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Bless Me Father
A searingly honest memoir from Dexys’ iconic frontman, one of the great mavericks and creative geniuses of British music. At home, the prayerful eight-year-old altar boy was planning to attend college to train to be a priest. Elsewhere, he was thieving, lying, swearing, fighting and rarely out of trouble. In this astonishing memoir, Kevin takes us from the juvenile courts of his troubled teenage years to the early days of the New Romantic scene in the late ’70s. An unwavering passion for music and highly tuned sense of fashion and style ignited an unstoppable drive within him, compelling him down a path that led to his huge chart successes with Dexys Midnight Runners in the early 1980s. However, despite being celebrated as a creative genius, inner turmoil was never far away, and a terrifying series of self-sabotaging events were to follow – including a serious cocaine addiction – leaving him in the wilderness in the 1990s, bankrupt, living in a bedsit, on the dole. Always resilient in the face of adversity, after a massive upheaval Kevin found his way back. He charts his return journey, from shocking audiences with his pioneering embrace of gender fluidity with My Beauty, right through to Dexys’ triumphant appearance at Glastonbury in 2024. Vividly detailed, and with a truly rare degree of self-insight, this is Kevin's own, deeply personal account of an extraordinary life, raw and unvarnished. A remarkable memoir, as compelling and original as you would expect from one of the pioneering icons of music history.
Killing Maradona
Drugs, cartels, mafia, addiction, the FBI, and coercion - this is the untold story behind the tragic decline of football's most gifted and controversial legend. Maradona was football's ultimate genius - a magician on the pitch whose talent rivalled only Pelé. But off the field, the boy from the barrios of Buenos Aires became entangled in a dark web of criminal influence and personal demons. From the Cali Cartel's attempts to lure him into the drug trade, to the Camorra's grip on his life in Naples; from clashes with the Italian government to Pablo Escobar's sinister hospitality, Maradona's life was a battleground far beyond football. Battling addiction, betrayal, and exploitation, Maradona's story is one of genius corrupted - a man caught between adulation and self-destruction, whose medical neglect and FBI scrutiny culminated in a tragic end. Marking the 40th anniversary of Argentina's legendary 1986 World Cup victory, Killing Maradona is a searing investigation into the forces that destroyed football's first 'Golden Boy.'
Working with Autistic People in Mental Health Settings
Mental health services support many Autistic people - whetheror not they are formally identified - and have a vital opportunity to embrace neurodiversity-affirmative approaches that truly meet their needs. Too often,traditional therapies, even when well-intentioned, can overlook Autistic ways of thinking, feeling, and being, repeating deficit-based narratives that do more harm than good. Integrating clinical expertise, contemporary theory, and lived experience,this definitive book empowers professionals to deliver truly neurodiversity-affirmative care. Exploring key aspects of Autistic experience including interoception, masking, monotropism, and double empathy, this book offers practical strategies for adapting therapy, assessment, and service delivery. Through reflective exercises and practice insights, this book bridges theory and practice to support authentic, respectful clinical relationships. It offers mental health professionals a compassionate roadmap for genuine support and redefines what effective mental health support for Autistic people can, and should, look like.
Before Recognition
Recognizing religion in global politics is neither neutral nor benign. This book reveals how recognition operates to reinforce hierarchies, reify religious difference, and deepen political divisions. Maria Birnbaum reframes religion as a historically contingent category of knowledge and governance. She shifts the question from whether religion should be recognized to how it becomes recognizable. Through the entangled imperial histories of British India and Mandate Palestine, the book traces how colonial and anti-colonial governmental logics shaped the politics of religious minorities, representation, and border-making-dynamics that continue to shape postcolonial states like Pakistan and Israel. Offering a timely critique of the epistemic assumptions underpinning global discourses on religion, sovereignty, and political order, Before Recognition challenges conventional understandings of religion in international relations. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Kapesní komiksové klenoty: Konec liDCtva
Šest set milionů nakažených. Tolik lidí se stalo obětí záhadného techno-organického viru, který se rozšířil na naší planetě. Šest set milionů proměněných v nemyslící vrahy prahnoucí po smrti a ničení. Naprostému vyhubení lidstva braní už pouze Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman a další členové Ligy spravedlnosti... Ale jak dlouho vydrží, než se sami promění v monstra? A kdo je pak dokáže zastavit? Do světa DC přichází masakr gigantických rozměrů. Tohle už není jen další ze superhrdinských mlátiček. Tom Taylor (Hellblazer: Vzlety a pády) přichází s nejtemnější hodinou vesmíru DC. Ale dávejte si pozor: hrůza je nakažlivá...
