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Showcases the work of the top 100 tattoo artists around the globe Lively and informative, The World Atlas of Tattoo is a superbly illustrated and compelling reference book that, through examining the meeting point between tattoo artists and their personal understanding of their environment, presents a well-informed and nuanced account of what has become a widespread art practice. Organized geographically, each section is introduced by a short historical overview of the types of tattooing traditionally practised in that area of the world, enabling the reader to trace historical threads in the careers of some of the profiled tattooers, as well as marvel at how other artists have managed to create novel forms of tattooing that transcend any previous context. The book also tracks the movement of styles from their indigenous settings to diasporic communities, where they have often been transformed into creative, multicultural, hybrid designs. Written by an international team of scholars, historians and journalists, this comprehensive atlas will enlighten and excite anyone who is passionate about tattoo art in its many forms worldwide. Contents List Introduction • Europe • North America • Central and South America • East, South, Central and Southeast Asia • Pacific Islands and Australia • Sub-Saharan Africa • Middle East and North Africa About the Author Anna Felicity Friedman teaches at the University of Chicago, where she has conducted research on the history of tattooing. She was the curator of a travelling exhibition about tattoo history and culture, which put her in touch with a wide range of contemporary global artists. List of Contributors James Elkins

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If you find yourself giving it your all but not getting the results you want, The Quiet Achiever is a must-read that will empower you to shift the way you view yourself, build self-trust, and guide you toward the fulfilling life and career you truly deserve. The Quiet Achiever: Your Journey to Authentic Confidence will help you break free from feeling stuck and stagnant in your career and guide you to dig deeper and discover the most authentic and powerful version of yourself. Written by Linda Raynier, a renowned career expert with nearly one million YouTube subscribers and former recruiter, this book delivers practical and proven strategies and techniques to help you truly understand your current view of yourself, your career, and your success including Understanding who you are as a quiet achieverHarnessing the power of your personal story for inner healingUncovering the real reasons you feel stuck in your careerGaining clarity on your purpose and direction to stop feeling stagnantCultivating and embracing your quiet confidenceMastering the art of communicating your value Instead of pushing harder in your career, pause and turn inward to discover the inner confidence and direction youâ ™ve been seeking all along within the pages of The Quiet Achiever.

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The third and final installment in the Healing Verses series finds poet r.h. Sin in The Quiet After—the hard-earned peace from healing your own heart.Across the volumes of The Healing Verses, r.h. Sin delves deep into the heart of human suffering, offering solace, understanding, and pathways to recovery through the power of words. Each book is a beacon of hope, designed to guide readers through the darkness of their experiences and toward the light of resilience, self-renewal, and ultimately healing. The carefully selected writings within these pages explore themes of loss, grief, recovery, and the rediscovery of strength within oneself, making the series a compassionate companion for anyone navigating the challenging process of healing. In The Quiet After, the third and final installment of the series, Sin welcomes readers into the peace found at the end of the tunnel. The hard-earned quiet is a joyous and freeing reminder that there is life after devastation and, with a bit of resilience, it is a destination we are all able to reach because it has been buried within you the entire time.

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2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Gold Award Winner2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medalist2015 National Parenting Publications Bronze Award WinnerCharlotte likes quiet. But wherever Charlotte goes, she is surrounded by noise, noise, noise—her yipping dog, Otto; the squeaky, creaky swings; the warbling, wailing sirens. Even in the library, children yammer and yell. Where can Charlotte find a quiet place? Sara Woolley’s magnificent watercolors bring Charlotte’s city to life when Otto leads her on a wild chase through the park. There, Charlotte discovers a quiet place where she never would have imagined!Sometimes children need a break from our noisy, over-stimulating world.Charlotte and the Quiet Place shows how a child learns and practices mindful breathing on her own and experiences the beauty of silence. All children will relate to the unfolding adventure and message of self-discovery and empowerment. Parents, teachers, and caretakers of highly active or sensitive children will find this story especially useful.

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The ancient Celts lived by and worshipped the moon. While modern, digital life is often at odds with nature â “ rubbing against it rather than working in harmony with it â “ is there something to be said for embracing this ancient way of being and reconnecting to the moonâ ™s natural calendar?Januaryâ ™s Quiet Moon reflects an air of melancholy, illuminating a midwinter of quiet menace; it was the time of the Dark Days for the ancient Celts, when the natural world balanced on a knife edge. By May, the Bright Moon brings happiness as time slows, mayflies cloud and elderflowers cascade. Nature approaches her peak during a summer of short nights and bright days â “ this was when the ancient Celts claimed their wives and celebrated Lugnasad. With the descent into winter comes the sadness of Decemberâ ™s Cold Moon. Trees stand bare and creatures shiver their way to shelter as the Dark Days creep in once more and the cycle restarts.In The Quiet Moon, Kevin Parr discovers that a year of moons has much to teach us about how to live in the world that surrounds us â “ and how being more in tune to the rhythms of nature, even in the cold and dark, can help ease the suffering mind.

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The Quiet Before is a fascinating and important exploration of how ideas that change the world incubate and spread. Steven Pinker Filled with insightful analysis and colourful storytelling... Rarely does a book give you a new way of looking at social change. This one does. Walter IsaacsonWhy do some radical ideas make history?We tend to think of revolutions as loud: frustrations and demands shouted in the streets.But the ideas fuelling them have traditionally been conceived in much quieter spaces, in the small, secluded corners where a vanguard can imagine alternate realities. This extraordinary book is a search for those spaces, over centuries and across continents, and a warning that they might soon go extinct. The Quiet Before is a grand panorama, stretching from the seventeenth-century correspondence that jump-started the scientific revolution to the encrypted apps used by epidemiologists fighting the pandemic in the shadow of an inept administration.Beckerman shows that defining social movements - from decolonization to feminism - thrive when they are given the time and space to gestate. Today, we are replacing these productive, private spaces with monolithic platforms. Why did the Arab Spring fall apart and Occupy Wall Street never gain traction? Has Black Lives Matter lived up to its full potential? Beckerman reveals what this new social media ecosystem still needs - from patience to focus - and offers a recipe for growing radical ideas again.Lyrical and profound, The Quiet Before looks to the past to help us imagine a different future.

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â ˜Riveting. Martin weaves an inspired premise into an engrossing and wholly original adventure.â ™ - Ernest Cline, No.1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Ready Player One* * *A mother s love can be deafening . . .Isaac is Hannahâ ™s entire world. She knows that her son is gifted, and that those gifts make him vulnerable. To keep him safe, she spends every waking moment by his side. If she lets her guard down, lets him out of her sight, lets him show what heâ ™s capable of, he will be taken from her.When the Soundfield arrived twenty years ago, the world changed with it. Now, people are forced to live at night due to the deadly heat of the day, food and water are scarce, and everyday life is punctuated by the constant and disconcerting hum from the Field. A brilliant scientist, Hannah spent her early career working on the enigma of the Soundfield, looking for answers; now, resigned, she has focussed all her energies on keeping Isaac living, not just alive.To do so, she will have to lie to the people she knows and hope she can trust the ones she doesn t. Because the only thing more dangerous than her lies, is the truth of what she has done.* * * As fascinating as it was terrifying. - Holly Seddon, author of The Woman on the Bridge The Quiet took my breath away. gripping, fiercely intelligent and quietly heartbreaking. I will think of Isaac for a long time to come - Emma Kavanagh, author of To Catch A Killer A clever and unique dystopian premise, this was spare and tense, gripping and heartbreaking - Louise Swanson, author of End of Story

