' Only with the greatest of simplifications for the sake of convenience can we say Africa In reality except as a geographical term Africa doesn't exist' Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing about the people of Africa throughout his career In astudy that avoids the official routes palaces & big politics he sets out to create an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole & as a location that wholly defies generalised explanations It is both a sustained meditation on themosaic of peoples & practises we call ' Africa' & an impassioned attempt to come to terms with humanity itself as it struggles to escape from foreign domination from the intoxications of freedom from war & from politics as theft ...

Talitha Mouldson's family have buried their secrets for decades but now it's time for the truth to come out 408 pages 20 Illustrations black & white Mc Nally Susan ...

A stunning literary thriller in the tradition of Umberto Eco The discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive ...

'A storytelling assurance rare for a debut Fans of Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson will find much to admire' Guardian AS DESTINY CALLS A JOURNEY BEGINSIt has been twenty years since the god-like Augurs were overthrown & killed Now those who once served them
- the Gifted
- are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion's Four Tenets vastly limiting their own powers As a young Gifted Davian suffers the consequences of a war lost before he was even born He & others like him are despised But when Davian discovers he wields the forbidden powers of the Augurs he sets in motion a chain of events that will change everything To the west a young man whose fate is intertwined with Davian's wakes up in the forest covered in blood & with no memory of who he is & in the far north an ancient enemy long thought defeated begins to stir The Licanius trilogy The Shadow of What Was Lost An Echo of Things to Come The Light of All That Falls (coming 2019)' Wonderful worldbuilding & terrific characters' Boingboingnet' Will appeal to anybody looking for a coming-of-age fantasy tale with likeable characters & strong worldbuilding' Fantasy Faction' Love the Wheel of Time? This is about to become your new favourite series' Barnes & Noble SF & Fantasy Blog

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The Sunday Times Bestseller England's Forgotten Queens A cracking historical novel'
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Following on from the bestselling The Seven Sisters & The Storm Sister The Shadow Sister is the third book in Lucinda Riley's spellbinding series loosely based on the mythology of the Seven Sisters star cluster Star D' Apliese is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father
- the elusive billionaire named Pa Salt by his six daughters all adopted by him from the four corners of the world He has left each of them a clue to their true heritage but Star
- the most enigmatic of the sisters
- is hesitant to step out of the safety of the close relationship she shares with her sister Ce Ce In desperation she decides to follow the first clue she has been left which leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London & the start of a whole new world A hundred years earlier headstrong & independent Flora Mac Nichol vows she will never marry She is happy & secure in her home in the Lake District living close to her idol Beatrix Potter when machinations outside of her control lead her to London & the home of one of Edwardian society's most notorious players Alice Keppel Flora is pulled between passionate love & duty to her family but finds herself a pawn in a game
- the rules of which are only known to others until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman unveils the answers that Flora has been searching for her whole life As Star learns more of Flora's incredible journey she too goes on a voyage of discovery finally stepping out of the shadow of her sister & opening herself up to the possibility of love



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The weed of crime which once grew madly in the rich soil of the Great Depression is now withering on the streets of New York A new factory has sprung up among the shuttered sweatshops sweeping the city&s most notorious criminals & desperate lowlifes into its employ When The Shadow&s loyal operative Jericho Druke infiltrates the works he finds it run by a fascist technocratic madman bent on fomenting the racial tensions that threaten to shatter the United States The Shadow & his team must destroy this Factory of Death before its lethal product poisons a nation ...

No new knowledge is required or acquired Ray No transcendental experience or higher consciousness needs to be achieved When the recognition of what you are is seen nothing at all happens Why would it? You simply find yourself as you already are After many years spent searching for the secret to peace happiness & unconditional freedom a chance encounter on the ghats of the sacred River Ganges heralds the end of Ray Brooks' s spiritual journey Interspersed between humorous & uplifting stories of life in Rishikesh India are nine thought-provoking conversations between Ray & an unassuming yet extraordinary Anglo-Indian man Ray' s long-held spiritual beliefs are exposed & challenged allowing him to see that his quest for wholeness has been a futile path just like a shadow that seeks the sun This book offers no promises or systems of belief Instead it clearly points to something that is ever-present yet completely overlooked the ordinariness & beauty of our natural state of being & it is only after we acknowledge that simple yet profound truth that our spiritual search will be complete ...

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! It's 1938 & The Shadow returns in a tale of blazing action & deadly intrigue as a night of carnage on the New York waterfront plunges the mysterious vigilante into a conspiracy involving the fate of the world itself As storm clouds gather across the globe American Military Intelligence meets with a certain Lamont Cranston determined to beat a host of spies & assassins to the greatest prize of all but what that might be only the Shadow knows Collecting the first six issues of the hit series written by Garth Ennis & drawn by Aaron Campbell featuring a complete cover gallery with art by Alex Ross Jae Lee John Cassaday Ryan Sook Howard Chaykin & more ...

The Shadow has always known what evil lurks in the hearts of men until now! When his mystic powers fail the original masked crime-fighter travels the globe alongside his sidekick WWI ace pilot Miles Crofton on a bloody search for answers From Nepal where the Shadow's efforts to reconnect with his spiritual masters leads to a confrontation with opium smugglers they travel to the frontlines of the Spanish Civil War in pursuit of arms dealers & a would-be dictator Who is the maniacal El Rey who plots to rise from the debris of war as his battle-ravaged nation's supreme ruler? & how will the Shadow dispense justice when he discovers that a former flame is El Rey's brutal enforcer the Black Sparrow? Hard-boiled crime novelist Victor Gischler raises the definitive pulp hero to new heights of crime noir glory! Collects the complete six-issue comic book storyline from The Shadow 7-12 Bonus material

Includes:: an extensive cover gallery featuring an all-star assembly of Eisner Award-winning artists such as Alex Ross Francesco Francavilla John Cassaday & Darwyn Cooke plus Tim Bradstreet Michael Golden Jack Herbert & Sean Chen

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