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The gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling phenomenon, VOX⠘Shocking, emotive, urgent and original⠙ Chris Whitaker⠙A non-stop thrill ride⠙ Jeffery Deaver⠙Queen of the ⠜what if⠝ thriller. Unflinching, unguessable and unputdownable⠙ Simon Lelic⠙Thrilling, topical and timely ⠦ I ripped through this in a few days⠙ Louise Swanson⠙Provocative, inventive and compulsively page-turning⠙ David KoeppThe one decision you can⠙t take backProsecutor, Justine Boucher has only asked for the death penalty once, in a brutal murder case.In doing so, she put her own life on the line. Because, if the convicted are later found innocent, the lawyer who requested the execution will be sentenced to death.Justine had no doubt that the man she sent to the chair was guilty.Until now.Presented with evidence that could prove his innocence, Justine must find out the truth before anyone else does.Her life depends on it.

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Dazzling. . . . A hard-won love letter to readers and to booksellers, as well as a compelling story about how we cope with pain and fear, injustice and illness. One good way is to press a beloved book into another s hands. Read The Sentence and then do just that. —USA Today, Four StarsIn this New York Times bestselling novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage, and of a woman s relentless errors.Louise Erdrich s latest novel, The Sentence, asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store s most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls Day, but she simply won t leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading with murderous attention, must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, isolation, and furious reckoning.The Sentence begins on All Souls Day 2019 and ends on All Souls Day 2020. Its mystery and proliferating ghost stories during this one year propel a narrative as rich, emotional, and profound as anything Louise Erdrich has written.

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Two souls bound together for eternity but lost in time. Until now.Brimming with romance, adventure and vivid historical detail, Christina Courtenay s gripping dual-time novel travels from the present day to the danger of Roman Britannia.Praise for Christina Courtenay: Paints a vivid picture of life in two very different timeframes and, as the stories unfold, we see how the themes of life and love change little with the centuries. Fast-paced and thrilling! SARAH MAINE______________________________Her head buzzed with long-forgotten memories, fleeting images that flickered in and out of her mind.Nothing tangible, and not a single one fully formed, but teasing and tantalising,as if they wanted to surface but didn t know how.AD 80Duro of the Iceni tribe escaped life as an enslaved gladiator and is now finally home in Britannia with one thing on his mind: vengeance. For 20 years he has sought the Roman legionary who destroyed his family. What he didn t expect was Gisel: a fierce Germanic woman with long white-blonde hair, forced into slavery by the Romans. Hypnotised by her spirit and her beauty, Duro frees Gisel and slowly tries to win her trust as they work together to complete his quest.Present DayMackenna Jackson returns to Bath with a broken heart, thanks to rockstar Blue Daniels. Luckily she can still count on Blue s former bandmate Jonah Miller as a listening ear. But Jonah has secretly been fighting stronger feelings, drawn to Mac s quiet confidence and gorgeous white-blonde hair. As they explore the area, memories they can t quite explain flood them both.Is the spark between Mac and Jonah in fact a sign of something much deeper - a love enduring through millennia - or can it all be an illusion?______________________________Just some of the rich praise for Christina Courtenay s pacy, evocative and romantic novels including Echoes of the Runes, The Runes of Destiny and Promises of the Runes: I ve been looking forward to this book . . . and it far exceeded my hopes and expectations. Romantic, fascinating and gripping, it s one of my favourites of the series NICOLA CORNICK As a reader, I was delighted and absorbed accompanying Ivor on his quest to the 9th Century. Courtenay writes so beautifully, drawing you in to each scene, that time and pages slip by effortlessly ERIN GREEN Whenever I need a break from the Twenty-First Century, I read one of Christina Courtenay s novels SUE MOORCROFT I wonder if I, too, can find a way to travel back in time... If not, reading this book was the next best thing GILL STEWART Seals Christina Courtenay s crown as the Queen of Viking Romance CATHERINE MILLER This epic romance is sure to sweep you off your feet! TAKE A BREAK An absorbing story, fast-paced and vividly imagined PAMELA HARTSHORNE A love story and an adventure, all rolled up inside a huge amount of intricately-detailed, well-researched history. Thoroughly enjoyable KATHLEEN MCGURL

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE NIGHT WATCHMAN-----------------------------------------------------In this stunning and timely novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage and of a woman s relentless errors.Louise Erdrich s latest novel, The Sentence, asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store s most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls Day, but she simply won t leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading with murderous attention, must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, isolation and furious reckoning.The Sentence begins on All Souls Day 2019 and ends on All Souls Day 2020. Its mystery and proliferating ghost stories during this one year propel a narrative as rich, emotional and profound as anything Louise Erdrich has written.------------------------------------ Erdrich is one of the greatest living American writers Guardian Strange, enchanting and funny: a work about motherhood, doom, regret and the magic - dark, benevolent and every shade in between - of words on paper New York Times The poet laureate of the contemporary Native American experience Mail on Sunday

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Brimming with romance, adventure and vivid historical detail, Christina Courtenay does for the Vikings what Diana Gabaldon s Outlander and Clanlands does for Scottish history. Pre-order the epic conclusion to The Runes series now!Inscribed Viking axe head. Good condition. Probably late 9th century. This was it, his passport to the past. Storm Berger has never forgiven himself for his younger sister Madison s disappearance. Suspecting she s travelled back to the ninth century in the footsteps of other family members, Storm can only make sure she s safe by going after her.Raised unconventionally as her father s only child, Freydis has never been content to simply accept her fate. So, when she s promised in marriage to a tyrant, she s determined to find a way out of the arrangement. Help comes in the form of a mysterious and attractive stranger stranded on her island s shores: Storm.The only way Freydis can truly be free is for Storm to marry her himself. But that would mean entwining lives that, until now, have been separated by centuries. . .Just some of the rich praise for Christina Courtenay s novels: An absorbing story, fast-paced and vividly imagined PAMELA HARTSHORNE Prepare to be swept along in this treasure of an adventure! KATE RYDER Whenever I need a break from the Twenty-First Century, I read one of Christina Courtenay s novels. She transports me effortlessly to a different time, where I feel I m experiencing life in Viking settlements SUE MOORCROFT I ve been looking forward to this book . . . and it far exceeded my hopes and expectations. Romantic, fascinating and gripping, it s one of my favourites of the series NICOLA CORNICK

