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Its the oldest story in the world: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. But when the boy is Nick Sharman, and the girl has a violent ex-jailbird as an old boyfriend, who promises extreme retribution on anyone who gets involved with her, its never going to be that simple...and both Sharman...and the girl are looking at a lot of trouble.With a bent brief planning an audacious multi-million pound robbery with a bunch of heavy duty thugs in tow, a beautiful sister whos a fast track CID officer, and enough ordnance to stock the Woolwich Arsenal, the scene is set for a savage and bloody confrontation under the streets of the City of London which ends literally explosively, with only one man standing. And guess who that is.Sharman shows there is life in the old dog yet, if only just.

A chance encounter in New York brings two strangers together: Liat is an idealistic translation student, Hilmi a talented young painter. Together they explore the city, share fantasies, jokes and homemade meals, and fall in love. There is only one problem: Liat is from Israel, Hilmi from Palestine.Keeping their deepening relationship secret, the two lovers build an intimate universe for two in this city far from home. But outside reality can only be kept at bay for so long. After a tempestuous visit from Hilmis brother, cracks begin to form in the relationship, and their points of difference - Liats military service, Hilmis hopes for Palestines future - threaten to overwhelm their shared present. When they return separately to their divided countries, Liat and Hilmi must decide whether to keep going, or let go.A prizewinning bestseller, but banned in Israeli schools for its frank and tender depiction of a taboo relationship, this is the deeply affecting story of two people trying to bridge one of the most deeply riven borders in the world.

A New York Times Notable Book A New York Times Editors Choice A New York Post Best Book of the Year An Amazon Best Biography/MemoirHilarious and harrowing, and hard to put down Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for SmokingMight be a career-destroying book... highly enjoyableDaily TelegraphA spin doctor to the rich and corrupt spills his secrets... starts with the crack of a Jack Reacher thrillerThe New York TimesThe man who used to pull the strings of the global media is now pulling back the curtain: a bridge-burning, riotous confession by a top PR operative who exposes the secrets of the $129-billion industry that controls so much of what we see and hear in the media. After nearly two decades in the PR business, Phil Elwood wants to come clean, by exposing the dark underbelly of the very industry thats made him so successful. The first step is revealing exactly what hes been up to for the past twenty years - and it isnt pretty. From helping win the Qatar World Cup bid, to a four-day Las Vegas bacchanal with a dictators son, and helping to land a Middle Eastern dictators wife a glowing profile in Vogue at the same time the Arab Spring broke out, Elwood reveals all his slippery tricks for seducing journalists in order to create chaos and cover for politicians, dictators and spies. But as Phil moved up the ranks, he felt worse and worse about the sleaziness of it all - and his role in it - until he received a shocking wake-up call from the FBI. This risky game nearly cost Phil his life and his freedom. Seeing the light, he has decided to tell the full truth about who is the worst human. _____A rollicking, unexpectedly affecting story. . . Its going to be one of the big, buzzy Beltway books of the year. PoliticoPhil Elwood has written a book about his Washington life thats part therapy, part cautionary tale ? and quite funny . . . What makes Elwoods story stand out from the typical Washington read is that his personal demons are so intertwined with his professional choices . . . Elwoods prose is zippy, even Sorkin-esque, and he relishes dark humor. The Washington PostIf Hunter S. Thompson billed clients by the hour, it would look like All The Worst Humans by Phil Elwood. The pacing and storytelling propel the books epic sweep across the darkside of DC and global hotspots. Even the most experienced in PR will learn things they did not know, and Elwoods gripping personal story is an unexpected and wild ride. Bill McCarren, former Executive Director, National Press ClubA lively, often hilarious, blood-chilling tale. Sam Kashner, Air MailA redemption story about becoming a better human, a story Elwood tells with vulnerability, heart, and brutal honesty. James Kirchick, New York Times bestselling author of Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay WashingtonAn exhilarating ride through the underbelly of global power structures. Ben Smith, author of Traffic and editor in chief of SemaforI raced through this book and was gripped by every page. Sophie Heawood

Moderation, the passionate and tender love story (Kaliane Bradley), is out July 2025 - available now______________________ Longlisted for the Aspen Literary Prize, 2019Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, 2018Longlisted for Elles Big Book Award, 2018A giant debut novel about the redemptive, restorative power of love; about trust and fear; hair and makeup; food and sex; its about belonging and...not belonging. Its a soulful literary saga set in the early nineties of San Francisco; a coming-of-age about leaving home and, sometimes, the necessity of turning back.How many lives can one person lead in a single lifetime? When Hero De Vera arrives in America, disowned by her parents in the Philippines, shes already on her third. Her uncle, Pol, who has offered her a fresh start and a place to stay in the Bay Area, knows not to ask about the first and second. And his wife, Paz, has learned enough about the might and secrecy of the De Vera family to keep her head down. Only their daughter Roni asks Hero why her hands seem to scream with hurt at the steering wheel of the car she drives to collect her from school, and only Rosalyn, the fierce but open-hearted beautician, has any hope of bringing Hero back from the dead.This book is it: one of the best debut novels (and novels, period) of recent yearsElleBlazingly fearlessObserverRadical... I was startled at how moved I wasGuardian___________________Readers love America is Not the HeartI was swept awayRich and multilayeredLovely, complex, searingCastillo is a magicianIts been a long time since Ive been so profoundly touched

