Henry Chinaski an outcast a loner & a hopeless drunk drifts around America from one dead-end job to another from one woman to another & from one bottle to the next. Uncompromising gritty hilarious & confessional in turn his downward spiral is peppered with black humour. Factotum" follows Charles Bukowski's bestselling " Post Office" his highly autobiographical first novel. Bukowski's Beat Generation writing reflects his slum upbringing his succession of menial jobs & his experience of low life urban America. He died in 1994 & is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinctive writers of the last fifty years. Neeli Cherkovski was a close friend of Bukowski & is the author of " Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski" (Random House 1991)." ...

What is the true human cost of the war in Afghanistan? What are the real effects of the austerity measure? & how did the London riots spread so quickly? Facts are Sacred" the " Guardian's" award-winning datablog publishes & analyses seemingly benign data
- released under the auspices of transparency
- to bring its readers astonishing revelations about the way we live now. It reveals how data has changed our world & what we can learn from it. Now the most telling findings from the blog are brought together to give us the facts & figures behind the headlines beautifully illustrated with extensive data visualisations. Ground-breaking & fascinating it celebrates a resource that has pushed the boundaries of modern journalism & is a manifesto for a new way of seeing things."

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The hilarious sixth instalment of the Rachel Riley series. Just when I thought had finally found knight in shining skinny jeans i.e. the ONE i.e. Jack knight gets all minty. Its all about matter of accidental snog with part-time rock god Justin Statham. Even though have explained was utterly in name of scientific experiment. Enough is enough! Its time for me to wake up & smell the coffee (or at least the hot chocolate) & forget about romance & fairytale happy endings. Will concentrate only on cold hard facts from now on. Perhaps new grown-up-ness will even win the heart of fabulous older man.. . Find out just how Rachel gets on with her no-nonsense fact-based approach to life in this fabulous sixth instalment of her diaries. Not suitable for younger readers. ...

Myron Bolitar once had a promising career as a sportsman until an accident forced him to quit. After a spell in the FBI he now runs his own business. Then Myron is approached to find Greg Downing. He knows Greg from old
- they were once rivals not just in sport but for a woman they both loved. Now Greg has vanished & the team boss wants Myron to find him before news of his disappearance is leaked to the press. In Greg's house Myron finds blood in the basement
- lots of it. & when he discovers the body of a woman he begins to unravel the strange violent world of a national hero gone wrong as he comes face-to-face with a past he can't re-live & a present he may not survive.

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Without the evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With their newfound freedom Claire Danvers & her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again... Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies & her friend Eve joins the local theatre company. But when one of Eves castmates goes missing after starting work on a short documentary Eve suspects the worst. Claire & Eve soon realise that this film project whose subject is the vampires themselves is a whole lot bigger
- & way more dangerous
- than anyone suspected.

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU COULD BECOME INVISIBLE? A GIFT Since childhood Noel Shaker has been able to disappear without warning or explanation. A CURSE But his gift leaves Noel alone & afraid
- & the more he tries to control it the nearer he comes to madness. A DISCOVERY When Noel learns that some people can see him
- & that his power has unleashed an otherworldly evil
- he must discover the source of his fading. But the truth is dark & dangerous
- an unpredictable shocking twist unlike any you have ever read. You are holding in your hands the scariest novel of the year. From the internationally bestselling author of The People Next Door comes a story worthy of Stephen King
- a story of terror like youve never seen.




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Fading Eagle
- Politics & Decline of Britains Post-War Air Force looks at the rise & fall of British air power from a more critical
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Reissued in spectacular new cover of Feist's chilling dark fantasy Successful screenwriter Phil Hastings decides to move his family from sunny California to a ramshackle farmhouse in New York State. The idea is to take some time out relax & pick up the threads of his career as a novelist. Good plan bad choice. The place they choose is surrounded by ancient woodl&. The house they choose is the centrepoint of a centuries-old evil intent on making its presence felt to intruders. ...

Laneys thinks the summers going to be boring but how wrong she is! From the moment she sees a blood-red moon things take a turn for the magical. For Laney is a faerie a member of the Mist Tribe & things are about to get exciting & mysterious & dangerous. Laney & her faerie friends must stop an evil Shadow Faerie finding the magical objects he needs to become all-powerful. Each book deals with the quest for a different object. ...

A quarter of a century after its initial publication & with well over a million copies in print worldwide Brian Froud & Alan Lees Faeries is an unquestioned classic. Now Froud & Lee return to their most enduring & beloved work in this Deluxe Anniversary Edition. This ultimate collectors item

Includes:: eight frameable limited edition prints as well as a signed facsimile of a personal letter from Brian & Alan. The book also

Includes:: 8 original new pieces of art by Froud & Lee as well as the remarkable pencil drawings & watercolours of mythical creatures from faeries & goblins to leprechauns & dwarves that started it all. Accompanied by brief descriptions of each creatures origins & powers the images are enchanting & full of magical detail. More than just a reissue this deluxe revised & updated edition also contains essays from both Froud & Lee on the influence of Faeries & an introduction by a name author in the Faerie community. The remarkable package will be a delight to fans of the previous title & those who are just discovering this stunning book for the first time.



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