President of Sinn Fein & Westminster MP for West Belfast Gerry Adams has been a published writer since 1982. His books have won critical acclaim in many quarters & have been widely translated. His writings range from local history & reminiscence to politics & short stories & they include the fullest & most authoritative exposition of modern Irish republicanism. Born in West Belfast in 1948 into a family with close ties to both the trade union & republican movements Gerry Adams is the eldest of ten children. His mother was an articulate & gentle woman his father a republican activist who had been jailed at the age of sixteen & he was partly reared by his grandmother who nurtured in him a love of reading. His childhood despite its material poverty he has described in glowing & humorous terms recollecting golden hours spent playing on the slopes of the mountain behind his home & celebrating the intimate sense of community in the tightly packed streets of working-class West Belfast. But even before leaving school to work as a barman he had become aware of the inequities & inequalities of life in the north of Irel&. Soon he was engaged in direct action on the issues of housing unemployment & civil rights. For many years his voice was banned from radio & television by both the British & Irish governments while commentators & politicians condemned him & all he stood for. But through those years Brandon published a succession of books which made an important contribution to an understanding of the true circumstances of life & politics in the north of Irel&. In his autobiography Before the Dawn Gerry Adams brings a unique perspective to the years of conflict insurrection & bitter struggle which ensued when peaceful political agitation was met with hysterical reaction & the sectarian tinderbox of Britains last colony erupted. From the pogroms of 1969 to the hunger strikes of 1981 from the streets of West Belfast to the cages of Long Kesh his powerful memoir is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand modern Irel&. ...

In woodland outside Ystad the police make a horrific discovery: a severed head & hands locked together in an attitude of prayer. A Bible lies at the victims side the pages marked with scribbled corrections. A string of macabre incidents including attacks on domestic animals have been taking place & Inspector Wallander fears that these disturbances could be the prelude to attacks on humans on an even more alarming scale. Linda Wallander in preparation to join the police force arrives at Ystad. Exhibiting some of the hallmarks of her father
- the maverick approach the flaring temper
- she becomes entangled in a case involving a group of religious extremists who are bent on punishing the worlds sinners. Following on from the enormous success of the Kurt Wallander mysteries Henning Mankell has begun an outstanding new chapter in crime writing.

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The leader of a religious cult in Guyana instigates a mass suicide. He succeeds in killing himself & his whole flock of worshippers save one. In a wood outside Ystad the police make an horrific discovery: a severed head & hands locked together in an attitude of prayer. A Bible lies at the victims side handwritten corrections & amendments on every page. A string of incidents including attacks on domestic animals has been taking place & Inspector Wallander fears that these events could be the prelude to attacks on humans on a much greater scale. Meanwhile Linda Wallander preparing to join the Ystad police force arrives at the station. Showing all the hallmarks of her father
- the maverick approach the flaring temper
- she becomes involved in the case & in the process is forced to confront a group of extremists bent on punishing the worlds sinners.

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After years of Hollywood success composer Chris Lowndes wanted only one thing: to take his beloved wife home to the Yorkshire Dales. But Laura is gone & Chris is on his own. He welcomes the isolation of Kilnsgate House & the beauty of the dale. & it doesnt surprise him that a man died there sixty years ago. That his wife was convicted of murder. That something is pulling him deeper & deeper into the story of Grace Elizabeth Fox who was hanged by the neck until she was dead.. . ...

On an autumn day in 1909 wealthy young Richard Finborough catches sight of twenty-year-old Isabel Zeale at the harbour at Lynmouth in Devon. Her beauty captivates him. Aware of shameful secrets in her past Isabel has no intention of letting anyone into her life but Richards persistence & ardour eventually win him her trust
- & her hand in marriage. The decades pass & Isabel & Richard raise a family through the turbulent times of the First World War & the 1920s. As her children reach adulthood Isabel is convinced her secret is safe
- until an old acquaintance emerges from the shadows turning her world upside down. To protect the happiness of those she loves most Isabel must find the courage to confront what came before & live with the consequences...