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Clémence Michallon has written a classic... Daring and completely satisfying James Patterson Beautifully written, entirely convincing and relentlessly gripping ... so brilliantly told, with characters so plausible and compelling, that I was hooked until the last word Sophie Hannah From the first page, you can say farewell to sleep...a brilliant, breathtaking thriller with characters you love - and love to hate. I didn t know whether to tear to the end or savour every page Abigail Dean, bestselling author of Girl A An absorbing and addictive psychological thriller - I couldn t put it down Edel Coffey I was pulled in from the very first page... The plot was masterful, the many threads honed and pulled taut kept me turning pages Jane ShemiltHe took you and you have been his for five years. But you have been careful. Waiting for him to mess up. It has to be now.Aidan Thomas is a hardworking family man and a respected member of his community. He s the kind of man who always lends a hand and has a good word for everyone. He s also a kidnapper and serial killer who has murdered eight women. And there s a ninth, a woman he calls Rachel, imprisoned in a backyard shed where she fears for her life. When Aidan s wife dies, he and his thirteen-year-old daughter, Cecilia, are forced to move. Aidan has no choice but to bring Rachel too, introducing her to Cecilia as a family friend who needs a place to stay. He knows that after five years of captivity, Rachel is too frightened of the consequences to attempt to escape. But Rachel is a fighter and a survivor. And when Emily, a local restaurant owner, develops a crush on the handsome widower, she finds herself drawn into Rachel and Cecilia s orbit, coming dangerously close to discovering Aidan s secret. The Quiet Tenant explores the psychological impact of Aidan s crimes on the women in his life through the voices of Rachel, Cecilia, and Emily - and the bonds between those women that give them the strength to fight back. Both a searing thriller and an astute study of trauma, survival, and the dynamics of power, The Quiet Tenant is an electrifying novel by a major talent.

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â ˜A darkly entertaining tale about American espionage, set in an era when Washingtonâ ™s fear and skepticism about the agency resembles our climate today.â ™ New York Times At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing â “ seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear â “ to some â “ that the Soviet Union was already executing a plan to expand and foment revolution around the world. The American governmentâ ™s strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly-formed CIA. The Quiet Americans chronicles the exploits of four spies â “ Michael Burke, a charming former football star fallen on hard times, Frank Wisner, the scion of a wealthy Southern family, Peter Sichel, a sophisticated German Jew who escaped the Nazis, and Edward Lansdale, a brilliant ad executive. The four ran covert operations across the globe, trying to outwit the ruthless KGB in Berlin, parachuting commandos into Eastern Europe, plotting coups, and directing wars against Communist insurgents in Asia. But time and again their efforts went awry, thwarted by a combination of stupidity and ideological rigidity at the highest levels of the government â “ and more profoundly, the decision to abandon American ideals. By the mid-1950s, the Soviet Union had a stranglehold on Eastern Europe, the US had begun its disastrous intervention in Vietnam, and America, the beacon of democracy, was overthrowing democratically elected governments and earning the hatred of much of the world. All of this culminated in an act of betrayal and cowardice that would lock the Cold War into place for decades to come. Anderson brings to the telling of this story all the narrative brio, deep research, sceptical eye, and lively prose that made Lawrence in Arabia a major international bestseller. The intertwined lives of these men began in a common purpose of defending freedom, but the ravages of the Cold War led them to different fates. Two would quit the CIA in despair, stricken by the moral compromises they had to make; one became the archetype of the duplicitous and destructive American spy; and one would be so heartbroken he would take his own life. Scott Andersonâ ™s The Quiet Americans is the story of these four men. It is also the story of how the United States, at the very pinnacle of its power, managed to permanently damage its moral standing in the world.

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A groundbreaking exploration of deafness by the award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus.**PRE-ORDER NOW**A memoir. A cultural history. A call to action. This book left me transformed CALEB AZUMAH NELSON Profoundly unique and moving ... a must-read ROSE AYLING-ELLIS A tender triumph EMMA WARREN Read this book LEMN SISSAY Destined to become a modern classic ROGER ROBINSON Powerful and poetic AMY KEY Changed how I will move through the world CLINT SMITHRaymond Antrobus was first diagnosed as deaf at the age of six. He discovered he had missing sounds - bird calls, whistles, kettles, alarms. Teachers thought he was slow and disruptive, some didn t believe he was deaf at all.The Quiet Ear tells the story of Raymond s upbringing at the intersection of race and disability. Growing up in East London to an English mother and Jamaican father, educated in both mainstream and deaf schooling systems, Raymond explores the shame of miscommunication and the joy of finding community, and shines a light on the decline of deaf education in Britain.Throughout, Raymond sets his story alongside those of other D/deaf cultural figures, from painters to silent film stars, poets to performers - the inspiring models of D/deaf creativity he did not have growing up.The Quiet Ear is a groundbreaking and much-needed examination of deafness. A memoir, a cultural history, a call to action. Brilliant SEÁN HEWITT A marvel ILYA KAMINSKY Expansive, generous and massively tender HANIF ABDURRAQIB Powerful and important ANDREW LELAND Lyrical, moving and powerful ALICE WONG A gift. Personal, intimate, revelatory writing of real significance JENN ASHWORTH

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If you love Bridgerton, you ll love Georgette Heyer! The greatest writer who ever lived ANTONIA FRASER A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewer! INDEPENDENT Heyer s books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen s JOANNE HARRIS_____________Returning home from the battle of Waterloo to claim his title as the new Seventh Earl of St Erth, Gervase Frant is met with surprising hostility from his family.Only Theo, a cousin even quieter than himself, is there to greet him - and when he meets his stepmother and young half-brother he detects open disappointment that he survived the wars.The tensions in the household only worsen as the beautiful Mariann, the intended bride of Gervase s half-brother, catches his eye - and his heart.Gervase may be off the battlefield, but his life is still threatened, as it becomes increasingly clear that someone wants him dead..._____________Readers love The Quiet Gentleman ...***** Absolutely nothing beats a Heyer Regency romance for the sheer enjoyment factor and witty, intelligent humor. ***** Love, love, love! Ahhh, Heyer does it again. ***** Excellent Heyer romance, with a bit of mystery thrown in. ***** There s lots to laugh at in this book and a mystery as well. Thoroughly enjoyable. ***** Loved it! One of my top three Heyers, in fact, my no. 1.

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Arnaldur Indridason is a literary phenomenon - and it s easy to see why HARLAN COBEN Indridason writes crime novels that are as chilling as the landscape where they re set ANN CLEEVES The undisputed King of the Icelandic Thriller GuardianA lifetime of secrets. A murder that will expose the truth.A woman is found murdered in her Reykjavík home, her apartment ransacked. On her desk lies a note with retired detective Konrad⠙s phone number. Days earlier, she had begged him to find the child she gave up nearly fifty years ago. But Konrad, reluctant to reopen old wounds, turned her away. Now, haunted by guilt, he vows to uncover the truth ⠓ for her and for himself.As Konrad digs into the woman⠙s past, he is drawn into a web of secrets, lies and betrayal. Each revelation points to a hidden life that connects her death to a decades-old murder ⠓ and to shadows from Konrad⠙s own family history.The Quiet Mother is a masterful blend of human tragedy and relentless suspense, where every discovery comes at a cost. Arnaldur Indridason once again proves why he is the voice of Nordic Noir, delivering a harrowing tale of guilt and redemption. One of the greats of modern crime fiction Sunday Times Arnaldur Indridason is indeed an expert storyteller... The Quiet Mother is yet another feather in the author⠙s cap ⠦ a work of genius Steinthor Gudbjartsson, Iceland Monitor Daily*OVER 20 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE*

