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The Witch of Portobello
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From one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho, comes a riveting novel tracing the mysterious life and disappearance of Athena dubbed ‘the Witch of Portobello’. This is the story of Athena, or Sherine, to give her the name she was baptised with. Her life is pieced together through a series of recorded interviews with those people who knew her well or hardly at all – parents, colleagues, teachers, friends, acquaintances, her ex-husband. The novel unravels Athena's mysterious beginnings, via an orphanage in Romania, to a childhood in Beirut. When war breaks out, her adoptive family move with her to London, where a dramatic turn of events occurs… Athena, who has been dubbed 'the Witch of Portobello' for her seeming powers of prophecy, disappears dramatically, leaving those who knew her to solve the mystery of her life and abrupt departure. Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy and sacrifice.
People of the Book
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A novel from the author of ‘March’ and ‘Year of Wonders’ takes place in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, as a young book conservator arrives in Sarajevo to restore a lost treasure. When Hannah Heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her Sydney home about a precious medieval manu* which has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of wartorn Sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of the experience of a lifetime. A renowned book conservator, she must now make her way to Bosnia to start work on restoring The Sarajevo Haggadah, a Jewish prayer book – to discover its secrets and piece together the story of its miraculous survival. But the trip will also set in motion a series of events that threaten to rock Hannah’s orderly life, including her encounter with Ozren Karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the book. As meticulously researched as all of Brooks’s previous work, ‘People of the Book’ is a gripping and moving novel about war, art, love and survival.
Human Voices
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From the Booker Prizewinning author of ‘Offshore’ and ‘The Blue Flower’; a funny, touching, authentic story of life at Broadcasting House during the Blitz. The human voices of Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel are those of the BBC in the first years of the World War II, the time when the Concert Hall was turned into a dormitory for both sexes, the whole building became a target for enemy bombers, and in the BBC – as elsewhere – some had to fail and some had to die, but where the Nine O’Clock News was always delivered, in impeccable accents, to the waiting nation.
Day of Reckoning (Sean Dillon Series, Book 8)
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The incomparable Jack Higgins returns to the bestseller lists, launching undercover enforcer Sean Dillon into his most spectacular adventure yet – a no-holds-barred battle with a Mafia don. It’s all action and suspense as Sean Dillon and his secret intelligence colleagues seek to help American White House security insider Blake Johnson avenge the death of his ex-wife, a reporter murdered for getting too close to a Mafia story. In London, Beirut and Ireland, the daredevil friends are prepared to risk everything as they combine to thwart the ever more desperate ambition of Mafia frontman Jack Fox. Here in his eighth adventure, former IRA terrorist turned British Government enforcer Sean Dillon is established as one of the most popular characters in modern fiction, while Jack Higgins has an unrivalled position as the biggest name in thriller writing around the world. Widely hailed as an outstanding return to form, Day of Reckoning raced straight into the top ten of the Sunday Times bestseller list in hardback
Spellbreaker: Book 3 of the Spellwright Trilogy (The Spellwright Trilogy, Book 3
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The long awaited sequel to SPELLBOUND, which was listed by Kirkus Reviews among the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2011. 'Blake Charlton has created one of the few truly original magical systems we've seen in fantasy fiction’ Tad Williams ‘An absorbing read' Robin Hobb Leandra Weal has a bad habit of getting herself in dangerous situations. While hunting neodemons in her role as Warden of Ixos, Leandra obtains a prophetic spell that provides a glimpse one day into her future. She discovers that she is doomed to murder someone she loves, soon, but not who. Leandra’s quest to unravel the mystery of the murder-she-will-commit becomes more urgent when her chronic disease flares up and the Ixonian Archipelago is plagued by natural disasters, demon worshiping cults, and fierce political infighting. Everywhere she turns, Leandra finds herself amid conflict. As chaos spreads across Ixos, Leandra and her troubled family – her misspelling wizard father Nicodemus Weal and dragon-of-a-mother Francesca DeVega – must race to uncover the shocking truth about a prophesied demonic invasion, human language, and their own identities–if they don't kill each other first.
