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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHYWINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2016 The Return is at once a universal and an intensely personal tale. It is an exquisite meditation on how history and politics can bear down on an individual life. And yet Hisham Matar s memoir isn t just about the burden of the past, but the consolation of love, literature and art. It is the story of what it is to be human.Hisham Matar was nineteen when his father was kidnapped and taken to prison in Libya. He would never see him again. Twenty-two years later, the fall of Gaddafi meant he was finally able to return to his homeland. In this moving memoir, the author takes us on an illuminating journey, both physical and psychological; a journey to find his father and rediscover his country. A beautifully-written memoir that skillfully balances a graceful guide through Libya s recent history with the author s dogged quest to find his father Barack ObamaHisham Matar s new novel My Friends is available now!

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In Egypt, Nuri, a teenage boy, falls in love with Mona - the woman his father will marry. Consumed with longing, Nuri wants to get his father out of the way - to take his place in Mona s heart. But when his father disappears, Nuri regrets what he wished for. Alone, he and Mona search desperately for the man they both love. Only for Nuri to discover a silence he cannot break and unimaginable secrets his father never wanted him to know.Hisham Matar s new novel My Friends is available for pre-order now!

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FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR Sparkles with brilliant observations on art and architecture, friendship and loss Guardian Everybody should get to spend a month with Mr. Matar, looking at paintings Zadie Smith, Wall Street Journal, Books of the Year_______________________________________________Matar was nineteen years old when his father was kidnapped. In the year following he found himself turning to art, particularly the great paintings of the Sienese School. They became a refuge and a way to think about the world outside the urgencies of the present.A quarter of a century later, having found no trace of his father, Matar finally visits the birthplace of those paintings. A Month in Siena is the encounter between the writer and the city. It is an immersion in painting, a consideration of love, grief and a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and life. _______________________________________________ A dazzling exploration of art s impact on his life and writing, and a moving contemplation of grief Financial Times I can think of no better expression of the humane than this economical, modest, yet altogether breathtaking book New Statesman, Books of the Year Bewitching, intensely moving The Economist, Books of the Year

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FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTIONNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PROSE PRIZE 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024FROM THE PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF THE RETURN A brilliant novel about innocence and experience, about friendship, family and exile COLM TOIBINKhaled and Mustafa meet at university in Edinburgh: two Libyan eighteen-year-olds expecting to return home after their studies. In a moment of recklessness and courage, they travel to London to join a demonstration in front of the Libyan embassy. When government officials open fire on protestors in broad daylight, both friends are wounded, and their lives forever changed.Over the years that follow, Khaled, Mustafa and their friend Hosam, a writer, are bound together by their shared history. If friendship is a space to inhabit, theirs becomes small and inhospitable when a revolution in Libya forces them to choose between the lives they have created in London and the lives they left behind. The first Booker contender of 2024 . . . a deeply touching, beautifully composed book Sunday Times It is impossible to describe the profound depth and beauty of this book MAAZA MENGISTE, author of THE SHADOW KING My Friends is both a complex and unsentimental meditation on what friendship means and a searingly moving exploration of how exile impacts those who are forced to live in this state of loss. It is a book that we loved for its spareness of language and its deeply affecting storytelling.â ™ Booker Prize Judges 2024

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FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTIONNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER FOR FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024FROM THE PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF THE RETURN A brilliant novel about innocence and experience, about friendship, family and exile COLM TOIBINKhaled and Mustafa meet at university in Edinburgh: two Libyan eighteen-year-olds expecting to return home after their studies. In a moment of recklessness and courage, they travel to London to join a demonstration in front of the Libyan embassy. When government officials open fire on protestors in broad daylight, both friends are wounded, and their lives forever changed.Over the years that follow, Khaled, Mustafa and their friend Hosam, a writer, are bound together by their shared history. If friendship is a space to inhabit, theirs becomes small and inhospitable when a revolution in Libya forces them to choose between the lives they have created in London and the lives they left behind. The first Booker contender of 2024 . . . a deeply touching, beautifully composed book Sunday Times It is impossible to describe the profound depth and beauty of this book MAAZA MENGISTE, author of THE SHADOW KING My Friends is both a complex and unsentimental meditation on what friendship means and a searingly moving exploration of how exile impacts those who are forced to live in this state of loss. It is a book that we loved for its spareness of language and its deeply affecting storytelling.â ™ Booker Prize Judges 2024

