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Dragons. Art. Revolution.Gyen Jebi isn’t a fighter, or a subversive. They just want to paint.One day they’re jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to paint the mystical sigils that animate the occupying government’s automaton soldiers.But when Jebi discovers the depths of the Razanei government’s horrifying crimes—and the awful source of the magical pigments they use—they find they can no longer stay out of politics.What they can do is steal Arazi, the ministry’s mighty dragon automaton, and find a way to fight… Σελίδες: 464, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0819, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Team JNPR stars in this short story collection based on Rooster Teeth\'s hit animation series!The world of Remnant is filled with horrific monsters bent on the destruction of humanity. Fortunately, the kingdoms of the world have risen to combat these forces by training powerful Huntsmen and Huntresses at academies around the planet. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long are four such Huntresses in training.New short stories featuring Team JNPR! Team RWBY is not the only group of Hunters and Huntresses in the world of Remnant! Get to know Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren, one of the strongest—and most fun—teams of Grimm Hunters in the hit series RWBY! From a team of exciting new manga artists comes the fifth volume in a series of short story collections, this time showcasing Team JNPR! Σελίδες: 176, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0819, Διαστάσεις: 14.6x14.6cm

The \'People in Glass Houses\' work for an American-based concern devoted to \'inflicting improvement\' the world over. Amongst them are sloppy but erudite Algie Wyatt, Swoboda, a Slav DP, who finally rebels against a daily inflow of documentation; modest Ashmole-Brown, whose surprise best-seller unseats Sadie Graine, the all-time corridor fixer; Jaspersen, who falls in and out of love with the Organization; and Clelia Kinslake, who meets the most critical non-crisis of her career in Crete. Shirley Hazzard\'s eight dazzling stories are linked by a scorching contempt for the Organization. Σελίδες: 192, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0504, Διαστάσεις: 12.3x12.3cm

NEW YORK CITY, 1921 An impossible dream.The war is over, the twenties are roaring, but in the depths of the city that never sleeps, Dorothy Parker is struggling to make her mark in a man’s world.A broken woman.She’s penniless, she’s unemployed and her marriage is on the rocks when she starts a bridge group with three extraordinary women – but will they be able to save her from herself?A fight for survival.When tragedy strikes, and everything Dorothy holds dear is threatened, it’s up to Peggy, Winifred and Jane to help her confront the truth before it’s too late. Because the stakes may be life or death… A new novel from the internationally bestselling author, Sex and the City meets the 1920s in this sweeping tale of love, loss and the everlasting bonds of friendship. Perfect for fans of Fiona Davis, Dinah Jefferies and Chanel Cleeton. Readers love The Manhattan Girls: \'TERRIFIC! Deadly one-liners and killer cocktails combine in this compelling portrait of three fascinating women. Unputdownable.\' Veronica Henry, bestselling author of The Impulse Purchase ‘The Manhattan Girls completely stole me away… Paul slips inside her characters brilliantly, blending fact and fiction so seamlessly it’s impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins. A total treat… I loved it.’ Eve Chase, author of The Birdcage ‘A stunning tour de force. A potent cocktail of brilliant characterisation, pacy elegant writing, and mesmerising drama as four wildly clever, talented women negotiate the perils of Jazz Age New York. LOVED it!’ Tracy Rees, author of The Rose Garden ‘The Manhattan Girls pulled me into the dazzling world of prohibition New York and didn’t let me go… an utterly brilliant, entirely compulsive read. A seductive, heady triumph.’ Jenny Ashcroft, author of Under the Golden Sun ‘If ever we needed escapism it is now, and The Manhattan Girls does that perfectly, whisking you instantly away to the glittering world of 1920s New York… A sparkling read in so many ways!’ Liz Trenow, author of Under a Wartime Sky ‘I loved this funny and moving novel about the bonds of friendship.’ Fiona Valpy, author of The Storyteller of Casablanca ‘Oozing with passion and wit, and with Gill’s trademark talent for getting under the skin of her characters, this is a story for those who enjoy their novels with a side order of gin, jazz, and sass. An absolute treat!’ Hazel Gaynor, author of The Bird in the Bamboo Cage ‘Sizzling and compulsive… Gill Paul expertly conjures the brilliant and brittle world of Dorothy Parker and her contemporaries.’ Maggie Brookes, author of The Prisoner’s Wife ‘A riveting novel about friendship’s power to carry women through the grand highs and heartbreaking lows of 1920s New York.’ Georgie Blalock, author of The Last Debutantes ‘Wow, what an eye-opening story! Fascinating and riveting. Highly recommended!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Well written… compelling… I couldn’t put it down.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Five stars from me. A brilliant narrative about four unique and real women – I enjoyed every single page.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow! I loved this book so much. I can’t recommend it enough!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Such a fun read… Don’t miss it!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Σελίδες: 400, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

