MEMORIES CAN BE DEADLYA brutal murder It's been thirty years since Professor Weider was found dead in his stately home With little evidence to convict a suspect the case has never been solved A buried mystery Now a partial manuscript has been discovered that reveals three people were at the house that night All three clearly remember what happened But someone is lying Already translated into 37 languages The Book of Mirrors is the perfect novel for fans of psychological suspense & reading group fiction Praise for The Book of Mirrors' Intelligent & sophisticated
- a crime story told the way Picasso painted pictures Highly recommended' Lee Child 'I loved this twisty mind game! The Book Of Mirrors starts with a secret manuscript about a cold-case murder & then uses a host of characters & perspectives to make you look in every direction but at the truth Who is lying? Is anyone's recall perfect? This isn't just a very clever thriller---it leaves us wondering how much we subconsciously manipulate our own memories to protect ourselves' Julia Heaberlin (bestselling author of Black Eyed Susans) 'A literary thriller
- complex gripping & a beautiful read' Jenni Murray ' An elegant gripping multi-layered tale about the illusory nature of truth & memory I loved it' Tammy Cohen' The Book of Mirrors is exactly what I look for in a thriller a great concept brilliantly executed smarter than it seems & knotty enough to keep you guessing Like the best stories about memory it leaves the reader wondering what's true & what isn't'
- James Smythe This Romanian author's debut novel in English is an agile & provocative exploration the tricks memory can play'
- Sunday Times' An impressive first novel intelligent & well written'
- The Times This twisty brilliantly written tale of a grisly unsolved murder at Princeton asks if we can truly trust our own memories This nuanced multi-layered book has a cracking plot to boot & will be devoured by thriller fans
- Sunslippery murder mystery'
- Irish Independent' Intricately plotted Faulty memories outright lies & secrets make it hard to know whom to believe The action builds to a crafty & believable resolution' Publisher's Weekly' Chirovici draws his characters well & tantalizes the reader with judiciously timed revelations A smart sophisticated murder puzzle sure to please the more literary-minded aficionados of the form' Kirkus






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MEMORIES CAN BE DEADLYA brutal murder It's been thirty years since Professor Weider was found dead in his stately home With little evidence to convict a suspect the case has never been solved A buried mystery Now a partial manuscript has been discovered that reveals three people were at the house that night All three clearly remember what happened But someone is lying Already translated into 37 languages The Book of Mirrors is the perfect novel for fans of psychological suspense & reading group fiction Praise for The Book of Mirrors' Intelligent & sophisticated
- a crime story told the way Picasso painted pictures Highly recommended' Lee Child 'I loved this twisty mind game! The Book Of Mirrors starts with a secret manuscript about a cold-case murder & then uses a host of characters & perspectives to make you look in every direction but at the truth Who is lying? Is anyone's recall perfect? This isn't just a very clever thriller---it leaves us wondering how much we subconsciously manipulate our own memories to protect ourselves' Julia Heaberlin (bestselling author of Black Eyed Susans) 'A literary thriller
- complex gripping & a beautiful read' Jenni Murray ' An elegant gripping multi-layered tale about the illusory nature of truth & memory I loved it' Tammy Cohen' The Book of Mirrors is exactly what I look for in a thriller a great concept brilliantly executed smarter than it seems & knotty enough to keep you guessing Like the best stories about memory it leaves the reader wondering what's true & what isn't'
- James Smythe This Romanian author's debut novel in English is an agile & provocative exploration the tricks memory can play'
- Sunday Times' An impressive first novel intelligent & well written'
- The Times This twisty brilliantly written tale of a grisly unsolved murder at Princeton asks if we can truly trust our own memories This nuanced multi-layered book has a cracking plot to boot & will be devoured by thriller fans
- Sun' Magical in its storytelling the novel lingers in the memory long after an immensely satisfying denouement'
- Daily Mailslippery murder mystery'
- Irish Independent' Intricately plotted Faulty memories outright lies & secrets make it hard to know whom to believe The action builds to a crafty & believable resolution' Publisher's Weekly Beautifully written with a very clever structure' Fully Booked ' Chirovici draws his characters well & tantalizes the reader with judiciously timed revelations A smart sophisticated murder puzzle sure to please the more literary-minded aficionados of the form' Kirkus' This is a meta-novel which possesses ripping momentum & brims with ambiguity A high-grade mystery that's ripe for investigation'
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The best musical of this century Heaven on Broadway The Book of Mormon achieves something like a miracle -Ben Brantley New York Times A crowning achievement A huge smash success So good it makes me angry-Jon Stewart The Daily Show The biggest Broadway hit in decades-the brilliant brainchild of South Park creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone & Avenue Q co-creator Robert Lopez-The Book of Mormon is delighting theatergoers nightly with its outrageous irreverent humor & surprising heart Cleverly designed in the same fun spirit as the show this official full-color illustrated coffee table book takes readers behind the scenes with stories from the cast creators & crew Included are the complete book & lyrics to the smash hit Broadway musical extensively annotated plus an original introduction by theater critic & author author Steven Suskin about the creation of the show that Rolling Stone declares is on its march into legend ...