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Her best friend disappeared. A stranger came back.SEX AND THE CITY MEETS STEPHEN KING S THE SHINING IN THIS CHILLING DEBUT Julie is missing, and no one believes she will ever return-except Elise. Elise knows Julie better than anyone. She feels it in her bones that her best friend is out there and that one day Julie will come back.She s right. Two years to the day that Julie went missing, she reappears with no memory of where she s been or what happened to her.Along with Molly and Mae, their two close friends from college, the women decide to reunite at a remote inn. But the second Elise sees Julie, she knows something is wrong-she s emaciated, with sallow skin and odd appetites. And as the weekend unfurls, it becomes impossible to deny that the Julie who vanished two years ago is not the same Julie who came back. But then who-or what-is she?An eerie storm of a debut that fuses thriller and horror into a brilliant depiction of women s friendships - the rivalries, jealousies, anxieties and love.Praise for THE RETURN The Return expertly treads the fine line between thriller and horror. It s as deliciously creepy as opening up a box of candy-coated spiders-and eating them all in one sitting Christina Dalcher, bestselling author of Vox Combining suspense and horror with razor-sharp insights into the nature of female friendships, Rachel Harrison s The Return is a creepy, nerve-wracking, page-turning addition to the emerging field of horror thrillers Alma Katsu, award-winning author of The Hunger The Return is moving and terrifying in equal measure. A brilliant rumination on friendship, pain, and the myriad of unsuccessful ways we all try to run from our past and fill the holes in our hearts. Harrison s keen prose won t let you go. Be warned, you ll double check the locks on your doors before you try to sleep Mallory O Meara, author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon By turns scary and funny, horrifying and real, The Return is impossible to put down. It takes an honest, scathing look at female friendship while at the same time pulling the reader into a perfect nightmare of a story Simone St. James, bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel The Return is supernatural horror at its very best! Sharp dialogue, complex relationships and mind-bending action will have readers locking their doors and checking under their beds. Rachel Harrison has reinvented this genre and will surely be hailed as a pioneer among her peers Wendy Walker, bestselling author of The Night Before Hair-raising horror and pure entertainment in Harrison s compulsively readable debut . . . The tension and nuance of Harrison s complicated female friendships add depth to an already delicious, chilling debut Publishers Weekly Fusing horror and thriller together, it s an unsettling tale of rivalry, envy, fear, friendship and love Culturefly s Books of 2020

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Paul Krugman, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in economics, shows how today s crisis parallels the events that caused the Great Depression - and explains what it will take to avoid catastrophe.In 1999, in The Return of Depression Economics, Paul Krugman surveyed the economic crises that had swept across Asia and Latin America, and warned that those crises were a warning for all of us: like diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, the economic maladies that caused the Great Depression were making a comeback.In the years that followed, as Wall Street boomed and financial wheeler-dealers made vast profits, the international crises of the 1990s faded from memory. But now depression economics has come to America: when the great housing bubble of the mid-2000s burst, the U.S. financial system proved as vulnerable as those of developing countries caught up in earlier crises - and a replay of the 1930s seems all too possible. In this new, greatly updated edition of The Return of Depression Economics, Krugman shows how the failure of regulation to keep pace with an increasingly out-of-control financial system set the United States, and the world as a whole, up for the greatest financial crisis since the 1930s. He also lays out the steps that must be taken to contain the crisis, and turn around a world economy sliding into a deep recession. Brilliantly crafted in Krugman s trademark style-lucid, lively, and supremely informed - this new edition of The Return of Depression Economics will become an instant cornerstone of the debate over how to respond to the crisis.

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The Return of Agnes Przemyslide was written by Josef Tomáš between 1996 and 1999, in Melbourne, Australia, under the influence of one of his visits to Prague, where-as he himself has implied-the sight of the city evoked in him its still-living historical continuity with all the horrors and beauties of its past. The canonization of Agnes Przemyslide, also called Agnes of Bohemia, which had occurred a few years earlier (on 12 November 1989), may have served as an additional impulse towards the book s creation. The dual storyline of The Return of Agnes Przemyslide-if it is possible, in this poetic allegory, to talk about a storyline-concerns a man, and a woman who has come from abroad at the man‘s invitation. Together they walk through Prague. They are human beings of the present, but it is as if they were at the same time the Czech king Wenceslaus I and his sister Agnes, meeting each other again after many centuries. As is well known, the relationship between Agnes and Wenceslaus was very warm and Agnes was often a mentor to her brother. The man and the woman are visiting, in Prague, those places that are somehow associated with Agnes, and the woman is constantly trying to find any evidence that she, in the distant past, was indeed Agnes. She is also seeking an answer to the question of why she has returned. Was it really because she had to come back to what she loved more than anything else?

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Charts the long history of resentment, from its emergence to its establishment as the word of the moment.  The term ⠜resentment,⠝ often casually paired with words like ⠜hatred,⠝ ⠜rage,⠝ and ⠜fear,⠝ has dominated US news analysis since November 2016. Despite its increased use, this word seems to defy easy categorization. Does ⠜resentment⠝ describe many interlocking sentiments, or is it just another way of saying ⠜anger⠝? Does it suggest an irrational grievance, as opposed to a legitimate callout of injustice? Does it imply political leanings, or is it nonpartisan by nature?  In The Return of Resentment, Robert A. Schneider explores these questions and more, moving from eighteenth-century Britain to the aftermath of the French Revolution to social movements throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of writers, thinkers, and historical experiences, Schneider illustrates how resentment has morphed across time, coming to express a collective sentiment felt by people and movements across the political spectrum. In this history, we discover resentment⠙s modernity and its ambiguity⠔how it can be used to dismiss legitimate critique and explain away violence, but also convey a moral stance that demands recognition. Schneider anatomizes the many ways resentment has been used to label present-day movements, from followers of Trump and supporters of Brexit to radical Islamicists and proponents of identity politics. Addressing our contemporary political situation in a novel way, The Return of Resentment challenges us to think critically about the roles different emotions play in politics.

