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Operation Alphabet
"Welcome to a very secret world. Not many people know this, but inside a special, little red postbox in London, close to Big Ben, there exists a top secret department. It is so top secret that only the Queen of England, her Prime Minister, Spies and
Cats know about it. And now you..." This book part of 'The Ministry of Letters' series recounts the adventures of the top-secret government department 'The Ministry of Letters', the place where all the letters and all the words in the world are creat
ed. We are introduced to this secret and then told the story of 'Operation Alphabet', one of the most famous adventures ever to have happened to the letters who work in the Ministry. The star of the story is Charlie Foxtrot, who starts school aged fi
ve and finds learning the alphabet confusing and strange. We learn how the members of the Ministrys Special Alphabet Service (SAS) set off on an adventure to Scotland to find Charlie and teach him, by song and rhyme, the alphabet and the joy to be fo
und in letters and words. They succeed he goes to school the next day and gets full marks in a test and the world lives happily ever after! 'Operation Alphabet' also comes with a special jacket that folds out into an alphabet poster.
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Elizabeth I - Traitor´s Kiss
This is the captivating true story of the young Elizabeth I, as she struggles to survive the treacherous world of Tudor England. After the death of her father, Henry VIII, a young Elizabeth journeys to London to live with her father's widow, Katherine Parr, and her new husband, Thomas Seymour, brother-in-law to King Edward. Surrounded by malicious whisperings of her late mother's witchcraft, Elizabeth is desperate to escape suspicion and discover the truth about her mother. A young stranger asserting Anne's Boleyn's innocence sends her on search a that takes her on a dangerous midnight journey to Bedlam, the hospital for the insane, to meet her mother's former lady-in-waiting. This encounter changes the way she views her mother - and herself. Meanwhile, at home, Elizabeth's reputation is increasingly under threat, as her stepfather, Thomas Seymour makes unwanted advances toward her. Her stepmother witnesses a kiss and Elizabeth is sent back to Hertfordshire in disgrace. Here she falls seriously ill and rumours abound that she is hiding a pregnancy. When Thomas Seymour is arrested for treason in a plot to overthrow King Edward, Elizabeth is implicated by association. Now it is up to her to defend her integrity - and her life...From the author of the best-selling Raven Queen comes a new masterpiece of historical fiction.
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Blood of elves
Geralt, the witcher of Rivia, is back - and this time he holds the fate of the whole land in his hands ...For more than a hundred years, humans, dwarves, gnomes and elves lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over and now the races once again fight each other - and themselves: dwarves are killing their kinsmen, and elves are murdering humans and elves, at least those elves who are friendly to humans ...Into this tumultuous time is born a child for whom the witchers of the world have been waiting. Ciri, the granddaughter of Queen Calanthe, the Lioness of Cintra, has strange powers and a stranger destiny, for prophecy names her the Flame, one with the power to change the world - for good, or for evil ...Geralt, the witcher of Rivia, has taken Ciri to the relative safety of the Witchers' Settlement, but it soon becomes clear that Ciri isn't like the other witchers. As the political situation grows ever dimmer and the threat of war hangs almost palpably over the land, Geralt searches for someone to train Ciri's unique powers. But someone else has an eye on the young girl, someone who understand exactly what the prophecy means - and exactly what Ciri's power can do. This time Geralt may have met his match.
Miss Marple and Mystery
A brand new omnibus of 55 short stories, presented for the first time in chronological order. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as ' the typical old maid of fiction', Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature -- and used it to devasting effect. As her friend Sir Henry Clithering, the ex-Commissioner of Scotland Yard has been heard to say: 'She's just the finest detective God ever made.' -- and many Agatha Christie fans would agree. Appearing for the first time in The Murder at The Vicarage (1930) her crime-fighting career spanned over forty years when she solved her final case in 1977 in Sleeping Murder. With every tale flawlessly plotted by the Queen of Crime herself, these short stories provide a feast for hardened Agatha Christie addicts as well as those who have grown to love the detective through her many film and television appearances. Here, for the first time, more than 50 of Agatha Christie's mini masterpieces have been collected together in one volume, perfectly illustrating the true breadth of her talent.As well as every story featuring Miss Marple, the book includes additional stand-alone tales, from macabre tales of the supernatural, through suspense-ridden mysteries, to heart-stopping cases of murder.
