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A Book of Secrets
"Friction and struggle lead to growth."
In A Book of Secrets, internationally bestselling author Derren Brown considers the value and benefit of having pain in our lives, asking:
Is it in those moments that we are faced with adversity that we find the most lasting rewards?
Do we spend so much time trying to make sense of our lives that we forget what makes us wonderfully us?
What are the secrets that show us how to meet challenging moments head on?
In thirteen fascinating chapters, Derren takes us back to his own scenes of childhood humiliation, to lonely evenings on tour, to being paralysed by shyness at a dinner party hosted by famous guests, to navigating middle age and to finding love. By sharing his own moments of anger, frustration, loneliness and loss, Derren reveals how it's possible to find consolation and compassion in our most challenging times.
A Book of Secrets is a profound and practical guide to finding value in sadness and strength from what life throws at us - it is from the difficulty of life that we find meaning and grow.
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"Friction and struggle lead to growth."
In A Book of Secrets, internationally bestselling author Derren Brown considers the value and benefit of having pain in our lives, asking:
Is it in those moments that we are faced with adversity that we find the most lasting rewards?
Do we spend so much time trying to make sense of our lives that we forget what makes us wonderfully us?
What are the secrets that show us how to meet challenging moments head on?
In thirteen fascinating chapters, Derren takes us back to his own scenes of childhood humiliation, to lonely evenings on tour, to being paralysed by shyness at a dinner party hosted by famous guests, to navigating middle age and to finding love. By sharing his own moments of anger, frustration, loneliness and loss, Derren reveals how it's possible to find consolation and compassion in our most challenging times.
A Book of Secrets is a profound and practical guide to finding value in sadness and strength from what life throws at us - it is from the difficulty of life that we find meaning and grow.
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Uriah Heep - 50 Years In Rock 23CD+1LP
KDO: Anglická rocková skupina Uriah Heep vznikla v Londýně v roce 1969 a vedle Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath a Deep Purple patří k nejvýraznějším rockovým formacím raných sedmdesátých let. Uriah Heep prodali přes 40 milionů desek po celém světě, velké popularitě se kromě domovské Anglie a Ameriky těšili v Německu a dalších evropských státech včetně České republiky.
CO: Exkluzivní box mapující celou půlstoletí dlouhou kariéru skupiny obsahuje 18 studiových alb, živé album "Live 1973" a čtyři kompilace sestavené všemi dosud žijícími zakládajícími členy skupiny (Mick Box, Ken Hensley, Paul Newton a Lee Kerslake) na CD a k nim přidané asi nejslavnější album skipny "The Magician's Birhtday" na LP.
