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The City Changes Its Face - Eimear McBride

A MUST-READ NOVEL OF 2025 IN THE GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, IRISH TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, AND MANY OTHERS''One of the finest writers at work today.'' ANNE ENRIGHT''McBride is a cartographer of the secret self, guiding us towards hidden treasure.'' CLAIRE KILROY''Eimear McBride does extraordinary things with language . . . she breaks every rule in the grammar book and gleefully gets away with it.'' GUARDIAN''A typical McBride work. Praise doesn’t come much higher.'' FINANCIAL TIMESSo, all would be grand then, as far as the eye could see. Which it was, for a while. Up until the city, remembering its knives and forks, invited itself in to dine.It’s 1995. Outside their grimy window, the city rushes by. But in the flat there is only Stephen and Eily. Their bodies, the tangled sheets. Unpacked boxes stacked in the kitchen and the total obsession of new love.Eighteen months later, the flat feels different. Love is merging with reality. Stephen’s teenage daughter has re-appeared, while Eily has made a choice, the consequences of which she cannot outrun. Now they face a reckoning for all that''s been left unspoken - emotions, secrets and ambitions. Tonight, if they are to find one another again, what must ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The City Changes Its Face - Eimear McBride

I'm just not sure how toWhat?Manage all this. All what? But up in the flat, there is only Eily and Stephen, 19 and 40. The total obsession of new love. 18 months later, and the flat feels different. And now Gracie, Stephen's 17-year-old daughter, is about to arrive. The city changes its face.

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The City and Its Uncertain Walls - Haruki Murakami

A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a parable for these strange times.STEP INTO THE CITY. . . When a young man’s girlfriend mysteriously vanishes, he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives. His search will lead him to take a job in a remote library with mysteries of its own.When he finally makes it to the walled city, a shadowless place of horned beasts and willow trees, he finds his beloved working in a different library – a dream library. But she has no memory of their life together in the other world and, as the lines between reality and fantasy start to blur, he must decide what he’s willing to lose.A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a parable for these strange times.''A love letter to books, libraries and librarians'' Financial Times, Books of the YearPRAISE FOR HARUKI MURAKAMI''The world''s most popular cult novelist'' Guardian ''Wild and thrilling. . . Murakami is a master storyteller and he knows how to ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A Day in Hong Kong - ArChan Chan

The best of Hong Kong cuisine, from AM to PM. A Day in Hong Kong is a culinary journey through one of the world's most vibrant cities. A place that’s bursting at the seams with incredible food and the people who love to eat it.Experience the city through its most iconic dishes, then recreate your favourites at home. From bustling wet markets to fine-dining restaurants, this book takes you on a delicious food adventure from breakfast through to dinner, showcasing the diverse tastes and ingredients of Chinese cuisine. Start the day with a traditional Hong Kong breakfast: congee (rice porridge) and yau cha kwai (oil fried bread sticks).As the day progresses, street eat recipes include Sichuan-style chao shou (wontons), fresh and steaming har gow dim sum (steamed shrimp dumplings), and ngau lam mein (beef brisket noodles). There’s plenty of sweets, too – including “pineapple” bread, alongside a cup of HK-style milk tea. Capture the delicious flavours of Hong Kong at home with 70 recipes and insider tips on where to find the best local eats.A Day in Hong Kong is the ultimate book for food and travel enthusiasts alike.

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The First Days of Berlin - Ulrich Gutmair

Berlin in the early 1990s, right after the fall of the Berlin Wall: this is the place to be. Berlin-Mitte, the central district of the city, with its wastelands and decaying houses, has become the centre of a new movement. Artists, musicians, squatters, club owners, DJs and ravers are reclaiming the old city centre and bringing it back to life. This interregnum between two systems – the collapse of the old East Germany, the gentrification of the new Berlin – lasts only a few years. West Berliners, East Berliners and new residents from abroad join together to create music, art and fashion, to open bars and clubs and galleries, even if only for a few weeks. In the months following the fall of the Wall, there is a feeling of new beginnings and immense possibilities: life is now, and to be in the here and now feels endless. The phrase ‘temporary autonomous zone’ is circulating, it describes the idea – romantic and naive but, in the circumstances, not absurd – that, at a certain moment in history, you can actually do whatever you want. Ulrich Gutmair moved to West Berlin as a student in autumn 1989: two weeks later the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Empire of Gold - Chakraborty S. A.

