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For Leila, each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the birth of a yearned-for son; bubbling vats of lemon and sugar to wax women's legs while men are at prayer; the cardamom coffee she shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each fading memory brings back the friends she made in her bittersweet life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her...

Shorlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Costa Novel Award and the Gordon Burn PrizeBooker-winning novelist Pat Barker imagines the untold story of the women at the heart of history's greatest epic'Magnificent... You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard'Chilling, powerful, audacious... A searing twist on The Iliad. Amid the recent slew of rewritings of the great Greek myths and classics, Barker's stands out for its forcefulness of purpose and earthy compassion' The Times'A stunning return to form' ObserverWhen the Greek Queen Helen is kidnapped by Trojans, the Greeks sail in pursuit, besieging the city of Troy. Trapped in the Greek soldiers' camp is another captured queen, Briseis. Condemned to be bed-slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her family, she becomes a pawn in a menacing game between bored and frustrated warriors. In the centuries after this most famous war, history will write her off, a footnote in a bloody story scripted by vengeful men - but Briseis has a very different tale to tell . . .

Sunday Times bestseller and The Times #1 bestsellerLonglisted for the Booker Prize 2019Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019Winner of the 2019 LA Times Award for Best Crime ThrillerCapital Crime Debut Author of the Year 2019__________'A literary sensation'Guardian'A bombshell of a book... Sharp, explosive, hilarious' New York Times'Glittering and funny... A stiletto slipped between the ribs and through the left ventricle of the heart' Financial Times__________When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach.This'll be the third boyfriend Ayoola's dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as they say, family always comes first. Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the doctor where Korede works as a nurse.Korede's long been in love with him, and isn't prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other...

Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran over tea and pastries the author and other women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature This book tells how they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita and share their own stories dreams with each other and for a few hours taste freedom

Cleanliness is next to enlightenment In this Japanese bestseller a Buddhist monk explains the traditional meditative techniques that will help cleanse not only your house but your soul Live clean Feel calm Be happy We remove dust to sweep away our worldly cares We live simply and take time to contemplate the self mindfully living each moment It s not just monks that need to live this way Everyone in today s busy world needs it In Japan cleanliness is next to enlightenment This bestselling guide by a Zen Buddhist monk draws on ancient traditions to show you how a few simple changes to your daily habits from your early morning routine to preparingfood from respecting the objects around you to working together as a team will not only make your home calmer and cleaner but will leave you feeling refreshed happier and more fulfilled

The hugely influential book on how the understanding of causality revolutionized science and the world by the pioneer of artificial intelligence Wonderful illuminating and fun to read Daniel Kahneman Nobel Prize winner and author of Thinking Fast and Slow Correlation does not imply causation For decades this mantra was invoked by scientists in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one thing caused another such as smoking and cancer or carbon dioxide and global warming But today that taboo is dead The causal revolution sparked by world renowned computer scientist Judea Pearl and his colleagues has cut through a century of confusion and placed cause and effect on a firm scientific basis Now Pearl and science journalist Dana Mackenzie explain causal thinking to general readers for the first time showing how it allows us to explore the world that is and the worlds that could have been It is the essence of human and artificial intelligence And just as Pearl s discoveries have enabled machines to think better The Book of Why explains how we too can think better Pearl s accomplishments over the last 30 years have provided the theoretical basis for progress in artificial intelligence and have redefined the term thinking machine Vi

Tells the history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe This title explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence as well as the Italian Renaissance which they did so much to sponsor and encourage

Learn about key movements like impressionism cubism and symbolism in The Art Book Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format Learn about Art in this overview guide to the subject brilliant for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike The Art Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Art with More than 80 of the world s most remarkable artworks Packed with facts charts timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understandingThe Art Book is a captivating introduction to painting drawing printing sculpture conceptual art and performance art from ancient history to the modern day aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview Here you ll discover more than 80 of the world s most groundbreaking artworks by history s most influential painters sculptors and artists through exciting text a

She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her . . .When sixteen-year-old Janie is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor, her grandmother swiftly marries her off to an old man with sixty acres. Janie endures two stifling marriages before she finally meets the man of her dreams - who offers not diamonds, but a packet of flowering seeds.Their Eyes Were Watching God is one of the very greatest American novels of the 20th century. It is so lyrical it should be sentimental it is so passionate it should be overwrought, but it is instead a rigorous, convincing and dazzling piece of prose, as emotionally satisfying as it is impressive. There is no novel I love more - Zadie Smith Books included in the VMC 40th anniversary series include: Frost in May by Antonia White The Collected Stories of Grace Paley Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West Their Eyes Were Watching God

he fifth novel in the New York Times bestselling Witcher series that inspired the hit Netflix show finds Ciri trapped in a distant world and separated from Geralt and her destiny.After walking through a portal in the Tower of the Swallow, thus narrowly escaping death, the Witcher girl, Ciri, finds herself in a completely different world... a world of the Elves. She is trapped with no way out. Time does not seem to exist and there are no obvious borders or portals to cross back into her home world.But this is Ciri, the child of prophecy, and she will not be defeated. She knows she must escape to finally rejoin the Witcher, Geralt, and his companions - and also to try to conquer her worst nightmare. Leo Bonhart, the man who chased, wounded and tortured Ciri, is still on her trail.And the world is still at war.

Geralt the Witcher - revered and hated - holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in the bestselling series that inspired the hit Witcher Netflix show and video games.Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary killer: he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil; not everything fair is good . . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

Geralt the Witcher races to find his missing ward, Ciri, in this fourth novel in the bestselling Witcher series that inspired the Netflix show and video games.The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life.But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies determined to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down. Her crimes have made her famous.

Introducing Geralt the Witcher - revered and hated - who holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in the bestselling series that inspired the Witcher video games and a major Netflix show.Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin.Yet he is no ordinary killer: he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.But not everything monstrous-looking is evil; not everything fair is good . . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.Translated by Danusia Stok.Andrzej Sapkowski, winner of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award, started an international phenomenon with his Witcher series. The Last Wish is the perfect introduction to this one-of-a-kind fantasy world.

Relive the magic of ITVs best loved drama series starring Martin ClunesDoc Martin arrives in the picture postcard fishing village of Portwenn, Cornwall.

Winner of the Whitbread Book of the YearOutstanding...a stunningly good read ObserverMark Haddons portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a superb achievement...

Narrated entirely from the viewpoint of a young insane woman, this novel provides a moving description of the horrific conditions in two New Zealand mental institutions. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.

From its breath-taking opening section, telling the events of a fateful summers day in 1935, McEwan unravels a tale of love and war that breaks the heart, even as the master novelists provocative twi

The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads: Opens at Nightfall Closes at Dawn. When the tents are all aglow, the sign appears. Le Cirque des Reves The Circus of Dreams. Now the circus is open. Now you may enter.