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Book Synopsis ''Breathtakingly powerful'' Guardian ''This startling, absorbing book will leave you fizzing with anger and possibility'' Noreen Masud A hauntingly beautiful, unforgettable Norwegian classic, ripe for discoveryIn the blue dusk of a spring evening, a man is drawn to a lonely, beautiful stranger across a station platform. She follows him home, and over one heady night of wine and cigarettes, recounts to him the devastating story of her life . . .First published in 1947, Nothing Grows by Moonlight tells the haunting tale of one woman's soul-shattering love affair. When an obsessive passion for her high school teacher consumes a small-town seventeen-year-old, her life spirals out of control, giving way to pregnancy, poverty and alienation. Here, darkness and light converge, and unrequited love blooms against the shadows of societal injustices, as she fights for autonomy: over her life, her mind and her body.Captivating, visceral and brimming with emotion, Nothing Grows by Moonlight is a feminist classic of Scandinavian literature, and an uncompromising ode to female desire.

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Book Synopsis90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksKnown as Ireland's Chekhov, Frank O'Connor was a master of the modern short story, with an eye for capturing the spaces between our selves and our surroundings. The Genius brings together some of his very best stories, often told from the perspective of young children and forming a revealing portrait of coming of age in postwar Ireland. Humorous and poignant in equal parts, these stories are a lesson in craft from a celebrated, prolific author.

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Book Synopsis90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Bookswe are the ones we have been waiting for'These poems of radical love, urgency and global consciousness reach across borders to break open the silence of oppression and the taboo, liberating both body and soul. Lively and enigmatic, Passion is June Jordan's most accomplished and animated collection. Her virtuosic, resolute words have inspired generations of readers and activists across the world, from Nobel Laureates to US Presidents.

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Book SynopsisA rollicking tale of the 1970s Detroit criminal underworld from legendary crime writer Elmore LeonardTo get ahead in armed robbery, you just need to find the perfect business partner...When auto thief Stick steals a maroon '73 Camaro from Frank's used car lot, Frank spies an unexpected opportunity. He suggests' they combine forces, and soon they're embarking on a crime spree across Detroit, holding up liquor stores and supermarkets and causing mayhem wherever they go. As long as they keep sticking to their Ten Golden Rules for Successful Armed Robbery, the cash keeps rolling in. But what happens when you start bending your own rules?

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Book SynopsisFrom the multi-million copy bestselling author of BIG LITTLE LIES and NINE PERFECT STRANGERS, discover this irresistible story of love, lies and obsession . . .________Hypnotherapist Ellen O''Farrell has been single for a while, which is why she''s so taken with her handsome new boyfriend, Patrick.But Patrick has a confession: he has a stalker, an ex-girlfriend who won''t leave him alone.Ellen is a little disturbed - yet also curious. Who is this woman, and what would drive her to this obsessive behaviour? In fact, Ellen almost thinks she''d quite like to meet her.What she doesn''t realise is that she already has . . .________AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLLERThe world can''t get enough of Liane Moriarty...''Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly'' Sunday Express''Mistress of the razor-sharp observation'' Kate Morton'Trade ReviewA complex, nuanced look at relationships, and the nature of romantic attachment * Telegraph *In this gripping novel, best selling author of Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty, will explore obsession and love. Exceptional * Chat Special *This is a compelling story with lots of twists. Made me laugh and also think -- Jane Correy's June Bookshelf * Midweek Herald *Another excellent, engaging read from Moriarty, who specialises in changing the way you see everything * WI Life *A breezy thriller * Sunday Mirror *Praise for Liane Moriarty * - *Every single one of her books is a great read * E! Online *Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly * Sunday Express *One of the few writers I'll drop anything for -- Jojo MoyesKeeps you guessing until the very end -- Reese WitherspoonStaggeringly brilliant, literally unputdownable -- Sophie HannahThe writing is beautiful: sometimes funny, sometimes sad but always compelling * Good Housekeeping *So well written that it pulls you in from the first page * Sunday Mirror *A hell of a good book -- Stephen KingA tense, page-turning story * Mail on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisA beautiful new edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald''s classic novel The Great Gatsby to coincide with the release of Baz Luhrmann''s film.''There was music from my neighbour''s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.''Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby''s mansion in West Egg, east of New York. The riotous throng congregates in his sumptuous garden, coolly debating Gatsby''s origins and mysterious past. None of the frivolous socialites understands him and among various rumours is the conviction that ''he killed a man''. A detached onlooker, Gatsby is oblivious to the speculation he creates, but always seems to be watching and waiting, though no one knows what for.As writer Nick Carraway is drawn into this decadent orbit, Gatsby''s destructive dreams and passions are revealed, leading to disturbing and tragic consequences.''Not only a page turner and heartbreaker, it''s one of the most quintessentially American novels ever written'' TimeF. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St Paul, Minnesota in 1896. He studied at Princeton University before joining the army in 1917. In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre. Their traumatic relationship and subsequent breakdowns became a major influence on his writing. Among his publications were five novels, This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and the Damned, Tender is the Night and The Last Tycoon (his last and unfinished work); six volumes of short stories and The Crack-Up, a selection of autobiographical pieces. F. Scott Fitzgerald died suddenly in 1940.

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Book SynopsisThe General in his Labyrinth is the compelling tale of Simón Bolívar, a hero who has been forgotten and whose power is fading, retracing his steps down the Magdalena River by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. ''It was the fourth time he had travelled along the Magdalena, and he could not escape the impression that he was retracing the steps of his life''At the age of forty-six General Simón Bolívar, who drove the Spanish from his lands and became the Liberator of South America, takes himself into exile. He makes a final journey down the Magdalene River, revisiting the cities along its shores, reliving the triumphs, passions and betrayals of his youth. Consumed by the memories of what he has done and what he failed to do, Bolívar hopes to see a way out of the labyrinth in which he has lived all his life. . .. ''An exquisite writer, wise, compassionate Trade ReviewA fascinating tour de force and a moving tribute to an extraordinary man * Margaret Atwood *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe tale of a mixed-race British American family in conflict with another family of opposing sensibilities. As with all Smith's work, it's smart, funny and a masterclass in the complexities of identity -- Luan Goldie * Guardian *

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Book SynopsisAt a New York City Wedding, on a sweltering summer night, four people are trying to get their lives started.Yun has everything he''s ever wanted, but somehow it''s never enough.Emory is finally making her mark, but feels the shame more than the success.Andrew just wants to be honest, but had lied to himself his whole life.Fin can''t resist falling in love, but can''t help wrecking it all either.Then the four of them watch as one of the guests sits down and never gets back up. Soon it''s happening everywhere. Is it an illness or a choice?Because how can anyone be happy in a world where the only choice is to feel everything - or nothing at all?Trade ReviewA dark, addictive novel * Red *Intense, twisty and beautifully written . . . unique * Daily Mail *Extraordinary -- Emily St John Mandel on THE LAST