“No series since George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most.” —Paste MagazineThe final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war.Daevabad has fallen.After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander, Dara, must try to repair their fraying alliance and stabilize a fractious, warring people. But the bloodletting and loss of his beloved Nahri have unleashed the worst demons of Dara’s dark past. To vanquish them, he must face some ugly truths about his history and put himself at the mercy of those he once considered enemies.Having narrowly escaped their murderous families and Daevabad’s deadly politics, Nahri and Ali, now safe in Cairo, face difficult choices of their own. While Nahri finds peace in the old rhythms and familiar comforts of her human home, she is haunted by the knowledge that the loved ones she left behind and the people who considered her a savior are at the mercy ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Forward Air Bases in Europe from D-Day to the Baltic - Trevor Stone

The largely sea-borne invasion of Northern France in June 1944, Operation Overlord, is acknowledged as one of the key actions which hastened the end of the Second World War. The RAF played a vital part in the landings. It then supported the subsequent advance of Montgomery’s 21st Army, and the Allies as a whole, through France, Belgium, Holland and into Germany.Following the breakout from the Normandy bridgehead in early August 1944, the RAF’s Second Tactical Air Force moved forward in support of the troops, occupying a number of temporary airfields as it went. The ground support for this operation was complex, a situation that was exacerbated by the fact that much of it had to be highly mobile. The advance, however, was rapid and soon ran into problems as the supply lines grew longer by the day.The planners had envisaged that capturing the Belgian port of Antwerp would eventually enable them to bring in vitally needed supplies much further north on the Continent. Although the city and its port were liberated in September 1944, the port’s route to the sea along the River Scheldt was still controlled by German forces. It took nearly three months until this was resolved, and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Many Lies of Veronica Hawkins - Kristina Perez

''Glamorous, shocking and deliciously deceptive. The kind of sharp, exciting and sophisticated mystery I just adore'' CHRIS WHITAKER''This whirlwind of a novel presents a glittering façade and then shatters it'' THE TIMES''Intrigue, glamour . . . menace and mystery'' FINANCIAL TIMESThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets Gone Girl in this deliciously gripping novel set in the world of Hong Kong''s super-rich, where everyone has secrets... some of which may get you killed. __________________________________________When Martina Torres arrives in the glamorous and vibrant metropolis of Hong Kong, newly married to her high school sweetheart, the world seems to be her oyster. But looks can be deceiving. Adrift in a foreign city, with no job and no friends, Martina chafes in her new role as Expat Wife.Her luck changes when she meets Veronica Hawkins. Beautiful, sophisticated, and very, very rich, Veronica is the epitome of Old Hong Kong - the last surviving member of a British mercantile dynasty that built the city during its colonial heyday. Martina can hardly believe her fortune when she''s taken under Veronica''s wing and into her confidence, with Veronica helping her to find a new apartment, a new career, and most importantly, a new self.Veronica transforms Martina''s ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami

*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI’S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*A dizzying short story collection that displays Murakami''s genius for uncovering the surreal in the everyday, the extraordinary within the ordinary*Featuring the story ‘Barn Burning’, the inspiration behind the Palme d’Or nominated film Burning*When a man''s favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset. A couple''s midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald''s. A woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden. An insomniac wife wakes up in a twilight world of semi-consciousness in which anything seems possible - even death.In every one of these stories Murakami makes a determined assault on the normal.

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South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami

*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI’S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*A moving, thoughtful story of long-lost love and second chancesGrowing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto, also an only child. Together they spent long afternoons listening to her father''s record collection. But when his family moved away, the two lost touch.Now Hajime is in his thirties. After a decade of drifting, he has found happiness with his loving wife and two daughters, and success running a jazz bar. Then Shimamoto reappears. She is beautiful, intense, enveloped in mystery. Hajime is catapulted into the past, putting at risk all he has in the present.''Casablanca remade Japanese style...It is dream-like writing, laden with scenes which have the radiance of a poem'' The Times

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The Watchmaker’s Hand - Jeffery Deaver

When a New York City construction crane mysteriously collapses, causing mass destruction and killing several people, Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are on the case. A political group claims to be behind the sabotage and threatens another crane collapse in twenty-four hours, unless their demands are met. The clock is ticking.With New York in a panic, the stakes are higher than ever for Rhyme and his team to unravel the plot before the timer runs out and more cranes crash down, reducing the city and its people to rubble. Then Rhyme realizes that the mastermind behind the terror is his own nemesis—the Watchmaker.

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The Happy Prince and Other Stories - Oscar Wilde

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.`Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea.'In `The Happy Prince' a statue - jewelled and opulent - keeps careful watch over the city and its inhabitants. Enlisting the help of a swallow, his selfless acts bring comfort to those most in need. `The Nightingale and the Rose' is a tragic tale of personal sacrifice in the name of love, while in `The Selfish Giant' the end of an eternal winter finally brings springtime and happiness.In this collection of enchanting tales from a master storyteller, Oscar Wilde has entranced readers both young and old since publication in the late nineteenth century.

