Selected as a Book of the Year 2017 in The Times THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERON THE SATURDAY MORNING OF JANUARY 9 1993 WHILE JEAN CLAUDE ROMAND WAS KILLING HIS WIFE & CHILDREN I WAS WITH MINE IN A PARENT-TEACHER MEETING With these chilling first words acclaimed master of psychological suspense Emmanuel Carrere begins his exploration of the double life of a respectable doctor eighteen years of lies five murders & the extremes to which ordinary people can go ' As a writer Carrere is straight berserk; as a storyteller he is so freakishly talented so unassuming in grace & power that you only realize the hold he's got on you when you attempt to pull away You say True crime & literature? I don't believe it I say Believe it' Junot Diaz' Mesmerising' Sunday Telegraph' Stunning' Evening Standard' Unputdownable' Washington Post'A masterpiece' New York Times ...

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The Aeneid is Virgil's Masterpiece His epic poem recounts the story of Rome's legendary origins from the ashes of Troy & proclaims her destiny of world dominion This optimistic vision is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that must be paid in human suffering to secure Rome's future greatness The tension between the public voice of celebration & the tragic private voice is given full expression both in the doomed love of Dido & Aeneas & in the fateful clash between the Trojan leader & the Italian hero Turnus Hailed by TS Eliot as 'the classic of all Europe' Virgil's Aeneid has enjoyed a unique & enduring influence on European literature art & politics for the past two thousand years ...

Inspired by Homer & the inspiration for Dante & Milton Virgil's The Aeneid is an immortal epic poem of the ancient world that lies at the heart of Western life & culture translated from the Latin with an introduction by David West in Penguin Classics After a century of civil strife in Rome & Italy Virgil wrote The Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising Aeneas
- Augustus' legendary ancestor As a patriotic epic imitating Homer The Aeneid also set out to provide rome with a literature equal to that of ancient Greece It tells of Aeneas survivor of the sack of Troy & of his seven-year journey
- to Carthage where he tragically fell in love with Queen Dido; then to the underworld in the company of the Sybil of Cumae; & finally to Italy where he founded Rome It is a story of defeat & exile of love & war hailed by Tennyson as 'the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man' David West's acclaimed prose translation is accompanied by an updated introduction Including a new discussion of each of the twelve books of The Aeneid Publius Virgilius Maro (70-19 BC) studied rhetoric & philosophy in Rome where he became a court poet As well as The Aeneid his Eclogues & Georgics earned him the reputation as the finest Latin poet If you enjoyed The Aeneid you might like Homer's The Iliad also available in Penguin Classics' The most truthful translation ever conveying as many nuances & whispers as are possible from the original' The Times' Sweet prose clear & clean & dancing like a mountain stream as here West opens the window & the winds bring life into Virgil's body' Wall Street Journal

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' Great action scenes a fascinating world & characters of a sort I've never seen before This is everything I've come to expect from Jim Butcher but in a delightful new flavour' PATRICK ROTHFUSS' Beware fellow readers herein lies adventure that will keep you from food or rest ' PATRICIA BRIGGS Jim Butcher the number one bestselling author of The Dresden Files begins a new series set in a gloriously imagined world of noble families marvellous technology & magic-wielding warriors Since time immemorial humanity has lived inside the Spires habitats towering for miles over the dangerous monster-inhabited surface of the world Captain Grimm of the merchant airship Predator was dismissed from Spire Albion's military in disgrace
- now his ship & crew are all he has & he's fiercely loyal to both When the Predator is severely damaged in combat Grimm has only one choice
- take on a clandestine mission for Albion's leaders or stay grounded for good & even as Grimm undertakes this perilous task he will learn that the conflict between the Spires is merely a premonition of things to come Humanity's ancient enemy silent for more than ten thousand years has begun to stir once more & death will follow in its wake

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Flying Smurf has never given up on his dreams of being the first Smurf in the sky & this time he’s enlisted the help of Handy Smurf to make that dream a reality! Unfortunately for everyone else Flying Smurf & his new flying machine prove to be a disastrous combination especially to Smurfette’s garden When she steals away for a few moments of peace & quiet Gargamel snatches her away & sends a ransom note to The Smurfs village With the whole village in despair it’s up to Flying Smurf to set everything right but Gargamel’s evil scheme is only just beginning It looks like this rescue mission will be one Smurf of a bumpy ride! ...

ONE TINY SHIP ONE HUGE EXPANSE OF AETHERSPACE Maneuver your ship through the vast aether in The Aether Sea a Fate world & adventure by Ed Turner A thousand years of war on Homeworld left it a magically-blighted wasteland so the elves & dwarves stopped fighting for five minutes & figured out how to leave it behind Soon everyone took to the vast empty aether sea But the Royal Hegemony keeps a tight rein on the Spellcasters Union & the magic that makes aether travel possible Play the crew of a little aethercraft out in the deep sea But you ve got bad blood with the Royals so take jobs carefully & make do with the best magic unofficial channels can provide Keeping the ship afloat won t be easy The sea s a dark & lonely place & secondhand magic is fussy When it works at all The Aether Sea requires Fate Core or Fate Accelerated to play This 44-page supplement contains New race creation rules using Fate Accelerated style approaches A simple easy-to-use magic system including systems for dabbling in magic using cantrips for specific magical tasks & spells & artifacts Ideas for aethercraft including aspects combat & maneuvering through space A full starter adventure It s Only an Elven Moon THE AETHER SEA BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES & GET READY FOR LIFTOFF ...

A captivating tale of desire & temptation from the number one bestseling author of Songs of Love & War Angelica has the world at her feet a gorgeous French husband two beautiful children & a successful career One night at a gossipy dinner party Angelica's husband harmlessly flirts with another woman & Angelica herself encounters Jack a handsome & charismatic man from South Africa Angelica & Jack are irrevocably drawn together & cannot ignore the sparks that fly between them From her glamorous life in London to the lush vineyards of South Africa Angelica finds herself on a journey that will risk all she has worked for She & Jack come together for a moment only to be torn apart by fate What will Angelica do when she finally realises just how far she has strayed from home? Accomplished & poetic' Daily Mail Santa Montefiore is a marvel' Sunday Express ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Television Series--Drama & Best Actress in a Television Series--Drama (Ruth Wilson) The Affair is a provocative & suspenseful look at how many stories are involved in every love affair Noah Solloway (Dominic West) is a New York City schoolteacher & happily married father who finds himself powerfully attracted to waitress Alison Lockhart (Wilson) while vacationing with his family on Long Island But nothing is as simple as boy-meets-girl as both sides of the romance are explored by a detective investigating a murder Also starring Maura Tierney & Joshua Jackson it’s every episode of the gripping first season that quickly had audiences begging for more ...