasy combination of the two-determines the place of music in each of these lives. And, in one way or another, music delivers each of them to a moment of reckoning: sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, sometimes just eluding their grasp. An exploration of love, need, and the ineluctable force of the past, Nocturnes reveals these individuals to us with extraordinary precision and subtlety, and with the arresting psychological and emotional detail that has marked all of Kazuo Ishiguro's acclaimed works of fiction.

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Autor knížky španělských veršů Miloslav Uličný (*1942) vydal dosud kromě mnoha překladů, vlastních veršů a knihy povídek též první rýmovaný převod Máchova Máje do španělštiny. V té době již psal verše nejen česky, ale též španělsky, inspirován jak zájmem svých kubánských, španělských a mexických přátel, tak zážitky z pobytů ve Španělsku a v zámoří. Před několika lety tyto verše seřadil do knížky nazvané Servicio Nocturno (Noční služba) do oddílů, které zrcadlí jednotlivé etapy autorova života. Španělsky psané básně reflektují vzpomínky na zážitky v domově i v zemích, kde autor pobýval, a obsahují lyrické črty momentek i příběhy z dětství, jinošství a z dospělosti, přičemž se básník občas vyjadřuje humorně až sarkasticky a nevyhýbá se slovním a situačním hříčkám. Ve druhé polovině se rozhodl pro delší skladbu, odrážející konec komunismu v Československu Apunte de hace poco y mucho (Záznam o dávnu i nedávnu), a v oddílu Romancero Turiasonense (Tarazonské romance, 2007) zpracoval lyrickoepické příběhy ze svých překladatelských pobytů ve Španělsku.

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*Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*In Nocturnes, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the ‘hush-hush floor’ of an exclusive Hollywood Hotel, the characters we encounter range from young dreamers to cafe musicians to faded stars, all of them at some moment of reckoning. Gentle, intimate and witty, this quintet is marked by a haunting theme – the struggle to keep alive a sense of life’s romance, even as one gets older, relationships founder and youthful hopes recede.‘Each of these stories is heartbreaking in its own way, but some have moments of great comedy, and they all require a level of attention that, typically, Ishiguro’s writing rewards.’ Observer ‘[They] come up on you quietly, but then haunt you for days … These little pieces could only be the work of a great composer.’ Evening Standard‘A fine and moving collection of stories, displaying his unique combination of the sad, the stoic and the consoling. It’s about failure, but it dignifies failure, and with it, the human condition.’ Margaret Drabble, Guardian

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A page-turning, compelling thriller about a woman who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her sisterÂ’s disappearance.Shaw Connolly is no stranger to trauma. As a fingerprints analyst, sheÂ’s one of the first on-site for crimes, including murder scenes and a mysterious string of arsons popping up throughout the rural Maine community her department serves. But the tragedy of her little sisterÂ’s disappearance sixteen years ago has always weighed on her the most; Thea is never far from her thoughts or dreams, and Shaw knows that her obsession with finding the truth about Thea is driving her husband away and impacting her two boys. Still, she can''t let it go and has even started taking disturbing calls from a man named Anders Jansen who all but claims to have committed the crime.Anders taunts Shaw with hints and innuendo about what supposedly happened all those years ago. His calls go to the next level as he reveals just how much he knows about ShawÂ’s personal life, like her stalled career and ruined marriage. As his stalking escalates to threats on her and her family''s lives, he begins to show just how dangerous he might be. Shaw is too desperate for answers to hang up now, just when she''s getting close to finding proof. The only question left is what she must lose to learn the truth.A taut, atmospheric thriller from Edgar Award-finalist young adult author Gillian French, Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell introduces a compelling new voice in adult suspense fiction.

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One of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time, Neil Gaiman''s award-winning masterpiece The Sandman set the standard for mature, lyrical fantasy in the modern comics era. Illustrated by an exemplary selection of the medium''s most gifted artists, the series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama, and legend are seamlessly interwoven.The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes 30th Anniversary Edition collects issues #1-8 of the original run of The Sandman, beginning an epic saga unique in graphic literature and introducing readers to a dark and enchanting world of dreams and nightmares--the home of Morpheus, the King of Dreams, and his kin, the Endless.

