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Actually, I'm A Murderer
''Sinister and hilarious'' SUN''Extraordinarily fun and oh-so-gripping'' i PAPER______________Four strangers on a train. An unlikely introduction:''Actually, I''m a murderer.''It is 1973 and the lives of four people are thrown into turmoil when sharing a carriage with an unremarkable little man with glasses, on the night train back to Newcastle.By the end of the following day, one of them will be dead, one will turn blackmailer and another forced to commit a crime. And all of them will be under the astute observation of Aline, the local police officer with her own agenda to fulfil.When the body count begins to rise, the question is: just how many murderers are out there... and who will be the next victim?
BLOB
'Witty and wild'Harper's Bazaar'A strange but uniquely beautiful concept of a love story that delves into care, compassion and what it is to be human'Stylist'This is a sharp, funny and poignant look at what it means to connect with another being, and yourself'Weike Wang, New York TimesRecently dumped and stuck in a dead-end job, Vi's life is a lonely mess. That is, until she stumbles across a mysterious sentient blob outside a drag club. She takes it home, feeding it a diet of cereal and reality TV. Soon Vi realises she can shape her gelatinous companion into the perfect man: attentive, outgoing, and with more than a passing resemblance to Ryan Gosling. But is Bob the blob really the answer to all her problems, or just a catalyst for further disaster? 'Maggie Su's debut novel is nothing if not surprising.'The Times *Book of the Month*'A modern-day Mrs. Caliban, BLOB is a book that looks at identity and desire in profoundly interesting ways'Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here'Just brilliant - utterly original, charming and funny, weirdly real and really weird. I can't stop thinking about this book and I'm telling everyone I know to read it'Kate Davies, author of In at the Deep End
The Careful Surgeon
A teenage victim of a knife attack. A young girl who has nearly lost her leg in a boating accident. A survivor of a major terrorist attack at Westminster Bridge. Trauma surgeon Shehan Hettiaratchy has seen all these people on his operating table. In The Careful Surgeon he explains how it feels to take the lives of these people into his hands.In this powerful, blood-stopping and incisive insight into the life of a trauma surgeon, Shehan takes us into the heart of what it takes to train, practice, perform and - mostly - perfect his surgical skills. Through real-life case studies of patients, he explains how the emotional connection he makes with them must be set aside the moment he takes a knife to cut them open.With unflinching honesty, he shows us how things can go wrong within a heartbeat and how, when the darkness sets in, he is able to get up and do it all over again. For, ultimately it is Shehan patients who show him the light - coping with the very worst life can throw at them, fighting their way back to life - and allow him to do the job he so loves.Radiant with light and darkness, this is a book full of scenes of life and death that the rest of us rarely even glimmer.
Revenge Comes In Many Colours
When an assassin strikes, The Phoenix must soar above the darkness.In this gripping 9th installment of Ted Tayler''s Phoenix series, justice and vengeance intertwine as a senior Grid members'' meeting culminates in a deadly showdown. Colleen O''Riordan, shrouded in mystery, consolidates her power with the aid of a clandestine assassin, while her adversary, Hugo Hanigan, finds himself on the brink of disaster.As the Olympus organization strives to dismantle organized crime in all its forms, readers are taken on a heart-stopping journey through the underbelly of the city.Prepare yourself for an unrelenting cascade of excitement as The Phoenix navigates a treacherous landscape where the lines between good and evil blur, and the price of justice is often paid in blood. In a world where criminals seem to hold all the cards, can The Phoenix turn the tables and emerge victoriou? ith authentic, unforgettable characters and a plot that keeps you guessing until the very end, this noir crime thriller is perfect for fans of Jack Reacher, Rex Dalton, and Jack Noble._____________________________________________________________________________Praise for The Phoenix Noir Crime Thriller Series:? Rule Breaking: What Phoenix Does Best!? Revenge To Die For!? The action continues at a fast pace.? Good Fast Paced Read? Vigilante justice at its finest? Thoroughly good read!
101 Ways to Eat Your Veg
Hard veg, soft veg, green veg, sour veg, crunchy and chewy veg. Vegetables come in all shapes and sizes, and it''s important to eat them so you can grow happy and strong. You can fry veg, roast it, pickle it and steam it. You can eat it stacked in a sandwich or topping a pizza. You can eat it with a spoon, fork, your hands or even NO hands.There are 101 ways to eat your veg packed into the pages of this funny and totally ridiculous but REALLY helpful book. With tips on why eating veg is so important and fun facts about animals'' real foodie habits throughout, this book will help little readers learn to love veg.