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami

*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI’S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*Toru Okada''s cat has disappeared.His wife is growing more distant every day.Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving.As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada''s vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer at the kitchen table, are turned inside out, and he embarks on a bizarre journey, guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters, each with a tale to tell.''Visionary...a bold and generous book'' New York Times''Murakami weaves textured layers of reality into a shot-silk garment of deceptive beauty'' Independent on Sunday''Deeply philosophical and teasingly perplexing, it is impossible to put down'' Daily Telegraph''Mesmerising, surreal, this really is the work of a true original'' The Times

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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World takes a tour through two parallel narratives, exploring consciousness, the subconscious and identity.A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim.This book is science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel.Tracking one man''s descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.*ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI’S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*

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Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami

Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father''s dark prophesy.The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down.As their parallel odysseys unravel, cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky; a ghost-like pimp deploys a Hegel-spouting girl of the night; a forest harbours soldiers apparently un-aged since World War II. There is a savage killing, but the identity of both victim and killer is a riddle - one of many which combine to create an elegant and dreamlike masterpiece.*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI’S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*''Hypnotic, spellbinding'' The Times''Cool, fluent and addictive'' Daily Telegraph‘Addictive... Exhilarating... A pleasure’ Evening Standard

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The Empire of Gold - Shannon Chakraborty

The final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war. Daevabad has fallen. After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander, Dara, must try to repair their fraying alliance and stabilize a fractious, warring people. But the death of his people and loss of his beloved Nahri have unleashed the worst demons of Dara's dark past. To vanquish them, he must face some ugly truths about his history and put himself at the mercy of those he once considered enemies. Having narrowly escaped their murderous families and Daevabad's deadly politics, Nahri and Ali, now safe in Cairo, face difficult choices of their own. Though Nahri is finding peace in the rhythms of her old home, she is haunted by the knowledge that the loved ones she left behind and the people who considered her a savior, are at the mercy of a new tyrant. Ali, too, cannot help but look back, and is determined to return to rescue his city and the family that remains. As peace grows more ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Silence of Scheherazade - Suman Defne

September 1905. At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the ancient city of Smyrna, Scheherazade is born to an opium-dazed mother.At the very same moment, an Indian spy sails into the golden-hued, sycamore-scented city with a secret mission from the British Empire. When he leaves, 17 years later, it will be to the smell of kerosene and smoke as the city, and its people, are engulfed in flames.Told through the intertwining fates of a Levantine, a Greek, a Turkish and an Armenian family, this unforgettable novel reveals a city, and a culture, now lost to time.''Fiercely intelligent, finely textured and achingly beautiful'' Elif Shafak ''Utterly delightful'' Buki Papillon ''This rich tale of love and loss gives voice to the silenced, and adds music to their histories'' Maureen Freely, Chair, English PEN''A must-read'' Ayse Arman, Hu¨rriyet ''A symphony of literature'' Açik Radyo ''Defne Suman is a story-teller. She tells the story of how love, emotions and identities are influenced by socio-political events of a lifetime'' Cumhuriyet Newspaper ''A wonderfully braided story of family secrets set in the magical city of Smyrna, told in luminous prose'' Lou Ureneck, author of Smyrna, September 1922

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A City Runs Through Them - Fergal Tobin

An original and fascinating history of Dublin that tells the story of the city through its bridges.Dublin started life on the south bank of the River Liffey and for six or seven centuries that is more or less where the town stayed. In all that time, there was only one bridge across the river. Then, suddenly, in the twenty years after 1670, three more bridges were thrown up and the north side was born. Within a century, Dublin was being talked of as one of the ten largest cities in the whole of Europe.Built over a span of a thousand years, the twenty bridges that now traverse the tidal section of the Liffey have each contributed to the city''s development, as it pushed through the open fields north of the river and east towards the bay, so much so that it is possible to piece together Dublin''s history by tracing their construction in chronological order.Starting with Church Street Bridge, Dublin''s first, which dates back to the Vikings, and ending with Rosie Hackett Bridge, erected in 2014, Fergal Tobin charts the rise of Ireland''s capital city as never before and reveals how, perhaps more than any other city in the world, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Christians in the Cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria - Stephan de Beer

Taking a glimpse into the impact of Christianity in one of Africa’s largest and fastest-evolving megacities, located in the Gauteng City-Region, this book explores how faith shapes the city and its society.Addressing a scarcity of religious scholarship in the field of urban studies, the book focuses on the Johannesburg-Pretoria corridor and Christian faith expressions in this evolving megacity. Stéphan de Beer highlights how city and faith are in conversation and explores various expressions of Christian faith in an ever-changing urban landscape.Connecting socio-spatial change in post-apartheid South African cities with the changing Christian landscape, the connections and disconnections between Christian faith expressions and urban change are interrogated. Chapters feature wide coverage across both cities, including places like Soweto and Sandton, Sunnyside and Soshanguve, and everything in between. Examining these contexts where global migration and Christian faith increasingly co-exist, the book provides valuable insights to students of religion, sociology and urban studies.