23CD+1LP
CD1
1. Gypsy (2016 - Remaster)
2. Walking in Your Shadow (2016 - Remaster)
3. Come Away Melinda (2016 - Remaster)
4. Lucy Blues (2016 - Remaster)
5. Dreammare (2016 - Remaster)
6. Real Turned On (2016 - Remaster)
7. I'll Keep On Trying (2016 - Remaster)
8. Wake Up (Set Your Sights) (2016 - Remaster)
9. Bird of Prey (2016 - Remaster)
10. The Park (2016 - Remaster)
11. Time to Live (2016 - Remaster)
12. Lady in Black (2016 - Remaster)
13. High Priestess (2016 - Remaster)
14. Salisbury (2016 - Remaster)
CD2
1. Look At Yourself (2017 - Remaster)
2. I Wanna Be Free (2017 - Remaster)
3. July Morning (2017 - Remaster)
4. Tears in My Eyes (2017 - Remaster)
5. Shadows of Grief (2017 - Remaster)
6. What Should Be Done (2017 - Remaster)
7. Love Machine (2017 - Remaster)
CD3
1. The Wizard (2017 - Remaster)
2. Traveller in Time (2017 - Remaster)
3. Easy Livin' (2017 - Remaster)
4. Poet's Justice (2017 - Remaster)
5. Circle of Hands (2017 - Remaster)
6. Rainbow Demon (2017 - Remaster)
7. All My Life (2017 - Remaster)
8. Paradise (2017 - Remaster)
9. The Spell (2017 - Remaster)
10. Sunrise (2017 - Remaster)
11. Spider Woman (2017 - Remaster)
12. Blind Eye (2017 - Remaster)
13. Echoes in the Dark (2017 - Remaster)
14. Rain (2017 - Remaster)
15. Sweet Lorraine (2017 - Remaster)
16. Tales (2017 - Remaster)
17. The Magician's Birthday (2017 - Remaster)
CD4
1. Dreamer
2. Stealin'
3. One Day
4. Sweet Freedom
5. If I Had the Time
6. Seven Stars
7. Circus
8. Pilgrim
9. Wonderworld
10. Suicidal Man
11. The Shadows and the Wind
12. So Tired
13. The Easy Road
14. Something or Nothing
15. I Won't Mind
16. We Got We
17. Dreams
CD5
1. Return to Fantasy
2. Shady Lady
3. Devil's Daughter
4. Beautiful Dream
5. Prima Donna
6. Your Turn to Remember
7. Showdown
8. Why Did You Go
9. A Year or a Day
CD6
1. One Way or Another
2. Weep in Silence
3. Misty Eyes
4. Midnight
5. Can't Keep a Good Band Down
6. Woman of the World
7. Footprints in the Snow
8. Can't Stop Singing
9. Make a Little Love
10. Confession
11. The Hanging Tree
12. Been Away Too Long
13. Who Needs Me
14. Wise Man
15. Do You Know
16. Rollin' On
17. Sympathy
18. Firefly
CD7
1. Keep On Ridin'
2. Flyin' High
3. Roller
4. Free 'n' Easy
5. Illusion
6. Free Me
7. Cheat 'n' Lie
8. The Dance
9. Choices
10. Woman of the Night
11. Falling In Love
12. One More Night (Last Farewell)
13. Put Your Lovin' On Me
14. Come Back to Me
15. Whad'ya Say
16. Save It
17. Love or Nothing
18. I'm Alive
19. Fallen Angel
CD8
1. No Return
2. Imagination
3. Feelings
4. Fools
5. Carry On
6. Won't Have to Wait Too Long
7. Out on the Street
8. It Ain't Easy
CD9
1. Too Scared to Run
2. Chasing Shadows
3. On the Rebound
4. Hot Night in a Cold Town
5. Running All Night (With the Lion)
6. That's the Way That It Is
7. Prisoner
8. Hot Persuasion
9. Sell Your Soul
10. Think It Over
11. The Other Side of Midnight
12. Stay On Top
13. Lonely Nights
14. Sweet Talk
15. Love Is Blind
16. Roll-Overture
17. Red Lights
18. Rollin' the Rock
19. Straight Through the Heart
20. Weekend Warriors
CD10
1. Rockarama
2. Bad Blood
3. Lost One Love
4. Angel
5. Holding On
6. Party Time
7. Poor Little Rich Girl
8. Skools Burnin'
9. Heartache City
10. Night of the Wolf
CD11
1. Hold Your Head Up
2. Blood Red Roses
3. Voice On My TV
4. Rich Kid
5. Cry Freedom
6. Bad Bad Man
7. More Fool You
8. When the War Is Over
9. Lifeline
10. Rough Justice
CD12
1. Blood On Stone
2. Which Way Will the Wind Blow
3. All God's Children
4. All for One
5. Different World
6. Step By Step
7. Seven Days
