This is the ultimate history of the Blitz & bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian & author Richard Overy. The use of massive fleets of bombers to kill & terrorize civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues to challenge the idea that Allies specifically fought a `moral` war. For Britain, bombing became perhaps its principal contribution to the fighting as, night after night, exceptionally brave men flew over occupied Europe destroying its cities. The Bombing War radically overhauls our understanding of the War. It is the first book to examine seriously not just the most well-known parts of the campaign, but the significance of bombing on many other fronts
- the German use of bombers on the Eastern Front for example (as well as much newly discovered material on the more familiar ` Blitz` on Britain), or the Allied campaigns against Italian cities. The result is the author`s masterpiece
- a rich, gripping, picture of the Second World War & the terrible military, technological & ethical issues that relentlessly drove all its participants into an abyss.

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This is the ultimate history of the Blitz & bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian & author Richard Overy. The use of massive fleets of bombers to kill & terrorize civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues to challenge the idea that Allies specifically fought a 'moral' war. For Britain, bombing became perhaps its principal contribution to the fighting as, night after night, exceptionally brave men flew over occupied Europe destroying its cities. The Bombing War radically overhauls our understanding of the War. It is the first book to examine seriously not just the most well-known parts of the campaign, but the significance of bombing on many other fronts
- the German use of bombers on the Eastern Front for example (as well as much newly discovered material on the more familiar ' Blitz' on Britain), or the Allied campaigns against Italian cities. The result is the author's masterpiece
- a rich, gripping, picture of the Second World War & the terrible military, technological & ethical issues that relentlessly drove all its participants into an abyss. About the author: Richard Overy is the author of a series of remarkable books on the Second World War & the wider disasters of the twentieth century. The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia won both the Wolfson Prize for History & the Hessell-Tiltman Prize. He is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. Penguin publishes 1939: Countdown to War, The Morbid Age, Russia's War, Interrogations, The Battle of Britain & The Dictators. He lives in London.

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` Man, the only
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- good thing about that climb was that you were tied on to the other end of the rope.` Simon Mc Cartney

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Metaphysical thriller, meditation on mortality & chronicle of our self-devouring times, this is the kaleidoscopic new novel from the author of Cloud Atlas. LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 One drowsy summer`s day in 1984, teenage runaway Holly Sykes encounters a strange woman who offers a small kindness in exchange for `asylum`. Decades will pass before Holly understands exactly what sort of asylum the woman was seeking.. . The Bone Clocks follows the twists & turns of Holly`s life from a scarred adolescence in Gravesend to old age on Ireland`s Atlantic coast as Europe`s oil supply dries up
- a life not so far out of the ordinary, yet punctuated by flashes of precognition, visits from people who emerge from thin air & brief lapses in the laws of reality. For Holly Sykes
- daughter, sister, mother, guardian
- is also an unwitting player in a murderous feud played out in the shadows & margins of our world, & may prove to be its decisive weapon.


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The dazzling new novel from the bestselling author of CLOUD ATLAS. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 Run away, one drowsy summer`s afternoon, with Holly Sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel & unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflict. Over six decades, the consequences of a moment`s impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imagining. & as life in the near future turns perilous, the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family`s survival.. . ...

Winner of the Booker Prize in 1985, The Bone People is the story of Kerewin, a despairing part-Maori artist who is convinced that her solitary life is the only way to face the world. Her cocoon is rudely blown away by the sudden arrival during a rainstorm of Simon, a mute six-year-old whose past seems to hold some terrible trauma. In his wake comes his foster-father Joe, a Maori factory worker with a nasty temper. The narrative unravels to reveal the truths that lie behind these three characters, & in so doing displays itself as a huge, ambitious work that tackles the clash between Maori & European characters in beautiful prose of a heartrending poignancy. ...

Shortlisted for the Guardian Children`s Fiction Prize & the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017. Perfect for fans of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS. This is a beautiful, vivid & deeply moving story about a refugee boy who has spent his entire life living in a detention centre. This novel reminds us all of the importance of freedom, hope, & the power of a story to speak for anyone who`s ever struggled to find a safe home. `...a special book`
- Morris Gleitzman, author of the acclaimed ONCE series Born in a refugee camp, all Subhi knows of the world is that he`s at least 19 fence diamonds high, the nice Jackets never stay long, & at night he dreams that the sea finds its way to his tent, bringing with it unusual treasures. & one day it brings him Jimmie. Carrying a notebook that she`s unable to read & wearing a sparrow made out of bone around her neck
- both talismans of her family`s past & the mother she`s lost
- Jimmie strikes up an unlikely friendship with Subhi beyond the fence. As he reads aloud the tale of how Jimmie`s family came to be, both children discover the importance of their own stories in writing their futures.


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They called us the Mercies, or sometimes the Boneless Mercies. They said we were shadows, ghosts, & if you touched our skin we dissolved into smoke.. . Frey, Ovie, Juniper, & Runa are Boneless Mercies
- death-traders, hired to kill quickly, quietly & mercifully. It is a job for women, & women only. Men will not do this sad, dark work. Frey has no family, no home, no fortune, & yet her blood sings a song of glory. So when she hears of a monster slaughtering men, women, & children in a northern jarldom, she decides this the Mercies` one chance to change their fate. But glory comes at a price.. . An epic YA fantasy set in a breathtaking new world, this is perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Leigh Bardugo, Laini Taylor & Melinda Salisbury ” Fierce & glorious, this story of outcast girls defying fate utterly bewitched me. Tucholke is a gorgeous writer.” -- LAINI TAYLOR, New York Times-bestselling author of Strange the Dreamer ” Its every page hints at a deeper magic at work; it contains a whole world & all its myths & histories within its skin.” -- MELISSA ALBERT, New York Times-bestselling author of The Hazel Wood” Ruthless & lyrical, heart-warming & blood-chilling, & beautifully redolent of ancient tales & history. It will sing to a new generation of heroes.”-- SAMANTHA SHANNON, New York Times-bestselling author of The Bone Season”I fell in love with this stunning novel from the very first page. Fierce & unforgettable, with gorgeous prose & a fantastic premise that more than delivers. Easily one of my favorite YA novels of 2018.” -- KATHERINE WEBBER, author of Wing Jones & Only Love Can Break Your Heart
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The Bones of Grace. It is the story of Zubaida, & her search for herself. It is a story she tells for Elijah, the love of her life. It tells the story of Anwar, the link in Zubaida`s broken chain. Woven within these tales are the stories of a whale & a ship; a piano & a lost boy. This is the story of love itself. ...

Zubaida is on a journey to unearth the past. It will lead her from the corridors of Harvard to the scorching deserts of Pakistan, & the bones of an ancient whale. It will carry her back to Bangladesh, & the dark horrors of a ship-breaking yard. Here
- deep inside a beached ocean liner, steeped in mystery & tragedy
- lies the key to her story. & a lifeline to the man she loves, but whose heart she may never win back. Echoing with loneliness & longing, The Bones of Grace is a story of lost love & conflicted identity; of the urgent need to discover who we are, before we can truly belong anywhere & truly love anyone.

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