Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black in this epic dimension-bending trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray about a girl who must chase her father's killer through multiple dimensions Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements Their most astonishing invention called the Firebird allows users to jump into multiple universes-and promises to revolutionize science forever But then Marguerite's father is murdered & the killer-her parent's handsome enigmatic assistant Paul-escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him Marguerite refuses to let the man who destroyed her family go free So she races after Paul through different universes always leaping into another version of herself But she also meets alternate versions of the people she knows-including Paul whose life entangles with hers in increasingly familiar ways Before long she begins to question Paul's guilt-as well as her own heart & soon she discovers the truth behind her father's death is far more sinister than she expected A Thousand Pieces of You explores an amazingly intricate multi-universe where fate is unavoidable the truth elusive & love the greatest mystery of all ...

A Thousand Plateaus is the second part of Deleuze & Guattari's landmark philosophical project Capitalism & Schizophrenia
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A collaborative close reading of &A Thousand Plateaus& by some of the world&s leading Deleuze & Guattari scholars This volume brings together a team of international specialists on Deleuze & Guattari to provide in-depth critical studies of each plateau of their major work &A Thousand Plateaus& It combines an overview of the text with deep scholarship & brings a renewed focus on the philosophical significance of their project&A Thousand Plateaus& represents a whole new way of doing philosophy This collection supports the critical reception of Deleuze & Guattari&s text as one of the most important & influential works of modern theory Key Features Emphasises the philosophical nature of &A Thousand Plateaus& Provides detailed coverage of the text as a whole Brings together cutting edge research from some of the leading lights in scholarship on Deleuze & Guattari An ideal companion to a plateau-by-plateau reading of Deleuze & Guattari&s work Contributors Miguel de Beistegui University of Warwick UKJeffrey A Bell Southeastern Louisiana University USARonald Bogue University of Georgia USARay Brassier American University of Beirut Lebanon Eugene W Holland Ohio State University USAEmma Ingala Universidad Complutense de Madrid Italy Simon O& Sullivan Goldsmiths University of London UKHelen Palmer Kingston University London UKPaul Patton University of New South Wales Australia John Protevi Louisiana State University Baton Rouge USADaniel W Smith Purdue University USAHenry Somers-Hall Royal Holloway University of London UKAudrey Wasser Miami University USANathan Widder Royal Holloway University of London UKJames Williams Deakin University Australia ...

The untold story of the FBI informants who penetrated the upper reaches of organizations such as the Communist Party USA the Black Panther Party the Revolutionary Union & other groups labeled threats to the internal security of the United States 330 pages Leonard Aaron J ...

Summer 1858 Young Imogen Burnhope & her maid Rhoda board a non-stop train to Oxford to visit Imogen's Aunt Cassandra who waits on the platform at the terminus to greet them All the passengers alight at Oxford but the two women are nowhere to be seen The train is searched & the coachman swears he saw them join first class however they seem to have vanished into thin air When he learns his daughter is missing Sir Marcus Burnhope contacts Scotland Yard for help Inspector Colbeck & Sergeant Leeming are assigned to the case & are advised to tread carefully around Sir Marcus
- an MP who is used to getting what he wants With witnesses confirming the impossible
- that the women boarded the train
- is it a simple case of runaways? Or is there a larger more sinister conspiracy at work? The Railway Detective must unravel the mystifying web of their disappearance before Imogen & Rhoda vanish into oblivion for good


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When Gabrielle Newman throws her cheating husband out Stu cares more about the money than the break-up getting more than his fair share from their house sale An unexpected bequest offers Gabrielle a new start & she tries to leave the past behind heading north with Des Monahan the private investigator sent to find her Meanwhile Stu has got entangled with organized crime in Eastern Europe & is desperate to pay his gambling debts Gabrielle needs Des's help to protect herself & her inheritance She's very attracted to Des
- but dare she trust any man again? Then Stu tracks down his ex-wife & Gabrielle discovers just what the man she once loved is capable of as her life is threatened Can she & Des find a way to stop Stu & his ruthless new friends?
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Limited to just 750 sets worldwide this extraordinary White Woodland Nativity captures the wonder & promise at the heart of Christmas H&-signed &38; numbered by Jim Shore this set will make a magnificent addition to your family holiday traditions ...

Set in the same world as the Faithful & the Fallen quartet the first novel in John Gwynne&s Of Blood & Bone series A Time of Dread takes place one hundred years after the end of Wrath The Ben-Elim a race of warrior angels once vanquished a mighty demon horde Now they rule the Banished lands But their dominion is brutally enforced & their ancient enemy may not be as crushed as they thought In the snowbound north Drem a trapper finds mutilated corpses in the forests
- a sign of demonic black magic In the south Riv a young tempestuous soldier discovers a deadly rift within the Ben-Elim themselves Two individuals with two world-changing secrets But where will they lead? & what role will Drem & Riv play in the Banished Land&s fate? Difficult choices need to be made Because in the shadows demons are gathering waiting for their time to rise
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In 1933 at the age of 18 Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot
- from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople
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If only Pat Macgregor had an inkling of the embarrassment
- romantic professional even aesthetic
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