8. First Touch
9. One On One
10. Cross That Line
CD13
1. Against the Odds
2. Sweet Sugar
3. Time of Revelation
4. Mistress of All Time
5. Universal Wheels
6. Fear of Falling
7. Spirit of Freedom
8. Logical Progression
9. Love in Silence
10. Words in the Distance
11. Fires of Hell (Your Only Son)
12. Dream On
CD14
1. Between Two Worlds
2. I Hear Voices
3. Perfect Little Heart
4. Heartless Land
5. Only the Young
6. In the Moment
7. Question
8. Change
9. Shelter from the Rain
10. Everything in Life
11. Across the Miles
12. Feels Like
13. The Golden Palace
CD15
1. Wake the Sleeper
2. Overload
3. Tears of the World
4. Light of a Thousand Stars
5. Heaven's Rain
6. Book of Lies
7. What Kind of God
8. Ghost of the Ocean
9. Angels Walk With You
10. Shadow
11. War Child
CD16
1. Sunrise (Live)
2. Sweet Lorraine (Live)
3. Traveller in Time (Live)
4. Easy Livin' (Live)
5. July Morning (Live)
6. Tears in My Eyes (Live)
7. Gypsy (Live)
8. Circle of Hands (Live)
9. Look At Yourself (Live)
10. The Magician's Birthday (Live)
11. Love Machine (Live)
12. Rock 'n' Roll Medley (Live)
CD17
1. Nail On the Head
2. I Can See You
3. Into the Wild
4. Money Talk
5. I'm Ready
6. Trail of Diamonds
7. Southern Star
8. Believe
9. Lost
10. T-Bird Angel
11. Kiss of Freedom
CD18
1. Speed of Sound
2. One Minute
3. The Law
4. The Outsider
5. Rock the Foundation
6. Is Anybody Gonna Help Me?
7. Looking At You
8. Can't Take That Away
9. Jessie
10. Kiss the Rainbow
11. Say Goodbye
CD19
1. Grazed by Heaven
2. Living the Dream
3. Take Away My Soul
4. Knocking At My Door
5. Rocks in the Road
6. Waters Flowin'
7. It's All Been Said
8. Goodbye to Inncence
9. Falling Under Your Spell
10. Dreams of Yesteryear
CD20
1. Paradise (2017 - Remaster)
2. The Spell (2017 - Remaster)
3. Weep in Silence
4. Rain (2017 - Remaster)
5. Circle of Hands (2017 - Remaster)
6. July Morning (2017 - Remaster)
7. The Park (2016 - Remaster)
8. Echoes in the Dark (2017 - Remaster)
9. Misty Eyes
10. Fallen Angel
11. The Easy Road
12. Falling In Love
13. Sunrise (2017 - Remaster)
14. Sweet Freedom
CD21
1. July Morning (2017 - Remaster)
2. The Magician's Birthday (2017 - Remaster)
3. Traveller in Time (2017 - Remaster)
4. Sweet Lorraine (2017 - Remaster)
5. Circus
6. Rainbow Demon (2017 - Remaster)
7. Come Back to Me
8. Shady Lady
9. All My Life (2017 - Remaster)
10. The Other Side of Midnight
11. Who Needs Me
12. That's the Way That It Is
13. Free Me
14. Stealin'
CD22
1. The Park (2016 - Remaster)
2. Tears in My Eyes (2017 - Remaster)
3. Sweet Lorraine (2017 - Remaster)
4. Circus
5. Free 'n' Easy
6. Woman of the Night
7. Hot Persuasion
8. The Other Side of Midnight
9. Straight Through the Heart
10. Cross That Line
11. Love in Silence
12. What Kind of God
13. Trail of Diamonds
14. The Outsider
15. Falling Under Your Spell
CD23
1. Lady in Black (2016 - Remaster)
2. Tales (2017 - Remaster)
3. Easy Livin' (2017 - Remaster)
4. Tears in My Eyes (2017 - Remaster)
5. If I Had the Time
6. Real Turned On (2016 - Remaster)
7. Come Away Melinda (2016 - Remaster)
8. What Should Be Done (2017 - Remaster)
9. Why (Alternate Version)
10. Sympathy
11. Free 'n' Easy
12. I'm Alive
13. One Minute
14. Grazed by Heaven
LP
1. A1 Sunrise
2. A2 Spider Woman
3. A3 Blind Eye
4. A4 Echoes in the Dark
5. A5 Rain
6. B1 Sweet Lorraine
7. B2 Tales
8. B3 The Magician's Birthday
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A Night Like This
The second book in the Smythe-Smiths, a dazzlingly witty series by the bestselling author of Bridgerton.
