When Janie at sixteen is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor her grandmother swiftly marries her off to an old man with sixty acres. Janie endures two stifling marriages before meeting the man of her dreams who offers not diamonds but a packet of flowering seeds.. .' For me THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD is one of the very greatest American novels of the 20th century. It is so lyrical it should be sentimental; it is so passionate it should be overwrought but it is instead a rigorous convincing & dazzling piece of prose as emotionally satisfying as it is impressive. There is no novel I love more' Zadie Smith ...

Forbidden but not forgotten... As Molly Drummonds new boss Lucas Banning poses a challenge
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THEM began as a book about different kinds of extremists but after Jon had got to know some of them -- Islamic fundamentalists neo-Nazis Ku Klux Klansmen -- he found that they had one oddly similar belief: that a tiny shadowy elite rule the world from a secret room. In THEM Jon sets out with the help of the extremists to locate that room. The journey is as creepy as it is comic & along the way Jon is chased by men in dark glasses unmasked as a Jew in the middle of a Jihad training camp & witnesses international CEOs & politicians participate in a bizarre pagan ritual in the forests of northern California. THEM is a fascinating & entertaining exploration of extremism in which Jon learns some alarming things about the looking-glass world of 'them' & 'us'. Are the extremists on to something? Or has Jon become one of THEM? ...

Movie rights in the HATER series were snapped up by PANS LABYRINTH/HELLBOY director Guillermo del Toro & producer Mark Johnson (The NARNIA movies). Perfect for fans of HBOs THE WALKING DEAD the series reaches a shattering conclusion... The war which has torn the human race apart is finally nearing an end. The population has been devastated & the earth has been reduced to a poisoned ruin. Most of the towns & cities are uninhabitable & with the country in the grip of a savage nuclear winter both Haters & Unchanged alike struggle to survive. Hundreds of Hater fighters have settled in the east in the relatively undamaged coastal town of Lowestoft under the command of the ruthless Hinchcliffe. His fledgling society is harsh & unforgiving & hell stop at nothing to eradicate the last few Unchanged & consolidate his position at the top of this new world order. Danny Mc Coyne is the exception to the rule. His ability to hold the Hate has given him a unique position in Hinchcliffes army for he uses his unique skill to hunt out the remaining Unchanged. But as the enemys numbers shrink so the pressure on Mc Coyne increases until he finds himself at the very centre of a pivotal confrontation. The outcome will have repercussions on the future of everyone who is still alive. Its down to him alone: will it be Them or Us? ...

In Then"
- Morris Gleitzman's heartbreaking children's novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Second World War
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Tony Miglione is thirteen & his family lives in a cramped house in New Jersey. But then his Dad invents something that makes them rich & they move to a luxury home in Long Isl&. But being rich brings its own problems
- Tonys Grandma feels useles when she doesnt have to cook any more & his mum is obsessed with impressing the neighbours but Tony knows the boy next door isnt as perfect as he looks. The only upside to his new life is that his neighbour Lisa keeps undressing with the light on. As he tries to adjust to his new life Tony starts to suffer from anxiety attacks & wishes everything would just be normal again?
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Jules is a gifted college student- but at a personal cost. She has acquaintances instead of friends & family shes ashamed of- including a father battling addiction. When she discovers she can earn much needed money by donating her eggs she believes she has finally found a way to save her father. Annie married her high school sweetheart & became a mother. After years of staying at home & struggling to support her family on just her husbands salary she thinks shes found a way to recover a sense of purpose & bring in some extra cash. India has changed everything about herself: her name her face her past. When she falls for a wealthy older man Marcus she decides a baby will ensure her happy-ever-after. But her attempts at pregnancy fail & she must turn to Annie & Jules to help make her dream come true Then each of their plans is thrown into disarray when Marcus daughter intent on protecting her father becomes convinced that his new wife is not what she seems... ...

In a night of drunken revelry Jasper Finley Baron Montford gambles his reputation as Londons most notorious lover on one woman. His challenge? To seduce the exquisite virtuous Katherine Huxtable within a fortnight. But when his best-laid plans go awry Jasper devises a wager of his own. For Katherine already wildly attracted to him Jaspers offer is irresistible: to make Londons most dangerous rake fall in love with her. Then Jasper suddenly ups the ante. Katherine knows she should refuse. But with scandal brewing & her reputation in jeopardy she reluctantly agrees to become his wife. Now as passion ignites the seduction really begins. & this time the prize is nothing less than both their hearts... ...

Hilariously funny Louise Rennison's fabby sixth book of the confessions of crazy but lovable teenager Georgia Nicolson. Guaranteed to have the nation laughing their knickers off! Come on Jas you do really want to know my plan especially as it concerns you my little hairy pally." "I'm not hairy." " Have it your own way just don't go near any circuses." " Shut up. Go on then tell me your plan." "OK this is it: when I go to Hamburger-a-gogo l&...you come with me! Do you see? We will be like Thelma & Louise!" " We're not called Thelma & Louise." "I know that I'm just saying we will be LIKE THEM!" " And we're not American. & neither of us can drive." " Oh dear God. Jas your spaceship has arrived. Please get in." Laugh your knickers off at Georgia's tales from her trip to Hamburger-a-gogo land (the US) & her attempts to entice Masimo the Italian stallion. Can Georgia become the composed sex-kitten she aspires to be...?" ...

Maziar Bahari left London in June 2009 to cover Irans presidential election believing hed return to his pregnant fiancee Paola in just a few days a week at most. In fact he would spend the next three months in Irans most notorious prison enduring brutal interrogation sessions while terrible threats were made to his family. Gripping & masterfully told Then They Came for Me delves into Irans history of oppression & details how the democratic impulses of the youth are violently oppressed by a government that grows ever more totalitarian. An intimate account of contemporary Iran it is also the moving story of one familys extraordinary courage in the face of repression. ...