\'Hugely relatable!\' Heat ________________________________ Fans of Alexandra Potter and Marian Keyes will love Divorced Not Dead, a no-holds-barred, heartfelt and laugh-out-loud hilarious romcom about being fifty, but absolutely not yet dead yet! ––––––––––––––– We’re going to need a bigger drink… Meet Frankie: fifty, divorced and getting back on the horse. After leaving Twatface – her husband of twenty years – she\'s starting again from scratch. And when her son also flees the nest for university, Frankie decides it’s time to throw herself back into the dating game with a vengeance. On best friend Bel\'s recommendation, Frankie signs up to two dating apps: one for love, another for casual hook-ups (because why the hell not?!). However, as she navigates this new frontier of catfishing, kittenfishing, ghosts, GILFs and everything in between, she realises the whole dating thing has changed quite a bit – and it really is a bloody jungle out there… Will Frankie find love on the apps? Or the perfect shag? Or – if there’s any justice in the world – both? ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- ’Honest, unfiltered, hilarious. Your cheeks will hurt from laughing so much!’ Louise Pentland ‘A blast!’ Daily Mail ’Defiantly funny – we need more books like this!’ Georgie Hall ‘Sex education was never like this the first time around!’ Julie Ma ‘Personal, funny, relatable and motivational!’ Shazia Mirza ‘A no-holds-barred, honest romcom.’ Platinum ‘Hugely relatable!’ Heat ‘An unfiltered, hilarious book… highly recommend!’ Best \'Funny, frank and loving… Enjoy!\' Lesley Sharp ‘Whipsmart, feminist and sex-positive…I defy anyone to read this without loudly cackling’ Kitty Wilson ‘Sweary, sassy and sensational, this is a book that surprises as well as entertains!’ Linda’s Book Bag –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- Readers LOVE Divorced Not Dead! ‘Absolutely raced through this irreverently funny, clever and thoughtful book. A whip smart novel with a clever heroine!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Better than Sex and the City! I loved it and you will too!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Made me laugh more than any book I have ever read!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A heartwarming and relatable romance novel that celebrates second chances’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A fabulous, funny five-star read for me!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It felt like I was listening to my best friend telling me tales of her dating experience.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Ford has perfectly captured the online dating world – warts and all!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It’s so empowering!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The storyline is excellent!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Definitely a book to read before you sign up for any dating apps!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Σελίδες: 384, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

“Devotion is short enough to devour at one enjoyable sitting and thought-provoking enough to deserve re-reading.”—Suzi Feay, Financial Times  “Devotion shows rather than tells what it means to give a life to writing. ”—Katherine Cooper, Hyperallergic A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic—its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? In this groundbreaking book, one of our culture’s beloved artists offers a detailed account of her own creative process, inspirations, and unexpected connections.   Patti Smith, a National Book Award–winning author, first presents an original and beautifully crafted tale of obsession—a young skater who lives for her art, a possessive collector who ruthlessly seeks his prize, a relationship forged of need both craven and exalted. She then takes us on a second journey, exploring the sources of her story. We travel through the South of France to Camus’s house, and visit the garden of the great publisher Gallimard where the ghosts of Mishima, Nabokov, and Genet mingle. Smith tracks down Simone Weil’s grave in a lonely cemetery, hours from London, and winds through the nameless Paris streets of Patrick Modiano’s novels. Whether writing in a café or a train, Smith generously opens her notebooks and lets us glimpse the alchemy of her art and craft in this arresting and original book on writing.   The Why I Write series is based on the Windham–Campbell Lectures, delivered annually to commemorate the awarding of the Donald Windham–Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes at Yale University. Σελίδες: 120, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0927, Διαστάσεις: 12.1x12.1cm

The uplifting Japanese bestsellerTHE PERFECT GIFT FOR CAT LOVERS\'Compassionate and touching\' DAILY MAIL\'Totally beguiling\' OBSERVERPerfect fans of The Travelling Cat Chronicles and Convenience Store Woman____________On the outskirts of Tokyo, local cats weave their way through the lives and homes of their owners as they navigate difficult times.- A cat named Chobi sends silent messages of courage to a young woman, willing her to end a faltering relationship- A gifted artist fatally misunderstands her boss\'s enthusiasm for her paintings- A manga fan shuts herself away after the death of her friend, while her cat Cookie hatches a plan to persuade her outside- A woman who has dedicated her life to a distant husband learns a lesson in independence from her catAgainst the urban backdrop of humming trains and private woes, SHE AND HER CAT explores the gentle magic of the everyday.Populated by both the friendly and the feral, it reveals - with heartstopping clarity and warmth - how even in our darkest moments, community and connection may lead us to a happier place.***Includes four fabulous illustrations***____________\'A beautiful, uplifting novel. As mesmerizing as it is strange\' SAINSBURY\'S MAGAZINE\'Goes to show how cats will save us all\' Nick Bradley, author of The Cat and the City\'A gem, written with deep insight and finely attuned to the ways of cats and their humans. An absolute delight\' HAZEL PRIOR author of Call of the Penguins Σελίδες: 160, Διαστάσεις: 12.6x12.6cm