Anne Wynter's job as governess to three highborn young ladies can be a challenge - in a single week she finds herself hiding in a closet full of tubas, playing an evil queen in a play and tending to the wounds of the oh-so-dashing Earl of Winstead. After years of dodging unwanted advances, he's the first man who has truly tempted her, and it's getting harder and harder to remind herself that a governess has no business flirting with a nobleman.
Daniel Smythe-Smith might be in mortal danger, but that's not going to stop the young earl from falling in love. And when he spies a mysterious woman at his family's annual musicale, he vows to pursue her. But Daniel has an enemy, one who has vowed to see him dead. And when Anne is thrown into peril, he will stop at nothing to ensure their happy ending . . .
'Light, pacy and full of feisty heroines' Guardian on the Bridgerton series
Meat London
"Meat London: An Insider's Guide" is an essential book for the meat-lover living in or visiting London. Divided into concise chapters covering "Restaurants & Pubs," "Street Food" and "Butchers," "Meat London" covers all budgets, tastes and levels of adventurousness, whether you are intending to eat out on the run, settle into a four-course meal or barbecue your own pig. More than your average guide book, "Meat London" also takes into consideration important attitudes--concerning the supply of meat, seasonality and provenance--in our approach to food and the establishments featured. Whether you are after a venison scotch egg, a 20-ounce steak, marinated goat, hand-made black pudding, brains or kidneys, or a fine roast, "Meat London" is a wide-ranging and informative resource for restaurants, butchers and markets specialising in meat-centric eating. The book is beautifully illustrated with colour photographs of not only the food but also the establishments the food is served in; including their often charming, unusual, retro or highly contemporary interiors. Featuring an Introduction by the food writer Thomas Blythe, "Meat London: An Insider's Guide" is the perfect book for the casual restaurant-goer, the enthusiastic home-cook, and the dedicated gastronome.
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Nestoudná hraběnka
Krásná Georgia se provdala v šestnácti letech za mladého hraběte Mayburyho, ale již po několika letech ovdověla – její manžel zahynul v souboji, který vyvolal ve společnosti skandál. Místní smetánka totiž nepochybuje o tom, že tragédii zavinila nespoutaná hraběnka svou údajnou nevěrou. Zlomená Georgia odjíždí na panství svých rodičů, kde drží celý rok smutek, a doufá, že nepodložené pomluvy nakonec utichnou a ona si najde nějakého jiného manžela – nejlépe bohatého a s co nejvyšším šlechtickým titulem – aby se mohla vrátit k životu, jaký vedla předtím. Těsně před ukončením období smutku se v otcovském domě setkává s nemajetným lordem Dracym, který nedávno odešel z námořnictva, protože zdědil rodový titul a musel se ujmout zchátralého panství, které mu působí jenom starosti. Ze služby si navíc odnesl zranění, jež mu poznamenalo celou pravou tvář. Georgiin otec lord Hernescroft i Dracy jsou milovníci koní a uspořádají závod, v němž změří síly jejich oblíbené klisny Cartagena a Fancy Free. Ten, jehož kůň zvítězí, bere vše a stává se majitelem obou zvířat. Lord Hernescroft se však nechce se svou klisnou rozloučit a nabídne Dracymu výměnný obchod – místo koně svou dceru za manželku…
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Lacná kniha Nestoudná hraběnka (-50%)
Krásná Georgia se provdala v šestnácti letech za mladého hraběte Mayburyho, ale již po několika letech ovdověla – její manžel zahynul v souboji, který vyvolal ve společnosti skandál. Místní smetánka totiž nepochybuje o tom, že tragédii zavinila nespoutaná hraběnka svou údajnou nevěrou. Zlomená Georgia odjíždí na panství svých rodičů, kde drží celý rok smutek, a doufá, že nepodložené pomluvy nakonec utichnou a ona si najde nějakého jiného manžela – nejlépe bohatého a s co nejvyšším šlechtickým titulem – aby se mohla vrátit k životu, jaký vedla předtím. Těsně před ukončením období smutku se v otcovském domě setkává s nemajetným lordem Dracym, který nedávno odešel z námořnictva, protože zdědil rodový titul a musel se ujmout zchátralého panství, které mu působí jenom starosti. Ze služby si navíc odnesl zranění, jež mu poznamenalo celou pravou tvář. Georgiin otec lord Hernescroft i Dracy jsou milovníci koní a uspořádají závod, v němž změří síly jejich oblíbené klisny Cartagena a Fancy Free. Ten, jehož kůň zvítězí, bere vše a stává se majitelem obou zvířat. Lord Hernescroft se však nechce se svou klisnou rozloučit a nabídne Dracymu výměnný obchod – místo koně svou dceru za manželku…