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Book SynopsisPoetry in a time of upheaval Equal parts dramatic and symphonic, the poetry of Jean-Paul de Dadelsen provides acute insight into the European consciousness of the first half of the twentieth century. With energetic innovation and imaginative depth, Dadelsen extols the somber beauty of his Alsatian homeland, grapples with the elusiveness of meaning, and decries religion's futile attempts to speak to a continent ravaged by fascism and war. His is an acerbic and humane assessment of French and European identity that draws on the past and imagines the future, while remaining firmly rooted in the present. In these poems, Dadelsen modulates himself in dramatic monologue, exploring a mosaic of voices to form a composite portrait of the postwar landscape. Inhabiting such characters as King Solomon, Johann Sebastian Bach, provincial French women, and a Hungarian resistant in the 1956 uprising, the poems in this new bilingual collection offer an inside look at the shifting cultural topograpTrade Review“Written in the aftershock of World War II, Jean-Paul de Dadelsen’s robust, irreverently reverent poems—deftly translated by Marilyn Hacker—speak from the fissured heart of Europe, and are nothing short of a revelation.”—Gabriel Levin, author of Errant“Jean-Paul de Dadelsen’s poignant poems tear me out of myself and reveal the presence of new things. His landscape of plains and rivers, swept by wind at the eastern edge of France, comes into focus, along with a powerful autobiographical realism and a God who remains silent. I so admire these strange, erudite, spiritually resonant poems.”—Henri Cole“With these flawless translations by poet Marilyn Hacker, we can finally take the full measure of Dadelsen’s achievement. His work is that of a witness who has seen the worst man has to offer, but responds, as if in defiance, with praise.”—Ellen Hinsey, author of The Illegal Age“In this masterful collection, Dadelsen’s unique sacred-profane music is rendered perfectly. That Light, All at Once is a gift to us.”—Yusef Komunyakaa, author of Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth“Jean-Paul de Dadelsen’s poems spring out of a personal territory of intelligence, experience, and deep feeling, reminding us now of Brodsky, of Laforgue and Rilke, yet entirely individual. A major modern poet.”—George Szirtes, winner of the 2004 T. S. Eliot Prize for Reel

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Book Synopsis''Bright, funny, satirical and relevant. . . . A new talent to watch!'' MARGARET ATWOOD (via Twitter)This brilliant and bitingly funny novel-in-stories, set in and around a single crumbling apartment building in Soviet-era Ukraine, heralds the arrival of a major new talent.A cast of unforgettable characters--citizens of the small industrial town of Kirovka--populate Maria Reva''s ingeniously entwined tales that span the chaotic years leading up to and immediately following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989. Weaving the strands of the narrative together is an unforgettable, chameleon-like young woman named Zaya: an orphan turned beauty-pageant crasher who survives the extraordinary circumstances of her childhood through a compelling combination of ferocity, intelligence, stubbornness and wit.Inspired by her own family''s history, Reva''s Good Citizens Need Not Fear takes us from paranoia to tenderness and back again, exploring what it iTrade ReviewBright, funny, satirical and relevant . . . A new talent to watch! -- MARGARET ATWOOD * from Twitter *Good Citizens Need Not Fear is the funniest, most politically astute book I've read in years. Reva's pitch perfect tone - especially at that comic junction where the absurdity of a system rigged to control human beings collides with actual humans - is bang-on brilliantMaria Reva's enthralling debut of interlinked short stories achieves the double effect of timelessness and timeliness. The emotional impact of this book is cumulative. This is partly down to her mastery of the form: the stories are connected by a unity of place, time and relationship. More importantly, they are brought to life by Reva's handling of darkness and light * Kapka Kassabova, Guardian Book of the Day *Creative, poignant, and darkly hilarious, Good Citizens Need Not Fear is full of relevant questions about resistance, corruption and maintaining dignity against the dehumanizing power of the State. This is an outstanding first bookLuminous. These stories speak with humour yet real emotion of the heaviness of totalitarian systems and show how the light of our humanity still shines through. Terrific stuffWitheringly incisive and consistently pitch-perfect, Good Citizens Need Not Fear is nothing short of a comic triumph * Globe and Mail *Maria Reva is a miracle writer: how else to explain how dark and suffused with light these stories are, how genuinely hilarious and very serious, how entertaining and thought provoking? You've never read anything like them, and together they make an incredible, strange and deeply exciting book * Elizabeth McCracken, author of BOWLAWAY *Reading this dazzling story collection, I discovered it's possible to have your heart broken while laughing loud enough to wake the baby two doors down the hall. With their big, delightful dollops of surrealism and absurdity, these stories conjure up from the old Soviet-era Ukraine a world that feels, with its hall-of-mirrors twists and torques, uncannily--alarmingly!--on point and up-to-date. Good Citizens Need Not Fear marks the beginning of what is sure to be a long, strong career for the brilliant Maria Reva * Ben Fountain, author of BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK *[A] hilarious, absurdist debut collection...Reva delights in the strange situations caused by political dysfunction, while offering surprising notes of tenderness as ordinary people learn to get by. The riotous set pieces and intelligent gaze make this an auspicious debut * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *I have never read anything like these radiant stories. They are true originals- funny, devastating, and containing a weird, wild energy. These citizens, living in the literally collapsing buildings of Ukraine, will not be crushed or silenced. They have something urgent to say about where we are today -- Deb Olin Unferth, author of WAIT TILL YOU SEE ME DANCEEverything about this book is astonishing - its breadth and depth, its wit and originality, its inventiveness and intelligence and, maybe most surprising of all, its great big heart. We've been waiting for a writer as fearless and thrilling as Maria Reva, and Good Citizens Need Not Fear confirms that she's arriving exactly when we need her most -- Bret Anthony Johnston, author of REMEMBER ME LIKE THISReva's world tips slyly from Soviet-style absurdism to a more fantastical surrealism . . . Reva has a wonderful sense of humor and an equally wonderful sense of the absurd . . . Reva is clearly a talent to watch: Her prose has a neat efficiency, and her stories are as memorable as they are unique. The world Reva creates slips fluidly from the surreal to the absurd to the grittily realistic * Kirkus Reviews *[A] witty first collection . . . Reva's tales effortlessly converge, offering well-honed portraits of her characters' realities, sensibilities and urgencies * Booklist *Good Citizens Need Not Fear showcases the best form of creative writing on the market today - the tight, powerful short story that draws one in immediately, scores its emotional points, and stuns with unforgettable, detailed word-pictures . . . There are no weaknesses in the book with its absurd situations, dark humor and human nature on full display . . . The many metaphors dazzle the mind . . . Vibrant, risky and satisfying. Reva's volume is slim, but hefty in ideas and artistry. . . Maria Reva is a towering talent and her book debut a complex work of art * The Oklahoman *Darkly funny . . . Reminded me of Christadora by Tim Murphy . . . Deeply satisfying . . . [Reva] is really great at finding dark humor in what otherwise would be bleak situations * BookRiot's All About the Books! Podcast *. . . Like a funhouse mirror. Given the setting of a Ukrainian town in the 1980s, readers might enter the collection expecting the usual westernized version of life in the late Soviet Union: corruption, Kafkaesque bureaucracy, maybe a dash of the secret police. But while these elements do make appearances in Reva's fiction, the overall tone is one of nihilistic, elated mysticism. Her stories don't have twists so much as layers, as in soil: every bit of digging uncovers something new, sometimes a treasure, sometimes a grotesquerie * Quill & Quire *[An] innovative, bitingly funny short-story collection * Entertainment Weekly *Absurd, funny, devastating . . . Strange, beautiful and so very full of life * Lara Prescott *Reva's stories are witty yet dark and foreboding, harboring bitter and biting humor that does little to veil the despair [of the good citizens] . . . The writing style and storylines are exceptional, unique to the author yet reminiscent of the classics. 'Lucky Toss' taps into Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart' [and in 'Roach Brooch'] shades of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis are evident . . . Entertaining yet disconcerting and complex. [Reva] showcases the harsh reality of oppression, poverty, abandonment, fear and the constant scrabble simply to subsist and be counted as having a life worthy of acknowledgment * Lone Star Literary Life *One of the leading post-Soviet writers of her generation while breaking through the limitations of the term itself * The Nation *Striking . . . unfold[s] in the fertile space between story collection and novel . . . Good Citizens Need Not Fear uses interlinked tales centred around a crumbling apartment block in Ukraine to convey the absurdity of post-Soviet life * Guardian (Best books of the year) *