Alices Adventures in Wonderland
Fall down the rabbit hole again and again with the master of paper engineering. With stunning pop-ups and elaborative interactive details, this is a gift that will be treasured by generations.
Robert Sabuda's dazzling adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland makes the whimsy and fantastical burst out of the page. With a jaw-dropping number of three-dimensional pop-ups on every page, follow the White Rabbit through the forest, dine with the Mad Hatter, and play croquette against the Queen of Hearts. Featuring printed foil, acetate creatures, and a peep hole down the rabbit hole, this is a book that will be read again and again.
Praise for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Pop-up Adaptation:
'Breathtaking, three-dimensional images that are incredibly imaginative, intricately detailed, and perfectly executed... a fresh look at the story and offering details that add greatly to the reading experience.' School Library Journal
'This will very likely come to be seen as the definitive pop-up version of Alice, but it will also further establish Sabuda as the foremost visionary of the genre.' Booklist, Starred Review
Other pop-up books by Robert Sabuda:
The 12 Days of Christmas
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Beauty and the Beast
The Little Mermaid
The Night Before Christmas
Peter Pan
Winter's Tale
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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OWC Cyrano de Bergerac
`Tonight When I make my sweeping bow at heaven's gate, One thing I shall still possess, at any rate, Unscathed, something outlasting mortal flesh, And that is ... My panache.' The first English translation of Cyrano de Bergerac, in 1898, introduced t
he word panache into the English language. This single word summed up Rostand's rejection of the social realism which dominated late nineteenth-century theatre. He wrote his `heroic comedy', unfashionably, in verse, and set it in the reign of Louis X
III and the Three Musketeers. Based on the life of a little known writer, Rostand's hero has become a figure of theatrical legend: Cyrano, with the nose of a clown and the soul of a poet, is by turns comic and sad, as reckless in love as in war, and
never at a loss for words. Audiences immediately took him to their hearts, and since the triumphant opening night in December 1897 - at the height of the Dreyfus Affair - the play has never lost its appeal. The text is accompanied by notes and a full
introduction which sets the play in its literary and historical context. Christopher Fry's acclaimed translation into `chiming couplets' represents the homage of one verse dramatist to another.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ladies and Gentlemen...I have to state that Mrs Lovett's pies are made of human flesh!' This shocking announcement provides the stunning denouement to a narrative first published over a period of four months in the winter of 1846-7. The revelation marked only the beginning, however, of the notorious career of Sweeney Todd, soon known to legend as the 'Demon Barber' of London's Fleet Street. The story of Todd's entrepreneurial partnership with neighbouring pie-maker Margery Lovett - at once inconceivably unpalatable and undeniably compelling - has subsequently provided the substance for a seemingly endless series of successful dramatic adaptations, popular songs and ballads, novellas, radio plays, graphic novels, ballets, films, and musicals. Both gleeful and ghoulish, the original tale of Sweeney Todd, first published under the title The String of Pearls, is an early classic of British horror writing. It combines the story of Todd's grisly method of robbing and dispatching his victims with a romantic sub-plot involving deception, disguise, and detective work, set against the backdrop of London's dark and unsavoury streets. This edition provides an authoritative text of the first version of the story ever to be published, as well as a lively introduction to its history and reputation.
