I killed my best friend. I didn't mean to but I did. This is my story.' Miles Kendrick is in a witness protection programme hiding from the mob & constantly haunted by his best friend's death. With the aid of psychiatrist Allison Vance Miles is trying to hold onto his sanity & to recall the events of that tragic night. But when Allison is blown to pieces by a bomb planted in her office Miles becomes caught up in a deadly conspiracy way beyond his worst nightmares. Pursued by an ex-FBI detective turned hitman & helped by a mentally broken ex-soldier & a reclusive woman whose life has been destroyed by violence Miles is in a battle to get his life back
- or just stay alive. A gripping breakneck-paced thriller FEAR will not let you go until the last bullet flies.
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He doesn't know it but dognut is about to set off a chain of events that will affect every kid in the city. The sickness struck everyone over the age of fourteen. Mothers & fathers older brothers sisters & best friends. No one escaped its touch. & now children across London are being hunted by ferocious grown-ups.. .they're hungry. They're bloodthirsty. & they aren't giving up. Dog Nut & the rest of his crew want to find their lost friends & set off on a deadly mission from the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace & beyond as the sickos lie in wait. But who are their friends & who is the enemy in this changed world? ...

This is a blood-pumping white-knuckle sci-fi thriller of epic proportions. Night is falling in the FAYZ. Even though it's been nearly a year since everyone over the age of fifteen disappeared the sun has continued to shine on the kids of Perdido Beach. Now though the gaiaphage has blotted out the sun & plunged the FAYZ into perpetual gloom. Divided & dispirited the survivors face their greatest enemy yet
- the darkness of their own minds...
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Renowned Zen master & Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh explores the origins of fear & offers detailed practises on how to deal with its often toxic presence in our lives. Formed by a lifetime of mindfulness in action he also shows us the path to peace happiness & freedom that can come out of such explorations. For him happiness is not found by suppressing our emotions but by purposefully living in a mindfully aware state. Only by practicing mindfulness in this way can we identify the source of pain that is responsible for our fear & anxiety & cut it off from its roots so that the pain can subside. When were not held in the grip of fear we can truly embrace the gifts of life. ...

' The most powerful indictment of Mugabe's regime yet written' The Economist 'A brave sensitive & observant account of Zimbabwe's tragedy exposing the cruelty of Mugabe's regime & the remarkable courage of those who have defied it' Financial Times In mid-2008 after thirty years of increasingly tyrannical rule Robert Mugabe lost an election. Instead of conceding defeat his supporters launched a brutal campaign of terror -- Zimbabweans called it simply The Fear. Peter Godwin travels at considerable risk to see the havoc raging at the heart of his country but what emerges from the brutality are the heartbreaking tales of resistance & survival the astonishing moments of humour & goodwill & the unforgettable characters who will not be subdued. 'A beautifully written chronicle of his journey through his ravaged but still achingly beautiful homeland' Independent ' An important book detailing the violent realities the grotesque injustices the hunger the sadness & a portrait of Mugabe the tyrant who is the cause of it all' Paul Theroux ...

This is a compilation of the subversive important & entertaining writer of Hunter S. Thompson
- renowned American writer of Fear
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' We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive.. ."' Hunter S. Thompson is roaring down the desert highway to Las Vegas with his attorney the Samoan to find the dark side of the American Dream. Armed with a drug arsenal of stupendous proportions the duo engage in a surreal succession of chemically enhanced confrontations with casino operators police officers & assorted Middle Americans. This stylish reissue of Hunter S. Thompson's iconic masterpiece a controversial bestseller when it appeared in 1971 features the brilliant Ralph Steadman illustrations of the original. It brings to a new generation the hallucinatory humour & nightmare terror of Hunter S. Thompson's musings on the collapse of the American Dream." ...

The best the fastest the hippest & the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness & corruption. In 1972 Hunter S. Thompson the creator & king of Gonzo journalism covered the US presidential campaign for Rolling Stone magazine alongside the establishment newsmen of Washington. The result is a classic piece of subversive reportage & a fantastic ride on the rollercoaster of Hunter's uniquely savage imagination. In his own words written years before Watergate: ' It is Nixon himself who represents that dark venal & incurably violent side of the American character almost every other country in the world has learned to fear & despise.' ...

Amelie a well-intentioned & eager young westerner goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfilment of a dream for Amelie but working there turns into a comic nightmare of terror & self-abasement. Disturbing hilarious & totally convincing Fear & Trembling displays an elegant & shrewd understanding of the intricate ways Japanese relationships are made & spoiled. ...

Throughout history some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves
- & each other. They have
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