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Hudební CD - Osmé studiové album. Před jeho nahráváním skupina vyměnila bubeníka, Paul Wandtke byl nahrazen Alexem Bentem (dříve např. Battlecross, Brain Drill a Dragonlord). Kapela Trivium vznikla v roce 2000 v Orlandu na Floridě. Věnuje se melodickému death metalu, trash metalu i metalcore. Osmé studiové album. Před jeho nahráváním skupina vyměnila bubeníka, Paul Wandtke byl nahrazen Alexem Bentem (dříve např. Battlecross, Brain Drill a Dragonlord). Kapela Trivium vznikla v roce 2000 v Orlandu na Floridě. Věnuje se melodickému death metalu, trash metalu i metalcore. Seznam stop CD The Sin And The Sentence / Beyond Oblivion / Other Worlds / The Heart From Your Hate / Betrayer / The WretchednessInside / Endless Night / Sever The Hand / Beauty In The Sorrow / The Revanchist / Thrown Into The Fire

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Discover the wonder of marine life seen up close in these joyous and sparkling essays.In 2022, Christina Riley became an ⠘underwater artist in residence⠙ at the Argyll Coast Hope Spot ⠓ a place of incredible natural beauty in Scotland also crucial for the health of the world⠙s oceans. She spent days submerged alongside marine life, before resurfacing to reflect, recreate and recount what she had seen ⠓ and the feelings of love, hope and responsibility her experience had evoked in her.The resulting essays, collected in this stunning volume, swim through the kaleidoscope of marine life she found there, from starfish to seagrass to the water itself. What shines through all of them is a sense of wonder that is also a call to action. Looking Down at the Stars asks: how can we harness our feelings of awe at the natural world in order to take better care of it?Christina Riley⠙s lyrical prose is the perfect guide to this unfamiliar underwater world, brimming with surprises, sunlight and sea stars.

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English Sentence Constructions departs from a usage-based theoretical perspective in which all language units -- which we refer to as constructions -- have both a meaning and form, and context is all-important in determining the function and form of these constructions. As a starting-level module, English Sentence Constructions guides students of English or Language at tertiary level through different levels of analysis at the sentence, clause, phrase, and word level. The book starts with an explanation of different sentence types and structures (Chapters 1 and 2), zooms in on the verb phrase as the central component of any sentence (in Chapters 3 and 4), before zooming in even closer, discussing word classes (Chapter 5) and phrases (Chapter 6). The next two chapters explicate the intricacies of sentence constituents that function as clauses (Chapter 7) and aid students in integrating all chapters by discussing sentence analysis at all levels (Chapter 8). The last chapter (Chapter 9) shows how knowledge about sentence constructions can be applied to effective writing in English. English Sentence Constructions can be used in teacher-led modules, but the many exercises in each chapter, the clearly worked out answer keys, and a comprehensive glossary of terminology also make it suitable for self-study. For each chapter, there is an online test in which students can check their understanding.The exercises can be found on the book s companion website: https://doi.org/10.1075/z.240.website

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In Suppose a Sentence, Brian Dillon turns his attention to the oblique and complex pleasures of the sentence. A series of essays prompted by a single sentence ⠓ from Shakespeare to Gertrude Stein, John Ruskin to Joan Didion ⠓ the book explores style, voice, and language, along with the subjectivity of reading. Both an exercise in practical criticism and a set of experiments or challenges, Suppose a Sentence is a polemical and personal reflection on the art of the sentence in literature. Whether the sentence in question is a rigorous expression of a state of vulnerability, extremity, even madness, or a carefully calibrated arrangement, Dillon examines not only how it works and why but also, in the course of the book, what the sentence once was, what it is today, and what it might become tomorrow.

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The Daily Sentence Structures approach raises attainment across all abilities and covers many of the writing requirements of the National Curriculum:Use grammatical structuresMake meaning clear and create effectUse a range of sentence starters to create specific effectsUse commas to mark phrases and clausesSustain and develop ideas logicallyVary sentence structuresUse semi-colons and dashesFurthermore, the systematic approach appeals especially to boys, who will enjoy applying the logic to their writing and being able to create instant paragraphs . All pupils confidence and self-esteem will increase, leading to better results across all subjects.The sentence structures taught vary from short, dramatic sentences to complex, compound sentences. Compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions are included as well as subordinating complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions. Each has been broken down into a series of 15-minute sessions that build on each other. By completing the daily sessions, pupils will have at their fingertips a system for creating imaginative and interesting writing in as little as six weeks.

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Passion, deception, an unexplained death and a detective with quite a lot to hide lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz s brilliant murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne. EASILY THE GREATEST OF OUR CRIME WRITERS Sunday Times My favourite literary hero at the moment is Anthony Horowitz Shari Lapena Sheer genius ... A joy from start to finish INDEPENDENT_____________________Secrets can kill.Smooth-tongued divorce lawyer Richard Price is bludgeoned to death at his London home.Scrawled on the wall beside the body: the number 182.What does it mean? And who was at his front door just minutes before he died and while he was still talking on the phone?Confronted with this most baffling of mysteries, the police are forced to turn to private investigator Daniel Hawthorne._____________________ Pure pleasure for readers ... A must-read delight WALL STREET JOURNAL Anthony Horowitz gets away with murder in all sorts of ways and emerges triumphant The Times This is crime fiction as dazzling entertainment, sustained by writing as skilfully light-footed as Fred Astaire Sunday Times Crime Club A crime story that keeps you up into the small hours... a page-turning mystery Metro Sheer genius ... A joy from start to finish Independent Fans of traditional puzzle mysteries will be enthralled Publishers Weekly Huge fun... It s hard to know why anyone who loves a good mystery wouldn t thoroughly enjoy the ride Irish Independent Succeeds on all levels ... Horowitz has the Midas touch Booklist No one currently working the field has anywhere near this much ingenuity to burn KIRKUS

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Audiokniha: Anne Beddingfeldová, mladá a inteligentní žena se smyslem pro dobrodružství, se po náhlém skonu otce ocitne v tíživé situaci a přemýšlí, jak naložit se životem. Osud však rozhodne za ni, když se v londýnském metru stane svědkyní podivného úmrtí neznámého muže a nalezne lístek, který mrtvému sebral a poté poblíž místa nehody ztratil jiný, neméně záhadný muž. Brzy poté vyjde najevo, že nešťastná událost patrně souvisí s objevením uškrcené ženy v sídle člena parlamentu sira Eustace Pedlera. Anne se rozhodne přijít celé věci na kloub a stopy i náhoda ji zavedou na loď plující do Jižní Afriky... Muž v hnědém obleku (1924) je první přeložený román Agathy Christie do češtiny (1927). Autorka v něm s humorným nadhledem spojuje styl romantické četby se špionážně-kriminální linkou. Vedle hlavní hrdinky, emancipované a neohrožené dívky Anne se zde poprvé setkáváme s postavou plukovníka Race, kterému dala Agatha Christie prostor i ve svých dalších románech. Příběhu nechybí romantické kulisy, napětí (do poslední chvíle čtenář podezřívá několik postav), rozmanité dějové zápletky a v neposlední řadě všudypřítomný humor. Překlad: Jana Ohnesorg Režie: Jindřiška Nováková Záznam zvuku: Daniel Tůma Postprodukce a mastering: Ing. Tomáš Gsöllhofer Hudba: Karpof Brothers Natočeno ve zvukovém studiu KARPOFON v Praze v roce 2022 Grafický design: Kateřina Urbanová 2022 Vydalo AudioStory s.r.o, 2022 THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT © 1924 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved. AGATHA CHRISTIE® and the Agatha Christie Signature are registered trade marks of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and elsewhere. All rights reserved. Translation entitled MUŽ V HNĚDÉM OBLEKU © 2018 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved.

