WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE BORD GAIS IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE AWARD 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD The vibrant energy of 1990s London A year of passion & discovery The anxiety & intensity of new love An eighteen-year-old Irish girl arrives in London to study drama & falls violently in love with an older actor While she is naive & thrilled by life in the big city he is haunted by demons & the clamorous relationship that ensues risks undoing them both At once epic & exquisitely intimate The Lesser Bohemians is a celebration of the dark & the light in love ...

The 1 EBook Bestseller Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes in our darkest hour hope shines a candle to light our way Discover THE LETTER by Kathryn Hughes the Number One bestseller that has captured thousands of hearts worldwide 'A wonderful uplifting story' Lesley Pearse And if you love THE LETTER you will adore Kathryn's second novel THE SECRET Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit she comes across an old letter the envelope firmly sealed & unfranked Tina opens the letter & reads it
- a decision that will alter the course of her life for ever Billy Stirling knows he has been a fool but hopes he can put things right On 4th September 1939 he sits down to write the letter he hopes will change his future It does
- in more ways than he can ever imagine The Letter tells the story of two women born decades apart whose paths are destined to cross & how one woman's devastation leads to the other's salvation

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A gorgeous winter edition of the bestselling classic fantasy novel acclaimed as a Times Sunday Times & Metro Book of the Year When Tiuri answers a desperate call for help he finds himself on a perilous mission that could cost him his life He must deliver a secret letter to the King who lives across the great Mountains
- a letter upon which the future of the entire realm depends It means abandoning his home breaking all the rules & leaving everything behind
- even the knighthood he has dreamed of for so long The fate of a kingdom depends on just one person He must trust no one He must keep his true identity secret Above all he must never reveal what is in the letter

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This fourth & final volume which completes the Cambridge edition of The Letters of Samuel Beckett covers the final twenty-four years of what was as Beckett saw it a surprisingly long life During these years he produced many of his finest & most concentrated works for theatre plays that included Not I Ohio Impromptu & Catastrophe; for television he wrote Eh Joe & Ghost Trio; while in prose he produced the late 'trilogy' that comprises Company Ill Seen Ill Said & Worstward Ho In 1969 Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature & the letters from this period show him struggling to cope with the pressures created by his ever-growing international fame The letters reveal how later he turned his mind to his legacy as seen through his interactions with biographers & archivists This volume also provides chronologies explanatory notes translations & profiles of Beckett's chief correspondents ...

A new selection of post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gough&s letters The Letters of Vincent van Gogh put a human face on one of the most haunting figures in modern Western culture In this Penguin Classics edition the letters are selected & edited by Ronald de Leeuw & translated by Arnold Pomerans in Penguin Classics Few artists& letters are as self-revelatory as Vincent van Gogh&s & this selection spanning his artistic career sheds light on every facet of the life & work of this complex & tortured man Engaging candidly & movingly with his religious struggles his ill-fated search for love his attacks of mental illness & his relation with his brother Theo the letters contradict the popular myth of van Gogh as an anti-social madman & a martyr to art showing instead a man of great emotional & spiritual depths Above all they stand as an intense personal narrative of artistic development & a unique account of the process of creation The letters are linked by explanatory biographical passages revealing van Gogh&s inner journey as well as the outer facts of his life This edition also

Includes:: the drawings that originally illustrated the letters Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) was born in Holland In 1885 he painted his first masterpiece The Potato Eaters a haunting scene of domestic poverty A year later he began studying in Paris where he met Gauguin Toulouse-Lautrec & Seurat who became very important influences on his work In 1888 he left Paris for the Provencal landscape at Arles the subject of many of his best works including Sunflowers If you enjoyed The Letters of Vincent van Gogh you might also like 100 Artists Manifestos available in Penguin Modern Classics& If there was ever any doubt that Van Gogh&s letters belong beside those great classics of artistic self-revelation Cellini&s autobiography & Delacroix&s journal this excellent new edition dispels it& The Times

