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New edition of one of Parthian’s most acclaimed recent titles, complete with a stunning redesigned jacket. Ironopolis is a warren of streets, memories and people with secrets... Glen James Brown orchestrates a remarkable novel across these streets as Ironopolis tells its own story across three generations. Jean unveils a secret on her deathbed... Alan unravels the truth of his father, a man who has haunted the Burn Council Estate for a lifetime... Corina is just trying to get through one last day at the hairdressers before she closes it for good. And then there is the ageless Peg Powler, myth and reality, stalking them all...

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Go from zero to investing and build the wealth you want Control your money? Control your future! So sit back and watch your wealth grow by investing the smart and simple way. The Quick-Start Guide to Investing will show you how to kick-start your share-investing journey today. No more gatekeeping. This handy, step-by-step guide gives you everything you need to know to consistently invest and win with the share market, ETFs, and so much more. Glen James, bestselling author ofSort Your Money Out, and Nick Bradley, host of the popularthis is investing podcast, show you just how easy investing really is. From building solid financial foundations to designing a resilient investment portfolio, The Quick-Start Guide to Investing will make you the investor you've always wanted to be. You'll learn what apps and brokers are out there, how to take advantage of compound interest, why index funds perform so well, and how ETFs and REITs work. And

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The City of Durham, 1434. Out of a storm, an aging minstrel arrives at the cathedral to entertain the city''s most powerful men. Mother Naked is his name, and the story he''s come to tell is the Legend of the Fell Wraith: the gruesome ''walking ghost'' some say slaughtered the nearby village of Segerston forty years earlier. But is this monster only a myth, born from the dim minds of toiling peasants? Or does the Wraith - and the murders - have roots in real events suffered by those fated to a lifetime of labour? As Mother Naked weaves the strands of the mystery - of class, religion, art and ale - the chilling truth might be closer to his privileged audience than they could ever imagine. Taking its inspiration from a single payment entered into Durham''s Cathedral rolls, ''Modyr Nakett'' was the lowest-paid performer in over 200 years of records. Set against the traumatic shadow of the Black Death and the Peasant''s Revolt, Mother Naked speaks back from the margins, in a fury of imagin

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