In 1787 the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III the British Government sent a fleet to colonize Australia An epic description of the brutal transportation of men women & children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag & was the origin of Australia The Fatal Shore is the prize-winning scholarly brilliantly entertaining narrative that has given its true history to Australia ...

London the 1720s Welcome to ' Romeville' the underworld of that great city The financial crash caused by the South Sea Bubble sees the rise of Jonathan Wild self-styled ' Thief-taker General' who purports to keep the peace while brutally controlling organised crime Only two people truly defy him Jack Sheppard apprentice turned house-breaker & his lover the notorious whore & pickpocket Edgworth Bess From the condemned cell at Newgate Bess gives her account of how she & Jack formed the most famous criminal partnership of their age a tale of lost innocence & harsh survival passion & danger bold exploits & spectacular gaol-breaks
- & of the price they paid for rousing the mob of Romeville against its corrupt master Bess dictates her narrative to Billy Archer a Grub Street hack & aspiring poet who has rubbed shoulders with Defoe & Swift But he also inhabits that other underworld of 'molly-houses' & 'unnameable sin' & has his own story of subterfuge treachery & doomed romance to deliver As the gallows casts its grim shadow who will live to escape the Fatal Tree? By the acclaimed author of THE LONG FIRM this is a tour de force; inventive atmospheric & rich in the street slang of the era Drawing on real figures & a true history of crime punishment & rough justice it tells a heartbreaking story of love & betrayal
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Tracklist Right Here Right Now Block Rockin& Beats Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim Old Skool Mix)19 2000 (Soulchild Remix)I See You Baby (Fatboy Slim Radio Edit) Lazy (Fatboy Slim Remix) Nyc Beat We Are Your Friends Kelly Watch The Stars (Moog Cookbook Remix)1999 Trippin On Sunshine Body Movin& (Fatboy Slim Remix) Because Of You Magic Carpet Ride A Deeper Love (A Deeper Love Mix) Waterfall (Original Netherlands Mix 7" Radio Edit Eat Sleep Rave Repeat (Calvin Harris Edit) Bonus Track Uptown Funk ...

Track Listings Disc 11 Right Here Right Now
- Fatboy Slim 2 Block Rockin& Beats
- The Chemical Brothers 3 Where&s Your Head

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1793 As the Terror begins to cast a great shadow over France Thomas Pryce the new Vicar of Deal crosses the Channel to find the parents of his beautiful French wife Facing grave dangers he makes his way to Brittany where he not only discovers the fate of his in-laws but also uncovers a plot which threatens to topple the British monarchy Fighting against a sinister secret society in a race against time Pryce battles to thwart the plans of a Parisian spymaster & his agents in London The Fate of Kings is the first in a series of gripping spy thrillers that will engross readers of CJ Sansom Dan Brown as well as the many avid watchers of Poldark & Grantchester In the first years of the British Secret Service Thomas Pryce truly is the original James Bond ...

Kelsea Glynn returns as this unforgettable trilogy full of magic & adventure is drawn to a thrilling close Since ascending to the throne Kelsea Glynn has grown into a powerful monarch & a visionary leader But in her quest to end corruption & restore justice within the Tearling she has made many enemies Chief amongst them is the evil & feared Red Queen who now holds Kelsea
- & her magical sapphires
- captive in her castle in Mortmesne a deal brokered to protect the Tearling from a Mort invasion But the Tearling needs its Queen & the Mace head of Kelsea's personal guards will not rest until he & his men rescue their sovereign from her prison Now it is time for the fate of Queen Kelsea
- & the Tearling itself
- to be revealed



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When faced with global instability & economic uncertainty it is tempting for states to react by closing borders hoarding wealth & solidifying power We have seen it at various times in Japan France & Italy & now it is infecting all of Europe & America as the vote for Brexit in the UK has vividly shown This insularity together with increased inequality of income & wealth threatens the future role of the West as a font of stability prosperity & security Part of the problem is that the principles of liberal democracy upon which the success of the West has been built have been suborned with special interest groups such as bankers accruing too much power & too great a share of the economic cake So how is this threat to be countered? States such as Sweden in the 1990s California at different times or Britain under Thatcher all halted stagnation by clearing away the powers of interest groups & restoring their societies' ability to evolve To survive the West needs to be porous open & flexible From reinventing welfare systems to redefining the working age from reimagining education to embracing automation Emmott lays out the changes the West must make to revive itself in the moment & avoid a deathly rigid future ...