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After the Quake - Haruki Murakami

*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI’S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*Tales of upheaval and confusion, longing and love in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake.For the characters in after the quake, the Kobe earthquake is an echo from a past they buried long ago. Satsuki has spent thirty years hating one man: did her desire for revenge cause the earthquake? Miyake left his family in Kobe to make midnight bonfires on a beach hundreds of miles away.Fourteen-year-old Sala has nightmares that the Earthquake Man is trying to stuff her inside a little box. Katagiri returns home to find a giant frog in his apartment on a mission to save Tokyo from a massive burrowing worm. ''When he gets angry, he causes earthquakes,'' says Frog. ''And right now he is very, very angry.''In a dance with the delights of Murakami''s imagination we experience the limitless possibilities of fiction. With these stories Murakami expands our hearts and minds yet again'' The Times

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The Novotny Papers - Pizzichini Lilian

‘I have always been a bird. A bit vulture, a bit eagle. I have looked the sun in its face. Born several times - dead several times so that I could be reborn from my ashes.'' It is almost impossible to summarize the extraordinary life of Mariella Novotny in a few paragraphs. In 1961 she was an underage prostitute engaging in sexual relations with President Kennedy. She was believed to be part of a vice ring set up by an alleged Communist agent who was also a British film producer. FBI officers called their investigation "The Bow-Tie Case." Two years later the "Monroe lookalike" played a major part in the Profumo Affair. She was a close friend of Stephen Ward, another putative whistle-blower who died in suspicious circumstances. In the late 1960s, she gave birth to the child of Eddie Chapman, England’s most successful wartime double agent. Between 1975 and 1978 she worked undercover for Operation Countryman, an investigation into police corruption in the Flying Squad. Her chief target was the author''s grandfather, Charlie Taylor, a London conman who had high-ranking officers in his deep pockets. Mariella brought them all down. Mariella was found dead in her bed in February ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish - Paula Brackston

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish is book one in New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston''s new, magic-infused series about Hecate Cavendish, an eccentric and feisty young woman who can see ghosts.England, 1881. Hereford cathedral stands sentinel over the city, keeping its secrets, holding long forgotten souls in its stony embrace. Hecate Cavendish speeds through the cobbled streets on her bicycle, skirts hitched daringly high, heading for her new life as Assistant Librarian. But this is no ordinary collection of books. The cathedral houses an ancient chained library, wisdom guarded for centuries, mysteries and stories locked onto its worn, humble shelves. The most prized artifact, however, is the medieval world map which hangs next to Hecate’s desk. Little does she know how much the curious people and mythical creatures depicted on it will come to mean to her. Nor does she suspect that there are lost souls waiting for her in the haunted cathedral. Some will become her dearest friends. Some will seek her help in finding peace. Others will put her in great peril, and, as she quickly learns, threaten the lives of everyone she loves.

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The Black Prince of Florence - Fletcher Catherine

‘A spectacular, elegant, brilliant portrait of skulduggery, murder and sex in Renaissance Florence’ Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year 1531 – after years of brutal war and political intrigue, the bastard son of a Medici Duke and a ‘half-negro’ maidservant rides into Florence. Within a year, he rules the city as its Prince. Backed by the Pope and his future father-in-law the Holy Roman Emperor, the nineteen-year-old Alessandro faces down bloody family rivalry and the scheming hostility of Italy’s oligarchs to reassert the Medicis’ faltering grip on the turbulent city-state. Six years later, as he awaits an adulterous liaison, he will be murdered by his cousin in another man’s bed.‘Nothing in sixteenth-century history is more astonishing’ Hilary Mantel

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The Designer - Marius Gabriel

Winner of the RNA Historical Romantic Novel of the Year Award.In 1944, newly married Copper Reilly arrives in Paris soon after the liberation. While the city celebrates its freedom, she’s stuck in the prison of an unhappy marriage. When her husband commits one betrayal too many, Copper demands a separation.Alone in Paris, she finds an unlikely new friend: an obscure, middle-aged designer from the back rooms of a decaying fashion house whose timid nature and reluctance for fame clash with the bold brilliance of his designs. His name is Christian Dior.Realising his genius, Copper urges Dior to strike out on his own, helping to pull him away from his insecurities and towards stardom. With just a camera and a typewriter, she takes her own advice and ventures into the wild and colourful world of fashion journalism.Soon Copper finds herself torn between two very different suitors, questioning who she is and what she truly wants. As the city rebuilds and opulence returns, can Copper make a new, love-filled life for herself?

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Island City - Ruairi O Baoill

For many people the abiding image of Derry~Londonderry is its impressive 17th century walls, now included by UNESCO among their 1001 historic sites ‘You must see before you die’. But there is much more to the city than its walls. Besides a rich 17th, 18th and 19th century heritage, the island of Derry on the River Foyle hosted important medieval and Early Christian settlements, while the immediate environs are rich in archaeological remains dating back 9000 years. Utilising the information provided by numerous archaeological excavations and surveys, QUB’s Ruairí Ó Baoill examines the history of Derry~Londonderry’s settlement from earliest times to the modern era. Included are a range of monuments in and around the city, and a great wealth of archaeological objects held by Derry’s Heritage and Museum Service, all photographed (many for the first time) by Tony Corey of NIEA especially for this book.

