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At Least It Looks Good From Space
'A wonderful take on the chaos of the modern word' Louise O'Neill'Really, really good - thoughtful, funny, smart and stupid' Séamus O'Reilly'Self-deprecating, insightful and witty' Irish Examiner 'Carl has the rare gift of combining analytical clarity with maniacal vulnerability' Blindboy Boatclub'Great company ... Touching, interesting, funny and informative' Marian KeyesLike the rest of us, Carl Kinsella has spent the last ten years trying to find a way to navigate modern life, mental health and the internet. Well, maybe not quite like the rest of us. From starting a rumour that convinced much of Ireland that the Luas was free to having a breakdown at the Dolly Parton theme park, here Carl has done his best to document a journey that's been all at once relatable and ridiculous. Informed by his experiences with OCD - an illness that warped his perception of reality, convinced him he was dying, and threatened the very foundations of his life - this collection of essays reflects on stories of attention, algorithms, masculinity and madness. Honest and deeply human, At Least It Looks Good From Space is a colourful search for answers about what it means to be losing your mind and what you might find to replace it. 'Sharp, inventive and irresistibly engaging' Sophie White'Kinsella proves a sharp satirist and a shrewd observer of the minutiae of Irish life' IRISH TIMES
Noble Beasts
'Rich, layered, and deeply thoughtful' - LUCY STEEDS'A magnificent novel - vivid, moving and utterly convincing' - S.G. MACLEANIn the suffocating summer of 1858, Sir Edwin Landseer faces the monumental task of sculpting the Trafalgar Square lions. The nation is watching, the Royal Academy is whispering, and the Queen herself expects brilliance. The press, his doctor and Edwin's inner demons predict disaster. As the pressure mounts, beasts begin to stalk Edwin's increasingly alcohol-fuelled nightmares. His mind flees from stifling Victorian London to the freedom of the Scottish Highlands, the riotous days of the Regency and the woman who set his world alight. Georgina: older, adventurous and irreverent. Georgina: married to Edwin's most influential patron. Georgina: the love of his life. The world called it a scandal, but the world didn't know what it was talking about. The world should have called it a tragedy. Based on real events and rumours that burned like wildfire, Noble Beasts is a story of art, sacrifice, and enduring love, painting a vivid and passionate picture of the tangled relationships that helped make Edwin's career but broke his heart and his mind. 'Waverley immerses the reader in the lushly textured worlds of the sweeping Highlands and of a glittering, claustrophobic society.' - LUCY STEEDS, author of The Artist'Passionate, sensual, profoundly moving . . . one of the best works of historical fiction I ever read' - A.N. WILSON'A fascinating and immersive portrait of an artist driven by ambition, passion and addiction' JOANNA MILLER,author of The Eights'Impeccably researched and exquisitely written.' RACHEL BLACKMORE, author of Costanza
The Dog Meows, The Cat Barks
'Brash, worldly and wickedly funny, Eka Kurniawan may be Southeast Asia's most ambitious writer in a generation' EconomistOnce, Sato Reang's father tried to bully him into being a pious child. Now he's a little Devil.He stops saying his prayers. He starts to run with the wild boys: drinking, fighting, stealing. He eats his fill of life, barges in where he pleases. Maybe he'll burn down the school...If only Jamal, his strictly religious schoolmate, would join him. Sato intends to lead him astray and introduce him to worldly pleasures. Even if the consequences are darker than he could have imagined.Devilishly funny and delicately moving, The Dog Meows, the Cat Barks is a lightning strike of a coming-of-age novel.
Kaiju No. 8: Relax, Vol. 2
Sometimes even the greatest kaiju-fighting heroes need a day off.With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. But there’s not a kaiju attack every day! Sometimes, even the best and brightest heroes get a chance to relax. The gag-filled spin-off of Kaiju No. 8 continues! Kafka Hibino heads out on a camping trip with his fellow recruits, but Ichikawa’s strong opinions throw a wrench into the fun. Then, the holidays roll around. Get ready to spend New Year’s and Valentine’s Day with the Third Division!