Prime Target (Alistair MacLean’s UNACO)
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A US government official is assassinated, a list of names, all male, all German, is found and two men on the list are already dead. What is the connection? When the mission looks impossible, who do you call? UNACO. A young American government employee is murdered in cold blood on a London street. Her death is only the tip of a conspiracy that threatens the life of Andreas Wolff, the computer genius responsible for the security codes for ICON - the computerized criminal identification network. Malcolm Philpott, the enigmatic and powerful head of UNACO, recognizes the grave threat, and assigns his two best agents to the case. Sabrina Carver and Mike Graham must race from New York to London, Morocco and Berlin in their efforts to crack the lethal intrigue that threatens world security and has its roots in the final days of World War Two and the desperate plans of a dying madman.
The Missing Marriage
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The queen of the black-hearted soap opera is back! Welcome to the upwardly mobile Prendergast Road… On Prendergast Road, deep in Nappy Valley, among olive trees in terracotta, lower fuel emissions, Lithuanian prostitutes, teenage drug dealers, stalkers and soaring house prices, five desperate women wait… The progeny of the IVF generation is ready to start school and only one of them is destined to get a place in Nappy Valley's most oversubscribed cradle of learning. How far will these women go to get that place? Follow Kate Hunter into the depths of her impeccably honed life, as she struggles to maintain the fa?ade of perfection. When exactly did life become a life class? Is happiness overrated? Is it just possible that beneath the flawless sheen of her friends' and neighbours' amazingly trouble-free lives, beneath the freshly-ironed shirts and home-grown veg, lie the same half-truths, the same uncertainties and the same desperation to keep up with the Joneses…? Sarah May is an intimate observer of society (AKA curtain-twitcher of the highest order) and her novel is an hilariously dark-hearted soap opera of our everyday lives. In a society that always strives to be more organic, less carbon-polluting, more virtuous than any other, 'The Rise and Fall of the Domestic Diva' is a breath of fresh air (imported from the mountains of Nepal and filtered organically for purity, of course).
Dancing Backwards
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The long-awaited new novel from Salley Vickers, bestselling and much-loved author of Miss Garnet's Angel and The Other Side of You. Violet Hetherington has taken the rash step of joining a transatlantic cruise ship to New York to visit Edwin, an old friend. As she makes the six day crossing, she relives the traumatic events that led to her losing Edwin's friendship, and abandoning her career as a poet, for the safety of marriage and domesticity. Despite her natural reserve, she meets a rich variety of passengers travelling with her, who affect her understanding of her own past. Most significantly, she meets Dino, the dance host, whose motives in befriending Vi are shady, but who teaches her to ballroom dance - and inadvertently helps her to recover from her past. Moving between the late sixties and the present day, Dancing Backwards is written with the lightness of touch and psychological insight which characterise Salley Vickers' acclaimed work. This bittersweet novel is subtle, poignant and wonderfully entertaining.
An Experiment in Love
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Following ‘A Change in Climate’, this brilliant novel from the double Man Booker prize-winning author of ‘Wolf Hall’ is a coming-of-age tale set in Seventies London. It is London, 1970. Carmel McBain, in her first term at university, has cut free of her childhood roots in the north. Among the gossiping, flirtatious girls of Tonbridge Hall, she begins her experiments in life and love. But the year turns. The mini-skirt falls out of style and an era of concealment begins. Carmel’s world darkens, and tragedy waits in the wings.
Fludd
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From the double Man Booker prize-winning author of ‘Wolf Hall’, this is a dark fable of lost faith and awakening love amidst the moors. Fetherhoughton is a drab, dreary town somewhere in a magical, half-real 1950s north England, a preserve of ignorance and superstition protected against the advance of reason by its impenetrable moor-fogs. Father Angwin, the town’s cynical priest, has lost his faith, and wants nothing more than to be left alone. Sister Philomena strains against the monotony of convent life and the pettiness of her fellow nuns. The rest of the town goes about their lives in a haze, a never-ending procession of grim, grey days stretching ahead of them. Yet all of that is about to change. A strange visitor appears one stormy night, bringing with him the hint, the taste of something entirely new, something unknown. But who is Fludd? An angel come to shake the Fetherhoughtonians from their stupor, to reawaken Father Angwin’s faith, to show Philomena the nature of love? Or is he the devil himself, a shadowy wanderer of the darkest places in the human heart? Full of dry wit, compassionate characterisations and cutting insight, Fludd is a brilliant gem of a book, and one of Hilary Mantel’s most original works.