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How a system of colonial trusteeship converted Native wealth into settler capitalFrom the earliest days of its founding, the United States set its sights on Native territory. Amid better-known “Indian wars,” the federal government quietly built an empire by treaty, offering payments to Native peoples for their land. Routinely inadequate, these payments were nonetheless pivotal because federal officials chose not to deliver them as a lump sum. Instead, the government kept the bulk of payments owed to Native nations under its own control as a trustee, and made access to future installments contingent on Native compliance. In Vested Interests, Emilie Connolly describes how a system of “fiduciary colonialism” seized a continent from its original inhabitants—and, ironically, furnished Native peoples with financial resources that sustained their nations. Connolly documents two centuries of dispossession in the guise of fiduciary benevolence. Acting as both dispossessor and trustee, the federal government invested Native wealth in state bonds that financed banks, canals, and other infrastructural projects that enabled the country to expand further westward. Meanwhile, Native peoples protected the money they did receive for future generations, investing it in their own institutions and mounting legal challenges to hold their trustees accountable. Still, federal trusteeship placed tight constraints on Native economies with the aim of containing Native power, forcing nations to endure through sheer resilience and ingenuity. By chronicling the long history of Native land dispossession through financial paternalism, Vested Interests reveals the unequal dividends of colonialism in the United States.

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Lustr - pro žárovky E27 (nejsou součástí), max. příkon 40 W, výška 115 cm, šířka 37 cm, materiál: kov, IP20 Máte rádi interiér plný světla? Lustr se svým vytříbeným designem pasuje do téměř každého bytu nebo kanceláře. Výrobce vsadil na moderní materiál, kterým je kov. Je držitelem certifikace IP 20, což znamená ochranu před ranou elektrickým proudem, avšak nezaručuje odolnost proti vodě. Je připraven pro montáž žárovky s paticí E27 o maximálním příkonu 40 W. Jelikož zdroj osvětlení nenajdete v balení, budete potřebovat dokoupit 3 žárovky. Při výběru by vás mohla zajímat jeho výška, která činí 115 cm. Rozhodující parametry produktu Lustr na lanku NOCTURNO 3xE27/40W/230V Stylový lustr pro každý interiér Jednoduchá a pohodlná údržba Převažující materiál: kov Bezpečnost lustru potvrzuje certifikát krytí IP20 Velikost: 115 × 37 × 37 cm Zdroj světla není součástí lustru Do osvětlení lze dát 3 žárovky Svítidlo potřebuje žárovku s paticí E27 Maximální příkon 40 W

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The official novelization of the seminal horror movie. A group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls. "They're coming to get you, Barbara."The classic film that changed cinema by redefining horror and zombies forever. George A. Romero's hit movie is reimagined in this novel by John Russo, the screenwriter of the belovedflick. While visiting their father's grave, Barbara and Johnny see a man slowly approaching them. Grotesque and ghost-pale, the man kills Johnny. Barbara manages to flee to a nearbyfarmhouse, where others have gathered to escape the outbreak. This ragtag group hope to fendoff the horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls. Will any of them make it out alive?

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Arthur Maxley is a tense and listless young man. One day he receives a letter from his long-estranged father. Arthur''s fear and aversion to the man is powerful, yet his compulsion to see his father is irresistible. After their meeting, Arthur is propelled into a night of drinking and spontaneous intimacy with a beautiful young woman. But as the memories of childhood trauma surface and disorientate, Arthur''s night out rises towards the pitch of disaster.

