The Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall is where the land ends In The Swordfish & the Star Gavin Knight takes us into this huddle of grey roofs at the edge of the sea at the beginning of the twenty-first century He catches the stories of a whole community but especially those still working this last frontier the Cornish fishermen These are the dreamers & fighters who every day prepare for battle with the vast grey Atlantic Cornwall & its seas are brought to life mixing drinking & drugs & sea spray moonlit beaches & shattering storms myth & urban myth The result is an arresting tapestry of a place we thought we knew; the precarious reality of life in Cornwall today emerges from behind our idyllic holiday snaps & picture postcards Even the quaint fishermen's pubs on the quay at Newlyn including the Swordfish & its neighbour the Star turn out to be places where squalls can blow up & down again in an instant Based on immersive research & rich with the voices of a cast of remarkable characters this is an eye-opening dramatic poignant account of life on Britain's most dangerous stretch of coast Praise for Hood Rat 'A gripping novelistic immersion' Louis Theroux'A must-read' Owen Jones' Britain's Gomorrah' Independent ...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL 2016WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION 2016'A fierce novel written in a refreshingly high style & charged with intelligent rage' Financial Times It is April 1975 & Saigon is in chaos At his villa a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey & with the help of his trusted captain drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country The general & his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles unaware that one among their number the captain is secretly observing & reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong The Sympathizer is the story of this captain a man brought up by an absent French father & a poor Vietnamese mother a man who went to university in America but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause A gripping spy novel an astute exploration of extreme politics & a moving love story The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds & examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature film & the wars we fight today'A bold artful & globally minded reimagining of the Vietnam war The Sympathizer is an excellent literary novel & one that ends with unsettling present-day resonance in a refugee boat where opposing ideas about intentions actions & their consequences take stark & resilient human form' the Guardian' Beautifully written & meaty' Claire Messud'A remarkable debut novel In its final chapters The Sympathizer becomes an absurdist tour de force that might have been written by a Kafka or Genet' New York Times' This debut is a page-turner (read everybody will finish) that makes you reconsider the Vietnam War Nguyen's darkly comic novel offers a point of view about American culture that we've rarely seen' Oprahcom (Oprah's Book Club Suggestions) ...

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The new thrilling sci-fi novel from the author of New Pompeii & Empire of Time 432 pages Godfrey Daniel ...

As dawn breaks Mount Kahlualualuau is spewing its fiery lava down onto Meepleville The natives are frantically trying to escape the rivers of lava & remain on safe ground Whoever&s tribe survives the eruption with the most meeples shall be the winner! The Table Is Lava presents players with a simple challenge Toss cards onto the table to save your meeples while trying to knock other players& pieces into the lava at the same time Have the most survivors & you win! Contents 40 cards (10 of each color)60 meeples Ages 10 Players 2-4 Game Length 20 minutes ...

The girl next door has a secret This is the first adventure in the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling series packed with magic & friendship now in a new edition with a gorgeous cover look 240 pages Kessler Liz ...

The Tailor of Gloucester was first published in 1903 & tells the story of a poor tailor trying to survive in his freezing workshop over a hard winter He has a terribly important commission to complete for the Mayor of Gloucester's wedding on Christmas Day but is ill & tired & before long is running out of food & thread as well as time! How will he possibly complete the beautiful coat & embroidered waistcoat? Luckily there lives in the dresser some very kind & very resourceful mice who set about helping the poor tailor with his work Not only are they exceedingly helpful but they are also luckily far far too clever for the tailor's sly cat Simpkin The Tailor of Gloucester is number three in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books the titles of which are as follows 1 The Tale of Peter Rabbit 2 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin 3 The Tailor of Gloucester 4 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny 5 The Tale of Two Bad Mice 6 The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle 7 The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher 8 The Tale of Tom Kitten 9 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck 10 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies 11 The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse 12 The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes 13 The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse 14 The Tale of Mr Tod 15 The Tale of Pigling Bland 16 The Tale of Samuel Whiskers 17 The Tale of The Pie & the Patty-Pan 18 The Tale of Ginger & Pickles 19 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson 20 The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit 21 The Story of Miss Moppet 22 Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes 23 Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes ...

'A work of rare brilliance' The Times Charmer fabulist & tailor to Panama's rich & powerful Harry Pendel loves to tell stories But when the British spy Andrew Osnard
- a man of large appetites for women information & above all money
- walks into his shop Harry's fantastical inventions take on a life of their own Soon he finds himself out of his depth in an international game he can never hope to win Le Carre's savage satire on the espionage trade is set in a corrupt universe without heroes or honour where the innocent are collateral damage & treachery plays out as tragic farce 'A tour de force in which almost every convention of the classic spy novel is violated' The New York Times Book Review

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Multi award-winning interior designer Greg Natale is renowned for doing things differently
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The Tain Bo Cuailnge centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales is Ireland's greatest epic It tells the story of a great cattle-raid the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb & Ailill queen & king of Connacht & their allies seeking to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cuailnge The hero of the tale is Cuchulainn the Hound of Ulster who resists the invaders single-handed while Ulster's warriors lie sick Thomas Kinsella presents a complete & living version of the story His translation is based on the partial texts in two medieval manuscripts with elements from other versions & adds a group of related stories which prepare for the action of the Tain Illustrated with brush drawings by Louis le Brocquy this edition provides a combination of medieval epic & modern art ...