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It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars. Fassin Taak a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the year. The Nasqueron Dwellers inhabit a gas giant on the outskirts of the galaxy in a system awaiting its wormhole connection to the rest of civilisation. In the meantime they are dismissed as decadents living in a state of highly developed barbarism hoarding data without order hunting their own young & fighting pointless formal wars. Seconded to a military-religious order hes barely heard of
- part of the baroque hierarchy of the Mercatoria the latest galactic hegemony
- Fassin Taak has to travel again amongst the Dwellers. He is in search of a secret hidden for half a billion years. But with each day that passes a war draws closer
- a war that threatens to overwhelm everything & everyone hes ever known. As complex turbulent flamboyant & spectacular as the gas giant on which it is set the new science fiction novel from Iain M. Banks is space opera on a truly epic scale.


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More than fifty years after Algerian independence Albert Camus' Algerian Chronicles appears here in English for the first time. Published in France in 1958 the same year the Algerian War brought about the collapse of the Fourth French Republic it is one of Camus' most political works--an exploration of his commitments to Algeria. Dismissed or disdained at publication today Algerian Chronicles with its prescient analysis of the dead end of terrorism enjoys a new life in Arthur Goldhammer's elegant translation. Believe me when I tell you that Algeria is where I hurt at this moment " Camus who was the most visible symbol of France's troubled relationship with Algeria writes "as others feel pain in their lungs." Gathered here are Camus' strongest statements on Algeria from the 1930s through the 1950s revised & supplemented by the author for publication in book form. In her introduction Alice Kaplan illuminates the dilemma faced by Camus: he was committed to the defense of those who suffered colonial injustices yet was unable to support Algerian national sovereignty apart from France. An appendix of lesser-known texts that did not appear in the French edition complements the picture of a moralist who posed questions about violence & counter-violence national identity terrorism & justice that continue to illuminate our contemporary world." ...

First Aid in English Reader A offers a diverse collection of fiction non-fcition & poetry from many different cultures. Texts are drawn from a range of different genres with attractive illsutrations to help engage the reader's attention. Arranged thematically the texts are interspersed with comprehension questions & exercises designed to contribute to the reader's own writing skills. Suitable for use in the whole class or by individuals pairs & groups. ...

Sometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles like a taffeta skirt along the floor.' Grace Marks. Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak & unwilling victim? Around the true story of one of the most enigmatic & notorious women of the 1840s Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality cruelty & mystery. ...

' This story of friendship love grief & growing up will yank on the heartstrings. & then some' Look Alice Bliss is fifteen. She's smart funny & clever. Not afraid to stand up for the things she believes in. She also idolizes her father & when he leaves home to fight a war she doesn't believe in Alice is distraught. She & her mother negotiate his absence as best they can -- waiting impatiently for his letters throwing themselves into school & work respectively bickering intermittently & in Alice's case falling for the boy next door -- but then they're told that he's missing in action & have to face up to the fact that he may never return. 'A powerful coming-of-age story of love family & grief' Big Issue 'I put down this book & thought there is no one like this girl so fully has Harrington brought a new Alice to life' Sarah Blake bestselling author of The Postmistress ' Compassionate & intelligent.. .strong storytelling & a rich emotional core' Jenny Downham author of Before I Die ...