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A beautiful book, story, piece of history. From the haunting tones of the flamenco to a country ravaged by fanaticism. Hardly a day goes past since finishing this book that I don t think about some aspect of it. One of the best books I have read in a long time Real Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Granada s cobbled streets resonate with music and secrets and Sonia Cameron is here to dance. She knows nothing of the city s past. But in a quiet café, a chance conversation and a collection of photographs draws her into the tale of Spain s devastating civil war. Seventy years earlier, the café is home to the Ramírez family, when Franco s army coup shatters the fragile peace and they witness the worst atrocities of conflict. Divided by politics and tragedy, everyone must take a side, as Spain rips itself apart.Discover for yourself why 10 million readers and critics worldwide love Victoria Hislop s books . . . The Return aims to open the eyes and tug the heartstrings . . . Hislop deserves a medal for opening a breach into the holiday beach bag The Independent The Return should be required holiday reading for anyone going to Spain Daily Mail Executed with verve and sensitivity Sunday Telegraph A gripping read Woman Home Dramatic and immediate . . . keeps you reading at breakneck speed right to the end Sunday Express A powerful read Real Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Victoria Hislop spins the emotional tale of one family and the horrors the war caused to them, and other families . . . a great story of hope, determination and love Real Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A vivid story . . . interwoven with history and human resilience and determination Real Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A wonderfully evocative tale of life before, during and after the Spanish Civil War . . . Fantastic Real Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐*Victoria Hislop s most recent novel, THE FIGURINE, is out now.*

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A 2024 Book of the Year pick in The Spectator, The Times Literary Supplement and blogs by Mark Avery and Stephen MossThe Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary story of how wildlife is restored to the Arundel Estate in West Sussex. Prompted by the collapse in numbers of one species, the grey partridge of the title, the managers of the estate woke up to the devastating effect modern farming methods were having on wildlife.Following the estate through the seasons of one year, the book shows how the farm of Peppering is gradually renatured: fields are divided up with hedgerows and trees, beetle banks are built across fields, the land is manured rather than fed with artificial fertilisers, and much of it is returned to pasture. Detailed descriptions of nature give a sense of this large estate coming back to life - still very much farmland, but with a rapid increase in wildlife and biodiversity. And the partridges return.Written in collaboration with the Duke of Norfolk, owner of the Arundel Estate, this moving and hopeful account shows how modern farming can work in partnership with nature to restore not only birdlife but to benefit the whole ecosystem.

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In this Church Times Top 100 Best Christian Book , a chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandtâ ™s painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, catapulted Henri Nouwen into a long spiritual adventure. He shares the deeply personal meditation that led him to discover the place within which God has chosen to dwell.In seizing the inspiraton that came to him through Rembrandtâ ™s depiction of the powerful Gospel story, Nouwen probes the several movements of the parable: the younger sonâ ™s return, the fatherâ ™s resoration of sonship, the elder sonâ ™s vengefulness, and the fatherâ ™s compassion. In his reflection on Rembrandt in light of his own life journey, the author evokes the powerful drama of the parable in a rich, captivating way.The themes of homecoming, affirmation, and reconciliation will be newly discovered by all who have known loneliness, dejection, jealousy, or anger. The challenge to love as the father and be loved as the son is represented with new freshness and vigour for our times.

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Stunning, not only on account of the author s talent, of which there is clearly plenty, but also in its humanity New York Times Book ReviewA spellbinding debut set in Pakistan during the anarchic late 60s - a multi-layered tale of family, identity and the politics of power in a caste-ridden society. As riots erupt on the streets of Lahore, Inspector Faraz returns to his birthplace, the red-light district in the ancient walled city where women still pass on the profession of courtesan to their daughters. Plucked from it as a small boy by his influential father, Faraz has kept his roots well hidden. Now his father has sent him back: to cover up the murder of a young courtesan. It should be a simple task in the marginalised community, but Faraz finds himself unable to obey orders or to resist searching for the mother and sister he left behind. Chasing down the walled city s labyrinthine alleys for answers that risk shattering his carefully constructed existence, he is unaware that his sister faces having to return too, and to a life she thought she had escaped. As riveting as it is thought-provoking, as profoundly intimate as it is wide in scope, The Return of Faraz Ali poses a timeless question: whom do we choose to protect, and at what price?

