{"title":"Home page","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-guardians","title":"The Guardians","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrisham serves up another engrossing slice of legal Southern gothic with this pulsating tale of wrongful conviction and small town conspiracy set in the oppressive Florida heat. Combining Grisham’s expert plotting chops with a rich account of the prejudice and bigotry of the Southern legal system, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardians\u003c\/em\u003e is another masterly exercise in sophisticated suspense from a born storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was framed for murder.\u003cbr\u003e Now he needs a miracle. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. 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There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. 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There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. 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There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e as a romantic comedy, or you can read it as a feminist text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read it as a book about infidelity, about the pleasures and difficulties of intimacy, or about how our minds think about our bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever you choose to read it, it is an unforgettable novel about the possibility of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as a ‘new kind of adultery novel’, \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is also sharp, bitingly funny fiction that digs deep into identity and communication; slicing into the divide between who we are, and who we present ourselves to be. Hooking a reader from the first page, this modern love story about growing up and the infinite complexities of intimacy is a masterful debut from a major new talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNine-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; instead he found himself all alone, adrift on the vastness of Caddo Lake. A sudden noise - and all goes dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRanger Darren Matthews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never exactly had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she's not above a little blackmail to press her advantage. An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Texas already suffering a new wave of racial violence in the wake of the election of Donald Trump, a black man is a suspect in the possible murder of a missing white boy: the son of an Aryan Brotherhood captain. In deep country where the rule of law only goes so far, Darren has to battle centuries-old prejudices as he races to save not only Levi King, but himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. Just the fact that Russo had botched Quincy's divorce case, that Quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of Quincy's car. A torch he swore was planted. A torch that was conveniently destroyed in a fire just before his trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lack of evidence made no difference to judge or jury. In the eyes of the law Quincy was guilty and, no matter how often he protested his innocence, his punishment was life in prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, after 22 years, comes Quincy's one and only chance of freedom. An innocence lawyer and minister, Cullen Post, takes on his case. Post has exonerated eight men in the last ten years. He intends to make Quincy the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut there were powerful and ruthless people behind Russo's murder. They prefer that an innocent man dies in jail rather than one of them. There's one way to guarantee that. 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This is the powerful and inspiring account of the acclaimed poet’s journey from neglect and despair to artistic and cultural recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'His name is magic, his poems are songs on the street' - \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the age of seventeen, after a childhood in a fostered family followed by six years in care homes, Norman Greenwood was given his birth certificate. He learned that his real name was not Norman. It was Lemn Sissay. He was British and Ethiopian. And he learned that his mother had been pleading for his safe return to her since his birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Lemn's story; a story of neglect and determination, misfortune and hope, cruelty and triumph. Sissay reflects on a childhood in care, self-expression and Britishness, and in doing so explores the institutional care system, race, family and the meaning of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with all the lyricism and power you would expect from one of the nation's best-loved poets, this moving, frank and timely memoir is the result of a life spent asking questions, and a celebration of the redemptive power of creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in, an iconic love story was born. But until now, fans have heard only Bella's side of the story. At last, readers can experience Edward's version in the long-awaited companion novel, \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he justify following his heart if it means leading Bella into danger?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, Stephenie Meyer transports us back to a world that has captivated millions of readers and brings us an epic novel about the profound pleasures and devastating consequences of immortal love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy sharing some of the experiences and lessons from the highs (and lows!) of my career, I hope to be able to help young people to prepare for the journey ahead of them. I've had great fun working on the book and I hope that the young readers \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eand the older ones \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e enjoy it.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo summers ago at the World Cup, Gareth's inspirational leadership and his 'anything is possible' mind-set helped bring the nation together, leading the England Men's team to one of their best performances at a tournament in decades. Gareth's humble, positive and compassionate style struck a chord with youngsters, parents and people of all ages. Now, in \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible: Be Brave, Be Kind \u0026amp; Follow Your Dreams,\u003c\/i\u003e Gareth shares his thoughts on how young people can thrive and achieve their own dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the twice winner and internationally bestselling, a collection of writing – essays, book reviews, memoir – from over thirty years contributing to the London Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.’ This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three decades, tells the story of what happened next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer subjects range far and wide: Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in the 1980s, the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e as a romantic comedy, or you can read it as a feminist text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read it as a book about infidelity, about the pleasures and difficulties of intimacy, or about how our minds think about our bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever you choose to read it, it is an unforgettable novel about the possibility of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as a ‘new kind of adultery novel’, \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is also sharp, bitingly funny fiction that digs deep into identity and communication; slicing into the divide between who we are, and who we present ourselves to be. Hooking a reader from the first page, this modern love story about growing up and the infinite complexities of intimacy is a masterful debut from a major new talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNine-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; instead he found himself all alone, adrift on the vastness of Caddo Lake. A sudden noise - and all goes dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRanger Darren Matthews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never exactly had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she's not above a little blackmail to press her advantage. An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Texas already suffering a new wave of racial violence in the wake of the election of Donald Trump, a black man is a suspect in the possible murder of a missing white boy: the son of an Aryan Brotherhood captain. In deep country where the rule of law only goes so far, Darren has to battle centuries-old prejudices as he races to save not only Levi King, but himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. Just the fact that Russo had botched Quincy's divorce case, that Quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of Quincy's car. A torch he swore was planted. A torch that was conveniently destroyed in a fire just before his trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lack of evidence made no difference to judge or jury. In the eyes of the law Quincy was guilty and, no matter how often he protested his innocence, his punishment was life in prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, after 22 years, comes Quincy's one and only chance of freedom. An innocence lawyer and minister, Cullen Post, takes on his case. Post has exonerated eight men in the last ten years. He intends to make Quincy the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut there were powerful and ruthless people behind Russo's murder. They prefer that an innocent man dies in jail rather than one of them. There's one way to guarantee that. 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Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he justify following his heart if it means leading Bella into danger?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, Stephenie Meyer transports us back to a world that has captivated millions of readers and brings us an epic novel about the profound pleasures and devastating consequences of immortal love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy sharing some of the experiences and lessons from the highs (and lows!) of my career, I hope to be able to help young people to prepare for the journey ahead of them. I've had great fun working on the book and I hope that the young readers \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eand the older ones \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e enjoy it.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo summers ago at the World Cup, Gareth's inspirational leadership and his 'anything is possible' mind-set helped bring the nation together, leading the England Men's team to one of their best performances at a tournament in decades. Gareth's humble, positive and compassionate style struck a chord with youngsters, parents and people of all ages. 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There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e as a romantic comedy, or you can read it as a feminist text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read it as a book about infidelity, about the pleasures and difficulties of intimacy, or about how our minds think about our bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever you choose to read it, it is an unforgettable novel about the possibility of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as a ‘new kind of adultery novel’, \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is also sharp, bitingly funny fiction that digs deep into identity and communication; slicing into the divide between who we are, and who we present ourselves to be. 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Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he justify following his heart if it means leading Bella into danger?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, Stephenie Meyer transports us back to a world that has captivated millions of readers and brings us an epic novel about the profound pleasures and devastating consequences of immortal love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy sharing some of the experiences and lessons from the highs (and lows!) of my career, I hope to be able to help young people to prepare for the journey ahead of them. I've had great fun working on the book and I hope that the young readers \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eand the older ones \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e enjoy it.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo summers ago at the World Cup, Gareth's inspirational leadership and his 'anything is possible' mind-set helped bring the nation together, leading the England Men's team to one of their best performances at a tournament in decades. Gareth's humble, positive and compassionate style struck a chord with youngsters, parents and people of all ages. Now, in \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible: Be Brave, Be Kind \u0026amp; Follow Your Dreams,\u003c\/i\u003e Gareth shares his thoughts on how young people can thrive and achieve their own dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the twice winner and internationally bestselling, a collection of writing – essays, book reviews, memoir – from over thirty years contributing to the London Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.’ This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three decades, tells the story of what happened next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer subjects range far and wide: Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in the 1980s, the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e as a romantic comedy, or you can read it as a feminist text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read it as a book about infidelity, about the pleasures and difficulties of intimacy, or about how our minds think about our bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever you choose to read it, it is an unforgettable novel about the possibility of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as a ‘new kind of adultery novel’, \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is also sharp, bitingly funny fiction that digs deep into identity and communication; slicing into the divide between who we are, and who we present ourselves to be. Hooking a reader from the first page, this modern love story about growing up and the infinite complexities of intimacy is a masterful debut from a major new talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNine-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; instead he found himself all alone, adrift on the vastness of Caddo Lake. A sudden noise - and all goes dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRanger Darren Matthews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never exactly had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she's not above a little blackmail to press her advantage. An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Texas already suffering a new wave of racial violence in the wake of the election of Donald Trump, a black man is a suspect in the possible murder of a missing white boy: the son of an Aryan Brotherhood captain. In deep country where the rule of law only goes so far, Darren has to battle centuries-old prejudices as he races to save not only Levi King, but himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. Just the fact that Russo had botched Quincy's divorce case, that Quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of Quincy's car. A torch he swore was planted. A torch that was conveniently destroyed in a fire just before his trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lack of evidence made no difference to judge or jury. In the eyes of the law Quincy was guilty and, no matter how often he protested his innocence, his punishment was life in prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, after 22 years, comes Quincy's one and only chance of freedom. An innocence lawyer and minister, Cullen Post, takes on his case. Post has exonerated eight men in the last ten years. He intends to make Quincy the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut there were powerful and ruthless people behind Russo's murder. They prefer that an innocent man dies in jail rather than one of them. There's one way to guarantee that. They killed one lawyer 22 years ago, and they'll kill another without a second thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"brillianthot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35261322297495,"sku":"","price":17.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0445\/6697\/0519\/products\/9781529411690.jpg?v=1596008532"},{"product_id":"the-great-romantic","title":"The Great Romantic","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeville Cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his bat. Between two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Great Romantic\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author demonstrates how Cardus changed sports journalism for ever. While popularising cricket - while appealing, in Cardus' words to people who 'didn't know a leg-break from the pavilion cat at Lord's'- he became a star in his own right with exquisite phrase-making, disdain for statistics and a penchant for literary and musical allusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong those who venerated Cardus were PG Wodehouse, John Arlott, Harold Pinter, JB Priestley and Don Bradman. However, behind the rhapsody in blue skies, green grass and colourful characters, this richly evocative biography finds that Cardus' mother was a prostitute, he never knew his father and he received negligible education. Infatuations with younger women ran parallel to a decidedly unromantic marriage. And, astonishingly, the supreme stylist's aversion to factual accuracy led to his reporting on matches he never attended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet Cardus also belied his impoverished origins to prosper in a second class-conscious profession, becoming a music critic of international renown. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Romantic \u003c\/i\u003euncovers the dark enigma within a golden age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLondon is in lockdown under martial law. A hospital is being urgently built by the river Thames to contain the thousands of victims of a flu-like epidemic. 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Sissay reflects on a childhood in care, self-expression and Britishness, and in doing so explores the institutional care system, race, family and the meaning of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with all the lyricism and power you would expect from one of the nation's best-loved poets, this moving, frank and timely memoir is the result of a life spent asking questions, and a celebration of the redemptive power of creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in, an iconic love story was born. But until now, fans have heard only Bella's side of the story. At last, readers can experience Edward's version in the long-awaited companion novel, \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he justify following his heart if it means leading Bella into danger?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, Stephenie Meyer transports us back to a world that has captivated millions of readers and brings us an epic novel about the profound pleasures and devastating consequences of immortal love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy sharing some of the experiences and lessons from the highs (and lows!) of my career, I hope to be able to help young people to prepare for the journey ahead of them. I've had great fun working on the book and I hope that the young readers \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eand the older ones \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e enjoy it.