Spider-Man: Kizuna, Vol. 3
Yu is a young boy suddenly bestowed with the powers of the Amazing Spider-Man! Can he find his courage in time to save the day?Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is branching out! Welcome to Ohakama City, Japan. Yu, a timid boy who loves to draw manga, is attacked by a villain, only to be rescued by the super hero known as Spider-Man! Despite being defeated, the villain activates a device that merges Yu and Spider-Man together.There’s no rest from the wicked…not even on school field trips! During a school outing, Yu and his friend are meant to enjoy the beauty of nature…until they find a Villain Badge in a trash can, setting off a whole new set of problems for Yu! Not only that, but a new transfer student has arrived from New York—smart, athletic, and instantly popular, he’s hiding a giant secret too! Yu and Spidey are in for their toughest test yet.
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*AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW - THE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER DAWN FRENCH*ETTA'S FOUND THE CURE FOR OLD AGE. BUT HER FAMILY WON'T LIKE IT . . . Etta is sixty-eight years old. Happy, healthy and an active participant in her world, she’s gathered her family together for an unforgettable weekend. Tick. At 5am that Saturday morning, Etta wakes her daughter, her granddaughter, her son and her daughter-in-law up to lead everyone down to the beach. To ‘Etta’s Hollow’, where a roaring fire has already been lit. Drowsy but delighted – the sun is just starting to rise for a glorious dawn – Etta’s family bask in the beauty of the moment. A memory to be cherished forever. Tick. Until twenty minutes later, when Etta announces to her assembled beloveds something as shocking as it is alarming. ‘I have brought you all down to the beach this morning to tell you something important. You see, the thing is, today is my last day alive.’ Boom. Over the next twenty-four hours, Etta and her family are about to have the most surprising, affecting and life-affirming day of all their lives. PRAISE FOR DAWN FRENCH‘'Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on' Guardian'Fantastic, passionate, compassionate, so much wisdom, a lot of humour and very real’ Bernadine Evaristo'Gorgeous. Wise and full of love' Marian Keyes'A life-affirming read' Daily Express‘'An extraordinary book - sad, heartening, gripping and reassuringly human' Jo Brand‘Tender and devastating, it almost broke my heart' Sunday Express
The Secret of Giza
What if humanity didn’t start on Eart? aden Kwan should have died when he fell from a rooftop. Instead, he walks away, alive, altered, and carrying a power even his twin sister, Malia, can’t explain. Hours later, armed agents hit their home. By morning, the twins are running for their lives. Hunted across the country, Jaden and Malia stumble into a conspiracy older than history itself. The Great Pyramid of Giza. The Bermuda Triangle. Ruthless experiments in the Nevada desert. Every secret points to something extraordinary hidden in their blood. But every answer sparks another terrifying question. Every step brings them closer to the truth… and to an enemy willing to wipe out the human race to protect it. The Secret of Giza launches the Kwan Thrillers—a high-velocity science fiction space opera of ancient mysteries, black-ops cover-ups, and an unbreakable bond. _____________________________________________Praise for the Kwan Thrillers Series:? “Absolutely enthralling! Well written, unforeseen twists, great character development.”? “A great story with lots of unexpected twists … I really look forward to their next adventure.”? “Easy read and interesting sci-fi”? “You never know what is going to happen next … Could not stop reading.”? “I have enjoyed the cat and mouse chase around the Earth, Moon and Mars.”? “Excitement, thrilling moves and warfare”? “The characters are vivid, the scenes extraordinary, and the storyline addictive.”? “Fast paced and fun to imagine. The characters were well drawn and believable.”
A Doctor at Heart
A fascinating and inspiring picture book biography about Vivien Thomas, a pioneer of children’s heart surgery and trailblazer for Black people in STEM. Vivien Thomas always loved solving problems and figuring out how things worked. In high school, inspired by his family physician, he decided he would become a doctor. Despite losing his college savings during the 1930 bank panic, Vivien stayed dedicated to making his dream a reality, a trait that would serve him all his life. Vivien secured a lab assistant position at Vanderbilt University and later moved to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he and his mentor developed a groundbreaking procedure to cure blue baby syndrome, which led to them performing the first open-heart surgery on a child. With the power of his passion, perseverance, and dedication to learning (and without any formal college education), Vivien saved thousands of lives.