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Something Out of Place - Eimear McBride

The searing, must-read feminist essay from the author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing''Fearless ... A fierce and fascinating manifesto in McBride''s persuasive prose'' Sinéad Gleeson''Formidable'' VogueIn this galvanizing essay, Eimear McBride unpicks the contradictory forces of disgust and objectification that control and shame women. From playground taunts of ''only sluts do it'' but ''virgins are frigid'', to ladette culture, and the arrival of ''ironic'' porn, via Debbie Harry, the Kardashians and the Catholic church - she looks at how this prejudicial messaging has played out in the past, and still surrounds us today. McBride asks - are women still damned if we do, damned if we don''t? How can we give our daughters (and sons) the unbounded futures we want for them? And, in this moment of global crisis, might our gift for juggling contradiction help us to find a way forward?''A satisfying feminist polemic'' Susie Orbach''Remarkable'' Scotsman''Eimear McBride is that old fashioned thing, a genius'' Guardian

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Mouthpieces - Eimear McBride

Written during her time as the inaugural fellow in the Beckett archive last year, Eimear McBride''s three short, characteristically brilliant texts – collected in one work, Mouthpieces.Each text depicts a fragment of female experience, all of them told in in Eimear''s vivid, original and sharp-witted style. In ''The Adminicle Exists'', we hear the inner voice of a woman who saves her troubled, dangerous partner; in ''An Act of Violence'', a woman is quizzed about her reaction to a man’s death; in ''The Eye Machine'', the character ‘Eye’ tells of her imprisonment, flickering through a slideshow of female stereotypes.

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The Lesser Bohemians - Eimear McBride

AN IRISH TIMES TOP 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZEThe vibrant energy of 1990s London. A year of passion and discovery. The anxiety and intensity of new love.An eighteen-year-old Irish girl arrives in London to study drama and falls violently in love with an older actor. While she is naive and thrilled by life in the big city, he is haunted by demons. The clamorous relationship that ensues risks undoing them both. At once epic and exquisitely intimate, The Lesser Bohemians is a celebration of the dark and the light in love.

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A Girl is a Half-formed Thing - Eimear McBride

WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZEKERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARDWINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZEEimear McBride''s award-winning debut novel tells the story of a young woman''s relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour. It is a shocking and intimate insight into the thoughts, feelings and chaotic sexuality of a vulnerable and isolated protagonist. To read A Girl is a Half-formed Thing is to plunge inside its narrator''s head, experiencing her world at first hand. This isn''t always comfortable - but it is always a revelation.

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Strange Hotel - Eimear McBride

From the winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction‘Powerful . . . truly a living and breathing thing.’ Financial Times‘McBride is on blistering form.’ Sinéad Gleeson‘Nothing else feels so fresh, so radically new.’ Garth Greenwell‘An emotionally enchanting novel that gets deep under the skin.’ DazedA woman enters an Avignon hotel room. She’s been here once before – but while the room hasn’t changed, she is a different person now.Forever caught between check-in and check-out, she will go on to occupy other hotel rooms, from Prague to Oslo, Auckland to Austin, each as anonymous as the last. There, amid the open suitcases, the matchbooks, cigarettes, keys and room-service wine, she will negotiate with memory, with the men she sometimes meets, and with what it might mean to return home.

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The Grass Ceiling - Eimear Ryan

''A book which will very soon be acknowledged as a classic of Irish sportswriting'' Ciarán MurphyWhat is it like to be female in a male-dominated sporting world? If you play with the boys, more people pay attention - but you get treated like an alien. Playing with other girls or women means you have to accept smaller audiences, diminished status and - for professionals - lower pay.And what if, as is the case for camogie player Eimear Ryan, your sport has a completely different name when women play it? What if you don''t feel entirely comfortable in an all-female sporting environment because you''re shy, bookish, not really one of the girls?In The Grass Ceiling, acclaimed novelist Eimear Ryan digs deep into the confluence of gender and sport, and all the questions it throws up about identity, status, competition and self-expression. At a time when women''s sport is on the rise but still a long way from equality, it is a sharp, nuanced and heartfelt exploration of questions that affect everyone who loves sport.Praise for The Grass Ceiling''A gorgeous memoir about a life lived in sport, specifically a female, Irish rural life. I read it in two sittings.'' Malachy Clerkin, Irish ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The First Wish of Mr. Murray McBride - Joe Siple

The prequel to the Murray McBride series—by the author of the beloved USA Today international bestselling novel The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride. The day before Murray McBride moves Jenny, his beloved wife of eighty years, into a memory care center, she convinces him to search for a case her grandfather buried long ago, said to contain “a treasure worth more than gold.” With the help of some new friends, Murray and Jenny retrace their steps from years before. Over the course of the day, Murray tenderly retells their love story—how they met, the challenges they faced and overcame, and their initial attempt at the quest. But the closer they get to the treasure, the more clearly Murray remembers why they abandoned the search the first time. With the exhilarating discovery at hand, Murray must decide whether to unearth the treasure, even if it means bringing up painful events from the past.This heartwarming novel is perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove and Lisa Wingate’s The Prayer Box.

