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Christmas and Other Horrors
Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents a terrifying and chilling horror anthology of original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu and many more.
Even though many celebrate the winter solstice as a time of joy, a darker tradition of ghost tales and horror stories resides in the long winter nights. This anthology of all new stories will scour the world for the unholy, the dark, the dangerous, the horrific aspects of a time when families and friends come together?for better and worse.
Alongside Christmas celebrations, around the world are Makara Sankranti in the Hindu calendar in India, Yalda Night in Iran, Chanukah, the Roman Saturnalia, the Krampus, Dongzhi (solar term) in East Asia where sunlight passes through the 17 arches of Seventeen Arch Bridge, Summer Palace, Beijing, the pagan festival of Yule, St. Lucia’s Day in Scandinavia, the Druidic tradition of Alban Arthan, Soyal for Hopi Indians, Peruvian solstice festivals, and even Christmas in Antarctica at the research stations.
Because the weather outside is frightful, but the fire inside is hungry…
Featuring stories from:
Nadia Bulkin, Terry Dowling, ananarive Due, Jeffrey Ford, Christopher Golden, Stephen Graham Jones, Glen Hirshberg Richard Kadrey, Alma Katsu, Cassandra Khaw, Josh Malerman, Nick Mamatas, Garth Nix, Benjamin Percy, M. Rickert, Kaaron Warren
Jane Campion on Jane Campion
A chronological overview of one of modern cinema’s most celebrated directors, featuring interviews with Jane Campion herself.
Awarded Best Cinema Album by the French Syndicate of Film Critics.
Jane Campion on Jane Campion offers a unique perspective on the creative process of one of cinema’s greatest contemporary film directors. Through a series of interviews beginning in the early days of Campion’s career and conducted by award-winning cinema historian Michel Ciment, each chapter contains the study of a film, starting with the short films that Campion made during her studies at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, then moving through the Academy Award–winning The Piano, The Portrait of a Lady, Holy Smoke, In the Cut, Bright Star, the TV series Top of the Lake, and ending with the Academy Award–winning The Power of the Dog.
Organized chronologically, film by film, the interviews are illustrated with film stills and photographs taken on set, as well as with annotated scripts, storyboards, and personal documents lent by Campion. The book also reproduces three short stories and a text about the poet John Keats written by the director, along with actress Holly Hunter’s “Scattered Memories” of their collaborations on The Piano and Top of the Lake. A detailed bibliography and filmography of the filmmaker complete this volume, which contains more than 300 color and black-and-white illustrations.
In the Midst of Civilized Europe
A riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In the Midst of Civilized Europe repositions the pogroms as a defining moment of the twentieth century.
Between 1918 and 1921, over a hundred thousand Jews were murdered in Ukraine by peasants, townsmen, and soldiers who blamed the Jews for the turmoil of the Russian Revolution.In hundreds of separate incidents, ordinary people robbed their Jewish neighbours with impunity, burned down their houses, ripped apart their Torah scrolls, sexually assaulted them, and killed them. Largely forgotten today, these pogroms - ethnic riots - dominated headlines and international affairs in their time. Aid workers warned that six million Jews were in danger of complete extermination.Twenty years later, these dire predictions would come true. Drawing upon long-neglected archival materials, including thousands of newly discovered witness testimonies, trial records, and official orders, acclaimed historian Jeffrey Veidlinger shows for the first time how this wave of genocidal violence created the conditions for the Holocaust. Through stories of survivors, perpetrators, aid workers, and governmental officials, he explains how so many different groups of people came to the same conclusion: that killing Jews was an acceptable response to their various problems.
Rolling Stones, The - Exile On Main Street (2009 Re-mastered/Half Speed/New Cover Art) 2LP
Tracklist:
1 Rocks Off
2 Rip This Joint
3 Shake Your Hips
4 Casino Boogie
5 Tumbling Dice
6 Sweet Virginia
7 Torn And Frayed
8 Sweet Black Angel
9 Loving Cup
10 Happy
11 Turd On The Run
12 Ventilator Blues
13 I Just Want To See His Face
14 Let It Loose
15 All Down The Line
16 Stop Breaking Down
17 Shine A Light
18 Soul Survivor
Mexico: The Land of Charm
A sumptuous clothbound compendium of modern Mexican ephemera from postage stamps to tourist guides
A Chicago Tribune 2021 holiday gift guide pick
This volume gathers a surprising and engaging sampling of 350 pieces of printed matter: material that circulated between the 1910s and the 1960s, with print runs of anywhere from a thousand to tens of thousands of copies. These ephemeral, utilitarian publications--many created by well-known artists and designers--flooded streets, newspaper stands, bookshops and homes, with the common aim of disseminating an idealized image of what is considered typically Mexican.