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I honestly believe this is one of the best books that I ve read this year! NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐You re not who you say you are. But neither is she.Olive Anderson has accepted that tonight she ll be dining alone, without her husband. So when a beautiful stranger appears at Olive s dinner table, telling the waiter she s her wife, Olive is immediately unsettled.But the stranger wants to talk, and isn t this what Olive wants on this lonely winter night? To vent to a perfect stranger? She s too ashamed to tell her real friends the truth - six months into the marriage they all warned her against, her life is a living nightmare.Perhaps Olive should have asked the fake wife who she s really married to. Perhaps she should have known this chance encounter had something to do with her secretive husband. Because there is a string of missing women connected to Mr Anderson, and by the morning, Olive will be the latest...The Fake Wife is an unputdownable thriller that will shock and surprise you like the best television boxsets. If you enjoyed Netflix shows like Behind Her Eyes, The Stranger and Obsession you will love The Fake Wife.Read what everyone is saying about The Fake Wife: OMG this latest book by Sharon Bolton is so good, definitely worth reading Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You ll never guess where this book is going SAMANTHA DOWNING I swear the twists and turns you will not see coming! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Totally gripping, with characters who draw you in JP DELANEY One thing Sharon Bolton knows how to do is write a compulsive page-turner, and The Fake Wife is just that Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A thriller that had me desperate for answers. I loved it! HARRIET TYCE Sharon Bolton has written another cracker! The twists! The tension! The characters! Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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In a dazzlingly original work of non-fiction, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad recreates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. Here is a literary love song that will entrance anyone who has lived in - or spent time - in the greatest of American cities.A masterful evocation of the city that never sleeps, The Colossus of New York captures the city s inner and outer landscapes in a series of vignettes, meditations, and personal memories. Colson Whitehead conveys with almost uncanny immediacy the feelings and thoughts of longtime residents and of newcomers who dream of making it their home; of those who have conquered its challenges; and of those who struggle against its cruelties. Whitehead s style is as multilayered and multifarious as New York itself: Switching from third person, to first person, to second person, he weaves individual voices into a jazzy musical composition that perfectly reflects the way we experience the city. There is a funny, knowing riff on what it feels like to arrive in New York for the first time; a lyrical meditation on how the city is transformed by an unexpected rain shower; and a wry look at the ferocious battle that is commuting. The plaintive notes of the lonely and dispossessed resound in one passage, while another captures those magical moments when the city seems to be talking directly to you, inviting you to become one with its rhythms. The Colossus of New York is a remarkable portrait of life in the big city. Ambitious in scope, gemlike in its details, it is at once an unparalleled tribute to New York and the ideal introduction to one of the most exciting writers working today.

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A story of unshakeable belief and unbending faith from the author of The Deceptions. The Watchful Wife is assured and engrossing. As our crisp, clear-eyed narrator with more than one cross to bear, Ellen guides us through a tangle of ethical and emotional quandaries that feel both timeless and immediate, keeping us on her side the whole way through. Jacqueline Bublitz, author of Before You Knew My Name Leal s unusual perspective on the destructive force of an allegation gives this book real moral complexity...Nuanced, troubling and convincing. Jock Serong, author of The SettlementRaised by her severe parents in a punitive and authoritarian church, Ellen s narrow world is upended when she meets Gordon, a fellow teacher. Responding to his interest with curiosity and, before long, pleasure, Ellen is both transformed and beguiled by the connection, love and laughter he brings into her life.Three years later, a knock on the door changes everything. Two police officers have come to accuse Gordon of a shocking crime. Abandoned and reviled by those around her, Ellen steadfastly refuses to believe Gordon has done anything wrong. In a world of swirling suspicion, however, she will have to fight to protect him.But what will that cost her? And what will she discover about him along the way?A propulsive and provocative novel about love, faith and courage from the bestselling author of The Teacher s Secret. Suzanne Leal s books always grab me from the very first sentence and The Watchful Wife is no exception. It is intriguing, engaging and deeply moving from beginning to end. I loved Ellen from the first moment I met her. Jane Caro, author of The Mother Leal delivers an intriguing page-turner with emotional depth, nuance and moral complexity: The Watchful Wife is a truly gripping read from start to finish. Mark Brandi, author of The Others The Watchful Wife is a tense Australian thriller that reminds us: sometimes you need an outsider to fight injustice. Jack Beaumont, author of The Frenchman

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Tremendous. Tight plotting and strong writing carries the narrative along to a chilling conclusion HARRIET TYCE, AUTHOR OF BLOOD ORANGEA STUNNING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER, FROM THE AUTHOR OF CLOSE TO ME AND LYING TO YOUEvery marriage has its problems. But would Julia Blake really have just walked out of hers, leaving no trace?Max Blake knows more about his wife s disappearance than he s letting on.That s what the police think anyway. But with no body, the case is growing cold...One young journalist thinks she can find out the truth.But the more time she spends with Max at the couple s remote estate, the higher the risk to her own safety. And whatever happened to Julia Blake may be her fate next...MORE PRAISE FOR THE HIDDEN WIFE: [A] jaw-droppingly good read . . . Reynolds is a master in psychological drama Nicola Smith, Daily Record Loved The Hidden Wife. Brilliantly atmospheric, thrilling and creepy Karen Hamilton, The Perfect Girlfriend A great read with lots of twists and turns and emotions. Gripping! Katie Fforde, author of A Rose Petal Summer Great plotting, great atmosphere Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies A claustrophobic and chilling tale of marital jealousy and secrets Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle Thrillingly clever, with not a word out of place, The Hidden Wife is Amanda s best book yet Phoebe Morgan, author of The Doll House Sharp, tense and twisty Jo Jakeman, Sticks and Stones Excellent and wonderfully atmospheric Jenny Quintana, The Missing Girl A deliciously noirish thriller that has you hooked from beginning to end Kate Hamer, The Girl in the Red Coat A gripping story that will keep you hooked . . . A real page-turner! Jane Bailey, What Was Rescued Cracking tale of intrigue Penny Parkes, author of The Larkford Series

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A Foyles Top Ten Read for August From bestselling author Jonathan Mahler, comes a sweeping chronicle of four years in 1980s New York that would transform the city and leave it more divided than ever. A rollicking, real-life Bonfire of the Vanities, featuring the larger-than-life personalities of Donald Trump, Spike Lee, Ed Koch, Al Sharpton, Rudy Giuliani, and countless others. New York City entered 1986 as a city reborn, with record profits on Wall Street sending waves of money splashing across Manhattan and bringing a once-bankrupt and reeling city back to life. But it also entered 1986 as a city divided. Nearly one-third of the cityâ ™s Black and Hispanic residents were living below the poverty line. Thousands of New Yorkers were sleeping in the streets â “ and in many cases addicted to drugs, dying of AIDS, or suffering from mental illness. The manufacturing jobs that had once sustained a thriving middle class had vanished. Long-simmering racial tensions were boiling over. Over the next four years, a singular confluence of events â “ involving a cast of outsized, unforgettable characters â “ would widen those divisions into chasms. Ed Koch. Donald Trump. Al Sharpton. The Central Park Five. Larry Kramer. Spike Lee. Rudy Giuliani. Howard Beach. Tawana Brawley. The Preppy Murder. The Tompkins Square Riots. Jimmy Breslin. Ivan Boesky. Do the Right Thing, Wall Street, crack, the AIDS epidemic, Black Monday and, of course, ready to pour gasoline on every fire â “ the tabloids. In The Gods of New York, bestselling author Jonathan Mahler tells the story of these outsized characters and of these convulsive, defining years. Itâ ™s an exuberant, kaleidoscopic, and deeply immersive portrait of a city in transformation, one whose long-held identity was suddenly up for grabs: Could it be both the great working-class city, drawing in and lifting up immigrants from around the world and the money-soaked capital of global finance? Could it retain a civic culture â ” a common idea of what it meant to be a New Yorker â ” when the rich were building a city of their own and vast swaths of its citizens were losing faith in the systems that were intended to protect them? New York was one thing at the dawn of 1986; it would be something very different as 1989 came to a close. This book is the story of how that happened.