14 Young Adult short stories from bestselling and award-winning authors make a splash in Mermaids Never Drown - the second collection in the Untold Legends series edited by Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker - exploring mermaids like we\'ve never seen them before! A gripping new anthology about mermaids, Mermaids Never Drown features beloved authors like Kerri Maniscalco, Julie Murphy, Kalynn Bayron and many more A Vietnamese mermaid caught between two worlds. A siren who falls for Poseidon\'s son. A boy secretly pining for the merboy who saved him years ago. A storm that brings humans and mermaids together. Generations of family secrets and pain. Find all these stories and more in this gripping new collection that will reel you in from the very first page! Welcome to an ocean of hurt, fear, confusion, rage, hope, humor, discovery, and love in its many forms. Edited by Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker, Mermaids Never Drown features beloved authors like Darcie Little Badger, Kalynn Bayron, Preeti Chhibber, Rebecca Coffindaffer, Julie C. Dao, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Adriana Herrera, June Hur, Katherine Locke, Kerri Maniscalco, Julie Murphy, Gretchen Schreiber, and Julian Winters. Σελίδες: 336, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

Four brand-new horror novellas from \"a modern-day Algernon Blackwood\" all about books, stories, manuscripts - the written word has never had sharper teeth... BOOKS CAN BE DEADLY From the bestselling author of Come with Me, four standalone horror novellas set in a shared universe! In The Skin of Her Teeth, a cursed novel drives people to their deaths. A delivery job turns deadly in The Dark Brothers\' Last Ride. In This Book Belongs to Olo, a lonely child has dangerous control over an usual pop-up book. A choose-your-own adventure game spirals into an uncanny reality in The Story. Full of creepy, page-turning suspense, these collected novellas are perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay, Stephen King and Joe Hill. . Σελίδες: 464, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

Thom Gunn (1929-2004) was educated at Cambridge University, and had his first collection of poems, Fighting Terms, published while still an undergraduate. He moved to northern California in 1954 and taught in American universities until his death. His last collection was Boss Cupid (2000).In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the greatest poets of our literature. Σελίδες: 112, Διαστάσεις: 12.1x12.1cm

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF SARASWATI, SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZE \'A debut collection of such precocity and aplomb that it stands comparison to the likes of Junot Díaz and Bryan Washington\' Observer \'Moving, truthful, straight from the heart\' Neel Mukherjee \'These are excellent stories, told with skill and verve\' Jon McGregor \'Delicate, controlled and moving\' Colin Barrett Here, beneath the planes circling Heathrow, various lives connect. Priti speaks English and her nani Punjabi. Without Priti\'s mum around they struggle to make a shared language. Not far away, Chetan and Aanshi\'s relationship shifts when a woman leaves her car in their drive but never returns to collect it. Gujan\'s baba steps out of his flat above the chicken shop for the first time in years to take his grandson on a bicycle tour of the old and changed neighbourhood. And returning home after dropping out of university, Lata grapples with a secret about her estranged family friend, now a chart-topping rapper in a crisis of confidence. Mapping an area of West London, these stories chart a wider narrative about the movement of multiple generations of immigrants. In acts of startling imagination, Gurnaik Johal\'s debut brings together the past and the present, the local and the global, to show the surprising ways we come together. Σελίδες: 240, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0406, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

In Pianos and Flowers we are invited to glimpse a world long departed. In these stories, inspired by long-lost photographs, the lives of the people in the frame are imagined and then explored, layer by layer. Three sisters brought up in Penang, caught in the tide of war. A group of small boys in a Glasgow slum – their childhood blighted by poverty, their adult lives taking very different paths. A young woman’s search for love in the unlikely realm of Egyptian antiquities. And through all of these photographs, and all of these stories, there runs the same refrain: the possibilities of love, of friendship, of happiness lie before us. Σελίδες: 192, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

For fans of the Netflix sensation comes the self-help book no aspiring viscountess should be without. Grosvenor Square, sometime after 1813 Dearest reader, The social season is upon us! And whether you marriage-minded misses shall be considered a diamond or a doorstop shall soon be determined. But panic not, dear ladies, for you shall find all the advice you so desperately need within these pages. Receive instruction on how to perfect the feigned swoon; the optimal height your breasts can be squashed to; just how many feathers in your headdress is too many; and why you should never enter a maze at night unaccompanied (unless you’re sure to be compromised by a sexy Duke and forced into marrying him). In short, you shall learn how to be more Bridgerton. Yours truly,Duchess Wibberfluffle Σελίδες: 176, Διαστάσεις: 11.7x11.7cm

‘Truly gripping… I loved it.’ Jill Mansell, Sunday Times bestseller A heartbreakingly beautiful novel which captures the endurance and strength of ordinary people in the darkest of times, and the courage of one woman who put her life on the line to join the resistance. Perfect for fans of The Nightingale and The Secret Messenger. 1944, the Cote d’Azur.Artist Marguerite Segal is recruited by British Intelligence into befriending Etienne Valade, a local priest. Her mission is to persuade him to pass on information from the high-ranking German officers who attend his church: evidence of their war crimes. Connected by a passion for art, Marguerite and Etienne soon fall in love, but their association increasingly puts her at danger of violent reprisals. With his church frequented by Nazis, Etienne is a suspected collaborator, and distrust is high. And Marguerite is keeping her own secret too. Like the Jews whose identity cards she forges to hide them from the Third Reich, she is hiding behind a false name, her true identity and past known only to her closest friend. Marguerite must get hold of the documents that will condemn the German officers but, in a world where everything is at stake, can she truly trust anyone – even the man she loves? Praise for The Secrets We Keep: ‘I absolutely loved this… Vivid and heartbreaking.’ Lana Kortchik, USA Today bestselling author of Sisters of War ‘War, passion and tragedy unite in this atmospheric and moving tale.’ S D Sykes, author of the Oswald de Lacy Medieval Murders series ‘A wonderfully immersive, emotional read.’ Annabelle Thorpe, author of The Enemy of Love ‘I stayed up late into the night to finish… A thrilling, exciting story… You might want to have some tissues handy.’ Reader review ‘I enjoyed this novel very much!’ Reader review ‘I highly recommend reading this.’ Reader review ‘Wonderful.’ Reader review Σελίδες: 352, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