Maria La Divina
'This is a marvel' Publishers Weekly'Compelling and dramatic' Booklist'...the allure of an opera legend is rendered with humanizing grit' Foreward ReviewsMaria Callas, called La Divina, is widely recognised as the greatest diva who ever lived. Jerome Charyn's Callas springs to life as the headstrong, mercurial, and charismatic artist who captivated generations of fans, thrilling audiences with her brilliant performances and defiant personality. Callas was one of the first divas to come from an impoverished background. As an outsider, she was shunned by the Italian opera houses, but through sheer force of will and the power and range of her voice, she broke through the invisible wall to sing at La Scala and headline at the Metropolitan Opera, forging an unforgettable career. Adored by celebrities and statesmen, the notable and notorious alike, her every movement was shadowed by both music critics and gossip columnists – until, having lost her voice, she died alone in an opulent, mausoleum-like Paris apartment. In Charyn's inimitable style, Maria La Divina humanizes the celebrated diva, revealing the mythical artist as a woman who survived hunger, war, and loneliness to reach the heights of acclaim.
Common Decency
It may be quiet in the suburbs, but it''s far from peaceful...Oak Drive can be found nestled tidily in an unassuming part of England. Its neat front gardens overlook an average-sized common which the street''s residents survey with quiet, some might say, smug, pride. This is the sort of place where it pays to look after the small things, and let the big things look after themselves. Bins should be placed back in their right positions in a timely fashion and paintwork should share the same tasteful but muted palette. Sometimes, however, the big things do not look after themselves - and all hell can break loose in the sleepy streets of suburbia.Set in suburban Britain, Common Decency chronicles the lives and interactions of the street''s residents as they band together to save a beloved oak tree from destruction at the hands of developers.As tensions rise and repressed neuroses and resentments seep out, the secrets of the street''s inhabitants threaten to shatter the well-ordered veneer and reveal some rather more surprising truths...
The Climber, Vol. 5
The harder you climb, the higher you live.Buntaro Mori is a loner, but being alone in a crowd is almost as bad as being forced to fit in. When a dangerous bid for solitude introduces Mori to the rush of solo climbing, he becomes addicted to the brilliant sense of freedom he finds as he pits his body and soul against the heights. But how high does he have to climb to leave humanity behind?Tragedy in the northern Japanese Alps leaves Mori reeling, but despite the devastating experience, his love of climbing remains undimmed. His ability to handle other people has suffered, though, and it takes an incredible job offer to finally draw him back down into civilization. There, he finds everything just as terrible as he left it. Will his new hopes for the future get snagged on the relentlessness of reality?
The Roommate Rule
One Cabin. One Bed. One Rule: don't fall in love . . . Dylan likes to know exactly where things are going. With her career, her family, her relationship, and, well, everything else. From spreadsheets to themed Pinterest boards, she's meticulously planned out every aspect of her life for as long as she can remember. Max, meanwhile, always lives in the moment. The world's too full of beautiful places - and beautiful people - to let yourself be tied down. Besides, he's learnt the hard way that no future is ever guaranteed. So when Dylan's broken up with she's left reeling, with no concrete plans for the first time in her life. Perhaps that's why she finds herself agreeing to a totally off-piste proposition - share a cabin for the summer with her friend's brother during his all-expenses-paid travel influencer trip to the pristine Welsh coast. It's not like six weeks is long enough to throw your entire life off course or anything. Righ? EADERS LOVE GEORGIA STONE ? 'Love loved this book, so funny, clever, original, and slow burn with so many heart warming moments - I read a lot of rom com books this is one of the best' ? 'I lost count of the number of times she made me laugh out loud' ? 'As well as making me snort laugh every other page, this book had some grit to it, and made me shed tears. The characters had great development, and I loved the ending so much. ? 'Wow, this book was so funny, and angsty, and flirty. I honestly think this is some of the most hilarious writing I've ever read.' ? 'I couldn't get enough of the characters - I could happily read a bonus chapter daily, just to check in and see how they're all doing' Praise for THE ROOMMATE RULE 'A bitingly funny, delightfully vulnerable romantic comedy. I fell for Max and Dylan right away -Georgia Stone's way of writing banter and chemistry made that easy. But there's also a tenderness here that's truly special.' - Lauren Okie, author of Tropesick 'Clear your diary to eat this book up in one sitting.' Chloe Ford, author of Work Trip 'One of the best voices in romance!' Annabelle Slator, author of The Launch Date 'Scorchingly hot, funny and achingly tender' Hannah Brohm, author of Love and Other Brain Experiments 'A yearningly perfect ode to love and life' Maggie Eckersley, author of Back in the Saddle 'Georgia Stone has established herself as a staple in the romance genre' Jasmine Burke, author of Quarter-Love Crisis
