Amelie, a well-intentioned & eager young westerner, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfilment of a dream for Amelie, but working there turns into a comic nightmare of terror & self-abasement. Disturbing, hilarious & totally convincing Fear & Trembling displays an elegant & shrewd understanding of the intricate ways Japanese relationships are made & spoiled. ...

The silent, snow-covered streets of Oslo are a perfect scene of Christmas tranquillity. But over the tolling of bells for the last Sunday of Advent, a black note sounds. A boy`s body washes up near the shoreline of the city`s Aker Bridge. His corpse is bloated by the water, almost unrecognisable. Nobody has even bothered to report him missing. One week later, the bishop of Bergen is found stabbed to death on a deserted street. Eva Karin Lysgaard is a popular public figure, a sixty-two year-old grandmother: why was she on a lone errand in the deserted city, on the night before Christmas? Johanne Vik, criminal researcher & police profiler, is called in to untangle the motivation behind the bishop`s murder. But with her husband at the head of this increasingly high-profile investigation, Vik`s association with the case is under intense scrutiny. & why does Lysgaard`s shocking death lead her towards the sad death of an unknown boy? ...

The new novel from the author of the iconic international bestseller Fear of Flying. As Vanessa watches her aged parents fade, her daughter prepare for childbirth & her much older husb&, Asher, struggle in the throes of open-heart surgery, she dreams of reversing time & becoming young again. With her best years as an actress behind her, she`s discovering that beginnings are easy but endings are hard. Could her fountain of youth fantasies be fulfilled on zipless.com, a site inspired by her best friend, Isadora Wing`s fantasy of encounters with no consequences? Surrounded by mortality, Vanessa is restless & curious enough to try anything. & she does. But the results make her wonder whether what she craves
- sex, love, connection
- may be closer at hand than she realises. Fear of Flying has sold 27 million copies in forty languages. It has been hailed as a classic by scholars. Fear of Dying extends the satire, compassion & wisdom that still captivate readers the world over. It is destined, once again, to change the way we think about our lives.

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`I loved Fear of Dying. I found it irreverent, funny, tender & very wise & it made me feel more alive` RACHEL JOYCE, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Vanessa Wonderman is smart, sexy
- & sixty. After a lifetime of crazy families, New York high society & playing a soap opera archvillain bitch, she`s not ready to give up yet. But life`s not so carefree any more. Her parents are dying, her husband`s in hospital & her wild-child daughter is pregnant. So when she signs up to a casual encounters site, she`s thinking of leaving her wifelife behind
- at least for a little bit. However, the most painful parts of your past always have away of surprising you. Will she learn in time how to live, how to love, how to be fearless?

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In early October 2004, Brendon Burns
- a delusional, god-fearing, drug addict, manic depressive & award-winning comedian
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You`d die for your family. But would you kill for them?************ Family is everything. So what if yours was being terrorised by a neighbour
- a man who doesn`t listen to reason, whose actions become more erratic & sinister with each passing day? & those you thought would help
- the police, your lawyer
- can`t help you. You become afraid to leave your family at home alone. But there`s nothing more you can do to protect them. Is there?` Beautifully written, frightening & absorbing`
- THE TIMES************ What critics are saying about FEAR:`I`m intrigued by Dirk Kurbjuweit`s novel FEAR, about a stalker living downstairs`
- LIONEL SHRIVER, THE OBSERVER` If you liked WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, try FEAR`
- BBC NEWS`[ An] uncomfortably close-to-home thriller`
- SUNDAY TIMES` Remarkable`
- THE OBSERVER` Addictive... There`s a twist at the end that is worth waiting for`
- INDEPENDENT`A must-have new read`
- DAILY EXPRESS`A terrifying study of a family threatened by the tenant living downstairs`
- WOMAN&HOME` Brilliantly done to play on every parents` deepest fears`
- FIONA BARTON, bestselling author of THE WIDOWWhat readers are saying about FEAR:` Thought-provoking, intelligent & genuinely chilling. It`s quite possible that we are all just a few provocations away from cold-blooded murder`
- ELIZABETH HAYNES, author of INTO THE DARKEST CORNER`A terrific, original thriller
- I loved it` JOANNE HARRIS`FEAR makes us sympathetic to violent revenge, accessories to murder`
- HERMAN KOCH, author of THE DINNER`I loved it. So rich & claustrophobic`
- RENEE KNIGHT, author of DISCLAIMER` The most original thriller of the year`
- NETGALLEY` Expertly constructed, highly entertaining & thought-provoking`
- Cloggie, Amazon reviewer` If you`re looking for a thriller with psychological insight, I highly recommend this one`
- Marjorie, Amazon reviewer` Not your usual thriller`
- Fiona, Amazon reviewer-------------------------FEAR is translated from the German by Imogen Taylor



