\'These ladies are perfect company\' The Times \'Lore Segal has the sharp analytic eye of a born writer\' The New York Times Book Review \'There is humour even in the most heart-breaking of her stories\' Telegraph Five close friends in their 90s meet - as they have for decades - for their monthly \'ladies lunch\', to puzzle, and laugh at, the enigmas and affronts of ageing. When one of their number is placed unhappily in a home the others conspire to spring her. Lore Segal\'s witty, yet poignant, short story, Ladies\' Lunch, appeared in the New Yorker in 2017, when she herself turned ninety. It was followed by four New Yorker sequels. For this sparkling collection, Segal returns to her group of erudite, sharp-minded nonagenarians in Upper Manhattan offering startling insights into friendship and mortality. In the book\'s Other Stories, Segal includes tales from her acclaimed and prizewinning oeuvre to illuminate the hinterland of her characters - one of whom, like her, was a Kindertransport refugee. Beautifully crafted and profound, these stories distil the spirit of one of America\'s great authors to show us what a long life might bring. Σελίδες: 160, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0330, Διαστάσεις: 12.6x12.6cm

The Locus Award-winning short story collection from the multiple-award winning brain of Charlie Jane Anders. Enter the wild and fantastic worlds of one of the brightest minds in science fiction today. A short story collection packed with infinite worlds and endless possibilities, from the electric mind of Charlie Jane Anders. Cracking open science fiction and fantasy ideas with joyous exuberance, Anders delivers a riotous cavalcade of ideas. These stories of transformation and finding a place to call your own reinvent that unique hit of discovery that lives at the heart of genre fiction. Witness vampire zombies and fairy werewolves in a barroom brawl, fully-immersive AR cat-brain MMORPGs, love in the form of tentacles and The Time Travel Club\'s first successful experiment. Watch as two friends embark on an Epic Quest To Capture The Weapon That Threatens The Galaxy, or else they\'ll never achieve their dream of opening a restaurant. Whatever you do, don\'t stop trying new things, and don\'t be afraid of Even Greater Mistakes. Σελίδες: 480, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

The first anthology of original short stories featuring the confluence of two iconic properties, as the Predators seek the ultimate prey, the Xenomorphs from Alien. Fifteen new and original stories for a first-of-its-kind anthology, set in the expanded Aliens vs. Predators Universe. Here the ultimate hunters, the Predators, pitted against their ultimate prey, the Xenomorphs from Alien, with humans caught in the middle! Taking place on Earth and in distant space, these tales have been crafted by a who\'s who of today\'s most talented authors of the fantastic: David Barnett - Roshni \"Rush\" Bhatia - Curtist C. Chen - Delilah S. Dawson - Mira Grant - Susanne L. Lambdin - Jess Landry - Yvonne Navarro - E.C. Myers - Scott Sigler - Maurice Broaddus - Chris Ryall - Bryan Thomas Schmidt - Steven L. Sears - Jonathan Maberry and Louis Ozawa. Inspired by the events of the original Aliens vs. Predators movies, graphic novels, and novels, these are the ultimate life-and-death struggles. Including a new story written by Jonathan Maberry and Louis Ozawa (\"Hanzo\" from the movie Predators) as Hanzo\'s brother faces the eternal threats of both the Yautja and the Xenomorphs. Σελίδες: 448, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

Out walking Ada Robinson\'s dog while his wife drinks herself into a forgetful fug, Harry Maiden discovers an intricate system of caves beneath the wind turbines. Over at the Woolpack one night, Rosco re-encounters friendships he thought he\'d left behind at the Stubbins paper mill. Mad old Gos leads a mysterious treasure hunt to the Bronze Age burial site at Whitelow Cairn. This is the Hollow in the Land: a corner of England teeming with mystery and intrigue and filled with real, flesh-and-blood characters, each of them at a different point along life\'s journey through childhood hopefulness, faded first love and middle-aged disillusionment. Hollow in the Land uncovers the small everyday mysteries of their lives - and ours. Σελίδες: 272, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0401, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

\'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don\'t know.\'In The Outsider (1942), his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal.Albert Camus\' portrayal of a man confronting the absurd, and revolting against the injustice of society, depicts the paradox of man\'s joy in life when faced with the \'tender indifference\' of the world. Sandra Smith\'s translation, based on close listening to a recording of Camus reading his work aloud on French radio in 1954, sensitively renders the subtleties and dream-like atmosphere of L\'Étranger.Albert Camus (1913-1960), French novelist, essayist and playwright, is one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. His most famous works include The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), The Plague (1947), The Just (1949), The Rebel (1951) and The Fall (1956). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, and his last novel, The First Man, unfinished at the time of his death, appeared in print for the first time in 1994, and was published in English soon after by Hamish Hamilton.Sandra Smith was born and raised in New York City and is a Fellow of Robinson College, University of Cambridge, where she teaches French Literature and Language. She has won the French American Foundation Florence Gould Foundation Translation Prize, as well as the PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize. Σελίδες: 128, Διαστάσεις: 11.8x11.8cm

