A jury gathers in Manhattan to select a memorial for the victims of a devastating terrorist attack. Their fraught deliberations complete the jurors open the envelope containing the anonymous winners name
- & discover he is an American Muslim. Instantly they are cast into roiling debate about the claims of grief the ambiguities of art & the meaning of Islam. The memorials designer is Mohammad Khan an enigmatic ambitious architect. His fiercest defender on the jury is its sole widow the mediagenic Claire Burwell. But when the news of his selection leaks to the press Claire finds herself under pressure from outraged family members & in collision with hungry journalists wary activists opportunistic politicians fellow jurors & Khan himself. All will bring the emotional weight of their own histories to bear on the urgent question of how to remember & understand a national tragedy.
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For fans of E. L. James & Sylvia Day. Before there was the fan fiction that became FIFTY SHADES OF GREY there was The Submissive Trilogy...THE SUBMISSIVE is the first in Tara Sue Me's seductive & scandalous trilogy that has enthralled millions & inspired a genre... Abby King has a secret fantasy. New York knows Nathaniel West as the brilliant & handsome CEO of West Industries but Abby knows he's more: a sexy & skilled dominant that is looking for a new submissive. Yearning to experience a world of pleasure beyond her simple life as a librarian Abby offers herself to Nathaniel to fulfill her most hidden desires. After only one weekend with the Master Abby knows she needs more & fully submits to Nathaniel's terms. But despite the pleasure he takes in Abby's willing spirit the Nathaniel hidden behind the rules remains cold & distant. As Abby falls deeper into his tantalizing world of power & passion she fears that Nathaniel's heart may be beyond her reach
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In April 1951 the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked news of the Korean War & Festival of Britain from the front pages of national newspapers. Affray had put to sea on a routine peacetime simulated war patrol in the English Channel. She radioed her last position at 21.15hrs on 16 April 30 miles south of the Isle of Wight
- & preparing to dive. This was the last signal ever received from the submarine. When divers eventually discovered Affray they found her resting upright on the sea bottom with no obvious signs of damage to her hull. Hatches were closed tight & emergency buoys were still in their casings. It was obvious that whatever had caused Affray to sink & end the lives of all on board had occurred quickly. Fifty-six years later in this compelling maritime investigation Alan Gallop uses previously top secret documents interviews with experts & contemporary news sources to explore how & why Affray became the last British submarine lost at sea
- & possibly the greatest maritime mystery since the Marie Celeste.

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The Subterraneans haunt the bars & clubs of San Francisco surviving on a diet of booze & benzedrine Proust & Verlaine. Living amongst them is Leo an aspiring writer & Mardou half-Indian half-Negro beautiful & neurotic. Their bitter-sweet & ill-starred love affair sees Kerouac at his most evocative. Many regard this as being Kerouac's most touching & tender book. ...

Will has just killed a man. He's on the run. His escape will take him far beyond his own world to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city & to a girl Lyra. Her fate is strangely linked to his own & together they must find the most powerful weapon in all the worlds... ...

This book offers essential practice with key concepts such as subtraction. Containing 86 cards in each package these cards are sturdier than others on the market. It is suitable for children aged 5 to 6 years old. Flash Kids Flash Cards" offer essential practice in key concepts such as multiplication division the alphabet sights words & spelling. Containing 86 cards in each package these cards are sturdier than others on the market." ...

Rozsika Parkers re-evaluation of the reciprocal relationship between women & embroidery has brought stitchery out from the private world of female domesticity into the fine arts created a major breakthrough in art history & criticism & fostered the emergence of todays dynamic & expanding crafts movements. The Subversive Stitch" is now available again with a new Introduction that brings the book up to date with exploration of the stitched art of Louise Bourgeois & Tracey Emin as well as the work of new young female & male embroiderers. Rozsika Parker uses household accounts womens magazines letters novels & the works of art themselves to trace through history how the separation of the craft of embroidery from the fine arts came to be a major force in the marginalisation of womens work. Beautifully illustrated her book also discusses the contradictory nature of womens experience of embroidery: how it has inculcated female subservience while providing an immensely pleasurable source of creativity forging links between women." ...

In 1984 photographers Martha Cooper & Henry Chalfant captured the imagination of a generation with Subway Art" a groundbreaking book documenting the work of graffiti writers who illegally painted subway cars in New York City. 25 years on the graffiti subculture it chronicled has blossomed into a global art movement & " Subway Art" has become the most influential book ever to be published in the genre. Now with over half a million copies sold worldwide the bible of the international street-art movement is back. A new large-format layout heightens the impact of Henry Chalfants images of the trains & lets Martha Coopers narrative pictures tell the story. In new introductions the authors recall how they gained entry to the New York graffiti community in the 1970s & 1980s & describe the techniques that they used to photograph it. New afterwords report how the lives of the original subway artists have unfolded & chronicle the end of the subway graffiti scene in the late 1980s & its unexpected rebirth as a global art movement. " The 25th Anniversary Edition" is an essential book for all fans of graffiti stunning photography & 1980s
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In Succeed for Yourself" Richard Denny shows how you can transform your individual dream of success into reality. Crammed with common-sense advice & inspiring ideas " Succeed for Yourself" will take you on a journey of self-discovery that will help you seize your self-belief set goals & achieve them overcome setbacks & rejection become highly motivated & find happiness at home & at work. Richard Denny believes that everybody has the potential within them for achieving success wealth & happiness. The power of his message resonates with people from all walks of life & " Succeed for Yourself" gives you the opportunity to put his ideas into practice." ...

Succeed in Cambridge FCE: 10 Practice Tests: Students Book Succeed in Cambridge FCE prepares candidates for the revised Cambridge FCE examination. The ten practice tests provide comprehensive coverage in each of the five FCE papers: Reading Writing Use of English Listening & Speaking. The tests reflect the level of difficulty of the revised format of the FCE & the audio recordings are presented in the same format as the revised Listening exam. Succeed in Cambridge FCE makes use of a wide range of thematically based units to help candidates develop the required level of English in real-life situations. These tests have been trialled under real exam conditions with FCE candidates. Passing FCE certifies that you are able to use English with complete confidence in real-life situations. It is especially designed to focus your language learning on the skills you will actually need to communicate more effectively in your own life. The FCE examination tests all four skills: Reading Writing Listening & Speaking as well as the candidates use of grammar & vocabulary. Key Features * Reflects the actual level of difficulty of the revised format of the FCE *

Includes:: all five papers of the FCE Test: Reading Writing Use of English Listening & Speaking * The tests have been trialled under real exam conditions with FCE candidates * A wide range of thematically-based units help students build the vocabulary required * Audio recordings are presented in the same format as the Listening exam * Contains two additional revision progress tests Accompanying Teachers Book also available.

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