Until the posthumous publication of the Millennium Trilogy, Stieg Larsson was probably best known for his commitment to left-wing causes, & his tireless work as an anti-fascist activist. Horrified by the rise of far-right extremism in Sweden, he threw himself into monitoring & exposing these often shadowy & violent groups & gained an international reputation for the depth of his achievements & knowledge. However his work carried substantial risks & he & his partner Eva Gabrielsson lived in constant fear for their lives. Jan Erik-Pettersson shows how Stieg's activism & energetic championing of social justice & women's rights characterised his life, as well as demonstrating how these concerns animated his huge-selling Millennium Trilogy, in particular the unforgettable character of Lisbeth Salander. He also persuasively establishes Stieg's place within the explosion of Scandinavian crime with which his novels are so closely associated, showing that in many ways his fiction stands somewhat apart from the work of other authors in this tradition. In Stieg: From Activist to Author, Jan Erik-Pettersson portrays a man willing to put his life at risk in order to fight for the things in which he believed, & an author whose inimitable work was energized by the causes to which he was so strongly committed. ...

Bertie Wooster looks pretty stylish in his new Tyrolean hat ï ½ or so he thinks. Others, notably Jeeves, disagree. But when Bertie embarks on an errand of mercy to Totleigh Towers, things get quickly out of control & heï ½s going to need all the help Jeeves can provide. There are good eggs present, such as Gussie Fink-Notle & the Rev ï ½ Stinkerï ½ Pinker. But there also is Sir Watkyn Bassett JP, enemy of all the Woosters hold dear, to say nothing of his daughter Madeline & Roderick Spode, now raised to the peerage. & Major Brabazon Plank, the peppery explorer, who wants to lay Bertie out cold. Thank goodness for the invention of Chief Inspector Witherspoon of Scotland Yard. But is this gentleman all he seems? ...

Peppered with bouncers, expletives, & even the odd diplomatic incident, this is a rip-roaring journey through over a century of Ashes history. For a list of every Ashes century & five-wicket haul, try Wisden, but if you want to know which England batsman was a martyr to syphilis & which Australian fast bowler reckoned the Queen had 'nice legs for an old Sheila', then read on... Stiff Upper Lips & Baggy Green Caps exposes the seamy side of Ashes cricket. It gives the inside story behind controversies from the Bodyline series of 1932-33 & the Lillee & Thomson blitzkrieg of 1974-75, right up to the unseemly modern spats that ensure that this biannual frenzy of backbiting, finger-pointing & dubious facial hair remains one of the great events of the sporting calendar. ...

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Still Got It, Never Lost It! tells the story of Louie Spence, star of Pineapple Dance Studios & ruthless judge on Dancing on Ice. 'I did everything my sisters did, that's how my dancing days started
- they went dancing, I went dancing & I just kept on dancing.'
- Louie Spence From a very early age Louie was a little boy who loved to dance & had high ambitions. He attended every disco dance class he could & excelled each time, with the constant support of his Mum & Dad. Before long Louie's blue leotard had become a mainstay of the family home, & soon enough he was accepted into the Italia Conti School of Theatre Arts. & he never looked back. From dancing on the Spice Girls World Tour to becoming BFFs with Emma Bunton & hanging out with Take That (not to mention his performances in Cats & Miss Saigon), Louie lived out his dreams. Now a TV personality in his own right, a judge on Dancing on Ice, the star of Pineapple Dance Studios & his own series Showbusiness, he has become a much-loved household name. This hilarious, warm & compellingly-written autobiography takes us back to Louie's early days in Essex, with a cast of characters that

Includes:: Nanny Lock (who lived down the Enfield lock), Nanny Twinkle & Nanny Downer (with whom Louie, as a kid, would swipe cans of Special Brew). Still Got It, Never Lost It! is the story of the real-life Billy Elliot
- a tale that proves nothing can stop you when you think big & hold on to your dreams.




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The discovery of a dead body in the woods on Thanksgiving Weekend brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache & his colleagues from the Surete du Quebec to a small village in the Eastern Townships.

Gamache cannot understand why anyone would want to deliberately kill well-loved artist Jane Neal, especially any of the residents of Three Pines
- a place so free from crime it doesnt even have its own police force.

But Gamache knows that evil is lurking somewhere behind the white picket fences & that, if he watches closely enough, Three Pines will start to give up its dark secrets...

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• ISBN: 9780751547382
• Author: Louise Penny
• Publisher: Little Brown
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 377
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm












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1944, Italy. As bombs fall around them, two strangers meet in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa & share an extraordinary

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Books Thriller Books ‘ The bodies never stay buried forever …’ On a freezing winter morning, fishermen pull a body from the sea. It is quickly discovered that the dead man was the prime suspect in a decade-old investigation, when a prominent civil servant disappeared without trace. DCI Karen Pirie was the last detective to review the file & is drawn into a sinister world of betrayal & dark secrets. But Karen is already grappling with another case, one with even more questions & fewer answers. A skeleton has been discovered in an abandoned campervan & all clues point to a killer who never faced justice
- a killer who is still out there. In her search for the truth, Karen uncovers a network of lies that has gone unchallenged for years. But lies & secrets can turn deadly when someone is determined to keep them hidden for good... Product Information: • ISBN: 9780751576948 • Author: Val Mc Dermid • Publisher: Sphere • Format: Paperback • Pages: 512 • Dimensi...
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Shock & fear shudder through the village of Three Pines when one of their own is found dead in the woods, an arrow wound in her heart. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache knows that in every Eden lurks a snake
- & as he probes the baffling murder of a seemingly innocent woman, the village begins to give up its dark secrets...
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Books Classic Romance Books Fall in love with Still Me, the spellbinding conclusion of the story began in the worldwide bestseller Me Before You... Lou Clark knows how many miles lie between her new home in New York & her new boyfriend Sam in London. She knows her employer is a good man & she knows his wife is keeping a secret from him. But what Lou doesn't know is she's about to meet someone who's going to turn her whole life upside down. Because Josh will remind her so much of a man she used to know that it'll hurt. Lou won't know what to do next, but she knows that whatever she chooses is going to change everything...   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781405959360 •†Author:†  Jojo Moyes •†Publisher:†  Penguin Books •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 512 •†Dimensions:† 12.9 x 3 x 19.8 cm ...