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A Foyles Top Ten Read for August From bestselling author Jonathan Mahler, comes a sweeping chronicle of four years in 1980s New York that would transform the city and leave it more divided than ever. A rollicking, real-life Bonfire of the Vanities, featuring the larger-than-life personalities of Donald Trump, Spike Lee, Ed Koch, Al Sharpton, Rudy Giuliani, and countless others.New York City entered 1986 as a city reborn, with record profits on Wall Street sending waves of money splashing across Manhattan and bringing a once-bankrupt and reeling city back to life. But it also entered 1986 as a city divided. Nearly one-third of the city s Black and Hispanic residents were living below the poverty line. Thousands of New Yorkers were sleeping in the streets and in many cases addicted to drugs, dying of AIDS, or suffering from mental illness. The manufacturing jobs that had once sustained a thriving middle class had vanished. Long-simmering racial tensions were boiling over.Over the next four years, a singular confluence of events involving a cast of outsized, unforgettable characters would widen those divisions into chasms. Ed Koch. Donald Trump. Al Sharpton. The Central Park Five. Larry Kramer. Spike Lee. Rudy Giuliani. Howard Beach. Tawana Brawley. The Preppy Murder. The Tompkins Square Riots. Jimmy Breslin. Ivan Boesky. Do the Right Thing, Wall Street, crack, the AIDS epidemic, Black Monday and, of course, ready to pour gasoline on every fire the tabloids.In The Gods of New York, bestselling author Jonathan Mahler tells the story of these outsized characters and of these convulsive, defining years. It s an exuberant, kaleidoscopic, and deeply immersive portrait of a city in transformation, one whose long-held identity was suddenly up for grabs: Could it be both the great working-class city, drawing in and lifting up immigrants from around the world and the money-soaked capital of global finance? Could it retain a civic culture a common idea of what it meant to be a New Yorker when the rich were building a city of their own and vast swaths of its citizens were losing faith in the systems that were intended to protect them? New York was one thing at the dawn of 1986; it would be something very different as 1989 came to a close. This book is the story of how that happened.

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SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 BY THE GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE A gripping, complex and sensational story, told with calm narrative command ... With insight and skill, Penn cuts through the thickets of history to find the heart of these heartless decades Hilary MantelThe gripping new history by the author of the acclaimed bestseller Winter KingIt is 1461 and England is crippled by civil war. One freezing morning, a teenage boy wins a battle in the Welsh marches, and claims the crown. He is Edward IV, first king of the usurping house of York... Thomas Penn s brilliant new telling of the wars of the roses takes us inside a conflict that fractured the nation for more than three decades. During this time, the house of York came to dominate England. At its heart were three charismatic brothers - Edward, George and Richard - who became the figureheads of a spectacular ruling dynasty. Together, they looked invincible.. But with Edward s ascendancy the brothers began to turn on one another, unleashing a catastrophic chain of rebellion, vendetta, fratricide, usurpation and regicide. The brutal end came at Bosworth Field in 1485, with the death of the youngest, then Richard III, at the hands of a new usurper, Henry Tudor. The story of a warring family unable to sustain its influence and power, The Brothers York brings to life a dynasty that could have been as magnificent as the Tudors. Its tragedy was that, in the space of one generation, it destroyed itself. The Brothers York is savage, exciting, blisteringly good. - Jessie Childs, author of God s Traitors An epic orgy of colour and character. - Leanda de Lisle, The Times Superb ... The tragedy and brutality of the Wars of the Roses jumps out from every page of Penn s book. - Kate Maltby, Financial Times Thrilling, pacy ... Brings a novelist s verve to his telling of events. - John Gallagher, The Guardian

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TikTok made me buy it!Finalist in the National Cyber Awards for Book of the YearAmazon s Teachers PickShortlisted for the STEAM Children s Book PrizeShortlisted for the YA Book PrizeWinner of the RED Book Award A hugely rewarding read. SFX Magazine James is one to watch. Kirkus ReviewsHow far would you go to save those you love? Lowrie and Shen are the youngest people on the planet after a virus caused global infertility. Closeted in a pocket of London and doted upon by a small, ageing community, the pair spend their days mudlarking and looking for treasure â “ until a secret is uncovered that threatens not only their family but humanityâ ™s entire existence. Now Lowrie and Shen face an impossible choice: in the quiet at the end of the world, they must decide what to sacrifice to save the whole human race...

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Test your knowledge, practise your skills and feel ready for 2021 assessments and 2022 exams. Test and build your knowledge of every part of the text with a huge range of questions, activities and exercises. Find out what you really know about key characters, themes, contexts and quotations before tests and assessments. Perfect your responses, practise writing great answers and find out how to score the best grades you can. Learn to apply what you ve learned and get vital experience of test and assessment-style questions. York Notes are the long-established experts in English Literature, and we take your success seriously. So whether you re studying The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle for GCSE at home, online or in the classroom, York Notes is your best bet for the best grades. The biggest and most in-depth available, this The Sign of the Four Workbook from York Notes is simple to use and will help you practise, improve and test all your skills and knowledge so you can build your confidence, stay motivated and feel ready to impress in any test, assessment or exam. Why not combine this Workbook with a York Notes Study Guide or Practice Tests Book for The Sign of the Four? They re the best way to make sure you re on track for success. Just search for 9781292138138 for the Study Guide and 9781292236858 for the Practice Tests.

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⠘He⠙s a fool that marries, but he⠙s a greater fool that does not marry a fool.⠙This bawdy, hilarious, subversive and wickedly satirical drama pokes fun at the humourless, the jealous, and the adulterous alike. It features a country wife, Margery, whose husband believes she is too naïve to cuckold him; and an anti-hero, Horner, who pretends to be impotent in order to have unrestrained access to the women keen on ⠘the sport⠙. A number of licentious and hypocritical women request Horner⠙s services ⠓ the country wife among them. The Country Wife has provoked powerfully mixed reactions over the years. The seventeenth century libertine king Charles II saw it twice, and is said to have joined the ⠘dance of the cuckolds⠙ at the end of one performance; the eighteenth century actor-playwright David Garrick declared it ⠘the most licentious play in the English language⠙; the Victorian Macaulay compared it to a skunk, because it was ⠘too filthy to handle and too noisome even to approach⠙. Twentieth century productions heralded it a Restoration masterpiece. Sexually frank, and as ready to criticise marriage as infidelity, the virtuosity, linguistic energy, brilliant wit, naughtiness and complexity of this ribald play have made it a staple of the modern stage. This student edition contains a lengthy, entirely new introduction, by leading scholar, Tiffany Stern, with a background on the author, structure, characters, genre, themes, original staging and performance history, as well as an updated bibliography and a fully annotated version of the playtext.