Summer of Fire and Blood
The definitive history of the sixteenth-century uprising that revolutionized Europe. The German Peasants' War was the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. In 1524 and 1525, it swept across Germany with astonishing speed as thousands of people massed in armed bands to demand a new and more egalitarian order. The peasants took control of vast areas of southern and middle Germany, torching and plundering the monasteries, convents, and castles that stood in their way. But they would prove no match for the forces of the lords, who put down the revolt by slaying somewhere between seventy and a hundred thousand peasants in just over two months. In Summer of Fire and Blood, the first history of the German Peasants' War in a generation, leading historian Lyndal Roper uncovers the far-reaching ramifications of this doomed rebellion. Though the victors portrayed the uprising as naive and chaotic, Roper's deeply researched account reveals instead a coherent mass movement inspired by the radical principles of the Protestant Reformation. Told through the voices of and beliefs of the people themselves, this is the thrilling, tragic story of the peasants' fight to change the world.
God Won't Leave You There
God Won't Leave You There: Joseph's Story, an incredible testimony of jaw-dropping faith and patient perseverance in the face of devastating trials, will leave you in awe at what God can do in and through one person. It's a powerful reminder that wherever you find yourself, God is at work putting the pieces of your life together to bring about His sovereign plan. Through the lens of Joseph's remarkable journey, Anne Graham Lotz and Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright reveal how one man's life was turned upside down and set on a path he would have never chosen himself but one that would lead to God's ultimate purpose for his life. With Scripture, personal stories of hardship, and the unshakable hope found in God's promises, this book offers encouragement for anyone facing life's deepest struggles or just needing reassurance that God is in the details. Through Joseph's story, we are reminded of these profound truths about God:He is with you. He is guiding you. He will bring you through. Whether you're navigating betrayal, seeking purpose, or longing for reconciliation, Joseph's story offers hope and wisdom for today. Discover how God can use even the most broken circumstances to bring about His perfect plan. No matter how desperate you feel, you can rest in the God who is trustworthy, knowing He won't leave you there!
Walking on the Ceiling
‘Savas writes with both sensuality and coolness, as if determined to find a rational explanation for the irrationality of existence...’ New York Times‘I fell in love with this book.’ Katie Kitamura, author of Audition and A SeparationThe mesmerizing debut novel by the author of The Anthropologists set in Paris and Istanbul, about a young Turkish woman grappling with her past and her complicated relationship with a famous British writer. After her mother's death, Nunu moves from Istanbul to a small apartment in Paris. One day outside of a bookstore, she meets M., an older British writer whose novels about Istanbul Nunu has always admired. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris and talking late into the night. What follows is an unusual friendship of eccentric correspondence and long walks around the city. M. is working on a new novel set in Turkey and Nunu tells him about her family, hoping to impress and inspire him. She recounts the idyllic landscapes of her past, mythical family meals, and her elaborate childhood games. As she does so, she also begins to confront her mother's silence and anger, her father's death, and the growing unrest in Istanbul. Their intimacy deepens, so does Nunu's fear of revealing too much to M. and of giving too much of herself and her Istanbul away. Most of all, she fears that she will have to face her own guilt about her mother and the narratives she's told to protect herself from her memories. A wise and unguarded glimpse into a young woman's coming into her own, Walking on the Ceiling is about memory, the pleasure of invention, and those places, real and imagined, we can't escape.
