This city is famous for its gamblers prostitutes exhibitionists anti-Christs alcoholics sodomites drug addicts fetishists onanists pornographers frauds jades litterbugs & lesbians.. .dont make the mistake of bothering me. Ignatius J. Reilly: fat flatulent eloquent & almost unemployable. By the standards of ordinary folk he is pretty much unhinged too. But is he bothered by this? No. For this misanthropic crusader against an America fallen into vice & ignorance has a mission: to rescue a naked female philosopher in distress. & he has a pirate costume & hot-dog cart to do it with... ...

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Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran Attars great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king the Simorgh bird. On hearing that to find him they must undertake an arduous journey the birds soon express their reservations to their leader the hoopoe. With eloquence & insight however the hoopoe calms their fears using a series of riddling parables to provide guidance in the search for spiritual truth. By turns witty & profound The Conference of the Birds transforms deep belief into magnificent poetry. ...

An innocent man is days from execution. Only a guilty man can save him. Travis Boyette is a murderer. In 1998 in the small East Texas city of Sloan he abducted raped & strangled a popular high-school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found then watched & waited as police & prosecutors arrested Donte Drumm a local football star with no connection to the crime. Tried convicted & sentenced Drumm was sentto death row: his fate had been decided. Nine years later Donte Drumm is four days from execution. Over 400 miles away in Kansas Travis faces a fate of his own: an inoperable brain tumour will soon deliver the end. Reflecting on his miserable life he decides to do whats right. After years of silence he is ready to confess. But how can a guilty man convince lawyers judges & politicians that theyre about to execute an innocent man? ...

When 12-year-old Katherine Howard comes to live in the Duchess of Norfolks household poor relation Cat Tilney is deeply suspicious. The two girls couldnt be more different: Cat watchful & ambitious; Katherine interested only in clothes & boys. Their companions are in thrall to Katherine but its Cat in whom Katherine confides & despite herself Cat is drawn to her. Summoned to court at 17 Katherine leaves Cat in the company of her ex-lover Francis & the two begin their own much more serious love affair. Within months the king has set aside his Dutch wife Anne for Katherine. The future seems assured for the new queen & her maid-in-waiting although Cat would feel more confident if Katherine hadnt embarked on an affair with one of the kings favoured attendants Thomas Culpeper. However for a blissful year & a half it seems that Katherine can have everything she wants. But then allegations are made about her girlhood love affairs. Desperately frightened Katherine recounts a version of events which implicates Francis but which Cat knows to be a lie. With Francis in the Tower Cat alone knows the whole truth of Queen Katherine Howard
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A KGB-trained IRA assassin has gone rogue & is hellbent on killing the Pope. The IRA KGB & British Secret Service are all after him but can Liam Devlin get there first? Classic Jack Higgins for the new generation Operating in Ireland to keep the cycle of violence between the IRA & British Intelligence at a fever pitch hit man Cuchulain targets the pope as his ultimate victim & two enemies become the only people who can stop him. The third book in the Liam Devlin series hero of The Eagle has Landed. ...

Simon Mayo first opened his confessional in 1988 on BBC Radio 1's Breakfast Show. Every day one shamefaced listener would share their deepest darkest secret while millions tuned in to find out whether or not Simon would grant his forgiveness. Over twenty years later Simon presents the daily Drivetime show on BBC Radio 2 & the confessions segment is back. Now those guilty listeners who missed their chance first time round have joined a whole new generation of sinners to beg for clemency from Father Mayo & his flock. From supermarket-wrecking games of 'aisle catch' to kidnapped pensioners & clandestine pet vasectomies this is a br&-new collection of hilarious letters & emails from Simon's ever-popular show. Join the discussion on Twitter: drivetimeconfessions. ...

In this new translation the brilliant & impassioned descriptions of Augustines colourful early life are conveyed to the English reader with accuracy & art. Augustine tells of his wrestlings to master his sexual drive his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of high power at the imperial court of Milan & his renunciation of secular ambition & marriage as he recovered the faith that his mother had taught him. It was in a Milan garden that Augustine finally achieved the act of will to Christian conversion which he compared to a lazy man in bed finally deciding it is time to get up & face the day. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

The inside of Derren Brown's head is a strange & mysterious place. Now you can climb inside & wander around. Find out just how Derren's mind works see what motivates him & discover what made him the weird & wonderful person he is today. Obsessed with magic & illusions since childhood Derren's life to date has been an extraordinary journey & here in Confessions of a Conjuror he allows us all to join him on a magical mystery tour
- to the centre of his brain... Taking as his starting point the various stages of a conjuring trick he's performing in a crowded restaurant Derren's endlessly engaging narrative wanders through subjects from all points of the compass from the history of magic & the fundamentals of psychology to the joys of internet shopping & the proper use of Parmesan cheese. Brilliant hilarious & entirely unlike anything else you have ever read before Confessions of a Conjuror" is also a complete & utter joy."
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