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First book to fully celebrate the scale model of The Panorama of the City of New York as a metropolis in miniature and a beloved cultural phenomenon. An awe-inspiring metropolis in miniature, The Panorama of the City of New York has achieved cult-like status with New Yorkers and serves as a locus of memory for visitors from around the globe. The Panorama was one of the most successful attractions at the 1964–65 World’s Fair, with millions enjoying what was billed as an indoor helicopter tour of New York. Comprising an area of 9,335 square feet and built to a scale of 1:1200 (where one inch equals 100 feet), the original 1964 mini city was updated multiple times before its last renovation in 1992. Within the 320 square miles of New York City represented on The Panorama, you can find 850,000 buildings, more than 100 bridges, and almost all of the city’s parks and streets. This is the first book to fully celebrate The Panorama, featuring an accessible text and photographs of its conception, creation, and enjoyment, as well as testimonials from notable New Yorkers about their beloved cultural phenomenon.

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A quiet firework learns that you donâ ™t need to make a BIG BANG to put on a beautiful show. Little Firework is struggling to be heard above his noisy friends. Unlike them, he canâ ™t BOOM or BANG, whoosh, sizzle or pop! In fact, he canâ ™t make any loud noise at all! Little Firework worries he wonâ ™t ever be good enough. Luckily, a friendly moth is there to teach him that being quiet can be fun too. With beautiful illustrations and loveable characters, this gentle story shares an important message: You donâ ™t have to be loud to be the star of the show.

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Test your knowledge, practise your skills and feel ready for 2021 assessments and 2022 exams. Test and build your knowledge of every part of the text with a huge range of questions, activities and exercises. Find out what you really know about key characters, themes, contexts and quotations before tests and assessments. Perfect your responses, practise writing great answers and find out how to score the best grades you can. Learn to apply what you ve learned and get vital experience of test and assessment-style questions. York Notes are the long-established experts in English Literature, and we take your success seriously. So whether you re studying The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare for GCSE at home, online or in the classroom, York Notes is your best bet for the best grades. The biggest and most in-depth available, this The Merchant of Venice Workbook from York Notes is simple to use and will help you practise, improve and test all your skills and knowledge so you can build your confidence, stay motivated and feel ready to impress in any test, assessment or exam. Why not combine this Workbook with a York Notes Study Guide for The Merchant of Venice? It s the best way to make sure you re on track for success. Just search for 9781292236872.

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Test your knowledge, practise your skills and feel ready for 2021 assessments and 2022 exams. Test and build your knowledge of every part of the text with a huge range of questions, activities and exercises. Find out what you really know about key characters, themes, contexts and quotations before tests and assessments. Perfect your responses, practise writing great answers and find out how to score the best grades you can. Learn to apply what you ve learned and get vital experience of test and assessment-style questions. York Notes are the long-established experts in English Literature, and we take your success seriously. So whether you re studying Lord of the Flies by William Golding for GCSE at home, online or in the classroom, York Notes is your best bet for the best grades. The biggest and most in-depth available, this Lord of the Flies Workbook from York Notes is simple to use and will help you practise, improve and test all your skills and knowledge so you can build your confidence, stay motivated and feel ready to impress in any test, assessment or exam. Why not combine this Workbook with a York Notes Study Guide for Lord of the Flies? It s the best way to make sure you re on track for success. Just search for 9781447982197.

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Clemence Michallon has written a classic James Patterson Beautifully written, entirely convincing and relentlessly gripping ... so brilliantly told, with characters so plausible and compelling, that I was hooked until the last word Sophie Hannah Wonderful Robert Gold Gripping Daily Express A brilliant, breathtaking thriller Abigail Dean, bestselling author of Girl AAidan Thomas is a hardworking family man respected by his local town. He s the kind of man who always has a good word for everyone. He s also a kidnapper and serial killer who has murdered eight women. And there s a ninth, a woman he calls Rachel, imprisoned in a backyard shed.When Aidan s wife dies, he s forced to move and has no choice but to bring Rachel too. He knows that after five years of captivity, Rachel is too frightened of the consequences to attempt to escape. But Rachel is a fighter and a survivor. And when Emily, a local restaurant owner, develops a crush on the handsome widower, she finds herself coming dangerously close to discovering Aidan s secret.A searing, unputdownable thriller about trauma, and survival.Read what everyone s saying about The Quiet Tenant: Wow what a book...All you thriller lovers need to get this in your baskets and read it NOW! Five star reader review It was beautifully written, the characters felt like real people and I loved the rules . It reminded me so much of Room by Emma Donoghue Five star reader review I was totally gripped Five star reader review Overall, I was completely gripped by this high stakes thriller - it s a creepy and unsettling read that had me hooked Five star reader review Wow, this was a completely mind-blowing read, I didn t want to put it down. There was so much tension as you waited for Rachel to get her possible moment to escape Five star reader review

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The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American Ian McEwan, Sunday Times bestselling author of LessonsInto the intrigue and violence of 1950s Saigon comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious Third Force .As Pyle s naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as Fowler intervenes he wonders why: for the greater good, or something altogether more complicated?WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH**One of the BBC s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

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Jacqui Rose s The Good Wife is a heart-pounding thriller perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.Psychologist Ava Barclay wants to be a good wife. The wife that she knows her cop husband, Tony, deserves.Ava keeps a lot of her clientsâ ™ secrets, but no-one, especially Tony, has any idea how many secrets of her own she is hiding. Fuelled by the emptiness of her mother leaving her father and her as a baby, Ava is on a path to self-destruction, drinking too much, making bad choices, including lying to her husband about her whereabouts, and numbing her pain with one-night flings.And when her father, Billy, is attacked and left for dead, Ava learns that her problems are about to get a lot worse. Tony finds out that her father isnâ ™t who he has told everyone he is, he doesnâ ™t exist and now Ava must head into the dark streets of Soho and into a seedy world of hate, fear and mistrust if she is to find the truth about her father, and her family.All Ava ever wanted was to be a good wife, but maybe she is about to learn that being bad is in her genes, and that her father is taking her down a path more dangerous than she could have ever believed possible . . .

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The captivating new Tudor novel from Alison Weir, Sunday Times bestselling author of Six Tudor Queens. Alison Weir gives us her most compelling heroine yet... This is where the story of the Tudors begins Tracy Borman History has the best stories and they should all be told like this Conn Iggulden A stunning read, and the perfect piece of historical fiction Reader review This is novel that captured my imagination, educated me and emotionally moved me Reader review---A princess born into a war between two families...Firstborn of the royal House of York, Elizabeth dreams of wearing a crown. But in England, queens do not rule.When her beloved father, King Edward, dies suddenly, his brother seizes power. Two young princes disappear into the Tower. Yet another claimant seeks the crown, the upstart heir of the rival House of Lancaster. Marriage to this Henry Tudor would unite their warring families - and help Elizabeth to the throne she knows is hers by right.A glorious new age awaits. Now Elizabeth must choose her allies wisely as she fights to become mother and queen of a great new dynasty.Elizabeth of York.The first Tudor queen.Her story.---READERS FELL IN LOVE WITH ELIZABETH OF YORK... I found her an inspirational woman, full of strength...I truly adored this book She becomes the matriarch of the Tudor destiny after a series of intrigue, conflict, and most likely murder... a brilliant read Alison Weir s writing just makes history that bit more exciting and accessible It was refreshing to read such a detailed and informative book of an almost forgotten Queen An amazing read as expected from Alison Weir, she breathes life into Elizabeth and those around her

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Another unforgettable psychological suspense novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs. There are so many psychological thrillers around right now - but this is one of the best The Sun Wonderful, endlessly fascinating Sophie Kinsella Brilliantly plotted, beautifully written Daily Mail____________You think you have the perfect life.You re successful. Attractive. Well liked.And you ve just got married for the third time.But that s OK, because everyone s happy. Your children are happy. You re happy. And so is your new wife.But one tragic accident smashes your perfect life to pieces. Because everyone has secrets, and secrets have consequences.Some of which can be devastating.____________Readers can t get enough of The Third Wife . . .***** This book blew me away... ***** Hair-raising Yes! Twitchy high-strung Plot Yes! Sinister Yes! Worth the time Totally Yes! ***** I texted my book mate to tell her, she MUST read this book. ***** I cannot recommend this highly enough. ***** Lisa Jewell knocked it out of the park with The Third Wife.

