the daydreamer ian mcewan

Peter Fortune is a daydreamer. He s a quiet ten year old who can t help himself from dropping out of reality and into the amazing world of his vivid imagination. His daydreams are fantastic and fascinating - only in the bizarre and disturbing world of dreams can he swap bodies with the family cat and his baby cousin, Kenneth, or wipe out his entire family with vanishing cream.

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Kafka meets The Thick Of It in a bitingly funny new political satire from Ian McEwanThat morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature.Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he is the most powerful man in Britain â “ and it is his mission to carry out the will of the people. Nothing must get in his way: not the opposition, nor the dissenters within his own party. Not even the rules of parliamentary democracy.With trademark intelligence, insight and scabrous humour, Ian McEwan pays tribute to Franz Kafkaâ ™s most famous work to engage with a world turned on its head.

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Into a Berlin wrenched between East and West, comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance team.Though only a pawn in an international plot, Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life.The promise of his new life begins to be fulfilled as Leonard becomes a crucial part of the surveillance team, while simultaneously being initiated into a new world of love and sex by Maria, a beautiful young German woman.It is a promise that turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening; a night when Leonard Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he s willing to shed. The plot crackles like thin ice with dread and suspense Sunday Times

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Frances Stonor Saunders has almost single-handedly started off a branch of sub-history; the cultural cold war. Who Paid The Piper? is an extraordinarily good book and I do recommend it to anyone who s remotely interested in the period - Ian McEwan author of Sweet Tooth

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Audiokniha: V době, kdy svět stále ještě počítá náklady druhé světové války a železná opona se spustila, život jedenáctiletého Rolanda Bainese se obrátí vzhůru nohama. Dva tisíce kilometrů od matčiny ochranitelské náruče, uvězněný v internátní škole, přitahuje svou zranitelností učitelku klavíru slečnu Miriam Cornellovou a zanechává v ní jizvy i vzpomínku na lásku, která nikdy nezmizí. Hodiny jsou intimní i univerzální příběh o lásce, lítosti a neklidném hledání odpovědí. Ian McEwan: Hodiny | Čte Gustav Hašek| Režie Marek Štifter | Zvuk, střih a mastering studio ArtDOG | Hudba Marek Štifter | Natočeno ve studiu ArtDOG | Grafiku podle knižní předlohy adaptovala Jana Rybová | Produkce Marek Štifter | Supervize Kateřina Višinská | Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s. – Témbr, v prosinci 2023. Nahrávka vznikla podle knihy: Ian McEwan: HODINY LESSONS Copyright © Ian McEwan 2022 Překlad © Ladislav Šenkyřík, 2023 Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s. – Odeon, 2023.

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Audiokniha: Čtyři nedospělí sourozenci se po smrti rodičů rozhodnou žít sami a po svém v rodinném domě uprostřed takřka opuštěné příměstské zástavby. Čas peskování a výchovných opatření vystřídala volnost, místo svazujících povinností je teď důležitější hra – hra na dospělé. Proslulý román Iana McEwana byl sice poprvé uveřejněn již roku 1978, od té doby však neztratil nic ze své zvláštní, „nemorální“ naléhavosti. Ian McEwan: Betonová zahrada | Překlad Ladislav Šenkyřík | Čte Vasil Fridrich | Režie Jan Herget | Zvuk a střih Kate Hamsíková | Mastering Štěpán Škoch | Hudba Jonáš Rosůlek | Natočeno ve studiu All Senses Production s. r. o. | Grafiku podle knižní obálky upravila Jana Rybová | Produkce Kateřina Višinská | Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s. – Témbr, červnu 2024. Ian McEwan Betonová zahrada THE CEMENT GARDEN Copyright © 1978 by Ian McEwan Překlad © Ladislav Šenkyřík, 2015 Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s. – Odeon, 2020.

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Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty Benedict CumberbatchOn a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children s books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single moment, everything is changed. The kidnapping has a devastating effect on Stephen s life and marriage. Memories and the present become inseparable - as Stephen gets lost in daydreams of the past - and time bends back on itself, dragging Stephen s own childhood back into the present.

