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Lene is an orphaned seamstress; Botho is a nobleman and an officer in one of the Prussian armys most glittering regiments. But whatever their differences of class and education, their hearts are equal to each other. Over the course of a summer in 1870s Berlin, they enjoy a clear-eyed, tender love affair, in spite of the judgements and warnings of those around them.The end comes all too soon, and Botho marries a wealthy cousin. When, years later, Lene too has an opportunity to marry, her ex-lover must choose between holding on to regret or letting go of the past - along with the possibility of getting Lene herself back.Full of tender irony and vivid evocations of a quickly expanding Berlin and its bucolic surroundings, this small masterpiece gives us a love story poised between the strict social codes of the 19th century and the sometimes bewildering freedoms of the 20th.

A zeppelin leaves Nazi Germany bound for Rio de Janeiro. For those on board its a luxury holiday, until one of them is murdered in the airships bathroom.Police Detective Bruno Bruckner, travelling on board, is immediately asked to investigate - and soon discovers that the murdered man was not the proud Nazi he claimed to be. Whats more, he was carrying a stash of banned degenerate material.As Bruckner interviews his fellow passengers - a wealthy baroness, an antisemitic doctor, a debonair Englishman - his inquiries will uncover a startling story of fake identities, queer love and revenge, where nothing is as it appears, until finally the secret of the good Nazi is revealed...

THE FINAL NOVEL IN THE MERRILY WATKINS SERIES_____________________Brilliantly eerie PETER JAMESA most original sleuthTHE TIMES_____________________ Welcome to the Wye Valley, exactly on the border of England and Wales, home to a dark legacy of murder...Nestled deep in the Black Mountains, the village of Longtown is haunted by killings both ancient and modern.When young farmer and lottery winner Eddy Davies is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Herefordshire Police find themselves handling a complicated investigation.Things arent looking good for Daviess friend, the mysterious Autumn Wise, who is found nearby holding a shotgun.When Merrily Watkins - parish priest, single mum and renowned demon exorcist - comes to Autumns aid, she soon discovers that Eddys death is only the latest in a long string of tragedies to blight Longtown and the surrounding area.But help is at hand from Merrilys spiritual advisor, the Rev. Huw Owen, who has an unorthodox solution in mind to end the areas centuries-long trail of misfortune...____________________________More praise for Phil RickmanCleverly illuminates the darkest corners of our imagination John ConnollyThe layers, the characters, the humour, the spookiness - perfect Elly GriffithsFirst rate crime with demons that go bump in the nightDaily MailNo one writes better of the shadow-frontier between the supernatural and the real world Bernard CornwellEngrossing and beautifully dark . . . a cracking good read JO BRAND

A Historical Romance Set Against the Backdrop of WarAs war between Prussia and Denmark brews over the territory of Schleswig-Holstein, a German nobleman is called to serve as a gentleman-in-waiting at the Danish court. Count Holks life so far has been happy and simple - he married for love, and his pious wife and canny brother have managed his estate so well that hes even been able to carry out his dream, inspired by a romantic ballad, of building a castle by the sea.But the expense of his architectural folly, the mounting political tensions in the air, and his rustic innocence all conspire to create a tragedy. Seduced by the worldly ways of the Danish courtiers, he begins an affair, and drifts ever farther away from his wife Christine. She, meanwhile, grows more and more serious as she watches the course of wider events. When they meet again in the country, will they be able to find a way back to the love they once shared?A masterful tale of love, duty, and the profound impact of historical events on personal lives.

The ancient Greek word for tragedy () is a compound of goat () and song (). In Phoebe Giannisis Goatsong, the seam that connects human and animal, myths and history, is the body.In Giannisis language, life obeys myth. A man places a screaming cicada in his mouth, reminding us of a scene from Platos Phaedrus, where Socrates claims cicadas to have been humans who became entranced by the invention of singing, and didnt stop to eat or drink. When the goddess Thetis dips her newborn son, Achilles, into the River Styx to protect all but his famous heel where her hand grips, were told the place of the mothers grip / is the mark of death. Adjacent to the mythical setting is the material, where the rumination of goats, their digestive cycle chewing, swallowing, then recalling food back into the mouth to be reconsidered begins after weaning, and is lain alongside how we think: from the moment of separation / from the mother / they ruminate. In these lyric enactments, all is transformative and transformed; territories of land, the body and history are blurred, and nothing is still.From Homer to Donna Haraway, Derrida to state archives, klephtic ballads and rebetiko, to Parmenides and Giannisis dog, Ivan, the many human and animal voices of Goatsong form an incantatory lyricism and layered engagement unique in literature.

