The second novel from the author of the Baileys Prize-winning The Glorious Heresies' Fast paced compelling & thrilling Lisa Mc Inerney writes the type of fiction that is both beautifully crafted & immensely enjoyable' Louise O' Neill' The Blood Miracles has all the brio street smarts & vicious linguistic verve of The Glorious Heresies but with this follow up Lisa Mc Inerney also reminds us just how brilliantly accomplished & ruthlessly focused a storyteller she is' Colin Barrett Like all twenty-year-olds Ryan Cusack is trying to get his head around who he is This is not a good time for his boss to exploit his dual heritage by opening a new black market route from Italy to Ireland It is certainly not a good time for his adored girlfriend to decide he's irreparably corrupted & he really wishes he hadn't accidentally caught the eye of an ornery grandmother who fancies herself his saviour There may be a way clear of the chaos in the business proposals of music promoter Colm & in the attention of the charming impulsive Natalie But now that his boss's ambitions have rattled the city Ryan is about to find out what he's made from & it might be that chaos is in his blood ...

The second novel from the author of the Baileys Prize-winning The Glorious Heresies' Fast paced compelling & thrilling Lisa Mc Inerney writes the type of fiction that is both beautifully crafted & immensely enjoyable' Louise O' Neill' The Blood Miracles has all the brio street smarts & vicious linguistic verve of The Glorious Heresies but with this follow up Lisa Mc Inerney also reminds us just how brilliantly accomplished & ruthlessly focused a storyteller she is' Colin Barrett Like all twenty-year-olds Ryan Cusack is trying to get his head around who he is This is not a good time for his boss to exploit his dual heritage by opening a new black market route from Italy to Ireland It is certainly not a good time for his adored girlfriend to decide he's irreparably corrupted & he really wishes he hadn't accidentally caught the eye of an ornery grandmother who fancies herself his saviour There may be a way clear of the chaos in the business proposals of music promoter Colm & in the attention of the charming impulsive Natalie But now that his boss's ambitions have rattled the city Ryan is about to find out what he's made from & it might be that chaos is in his blood ...

The Blood Mirror is the action-packed fourth novel in the Lightbringer series by international bestseller Brent Weeks The Seven Satrapies have collapsed into four
- & those are falling before the White King's armies Gavin Guille ex-emperor ex-Prism ex-galley slave formerly the one man who might have averted war is now lost broken & trapped in a prison crafted by his own magical genius But Gavin has no magic at all Worse in this prison he may not be alone Who will fight to prevent a tainted empire from becoming something even worse?
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" Fee Fi Fo Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman!" roared the giant as he crashed through the vines Jack with one arm around his precious stolen harp & the other grasping the beanstalk felt the rush of danger Will he make it to the bottom in time to chop down the leafy ladder or will the giant successfully catch the thieving beggar? In The Blood of an Englishman players take on the role of either Jack or the Giant The Giant must maneuver the Fee Fi Fo & Fum cards while Jack tries to create three beanstalks to steal the bag of gold the Golden Goose & the Singing Harp Each player has different available actions & must carefully arrange the cards to achieve their goal Are you brave enough to face your fate? Players 2 Playing time 20-30 minutes Ages 10 ...

' Sensuous & transporting filled with the colours tastes & fragrances of life in 17th century Isfahan Amirrezvani clearly knows & loves the ways of old Iran & brings them to life with the cadences of a skilled story-spinner' Geraldine Brooks THE BLOOD OF FLOWERS is a mesmerizing historical novel about a young Iranian woman whose destiny changes on the sudden death of her father Forced to leave their village the woman & her mother travel to the beautiful city of Isfahan where they are taken in by an uncle a wealthy carpet designer & his unsympathetic wife When an ill-considered action results in the heroine's fall from grace she is forced into an extraordinary secret marriage Spirited & rebellious she wants to be free to live a life her own choosing if she can find a way' The most wonderful book Fascinating totally original & utterly gripping' Esther Freud' The prose positively glows on the page & the characterisation is similarly acute notably of the wonderfully drawn heroine As a journey into a society that will be alien to most readers this is a remarkable achievement' Barry Forshaw ...

An action-packed new novel of military action outstanding courage & camaraderie taking Prefect Cato & Centurion Macro to the eastern fringes of the Roman Empire in THE BLOOD OF ROME from the Sunday Times-bestselling author of DAY OF THE CAESARS 480 pages Scarrow Simon ...

Having left the Faroes as a child Jan Reyna is now a British police detective & the islands are foreign to him But he is drawn back when his estranged father is found unconscious with a shotgun by his side & someone else's blood at the scene Then a man's body is washed up on an isolated beach Is Reyna's father responsible? Looking for answers Reyna falls in with local detective Hjalti Hentze But as the stakes get higher & Reyna learns more about his family & the truth behind his mother's flight from the Faroes he must decide whether to stay or to forsake the strange windswept islands for good ...

Tracklist My Name Is Thunder Wolfpack (Feat Maskerade) Nothing But Love (Feat Jay Buchanan) Pirates Punks & Politics (Feat Perry Farrell) Invisible (Feat Greta Svabo Bech) All Black Everything (Feat Gallows) Irreversible (Feat Anders Friden) Enter the Void (Feat Eric Nally) Future Memories (Feat Crywolf) The Great Run (Feat Greta Svabo Bech) Kill Or Be Killed (Feat Prayers) Saint Bass City Rockers Hollywood Surf Club (Feat Mr Talkbox) The Day of the Locust 10000 Prophets Drive (Feat Deap Vally) Crash (Feat Jason Aalon Butler) My Name Is Thunder Frantic (Feat Wade Mc Neil) Fever (Feat Nic Cester) ...

This title comes with an introduction by Helen Simpson From familiar fairy tales & legends
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France 1831 In a remote corner of Ardèche the little village of Peyrebeille sees numerous travelers pass through A family of greedy rural farmers is determined to make its fortune & has devised a diabolical stratagem to achieve this goal Invest in an inn so they can rob traveling guests allowing them to get rich without arousing the suspicions of the police! Whether or not their plan will work out one thing is certain Not every guest will leave this inn alive… In The Bloody Inn you are one of the competitive innkeepers bent on amassing the most wealth Unfortunately your morals hinder you from robbing your guests… at least while they&re alive Fortunately your scruples have no qualms with murder Of course you can&t just have dead bodies piled everywhere It&s bad for business & besides what if the police drop by for a visit? It&s all so much work! Perhaps you could employ some of the guests as accomplices? Everyone has a price after all! Players 1-4playing time 60 minutes Suggested ages 12 ...