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Chess fans saw a red queen brought to life in Harry Potter & the Philosopher&s Stone She came from what is perhaps the world&s most mysterious & imaginatively-crafted chess set -- 73 carved pieces probably dating to the 1200&s The famous Chess men (and women) comprise the world&s oldest complete chess set (or parts of several sets) The treasure trove was discovered 15 feet deep in the sand in Lewis in Scotland&s northern Outer Hebrides in the late 19th century Scandinavian outposts were known to be there as early as the 1200&s when the pieces were probably crafted That chess was played in the Middle Ages with such extraordinary works of art tantalizes the imagination Who were these people whose likenesses have been so whimsically & realistically depicted that they come alive for us today? Who played the game? These kings & queens bishops with miters on their heads knights mounted on rather small horses & holding spears & shields rooks with shields & a wild expression & pawns in the shape of obelisks -- all so very human Some of the pieces contain red stains suggesting perhaps that the sets had some colorings unlike modern black & white pieces " This is the first forensic account of modern research into the Chessmen" according to Ancientchesscom The "unmasked" in the book&s title refers to new controversies about their origin & about who might have owned
- & lost
- them
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LOVED THE BLACKHOUSE? THE TRILOGY CONTINUES WITH THE LEWIS MAN AS FIN MACLEOD RETURNS IN AN INGENIOUS CRIME THRILLER ABOUT MEMORY & MURDERA MAN WITH NO NAMEAn unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer A MAN WITH NO MEMORYBut this islander Tormod Macdonald
- now an elderly man suffering from dementia
- has always claimed to be an only child A MAN WITH NO CHOICEWhen Tormod's family approach Fin Macleod for help Fin feels duty-bound to solve the mystery

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Finding himself suspended from work the Li&l Depressed Boy spends the week getting closer to his girlfriend Spike However several stressors appear threatening to ruin this unplanned vacation Collects The Li&l Depressed Boy Supposed To Be There Too 1-5 ...

A MISSING GIRL A DESPERATE FATHERA CASE WHICH WILL TEAR THEM APART' Plotting that takes the breath away' Ian Rankin'A fantastic thriller writer' Mark Billingham WHO IS DEADLIER Leonard Howell's worst nightmare has come true his daughter Caroline has been kidnapped He can't rely on the cops so Howell calls the only man he trusts to get her back THE MAN WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH Eddie Flynn knows what it's like to lose a daughter & vows to bring Caroline home safe Once a con artist now a hotshot criminal attorney Flynn is no stranger to the shady New York underworld OR THE ONE WHO BELIEVES A LIE? However as he steps back into his old life Flynn realizes that the rules of the game have changed
- & that he is being played But who is pulling the strings? & is anyone in this twisted case telling the truth? An ingenious plot gripping action & characters who leap off the page discover why readers love Steve Cavanagh' Cavanagh stands head & shoulders above the competition with his skilfully plotted action-packed & big-hearted Eddie Flynn novels highly intelligent twist-laden & absolutely unputdownable' Eva Dolan author of the critically acclaimed Tell No Tales' What a thriller! Breathlessly brilliant & fiendishly clever' Miranda Dickinson'A cleverly constructed legal thriller combined with a classic locked-room mystery Eddie Flynn is fast becoming one of my favourite fictional heroes & Cavanagh one of my favourite thriller writers' SJI Holliday author of Black Wood' Raymond Chandler could have created Eddie Flynn THE PLEA is Phillip Marlowe & Michael Connolly's Mickey Haller combined with a bit of Jim Thompson's THE GRIFTERS thrown in A superb read with a main character destined to be one of the most talked about in crime fiction' Howard Linskey author of The Search If you like John Grisham Lee Child & Michael Connelly you will LOVE the gripping & twisty Eddie Flynn series 1 The Defence 2 The Plea 3 The Liar Each Eddie Flynn thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order
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River's life is blown apart when his mum invites her new boyfriend into their home & their lives River is instantly suspicious of Jason
- he seems fake too good to be true At school River's routine fibs are escalating into something more serious & his teacher gives him a notebook in the hope he can channel his fantasies into creative writing instead & so River begins The Liar's Handbook & an investigation into Jason But what he uncovers is a terrible deception involving his biological father the police force & his mum's environmental campaign groupbut will anyone take his findings seriously? Particularly suitable for struggling reluctant & dyslexic readers aged 12
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