Norse-Gaelic Paganism
Discover the roots of Norse and Irish Pagan spirituality• Explores the syncretism of Gaelic and Norse cultures and the spirituality that flourished while the Vikings were settled in Ireland• Examines the roots of Norse and Irish heathenism, including ancestor veneration and a relationship with household and nature spirits• Reveals the Gaelic involvement in Iceland’s settlement, including Irish incantations in Icelandic grimoires and Norse-Gaelic ghosts that appear in Icelandic literatureDyflin, now modern Dublin, was founded by the Vikings in the 9th century. Through archaeological and historical research, scholar and Pagan practitioner Annie Humphrey explores connections between Celtic/Gaelic and Norse spiritualities of the time and reveals how this cultural relationship still informs Paganism today. Humphrey shows that Norse and Irish heathen beliefs were uncorrupted by Roman influence and ultimately syncretized to form a set of deeply spiritual practices and a regional worldview that involved veneration of ancestors and the dead and a transactional relationship with household and nature spirits. This book follows the spread of this unique Paganism through Northern Europe and the North Atlantic, identifying Norse settlements in areas that popular history has misidentified as purely Gaelic or Anglo-Saxon. Humphrey reveals Gaelic influence in the settling of Iceland and also looks at Irish incantations from Icelandic grimoires, showing how Norse influences reshaped Irish writing. The author also explores Manx folklore and magical traditions of the Isle of Man and remote areas like the Orkneys. Combining scholarly discipline with personal gnosis, Humphrey reveals the presence of this Pagan synthesis in modern folkways and practices that have gone largely unnoticed by mainstream scholarship, bringing ancient traditions and wisdom to the contemporary practitioner.
Foreign Policy
This ground-breaking text provides the ideal introduction to the ever-changing field of foreign policy. With a unique combination of theories, actors and cases in a single volume, the expert contributors provide students with a valuable and accessible introduction to what foreign policy is and how it is conducted.With an emphasis throughout on grounding theory in empirical examples, the textbook features a section dedicated to relevant and topical case studies where foreign policy analysis approaches and theories are applied. The expert team of contributors clearly conveys the connection between international relations theory, political science, and the development of foreign policy analysis, emphasizing the key debates in the academic community. New to this edition- New chapters on postcolonialism and gender support the growing inclusion of these topics in foreign policy teaching.- Foreign policy case study chapters in part three are fully revised with more systematic focus on Asia, and major revisions to the chapters on China, India, and Brazil to reflect contemporary discourse.- New chapter on aid diplomacy.- Available to all users of the e-book and Politics Trove, online resources have been fully updated and new multiple-choice questions for students added.Digital formats and resourcesThe fourth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.- The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks- Additional online resources include self-test questions for students, PowerPoint slides for lecturers, and a timeline updated to show the latest key foreign policy events.
Theft
From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature - 'a maestro' (Guardian). A captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in postcolonial East Africa **Selected as a book to look out for in 2025 by the Guardian, Observer, Irish Times and BBC****A Time Book of the Year 2025**‘A poignant portrait of love, friendship and betrayal’ Guardian‘Storytelling mastery’ Observer_________________________________________________________Badar’s story truly begins on the day when, aged fifteen, he is brought to Mistress’s great house in Dar es Salaam – where he proves a quick learner, and gains the friendship of Karim, the young man of the house. But then a false accusation sees Badar banished from the place he has come to call home. Exiled, to a run-down hotel on the coast of Zanzibar, Badar must build a new life for himself. And when Karim comes to see his old friend in his new life, he is captivated by temptations that will test the two young men’s friendship to a breaking point. **Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Awards 2026: Fiction With A Sense of Place**
The New Eden
JC Niala grew up in the city of Nairobi - the only city with a national park in its borders. There she first encountered what life is like when a city is deeply intertwined with nature - and what happens when that relationship is in jeopardy. Through her experience of living in cities across the world, from London to San Francisco, anthropologist JC Niala is perfectly placed to offer a deep exploration into life in our cities.From the origins our parks, to modern acts of guerilla gardening, JC uses case studies from across the globe to challenge the perception of our place in the city, and our means of connection to the natural world. Each encounter attests to the growing realisation that nature is abundant in our cities - and it is time to discover a new way of living.Combining memoir, social history, and cultural commentary, JC Niala celebrates city life and asks what we are missing by overlooking nature in the everyday - and, by doing so, offers a powerful vision of the future where we can all co-exist.