\'Powerful . . . unputdownably gripping\' Guardian\'The island itself. Its throbbing heat as if in a belljar under the sun, the scorpion in his son\'s bed, the deafening sound of cicadas\'During his first holiday on the island of Porquerolles Dr Mahé caught a glimpse of something irresistible. As the memory continues to haunt him, he falls prey to a delusion that may offer an escape from his conventional existence - or may destroy him. This is the first English translation of The Mahé Circle, Simenon\'s dark, malevolent depiction of an ordinary man trapped in mundanity and consumed by obsession. \'Extraordinary . . . Simenon is one of the most important writers of the 20th century\' Independent Σελίδες: 160, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories collects some of Jack London\'s most profound and moving allegorical tales. This Penguin Classics edition is edited by Andrew Sinclair with an introduction by James Dickey.The Call of the Wild, London\'s masterpiece about a dog learning to survive in the wilderness, sees pampered pet Buck snatched from his home and set to work as a sled-dog. White Fang, set in the frozen tundra and boreal forests of Canada\'s Yukon territory, is the story of a wolf-dog struggling to survive in a human society every bit as violent as the natural world. This volume of Jack London\'s famed stories of the North also includes \'Batard\', in which an abused dog takes revenge on his owner; and \'Love of Life\', in which an injured prospector, abandoned by his partner, must struggle home alone through the wilderness, stalked by a lone wolf.In his introduction, James Dickey probes London\'s strong personal and literary identification with the wolf-dog as a symbol and totem. Andrew Sinclair, London\'s official biographer and the volume\'s editor, provides a brief account of London\'s life as a sailor, desperado, socialist, adventurer and acclaimed author.Jack London (1876-1916) was born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, California. By the age of sixteen he had left school, worked in a canning factory, spent time as an oyster pirate and been a member of the Fish Patrol in the San Francisco Bay. In 1893 he joined a sealing cruise, which took him as far abroad as Japan. In 1896 he was caught up in the gold rush to the Klondike river in north-west Canada, which became the inspiration for The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906).If you enjoyed The Call of the Wild, you might like Rudyard Kipling\'s Just So Stories, also available in Penguin Classics. Σελίδες: 416, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

\'This atmospheric debut looks like a rural Irish coming-of-age novel, but it’s cleverer, darker, more unreliable.\' Daily Mail AN IRISH INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN IRISH INDEPENDENT CRITICS CHOICE FOR CHRISTMAS WINNER OF THE BERYL BAINBRIDGE BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD, 2020/2021 AN IRISH TIMES, IRISH INDEPENDENT and SUNDAY INDEPENDENT \'TITLE TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2020\' Katie, Maeve and Evelyn have been friends forever. Outspoken, unpredictable and intoxicating, Evelyn is the undisputed leader of the trio. But Katie’s dream of escaping their tiny rural town for a new life in Dublin confronts her with a choice: to hold onto a friendship that has made her who she is, or risk leaving her best friend behind. Told from Katie’s witty, quirky perspective and filled with unforgettable characters, this moving, immersive and very funny study of sisterhood takes a keen-eyed look at the delights and complexities of female friendship, the corrosive power of jealousy and guilt, and the people and places that shape us. Compellingly readable and effortlessly sharp, fizzing with the voices of rural Ireland, this is an unmissable novel from a dazzling new talent. Σελίδες: 288, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

When Ellinor addresses her best friend Anna, she does not expect a reply. Anna has been dead for forty years, killed in the same skiing accident that claimed Henning: Ellinor’s first husband and Anna’s lover.Ellinor instead tells her that Georg has died – Georg who was once Anna’s, but whom Ellinor came to love in her place, and whom she came to care for, along with Anna’s two infant sons. Yet with Georg’s death Ellinor finds herself able to cut the ties of her assumed life with surprising ease.Returning to the area of Copenhagen where she grew up, away from the adopted comfort of the home she shared with Georg, Ellinor finds herself addressing her own history: her marriage to Henning, their seemingly charmed friendship with the newly-wed Anna and Georg, right back to her own mother\'s story – a story of heartbreaking pride.Because there are some secrets – both our own and of others – that we can only share with the dead. Secrets that nonetheless shape who we are and who we love. Often I Am Happy by Jens Christian Grøndahl is a profoundly moving work of fiction. Σελίδες: 160, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0424, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

A stunning new collection of stories from the Man Booker Prize and Whitbread Prize shortlisted author.Many of Legoland\'s stories begin with the seemingly every day, only for a turn of events to land them in an unsettling place where life\'s normal rules no longer apply. Whether he\'s writing about a child’s birthday party or the invasion of an unnamed country each story is full of Woodward\'s blacker-than-black humour, fearless surrealism, and poetic phrasing. Included here is his brilliant story \'The Family Whistle\', shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award.Legoland celebrates Woodward\'s trademark gift for wit and surprise: his lithe prose carrying us from comedy to tragedy and back again within a single tale. It confirms him as one of the most gifted and original writers of our time.‘Gerard Woodward falls squarely between the comic lunacy of American short-form virtuoso George Saunders and the everyday rhapsodies of Raymond Carver’ Time Out Σελίδες: 320, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0328, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