The Dead Man of Storr
A GRIPPING MYSTERY FROM THE NO.1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER, J M DALGLIESH. Your past will find you. And it will kill you... When the owner of a Portree gallery is found dead, lying in the snow at the foot of the Storr, DI Duncan McAdam and his small team must piece together who killed him and why. An ambitious man who liked to flirt, he had no shortage of enemies ... and many who would willingly kill him themselves. As Duncan reveals the long-held secrets of the man’s life, his own ghosts come back to haunt him. The course of the investigation will not only put others in danger, but Duncan himself will have to face up to his past – whether he likes it or not... Set amidst the dramatic landscape of the Isle of Skye, this addictive and fast-paced crime novel takes you into the heart of a rural community, where everyone is hiding secrets. ‘A phenomenal storyteller’ Simon McCleaveThe Dead Man of Storr is the second book in the Misty Isle series of mysteries set on Scotland's atmospheric Isle of Skye, the Misty Isle, by the Amazon No.1 multi-million selling British crime writer, J M Dalgliesh, the author of the Hidden Norfolk and Dark Yorkshire books. READERS LOVE J M DALGLIESH:‘Fantastic’ ? ?‘The best detective series I’ve read’ ? ?‘You can’t put these books down’ ? ?‘J M Dalgliesh never disappoints’ ? ?‘Like watching Shetland on TV’ ? ?‘So much tension’ ? ?
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee
A Waterstones Best History Book 2025 A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2025 ‘Learned, entertaining and highly approachable’ BOB MORTIMER ‘A treat’ ALICE LOXTON ‘Five stars from me…’ AL MURRAY An unmissable collaboration between two comedy legends – an irresistible, family-friendly deep dive into the murky lives of the British monarchy. Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee, Harry, Dick, John, Harry three. One, two, three Neds, Richard Two, Henries, four, five, six, then who? Charlie Higson has always been fascinated by the story of the monarchy: from the b*stardly to the benevolent, the brilliant to the brutal. In this wonderful new book, using the famous rhyme he learned at school as his trusty guide, Charlie takes us through the history of this bizarre and long-lasting institution, introducing readers to every single ruler since poor Harold got it in the eye at the Battle of Hastings (or did he?). Who were all these people, and what did they do? It’s all here. Bloody treachery? Check. Unruly incest? Check. A couple of Cromwells? Check. The War of Jenkins Ear? Sadly, for Robert Jenkins, check. A rip-roaring journey that takes in the Normans, Plantagenets, Tudors, Stuarts, Hanoverians and Windsors, not to mention the infamous Blois (how can we forget them?), Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee is an utterly engrossing and grossly entertaining guide to who ruled when and whether they were any good at it.
Where The Shadows End
Sam, a 45-year-old Londoner of dual heritage, has lived his life accompanied by voices no one else can hear. Chief among them is the taunting echo of a childhood bully who refuses to let Sam forget the guilt he carries over his mother’s death. When his elusive, dream-like girlfriend, known only as Boat Woman, disappears without warning, Sam’s fragile world begins to unravel, and he becomes convinced that only his death can protect those he loves. As the past and present collide in Sam’s fractured mind, he is drawn into a labyrinth of memory and revelation that challenges everything he thought he knew. But the voices that haunt him may yet become his guides, if he can only find the courage to listen. Luminous, unsettling and tender, Where the Shadows End is a powerful meditation on self-acceptance, the nature of guilt and the need to belong.
NKJV Super Giant Print New Testament, Softcover, Red Letter, Comfort Print
The NKJV Super Giant Print New Testament provides an edition of the New Testament in New King James Version presented in 17-point typeface as a super giant print option. Easy to read and portable, this edition of the New Testament includes the words of Christ in red, the use of our exclusive NKJV Comfort Print typeface, and the NKJV translator notes at the bottom of the page. An easy-to-enjoy edition wherever you prefer to read your Bible. Features include:Exceptionally large printWords of Christ in redNKJV translator notes at the bottom of the pageSingle-column paragraph style textSmyth sewn binding to lay flatClear and readable 17-point NKJV Comfort Print®
Red River (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 7
A 3-in-1 edition of the classic romance fantasy series where a modern girl is whisked to ancient times and must navigate a scheming court and warring factions while trying to find her way home.Yuri, a modern teenager, is transported to ancient Anatolia as part of a scheme by the evil Nakia, queen of the Hittites. Only the intervention of Nakia’s stepson, Prince Kail, saves Yuri from the queen’s bloodthirsty intentions. As an unintended consequence of the prince’s actions, the people of Anatolia embrace Yuri as the incarnation of the great war goddess Ishtar.Yuri and Rusafa are captured by Ramses and the Egyptian forces. While prisoners, they discover that someone in Kail’s trusted circle is actually leaking information to the Egyptians. Rusafa attempts to escape and inform Kail, but any warning, even if if reaches Kail, could be too late.
