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An enlightening, enjoyable and frequently very funny journey into what makes Yorkshire stand out from the crowd ... a fascinating insight into our wonderful region and the people that make it what it is.The Yorkshire PostWritten from the perspective of an exiled Yorkshireman this bestselling, award-winning author returns to his native county to discover and reveal its soul.We all know the tropes - Geoffrey Boycott incarnate, ferret-leggers and folk singers gambolling about Ilkley Moor without appropriate headgear - but why is Yorkshire Gods Own County? Exiled Yorkshireman Rick Broadbent sets out to find out whether Yorkshireness is something that can be summed up and whether it even matters in a shrinking world. Along the way he meets rock stars, ramblers and rhubarb growers as he searches for answers and a decent cup of tea. Now Then is a biographical mosaic of a place that has been victimised and stereotyped since the days of William the Conqueror. Incorporating social history, memoir and author interviews, Now Then is not a hagiography. Broadbent visits the scenes of industrial neglect and forgotten tragedy, as well as examining the truth about well-known Yorkshire figures and institutions. Featuring Kes, the Sheffield Outrages and the most controversial poem ever written, as well as a heroic dog, a lost albatross and a stuffed crocodile, Now Then is an affectionate but unsparing look at a county, its inhabitants and their flinty vowels.This is a funny, wise and searching account of a place that claims to have given the world its first football club and England its last witch-burning. It does include cobbles, trumpets and stiff-necked, wilful obstinacy, but it is also about ordinary Yorkshire and its extraordinary lives.

Thrilling, propulsive and terrifying Simon Sebag MontefioreTHE SECOND NOVEL FROM FORMER CIA OFFICER, THE REST IS CLASSIFIED PODCAST CO-HOST AND THE SUNDAY TIMES-BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SEVENTH FLOOR AND ***THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR***DAMASCUS STATION (One of the best spy thrillers in yearsTHE TIMES)FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2024SHORTLISTED IN THE NED KELLY AWARDS 2025FOURTH NOVEL THE PERSIAN AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWA daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its center?CIA operatives Sia and Max enter Russia to recruit Vladimir Putins moneyman. Sia works for a London firm that conceals the wealth of the super-rich. Maxs family business in Mexico a CIA front since the 1960s is a farm that breeds high-end racehorses. They pose as a couple, and their targets are Vadim, Putins private banker, and his wife Anna, who is both a banker and an intelligence officer herselfPRAISE FOR MOSCOW X:The most authentic depiction of CIA deep cover operations youll find in print - John Sipher, Former CIA Senior Operations OfficerA terrific read, cementing McCloskey in my mind as the best spy fiction writer since le Carre - Nicholas Kristof, New York TimesSpellbinding ... An electrifying read. I could not put it down- Clarissa Ward, CNN Chief International CorrespondentRAVE READER REVIEWS:Moves at a ripping pace. A terrific, unputdownable page-turnerA page-turner, the pace is frantic ... Superb funA barnstorming tour de force. I loved it!

Mesmeric, intoxicatingly original Hannah Kent, bestselling author of Burial RitesHaunting and surreal... With its sharp wit and beautiful writing, this book had me flying through the pages. Ana Reyes, New York Times bestselling author of The House in the PinesA towering achievement, stunningly good storytelling. Melissa Lucashenko, Miles Franklin Award winning author of Too Much LipOn the surface, Alice is exactly where she should be in life: shes just given birth to a beautiful baby girl; her ever-charming husband - an academic whose area of study is conveniently her own Mohawk culture - is nothing but supportive; and theyve moved into a home in a wealthy neighbourhood. But strange things have started happening. Alice finds herself hearing voices she cant explain and speaking with things that should not be talking back to her, all while her neighbours passive aggression begins to morph into something far more threatening... Told in Alices raw and darkly funny voice, and infused with Native American myth and legend, And Then She Fell is a wild, fierce novel.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023A best historical fiction book of 2023 (The Sunday Times) "Unbearably moving."Financial Times"Enthralling."Victoria Hislop"Compelling, atmospheric and raw."Ruth Jones, writer, actor and comedianIsolated from society, Emily Bronte and her siblings spend their days inventing elaborate fictional realms or roaming the wild moors above their family home in Yorkshire. When the time comes for them to venture out into the world to earn a living, each of them struggles to adapt, but for Emily the change is catastrophic. Torn from the landscape to which she has become so passionately bound, she is simply unable to function.To the outside world, Emily Bronte appears taciturn and unexceptional, but beneath the surface her mind is in a creative ferment. A violent phenomenon is about to burst forth that will fuse her imaginary world with the landscape of her beloved Yorkshire and change the literary world forever.Fifteen Wild Decembers is the dazzling second novel from a writer who has been compared to Shirley Hazzard and Graham Greene, and whose first novel was described as utterly stunning, mesmerizing and hailed as a masterpiece.