An ex-circus strongman, veteran of Warsaw, 1939, and Notting Hill rough-justice artist, meets his own personal holocaust and \'Einsteinian\' destiny; maximum boredom and minimum love-making are advised in a 2020 epidemic; a virulent new strain of schizophrenia overwhelms the young son of a \'father of the nuclear age\'; evolution takes a rebarbative turn in a Kafkaesque love story; and the history of the earth is frankly discussed by one who has witnessed it all. The stories in this collection form a unity and reveal a deep preoccupation: \'\"Einstein\'s Monsters\" refers to nuclear weapons but also to ourselves,\' writes Amis in his enlightening introductory essay, \'We are Einstein\'s monsters: not fully human, not for now.\' Σελίδες: 128, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

\'Still as the night was, the mysterious population of the distant moonlit woods was not yet lulled to rest\'The aim of a good ghost story is to make the blood freeze, pleasurably, and this M. R. James achieves to perfection in these wonderful stories. His most atmospheric settings include English country houses and gardens, the north end of the churchyard, the yew-maze in \'Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance\' and the unforgettable train journey in \'Casting the Runes\'. To each of these stories he brings an eye for the telling detail, an imaginative twist and a narrative tone that is, at least to begin with, urbane and reassuring ... The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers\' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War. Σελίδες: 320, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

You can try to leave but they’ll never let you go… Are YOU ready to return to FOG ISLAND? The gripping sequel to Fog Island from the international bestseller Mariette Lindstein… Sofia may have escaped from Fog Island, but she can’t escape the horror… Thanks to her, cult-leader Franz Oswald, head of the sinister organisation on Fog Island which held Sofia captive, is now in custody awaiting trial for the horrific things that took place on the island. With the help of a ruthless lawyer, Franz is spinning a web of revenge that stretches far outside his prison walls… When Sofia determines to speak out about the sect, her life once again turns into a living nightmare. No matter where she runs, Oswald’s network seems to reach her. And in the wake of his final revenge, Sofia must ask herself the crucial question – can one ever be free from a cult? Praise for Fog Island: ‘Chillingly authentic’ Guardian ‘I loved it – tense and atmospheric, slowly drawing the reader in to a reality that is utterly terrifying’ Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Have You Seen Her and The Perfect Couple ‘An interesting exposition of the psychology and the insidious methods that govern cults’ Daily Mail ‘An intense, terrifying, and utterly believable journey into the shadowy world of cult leaders and cult members. A just-one-more-page thriller that will have you reading late into the night and holding your breath until the very end. I loved it!’ Karen Dionne, internationally bestselling author of Home ‘A vivid crime novel’ Express ‘This intense thriller completely grips you from the off’ Heat Σελίδες: 448, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

In celebration of the Glyndebourne Festival, Jeanette Winterson has brought together some of the best loved and most critically acclaimed authors writing today to pen stories inspired by opera. Includes an introduction by Jeanette Winterson, Alexander McCall Smith on Cosi Fan Tutte, Ali Smith on Fidelio, Andrew Motion on Peter Grimes, Andrew O\'Hagan on Eugene Onegin, Anne Enright on La Boheme, Antonia Fraser on The Marriage of Figaro, Colm Toibin on Pearl Fishers, Jackie Kay on The Makropulos Affair, Joanna Trollope on L\'Elisir d\'Amore, Julie Myerson on Ariadne auf Naxos, Jeanette Winterson on La Fanciulla del West, Kate Atkinson on La Traviata, Kate Mosse on Pelleas et Melisande, Lynne Truss on The Turn of the Screw, Marina Warner on Dido and Aeneas, Paul Bailey on The Makropulos Affair, Posy Simmonds, \'Midsummer Night at Glyndebourne\', Ruth Rendell on Theodora, Sebastian Barry on Natoma, Toby Litt on Don Giovanni. Σελίδες: 336, Διαστάσεις: 14.8x14.8cm

CORRUPT BIG BUSINESS, ECONOMY IN MELTDOWN, THE THRILLER THAT WARNED US ALL\'Marc Elsberg is nothing if not prescient\' GUARDIANIt’s the near future: the world economy is in freefall. Mass unemployment and hunger rage as banks, corporations and countries go bankrupt. But one group are doing just fine: the super-rich.Nobel prize-winning economist Herbert Thompson drives to an emergency summit in Berlin, to deliver his ground-breaking solution to the world’s elite: a formula that will reverse the downturn, transform the economy, and give everyone a share of the wealth.Thompson never arrives. He is killed in a car crash on the way.Jan, a keen cyclist out late, sees the incident. Convinced Thompson has been murdered, he vows to find out why.But there are powerful forces at work, who will stop at nothing to keep Jan silent.How far will they go to satisfy their greed? And who can stop them?A spine-chillingly realistic thriller on the horrors of freewheeling capitalism and the threat of human greed.By the global bestselling author of Blackout and Code Zero_____________PRAISE FOR MARC ELSBERG‘Fast, tense, thrilling, timely. This will happen one day’ LEE CHILD‘Dazzling’ Times Book of the Month\'Both gripping and visionary\' rbb Kulturradio\'Elsberg succeeds in combining complex storylines into one breathtaking tale of suspense\' BILD\'Part Dan Brown-style chase and part eco-thriller, this debut will get people talking\' BOOKLIST US Σελίδες: 464, Διαστάσεις: 12.7x12.7cm