The Library of Traumatic Memory
The first literary science fiction novel from Neil Jordan, visionary director of The Company of Wolves and Interview with the VampireIn a windswept corner of a forgotten peninsula, love and loss echo through the halls of a mansion built on secrets. Here memory is currency of the future, and the past refuses to stay buried. In the year 2084, Christian Cartwright, a quiet librarian at the enigmatic Huxley Institute, spends his days archiving the world’s most painful memories in the Library of Traumatic Memory. But when his lover Isolde dies in a mysterious car crash, Christian secretly resurrects her as a digital consciousness — an act of grief, obsession, and defiance. As Christian navigates a world where memories can be edited, dreams harvested, and the dead made to speak, he uncovers a deeper conspiracy buried in the Institute’s foundations — one that stretches back centuries to his 18th-century ancestor Montagu Cartwright, the architect of the Huxley Mansion. Montagu’s obsidian mirror and copper model may hold the key to a reality where architecture shapes fate and time loops back on itself. Blending gothic mystery, speculative science, and philosophical depth, The Library of Traumatic Memory is a haunting meditation on love, loss, and the ethics of memory. As the past and future collide, Christian must decide what it means to remember — and what it costs to forget.
The Magic Faraway Tree: The Magic Faraway Tree FILM NOVELISATION
Discover the magic! When Fran's mum loses her job, her family has to move to a ramshackle barn on the edge of a wood. It's bad enough that they've had to downsize, but now their phones have no signal and they actually have to interact with nature! But then they stumble across the Faraway Tree, meet all those who live there, including Silky the fairy, Moonface and Saucepan Man, and discover magical worlds. Are you ready to visit the Land of Goodies and the Land of Birthdays with them? Based on the movie, THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE, scripted by the writer of the Paddington 2 and Wonka, Simon Farnaby, and featuring an exceptional cast including Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy as the parents, Nicola Coughlan as beloved woodland fairy Silky, Nonso Anozie as Moonface, Jessica Gunning as Dame Washalot, Dustin Demri-Burns as Saucepan Man, Mark Heap as Mr. Oom Boom Boom, Oliver Chris as Mr. Watzisname, Rebecca Ferguson as Dame Snap, Jennifer Saunders as the kids' ruthless Grandma, and Sirs Lenny Henry, Michael Palin and Simon Russell Beale as a trio of mystical wise men from the Land of Know-Alls.
To Snap a Silver Stem
The second book in a darkly romantic Rapunzel reimagining from the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of WHEN THE MOON HATCHED. I want him to hurt. To bleed. I want him to snap, just like he snapped me. Once upon a time, my world was small and sheltered. Everything changed the moment I stepped over my Safety Line, barreling towards a coupling with a man I hardly know. He wants me. All of me. Dunked in a charged political pit, I must secure the ships needed to quell the spill of murderous beasts still flooding the continent. But one wrong move could spur the war I’ve worked so hard to avoid. I’ll wear the dress and the cupla and the shoes. I’ll do it all with a smile on my face. Because everyone's watching. He’s watching – hunting a fissure in my frosty shield, trying to scrape back the layers and see my ugly insides. He’s unyielding. Unguarded. Changed. Why is he looking now when I’ve got everything to hide? Secrets sprout, truths bloom, and more than one of us will snap. Crowned in the crippling weight of my mistakes, I must atone. Even if it costs me my life. Fear was my overlord. Now, it’s my prisoner.
A Remedy for Fate
'Steeped in glorious magic and filled with fantastic friendships and eternal love' SARAH BETH DURSTCAN SHE RECOVER HER HEAR? rague, 1769. In the Magic Quarter of the jewel-box city of Prague, Thea runs Stiltskin's Apothecary. There, she brews potions to chase away nightmares and soothe heartache - and strikes bargains to change her customers' fates. The only fate she cannot change? Her own. Seven years ago, Thea bargained away her heart and her memories to the apothecary's owner, the cold, yet enigmatic Jasper, for reasons she cannot remember, and a reward she cannot recall. Then one day a stranger arrives with an unusual request. One that will upturn Thea's entire existence - and offer her a precious chance to recover her heart . . . Prepare to be enchanted by this spellbinding historical fantasy romance from the author of Midnight in Everwood, steeped in magic, found family and love.