This practical book is a complete guide to the beautiful process of making cyanotype photograms and photographic prints, also known as camera-less photography and sun printing. It demonstrates the different ways to explore working with cyanotypes using toning techniques, gold leafing, decorative textures and artists books. Aimed at all artists and photographers, it shows how the traditional method can be advanced to produce inspirational work.

Jina Mahsa Aminis death at the hands of Irans Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to the streets, uncovering their hair, burning headscarves and chanting Woman Life Freedom Zan Zendegi Azadi in Persian and Jin Jiyan Azadi in Kurdish in mass demonstrations. An explosion of creative resistance followed as art and photography shared online went viral and people around the world saw what was really going on in Iran.Woman Life Freedom captures this historic moment in artwork and first-person accounts. This striking collection goes behind the scenes at forbidden fashion shows; records the sound of dissent in Iran where it is illegal for women to sing unaccompanied in public; and walks the streets of Tehran with The Smarties Gen Z women who colour and show their hair in defiance of the authorities, despite the potentially devastating consequences. Extolling the power of art, writing and body politics both female and queer this collection is a universal rallying call and a celebration of the women the regime has tried and failed to silence.This is what protest looks like.

1971 was a great year for cinema.Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Dario Argento, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Sergio Leone, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, Nicolas Roeg and Steven Spielberg, among many others, were behind the camera, while the stars were also out in force. Warren Beatty, Marlon Brando, Michael Caine, Julie Christie, Sean Connery, Faye Dunaway, Clint Eastwood, Jane Fonda, Dustin Hoffman, Steve McQueen, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino and Vanessa Redgrave all featured in films released in 1971.The remarkable artistic flowering that came from the New Hollywood of the 70s was just beginning, while the old guard was fading away and the new guard was taking over. With a decline in box office attendances by the end of the 60s, along with a genuine inability to come up with a reliable barometer of box office success, studio heads gave unprecedented freedom to young filmmakers to lead the way.Featuring interviews with cast and crew members, bestselling author Robert Sellers explores this landmark year in Hollywood and in Britain, when this new age was at its freshest, and where the transfer of power was felt most exhilaratingly.

From the author of When We Cease to Understand the World: a dazzling, kaleidoscopic book about the destructive chaos lurking in the history of computing and AIJohnny von Neumann was an enigma. As a young man, he stunned those around him with his monomaniacal pursuit of the unshakeable foundations of mathematics. But when his faith in this all-encompassing system crumbled, he began to put his prodigious intellect to use for those in power. As he designed unfathomable computer systems and aided the development of the atomic bomb, his work pushed increasingly into areas that were beyond human comprehension and control - and that threatened human destruction.In The MANIAC, Benjamin Labatut braids fact with fiction in a scintillating journey to the very fringes of rational thought, right to the point where it tips over into chaos. Stretching back to early twentieth-century conflict over contradictions in physics and up to advances in artificial intelligence that outpace the human, this is a mind-bending story of the mad dreams of reason.