\'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant\' John Gray He went out, lit his pipe and walked slowly to the harbour. He could hear scurrying footsteps behind him. The sea was becoming swollen. The beams of the lighthouses joined in the sky. The moon had just risen and the judge\'s house emerged from the darkness, all white, a crude, livid, unreal white. Exiled from the Police Judiciare in Paris, Maigret bides his time in a remote coastal town of France. There, among the lighthouses, mussel farms and the eerie wail of foghorns, he discovers that a community\'s loyalties hide unpleasant truths.Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret in Exile.\'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories\' Guardian \'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness\' Independent Σελίδες: 176, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

\'Michel Bussi is one of France\'s most ingenious crime writers... has plenty of twists and turns in store in this fast-moving novel about a long-planned act of revenge\' Joan Smith, SUNDAY TIMES\'Takes the reader on a thrilling ride across the remote isle in the Indian Ocean with plenty of twists and turns to keep them gripped until an epic, unexpected conclusion\' Jon Coates, DAILY EXPRESSPicture the scene - an idyllic resort on the island of Réunion. Martial and Liane Bellion are enjoying the perfect moment with their six-year-old daughter. Turquoise skies, clear water, palm trees, a warm breeze...Then Liane Bellion disappears. She went up to her hotel room between 3 and 4pm and never came back. When the room is opened, it is empty, but there is blood everywhere. An employee of the hotel claims to have seen Martial in the corridor during that crucial hour.Then Martial also disappears, along with his daughter. An all-out manhunt is declared across the island. But is Martial really his wife\'s killer? And if he isn\'t, why does he appear to be so guilty?\'Some writers try carefully calibrated alternations on a winning formula from book to book, but offer few surprises. That can\'t be said of the French author Michel Bussi... That refusal to repeat himself is evident in Don\'t Let Go, which is just as accomplished as its predecessors - GUARDIAN\'As it draws towards its heart-pounding final pages, it\'s hard to concentrate on anything other than the outcome of the desperate manhunt - and the startling revelation of the truth. Inventive, original and incredibly entertaining\' SUNDAY MIRROR Σελίδες: 352, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0313, Διαστάσεις: 12.6x12.6cm

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARDA motorcycle courier finds a cache of nude photos in her boyfriend\'s desk. The daughter of East German emigrants encounters her doppelgänger, who has crossed another cultural divide. Twin brothers fall for the same girl. When a stripper receives an enigmatic proposal from a client, she accepts, ignorant of its terms.Shadows, doubles, and the ghosts of past and future lovers haunt these elegantly structured and often hallucinatory stories. The language is hypnotic, deadpan, intense; the sentences jewel-hard and sublime. Things to Make and Break is the work of a stylish, exuberant new voice in modern fiction.\'Quite dazzling\' TLS Σελίδες: 224, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0628, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

Girl at Midnight has sold over a million copies in Poland and Katarzyna Bonda has become her country\'s undisputed Queen of Crime.For seven years, Sasza Zaluska has lived with her little girl in the north of England. Far from her previous job as an undercover cop, far from her dependence on alcohol and the traumatic case that made her flee from the police, her family and her native Poland. But now she is coming back. This time, Sasza is looking for a quieter life. She has studied to become a psychological profiler and she soon picks up a freelance job to check out some threats made against the owner of a nightclub. But no sooner has Sasza visited the club than a man is murdered there and Sasza finds herself drawn back towards the world she left behind. The dead man is a musician - famous for one song in particular: Girl at Midnight. Both the song and the crime seem to be connected to a double tragedy of years before, when a brother and sister both died on the same day. Now Sasza Zaluska must follow a crooked, complex trail from a violent past to a more sophisticated criminal present, in which the gangsters have corrupted every level of society. Σελίδες: 544, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0220, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