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Hag - Imogen Hermes Gowarová, Johnson Daisy, Liv Little, Kirsty Logan, Emma Glass, Eimear McBride, Natasha Carthew, Mahsuda Snaith, Irenosen Okojie, N

''Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang'' Sunday TimesDARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES, CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID.Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same woman, a pregnant archaeologist unearthing impossible bones and lost children following you home. A panther runs through the forests of England and pixies prey upon violent men.From the islands of Scotland to the coast of Cornwall, the mountains of Galway to the depths of the Fens, these forgotten folktales howl, cackle and sing their way into the 21st century, wildly reimagined by some of the most exciting women writing in Britain and Ireland today. ''A thoroughly original package that has a hint of Angela Carter'' The Times''Sharp writing and cleverly done'' Spectator

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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

WATERSTONES FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER 2024 THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLERBARACK OBAMA''S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICKAMAZON.COM NO.1 BOOK OF THE YEAR''I loved this book'' BONNIE GARMUS''A generous, compassionate book about the power of love and community'' LOUISE KENNEDY''I can''t recommend this one highly enough '' HARLAN COBEN''THIS is his best book'' ANN PATCHETTIn 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighbourhood where Jewish immigrants and African Americans lived side by side through the 1920s and ''30s.In this novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them, James McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community - heaven and earth - that sustain us.

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Tomorrow Will Be Different - Biden Joe, Sarah McBride

“A brave, powerful memoir” (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country, from the activist elected as the first openly transgender member of Congress in U.S. history“The energy and vigor Sarah has brought to the fight for equality is ever present in this book.”—Vice President Kamala Harris “If you’re living your own internal struggle, this book can help you find a way to live authentically, fully, and freely. . . . Let it show that we are all created equal and entitled to be treated with dignity and respect.”—President Joe Biden, from the forewordBefore she became the first transgender person to speak at a national political convention in 2016 at the age of twenty-six, Sarah McBride struggled with the decision to come out—not just to her family but to the students of American University, where she was serving as student body president. She’d known she was a girl from her earliest memories, but it wasn’t until the Facebook post announcing her truth went viral that she realized just how much impact her story could have on the country.Four years later, McBride was one of the nation’s most prominent transgender activists, walking the halls ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Psalms in the Early Modern World - Kari Boyd McBride, Linda Phyllis Austern

Psalms in the Early Modern World is the first book to explore the use, interpretation, development, translation, and influence of the Psalms in the Atlantic world, 1400-1800. In the age of Reformation, when religious concerns drove political, social, cultural, economic, and scientific discourse, the Bible was the supreme document, and the Psalms were arguably its most important book.The Psalms played a central role in arbitrating the salient debates of the day, including but scarcely limited to the nature of power and the legitimacy of rule; the proper role and purpose of nations; the justification for holy war and the godliness of peace; and the relationship of individual and community to God. Contributors to the collection follow these debates around the Atlantic world, to pre- and post-Hispanic translators in Latin America, colonists in New England, mystics in Spain, the French court during the religious wars, and both Protestants and Catholics in England. Psalms in the Early Modern World showcases essays by scholars from literature, history, music, and religious studies, all of whom have expertise in the use and influence of Psalms in the early modern world. The collection reaches beyond national and confessional boundaries and to look at the ways in ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Terrible Changes - Joel Lane

In midwinter, an aspiring politician finds himself suddenly deprived of human contact. Newcomers to a town are strangely reminiscent of people lost in a recent flood. Demonstrators on a peace march see the faces of sleeping children in the snow. A failed musician meets his own ancestors getting off a midnight train. The Terrible Changes is a journey through the shadow-realm between reality and dream, between clarity and madness, between the living and the dead. In Joel Lane''s fiction, the weird is a symbolic language expressing the chilling beauty, sadness and mystery of real life, combining the supernatural with themes of human loss, passion, solitude and despair, in the tradition of Robert Aickman, John Ramsey Campbell, and M. John Harrison. From ''The Brand'' (1983) to ''Alouette'' (2008), these stories span a quarter-century of writing: urban horror tales, elegiac ghost stories, erotic reveries and psychological fugues. Long unavailable, The Terrible Changes is now back in print for a new audience, adding to Joel Lane''s legacy as a true master of the weird.

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He Who Drowned the World - Shelley Parker-Chan

Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan - a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She Who Became the Sun. What would you give to win the world? Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory - one that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor. However, Zhu isn't the only one with imperial aspirations. Courtesan Madam Zhang plots to steal the throne for her husband. But scorned scholar Wang Baoxiang is even closer to the throne. He's maneuverered his way to the capital, where his courtly games threaten to bring the empire to its knees. For Baoxiang also desires revenge: to become the most degenerate Great Khan in history. In the process, he'd make a mockery of the warrior values his Mongol family loved more than him. To stay in the game, Zhu must gamble everything on one bold move. A risky alliance with an old enemy: Ouyang, the brilliant but unstable eunuch general. All contenders will do whatever ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Ordinary The Face & Body Set dárková sada na tělo a obličej

