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Mary Queen Of Scots
Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of mary queen of scots by one of the leading historians of this period. who was the real mary queen of scots? the most enigmatic ruler of england lived a life of incredible drama and turmoil: crowned queen of scotland at nine months old, and queen of france at sixteen years, she grew up in the crosshairs of europe’s political battles to become queen elizabeth’s arch rival. this book tells the story of the fraught and dangerous relationship between these two women of incredible charisma and power – a relationship that began with both seeking a political settlement, but which led them down a path of danger, from which only one could emerge victorious. previously published as ‘my heart is my own’.
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Sleeping Giants
If you loved the passage, world war z, the martian or interstellar: this is a must-read thriller for you. * * * deadwood, usa. a girl sneaks out just before dark to ride her new bike. suddenly, the ground disappears beneath her. waking up at the bottom of a deep pit, she sees an emergency rescue team above her. the people looking down see something far stranger… “we always look forward. we never look back.” that girl grows up to be dr. rose franklyn, a brilliant scientist and the leading world expert on what she discovered. an enormous, ornate hand made of an exceptionally rare metal, which predates all human civilisation on the continent. “but this thing … it’s different. it challenges us. it rewrites history.” an object whose origins and purpose are perhaps the greatest mystery humanity has ever faced. solving the secret of where it came from – and how many more parts may be out there – could change life as we know it. “it dares us to question what we know about ourselves.” but what if we were meant to find it? and what happens when this vast, global puzzle is complete…’ “about everything.” * * * ‘bursts at the seams with big ideas. a sheer blast from start to finish. i haven’t had this much fun reading in ages’ blake crouch, author of the wayward pines trilogy ‘a stellar debut which masterfully blends sci-fi, political thriller and apocalyptic fiction. so much more than the sum of its parts – a page-turner of the highest order’ kirkus reviews ‘reminiscent of the martian and world war z, this is a luminous conspiracy yarn that shoots for (and lands among) the stars’ pierce brown, author of red rising
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Blue Bloods
They’re young, fabulous and fanged. . . and they rule manhattan from the trendy uptown clubs to the downtown boutiques. fifteen-year-old schuyler van alen has never quite fit in at her exclusive prep school – she’s more of a vintage than a versace girl – but all that’s about to change. . . because schuyler has just found out she’s a blue blood. the blue bloods are the city’s glamorous – and secret – vampire elite. they’re young, beautiful and powerful. but now they’re being murdered. and schuyler must find out who – or what – is behind it before she’s next.
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Elmet
Shortlisted for the man booker prize 2017 and the pfd/sunday times young writer of the year award winner of a somerset maugham award and the polari prize ‘a quiet explosion of a book, exquisite and unforgettable’ the economist ‘a cleverly constructed rural gothic fable . . . elmet is a marvellous achievement’ tls ‘pastoral idyll, political exposé, cosy family saga and horror tale, it reads like a traditional children’s story that turns into a gangster film: hansel and gretel meets the godfather’ sunday times daniel is heading north. he is looking for someone. the simplicity of his early life with daddy and cathy has turned menacing and fearful. they lived apart in the house that daddy built for them in the woods with his bare hands. they foraged and hunted. cathy was more like their father: fierce and full of simmering anger. daniel was more like their mother: gentle and kind. sometimes, their father disappeared, and would return with a rage in his eyes. but when he was at home, he was at peace. he told them that the little copse in elmet was theirs alone. but that wasn’t true. local men, greedy and watchful, began to circle like vultures. all the while, the terrible violence in daddy grew. brutal and beautiful in equal measure, elmet is a compelling portrayal of a family living on the fringes of contemporary society, as well as a gripping exploration of the disturbing actions people are capable of when pushed to their limits.
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The Shoe Queen
1920s paris. english society beauty genevieve shelby king parties to the utmost with the artists and writers of bohemian montparnasse. she has a rich husband, a glamorous apartment and an enormous shoe collection, but there is something hollow at the centre of her charmed life.