Demagogues and Despots
Democracy and despotism live closer together than you’d expect—this briskly astute book reveals why that should alarm us all. We live in troubled times, marked by a sinister trend threatening democracy everywhere: the triumph of despotism not only in countries like Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia, but also in states run by popularly elected demagogues—Trump, Erdogan and Netanyahu. Leading political thinker John Keane shows why this new despotism defies the laws of political gravity. Instead of relying exclusively on fear or force, it fosters a strange, pseudo-democratic type of government, led by rulers skilled in winning public loyalty through election-rigging, legal trickery, corruption, weaponised lying and talk of enemies. And alarmingly, the new despots hunt in packs. But what’s so good about democracy? In bold, energetic prose, Keane explains that it’s much more than popular self-government based on free and fair elections. Democracy is the collective insistence that unaccountable power is always dangerous—and that democratic institutions are our best weapon against demagogues and despots.
The Pepys Conspiracy
In 1679, Samuel Pepys is Secretary to the Admiralty, in charge of the navy, and at the right hand of King Charles. But also in 1679, England is awash with suspicion and fear. In this maelstrom of distrust, Pepys finds himself at the heart of a conspiracy, charged with treason and facing a crooked trial and potential execution. The only person who can save him is his brother, Balthazar, and Balthazar’s twin children, Betty and Sam – precociously smart and deviously determined – and the three set off on a journey to prove Pepys’ innocence. A clever and witty adventure which will make you think about Pepys in an entirely new light…
Dirtpickers
A heart-swelling beauty of a debut novel of love, trauma and found family - perfect for fans of Chris Whitaker, Liz Moore and Marilynne Robinson.
'Little Maude Rowe sits in the crick, her pockets heavy with gold, the blood on her face turned to powdered rust . . .'
In a remote valley in Idaho in 1981, a man, a woman and three children stop running to wash the blood from their hands and bodies. They are the few survivors of a terrible tragedy. Their only choice now is, somehow, to become a family.
Five years earlier, Opal and her husband James arrive in the small mining community of Silver Valley, drawn by promises of fortune and independence. There they meet Baron Rowe, the charismatic visionary who controls the community with an iron fist. Baron's son Denny has spent his life trying, and failing, to live up to Baron's expectations, and to protect his little sister Maude from their father's excesses.
Soon, a tragic accident will change all their lives. And five years later, change will come again at the barrel of a gun . . .
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Tragické lidské osudy od česko-rakouské hranice
Kniha přináší příběhy a autentická svědectví o těch, kteří zemřeli při pokusu překročit československo-rakouskou hranici v letech 1948–1989. Ale i o těch, kdo u ní zahynuli pouhou náhodou. Na základě archivních materiálů, výpovědí pamětníků i vlastního bádání odhalují autoři příběhy třiapadesáti obětí železné opony v úseku mezi Dolním Rakouskem a jižní Moravou. Chronologicky řazené kapitoly nabízejí příběhy těch, kteří zemřeli v drátech nabitých elektřinou, v minovém poli nebo zasaženi střelbou pohraničníků. Publikace zachycuje nejen osobní tragédie, ale i mechanismy státní moci, která touhu po svobodě trestala smrtí. Rehabilituje zapomenuté oběti a vrací jim jména — a v řadě případů i tváře.
The Murder Machine
A.I. meets murderous intent in this high-stakes romantic thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham. This state-of-the-art smart home has everything: a next-generation entertainment system, an ultramodern kitchen where every appliance is online and even a personal AI to control it all. Now it’s also a crime scene, complete with a dead body. Standing above its owner's lifeless corpse, FBI agent Jude Mackenzie is faced with the daunting task of discovering if and how the woman was killed by her own home. The machine and its AI aren’t sentient…but how do you identify a murderer that doesn’t leave any fingerprint? nter Special Agent Victoria Tennant, whose familiarity with cybercrime reveals the stark truth: a machine can only do what it's been directed to. Their culprit is using cybertechnology to kill without even entering the crime scene. As the number of grisly "accidents" in smart homes begins to rise, the pair must race to uncover the perpetrator even as they find themselves caught in their digital crosshairs! There's nowhere to hide when danger may be as close as the very phones in their pockets.