The only official companion book to the Tony Award winner for Best Musical from the creators of South Park & the co-creator of Avenue Q Features the complete script & song lyrics with 4-color spot illustrations throughout an original introduction by the creators & a foreword by Mark Harris The Book of Mormon which follows a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that's about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get features book music & lyrics by Trey Parker Robert Lopez & Matt Stone Parker & Stone are the four-time Emmy Award-winning creators of Comedy Central's landmark animated series South Park Tony Award-winner Lopez is co-creator of the long-running hit musical comedy Avenue Q The Book of Mormon is choreographed by three-time Tony Award-nominee Casey Nicholaw (Monty Python's Spamalot The Drowsy Chaperone) & is directed by Nicholaw & Parker The book

Includes:: an original foreword by journalist Mark Harris (author of Pictures at a Revolution) an original introduction by the authors on the genesis of the show a production history the complete book & lyrics with four-color spot illustrations throughout

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With over 140 million copies in print & serving as the principal proselytizing tool of one of the world's fastest growing faiths the Book of Mormon is undoubtedly one of the most influential religious texts produced in the western world Written by Terryl Givens a leading authority on Mormonism this compact volume offers the only concise accessible introduction to this extraordinary work Givens examines the Book of Mormon first & foremost in terms of the claims that its narrators make for its historical genesis its purpose as a sacred text & its meaning for an audience which shifts over the course of the history it unfolds The author traces five governing themes in particular-revelation Christ Zion scripture & covenant-and analyzes the Book's central doctrines & teachings Some of these resonate with familiar nineteenth-century religious preoccupations; others consist of radical & unexpected takes on topics from the fall of Man to Christ's mortal ministries & the meaning of atonement Givens also provides samples of a cast of characters that number in the hundreds & analyzes representative passages from a work that encompasses tragedy poetry sermons visions family histories & military chronicles Finally this introduction surveys the contested origins & production of a work held by millions to be scripture & reviews the scholarly debates that address questions of the record's historicity Here then is an accessible guide to what is by any measure an indispensable key to understanding Mormonism But it is also an introduction to a compelling & complex text that is too often overshadowed by the controversies that surround it ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

By the Man Booker-winning author Marlon James this is the powerful story of Lilith born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century Even at her birth the Night Women
- a clandestine council of fierce slaves plotting an isl&-wide revolt
- recognize a dark force in her that they treat with both reverence & fear But as Lilith comes of age & begins to understand her own feelings & identity she dares to push at the edges of what is imaginable for the life of a slave woman & as rebellions simmer & unspoken jealousies intensify Lilith's powers & sense of purpose threaten not just her own destiny but the destinies of all the slave women in Jamaica

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the great feature of the book is that anyone can read it without excessive head scratching You'll find plenty here to keep you occupied amused & informed Buy dip in wallow -IAN STEWART NEW SCIENTIST"a delightful look at numbers & their roles in everything from language to flowers to the imagination" -SCIENCE NEWS"a fun & fascinating tour of numerical topics & concepts It will have readers contemplating ideas they might never have thought were understandable or even possible" -WISCONSIN BOOKWATCH" This popularization of number theory looks like another classic" -LIBRARY JOURNAL ...

Winner of the Garden Media Guild Awards Reference Book of the Year 2016 the Guild of Food Writers Food Book of the year 2016 & the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2016 for Outstanding Achievement Accompanied by a beautiful & comprehensive website of the same name this wonderfully unique book is an indispensable & one-of-a-kind guide It tells the story of the pear from its delightful taste & wonderful appearance to breeding & cultivation following the fruit's journey through history & around the world Beautifully illustrated with 40 botanical watercolour paintings by Elisabeth Dowle The Book of Pears is the most up-to-date & comprehensive guide to the pear Moving through continents & cultures Joan Morgan celebrates the pear's long history as both a fresh & cooking fruit Revealing the secrets of the pear as a status symbol some of the most celebrated fruit growers in history & how the pear came to be so important as an international commodity The pear directory which makes up the second half of the book covers the world's ancient & modern varieties each with full tasting notes & historical geographical & horticultural detail A fully illustrated version of this directory is shown on the author's website wwwthebookofpearsfruitforumnet ...

Indigo bookseller & CP-loving submissive is obsessed with an antiquarian work of sadomasochism which eluded her father all his life Caned roped & shamed through the fleshpots of Europe she will suffer any indignity to prevent Dervil Badon & his transsexual slave Natasha from getting their hands on her prize But Dervil has no intention of allowing a mere submissive to own the legendary Book of Punishment ...

Now fully revised & updated The Book of Saints is a comprehensive biographical dictionary of saints canonised by the Roman Catholic Church It contains the names of over 10000 saints including all modern ones with significant information about their lives & achievements Each section begins with an illustration of a particular saint & the volume

Includes:: a list of national martyrs a bibliography & a helpful glossary Produced by the Benedictine monks of St Augustine's Abbey Chilworth (formerly Ramsgate) this classic resource is now in its 8th edition & is fully revised to include all the saints canonised in the last ten years including Pope St John Paul II & Blessed Paul VI

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