The untold story of Frank Lucas, New Yorks most notorious drugs lord during the 1970s. Now a blockbuster movie, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.In 1970s New York, the ruthless Frank Lucas was the king of the Harlem drug trade, bringing in more than a million dollars a day. At the height of his power there were so many heroin addicts buying from him on 116th Street that he claimed the Transit Authority had to change the bus routes. Lucas lived a glamorous life, hobnobbing with sport stars, musicians, and politicians, but he was also a ruthless gangster. He was notorious for using the coffins of dead GIs to smuggle heroin into the United States and before his fall, when he was sentenced to 70 years in prison, he played a major role in the near death of New York City. In American Gangster, Marc Jacobsons captivating account of the life of Frank Lucas (the basis for the forthcoming major motion picture) joins other tales of New York City from the past thirty years. It is a vibrant, intoxicating, many-layered portrait of one of the most fascinating cities in the world from one of Americas most acclaimed journalists.

An army roadblock. An American intelligence agent. A jetlagged afternoon on the Somalian plain. Michael Teak is not afraid of mercenaries. Life here comes at a price and as a CIA operative, Teak is holding the money. On the back seat of his car is a suitcase stuffed with narcotics; in the front, a gun and an envelope of US dollars. And then a bomb explodes.Thirty innocent victims. An entire village of women and children - all dead. And just like that, Michael Teak does not know anything for sure. Was he the target, or the scapegoat for mass murder with an international fallout? Abandoned, perhaps betrayed, by his employer, Teak is in the wind with nowhere to turn. Even his old sources are caught up in the media bloodbath back at his alma mater. These events have to be connected. Someone, somewhere, has all the cards and for a man running right down to the wire, the rules of the game are becoming dangerously blurred.

An Offer From a Gentleman is a novel by American writer Julia Quinn published in 2001. It is the third novel in the Bridgerton saga. The book is set between 1815 and 1817 and tells the story of Benedict Bridgerton, second son of the Bridgerton family. Benedict falls in love with Sophie Beckett, illegitimate daughter of Count Richard Gunningworth, and now maid and guest of his second son Bridgerton. From the same series: #2 The Viscount who loved me #3 An offer from a Gentleman #4 Romancing Mister Bridgerton #5 To Sir Phillip, with love #6 When he was wicked

FascinatingSpectatorEntertainingSunday TimesEnthrallingGuardianBeautiful, funny and movingDaily MailCompelling and movingObserverReplete with vivid - often hilarious, often shocking - anecdotesFinancial TimesWhile for generations Polly Toynbees ancestors have been committed left-wing rabble-rousers railing against injustice, they could never claim to be working class, settling instead for the prosperous life of academia or journalism enjoyed by their own forebears. So where does that leave their ideals of class equality?Through a colourful, entertaining examination of her own family - which in addition to her writer father Philip and her historian grandfather Arnold contains everyone from the Glenconners to Jessica Mitford to Bertrand Russell, and features ancestral home Castle Howard as a backdrop - Toynbee explores the myth of mobility, the guilt of privilege, and asks for a truly honest conversation about class in Britain.

A blisteringly powerful classic war story from one of the Netherlands greatest writersWITH AN AFTERWORD BY CEES NOOTEBOOMThe Dutch have hailed him as their greatest novelist, and now, slowly, Europe is getting to know him Milan Kundera, Le MondeBleak, hilarious, angry, ruthless... Hermans is as alarming as a snake in the breadbin... hugely entertaining ScotsmanTowards the end of the Second World War, a weary partisan fighting with the Red Army in Germany comes across a grand, abandoned house, seemingly untouched by the devastation sweeping the country. Exhausted, he falls asleep in the living room, but wakes to find a German patrol marching up the garden path. His only hope is to pose as the houses owner, but how will he keep up the pretence when the real owner returns?Dazzling, dark and scorchingly violent, with the breakneck pace of a thriller, this timeless classic is a vivid depiction of what happens when the mask of decency is cast aside in the savagery of war.A literary tour de force Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungA violent climax without equal in modern literature Cees NooteboomWillem Frederik Hermans (1921-1995) was one of the most prolific and versatile Dutch authors of the twentieth century. In 1977 he received the Dutch Literature Prize - the most prestigious literary prize in the Netherlands. He is considered one of the three most important authors in the Netherlands in the postwar period, along with Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve.