Drawn from private collections and the holdings of museums, with no claim to completeness, the material in Mexico: The Land of Charm ranges in size from stamps to posters, and includes material such as books, illustrated magazines, photography magazines, songbooks and musical scores, almanacs and calendars, tourist guides and maps. The result is impressive, in terms of both individual examples and the collection as a whole: these images are now a part of Mexican history.
Artists and designers include: José Espert Arcos, Ernesto García Cabral, Jean Charlot, Francisco Díaz de León, Carlos Neve, Mariano Martínez, Carlos Mérida, Diego Rivera, Saturino Herrán, Emily Edwards and Zita Canessi.
Kill Or Be Killed
"What do you know about the ZOO?"
Born from the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle
The former sergeant took in a deep breath, tilting his head as he looked at the man in front of him.
“Unofficially? It’s a military experiment gone bad, with all the pros and cons that come with it. No official word was shared, of course. This means that I don’t officially know the source of the damn jungle starting to cover the Sahara Desert nicknamed the Zoo comes from some goop that was found on a missile that may or may not have alien origins."He stopped his explanation a moment and eyed the Retired Colonel in front of him, "Remind me, what is the government’s official stance on aliens again?”
Anderson smirked, "The jury is still out on that one."
Jeremiah Johnson needs a job, and Retired Marine Colonel Anderson needs a man with Johnson's particular skills.
Fast.
It's either a match made in Heaven, or Hell. It all depends on which side of the gun you happen to be standing on.
The safe end, or the business end.
Inside the ZOO isn't the only place people are acting greedy. Doctor Courtney Monroe has taken control of her Dad's legacy - she just needs two men to help make it happen.
Anderson and Savage just might be up to the task.
Go up and click on the 'Buy Now' button and enter a knock-down drag-out story where the last man standing is the one who rights the wrongs.
Or at least the one who writes the story in the history books.
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Blurb Your Enthusiasm
A dazzling dictionary of book blurbs, filled with writing tips, literary folklore and publishing secrets
A joyful celebration of books – the perfect gift for bibliophiles, word lovers and anyone who’s ever wondered, should you judge a book by its cover?
We love the words in books – but what about the words on them? How do they work their magic? Here is a book about the ways books entice us to read them: their titles, quotes, covers and, above all, blurbs – via authors from Jane Austen to Zadie Smith, writing tricks, classic literature, bonkbusters, plot spoilers and publishing secrets. It’s nothing less than the inside story of the outside of books.
And it answers questions like:
- Why do some authors hate blurbs so much they burn their own books?
- Should all adjectives be murdered?
- Is blurbing sometimes maybe lying?
- Is it true that (checks jacket) you need an animal on a book’s cover to make it a bestseller?
- What are the most terrible blurbs of all time?
Join Penguin publishing word wizard Louise Willder – five thousand blurbs written, mostly avoiding the phrase ‘unputdownable tour-de-force’ – to discover why we should judge a book by its cover. Even this one. (It’s an unputdownable tour-de-force.)
Mikhail
He’s a dangerous jewel thief… she’s the gem expert standing in his way…
Mikhail Barinov knew he F’d up, five hundred years ago. His ‘one job’ as part of a Russian family of imperial dragon shifters? To protect the family hoard of jewels. But a dazzling virgin—who just happened to be the Elizabeth I, the Queen of England—tricked Mikhail and stole the jewels. But now he has a chance at redemption. The jewels have been found five centuries later. The only problem is they’ve been turned over to gemologist, Piper Linwood. She’s sexy, smart, ripe for seduction—but if centuries of exile taught him one thing, it’s never trust a beautiful woman.
Piper Linwood can’t wait to get her hands on her latest project. But hot damn she never expected how badly she’d want to get her hands on the dark, brooding man she sees at the museum. Of course she didn’t know he was a jewel thief. Or a dragon shifter. But all that becomes abundantly clear when he takes the jewels and her, then flies (yes, flies) to his ancestral castle. While all the alpha-male stuff is what fairy tales are made of—and frankly sexy-as-hell—the fact Piper disappeared with Mikhail has her labeled as his partner in crime. Now she must choose.
