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After You’d Gone
After you’d gone is the groundbreaking debut novel from the costa-award winning maggie o’farrell, author of this must be the place and i am, i am, i am. it is a stunning, best-selling novel of wrenching love and grief. a distraught young woman boards a train at king’s cross to return to her family in scotland. six hours later, she catches sight of something so terrible in a mirror at waverley station that she gets on the next train back to london. after you’d gone follows alice’s mental journey through her own past, after a traffic accident has left her in a coma. a love story that is also a story of absence, and of how our choices can reverberate through the generations, it slowly draws us closer to a dark secret at a family’s heart.
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American Gods
American gods, the extraordinary, highly acclaimed epic novel from storytelling genius and international bestseller neil gaiman, comes vividly to life this may in the hottest major tv show of 2017. praised by empire as ‘something very special’, the series will be shown in the uk on amazon prime video and stars ricky whittle, ian mcshane, emily browning and gillian anderson. ‘gaiman is a treasure-house of story and we are lucky to have him’ stephen king. if you are to survive, you must believe. shadow moon has served his time. but hours before his release from prison, his beloved wife is killed in a freak accident. dazed, he boards a plane home where he meets the enigmatic mr wednesday, who professes both to know shadow and to be king of america. together they embark on a profoundly strange road trip across the usa, encountering a kaleidoscopic cast of characters along the way. yet all around them a storm threatens to break. the war has already begun, an epic struggle for the very soul of america, and shadow is standing squarely in its path.
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Harry Potter And The Half-blood Prince
Fantasy. endnu en gang skal harry potter tilbage til troldmandsskolen hogwart efter at have tilbragt nogle kedelige uger hos sin plejefamilie. han glæder sig, men han ved heller ikke, hvilke uhyggelige oplevelser han har i vente
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I’ll Give You The Sun
“this is the big one – the blazing story of once inseparable twins whose lives are torn apart by tragedy.” entertainment weekly winner of the printz award for excellence in young adult literature from the critically acclaimed author of the sky is everywhere, a radiant novel that will leave you laughing and crying – all at once. for fans of john green, gayle forman and lauren oliver. jude and her twin noah were incredibly close – until a tragedy drove them apart, and now they are barely speaking. then jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy as well as a captivating new mentor, both of whom may just need her as much as she needs them. what the twins don’t realize is that each of them has only half the story and if they can just find their way back to one another, they have a chance to remake their world.
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The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time
Fifteen-year-old christopher has a photographic memory. he understands maths. he understands science. what he can’t understand are other human beings. when he finds his neighbour’s dog lying dead on the lawn, he decides to track down the killer and write
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Just Playing House
Forced proximity and celebrity romance collide in this delightful novel from the highly praised author of accidentally engaged. as a luxury fashion sales associate, marley kamal is known for being cool, aspirational, and just the right amount of detached. one thing she is passionate about, though: getting surgery to reduce her chance of breast cancer after she learns she has the brca gene. but right before the scheduled operation, she has the professional opportunity of a lifetime – to style the latest up-and-coming hollywood heartthrob. nikhil shamdsani is either on the brink of superstardom or a complete breakdown. going from a nobody actor to major hollywood superhero hasn’t been a smooth transition. comic nerds think he’s a diversity hire, while fans expect him to singlehandedly represent the entire indian community. when nikhil learns his old high school friend and prom date is now in high fashion, he’s thrilled to have someone he can trust as his stylist. so marley and nikhil make a deal. she’ll style him for his events, and nikhil will help care for her in the few critical weeks of after surgery. but soon marley finds herself leaning on nikhil as more than just a caregiver. and nikhil finds his feelings growing stronger, too. when their rekindled friendship becomes something more, marley fears her whole private life is about to be upended.