Antigoné / Oidipusz király
Szophoklésznek, a görög dráma mesterének, két halhatatlan tragédiája egy kötetben. Az Antigoné a lelkiismeret és a törvény ellentétében feszül: egy fiatal lány, aki a kimondott parancs ellenére lelke belső hangját követi, még akkor is, ha ezért az életével fizet. Az Oidipusz király a sorskeresés drámája: egy uralkodó, aki az igazságot kutatva önnön pusztulására lel.
The Next One is For You
Northern Ireland, 1975. Violence has erupted on the streets of Belfast. After years as a sleepy guerilla army, the IRA is clashing with Loyalist gangs and heavily armed British soldiers. But the Troubles have spilled beyond the small island: An ocean away, in the heart of Philadelphia's Irish enclave, a teenage girl finds a letter in her mailbox. Inside is a bullet, and the message is clear: The next one is for you. From New York Times reporter and Pulitzer finalist Ali Watkins, this true-crime saga is the long-buried story of how a group of Philadelphia gunrunners armed the IRA at the height of the Troubles. A ragtag band of carpenters, family men and fugitives, the Philadelphia Five, as they came to be known, banded together, bolstering the fight for a united Ireland but fuelling the Troubles at an untold cost. This small group of Irish nationalists smuggled hundreds of rifles, rocket launchers, explosives and armour-piercing bullets across the Atlantic Ocean and into Northern Ireland. Whether they were skimming money from innocuous-seeming charities, coolly slipping weapons into hidden compartments of vans and houses, or scouring local graveyards for the names of dead Irishmen to use on firearm forms, the gunrunners approached their mission -to unite Ireland under one flag, by any means necessary -with ruthless poise, even as investigators closed in, members of their own movement began to turn on them, and bodies stacked up on all sides. A gripping tale of crime, rebellion and the hazy line between them, The Next One Is for You is the definitive account of America's hand in the Troubles - a conflict whose resonance is still felt on both sides of the Atlantic today.
I Hear A New World
'Extraordinary' Susanna Clarke, bestselling author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr NorrellA continuation of The Great When; a dark and beguiling tour through the streets of London - fictional and real - by a legend of modern fantasy It’s 1958. A time of Rock and Roll, of protest, riot and change… and London is full of danger. Dennis Knuckleyard is finally growing up, and above all he wants to leave the Great When in the past. For nine years, he’s avoided so much as thinking about the magical shadow version of London, managing even to palm off what should’ve been his last souvenir of that experience – an iron key he secretly brought back. But while Dennis may believe he’s done with the Great When, it’s not done with him. The unsuspecting rube now in possession of the key has discovered its magical properties, bringing forth mythic, occult beings into Dennis’s London and sparking riots in the capital. Worse still, Dennis hears his first love Grace has returned to the Great When to investigate strange happenings in both cities. Desperate to keep Grace safe and return London to normal, Dennis follows her back into the hidden city. But once it has him back, The Great When will not let him go away again so easily. He and Grace must fight to set things right or forever lose everything. Electrifying, absurd, magical and more true than you might believe, I Hear A New World takes the reader back to Long London for a thrilling and fantastical second instalment. Praise for The Great When: the first book in a new series by Sunday Times-bestseller and icon, Alan Moore. 'A breathless time-travelling classic. Savage, humane, comic, terrifying' Iain Sinclair ‘Brilliant and so powerfully imaginative’ Adam Curtis 'A weird book and a complete joy' Mariana Enríquez 'Extraordinary . . . very funny . . . It does what fantasy does best which is show us something beyond our experience' Susanna Clarke
Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life
In the year following 7 October 2023, Samar Yazbek met with hundreds of survivors from Gaza, asking each of them about their experiences of that day and the months of destruction and displacement that followed. From these encounters comes Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life, a selection of twenty-six testimonies from ordinary civilians aged thirteen to sixty-five, whose lives have been irrevocably altered by what may one day be remembered as one of the most savage military offensives of our time. Adapted from warning flyers dropped moments before a bombing, the book’s title captures the impossible reality of life for Gazans. That reality is laid bare in accounts marked by unimaginable loss – homes shattered, loved ones vanished, limbs obliterated – and mechanisms of cruelty that defy comprehension. In gathering these testimonies, Yazbek brings into focus the human lives behind the headlines, and the survivors’ determination, even amid devastation, to speak and to be heard.
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