Will she betray him to save her career? Or will she stay and become the dragon’s greatest treasure?
Twilight meets Games of Thrones in this hot new dragon shifter romance by USA Today Bestselling author Lauren Smith!Scroll up and one-click your copy today!
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Auschwitz - Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.
This book tells a story to shake the conscience of the world. It is the catalogue of the first-ever traveling exhibition about the Auschwitz concentration camp, where 1.1 million people—mostly Jews, but also non-Jewish Poles, Roma, and others—lost their lives. More than 280 objects and images from the exhibition are illustrated herein. Drawn from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and other collections around the world, they range from the intimate (such as victims' family snapshots and personal belongings) to the immense (an actual surviving barrack from the Auschwitz III-Monowitz satellite camp); all are eloquent in their testimony. An authoritative yet accessible text weaves the stories behind these artifacts into an encompassing history of Auschwitz—from a Polish town at the crossroads of Europe, to the dark center of the Holocaust, to a powerful site of remembrance. Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away. is an essential volume for everyone who is interested in history and its lessons.
Lacná kniha Rich People Problems (-70%)
Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians (soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan) and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royal fought through couture gown sabotage, and the heir to one of Asia's greatest fortunes locked out of his inheritance.
When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside—but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch’s massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park—a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore—Nicholas’s childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage. As her relatives fight over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by her ex-husband—a man hell bent on destroying Astrid’s reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong, married to China’s second richest man, billionaire Jack Bing, still feels second best next to her new step-daughter, famous fashionista Colette Bing. A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a kidnapping at Hong Kong’s most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace, caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi, Kevin Kwan's hilarious, gloriously wicked new novel reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia's most privileged families and their rich people problems.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Két esküdt ellenség Hawaiin
Ezt a romantikus történetet mindenkinek olvasnia kell, aki valaha is úgy érezte, nincs szerencséje a szerelemben.
Olive és Ami ikrek. Ami mindent bezsákol, Olive-nak viszont folyton pechje van, és ezt már meg is szokta. Kettejük közt vitathatatlanul Ami a bajnok... még a lakodalma is szinte ingyen van a különböző akcióknak és nyereményeknek köszönhetően. Olive-ot csak egy dolog zavarja a pechszériájánál is jobban: Ami esküvőjén az egész napot a vőféllyel kell együtt töltenie, aki nem más, mint Olive ősellensége, Ethan Thomas.
Olive megacélozza magát a pokoli nap előtt, elhatározza, bátor képet vág hozzá, és az egészet átvészeli. De a komplett násznép ételmérgezést kap, Olive és Ethan kivételével, így aztán átmenetileg muszáj nekik fegyverszünetet kötniük, hogy Hawaiira utazhassanak. Végül is tíz felhőtlen nap megéri, hogy az ember belebújjon a friss házasok bőrébe, nem igaz?
De furcsa módon Olive mintha nem is bánná, hogy bele kell helyezkednie a szerepbe. Mintha minél inkább tettetné, hogy ő a legszerencsésebb nő a világon, annál inkább úgy érezné, hogy tényleg ez az igazság.