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Rediscover the classic novel of love, violence and obsessions from Booker prize-winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.Colin and Mary are a couple whose intimacy knows no bounds. Away on a holiday together in a nameless city, they get lost one evening in a labyrinth of streets and canals. They happen upon Robert, a stranger with a dark history, who takes them to a bar and ushers them down into a subterranean land of violence and obsession.â ˜Haunting and compellingâ ™ The Timesâ ˜No reader will begin The Comfort of Strangers and fail to finish it; a black magician is at workâ ™ New York Times

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Audiokniha: Je to jen svědomí, co nutí člověka stále znovu a znovu zpytovat duši, anebo existuje cosi mnohem hlubšího, kam obyčejný smrtelník nedosáhne, ale o čem jen tuší, že číhá vyrazit každým okamžikem do útoku? Ve svém doposud posledním románu Pokání dovedl Ian McEwan tuto myšlenku k dokonalosti. Třináctiletá Briony odvíjí svůj život v jistých představách, které ji mají neomylně dovést ke konkrétnímu, jasně vytyčenému cíli. Těmto snům přizpůsobuje vše, co přizpůsobit lze. Co nelze, tomu je třeba dopomoci. S fanatickou úporností pubescenta a fantazií, rozvinutou až do krajnosti, dohání protagonisty své soukromé hry na život k tragédii, za kterou by měla činit po zbytek života pokání. McEwan spřádá jednotlivé nitky osudů, jež v závěru splynou v jediný, silný a hluboce pravdivý obraz uplynulého století. Autor nabízí možnosti a klade otázky, na něž je těžké jednoznačně odpovědět. Ale ani on neposkytuje jednoznačné odpovědi, a tak je na čtenáři, aby se rozhodl, po které cestě se vydá - společně s Briony, s jejími spolupachateli, anebo s obětí? Jednoznačný není ani katarzní závěr, stejně jako není černý anebo bílý život kohokoliv z nás. Příběh pokání, jenž se na první pohled vztahuje k Briony, se náhle dotýká každého, i když se současně každý v tom kterém smyslu může ztotožnit s obětí. Nenápadně, avšak s rafinovaností mistra svého oboru, jako zdánlivé vedlejší téma se knihou prolíná - zřetelněji než v kterémkoli McEwanově díle předchozím - motiv psaní, chcete-li spisovatelství a jeho smyslu, jako by autor cítil stále naléhavější nutkání popsat a zdůvodnit především sám sebe a svoji touhu propojit život skutečný se životem svých literárních postav. Autor v tomto díle jednoznačně dosáhl svého vrcholu, alespoň co se týče asociačního spektra možných osudů člověka, jež nám nabízí s elegantní noblesou a odzbrojující bravurou.

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On a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linleyand Vernon Halliday had been Molly s lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence, Clive as Britain s most successful modern composer, Vernon as editor of the quality broadsheet, The Judge.Gorgeous, feisty Molly had had other lovers too, notably Julian Garmony, Foreign Secretary, a notorious right-winger tipped to be the next prime minister. In the days that follow Molly s funeral Clive and Vernon will make a pact that will have consequences neither has foreseen. Each will make a disastrous moral decision, their friendship will be tested to its limits and Julian Garmony will be fighting for his political life. A contemporary morality tale that is as profound asit is witty, this short novel is perhaps the most purely enjoyable fiction Ian McEwan has ever written. And why Amsterdam? What happens there to Clive and Vernon is the most delicious shock in a novel brimming with surprises.

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**AS FEATURED ON BBC2 S BETWEEN THE COVERS**Discover the tragic masterpiece from Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling Ian McEwan.One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose s calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Joe, something passes between them - something that gives birth in Parry to an obsession so powerful that it will test to the limits Joe s beloved scientific rationalism, threaten the love of his wife Clarissa and drive him to the brink of murder and madness. A plot so engrossing that it seems reckless to pick the book up in the evening if you plan to get any sleep that night A.S. Byatt

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Black Dogs is a dark and brooding masterpiece from Booker-prize winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had planned an idyllic holiday, but in France they witness an event that alters the course of their lives entirely. Forty years on, their son-in-law is trying to uncover the cause of their estrangement and is led back to this moment on honeymoon and an experience of such darkness it was to wrench the couple apart.â ˜Powerful... Unforgettableâ ™ Sunday Telegraphâ ˜Thoughtful and compassionateâ ™ London Review of Books

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**AS FEATURED ON BBC2 S BETWEEN THE COVERS**Discover the tragic masterpiece from Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling Ian McEwan.One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose s calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Joe, something passes between them - something that gives birth in Parry to an obsession so powerful that it will test to the limits Joe s beloved scientific rationalism, threaten the love of his wife Clarissa and drive him to the brink of murder and madness. A plot so engrossing that it seems reckless to pick the book up in the evening if you plan to get any sleep that night A.S. Byatt

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The publication of Atonement cemented Ian McEwanâ ™s reputation as one of the most exciting and accomplished writers of his generation. From its breath-taking opening section, telling the events of a fateful summerâ ™s day in 1935, McEwan unravels a tale of love and war that breaks the heart, even as the master novelistâ ™s provocative twists of form dazzle the senses.

