Will Hodges' life is a mess! His mother is dead he has no friends & he thinks he is being followed by a strange group of people who tell him they know him. But Will can't remember them.. .at first. & when he does he doesn't like what he can remember. While Will is struggling with unsettling memories he learns that his past is a lot deeper than many people's & he has to find out if he is strong enough to break links with the powerful hold that history has on him. This compelling novel set in an alternate future challenges readers to consider the role we all have to play in making our society & asks how much we are prepared to stand up for what's right. ...

Fourteen years after fleeing Kenya with her baby daughter Corinne returned in the summer of 2004 to meet Lketinga & his family again in their village Barsaloi. Nervous as she was & uncertain as to how he would react on seeing her again she found to her relief that she was welcomed unreservedly by all those who remembered her
- by Lketinga who still thought of her as his 'wife number one' by his brother James now a schoolteacher & especially by Lketinga's mother who had looked after Corinne with such care all those years before. Corinne Hofmann revisits an area of a country which she cares about passionately describing in her immensely readable style the changes she saw after her time away & once again bringing to life the atmosphere & characters in the Masai village.
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Murder was work. Some went about the job devotedly others carelessly. & for some murder was a labour of love. On the day of his sixtieth birthday Walter C. Pettibone is blissfully unaware of his impending death. His final act in life is to accept a glass of champagne by a woman with startling green eyes. A big mistake. Homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas knows she faces a deadly foe
- one with a frightening vendetta. & as the chase draws Eve dangerously close to her own dark past her focus slips. But then Eve's billionaire husband's name is put on Julianna's fatal list
- & Eve ups her game. Luring Julianna into a dangerous trap which puts everyone at risk Eve finds herself fighting for more than justice.

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The secret is out
- cheerleader Olivia & vampire Ivy are twins! Now that Ivy & Olivia have told their friends that they're twins
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Spring 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr whom he wants for his sixth wife. Archbishop Cranmer & the embattled Protestant faction at court are watching keenly for Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathies. Matthew Shardlake meanwhile is working on the case of a teenage boy who has been placed in the Bedlam insane asylum before his terrifying religious mania leads to him being burned as a heretic. When an old friend is horrifically murdered Shardlake vows to bring the killer to justice. His search leads him to Cranmer & Catherine Parr -- & to the dark prophecies of the Book of Revelation. As London's Bishop Bonner prepares a purge of Protestants Shardlake together with his assistant Jack Barak & his friend Guy Malton investigate a series of horrific murders which are already bringing frenzied talk of witchcraft & demonic possession -- for what else would the Tudor mind make of a serial killer.. .? ...

Nine hundred thousand years ago something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld Resurgam its of little more than academic interest even after the discovery of a long-hidden almost perfect Amarantin city & a colossal statue of a wingest Amarantin. For brilliant but ruthloess scientist Dan Sylveste its more than merelty intellectual curiosity
- & he will stop at nothing to get at the truth. Even if the truth costs him everything. But the Amarantin were wiped out for a reason & that danger is closer & greater than even Syveste imagines.. .REVELATION SPACE: a huge magnificent space opera that ranges acrioss the known & unknown universe.. .towards the most terrifying of destinations.
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And all shall be well & all manner of things shall be well... In 1373 when she was thirty years old Julian of Norwich received a series of sixteen visions. Pondering in prayer their meaning for twenty years she gradually came to realise their full significance. Written from the heart & borne from experience Julian's REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE is inspiring reading for all who seek to live their lives in close union with God. Her reflections are steeped in the Bible contain many profound insights into contemplative prayer & are as relevant today as when they were originally written. The greatest of the female mystics & a spiritual guide for today Julian in addition holds the distinction of being the first woman to write a book in the English language. This new edition

Includes:: an introduction that sets Julian in the context of her time & a foreword by Jeremy Begbie.

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One summer can change everything... What happens when a friend breaks the one rule that should never be broken? Best friends Bella & Poppy are living the dream
- Notting Hill glamour Shoreditch lofts exclusive parties & drop-dead gorgeous men. But sometimes living life to the max catches up with you & even the strongest friendships can be pushed to the limit. Poppy Bella & their friends spend the summer having as much fun as they possibly can
- from the hedonistic escapades of Ibiza to doing Glastonbury in style. But amongst the laughter come tears betrayal & backstabbing & one devastating decision threatens to bring it all crashing down. & once the sunglasses have come off Bella is forced to question if her lifelong friendship has been broken beyond repair. The perfect escapist read Revelry will have you laughing crying & gasping with shock.

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Eli Monpress is vain. Hes cocky. & hes a thief. But hes a thief who has just seen his bounty topped & hes not happy about it. The bounty topper as it turns out is his best friend & master swordsman Josef. Hes been keeping secrets from Eli. Apparently hes the only prince of a rather feisty country & hes been ordered to come home to do his duty. This means throwing over personal ambitions like proving hes the greatest swordsman who ever lived. Family drama aside Eli & Josef have their hands full. The Spirit Court has been usurped by the Council of Thrones & someone calling herself the Immortal Empress is staging a massive invasion. But its not just politics
- the Immortal Empress has a specific target in mind: Eli Monpress the greatest thief in the world. This omnibus edition contains: THE SPIRIT WAR & SPIRITS END
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From the outset Seumas Milnes Guardian essays on the Wests war on terror provoked angry denunciations on both sides of the Atlantic. A decade on the advocates of violent capitalism have been silenced. From class to religion Blair to Obama Palestine to Pakistan bank bailouts to the Arab uprisings the rise of China to the wave of change in Latin America Milne exposes the breakdown of the new world order
- & draws out the prospects for the emerging politics of the future. In a media culture dominated by eager apologists Milne has consistently written against the grain. This book offers a compelling perspective on the convulsions that have brought us to todays crisis
- & a powerful indictment of a global & corporate empire in decline.

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