„Milyen vidám, rokonszenves és megejtő könyv! Többször úgy nevettem, hogy a könnyem is kicsordult, miközben végig éreztem Olive kiterjedt, szerető, bonyolult és mókás családjának ölelését, majd a szívem is szárnyalt a befejezésnél. Ezt a könyvet el kell olvasnia mindenkinek, aki azt szeretné, hogy az arca is megfájduljon a nevetéstől.” - Jasmine Guillory, a New York Times bestsellerszerzője, a The Proposal írója
„Szellemes és kifejezetten kacagtató, benne épp a megfelelő mennyiségű érzelemmel. A Nem mézes hetek tökéletes kikapcsolódást nyújtó romantikus komédia. Mindenki készüljön fel, hogy az elsőtől a hátsó borítóig haladtában rengeteget fog nevetni és mosolyogni.” - Helen Hoang, a Menyasszony rendelésre írója
„Ebből az egyszerre érzelmes és vicces, „ellenségből-szerető”-regényből megtanulhatjuk, hogy az életben a legjobb dolgokra mind igaz, hogy all-inclusive, ingyenes és másra át nem ruházható.” - Kirkus
„Lauren zseniálisan ötvözi a romantikus regényekben megszokott elemeket - ellenségekből szeretők, álházasság, kiáltóan ellentétes jellemek -, és gyúr belőlük olyan vidám olvasmányt, hogy az olvasók minden szaván csüggeni fognak.” - Publishers Weekly
„Lauren e legújabb, enyhén pikáns, vidám művével is olyat alkotott, ami egészen biztos örömöt okoz majd az olvasóknak. Ez a forró nyári románc tökéletes olvasmány a medence vagy a tenger partjára, kár volna kihagyni!” - Library Journal
„Lauren legújabb kötete szexi és mulatságos romantikus regény, amely bepillantást enged egy soktagú, összetartó mexikói-amerikai család mindennapjaiba, és az ikernővéreket figyelve az is kiderül, a vér nem válik-e vízzé. Az olvasók felkészülhetnek a harsány hahotázásra… Jasmine Guillory és Sally Thorne rajongói számára kötelező.” - Booklist
„Könnyed, kacagtatóan vidám történetet mesél el a Nem mézes hetek, amelyet a túlságos kotnyeleskedés övez (a számos Torres nagynéni és unokatestvér folyamatosan beleártja magát Ami és Olive életébe). Elragadó és élvezetes olvasmány kerekedik abból, ahogyan Olive Ethan iránti kezdeti ellenszenvét lassanként megenyhítik a sorozatos felismerések, hogy a férfinak számos jó tulajdonsága is van.” - Shelf Awareness
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Poems: 1962-2020
A major career-spanning collection from the inimitable Nobel Prize-winning poet
For the past fifty years, Louise Gluck has been a major force in modern poetry, distinguished as much for the restless intelligence, wit and intimacy of her poetic voice as for her development of a particular form: the book-length sequence of poems. This volume brings together the twelve collections Gluck has published to date, offering readers the opportunity to become immersed in the artistry and vision of one of the world's greatest living poets.
From the allegories of The Wild Iris to the myth-making of Averno; the oneiric landscapes of The House on Marshland to the questing of Faithful and Virtuous Night - each of Gluck's collections looks upon the events of an ordinary life and finds within them scope for the transcendent; each wields its archetypes to puncture the illusions of the self. Across her work, elements are reiterated but endlessly transfigured - Persephone, a copper beech, a mother and father and sister, a garden, a husband and son, a horse, a dog, a field on fire, a mountain. Taken together, the effect is like a shifting landscape seen from above, at once familiar and unspeakably profound.
No One Can Change Your Life Except For You
'When I was a kid the first album I owned was by Wilson Phillips. I remember the lyric from the song Hold On, 'No one can change your life except for you'. It's how I've chosen to live my life. There is a freedom when you take back control. Stop waiting for someone to save you and do it yourself. I recognise everyone has different levels of struggle but no one just hands you a chance. We don't have to wait for Prince Charming to rescue us, or wait for the opportunity to come to us. We can be our own heroes. We can create our own dreams.'
Laura Whitmore knows lucky breaks come to those who are ready to step into their own power, even when they're feeling nervous as hell about it. In No One Can Change Your Life Except For You, she shares her experiences of overcoming heartbreak, body image worries, self-doubt and insecurity.
Laura has learned that optimism, self-belief and learning to accept yourself, will bring you more than anyone else can ever give you. And she shows how her own struggles can help you through yours.
Frank, heartfelt, inspirational and funny, this is a book to remind you that the hero you are looking for is YOU.
Deacon King Kong
'Brilliantly imagined, larger than life, a tragicomedic epic of intertwined lives.' JOYCE CAROL OATES
'Deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane.' JUNOT DIAZ, New York Times Book Review
The year is 1969. In a housing project in south Brooklyn, a shambling old church deacon called Sportcoat shoots - for no apparent reason - the local drug-dealer who used to be part of the church's baseball team. The repercussions of that moment draw in the whole community, from Sportcoat's best friend - Hot Sausage - to the local Italian mobsters, the police (corrupt and otherwise), and the stalwart ladies of the Five Ends Baptist Church.