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Lacná kniha Nestoudná hraběnka (-90%)
Krásná Georgia se provdala v šestnácti letech za mladého hraběte Mayburyho, ale již po několika letech ovdověla – její manžel zahynul v souboji, který vyvolal ve společnosti skandál. Místní smetánka totiž nepochybuje o tom, že tragédii zavinila nespoutaná hraběnka svou údajnou nevěrou. Zlomená Georgia odjíždí na panství svých rodičů, kde drží celý rok smutek, a doufá, že nepodložené pomluvy nakonec utichnou a ona si najde nějakého jiného manžela – nejlépe bohatého a s co nejvyšším šlechtickým titulem – aby se mohla vrátit k životu, jaký vedla předtím. Těsně před ukončením období smutku se v otcovském domě setkává s nemajetným lordem Dracym, který nedávno odešel z námořnictva, protože zdědil rodový titul a musel se ujmout zchátralého panství, které mu působí jenom starosti. Ze služby si navíc odnesl zranění, jež mu poznamenalo celou pravou tvář. Georgiin otec lord Hernescroft i Dracy jsou milovníci koní a uspořádají závod, v němž změří síly jejich oblíbené klisny Cartagena a Fancy Free. Ten, jehož kůň zvítězí, bere vše a stává se majitelem obou zvířat. Lord Hernescroft se však nechce se svou klisnou rozloučit a nabídne Dracymu výměnný obchod – místo koně svou dceru za manželku…
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Cold Commands
Ringil Eskiath, scarred wielder of the kiriath-forged broadsword Ravensfriend, is a man on the run - from his past and the family who have disowned him, from the slave trade magnates of Trelayne who want him dead, and apparently from the dark gods themselves, who are taking an interest but making no more sense than they ever have. Outlawed and exiled from his ancestral home in the north, Ringil has only one place left to turn - Yhelteth, city heart of the southern Empire, where perhaps he can seek asylum with the kiriath half-breed Archeth Indamaninarmal, former war comrade and now high-up advisor to the Emperor Jhiral Khimran II. But Archeth Indamaninarmal has problems of her own to contend with, as does her house guest, bodyguard and one time steppe nomad Egar the Dragonbane. And far from gaining the respite he is seeks, Ringil will instead find himself implicated in fresh schemes and doubtful allegiances no safer than those he has left behind. Old enemies are stirring, the old order is rotted through and crumbling, and though no-one yet knows it, the city of Yhelteth is about to explode ...
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Temple of Gods
Another brilliant Wilde/Chase thriller from one of the best in the business - Andy McDermott. Archaeologist Nina Wilde's life has fallen apart. Her husband, ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase is on the run, falsely accused of murder, and her only distraction has been investigating the origin of three strange statues stolen from her just before Eddie's disappearance. When Nina discovers they may be relics from the lost civilisation of Atlantis, it's clear that she has to get her head back in the game, and fast. Eddie, meanwhile, tries to stay ahead of the authorities as he hunts the man responsible for his fugitive status across the globe. A mysterious benefactor offers the information he needs - but the price will put him in direct conflict with his wife. When Nina learns that a Japanese industrialist has obtained the statues on the black market she immediately heads to Tokyo meet him, unaware that Eddie is already on his way. Their arrival unleashes a chain of events that could have devastating consequences for the world, setting Nina and Eddie on their most dangerous quest ever - with the future of humanity itself at stake...