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Audiokniha: Někdo se zrodí pro lásky sladkou moc, jiný se zrodí pro nekonečnou noc... Co přiřkl osud Ellie Goodmanové, závratně bohaté dědičce, která se rozhodla vdát za Michaela Rogerse, z pohledu jejích poručníků naprosto nevhodnou partii? Jaký osud čeká na Michaela, jenž touží po krásném domě? A co osud nadělil Gretě Andersonové, která své svěřence Ellii pomohla uniknout ze zlaté klece? Nad jejich životy se od počátku vznáší stín – místo zvané Cikánský revír, kde se manželé Rogersovi po svatbě usadí, je totiž prý prokleté…Agatha Christie považovala Nekonečnou noc za svůj nejoblíbenější román. Příběh je tentokrát spíš psychologicky laděný, připomíná styl Noir. Christie dokončila Nekonečnou noc za šest týdnů, zatímco většinu ostatních románů psala tři až čtyři měsíce. Přestože jí při psaní bylo přes sedmdesát let, v jednom rozhovoru řekla, že být Michaelem, dvacetiletým vypravěčem, nebylo těžké. Koneckonců, lidi jako on slyšíte mluvit pořád .Překlad: Eva Hrubá, Režie a záznam zvuku: Daniel Tůma, Postprodukce a mastering: Ing. Tomáš Gsöllhofer, Hudba: Karpof Brothers, Natočeno ve zvukovém studiu KARPOFON v Praze v roce 2025, Grafický design: Kateřina Urbanová 2025, Vydalo AudioStory s.r.o, 2025, ENDLESS NIGHT © 1967 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved.AGATHA CHRISTIE® , The Agatha Christie Signature and The AC Monogram Logo are registered trade marks of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and elsewhere. All rights reserved. Translation entitled NEKONEČNÁ NOC ©1977 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved.

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An incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your dog to talk from speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger, who has taught her dog, Stella, to communicate using simple paw-sized buttons associated with different words.When speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger first came home with her puppy, Stella, it didn t take long for her to start drawing connections between her job and her new pet. During the day, she worked with toddlers with significant delays in language development and used Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices to help them communicate. At night, she wondered: If dogs can understand words we say to them, shouldn t they be able to say words to us? Can dogs use AAC to communicate with humans?Christina decided to put her theory to the test with Stella and started using a paw-sized button programmed with her voice to say the word outside when clicked, whenever she took Stella out of the house. A few years later, Stella now has a bank of more than thirty word buttons, and uses them daily either individually or together to create near-complete sentences.How Stella Learned to Talk is part memoir and part how-to guide. It chronicles the journey Christina and Stella have taken together, from the day they met, to the day Stella spoke her first word, and the other breakthroughs they ve had since. It also reveals the techniques Christina used to teach Stella, broken down into simple stages and actionable steps any dog owner can use to start communicating with their pets.Filled with conversations that Stella and Christina have had, as well as the attention to developmental detail that only a speech-language pathologist could know, How Stella Learned to Talk will be the indispensable dog book for the new decade.

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Stretching across two-thirds of the Gardens, the arboretum at Kew surrounds the glasshouses in a leafy enclave to walk, wander and discover nature s beauty. The 12,000 trees rooted in the arboretum represent more than 2,000 species, including rare and ancient varieties. This great collection contains trees as old as the Gardens themselves, many that cannot be found anywhere else in Britain.But who looks after these vast landscapes?Introducing the Tree Gang - Kew s team of eight who work tirelessly throughout the year to maintain this rare collection.In this new book from Kew, you ll discover the fascinating work of the Tree Gang: the team of eight that care for the trees at Kew. Going behind the scenes, you ll learn more about life at Kew from the people who tend and care for the Gardens - from the daily tree assessments to the intermittent tree felling. As the climate becomes more variable, the gang s work is ever more crucial as they brace for the storms ahead.AMONG THE GIANTS weaves together heartwarming stories alongside the fascinating life of trees. This book will inspire you to learn from the experts, and grow an appreciation for the trees around you.

Objev podobné jako Among the Giants - Christina Harrison, Carolyn Fry, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

When Azeroth was young, the noble titans appointed the five great dragonflights to safeguard the budding world. Each of the flights leaders was imbued with a portion of the titans vast cosmic powers. Together, these majestic Dragon Aspects committed themselves to thwarting any force that threatened the safety of Azeroth. More than 10,000 years ago, a betrayal by the maddened black Dragon Aspect, Deathwing, shattered the strength and unity of the dragonflights. His most recent assault on Azeroth-the Cataclysm-has left the world in turmoil. At the Maelstrom, the center of Azeroth s instability, former Horde warchief Thrall and other accomplished shaman struggle to keep the world from tearing apart in the wake of Deathwing s attack. Yet a battle also rages within Thrall regarding his new life in the shamanic Earthen Ring, hampering his normally unparalleled abilities. Of even greater concern is a bleak and terrifying possible future glimpsed by the mysterious green Dragon Aspect, Ysera: the Hour of Twilight. Before this apocalyptic vision comes to pass, Thrall must purge his own doubts in order to discover his purpose in the world and aid Azeroth s dragonflights as they face the Twilight of the Aspects.

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The New York Times bestselling tie-in to the World of Warcraft game expansion: Cataclysm.Thrall, wise shaman and the warchief of the Horde, has sensed a disturbing change. Long ago, Azeroth’s destructive native elementals raged across the world until the benevolent titans imprisoned them within the Elemental Plane. Despite the titans’ intervention, many elementals have ended up back on Azeroth. Over the ages, shamans like Thrall have communed with these spirits and, through patience and dedication, learned to soothe roaring infernos, bring rain to sun-scorched lands, and otherwise temper the elementals’ ruinous influence on the world of Azeroth. Now Thrall has discovered that the elementals no longer heed the shaman’s call. While he seeks answers to what ails the confused elements, he also wrestles with the orcs’ precarious future as his people face dwindling supplies and growing hostility with their night elf neighbors. The fate of Azeroth’s great races is shrouded in a fog of uncertainty, and the erratic behavior of the elemental spirits, troubling though it is, may only be the first ominous warning sign of the cataclysm to come.