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Book SynopsisINTRODUCED BY LAUREN GROFF ''Rumer Godden''s novels have a timeless shimmer'' GUARDIAN''One hundred years after her birth, Rumer Godden''s novels still pulse with life'' MATTHEW DENNISON, TELEGRAPH''Her craftsmanship is always sure'' NEW YORK TIMES''The motto was Pax but the word was set in a circle of thorns. Peace, but what a strange peace, made of unremitting toil and effort . . .''Bruised by tragedy, Philippa Talbot leaves behind a successful career with the civil service for a new calling: to join an enclosed order of Benedictine nuns. In this small community of fewer than one hundred women, she soon discovers all the human frailties: jealousy, love, despair. But each crisis of heart and conscience is guided by the compassion and intelligence of the Abbess and by the Sisters'' shared bond of faith and ritual. Away from the world, and yet at one with it, Philippa must learn to forgive and forget her past . . .

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Book SynopsisFrom his chlidhood in Fez, having fled the Christian Inquisition, through his many journeys to the East as an itinerant merhcant, Hasans story is a quixotic catalogue of pirates, slave girls and princesses, encompassing the complexities of a world in a state of religious flux. Hasan too is touched by the instability of the era, performing his hadj to Mecca, then converting to Christianity, only to relapse back to the Muslim faith later in life. In re-creating his extraordinary experiences, Amin Maalouf sketches an irrisistible portrait of the Mediterranea world as it was nearly five centuries ago - the fall of Granada, the Ottoman conquest of Egypt, Renaissance Rome under the Medicis: all contribute to a background of spectacular colour, matched only by the picaresque adventures of Hasan''s life.

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Book SynopsisHe wore darkness with such graceful ease... Twilight meets Gossip Girl in the spiciest, most addictive vampire series of the year by million-copy bestselling author and TikTok sensation Geneva Lee. Get ready for your vampire obsession.It''s been a month since Thea Melbourne''s world was turned upside down by a vampire. Now she''s returned home, where her mother lies in a coma. Struggling to return to the life she left behind, she''s selling off her gifted couture to pay the bills, avoiding her concerned roommates, and trying to forget the sexy, irresistible vampire who started it all.Julian Rousseaux knows he should stay away from Thea. In fact, the vampire council demands it. The problem is that she haunts his every thought... When a new threat emerges, he faces the hardest choice he''s made in 900 years: pray that she''s safer without him or propose a new arrangement to keep her at his side.One that forces them to confront their own dar

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Book SynopsisFrom the international bestselling author of The Devotion of Suspect X. A Sunday Times Crime Club pick. Trade ReviewDetective Kaga has something of Columbo about him, zeroing in on the awkward inconsistency with seemingly artless accuracy. In a series of chapters that could almost be short stories, Kaga pursues the case of a murdered woman from suspect to suspect, through a nostalgia-tinged Tokyo of family-run shops and Ginza bar girls. Clever and charming * Sunday Times (Crime Club Star Pick) *An intriguing mashup of police procedural and golden age puzzle mystery. When fortysomething divorcee Mineko Mitsui is discovered strangled at her home, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga [...] begins tracing items found in the dead woman's flat to shops in the neighbourhood, using a mixture of Sherlockian deduction and legwork to lead him to the killer. What initially appears to be a chain of short stories coalesces into an investigation, as Kaga, in a delightfully low-key style, painstakingly builds up a picture of the dead woman's past and the events of the last days of her life * Guardian *This charming, gentle mystery, with its dogged, insightful investigator whose unorthodox approach spreads calm rather than confusion, is a thing of joy * Irish Independent *Higashino is the ideal choice for anyone who fancies an elegantly written traditional murder mystery in a fresh and fascinating setting * Morning Star *Kyoichiro Kaga joins an illustrious list of much-loved fictional detectives . . . The plot [of Newcomer] is as intricate and delicately poised as an antique three-sided clock Kaga encounters during his investigations. A charming, evocative and rewarding read * Western Gazette *For those who like their crime fiction layered with riddles within enigmas, [Keigo Higashino] is a master * Irish News *A unique take on the genre . . . mesmerising . . . this is a different kind of mystery novel. A delight to read * Spectator *One new mystery that stands out this year is Newcomer . . . its plotting is so unusual: a criminal investigation conducted through a series of tangential vignettes, each one connected by a wonderful sense of small-scale humanity -- Jeff Noon * Spectator (Books of the Year) *