A woman must confront the evil that has been terrorizing her street since she was a child in this gripping haunted house novel, perfect for fans of The Last House on Needless Street and Tell Me Im Worthless.On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house. An abandoned house where, once upon a time, terrible things happened. The children who live on this block are told by their parents to stay away from that house. But of course, children dont listen. Children think its fun to be scared, to dare each other to go inside.Jessie Campanelli did what many older sisters do and dared her little brother Paul. But unlike all the other kids who went inside that abandoned house, Paul didnt return. His two friends, Jake and Richie, said that the house ate Paul. Of course adults didnt believe that. Adults never believe what kids say. They thought someone kidnapped Paul, or otherwise hurt him. They thought Paul had disappeared in a way that was ordinary, explainable.The disappearance of her little brother broke Jessies family apart in ways that would never be repaired. Jessie grew up, had a child of her own, kept living on the same street where the house that ate her brother sat, crouched and waiting. And darkness seemed to spread out from that house, a darkness that was alivealive and hungry.

December, 1922. Ruby Vaughn is looking forward to a quiet, relaxing trip to Oxford in the week before Christmas with her octogenarian housemate and colleague Mr Owen. Far away from the arcane, unusual - and occasionally illegal - books that seem to always get her into trouble. The most she expects to do is attend a handful of his antiquarian society meetings.But when the body of disgraced scholar Julius Harker is amongst his exhibition of Egyptian antiquities looted by Napoleon, panic spreads throughout the cobbled streets of Oxford. The last thing Ruby wants is another investigation, but then an old friend comes begging for her help. If that wasnt enough, her past insists on haunting her when Ruan Kivell, the intriguing folk healer that she met in Cornwall, suddenly reappears. It seems there is much more going on in Oxford that meets the eye.

A queer horror novella about the occult, cult cinema, queer desires and other things left on the cutting room floor. Perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay and Cassandra Khaw. From the USA Today bestselling author of CuckooEllen, a deeply closeted lesbian spends all her time in solitude, restoring films at a failing archive in 1980s New York City.When a group of German academics present her with a print of an infamous exploitation film believed to have been destroyed during the Holocaust, Ellen finds herself forced to confront her own repressed sexuality. And the more she works on the restoration, the more obsessed she becomes with its depictions of occult practices and queer debauchery.Shes soon convinced that the depraved acts portrayed in the film are not fiction, but reality.And that theyre happening to her.

Weaving together a crackling Christmas collection from master novelist of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens himself, this fierce, fiery, and festive anthology will leave you cosy yet cold with the chill of a real and raw Victorian Christmas...Well deep dive into Dickens moral message in the famous A Christmas Carol, before encountering more Christmas spirits in The Chimes. This time, however, ghostly spirits are replaced by ghastly goblinsWell then step into the tantalising world of toys - and cosy critters - in The Cricket on the Hearth. Meanwhile, The Battle of Life will see the Christmas message of peace, love, and kindness bubble to the surface. Last but not least, well have to reckon with a fantastically festive haunted mansion in The Haunted Man and the Ghosts Bargain.Charles Dickens Christmas Stories is a must-read for lovers of classical literature, festive fanatics of The Muppets Christmas Carol, and fans of Dev Patels The Personal History of David Copperfield.

A new serving of satire from bestselling author and beloved Guardiancolumnist John Crace.I lap up everything John Crace writes gratefully: I love his cleverness, his wit, and his heart.NIGELLA LAWSONIt ended as it began. With Downing Street under grey leaden skies. Someones idea of a cosmic joke. Only this time the rain had eased to a light drizzle rather than a torrential downpour. If youre a Tory, you take your blessings where you find them on days like these.After fourteen years of Tory rule, John Crace has seen it all: a bucket-load of sleaze and scandals, myriad questionable policy decisions, and an ever-revolving door of impressive* candidates trying to get themselves to the top of a sinking ship.With a bumpy start, Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and the Labour Party have taken the reins while Kemi Badenoch and the Tories slink off to regroup in opposition. Many proclaim that the United Kingdoms political landscape has changed - but are those fabled sunlit uplands finally in view? Selected from Craces much-loved Guardian column, The Bonfire of the Insanities lights up a new chapter of governmental absurdity with mordant wit and caustic humour.(*terms and conditions apply)

I guess I must have been in two minds about the new day as the daylight gods began to march in straight lines going I dont know wherefrom The Spare RoomIn his first collection for more than a decade, Tom Paulin revisits themes of place, occupation, conflict and legacy, primarily in the context of his native Northern Ireland. Stories and memories, even histories, are shown to be both frail and persistent, troubling and vital. There is a powerful austerity in play as he sets aside the rhetorical force and linguistic dazzle for which he is renowned, to speak simply of later life and the losses it brings: if only some idea / could find its way / through enemy territory / then Id at last begin / to look up at the sky. As outward-looking as ever, he also includes here intimate and resonant versions from Brecht and Ronsard, and from the contemporary Palestinian poet, Walid Khazendar.To say the [Fivemiletown] was one of the best books of the Eighties isnt enough: it is one of the best books I know, or for that matter, am capable of imagining . . . what British or Irish poet was doing anything like this? Michael Hofmann, London Review of BooksTom Paulin is among the best of a great generation of Irish poets.Sunday TelegraphPaulin often creates the illusion that the poem is being made up as he goes along. Spontaneity is difficult to pull off in poetry but it is a Paulin forte. The casualness is only possible because of the absolute control of form, each poem a windbreak for his words . . . Kate Kellaway[Tom Paulins] short, punchy poems are characterised by their ability to evoke images through the smallest details, or through sudden shifts of register ... Mr Paulins poems fight against lazy uses of language ... in Loves Bonfire Mr Paulin demonstrates the strength that comes with saying less, not unlike relying on only a spark for warmth.The Economist