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Rough Guide French Phrasebook
"The Rough Guide French Phrasebook" is the definitive phrasebook to help you make the most of your time in France. Whether you want to book a hotel room, ask what time the train leaves or buy a drink from the bar, this new phrasebook has a dictionary of over 5,000 words and will help you communicate with the locals in no time. The free audio downloads, recorded by native French speakers, can be downloaded to your computer or MP3, allowing you to listen to the correct pronunciation of essential dialogues, ideal for practicing before you go or while you're there. There is even a regional pronunciation guide and Rough Guide travel tips, so wherever you are you can get around and speak the lingo. "The Rough Guide French Phrasebook" has an extensive two-way dictionary packed with vocabulary and a helpful menu and drinks list reader, perfect for choosing the right dish in any restaurant. With this phrasebook in your pocket you will never run out of things to say! Make the most of your trip to France with "The Rough Guide French Phrasebook".
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The Bone Houses
Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family, and her family's graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers in the remote Welsh village of Colbren, which sits at the foot of a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to fae creatures known as the Otherfolk. The problem with being a gravedigger in Colbren, though, is that the dead don't always stay dead.
The risen corpses are known as "bone houses," and legend says that they're the result of a decades-old curse. Ryn has always been quick to deal with this inconvenience whenever they wander too close to her graveyard, but when Ellis, an apprentice mapmaker, arrives in town, the bone houses attack with renewed purpose. What is it about Ellis that draws them near? And more importantly, how can they stop them for good?
Together, Ellis and Ryn embark on a quest that will bring them deep into the heart of the mountains, where they will have to face both the curse and long-hidden truths about themselves. Equal parts classic horror novel and original fairy tale, The Bone Houses will have you spellbound from the very first page.
Going La La
What do you when your boyfriend tells you he wants space? You give him six thousand miles of it...Frankie's life is falling apart. In less than a ... What do you when your boyfriend tells you he wants space? You give him six thousand miles of it...Frankie's life is falling apart. In less than a week she's gone from having everything - a great job, lovely flat and gorgeous Hugh - to having nothing at all. Devastated, dumped and on the dole, she packs her bags and flies to Los Angeles to stay with an old friend. Her goal? To sort out her life and get over Hugh. She does not, repeat not, go to LA to fall head over heels for an American photographer called Reilly and to run away to Las Vegas. But what happens when Hugh wants her back? Who will she choose? And is it really true that whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas? Alexandra Potter's deliciously funny romantic comedy is for every girl who has ever dreamt of running away to Hollywood...or just wished she could reach for the stars.
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The End Specialist
A gripping, compulsive thriller set in a future where the cure for ageing has been discovered! to devastating consequences "You got me. I don't want to die. I'm terrified of death. I fear there's nothing beyond it and that this existence is the only one I'll ever possess. That's why I'm here." (An excerpt from the digital journal of John Farrell, cure age 29) 2019. Humanity has witnessed its greatest scientific breakthrough yet: the cure for ageing. Three injections and you're immortal -- not bulletproof or disease-proof but you'll never have to fear death by old age. For John Farrell, documenting the cataclysmic shifts to life after the cure becomes an obsession. Cure parties, cycle marriages, immortal livestock: the world is revelling in the miracles of eternal youth. But immortality has a sinister side, and when a pro-death terrorist explosion kills his newly-cured best friend, John soon realizes that even in a world without natural death, there is always something to fear. Now, John must make a new choice: run and hide forever, or stay and fight those who try to make immortal life a living hell.
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Perdido Street Station
The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the centre of its own bewildering world. Humans and mutants and arcane races throng the gloom beneath its chimneys, where the rivers are sluggish with unnatural effluent, and factories and foundries pound into the night. For more than a thousand years, the parliament and its brutal militia have ruled over a vast array of workers and artists, spies, magicians, junkies and whores. Now a stranger has come, with a pocketful of gold and an impossible demand, and inadvertently something unthinkable is released. Soon the city is gripped by an alien terror - and the fate of millions depends on a clutch of outcasts on the run from lawmakers and crime-lords alike. The urban nightscape becomes a hunting ground as battles rage in the shadows of bizarre buildings. And a reckoning is due at the city's heart, in the vast edifice of Perdido Street Station. It is too late to escape. "A work of exhaustive inventiveness ...superlative fantasy". ("Time Out"). "A well-written, authentically engrossing adventure story, exuberantly full of hocus-pocus ...Mieville does not disappoint". ("Daily Telegraph").