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An all-new, official tie-in novel to Blizzard Entertainment s critically acclaimed World of Warcraft, from New York Times bestselling author Christie Golden.

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Full of warmth #1 Sunday Times Bestseller Katie FfordeCan a cake change your life?Clemmie Rose⠙s great-great-grandmother⠙s beloved clementine torte is her ticket to the prestigious Royal Baking Competition. A win could put Puffin Island⠙s charming Café on the Coast on the map, land Clemmie her very own cookbook deal, and secure her a coveted invitation to a royal garden party.But when she discovers the competition is being hosted aboard the Royal Yacht by none other than her ex, Oliver Lockwood, the stakes⠔and the soufflés⠔suddenly rise, and Clemmie⠙s bid for the Golden Whisk trophy is at risk of collapsing like an underbaked sponge.When a decades-old secret is thrown into the mix, she⠙ll need more than the perfect recipe to keep her dreams from crumbling.

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The honeymoon of a lifetime . . . with her sworn enemy Olive is always unlucky; her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. While she s about to marry her dream man, Olive is forced to play nice with her nemesis: the best man, Ethan. Yet Olive s luck may be on the turn . . . When the entire wedding - except for Olive and Ethan - gets food poisoning, there s an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs. Putting their mutual hatred aside, Olive and Ethan head for paradise. But when Olive runs into her future boss, the little white lie she tells him spirals out of control. Forced to play loving newlyweds, she and Ethan find themselves in closer proximity than they ever expected. Soon, Olive finds that maybe she doesn t mind pretending. In fact, she s beginning to feel kind of . . . lucky.

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In a plot of land at the edge of town, Ana grows only perfectly-sized plants and perfect-looking flowers, and throws all the irregular shoots and uneven seeds over the wall into the disorderly Wild. But as her garden gets tidier, neater and more constrained, the Wild begins to grow...At a time of accelerating climate change, an eye-opening story about gardening, rewilding and embracing biodiversity in all its forms.WINNER Growing Good Kids Book Award 2022. LONGLIST Derby Children s Picture Book Award 2022.

Objev podobné jako The Wall and The Wild - Christina Dendy

From tadpoles to migrating birds, life in the pond changes from season to season. Discover how fish stay warm in the winter. Learn which insects visit the pond in the summer. Real-life photographs follow the seasons and capture the beauty of a year in the pond.

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Touching every corner of North Africa is the Sahara Desert, one of the wildest habitats on Earth. This is a land of singing sand dunes, barren plains, mirages and glistening oasis pools. Against all odds, life manages to thrive here. Discover river crocodiles, scorpions and foxes, ancient pharaohs, nomadic tribes and camel caravans. With its scorching hot days and night-times that dip below freezing, the Sahara is a land of extremes, where only the tough survive.

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Once there was a fisherman, a lonely man who lived on a cold and rocky coast and was never able to convince any woman to come away and live in that forbidding place with him. He loved the sea more than any person and so was never able to take a wife, for women see what is in men s hearts more clearly than men would wish.

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A woman trapped on a mountain attempts to survive more than one kind of monster, in a dread-inducing horror novel from the bestselling author of Alice

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Years after her successful and impactful career at the CIA, Christina Hillsberg became enthralled with the stories of the trailblazing women who forged new paths within the Agency long before she began her career there in the aughts. These were women who sacrificed their personal lives, risked their safety, defied expectations, and boldly navigated the male-dominated spy organization. Through exclusive interviews with current and former female CIA officers, many of whom have never spoken publicly, Agents of Change tells an enthralling and, at times, disturbing story set against the backdrop of the evolving women s movement. It was the 1960s, a secretarial era, when women first gained a foothold and pushed against the one-dimensional, pop-culture trope of the sexy Cold War Bond Girl. Underestimated but undaunted, they fought their way, decade-by-decade, through adversity to the top of the spy game. Seamlessly weaving together the individual stories of these exceptional women, Hillsberg deftly tackles not just the fight for gender equality at the CIA, but the current dilemma the Agency faces when dealing with the culmination of a decades-long culture of sexual harassment and assault. Each chapter sheds a light on women s issues during that decade before bringing to life the stories of female CIA operations officers whose experiences were emblematic of that given era. In this fascinating and empowering chronicle, Hillsberg takes readers inside the Agency in a way that s never been done before, paying long overdue tribute to the survivors and thrivers, the indispensable groundbreakers, and defiant rabble-rousers who made the choice to change their lives and in turn, changed history.

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Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life â “ so who did kill her?According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. The sentence was life imprisonmentBut when Dr Arthur Calgary turns up a year later with the proof that confirms Jackoâ ™s innocence, he is too late â “ Jacko died behind bars from a bout of pneumonia.Worse still, the doctorâ ™s revelations re-open old wounds in the family, increasing the likelihood that the real murderer will strike againâ ¦

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The best kind of psychological thriller â “ compelling, accomplished and atmospheric. M.W. CravenSIX FRIENDS.In a luxury villa set high in the hills above the glamorous town of Sorrento, southern Italy, three couples gather for the perfect 40th birthday celebration. ONE BODY.Before the week is out, one of them is dead.COUNTLESS LIES.Their perfect reunion quickly becomes the holiday from hell when one of the group starts receiving anonymous messages, threatening to expose a dark secret from their university days. As old friendships are tested to the limit, itâ ™s clear that what happens in the dark past wonâ ™t stay buriedâ ¦A heart-racing psychological thriller that will hook you from the very first page, with twist after twist that will make your jaw drop. Fans of B.A. Paris, My Husband s Killer and Lucy Foley wonâ ™t be able to put this down. If you were hooked by The White Lotus or The Watcher, you ll love this. Praise for The Final Party: A hugely addictive, pacy and consuming thriller...kept me guessing (and turning pages) right up to the incredible conclusion. Gytha Lodge Thrilling twists, terrific characters and a setting to die for. The Final Party is a thoroughly gripping ride! B P Walter A compelling page turner with a gasp around every corner. If youâ ™re looking for a holiday read this May, then this is the perfect unravelling of a friendship built on secrets and lies Lauren North Do not miss your invitation to The Final Party! Dark deeds, gorgeous Italian scenery and secrets aplenty... I was totally gripped! Louise Mumford One of the best writers of crime fiction around. Howard Linskeyâ ˜A gripping, intricately plotted thriller about the dark side of friendship, packed with secrets and lies that will keep you hooked until the very last page.â ™ Lucy Martinâ ˜Draws you into a dark web of secrets and lies that unravel with exquisite timing in a beautiful setting.â ™ Sarah Clarke Stylish and twisty, with secrets and lies galore Emily Freud The Secret History meets The Holiday, only darker, sexier and absolutely crammed full of twists and suspense. Itâ ™s a big, fat 5 stars from me.â ™ Lisa Hall A dark and twisty read full of secrets, set against a stunning Amalfi Coast background where everyone has secrets and no one can be trusted. Catherine Cooper Glossy, gripping, and full of gruesome discoveries. A perfect holiday read. Derek Farrell The most well plotted and expertly told thriller I ve read in years...a masterpiece of deception, betrayal and murder that will astound you till the very last page. Graham Bartlett The reveals kept coming at super speed, taking my breath away as I eagerly turned the pages. Christie J Newportâ ˜A tense read that kept me guessing all the way to the end.â ™ Tariq Ashkanani A dark, captivating and sumptuous read. Julie-Ann Corrigan A dark and addictive thriller set amidst a gorgeous Italian backdrop, it s well deserving of 5 sparkling stars. I loved it! Jane Isaac A slick and twisty thriller Jacqueline Sutherland A tortuous web of secrets and lies â “ I could not put it downâ ™ Marion Todd A taut, dark thriller that is fabulously alluring and atmospheric. Utterly captivating writing! Victoria Dowd

