A GUARDIAN & SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017'A Silence of the Lambs for the internet age' Ian Rankin' Utterly riveting & truly terrifying' Laura Wilson Guardian When a distressed young woman arrives at their station claiming her friend has been abducted & that the man threatened to come back & 'claim her next' Detectives Carrigan & Miller are thrust into a terrifying new world of stalking & obsession Taking them from a Bayswater hostel where backpackers & foreign students share dorms & failing dreams to the emerging threat of online intimidation hacking & control The Intrusions explores disturbing contemporary themes with all the skill & dark psychology that Stav Sherez's work has been so acclaimed for Under scrutiny themselves & with old foes & enmities re-surfacing how long will Carrigan & Miller have to find out the truth behind what these two women have been subjected to? ...

A SUNDAY TIMES & GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017'A Silence of the Lambs for the internet age as a serial killer stalks his prey online entering & controlling their lives Chilling & utterly convincing' Ian Rankin' Exposes a nightmare world of secret surveillance' Joan Smith Sunday Times Detectives Carrigan & Miller are thrust into the terrifying world of stalking & obsession when a drugged & distressed young woman arrives at their station claiming her friend has been abducted Taking them from a backpackers' hostel in west London to the world of online intimidation hacking & control The Intrusionsexplores themes of dark psychology as Carrigan & Miller hunt for the shadowy figure behind a frightening & spiralling campaign of intrusion ...

Do you use food to comfort yourself during stressful times? The Intuitive Eating Workbook offers a comprehensive evidence-based program to help you develop a healthy relationship with food pay attention to cues of hunger & satisfaction & cultivate a profound connection with your mind & body ...

The Invaders is the second book in the Brotherband series from the author of the internationally bestselling Ranger's Apprentice Enter a world of wolfships epic battles & treachery in the cold northern seas Enter the world of Brotherband Hal & the Heron brotherband are on the trail of Zavac & his precious cargo Will they be able to find the pirates when the weather clears? & when they do how can they possibly beat the mighty Raven & its crew of vicious cut-throats & killers? Perfect for fans of JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings TH White's The Sword in the Stone Christopher Paolini's Eragon series & Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Both seasons of the 1960s US cult TV series in which architect David Vincent (Roy Thinnes) discovers something that will change his life forever aliens have landed & they plan to destroy mankind It is up to Roy to try to convince the rest of humanity of the terrible threat it faces which proves to be much easier said than done The episodes comprise & Beachhead& & The Experiment& & The Mutation& & The Leeches& & Genesis& & Vikor& & Nightmare& & Doomsday Minus One& & Quantity Unknown& & The Innocents& & The Ivy Curtain& & The Betrayed& & Storm& & Panic& & Moonshot& & Wall of Crystal& & The Condemned& & Condition Red& & The Saucer& & The Watchers& & Valley of the Shadow& & The Enemy& & The Trial& & The Spores& & Dark Outpost& & Summit Meeting Part 1& & Summit Meeting Part 2& & The Prophet& & Labyrinth& & The Captive& & The Believers& & The Ransom& & Task Force& & The Possessed& & Counter-Attack& & The Pit& & The Organization& & The Peacemaker& & The Vise& & The Miracle& & The Life Seekers& & The Pursued& & & Inquisition& ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The mysterious crash of a space shuttle leads to the terrifying discovery that there is something alien within the wreckage Those who come in contact with it are changing in ominous & inexplicable ways Soon Washington DC psychiatrist Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman) & her colleague Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig) learn the shocking truth about the growing extraterrestrial epidemic it attacks its victims while they sleep leaving them physically unchanged but strangely unfeeling & inhuman As the infection spreads more & more people are altered & it becomes impossible to know who can be trusted Now Carol&s only hope is to stay awake long enough to find her young son who may hold the key to stopping the devastating invasion ...

With each passing day Kelsea Glynn is growing into her new responsibilities as Queen of the Tearling By stopping the shipments of slaves to the neighbouring kingdom of Mortmesne she crossed the Red Queen a brutal ruler whose power derives from dark magic who is sending her fearsome army into the Tearling to take what is hers & nothing can stop the invasion But as the Mort army draws ever closer Kelsea develops a mysterious connection to a time before the Crossing & she finds herself relying on a strange & possibly dangerous ally a woman named Lily fighting for her life in a world where being female can feel like a crime The fate of the Tearling
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- may rest with Lily & her story but Kelsea may not have enough time to find out In this dazzling sequel to her bestselling debut The Queen of the Tearling Erika Johansen brings back favourite characters including the Mace & the Red Queen & introduces unforgettable new players adding exciting layers to her multidimensional tale of magic mystery & a fierce young heroine

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WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD NBCC AWARD FINALIST Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in The Sunday Times Daily Telegraph Guardian Financial Times Spectator & Observer Angela Carter's life was as unconventional as anything in her fiction Through her fearlessly original & inventive books including The Bloody Chamber & Nights at the Circus she became an icon to a generation & one of the most acclaimed English writers of the last hundred years This is her first full & authorised biography Edmund Gordon uncovers Carter's life story
- from a young woman trying to write in a tiny bedsit in Tokyo to one of the most important & daring writers of her day From a life full of adventure sprang work so fantastic dazzling & seductive that it permanently changed & reinvigorated British literature This is the story of how Angela Carter invented herself ' An exemplary piece of work Everyone should read it' Spectator
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Frequently perceived as a characteristic of modern culture the phenomenon of celebrity has much older roots In this book Antoine Lilti shows that the mechanisms of celebrity were developed in Europe during the Enlightenment well before films yellow journalism & television & then flourished during the Romantic period on both sides of the Atlantic Figures from across the arts like Voltaire Garrick & Liszt were all veritable celebrities in their time arousing curiosity & passionate loyalty from their fans The rise of the press new advertising techniques & the marketing of leisure brought a profound transformation in the visibility of celebrities private lives were now very much on public show Nor was politics spared this cultural upheaval Marie-Antoinette George Washington & Napoleon all experienced a political world transformed by the new demands of celebrity & when the people suddenly appeared on the revolutionary scene it was no longer enough to be legitimate; it was crucial to be popular too Lilti retraces the profound social upheaval precipitated by the rise of celebrity & explores the ambivalence felt toward this new phenomenon Both sought after & denounced celebrity evolved as the modern form of personal prestige assuming the role that glory played in the aristocratic world in a new age of democracy & evolving forms of media While uncovering the birth of celebrity in the eighteenth century Lilti's perceptive history at the same time shines light on the continuing importance of this phenomenon in today s world ...

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016 How did a country that liberated itself from seventy years of Soviet rule end up as one of the biggest threats to the West & above all to its own future? Why did the people who rejected Communist ideology come to accept state propaganda? In this bold & important book Arkady Ostrovsky takes the reader on an enthralling journey through Russia's tumultuous post-Soviet transformation & illuminates the key turning points that often took the world by surprise As a foreign correspondent in his own country Ostrovsky has experienced Russia's modern history first-hand & through original research & interviews he reveals the ideological conflicts compromises & temptations that have left Russia on a knife-edge ...