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Everyone has gone away... We too should no longer be here.Luanda, 1975. The Angolan War of Independence has been raging for at least a decade, but with the collapse of the Salazar dictatorship, defeat for the Portuguese is now in sight. Thousands of settlers are fleeing back to Portugal to escape the brutality of the Angolan rebels.Rui is fifteen years old. He has lived in Luanda all his life and has never even visited the far-away homeland - although he has heard many stories. But now his family are finally accepting that they too must return, and Rui is filled with a mixture of excitement and dread at the prospect. But just as they are leaving for the airport, his father is taken away by the rebels, and the family must leave without him.Not knowing if the father is alive or dead - or if they will ever find out what has become of him, Rui, his mother and sister try to rebuild their lives in their new home. This turns out to be a five star hotel in a quiet, seaside suburb of Lisbon, where returnee families are crammed into luxurious rooms by the dozen. These palatial surroundings are a cruel contrast with the reality of returnee life. The hotel becomes a curious form of purgatory as the families wait to discover what will become of them - ever conscious of the fact that they are hardly welcome back in their homeland. Rui has his own personal struggle with his new life: growing up, dropping out of school, facing discrimination, and the ever-present worry over his mother s deteriorating health and his father s fate.And then one night Rui s father returns from the dead.Translated from the Portuguese by Ángel Gurría-Quintana

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From the dark days of slavery to today s fight for equality, this compelling book uncovers the relentless struggle of African Americans against systemic white supremacy, a legacy embedded in the very foundation of the country. Professor Vincent Adejumo takes readers on a fascinating journey through time, unraveling the rich history of Black Nationalism and its role as a steadfast defense against white supremacy. He shines a light on the remarkable individuals and leaders who have shaped Black American identity from the 1700s to the present, bringing their stories to life with vivid detail and insightful analysis. Discover a different America through Adejumo s eyes, where the concept of Separate but Equal is reinterpreted and the essence of Blackness is celebrated. This book not only explores the past but also connects it to today s economic and political landscape, revealing the lasting influence of Black Nationalism. Whether you re a history enthusiast or a curious reader, The Return of Black Nationalism and the Death of White Supremacy offers a fresh perspective on American history, uncovering the unsung heroes and unexpected villains who have shaped the nation s journey. This is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the profound impact of Black Nationalism on America s past, present, and future. A compelling foreword by XXXX introduces the book. Dozens of historical images complement this important story.

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For the Doctor, this was his first visit to the prince of thieves. ForRobin, it s been a long time coming . . .Robin Hood is disenchanted.Maid Marion has left, the Merry Men have settled down, and the legend of theDoctor has retreated deep into the shadows of Sherwood Forest.But the Doctoris back! (Although this is his first visit - time travel does strange things toa story.) The poor are fed, and the gang are together again.That isuntil a desperate King John calls on the deadliest alien force at thenobilities disposal: the mysterious, shape-shifting Mother Maudlin .Asdark magic is spun, heroes are captured, and the Doctor must find a way to savethe Kingdom.It s time for the return of the Lionheart . . .

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#39;Characters you #39;ll come to love and a story that keeps you turning the page. #39; Rosie Goodwin . #39; Rosie GoodwinThe fourth book in a dramatic and moving World War II saga series of family, secrets and lies. Perfect for readers of Ellie Dean and Annie Groves and for fans of the Home Fires series.All is not well at Castle #39;s Café. Since the fatal shooting, customers have been staying away, and now Nellie finds herself in debt to the sinister Terence Carter. But when a deadly attack strikes close to home, these troubles pale into insignificance.Meanwhile, Jimmy Castle #39;s relationship with family friend Reenie Turner has deepened, and in the aftermath of the attack that could so easily have killed them, they decide to get married.But the return of an old friend threatens to expose a long-held secret, leaving the wedding teetering on the brink of disaster . . .Don #39;t miss the next book in the brilliant Dover Cafe series, The Dover Cafe on Trial. And the first four books in the series, The Dover Cafe at War, The Dover Cafe on the Front Line and The Dover Cafe Under Fire. Available now.

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Alex Cross is a legend HARLAN COBENDiscover the next book in the globally bestselling Alex Cross series... now the inspiration for the original series CROSS on Prime Video starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross.________________Alex Cross thought serial killer Gary Soneji was dead and buried.But when a hidden cabin reveals a stash of gruesome trophies and diaries, Cross realises the Spider s evil influence has spread wider than he ever thought possible.The chilling truth soon becomes clear: Cross imprisoned the wrong man.As he studies the clues, Cross becomes enmeshed in a web of evil designed to ensnare him all along.Now he must retrace the steps of a long-ago investigation and faceâ ¦the Return of the Spider.________________PRAISE FOR THE ALEX CROSS SERIES Patterson never, and I mean never, disappoints USA TODAY Behind all the noise and the numbers, we shouldn t forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it LEE CHILD Alex Cross ... only gets better and better LISA SCOTTOLINE I wrote, Along Came a Spider is the best thriller I ve come across in many a year. It deserves to be this season s no. 1 bestseller and should instantly make James Patterson a household name. A household name, indeed NELSON DEMILLE [Alex Cross] has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages DOUGLAS PRESTON AND LINCOLN CHILD

