Jake Whyte is the sole resident of an old farmhouse on an unnamed British island a place of ceaseless rains & battering winds It's just her her untamed companion Dog & a flock of sheep Which is how she wanted it to be But something is coming for the sheep
- every few nights it picks one off leaves it in rags It could be anything There are foxes in the woods a strange boy & a strange man rumours of an obscure formidable beast & there is Jake's unknown past perhaps breaking into the present a story hidden thousands of miles away & years ago in a landscape of different colour & sound a story held in the scars that stripe her back Winner of the Miles Franklin Award Winner of the Encore Award Winner of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Award Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Prize Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction
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A compelling & beautiful story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who wants to die' If you're looking for the next The Fault in Our Stars this is it'
- Guardian A New York Times bestseller Soon to be a major film starring Elle Fanning Theodore Finch is fascinated by death & he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself But each time something good no matter how small stops him violet Markey lives for the future counting the days until graduation when she can escape her Indiana town & her aching grief in the wake of her sister's recent death When Finch & violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school it's unclear who saves whom & when they pair up on a project to discover the 'natural wonders' of their state both Finch & violet make more important discoveries It's only with violet that Finch can be himself
- a weird funny live-out-loud guy who's not such a freak after all & it's only with Finch that violet can forget to count away the days & start living them But as violet's world grows Finch's begins to shrink How far will violet go to save the boy she has come to love? An intense gripping novel perfect for fans of John Green Jay Asher Rainbow Rowell Gayle Forman & Jenny Downham Selected as the launch title for the Zoella Book Club' This book is amazing
- I couldn't put it down'
- Zoe Sugg aka Zoella'A searingly honest & heartbreakingly poignant tale about the power & beauty of love'
- Heat' Sparkling'
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A compelling & beautiful story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who wants to die & If you&re looking for the next The Fault in Our Stars this is it&
- The Guardian The New York Times bestseller is soon to be a major film starring Elle Fanning Theodore Finch is fascinated by death He&s constantly thinking of ways he could kill himself But each time something good no matter how small stops him violet Markey is waiting for the future She&s counting down the days until she graduates escapes her Indiana town & her aching grief for her sister&s recent death When Finch & violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school they don&t know who saves whom Soon they make more important discoveries It&s only with violet that Finch can be himself & it&s only with Finch that violet can start to actually live her days instead of counting them But as violet&s world grows Finch&s begins to shrink How far will violet go to save the boy she has come to love? Praise for All The Bright Places& This book is amazing
- I couldn&t put it down&
- Zoe Sugg&A searingly honest & heartbreakingly poignant tale about the power & beauty of love&
- Heat& Sparkling&
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All the Buildings in Paris is a love letter to Paris told through James Gulliver Hancock s unique & charming drawings of the city s diverse architectural styles & streetscapes This unusual combination of the artistic & the technical presents the Parisian cityscape as a colourful one-of-a-kind journey through the streets of this historical city The book showcases beloved iconic buildings & structures such as Notre Dame the Louvre & of course the Eiffel Tower The latest modern landmarks are featured such as the Centre Pompidou & the Grande Arche along with celebrated cultural institutions such as the Musee d Orsay & the Palais Garnier Opera House The book also

Includes:: the everyday buildings that may not be famous but whose stylishness or eccentricity make up an important part of Paris & its architectural landscape Parisians & tourists alike will savour this volume that uniquely celebrates the energy spirit & history of one of the greatest cities in the world

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All the illicit thrills which genre fans cherish (sex violence weirdness galore) are present woven in a Hitchcockian woman-in-perilmurder mystery plot with trippy supernatural frills Bruno Nicolai s sitar-tinged music score swirls into psychedelic overdrive Starring the undisputed Queen of Italian exploitation the impossibly beautiful sensuous Edwige Fenech whose uninhibited nudity in films is never ever vulgar Here she stars as a woman who joins a satanic sect in order to escape from a man who is trying to kill her black-robed orgy ensues replete with blood sacrifice oddball chanting & a delectable helping of nudity & sex Specail Features A brand new Shameless interview with director Sergio Martino Limited numbered collector s editiontalian & English Audio Optional English subtitles Original aspect ratio 2351 ...

Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states we've invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171 That's not far off a massive jaw-dropping 90 per cent Not too many Britons know that we invaded Iran in the Second World War with the Soviets You can be fairly sure a lot more Iranians do Or what about the time we arrived with elephants to invade Ethiopia? Every summer hordes of British tourists now occupy Corfu & the other Ionian islands Find out how we first invaded them armed with cannon instead of camera & set up the United States of the Ionian Islands Think the Philippines have always been outside our zone of influence? Think again Read the surprising story of our eighteenth-century occupation of Manila & how we demanded a ransom of millions of dollars for the city This book takes a look at some of the truly awe-inspiring ways our country has been a force for good & for bad right across the world A lot of people are vaguely aware that a quarter of the globe was once pink but that's not even half the story We're a stroppy dynamic irrepressible nation & this is how we changed the world often when it didn't ask to be changed! ...

Here is a thing everyone wants A miracle Here is a thing everyone fears What it takes to get one Any visitor to Bicho Raro Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark saints forbidden love scientific dreams miracle-mad owls estranged affections one or two orphans & a sky full of watchful desert stars At the heart of this place you will find the Soria family who all have the ability to perform unusual miracles & at the heart of this family are three cousins longing to change its future Beatriz the girl without feelings who wants only to be free to examine her thoughts; Daniel the Saint of Bicho Raro who performs miracles for everyone but himself; & Joaquin who spends his nights running a renegade radio station under the name Diablo Diablo They are all looking for a miracle But the miracles of Bicho Raro are never quite what you expect Maggie Stiefvater has been called "a master storyteller" by USA Today & "wildly imaginative" by Entertainment Weekly Now with All the Crooked Saints she gives us the extraordinary story of an extraordinary family a masterful tale of love fear darkness & redemption ...

Twenty years ago in a series of mysterious incandescent writings David Seabrook told of the places he knew best the declining resort towns of the Kent coast The pieces were no advert for the local tourist board Here the ghosts of murderers & mad artists crawl the streets Septuagenarian rent boys recall the good old days & Carry On stars go to seed Clandestine fascist networks emerge & all the time there is Seabrook himself
- desperate perhaps & in danger Dark strange & immediate this is a classic work of sui generis British literature There are devils here & the reader will remember them
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What if you did a very bad thing but that wasn't the end of the story' An extremely moving emotional rollercoaster of a debut novel' 5 Goodreads review Twenty-one year old Beth is in prison The thing she did is so bad she doesn't deserve ever to feel good again But her counsellor Erika won't give up on her She asks Beth to make a list of all the good things in her life So Beth starts to write down her story from sharing silences with Foster Dad No 1 to flirting in the Odeon on Orange Wednesdays to the very first time she sniffed her baby's head But at the end of her story Beth must confront the bad thing What is the truth hiding behind her crime? & does anyone
- even a 100 bad person
- deserve a chance to be good? All the Good Things is a story about redemption & hope for fans of Nathan Filer Stephen Kelman & Emma Healey Heartfelt heartbreaking & genuinely joyous (Francis Spufford author of ' Golden Hill') Compassionate & beautifully written (Carys Bray author of ' The Museum of You') I raced through this beautiful novel which oscillates between pain & hope anger & joy An important novel which celebrates the fact that good things exist inside every person no matter how ignored or hidden (Sarah Butler author of ' Ten Things I've Learned About Love' & ' Before the Fire') A heartbreaking vital & seamless insight into a life that might otherwise be ignored or judged The voice of Bethany is perfect
- compelling whip-smart & deeply affecting (Emma Jane Unsworth author of ' Animals') If I could have given this book six stars I could So beautifully written & so insightful (5 Goodreads review) In this profoundly moving but surprisingly funny debut novel Clare Fisher has given voice to people on the fringes of society people with a story like any of us (5 Netgalley review) This empathetic beautiful story will have you bawling your eyes out (5 Goodreads review)' All The Good Things' is a well written & heartbreaking novel (5 Goodreads review) Utterly riveting cunningly written & bursting full of character (4 Netgalley review) This really is a wonderful debut a beautiful story about social exclusion the vulnerability of women & girls & the unfortunate ones who fall through the cracks (4 Goodreads review)' All The Good Things' by Clare Fisher is a highly charged emotional read that just grabs you right in the heart (4 Goodreads review) This novel will challenge preconceptions about the kind of people who end up in care; the kind of people who end up in prison; the kind of people who do terrible things (4 Goodreads review)


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