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A detailed and convincing portrait of an extraordinary life... this series is a serious achievement THE TIMES This brilliant series has brought Henry VIII s six wives to life as never before. This novel will enthral and inspire, just as much as it will break your heart TRACY BORMANAlison Weir, historian and author of the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling SIX TUDOR QUEENS series, recounts the story of Henry VIII s last wife - Katharine Parr, the queen who survived him.---A WOMAN TORN BETWEEN LOVE AND DUTY.Two husbands dead, a boy and a sick man. Now Katharine is free to make her own choice. The ageing King s eye falls upon her. She cannot refuse him... or betray that she wanted another.She becomes Henry s sixth wife - a queen and trusted friend. But Katharine is hiding another secret in her heart, a deeply held faith that could see her burn...KATHARINE PARR. HENRY S FINAL QUEEN. HER STORY.Renowned, bestselling historian Alison Weir reveals a warm, clever woman of great fortitude who rose boldly to every turn her life took. Katharine Parr deserves better than to be known just as Henry VIII s sixth wife - the one who survived. And there s no-one better placed than Alison Weir to restore her to her rightful place SARAH GRISTWOOD The conversations are sparkling, gripping and word-perfect. As King Henry ages, the machinations of his vicious court are never far away HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY For the first time I felt as though, thanks to Alison s skilful writing and storytelling, I came to know Katharine NICOLA TALLIS A tour de force. If you think you know everything about Henry VIII s last queen, you re in for a wonderful treat - you don t! SUSAN RONALD An absorbing and fascinating read, meticulously researched as is always the case with Alison s work, and she really made Katharine live SARAH RAYNE---PRAISE FOR THE SIX TUDOR QUEENS SERIES: Weir is excellent on the little details that bring a world to life Guardian Profoundly moving... lingers long after the last page Elizabeth Fremantle Well researched and engrossing Good Housekeeping Utterly gripping and endlessly surprising Tracy Borman Hugely enjoyable . . . Alison Weir knows her subject and has a knack for the telling and textural detail Daily Mail

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The most complete and penetrating biography of the rock master, whose stature grows every year. Since his death ten years ago, Lou Reed s living presence has only grown. The great rock-poet presided over the marriage of Brill Building pop and the European avant-garde, and left American culture transfigured.In Lou Reed: The King of New York, Will Hermes offers the definitive narrative of Reed s life and legacy, dramatizing his long, brilliant, and contentious dialogue with fans, critics, fellow artists, and assorted habitués of the demimonde. We witness Reed s complex partnerships with David Bowie, Andy Warhol, John Cale, and Laurie Anderson; track the deadpan wit, street-smart edge, and poetic flights that defined his craft as a singer and songwriter with the Velvet Underground and beyond; and explore the artistic ambition and gift for self-sabotage he took from his mentor Delmore Schwartz. As Hermes follows Reed from Lower East Side cold-water flats to the landmark status he later achieved, he also tells the story of New York City as a cultural capital.The first biographer to draw on the New York Public Library s much-publicized Reed archive, Hermes employs the library collections, the release of previously unheard recordings, and a wealth of recent interviews to give us a new Lou Reed-a pioneer in living and writing about nonbinary sexuality and gender identity, a committed artist who pursued beauty and noise with equal fervor, and a turbulent and sometimes truculent man whose emotional imprint endures.

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Getting to know her new friendâ ™s secrets is becoming a dangerous obsession in a twisting novel of psychological suspense by Washington Post bestselling author Minka Kent. What are friends for?Wallflower Cate Cabot has always been content to keep the world at armâ ™s length, particularly from behind the register at the upscale Floridian boutique where sheâ ™s worked for the last nine years. Her days are filled with old-moneyed locals and nouveau-riche tourists, most of them paying her no mind as she rings up their lavish hauls. Until Odessa DuVernay. At first glance, Odessa is just another picture-perfect Palm Shores trophy wifeâ ”until she proves herself personable, humble, and unassuming. She even goes so far as to take a genuine interest in Cate, inviting her for lunch dates, matinees, and girl talkâ ”a refreshing change of pace for the woman who never quite mastered the art of making (and keeping) friends. But what begins as an unlikely friendship detours into the unthinkable when Odessa leaves Cate a panicked voicemail asking to meetâ ”and then ghosts her. And worse, when Cate attempts to find her, itâ ™s as if the enigmatic Mrs. DuVernay never existed at all. Consumed, Cate refuses to stop searching. But the truth wonâ ™t come easy. In fact, it could cost her everything. Revised edition: Previously published as The Trophy Wife by Sunday Tomassetti, this edition of The Trophy Wife includes editorial revisions and a new ending.

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The complete and comprehensive way to support your studies and assessments in 2021 and exams in 2022. Get straight to the heart of the text with crystal-clear notes, focused analysis and expert summaries. Quickly demystify historical contexts and get to grips with the text s form, language and structure. Efficiently unpick plots, contexts and themes and sharpen your memory of key facts, quotations and characters. Power up your essay-writing skills, learn how to write top-grade answers and feel fully ready and equipped to excel in any test or assessment. York Notes are the long-established experts in English Literature, and we take your success seriously. So whether you re studying The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare for GCSE at home, online or in the classroom, York Notes is your best bet for the best grades. Packed with more powerful features than any other guide, this essential The Merchant of Venice study companion is easy to use, brimming with essential info and will quickly become your go-to buddy as you navigate your GCSE course, build your confidence, stay motivated and get ready to impress in any test, assessment or exam. To make sure you feel really ready for the unique challenges of assessment and to get the grades you know you deserve, why not use this Study Guide with the York Notes Workbook for The Merchant of Venice? Just search for 9781292236810.

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Kniha - autor Colson Whitehead, 158 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná In a dazzlingly original work of non-fiction, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad recreates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. Here is a literary love song that will entrance anyone who has lived in - or spent time - in the greatest of American cities. A masterful evocation of the city that never sleeps, The Colossus of New York captures the city's inner and outer landscapes in a series of vignettes, meditations, and personal memories. Colson Whitehead conveys with almost uncanny immediacy the feelings and thoughts of longtime residents and of newcomers who dream of making it their home; of those who have conquered its challenges; and of those who struggle against its cruelties. Whitehead's style is as multilayered and multifarious as New York itself: Switching from third person, to first person, to second person, he...