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Alex Cross is a legend HARLAN COBENDiscover the next book in the globally bestselling Alex Cross series... now the inspiration for the original series CROSS on Prime Video starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross.________________Alex Cross thought serial killer Gary Soneji was dead and buried.But when a hidden cabin reveals a stash of gruesome trophies and diaries, Cross realises the Spider s evil influence has spread wider than he ever thought possible.The chilling truth soon becomes clear: Cross imprisoned the wrong man.As he studies the clues, Cross becomes enmeshed in a web of evil designed to ensnare him all along.Now he must retrace the steps of a long-ago investigation and faceâ ¦the Return of the Spider.________________PRAISE FOR THE ALEX CROSS SERIES Patterson never, and I mean never, disappoints USA TODAY Behind all the noise and the numbers, we shouldn t forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it LEE CHILD Alex Cross ... only gets better and better LISA SCOTTOLINE I wrote, Along Came a Spider is the best thriller I ve come across in many a year. It deserves to be this season s no. 1 bestseller and should instantly make James Patterson a household name. A household name, indeed NELSON DEMILLE [Alex Cross] has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages DOUGLAS PRESTON AND LINCOLN CHILD

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Spellbinding . . . Probably her best fiction - Sunday TimesThe soldier returns from the front to the three women who love him. His wife, Kitty, with her cold, moonlight beauty, and his devoted cousin Jenny wait in their exquisite home on the crest of the Harrow-weald. Margaret Allington, his first and long-forgotten love, is nearby in the dreary suburb of Wealdstone. But the soldier is shell-shocked and can only remember the Margaret he loved fifteen years before, when he was a young man and she an inn-keeper s daughter. His cousin he remembers only as a childhood playmate; his wife he remembers not at all. The women have a choice - to leave him where he wishes to be, or to cure him. It is Margaret who reveals a love so great that she can make the final sacrifice.Books included in the VMC 40th anniversary series include: Frost in May by Antonia White; The Collected Stories of Grace Paley; Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault; The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter; The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann; Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith; The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West; Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston; Heartburn by Nora Ephron; The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy; Memento Mori by Muriel Spark; A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor; and Faces in the Water by Janet Frame

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The hero Tungdil Goldhand vanished years ago. Until the gem-carver Goïmron discovers Tungdil #39;s diary . . . and finds that the last entries are terrifyingly recent. Goïmron gathers a small band of trusted companions, and they set off to find Tungdil and save Girdlegard from the mysterious Albae. But the story #39;s only half-over. Brabandor #39;s on the trail of something extraordinary; Rodana is trying to change her fate, and Klaey remains an unknown quantity: his lust for power is unparalleled, and he #39;ll do anything to get it. And the most worrying question of all . . . will their quest, change Goïmron himself? The epic conclusion to the story begun in The Return of the Dwarves Book 1, filled with action, adventure, and a discovery that might change life in Girdlegard for everyone . . . forever.

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After the collapse of Soviet communism, the West convinced itself that liberal democracy would be the dominant system of governance. However, in February 2022, Vladimir Putin proved it is unwise to make such predictions. In the early years of Putinâ ™s presidency, he appeared to commit himself to friendship with the West. But the Putin of those years is unrecognisable today - an autocratic nationalist, dedicated to repression at home and anti-Western militarism abroad. So, what happened? Was he lying when he proclaimed his support for freedom, democracy and friendship with the West? Or, was he sincere? Did he change his views at some stage between then and now? And if that is the case, what happened to change him? Putin and the Return of History examines these questions in the context of Russiaâ ™s thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putinâ ™s politics of aggression: the enduring terror of encirclement by outsiders, the subjugation of the individual to the cause of the state, the collectivist values that allow the sacrifice of human lives in battle, the willingness to lie and deceive, the co-opting of religion and the belief in Great Russiaâ ™s mission to change the world.

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An in-depth analysis that demonstrates how and why there has been a resurgence of nativist logic.It was once thought that liberalism and globalization would consign nativist logics to the fringes of societies and eventually to history. But if it ever left, nativism has well and truly returned, spreading across nations, across the political spectrum, and from the fringes back into the mainstream. In The Return of the Native, Jan Willem Duyvendak, Josip Kesic, and Timothy Stacey explore how nativist logics have infiltrated liberal settings and discourses, primarily in the Netherlands as well as other countries with strong liberal traditions like the US and France. They deconstruct and explain the underlying logic of nativist narratives and show how these narratives are emerging in the discourses of secularism (a religious nativism that problematizes Islam and Muslims), racism (a racial nativism that problematizes black anti-racism), populism (a populist nativism that problematizes elites), and left-wing politics (a left nativism that sees religious, racial, and populist nativists themselves as a threat to national culture). By moving systematically through these key iterations of nativism, the authors show how liberal ideas themselves are becoming tools for claiming that some people do not belong to the nation. A unique analysis of the most fundamental political transformation of our days, this book illuminates the resurgence of the figure of the native, who claims the country at the expense of those perceived as foreign.

