Humans are extraordinary creatures with the unique ability among animals to imitate & so copy from one another ideas habits skills behaviours inventions songs & stories These are all memes a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene Memes like genes are replicators & this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes & memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves with all our emotions memories beliefs & decisions Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication ...

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' If I were assured of your eventual destruction I would in the interests of the public cheerfully accept my own' In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes the consulting detective's notoriety as the arch-despoiler of the schemes concocted by the criminal underworld at last gets the better of him Though Holmes & his faithful sidekick Dr Watson solve what will become some of their most bizarre & extraordinary cases
- the disappearance of the race horse Silver Blaze the horrific circumstances of the Greek Interpreter & the curious mystery of the Musgrave Ritual among them
- a criminal mastermind is plotting the downfall of the great detective Half-devil half-genius Professor Moriarty leads Holmes & Watson on a grisly cat-&-mouse chase through London & across Europe culminating in a frightful struggle which will turn the legendary Reichenbach Falls into a water double-grave

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The Bold Grenadier Children of the Stones Against Our Laws Contrary On Our Side The Mason & the Lark By The Truth of My Right Hand Up the Common Starlight A Postcard for Toppy & Lou ...

Fans of All the Bright Places & The Fault in Our Stars will fall head-over-heels for this wonderfully original portrait of love & loss Samantha Mc Coy has it all mapped out First she's going to win the national debating championship then she's going to move to New York & become a human rights lawyer But when Sam discovers that a rare disease is going to take away her memory the future she'd planned so perfectly is derailed before its started Realising that her life won't wait to be lived Sam sets out on a summer of firsts The first party The first rebellion The first friendship The last love ...

Unleash the hidden power of your mind through Harry Lorayne & Jerry Lucas's simple fail-safe memory system & you can become more effective more imaginative & more powerful at work at school in sports & play Discover how easy it is to file names passwords data figures & appointments right in your head; learn foreign words & phrases with ease; read with speed
- & greater understanding; shine in the classroom
- & shorten study hours; dominate social situations & more

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YOU ARE GOING TO DIE YOU CAN PRESERVE A HANDFUL OF SPECIAL MEMORIES FOR EVER WHICH ONES WOULD YOU CHOOSE? True death is a thing of the past Now you can spend the rest of eternity re-living your happiest memories that first kiss falling in love the birth of your children enjoyed on loop for ever & ever Isobel is a Heaven Architect & she helps dying people create afterlives from these memories So when she falls for Jarek one of her terminal
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- clients she knows that while she cannot save him she can create the most beautiful of heavens just for him But when Jarek's wife is found dead Isobel uncovers a darker side of the world she works within & she can trust no one with what she finds The Memory Chamber is a thrilling & original story which vaults the reader into a world that is terrifyingly close to our own where we can avoid everything we fear
- even death itself But can we ever escape the truth? Perfect for fans of Black Mirror 'A sensational thriller not to be missed' Fiona Cummins author of Rattle' Strikingly original & impossible to put down' John Marrs author of The One


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An afterlife of your own design what could go wrong? The dark & gripping thriller from an exciting new voice in speculative fiction 400 pages Cave Holly ...

YOU ARE GOING TO DIE YOU CAN PRESERVE A HANDFUL OF SPECIAL MEMORIES FOR EVER WHICH ONES WOULD YOU CHOOSE? True death is a thing of the past Now you can spend the rest of eternity re-living your happiest memories that first kiss falling in love the birth of your children enjoyed on loop for ever & ever Isobel is a Heaven Architect & she helps dying people create these afterlives So when she falls for Jarek one of her terminal
- & married
- clients she knows that while she cannot save him she can create the most beautiful of heavens just for him But when Jarek's wife is found dead Isobel uncovers a darker side of the world she works within & she can trust no one with what she finds The Memory Chamber is a thrilling & original story which vaults the reader into a world that is terrifyingly close to our own where we can avoid everything we fear
- even death itself But can we ever escape the truth?


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New York Times bestselling author Linda Goodnight welcomes you to Honey Ridge Tennessee & a house that's rich with secrets & brimming with sweet possibilities Memories of motherhood & marriage are fresh for Julia Presley-though tragedy took away both years ago Finding comfort in the routine of running the Peach Orchard Inn she lets the historic mysterious place fill the voids of love & family No more pleasure of a man's gentle kiss No more joy in hearing a child call her Mommy Life is calm unchanginguntil a stranger with a young boy & soul-deep secrets shows up in her Tennessee town & disrupts the loneliness of her world Julia suspects there's more to Eli Donovan's past than his motherless son Alex There's a reason he's chasing redemption & bent on earning it with a new beginning in Honey Ridge Offering the guarded man work renovating the inn she glimpses someone who-like her-has a heart in need of restoration But with the chance discovery of a dusty stack of love letters buried within the lining of an old trunk the long-dead ghosts of a Civil War romance envelop Julia & Eli connecting them to the inn's violent history & challenging them both to risk facing yesterday's darkness for a future bright with hope & healing ...