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Amos Oz – Scenes from Village Life
Scenes from Village Life is a memorable novel-in-stories by the inimitable Amos Oz: a brilliant, unsettling glimpse of what goes on beneath the surface of everyday life.
Strange things are happening in Tel Ilan, a century-old pioneer village. A disgruntled retired politician complains to his daughter that he hears the sound of digging at night. Could it be their tenant, that young Arab? But then the young Arab hears the digging sounds too. Where has the mayor's wife gone, vanished without a trace, her note saying ''Don't worry about me''?
Around the village, the veneer of new wealth -- gourmet restaurants, art galleries, a winery -- barely conceals the scars of war and of past generations: disused air raid shelters, rusting farm tools, and trucks left wherever they stopped.
AMY BRATLEY – THE ANTENATAL GROUP
Seven months pregnant, Mel is dumped by her partner and left stranded outside her first antenatal class
And so the expectant mother believes that she is about to face parenthood alone. Instead, Mel finds herself introduced to the world of pain relief and labor positions with a group of women who quickly become valuable friends in the terrifying new world of motherhood. Katy, a rich and successful professional woman with the dream husband, has her birth designed to perfection, but soon realizes that nature doesn’t always follow plans. Lexi, loud and confident, is doing pregnancy alone, and coping well, until the only man she has ever loved makes a reappearance at the most unexpected moment. Rebecca, the youngest of the group, is an independent and strong-minded woman who is determined to hold onto her dreams. Erin already seems to be an expert on babies, but her over-protective attitude towards her bump is hiding a tragic story from the past. Each of these women has a different kind of complicated life, but as mums-to-be the five discover together that preparing for the birth of a baby is one time when every woman needs four new friends.
AMY PLUM – IF I SHOULD DIE (HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO SAVE THE ONE YOU LOVE?)
If I Should Die delivers a stunning, deeply satisfying conclusion to the international bestselling Die for Me YA fantasy series by Amy Plum. VOYA raved, "There is plenty of romance, danger, and unpredictable turns against a backdrop of Paris. Those looking for something beyond the Twilight series will enjoy these fast reads about immortals."
Kate is devastated. Her boyfriend, Vincent, is a revenant who has waited lifetimes to find her. But once he did their future together in this epic supernatural romance was shattered almost immediately. They were betrayed by a trusted ally who killed Vincent and destroyed his body so that he could not be reanimated. Now Vincent is doomed to roam the earth as a spirit. But Kate isn't willing to accept life without her true love. She’ll risk anything to save him, even as their friend-turned-enemy begins to wage a war to rule over France’s immortals in a battle of good vs evil.
Amy Plum created an intricate, original mythology for this young adult paranormal series. The books, set in the City of Lights, introduce readers to revenants, undead beings who must sacrifice themselves again and again to save the lives of strangers.
This stunning conclusion to the beloved paranormal romance series is packed with everything readers love:
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Kate refuses to accept a life without Vincent and will risk everything to save his spirit from being doomed to roam the earth alone.
- Angels and Demons Mythology: Discover the world of revenants―undead beings caught in an epic struggle, who must sacrifice themselves again and again to save human lives.
- A Romantic Paris Setting: Against the backdrop of the City of Lights, a war for control of France’s immortals is brewing, threatening to shatter Kate and Vincent’s future forever.
- The Unforgettable Series Conclusion: Find out how it all ends in the final book of the international bestselling Die for Me series, perfect for fans of Twilight and urban fantasy romance.
AMY PLUM – UNTIL I DIE
I wish there was only today, just right now, and no forever.
It seems fitting that I fell in love in Paris, the most beautiful city in the world. And if I pretend, I can almost believe that my life is normal and everyone I care about is safe.
But as long as I’m with Vincent, “normal” doesn’t exist. Gorgeous, charming, and witty, he’s everything you could ask for in a boyfriend—but his destiny is so much more.
Even more terrifying than his destiny are his dangerous enemies, enemies who will kill for immortality. How are Vincent and I supposed to be together forever if we’re always in danger?
I know I’ll do whatever it takes—even if it means lying to the people I love—to fight against a fate that is trying to tear us apart.
AMY TAN – THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The new novel from the internationally bestselling author of ‘The Joy Luck Club’.
In fin de siècle Shanghai, Violet Minturn grows up at Hidden Jade Path, the city’s most exclusive courtesan house. But when revolution comes, she is separated from her mother and forced to become a “virgin courtesan.” Both Chinese and American, Violet moves between these cultural worlds, becoming a shrewd businesswoman who deals in seduction and illusion. But her successes belie her private turmoil. Violet’s need for answers propels her on a quest of discovery: a journey to make sense of her life, to right the wrongs of the past – to find love requited.