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A brilliant, emotionally wrenching new novel from the author of Atonement and Amsterdam.Fiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned for her fierce intelligence and sensitivity is called on to try an urgent case. For religious reasons, a seventeen-year-old boy is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life. Time is running out.She visits the boy in hospital â “ an encounter which stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. But it is Fiona who must ultimately decide whether he lives or dies and her judgement will have momentous consequences for them both.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA warm treat of a read for the cold winter nights.It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives. McEwan brings Florence and Edward touchingly alive for us Guardian

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The story of a life. The story of the summer. Lessons shows [McEwan] at the very peak of his powers.He has written his masterpiece Daily TelegraphWhen the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines s life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Twenty-five years later Roland s wife mysteriously vanishes, and he is left alone with their baby son.Her disappearance sparks of journey of discovery that will continue for decades, as Roland confronts the reality of his rootless existence and attempts to embrace the uncertainty - and freedom - of his future.

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⠘A thrilling new voice in Scottish fiction⠙ Marion ToddIf the dead could speak, what secrets would they tell?With her daughter on an archaeological dig, the only bodies DI Shona Oliver expects to find are long-dead. But when a corpse from the 1980s is unearthed, Shona quickly realises that it may be one of the missing ⠜Girls in the Glen⠝, victim of a notorious serial killer.Shona⠙s superiors want her to stop looking to the past, and focus on a fresher crime scene. The attempted shooting of a local politician who likes to stoke controversy.As Shona finds herself pulled between crimes past and present, she soon realises that the secrets buried on Beild Moss are reaching into the present day.But when even her own officers are keeping things from her, who can she trust? Especially when more lives may be at stake⠦The third instalment in the thrilling DI Shona Oliver series, perfect for fans of Neil Lancaster, G. R. Halliday and Ann Cleeves.Praise for The Girls in the Glen ⠘A gripping murder mystery and a must-read for fans of Scottish crime. The landscape is beautifully drawn and becomes a character in this tale of dark reprisal⠙ Stuart Johnstone, author of Into the DarkWhat readers are saying about the DI Shona Oliver series⠘Full of twists and turns⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review⠘Shona Oliver is the real McCoy⠦ exceptional leader, mother and wife fighting crime and personal family issues in equal proportions with heart, skill, compassion, integrity and humanity⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review⠘Great twists and turns and ⠦ a shocking climax. A brilliant read, I really enjoyed this one⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review⠘A haunting and absorbing novel set against the backdrop of a notoriously stunning but dangerous landscape⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review⠘Fast paced, unexpected turns and great character development⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review⠘The sort of read that keeps you glued and up all night⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review⠘This book has so many elements I enjoy; a strong, intelligent woman, an atmospheric setting and the history of this wild area. Lynne McEwan makes her characters come alive⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review⠘Unputdownable! I was absolutely entranced with this and quickly read the whole book on tender hooks. One of the best I ve read this year⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review⠘Well written and plenty of interesting characters woven through a clever plot⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review

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Did you know that anyone--addicts or non-addicts--can benefit from working the Twelve Steps and find the freedom, joy, and intimacy with God that their hearts long for?We all suffer from a sense of spiritual homelessness--a feeling that we re not fully at home in the world. To cope with our painful feelings and life traumas, we search for quick fixes that eventually become habitual, self-destructive behaviors that ultimately create more problems than they solve.As a person in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, Ian Cron is no stranger to these destructive habits. It wasn t until he embraced the Twelve Steps that he found true freedom. He knows from personal experience that Twelve Step recovery is more than just a life-saving strategy for guiding substance users into sobriety. Everybody is addicted to something to numb the discomfort of living in a messed-up world, he says, but the good news is that if you committedly work the steps, you will eventually have a vital spiritual awakening that will give you an entirely new and radically beautiful orientation toward the life God has for you.If you long for sustainable healing and joy amid life s messiness, The Fix invites you to:Journey step-by-step through a spiritual curriculum that has helped millions overcome trauma, pain, and brokenness for over eight decadesUnderstand how the Twelve Steps can be a transformative tool not only for people with chemical or behavioral addictions but for anyone who wants to move beyond self-help to a spiritual awakeningCatch yourself in the act of self-sabotaging behaviors and understand how each day is a new opportunity to trade in self-willed reformation for grace-powered transformation My original subtitle for this book--Twelve Steps to Unscrewing Your Screwed-Up Life--was a little over the top, Ian comments. But anyone who has ever fallen for a quick fix (like drugs, alcohol, porn, overeating, work, religion, people-pleasing, and more) knows firsthand how our self-prescribed treatment plans derail us. They might not be as visible as empty bottles stashed inside a desk drawer, but they are just as life-complicating and soul-crushing. With his characteristic wit and transparent self-disclosure, Ian guides us in learning how to work each of the Twelve Steps so we will finally be given a new pair of glasses through which we will be able to see ourselves, others, and the world in a startlingly new way--and ultimately take hold of the freedom God has been waiting to give us all along.

