In the turbulent Parisian summer of 1893, Victor Legris has vowed to give up the dangerous hobby of amateur sleuthing to concentrate on selling books. But a murderer is at large in Paris, intent on revenge for events that took place many years before during the Commune. & when a bookbinder friend of Victor`s becomes the latest victim of the mysterious Leopard, the young bookseller feels impelled to resume his detective work & uncover the identity of the Batignolles predator. ...

Available in paperback for the first time, Professor Gombrich`s highly-acclaimed last book offers a revealing insight into the history & psychology of taste. The Preference for the Primitive is a study of the idea that older & less sophisticated (`primitive`) works are somehow morally & aesthetically superior to later works that have become soft & decadent. Summing up more than 40 years of study & reflection on this theme, this book presents a closely argued narrative supported by extensive"ations that document with precision the role of authors, critics & artists in shaping & changing opinion. ...

Summer, 1970. Sex is very much on everyone`s mind. The girls are acting like boys & the boys are going on acting like boys. Keith Nearing
- a bookish twenty-year-old, in that much disputed territory between five foot six & five foot seven
- is on holiday & struggling to twist feminism towards his own ends. Torn between three women, his scheming doesn`t come off quite as he expects.

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A newspaper-style activity book for the discerning dinosaur, packed with paleo puzzles, fearsome facts & giganto games. Meet real-life reptiles & read fascinating features, which include: Seeking a self-defence class? Hear what a cetiosaur has to say about staying safe. Wondering what`s happening with the weather? See whether meteor showers are here to stay with our fail-safe forecast. Confused why trees are trending? Learn why the hypsilophodons think branches are best. & much, much more... ...

The President tells the story of a ruthless dictator & his schemes to dispose of a political adversary in an unnamed country usually identified as Guatemala. Drawing on his experience as a journalist writing under repressive conditions, Miguel Angel Asturias provides a blazing indictment of totalitarian government & its damaging psychological effects on society
- from the harvest of terror to cowardice, to sycophancy, to treachery & intrigue, & the total sacrifice of human values to lust for power. Written in a language of freedom & originality, full of extraordinary symbolism, biting satire, poetry & dream sequences, with an imagination that is both lyrical & ferocious, The President is a surrealist masterpiece & one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.
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` The dream team delivers big time.. . Clinton`s insider secrets & Patterson`s storytelling genius make this the political thriller of the decade.`
- Lee Child The President is Missing. The world is in shock. But the reason he`s missing is much worse than anyone can imagine. With details only a President could know, & the kind of suspense only James Patterson can deliver.`A bullet train of a thriller. The Day of the Jackal for the twenty-first century.`
- A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window` This book moves like Air Force One. Big & fast.`
- Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch series` The President Is Missing is a big, splashy juggernaut of a novel, combining thrills with a truly authentic look at the inner happenings in Washington. I read it in one gulp. You will too.`
- Harlan Coben, 1 bestselling author of Don`t Let Go` Yes, The President is Missing is fiction
- it`s a thriller
- but James Patterson & I have come up with three of the most frightening days in the history of the presidency. & it could really happen... These days, the seemingly impossible can happen. & it happens so fast. I believe that readers will not soon forget President Jonathan Duncan & his story.`
- Bill Clinton ` Needless to say, we had some great conversations about the presidency, what life in Washington is really like, & about the state of America & the rest of the world.`
- James Patterson `I felt like I was right along with the characters for the shocking twists & turns you`ll never guess are coming. Patterson & Clinton have created a truly unique character in their `missing` President. The President is Missing puts the listener inside the White House & inside the mind of a President grappling with extraordinary circumstances.`
- Dennis Quaid on the audiobook of The President is Missing








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One Hundred Years of Solitude meets The Kite-Runner in Saddam Hussein`s Iraq ”A contemporary tragedy of epic proportions. No author is better placed than Muhsin Al-Ramli, already a star in the Arabic literary scene, to tell this story. I read it in one sitting” Hassan Blasim, winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for The Iraqi Christ On the third day of Ramadan, the village wakes to find the severed heads of nine of its sons stacked in banana crates by the bus stop. One of them belonged to one of the most wanted men in Iraq, known to his friends as Ibrahim the Fated. How did this good & humble man earn the enmity of so many? What did he do to deserve such a death? The answer lies in his lifelong friendship with Abdullah Kafka & Tariq the Befuddled, who each have their own remarkable stories to tell. It lies on the scarred, irradiated battlefields of the Gulf War & in the ashes of a revolution strangled in its cradle. It lies in the steadfast love of his wife & the festering scorn of his daughter. &, above all, it lies behind the locked gates of The President`s Gardens, buried alongside the countless victims of a pitiless reign of terror. Translated from the Arabic by Luke Leafgren ...

One Hundred Years of Solitude meets The Kite Runner in Saddam Hussein`s Iraq. ”A contemporary tragedy of epic proportions. No author is better placed than Muhsin Al-Ramli, already a star in the Arabic literary scene, to tell this story. I read it in one sitting”. Hassan Blasim, winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for The Iraqi Christ. On the third day of Ramadan, the village wakes to find the severed heads of nine of its sons stacked in banana crates by the bus stop. One of them belonged to one of the most wanted men in Iraq, known to his friends as Ibrahim the Fated. How did this good & humble man earn the enmity of so many? What did he do to deserve such a death? The answer lies in his lifelong friendship with Abdullah Kafka & Tariq the Befuddled, who each have their own remarkable stories to tell. It lies on the scarred, irradiated battlefields of the Gulf War & in the ashes of a revolution strangled in its cradle. It lies in the steadfast love of his wife & the festering scorn of his daughter.&, above all, it lies behind the locked gates of The President`s Gardens, buried alongside the countless victims of a pitiless reign of terror. Translated from the Arabic by Luke Leafgren ...

Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. Daniel`s thrill at being in such close proximity to the most powerful man in the land persists even after the presidential party has gone, which is when he discovers that Mitterrand`s black felt hat has been left behind. After a few moments` soul-searching, Daniel decides to keep the hat as a souvenir of an extraordinary evening. It`s a perfect fit, & as he leaves the restaurant Daniel begins to feel somehow
- different.
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Moscow, 2013. Bunin, the Ukrainian President, has joined other heads of state in an open air swimming pool to drink vodka & celebrate with Putin. During his rise to power Bunin has juggled with formidable & eccentric political & personal challenges. His troubles with his family & his women combine with his difficulties with corrupt businessmen & demanding international allies, but it is his recent heart transplant that worries him most. Since the operation he has started to develop freckles, & his heart donor`s mysterious widow seems to have moved in with him... Spanning forty years, The President`s Last Love is a hilarious satire on love, lies & life before & after the Iron Curtain. ...