Spanning fifty years and two continents, ‘The Valley of Amazement’ dramatises the collapse of China’s imperial dynasty and the secret life of the courtesan house. Unfolding old family secrets, this novel returns readers to the compelling territory of ‘The Joy Luck Club’. With her characteristic wisdom, grace and humour, she conjures a story of the inheritance of love, its mysteries and betrayals, and its illusions and truths.
AN INSURRECTIONIST MANIFESTO
An Insurrectionist Manifesto contains four insurrectionary gospels based on Martin Heidegger's philosophical model of the fourfold: earth and sky, gods and mortals. Challenging religious dogma and dominant philosophical theories, they offer a cooperative, world-affirming political theology that promotes new life through not resurrection but insurrection. The insurrection in these gospels unfolds as a series of miraculous yet worldly practices of vital affirmation. Since these routines do not rely on fantasies of escape, they engender intimate transformations of the self along the very coordinates from which they emerge. Enacting a comparative and contagious postsecular sensibility, these gospels draw on the work of Slavoj Zizek, Giorgio Agamben, Catherine Malabou, Francois Laruelle, Peter Sloterdijk, and Gilles Deleuze yet rejuvenate scholarship in continental philosophy, critical race theory, the new materialisms, speculative realism, and nonphilosophy. They think beyond the sovereign force of the one to initiate a radical politics "after" God.
ANDERS DE AL MOTTE – BUBBLE
Game Over: Will the conspiracy collapse or conclude with a deadly end-game in the concluding part of the Game Trilogy.
Until now the truth behind The Game has been carefully hidden in a bubble of disinformation and distraction. But all bubbles burst eventually, and as HP and Rebecca battle to uncover the connection between The Game and their father’s shocking past, it looks like it’ll soon be Game Over in the conclusion to the Scandinavian series taking the world by storm.
ANDREA CAMILLERI – THE PAPER MOON
Paper Moon is the thrilling ninth instalment in the Inspector Montalbano series, by Italian author Andrea Camilleri.
As he gets older, Inspector Montalbano is plagued by existential questions. But he doesn't have much time to wax philosophical before the gruesome murder of a man – shot in the face at point-blank range with his pants down –commands his attention. Add two evasive, beautiful women as prime suspects, dirty cocaine, dead politicians, mysterious computer codes, and a series of threatening letters, and things soon get very complicated at the police headquarters in Vigàta.
Paper Moon is followed by the tenth book in the Inspector Montalbano series, August Heat.
ANDRERS DE LA MOTTE – BUZZ
Get set for the next level in book two of the Game Trilogy, the Swedish series taking the world by storm.
How do you protect yourself from a threat whose existence you cannot prove?
After fourteen months in exile, HP misses the thrill of The Game. When he discovers that a powerful IT corporation may be affiliated to it, he begins a dangerous investigation.
Meanwhile, his sister Rebecca is threatened by a faceless enemy – are they connected to The Game too?
ANDREW NORMAN – AGATHA CHRISTIE THE DISAPPEARING NOVELIST
Agatha Christie was the most famous female crime writers of all time, and yet in December 1926 when she was 35 years old, became the subject of a mystery: her disappearance for a period of eleven days. Questions arose such as why did she abandon her motorcar on such a bitterly cold winter’s night with her fur coat inside it? Why did Christie adopt a false name and claim that she originated from Cape Town, South Africa? Why did she not recognize either a photograph of her own daughter or husband when she was finally reunited with him? He accused her of playing a deliberate hoax on the police in an attempt to generate publicity as a crime writer. Others declared that this was an attempt to embarrass her unfaithful husband Archie (whom she knew was about to leave her) and gain sympathy at the same time. But was there another far more profound reason for her behavior whereby she became the innocent victim of circumstances completely beyond her control? Norman agrees with the "Fugue state" theory, suggesting that she had no conscious knowledge of her actions. All this and more can be revealed for the first time in Andrew Norman’s gripping Agatha Christie: The Disappearing Novelist.
ANDREW PYPER – THE GUARDIANS
There's no such thing as an empty house...
Don't all kids think there's a haunted house in their neighbourhood?
Can you remember yours?
What if, as a child, you knew something bad really had happened in that house?
What if you actually saw it? Then you tried to forget it for the next thirty years?
And then, one day, you had to go back inside that house?
Andrew Pyper's THE GUARDIANS is a ghost story for grown-ups. Prepare to enter the Thurman House on Caledonia Street.
You have been warned...
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Angels And Demons – Dan Brown
In a breathtaking race against time, Harvard professor Robert Langdon must decipher a labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols if he is to defeat those responsible - the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years, reborn to continue their deadly vendetta against their most hated enemy, the Catholic Church.
