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The writer known as M. is living in exile while her home country wages war on a neighbouring state. Wracked by shame and severed from her language, M. finds herself unable to write, unmoored in a present where the future feels unknowable. When she travels to a nearby country for an event, a twist of fate leaves her stranded in an unfamiliar city, phoneless and untraceable. In this rupture, she feels a flicker of liberation the possibility of starting over but memories of childhood, books, films and tarot cards pull her back, the last fragments of a vanishing world. Then she meets a troupe of circus performers who invite her to join them. For a moment, reinvention seems within reach. Oscillating between reality and dream, written in rich, hypnotic prose, The Disappearing Act is a haunting meditation on identity, language and the fragile desire to disappear by Maria Stepanova, one of Russias greatest living writers.

General Wyl Thirsk of Morgravia has endured unimaginable loss at the hands of King Celimus - his best friend murdered, his sister imprisoned, and his mentor condemned to death. Now, Celimus has set his sights on the neighbouring realm of Briavel and its inexperienced Queen Valentyna, pressuring her into a doomed political marriage.Wyl is desperate to save the woman he loves from this hideous fate, but destiny intervenes. Trapped by a gift from the witch, Myrren, Wyl must embark on a perilous journey to find the elusive Manwitch, the only one capable of breaking the dangerous enchantment over him.As war looms from all directions, Wyls quest becomes terrifyingly woven into the future of three realms - and he must confront his destiny to protect everything he holds dear.

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.

Anyone who cares about the girls and young women in their lives should read GIRLSJONATHAN HAIDTFreya India is one of our sharpest, smartest young writers HELEN LEWISGIRLS: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything is a passionate, provocative and deeply personal journey into the pressures shaping young lives today. Freya India shows that age-old anxieties of girlhood are now being amplified by modern life and exploited like never before. While previous generations of women were relentlessly sold products and procedures, we have become the product. We display our lives on Instagram, advertise ourselves on dating apps and package ourselves into personal brands, making anxiety feel overwhelming and unmanageable. We have transformed from girls into GIRLS, from people into products.Each chapter of GIRLS focuses on a common anxiety in adolescent girls lives, from insecurities about our faces and bodies, to our reputation and social status, to our friendships and romantic relationships. Along the way, India traces how rapidly culture and technology have evolved over the past decade.This isnt just a book for girls. For young women, it offers a nostalgic, if unsettling, reflection on the world theyve grown up in and reassurance that theyre not alone in their struggles. For younger girls, it provides context for where these challenges began and warns where they might be headed. And, for parents, teachers and older generations, it serves as a reminder that these issues have never been so intense.GIRLS concludes with a message of hope, reminding readers how to reclaim their privacy, defend their dignity, and, above all, return to being people instead of products.

180 MENSAGENS PARA REFLETIR, SENTIR E TRANSFORMAR: DESPERTE SUA ESSÊNCIA E CAMINHE COM MAIS PROPÓSITOA vida é muito passageira para ignorarmos os sinais que surgem pelo caminho.Neste livro, um verdad

Numa pequena cidade litorânea, todos estavam entusiasmados com a expectativa de progresso: um grande hotel seria construído em cima do morro, local privilegiado. Porém, com uma desencarnada que há an

Tales from the Silent Garden Collection IIThe Complete Conclusionby Evelyne DLorienSeries Status: Complete / Final Collection Book Description (EN)Silence was never the absence of story.It was the shape waiting to hold it.Collection II gathers the final volumes of Tales from the Silent Garden into one uninterrupted conclusiona closing movement shaped by memory, return, and the quiet courage to remain. Across rooms that remember, paths that soften, and spaces that learned to wait, the garden completes its long, gentle arc.These stories do not resolve through conflict or spectacle. They settle. They listen. They allow what has lingered to be named and released. As the final house opens and the last thresholds are crossed, the garden does not endit becomes a place that can be left without loss.Tales from the Silent Garden Collection II is a meditative, atmospheric finale for readers who cherish poetic fantasy, emotional stillness, and narratives guided by introspection rather than urgency.This volume brings the series to its intended close.

A narrativa acompanha uma jornada que transcende tempo e espaço, conectando acontecimentos históricos, reflexões filosóficas e elementos místicos. Por meio de personagens marcantes, como Guaracy, Lou

Mit dem Superhelden-Duo Muffin & Tort zum Leseprofi! Comicartige Erzahlweise: wenig Text, viele Bilder Ideal fur ungeubte Leserinnen und Leser ab 7 Jahren Perfektes Geschenk (nicht nur) fur Jungs, die Spa an witzigen und spannenden Geschichten haben Muffin, der gemutliche Kater, und sein quirliger Freund Tort erleben ihr drittes groes Abenteuer! Diesmal fuhrt sie die magische Katzenklappe mitten hinein in eine echte Piratengeschichte: Plotzlich finden sich die beiden auf einem Piratenschiff wieder, treffen auf schrage Seerauber und werden von Kapten Klappe fast uber Bord geworfen, weil sie zu nett sind. Doch eigentlich wurden auch Klappe und seine Piratencrew lieber freundlich sein und ihre Opfer mit Gold entschadigen. Also segeln sie gemeinsam mit Muffin und Tort zur sagenumwobenen Monsterinsel. Dort erwartet sie zwar ein Schatz, aber auch ein hungriges Seeungeheuer .Mit wenig Text und vielen Bildern ist dieses Comic-Kinderbuch perfekt fur Leseanfanger geeignet. Die witzigen Dialoge und die turbulente Handlung sorgen fur Lesespa von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite. "Muffin und Tort Bei den Piraten" macht Lust aufs Lesen und ist ein Highlight fur alle, die Abenteuer und Humor mogen.Alle Bucher des urkomischen Superhelden-Duos:Muffin & Tort 1: Bei den Wikingern (ausgezeichnet mit dem Deutschen Kinderbuchpreis)Muffin & Tort 2: Bei den RitternMuffin & Tort 3: Bei den PiratenIdeal fur Leseanfanger, Comic-Fans und alle, die spannende Piratengeschichten lieben!

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Um guia essencial para todas as mulheres que desejam se libertar das imposições que as aprisionamHá séculos, o sentimento da vergonha marca profundamente a experiência das mulheres. Ela se infiltra e

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O guia para a fase mais importante da vida do recém nascido e de seus pais, escrito por um dos maiores nomes da pediatria e do jornalisma especializado em infâncias no Brasil."Se este livro existisse

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