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Now and Forever
Two dazzling new novellas from the celebrated author of Fahrenheit 451. Two previously unpublished novellas comprise this astonishing new volume from one of science fiction's greatest living writers. In the first, 'Somewhere a Band is Playing', newsman James Cardiff is lured through poetry and his fascination with a beautiful and enigmatic young woman to Summerton, Arizona. The small town's childless population hold an extraordinary secret which has been passed on for thousands of years unbeknownst to the rest of human civilization. In the second novella, 'Leviathan '99', the classic tale of Herman Melville's ‘Moby Dick’ is reborn as an interstellar adventure. It recounts the exploits of the mad Captain Ahab, who, blinded by his first encounter with a gigantic comet called 'Leviathan', pursues his lunatic vendetta across the universe. Born in space and seeking adventure in the skies, astronaut Ishmael Jones joins the crew aboard the Cetus 7 and quickly finds his fate in the hands of an indefatigable captain. Published together for the first time in one volume, these two stories twinkle with Bradbury's characteristically intricate metaphors and lyrical phrases. Both are a lasting testament to an older generation of writers that, much like the Leviathan itself, are on the threshold of passing on into the realm of legend.
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Secret of Cricley Hall
The Caleighs have had a terrible year...They need time and space, while they await the news they dread. Gabe has brought his wife, Eve, and daughters, Loren and Cally, down to Devon, to the peaceful seaside village of Hollow Bay. He can work and Eve and the kids can have some peace and quiet and perhaps they can try, as a family, to come to terms with what's happened to them...Crickley Hall is an unusually large house on the outskirts of the village at the bottom of Devil's Cleave, a massive tree-lined gorge - the stuff of local legend. A river flows past the front garden. It's perfect for them...if a bit gloomy. And Chester, their dog, seems really spooked at being away from home. And old houses do make sounds. And it's constantly cold. And even though they shut the cellar door every night, it's always open again in morning...The Secret of Crickley Hall" is James Herbert's finest novel to date. It explores the darker, more obtuse territories of evil and the supernatural. With brooding menace and rising tension, he masterfully and relentlessly draws the reader through to the ultimate revelation - one that will stay to chill the mind long after the book has been laid aside."
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City and the city
Subterranean Press is proud to present the limited edition of what may well be China's breakthrough novel.In such novels as King Rat, Perdido Street Station, and Iron Council, China Mieville established himself as one of the most original writers currently working in any genre. In his latest, The City &, the City, Mieville has outdone himself, giving us a multi-layered urban fantasy of extraordinary complexity and depth.The story begins when Tyador Borlu, senior detective in the Extreme Crime Squad of the city of Beszel, is called to the scene of a particularly vicious homicide. When the victim turns out to be a young female student with dubious political connections and a controversial history, the investigation spills over into the neighboring city of Ul Qoma. Once there, Borlu enters a labyrinth of violence and corruption that will alter the course of his career.The City &, the City is a brilliantly conceived, masterfully executed novel whose intricate plot encompasses myth and legend, political and cultural divisions, corporate greed, and the arcane forces that move behind the scenes of a beautifully realized urban landscape. Effortlessly blurring the boundaries between mystery, fantasy, and mainstream fiction, it is the most impressive, fully developed work to date by a writer of vast ambition and seemingly limitless gifts.
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T Shirt A Collection Of 500 D
Perhaps the ultimate icon of this generation, the T-shirt originated from tea and shirts. The history claims that seventeenth-century workers downloading tea boxes from boats in the harbor of Annapolis in the US wore a kind of short sleeve shirt that was eventually named the T-shirt in reference to the tea as well as form of the shirt, which resembled the letter "T:. By the 1920s, the word T-shirt appeared in official U.S. dictionaries. Over time, what was originally just a form of warm-weather work clothing has evolved and developed a life of its own. The T-shirt, in its simplist form, makes a statement about the wearer. Whether political, artistic, or humorous, a T-shirt displays a message that reflects the ideals of the wearer. T-shirts are one of the world?s most prolific forms of graphic message and personal statement, both commercial and personal. This collection looks at the T-shirt and its many forms. The chapters include The Legend of the T-shirt, Power of an Idol, Duplication of Art, Declaration, Mobile Posters, Simple and Fashionable, Design Element, and Technique. Altogether, this volume provides an immense catalog of 500 designs for inspiration and enjoyment for designers, crafters, and T-shirt enthusiasts.
