Books Modern Romance Books In this prequel to the Tik Tok phenomenon, They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast makes their first fateful calls. Meet Orion & Valentino.  It’s the night before Death-Cast goes live, & there’s one question on everyone’s mind: Can Death-Cast actually predict death, or is it an elaborate hoax? Orion Pagan has waited years for someone to tell him that he’s going to die, given his serious heart condition. Valentino Prince has a long & promising future ahead of him & only registered for Death-Cast after his twin sister nearly died in a car accident. Orion & Valentino cross paths in Times Square & immediately feel a deep connection. But when the first End Day calls go out, their lives are changed for ever – one of them receives a call... the other doesn’t.   Told with acclaimed author Adam Silvera’s signature bittersweet touch, this story celebrates the lasting impact that people have on each other & proves that life is always worth living to the fullest.    Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781398521681 •†Author: Adam Silvera  •†Publisher:†  Simon & Schuster Children's UK •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 576 •†Dimensions:† 13 x 3.4 x 19.8 cm ...

Details: Even 100 years on from the First World War it haunts us still. No other conflict has revealed so dramatically
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A fascinating introduction to the British involvement in the First World War. 

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Details: A brilliant & penetrating new history of the First World War by one of the world's foremost experts on the conflict.
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Details: The Great War was the first truly global war
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Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer & Mercedes Ruehl star in Terry Gilliam's must-see comic masterpiece. Williams is Parry, a homeless history professor who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights & damsels in distress. Bridges ...

Everything you need to know about fishing in one striving book, The Fishing Handbook offers a comprehensive guide to the relaxing pastime of angling. Whether you are a committed angler or are keen to take up the sport, you will find everything you need to know in these pages. Offering you a guide to the basic principles of angling, it advises on the equipment you will need & lets you into perhaps the biggest secret of all ...

Matthew Reill returns with his biggest & fastest adventure yet. With the end of the world fast approaching, at the hands of a long foretold global catastrophe, Jack West Jr must rebuild the final pieces of the fabled, ancient ' Machine'
- the only thing that can prevent the end. But he is out of clues, out of leads... until he is presented with an archaic text about five unnamed warriors, great historical figures who were all in some way connected to the mysterious Machine. Soon he is on the trail of a legendary list of greats: from Moses to Genghis Khan & Napoleon, & finally to one most unlikely warrior
- the unknown ' Fifth' who it is said will be there 'at the end of all things'.

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Details: On his eighty-third birthday, Eddie, a lonely war veteran, dies in a tragic accident trying to save a little
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Addictions to iphones, painkillers, cupcakes, alcohol & sex are taking over our lives. Our most casual daily habits can quickly become obsessions that move beyond our control. Damian Thompson, who has himself struggled with a range of addictions, argues that human desire is in the process of being reshaped. Shunning the concept of addiction as disease, he shows how manufacturers are producing substances like ipads, muffins & computer games that we learn to like too much & supplement tradition addictions to alcohol, drugs & gambling. He argues that addictive behaviour is becoming a substitute for family & work bonds that are being swept away by globalisation & urbanisation. This battle to control addiction will soon overshadow familiar ideological debates about how to run the economy, & as whole societies set about ...