Body of Lies
The brand-new thriller featuring DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock, from the award-winning Sunday Times bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye. Human suspicion. AI manipulation. When truth can be rewritten, who can you trus? CS Kat Frank is back at the Future Policing Unit after a devastating loss - and straight into her most disturbing case yet. On Halloween night, a local MP is found murdered. Beside the body is a taunting message in binary code, aimed directly at Kat:Catch me if you can. The victim was a vocal opponent of AI. The motive looks political. But as Kat investigates with her partner, AIDE Lock - the world’s first AI detective - the case spirals into something far more dangerous. Then a cyberattack takes down the National Grid. With the country in chaos and lives on the line, Kat and Lock must track a killer who is always one step ahead. But in a world of deepfakes, deception and digital ghosts, instinct is no longer enough. Kat must decide whether to trust the one thing she still fears most: her AI partner. Because this time, Lock may not just be solving the case. He may be changing what it means to be human. Can Kat stop a killer before the lights go out for goo? RAISE FOR JO CALLAGHAN:'Terrifyingly timely and provocative' VAL McDERMID'The most original crime novel you'll read this year' CLARE MACKINTOSH'Just brilliant!' LISA JEWELL'Sharp, perceptive writing and a brilliant new take on the detective duo' T. M. LOGAN'Everything you could hope for in a thriller: heartbreaking, intelligent, deftly plotted and so original' FIONA CUMMINS'A fresh take on the buddy-buddy cop trope . . . Provocative and compelling' VASEEM KHAN'Wildly original, heartfelt, funny, and properly thrilling. Take a bow, Jo Callaghan' CHRIS WHITAKER
Private Tokyo
In the brand new thrilling novel in the globally bestselling Private series from Sunday Times bestselling author James Patterson, a brutal murder investigation pulls Jack Morgan to Tokyo where he must uncover a dangerous conspiracy. ---------------------------------One secret could destroy a city…A covert operative is murdered on the streets of Tokyo, hunted down by a masked assassin and silenced before he can expose what he’s stolen. With his final breath, he delivers a message that crosses continents: Get Jack Morgan. Private detective Morgan arrives in Tokyo to find a city on edge. As the investigation unleashes a chain of deadly events, it’s clear he’s stepped into something far bigger – and far more dangerous – than a single killing. Could he be the next target?---------------------------------PRAISE FOR THE PRIVATE THRILLERS'An exhilarating and totally satisfying read' NB MAGAZINE'A breakneck fast, brutally good page-turner' DAILY MAIL'Hits the ground running and the pace never misses a beat' DAILY EXPRESS'Yet another fine outing from the master of thrillers' CITY A.M.
The Dinner Party
Cat Fitzpatrick delights in this post-pandemic follow-up to her debut verse novel of present-day manners, The Call-Out—a trans community celebration of mores, gender theory, and rhyme.The Dinner Party returns to the chaotic and adorable world of trans femme. The title piece begins… “The ‘Rona being now at last abated,” and continues with cameo portraits of the seven guests she plans to invite, including:Together, as we had in days gone by.I asked Rakshasi, clad in black, so thin,So eager for some trouble to get in,Of any kind, and Sophie, blunt and dry,Who often ended up the night so pissedShe’d trip and fall when climbing up the stairs,And learned Bridget, sweet, beset by cares, Who always talks about her therapist ––My besties. Plus I asked along a pairOf mascs: Adonis, such a charming youth,More interested in beauty than in truthWho drives a motorbike and braids his hair,And Dominic, less young, but full of poise,A trickster with a most provoking grin,More pleased with contradiction than with sin,And even more with argument than boys,Joining “The Dinner Party” are several other themed pieces, including “A Stay in the Country,” a short arcadian pageant, “Baby Book,” about the trials and tribulations of making babies as queer and transsexual couples, “Letter to Crabstick,” an epistolatory friendship, and “Uxorious Sonnets,” a collection of eight love poems, among them Sonnet 6 in which she writes:it’s almost terrifying when we fuckhow there I am, how in that jostle and shoveof flesh, my thoughts, that mostly run amuck,contract to simply shouting Love You Love.
Hello
Leading psychologist Nicholas Epley helps us understand why our social fears are often mistaken and how small acts of connection can ultimately transform our lives.One of those rare books that might actually change your life Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on HappinessWe are among the most social species on the planet, uniquely equipped to connect with others. Doing so makes us happier, healthier and more successful. Yet so often we shy away from it whether that s saying hello to the stranger who sits next to us, or moving beyond small talk with a work colleague, or expressing our gratitude to people we appreciate.Why?In this inspiring book, psychologist Nicholas Epley reveals how misplaced social fears interrupt our instinct to connect and how to overcome them. Drawing on decades of research, he shows that bridging the gap between two people is far easier than we think and success is more likely than we imagine.Whether introvert or extrovert, we all can benefit from being just a little more social. And as Epley shows, gradually building wiser social habits can ultimately have life-changing results.Everyone should read this beautiful book and learn to use the transformative power of reaching out to build a more meaningful life Charles Duhigg, author of SupercommunicatorsI love this book.Truly, Hello might change your life. Beautifully written, meticulously crafted, and winningly earnest. It s a masterclass in social connection Angela Duckworth, author of GritMasterfully blends cutting-edge research with unforgettable stories to reveal how small acts of connection can make your life richer and happier.This inspiring book will forever change how you see and reach out to other people Katy Milkman, author of How to ChangeBrilliant and eye-opening, Hello is brimming with insights about how to rediscover the joy of being human Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of How to Feel Loved
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