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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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

Diane sempre sonhou com pouco: um marido, dois filhos, um trabalho que lhe fizesse sentido mais do que jamais se permitiu desejar. Mas, no dia em que Seb a deixa, seu mundo desaba. Entorpecida pela dor, ela no percebe o outro silencio que cresce ao seu redor: no quarto em frente, o riso de Lou se apaga.Aos dezesseis anos, Lou sofre o tumulto da adolescencia e o impacto do primeiro amor perdido, uma perda que lhe arranca mais do que lagrimas. Quando Diane finalmente se da conta, esta disposta a tudo para resgatar a filha, mesmo que isso signifique revisitar um passado do qual tentou escapar.Me e filha caminham sobre um fio tenue, entre o que foi e o que pode ser. Sob seus passos, o turbilho da vida ruge, e ameaça arrastar consigo as suas horas mais frageis.

When Im Dead is nigh-on impossible to put downBookPageOne girl murdered. Another one missing. And a medical examiner desperate to uncover the truth.Medical Examiner Rowan Winthorp investigates the death of her daughters best friend. Yet just hours later, she makes the devastating discovery that her own daughter, Chloe, has vanished. A morbid trail of clues forces Rowan and her husband to question how deeply they really knew their daughter. As they work closely to peel back the layers of this case, they begin to unearth disturbing details about Chloe and her secret transgressions.Amidst the noise of navigating her newfound grief and reconciling the sins of her past, an undeniable fact rings true for Rowan: karma has finally come to collect.

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.

Constance Chatterley lives trapped in a marriage defined by emotional distance and her husbands physical disability, an aristocrat left paralyzed after the war. In rigid postwar England, where class divisions seem insurmountable and female desire has scarcely any voice, Connie begins a clandestine affair with the estates gamekeeper. What starts as an impulsive encounter becomes a transformative experience in which the body, nature, and passion challenge the social norms and moral barriers of their time.In Lady Chatterleys Lover, D. H. Lawrence crafts one of the most controversial and groundbreaking novels of the twentieth century. Beyond the scandal that surrounded its publication, the work offers a profound reflection on industrial alienation, the split between mind and body, and the search for lost emotional authenticity.

O jovem José, de Thomas Mann, é a primeira parte do vasto ciclo novelístico José e seus irmãos, no qual o autor retoma e reelabora a história bíblica de José do Gênesis. Neste volume inicial, Mann co

O Amor é fundamental na vida das pessoas. Desta forma, o livro orienta o leitor de como realizar na prática o Amor. Cada tópico é uma direção a seguir para encontrar o Amor. Existem várias maneiras d

"Direito do Autor e Patrimônio Cultural" convida o leitor a mergulhar em um debate instigante: até onde se estende o direito do criador quando sua obra está permanentemente em um espaço público? Entr

We live in an era where the clock is no longer just a tool for coordination; it has become a relentless psychological warden. Millions of people wake up already feeling behind, experiencing a tightening in their chest as they glance at their calendar. This isnt just poor time managementit is the rising tide of chronophobia, the visceral fear of passing time.Why do we feel this constant, low-grade panic even when we have nowhere to be? The answer lies in how modern society has fundamentally rewired our relationship with productivity. We have commodified every waking second, training our brains to interpret stillness as failure and the ticking of the clock as an active threat to our worth.This deep dive into cognitive behavioral therapy and modern psychology unpacks the mechanics of time anxiety. It explains how digital notifications and infinite scrolling have distorted our temporal perception, making hours feel like minutes while simultaneously exhausting our mental reserves.By understanding the neurological loops that fuel this epidemic, readers can begin to dismantle the anxiety. You will learn how to recalibrate your internal metronome, sever the toxic link between self-worth and hyper-productivity, and finally reclaim the present moment from the tyranny of the clock.

There is a version of ambition that builds something meaningful. And there is a version that quietly hollows you out while looking exactly like success from the outside. Most people do not notice the difference until they are already running on empty.This book explores what happens when the drive to achieve becomes disconnected from any genuine sense of purposewhen hustle stops being a choice and becomes the only way you know how to feel okay. It examines the cultural and personal pressures that blur the line between healthy ambition and compulsive striving, and what gets lost when the pace of pursuit outgrows any honest sense of direction.At the center of this exploration is a question many high-functioning people avoid asking: not whether you are successful, but whether the version of success you are chasing still belongs to you. Ambition shaped by fear, comparison, or the need to prove something is exhausting in a particular waynot because the work is too hard, but because the finish line keeps moving.This book offers insight into the emotional patterns beneath overachievement, how personal definitions of success quietly shift under external pressure, and what a more sustainable relationship with ambition might look like when it is rooted in self-knowledge rather than performance. It does not promise a better career or a simpler life. It invites an honest examination of what you are actually working towardand whether it is still worth the cost.

The appeal of total transformation is understandable. Change everything at once, reset completely, become a different person by next year. It is a compelling ideaand for most people, an exhausting one that ends somewhere around the third week of January.This book explores what happens when the scope of change is deliberately narrowed: not as a compromise, but as a more honest response to how human attention, energy, and identity actually work. It examines the psychology behind doing one thing at a timewhy focus produces depth where variety produces friction, and how the quiet accumulation of single shifts over months creates something that a sweeping overhaul rarely does.At the center of this exploration is a reframe that feels almost too simple to take seriously until you try it: meaningful change does not require doing more. It requires doing less, more completely. One habit, given genuine attention for a month, has the capacity to reshape not just behavior but the way a person understands what they are capable of.This book offers insight into the dynamics of incremental change, why the pressure to improve everything simultaneously undermines the very progress it promises, and what a year of focused, unhurried shifts might reveal about the relationship between patience and genuine growth. It does not promise a upgraded life or a better version of yourself by December. It invites a more grounded and sustainable understanding of how lasting change tends to take root in real, imperfect lives.

No vero abrasador de 1998, Rick Naational acreditava que estava prestes a viver apenas o seu primeiro amor cartas perfumadas, encontros proibidos e sonhos adolescentes em uma ilha isolada chamada Fonte dos Ceus. Mas o que começou com inocencia rapidamente se transforma em um pesadelo quando Jany, a garota dos seus sonhos, desaparece misteriosamente apos deixar uma mensagem cifrada.Em busca da verdade, Rick e seu melhor amigo Fabio decifram um codigo que os conduz a uma floresta esquecida e a libertaço de algo que jamais deveria despertar. Uma força antiga, oculta sob selos religiosos e sangue humano, ganha forma. A partir dai, medo deixa de ser apenas uma emoço: torna-se algo vivo, faminto e capaz de corromper tudo ao redor.Enquanto tenta salvar Jany e enfrentar a herança amaldiçoada de sua familia, Rick descobrira que o verdadeiro horror no esta nas trevas que o cercam... mas nas sombras que habitam dentro dele.Entre o amor e a insanidade, entre o medo e a culpa, ha um nome que ecoa Abaddon.

"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

Não há democracia sem escuta — e nenhuma decisão judicial se legitima sem responsabilidade perante quem dela depende. Este livro revisita os fundamentos do processo civil à luz da Constituição de 198