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Book Synopsis The awkward and lovable hero of Andrew Sean Greer''s bestselling and prize-winning novel Less returns in this unforgettable road trip across America. ''Wildly, painfully funny'' David Sedaris''Unforgettable'' Elizabeth Day''The joyfulness of this book is a balm'' Madeline Miller''What a joy'' Katie KitamuraFor Arthur Less, life is going surprisingly well: he is a moderately accomplished novelist in a steady relationship with his partner, Freddy Pelu. But nothing lasts: the death of an old lover and a sudden financial crisis has Less running away from his problems yet again as he accepts a series of literary gigs that send him on a zigzagging adventure across the US.Less roves across the ''Mild Mild West'', through the South and to his mid-Atlantic birthplace, with an ever-changing posse of writerly characters and his trusty duo - a human-like black pug, Dolly, and a rusty camper van nicknamed Rosina. He grows a Trade ReviewSo funny, jokes and wit and joy packed into every page. It's beautiful and light and deceptively fun, and then stabs you through the heart. Wonderful Less, more, more! -- Russell T DaviesAffecting and funny - so hysterical at times you may find yourself laughing aloud. * Daily Mail *There is no better guide across America than Arthur Less, the "bad gay" whose engaging awkwardness and self-deprecation are tragically funny and hugely insightful. We should all be so lost -- Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in ChemistryAndrew Sean Greer's writing nails both the absurdity of the human condition and its wistful beauty. Arthur Less is an unforgettable literary creation and I was so happy to be back in his company as he continues his elegant muddle through life -- Elizabeth Day, author of MagpieDoes Andrew Greer think of himself as a comic novelist? Does a giraffe think of itself as a giraffe? Probably it doesn't matter. This book, though, is wildly, painfully funny. It sometimes hurts to read it -- David Sedaris, author of A Carnival of SnackeryIt is a deep pleasure to return to the adventures of Arthur Less and his beloved Freddy. Greer is a brilliant storyteller as always, and the joyfulness of this book is a balm. I loved reading it -- Madeline Miller, bestselling author of CirceGreer's whimsically Wodehousian metaphors are as delightful as ever * Financial Times *What a joy to be reunited with the beloved, hapless, utterly delightful Arthur Less. With tenderness, wit and his incomparably lovely prose, Greer probes that most profound and mysterious of subjects: love. -- Katie Kitamura, author of IntimaciesExcited to be reunited with our neurotic hero Arthur Less, I ripped through this sequel. It was a thrill to go on this odyssey with Less where even the most picayune comic encounters turn profound. Vulnerable and witty, Less is Lost is a joy -- Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor FeelingsFunny and uplifting * Grazia *A gift of a story in these muddling, hard times, and a love letter to accepting yourself for who you are. Arthur Less is the protagonist we all need right now' -- Araminta Hall, author of Hidden DepthsAn emotional and soul-searching sequel ... recalls the plaintive laconicism of the American humourist David Sedaris * Sunday Times *The hapless protagonist of Greer's prize-winning novel, Less, is now touring America's heartlands .... it's huge fun. Greer's delight in language and the comedy of incongruity is infectious. * Spectator *An enjoyable encore ... Read Less to fall in love and then pick up Less is Lost to rekindle a favourite old flame * Irish Times *An unexpected gift... [Arthur Less] cuts a sympathetic, melancholy figure with a capacity for kindness, hope and romance. It's this evidence of his inventor's sympathy for his creation that makes this very funny novel stand out from its peers like Venus's starlight * Big Issue *Brimming with wit and pathos and a thing of joy * Saga Magazine *Shimmering with wit, a passion for language and astonishing insight, Less is Lost revels in its affection for the absurdity of life. Smart, and profoundly uplifting. A joy! * Attitude *

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Book Synopsis''I loved every page'' Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient''Smart, funny, and sexy'' Meg Cabot, author of No Judgments and the Princess Diaries seriesTalia Hibbert delivers a witty, hilarious romantic comedy about a woman who''s tired of being ''boring'' and recruits her mysterious, sexy neighbour to help her get a life - perfect for fans of Sally Thorne, Jasmine Guillory and Helen Hoang!Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan and a list. After almost - but not quite - dying, she''s come up with a list of directives to help her ''Get a Life'': - Enjoy a drunken night out - Ride a motorbike - Go camping - Have meaningless but thoroughly enjoyable sex - Travel the world with nothing but hand luggage - And . . . do something badBut it''s not easy being bad, even when you''ve wrTrade ReviewTalia Hibbert is a rockstar! Her writing is smart, funny, and sexy, but most importantly, she'll make you fall in love with her sweetly imperfect characters, who are so real you'll wish you could give them all a hug -- Meg Cabot, author of No Judgments and the Princess Diaries seriesWith wit, biting humour and moments of extreme poignancy, Talia Hibbert brings to life a heroine whose courage and tenacity leaps off the page... Get A Life, Chloe Brown is funny, sexy, and intensely romantic, highly recommended for any contemporary romance reader, but especially for the many of us who, like Chloe, navigate life through the lens and under the weight of an invisible illness -- Lucy Parker, author of The Austen Playbook A pure exuberant delight. I loved this book... It's also hilarious - Chloe in particular has a gloriously sardonic perception of the world - and it bounces along, and it will just make you feel better. Exactly what a romance should be -- KJ Charles, author of Proper English I just finished Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert. My heart is full, and my pants are full of pants feeling for one Triumph-riding, painter, ginger named Red. So so so so good -- Andie J. Christopher, USA Today bestselling author of Not the Girl You MarryGet A Life, Chloe Brown was one of my most anticipated books of 2019, and it delivered! Beautiful writing, laugh out loud funny, a truly unique and memorable hero and heroine and a romance that is raw, real and passionate. This goes on my permanent keeper shelf! -- Naima Simone, USA Today bestselling authorGet a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert was clever, sweet, sexy, and brilliant. It made me cry but in the best ways. Seeing a heroine with a similar disease to my own fall in love and be happy was everything -- Carrie Ann Ryan, New York Times bestselling author[An] awesome book, so full of heart and warmth and feels! -- Charlotte Stein, author of Never SweeterA thrilling, life-altering adventure that will keep readers riveted... Best of all, the romance is sizzling hot. This contemporary is a page-turning winner * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *An incredibly funny, romantic, and uplifting book . . . Hilarious, heartfelt, and hot. Hibbert is a major talent * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *We guarantee at the end of Talia Hibbert's latest, you'll be swooning over the love story and inspired by Chloe to write your very own Get a Life list * Bookish *A charming enemies-to-lovers romantic coupling with a cinnamon-roll hero . . . Is this book what the word 'charming' was invented for? Probably * The Booklist Reader *Absolutely charming... a flawless balance of humour, heat, sweetness, and depth, and I loved every page -- Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Kiss QuotientHibbert's sweet rom-com features a refreshingly real set of characters * The Washington Post *Is this book what the word 'charming' was invented for? Probably. This interracial romance with a disabled heroine is an #OwnVoices treat that will satisfy readers who love a cinnamon-roll hero and love scenes that scorch the dang pages * Booklist (starred review) *This story was so real and you'll love every minute of it. ... Five stars isn't enough for this book. Thank you so much Talia Hibbert for writing such a wonderful, diverse and healthy romance I can read over and over again! * Book Rambler *If you liked Jasmine Guillroy's The Proposal, you'll love Talia Hibbert's Get A Life, Chloe Brown * Marie Claire *This stunning romance tackles important topics, such as living with disability and surviving emotional abuse, without ever getting bogged down in despair. Hibbert's prose sparkles, and the heat is high, making this new series launch, the author's first with a mainstream publisher, perfect for fans of Tessa Bailey's Hot & Hammered series or Helen Hoang's The Kiss Quotient * Library Journal (starred review) *A tour-de-force romance that tackles tough problems like insecurity and chronic pain while still delivering a laugh-out-loud love story full of poignant revelations about human nature * NPR *Looking for a book to hand to a newish romance reader? Pick this one. As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, Get a Life, Chloe Brown is a fantastic way to show new readers all that contemporaries can be * Smart Bitches, Trashy Books *Poised to be a hit. This book distinguishes itself from the many other smart and sexy rom-coms of late by weaving in a discussion about chronic illness * Refinery29 *Sometimes a book can change your life. It can turn you upside down and shake everything up and spit you back out with all your bits and bobs rearranged to give you a more complete picture of yourself than you've ever had before. That was my experience reading Get a Life, Chloe Brown. ... Hibbert's novel is a life-affirming, soul-searching, beautiful gem of a book that should be required reading for anyone in search of their own happily-ever-after. It's a resounding, triumphant testament to the power of healing, the beauty of love, and the essential nature of compassion. May we all get a life, and a love, like Chloe Brown * Entertainment Weekly *Talia Hibbert shows how standard romance tropes - misunderstandings, meddling sisters, a steamy camping trip - can be elevated to sublime pleasure in the hands of a brilliant writer. Everything about Chloe and Red's story feels honest, specific and real. And magical, even when real-life concerns like chronic illness can never fade away. This is an extraordinary book, full of love, generosity, kindness and sharp humour * The New York Times *Unbelievably sexy, incredibly honest. I loved this heroine so, so much. She is real, different, and wonderfulThis feel-good romance will introduce you to Chloe Brown and her amazing list * Frolic *