Otr?vurile din Caux – Breasla degust?torilor. Vol. 2
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Temperamental, Holban era un romantic; ca romancier, este ?ns? un modern, ?i nu numai la nivelul scriiturii sau al compozi?iei, ci ?i prin cultul autenticit??ii sau prin tehnica analizei psihologice. (Al. C?linescu)
?ngerul nop?ii
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Spionaj high-tech. Un plan diabolic, ?n stare s? zguduie lumea, ?i foarte pu?in timp pentru a-l opri.Jonathan Ransom, alpinist de clas? mondial? ?i chirurg experimentat, schiaz? ?mpreun? cu frumoasa lui so?ie Emma ?n ?nz?pezi?ii Alpi Elve?ieni. O furtun? de z?pad? se porne?te ca din senin, Emma se accidenteaz? grav ?i moare ?n ad?ncurile unei crevase.Dou?zeci ?i patru de ore mai t?rziu, Jonathan prime?te un plic adresat so?iei sale ?n care g?se?te dou? bilete de bagaje. Atacat ?n mod inexplicabil de poli?ia elve?ian? ?i obligat s? fug?, Jonathan se treze?te dintr-odat? urm?rit interna?ional ?i ?inta unui asasin misterios. Pas cu pas, el este prins tot mai ad?nc ?ntr-o lume a spionajului, a armelor de ?nalt? tehnologie ?i-a terorismului global, o lume ?n care nimeni nu este cine pare ?i unde scopul scuz? ?ntotdeauna mijloacele. Singura lui ?ans? de supravie?uire depinde de descoperirea crudului adev?r legat de via?a secret? a so?iei sale.?Un thriller ingenios, plasat credibil ?n ?ntunecata lume a spionajului interna?ional… personaje bine conturate, o scriere captivant?, locuri exotice ?i un complot terorist ce are la baz? tehnologie de ?nalt? clas?.“ – Nelson DeMille?Reich este maestrul thrillerelor de spionaj al secolului XXI.“ – Clive Cussler?Christopher Reich este unul dintre scriitorii mei favori?i de romane de suspans, iar de data asta s-a ?ntrecut pe sine ?nsu?i.“ – James Patterson
Clopotele
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Lemmer este bodyguard profesionist. T?cut, invizibil, nu se implic? niciodat?.Emma le Roux crede c? ??i recunoa?te fratele ?ntr-o fotografie prezentat? la jurnalele de ?tiri: suspect de uciderea a patru braconieri. Numai c? Jacobus este mort de dou?zeci de ani.Emma ?l angajeaz? pe Lemmer s?-i p?zeasc? spatele ?n timp ce ea caut? r?spunsuri ?i cur?nd am?ndoi ??i dau seama c? cineva vrea s?-i ?mpiedice s? afle adev?rul. Iar c?nd acel cineva ?ncearc? s?-i ucid?, Lemmer este nevoit, pentru prima oar? ?n via??, s? ias? din umbr?…?Cu Deon Meyer n-ai cum s? dai gre?.“– Michael Connelly?Vibrant ?i palpitant.“ – The Sunday Times?…de departe cel mai bun autor sud-african de romane poli?iste. Ac?iunea se desf??oar? ?ntr-un ritm trepidant, potrivit unui thriller.“ – The Guardian?Meyer este pur ?i simplu excelent. Lemmer, un fin cunosc?tor ?i un comentator sarcastic al metehnelor Africii de Sud, ?i ?n special ale popula?iei afrikander…“ – Business Day?Meyer ??i merit? reputa?ia interna?ional?.“ – The Washington Post
Febra oaselor
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Londra, 1826. Gabriel Swift studiaz? cu Edwin Poll, cel mai mare anatomist londonez. Atras ?n jocurile lui Lucan, adversarul maestrului s?u un temut profanator de morminte, st?p?nul absolut al comer?ului cu cadavre, t?n?rul decade ?i ajunge s? cunoasc? violen?a ?i depravarea lumii interlope, ?n care – va descoperi – a lua via?a cuiva este incredibil de u?or.Dup? zece ani, un cu totul alt om pred? lec?ii de desen ?n colonia australian? de de?inu?i New South Wales ?i, ?n timpul liber, picteaz? p?s?ri. C?nd se ?ndr?goste?te de una dintre elevele sale, ?n?elege c? nimeni nu poate sc?pa de trecut ?i c?, adesea, cele mai ?ngrozitoare temni?e sunt cele ?n care ne zidim singuri.Un thriller gotic captivant, o evocare a atmosferei ?nc?rcate de mister din Londra victorian? ?i totodat? povestea emo?ionant? a unui destin marcat de brutalitatea unei lumi ?n care totul este de v?nzare. Dickens s-ar fi sim?it aici ca acas?.??mbin? atmosfera sumbr? ?i fascinant? a genului horror cu medita?ia profund? asupra unor teme metafizice.“ – Sydney Morning Herald