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Dazzling... Profound and urgent Observer A book of great maturity, beautifully alive to the fragility of happiness and all forms of violence... Everyone should read Saturday Financial TimesSaturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne, a successful neurosurgeon, stands at his bedroom window before dawn and watches a plane - ablaze with fire like a meteor - arcing across the London sky. Over the course of the following day, unease gathers about Perowne, as he moves amongst hundreds of thousands of anti-war protestors in the post-9/11 streets.A minor car accident brings him into confrontation with Baxter, a fidgety, aggressive man, who to Perowne s professional eye appears to be profoundly unwell. But it is not until Baxter makes a sudden appearance at the Perowne family home that Henry s earlier fears seem about to be realised...

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Beard sank into a gloom of inattention, not because the planet was in peril - that moronic word again - but because someone was telling him it was with such enthusiasm Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. He now spends his days speaking for enormous fees and half-heartedly heading a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time, she s having the affair.When Beard s professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity arises for Beard to simultaneously save his marriage and the world from environmental disaster. Savagely funny... Enormously entertaining Sunday Times A satirical masterpiece...it will come to be regarded as a classic Daily Telegraph A stunningly accomplished work, possibly his best yet Financial TimesVINTAGE EARTH is a collection of novels to transform our relationship with the natural world. Each one is a work of creative activism, a blast of fresh air, a seed from which change can grow. The books in this series reconnect us to the planet we inhabit - and must protect. Discover great writing on the most urgent story of our times.

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On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, and will have become victims of the younger girl s imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.

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Discover the modern classic that has sold over two million copies. A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house.Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever, as Briony commits a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone. The best thing he has ever written Observer**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**

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While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines s life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade.Twenty-five years later Roland s wife mysteriously vanishes, and he is left alone with their baby son. Her disappearance sparks of journey of discovery that will continue for decades, as Roland confronts the reality of his rootless existence and attempts to embrace the uncertainty - and freedom - of his future.

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Rose Blanche was the name of a group of young German citizens who, at their peril, protested against the war. Like them, Rose observes all the changes going on around her which others choose to ignore. She watches as the streets of her small German town fill with soldiers. One day she sees a little boy escaping from the back of a truck, only to be captured by the mayor and shoved back into it. Rose follows the truck to a desolate place out of town, where she discovers many other children, staring hungrily from behind an electric barbed wire fence. She starts bringing the children food, instinctively sensing the need for secrecy, even with her mother. Until the tide of the war turns and soldiers in different uniforms stream in from the East, and Rose and the imprisoned children disappear for ever . . .

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It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives.

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A web of spying, subterfuge, deceit and betrayal... Acute, witty...winningly cunning Sunday TimesThe year is 1972, the Cold War is far from over and Serena Frome, in her final year at Cambridge, is being groomed for MI5. Sent on Operation Sweet Tooth - a highly secret undercover mission - she meets Tom Haley, a promising young writer. First she loves his stories, then she begins to love the man. Can she maintain the fiction of her undercover life? And who is inventing whom? To answer these questions, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage - trust no one.

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Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: his wife is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. When Beard s professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and save the world from environmental disaster.

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**Number One Sunday Times Bestseller**Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret.When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda s assistance, he co-designs Adam s personality.This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong and clever - and soon a love triangle forms, which leads Charlie, Miranda and Adam to a profound moral dilemma. Can you design the perfect partner? What makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives?Provocative and moving, Machines Like Me explores whether a machine can ever truly understand the human heart. Funny, thought-provoking and politically acute... Sunday Times Dazzling Guardian An unsettling examination of the human condition. Bold, clever Sunday Telegraph

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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS FICTION AWARD 2025** McEwanâ ™s most richly layered work Sunday Times A gripping page-turner Observer A daring, beautiful novel, full of wisdom and heart Elif ShafakA quest, a literary thriller and a love story, What We Can Know spans the past, present and future to ask profound questions about who we are and where we are going. 2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found. 2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost. Tom Metcalfe, a scholar at the University of the South Downs, part of Britain s remaining archipelagos, pores over the archives of the early twenty-first century, captivated by the freedoms and possibilities of human life at its zenith. When he stumbles across a clue that may lead to the great lost poem, revelations of entangled love and a brutal crime emerge, destroying his assumptions about a story he thought he knew intimately. What We Can Know is a masterpiece that reclaims the present from our sense of looming catastrophe, and imagines a future world where all is not quite lost.