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Book SynopsisA fresh and fun romance, featuring two witty, intelligent women coming to terms with both their careers and their growing attraction to each other in a glittering Hollywood setting.Trade ReviewSomething to Talk About is a delicious slow-burn with the kind of Hollywood ending that will make you believe in soul mates. Emma and Jo's story of overcoming obstacles to fight for true love will have you swooning and smiling long after you've finished the bookSomething to Talk About is a fresh and fun romance, featuring two witty, intelligent women coming to terms with both their careers and their growing attraction to each other in a glittering Hollywood setting. Meryl Wilsner is a great new voice, whose perspective is both extremely welcome and desperately neededSomething to Talk About is an extremely fun, supremely readable slow-burn romance that had me yelling, 'JUST KISS ALREADY!' as I flew through the pages. Filled with behind-the-scenes Hollywood details and side characters who are entertaining enough to deserve their own books, Emma and Jo's love story is both irresistible and a total breath of fresh airThis is a gem * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *A sparkling debut with vibrant characters, a compelling Hollywood studio setting, and a sweet slow-burn romance * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *Fleshed out with important female friendships and a timely look at sexual harassment in the film industry, Wilsner's tale maintains a primary focus on the delightful, developing romance. Completely captivating and so satisfying * Booklist (starred review) *This debut is an unputdownable slow-burn romance with well-drawn and incredibly real characters. Wilsner does an amazing job exploring a Hollywood love story in the middle of a #metoo movement * Library Journal (starred review) *[A] slow-burn heart warmer * O, the Oprah Magazine *

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Book Synopsis''Utterly absorbing and deliciously erotic'' Angela Knight''Hot, sexy, unique, intriguingly wicked'' Christine FeehanIn the next Prison Camp instalment, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward pens a heart-wrenching tale of love and betrayal in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world . . . Framed for the grisly murder of his shellan , Kane is condemned to the notorious prison camp - unaware of the dark truth behind his arranged mating. Centuries later, when he is horribly burned while attempting to save others, he prays he''ll finally be reunited in the Fade with his mate . . . not knowing what revelations await him.Nadya is a self-taught nurse who does what she can to ease the suffering of the prisoners. When Kane comes under her care, she cannot help but empathise with his condition for very personal reasons - and as the guards take him away one last time, she fears he is facing a terrible death.After a daring rescue, Ka

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Book Synopsis''The perfect romcom: a stunning mix of hilarious tropes, swoony romance and lovable, relatable characters. A must read for every romance lover!'' Ali HazelwoodOpposites become allies to fool their matchmaking friends in this swoony reimagining of Shakespeare''s beloved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing.Jamie Westenberg and Bea Wilmot have nothing in common except a meet-disaster and the mutual understanding that they couldn''t be more wrong for each other. But when the people closest to them play Cupid and trick them into going on a date, Jamie and Bea realize they have something else in common after all - an undeniable need for revenge.Soon their plan is in place: fake date obnoxiously and convince the meddlers they''re madly in love. Then, break up spectacularly and dash everyone''s hopes, putting an end to the matchmaking madness once and for all.To convince everyone that they''ve fallen for each other, Jamie and BeTrade ReviewChampagne and chocolate in book form. Prepare to be completely swept away * Helen Hoang, New York Times bestselling author of The Heart Principle *I am deeply in awe of Chloe Liese's spectacular talent for creating characters that make readers feel seen. Two Wrongs Make A Right is the perfect romcom: a stunning mix of hilarious tropes, swoony romance, and lovable, relatable characters. A must read for every romance lover! * Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis *Absolute romantic perfection! Two Wrongs Make A Right is sexy, and smart, and achingly sweet. I absolutely adored every word * Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners *These two wrongs are so very right for each other. Equal parts smart and steamy, with razor-sharp wit and an elegant, playful rhythm that would make Shakespeare proud. There's no warmer hug than a Chloe Liese book * Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of Weather Girl *Exquisite tension, hilarious banter, steamy romance and a hero and heroine with personalities that burst from the pages. A top must-read of the year! * Samantha Young, New York Times bestselling author of A Cosmic Kind of Love *Two Wrongs Make A Right is an excellent addition to any contemporary romance lover's keeper shelf! Trope lovers will swoon as Bea and West journey from annoyances fake dating to unlikely friends who fall in real love! Chloe Liese nails the fast-paced ensemble chemistry of the source material and delivers a sophisticated playfulness of prose that echoes Shakespeare himself * Rosie Danan, author of The Roommate *Two Wrongs Make a Right is a deeply tender romance that plays delightful music upon both the heartstrings and the funnybone. Full of charm, zest, and sensual heat, and with characters who are sure to join the ranks of readers' beloved favourites, it is the perfect book for anyone who loves love * India Holton, author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels *Two Wrongs Make a Right overflows with snappy banter, heartfelt emotion, and delicious swooniness and heat. Bea and Jamie's tenderness and care for one another shine on the page, and Liese's wit and humor undergird the entire story. This book is a true pleasure to read, sure to delight her many current fans even as it earns her many new ones * Olivia Dade, author of Spoiler Alert *Two Wrongs Make a Right is like hot chocolate and a croissant. It's whimsically-patterned leggings on an autumn day. It's cozy, soft, sweet, and satisfying - Bea and Jamie are opposites-attract excellence; I loved their banter, and even more than that, how they evolve to become each other's unwavering pillar of support and protection. Jamebea forever! * Sarah Hogle, author of You Deserve Each Other *Reading a Chloe Liese novel is like taking a masterclass in rom-coms - every book is tender, sexy, and hilarious. With a delicious slow-burn, and divine payoff, Two Wrongs Make A Right became an instant favourite, and a story I'll cherish for years to come. Liese's autistic rep makes me feel so seen, and she's a pioneer in neurodiverse love stories. Words can't do justice to the impact her books have * Mazey Eddings, author of A Brush with Love *Chloe Liese's Two Wrongs Make a Right is both a high-heat romantic romp and a tender examination of what it means to find love on your own terms. Readers are sure to fall in love with Bea and Jamie as each comes into their own with the help of the last person they ever expected. Fun, feisty, and vulnerable, Liese does so much right in this irresistible opposites attract romance -- Sarah Grunder Ruiz, author of Love, Lists, and Fancy ShipsWatching these two opposites gently fall in love is absolute magic! Two Wrongs Make a Right is the deliciously steamy, lovingly affirming, burst-of-joyful-romance my heart needed. Chloe Liese continues to reign as the master of steamy romance! * Sarah Adams, author of The Cheat Sheet *From a meet-cute that crackles with wit and humour to pages upon pages of scorching tension, Liese has crafted a warm, delightful novel that emphasizes acceptance, communication, and the self-worth we can discover by both daring to love and letting ourselves be loved...An effervescent reimagining of the Bard packaged in an opposites-attract romance * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *In this lighthearted rom-com riff on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing from Liese... the banter is easy and the heat level is high * Publishers Weekly *In this exceptionally smart and charming romance... Liese's writing is crisp and funny, the characters are fully engaging, and the story is delightful * Booklist *Liese (Everything for You) nods to Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing here, and readers will enjoy the snarky banter and other similarities to the play, along with the enemies-to-lovers plot, solid character development, and a little heat. Perfect for fans of The Hating Game by Sally Thorne * Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisA temp assistant and the British boss she loves to hate . . . The Devils series is a sexy blend of spice, romance and grumpy men. Prepare to laugh, swoon and cry . . . perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Emma Chase. He might not be the devil, but working under him for six weeks is my idea of hell.Hayes Flynn is an arrogant jerk known best for his scotch habit and the way he spreads his British charm all over Hollywood, never with the same woman twice.He''s the last person I want to work for, except he has a face I can''t look away from, and the longer we''re together, the harder he is to hate. Because under that smug exterior is a heart he doesn''t want to show-one that was badly broken a decade earlier.A part of me wants to fix it for him before I leave...but can I do it without breaking my own in the process?Readers can''t get enough of A Deal With The Devil ''This novel is a sexy blend of sophis