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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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Hudební CD - What The Dead Men Say je devátým studiovým albem čtveřice z Floridy. What The Dead Men Say je devátým studiovým albem čtveřice z Floridy. Trivium na nahrávce zvukově navazují na předchozí desku The Sin And The Sentence z roku 2017, která jim přinesla uznání kritiky i různá ocenění (např. časopis Metal Hammer ji zařadil mezi zásadní počiny roku). What The Dead Men Say je k dispozici na CD nebo LP. Kapela Trivium vznikla v roce 2000 v Orlandu na Floridě. Věnuje se melodickému death metalu, trash metalu i metalcore. Seznam stop IX / What The Dead Men Say / Catastrophist / Amongst The Shadows amp; The Stones / Bleed Into Me / The Defiant / Sickness Unto You / Scattering The Ashes / Bending The Arc To Fear / The Ones We Leave Behind

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LP vinyl - What The Dead Men Say je devátým studiovým albem čtveřice z Floridy. What The Dead Men Say je devátým studiovým albem čtveřice z Floridy. Trivium na nahrávce zvukově navazují na předchozí desku The Sin And The Sentence z roku 2017, která jim přinesla uznání kritiky i různá ocenění (např. časopis Metal Hammer ji zařadil mezi zásadní počiny roku). What The Dead Men Say je k dispozici na CD nebo LP. Kapela Trivium vznikla v roce 2000 v Orlandu na Floridě. Věnuje se melodickému death metalu, trash metalu i metalcore. Obsah: IX What The Dead Men Say Catastrophist Amongst The Shadows amp; The Stones Bleed Into Me The Defiant Sickness Unto You The Ones We Leave Behind

Objev podobné jako Trivium: What The Dead Men Say - LP (7567864979)

â ˜I love Robert Thorogoodâ ™s writingâ ™ Peter JamesAn original story from the creator and writer of the hit BBC One TV series, Death in Paradise, featuring on-screen favourite detective, DI Richard Poole.Supermodel Polly Carter was famed for her looks and party-girl lifestyle. Now she s dead, apparently having thrown herself from the clifftop near her home on the island of Saint-Marie. Those who knew her say Polly would never have killed herselfâ ¦and when he is called in to investigate, DI Richard Poole is inclined to agree there is more to Pollyâ ™s death than meets the eye.Already fighting a losing battle against the intense summer heat of the Caribbean, Richard now faces fresh adversaries: a stream of alibis; a host of conflicting motives; and, worst of all, a visit from his mother. A frenzy which would surely allow a murderer to slip away unnoticedâ ¦yet Richard is certain that the guilty party is still on the island.As his team closes in on Pollyâ ™s household, Richard becomes convinced that the modelâ ™s death was an inside job. And he s determined to prove who planned the killing of Polly Carter, and whyâ ¦Praise for Robert Thorogood:â ˜Very funny and very dark with great pace. I love Robert Thorogoodâ ™s writingâ ™ â “ Peter Jamesâ ˜For fans of Agatha Christieâ ™ â “ Mail on Sundayâ ˜A treatâ ™ â “ Radio Timesâ ˜Plenty of red herrings and twists to keep readers guessingâ ™ â “ Daily Expressâ ˜Fans of the Agatha Christie style BBC drama Death in Paradise will enjoy this book from the showâ ™s creatorâ ™ â “ Mail on Sunday Fans will enjoy returning to DI Richard Pooleâ ¦ just switch off and relax â “ Love Reading An absolute delight from start to finish. â “ Entertainment Outlookâ ˜A brilliant whodunnitâ ™ â “ Woman

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A nailbiting story of survival -- GUARDIANMay Knox floats in space, the only survivor of a catastrophic accident. There is just one person who can save her - and his life is in danger, back on Earth. It s Christmas Day, 2067.Silent Night drifts across the ruins of a wrecked spaceship, listing helplessly in the black. A sole woman, May, stirs within - the last person left alive of a disastrous first manned mission to Europa, a moon of Jupiter.There is only one person who can help her - her ex-husband Stephen, a NASA scientist who was heading up the mission back on Earth. Until, that is, she broke his heart and he left both her and the mission.As May fights for life, Stephen finds his own life is under threat, putting both of them at risk.In this twisty, gasp-inducing thriller, when each breath is a fight for survival, their relationship is the difference between life and death. Science fiction with a generous helping of humanity - the best kind of speculative writing -- CHRISTINA DALCHER, AUTHOR OF VOX The best survival thriller since The Martian -- JOHN MARRS, AUTHOR OF THE ONE

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Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. ⠘My only concern⠙, John McGahern once said, ⠘is that I get the sentence right and describe my world clearly and deeply.⠙⠘The Country Funeral⠙ witnesses three brothers, John, Philly and Fonsie Ryan, as they travel west from Dublin to Gloria Bog ⠓ the heart of the territory where so many of McGahern⠙s stories take place ⠓ to attend the funeral of their uncle. Depicting the customs and rituals of the day, McGahern exquisitely traces how the brothers react to the area in unexpected and tender ways, and face their own feelings about the transience of life.Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.