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Travelers' Tales: Love & Romance will be released in January 1998 -- just in time for setting up displays for Valentine's Day in February. To help promote this title, along with the rest of our Travelers' Tales titles, we've put together a special program to help drive customers to your stores. It is similar to the Frequent Buyer Program for our technical books where booksellers participate by purchasing a minimum quandty of books & we list your store in a flyer sent to our customer list. Customers purchase any ten O' Reilly titles, send us their receipts along with a completed Frequent Buyer Card, & receive a free book. The Travelers' Tales promotion is the same except instead of a free book, they'll receive a free Travelers' Tales Armchair Adventure T-shirt. ...

` Fearsome Passages` is an anthology of David Rainsbury`s articles previously published in the Yachting Press. Each covers a channel or harbour entrance that is notorious for having difficult tide & current conditions. Covering notorious tidal areas, mostly on the north & west side of the British Isles & in Brittany, David Rainsbury discusses the best way to handle each of these fearsome passages, relating to his own experiences aboard Piper. Fascinating reading & also full of sound practical advise, ` Fearsome Passages` is an important companion for anyone visiting these treacherous corners of the British Isles & Brittany. David Rainsbury is an Ocean Yachtmaster with over thirty years sailing experience. Since 1998 he has sailed single-handed around Britain, Ireland & Western Europe, from Bergen to the Loire. His yacht, Piper, is a Contessa 26 & is based in the Menai Strait in North Wales. He prefers coastal sailing to the open reaches of the oceans, enjoying the challenges of intricate pilotage & difficult tides. David is also a freelance photographer. ...

Doctor Justo Pastor Proceso Lopez, adored by his female patients but despised by his wife & daughters, has a burning ambition: to prove to the world that the myth of Simon Bolivar, El Libertador, is a sham & a scandal. In Pasto, south Colombia, where the good doctor plies his trade, the Feast Day of the Holy Innocents is dawning. A day for pranks, jokes & soakings.. . Water bombs, poisoned empanaditas, ground glass in the hog roast
- anything goes. What better day to commission a float for The Black & White Carnival that will explode the myth of El Libertador once & for all? One that will lay bare the massacres, betrayals & countless deflowerings that history has forgotten. But in Colombia you question the founding fables at your peril. At the frenzied peak of the festivities, drunk on a river of arguardiente, Doctor Justo will discover that this year the joke might just be on him.
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This is a new series of beautifully-produced re-issues of some of the great classics of food & recipe-writing from the 20th century. In these days of celebrity TV cooks & their garish, over-hyped blockbusting tie-ins, there never was a better time for an antidote: the quiet rediscovery of great, unsung classics such as these. Each title will be handsomely presented as a gift book for the keen amateur cook & lover of food literature. Each title has been selected for the highest quality of the writing, not just the recipes, although all the recipes are superb. This series will become the ultimate library for lovers of great food & food literature. ”A Kitchen in Corfu” is an entrancing memoir of a foreign couple`s sojourn in the remote village of Loutses, on the higher slope of Mount Pantokrator in north-east Corfu. They describe their charming encounters with the villagers, who were never shy to share their time-honoured recipes. This is a cuisine that chimes with the times, using locally-pressed olive oil from the village`s own orchards, foraged wild ingredients such as herbs, shoots & greens, mushrooms, & other locally-picked delicacies. ...