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo summers ago at the World Cup, Gareth's inspirational leadership and his 'anything is possible' mind-set helped bring the nation together, leading the England Men's team to one of their best performances at a tournament in decades. Gareth's humble, positive and compassionate style struck a chord with youngsters, parents and people of all ages. Now, in \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible: Be Brave, Be Kind \u0026amp; Follow Your Dreams,\u003c\/i\u003e Gareth shares his thoughts on how young people can thrive and achieve their own dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the twice winner and internationally bestselling, a collection of writing – essays, book reviews, memoir – from over thirty years contributing to the London Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.’ This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three decades, tells the story of what happened next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer subjects range far and wide: Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in the 1980s, the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e as a romantic comedy, or you can read it as a feminist text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read it as a book about infidelity, about the pleasures and difficulties of intimacy, or about how our minds think about our bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever you choose to read it, it is an unforgettable novel about the possibility of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as a ‘new kind of adultery novel’, \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is also sharp, bitingly funny fiction that digs deep into identity and communication; slicing into the divide between who we are, and who we present ourselves to be. 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An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Texas already suffering a new wave of racial violence in the wake of the election of Donald Trump, a black man is a suspect in the possible murder of a missing white boy: the son of an Aryan Brotherhood captain. In deep country where the rule of law only goes so far, Darren has to battle centuries-old prejudices as he races to save not only Levi King, but himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. Just the fact that Russo had botched Quincy's divorce case, that Quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of Quincy's car. A torch he swore was planted. 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They killed one lawyer 22 years ago, and they'll kill another without a second thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"brillianthot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35261362864279,"sku":"","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0445\/6697\/0519\/products\/9781786892362_8dbaed10-5a50-4c71-ae1d-03952cee8bec.jpg?v=1596008712"},{"product_id":"wisden-cricketers-almanack-2020","title":"Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2020","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWisden 2020 provides unparalleled coverage of an extraordinary year of cricket. The 157th edition of Wisden celebrates the World Cup triumph of England's men on a memorable day at Lord's. 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While popularising cricket - while appealing, in Cardus' words to people who 'didn't know a leg-break from the pavilion cat at Lord's'- he became a star in his own right with exquisite phrase-making, disdain for statistics and a penchant for literary and musical allusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong those who venerated Cardus were PG Wodehouse, John Arlott, Harold Pinter, JB Priestley and Don Bradman. However, behind the rhapsody in blue skies, green grass and colourful characters, this richly evocative biography finds that Cardus' mother was a prostitute, he never knew his father and he received negligible education. Infatuations with younger women ran parallel to a decidedly unromantic marriage. 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Sissay reflects on a childhood in care, self-expression and Britishness, and in doing so explores the institutional care system, race, family and the meaning of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with all the lyricism and power you would expect from one of the nation's best-loved poets, this moving, frank and timely memoir is the result of a life spent asking questions, and a celebration of the redemptive power of creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in, an iconic love story was born. But until now, fans have heard only Bella's side of the story. At last, readers can experience Edward's version in the long-awaited companion novel, \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he justify following his heart if it means leading Bella into danger?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, Stephenie Meyer transports us back to a world that has captivated millions of readers and brings us an epic novel about the profound pleasures and devastating consequences of immortal love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy sharing some of the experiences and lessons from the highs (and lows!) of my career, I hope to be able to help young people to prepare for the journey ahead of them. I've had great fun working on the book and I hope that the young readers \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eand the older ones \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e enjoy it.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo summers ago at the World Cup, Gareth's inspirational leadership and his 'anything is possible' mind-set helped bring the nation together, leading the England Men's team to one of their best performances at a tournament in decades. Gareth's humble, positive and compassionate style struck a chord with youngsters, parents and people of all ages. Now, in \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible: Be Brave, Be Kind \u0026amp; Follow Your Dreams,\u003c\/i\u003e Gareth shares his thoughts on how young people can thrive and achieve their own dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the twice winner and internationally bestselling, a collection of writing – essays, book reviews, memoir – from over thirty years contributing to the London Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.’ This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three decades, tells the story of what happened next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer subjects range far and wide: Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in the 1980s, the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e as a romantic comedy, or you can read it as a feminist text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read it as a book about infidelity, about the pleasures and difficulties of intimacy, or about how our minds think about our bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever you choose to read it, it is an unforgettable novel about the possibility of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as a ‘new kind of adultery novel’, \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is also sharp, bitingly funny fiction that digs deep into identity and communication; slicing into the divide between who we are, and who we present ourselves to be. Hooking a reader from the first page, this modern love story about growing up and the infinite complexities of intimacy is a masterful debut from a major new talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNine-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; instead he found himself all alone, adrift on the vastness of Caddo Lake. A sudden noise - and all goes dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRanger Darren Matthews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never exactly had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she's not above a little blackmail to press her advantage. 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Now, in \u003cem\u003eSimply the Best\u003c\/em\u003e, he tells the stories of the most important, influential, talented and entertaining characters he has come across in sixty years in the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing on from the bestselling successes of \u003ci\u003eLast in the Tin Bath\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAround the World in 80 Pints\u003c\/i\u003e, in his new book Bumble looks back at the cricketers who have had the greatest impact on him throughout his career. From the gnarly veterans he first played against as a teenager in the Lancashire League, through the old pros he met on the county circuit while at Lancashire on to a revealing insight into life alongside Mike Atherton, Ian Botham, Nasser Hussain and Shane Warne in the commentary box, this book reveals Bumble at his best: telling great stories about his favourite people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, the reader not only learns who have been the funniest or most dangerous players to be around, but also gets an insight into what makes a team gel and players to perform at their very peak. It's the perfect gift for any cricket fan who loves the game and needs something to keep them amused as the autumn draws in and winter takes over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWisden 2020 reports not just on a remarkable World Cup, reliving the climax through the eyes of England's players, but on a topsy-turvy Ashes, the Stokes Headingley miracle and all. Wisden also names its champion all-format county, and remembers Bob Willis, who died in December. Emma John reveals what it's like to be a woman member of MCC, while Colin Shindler looks back 50 years at a summer of demonstrations and barbed wire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Great Romantic\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author demonstrates how Cardus changed sports journalism for ever. While popularising cricket - while appealing, in Cardus' words to people who 'didn't know a leg-break from the pavilion cat at Lord's'- he became a star in his own right with exquisite phrase-making, disdain for statistics and a penchant for literary and musical allusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong those who venerated Cardus were PG Wodehouse, John Arlott, Harold Pinter, JB Priestley and Don Bradman. However, behind the rhapsody in blue skies, green grass and colourful characters, this richly evocative biography finds that Cardus' mother was a prostitute, he never knew his father and he received negligible education. Infatuations with younger women ran parallel to a decidedly unromantic marriage. And, astonishingly, the supreme stylist's aversion to factual accuracy led to his reporting on matches he never attended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet Cardus also belied his impoverished origins to prosper in a second class-conscious profession, becoming a music critic of international renown. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Romantic \u003c\/i\u003euncovers the dark enigma within a golden age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLondon is in lockdown under martial law. A hospital is being urgently built by the river Thames to contain the thousands of victims of a flu-like epidemic. 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Sissay reflects on a childhood in care, self-expression and Britishness, and in doing so explores the institutional care system, race, family and the meaning of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with all the lyricism and power you would expect from one of the nation's best-loved poets, this moving, frank and timely memoir is the result of a life spent asking questions, and a celebration of the redemptive power of creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in, an iconic love story was born. But until now, fans have heard only Bella's side of the story. At last, readers can experience Edward's version in the long-awaited companion novel, \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he justify following his heart if it means leading Bella into danger?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, Stephenie Meyer transports us back to a world that has captivated millions of readers and brings us an epic novel about the profound pleasures and devastating consequences of immortal love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy sharing some of the experiences and lessons from the highs (and lows!) of my career, I hope to be able to help young people to prepare for the journey ahead of them. I've had great fun working on the book and I hope that the young readers \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eand the older ones \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e enjoy it.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo summers ago at the World Cup, Gareth's inspirational leadership and his 'anything is possible' mind-set helped bring the nation together, leading the England Men's team to one of their best performances at a tournament in decades. Gareth's humble, positive and compassionate style struck a chord with youngsters, parents and people of all ages. Now, in \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible: Be Brave, Be Kind \u0026amp; Follow Your Dreams,\u003c\/i\u003e Gareth shares his thoughts on how young people can thrive and achieve their own dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the twice winner and internationally bestselling, a collection of writing – essays, book reviews, memoir – from over thirty years contributing to the London Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.’ This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three decades, tells the story of what happened next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer subjects range far and wide: Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in the 1980s, the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e as a romantic comedy, or you can read it as a feminist text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read it as a book about infidelity, about the pleasures and difficulties of intimacy, or about how our minds think about our bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever you choose to read it, it is an unforgettable novel about the possibility of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as a ‘new kind of adultery novel’, \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is also sharp, bitingly funny fiction that digs deep into identity and communication; slicing into the divide between who we are, and who we present ourselves to be. 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An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Texas already suffering a new wave of racial violence in the wake of the election of Donald Trump, a black man is a suspect in the possible murder of a missing white boy: the son of an Aryan Brotherhood captain. In deep country where the rule of law only goes so far, Darren has to battle centuries-old prejudices as he races to save not only Levi King, but himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. Just the fact that Russo had botched Quincy's divorce case, that Quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of Quincy's car. A torch he swore was planted. 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There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. 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Now, in \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible: Be Brave, Be Kind \u0026amp; Follow Your Dreams,\u003c\/i\u003e Gareth shares his thoughts on how young people can thrive and achieve their own dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the twice winner and internationally bestselling, a collection of writing – essays, book reviews, memoir – from over thirty years contributing to the London Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.’ This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three decades, tells the story of what happened next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer subjects range far and wide: Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in the 1980s, the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e as a romantic comedy, or you can read it as a feminist text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read it as a book about infidelity, about the pleasures and difficulties of intimacy, or about how our minds think about our bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever you choose to read it, it is an unforgettable novel about the possibility of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as a ‘new kind of adultery novel’, \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is also sharp, bitingly funny fiction that digs deep into identity and communication; slicing into the divide between who we are, and who we present ourselves to be. 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It's jam packed full of quizzes to complete! \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conveniently compact for travelling, this book is perfect for clever kids who love to truly test their brain power.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book has over 600 questions to keep even the cleverest of kids entertained, from science and nature to history and geography. Jam-packed with 10 different kinds of quiz such as 'true or false' and multiple choice to keep kids on their toes, it's impossible to get bored of these brain busters.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e There are three difficulty levels so kids can either work their way to the top or give themselves the ultimate challenge!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. 2) A person's undoing 3) Joshua Templeman Lucy Hutton has always been certain that the nice girl can get the corner office. 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Maybe Lucy Hutton doesn't hate Joshua Templeman. And maybe, he doesn't hate her either. Or maybe this is just another game.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Simple and logical instructions help kids make their own Scratch Cat soccer game, design a ghost hunt that features a flying witch, animate a bouncing melon, or build a game to test reaction speeds. Children then can share the finished games with friends to see how they score. Kids can even test their coding knowledge with written vocabulary and programming quizzes at the end of each project.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Supporting STEM education initiatives, computer coding teaches kids how to think creatively, work collaboratively, and reason systematically, and is quickly becoming a necessary and sought-after skill. 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There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e as a romantic comedy, or you can read it as a feminist text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read it as a book about infidelity, about the pleasures and difficulties of intimacy, or about how our minds think about our bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever you choose to read it, it is an unforgettable novel about the possibility of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as a ‘new kind of adultery novel’, \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is also sharp, bitingly funny fiction that digs deep into identity and communication; slicing into the divide between who we are, and who we present ourselves to be. 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An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Texas already suffering a new wave of racial violence in the wake of the election of Donald Trump, a black man is a suspect in the possible murder of a missing white boy: the son of an Aryan Brotherhood captain. In deep country where the rule of law only goes so far, Darren has to battle centuries-old prejudices as he races to save not only Levi King, but himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. Just the fact that Russo had botched Quincy's divorce case, that Quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of Quincy's car. A torch he swore was planted. 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There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. 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