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Renoir 25 ju
Pierre-Auguste Renoir's timelessly charming paintings still reflect our ideals of happiness, love, and beauty. TASCHEN's Renoir: Painter of Happiness, the most comprehensive retrospective of his work yet published, examines the personal history and motivation behind the legend. Though he began by painting landscapes in the Impressionist style, Renoir (1841-1919) found his true affinity once he started painting portraits, after which he abandoned the Impressionists altogether. Though often misunderstood and criticized, Renoir remains one of history's most well-loved painters—undoubtedly because his works exude such warmth, tenderness and good cheer.
In an incisive text tracing the artist's career and stylistic evolution, Gilles Néret shows how Renoir reinvented the female form in painting, with his everyday goddesses and their plump forms, rounded hips and breasts. This last phase in Renoir's work, in which he returned to the simple pleasure of painting the female nude in his baigneuses series, was his most innovative and stylistically influential, and an inspiration to both Matisse and Picasso.
With a complete chronology, bibliography, index of works, and 600 sumptuous, large-format color reproductions, as well as photos and sketches illustrating Renoir's life and work, here is the essential work of reference on this enduring master artist.
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Beaton
Cecil Beaton's sense of style and his much-celebrated career as a designer for film and stage have overshadowed his position as one of the great photographers of the twentieth century. Beaton's persona provided a mask that concealed the seriousness of his accomplishment. His career, running from his earliest pictures in the Twenties to his last work in the Seventies, is unparalleled in its historical breadth. By mid-century he had produced an astonishing array of portraits of the greatest creative figures of his time, including Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon. In contrast to the flamboyance and artifice of his early work, Beaton later displayed an almost minimalist eye. Beaton was to become a star on both sides of the Atlantic. He was at home in Hollywood studios as he was in English society. He maintained his role as royal portraitist, photographing the Queen at the same time as he courted the new royalty of the Swinging Sixties. Surprisingly he was commissioned to photograph the set of the film Performance and its star, Mick Jagger in 1968. The film marked the end of an era, as well as Beaton's last great assignment. The book is drawn mostly from the 100,000 prints and negatives of the Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby's and follows the definitive monograph of his work during the war years, Theatre of War, published in 2012.
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Spider-Man/Deadpool Modern Era Epic Collection: Isn't It Bromantic
Spider-Man and Deadpool... teaming up?! That's right - and the webslinger and the merc with a mouth are the double act of your dreams! Legendary DEADPOOL creative team Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness reunite to make the Spider-Man/Deadpool team-up everything you ever hoped for - and more! But will a fledgling friendship turn sour when Wade Wilson's next target turns out to be... Peter Parker?! Someone is messing with our wascally wisecrackers, and they've blended the genes of our heroes to create one murderous, mixed-up miss named Itsy Bitsy. She's Spidey and 'Pool's 'daughter' - and she has seriously creepy daddy issues! Plus, more big-name creators join the fun as Deadpool goes Hollywood, our duo share a retro adventure, Wade & Peter meet Penn & Teller, and Spidey and Pool are the only ones who can save Christmas!
Collecting: Spider-Man/Deadpool (2016) 1-14, 17-18, 1.MU
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Isten városáról De Civitate Dei
Szent Ágoston mintegy 15 évig dolgozott a De civitate Dei - Isten városáról című munkáján, mire az végső formáját elnyerte, és az egyházatya történelemteológiájának monumentális összegzésévé lett. A huszonkét könyvből álló munkában Ágoston a pogány és szent történelem eseményeinek felvonultatására, értelmezésére, a pogány filozófusok nézeteinek tárgyalására és cáfolatára is vállalkozik, miközben bámulatos alapossággal bontja ki azt a tételt, hogy Isten városa és az ördög városa a jelen világban elválaszthatatlanul együtt létezik, noha eltérő az eredetük és más lesz a végső sorsuk is. Az Isten városáról ezért Ágoston politikai teológiájának legteljesebb kifejtését is magában foglalja, amelynek hatása mindmáig érezhető. A Kairosz Kiadó négy kötetben, Földváry Antal legendás fordításának felújított változatában adja közre a teljes magyar szöveget.