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Book Synopsis''Niven Govinden''s Diary of a Film, his sixth novel, is also his best yet. Smart, sexy and cinematic (in many senses), it is a love letter to Italy and to film'' Observer''Immersive . . . This is a wise and skilfully controlled novel that can be read in an afternoon, but which radiates in the mind for much longer'' Financial Times''A beautiful, poignant novel of love and longing'' TelegraphAn auteur, together with his lead actors, is at a prestigious European festival to premiere his latest film.Alone one morning at a backstreet café, he strikes up a conversation with a local woman who takes him on a walk to uncover the city''s secrets, historic and personal. As the walk unwinds, a story of love and tragedy emerges, and he begins to see the chance meeting as fate. He is entranced, wholly clear in his mind: her story must surely form the basis for his next film.This is a novel about cinema, flânTrade ReviewDiary of a Film is an achingly intimate novel--tender and wise like Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet through the lens of Luca Guadagnino. Govinden drops us into the fray of an Italian film festival only to reveal a secret garden of quiet and stolen moments with a director whose film is about to premiere. In hotel rooms, abandoned buildings, and in a whisper in front of the international press corps, joy blooms, ideas are born, liberties are taken. Trust holds it all afloat. A stunning meditation on the art of creation and the nature of the artist -- Saskia VogelDiary of a Film is about how art ravages and redeems. It is about the responsibility artists bear both for their art and the world that must contain it; about the imperative to create something substantial in a world that moves too quickly to capture beauty to one's satisfaction; it is about living an ideal, committing to a principle whatever the potential cost, leaping into love and trusting that it will hold you -- Stephen Kelman, author of Pigeon EnglishVicariously I experienced again the freedom to travel and visit a European city just to catch an exhibition, go dancing or merely escape the mundane for a weekend. Diary of a Film is about seeing the familiar in new ways, finding friends wherever we are and coming to terms with the past being the past. Set amongst the gourmet surroundings of a Northern Italian film festival, it reads like an elegy for a just-gone era -- Paul Mendez, author of Rainbow MilkA wonderful mediation on why we tell stories, and who gets to tell those stories - and the grief of your masterpiece belonging only to its audience once it's finished. Sentence by sentence, one of the most beautiful novels I've read all year -- Nikesh ShuklaA meditation on film-making, art, grief and privacy. Constructed with the skill of a watchmaker, with a precise, consistent pitch of intensity -- Keith RidgewayPrecision engineered European modernism from a master stylist. It walks us into a luminous and loving conversational drama, rich with complex erotics and interwoven private agonies. He writes exquisitely about art making, about obsession and responsibility. It's a gorgeous novel -- Max PorterGovinden has created a work of taut and enveloping beauty, which gets to the heart of what it is to live an artistic life caught in the never-present of the piece just made and the piece as yet uncreated -- Andrew McMillanA serious, elegant and elegiac novel: an evocative tribute to the lost world of high cinematic glamour and a lament for the artists' struggle towards greatness. When the time comes again, this is the book I'll carry to read during days spent wandering around the grandeur of a city, moving from cafe to cafe, dreaming of the beautiful life -- Preti TanejaI truly fell in love with this book. It gifts the reader, offering complex human relationships, beautifully-written; I felt a genuine sadness when each scene ended. Reading Diary of a Film, I was powerfully reminded of the depth of the human heart, and of the work which proceeds from it -- Okechukwu NzeluImmensely talented -- Sarah Hughes * i newspaper *Niven Govinden's Diary of a Film, his sixth novel, is also his best yet. Smart, sexy and cinematic (in many senses), it is a love letter to Italy and to film -- Alex Preston * Observer *One for literary fiction fans, Niven's prose is intoxicating * Cosmopolitan *Immersive . . . This is a wise and skilfully controlled novel that can be read in an afternoon, but which radiates in the mind for much longer * Financial Times *Govinden's prose flows with the smooth lilt of a moving camera . . . an outstanding, luxurious novel * The i *Fall into its rhythms, and a few nights at a film festival will become an existential exploration of the creative process * The Skinny *A beautiful, poignant novel of love and longing . . . This tale of a director beguilingly captures the agony of making a film - and letting the public see it -- Tim Robey * Telegraph *A sophisticated and sensitive book about storytelling and queer kinship * Attitude *Elegant . . . In a strong, clear tone that's unfettered by hyperbole, Govinden allows us access to the narrator's mind as he muses on love, work and who should tell whose stories * Monocle *A beguiling exploration of artistic obsession -- Colin Grant * The Guardian *It is a book about the dysfunctions of grief and about what rights the artist has to take liberties with somebody else's story. Gorgeously written, Diary of a Film is a book quite ripe, fittingly, for film adaptation * Literary Review *Because this is a novel of introspection - the narrator ponders his relationship to his lead actors, themselves embarking on a relationship with one another, and his life's work - its tone is one of intimacy and shared confidences that draws the listener ever further inwards * Financial Times *What a pleasure it is to read this love letter to art and to human connection (fragile, powerful, transforming), at a time when we're masked and lonesome and can't kiss our own hand without washing it afterwards -- Deborah Levy * New Statesman *Stole my heart . . . it captures a sense of the fragility and intimacy of human endeavour, but also the silence and resilience needed to survive as a woman, a man, as lovers and as artists in a market-driven world. -- Preti Taneja * New Statesman Book of the Year *A passionate director goes to an Italian film festival for the premiere of his latest work. He meets a young woman. They share a cigarette, talk for hours about coffee and gentrification, before she takes him to see a painted mural in an empty apartment block. If Diary of a Film is filmic in spirit, it is not a straightforward paean to art. The book continually returns to the inadequacy of art at representing real life, which, as the narrator realises, "would continue to burn long after the life of the film". Govinden handles it all with great subtlety, posing probing questions but never letting dogma get in the way of what is an outstanding, luxurious novel * i News, Best Books of the Year *Niven Govinden's sixth novel is an unequivocal triumph; everything in his practice has come together . . . With great subtlety, Govinden helps us see we are on a journey of discovery ourselves, as to who owns stories, and who has the right to tell them. -- Paul Mendez

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Book SynopsisThere's death amongst the dahlias... The totally gripping and delightfully quirky debut cosy crime novel by cottage-core queen and social-media sensation Paula Sutton, the creator of Hill House Vintage.

