WINNER OF THE 2017 HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVELSequel to the multi-award nominated The Fifth Season The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night Essun has found shelter but not her missing daughter Instead there is Alabaster Tenring destroyer of the world with a request only Essun can grant Praise for this trilogy ' Amazing' Ann Leckie ' Breaks uncharted ground' Library Journal ' Beautiful' Nnedi Okorafor ' Astounding' NPR ' Brilliant' Washington Post ' Heartbreaking wholly unexpected' Brian Staveley ' Awesome' Book Smugglers 'A powerful story of hope & survival' The Root The Broken Earth trilogy begins with The Fifth Season continues in The Obelisk Gate & concludes with The Stone Sky
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Monologues are an essential part of every actor's toolkit Actors need them for drama school entry training showcases & when auditioning for roles in the industry Following on from the bestselling first volume (2008) & second volume (2013) this book showcases selected monologues from some of the finest modern plays by some of today's leading contemporary playwrights The monologues contain a diverse range of quirky & memorable characters that cross cultural & historical boundaries The pieces are organised in age-specific groups ' Teens' ' Twenties' & ' Thirties' This volume comes in a brand new format acting as an actor's workbook as well as monologue resource ...

We are in the midst of an obesity epidemic but despite being inundated with diet advice we are only getting fatter We count calories & exercise regularly yet still the pounds won&t budge Why? In this highly readable & provocative book Dr Jason Fung sets out a groundbreaking new theory that obesity is caused by our hormones rather than a lack of self-control He reveals that overproduction of insulin in the body is the root cause of obesity & obesity-related illnesses including type 2 diabetes & offers robust scientific evidence that reversing insulin resistance is the only way to lose weight in the long term It turns out that when we eat is just as important as what we eat so in addition to his five basic steps
- a set of life-long eating habits that will improve your health & control your insulin levels
- Dr Fung explains how to use intermittent fasting to break the cycle of insulin resistance & reach a healthy weight
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Even though social worker Nina (Jennifer Aniston) has a boyfriend the man she feels closest to is her schoolteacher friend George (Paul Rudd) When George is forced to move in with Nina the relationship between the two becomes even more intense Nina falls pregnant but decides she would prefer to raise her child with George rather than its natural father ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From the acclaimed director of The Blair Witch Project When reconnaissance satellites pick a radioactive heat signature in a remote tribal region of Afghanistan CIA Agent Ben Keynes & his highly trained Special Ops team are sent in to investigate the phenomenon Amid the bedlam of the war torn region the Agency fears that Al Qaida has finally got its hands on a nuclear weapon As the team head into the barren Afghan desert it soon becomes clear that this threat may be coming from something infinitely more powerful & definitely not human How do you fight an enemy that is not of this world? Actors Jonas Ball Matthew R Anderson Jon Huertas Michael C Williams Sam Hunter Jeff Prewett Kenny Taylor Chems-Eddine Zinoune Qzaibar Allal Hammou Abaou Rkia Chkaroll Ibtihal Iataren El Hayrani Lekbir P David Miller & Vanessa Johanss Director Daniel Myrick Daniel Myrick Certificate 15 years & over Year 2008 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 30 minutes (approx) ...

Winner of the 2016 Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize for First Full Collection Shortlisted for the 2017 Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Poetry Award In the informal rituals of the tide remaking its tideline of a painter absorbed in the act of painting or of an old couple greeting the night the English poet Kate Miller sees & charts the creative process at work As its title suggests Miller's striking debut collection explores perception the poet's eye & ear trained on distances that stretch beyond comfort zones This is a book full of movement even quiet reflections on home & family life are rarely still Throughout the collection Miller dwells on the unfixed & restless image & shows herself as subject to it
- to the difficult illusion of physical energy in sculpture to the changeability of skies & the insistent rhythm & presence of the sea
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The Observing Eye is a collection of Muriel Spark's brilliant asides sayings & aphorisms No other writer can hold a candle to her wry puckish observations' Neurotics are awfully quick to notice other people's mentalities'' It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree but smiles'' The sacrifice of pleasure is of course itself a pleasure'' Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time in your life it may occur'' Ridicule is the only honourable weapon we have left' Spark's striking insights are precise & unforgettable
- they will make you laugh & nod in agreement with a wicked smile on your face Her wise words never fail to hit exactly the right note
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Naomi Carson is a survivor As a child her family was torn apart by a shocking crime It could have destroyed her but Naomi has grown up strong with a passion for photography that has taken her all around the world Now at last she has decided to put down roots The beautiful old house on Point Bluff needs work but Naomi has new friends in town who are willing to help including Xander Keaton
- gorgeous infuriating & determined to win her heart But as Naomi plans for the future her past is catching up with her Someone in town knows her terrifying secret
- & won't let her forget it As her new home is rocked by violence Naomi must discover her persecutor's identity before it's too late

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A TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE After a harrowing otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth Massachussetts Special Agent AXL Pendergast is missing presumed dead A SHOCKING RETURN Sick with grief Pendergast's ward Constance retreats to her chambers beneath the family mansion at 891 Riverside Drive
- only to be taken captive by a shadowy figure from the past AN INTERNATIONAL MANHUNT Proctor Pendergast's longtime bodyguard springs to action pursuing Constance's kidnapper through cities across oceans & into wastelands unknown BUT IN THIS WORLD NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS & by the time Proctor discovers the truth a terrifying mechanism has stirred
- & it may already be too late

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The Obsidian Throne is JD Oswald's stunning conclusion to ' The Ballad of Sir Benfro' series
- an epic high fantasy tale
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