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In my fantasy of the Rambling Man who is something of a hobo, walking - or maybe jumping into the car of a moving train - is what he does. He slings his guitar or banjo over his shoulder and strides out along the road to the next town. There he plays a few songs at a local gig and meets a beautiful woman who feeds and shags him. It's a wonderful life, and a million miles better than sitting on your couch watching reality TV.During his lifetime of global adventures, Sir Billy Connolly's genuine curiosity and natural ability to connect with the people he meets on the road has made him a true 'citizen of the world'. A good trip, in my book, should be littered with little detours. Travelling from A to B is all very well, but you risk missing out on so much . . . In RAMBLING MAN, Billy takes us with him on his incredible journeys criss-crossing the world. But this is no conventional travel memoir. From Ireland to India, Australia to the Arctic, we join the Big Yin on an international voyage full of detours, digressions and the most eccentric of characters - all underscored by the chosen soundtrack of the ultimate ramblin' man himself.

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Krv nie je voda. Keď onich prídeš, budú ti chýbať. Rodinu si nevyberáš.Aj vy ste mnohokrát počuli, že rodina je posvätná, ale realituvnímate inak? Potom jetáto kniha presne pre vás. Autor, známykouč Josh Connolly, vnej nielen vyvracia tieto ošúchané frázy, alezároveň vás vyzbrojí schopnosťou porozumieť dynamike toxickejrodiny. Potvrdí vaše skúsenosti aposkytne vám potrebné nástrojena zvládanie emocionálne nezrelých rodičov apríbuzných.Osobná, ojedinelá apoučná výpoveď autora vám ukáže cestukuzdraveniu vášho vnútorného dieťaťa aoslobodeniu sa odminulých tráum. Možno sa napokon rozhodnete, že so svojimitoxickými príbuznými nebudete vôbec vkontakte, alebo si stanovítenové hranice, či začnete znovu vyhľadávať ľudí srovnakou krvnouskupinou. Nech už sa rozhodnete tak, alebo onak, táto kniha vámpomôže odlepiť sa zmiesta a vylízať sa znajväčších rán.

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From coastal to alpine, tropical to temperate, coniferous to deciduous, forest trees not only support the wildlife that lives under their canopies, but humankind, too. We could not survive without the cooling effect that trees have on the planet. Yet for thousands of years, we have logged forest trees and tapped their resin, we have hunted and foraged among them, found sources of medicine in their leaves and bark, and created sacred groves under their canopies. In some places we have cleared so much land that it is possible the trees will never grow back. Habitats have been lost as global temperatures have continued to rise. But, despite the environmental damage, there is hope, too. Some areas of abandoned farmland have been reclaimed by trees. And if we look to the Mayan ruins in Mexico, we see how forests can bury even a society’s grandest buildings. Given the opportunity, forests won’t just outlive us, but our civilisations, too. In this book, Kieron Connolly surveys forests from all around the globe, from deforestation in the Amazon to the reforestation of Californian redwoods, from England’s New Forest to Germany’s Black Forest, telling the stories of humankind’s ancient links to the trees and the flora and fauna found among them. Ranging from ecology to history, from the ravaged to the rewilded, and featuring more than 230 striking photographs, Forests is a fascinating exploration of woodland life around the world.

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A TALE OF A TRAGEDY SEEPING THROUGH GENERATIONS, AND A FAMILY FRACTURED BY HISTORY AND DESIRE ''Bad Relations is an amazing achievement and one of the most satisfying books you''re likely to read this year'' The Times''Haunting and beautiful... In recent British fiction I can think only of Tessa Hadley who rivals Connolly in exacting such intricate, compelling drama from close-knit families... I don''t often wish a book were longer, but this one I did'' ObserverOn the battlefields of the Crimea, William Gale cradles the still-warm body of his brother. William''s experience of war will bring about a change in him that will reverberate through his family over the next two centuries.In the 1970s, William''s descendants invite Stephen, a distant relation, to stay in their house in the English countryside - but their golden summer entanglements will end in a shocking fall from grace.Half a century later, a confrontation between the surviving members of the family will culminate in a terrible reckoning.''The characters in Bad Relations are so brilliantly real, so wonderfully compelling at their best, and at their worst, that I can''t get them out of my head. A wonderful novel'' Nina Stibbe''This is an Atonement-like novel about the messy stuff that is family life'' Spectator''A compelling family saga'' Sunday Times

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These are the women who ruled, the women who founded dynasties, the women who fought for religious freedom, their families and love. These are the women who made a difference, who influenced countries, kings and the Reformation.Heroines of the Tudor World focuses on the women who lived through the Renaissance and Reformation, examining the threats and challenges they faced and how they overcame them. Studying regents, writers, nuns and queens, and taking in the likes of Elizabeth Barton, Anne Boleyn, Catherine de Medici, Bess of Hardwick and Elizabeth I, Sharon Bennett Connolly shines the spotlight on the women who helped to shape Early Modern Europe.