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The language of flowers is as old as language itself. In the earliest poetry familiar plants were used to represent simple emotions, ideas, or states of mind: love, hope, despair, fidelity, solitude, beauty, mortality. Over time these associations entwined with myth and legend, with religious symbolism, folk and herbal lore. By the early 19th century the Language of Flora had become increasingly refined, especially in England and America, where sentimental flower books listing flower meanings and illustrating them with verse were perennial bestsellers. The Everyman Language of Flowers without sacrificing the charm of its Victorian predecessors aims to provide extended, updated and rather more robust floral anthology for the 21st century, presenting poetry from ancient Greece to contemporary Britain and America, and spanning the world from Cuba to Korea, Russia to Zimbabwe. Here are Rumi and Rilke on the rose; Herrick and Louise Glück on the lily; Chaucer, Emily Dickinson and Jon Silkin on the daisy; Mary Robinson and Ted Hughes on the snowdrop; Lorenzo de Medici, John Clare and Alice Oswald on the violet; Hugo and Roethke on carnations; Ovid and Goethe on poppies; Blake and Eugenio Montale on the sunflower; Christina Rossetti on heartsease and forget-me-nots; Emily Brontë on harebells and heather, Seamus Heaney on lupins, Pasternak on night-scented stock... Eastern cultures, rich in flower associations, are well represented: there are Tang poems celebrating chrysanthemums and peonies, Zen poems about orchids and lotus flowers, poems about jasmine and marigolds from India, roses, tulips and narcissi from Persia, the Ottoman empire and the Arabic world. Flowers are arranged by season, with roses and lilies in a section of their own. In a final section poets comment directly or indirectly on the language of flowers itself. The book concludes with a selected glossary drawn from several celebrated Victorian collections.

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Pre-order Andrew Hunter Murray s brilliantly entertaining new thriller A Beginner s Guide to Breaking and Entering coming May 2024!Half the world is in darkness. Only she can save the light . . . the post-apocalyptic bestselling read. A brilliant near-future thriller and a really cracking read Richard Osman Will keep you gripped to the very last page C.J. Tudor Wonderful ... the best future-shock thriller for years. Lee Child A stunningly original thriller Harlan Coben A beautifully realised and thought-provoking thriller The Times Intriguing and unusual Sunday Times____________________2059. The world has stopped turning. One half suffers an endless frozen night; the other, nothing but burning sun.Only in a slim twilit region between them can life survive.In an isolationist Britain clinging on in the twilight zone, scientist Ellen Hopper receives a letter from a dying man. It contains a powerful and dangerous secret.One that those in power will kill to conceal . . .____________________ Reminiscent of Robert Harris s high-concept conspiracy thrillers Financial Times I read this hungrily ... A fabulous achievement. Stephen Fry Inventive, richly detailed world-building Telegraph A tantalizing, suspenseful odyssey of frustration, deceit, treachery, torture, hope, despair and ingenious sleuthing Washington Post A taut, thrilling runaround Guardian A brilliant debut ... Fans of Robert Harris will love it Daily Express To say it s gripping is an understatement Sara Pascoe Murray has crafted something original ... an interesting new twist on a post-apocalyptic tale. Kirkus Downright impossible to stop reading. Booklist Dark, believable and brilliantly written Jenny Colgan I couldn t put this book down! Christina Dalcher

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A manâ ™s past condemned him. But who delivered the sentence? Clive Palmerâ ™s dark history followed him long after his release from prison. A disgraced history teacher, he sought refuge in a quiet Wiltshire village, hoping to leave his mistakes behind. Ten months later, he was found stabbed and mutilatedâ ”a crime as chilling as the secrets he tried to escape. Detective Gus Freeman and his Crime Review Team specialise in uncovering long-buried truths, but Palmerâ ™s murder is unlike anything theyâ ™ve faced before. As they delve into his tainted past, they unravel a web of grudges, betrayals and unanswered questions. Each discovery brings them closer to a truth more unsettling than the crime itself. Did Clive Palmerâ ™s past seal his fate, or is his murder hiding an even darker story? Tame the Storm is a gripping cold-case thriller that explores the blurred lines between justice, vengeance, and redemption. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Praise for Tame the Storm: ? ? ? ? ? Well written with engaging backstories for the characters. ? ? ? ? ? Simply masterful. ? ? ? ? ? Never disappointed, always thrilling, chilling, and very, very intriguing. ? ? ? ? ? Highly recommended. ? ? ? ? ? Always a twist of the tale!

Objev podobné jako Tame The Storm - Ted Tayler

A Mill & Mortar THE SPICE éves naptár egy 12 fémdobozból álló készlet, amely minden hónapra egy különleges fűszert vagy keveréket tartalmaz. A fűszerek szerves alapanyagokból készültek, és egy elegáns fadobozban érkeznek. A termék ideális ajándék a főzés szerelmeseinek, akik szeretnének új ízeket fedezni fel.

• 12 különleges, hónapra lebontott fűszer a prémium fémdobozokban.
• Elegáns fadoboz, amely stílusos konyhai dekoráció is egyben.
• Kiváló minőségű, szerves alapanyagokból készült fűszerek és keverékek.
• Teljes éven át tartó gasztronómiai inspiráció és felfedezés.

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A THE ESSENTIALS kupcake készlet 14 darabból áll, amelyeket egy elegáns, rózsaszín, könyv alakú dobozban tárolnak. Tartalmaz egy fa nyelű szilikonspatulát, egy textil díszítő zsákot, nyolc szilikontálcát és tíz különböző méretű díszítő csövet. A készlet minden szükséges eszközt biztosít a tökéletes kupcakek elkészítéséhez és díszítéséhez.

• Könyv alakú, rózsaszín dobozban található elegáns készlet, amely könnyen tárolható és stílusosan mutat a polcon.
• Tartalmaz minden alapvető eszközt a tökéletes kupcakek elkészítéséhez és díszítéséhez, beleértve a szilikontálcákat, a díszítő csöveket és a textil díszítő zsákot.
• A szilikontálcák újrahasználhatók, környezetbarátak és egyenletes sütést biztosítanak, míg a fa nyelű szilikonspatula precíz keverést és kenést tesz lehetővé.
• A készlet tartós, minőségi anyagokból készült, könnyen tisztítható, és ideális kezdőknek és otthoni sütőknek egyaránt.