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Bitter & merciless war is coming to the frozen north. It's bloody & dangerous & the Union army split by politics & hamstrung by incompetence is utterly unprepared for the slaughter that's coming. Lacking experience training & in some cases even weapons the army is scarcely equipped to repel Bethod's scouts let alone the cream of his forces. In the heat-ravaged south the Gurkish are massing to assault the city of Dagoska defended by Inquisitor Glokta. The city is braced for the inevitable defeat & massacre to come preparations are made to make the Gurkish pay for every inch of land.. .but a plot is festering to hand the city to its beseigers without a fight & the previous Inquisitor of Dagoska vanished without trace. Threatened from within & without the city Glokta needs answers & he needs them soon. & to the east a small band of malefactors travel to the edge of the world to reclaim a device from history
- a Seed hidden for generations
- with tremendous destructive potential. A device which could put a end to war to the army of Eaters in the South to the invasion of Shanka from the North
- but only if it can be found & only if its power can be controlled.. .


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The controversial long-awaited prequels to the best-selling graphic novel of all-time are finally here: Before Watchmen! For over twenty years the back stories of the now iconic characters from Alan Moore & Dave Gibbon's landmark graphic novel have remained a mystery
- until now! DC Comics has assembled the greatest creators in the industry to further paint the world of Watchmen with this second volume starring two of the most polarizing anti-heroes ever Comedian & Rorschach. Eisner Award-winning writer & creator of 100 Bullets Brian Azzarello brings his gritty nuanced storytelling to these two recognizable characters. In Rorschach Azzarello again teams with superstar artist Lee Bermejo (Joker Luthor Batman/ Deathblow) to illustrate how one of most dangerous vigilantes the comic world has ever seen became even darker. Comedian featuring art by J.G. Jones (Final Crisis Wanted) plants the famed war hero within the context of American history as we find out how the Vietnam War & the Kennedy assassination revolve around him. Collects Before Watchmen: Comedian numbered 1-6 & Before Watchmen: Rorschach numbered 1-4.
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The controversial long-awaited prequels to the best-selling graphic novel of all-time are finally here: Before Watchmen! For over twenty years the back stories of the now iconic characters from Alan Moore & Dave Gibbon's landmark graphic novel have remained a mystery
- until now! Now DC Comics has assembled the greatest creators in the industry to further paint the world of Watchmen starting with this first volume starring the Minutemen & Silk Spectre! The critically acclaimed & Eisner Award-winning creator of DC: The New Frontier Darwyn Cooke lends his talents to the Minutemen. As the predecessor to Watchmen the Minutemen were assembled to fight against a world that have more & more rapidly begun to spin out of control. Can these heroes from completely different backgrounds & with completely different attitudes on crime come together? Or will they fall apart before they begin? Laurie Juspeczyk struggles with her overbearing superhero mother & her scattered path toward taking the mantle of the Silk Spectre. With gorgeous art by co-writer & illustrator Amanda Conner (Power Girl The Pro) Silk Spectre takes a very different perspective at the world of Before Watchmen. Collects Before Watchmen: Minutemen numbered 1-6 & Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre numbered 1-4.
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The controversial long-awaited prequels to the best-selling graphic novel of all-time are finally here: Before Watchmen! For over twenty years the back stories of the now iconic characters from Alan Moore & Dave Gibbon's landmark graphic novel have remained a mystery
- until now! Discover what happened before Watchmen as writer J. Michael Straczynski is joined by Andy Kubert & the legendary Joe Kubert to take flight with the gadget-savvy vigilante known as Nite Owl! & in Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan JMS teams with fan-favorite artist Adam Hughes on the all-powerful super-man Dr. Manhattan. For Dr. Manhattan past present & future are one & the same. But as he observes the events of his life do they remain the same? Or are they changed? The very fact of his existence may have altered the nature of what will or will not be... Collects Before Watchmen: Nite Owl numbered 1-4 & Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan numbered 1-4.
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The controversial long-awaited prequels to the best-selling graphic novel of all-time are finally here: Before Watchmen! For over twenty years the back stories of the now iconic characters from Alan Moore & Dave Gibbon's landmark graphic novel have remained a mystery
- until now! The team of legendary writer Len Wein & acclaimed artist Jae Lee
- in his first DC Comics' work in nearly a decade
- delve into the mind of the smartest man in the world: Ozymandias. How does one go from the son of immigrant parents to becoming the world's smartest man? Adrian Veidt begins his journey both spiritual & physical that will one day make him one of the most pivotal players in the world-changing events of Watchmen. Collects Before Watchmen: Ozymandias numbered 1-6 & Curse of the Crimson Corsair"."


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