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An illuminating look at the world of cleanfluencers that asks why the burden of housework still falls on women. Housework is good for you. Housework sparks joy.Housework is beautiful. Housework is glamorous. Housework is key to a happy family.Housework shows that you care. Housework is women’s work. Social media is flooded with images of the perfect housewife.TikTok and Instagram ‘cleanfluencers’ produce endless photos and videos of women cleaning, tidying and putting things right. Figures such as Marie Kondo and Mrs Hinch have placed housework, with its promise of a life of love and contentment, at the centre of self-care and positive thinking. And yet housework remains one of the world’s most unequal institutions.Women, especially poorer women and women of colour, do most low-paid and unpaid domestic labour. In The return of the housewife, Emma Casey asks why these inequalities matter and why they persist after a century of dramatic advances in women’s rights. She offers a powerful call to challenge the prevailing myths around housework and the ‘naturally competent’ woman homemaker.

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Holmes! I cried. Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?. The one and only Sherlock Holmes is sensationally back from the dead and devoting his life once more to examining the criminal complexities of the capital. Cases of mysterious codes, persecuted millionaires, stalkers, abductions and a meeting with the worst man in London are all attacked with renewed vigour. But Holmes old enemies are watching his every move. Watching, waiting, plottingâ ¦The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of thirteen Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published between 1903-1904 by The Strand Magazine in Britain and Collier s in the United States. The stories were the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes famously appeared to have died.

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A new instalment and standalone adventure charting series protagonist Jack Fletcher s return to pre-civil war England.His quest: to find his missing sister, with the help of some familiar faces...

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Over the last twenty years museums have proliferated, attracting new audiences and assuming new prominence in public life. The Return of Curiosity offers a fresh perspective on museums and what they may now be good for.

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After faking his own death, Sherlock Holmes makes a dramatic return three years later, much to the shock of his loyal friend and biographer, Dr Watson.

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Special unjacketed hardback edition of the final part of J.R.R. Tolkien⠙s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. This edition features the complete story with a unique cover design embellished with silver foil and the iconic maps appearing in red and black as endpapers.The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents.Gandalf returned, miraculously, and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Meanwhile, Sam and Frodo progressed towards Mordor to destroy the Ring, accompanied by Sméagol ⠓ Gollum, still obsessed by his ⠘preciouss⠙. After a battle with the giant spider, Shelob, Sam left his master for dead; but Frodo is still alive ⠓ in the hands of the orcs. And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing.

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Hundreds of cycles have passed in Girdlegard since Tungdil Goldhand vanished. The dwarf Goïmron works as a gem carver in the city of Mallenias Watch. He is particularly fascinated by the old times, the great times of the five dwarf tribes, and so spends his spare time searching the markets for records and artefacts for clues about their proud history. And then Goïmron comes across an extraordinary book. The wealth of detail it contains leaves no doubt that the book must have been written by the heroic Tungdil Goldhand himself. But, impossibly, the last entry seems to be recent. . . When Goïmron sets out in search of the legendary dwarf, he and his troop of companions soon find themselves in the middle of ancient intrigues and brutal power struggles between ruthless humans, mysterious albae - and dragons. Once again, the land of Girdlegard needs the wisdom, humour, fighting spirit and stubbornness of the dwarves. Heroes old and new will accept the challenge . . . but will the dwarves rise again?

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Begin your journey into Middle-earth.A New Legend Begins on Prime Video, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.The third part of J.R.R. Tolkien s epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS.The Dark Lord has risen, and as he unleashes hordes of Orcs to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into his realm in Mordor.To defeat Sauron, the One Ring must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening. The Ring corrupts all who bear it and Frodo s time is running out.Will Sam and Frodo succeed, or will the Dark Lord rule Middle-earth once more?

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Begin your journey into Middle-earth. A New Legend Begins on Prime Video, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The third part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS. The Dark Lord has risen, and as he unleashes hordes of Orcs to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into his realm in Mordor. To defeat Sauron, the One Ring must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening. The Ring corrupts all who bear it and Frodo’s time is running out. Will Sam and Frodo succeed, or will the Dark Lord rule Middle-earth once more?

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Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkienâ ™s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkienâ ™s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring.Impossible to describe in a few words, JRR Tolkienâ ™s great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail. Tolkien created a vast new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal.