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Instant New York Times Bestseller A masterwork. ... O Connor answers every question, deftly and deeply, that we ve had about the most controversial person in America s biggest game. —Peter KingFour-time New York Times bestselling sport biographer Ian O’Connor pulls back the curtain on four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers, delivering the definitive portrait of the legendary yet mysterious quarterback who has astonished, befuddled, yet always captivated fans of America’s #1 sport.Aaron Rodgers is among the two or three most talented players to ever hold the most important job in American team sports – quarterback. He also stands as the most mysterious and polarizing figure in the modern-day national pastime that is professional football.From his controversial Covid stance to his methods of spiritual awakening to his estrangement from his family to his high-profile romances to his devastating Achilles injury a mere four plays into his New York Jets career, Rodgers has long dominated the NFL’s news cycle.At thirty-nine, in search of a challenge that would rejuvenate him, Rodgers divorced the iconic Green Bay Packers of Vince Lombardi fame for the Jets, who have not appeared in a Super Bowl since Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon. The trade made Rodgers the biggest story in the biggest league in the biggest market. By far.That story only got bigger when Rodgers shockingly went down on the night of 9/11, in front of a packed house that roared for him when he took the field carrying an American flag, and in front of the biggest Monday Night Football audience in ESPN history, peaking at more than 25 million viewers across all platforms. Rodgers then shocked the world by pulling off the fastest recorded comeback from an Achilles tear, returning to practice eleven weeks after surgery. Remarkably enough, he would have played again in the 2023 season, at age 40, had the Jets remained in playoff contention.Ian O’Connor uses hundreds of original interviews to pull back the curtain and answer the most penetrating questions about the league’s most enigmatic player. Just like he did in his defining bios of Bill Belichick, Mike Krzyzewski, Derek Jeter, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer, O’Connor reveals all sides of an all-time great and delivers a portrait of a complex man that will forever shape the way he is viewed.

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Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness.

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With the SAS â “ Across the Rhine is the story of the latter part of Captain Ian Wellstedâ ™s military career with the Special Air Service, the first part of which was detailed in his well-received SAS: With the Maquis. After he had spent three months behind the lines in France from D-Day on Operation Houndsworth, during which his unit operated with the Maquis to disrupt the enemyâ ™s lines of communications, Ian commanded an SAS Jeep patrol during Operation Archway. Operation Archway was a British special forces mission which involved the 1st and 2nd Special Air Service Regiments acting in direct support of the advance of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomeryâ ™s Allied 21st Army Group into Germany in operations Varsity and Plunder. This crossing of the Rhine was one of the largest and most diverse operations ever carried out by the SAS. As part of this offensive, the SAS teams were thrust deep into German territory, often having to battle their way through the enemy lines to get back to safety. â ˜I quickly learned that there was no way to control an SAS battle,â ™ Wellsted wrote of his first major encounter in charge of a patrol. â ˜The din was deafening â “ seventy odd Vickers and half a dozen Brownings all chattering together. The screech of ricochets and the fire of the enemy made my voice sound like the squeak of a mouse against a church organ. I was helpless.â ™In one of these encounters, as the war was drawing to a close, Wellstedâ ™s troop found itself surrounded. In the ensuing firefight, Wellsted was wounded, bringing his active frontline career to an end. This is a very personal account, revealing the many emotional as well as physical strains placed upon men in the fighting line.

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Do you want a better understanding of the text? Do you want to know what the critics say? Do you want to know how to improve your grade? Whatever you want, York Notes can help. York Notes Advanced offers a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of todayâ ™s A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Key Features: Summaries with detailed commentaries Extended commentaries on key passages Discussion of themes and literary techniques Author biography Historical and literary background Check the net/film/book features Glossary of literary terms Self-test questions

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Old crimes don t stay buried...From the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES Ian Rankin is a genius Lee Child A first-rate thriller but also a forensic examination of contemporary Scottish society INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYRebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. A 30-year-old case is being reopened, and Rebus s team from back then is suspected of foul play. With Malcolm Fox as the investigating officer, are the past and present about to collide in a shocking and murderous fashion? And does Rebus have anything to hide? His old colleagues called themselves the Saints , and swore a bond on something called the Shadow Bible . But times have changed and the crimes of the past may not stay hidden much longer, especially with a referendum on Scottish independence just around the corner. Who are the saints and who are the sinners? And can the one ever become the other?**** Ian Rankin s SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 8th September 2014