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Book Synopsis''I love a novel this much maybe just once or twice a year.'' - Curtis Sittenfeld, author of RODHAM and ROMANTIC COMEDY''Told with warmth and humor by a memorable, irrepressible heroine.'' - Rumaan Alam, author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHINDWhat if the price of moving forward is losing the only family you''ve ever known? Summer, 1987. On the sweltering streets of the dying New England mill town of Swift River, sixteen-year-old Diamond Newbury is desperately lonely. It''s been seven years since her father disappeared, and while her mother is determined to move on, Diamond can''t distance herself from his memory. When Diamond receives a letter from a relative she has never met, she unearths long-buried secrets of her family''s past and discovers a legacy she never knew she was missing. The more she learns, however, the harder it becomes to reconcile her old life with the one she wants to lead.So begins an epic story

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Book Synopsis ''Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the internet'' NEAL STEPHENSON ''Something genuinely and thrillingly new'' WILLIAM GIBSON ''Holy hell. Autonomous is remarkable'' LAUREN BEUKESWINNER OF THE 2018 LAMBDA AWARD FOR SFFSHORTLISTED FOR THE NEBULA AWARD 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT 2018Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap medicines for those who can''t otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane. Hot on her trail is an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his indentured robotic partner, Paladin. As they race to stop information about the sinister origins of Jack''s drTrade ReviewAutonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the Internet -- Neal StephensonSomething genuinely and thrillingly new -- William GibsonHoly hell. Autonomous is remarkable -- Lauren BeukesBrims and bubbles over with ideas, tenderness and care; my experience of reading it was of wanting to discuss every paragraph I consumed. A brilliant, fascinating debut -- NPREverything you'd hope for from the co-founder of io9 -- Boing BoingThrilling -- Guardian

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Book SynopsisMagic. It can get a guy killed. Return to the world of the Dresden Files with Harry Dresden (the only wizard in the Chicago phone book) and friends as they solve supernatural mysteries, protect the helpless, and fight evil.Brief Cases is a new collection of Dresden Files stories which will include an original novella, from international bestseller Jim Butcher.Stories included in this collection: ''Curses'', ''AAAA Wizardry'', ''Even Hand'', ''B is for Bigfoot'', ''I was a Teenage Bigfoot'', ''Bigfoot on Campus'', ''Bombshells'', ''Jury Duty'', ''Cold Case'', ''Day One'', ''A Fistful of Warlocks'', ''Zoo Day'' (original novella taking place between Skin Game and Peace Talks)Trade ReviewThe Dresden files is my favourite series everDresden has a vitality that few urban fantasy heroes can matchButcher's storytelling is satisfying on a level that's bone-deepAn intensely enjoyable series

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Book Synopsis''IF YOU LIKE SCIENCE FICTION YOU WILL LOVE THIS. . . A ROLLICKING GOOD READ'' Scotsman on Beyond the Hallowed Sky''MACLEOD''S BEST BOOK TO DATE'' SFX on Beyond the Hallowed SkyHumanity has taken to the stars, using faster-than-light travel to reach distant planets and new worlds. But in the far reaches of the galaxy, John Grant will discover a planet of humans who believe he has travelled not only through space to find them, but time.On Apis, the mysterious Fermi appear to have vanished, taking with them knowledge of the universe that humanity desires. But Marcus Owen, the robot AI now plagued with sentience, knows that the Fermi would not easily abandon the native life of Apis, and that they won''t take kindly to mankind asserting dominance on a world that does not belong to them.Beyond the Light Horizon is the jaw-dropping conclusion to the Lightspeed trilogy from science fiction legend Ken MacLeo

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Book SynopsisNOW A MAJOR TV SERIES ON PRIME VIDEOThe first book in the No. 1 international bestselling Wheel of Time saga that inspired the TV series.When she arrives in a small village in the Two Rivers, Moiraine discovers three young men, each of whom might be the long-awaited and reviled Chosen One, the Dragon Reborn. But she is not the only stranger new to the village, nor the only one searching. In a race against time and the agents of the Shadow, she must guide her charges through lands of myth and legend, toward allies both new and old, and into the footsteps of prophecy.The Wheel of Time turns, and an epic adventure begins.''EPIC IN EVERY SENSE'' Sunday Times''WITH THE WHEEL OF TIME, JORDAN HAS COME TO DOMINATE THE WORLD THAT TOLKIEN BEGAN TO REVEAL'' New York Times''[THE] AMBITIOUS WHEEL OF TIME SERIES HELPED REDEFINE THE GENRE'' George R. R. Martin''A FANTASY PHENOMENON'' SFXThe Wheel of Time series:Book 1: The Eye of the WorldBook 2: The Great HuntBook 3: The Dragon RebornBook 4: The Shadow RisingBook 5: The Fires of HeavenBook 6: Lord of ChaosBook 7: A Crown of SwordsBook 8: The Path of DaggersBook 9: Winter''s HeartBook 10: Crossroads of TwilightBook 11: Knife of DreamsBook 12: The Gathering StormBook 13: Towers of MidnightBook 14: A Memory of LightPrequel: New SpringLook out for the companion book: The World of Robert Jordan''s The Wheel of TimeTrade ReviewEpic in every sense * Sunday Times *A fantasy phenomenon * SFX *With the Wheel of Time, Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal * New York Times *[The] hugely ambitious Wheel of Time series helped redefine the genre -- George R. R. MartinAnyone who's writing epic or secondary world fantasy knows Robert Jordan isn't just a part of the landscape, he's a monolith within the landscape -- Patrick RothfussRobert Jordan's work has been a formative influence and an inspiration for a generation of writers -- Brent Weeks