The Ordinary The Face & Body Set, 1 ks, Pleťová séra pro ženy, Vše pro krásně vypadající pokožku v jednom balení. Kosmetická sada The Ordinary The Face & Body Set obsahuje ne jeden, ale hned několik produktů, které pomůžou vytvořit nebo obohatit každodenní kosmetickou rutinu, a udělají tak radost vám nebo jako dárek potěší vaše blízké. Sada obsahuje: The Ordinary Niacinamide 5% Face & Body Emulsion lehká hydratační emulze proti tmavým skvrnám 100 ml The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + Inulin Body Lotion hloubkově hydratační tělové mléko 100 ml The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA hydratační krém na obličej 30 ml Vlastnosti: mix kosmetických produktů pro každodenní použití produkty pro hloubkovou výživu a hydrataci pro kompletní péči o pokožku vhodný i na citlivou pokožku Jak používat: Každý produkt z kosmetického setu používejte dle jeho návodu na etiketě.

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How the Pill Changes Everything - Sarah E Hill

''THIS BOOK CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR ME'' LalalaletmeexplainTHE PILL: - Changes your brain- Alters your stress response- Can increase your risk of depression- Affects your choice of partnerHormonal birth control is taken by millions of women around the world every day. Yet until recently we knew very little about how the Pill affects the female body, because research was conducted almost exclusively on men.In her trailblazing book, Dr Sarah Hill uses the latest science to reveal how the Pill is changing women and the world, for better and worse. She puts the power back in your hands to make smarter, more informed choices about your health and your hormones.IT''S EVERYTHING YOUR DOCTOR NEVER TOLD YOU

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Financial Times Guide to Technical Analysis, The - Jacinta Chan

Beginning with the very basics of technical analysis and market price behaviour, this book teaches you how to apply these concepts and principles to your own trading. With this comprehensive and straight talking guide you will soon be using the same successful techniques and formulas as the professionals. Learn how to: Understand those trading systems that will generate high returns Identify price patterns and trends Use the right technical indicators to get the best out of the markets Write and execute a trading plan that increases your chances of beating the market

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The Soul on Its Path to Perfection - House Gabriele Publishing

"A book of unknown insights into the makeup of Creation and of the soul, and the soul''s path in the soul realms to the Kingdom of God. In this book we receive answers to many questions, which explain comprehensively the way home of the soul from the Earth all the way into the Father''s house. The path of the soul back to the Kingdom of God, to the eternal homeland, goes by way of seven levels of consciousness—and the task of each soul is to again activate these soul levels. His word of revelation in this book gives answers to many questions, for example:∙ What does the soul have to learn on its way—in its earthly garment as well as in the beyond on the individual levels of consciousness?∙ What is it like for a soul that left its human body in its early years?∙ How are the planets and spiritual residences made in the soul realms? ...and much more.This revelation of Christ gives knowledge about the meaning of our life on earth as well as courage and assurance for the continuation of life of our soul. God, our eternal Father, never forsakes us. Every soul will be led and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The North Face M ACONCAGUA 3 JACKET Pánská bunda, šedá, velikost

Pánská bunda The North Face M ACONCAGUA 3 JACKET poskytuje vysokou tepelnou izolaci v náročných podmínkách. Kombinuje peří a recyklovaný polyester pro optimální hřejivost a lehkost. Je odolná vůči vlhkosti díky DWR úpravě bez PFC a vhodná pro outdoor i každodenní nošení.

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Totto Chan: The Little Girl at the Window - Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an extraordinary man-its founder and headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi-who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity. In real life, the Totto-chan of the book has become one of Japan''s most popular television personalities-Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. She attributes her success in life to this wonderful school and

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The Ordinary Niacinamide 5% Face & Body Emulsion lehká hydratační emulze proti tmavým skvrnám na obličej a tělo 100 ml

The Ordinary Niacinamide 5% Face & Body Emulsion, 100 ml, Pleťová séra pro ženy, Emulze pro redukci hyperpigmentace na tělo i obličej Tmavé skvrny nemusí trápit jen pleť obličeje, ale i pokožku celého těla. Rovnoměrný tón a jemnou hydrataci vaší pokožce dodá lehká hydratační emulze The Ordinary Niacinamide 5% Face & Body Emulsion, kterou můžete používat na tělo i obličej. Tato multifunkční péče proti tmavým skvrnám je navržena tak, aby zlepšila vzhled vaší pokožky a poskytla jí sjednocený a hladký vzhled. Vlastnosti: redukuje tmavé skvrny na obličeji, krku, hrudníku a pažích sjednocuje tón pokožky a zlepšuje její texturu okamžitě hydratuje pokožku a posiluje její přirozenou bariéru vhodná i pro citlivou pokožku Výsledky testování: pokožka je již po 1 týdnu hladší → klinické testování na 50 lidech s použitím produktu 2× denně po dobu 1 týdne již za 3 týdny viditelně sjednocuje tón pleti na obličeji a těle → klinické testování na 50 lidech, použití produktu 2× denně po dobu 3 týdnů již za 3 týdny pomáhá vyblednout viditelné tmavé skvrny na obličeji a těle → klinické testování na 46 lidech s použitím produktu 2× denně po dobu 3 týdnů Složení: niacinamid (5 %) – podporuje rozjasnění pokožky a redukci tmavých ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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When the World Closed Its Doors - Alden Edward, Laurie Trautman