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Ian Stewart s up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the formation of the Earth and its Moon to the planets and asteroids of the solar system and from there out into the galaxy and the universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it will end. He considers parallel universes, what forms extra-terrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of Earth being hit by an asteroid.Mathematics, Professor Stewart shows, has been the driving force in astronomy and cosmology since the ancient Babylonians. He describes how Kepler s work on planetary orbits led Newton to formulate his theory of gravity, and how two centuries later irregularities in the motion of Mars inspired Einstein s theory of general relativity. In crystal-clear terms he explains the fundamentals of gravity, spacetime, relativity and quantum theory, and shows how they all relate to each other. Eighty years ago the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the Big Bang theory of its origins. This in turn led cosmologists to posit features such as dark matter and dark energy. But does dark matter exist? Could another scientific revolution be on the way to challenge current scientific orthodoxy? These are among the questions Ian Stewart raises in his quest through the realms of astronomy and cosmology.

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Someone knows where the bodies are buried... Taut, dark and expertly crafted tale [GUARDIAN] from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES No one in Britain writes better crime novels today Evening StandardRetirement doesn t suit John Rebus. He wasn t made for hobbies, holidays or home improvements. Being a cop is in his blood.So when DI Siobhan Clarke asks for his help on a case, Rebus doesn t need long to consider his options.Clarke s been investigating the death of a senior lawyer whose body was found along with a threatening note. On the other side of Edinburgh, Big Ger Cafferty - Rebus s long-time nemesis - has received an identical note and a bullet through his window.Now it s up to Clarke and Rebus to connect the dots and stop a killer.Even Dogs in the Wild brings back Ian Rankin s greatest characters in a story exploring the darkest corners of our instincts and desires.**** Ian Rankin s EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2nd November 2015

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The ninth Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES. Masterly SUNDAY TIMES Ian Rankin is a genius Lee ChildDI John Rebus is hard at work on multiple cases. Not only is he on the trail of a WWII war criminal - he s also become entangled in a dangerous battle between two rival gangs. But when his daughter is the victim of an all too professional hit-and-run, there s nothing Rebus won t do to bring down the prime suspect. Even if it means making a deal with the devil . . .**** Ian Rankin s A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10th October 2022 and w/c 1st May 2023

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Two decades after radiocarbon dating declared the Turin Shroud a mediaeval fake, brand-new historical discoveries strongly suggest that this famous cloth, with its extraordinary photographic imprint, is genuinely Christ s shroud after all.In 1978 in his international bestseller The Turin Shroud Ian Wilson ignited worldwide public debate with his compelling case endorsing the shroud s authenticity. Now, 30 years later, he has completely rewritten and updated his earlier book to provide fresh evidence to support his original argument. Shroud boldly challenges the current post-radiocarbon dating view - that it is a fake. By arguing his case brilliantly and provocatively, Ian Wilson once more throws the matter into the public arena for further debate and controversy.

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A sweeping anthology of classical Japanese poetry, including poems about love, war, trees and mountains, everyday life, and so much more. One of the most important works of Japanese literature of all time, available here in an accessible translation.Winner of the 1982 American Book Award for TranslationThe first and greatest anthology of classical Japanese poetry, the Man yoshu is considered, along with The Tale of Genji, to be one the most important works in classical Japanese literature. In Japanese the title means “Anthology of Ten Thousand Leaves,” the “anthology of anthologies” from the first flowering of an artistic and literary sensibility in Japan during the Asuka and Nara periods—the seventh and eighth centuries. Exhibiting an astonishing variety, the poems range from the grand animistic rhetoric of the laments for the imperial family to the stark and curiously modern “Dialogue of the Destitute,” from the elegant banquet verse of aristocrats to the “poems of the frontier guardsmen.” As its name suggests, The Ten Thousand Leaves represents a culling of what was considered the best from an epoch of cultural and literary innovation perhaps unparalleled in Japanese history.This edition incorporates books one through five of the twenty that make up the original Man yoshu and includes an introduction by the translator, Ian Hideo Levy, that provides a general historical and cultural background for this monumental work.