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"Coming from Glasgow, it''s weird, I don''t really tell jokes, like Irish jokes and all that. I tell wee stories. And some of them don''t even have punchlines. But you''ll get used to it as the night goes on, and on, and on, and on and on..." In December 2018, after 50-years of belly-laughs, energy, outrage and enjoyment, Billy Connolly announced his retirement from stand-up comedy. His has been an extraordinary career.When he first started out in the late Sixties, Billy played the banjo in the folk clubs of Glasgow. Between songs, he would improvise a bit, telling anecdotes from the Clyde shipyard where he worked. Soon, the songs became shorter and the monologues longer, and Billy quickly became recognized as one of the most exciting comedians of his generation.Billy''s routines always felt spontaneous. He improvised, embellished and digressed as he went along. He brought a beautiful sense of the absurd to his shows as he riffed on holidays, alcohol, the crucifixion, or naked bungee jumping. But Billy''s comedy could be laced with anger too. He hated pretentiousness and called out hypocrisy where ever he saw it. Billy had the popular touch. His comedy spanned generations and different social tribes in a way that few others have ever managed.Tall Tales and Wee Stories brings together the very best of Billy''s storytelling for the first time and features his most famous routines including, The Last Supper, Jojoba Shampoo, Incontinence Pants and Shouting at Wildebeest. With an introduction and original illustrations by Billy, it is an inspirational, energetic and riotously funny read, and a fitting celebration of one of the finest comedians.

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Co-authored by regional expert Sean Connolly and Philip Briggs, the world''s foremost guidebook writer on Africa, this third edition of Bradt''s The Gambia remains the most comprehensive guide available to mainland Africa''s smallest country. This new edition integrates recent developments, from recently opened restaurants and hotels to the new roads and bridges that make circumnavigating the country easier than ever. The guide provides detailed coverage of ecolodges and camps, information on festivals, music workshops and opportunities to experience local culture, plus advice about birdwatching possibilities in a country popular with first-time birders to Africa. As well as encompassing popular coastal resorts, the guide provides information required to explore the relatively undeveloped interior and proposes excursions into neighbouring Senegal, making it ideal for visitors on organised holidays and independent travellers alike.Bradt''s The Gambia reveals all the practical information needed to explore this welcoming and safe country (not for nothing is it nicknamed the ''Smiling Coast'') with its plethora of beach resorts, catering to all tastes and budgets, that line the 80km stretch of tropical coastline running from the capital Banjul to the remote southern border. Small in size but rich in character, The Gambia offers perhaps the closest English-speaking ''winter sun'' destination from Europe. Justifiably popular with birdwatchers, the lush mangrove- and jungle-fringed River Gambia is also home to crocodiles, hippos, rehabilitated chimpanzees and various monkeys. The Gambia offers rich heritage tourism for moderately adventurous travellers, from the mysterious megalithic stone circles at Wassu and Ker Batch to fortified Kunta Kinteh (James) Island and the former slave-trading village of Juffureh - the heart of novelist Alex Haley''s Roots country and part of two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. And why not enhance your visit further by experiencing colourful local markets, witnessing kankurang spirit masquerades or joining a kayak cruise from the sleepy river port of Janjanbureh, or paying homage to The Gambia''s inspiring journey towards democracy and reconciliation at Memory House?All in all, Bradt''s The Gambia is the perfect companion for discovering this safe, welcoming and tourist-friendly English-speaking country which provides an ideal short-stay introduction to West Africa''s unique atmosphere.

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