'A powerful real-life story' Guardian An epic crime thriller for fans of Jo Nesbo The Father is inspired by the extraordinary true story of three brothers who became Sweden's most successful criminals
- written by their real brother None had committed a crime before All were under 24 years old All of them would be changed forever In this intoxicating heartbreaking thriller the real-life fourth brother who was not involved in the real robberies tells of three boys who grew from innocent children to become public enemy number one
- & of the man who made them that way' Unique & stunning One of the most powerful novels you'll read this year' Stephen Booth' The emotional centre of the story is truly compelling the sweep & scope are epic' Herald' Superior builds to a breathless climax' Sun'A deep clean cut into the body of fathers sons loyalty & family' Sainsburys Magazine' Will delight fans of Nordic Noir' Crime Fiction Lover' Mind boggling & captivating' The Crime Warp' An incredible story' Crime Time' Incredibly efficient & easy to read gripping & thrilling' Helsingborgs Dagblad Sweden' An unbelievably exciting & authentic story One of the year's best crime stories'OEstran Sweden' An insider story that beats any action film' Aftonbladet Sweden'A remarkable blend of fact & fiction' Skanska Dagbladet Sweden' Many of the scenes stick with you' Expressen Sweden'A powerful & riveting reading experience' Deckarbloggen Sweden' One of the summer's best thrillers' Cafe Sweden' The action in The Father is captivating It holds us in suspense from the first page to the last' Litteratur Magazinet Sweden'I have a soft spot not only for suspense novels but also for coming-of-age stories; here I get both!' Bokbabbel Sweden' The craftsmanship in this novel is first-class It is both exciting & dramatic in an almost cinematic way' Gefle Dagblad Sweden' It is hard to put The Father down for more than the briefest moment It is an empathetic story that vividly portrays perpetrators victims & police' Upsala Nya Tidning Sweden' It is captivating to read about the inner workings of a gang of robbers' Boras Tidning Sweden'A very clever suspense novel a classic story of crime & punishment that is simultaneously a gripping family drama with a genuinely painful element'BTJ Sweden' The Father is more than a traditional suspense novel It is also a story of exclusion a fractured family an unfamiliar Sweden & a kind of honour culture This is why it is so totally relevant to us' Mariestads-Tidningen Sweden' The Father isn't just exciting
- it also gives a sincere picture of a home that is a far cry from that of your average Joe'OElandsbladet Sweden'A thrilling novel that becomes something much more than a book you can't put down' Tara Sweden'A flawlessly constructed thriller' Femina Sweden' The Father is thoroughly exciting from the first line to the last Seductively well-written' Kristianstadsbladet Sweden'A gripping coming-of-age story flush with exciting scenes & the psychological battle between father & son' Falu-Kuriren Sweden' The Father is a novel where we know already from the beginning how it will all end but the way there is worth our while' Aftonbladet Sweden'A book that seems infallible bring on the cartloads of stars the stellar reviews & the millions of readers'de Volkskrant Netherlands' The Father is a book that will elicit a lot of response a must-read for every crime lover Actually a must for anyone who likes to read' Hebban The Netherlands' An incredible crime novel' Brabants Dagblad Netherlands' The meticulous preparation & execution of the robberies are depicted stunningly' NRC Handelsblad Netherlands' It is amazing how much tension the authors create while merely describing the preparations for the robberies Even more exciting are the robberies themselves'VN Thriller & Detective Guide Netherlands' Never before have I read a book that so successfully explains how people can end up as criminals' Het Nieuwsblad Netherlands' The Father provides an intriguing insight in the criminal life' De Telegraaf Netherlands' The Father is a technically wonderful novel crafted with breathtaking cleverness' Corriere della Sera Italy' Totally crazy totally reckless & totally brilliant a well-researched fictional reality of a book the best crime thriller of the year so far' Nordjyske Stiftstidende Denmark' The structure is strictly cinematic well-formed scenes with sharp dialogue & seamless progress making reading a pleasure Once you've started reading it's hard to put the book down' Politiken Denmark' It's extremely well written thrilling gripping gruesome cheerful anguished heartwarming & ice cold
- spectacular in all ways The Father is a world-class piece of fiction' Fredericia Dagblad Denmark' An action-packed page turner
- not for the faint of heart' Elle Germany




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Your Father is calling to you… Joseph Seed is not only a priest but also the charismatic leader of the Project at Eden&s Gate Discover a new Ubicollectibles figurine showing the Father rousing his believers to defend their holy project CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONFrom a backwater town in Georgia through foster homes Joseph toughened up & grew into a charismatic & visionary leader Joseph founded & started leading the Project at Eden’s Gate after hearing voices telling him the world would soon come to an end & that he had been chosen to save the souls of 3000 selected people Finely-detailed figurine enhanced by fine texturing Dynamic pose of Joseph calling to his believers Removable gun & sceptre on the base Material PVCHeight 32 cm ...

THE FATHER THING contains the stories written in 1956 just before the publication of Dick's first novel SOLAR LOTTERYThe stories are a mix of the previously uncollected & some of his most famous pieces such as Foster You're Dead a powerful extrapolation of nuclear war hysteria & The Golden Man a very different story about a super-evolved mutant human ...