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A new history of the Celts that reveals how this once-forgotten people became a pillar of modern national identity in Britain, Ireland, and FranceBefore the Greeks and Romans, the Celts ruled the ancient world. They sacked Rome, invaded Greece, and conquered much of Europe, from Ireland to Turkey. Celts registered deeply on the classical imagination for a thousand years and were variously described by writers like Caesar and Livy as unruly barbarians, fearless warriors, and gracious hosts. But then, in the early Middle Ages, they vanished. In The Celts, Ian Stewart tells the story of their rediscovery during the Renaissance and their transformation over the next few centuries into one of the most popular European ancestral peoples. The Celts shows how the idea of this ancient people was recovered by scholars, honed by intellectuals, politicians, and other thinkers of various stripes, and adopted by cultural revivalists and activists as they tried to build European nations and nationalisms during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Long-forgotten, the Celts improbably came to be seen as the ancestors of most western Europeans⠔and as a pillar of modern national identity in Britain, Ireland, and France. Based on new research conducted across Europe and in the United States, The Celts reveals when and how we came to call much of Europe ⠜Celtic,⠝ why this idea mattered in the past, and why it still matters today, as the tide of nationalism is once again on the rise.

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One of the Financial Times Best Economics Books of 2023Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist s Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced.From centres of antiquity like Athens or Rome to modern metropolises like New York or Shanghai, cities throughout history have been the engines of human progress and the epicentres of our greatest achievements. Now, for the first time, more than half of humanity lives in cities, and that continues to rise. In the developing world, cities are growing at a rate never seen before.Professor Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin show why making our societies fairer, more cohesive and sustainable must start with our cities. Globalization and technological change have concentrated wealth into a small number of booming metropolises, leaving many smaller cities and towns behind and feeding populist resentment. Yet even within seemingly thriving cities like London or San Francisco, the gap between the haves and have-nots continues to widen and our retreat into online worlds tears away at our social fabric. Meanwhile, pandemics and climate change pose existential threats to our increasingly urban world.Age of the City combines the lessons of history with a deep understanding of the challenges confronting our world today to show why cities are at a crossroads – and hold our destinies in the balance.

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The eventful history of British coronations from 1066 to the present day. From the crowning of Charles III, thirty-nine coronations have been held in Westminster Abbey since the Norman Conquest. Only two monarchs – Edward V and Edward VIII – were uncrowned, and a further twenty or so Scottish monarchs were crowned elsewhere, usually at either Scone Abbey or Holyrood Abbey. In The Throne, Ian Lloyd turns his inimitable, quick-witted style to these key events in British royal history, providing fascinating anecdotes and interesting facts: William the Conqueror’s Christmas Day crowning, during which jubilant shouts were mistaken by his guards as an assassination attempt; the dual coronation of William and Mary in 1689; the pared-back ‘Half Crown-ation’ of William IV; and the televised spectacle of Elizabeth II’s 1953 ceremony. Detailing everything from the famous Coronation Chair made for Edward I and the Crown Jewels to the infamously uncomfortable Gold State Coach – this is a truly spectacular celebration of British culture and the ultimate pomp of royalty.

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The sixteenth Inspector Rebus novel from Britain s best crime novelist DAILY EXPRESS and No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES Rankin just gets better. The topicality and eye for detail are awesome Jilly Cooper This is possibly the best novel you will read in your life full stop. Yes, it is that good NEWS OF THE WORLDA murder has been committed - but as the victim was a rapist, recently released from prison, no one is too concerned about the crime. That is, until Detective Inspector John Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke uncover evidence that a serial killer is on the loose...When Rebus also starts looking into the apparent suicide of an MP, he is abruptly warned off the case, not least because the G8 leaders have gathered in Scotland, and Rebus s bosses want him well out of the way. But Rebus has never been one to stick to the rules, and when Siobhan has a very personal reason for hunting down a riot cop, it looks as though both Rebus and Clarke may be up against their own side...**** Ian Rankin s A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10th October 2022 and w/c 1st May 2023

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The twelfth Inspector Rebus bestseller - a powerfully gripping novel where past and present collide...From the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES This is, quite simply, crime writing of the highest order DAILY EXPRESS The unopposed champion of the British police procedural GUARDIANA student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She s not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There s almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there s more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom. Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student s home village, and an internet role-playing game. The ancient and the modern, brought together by uncomfortable circumstance...**** Ian Rankin s A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10th October 2022 and w/c 1st May 2023

