Marian Keyes, the No. 1 bestselling author of Rachel\'s Holiday, is back with her stunning new novel The Mystery of Mercy Close and the return of the legendary and beloved Walsh sisters.Helen Walsh doesn\'t believe in fear - it\'s just a thing invented by men to get all the money and good jobs - and yet she\'s sinking. Her work as a Private Investigator has dried up, her flat has been repossessed and

Command Assassin Nykyrian Quiakides once turned his back on the League - and has been hunted by them ever since. Though many have tried, none can kill him or stop him from completing his current mission: to protect Kiara Zamir, a woman whose father\'s political alliance has made her a target. As her world becomes even deadlier, Kiara must entrust her life to the same kind of beast who once killed her

THE 80 MINUTE MBA is your short-cut to business brilliance. A traditional MBA is for either the time-rich, very wealthy or lucky few with a generous corporate sponsor. So what happens if you want to get a hit of high-quality business inspiration without spending two years back at school? THE 80 MINUTE MBA is the gateway to fresh thinking, in less time than it takes a standard meeting to get past coffee

Twenty-first century TV offers an apparently endless stream of images, unfolding at high speed. We no longer watch individual programs but flick from channel to channel, absorbing a continuous flow of news, game shows, comedy, drama, movies, advertising and trailers.Television: Technology and Cultural Formwas first published in 1974, long before the dawn of multi-channel TV, or the reality and celebrity

Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. His past is about to catch up with him. The figure approaching

For the first time in Italy, Contrasto offers to the public an exclusive book, from the book collection In Parole, that merges Jack London incredible and well-known literature with his yet unpublished photographs, creating a dialogue between the visual and literary arts and building up towards the completion of the Jack London artist.

August 30, 1975. The day of the disappearance. The day Somerset, New Hampshire, lost its innocence. That summer, struggling author Harry Quebert fell in love with fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan. Thirty-three years later, her body is dug up from his yard, along with a manuscript copy of the novel that made him a household name. Quebert is the only suspect. Marcus Goldman - Quebert\'s most gifted protege

There\'s a first time for everything ...Layla, Alex, Zoe and Emma are four best friends with not a lot in common. Well, except one thing ...But they\'re determined to lose \'that thing\' by the time they graduate high school. Yes, the time has come to Do It. To make love. To have all the sex. It\'s momentous, it\'s huge, it\'s important and it\'s life-changing. Or ...is it? Although each of the girls

Told for the first time from their perspective, the story of children who survived the chaos and trauma of the Holocaust How can we make sense of our lives when we do not know where we come from? This was a pressing question for the youngest survivors of the Holocaust, whose prewar memories were vague or nonexistent. In this beautifully written account, Rebecca Clifford follows the lives of one hundred

Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the first title in Cassandra Clare\'s internationally bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy with this sumptuous new edition. Brand new content, including the first chapter of Chain of Gold. Love is the most dangerous magic of all... First in the bestselling prequel series to The Mortal Instruments, set in Victorian London. Something terrifying is waiting for Tessa

Though most famous for his engravings, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was also a master painter and draftsman whose work exemplifies the spirit of German art. Dürer\'s importance in the German High Renaissance was such that he can be considered to embody the movement entirely. His visits to Italy (where he studied most notably with Giovanni Bellini) had a profound effect on his artistic development and

A young couple is found dead in their apartment, and double suicide seems to be the only interpretation - Alarm bells ring in the towering Manhattan offices of Eden Incorporated, the high-tech matchmaking company whose spectacular success and legendary secrecy have inspired awe around the world. The Thorpes, few people knew, were more than the quintessential happy couple - they were Eden\'s first perfect

In Melbourne in the late 1940s, a young conservative poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach his country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. But over the ensuing years his audacious act of literary ventriloquism takes on a much darker resonance. Having fled Melbourne for the seedy, sweaty streets of Kuala Lumpur, Chubb finds himself, just as Frankenstein was, haunted and pursued by his

The 1970s: that magical era betwixt the swinging 60s and the decadent 80s, the epoch of leisure suits and Afros, the age of disco music and platform shoes. As war raged on in Vietnam and the cold war continued to escalate, Hollywood began to heat up, recovering from its commercial crisis with box-office successes such as Star Wars, Jaws, The Exorcist, and The Godfather. Thanks to directors like Spielberg

Beloved series character Sid Halley, a champion jockey, makes a welcome return in the latest fast-paced crime novel from bestseller Francis (Come to Grief). When a crippling injury forces Halley into retirement, he begins a second career as a PI. Thanks t

Already scarred by the death of his brother, Caruso is devastated when he can\'t save a friend and his family from a terrorist attack. Ethan Ross was a mid-level staffer for the National Security Council. Now he\'s a wanted fugitive on the run with a micro-drive that contains enough information to wreck American intelligence efforts around the world. The CIA is desperate to get the drive back, but

La Russie est en danger et le tsar charge Michel Strogoff d\'une mission secrte : porter une lettre son frre, le grand-duc, qui se trouve dans la lointaine Sibérie. Pour aller de Moscou Irkoutsk, Michel Strogoff change de nom et devient le marchand Nicolas Korpanoff, car personne ne doit savoir qui il est réellement : ni Nadia, une jeune fille qu\'il rencontre au début de son voyage et qui ne le quittera

\'Philosophers have an infuriating habit of analysing questions rather than answering them\', writes Terry Eagleton, who, in these pages, asks the most important question any of us ever ask, and attempts to answer it. So what is the meaning of life? In this witty, spirited, and stimulating inquiry, Eagleton shows how centuries of thinkers - from Shakespeare and Schopenhauer to Marx, Sartre and Beckett

For the last time, the dwarves are going to war - and the outcome will decide the fate of their race. There has been no word from the brave warrior Tungdil since the vicious battle at the Black Abyss. Dragons, magicians, and the malevolent älfar have advanced far into the kingdom of Girdlegard, ruthlessly seizing vast areas of land. The dwarves seem to be facing their next battle with little hope of

This is the funniest book that you will read about English people! Why are the English different from Europeans? George Mikes’ book describes the strange things the English do and say. And the English don’t get angry when they read the book. They love it! You will too!