Mrtvá šelma (Souřadnice zločinu I)
Dlouho očekávaná detektivka od legendy české fantastiky Jiřího W. Procházky a Kláry Smolíkové, oblíbené autorky populárně naučných knih pro děti. Autorská dvojice spojila své síly, takže čtenáře čeká napětí, akce, svérázný humor i promyšlený příběh s historickým pozadím. Mrtvá šelma, první ze série detektivních případů Souřadnice zločinu, se odehrává v Táboře. Zmizení renomovaného profesora uvede do pohybu nejen policejní vyšetřování, ale také svede dohromady nesourodou dvojici, která se pouští do pátrání na vlastní pěst. Muzejní kurátorka Berenika Weissová a bývalý policista Robert Štolba se dostanou do míst, o kterých policie nemá ani zdání a kde oba dva musí spoléhat jen sami na sebe. Přepadení, vraždy a krádeže pokaždé nějak souvisejí s táborským muzeem a záhad přibývá. Kdo všechno z okruhu podezřelých patří k tajné sektě husitských bratří? Jakou roli hraje lidská zášť a chamtivost? Do poslední chvíle nebude mít jasno ani čtenář, jenž rozplétá děj vyprávěný ze dvou pohledů – ženským náhledem intelektuálky Weissové a mužskou optikou přímého a poněkud neomaleného Štolby. Třetí hlavní postavou je samo město Tábor. A zatímco si čtenáři lámou hlavu nad mrtvolou z táborské radniční věže, autoři již splétají nitky Stříbrné iniciály, dalšího případu, tentokrát z Kutné Hory. Jiří W. Procházka (1959), autor kultovních děl z žánru sci-fi a fantasy, opět vstupuje do neznámých literárních vod. Detektivní žánr přetváří, přeskupuje, taví stejnou silou, s níž kdysi sepsal první původní český fantasy román nebo kyberpunkové povídky předbíhající o deset let poetiku Matrixu. Pochází z Kutné Hory, v níž se bude odehrávat další díl detektivní série Souřadnice zločinu. Žije v Praze s manželkou Klárou Smolíkovou, psem Lupinem a proměnlivým počtem dětí. Klára Smolíková (1974) se vypracovala na renomovanou autorku dětských knih s populárně vzdělávacím zaměřením. Píše scénáře komiksů a večerníčků. Má za sebou bohaté lektorské a metodické zkušenosti, angažuje se v muzejní pedagogice. V Táboře pracovala v Husitském muzeu a na kolegy, ač by se čtenář mohl domnívat něco jiného, vzpomíná ráda a stále s nimi spolupracuje. Během psaní Mrtvé šelmy si vzala Jiřího W. Procházku a přestěhovala se po patnácti letech zpět do Prahy. Potkali se v Táboře. Robert Štolba, bývalý policista, který být policistou nikdy tak úplně nepřestal, a Berenika Weissová, muzejní kurátorka, která se v muzeu schovává před světem i před životem. Robert Štolba přichází do Husitského muzea, aby zabezpečil objekty před vloupáním, ale zločiny na konec bezpečnostního auditu nečekají. Padesátka klepe na dveře a Štolba nemá daleko k tomu, aby se k důchodu propil. Stále má páru, stále mu to myslí, ale chybí mu směr. Rodinu kdesi poztrácel a jediné, co ho dokáže vybudit, je pátrání po zločincích. Nemá rád intelektuálky. Berenika Weissová se necítí v Táboře příliš dobře. Přistěhovala se sem s třináctiletou dcerou a o důvodech se nerada vyjadřuje. Je uzavřená a samotářská. Pronásledují ji stíny minulého života. Práce ji baví, ale možná se jí věnuje až moc. Na vysoké škole bývala výbornou studentkou, svědomitou a odpovědnou, ale teď si sama sebou není jistá. Nemá ráda hrubiány a opilce. On potřebuje ji a ona potřebuje jeho. Aby odhalili vraha. Aby nezůstali stát na místě.