AN ENTERTAINING AND STYLISH EXPLORATION OF FOOD AND NATIONALITY, FROM AWARD-WINNING WRITER ANYA VON BREMZENThis voyage into culinary myth-making is essential reading... I couldnt love it more! Nigella LawsonA truly captivating and evocative book. National Dish takes you on a food journey written with real warmth, wit and perception Dan SaladinoA sparklingly intelligent examination of, and a meditation on, the interplay of cooking and identitySpectator________In National Dish, award-winning food writer Anya von Bremzen sets out to investigate the eternal cliche that "we are what we eat". Her journey takes her from Paris to Tokyo, from Seville, Oaxaca and Naples to Istanbul. She probes the decline of Frances pot-au-feu in the age of globalisation, the stratospheric rise of ramen, the legend of pizza, the postcolonial paradoxes of Mexicos mole, the community essence of tapas, and the complex legacy of multiculturalism in a meze feast. Finally she returns to her home in Queens, New York, for a bowl of Ukrainian borscht -a dish which has never felt more loaded, or more precious.As each nations social and political identity is explored, so too is its palate. Rich in research, colourful? characters and lively wit, National Dish peels back the layers of myth and misunderstanding around world cuisines, reassessing the pivotal role of food in our cultural heritage and identity.Featuring an epilogue on Ukrainian borscht, recently granted World Heritage status by UNESCO________FURTHER PRAISE FOR NATIONAL DISHSo enlightening - as well as well so much fun to read... Von Bremzen is a superb describer of flavours and textures Bee Wilson Financial TimesA fast-paced, entertaining travelogue, peppered with compact history lessons that reveal the surprising ways dishes become iconicNew York TimesEnchanting, fascinating, thought provoking and humorous

A subtle distillation of wisdom, stylistic grace and symmetry of form Sunday TimesIts hard to think of a more recent novel that has sung so eloquently the joys of being alone GuardianAn inspirational classic from Nobel Prize-winner Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha is a beautiful tale of self-discoveryDissatisfied with the ways of life he has experienced, Siddhartha, the handsome son of a Brahmin, leaves his family and his friend, Govinda, in search of a higher state of being. Having experienced the myriad forms of existence, from immense wealth and luxury to the pleasures of sensual and paternal love, Siddhartha finally settles down beside a river, where a humble ferryman teaches him his most valuable lesson yet.Hermann Hesses short, elegant novel, echoing the life of the Buddha, has been cherished by readers for decades as an unforgettable spiritual primer. A tender and unforgettable moral allegory, it is an undeniable classic of modern literature.Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globeTranslated by Hilda RosnerHermann Hesse (1877-1963) is counted among the leading novelists and thinkers of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1946 for a body of literature renowned for its humanist, philosophical and spiritual insight. His most famous works include Siddhartha, Journey to the East, Demian, Steppenwolf, and Narcissus and Goldmund.

Vor Jahrhunderten wuteten Kreaturen auf dem Kontinent, die so schrecklich waren, dass man sie nur als Damonen bezeichnete. Elfen, Tiermenschen und die anderen Volker wurden uberrannt. Nur ein geringer Teil der Menschen konnte sich auf eine abgeschiedene Insel namens Zufest retten.Doch in der 200 Jahre andauernden Abgeschiedenheit ihrer Zuflucht fingen die Menschen an, die Gefahr zu vergessen oder sie nicht mehr ernst zu nehmen.Dies sollte sich bald rachen.Markus und Misaki, zwei Kinder aus dem Waisenhaus mit wenig Perspektiven fur ihre Zukunft, finden sich eines Tages mitten in dem wiederauferstandenen Albtraum wieder.Mit weniger Gnade denn je rollen die Horden der Damonen uber die Menschen her.Ein Kampf um das Uberleben hat nun begonnen.Fur Fans von Fantasy bis Dark-Fantasy

Autora vencedora do International Booker PrizeNatural da ilha de Antígua, Barrington Jedidiah Walker emigrou para o Reino Unido nos anos 1960, onde prosperou financeiramente.Bem cuidado e bem vestido, com citaçes de Shakespeare na ponta da lingua e um observador astuto da condiço humana, Barry e um gentleman das Caraibas que aprecia uma boa pandega. E casado ha 50 anos com Carmel, tem duas filhas e um neto e mantem, em segredo, uma relaço amorosa com Morris de la Roux, seu companheiro e amigo desde os tempos de juventude.Aos 74 anos, enfrenta uma crise existencial, constatando ter chegado o momento de assumir a sua homossexualidade e pedir o porcio. Porem, apos uma vida de medos, perseguiçes e mentiras, a coragem fraqueja dia apos dia e a sua ultima oportunidade para ser feliz parece fugir-lhe das mosMr. Loverman e um romance cheio de ritmo, humor e subverso, no qual a vencedora do Booker Prize, Bernardine Evaristo, lança um novo olhar sobre a sociedade multietnica ocidental, destruindo mitos e falacias culturais e expondo preconceitos ha muito enraizados.A obra-prima de Bernardine Evaristo Huffington PostUm romance revolucionario. Publishers WeeklyBernardine Evaristo e capaz de pegar em qualquer historia de qualquer epoca e transforma-la em algo repleto de vida. Ali Smith