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â ¦ once again Mr Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complex life of London so plentifully presents. .Evil masterminds beware! Sherlock Holmes is back! Ten years after his supposed death in the swirling torrent of the Reichenbach Falls locked in the arms of his arch enemy Professor Moriarty, Arthur Conan Doyle agreed to pen further adventures featuring his brilliant detective. In the first story, The Empty House , Holmes returns to Baker Street and his good friend Watson, explaining how he escaped from his watery grave. In creating this collection of tales, Doyle had lost none of cunning or panache, providing Holmes with a sparkling set of mysteries to solve and a challenging set of adversaries to defeat. The potent mixture includes murder, abduction, baffling cryptograms and robbery. We are also introduced to the one of the cruellest villains in the Holmes canon, the despicable Charles Augustus Milverton. As before, Watson is the superb narrator and the magic remains unchanged and undimmed.

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With an Introduction by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex.After Sherlock Holmes apparently fatal encounter with the sinister Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, the great detective reappears, to the delight of the faithful Dr Watson in The Adventures of the Empty House.The stories are illustrated by Sidney Paget, the finest of illustrators, from which our images of Sherlock Holmes and his world derive.This is the second of three volumes of The Complete Sherlock Holmes newly typeset from the original copies of The Strand Magazine The three books present all the Holmes stories in order of first publication.

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Sherlock Holmes is dead. But his nemesis is not.James Moriarty is severely wounded, his organisation has been dismantled and Sherlock Holmes is dead. Fleeing to recover, desperate to rebuild his empire, Moriarty must assume a new identity. Months after Sherlock s death, aspiring doctor Clara Mendel returns to Schloss Alber after a six-year absence. The vast estate, which hangs high upon the cliffs of Bavaria, is home to the noble Alber family. A priceless sword, on which the family s wealth and reputation depends, has been stolen from the grave of the intended heir, Clara s step-father.Lord Alber has placed his trust firmly in his esteemed new friend, a Mr Hugo Strahm, to find the sword and prevent the noble family s ruin. Once they have spent more time together, Clara becomes intrigued by Strahm s formidable intellect: finally she has an equal at Schloss Alber.But Clara isn t naïve. She knows the secrets a great house like Schloss Alber can hide. And as she spends more time in Mr Strahm s company. she begins to suspect him of hiding his true identity. Can she really trust him to find the missing sword?The start of a fiendishly inventive and enjoyable new historical mystery series. Jack Anderson⠙s Moriarty Mystery books see Sherlock Holmes⠙ iconic villain re-invented for a whole new generation of readers.

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Sherlock Holmes is dead. But his nemesis is not.James Moriarty is severely wounded, his organisation has been dismantled and Sherlock Holmes is dead. Fleeing to recover, desperate to rebuild his empire, Moriarty must assume a new identity. Months after Sherlock s death, aspiring doctor Clara Mendel returns to Schloss Alber after a six-year absence. The vast estate, which hangs high upon the cliffs of Bavaria, is home to the noble Alber family. A priceless sword, on which the family s wealth and reputation depends, has been stolen from the grave of the intended heir, Clara s step-father.Lord Alber has placed his trust firmly in his esteemed new friend, a Mr Hugo Strahm, to find the sword and prevent the noble family s ruin. Once they have spent more time together, Clara becomes intrigued by Strahm s formidable intellect: finally she has an equal at Schloss Alber.But Clara isn t naïve. She knows the secrets a great house like Schloss Alber can hide. And as she spends more time in Mr Strahm s company. she begins to suspect him of hiding his true identity. Can she really trust him to find the missing sword?The start of a fiendishly inventive and enjoyable new historical mystery series. Jack Anderson⠙s Moriarty Mystery books see Sherlock Holmes⠙ iconic villain re-invented for a whole new generation of readers.

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Eustacia Vye criss-crosses the wild Egdon Heath, eager to experience life to the full in her quest for music, poetry, passion, war . She marries Clym Yeobright, native of the heath, but his idealism frustrates her romantic ambitions and her discontent draws others into a tangled web of deceit and unhappiness.Early readers responded to Hardy s insatiably observant descriptions of the heath, a setting that for D. H. Lawrence provided the real stuff of tragedy . For modern readers, the tension between the mythic setting of the heath and the modernity of the characters challenges our freedom to shape the world as we wish; like Eustacia, we may not always be able to live our dreams.This edition has a critically established text based on the manuscript and first edition.

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Scarlett has never left the tiny isle of Trisda, pining from afar for the wonder of Caraval, a once-a-year week-long performance where the audience participates in the show. Caraval is Magic. Mystery.Adventure. And for Scarlett and her beloved sister Tella it represents freedom and an escape from their ruthless, abusive father. When the sisters long-awaited invitations to Caraval finally arrive, it seems their dreams have come true.But no sooner have they arrived than Tella vanishes, kidnapped by the show s mastermind organiser, Legend. Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. But nonetheless she quickly becomes enmeshed in a dangerous game of love, magic and heartbreak.And real or not, she must find Tella before the game is over, and her sister disappears forever . . .

