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
- & that of Kelsea's own soul
- 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 ...

' One day there is life & then suddenly it happens there is death' So begins Paul Auster's moving & personal meditation on fatherhood The Invention of Solitude The first section ' Portrait of an Invisible Man' reveals Auster's memories & feelings after the death of his father In ' The Book of Memory' the perspective shifts to Auster's role as a father The narrator 'A' contemplates his separation from his son his dying grandfather & the solitary nature of writing & story-telling With all the keen literary intelligence familiar from The New York Trilogy or Sunset Park Paul Auster crafts an intensely intimate work from a ground-breaking combination of introspection meditation & biography ...

" We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark & that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight We shall see these things & other things which no breathing creature has yet seen We shall overleap time space &

Dimensions & without bodily motion peer to the bottom of creation"
- HP Lovecraft From Beyond An essential tome for all the most daring fans of Arkham Horror Eldritch Horror Elder Sign Mansions of Madness & the other Arkham Horror Files games The Investigators of Arkham Horror contains fifty-two short stories with full-color illustrations by more than forty of the industry&s most talented artists Discover the hidden secrets of the investigators who risk everything to save humanity from certain doom! With its lavish art & haunting stories this gorgeous 264-page hardcover art & setting book delves deep into the lives of the investigators from the acclaimed Arkham Horror Files games These men & women explore those parts of our reality that lie outside of what our senses & science can perceive often confronting beings of such unfathomable power that simply beholding them can shatter the mind With The Investigators of Arkham Horror the tales of these heroic men & women gain new focus as they explore 1920s Arkham the far-flung corners of the Earth & the strange worlds of the Cthulhu Mythos


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This is an officially licensed Marvel coin 999 silver plated with colour image on front & back Measuring 44mm diameter & heavily detailed ...

Nell & Freddie have the BEST time camping They eat ALL the marshmallows & play TRICKS on Nell's big brother & his nerdy friends But the BEAST OF BRAMBLE WOODS wants to join in the fun too! EEK! From Caryl Hart & Sarah Warburton the team behind the wildly successful ' The Princess & the' picture book series ' The Invincibles' series is perfect for children who are beginning to read alone ...

In Nell & Freddie's second adventure it's Hamish the hamster to the rescue! Freddie Spoon is having a birthday party for the FIRST TIME EVER Nell can't wait to go until she realises that she's also supposed to be going to super-popular Lucy Perkins's party on the very same afternoon! Disaster! But luckily Nell is looking after Hamish the school hamster & Hamish is a very smart hamster He makes a surprise appearance at Lucy's snooty party & saves the day then they all have LOADS OF CAKE! Hooray! ...

In this first story troublesome twosome Nell & Freddie go on a school trip to a farm where they pet the animals & learn about how they live & Freddie smuggles a piglet out in his backpack He thinks he's saving it from becoming sausages So Nell keeps it in her bedroom gives it a bath & gets it involved in bringing a local crime wave to an end (with the help of her hilariously teenaged big brother Lucas) Then they all go home for tea! ...