This novel is essence of Banville ... a career summationDaily TelegraphFelix Mordaunt, recently released from prison, steps from a flashy red sports car onto the estate of his youth. But there is a new family living in the drafty old house: descendants of the late, world-famous scientist Adam Godley. Felix must now vie with the idiosyncratic Godley family, with their harried housekeeper who becomes his landlady, with the recently commissioned biographer of Godley Sr., and with a wealthy and beautiful woman from his past who comes bearing an unusual request...

In a world ravaged by climate change, a young womans job of enforcing Britains one-child policy is compromised when she discovers an illegal sibling on the ministry hit list, and that sibling is hers`A tightly paced plot set in an all-too imaginable future a page-turning, thought-provoking read Jo CallaghanWith echoes of V for Vendetta, ONE serves as a stark warning, challenging societal norms and individual sacrifices in the face of adversitySciFi Now Book of the MonthPleasingly terrifyingNew Scientist`A terrifying vision of a global climate emergency, a jaw-dropping government conspiracy and some truly devastating twists one hell of a speculative thriller Tom HindleOne law. One child. Seven million crimesA cataclysmic climate emergency has spawned a one-child policy in the UK, ruthlessly enforced by a totalitarian regime. Compulsory abortion of excess pregnancies and mandatory contraceptive implants are now the norm, and families must adhere to strict consumption quotas as the world descends into chaos. Kai is a 25-year-old `baby reaper, working for the Ministry of Population and Family Planning. If any of her assigned families attempt to exceed their child quota, she ensures they pay the price. Until, one morning, she discovers that an illegal sibling on her Ministry hit-list is hers. And to protect her parents from severe penalties, she must secretly investigate before anyone else finds out. Kais hunt for her forbidden sister unearths much more than a dark family secret. As she stumbles across a series of heinous crimes perpetrated by the people she trusted most, she makes a catastrophic discovery that could bring down the government and tear her family apart. `Eve Smith is a master storyteller for our troubled times Simon Conway`Chillingly plausible both thrilling and deeply moving Philippa East`All too convincing and scientifically plausible as much a warning as an entertainment Paul E. Hardisty`Amazing, beautiful writing, jam-packed with clever ideas Helen Fitzgerald`Gripping, frightening and deep a very brilliant, masterful book Sarah K. Jackson`Simmering with great intelligence and insight that never fails to be terrifyingly and thrillingly plausible James Goodhand`A visionary storyteller Awais Khan`A gripping and pacy thriller set in an all too plausible and terrifying future David Beckler`Meticulously crafted, no detail is overlooked so authentic it doesnt feel speculative at all Sarah Sultoon`Raises troubling issues about the balance between saving the planet and our individual human rights brilliant! Guy Morpuss`Pulse-pounding and heart-rending in equal measure, this book is a tour-de-force Louise Mumford`A powerful warning and a gripping thriller Greg Mosse`A chilling, poignant novel that holds a mirror up to our world sensational Vikki Patis`Gripping and unsettling Shen Yang`Compulsive and addictive Adam Simcox`Another taut and terrifying thriller from Eve Smith Louise Swanson`A terrifying, yet plausible read. Too scary to imagine in reality, and yet Heather Fitt`Horrifying and gripping in equal measure ...

Overcoming Business Journeys comprises twenty-six short stories and separate notes about business and life in Vietnam and some parts of the World. Each story has unique characters with different living circumstances, and in each story, there is a person who is passionate about starting up a business.The books first part tells us about life and business during the Covid-19 pandemic, the difficulties these people face and the solutions they find to help them succeed.The next part concerns the difficulties and obstacles people face trying to succeed in international business.Besides dramatic business stories, there are simple stories about Vietnamese women and art.In conclusion, Overcoming Business Journeys is a colorful picture of life that anyone who reads can find a part of themselves in.

