Jussi Adler-Olsen is the new Scandinavian crime writing sensation to hit the UK. Redemption is the follow up to the internationally bestselling Mercy and Disgrace and continues the Department Q series. Mercy stormed straight to No. 8 in the paperback charts and has since sold 57,000 copies TCM. Mercy and Disgrace have topped the bestseller charts in Germany and Denmark, and the Department Q series

Daniel Jonah Goldhagen has written an original and important study of genocide that reconceives its very nature. He does so not by examining a series of genocides but by exploring the nature of mass killing itself. Our failure to clearly describe, explain, and understand the mechanisms of genocide has made it difficult to prevent, and this book will change that. Through exhaustive research, he brilliantly

WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN\'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 When lovelorn Annie McDee stumbles across a dirty painting in a junk shop while looking for a present for an unsuitable man, she has no idea what she has discovered. Soon she finds herself drawn unwillingly into the tumultuous London art world, populated by exiled Russian

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First published in 1979, the latest edition of this pioneering study in the World of Art series surveys a full century of performance, from the Futurist manifesto of 1909 to the second decade of the new millennium. Art historian and gallery curator R ose Lee Goldberg explains how a medium once used only in sporadic outbreaks of artistic dissent has become, over the course of a century, a vital and

The Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided themselves on their blood-thirsty skills as warriors. But their prowess in battle is only a small part of their story, which stretches from their Scandinavian origins to America in the west and as far as Baghdad in the east. As the Vikings did not write their history, we have to discover it for ourselves, and that discovery,

*The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled: no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, the survivors are

Welcome to Manhattan, 2118.A thousand-storey tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future, where anything is possible - if you want it enough.A hundred years in the future, New York\'s elite of the super-tower lie, backstab and betray each other to find their place at the top of the world. Everyone wants something... and everyone has something to lose.As the privileged inhabitants

Set in the same world as the Faithful and the Fallen quartet, the first novel in John Gwynne\'s Of Blood and Bone series, A Time of Dread, takes place one hundred years after the end of Wrath. The Ben-Elim, a race of warrior angels, once vanquished a mighty demon horde. Now they rule the Banished lands. But their dominion is brutally enforced and their ancient enemy may not be as crushed as they thought.

\'Hobb is a remarkable storyteller\' GUARDIAN The second volume in this superb trilogy from the author of The Farseer trilogy continues the dramatic tale of piracy, serpents, love and magic. The Vestrit family\'s liveship, Vivacia, has been taken by the pirate king, Kennit. Held captive on board, Wintrow Vestrit finds himself competing with Kennit for Vivacia\'s love as the ship slowly acquires her

Pietro arrives in Milan with a battered suitcase full of memories, to take up a new job as concierge. Living in his palazzo are lost and eccentric souls: Poppi, a lawyer; Luciana and her son; and Luca, a doctor, whose wife Viola holds a secret that could destroy their marriage. Right from the start Pietro has a special interest in Luca and his family, and soon he\'s letting himself into their apartment

Beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully conceived, Love and Misadventure will take you on a rollercoaster ride through an ill-fated love affair-from the initial butterflies through the soaring heights to the devastating plunge. And, in the end, the message is one of hope. The journey from love to heartbreak to finding love again is personal yet universal. Lang Leav\'s evocative love poetry speaks

Author of the bestselling Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey Archer, gives us fifteen gripping and rewarding short stories for readers to return to time and again. Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father\'s wealth changes his life forever. Follow the

A superb new Joe Pike/Elvis Cole novel from Sunday Times bestselling author, Robert Crais...

Languid ladies, enchanting florals, and other designs add panache to any print project. All rendered in the sensuous, curvilinear style of Art Nouveau, these 421 black-and-white motifs can also be adapted for use as borders or corner pieces for a virtually unlimited number of art and craft uses.

In this third volume of highly original \'detective\' stories with a unique setting and characters, the irrepressible, Precious Ramotswe faces supreme problems at home and at work.Upozornenie: Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí , kus, ktorý vám zašleme, nemusí mať rovnakú obálku ako je zobrazená tu. Zobrazená obálka môže byť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické,

Macmillan Readers Moby Dick Upper Intermediate Reader

The third novel in the \"New York Times\" bestselling Logan family series. After coming face-to-face with her mother, whom she thought was dead, Melody Logan hopes to unearth the truth about her own past.

Haven\'t you heard? Sixty is the new forty ...Each month best friends Claudia, Sal, Ella and Laura meet for drinks, celebrating 45 years of friendship. They know each other and their lives inside out. Their ambitions, careers, husbands, lovers, children, hopes, fears, the paths taken and not taken ...Sal had spent a lifetime building a career as a successful magazine editor but she hadn\'t banked on