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A multiple biography with overlapping chronology is a tricky feat and Buruma pulls it off magnificently. Ben Macintyre, The TimesOn the face of it, the three characters here seem to have little in common - aside from the fact that each committed wartime acts that led some to see them as national heroes, and others as villains. All three were mythmakers, larger-than-life storytellers, for whom the truth was beside the point. Felix Kersten was a plump Finnish pleasure-seeker who became Heinrich Himmler s indispensable personal masseur - Himmler calling him his magic Buddha . Kersten presented himself after the war as a resistance hero who convinced Himmler to save countless people from mass murder. Kawashima Yoshiko, a gender fluid Manchu princess, spied for the Japanese secret police in China, and was mythologized by the Japanese as a heroic combination of Mata Hari and Joan of Arc. Friedrich Weinreb was a Hasidic Jew in Holland who took large amounts of money from fellow Jews in an imaginary scheme to save them from deportation, while in fact betraying some of them to the German secret police. Sentenced after the war as a traitor and a con artist, he is still regarded by supporters as the Dutch Dreyfus . All three figures have been vilified and mythologized, out of a never-ending need, Ian Buruma argues, to see history, and particularly war, and above all World War II, as a neat tale of angels and devils. In telling their often-self-invented stories, The Collaborators offers a fascinating reconstruction of what in fact we can know about these fantasists and what will always remain out of reach. It is also an examination of the power and credibility of history: truth is always a relative concept but perhaps especially so in times of political turmoil, not unlike our own.

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Gotta go Flash-fast! Sonic the Hedgehog’s world is under siege by Darkseid—thankfully, he and his friends have some help: the Justice League!When the evil Darkseid invades Sonic’s home in search of the ultimate power, Sonic and his friends find themselves with their backs against the wall and in need of a miracle. Luckily, the Justice League is able to step in and lend their hands! See DC’s most iconic characters teaming up with the most beloved blue hedgehog on the planet against an insurmountable foe. There’ll be action, adventure, and plenty of chili dogs!Written by longtime Sonic the Hedgehog scribe, Ian Flynn!

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Peter and the Wolf was composed by the great Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev to introduce children to the instruments of the orchestra. This timeless tale is beautifully retold and illustrated with by award-winning Ian Beck, and remains a wonderful introduction to the world of music.

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A fascinating collection of rarely-seen journalism and other writing by Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. These articles span Fleming s career as an author, encompassing reviews for the Sunday Times, Second World War documents, travel journalism, correspondence with Raymond Chandler and much more. The volume also includes two newly-unearthed articles that have not been available for over half a century and two rarely-published early works of fiction.

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The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year. Rebus in jail and better than ever ... Surprising, gripping and witty. Rankin has taken the police procedural and transformed into an epic character study of a man and his city ... Nobody does it better. THE TIMES* * * * * JOHN REBUS SPENT HIS LIFE AS A DETECTIVE PUTTING EDINBURGH S MOST DEADLY CRIMINALS BEHIND BARS.NOW, HE S JOINED THEM.As new allies and old enemies circle, and the days and nights bleed into each other, even the legendary detective struggles to keep his head.That is, until a murder at midnight in a locked cell presents a new mystery. They say old habits die hard...However, this is a case where the prisoners and the guards are all suspects, and everyone has something to hide. With no badge, no authority and no safety net, Rebus walks a tightrope - with his life on the line.But how do you find a killer in a place full of them?* * * * *PRAISE FOR MIDNIGHT AND BLUE: Unforgettable ... Proves that Rebus is one of the most remarkable characters in crime fiction. DAILY MAIL With every novel, Rankin leaves us wanting more. Midnight and Blue is no exception. As Rebus ages, he becomes ever more human, ever more relatable, and the books become even better... This is unmissable. MICK HERRON, the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller Midnight Blue is a triumph. Rebus as you ve never seen him before and Rankin at his best. ELLY GRIFFITHS, the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller I was absolutely knocked sideways by it - it is utterly marvellous and so touching. JILLY COOPER, the Sunday Times Bestseller A taut, claustrophobic thriller, that puts a Golden Age twist on a modern-day tale. The perfect book to keep Rebus fans clanging their tin cups against the prison bars, until the riot kicks off... STUART MACBRIDE, the Sunday Times Number One Bestseller Kept me up reading until long after midnight. Blew me away. Absolutely brilliant, as always. JILL MANSELL, the Sunday Times Bestseller Loved this tense, pacy thriller, jam-packed with action but also a surprising vulnerability. B. A. PARIS, the Sunday Times Bestseller**** PRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN: Ian Rankin is a genius LEE CHILD Rebus is one of British crime writing s greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse DAILY MAIL Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading ... Rankin has redefined the genre GUARDIAN The arrival of a Rankin novel remains one of life s pleasures EXPRESS Rankin is a phenomenon SPECTATOR Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best SCOTSMAN The king of crime fiction SUNDAY EXPRESS Great fiction, full stop THE TIMES**** Ian Rankin s A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10th October 2022 and w/c 1st May 2023

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