The Distance of a Shout: Selected Poems
From independence movements in Sri Lanka to train stations in contemporary Ontario, an intimate and witty selection of Michael Ondaatje’s most widely loved poems taken across fifty years''My life always stops for a new book by Michael Ondaatje'' JHUMPA LAHIRI''Each new book of Michael Ondaatje’s is a literary event, but that is particularly true for his books of poetry'' TERRANCE HAYESThe poetry of Michael Ondaatje begins in memory: distant landscapes, myths from childhood, fleeting interactions with loved ones, and characters from history itself. In poems that are spare as often as they are fable-like - as tender as they are heart-wrenching - the poet navigates the past, looks toward the future, and unearths inevitable truths about the world.Assembling Michael Ondaatje’s finest poems in one brilliant volume, The Distance of a Shout chronicles the poet’s journey - moving book to book, moment to moment, border to border - and leads the reader through the threshold of discovery itself. The Distance of a Shout is a profound and gorgeous collection by an indispensable poet of our time, and proof of why miraculous poetry endures.
Disney Winnie the Pooh: Five Little Bees: A lift-the-flap picture book
Celebrate 100 years of Winnie the Pooh and friends!Five little bees went out to play,searching for Easter eggs today. Pooh said, "Wait for me at the honey tree."Now how many bees can you se? oin Winnie the Pooh and his friends as they explore the Hundred-Acre Wood in a hide-and-seek Easter egg hunt. There's so much to see and do, with trees to climb and eggs to find, as well as familiar faces dressed up as bees. But wait - the bees are disappearing one by one and Pooh can't find them. Lift the flaps to help Pooh find the bees and discover a delicious surprise at the end. Based on the nursery rhyme 'Five Little Ducks', this lift-the-flap book is perfect for sharing with Winnie the Pooh's youngest fans.
Coven Oracle
Fortify your coven with this 36-card oracle deck by bestselling author and renowned witch Fiona Horne. Infused with witchcraft, the Coven Oracle offers you guidance, wisdom and clarity on your magickal journey. This opulent deck will assist you in pursuing a path of harmony and respect, strengthening the bonds within your coven and steering you towards a powerful and unified magickal practice. Discover how to harness your coven's collective power with these insights and ideas.
Three Weeks In September
A nation in turmoil. A shadow organization. 21 days to save the UK."Three Weeks In September," the tenth installment in Tayler''s electrifying thriller series, follows the enigmatic operative known as The Phoenix as he navigates a treacherous landscape of passion, betrayal, and heartache.In a nation teetering on the edge of anarchy, a clandestine organization known as Olympus rises to combat the onslaught of organized crime and religious extremism. As the United Kingdom grapples with the iron grip of a new leadership and the relentless surge of lawlessness, the enigmatic operatives of Olympus must plot a course through passion, treachery, and sorrow, all compressed into a three-week period.Author Ted Tayler delivers a pulse-pounding addition to his chiller series with "Three Weeks In September," the tenth installment featuring the unforgettable Phoenix.This noir crime thriller, infused with elements of terrorism, is perfect for fans of Jack Reacher, Rex Dalton, and Jack Noble_____________________________________________________________________________Praise for The Phoenix Thriller Series:? A Crime Organization, Terrorists, Tragedy - Action Galore? The Grip Of Evilness!? Vigilante justice at its finest? Good Book, excellent characters.? Exciting, Captivating, Action? Thoroughly good read!
All Change
Stuntwoman Gabi hates being tied down. Stubborn and fiercely independent, she prides herself on never needing anyone's help. But after an accident at work, she moves to the small riverside town of Honeybridge to recover. Local hero Walker is the town's favourite firefighter. As strong as he is tall, he could have any woman he wants. He just can't stop thinking about Gabi. He's fire, she's ice, and sparks fly between them. Gabi doesn't want to settle down, wasn't looking for her happy ever after. But could Walker be someone worth staying for? Small-town romance? Firefighter romance? He falls first? Golden retrieverREADERS LOVE PIPPA NIXON'S SMALL-TOWN ROMANCE'Warm and spicy' ? 'What a great read . . . Beautiful, spicy love story' ? 'I absolutely loved this book!' ?
Mare
'For a long time I had not been that person. For a long time horses had not occurred to me at all.'For a long time, she and her husband have their dog and she almost certainly doesn't want to have a child. But then the dog dies and she learns she can't have a child even if she wanted to, and she begins to think about horses again. When she hears about a mare who needs looking after part-time, it sounds like an ideal arrangement. Something to care for two days a week, without getting in too deep. But as she brushes and feeds and rides the horse, affection grows into obsession and she must confront what it means to love a being who did not come from her body and who does not belong to her. Emily Haworth-Booth's award-winning debut novel is a bold and beautiful exploration of contemporary (non)motherhood and the surprising ways in which desire can enthral us and set us free.
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