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Candles are lit and their rich vanilla scent twists its way through the cabin. The table is set for a romantic anniversary dinner with fresh roses dropping crimson petals on crisp white linen. But the woman seated at the table is cold to the touch, and there’s blood trickling down her neck… When Denton’s most loved TV presenter returns home to find his wife dead at the dining table, it shatters the close-knit community. Beautiful and absolutely besotted with each other, Beau and Claudia Collins were idolized for being the perfect couple. But the devastating scene Detective Josie Quinn finds in their remote hideaway has her asking what dark secrets lurk beneath the surface of this seemingly flawless marriage? Beau is grief-stricken by the loss of his kind-hearted wife who gave so much to others as a therapist, but Josie needs to know the significance of the small wooden puzzle box found clutched in Claudia’s hand. A prop in a popular game Beau played with his viewers to test the strength of their relationships, is it a twisted calling card, or a challenge from the killer? The broken body of one of Beau and Claudia’s assistants is found the next day, a matching little box left in the dirt beside her. It’s clear that if Beau doesn’t start telling the truth about the flaws in his marriage, those dearest to him will die. Caught in a cat and mouse chase with disturbing revelations and a mounting body count at every turn, Josie and her team work night and day to keep Beau’s loved ones safe. What kind of calculating monster would do this? A faded newspaper article about a tragic accident is the break Josie desperately needs. But she may already be too late, an innocent child is in danger…

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And just like that, like a simpleneighbourhood event, a miracle istaking place. If I have any secret stash of poems, anywhere, it might be about love, not anger, Mary Oliver once said in an interview. Finally, in Felicity, we can immerse ourselves in Oliver s love poems. Here, great happiness abounds. Our most delicate chronicler of physical landscape, Oliver has described her work as loving the world. With Felicity she examines what it means to love another person. She opens our eyes again to the territory within our own hearts; to the wild and to the quiet. In these poems, she describes - with joy - the strangeness and wonder of human connection.

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This charming, lift-the-flap board book helps children learn about numbers with simple puzzles to solve on every page. . Children can count the flamingos, zebras and monkeys at the zoo, find the cows on the farm, match rockets in space to their home planets and more - and lift the flaps to discover the answers.

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*Don t miss the latest books from Karin Slaughter, AFTER THAT NIGHT and THIS IS WHY WE LIED, available to order now*The gripping No. 1 Sunday Times crime thrillerWatch Will Trent on Disney+!He watches.A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but sheâ ™s wrong. A predator is stalking the women of Grant County. He lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim.He waits.A decade later, the case has been closed. The killer is behind bars. But then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the MO is identical.He takes.Although the original trail has gone cold â “ memories have faded, witnesses have disappeared â “ agent Will Trent and forensic pathologist Sara Linton must re-open the cold case. But the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wifeâ ¦.Praise for the Number One bestselling author:â ˜Passion, intensity, and humanityâ ™ Lee Childâ ˜Iâ ™d follow her anywhereâ ™ Gillian Flynnâ ˜One of the boldest thriller writers working todayâ ™ Tess Gerritsenâ ˜Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalledâ ™ Michael Connellyâ ˜A writer of extraordinary talentsâ ™ Kathy Reichsâ ˜Fiction doesn t get any better than thisâ ™ Jeffery Deaverâ ˜A great writer at the peak of her powersâ ™ Peter James Karin Slaughter has â “ by far â “ the best name of all of us mystery novelists James Pattersonâ ˜With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the lastâ ™ Camilla Lackbergâ ˜Itâ ™s big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody â “ like a perfectly cooked steakâ ™ Stuart MacBride*The Silent Wife was a No.1 bestseller w/c 20/6/20

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You #39;ve got everything she wants ... Newly married Natasha has the perfect house, a loving husband and a beautiful little girl called Emily. She #39;d have it all if it wasn #39;t for Jen, her husband #39;s ex-wife who just won #39;t leave them alone ... Then Natasha returns home one day to find her husband and Emily gone without trace. Desperate to get her daughter back, Natasha will do anything - even if it means accepting an offer of help from Jen.But can she trust her? And do either of them really know the man they married?If you loved The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl or The Couple Next Door then this dark, twisting psychological thriller from Amazon chart bestseller Jess Ryder is guaranteed to have you gripped.What readers are saying about The Ex-Wife: #39;OH BOY, Jess Ryder definitely knows how to mess with your head... Riveting, enthralling... had me hooked... I absolutely loved this gripping story of deceit, manipulation, relashionships and forgiveness...definitely worth more than five stars... #39; Nicki #39;s Life of Crime, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #39;This book is AMAZING, kept me on my seat the whole time, I could not put it down. The plot was intense... kept me guessing who was telling the truth. I loved it. #39; Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #39;One major rollercoaster of a story!... Chilling... captivating... My gob was well and truly smacked! This book is definitely one that you need to read right to the last word!... Fantastic... Intense... the tension was electrifying and the writing was brilliant! You have to read this book! #39; Stardust Book Reviews, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #39;Wow this is a stonker of a book. Gripped me... even made my bath water go cold in a desperate attempt to finish it. Fantastic characters and a plot that takes hold and doesn #39;t let go. This is going in my top reads! #39; Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #39;A ton of twists in this novel!... The ending. WHEW!... It blows your mind! If you like Girl on the Train, you will surely enjoy this. I would totally read this one again. #39; Live, Read, and Prosper, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #39;Had me hooked... an excellent thriller... there are A LOT of things you don #39;t see coming... I could not consume the words fast enough, the end of every chapter had me wanting more! #39; Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #39;I knew this book would be full of twists. But I didn #39;t know how full of twists it would be... Brilliantly written and the twisty plot is compelling. #39; The Bandwagon, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #39;My first Jess Ryder book and it won #39;t be my last!... What a fantastic read... So many twists, it kept you guessing... The ending was brilliant... I was completely floored... A perfect thriller in my book! #39; Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #39;Absolutely loved this book!... Really drew me in and I couldn #39;t put it down... Can #39;t wait to read more from Jess Ryder. #39; Booking Good Read, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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A page-turner ... I adored it Joanna Lumley An absolute joy to read! Carmel Harrington A heart-warming tale of love, loss and hope Roisin Meaney A fascinating generational saga ... beautifully written Patricia ScanlanOne family. Three generations. And the threads that bind them together ...Ambitious TV producer Penny has always been a planner. She knows exactly what her future looks like - until anunexpected pregnancy forces her to rethink everything, especially her relationship with the baby s father.Penny s mum Val raised her alone and always taught her daughter to be independent. So why is Penny pushing Val away now, when she needs her more than ever?To help heal this rift, Marguerite, Val s recently widowed mother, joins Val in sewing together a keepsake quilt for the baby. But as the quilt takes shape, memories surface, and all three women begin to discover more about each other than they ever could have imagined. As the arrival of their new family member approaches, will they finally realise that maybe they ve been looking for happiness in all the wrong places? Warm, funny and full of heart Claudia Carroll A beautifully crafted story, I loved it Mary Kennedy

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Seriously, amazingly, awesomely brilliant CJ Tudor, author of The Chalk Man A chilling and uniquely disturbing 21st-century twist on the unreliable narrator makes for a compulsive and deeply thought-provoking psychological thriller Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home********** There s something I have to explain, my love, he says, taking your hand in his. That wasn t a dream. It was an upload. Abbie wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. The man by her side explains that he s her husband. He s a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley s most innovative startups. He tells Abbie she s a gifted artist, a doting mother to their young son, and the perfect wife. Five years ago, she suffered a terrible accident. Her return from the abyss is a miracle of science, a breakthrough in artificial intelligence that has taken him half a decade to achieve. But as Abbie pieces together memories of her marriage, she begins questioning her husband s motives - and his version of events. Can she trust him when he says he wants them to be together for ever? And what really happened to her, half a decade ago?A gripping psychological thriller, perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window and The Wife Between Us. **********See what everyone is saying about JP Delaney, the hottest name in psychological thrillers: DAZZLING - Lee Child ADDICTIVE - Daily Express DEVASTATING - Daily Mail INGENIOUS - New York Times COMPULSIVE - Glamour Magazine ELEGANT - Peter James SEXY - Mail on Sunday ENTHRALLING - Woman and Home ORIGINAL - The Times RIVETING - Lisa Gardner CREEPY - Heat SATISFYING - Reader s Digest SUPERIOR - The Bookseller MORE THAN A MATCH FOR PAULA HAWKINS - Sunday Times

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At 30, Laura Doyle, like millions of women, was miserable in her marriage, but she couldn t put her finger on the cause. I was lonely and I was exhausted from trying to do everything myself. When I learned to stop controlling and criticising my husband and practised receiving graciously, something magical happened. The union I had always dreamed of appeared. The man who had wooed me was back, writes Doyle. In THE SURRENDERED WIFE, Laura Doyle presents a radical and controversial approach to relationships: women can enjoy great sex, harmony and the intimacy they crave when they stop controlling their partner. Surrendering, she says, is the simplest principle for a great marriage and thousands of women swear by it. Covering both the emotional and practical aspects of marriage, it teaches women valuable lessons including how to respect the man they married, how to resist the temptation to bicker and how to trust their man. But most importantly, it shows how you can fall in love with your man all over again. With marriages and relationships fast becoming the first casualty of modern life, THE SURRENDERED WIFE could be the key to happy ever after .