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The volume presents the author s articles written in the last fifteen years, dealing with the interaction between syntax, functional sentence perspective (information structure) and text in present-day English. It is divided into five parts, I Syntactic Constancy, II Syntax FSP Interface, III FSP and Semantics, IV Syntax, FSP, Text and V Style, which reveal the two facets of functional sentence perspective: syntactic structures as realization forms of the carriers of FSP functions, and the connection of FSP with the level of text. The first and the last two parts frame the content of the volume in treating the role of functional sentence perspective at the syntactic and the textual levels. At the former, FSP is investigated as a potential factor of syntactic divergence between English and Czech, at the latter the role of FSP is examined with respect to theme development, text build-up and style. The points discussed in the other parts concern, among others, the hierarchical relationship between syntax and FSP, the question of potentiality in FSP structure, different realization forms of FSP structure and FSP functions, general and specific questions of word order, with major attention paid to the role of semantics

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This book is a beautiful, heartwarming read. It⠙s a story of love, friendship and secrets and I devoured every page ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Full of warmth, fun and feel-good factor #1 Sunday Times Bestseller Katie FfordeWhen travel writer Jack Hartwell arrives on Puffin Island amidst a terrible storm, he stumbles into The Story Shop, the island s quaint bookshop.Seeking refuge, he finds himself immersed in Amelia Brown s enchanting world of books, puffins, and an eccentric group of book club regulars. So when the enigmatic Amelia challenges Jack to read a mysterious novel The Temptation Bucket List ⠓ and to complete its challenges with her ⠓ he can⠙t resist.But with Jack⠙s time on Puffin Island ticking away, the stakes rise. The final item on the list? To share a secret that no one else knows⠦Praise for The Story Shop: This book is a work of art and I think Christie⠙s best one yet! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ There is something magical about Christie s Puffin Island. I just adore this series ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Full of love, friendship and wonderful adventures ⠦ a real page turner ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I fall more in love with Puffin Island and its inhabitants with each book! The Story Shop will get under your skin and stay with you long after you have finished reading it! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If I could give this more than 5 stars I would! Well done Christie Barlow for writing such a stunning romantic, mystery masterpiece! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Christie Barlow has the knack of transporting you and making you want to be part of the community she writes about ⠦ highly recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Another brilliant read about Puffin Island. Christie Barlow never disappoints. Can⠙t wait for the next one ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loved returning to Puffin Island and it s people. They feel like family to me. I hope this series never ends! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterton and nine other writers from the legendary Detection Club collaborate in this fiendishly clever but forgotten crime novel first published 80 years ago. Inspector Rudge does not encounter many cases of murder in the sleepy seaside town of Whynmouth. But when an old sailor lands a rowing boat containing a fresh corpse with a stab wound to the chest, the Inspector s investigation immediately comes up against several obstacles. The vicar, whose boat the body was found in, is clearly withholding information, and the victim s niece has disappeared. There is clearly more to this case than meets the eye - even the identity of the victim is called into doubt. Inspector Rudge begins to wonder just how many people have contributed to this extraordinary crime and whether he will ever unravel it... In 1931, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and ten other crime writers from the newly-formed `Detection Club collaborated in publishing a unique crime novel. In a literary game of consequences, each author would write one chapter, leaving G.K. Chesterton to write a typically paradoxical prologue and Anthony Berkeley to tie up all the loose ends. In addition, each of the authors provided their own solution in a sealed envelope, all of which appeared at the end of the book, with Agatha Christie s ingenious conclusion acknowledged at the time to be `enough to make the book worth buying on its own . The authors of this novel are: G. K. Chesterton, Canon Victor Whitechurch, G. D. H. Cole and Margaret Cole, Henry Wade, Agatha Christie, John Rhode, Milward Kennedy, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ronald Knox, Freeman Wills Crofts, Edgar Jepson, Clemence Dane and Anthony Berkeley.

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From the Queen of Crime, all of her spookiest and most macabre stories collected in one volume, including her earliest published story, The Wife of the Kenite , which is exclusive to this collection.⠘From behind the curtains there still sounded the terrible high long-drawn scream ⠓ such a scream as Raoul had never heard. It died away with a horrible kind of gurgle. Then there came the thud of a body falling⠦⠙For lovers of the supernatural and the macabre comes this collection of ghostly and chilling tales from Agatha Christie. Acknowledged the world over as the undisputed Queen of Crime, in fact she dabbled in her early writing career with mysteries of a more unearthly kind ⠓ stories featuring fantastic psychic visions, spectres looming in the shadows, encounters with deities, eerie messages from the Other Side, even a man who switches bodies with a cat⠦This haunting compendium gathers together all of Christie⠙s spookiest and most macabre short stories, some featuring her timeless detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Finally together in one volume, it shines a light on the darker side of Agatha Christie, one that she herself relished, identifying ten of them as ⠘my own favourite stories written soon after The Mysterious Affair at Styles, some before that⠙.Contains 20 stories:The Last Séance ⠢ In a Glass Darkly ⠢ The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb ⠢ SOS ⠢ The Fourth Man ⠢ The Idol House of Astarte ⠢ The Gipsy ⠢ Philomel Cottage ⠢ The Dream ⠢ The Lamp ⠢ Wireless ⠢ The Mystery of the Blue Jar ⠢ The Blue Geranium ⠢ The Wife of the Kenite ⠢ The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael ⠢ The Call of Wings ⠢ The Red Signal ⠢ The Flock of Geryon ⠢ The Dressmaker⠙s Doll ⠢ The Hound of Death⠘Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.⠙ TANA FRENCH

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â ˜An enthralling guide to one of the worldâ ™s great cities â “ that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics of Istanbul PETER FRANKOPAN A love letter to this ancient capital THE TIMESWalking along the crumbling defensive walls of Istanbul and talking to those he passes, Alexander Christie-Miller finds a distillation of the countryâ ™s history, a mirror of its present, and a shadow of its future.Caught between two seas and two continents, Istanbul lies at the centre of the most pressing challenges of our time. With environmental decay, rapacious development and tightening authoritarianism straining its social fabric to breaking point, it represents the precipitous moment civilizations around the world are currently facing.In and around its crumbling Byzantine-era fortifications, Alexander Christie-Miller meets people who are experiencing the looming crisis and fighting back, sometimes triumphing despite the odds.To the City seamlessly blends two narratives: the story of Turkeyâ ™s tumultuous recent past told through the lives of those who live around the walls, and the story of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet IIâ ™s siege and capture of the city in 1453. That event still looms large in Turkey, as Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan like a latter-day sultan invokes its memory as part of his effort to transform the country in an echo of its imperial past.This is a meditation on the soul of Istanbul, a paean to its resilience and fortitude. Walk with Christie-Miller and see the danger, beauty and hope. Deftly weaving together Istanbulâ ™s past and present, Christie-Millerâ ™s work is a beautifully written, nuanced examination of a city whose story is so often told in binaries Louise Callaghan, Turkey and Middle East correspondent for the Sunday Times and author of Father of Lions Speak