‘Gripping’ The Times ‘Fans of Philippa Gregory and other historical fiction writers will love Anne O’Brien’s A Tapestry of Treason’ Yours Her actions could make history – but at what price? 1399: Constance of York, Lady Despenser, proves herself more than a mere observer in the devious intrigues of her magnificently dysfunctional family, The House of York. Surrounded by power-hungry men, including her aggressively self-centred husband Thomas and ruthless siblings Edward and Richard, Constance places herself at the heart of two treasonous plots against King Henry IV. Will it be possible for this Plantagenet family to safeguard its own political power by restoring either King Richard II to the throne, or the precarious Mortimer claimant? Although the execution of these conspiracies will place them all in jeopardy, Constance is not deterred, even when the cost of her ambition threatens to overwhelm her. Even when it endangers her new-found happiness. With treason, tragedy, heartbreak and betrayal, this is the story of a woman ahead of her time, fighting for herself and what she believes to be right in a world of men. Praise for A Tapestry of Treason ‘O’Brien’s page-turner vividly brings to life the restriction of women, and the compassion and strength of this real-life figure from medieval times’ Woman ‘Anne O’Brien does not disappoint . . . there are so many twists and turns . . . If you love Philippa Gregory or Alison Weir, you will love Anne O’Brien too’ My Weekly ‘A wonderful novel . . . a rich, gripping, enchanting read. Anne’s vivid writing took me straight to the year 1400 and kept me wonderfully lost there throughout’ Joanna Courtney ‘A detailed portrayal of a fascinating character’ Woman’s Weekly ‘An engaging novel of political intrigue’ Choice Praise for Anne O’Brien ‘O’Brien cleverly intertwines the personal and political in this enjoyable, gripping tale’ The Times ‘O’Brien is a terrific storyteller’ Daily Telegraph ‘A gripping story of love, heartache and political intrigue’ Woman & Home ‘Packed with drama, danger, romance and history … the perfect reading choice for the long winter nights’ The Press Association ‘A gripping historical drama’ Bella Σελίδες: 512, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

As the head of Swedish Intelligence in Brussels Bente Jensen has many enemies, even among those who ought to be her allies, like Jonathan Green of MI6. In a city heaving with competing espionage agencies he is the person she fears and distrusts most. She has good reason. They share a past.Green has been part of an MI6 conspiracy to hold, interrogate, torture and kill its political prisoners in a safe house in Syria. This explosive information has been leaked to Bente by a conscience-stricken British operative. When it is clear she can expose this operation MI6 uses its full arsenal of dirty tricks to shame her, disgrace her, destroy her relationships and remove her from active service.But Green\'s private life has more in common with Bente\'s than he acknowledges. He is far from fireproof himself. Both spies will find themselves targets of the UK establishment\'s precisely calculated revenge.Like its highly acclaimed predecessor Into A Raging Blaze Andreas Norman\'s new novel is a morally and politically complex international thriller. Its nail-biting plot and sympathetic characters show the tragic human consequences of private and public treachery. Σελίδες: 304, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0709, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

In this beautiful, lyrical sequel to the critically acclaimed We Were the Salt of the Sea, Detective Moralès finds that a seemingly straightforward search for a missing fisherwoman off Quebec\'s Gaspé Peninsula is anything but… **WINNER of the Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best French Crime Book** **SHORTLISTED for the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger** **NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** \'A riveting story of old enmities, jealousies and friendships that come to light after a woman goes missing in a remote fishing village beautifully atmospheric\' Gill Paul \'A haunting murder mystery about how human nature is every bit as dangerous and inscrutable as the sea draws out its suspense to the very last moment\' Foreword Reviews _________________It\'s not just the sea that holds secrets…  When an abandoned lobster trawler is found adrift off the coast of Quebec\'s Gaspé Peninsula, DS Joaquin Moralès begins a straightforward search for the boat\'s missing captain, Angel Roberts a rare female in a male-dominated world. But Moralès finds himself blocked at every turn by his police colleagues, by fisheries bureaucrats, and by his grown-up son, who has turned up at his door with a host of his own personal problems. When Angel\'s body is finally discovered, it\'s clear something very sinister is afoot, and Moralès and son are pulled into murky, dangerous waters, where old resentments run deep. Exquisitely written, with Bouchard\'s trademark lyrical prose, The Coral Bride evokes the power of the sea on the communities who depend on it, the never-ending struggle between the generations, and an extraordinary mystery at the heart of both.For fans of Ann Cleeves, Annie Proulx, Emma Stonex, Louise Penny and Jane Harper _________________ \'A police procedural like no other – marvel at the clever plotting\' Crime Fiction Lover \'An absolute joy to read, with as much tension as there is poetry\' Le Journal de Montréal  \'With a cast of characters you\'ll engage with and love and a mystery that will have you on edge, Bouchard pulls you into her world wonderful\' Michael J. Malone \'Roxanne Bouchard is reinventing the crime novel\' Quebec TV \'Emotive and tragically beautiful\' Jen Med\'s Book Reviews \'This is a crime novel but it is also a story about fathers and sons, of strangers in a new land and of women in a man\'s world a work of distinction\' Live & Deadly \'The captivating investigation also conjures up the tides and their mysteries, following the rhythm of the region, the icy course of its autumn tide\' Le Devoir \'Beautiful, readable, unforgettable\' From Belgium with Booklove \'Characters so vivid, you can hear their voices\' The Reading Closet Praise for Roxanne Bouchard: \'Lyrical and elegiac, full of quirks and twists\' William Ryan \'Asks questions right from page one\' Quentin Bates \'An isolated Canadian fishing community, a missing mother, and some lovely prose. Very impressed by this debut so far\' Eva Dolan \'A tour de force of both writing and translation\' Su Bristow \'The translation from French has retained a dreamily poetic cast to the language, but it\'s det-fic for all that \' Sunday Times \'Characters are well-drawn, from Moralès, the cop, and his sturdy inspector, Marlène, to the husky fishermen who were Marie\'s devoted suitors three decades ago ... An exotic curiosity, raw nugget\' Shots Mag Σελίδες: 300, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1112, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm