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Geraldines judgment is sharp. But this case cuts deeper than most.When Peter Selby vanishes after reporting a suspicious encounter, few take notice until a man is found brutally stabbed in a quiet York suburb. Detectives Geraldine Steel and Ariadne Croft begin to investigate, but what looks like a random act of violence soon unravels into a dark and deeply personal mystery. As they dig into the lives of the victims, the emotional landscape grows increasingly fractured.Peters wife is guarded, their daughter erratic and angry. The second victims family are cold, evasive, and seemingly determined to keep the past buried. Then a second disappearance throws everything into chaos. With each revelation, the detectives uncover layers of resentment, betrayal, and psychological trauma lurking behind the neat façades of domestic life.Under mounting pressure, and with Ariadne in growing danger, Geraldine must navigate a maze of fractured relationships and shifting motives before the killer strikes again. Taut, unsettling, and emotionally charged, this psychological crime thriller exposes the darkness beneath the surface and the human cost of secrets left to fester.

Excellent Aaron BastaniEvery leader comes to power promising growth: think back to the campaigns of Boris, Truss, Sunak, Starmer, Trump. Yet real-term income hasnt improved in the UK since 2008. Across the West, growth has stagnated for well over a decade, leading to cost of living crises, political instability and rising social tensions.Is real economic growth still possible? And with the climate emergency accelerating beyond repair, should we still be pushing for it?In Icarus Economics, acclaimed economist John Rapley argues that the problem of growth is inherently tied up with the climate crisis. We often assume that poor countries will bear the brunt of climate change, pandemics, and other exogenous shocks, but this book argues the opposite: western societies have more wealth and capital to lose and are less inherently resilient. In this book, he shows us how rich countries can grow their own economies by helping poor countries to decarbonise - and in the process, mitigate the effects of climate change.

The addictive mystery taking the world by storm, from the author of The Times Bestseller Strange PicturesEleven strange buildings. One terrible secret.A lonely hut in the woods.A hidden chamber.A mysterious shrine.A home in flames.A nightmarish prison...Each of the buildings in this book tells a chilling story. Each one is part of a puzzle.Look closely... and youll see that everything is connected.All leading to a revelation so horrifying you wont want to believe it.Millions of readers have become addicted to solving Uketsus dark mysteries.Strange Buildings is the strangest, and darkest, so far.

Davids best mate died falling off a cliff and he was the last to see him alive. Fifteen years later, he returns to Arbroath, where another death forces him to face the past. A darkly funny, gripping debut from one of Scotlands finest writers newly reissued.20th ANNIVERSARY EDITIONINTRODUCTION BY CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE`Very funny, with a touching and believable romance thrown in Kate Saunders, The Times`[A] pacy debut thriller. . . Johnstone skilfully coaxes the reader into identifying with these difficult-to-love characters and maintains the tension and drama Metro`[Leads] to comparisons with the Scots writer Christopher Brookmyre with a touch of romance [and] a gripping action sequence in the final chapters Scotsman____Your best mate just fell off a cliff in mysterious circumstances. You were the last person to see him alive. What do you do?If youre David Lindsay from Arbroath, you leg it and dont go back. Not for fifteen years.Then Nicola Cruickshank yes, that Nicola, the girl you always fancied but never had the guts to speak to gets in touch. She wants you back for a school reunion. At the very place it happened. Of course you say yes. Not to lay ghosts to rest, but because you still fancy Nicola.The thing is, if you are David Lindsay, then returning to Arbroath isnt going to bring closure. Because when someone else tumbles off the cliffs an act the locals now call tombstoning David has a choice: run away again, or finally find out why people around him keep dying____`Detailed and atmospheric descriptions funny and sparky dialogue Sunday Herald`Excellently written, intriguing storyline, and different from anything else around. A very impressive debut Allan Guthrie`A brilliant new author a rollicking tale of mystery set in Auld Reekie and the east coast town of Arbroath... The List`A vibrant and engaging debut, by turns humorous, irreverent and poignant Bill Duncan `A seductive and thrilling evocation of what lurks beneath the surface of small-town Scotland or, indeed, small-town anywhere Christopher BrookmyrePraise for Doug Johnstone`Tense, funny and deeply moving Mark Billingham`Nobody portrays modern Edinburgh better than Doug Johnstone speaks volumes about the power of story Val McDermid`An engrossing and beautifully written tale that bears all the Doug Johnstone hallmarks in its warmth and darkly comic undertones Herald Scotland`Wonderful characters: flawed, funny and brave Sunday Times`Gripping and blackly humorous Observer`A must for those seeking strong, authentic, intelligent female protagonists Publishers Weekly`This enjoyable mystery is also a touching and often funny portrayal of grief ... more, please Guardian`Some of the most unique characters in crime fiction Daily Express`Underlines just how accomplished Johnstone has become Daily Mail`Keeps you hungry from page to page. A crime reader cant ask anything more Sun`A thrilling, atmospheric book Move over Ian Rankin, Doug Johnstone is comin...

In Hamburgs troubled Wilhelmsburg district, Prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a brutal double murder amid corruption and gentrification. Battling personal demons and powerful foes, she fights to expose a citys dark secrets. Germanys Queen of Krimi returns with the caustically funny, breathtakingly dark next instalment in an addictive series`For the first time in a long time, I found a book I simply couldnt put down and I didnt want it to end. There really should be a word for the sadness you feel when youre nearing the end of a truly fantastic read. Sharks is that kind of book Leye Adenle`Taut, compulsive and laced with humour as dark as its setting, Sharks raises the bar again for one of my favourite series. Chastity Riley is the perfect anti-hero for our times, and Simone Buchholz is the real deal Rod Reynolds`Simone Buchholz can make you grin, gasp or gag at will The Times`Such a revelation Laura Lippman**The Chastity Riley series WON the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger**____In Wilhelmsburg, Hamburgs so-called problem area, an American couple is found brutally murdered in a derelict villa.Prosecutor Chastity Riley is assigned the case, and quickly finds herself waist-deep in a murky tangle of city planners, shady investors and vanishing officials. The gentrification machine is rolling on, and someone is sending a very clear message.As November fog settles over the city, Chastity is coughing up blood, her personal life is a slow-motion disaster, and her former colleague, Faller, wont stop interfering. But nothings going to stop her from cutting through the lies not even the sharks circling ever closer.Dark, caustic and piercing, Sharks is a searing investigation into greed, power, and the price of resistance in a city devouring itself, from one of Germanys finest, most original crime writers._______Praise for the Chastity Riley series:`A dark treat memorable modern noir, and a fascinating portrait of seedy life in Hamburg Telegraph`Beautifully concise, with commendably sparse prose, dark humour and an appealing protagonist uncompromising, provocative and righteously fierce Guardian`Beautifully written in cool, witty prose N.J. Cooper, Literary Review`German-American Chastity Riley [is] snooty, churlish, sarcastic, sometimes drunk and always inappropriate. The whole series breaks the boundaries of typical crime novels Romy Hausmann`A distinctive voice, and a flawed but compelling protagonist style and sass and St Pauli Will Carver`Ice-cool, effortlessly classy prose Observer`Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers Graeme Macrae Burnet`Buchholzs work remains as persuasive as ever Financial Times`Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space a palpable hit Independent`With brief, pacy chapters and fizzling dialogue, this almost feels like American procedural noir and not a translation Maxim Jakubowski`There is a fantastic pace to the story a unique voice that delivers a stylish story NB Magazine`A smart and witty book that shines a probing spotlight on society...

A fascinating and brilliantly illustrated book, an invaluable guide for future generations of Great War archaeologists. Times Higher Education SupplementWhilst the war raged across Flanders fields, an equally horrifying and sometimes more dangerous battle took place underground.Beneath Flanders Fields tells the story of the tunnellers war, which still remains one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of the Great War.A wealth of personal testimonies reveal the engineering, technology and science behind how this most intense of battles was fought and won. They speak of how the tunnellers lived a relentless existence in the depths of the battlefield for almost two and a half years, enduring physical and mental stresses that were often more extreme than their infantry counterparts. Their lives were reduced to a complex war of silence, tension and claustrophobia, leading up to the most dramatic mine offensive in history launched on 7 June 1917 at Messines Ridge. Yet, Messines was not the end of their story, which continued with the crafting of a whole underground world of headquarters, cookhouses and hospitals, housing the innumerable troops who passed through this part of the Western Front.Here, this extraordinary, hidden world is revealed and the fragile legacy it has left behind on Flanders fields is brought to light.

For over a century, the Middle East has been riven by conflict driven by Jewish and Arab nationalism. They came about at the same point in history with claims over the same territory. Their encounter has evolved into one of the most enduring and divisive geopolitical issues of the modern era one defined by its complexity and its extremism and unfolding against a backdrop of 24-hour rolling news and social-media outrage. A Forever War: Israel, Palestine and the Struggles for Statehood reflects on the key questions: How did this state of affairs come about? And will it be a forever war?At a time when so much coverage is based on prejudice, fear and ignorance, Colin Shindler, Emeritus Professor of Israel Studies at SOAS, presents an authoritative view of this tragic conflict and dissects the current situation. Tracing the religious, political and historical motivations of both sides throughout many decades of turmoil and upheaval, A Forever War is the concise and non-partisan overview of the conflict that is so sorely needed.

Where the land meets the sea, life clings to the margins in a world of relentless change. The intertidal zone is a place of extremes - where creatures endure crashing waves, scorching sun, and the constant ebb and flow of the tides. It is a place of resilience and adaptation and home to some of the most extraordinary organisms on the planet.Blending marine biology, oceanography and evolutionary science, marine biologist Ruth Searle takes us on a journey through the deep history of the intertidal zone - from its ancient origins as the possible cradle of life to the remarkable adaptations of the species that inhabit it today. Exploring the geological forces that shape coastlines, the mechanics of tides and waves, and the evolutionary arms race that has unfolded on the shore, this book reveals how the intertidal zone has not only survived mass extinctions but has driven some of natures most extraordinary innovations.The Intertidal Zone: Life on the Edge is a celebration of one of Earths most dynamic ecosystems - its beauty, its mysteries, and its fragility. As climate change and human activity reshape coastlines across the planet, understanding this environment has never been more urgent.

Paul Celan (192070) stands as one of the greatest post-war European poets, a writer whose painful struggle with the possibilities and limitations of German, his native language, has helped to define the response of poetry in the aftermath of the Holocaust.Celans prose is as thought-provoking as, and less familiar than, his poetry. The writings and aphorisms on poetry and art illuminate the sources of his language: he explores the condition of being a stranger in the world, the necessity and limitation of discourse, enlarging our understanding of the poet and his vocation. A spare and reluctant prose writer, Celan speaks with a quiet authority that insists on the centrality of poetry in the modern world.Rosmarie Waldrops translation remains true to the poetic rhythms of Celans prose; her introduction sets the pieces in context.

A practical guide to the importance of testosterone for health, the consequences of deficiency and the options for restoring hormonal balance by a doctor who needed TRT to reclaim his life. Over the past few decades, average testosterone levels have been declining at an alarming rate, even when adjusted for age. Deficiency impacts not only fertility and muscle mass, as is generally recognised, but all aspects of physical, mental and emotional health. Furthermore, it can affect the epigenetics of a mans future children low testosterone today may set the stage for even greater hormonal and metabolic dysfunction in the next generation. This book provides a structured overview and distillation of what the author had to learn through his own research, clinical practice, patient experience and personal journey because this was not part of his medical training or education. His book goes beyond symptom lists and blood test results (both controversial) to provide a roadmap for the individual to understand testosterones central role in their development, health and identity.

Were trying the natural way, Havers once said when asked about children in their queer partnership. What follows is their sparklingly disruptive debut, drawing on inside jokes, ironies and imaginings for new ways of thinking about what we call natural and the ways and paths we choose to get there.From Oscar Wilde to an unlikely pelican, this books wandering way resists the traditional nature poem, instead digging into the muck and rock of queer wilderness. Formally inventive, these poems span the width of the page and draw on mathematics, tablecloth patterns and swimming pools for their structures. Ingenious and funny, Havers debut questions received ideas about inheritance and legacies: what if, it asks, we live outside the familiar, familial archive?

The Poetry Book Society Translation Choice Spring 2026May the stone steps and the deep-sleeping door summon the camellias impossible paradise and your face the impossible key May the window shudder May the notes be blue and the candleflame shake unequivocally (from May the Rain)One of Taiwans most celebrated poets, Chen Yuhong draws on both Western and Asian literary traditions, inflected by her work as a translator of contemporary English-language women poets (Gluck, Oswald, Duffy). This selection makes her art widely available in English for the first time.Her award-winning translators, George OConnell and Diana Shi, carry across the richly metaphorical lexicon of her poems and their uncanny inhabitation of places both real and imagined, conjuring mood, angles of thought or light, animal presence, and the tides of the seasons.In a world where much that seemed united has frayed, Chen Yuhongs finely balanced poems bring us news of other imagined worlds, and acknowledge the unexpected, its capacity to terrify or astonish.

Taking its title from a line in Hotel du Nord, a 1938 film of doomed romance, Do I Look Like an Atmosphere? brings background into the foreground, and asks us to pay close attention to that which we inhabit and change. In these poems the atmosphere is under our skin and in our bones.Reviewing Skouldings previous collection, Joey Connolly observed that her work is clever, but it is also pleasurable as poetry, and its theory arises from within. Here again, Skouldings ingenious, innovative forms evokea natural world newly vulnerable to human actions. Faced with the inseparability of the non-human world from the destructiveness of human activity, these poems trace their connection across times and places: the humble mussel connects the coast of north Wales with fishing communities world-wide, while the calcium of its shell is found in the limestone of the Norman castles that colonised Wales.

In a world devastated by climate change and overconsumption, sixteen-year-old Joes survival hangs by a thread.Living in a shack beneath towering piles of waste with his father and grandfather, the towns revered storyteller, their community faces constant danger. After a deadly avalanche of rubbish, six-year-old Lily is left deathly ill, and Joe sets out on a quest for help.As Joe journeys towards the city of Madera, the lines between reality and the magical stories his grandfather passed down begin to blur. He confronts the Prince of Madera, whose tempting promises of salvation for Joes struggling community conceal a sinister plan for exploitation."Landfill Mountains" is an imaginative young adult novel about survival, hope, and the fight to reclaim a shattered planet. It powerfully reflects on climate change and highlights the enduring magic of stories that bind communities and inspire change.This dystopian debut novel invites readers aged 12 and up to join Joes journey and ponder: Can one voice rewrite the destiny of a broken world?

"Este livro lhe entrega as ferramentas para reescrever o seu código. É, ao mesmo tempo, um desmantelamento das falsas narrativas que o mantêm doente e uma interface passo a passo para a mais avançada

A wild party. A friendship. A cherished pet. And a night that changes everything.Its Julies eighteenth birthday, and shes throwing a party in her fathers extravagant townhouse. Her boyfriend has just dumped her and her long-suffering best friend Christine is trying to pick up the pieces. As the revellers pile into the booze, down in the kitchen Christine and her boyfriend Jon son of Julies cleaner clear up and dare to dream of the future.But as the volume goes up and the shots go down, Julie concocts a twisted cocktail of privilege, desire and destruction.Laura Lomass play The House Party spins Strindbergs classic play Miss Julie into intense, fizzing life for todays generation. It was first performed at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, in 2024, co-produced with Headlong in association with Frantic Assembly, and directed by Holly Race Roughan.This new edition is published in 2026.

A Umbanda é uma religião brasileira que cultua os Orixás e as entidades espirituais que se manifestam nos terreiros, onde são desenvolvidos diversos trabalhos para o amparo a milhares de pessoas que

An anthology of poems and short stories. Based on a true story and includes a variety of fictional characters created by the author.

A compelling, intimate memoir of grief, heartbreak and what we owe the natural world all learned from the dog who saved her life.Only a teenager when her beloved father was murdered by his political opponents, as an adult Fatima Bhutto longed to build a happy family life. When she met a charismatic, alluring man, she thought she had found something special.This is the story of how Fatima freed herself from the tight coils of the mans manipulative charm and his dangerous, intoxicating hold over her. Its a tale that crosses continents, and travels into myth, literature, astronomy and art. By Fatimas side for the entire journey is Coco: a small, ferociously loyal Jack Russell terrier.In The Hour of the Wolf, Fatima Bhutto weaves wolf ethnography with her own suppressed maternal instinct; and an exploration of coercive attachments with one of humanitys connection to nature. The result is a memoir as intellectually compelling as it is intimate and evocative.