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Okay, okay. So slap my teensy little paws. I messed up - big time. Tuffy can t wait for Ellie and the family to go away on holiday. He and the gang plan to ignore the grumpy new cat-sitter, and run wild all night. But could that furry bundle, suddenly flying through the air, put a stop to all the fun?

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After five years in the Summerlands, Gideon has gained his freedom. Elizabeth knows he will go straight for Tegan, and that she must protect the girl she had come to regard as her own daughter. In the time since she the dramatic night in Batchcombe woods, Tegan has traveled the world learning from all manner of witches, and she is no longer the awkward teenager and novice spellcaster she once was. However, her skills are no match for Gideon s dark, vengeful power, and he succeeds in capturing her. Will Elizabeth be able to find her? Will they be able to defeat their nemesis once and for all?In a breathless journey that takes them through history, witch pursues warlock. Three people steeped in magic weave a new story, but not all will survive until the end.

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The Baker Street Classics Sherlock Holmes collection is a retro-inspired full set of Conan Doyle⠙s wonderful tales of the inimitable ⠜consulting detective⠝ at work. Featuring original illustrations from editions of the 1920s, this collection will adorn any booklover⠙s shelf and transport the reader back in time to Holmes⠙s bustling Victorian London; the misty moors of Dartmoor; the dizzying heights of Reichenbach; and the cozy living room of 221b Baker Street.

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Kniha - autor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 556 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná J.R.R. Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labeled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.

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Londonâ ™s criminal underworld has risen once again, and a dangerous individual with an air gun is prowling the streets. The capital is in greater need of its protector Sherlock Holmes than ever. Third volume in the Alma Classics Sherlock Holmes stories, it contains all the stories originally published under this collection.

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Wild passion leads to tragedy as love is perverted by marriage. But the concerns of mortals are belittled by the sombre, immemorial presence of Egdon Heath, perhaps Hardy s finest evocation of his native landscape. The text is accompanied by a critical introduction.

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This ground-breaking anthology includes the work of over 90 writers and translators active in Prague during the two decades following the Velvet Revolution; generously illustrated with archival photos, portraits, film-stills and memorabilia; and complemented by a detailed bibliography of Englishlanguage literary journals, book publications, chapbook series, anthologies...

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A highly useful, inspiring guide for anyone returning to work after a career break, by a world-renowned return to work expert and Chartered Psychologist. A must read. SARAH ELLIS, co-founder of Squiggly Careers Accessible, informative and full of sound advice . JANE GARVEY___________________________________________________Returning to work after a career break can be a daunting prospect. Even though more people than ever are pressing pause on their careers - to care for children or elderly parents, for health reasons, to relocate, or simply to try something new - the roadmap for returning to gainful employment when you re ready is still unclear.Return Journey is the go-to blueprint and source of encouragement for any professional looking to get back to fulfilling work after some time out. It will answer such questions as: how do you regain a sense of professional identity after so long out of the game? Where are the role models to look up to? How should your CV look? How do you tackle the unconscious bias of hirers? How do you handle the emotional turmoil of the first few months? Where do you even start?Julianne Miles MBE, co-founder of Career Returners, lays out a roadmap for the journey. Drawing from case studies based on real-life returners, Miles dives into the challenges of each stage of the return and breaks them down into simple psychological models to see you through. Most importantly, she offers simple, practical advice for rediscovering your confidence and motivation, and for building a career that is more successful and rewarding than ever before.

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A vigorous and timely defense of the state as a force for good

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A USA TODAY Bestseller | An NPR Best Book of 2024 | A Goodreads Best Thriller of 2024 In this ;page-turning suspense novel, shrewd character study, and captivating mystery (Stephen King) Detective Chelsey Calhoun s life is turned upside down when she gets the call that Ellie Black, a girl who disappeared years earlier, has resurfaced in the woods of Washington statebut her reappearance leaves Chelsey with more questions than answers.It s been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun s sister vanished when they were teenagers, and ever since she s been searching: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. But happy endings are rare in Chelsey s line of work. Then a glimmer: local teenager Ellie Black, who disappeared without a trace two years earlier, has been found alive in the woods of Washington state. But something is not right with Ellie. She won t say where she s been, or who she s protecting, and it s up to Chelsey to find the answers. She needs to get to the bottom of what happened to Ellie: for herself, and for the memory of her sister, but mostly for the next girl who could be takenand who, unlike Ellie, might never return. The ;haunting and evocative debut thriller from New York Times bestselling author Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black is both a feminist tour de force about the embers of hope that burn in the aftermath of tragedy and a ;gripping psychological thriller (The Seattle Times) that will shock you right up until the final page.

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Open a door and enter a magical worldOpen a door and enter a magical world.A beautiful paperback edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition is complete with cover and interior art by the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes.Four adventurous siblings â “ Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie â “ step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second book in C. S. Lewis s classic fantasy series, which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over sixty years. This is a stand-alone read, but if you would like to explore more of the Narnian realm, pick up The Horse and His Boy, the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia.

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