A lost dystopian classic, set in a future without death. You dont own yourself any longer. Society owns you. Had it not been for society, you would not be lying here now.Bruno, a young magazine editor, seems to live a charmed life, until he discovers a growth on his neck - the first sign of incurable cancer. But his doctor offers him a unique opportunity: Bruno can choose to be frozen down until medical science has found a cure for his condition. He makes his decision, just after meeting and falling in love with an enigmatic ballet dancer.Decades later, he wakes up to find himself cured, but the world is now a very different place. Freezing technology is now ubiquitous, the pleasures of life have been subtly drained and society has started to fracture. Bruno must decide what he really wants from his life and whether its worth the cost.Fans of dystopian fiction will love this creepingly claustrophobic classic, which asks all the big questions about ageing, death, scientific progress and the meaning of life.With a new foreword by Sophie Mackintosh

Um romance surpreendente e avassalador sobre amor e perda, e uma história de fantasmas que fala dos nossos anseios mais profundos — e até onde estamos dispostos a ir para satisfazê-los. E se você pud

Quem será o misterioso prisioneiro que tanto ameaça os frágeis alicerces do reinado de Luís XIV e se tornou uma das grandes lendas históricas da França? Neste último volume de Visconde de Bragelonne, Dumas da fim a saga que transformou o imaginario ocidental. Numa prosa eletrizante e cheia de suspense, Alexandre Dumas ficcionaliza uma figura que encarna anseios de justiça e mudança numa França monarquica em franca decadencia: o homem da mascara de ferro. Por tras do disfarce imposto, desponta um personagem inteligente, sensivel e digno, em oposiço a vaidade e autoritarismo de Luis XIV, que pode mudar tudo.Com Aramis comprometido em empreender uma arriscada misso com o enigmatico prisioneiro, o volume mais conhecido e adaptado para cinema de O visconde de Bragelonne e tambem a derradeira despedida dos leitores do quarteto fantastico da literatura ocidental. O que sera de Aramis, Porthos, Athos e DArtagnan depois de tantas aventuras quando a lealdade, a honra e a coragem vo perdendo lugar numa sociedade que caminha para um aburguesamento brutal? Dumas, com muita emoço e drama, selara seus destinos.

Coletânea de minicontos de Andréa del Fuego, autora de A pediatra e Os Malaquias. Ou, se preferir, uma reunião de comentários num elevador que despenca.Publicado pela primeira vez em 2005, numa ediçã

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW!Two patients are fighting for their lives. Nina, the hospital nurse, reads their notes:Leroy: stab wound, gang member, police escort.Dev: stomach pain, artist, distraught mother.Nina is meant to treat all her patients equally: not to pick favourites, and not to judge. Except tonight, understaffed and overstretched, both patients need her. She makes a split-second choice - and leaves one man to die.And thats when she realises that on this busy hospital ward, no-one is exactly what they seem.PRAISE FOR NILESHA CHAUVETS PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERSBrilliant! . . . I binged it. reader reviewPowerful . . . a first class thriller. reader reviewI could not put this down. reader reviewIn this deliciously dark thriller, nothing is as it seems.iNewsSuch compulsive reading . . . its ferocious energy takes you on a wild, thought-provoking ride. Jennie GodfreyIts a long time since Ive read a thriller that is quite so well written. Liz NugentI devoured it. Chris Whitaker

Enter a lush Greco-Roman inspired fantasy where a glittering world, a lottery built on lies, and a forbidden romance come together as 18-year-old Maris attempts to escape a city under siege, from the author of New York Times bestseller, Fable.In the great walled city of Isara, a rebellion one hundred years in the making ignites. But when a legionnaire falls for a Magistrates daughter, their love will threaten the fate of the city and the will of the gods.Luca Matius must carry on the family name, maintaining its presence in the Forum, but finds himself in the middle of a pivotal catastrophe.Raised amidst the inner workings of the Citadel, Maris faces a lifetime of service to a corrupt city. However, upon meeting Luca, their lives are fated to become entangled.Once the city is thrown into chaos, Luca and Maris are on opposite sides of a holy war and learn they are at the center of a story the gods themselves are writing. And even if they can find their way back to each other, there may be nothing left for them to salvage.

O que o amor vira quando chega o fim… Do mundo?Lorenzo Mendes não imaginava que um dia, a caminho da faculdade, sua vida mudaria para sempre ao ouvir a voz de Conrado Dias. Assim como um pescador é a

O plano do rei corsário para tomar a Terra das Bruxas está perto de se concretizar. Com um exército sanguinário a seu dispor, o terror causado por eles rapidamente se espalha em direção aos impérios,

A CASE OF DRAGONS: BOOK ONE IN THE CASTLIAN EMPIRE DUOLOGYA royal murder. Long-held secrets. The need to clear your name. A Case of Dragons is a tale about finding your identity and your home in the