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A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and an instant New York Times bestseller.Nina de Gramont s The Christie Affair is a stunning novel which reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926 that captivated the world. A novel that literally out-Christies Agatha. - Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal Scintillating - Daily MailIn 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance.Iâ ™m no Hercule Poirot.Iâ ™m her husbandâ ™s mistress.Agatha Christieâ ™s world is one of glamorous society parties, country house weekends, and growing literary fame.Nan Oâ ™Deaâ ™s world is something very different. Her attempts to escape a tough London upbringing during the Great War led to a life in Ireland marred by a hidden tragedy.After fighting her way back to England, sheâ ™s set her sights on Agatha. Because Agatha Christie has something Nan wants. And itâ ™s not just her husband.Despite their differences, the two women will become the most unlikely of allies. And during the mysterious eleven days that Agatha goes missing, they will unravel a dark secret that only Nan holds the key to . . .Romance, enigma and wit in bucketloadsâ ™ - Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factoryâ ˜A genuine marvelâ ™ - Kristin Hannah, author of Firefly Laneâ ˜Ingeniousâ ™ - AJ Pearce, author of Dear Mrs Bird

Objev podobné jako The Christie Affair - de Gramont Nina

â ˜Literally out-Christies Agathaâ ™ - Janice Hallett, author of The AppealNina de Gramont s The Christie Affair reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world.In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance.Iâ ™m no Hercule Poirot.Iâ ™m her husbandâ ™s mistress.Agatha Christieâ ™s world is one of glamorous society parties, country house weekends, and growing literary fame.Nan Oâ ™Deaâ ™s world is something very different. Her attempts to escape a tough London upbringing during the Great War led to a life in Ireland marred by a hidden tragedy. After fighting her way back to England, sheâ ™s set her sights on Agatha. Because Agatha Christie has something Nan wants. And itâ ™s not just her husband.Despite their differences, the two women will become the most unlikely of allies. And during the mysterious eleven days that Agatha goes missing, they will unravel a dark secret that only Nan holds the key to . . .A Reese Witherspoon Book Club PickThe Instant New York Times Bestsellerâ ˜Storytelling at its very finestâ ™ - My Weeklyâ ˜Scintillatingâ ™ - Daily Mailâ ˜Romance, enigma and wit in bucketloadsâ ™ - Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factoryâ ˜A genuine marvelâ ™ - Kristin Hannah, author of Firefly Laneâ ˜Ingeniousâ ™ - AJ Pearce, author of Dear Mrs Bird

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Whatâ ™s so special about Dutch paintings of cheese? When does Art Nouveau become Art Deco? Why were the Pre-Raphaelites obsessed with gingers? Find out in one sentence with comedian and art historian Verity Babbs. Heaps of fun, and endlessly fascinating - a must read for any history of art enthusiast. Utterly brilliant. Alice LoxtonVerity Babbs journeys through 50 key art movements across history, answering ten questions for each in just one sentence at a time. Within these fascinating, and sometimes hilarious, nuggets of art wisdom, Verity covers everything from who inspired the movement and its impact on history, to the key artists and artworks for each. Spanning 500 years â “ from the Renaissance to the Young British Artists â “ this wonderfully illustrated book is for anyone who wants to learn more about art and also have a laugh along the way. It wonâ ™t answer everything, nor will you be a genius by the end of it, but you will feel a little less lost next time youâ ™re in a gallery or museum and will most likely become a whole lot more helpful on your pub quiz team.*** Equally amusing and enlightening, this brilliant book offers an answer for every art question you ve wanted to ask, plus those you re yet to think of while standing in a museum Ruth Millington Packed with facts and a lively wit that would have the Mona Lisa grinning Chris Turner Verity Babbs has done the impossible - taken a very high-brow, highly edumacated topic and stripped it back into bite-size pieces that make absolute sense. Nothing daunting about this book - get stuck in! Roo Irvine

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Tales of the Supernatural by Agatha Christie For lovers of the supernatural and the macabre comes this collection of ghostly and chilling tales from Agatha Christie. Acknowledged the world over as the undisputed Queen of Crime, in fact she dabbled in her early writing career with mysteries of a more unearthly kind - stories featuring fantastic psychic visions, spectres looming in the shadows, encounters with deities, eerie messages from the Other Side, even a man who switches bodies with a cat... This haunting compendium gathers together all of Christie s spookiest and most macabre short stories, some featuring her timeless detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Finally together in one volume, it shines a light on the darker side of Agatha Christie, one that she herself relished, identifying ten of them as my own favourite stories written soon after The Mysterious Affair at Styles, some before that .

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Tory Van Dyne is the most down-to-earth member of a decidedly eccentric old-money New York family. For one thing, as book conservator at Manhattan s Mystery Guild Library, she actually has a job. Plus, she s left up-town society behind for a quiet life downtown. So she s not thrilled when she discovers a woman in the library s Christie Room who calmly introduces herself as Agatha Christie, politely requests a cocktail, and announces she s there to help solve a murder - that has not yet happened. But as soon as Tory determines that this is just a fairly nutty Christie fangirl, her socialite/actress cousin Nicola gets caught up in the suspicious death of her less-than-lovable talent agent. Nic, as always, looks to Tory for help. Tory, in turn, looks to Mrs. Christie. The woman, whoever or whatever she is, clearly knows her stuff when it comes to crime. Aided by a found family of unlikely sleuths - including a snarky librarian, an eleven-year-old computer whiz, and an NYPD detective with terrible taste in suits - Tory and the woman claiming to be her very much deceased literary idol begin to unravel the twists and turns of a murderer s devious mind. Because, in the immortal words of Miss Jane Marple, murder is never simple.

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â ˜An enthralling guide to one of the worldâ ™s great cities â “ that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics of Istanbul PETER FRANKOPAN A love letter to this ancient capital THE TIMESWalking along the crumbling defensive walls of Istanbul and talking to those he passes, Alexander Christie-Miller finds a distillation of the countryâ ™s history, a mirror of its present, and a shadow of its future.Caught between two seas and two continents, Istanbul lies at the centre of the most pressing challenges of our time. With environmental decay, rapacious development and tightening authoritarianism straining its social fabric to breaking point, it represents the precipitous moment civilizations around the world are currently facing.In and around its crumbling Byzantine-era fortifications, Alexander Christie-Miller meets people who are experiencing the looming crisis and fighting back, sometimes triumphing despite the odds.To the City seamlessly blends two narratives: the story of Turkeyâ ™s tumultuous recent past told through the lives of those who live around the walls, and the story of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet IIâ ™s siege and capture of the city in 1453. That event still looms large in Turkey, as Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan like a latter-day sultan invokes its memory as part of his effort to transform the country in an echo of its imperial past.This is a meditation on the soul of Istanbul, a paean to its resilience and fortitude. Walk with Christie-Miller and see the danger, beauty and hope.

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