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Everyone wants to know: How does Dominique do it?Dominique Ansel is the creator of the Cronut pastry, the croissant-doughnut hybrid that has taken the world by storm. But he s no one-hit wonder. Classically trained in Paris, leader of a three-Michelin-starred pastry kitchen in New York and now the proprietor of New York s highest-rated bakery, Dominique has become a modern-day Willy Wonka: the creator of wildly innovative, extraordinarily delicious and unbelievably popular desserts.Presented here are some of Dominique s most coveted recipes, organised by skill level and catering to both amateur and professional bakers. Beginners can conquer the Chocolate Pecan Cookies with the molten chocolate centre; more experienced bakers will learn the secrets to the exquisite caramelised crust of this Cannel de Bordeaux; and the most adventurous will tackle The At-Home Cronut. In this, his first cookbook, Dominique reveals not only the secrets to his hit desserts but he describes the stories of inspiration behind each of them. The most important element in any dish is not a particular brand of chocolate or a type of salt but rather the spark of imagination.At heart, Dominique Ansel is a book about innovation: how a cook can transform flour, sugar and butter into memories that last a lifetime; and how anyone, from any field, can try to add a little magic to their work.

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Both gripping and scarily plausible, from the first page to its chilling conclusion, The Cover Wife is a book that demands to be read Kevin Wignall, author of A Death in Sweden The latest sophisticated, suspenseful, and intensely human spy thriller from master of the genre Dan Fesperman transports the reader to Paris and Hamburg, and deep into the conspiracy behind the 9/11 attacks. Paris, October 1999. CIA agent Claire Saylor s career has stalled, thanks to unorthodox behaviour in her past. So when she s told she ll be going undercover in Hamburg to pose as the wife of an academic who has published a controversial interpretation of the Quran s promise to martyrs, she assumes the job is a punishment. But when she discovers her team leader is Paul Bridger, another Agency maverick, she realizes there may be more to this mission than meets the eye and not just for professional reasons. Meanwhile, Mahmoud, a recent Moroccan e migre in Hamburg, has become involved with a group of radicals at his local mosque. The deeper he s drawn into the group, the more he is torn between his obligations to them and his feelings toward a beautiful westernized Muslim woman. As Claire learns the truth about her mission, and Mahmoud grows closer to the radicals, their paths are on a collision course that could have disastrous repercussions far beyond the CIA.

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â ˜The story is juicy, the detail about Lagos life is rich - I gobbled it all upâ ™ PANDORA SYKES, Books and Bits I was hooked right through to the shocking end BERNARDINE EVARISTO An excellent read GUARDIAN Big Little Lies meets The White Lotus GOOD MORNING AMERICA Beautifully written, immersive, thought-provoking MARIAN KEYES A gripping mystery, a portrait of an exhilarating but perilous city and a nuanced examination of clashing cultures FINANCIAL TIMES Obsessed KERRY WASHINGTON A shimmering success DIANA EVANSTHE PERFECT WIFE. THE PERFECT MURDER.Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of Lagos and a glamorous group of friends. She left London and a troubled family past behind to become part of a community of expat wives.But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her so-called perfect life start to show. As the investigation turns up nothing but dead ends, her aunt Claudine flies to Nigeria to take matters into her own hands. As she digs into her niece s life, she uncovers a hidden truth. But the more she finds out about Nicole, the more Claudine s own buried history threatens to come to light.

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â ˜The story is juicy, the detail about Lagos life is rich - I gobbled it all upâ ™ PANDORA SYKES, Books and Bits I was hooked right through to the shocking end BERNARDINE EVARISTO An excellent read GUARDIAN Big Little Lies meets The White Lotus GOOD MORNING AMERICA Beautifully written, immersive, thought-provoking MARIAN KEYES A gripping mystery, a portrait of an exhilarating but perilous city and a nuanced examination of clashing cultures FINANCIAL TIMES Obsessed KERRY WASHINGTON A shimmering success DIANA EVANSTHE PERFECT WIFE. THE PERFECT MURDER.Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of Lagos and a glamorous group of friends. She left London and a troubled family past behind to become part of a community of expat wives.But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her so-called perfect life start to show. As the investigation turns up nothing but dead ends, her aunt Claudine flies to Nigeria to take matters into her own hands. As she digs into her niece s life, she uncovers a hidden truth. But the more she finds out about Nicole, the more Claudine s own buried history threatens to come to light.

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A terrific read, and a whip smart narrative that holds you from page to page. Anna SmithShe⠙s got her man. But does she know what he⠙s hiding?Young, feisty, and beautiful, heads turn wherever Danica Campbell goes, even if she only has eyes for her fiancé, Ricky Fyfe. He might be thirty years older than her, but his job as a big-time club owner in Glasgow means he can afford to give Danica the life she deserves.Danica knows he has a history ⠓ after all, his adult daughter Teigan works at the club ⠓ and she knows that Teigan⠙s mum, Elle, disappeared decades ago. It doesn⠙t matter, because Danica knows that Ricky will do anything for her.Until the day that a woman walks into their lives ⠓ and everything that Danica knew about Ricky falls to pieces. Faced with the reality of Ricky⠙s past, Danica⠙s got some hard truths to swallow. But what Ricky doesn⠙t know that Danica might just be keeping some secrets of her own ⠓ and when he discovers them, their happy ever after might just come to a shocking end⠦An absolutely unputdownable Scottish crime thriller that fans of Lynda LaPlante and Kimberley Chambers will love.Praise for The Second Wife: A phenomenal, brilliantly crafted belter of a read from start to finish, I couldn⠙t turn the pages fast enough. A shining five stars! A.A. Chaudhuri Strong women, complex relationships and an ultra-twisty plot...A gripping page-turner, it will hook you from the start and leave you thirsting for revenge. Heather CritchlowPraise for Alex Kane:⠘Wow wow wow absolutely loved it from start to finish, what a book⠦I couldn⠙t put it down, simply outstanding.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘All the characters are sublime, even the bad guys⠦ A real roller coaster of a book.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘Seriously fast paced and gritty from the very start.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘An absolute belter. I couldn t put it down. So many twists and turns. The writing was amazing.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘A fast-paced thriller by a top author - it doesn⠙t disappoint.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘I read this book in one night and all I have is 3 words. Oh my god.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘This is a phenomenal read⠦perfectly written and paced. You absolutely cannot predict this one.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘Wow!⠦This one⠙s a roller coaster ride through scary worlds, with an unexpected conclusion. Highly recommend!⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘A dynamic read, full of twists and edge-of-your-seat chapters. An ending you won⠙t see coming!⠦ Big five stars from me.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘I loved everything about this story; will send chills through your body⠦Absolutely fabulous.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

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