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The Best American Essays 2016
A true essay is something hazarded, not definitive, not authoritative; something ventured on the basis of the author s personal experience and subjectivity, writes guest editor Jonathan Franzen in his introduction. However, his main criterion for selecting The Best American Essays 2016 was, in a word, risk. Whether the risks involved championing an unpopular opinion, the possibility of ruining a professional career, or irrevocably offending family, for Franzen, the writer has to be like the firefighter, whose job, while everyone else is fleeing the flames, is to run straight into them. The Best American Essays 2016 includes ALEXANDER CHEE, PAUL CRENSHAW, JAQUIRA DIAZ, LAURA KIPNIS, AMITAVA KUMAR, SEBASTIAN JUNGER, JOYCE CAROL OATES, OLIVER SACKS, THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS and others JONATHAN FRANZEN, guest editor, is the author of five novels, most recently Purity, and five works of nonfiction and translation, including Farther Away and The Kraus Project. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the German Akademie der Kunste, and the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. ROBERT ATWAN, the series editor of The Best American Essays since its inception in 1986, has published on a wide variety of subjects, from American advertising and early photography to ancient divination and Shakespeare. His criticism, essays, humor, poetry, and fiction have appeared in numerous periodicals nationwide.
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Blood & Ice
Troubled journalist Michael Wilde takes on a commission to write a feature about a remote research station deep in the frozen beauty of Antarctica. On a diving expedition in the polar sea he discovers two bodies encased in ice. The pair, a man and a
woman chained together, their dress from the nineteenth-century, are brought to the surface - along with a trunk containing a strange, but sinister cargo. As the ice around them begins to thaw, the mystery of these time-bound lovers begins to unravel
.Michael is gradually drawn into a horrific story that starts in the London barracks in the 1850s and leads to the bloody battlefields of the Crimea and the tragic Charge of the Light Brigade. Now, in the Antarctic wastes, the Cavalry officer and his
lover are reawakened into a world where the midnight sun lasts for months, where there's nowhere to hide and no place left for the living to run...In this chilling supernatural thriller, spanning five continents and several centuries, Robert Masello
weaves together an extraordinary tale of eternal life and undying love. Gripping and intensely moving, "Blood and Ice" will take its readers on an enthralling, and unforgettable journey.
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Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
A beautifully designed limited edition of David Mitchell's electrifying new novel. Each of these slipcased editions is signed and numbered, and has a ribbon marker, coloured paper edges and specially illustrated endpapers. With a print run of just 50
0, this is a treat for collectors. Imagine an empire that has shut out the world for a century and a half. No one can leave, foreigners are excluded, their religions banned and their ideas deeply mistrusted. Yet a narrow window onto this nation-fortr
ess still exists: an artificial walled island connected to a mainland port, and manned by a handful of European traders. And locked as the land-gate may be, it cannot prevent the meeting of minds -- or hearts. The nation was Japan, the port was Nagas
aki and the island was Dejima, to where David Mitchell's panoramic novel transports us in the year 1799. For one Dutch clerk, Jacob de Zoet, a dark adventure of duplicity, love, guilt, faith and murder is about to begin -- and all the while, unbeknow
nst to him and his feuding compatriots, the axis of global power is turning...
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The Pier Falls
The first collection of stories from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Porpoise.
'Terrifically compelling' Guardian
A seaside pier collapses.
An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong.
A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room.
One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean.
Another woman is saved from drowning.
Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox.
A group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size deep in the Amazon jungle.
A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve.
'The real redemption in these superbly gripping stories comes from their canny human detail, and the vivid, unsettling clarity they bring to our lives' Sunday Times
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