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Banksy Myths & Legends
No single living artist has created as many myths, rumours and legends as Banksy. Many of the tales in this book are from Bristol, some are from further afield. What they share is that they are all told with the wide eyed wonder which Banksy inspires. Collated between 2009 and 2011 some of these stories are quite old and have been told so many times they have become the stuff of legend, others are more questionable and best described as myths. Some are laugh out loud bollocks and others are simply gossip. You be the judge.
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Výpravná kniha píše o obyčejném, a dokonce chudém, chlapci z portugalské Madeiry. I na ‚Zeleném ostrově‘ autor pátrá po prvních krůčcích fotbalového génia. Právě v ulici Quinta do Falcao ve Funchalu se rodil veliký sen a Cristiano za ním odmalička neúprosně jde a probudí se z něj až ve chvíli, když později vysloví:
„Chci být nejlepší, zapsat se do historie fotbalu. Mám fantastické zaměstnání. Je požehnáním, protože můžu dělat to, co mám nejraději.“
Ano, Ronaldo skutečně postupně stoupá k fotbalovému Olympu, kde vládnou Pelé, Maradona, Di Stéfano, Cruijff, ale nepochybně také sám Cristiano s Lionelem Messim.
Základem naplnění takového snu je skvělé zázemí v rodině, jíž vždy vládla fotbalová máma Mária Dolores, a pak má Cristiano jako osmnáctiletý hráč Sportingu Lisabon doslovné štěstí, že si ho do Manchesteru United vybere sám Sir Alex Ferguson. Se svým velkým učitelem a druhým otcem, jak sám říká, vyhrají Ligu mistrů a tři anglické tituly. Ronaldo jako hráč Rudých ďáblů získá v roce 2008 svůj první Zlatý míč. Druhý a třetí obdrží už jako nejzářivější hvězda Realu Madrid, mistr Španělska a opětovně vítěz Champions League za své umění v letech 2013 a 2014. 12. ledna 2015 při celebraci v curyšské opeře s dojetím – ale už bez slz – řekne:
„Byl to nezapomenutelný rok. Nikdy bych si nemyslel, že tuto cenu vyhraju třikrát. Chci pokračovat ve své práci, vyhrávat další tituly pro tým i pro sebe, zlepšovat se každý den. Chci být jedním z nejlepších hráčů všech dob.“
Tajemství gigantického úspěchu chlapce z chudinské čtvrti Santo António je prosté: neobyčejný talent a úžasná pracovitost, neutuchající touha být vždy nejlepší a vyhrávat trofeje a také bouřlivé a vítězné srdce. Cristiano navíc dnes není společně s Lionelem Messim jen nejlepším fotbalistou planety, ale pro mladé generace představuje také symbol životního stylu. Lze bez nadsázky říci, že je současnou nejvýznamnější sportovní celebritou světa.
A tak se společně s autorem v rozšířeném a aktualizovaném vydání začtěme do příběhu chlapce a dnes muže, který žije svůj splněný sen a stoupá k ‚Legendě jménem CRISTIANO RONALDO‘.
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Being Britney
Part biography, part social history, Being Britney pieces together a collage of stories, interviews, legends and fan experiences to construct a definitive portrait of one of the biggest stars in recent history.
In her unique narrative, acclaimed music author Jennifer Otter Bickerdike provides a sympathetic yet objective re-examination of Britney's trajectory from girl next door to woman trapped by fame. Being Britney is the compelling account of a talented, troubled and talked-about modern icon, whose life, work and individual significance will be recognised for many decades to come.
'After years of being framed as a victim, Britney deserves to be celebrated as the fighter, inspiration and enigma she truly is.' - Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
'[An] astute reckoning with modern celebrity' - The Times
'A wild read' - The Guardian
'A well-researched, measured account' - The Sun