Ro?u de rubin. Culorile dragostei
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Anglia, 1520. Henric al VIII-lea doreste sa anuleze casatoria cu Caterina de Aragon si sa o ia de sotie pe Anne Boleyn. Poporul si Europa catolica se opun. Un singur om indrazneste sa-si puna in joc viata pentru a castiga bunavointa regelui: Thomas Cromwell, un personaj original, deopotriva fermecator si ticalos, idealist si oportunist, fin cunoscator al caracterului uman si cu o energie fara seaman. Politician desavarsit, intarit de pierderea familiei, de neclintit in ambitia sa, Cromwell isi croieste cu abilitate drum intr-o lume in care ?omul este lup pentru om“. Opunandu-se parlamentului, politicii de stat si papalitatii, Cromwell este pregatit sa redefineasca Anglia conform vointei lui Henric si propriilor sale dorinte. Dar Henric este schimbator: binevoitor intr-o zi, gata sa ucida in alta.Cu un stil inimitabil, Hilary Mantel infatiseaza tabloul unei societati in prag de schimbare, in care indivizii lupta cu propriul destin sau il accepta cu pasiune si curaj. Romanul recreeaza o perioada in care succesul ofera puteri nelimitate, dar o singura greseala aduce moartea.
Crescendo
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Mitul de erou legendar pe care imaginatia populara l-a creat despre Stefan cel Mare s-a perpetuat prin graiul viu al traditiilor noastre si a fost inviorat necontenit, de-a lungul vremurilor, de creatii folclorice care l-au ridicat pe voievodul moldovean la inaltimea unui simbol national. Cum a reusit Stefan cel Mare sa-si castige acest nimb de glorie? Faptele sale marete sunt dovezile cele mai graitoare. Domn abil si intelept iubit de popor, pretuit de prieteni si apreciat pana si de dusmanii sai, el a cautat sa-si asigure mai intai linistea interna si apoi sa obtina cu orice pret neatarnarea tarii. Pentru infaptuirea acestor deziderate, domnitorul a inteles ca poporul este puterea bratului sau si a cautat sa se apropie de popor si sa se sprijine pe el. Astfel, ducand o politica echilibrata intre cele doua clase ale societatii feudale – boierime si taranime –, el a reusit sa stapaneasca si chiar sa limiteze tendintele marilor boieri, ridicand in acelasi timp o parte dintre tarani la starea de razesi, rasplatindu-si vitejii din lupte cu sate si pamanturi.
Reader, I Married Him
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This collection of original stories by today’s finest women writers—including Tracy Chevalier, Francine Prose, Elizabeth McCracken, Tessa Hadley, Audrey Niffenegger, and more—takes inspiration from a line in Charlotte Bront?’s most beloved novel, Jane Eyre. A fixture in the literary canon, Charlotte Bront? is revered by readers all over the world. Her novels featuring unforgettable, strong heroines still resonate with millions today. And who could forget one of literature’s best-known lines: “Reader, I married him” from her classic novel Jane Eyre? Part of a remarkable family that produced three acclaimed female writers at a time in 19th-century Britain when few women wrote, and fewer were published, Bront? has become a great source of inspiration to writers, especially women, ever since. Now in Reader, I Married Him, twenty of today’s most celebrated women authors have spun original stories, using the line from Jane Eyre as a springboard for their own flights of imagination. Reader, I Married Him will feature stories by: Tracy Chevalier, Tessa Hadley, Sarah Hall, Helen Dunmore, Kirsty Gunn, Joanna Briscoe, Jane Gardam, Emma Donaghue, Susan Hill, Francine Prose, Elif Shafak, Evie Wyld, Patricia Park, Salley Vickers, Nadifa Mohamed, Esther Freud, Linda Grant, Lionel Shriver, Audrey Niffenegger, Namwali Serpell, and Elizabeth McCracken. Unique, inventive, and poignant, the stories in Reader, I Married Him pay homage to the literary genius of Charlotte Bront?, and demonstrate once again that her extraordinary vision continues to inspire readers and writers.