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We Need To Talk About Kevin
Winner of the orange prize for fiction 2005 two years ago, eva khatchadourian? s son, kevin, murdered seven of his fellow high-school students, a cafeteria worker, and a popular algebra teacher. because he was only fifteen at the time of the killings, he received a lenient sentence and is now in a prison for young offenders in upstate new york. telling the story of kevin’s upbringing, eva addresses herself to her estranged husband through a series of letters. fearing that her own shortcomings may have shaped what her son has become, she confesses to a deep, long-standing ambivalence about both motherhood in general and kevin in particular. how much is her fault? lionel shriver tells a compelling, absorbing, and resonant story while framing these horrifying tableaux of teenage carnage as metaphors for the larger tragedy – the tragedy of a country where everything works, nobody starves, and anything can be bought but a sense of purpose.
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The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo
From the author of daisy jones & the six in which a legendary film actress reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine.
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The Slaughter Man
‘haunting and beautifully written’ emma burstall when her identical twin laurel dies, seventeen-year-old willow’s life falls apart. with her parents’ marriage faltering, she finds escape at her uncle joe’s cottage. but even as they begin to know each other, willow is plagued with memories of her sister. then, lucas arrives in her life – troubled, angry and with a dangerous past. joe’s cottage is idyllic, but the forest is filled with secrets. what is joe hiding from her? what events have brought lucas to her door? and who is the slaughter man who steals through willow’s sleep? as the lines between dreams and reality become blurred, willow’s torment deepens. it seems as if her only escape lies with the slaughter man. what reviewers and readers say: ‘a dark, eloquently creepy tale. parkin’s prose quivers with visceral terror’ carol lovekin, author of snow sisters & ghostbird ‘haunting, complex and beautifully written. a really compelling read’ emma burstall, the top 10 bestselling author of the tremarnock series
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How Hard Can Love Be?
A raw and powerful novel from queen of ya holly bourne, perfect for fans of kathleen glasgow and amber smith. amber just wants a bit of love, and six weeks working at an american summer camp might be the perfect place to find it. two years ago, her alcoholic mum abandoned her for california and never looked back. this trip is their chance to reconnect, but the reunion is nothing like amber hoped. then there’s kyle, the all-american prom king. falling for him was never part of the plan, but neither was having her heart broken. will amber find the love she deserves? or will her american dream turn into a nightmare…”perfectly captures the emotional rollercoaster that is love.” booktrust
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The House We Grew Up In
The unforgettable story about a family with a secret at its core, from top ten bestseller lisa jewell, author of ralph’s party, the making of us and before i met you. when a tragedy breaks a family apart, what can bring it back together? the birds seem to be the perfect family: mother, father, four children, a picture-book cottage in the country. but when something happens one easter weekend, it is so unexpected, so devastating, that no one can talk about it. the family shatters, seemingly for ever. until they are forced to return to the house they grew up in. and to confront what really took place all those years ago.
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Marked
Ya. fantasy fiction. horror fiction. when sixteen year old zoey redbird gets marked as a fledgling vampire she must join the house of night school where she will train to become an adult vampire. that is, if she makes it through the change. but zoe is no ordinary fledgling. she has been chosen as special by the goddess nyx and discovers her amazing new power to conjure the elements: earth, air, fire, water and spirit. when zoey discovers that the leader of the dark daughters, the school’s most elite group, is misusing her goddess given gifts, zoey must look within herself to embrace her destiny, with a little help from her new vampire friends.
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Fake Law: The Truth About Justice In An Age Of Lies
Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? was there an illegal immigrant who couldn’t be deported because he had a pet cat? are unelected judges truly enemies of the people? most of us think the law is only relevant to criminals, if we even think of it at all. but the law touches every area of our lives: from intimate family matters to the biggest issues in our society. our unfamiliarity is dangerous because it makes us vulnerable to media spin, political lies and the kind of misinformation that frequently comes from loud-mouthed amateurs and those with vested interests. this ‘fake law’ allows the powerful and the ignorant to corrupt justice without our knowledge – worse, we risk letting them make us complicit. thankfully, the secret barrister is back to reveal the stupidity, malice and incompetence behind many of the biggest legal stories of recent years. in fake law, the secret barrister debunks the lies and builds a defence against the abuse of our law, our rights and our democracy that is as entertaining as it is vital.