From the Children of Lir to Díarmuid and Gráinne to the Salmon of Knowledge and Oisín in Tír na nÓg, Padraic OFarrell reintroduces the classic stories of the Celtic past.

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.

Teffis literary genius made her a star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. An extremely funny writer with a scathing critical eye, she was also capable of Chekhovian subtlety and depth of character. Ranging from humorous sketches of a vanished Russia to ironic, melancholy evocations of post-revolutionary exile, And Time Was No More showcases the full range of Teffis gifts. A new selection by the celebrated Robert Chandler, it includes previously untranslated stories alongside more famous work, demonstrating the enduring freshness of one of the great wits of Russian literature.

Animalia retraces the history of a modest peasant family through the twentieth century as they develop their small plot of land into an intensive pig farm. In an environment dominated by the omnipresence of animals, five generations endure the cataclysm of war, economic disasters, and the emergence of a brutal industrialism reflecting an ancestral tendency to violence. Only the enchanted realm of childhood that of Eleonore, the matriarch, and that of Jerome, the last in the lineage and the innate freedom of the animals offer any respite from the visible barbarity of humanity. Written in shifting prose that reflects the passage of time, Animalia is a powerful novel about mans desire to conquer nature and the transmission of violence from one generation to the next.

Anna is less than thrilled to be shipped off to boarding school in Paris, leaving a fledgling romance behind – until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all...incl

Anna is an orphan adopted by chance, he had nothing out of life until it has been accepted in the farm of Green Gables. Even combining one disaster after another, never loses his good humor. Due to its ability to see the world through the eyes of the imagination, is able to survive adversity. A novel able to convey a magical atmosphere of courage, imagination and joy of living.

Dont Miss a Moment with Anne Shirley in this Anne of Green Gables Bundle This bundle includes: Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Annes House of Dreams Rainbow Valley Rilla of Ingleside Chronicles of Avonlea Further Chronicles of Avonlea

This ebook compiles Lucy Maud Montgomerys complete Anne of Green Gables novels, including "Anne of Green Gables", "Anne of Windy Poplars", "Anne of Ingleside" and "Rainbow Valley".This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where youll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML)Dont Miss a Moment with Anne Shirley in this Anne of Green Gables BundleThis bundle includes: Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Annes House of Dreams Rainbow Valley Rilla of Ingleside Chronicles of Avonlea Further Chronicles of AvonleaThis Anne of Green Gables Collection has been professionally formatted for e-readers and contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope youll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and cant wait to hear what you have to say about it.

Dont Miss a Moment with Anne Shirley in this Anne of Green Gables Bundle This bundle includes: Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Annes House of Dreams Rainbow Valley Rilla of Ingleside Chronicles of Avonlea Further Chronicles of Avonlea This Anne of Green Gables Collection has been professionally formatted for e-readers and contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope youll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and cant wait to hear what you have to say about it.

Favorites for nearly 100 years, these classic novels follow the adventures of the spirited redhead Anne Shirley, who comes to stay at Green Gables and wins the hearts of everyone she meets.Anne Shirley Complete 8-Book SeriesAnthology containing:Anne of Green GablesAnne of AvonleaAnne of the IslandAnne of Windy PoplarsAnnes House of DreamsAnne of InglesideRainbow ValleyRilla of Ingleside

Do you love him Marie?Um of course I love Jesus I stammered. "Great guy.Im talking about the man you intend to marry in my churchOh Cataclysmic events are nigh in Malente, Germany. Satan (a dead ringer for George Clooney) is on the prowl, recruiting horsemen for next weeks Armageddon - and in a boring, provincial place like this, hes apparently spoiled for choice. One might hope that the Archangel Gabriel would be some help since hes in town, but hes too busy with a tantric sex marathon to deliver anyone from evil. Meanwhile gentle, sandal-wearing carpenter Joshua encounters, by chance, washed-up thirtysomething singleton Marie. Shes hit a career dead-end, and her dads gone and shacked up with some sort of Eastern European nymphomaniac. So when handsome Joshua comes round to work on the roof, she realises she has nothing to lose by asking him out. But what of his divinely-appointed task? The Apocalypse is scheduled for Tuesday. Things are looking grim. Provocative and blasphemous, but with surprising meditations on the nature of faith, free will and human nature, Apocalypse Next Tuesday is a book full of surprises. Wonderfully light and witty, it will keep you laughing from the first page to the last.