An Unsafe Haven
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Hannah has deep roots in Beirut, the city of her birth and of her family. Her American husband, Peter, has certainty only in her. They thought that they were used to the upheavals in Lebanon, but as the war in neighbouring Syria enters its fifth year, the region’s increasingly fragile state begins to impact on their lives in wholly different ways. An incident in a busy street brings them into direct contact with a Syrian refugee and her son. As they work to reunite Fatima with her family, her story forces Hannah to face the crisis of the expanding refugee camps, and to question the very future of her homeland. And when their close friend Anas, an artist, arrives to open his exhibition, shocking news from his home in Damascus raises uncomfortable questions about his loyalty to his family and his country. Heartrending and beautifully written, An Unsafe Haven is a universal story of people whose lives are tested and transformed, as they wrestle with the anguish of war, displacement and loss, but also with the vital need for hope.
The Lords of the North (The Last Kingdom Series, Book 3)
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Enter a world where bloody battles and heroic deeds combine in the historic struggle to unite Britain in the face of a common enemy. The third instalment in Bernard Cornwell’s King Alfred series, follows on from the outstanding previous novels ‘The Last Kingdom’ and ‘The Pale Horseman’. The year is 878 and Wessex is free from the Vikings. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, helped Alfred win that victory, but now he is disgusted by Alfred's lack of generosity and repelled by the king's insistent piety. He flees Wessex, going back north to seek revenge for the killing of his foster father and to rescue his stepsister, captured in the same raid. He needs to find his old enemy, Kjartan, a renegade Danish lord who lurks in the formidable stronghold of Dunholm. Uhtred arrives in the north to discover rebellion, chaos and fear. His only ally is Hild, a West Saxon nun fleeing her calling, and his best hope is his sword, with which he has made a formidable reputation as a warrior. He will need the assistance of other warriors if he is to attack Dunholm and he finds Guthred, a slave who believes he is a king. He takes him across the Pennines to where a desperate alliance of fanatical Christians and beleaguered Danes form a new army to confront the terrible Viking lords who rule Northumbria. ‘The Lords of the North’ is a powerful story of betrayal, romance and struggle, set in an England of turmoil, upheaval and glory. Uhtred, a Northumbrian raised as a Viking, a man without lands, a warrior without a country, has become a splendid heroic figure.
Breakfast is a Dangerous Meal
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Since Victorian times, we have been told to breakfast like kings and dine like paupers. In the wake of his own type 2 diabetes diagnosis, Professor Terence Kealey was given the same advice. He soon noticed that his glucose levels were unusually high after eating first thing in the morning. But if he continued to fast until lunchtime they fell to a normal level. Professor Kealey began to question how much evidence there was to support the advice he’d been given, and whether there might be an advantage for some to not eating breakfast after all. Breakfast is a Dangerous Meal asks: ? What is the reliable scientific and medical evidence for eating breakfast? ? Why do people suppose that eating breakfast reduces the total amount of food they consume over the day, when the opposite is true? ? Who should consider intermittent fasting by removing breakfast from their daily routine? ? From weight loss to reduced blood pressure, what are the potential benefits of missing breakfast?
Switchwords: How to Use One Word to Get What You Want
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Discover how to talk instantly to your subconscious and manifest the life you want. We all have goals and dreams – whether it’s personally or professionally – that we want to achieve, but for reasons we can’t always fathom, our behaviour and actions can hold us back. In her eye-opening and effective new book, MBS expert Liz Dean reveals how the key to transforming those dreams into reality lies not in our conscious actions, but in our subconscious thoughts. By aligning the two, we can unleash our own power to lose weight, organise our lives, work more efficiently in our jobs and so much more. Switch Words is this simple yet incredibly powerful tool to help you get there.