Emma vê-se perante uma escolha impossível quando, dois anos depois do desaparecimento do marido e já com a sua vida refeita, descobre que ele afinal está vivo.Uma inesquecível história de amor e de s

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERNOT TO BE MISSED OBSERVERADDICTIVE... AND EXPLOSIVE DAILY TELEGRAPHGRIPPING... A STONKINGLY GOOD READIRISH TIMES THE GRITTY HEARTBREAKER OF A THRILLER, FOR FANS OF CHRIS WHITAKER AND TANA FRENCHHelen, Joe and Mush were part of an original group of six inseparable teenagers in the summer of 2003, with motherless, reckless Kala Lanann as their groups white-hot centre. Soon after that summers peak, Kala disappeared without a trace.Now its fifteen years later. Human remains have been discovered in the woods. Two more girls have gone missing. As past and present begin to collide, can the estranged friends figure out what led to Kalas disappearance... and stop history repeating itself?___YOUR NEW OBSESSION, LOVED BY READERSWhatever you do, just read it. Amazing. *****Loved this. Total page turner *****I just could not put it down. I cant recommend it enough. *****My actual heart! This book is amazing. *****Explosive and riveting *****A suspenseful thriller from a writer who can really write! *****I loved this book and stayed up far too late reading it many times *****Wow, it is a mesmerising, clever and highly addictive read... all the stars from me *****

A dark spirit haunts an isolated Norfolk retreat in this unsettling and sinister historical horror set in the early 1900s, perfect for readers of Michelle Paver, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Andrew Michael Hurley.Norfolk, 1917. Unable to join the army due to a heart condition, Freddie lives and works with his father in the grounds of the Edenwell Hydropathic, a wellness retreat in the Norfolk broads. Preferring the company of birds who talk to him as one of their own over the eccentric characters who live in the spa, bathing in its healing waters, Freddie overhears their premonitions of murder.Eustace Moncrieff is a troublemaker, desperate to go to war and leave behind his wealthy family. Shipped to Edenwell by his mother to keep him safe from the horrors of the trenches, he strikes up a friendship with Freddie at the behest of Doctor Chalice, the American owner of the Hydropathic.As the two friends grow closer and grapple with their demons, they discover a body, and something terrifying stalking the woods. The dark halls of the spa are breached, haunted by the woodland beast, and the boys soon realise that they may be the only things standing between this monster and the whole of Edenwell.

A Guardian Best Book of the YearA Dazed Best Novel of 2023An unmissable banger. ALICE SLATERA meta-meditation on the mysteries, malice, and minutiae of adolescence. TOM BENNYouve never read anything like this. JULIA ARMFIELDDo you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you listen to a podcast? Did the hosts make jokes?Did you see the pictures of the body? Did you look for them?Its been nearly a decade since the horrifying murder of sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson rocked the small seaside town of Crow-on-Sea. Based on hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, and even correspondence with the killers themselves, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has constructed what he claims is the definitive account of the crime. Its a riveting snapshot of lives scarred by tragedy, and a town left in turmoil.The only question is: how much of Carellis story is true?Deeply disturbing and hilarious. IMOGEN CRIMPInsanely propulsive . . . Shes a master of structure that Clark. JENNY MUSTARD WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:This will no doubt be THE book of the summer. You need to pre-order this NOW. @books.with.hanOnce again, Eliza Clark conjures her dark magic to pen something disturbing and addictive. @mostardentlyaliceElizas writing is pure brilliance and she captivates you with every page. @zoreadsbooksTaking aim at our relationship with true crime, the brutality of teenage girls and classicism, it was easily my favourite read of 2023 so far. @charlotte__reads_So cleverly written I am mind blown. @jordslibraryEliza Clark is a genius. @mydarkgrace**Eliza Clarks incendiary debut, Boy Parts, is available now**

A haunting and horror-filled tale of loneliness, trauma and spiritual yearning from the award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes.An insidious darkness threatens to devastate a rural New England village when occult forces are conjured and when bigotry is left unrestrained. After a recent string of disappearances in a small Connecticut town, a grieving widower with a grim secret is drawn into a dangerous ritual of dark magic by a powerful and mysterious older gentleman named Heart Crowley. Meanwhile, a member of local law enforcement tasked with uncovering the culprit responsible for the bizarre disappearances soon begins to learn of a current of unbridled hatred simmering beneath the guise of the towns idyllic communitya hatred that will eventually burst and forever change the lives of those who once found peace in the quiet town of Henleys Edge.