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We Are All Birds Of Uganda
‘a remarkably accomplished, polished debut.’ malorie blackman ‘rightfully tipped for greatness’ sunday times ‘this moving tale of love and loss … is well worth the wait’ independent ‘ w hat’s distinctive is the modern, multi-ethnic vision of masculinity she presents and the solidarity that emerges from it … undeniably powerful too.’ guardian ‘ a sprawling and epic dual narrative … woven together with gentle urgency; sensitive and with a rare perspective on how our mixed race backgrounds can help form feelings of both internal power and conflict.’ i-d magazine ‘you can’t exactly stop birds from flying, can you? they go where they will…’ 1960s uganda. hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes power, and a wave of rising prejudice threatens to sweep away everything he has built. present-day london. sameer, a young high-flying lawyer, senses an emptiness in what he thought was the life of his dreams. called back to his family home by an unexpected tragedy, sameer begins to find the missing pieces of himself not in his future plans, but in a past he never knew. shortlisted for the goldsboro books glass bell award 2022
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Winter In Madrid
1940: the spanish civil war is over, and madrid lies ruined. into this uncertain world comes harry brett: a traumatised veteran of dunkirk turned reluctant spy for the british secret service. in a depiction of wartime spain, this work is a tale, which offers a sense of history unfolding, and the impact of impossible choices.
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Sparkles
Crossing decades and continents, sparkles is the totally compelling story of the massot family. fabulously wealthy, internationally adored, the massots own one of the last great aristocratic jewellery firms in paris. but where is its owner pierre, missing presumed dead for 15 years? and what will happen to his beautiful young widow sophie? the answers lie rooted in the past and form part of the future – in a way no-one could ever have guessed…
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Rogue Lawyer
‘the best thriller writer alive’ – ken follett i’m not a typical lawyer. i don’t maintain a pretty office filled with mahogany and leather. i don’t belong to a big firm, prestigious or otherwise. i don’t do good works through the bar association. i’m a lone gunman, a rogue who fights bad systems and hates injustice . . . sebastian rudd takes the cases no one else wants to take: the drug-addled punk accused of murdering two little girls; a crime lord on death row; a homeowner who shot at a swat team. rudd believes that every person accused of a crime is entitled to a fair trial – even if he has to cheat to get one. he antagonises people from both sides of the law: his last office was firebombed, either by drug dealers or cops. he doesn’t know or care which. but things are about to get even more complicated for sebastian. arch swanger is the prime suspect in the abduction and presumed murder of 21-year-old jiliana kemp, the daughter of the assistant chief of police. when swanger asks sebastian to represent him, he lets sebastian in on a terrible secret . . . one that will threaten everything sebastian holds dear. gritty, witty, and impossible to put down, rogue lawyer is the master of the legal thriller at his very best.
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From Dead To Worse
After hurricane katrina and the manmade explosion at the vampire summit in new orleans, sookie stackhouse faces danger, death, and, once again, betrayal by someone she loves.
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City Of Lost Souls
“jace is now a servant of evil, bound for all eternity to sebastian. only a small band of shadow hunters believe he can be saved. to do this they must defy the clave. and they must act without clary. for clary is playing a dangerous game utterly alone. the price of losing is not her own life, but jace’s soul. clary is willing to do anything for jace, but can she still trust him? or is he truly lost? what price is too high to pay, even for love?”–cover page [4].
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The Knife Of Never Letting Go
Imagine you can hear everything the town of men say about you. and they can hear everything you think. imagine you don’t fit into their plans. todd hewitt is just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man. but his town has been keeping secrets from him. secrets that are going to force him to run.
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The Maze Runner
Sixteen-year-old thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape
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The Scorch Trials
Vol.3: the trials are over. but something has happened that no one at wickedhas foreseen: thomas has remembered more than they think. andthe truth is more dangerous than anyone could have imagined … [payot. ch]