DEACON KING KONG is a book about a community under threat, about the ways people pull together in an age when the old rules are being rewritten. It is very funny in places, and heartbreaking in others. From a prize-winning storyteller, this New York Times bestseller shows us that not all secrets are meant to be hidden, and that the communities we build are fragile but vital.
A New Earth
Offers a spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better, more spiritually evolved place to live.
Blueprint: 365-Day Extreme Training To (Re)Build A Bulletproof Body
Ross Edgley has spent decades perfecting the principles and practice of extreme fitness to achieve the impossible. Following a career-threatening injury in 2018, Ross was forced to reassess his training and take the next steps in a lifelong journey of redefining what the human body is capable of. In Blueprint, Ross shares the cutting-edge training program that empowered him to rebuild his body from surgery and a doctor's gloomy prognosis in just 365 days to complete a world record swim.
Whether it's climbing a mountain, swimming the English Channel, or a gruelling triathlon, Blueprint will teach you the tried and tested principles of sports science that have been used for decades by Olympians, explorers and adventurers at the limits of peak physical endurance.
Blueprint is Ross Edgley's complete training journey that shows you how to:
Divide a 365-day training plan into seasons (winter, spring, summer and autumn)
Rebuild your body using evolutionary medicine
Build a superhuman work capacity with forgotten Spartan-style training
Gain bulletproof resilience through Soviet-inspired strength training
Boost your aerobic base with Olympian techniques.
Blueprint applies the exact same principles that enabled Ross to complete extreme feats such as the World's Longest Sea Swim, World's Longest Rope Climb, World's Heaviest Triathlon and World's Strongest Marathon.
Ross is your elite guide to achieving the impossible in the gym and beyond. Featuring almost 30 tailored workouts for different phases of training, packed with digestible sports science to help you optimise your workouts, and interspersed with Ross' own daring adventures across the world, Blueprint is the ultimate guide to optimising your time and training to make the impossible possible.
Twisted Destiny
The basketball practice match that changes everything.
Takumi Ichirou is a first-year high schooler who is an excellent basketball player. Despite receiving many offers to join a basketball team from the prestigious schools in Japan, he chose to go to Minagawa Academy instead. It’s a school which is no longer in The Best 8.Besides him, Takumi’s best friend, Hideki Nakamura also chose to go to Minagawa Academy because of their promise when they were kids. Just like Takumi, he also received numerous offers from the prestigious school. But he declined their invitations.One day, their basketball team decided to have a practice match with Echizen High, which is one of the basketball powerhouses in Japan. That’s when both Takumi and Hideki reunite with their childhood friends, Hikaru Kitagawa and his twin brother, Kaoru.Little they know that their happy reunion turns into a traumatic match that they’ve ever had, all because of Hikaru’s word.Twisted Destiny is a high school basketball, sports light novel in English by Sekina Mayu.If you enjoy reading a novel about friendship and the school life and also love anime and manga like Kuroko no Basket and Slam Dunk, then you'll love Twisted Destiny.Buy this book now to start reading about the destiny that awaits Takumi and his team.
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Jones Tom - Surrounded By Time: The Hourglass Edition 2CD
Tracklist:
CD ONE: Original Album
1 I Won't Crumble With You If You Fall
2 The Windmills Of Your Mind
3 PopStar
4 No Hole In My Head
5 Talking Reality Television Blues
6 I Won't Lie
7 This Is The Sea
8 One More Cup Of Coffee
9 Samson And Delilah
10 Ol' Mother Earth
11 I'm Growing Old
12 Lazarus Man
CD TWO: Bonus Tracks
1 Not Dark Yet
2 One Hell Of A Life
3 I Won't Crumble With You If You Fall (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire)
4 Samson And Delilah (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire)
5 Ol' Mother Earth (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire)
6 This Is The Sea (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire)
7 In Conversation with Pete Paphides
Lacná kniha EternityS Wheel (-90%)
The heart-pounding conclusion to the InterWorld series, by award-winning writers Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves As the threat of FrostNight looms ever closer, Joey Harker seeks out more of his fellow Walkers across the Altiverse, training them as fast as he can. But even a solid team of recruits can't prepare Joey for the ultimate showdown with InterWorld's enemies, old and new. Joey never wanted to be in charge. But he's the one everyone is looking to now, and he'll have to step up if he has any hope of saving InterWorld, the Multiverse, and everything in between.
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