A detailed exploration of the most sweeping government border closures in human history during the Covid-19 pandemic and the implications for the future of global mobility.More people traveled internationally in 2019 than in any year in history. After COVID began its rapid spread throughout the world, though, international travel plummeted, and nations across the world hardened their borders. For the first time, governments took the same tools that have been used against less privileged migrants and asylum seekers and turned them on citizens from countries that had long enjoyed relatively unfettered travel--and sometimes on their own citizens.In When the World Closed Its Doors, Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman tell the story of how nearly every country in the world shut its borders to respond to an external threat and explain how this global shock to the system ended up transforming state border policies around the world. They detail the consequences of the COVID border restrictions--couples separated for years, children blocked from reuniting with their parents, container ship workers moving essential goods trapped at sea, pregnant citizens barred from returning home--and explain why governments used their harshest containment measures on those coming from outside. Throughout, Alden and Trautman focus on human ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Fix-Its: Power Up with Power Drill - Sarah Lynne Reul

The Fix-Its: Power Up with Power Drill is the latest offering from I Can Read Comics, an early reader line that familiarizes children with the world of graphic novel storytelling and encourages visual literacy in emerging readers. In the second installment of Sarah Lynn Reul’s STEM-focused series, all the tools in the toolbox are excited when a new member arrives—Power Drill!When the toolbox gets its first power tool, a drill eager to get to work, everybody else kicks back and relaxes—until Power Drill’s battery runs out! Can the rest of the tools help their new friend recharge?The Fix-Its: Power Up with Power Drill is a Level Three I Can Read Comic, geared for kids who are comfortable with comics and can read on their own but still need a little help.

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Paese Get The Glow Look Illuminating Face Cream multifunkční tónovací krém pro rozjasnění pleti 30 ml

Paese Get The Glow Look Illuminating Face Cream, 30 ml, Tónovací krémy pro ženy, Hledáte produkt, který v jednom kroku poskytuje pleti jak okamžité zkrášlení, tak dostatečnou péči? Tónovací přípravek Paese Get The Glow Look Illuminating Face Cream je pro vás díky spojení benefitů dekorativní i pečující kosmetiky tím pravým. Dodává pleti potřebnou dávku hydratace, zároveň však také zakrývá její případné nedokonalosti a celkově ji barevně sjednocuje. Vlastnosti: sjednocuje barevný tón pomáhá zamaskovat nedokonalosti pleti dodává pleti potřebnou hydrataci zanechává přirozený vzhled rozjasňující efekt Jak používat: Aplikujte dle přiloženého návodu. Naneste každé ráno na čistou pleť obličeje a důkladně rozetřete.

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Move Like Water: A Story of the Sea and Its Creatures - Stowe Hannah

The seas cover over two thirds of our planet and yet most of us live our lives on land, creatures of a different element, at once fascinated and terrified by the beauty and power of these great bodies of water. There are some, though, who go to sea, who get to know its many moods -- the tranquil and mirror-like, the raging and ripple-swept -- and who bring back with them their stories of wonder and warning. Hannah Stowe is one such sea-goer and one such storyteller.Having been raised at the tide's edge on the Pembrokeshire coast, falling asleep to the sweep of the lighthouse beam, Hannah Stowe went to see straight after school and has worked on and studied the sea in depth. Drawing on her expertise as a marine biologist and sailor, and her experiences in the North Sea, the North Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the North Sea, the Celtic Sea, and the Caribbean, Move Like Water is an exploration of the human relationship with the sea, the powerful impression it has made on our culture, and the terrible damage we have inflicted upon its ecosystems. In shimmering, fluid prose, Stowe introduces us to six keystone marine creatures - ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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How The Brain Lost Its Mind - Dr Allan Ropper

''Hugely entertaining'' Guardian''Fascinating'' Mail on SundayIn 1882, Jean-Martin Charcot was the premiere physician in Paris, having just established a neurology clinic at the infamous Salpêtrière Hospital, a place that was called a ''grand asylum of human misery''. Assessing the dismal conditions, he quickly upgraded the facilities, and in doing so, revolutionized the treatment of mental illness. Many of Charcot''s patients had neurosyphilis (the advanced form of syphilis), a disease of mad poets, novelists, painters, and musicians, and a driving force behind the overflow of patients in Europe''s asylums. A sexually transmitted disease, it is known as ''the great imitator'' since its symptoms resemble those of almost any biological disease or mental illness. It is also the perfect lens through which to peel back the layers to better understand the brain and the mind. Yet, Charcot''s work took a bizarre turn when he brought mesmerism - hypnotism - into his clinic, abandoning his pursuit of the biological basis of illness in favour of the far sexier and theatrical treatment of female ''hysterics'', whose symptoms mimic those seen in brain disease, but were elusive in origin. This and a general fear of contagion set the stage for Sigmund Freud, whose seductive theory, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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