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Book SynopsisThis Norton Critical Edition includes twenty-eight tales from The Arabian Nights translated by Husain Haddawy on the basis of the oldest existing Arabic manuscript.Trade Review"A fine new translation. Bawdy, colloquial and wondrously inventive." -- Michiko Kakutani - New York Times"Easily the clearest, most fluent and readable translation." -- A. S. Byatt - Sunday Times [London]"The resourceful Shahrazad has never been more entertaining than in this fresh and vigorous version of this immortal book." -- Doris Lessing - The Independent"A distinguished new translation." -- Edward Said - The Nation"Indispensable. Not a new version of an old favorite, but a work we’ve never known." -- Geoffrey O'Brien - Voice Literary SupplementTable of ContentsPreface A Note on the Text The Text of The Arabian Nights 1. Foreword 2. Prologue 3. [The Story of King Shahrayar and Shahrazad, His Vizier's Daughter] 4. [The Tale of the Ox and the Donkey] 5. [The Tale of the Merchant and His Wife] 6. [The Story of the Merchant and the Demon] 7. [The First Old Man's Tale] 8. [The Second Old Man's Tale] 9. [The Tale of King Yunan and the Sage Duban] 10. [The Tale of the Husband and the Parrot] 11. [The Tale of the King's Son and the She-Ghoul] 12. [The Tale of the Enchanted King] 13. [The Story of the Porter and the Three Ladies] 14. [The First Dervish's Tale] 15. [The Second Dervish's Tale] 16. [The Tale of the Envious and the Envied] 17. [The Third Dervish's Tale] 18. [The Tale of the First Lady, the Mistress of the House] 19. [The Tale of the Second Lady, the Flogged One] 20. [The Story of the Three Apples] 21. [The Story of the Two Viziers, Nur al-Din Ali al-Misri and Bar al-Din Hasan al-Basri] 22. [The Story of the Hunchback] 23. [The Christian Broker's Tale: The Young Man with the Severed Hand and the Girl] 24. [The Steward's Tale: The Young Man from Baghdad and Lady Zubaida's Maid] 25. [The Tailor's Tale: The Lame Young Man from Baghdad and the Barber] 26. [The Tale of the Second Brother, Baqbaqa the Paraplegic] 27. [The Tale of the Fifth Brother, the Cropped of Ears] 28. [The Story of Jullanar of the Sea] 29. [The Story of Sindbad the Sailor] Contexts Early Witnesses Anonymous • A Ninth-Century Fragment of the Thousand Nights Al Mas'ûdi • Meadows of Gold (Murûj al-Dhahab) Ibn Ishâq Al-Nadîm • The Fihrist Modern Echoes Edgar Allan Poe • The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade Marcel Proust • From Remembrance of Things Past Taha Husayn • From The Dreams of Scheherazade Criticism Hugo von Hofmannsthal • A Thousand and One Nights Josef Horovitz • The Origins of The Arabian Nights Jorge Luis Borges • The Translators of The Thousand and One Nights Francesco Gabrieli • The Thousand and One Nights in European Culture Mia Irene Gerhardt • From The Art of Story-Telling Tzvetan Todorov • Narrative Men Andras Hamori • A Comic Romance from The Thousand and One Nights: The Tale of Two Viziers Heinz Grotzfeld • Neglected Conclusions of The Arabian Nights Jerome W. Clinton • Madness and Cure in the 1001 Nights Abdelfattah Kilito • The Eye and the Needle David Pinault • Story-Telling Techniques in The Arabian Nights The Arabian Nights: A Chronology Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisGloriously raucous rites-of-passage drama set in Romford Market ''You''ve got to talk to them son. Listen to them. Look for a way in. You''re a handsome bloke - they''ll love you. Give me a year and I''ll teach you everything I know.'' There''s an art to selling stilettos and you''d better grasp it. Learn a good wind-up, learn the pull of cash, learn drugs, learn sex, and run wild with the market monkeys. Stay sharp in the ruthless world of Essex traders. Romford Market, 1985. This boy has everything to learn. A spectacular, savage, gorgeous yarn which brings a market jungle to the vast Olivier stage; a tale about the time Mrs Thatcher said we should embrace the marketplace; a story about losing your innocence. And your cherry. Following the critical success of his new version of Ibsen''s The Wild Duck (Donmar Warehouse 2005), David Eldridge''s Market Boy premieres on the National Theatre''s Olivier stage on 25 May 2006. Trade Review"'A young dramatist with few peers when it comes to presenting deep emotion' Daily Telegraph"

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Book SynopsisNick Hunter, a senior officer in TIFAT, and his colleagues are brought in to protect an accountant who has stumbled upon evidence of EU corruption at the highest level and is targeted by assassins. TIFAT seek out the murderous thugs and eliminate them and to bring the corrupt EU officials to justice.

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Book SynopsisOne of the greatest of Shakespeare''s tragedies, Othello tells the story of a Moorish general who earns the enmity of his ensign Iago when he passes him over for a promotion. Bleak and unsparing, this play offers a masterly portrait of an archvillain and an astute psychological study of the nature of evil. Explanatory footnotes.

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Book SynopsisTerry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any. www.terrypratchettbooks.comTrade ReviewA continual delight, with its unexpected conceits and original inventions. And if Mr Pratchett's tongue is frequently in his cheek, his parody of the science fiction idiom is always deft, knowledgeable and good humoured * Oxford Times *

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Book Synopsis'Look after the dead', said the priests, 'and the dead will look after you.' Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when, like Teppic, you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country rather earlier than expected, and your treasury is unlikely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid to honour your dead father.Trade Review'Like Dickens, much of Pratchett's appeal lies in his humanism, both in a sentimental regard for his characters' good fortune, and in that his writing is generous-spirited and inclusive' * Guardian *'As funny as Wodehouse and as witty as Waugh' * Independent *'Imagine a collision between Jonathan Swift at his most scatologically-minded and J.R.R. Tolkien on speed' * Daily Telegraph *'The best kind of parody - funny and smart and still a good story' * Mail on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisThe celebrated second novel by ''one of the greatest writers of our era'' (Hilary Mantel) and ''the Irish novelist everyone should read'' (Colm Tóibín) is ''a perfectly written tour de force'' (Sunday Times) and ''the best novel to come out of Ireland in many years.'' (Irish Times)Set in rural Ireland, John McGahern''s second novel is about adolescence and a guilty, yet uncontrollable sexuality that is contorted and twisted by both puritanical state religion and a strange, powerful and ambiguous relationship between son and widower father. Against a background evoked with quiet mastery, McGahern explores with precision and tenderness a human situation, superficially very ordinary, but inwardly an agony of longing and despair.''Wise and compelling ... Elegiac and graceful.'' David Mitchell''I have admired, even loved, John McGahern''s work since his first novel.'' Melvyn Bragg

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Book SynopsisMichaelmas term, 1940. 18-year-old John Kemp has come down from Lancashire to Oxford University to begin his scholarship studying English. But when he invents an imaginary sister to win the attention of a rich but unreliable ''friend'', and then falls in love for real, undergraduate life becomes its own strange world Absolutely contemporary - perhaps even prophetic.'' Joyce Carol OatesRemarkable A book about innocence.' Simon Garfield''A cryptic literary manifesto [about] discovering a literary personality, and the consolation art can provide.'' Andrew MotionTrade Review"'The qualities one has learned to value in his poetry are there: control of emotion and language, keen observation, and in particular the very precise expression of half-success, anticipated failure or sadness.' New Statesman; 'Jill is, in a sense, a kind of cryptic literary manifesto. It is a novel about writing, about discovering a literary personality, and about the sorts of consolation that art can provide.' Andrew Motion"

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Book SynopsisAnother Time was the first volume that Auden published after his departure to America with Christopher Isherwood in January 1939. It was dedicated to Chester Kallman. The poems, some of which date from the early thirties, are about people, places and the intellectual climate of the times, and they show greater variety of tone and technique than in any previous book of Auden''s. Some of his most famous and often quoted (or misquoted) lines appear in their original form, including the text of two poems in particular - ''Spain 1937'' and ''September 1,1939'' - that he later altered or repudiated.''[He] has made himself into a kind of unofficial poet laureate. If I am bombed I hope he will write a few sapphics about me.'' Stephen Spender, 1941Trade Review"'[He] has made himself into a kind of unofficial poet laureate. If I am bombed I hope he will write a few sapphics about me.' Stephen Spender, 1941"

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